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Monstrelet, Enguerrand De (Johnes, Thomas: Translator)
The Chronicles of Enguerrand De Monstrelet - Complete in Two Volumes
xxxvi + 640, xvi + 552 pages. Balance of title reads as follows: "Containing an Account of the Cruel Civil Wars Between the Houses of Orleans and Burgundy; of the Possession of Paris and Normandy By the English; Their Expulsion Thence; and of Other Memorable Events That Happened in the Kingdom of France, as well as in other Countries. A History of Fair Example, and of Great Profit to the French. Beginning at the Year MCCCC., Where that of Sir John Froissart Finishes, and Ending at the Year MCCCCLXVII., and Continued by Others to the Year MDXVI." Illustrated with woodcuts. Bookplate of Reginald Hibbert Tupper upon each front free endpaper. Mr. Tupper was the son of the Canadian Prime Minister of the same name. Ink signature upon verso of front blank leaf of volume I. Some foxing to colour title page of volume I. Faded marbling to edges. Back hinge of Volume I starting. Somewhat above-average external wear. Both volumes tight and square. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, May 9, 1959 - A Searching New Look at the French Canadian
Features: Colour Parker Pen inside front cover; Is Diefenbaker outdrawing Duplessis?; The Astonishing Attitude of the English in Quebec, by Andre Laurendeau; The Unconquerable French Canadians - visiting Quebec on the 200th anniversary of the "conquest," an illustrious interpreter of the national scene, Bruce Hutchison, reports on the "furious ferment" that is "the most important fact in our country today"; "The Maurice Richards" - great article on Maurice "The Rocket" Richard and his wife and children, with several photos; the incomparable St. Lawrence; Writings by Marcel Dube and Roger Lemelin especially for this issue - The Plouffes visit Toronto, and Nathalie was my first Love; The Church - how much political power does it wield in Quebec?; What Quebec Laughs at; Eight artists paint their Quebec - John Lyman, Jean Dallaire, Jacques de Tonnancour, Leon Bellefleur, Robert W. Pilot, Ghitta Caiserman, Jean Paul Lemieux; Dozens of great ads, approximately half in colour, including a great full-page colour ad for Plymouth and its push-button transmission; Great colour Coke ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, August 22, 1964 *THE OTTAWA ESTABLISHMENT*
Features: Diary of Susan Breslin, a young Canadian CORE worker on the day the Harlem riots broke out; The Ottawa Establishment, by Peter C. Newman; The French, the English, the Jews - and what's bugging everybody, by Mordecai Richler; The case for the Birth Control Pill - and the Troubling Case Against it; Pat Galloway goes on a Stratford kick - photos; How the Scotch practised the Black Art of Education, by John Kenneth Galbraith; A Program of Canadian Big-League (Baseball) Heroes - Top O'Neill, Arthur Irwin, Russell Ford, George Gibson, Larry McLean, Robert Emslie. Last page removed - content unknown. Covers taped together else unmarked with average wear. Book
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Wedgwood, James Ingall
A Comprehensive Dictionary of Organ Stops - English and Foreign, Ancient and Modern: Practical, Theoretical, Historical, Aesthetic, Etymological, Phonetic
194 pages plus advertisements. Bibliography. Phonetic pronouncing vocabulary. List of subscribers. Black and white diagrams. Undated - Circa 1910. Prior owner's details atop first leaf inside front free endpaper. Occasional pencil marks to contents and back endpaper. Somewhat above-average external wear and soiling. Binding intact. A sound working copy of this unique and valuable reference. Book
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James, Phyllis [Signed]
Frederic Freeman - Pioneer Merchant
111 pages. Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. Black and white photographic plates. "This 'green' English immigrant built his first house in Muskoka in 1880... In time he brought up a family and helped a town to grow, leaving his mark in Muskoka, at Proton Station near Dundalk and in the town of Grimsby, Ontario." - from back cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, September 8, 1962 - Recalling the Bolshevik Revolution
Features: Painless Diets; Jean Templeton stars in The Weighting Game; A Bolshevik Giant recalls the Revolution, by Ilya Ehrenburg; Westmount - a portrait of the capital of English Quebec, by Peter Gzowski; The Anglo-Sazon Jews, by Mordecai Richler; The Working Atom is Here - Jane Becker reports on Canada's nuclear industry; An Ingenue from the Rockies goes to Drama School - Susan Ringwood of Williams Lake, B.C.; An Eerie Postscript to the Bombing of Berlin, by Louis Greenburg. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Hollins, John: Arranger
English Songs for Flute Solo - with Piano Accompaniment
56 pages. Includes flute and piano music for the following songs: Early One Morning; Bobby Shafto; The Keel Row; Come, Lasses & Lads; Cockles and Mussels; Sally Gardens; The Rose of Tralee; Black Velvet Band; Lewis Bridal Song; Loch Lomond; My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose; Skye Boat Song; Men of Harlech; The Ash Grove; All Through the Night (Ar Hyd Y Nos); Lullaby (Suogan). Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Cooper, C.J. Astley
Rock-Climbing Guides to the English Lake District: Great Gable, Green Gable, Kirkfell, Yewbarrow, Buckbarrow
129 pages. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy. Book
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Kelly, H.M.
Pillar Rock and Neighbourhood
121 pages. Average wear. Modest external soiling. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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Compton, Susan; Cork, Richard; Fuller, Peter
Henry Moore
304 pages. Index. Selected bibliography. Colour and black and white photography. "Catalogues the commemorative exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, and brings together a remarkable range of the artist's work... Each of the 239 works is fully illustrated and is discussed at length in notes that incorporate extensive quotations from Moore's own writings on art." - from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Tight and square. Dust jacket preserved in Brodart. Modest sunning to dust jacket and lower edge of front board. A sound copy. Book
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Saul, John C.: Editor
The Educational Monthly of Canada, December 1905, No. 10, Vol. 28
44 pages. Contents include: Economy in Nutrition; The Ideal Teacher; The Hoar Frost on the Wood; The Central School Fair at Chatham; English Schools as Seen by a Canadian Teacher; Opportunity; Latin Composition in Secondary Schools; Lady Icicle; Teachers' Pensions; Nature Study in Schools; Good Speech; Current Educational Topics; Book Reviews. Front cover nearly detached, otherwise above-average but not excessive wear. Couple of ticks to table of contents else unmarked. A worthy copy of this interesting vintage periodical. Book
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Sitwell, O.F.G.
Four Centuries of Special Geography: An Annotated Guide to Books That Purport to Describe All the Countries in the World Published in English Before 1888, with a Critical Introduction
668 pages. Index. List of sources. "The first comprehensive guide to this genre." - from Preface. Gift greetings and prior owner's small name ink stamp upon front free endpaper else clean and unmarked with very light wear. A nice copy. Book
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Author Not Stated
Genealogy and Local History: Goodspeed's Book Shop, Inc. Catalogue 543
150 pages. Undated. Appears to be circa 1970s. Lists books in the following categories: Local History; Colonial and Revolutionary Records; Peerage - Baronetage - Surnames; Heraldry; English Local History - Visitations; Scotland; Ireland. Unmarked. Binding intact. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine, January 1969 *Burlington Glass Site*
Features: A Short History of English Papier Mache; A New Light on Ranvoyze; Burlington Glass Site; His and Hers; Collecting Chessmen; Some Welsh Antiques; William Pope Paintings; 200 Years of Canadian Painting. Address label on back cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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The Geographical Journal, LXXXIII 4. - April 1934
Pages viii + 256-352. Two fold-out maps at back: Rhodesia - Congo Boundary, Peake, Libyan Desert - Routes of Capt. Orde Wingate, 1933 and previous explorers. Map of The Old and New Rhodesia-Congo Boundaries near Elisabethville at page 266. Features: Douglas Freshfield, 1845-1934, by Dr. T.G. Longstaff; Northern Rhodesia-Belgian Congo Boundary - with fourteen black and white photos, by Lieut.-Colonel E.R. L. Peake; In Search of Zerzura - with six black and white photos, by Lieutenant Orde Wingate; Saxton's Survey of Northern England, by Gordon Manley; The First Sighting of Australia by the English, by Ida Lee; Moving Swamps in Ceylon - with two black and white photos, by W.G. Adam; The Carte Du Monde Au Millionieme, by Colonel Sir Charles Close; Obituary of Francis Henry Hill Guillemard; and more. Only external mark is a library stamp upon front cover. Similar stamps to back of fold-out Rhodesia map, upon photo at page 286, atop pages 295 and 311, and upon photo at page 322, Small bar code sticker atop page i. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A quality copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, 1 March 1938
48 pages. Features: Excellent colour photo ad for International Harvester trucks plowing snow inside front cover; Nice black and white full-page Chrysler ad on page 4; Beaver Bogan, by Ben Ames Williams - to test a man, take him fishing - and if you meet a Frere Cereau you'll find drama as well; The Biggest Show on Ice - A Look at The Ice Ballet Business, with black and white photos; You Want Something Different, by Anne Wormser; How Deep is Down? - Leslie McFarlane (the Hardy Boys author) writes of sinking a mine shaft in the middle of a lake and other notable feats of Canada's mining engineers, with black and white photos; Old-Fashioned Fool, by Alice Maxwell - the story of a loyalty which was without price; National Health Insurance, by John W.S. McCullough, M.D. - "Sickness insurance is bound to come... it must be a unified national scheme... and preventative medicine must be emphasized"; Beverley Baxter's London Letter - How to Behave in English Society; Max Brand - The 7th (Seventh) Day - part of the story; Recovery on Rails, by Sydney Morrell - the story of how Britain's railwys climbed from depression to prosperity - with nine interesting black and white photos; Full-page black and white photo ad for 1938 Dodge cars on page 23; Interesting two-colour full-page ad for Heinz Tomato Ketchup; Fantastic full-page black and white photo ad for Fargo trucks and commercial cars featuring photo of a 1938 Fargo 3/4 ton commercial panel van with 136" wheelbase; Half-page ad for Willys of Canada which boasts of up to 40 miles per gallon; Crossword completed in pencil on page 35; Nice two-colour full-page Chevrolet ad on page 37; Nostalgic multi-photo ad for Castoria child's laxative illustrates a furious father anxious to stuff a nasty-tasting laxative down his child's throat; Hollywood Update by Ann Ross; Attractive colour-illustrated 1938 Ford V-8 car ad inside back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. A sound copy. Book
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British Ministry of Information
Tunisia - The (English) Army at War
60 pages. Undated. Circa 1944. Loaded with amazing black and white photos and supporting text. Above-average wear. Folded in half. Fragile to handle but still a worthy reference copy. Book
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Author Not Stated
Sights and Scenes of the World: A Series of Magnificent Photographic Views Embracing the World of Nature and Art, People's Series, No. 15, 3 February 1894
16 pages. 13" x 10.5" oblong. Wonderful full-page black and white photos of: Bank of England - great street scene; The Bromielaw or Harbor, Glasgow; The Hamburg Warehouses - River Elbe scene; The Pitti Palace, Florence, Italy; A Street Scene in Naples; Hall of Justice - in the Alhambra at Granada in Spain; Port Said; The Acropolis, Baalbek, Syria; Native Street in New Zealand; English Parade, Hong Kong; Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Washington's Headquarters at Newburgh, New York; The Post Office, Buenos Ayres (Aries); Carmen Church Ruins, Guatemala; St. Martyn's Church, Canterbury, England; Shanes Castle, Ireland. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Gentle, Rupert; Feild, Rachael; Gentle, Belinda
Domestic Metalwork 1640-1820
461 pages. Index. Colour illustrated endpapers. Enlarged edition of the 1975 first edition entitled English Domestic Brass. "Extended to include European items, as well as objects in iron, steel and copper, although brass remains the principal subject... Whilst candlesticks and chandeliers are perhaps the most familiar of brass objects, the twenty-five colour plates and over 1,000 black and white illustrations reveal the huge range and variety of other items made in metal, encompassing all the necessities of domestic life from pap-boats to coffin plates." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Book
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Antiques Journal Magazine, August 1977
66 pages. Features: How to Collect Plates; English Epergnes; Snuff-Taking Adjuncts; The English Fly Trap; Early American Axes; How 'Go Withs' Can Expand Your Collection; Sarah Sorci - Phoenix Dollmaker. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine, September 1968, Volume 3, Number 9
30 pages. Features: English Chair Styles 1660-1860; Royal Worcester Flower Making; The Pre-Columbian Artifacts of Mexico; A Tribute to the Modest Collector - J.S. McLean; Silver Cream Jugs. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine, April 1968, Volume 3, Number 4
30 pages. Features: The Burlington Glass Site; James Tissot - a Retrospective View; Development of the English Candlestick; The Beaver Club Medal; Evlyn B. Payton - Artist; Collectors Beware. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine, February 1968, Volume 3, Number 2 - Osborne House
30 pages. Features: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria - Japanese Ceramics; Osborne House - Queen Victoria's seaside home on the Isle of Wight; 19th Century Doll Carriages; English Delftware - Western Canadian Collection; Daniel Fowler, R.C.A. - Canadian Water-Colourist; Early Ontario Floor Coverings; English Valentines. Some soiling to front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine, November 1967, Volume 2, Number 11
30 pages. Features: Confederation Silversmiths; 300 Years of Canadian Art; Eskimo Art - A Collector's Viewpoint; Animal Menagerie of the 1700's; A Short History of Antique Miniature Furniture; An Outline of English Period Furniture - Oak, Mahogany; Contemporary French Tapestry. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, 16 August 1958
Cover illustration by Peter Whalley. Features: Nice colour International Truck ad inside front cover. Wonderful full-page colour photo ad for new Massey-Ferguson plant at Detroit which builds 250 tractors per day; Marjorie Earl insists Canada Hates Single Women; Attractive full-page colour ad for Autumn Have brand EMBA natural brown mutation mink; Report from the Mediterranean Tinderbox - Blair Fraser reports on his five weeks in the rebellion-torn Middle East; Feature article on King Street in Saint John, New Brunswick - includes seven nice colour photos; The Stage Manager who looks like a Star - Grania Mortimer is Canada's best backstage boss - article with photos; 29 Canadian capitalists report on their trip to Russia - they were impressed and disturbed, and they tell why, with photos; How to win friends and really learn French (or English) - the Visites Interprovinciales scheme sees people living in the homes of others who speak the other language; The awful revelations of a streetcar driver - John Mowry of Toronto shares his harrowing story of demented drivers, wise guys, and livestock on Toronto's toughest line; Colour photo ad for Caterpillar features the newly built Strait of Canso Causeway; Nice colour G.W.G. ad inside back cover; Colour Ford auto ad on back cover includes a white 4-passenger Thunderbird. Average wear. Address label on front cover. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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The Antique Collector Magazine, June 1970 / July 1970
Features: The Fair - a Creative Idea; Gainsborough at the Queen's Gallery; The Grand Trianon Re-created - Louis VIV's Pavilion becomes the residence of the French President; Reflections from many angles - how fitments developed in English dressing tables; Illustrated supplement to the Antique Dealers' Fair, Grosvenor House; "Painted with Chinese River Scenes" - a meditation on English Underglaze Blue-and-White; Bristol Celebrates its Porcelain Bicentenary; Stronger policy at the R.A.; Parenthesis on Phelps; On Air Twist Soda Glasses - where they of English or continental origin?; and more. Minimal markings. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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The Antique Collector Magazine, February 1970 / March 1970
Features: Taxing historic houses; A Nation that Saved its Art - Polish Art Treasures at the Royal Academy covering 1,000 years; Packwood House - a National Trust Mansion in the Forest of Arden; Roman Domestic Glass; Pick of the Furniture Market; A Galaxy of Teapots - The Shand Kydd Collection, Part II; Prints made from Silhouettes; Hieratic Art of the Elizabethans - Exhibition at the Tate Gallery; The Case for Dr. Wall - has a pioneer of English Porcelain been unjustly discredited; and more. Minimal markings. Average wear. Pages in the back half are loose but present. Magazine
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The Antique Collector Magazine, June 1972 / July 1972
Features: Value-Added Tax - Zero-Rating or Exemption; Recent Acquisitions at the Victoria and Albert Museum; Newliston, Kirkliston, West Lothian, Scotland - The Home of the Hog Family for 250 Years; Grosvenor House Fair Supplement; William James Muller 1812-1845; The Willow Pattern; The Craftsmanship of English Walnut Furniture; Celebrated Profiles - silhouette portraits at the National Portrait Gallery; Daniel gardner - An Exhibition at Kenwood; European Taste - Frank Partridge's Exhibition of English and French Furniture; English Silver Salt Cellars; Worcester Spoon Trays in the Marshall Collection; and more. Some markings. Average wear. Magazine
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The Antique Collector Magazine, April 1972 / May 1972
Features: The interest in antiquities; The Jockey Club, Newmarket, Suffolk; A London Chinaman - Messrs Goodes; Late 17th Century Clocks in an English Collection; Some Payments by an 18th Century Collector; The English Champagne and Ale Flute Glasses, 1685-1832; The Treasures of Tutenkhaamun; The Handley-Read Collection - Victorian Art, Style and Syntax; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Magazine
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The Antique Collector Magazine, June 1969 / July 1969
Features: The Genius of Leonardo da Vinci - drawings at The Queen's Gallery; Glynde Place - The Sussex Home of Mrs. Humphrey Brand; A Remarkable Group of English Cabinets - Mid-18th Century Pieces with distinctive Writing Fitments and Fretwork; Georgian Women Silversmiths; Illustrated supplement to the Antique Dealers' Fair, Grosvenor House, 1968; Treasures of Flanders in the 15th century - Part II; With Quill, Ink and Sand box - some refinements found in early writing-desks; London City Company Arms on English Delftware - Part V; The "Crosby and Oliver 1771" Punch-bowl; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Book
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The Antique Collector Magazine, April 1969 / May 1969
Features: Antiques and Television; Oak House, West Bromwich, Staffs - a Tudor Yeoman's House which has survived an Industrial Tide; Decorative Early Maps; The Hannah Gubbay Collection; "Chayres with Iron Worke" - an account of some late 17th century 'Sleeping' Chairs; The 7th Scottish Antiques Fair; The "AW" Master Salt - a unique example of 17th century English Delftware; The Macabre in Art - as illustrated by Pictures of "The Temptation of St. Anthony"; The Blazing Myth and Kindred Matters for "Silhouette" collectors; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Magazine
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The Antique Collector Magazine, February 1969 / March 1969
Features: The True Father of English Clockmaking; Sulgrave Manor - The Northamptonshire Home of the Washingtons; 18th Century Soap-Boxes; Genius, Conformity and Eccentricity - The Bicentenary Exhibition at the Royal Academy; The Fromanteels - an Exhibition Illustrating the first Twelve Years of the Pendulum Clock; 16th and 17th century Swiss Stained Glass Painting; Opaque Twist Soda Glasses - are they of English or continental provenance?; English 18th century Furniture at Kenwood; Thoughts about Hallmarks on Silver; Interpreting Classic Landscapes by Old Masters; Paintings by Paul Huet (Exhibition at the Heim Gallery); New V. and A. Gallery for Musical Instruments; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Magazine
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The Antique Collector Magazine, December 1968 / January 1969
Features: The Royal Academy celebrates 200 years; Cannon Hall, Cawthorne, near Barnsley, Yorks - the home of the Spencer and Stanhope families and now a country museum; Japanese Art in England - some early collectors who admired the swordguards of Jo-i; The Swiss Art and Antiques Fair; London City Company Arms on English Delftware, Part IV; The development of the 17th century X-Chair; A Monumental Clock of Charles V.; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Magazine
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The Antique Collector Magazine, August 1971 / September 1971
Features: The Book Reprint Revolution; Boodle's, St. James' Street, W.1; Likes and Dislikes; Feather and Shell Decoration on Fine English Porcelains; The French Tastes of Mrs. Dodge; Sotheby's at Gleneagles; Treasures of 18th centuryFurstenburg Porcelain; English Drinking Glasses of the Air-twist Period; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Book
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The Antique Collector Magazine, June 1971 / July 1971
Features: Salisbury Hall - The Hertfordshire Home of Mr. & Mrs. W.J. Goldsmith; John Edwards - Georgian Silversmith; Frank Partridge's Exhibition; Treasures of Wilton House, Salisbury, Wiltshire; The Ceramic Art of China; An English neo-classic Commode and some interesting comparisons; Henry Holland Exhibition; Portrait and Landscape- Dutch Pictures at the Queen's Gallery; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Book
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The Antique Collector Magazine, April 1971 / May 1971
Features: Claydon House - a Buckinghamshire property of the National Trust; The Importance of Patina on Old English Furniture; A Whig Artist in Ivory - David Le Marchand, 1674-1726; Turret Clocks; The heads of Illustrious persons of Great Britain - engravings by Jacobus Houbraken ; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Book
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The Antique Collector Magazine, February 1971 / March 1971
Features: The United Service Club, Pall Mall; Five Water-Colourists - H.B. Brabazon, George Cattermole, H.B. Carter; E.W. Cooke, W.J. Muller; A Cool look at Hertford House; Some Uncommon Examples of Old English Pewter; "Stevengraphs" - the other side of the picture; Jewellery made in steel and iron; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Magazine
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The Antique Collector Magazine, October 1969 / November 1969
Features: The Role of the Expert; Charlecote Park - The Warwickshire Seat of the Lucy Family; Watches with Unusual Dials; Treasures of Islamic Pottery - A Victoria and Albert Museum Exhibition; Robert Adam - Perfectionist - a Furniture Pilgrimmage to Osterley; The English Silver Butter Knife - fresh light on its introduction and origin; The Brothers Jorden - an Important Find of a Royal Profile Miniature Group; Royal Gift of William III; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Magazine
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Antique Collector Magazine, January 1977
Features: Sculpture Busts - the face of the individual; Portrait Miniatures; Collecting Banknotes for their art; English Embroidery; The Vienna Secession and the Contemporary Artistic Movements; Antique Beds; Glass Candlesticks; Precious Objects Mounted in Silver; Theatrical Mezzotints after Zoffany; Longcase Clocks from the Country; Victorian Majolica; Antique Collecting in America; Under l0 pounds in Streatham and Croydon. Somewhat above-average external wear. Magazine
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Antique Collector Magazine, December 1972 / January 1973
Features: Antiques on Stage; The Age of Charles I at the Tate Gallery; Old Master Drawings at the Queen's Gallery; The Athenaeum, Pall Mall, S.W.1; A Collection of Mortars and their Pestles; Later Leeds Creamware; The Ribbed and Wrythen English Ale Glasses 1590-1830; The Gubbay Bequest at Clandon Park; Value Added Tax and the Collector; Derby Porcelain from 1750-1770; 'Fanfare for Europe' - Exhibition at Christie's; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Book
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The Antique Dealer and Collector's Guide, July 1970
Features: Tribute to Henri Matisse; Restoration; Antique Cameos and Intaglios; Gold and Silver Pique; Urbino Delft; Tables with Many Purposes; Pin Boxes and other Fairings; English Sealed Wine Bottles; New Light on Worcester Wares; The Antique World of the Mayflower; The Splendours of Brighton Pavillion; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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The Antique Dealer and Collector's Guide, March 1969
Features: The Fascination of English Porcelain Figures; Furniture for a Faith - Shaker Furniture; Thoresby Hall; The Story of English Drinking Glasses, Part II - Plain Stems and Newcastle Glasses, 1730-1750; Animals in Porcelain; Some Thoughts on Oriental Art; Charm and Variety in Victorian Silhouettes; The Powerful Lure of Self-Portraits; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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The Antique Dealer and Collector's Guide, June 1966
Features: Treasures of George IV; Solving some Problems in Chinese Enamels; Pottery Garnished with Silver; Teapoys and Urn Stands; English 18th Century Glass; English Porcelain Sauce Boats; Silver Oar of Admiralty; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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The Antique Dealer and Collector's Guide, November 1967
Features: Solving Puzzles in Staffordshire Naval Figures; Memorial Jewellery Fashions; Dressing Table Accessories; Dutch Painters who Delight; Russian Lacquer Boxes; Early English Silver Spoons; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Canadian Home Journal Magazine, April 1929
120 pages. Cover illustration of young lady with umbrella and chicks by Elsie Deane. Features: Stylish colour Palmolive ad inside front cover; La Chasse-Galerie - the flying canoe of voyageurs and shantymen, by J.E. Le Rossignol; Nomads of the Sea - story by Beryl Gray; Women in Fascist Italy - article with photos by Lilian Gibson, teacher of English to Il Duce, Benito Musolini; The Challenge of Youth - article by Judge H.S. Mott of the Juvenile Court, Toronto, with photo portrait of the judge; The Female of the Species - story by sapper; The Land of the Rose, by Jean Graham; Music, Art and Drama News of the Month; Camberley's Bride - story by Leslie Gordon Barnard; Miss Helen Sparling, self trained in the world of finance, answers the question "Can Women Be Successful in Business?"; Jean Whitlock writes about the evolution of furniture in the wake of architectural and societal developments; What Easter means to women across Canada - with photos; Mary Louise Orr writes about the various forms of luggage available to travellers; Nice 1-page black and white ad for Plymouth cars; Essex automobile ad; Plans for a large English brick home; Nice colour illustrated ad for Johnson's Wax; Colour ad for Congoleum Rugs; Cute ad for Berry Brothers "Liquid Granite" floor varnish; The Canadian H.W. Gossard Co. ad for women's underclothing; Wonderful colour full-page ad for Hupmobile - the new Century Six and Eight; Gene Tunney golf photo in ad for Nujol; Nice colour full-page ad for Oriental Plush auto interiors - available in McLaughlin-Buick enclosed cars; Anna Pavlowa photos in Cutex ad; C.W. Stokes suggests the creation of a Bureau of Complaints; Dodge Brothers Six ad; Lovely 1-page black and white photo ad for Mercury women's hosiery and lingerie; 1-page Royal York Hotel ad; Willys Knight ad for the 70-B model automobile; Nice colour 1-page ad for Brookfield Butter; Wow! - Great colour centerfold ad for Red Seal Certified Cedar Chests!; 1-page colour photo ad for Puffed Wheat features infant photo of Richard Murphy on sled; Beautiful colour 1-page ad for Studebaker in yellow; Nice black and white one-page ad for Ford Motor Company; Lovely 1-page colour ad for Barrymore Rugs in desert motif; Woodwards "Gripe Water" ad; full-page 2-colour Knechtel furniture ad; Adorable Easter doll clothing cutouts by Grace G. Drayton; Nice colour ad for Crane plumbing fixtures insdie back cover; Colour ad for Parker Duofold pens on back cover. Few short openings to coverfold and cover edges. Address label and faint erasure atop front cover. Coffee stains to back cover and last page. Please Note: page 24-25 have been removed and are not present. They appear to have contained advertising content. Overall, a sound copy of this charming vintage issue. Book
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Various Contributors
The Illustrated London News, July 26, 1941
Features: Australia's first air V.C. - Wing Commander H.I. Edwards; Photos of Italian and German POWs in Africa; Presentation of the Polish air force flag in England - six photos; Russia bombs Rumanian oil-fields; Diagram of German gliders used at the battle of Crete - landing air troops; Four fantastic low-level daylight photos of the R.A.F. attack on Rotterdam - 100,000 tons of enemy shipping crippled; Russia's resistance - article by Cyril Falls; Photos from Russia - where Soviet troops are at death-grips with the German enemy; Centerfold illustration of 'Winnie", a huge camouflaged English gun which hurls vast shells across the channel into German-occupied territories; Two full-page illustrations of giant English guns mounted on rail cars; Photos of England's 'Front-Line" Town - Dover; Photos of leading personalities of the week; Two-page map of the western Pacific illustrates America's strategic air and naval position in relations to Japan and Singapore; Photos of the "Robin Moor" being blown up by the Germans - the first U.S. ship torpedoed by Germany; Three photos of the Robin Moor's survivors at sea; Full page family photo of the Duke and Duchess of Kent with their two children, aged five and four; Article on the Plover; Full-page Dunlot ad shows how they serve agriculture; Full-page ad for The Nuffield Organization shows air crews with their planes in background. Average wear. Faint ink stamps to front cover. Clear tape inside each cover along spine, and externally along spine. A sound copy. Book
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The Illustrated London News, July 5, 1941*Cover Photo of the Latest Submarine "Spitfire" in Flight*
Features: Two-pages of Soviet cities now facing the gigantic Nazi battering-ram; Illustrations of two missing aces - Flight Lieut. J.C. Mungo-Park and Wing-Commander J.R. Kayll; Clearn photo of the Soviet emergency "Council of Defense", including Stalin, Molotov, Voroshilov, Malenkov and Berya; Wonderful photo of three large drums built for Haile Selassie and his new Abyssinian state; How the Nazis took Crete - five enemy views of paratroop operations; Thirteen photos of personalities of the day, including good photo of the funeral cortege of German ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II; Nine great photos of the besieged garrison of Tobruk; Article - Hitler's assault on Russia, by Cyril Falls; Air photos of French Aerodromes at Boulogne and St. Omer smashed by the R.A.F.; Super before and during photos of R.A.F. attack on the rail marshalling yard at Hazebrouck; Centerfold illustration of large-scale English mimic night attempt to land barge-borne troops and tanks (early D-Day training); Photos of Home Guard excercises - street fighting on London; Four photos of camouflaged snipers; Iraqi armistice - six photos, including one of Imir Abdul Illah, the Regent; After the Battle of Amba Alagi - The Italians Surrender - Two good photos; Photo of Nazi glider in Crete; Amazing photos of the "Imperial Transport", cut in half by a U-boat but still salvaged!; Article - the nutritive value of plankton; Syria's historic invasion route - inscriptions at the Dog River - seven photos; Nice half-page ad for Rolls-Royce cars. Average wear. Faint Ink stamp to front cover. Clear tape inside each cover along spine, and externally along spine. A sound copy. Book
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Various Contributors
The Illustrated London News, June 28, 1941 *Cover Photo of Hitler on His 52nd birthday with Goering, Himmler and Keitel*
Features: Russia mobilizes 13,000,000 men to defend her freedom - six photos including an excellent shot of an L-760; Photos of U.S.S.R. leaders and Soviet Navy and Army Chiefs; Good photo and caption of Mr. R.A. Watson Watt - originator of radiolocation, which helped to win the Battle of Britain; Three photos of the "Bristol" Beaufort - a deadly torpedo-carrier and bomber; Super photo in the massive wind tunnel at Langley Field, USA; Photos to indicate the power of English Radiolocation technology; Photos of Russian arms and troops on display; Page of photos and illustrations illustrating the Navy of the U.S.S.R. - Red units in the Baltic and Black Sea; Article on Tank Fighting, by Cyril Falls; Two interesting illustrations of the Armoured Command H.Q. Car which directs a fast tank brigade; Centerfold illustration of activity within the mobile Tank H.Q.; Photos of 15 personalities of the week; The Duke of Aosta and his generals surrender at Amba Algagi - with two good photos; Three excellent photos of the "Illustrious" under attack in the Mediterranean; Several photos of Polish sailors training and at rest; Various interesting naval photos including a shot of the new U.S.S. "Washington"; Five photos from Jibuti - French Somaliland - which must be Free French or Anti-Axis; Six photos of swimming in battle-dress and full kit - strenuous army training; Illustration of Churchill on the compass platform of a minelayer, by Sir Muirhead Bone; Illustration of Commander navigation for his mine-laying squadron, also by Sir Muirhead Bone; Article on the Curlew; Artistic full-page ad for Firth Brown; Schweppes full-page ad; Full-page ad for Vat 69. Average wear. Faint Ink stamp to front cover. Clear tape inside each cover along spine, and externally along spine. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine, October 1967, Vol. 2, No. 10
30 pages. Features: Nova Scotia furniture; Stoke-On-Trent - city of living tradition - the Staffordshire Potteries is today the world's centre of ceramic production; Art in London; Victoria and Albert Museum; Transfer Prints on Worcester - first period porcelain; Glamour of Old English Drinking Glasses; Full page Christie's ad featuring 'Very rare wines from private cellars'; Once the cork is pulled - rare old wines; The Glass Flowers of Harvard; British Potters link with Canada; Pioneer Living - wonderful information on weeden ware, recipes and more; Samplers - article by Mary Carol Wilson. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Spendlove, F. St. George; Carlisle, Lilian Baker; Thompson, A.S.; Dove, Margaret E.; Et al
Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine, February (Feb.) 1967, Vol. 2, No. 2 - Clockmaker Martin Cheney
30 pages. Features: The Wonderful Watercolours of James P. Cockburn, by F. St. George Spendlove; Martin Cheney - Elegant Clockmaker; Canadian Silversmiths, by A.S. Thompson; Blending Antiques and Flowers, by Margaret E. Dove; Stop Scalping Our Heritage!, by Donald B. Webster who argues that current fashions are responsible for the destruction of more good, early furniture than fire, rot, neglect and weather combined; London Letter - The Sheffield Plate Show; The Lost Art of Haban Pottery, by Maria Horvath; Tunbridge Ware, by Hugh Manning; The 'Water Lily' Pattern used by Wedgewood; Unique Celtic Collection, by C.I.N. Macleod; Outline of the Development of 18th Century English Furniture. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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