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LOCK Oliver
Battle Damage. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial boards, a fine copy.
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Asher, Michael; James Coleman, Valerie Smith, Anne Rorimer, John Vinci, Jean Fisher
Michael Asher / James Coleman
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at Artists Space in New York from June 2 to July 2, 1988. Essays by Valerie Smith, Anne Rorimer, John Vinci, and Jean Fisher. Illustrated in black & white. Exhibition histories and bibliographies for both artists. Scarce. 6" high X 9" wide, 31 pages. This catalog will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking.
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Azara, Pedro; Guri, Carlos
Arquitectos a Escena: Escenografias y Montajes de Exposicion En Los 90 = Architects on Stage: Stage and Exhibition Design in the 90's
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. Text in English and Spanish. Illustrated throughout in color. Architects and designers include: Joseph Svoboda, Daniel Libeskind, Tod Williams & Billie Tsien, John Pawson, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, Venturi Scott Brown, Achille Castiglioni, Jean Nouvel, Inaki Abalos & Juan Herreros, Diller & Scofido, Pepe Llinas, Enric Miralles, Toyo Ito, Daniel Freixes & Pere Ortega, Yago Conde & Bea Goller, Como Gili O'Flynn, Lelyveld, Schulz-Dornburg, and Mark Fisher. 9" square, 143 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Fisher, John J.
Toys To Grow with : Hundreds of Play Ideas for Babies and Toddlers
192 pages. eng
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Brown, Mik
Silly Riddles
8vo, pages not numbered, illustrated by the author. eng
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Armstrong, Richard E.
Horseshoe Reef : a story for boys
Proof copy. VG pbk. With illustrations by D.G. Valentine. From the library of Margery Fisher. 17987. eng
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Cockett, Mary
Ash Dry, Ash Green
Uncorrected proof copy. VG paperback in a VG dust jacket. From the library of Margery Fisher. Illustrated by Diana Stanley. 21234. eng
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Fisher, Bob
Crewing Racing Dinghies and Keelboats
1st edition. Very good condition hardback in a very good condition dust jacket. 160 pages, ISBN 0540071609. 50884. eng
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Fodor, Eugene and Robert C. Fisher (editors)
Fodor's Japan and Korea 1977
Hardback in dust jacket. VG/G. ISBN 0340214171. Associate editor, Richard Moore. 16913. eng
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Morris, Jan
Fisher's Face; or, Getting to Know the Admiral
300p.,frontis. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Fisher, Sara E.; Stahl, Rachel K.
THE AMISH SCHOOL.
96 p. Illustrated with photographs. 215mm. Softbound. Original pictorial wraps. People's Place Book No. 6. PAG 2A
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McClintock, Marshall (Editor).
WOMEN ON THE WALL.
159 p. 180mm. Softbound. Priced Pyramid paperback. Slightly worn. Second printing. Short stories. Includes: The Light of the World, by Ernest Hemingway; Bury your Own Dead, by Bessie Breuer; You Touched Me, by D.H. Lawrence; The beaut from Montana, by Frank Scully; Your body is a Jewel Box, by Kay Boyle; Homefolks, by Thomas Wolfe; Sex Education, by Dorothy Canfield Fisher; Queen in the Parlour Car, by Joseph E. McDougall; Something Jolly, by Dorothy McCleary; June, by Harry Roskolenko; The woman at the Store, by Katherine Mansfield; and The Women on the Wall, by Wallace Stegner. LIT BX 7
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Johnson, Sarah Wheeler.
NOTED WOMEN OF GERMANTOWN. Written for the Site and Relic Society of Germantown. Read at the meeting of April 4th, 1913. Germantown History (Vol. 2, No. 2).
53p. + Six Full Page Portraits. Small 4to. Original printed wraps. Very nice copy. PA PAMPH 20_4 BX3 + 2nd c. slightly age stained.
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Fisher, Sydney Nettleton.
THE MIDDLE EAST. A History.
pp. xiv, 650, xxxi [Index]. Illustrated with maps. Map endpapers. A few inked notations. Inked ownership of Caroline Mechem. Sm. 4to. Original full purple cloth binding, spine decorated and lettered in gold. Original dust jacket, chipped with loss. Hardbound. Second edition. Books such as this become increasingly significant with each passing day. ISLAM BOX 1
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(Ferguson, Samuel, Sir).
FATHER TOM AND THE POPE; Or, A Night At The Vatican. With Illustrative Engravings.
pp. 96, (4) [Publisher's catalogue]. Illustrated with 3 full page drawings. 16mo. Original full cloth binding, decorated in black and gold. Loss at head of spine. Boards slightly spotted. Hardbound. The Rev. Thomas Maguire, Catholic rector of a remote parish in Ireland, is generally considered to have been the hero of the amusingly exaggerated brochure entitled "Father Tom and the Pope", which first appeared in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, for May, 1838. Sir Samuel Ferguson (1810-1886) is usually credited with being the author of this famous piece. POPERY BOX 1
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(Ferguson, Samuel, Sir).
FATHER TOM AND THE POPE; Or a Night at the Vatican.
LACKS FIRST SIGNATURE. 105 p. Illustrated with three full page drawings. Stabbed. Parts of the original printed wraps. 12mo. The Rev. Thomas Maguire, Catholic rector of a remote parish in Ireland, is generally considered to have been the hero of the amusingly exaggerated brochure entitled "Father Tom and the Pope", which first appeared in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, for May, 1838. Sir Samuel Ferguson (1810-1886) is usually credited with being the author of this famous piece. POPERY BOX 1
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(Ferguson, Samuel, Sir).
FATHER TOM AND THE POPE; Or, A Night At The Vatican.
pp. 63, (2) [Publisher's catalogue] + Errata. Woodcut head and tail pieces. Printed on a sort of gray-wash paper. Small square 8vo. 190 mm. Original full cloth publisher's binding. Hardbound. The Rev. Thomas Maguire, Catholic rector of a remote parish in Ireland, is generally considered to have been the hero of the amusingly exaggerated brochure entitled "Father Tom and the Pope", which first appeared in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, for May, 1838. Sir Samuel Ferguson (1810-1886) is usually credited with being the author of this famous piece. POPERY BOX 1
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Automobile List Book.
AUTOMOBILE LIST BOOK. Showing Models, List Prices and Serial Numbers For Passenger and Commercial Automobiles. May, 1930.
292p. 16mo. Original full printed wraps. Price list for used cars and trucks from about 1924 to 1930. Includes: Nash; Durant; Chrysler; Haweye; Graham; Fisher; Dodge; Ford; and many other automobiles, trucks, hearses, ambulances, etc. A fine crisp copy of one of the earliest automotive "Blue Book" price guides. Scarce. AUTO/1
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Ames, Fisher.
A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WHIST. By the Latest Scientific Methods. Third Edition. With the American Whist League Code of the Laws of the Game.
pp. vi, 82. Title page has a small tear with no loss. All edges decorated yellow. 24mo. Original full black cloth binding. Front board lettered in gold and decorated with a suit of cards colored in red and outlined in gold. Extremities very slightly rubbed. Hardbound. Third edition. Very good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GAMES BOX 1
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McCarty, Lea F.
THE GUNFIGHTERS.
44 p. Illustrated with full page color paintings by Lea Franklin McCarty and printed by Mike Roberts. Color chapter headings. 4to. Softcover. Original color pictorial wraps. Very good. W9
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Fisher, Sydney George.
THE TRUE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Ninth Impression With An Appendix.
381 p. + Portrait Frontis and full page illustrations. Title page printed in red and black. XLib from the Altland Historical Library. Library bookplate signed by the author on front paste down. Manuscript presentation to Edgar Altland from the author, Philadelphia, Feb. 25. 1925 on first fly leaf. Uncut. Top edge gilt. 8vo. Original full yellow cloth binding, lettered and decorated in blue. Binding soiled. Library call number on spine. PA SHELF 61
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Fisher, O.C.; Dykes, J.C.
KING FISHER. His Life and Times.
pp. xvii, 157. Small 8vo. Original binding. Original dust jacket, price clipped. Second printing. The Western Frontier Library. Hardbound. Very good. Adams. Six Guns #724. W8RtRear
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Mora, Teo
Storia Del Cinema dell'Orrore. Volume Secondo (1957-1978) Tomo Primo - Tomo Secondo
Mm 150x210 Collana "Futuro Saggi". Secondo volume dell'opera "Storia del cinema dell'orrore" in due tomi nelle loro brossure originali, 493-XXXIX pagine complessive, alcune illustrazioni in bianco e nero fuori testo. Esemplare in buone condizioni. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
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MORRIS John, R.P., S.J. - Traduit de l'anglais par Louis RENE-BAZIN
Morts sur le gibet
PARIS, Maison de la bonne presse - 1955- In-8 broché - couverture illustrée - 217 pages
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Landon, Richard
Bibliophilia Scholastica Floreat : fifty years of rare books and special collections at the University of Toronto
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, Sept. 26-Dec. 21, 2005. 132p. illus. Book
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Fisher, Bill; Waar, Bob
How to Hotrod Big-block Chevys 396, 402, 427, 454
160 pages. Covers all big-block engines 1965 through 1971; blueprinting, cylinder heads, tune-up tips, Q-jet & Holley, Chevy HD parts, 454-ing 396/427; Exhaust, ignition, pistons, crankshafts, camshafts, clutches. Above-average wear. First 34 pages loose as a single unit. Remains a decent reading copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January, 1926 Through December 1926
Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Great photo of cable-pulling gang; The progress of the phone in greater Vancouver; New record set by Vancouver installers; Cartridge fuses defend against foreign currents; Providing phone facilities is a co-operative task; New Kerrisdale exchange being equipped; How a switchboard lamp is made; William Buckle and Splicing; Construction/splicing in Vancouver; A Switchboard Plug and Cord Explains its troubles; Where the cables end when they crawl out of the sea; Chilliwack's first telephone agent, John McCutcheon, passes away; Nice photo of Granville and Hastings; Nice photo of Richmond Road and area near Victoria; Operator training - 8 pages with nice photos; Peter Grant helped equip Canada's first common battery office; Nanaimo and New West. offices to be expanded; Preparing the pay cheques; George P. Kelly - installed 80' poles; More trunks in Vancouver; Lightning damage on mainland; Repeaters aid voice currents on long journeys; automatic typewriters - chief repeaterman William Faulkes; New Kerrisdale office; Bar Graph of growth of the B.C. system; Statement of Development: # of phones in operation in towns across the province; Victoria and Vancouver to be united by new route; how the phone bill was paid 20 years ago; Kootenays get service; The service application; High tension hazards; draughting the system; Mr. C.E.S. Fisher; Operator Grant gets a phone in her home; Arithmetic is paramount in traffic man's life; Phone shattered by lightning strike; Kamloops now connected to coast; Despatching yellow cabs from 'seymour 4000'; New Carlton office; plant garage serves many cars; new Langley office; Long Kamloops feature with many photos; Grouse Mountain yields to phone's advance - long article with many photos; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear overall with the exception of backstrip which shows significant wear and is loose along back edge. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Book
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Wallace, Ralph; Wickware, Francis Sill; Kent, George; Barcella, Ernest L.; Southern, Robert; Wilson, Herbert Emerson; Fay, Bill; MacBain, Alasttair; Ford, Corey; Williams, Ben Ames; Elkin, Sam; St. John, Darby; Lamb, Harold; et al
Collier's - The National Weekly Magazine, May 28, 1949 - The 25 Men Who Rule the World
86 pages Features: Kid Killers at the Wheel are turning highways into human slaughterhouses; New York's Biggest Attic - The Manhattan Storage and Warehouse Company - article with great photos; The 25 Men Who Run the World; Wizards of Words - The National Spelling Bee; The Great Larynx - Art Linkletter and Familiy; I Was the King of the Safecrackers (part 2 of 5) - Herbert Wilson; Inside Sports; Collier's Out of Doors. Fiction: A Young Man Marred; One Day When I Was Lost; How Are You in Trunks?; Lionheart; The Golden Dart (part 3 of 8); The Parked Car. Ads include: Magnificent Studebaker Truck ad inside front cover; Trailways Bus ad; Elsie the cow in Borden ad; Firestone; Pontiac; Fisher Body; *Beautiful* two-page color ad for Packard cars; Hudson cars; Dodge Trucks; *Gorgeous* Canada Dry ad features their Spur Cola, Ginger Ale, Club Soda and Hi-Spot; Greyhound bus lines; The US Army; Old Thompson Whiskey; Great color photo Blatz Beer ad inside back cover features photo of Brian Donlevy; Coke ad on back cover features many fashionable ladies. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Dabney, Birginius; Yahraes, Herbert and Dixie; Gehman, Richard B.; Howley, Brig. Gen. Frank; Small, Collie; Davidson, Bill; Wallace, Francis; Coons, Hannibal; Jones, Nard; Krauss, William A.; Atkinson, B.M. Jr.; Mankiewicz, Don; Pearce, Dick
Collier's - The National Weekly Magazine, November 26, 1949 - Sir Louis Stirling / Canada's Family Allowances Act (Baby Bonus)
86 pages. Articles: Prohibition's Ghost Walks Again; You'd Never Know Our Daughter is an Epileptic - Dixie Lou Yahraes; Knight from Orchard Street - Sir Louis Stirling, Britain's multimillionaire industrialist; My 4-Year War with the Reds (part 4 of 5); Babies Mean Money in the Bank - Canada's Familiy Allowances Act (Baby Bonus); Are Football Coaches Worms?. Fiction: The Big Minnie; Westward to Chadley; Miss Strawberry and the Sergeant; Blake's Thanksgiving; The Man Who Had Influence; Valley of the Tyrant (part 3 of 4). Includes these nice ads: Nash Airflyte cars; Motorola television; Borden's milk products - featuring Elsie the Cow; Johnsonian shoes; Willys Station Wagon; Lucky Strike; Fisher Body; Hamilton watches; Silver Star razors (featuring famous men); Ford cars (2 pages); Greyhound bus lines; Anahist; Mallory hats; Pendleton shirts; Canada Dry (nice!); Roadmaster bikes; U.S. Army (recruiting); FTD. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Lull, Roderick; Wilcox, Richard; Gann, Ernest K.; Towers, Frances; Edgar, Keith; Lanham, Edwin; Smith, Merriman; Vern, Ike; Marshll, Jim; Gross, Ben; Gross, Milton; Jackson, Henry L.
Collier's Magazine, April 24, 1948 - Mary Ann Atkins Cover Photo
102 pages. Articles: So You Want to Be President! - a White House reporter describes the rugged aspects of the job; The Farmer's Best Friend - The National Grange and its achievements; Designs for Touring - Out where the west ends (part 6); Men, Mikes and Money (part 2) - good music goes on the air, and Radio City is opened; Who Will Ever Run the Red Sox? - how will the team play for Boss Man McCarthy; Blazers are Back for Men - great color photos. Fiction: I Have a Wallet; The Shearing at Nello; The Horse Lattitudes; Violet; My Sister Mary; I'm a Stranger in Town Myself. Includes these ads: Hart Schaffner & Marx (inside front cover); Bell Telephone; Monarch canned fruit; GMC Trucks; Nash cars; Auto-Lite Spark Plugs (featuring Betty Hutton); RCA Victor radios; Pabst beer featuring colour photo of Miss Gladys Swarthout and Mr. Frank Chapman; Douglas shoes; Dodge trucks; Fisher body; Gillette Blue Blades/razors (2 pages in color); Plymouth; Chevrolet; Puritan Sportswear; Good Year; McGregor cool cord shirts; Hickok belts; The New Hudson cars; Lord Calvert liquor ad with full-page colour photo of Mr. William Lescaze; Walt Disney's "Melody Time" movie; Jeep Station Wagon; Ballantine's Ale; Trailways bus lines; Studebaker; Camel cigarettes ad on back cover features water skier Nance Stilley. Covers pulling from staples, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
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Duncan, David; Paul, Louis; Borg, Frederick; Rohmer, Sax; Williams, Nick Boddie; Dunnington, Philip; Marshall, Jim; Carson, Ruth; Dulles, John Foster; McDowell, Eulalie; Sherwood, Robert E.; Frank, Stanley; Grubb, Margot
Collier's Magazine, June 12, 1948 - Fashion High Command / The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins
98 pages. Articles: Out of This World - the great telescope on Palomar; Fashion High Command - how experts choose clothes to suit most American women; Can We Guarantee a Free Europe?; Two-Party Gal - Mrs. Perle Mesta; The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins (part 3) - The Common-law Marriage - his visit to Churchill in 1941; Saint-Lo Fights another Battle - much of the town still in rubble after Normandy invasion; Block that Toothache! - good news for those who don't like the dentist's drill. Fiction: The Bramble Bush (part 1 of 5); Dear Miss Phillips; Once to Every Woman; Shadow of Fu Manchu (conclusion); Important to a Man; It All Came Out. Ads include: Nash cars; Vitalis (with photo of Bobby Riggs); Borden's products - featuring Elsie the Cow; 'Jeep' Station Wagon; International School buses - rare ad!; Fisher Body; Douglas Shoes; Mercury cars (lovely 2-pages); DeSoto cars; Columbia bikes; Cory coffee-maker; Kodak; Santa Fe Railroad; Schlitz; Chrysler centerfold (puppy theme); Hamiliton watches; Jayson shirts; GM Electro-motive division; Kaiser Frazer; Fruit of the Loom; Chesterfield cigarettes (back cover) - featuring Alan Ladd. Unmarked with average wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
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Alderman, Tom; Grescoe, Paul; Brown, Dick; Proudfoot, Dan; Williams, Peter; Benoit, Mme Jehane
The Canadian Magazine / Star Weekly, August 10 - August 17, 1968: Rock Group Cream
20 pages. Features: Life in an Ottawa old folks' home; Life on the Road Makes Rock Group Cream turn Sour; The Bank of Montreal's Ladies' Branch on Sherbrooke St. in Montreal; George Fejer, George Eaton, Bill Brack and Craig Fisher - Canadians in Auto Racing - article with colour photos; The Ocean-Going Spies - ships and submarines are used to listen in on emenies; Plum recipes; Doug Wright's Family. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Croswell, Helen Tracy; Tracy, Carmen; Tracy, Candy
How it All Began: A History of the Kagawong Area Circa 1872-1910 - An Early History of Billings and East Allan Townships Volume I (One)
196 pages. Updated version of the 1977 first edition. Loaded with family histories/geneaological information on many local families. Provides information about some of the early industries and events in Billings and Kagawong. Grainy reproductions of marvelous archival photos. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
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Bryant, Arthur; Squire, Sir John; Falls, Cyril
The Illustrated London News, September 23 1950 - Gorgeous Cover Photo of Princess Elizabeth with Month-old Princess Anne / Korean War Coverage
Pages 465-504. Features: Artistic color ad for the De Havilland Comet features painting of evening scene by Cuneo (?); Numerous photos of lovely new Princess Anne; Photos with the British Troops in Korea - operations in the central sector; Photos of the United Nations counter-stroke in the Korean War and some asppects of the struggle on other fronts - a pictorial record; The "Briggs Plan" - Scenes in Negri Sembilan; Malaya in Arms - R.A.F. Regiment Recruits; London home of the Primate - Lambeth Palace; Once page photo of Dr. Geoffrey Francis Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury; Wonderful samples of photography from the R.P.S. Annual Exhibition; Centrefold cutaway illustration of a composite tank which incorporates the best features of American and Russian designs; amazing photo of window washers on the U.N. building; One-page photo of Parliament's Victoria Tower entirely enclosed in scaffolding; Seen for the first time in 1,000 years - Hellenistic frescoes of Castelseprio; Interesting photos of auto testing and quality control; Photos and personalities of the week include newlyweds Viscountess Anson, the Queen's Niece, and Prince Georg of Denmark; Photos of South Africans paying last respects to General Smuts in Johannesburg and Pretoria; Tenth anniversary of the Battle of Britain; Prize horses at Harringay Arena - Brandy of White Cloud, Pretty Polly, Mighty Atom, Nutmeg, Sheila, Liberty Light and Foxhunter; Photos of the quadruplets born to Mrs. Mary Coles in Westminster Hospital Sept. 12-13; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Sercombe, Ronald; Kay, Kenneth; Mayorga, Nancy; Cleeve, Brian; Martin, John B.; Martin, P.; Alsop, J.; Pringle, Henry and Katherine; Gleason, W.; Furlong, W.; Taylor, Frank; Gallico, Paul; Kelland, C.
The Saturday Evening Post, June 15, 1957 - TV's Wyatt Earp / The Deep South Says "Never"
132 pages. Fiction: Shark Water; The Jacksboro Mob; Marriage is Not for Me!; The Lost City; The Girl He Remembered (part 1 of 2); The Artless Heiress (part 3 of 8). Articles: The Deep South Says "Never!" to Desegregation (part 1 of 5); I Call on Wyatt Earp - the real life of TV's fastest-drawing, straightest-shooting Western marshal, as played by Hugh O'Brian; How They Meet Payrolls in Russia - are Red industry executives as good as their American counterparts?; Mr. President! - the Presidential press conference; The Face of America - The Languid Sands of Ocean City (photo); Is Sherman Lollar Better Than Yogi Berra?; Boom in Part-Time Jobs - with photo of Elmer Winter and Aaron Scheinfeld of Manpower Inc.; The Gentlemen in the Garden - The Men's Garden Club of Los Angeles - wonderful color photos; Ads: Western Union ad features photo of Fred Cole, President, Cole of California; Whitman's Chocolates; Republic Steel; Chrysler Windsor Two-Door Hardtop - color-photo; Boeing 707; Hammond organs; Admiral fridges - nice two-pages in color; Interesting two-page Pure Oil ad; Hertz Rent a car; Frigidaire pink fridge; Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup; Two-page Pontiac photo ad; Nice color vintage Thermos ad; Ford color ad featuring the Fairlane 500 Town Victoria; Wheaties - with square dancing motif; Nice two-page color photo ad by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau instructs how to prepare Iced Coffee; Sunbeam percolator; L&M cigarettes with nautical theme; Nice color-photo ad for Johnson outboard motors; Nice two-page color American Airlines ad shows wealthy clientelle; Caterpillar ad displays work on the interstate highway system; Two-page GM ad for Fisher Body; Harrison air conditioning color-photo ad; National Cash Register ad for till that calculates change; Avis Rent-a car; Yale Hoist color-photo ad shows Hanford Atomic Plant nuclear waste being handled by one of their hoists, complete with men in hazmat suits; Union Pacific All Coach Domeliner ad; Wow- uncommon half-page color ad for Dairy Queen; Dogde Power Giant truck ad; Nice one-page color Viceroy cigarette ad features Sam Snead and Cary Middlecoff. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Tuten, Frederic; Williamson, Nicol; Rose, Sir Francis; Chamberlin, Anne
Vogue Incorporating Vanity Fair (US), July, 1969 - The Look That Puts You Way Ahead in Fashion / Special Israel Report - Featuring Daliah Lavi
168 pages. Features: Many Israel-themed ads; Great fold-out ad for American Standard's "Ultra Bath"; Fisher Body ad features stylist Sue Vanderbilt in a psychedelically colored auto interior; Fall Fashion Forecast; Hamlet as Nicol Williamson; Isador Duncan in 1925-1927 - "Goddess of a Mad Freedom"; Israel Onrush - Its Surprises, Drive and Pleasures - article with photos of Golda Mer, Teddy Kollek, Samuel Yosef Agnon, Yigael Yadin, Amos De Shalit, Sylvie Keshet, Gershom Schocken, Dr. Jack Gross, Daniel Recanati, Mrs. Meir Peli, Uri Zohar, Hannah Zemer, Ephraim Kishon, Hanna Marron, Daniel Barenboim, Topol; Daliah Lavi - New Fashion Manna From Israel - color photos; The Decorated Leg - embroidered, Jewelled, Ornamented, Laced - color photos in Israel; The Pretty Girl is Back; The Great Sauna Plot; The Beautiful People in Shirts and Ties; Yves Saint Laurent in Marrakech; Unmarked. Average wear. Few small chips and openings. A sound copy of this special vintage issue. Book
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Author Not Stated
Extra Muros / Intra Muros: A Collaborative Exhibition of Rare Books and Special Collections at the University of Toronto
128 pages. Colour illustrations. Catalogue for an exhibition held 25 September - 22 December 2006 by the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto. A selection of treasures from all the libraries of the University of Toronto. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Punch Weekly Magazine, 31 October 1984
98 pages. Feature: Fisher stereo ad inside front cover; Remi Martin cognac ad; Two-page Renault 25 ad; Raffles cigarette ad; 2-page Glengoyne ad; Grundig ad; Two-page Teacher's whisky ad; Spain tourism ad; Glenfiddich 'halo' ad; Two-page Porsche 944 series ad; Chanel No. 5 ad; Bayer two-page ad features painting by David Teniers entitled 'The Barber-Surgeon' and asks how good the old days really were; Hine cognac ad; Johnnie Walker's Diary; Cross pen ad; Thistle Hotels ad; Two-page colour photo ad for the Fiat 4x4 Panda; Gold ad by The Goldsmiths Group; 2-page ad for Boots fragrances; PYE VCR ad; Sasco ad; Lovely 2-page lilypad-theme Martini ad; Highland Park whisky ad shows peat diggers; Glenmorangie whisky ad inside back cover; Martell ad on back cover; and much more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Burke, Joe; Fisher, Mark; Davis, Benny
Oh How I Miss You To-Night - with Ukulele Arrangement
6 pages. Nice color cover illustration plus photo of 'international singing star' Gerald Griffin. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Silver, Norman and Lane, Ed: Editors
Hit Parader Magazine, June 1954 Vol. XII No. 7
34 pages. Cover: Doris Day Features include: Juke-Box Dynamite; A Day with Eddie (Fisher); On the Upbeat; Bob Horn's Bandstand; Picture of the Month "Lucky Me"; Disc Jockey Platter Patter; and Grouped for Stardom. Collection of lyrics to the popular songs of that era including: Cleo and Me-O; Melancholy Me; Young at Heart; and many more. Full page b/w movie poster "Lucky Me" starring Doris Day and Robert Cummings on inside front cover. Binding sound. 1" opening top spine on page 25/26. Unmarked. A clean, bright copy. Magazine
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Pratt, William V.; Fuqua Stephen O.
Newsweek - The Magazine of News Significance: April 7, 1941 - One Million Mobilized
68 pages. Features: Nice color-photo Nash car ad inside front cover; Nice one-page two-color ad for the April 5, 1941 issue of the Saturday Evening Post features articles on the U.S. Navy and occupied Poland; Marriage of Ilona Massey to Alan Curtis; Brief obituaries for Dr. Eugene Dubois and Lawrence Hills; Nice one-page black and white photo ad for H.J. Heinz soups features happy photo scenes of soup being served; US takes dozens of foreign ships into 'protective custody' - discovery of Axis sabotage, Nazi nationals rush home; Crackdown on former Communist leaders Earl R. Browder and Richard J.H. Krebs, alias Jan Valtin; Dr. John Romulus Brinkley - radios' goateed medicine man; White Slavery on Cow Island, MS - Mrs. Cora Lee Davis and her family were held for two years by sharecropper Joseph Walker; Yugoslav Stand Against the Nazis - Belgrade closes border and Bulgarian Army mobilizes; Grainy photo of Ribbentrop welcoming Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka; Color Good Year tire ad; Color-photo Canadian Club whiskey ad features photo of rowboat approaching iceberg to await rescue; Cine-Kodak movie camera ad; Strike tidal wave; Nice color Cadillac ad features front grill and Hydra-Matic Drive; Classy color-photo ad for Fisher Body shows lady holding flowers; Last run for 10th Avenue cowboy in New York - with photo of him leading freight train down street; Photo of bank in New Rochelle station waiting room includes partial view of classic 1941 magazine rack; Photos of boxers Lou Nova and Max Baer; John Kieran; Emiliano Zapata - Prince of the Peasants - with photo; Book review of "Chemical Warfare" by Dr. Curt Wachtel, including photo of author; Nice color ad for Grace Line Cruises on back cover shows older man lounging on deck; and much more. Middle page holding by one staple. Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Cumming, Ross: Editor
Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Halton, Ontario
72 pages. Reprint of the 1877 first edition published by Walker & Miles of Toronto. Contains twenty-eight maps, thirty-two portraits of dignitaries, thirty-seven illustrations of residences, and twenty-six illustrations of local businesses and views. Pages 53 through 72 provide written information including: lists of the County and town officers, agricultural production, educational statistics, population, descriptions of some of the principal towns and villages of the County, and dozens of biographical sketches. Large handsome gilt decoration and lettering upon black front board. Average external wear. Prior owner's neat signature upon front free endpaper. Binding open at page 57 and partially at index. An invaluable guide to the early history of Halton County. Dimensions: 18" x 12.5" Book
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Annett, A.R.; Winslow, S.; Gilman, M.; Reyburn, W.; Reed, Douglas; Baxter, B.; Edwards, F.; Craig, L.; Holmes, G.; Ashbery, H.; Campbell, H.
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, December 1, 1941 - Special Army Number/E.J. Hughes Art
80 pages. Features: Cover illustration of General Officer Commanding Canadian Corps - Lieutenant-General A.G.L. McNaughton; Great colour-photo ad for International Trucks inside front cover features fire-fighters for the air fighters of the R.C.A.F.; Rare one-page black and white photo ad for Moffats Limited shows their employees involved in WWII-related activities; One-page Westinghouse Radio ad features their Strategic War Map and the title "God bless you - Canada!"; Over There - McNaughton's boys are now in fine battle shape and spoiling for a fight - article with photos; Douglas Reed explains that Britain's armed forces are ready to begin jabbing the enemy; ; Good-by, Baby - ware-related fiction; Beverley Baxter describes his return from Spain to the blackouts of Britain; Photo-illustrated article on the work of Tank Crews; Article on Canadian Defense Minister the Hon. J.L. Ralston; Sneak Preview - fiction by Mildred Gilman and Seymour Winslow; Nice one-page black and white photo ad for Dodge Trucks features a snub-nosed lumber hauler; Travelling Oasis - Military fiction in Libya by Major Gerald Oscar Holmes; One-page black and white ad for Dodge cars, featuring the Special DeLuxe; One-page black and white RCA Victor ad features illustration of tanks and planes, below which is a small illustration of Winston Churchill; One-page black and white ad for the Chrysler Royal - with fluid drive; One-page letter from Frigidaire asking consumers to hold back their purchases and invest their money in War Savings Certificates (Bonds); Two-page black and white Ford Motor Company of Canada ad displays the military vehicles they are manufacturing for the war effort; One-page black and white Plymouth car ad; Nice one-page black and white Fargo Truck ad shows tractor trailor hauling steel I-beams; (Canadian) Soldier Artists Record War Effort - E.J. Hughes, O.N. Fisher and Chas. Scott; Canadian General Electric one-page black and white ad features their appliances in a Christmas gift /war savings certificate theme; This Man's Army - fantastic black and white photo feature shows Canada's troops in the many phases of their basic and advanced training; The Canadian Corps in Theoretical Assault - intriguing two-page black and white aerial illustration depicts Nazi forces holding Toronto, surrounded by Canadian forces; Awarding of Medals - article on how this is done; Nice one-page colour military-themed ad for Longines watches; Fantastic colour Firestone ad features the many products they are contributing to the war effort; One-page colour reproduction of E.J. Hughes' painting "The Sergeants' Mess"; One-page black and white General Motors of Canada patriotic ad with small photos of army vehicle production line; Nice one-page two-colour (green and black) Chevrolet ad; One-page two colour (black and yellow) Goodyear military-themed tire ad; Photo fo Canadian soldier billeted in British home; Nice hald-page black and white photo ad for Craven "A" cigarettes which 'will not affect your throat'; Nice red and black one-page ad for Heinz Old-Time Baked Beans features happy multi-generational supper scene; Meals en Masse - article on preparing food for an army, Canada's Army; Lovely colour-photo ad for Palmolive Soap inside back cover inludes Dr. Dafoe and the Dionne Quints; Nice bright colour back cover ad for Community Silverplate cutlery. Average wear. Unmarked. Staples pulling from covers but still attached. A very special issue due to it's substantial Canadian WWII content, highlighted by the artwork of E.J. Hughes. Magazine
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McCutcheon, George Barr
Nedra
343 pages. Green front board Illustrated by Harrison Fisher. All five colour plates present. Heavy overall wear. Hinges open. Spine slant. Prior owner's details, dated 1905, upon front free endpaper. A worthy addition to the collection of any fan of Harrison Fisher. Book
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Joseph Doyle; Jay N. Darling; Allan Nevins; W.C. Bullitt; Craig Thompson; N.V. Peale; Vaeth, J.G.; Cohane, T.; Et al
Look - America's Family Magazine, August (Aug.) 24, 1954 - The Boss of Quebec / The Mighty Kluszewski
96 pages. Features: Cover Photo of Elizabeth Taylor with son; Old Gold cigarette ad inside front cover features hound dog; Bell Telephone ad illustrates their solar battery which generates electricity from sunlight; Wonderful color Texaco ad shows dalmation puppies being towed behind boat; Nice Elgin watch ad; Great color ad for Ford's 1954 Sunliner, Skyliner and staton wagons; Totally awesome one-page color-photo ad for Fisher Body shows fashionable dame in Palm Springs with red Chevrolet convertible; Nice one-page color ad for movie "The Black Shield of Falworth"; Edward R. Murrow - the man, the myth and the McCarthy Fighter; A vacation is what you make it; Should we support an attack in Red China?; Nice one-page ad for Campbell's chicken with rice soup; Two-page color ad for Cheez Whiz; Nice color Pepsi ad shows couple on beach; Finns love pesapallo - in Finland this is baseball; Color photos of Hollywood mothers - June Allyson, Elizabeth Taylor, Jeanne Crain, and Lauren Bacall; My Years with Herbert Hoover; Nice fashion photos; Country Doctor in New York - Dr. J. Jerome Steinfelder; Lovely one-page Kleenex ad with Little Lulu illustrations on beach; How close are we to space travel?; Photos of Bob Hope in Catalina sweaters ad; The Mighty (Ted) Theodore Bernard Kluszewski of the Cincinnati Reds - article with photo of Jim Greengrass, Gus Bell and Ted Kluszewski shirtless in batting stance; American Art and Tradition Go Abroad; Nice color Schenley whiskey ad inside back cover; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features photos of John W. Fincher of Cairo, GA, A.R. Schneidewind of Upper Montclair, NJ, J. Russell Fraser of Detroit, Mrs. Katharine B. Coelsch of The Dalles, OR, W.C. Fowler of Dallas, TX, and Mrs. B. Collins Edgar of Lookout Mountain, TN, and Evelyn Terjesen of New York; and more. Loss/nibbling to periphery of front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Bryant, Arthur; Squire, Sir John; Falls, Cyril; et al
The Illustrated London News, Saturday, October (Oct.) 2, 1948: Surrender at Hyderabad
Pages 365-392. Features: Cover photo of the HMS Duke of York; Series of photos illustrate the "Mouse Trap Mechanics" of atomic science for the man in the street; Review of "Uttermost Part Of The Earth", by E. Lucas Bridges; One-page photo of HRH the Duke of Edinburgh at the tiller of Bluebottle; Photo of Signor Togliatti in Rome; Six photos of the last journey home by Count Folke Bernadotte, the United Nations' mediator in Palestine, who was assassinated in Jerusalem on September 17 - also killed was his French observer, Col. Serot; Review of the late Gen. George S. Patton, Jr's, book "War as I Knew It"; Five photos and text describe Hyderabad at the time of the surrender, and after; Article on the front line airpower of Great Britain today; Three excellent cutaway diagrams of Britain's front-line fighters of today, "Meteor" and "Vampire"; Fascinating centrefold illustrates seven jet aircraft of the USSR - fighters and bombers of the Soviet Air Force; Photo of Major R. Johnson, US Air Force, at Muroc Dry Lake, California, on September 15 after he established a new airspeed record of 670 mph in an F-86 jetfighter; Photo of the new Hillman Minx; Photo of new Standard Vanguard pickup truck; Five photos of hurricane striking Miami, Florida; Photo of Churchill's grandson, Julian Sandys, aboard light rail locomotive; Photo of Vijayalakasmi Pandit, sister of Pandit Nehru, at the United Nations; Photos of the "Parasite Fighter", US XF-85 leaving its parent aircraft and beginning a 20 minute flight; Photos of personalities of the week include Don Bradman, Lord Gowrie, David Woodford, John R. Nixon, G. S. Cansdale, Sir Warren Fisher, George Marshall, racehorse Brown Jack, Dr. Ralph Bunche, Mr. Vyshinsky, and King Frederick of Denmark with the Duke of Gloucester; Magnificent one-page photo of the interior of King's College Chapel, the finest flour of late Gothic architecture; Page of photos at Arnhem and at the Hague; Page of photos of bats in flight, as photographed by themselves. Advertising outer pages not included. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Lesyk, Elsie
Wings Over Dauphin: A History of a Forgotten Era
vii, 107 pages. Black and white reproductions of photos. Documents the history of No. 10 Service Flying Training School and No. 7 Bombing and Gunnery School which were hubs of Allied training activity near Dauphin, Manitoba during the second world war. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked with lightest wear. A quality copy of this important record. Book
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Dugan, J.; Bodsworth, F.; Callwood, J.; Coleman, J.; Wuoria, Eva-Lis; Delaplante, Don; Edgar, James; Anglin, G. Buckler, E.; et al
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 1 August (Aug.), 1950 - Red Dutton / Joe Palooka / Rev. Lester Burry
48 pages. Features: Cover illustration of the Maid of the Mist beneath Niagara Falls, by Franklin Arbuckle; Colour ad for International trucks inside front cover; GMC truck ad; The Royal Family of the Seas - Canadian Sam Cunard's mighty Queenships shuttle across the Atlantic with 200,000 travelers each year; Why Half Our High School Students Quit; The Clumsy One (fiction); A Honeymoon at Niagara Falls, by June Callwood and Trent Frayne; How Red Dutton Made His First Million - the NHL's one-time bad man is now a rich contractor; Ellen Fairclough Goes to Ottawa - the only female member of parliament, and only the sixth Canadian woman M.P.; The Black Magic Murder Case (fiction); Joe Palooka - richest pug in the world - Ham Fisher's brawny clean-cut champion rakes in $8 million a year from comic strips, movies and candy; Rev. Lester Burry - The Mechanized Missionary of Northwest River - article with colour photos; The Day You Meet Your Skunk; The Bachelor's Dilemma, by Morley Callaghan; Page-Hersey heating ad features photo of Micheal, Marywinn, Marion and David Milne of 32 Kingsway Cres., Toronto; Li'l Abner cartoon in Cream of Wheat ad; Champion spark plug ad features racer Johnny Parsons; Back cover O'Keefe's ad features nice swimming illustration by Aileen Richardson; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
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Grey, Zane; Garrett, Garet
The Country Gentleman Magazine, - For the American Farmer and His Family, November [Nov.] 17, 1923, Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 46 - Is Uncle Sam Rich Enough To Give Us All a Farm? / Cranberries
52 pages. Features: Nice one-page illustrated ad for "U.S." Boots; Nicely illustrated Fisher Body ad features scene in modern dairy barn; Is Uncle Sam Rich Enough To Give Us All A Farm?; Cranberry Folks are Sales Experts; Mouse-Guarding Our Orchards; Good Grass and a Cow Climate in Washington State; How to Nurse an Invalid Farm; They Needed a New Poultry House - cozy quarters brought winter eggs; Satan's Bushel (fiction); Fishing the Rogue (fiction); A Dane Tells What He Finds Wrong in Our Farming; Thanksgiving Chicken Pie (recipe); Nice one-page Hupmobile ad; Nice one-page illustrated ad for the Oakland Motor Car Company; One-page illustrated Fordson tractor ad; Nice one-page two-color ad for Three-In-One Oil features shotgun and hunting scenes; Nice one-page ad for Gold Seal footwear; Sensational centerfold ad for "Ball Brand" footwear features their red ball; One-page ad for the Oldsmobile Six; Excellent one-page ad for the Buescher True-Tone Saxophone features photos of seventeen prominent artists of the day; Two-color ad for Firestone footwear inside back cover; Purina Hen Chow ad on back cover; and much more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this marvelous vintage issue. Book
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Huffines, Gordon [Editor]; Herron, Edward A.; Carley, Clyde; Miller, Luther; Unger, Henry F.
Railway Progress [Magazine], June 1957, Vol. XI, No. 4: California to Las Vegas Via Union Pacific
50 pages. Black and white reproductions of photos. Features: Fare - $17.99 - Union Pacific satisfies the demand of Californians wanting to visit Las Vegas; "Heavy-Duty" Blue and the Flying Dutchman (short story); Joe Fisher's Neighborly Reading Railroad; The Land Grant Legend - how the federal government actually made land grants to promote the construction of railroads through the sparsely settled or unsettled areas of the country; Steam with a European Accent - six pages of European locomotives; Arizona's Town Hall Shortline - The Santa Fe, Wickenburg and Hassayampa River Valley Railroad; The Chessie Charms the Stockholders - shareholder meeting of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway; Guinness' Stout Little Railroad at their St. James Gate Brewery in Dublin - article with great photos of this narrow gauge which winds 8.5 miles through one of the world's largest breweries ; "I'm Feeling Pretty Proud" - Railroad Man of the Year, Harry G. Adams of the Illinois Central - article with photo. Clean and unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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