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Rains, Olga
Children of the Liberation
130 pages. True life revealing stories of Dutch children born of Canadian soldiers after World War II. Grainy black and white illustrations. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy reading copy. Book
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Antiques Journal Magazine, November 1976 *DEAD MONEY JEWELRY*
66 pages. Features: Dead Money Jewelry; Eagles in American Quilts; Collecting Civil War Images; Are You Sure It's a Real Arrowhead?; Documentary Dolls - costume dolls of Jacques and France Rommel; Quintuplet Collectibles; Victorian Bracelets. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Hempsall, Leslie (Signed)
We Stand on Guard for Thee
138 pages. List of sources. Glossary. Author's signature and inscription upon title page. A history of the war years at the Royal Canadian Air Force station, Ucluelet and Tofino. Black and white illustrations. Unmarked but for an accidental pen mark to last page. Light wear. A quality copy of this interesting work. Book
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Industrial Archaeology Review, Volume XVII, Number 1, Autumn 1994
112 pages. Many excellent black and white photos and diagrams. Articles include: Brunel and the Crystal Palace; Industrial Heritage of the Iron and Steel Industry in the Lower Rhineland; Excavation and Survey at Higher Woodhill Mill, Bury; The Glass Industry Revisited; 'The Name Liveth' - A remote sensing survey to decipher the illegible inscriptions on St. Mary's War Memorial, Nottingham; Coke ovens at Vobster Breach Colliery; Housing the Loom - a comment. Government stamp to title page otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Canadian Geographic Magazine, February/March 1983 - Lodgepole Runaway Gas Well
90 pages. Features/Articles: Airships - key to Canada's frontiers?; The Exciting First Dirigible Visit to Canada; - the R-100; Raising the Hamilton and Scourge - U.S. Warships sank during war of 1812; Huge warships were built on both sides of Lake Ontario during the War of 1812; Young Inuit learn, earn at archeological sites; Old Montreal its old self once again; Wild Orchids - exquisite, irresistible, vulnerable; Fish Habitat re-created in Coquihalla River diversion; The Spectacular dunes of Prince Edward County; New Downtown for the nation's capital - $500 million facelift in Rideau Street area; Folk art on tour - A show organized by the National Museum of Man - From the Heart, Folk Art in Canada; The Lodgepole runaway gas well - the most fearsome natural gas blowout in the history of the Alberta petroleum industry lasted 68 days and affected almost everyone in the province. Average wear. Clean and unmarked. Two-inch opening at bottom of cover fold. A sound copy. Book
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The Historical Section of the Great General Staff, Berlin; Waters, Colonel W.H.H. (Translator)
The War in South Africa
280 pages. Maps and illustrations. Appendices. "The essential subject of this work is the instruction of the German officer, and the criticisms which it contains point out, therefore, not only our alleged faults and errors, but show also what, in the opinion of the Great General Staff at Berlin, we ought to have done." - from Preface by Translator. Heavily-worn former library copy with usual markings. Spine slant. Binding intact. Offered as is. A worthy reading copy. Book
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The Historical Section of the Great General Staff, Berlin; Du Cane, Colonel Hubert - Translator
The War in South Africa: The Advance to Pretoria After Paardeberg, the Upper Tugela Campaign, Etc.
374 pages. Index. Appendices. Heavily-worn former library copy with usual markings. Spine slant. Some plates and maps missing. Binding intact. Offered as is. A worthy reading copy. Book
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Bogle, Eric
Eric Bogle Song Book (Songbook)
Includes music and lyrics for the following songs: The Band Played Waltzing Matilda; No Man's Land; Leaving Nancy; Since Nancy Died; Now I'm Easy; The Song of the Whale; Leaving in the Morning; Glasgow Lullaby; Shining River; Sandy is a Soldier; Life-Boat Men of Hoy; Belle of Broughton; No Use for Him; Mary and Me; Front Row Cowboy; The Wee China Pig; Big Mansion House on the Hill; The Aussie Bar-B-Que Song; She'll Be Right; The War Correspondent; Love Song of a Simple Man; My Youngest Song Came Home Today; Song Notes. Interesting black and white illustrations. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
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Pozzi, Henri (Signed)
La Guerre Revient...
363 pages. Signed and inscribed by author atop half-title page. Text in French. First edition of what was printed in English in 1935 with the title Black Hand Over Europe. "... An appalling expose of the situation of the national minorities in the Balkans and in Central Europe (which) tried heroically to call to the attention of the French people the dangers to which France and all Europe were exposing themselves should France continue to finance and support the criminal and ambitious political parties of the Little Entente, and especially of Yugoslavia... The book is prohibited in the Little Entente, Greece and Turkey, and in Yugoslavia; any government official or employee apprehended reading the book is given five years of hard labour." - from Translator's note to the English Edition. "Two months after the publication of my book the Supreme Court of Belgrade sentenced me by default to twenty years of hard labour and the White Hand (the Panserb terrorist and military organization) sentenced me to death." - from Author's Preface to the English Edition. Prior owner's name and date pencilled atop title page. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this important work. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, June 15, 1936: Gold in Saskatchewan
Cover Painting by Stuart. Features: Eveready Flashlight ad inside front cover; Editorial regarding the crisis of Canada's large quantity of unsold wheat; Waterman's Ink-Vue Pen ad; Roadhouse Blues, by Benge Atlee; Gold in Saskatchewan, by Leslie Roberts - Lake Athabaska's gold fields - article with photos; Place, by Tayler Sutton; Whale Coming Up! - Whaling in the North Pacific isn't what it used to be, but it still provides both peril and profit for the hardy - article with photos; Three cents an hour - women are working at that wage in Canada, under conditions that would be a disgrace to any civilized society; Hobby House, by Eleanor De Lamater; They Call Him Summertime Santa - J.D. O'Connell is Canada's most unique philanthropist; Arctic Doctor - Dr. James A. "Fred" Urquhart, of Aklavik, is Canada's most northerly doctor - his territory, an area of 900,000 square miles!; Canadians in England (Lord Beaverbrook, Gladstone Murray, Sir Campbell Stuart, Bonar Law, Lord Greenwood, Peter Donovan), by Beverley Baxter; Marriage Isn't a Place, by Margaret Lee Runbeck; Sahara Lighthouses - short article on the beacons which lead desert travellers; Siam falling under the domination of Japan - short article; Fire Bombs - an accurate prediction that in the next war they will be used by the thousand to destroy cities; Canadian Pacific ad featuring the Empress of Britain; Nice ad for Wrigley's Spearmint Gum; Those First Meals, by M. Frances Hucks at the Chatelaine Institute; Wonderfully artistic two-colour ad for Heinz Tomato Soup inside back cover; Red Indian/Marathon "Blue" colour ad on back cover for the McColl-Frontenac Oil Company. Average wear. Unmarked. Covers detached but present. Address label atop front cover which bears a six inch opening to its lower corner. A worthy copy of this lovely vintage issue. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, August 1, 1983 - The World of Alex Colville
Cover photo of Alex Colville. Contents: Crisis of mounting AIDS hysteria in San Francisco; Anti-cruise missile protests; Grant Devine's Farmland Safari in Saskatchewan; Brian Mulroney campaigning in the Maritimes; Washed-out bridge at Rogers Pass; Manitoba fights mosquito war; The Return of Henry Kissinger - special report; Gathering clouds of war in Central America - Nicaragua; Photo of Lebanon's Gemayel in Washington with Reagan; Craxi takes the helm in Italy; Martial law lifted in Poland; Kohl confronts the doves in Germany; Photo of Shannon Tweed and news about her leaving Playboy Enterprises Inc.; Centerfold ad for the new Audi 5000S; Controversy for John Turner over film-investment company; Potholes in the path of the Tour de France; Investigation of shipping lines at Port of Monteal; Jose Maria Ruiz-Mateos of Spain's Rumasa financial; William Lyon Mulroney Lives, by Peter C. Newman; Greenpeace in Siberia; Using Mountain Bikes in the city; The World of Alex Colville - 6 page illustrated article; The Prime of golfer Jim Nelford; Brian Mulroney's honeymoon, by Douglas Fisher. Nostalgic Commodore Vic 20 computer ad inside front cover. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, July 11, 1983 *COVER PHOTOS OF PITCHERS DAVE STEIB AND STEVE ROGERS*
Contents: Commodore 64 computer ad inside front cover; Legacy of massacre at Sabra and Shatila camps; Can we Afford Public Enterprise, by Dian Cohen; Trudeau delivers ultimatum - greedy wage and salary demands not to be tolerated; Rene Levesque in Paris with Mitterand; Ottawa and Alberta sign energy pact; Western Canada Concept (WCC) in tatters - leader Gordon Kesler sent packing; Italy's search for stability; Poland - dealing with the Vatican; Debategate; Arafat wins a respite; War in Chad; Expos and Blue Jays in first place - feature article; Minor league baseball in Canada; Leo Rautins goes to the NBA; TD Bank ventures toward discount brokerage; Belzberg's First City Trust takes over Pocklington's Fidelity Trust Co.; Simpson's Sears fined $1 million over diamond promotion; Japan in the 21st century, by Peter C. Newman; Growing Canadian AIDS alarm; Legal Heroin in Holland?; Pain of the Triathalon; Women inch toward equality in the workplace; Phil Edmonston and the squeeze on lemon cars; Proposals for dealing with illegals in Canada; Newfoundland's Wonderful Grand Band offers a raunchy combination of satire, slapstick and rock; The annual Stampede Art Auction in Calgary; Alden Nowlan - obituary. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, June 13, 1983: *Leonard Rosenberg's Fallen Empire*
Cover illustration of Leonard Rosenberg. Contents: Volvo car ad; California dispute over graveyards for old nuclear subs; John Hinckley's Legacy; How Economics lost its credibility, by Dian Cohen; The Tories Make Their Choice - preparing for the leadership convention in Ottawa - photos of each candidate and a summary of their policy positions; Air Canada DC-9 burns at 31,000 feet. Abortion war in Winnipeg; Canadian bullets in Nicaragua; Williamsburg summit; Is Arafat losing control?; Cover Story - The Fall of a Financial Empire - Leonard Rosenberg vs. Jack Biddell - Greymac Trust, Seaway Trust, Crown Trust; The price of medication - generic drugs - Apotex; Peter C. Newman on Japan - Assembly lines with a heart; Octopussy review and promo photo; Fotherinham discusses Jack Webster's receipt of an honourary degree from S.F.U.; Commodore 64 computer ad inside back cover. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Choko, Marc H.
Canadian War Posters: 1914-1918, 1939-1945
198 pages. Bibliography. List of illustrations. Illustrated in colour and black and white. "...Contains 141 of the best posters of the two world wars." - from back cover. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Pencil underlining to early pages. Binding intact. A worthy reading copy of this wonderful compilation. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, September 6, 1982 - The New Medicine's Grave Risks
Features: Turkish Military attache murdered in Ottawa by Armenians - Atilla Altikat; Harnessing the mighty Slave River; Takla Lake, B.C. shooting; Days of danger at Friendship Pass - China and Vietnam; Lebanon - moving into a a perilous vacuum; The Nugan Hand scandal; Soviet Union losing the long battle for bread; Looking into Amway's empire; The bull markets march on; Olympian Calgary task for David Leighton; Ricky Henderson keeps stealing bases; Cover Story - the new medicine's grave risks - PET machine, colour-enhanced X-ray, etc.; Learning the joys of the Logo language; Sackloth adversity - Winnipeg nuns go door-to-door for money; Zoot Capri; Canadian War Museum commemorates Dieppe tragedy; Entertainment reviews. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, August 16, 1982: Trudeau's 6 and 5 (Six and Five) Plan
Features: John Starnes - When spying spells chaos; Falkland Islands - wariness in the wake of a war; Separating Reserve HQ and Maritime Command; Trouble in Ward 8/2 at Alberta Hospital Edmonton; Cover Story - 6/5 - the new politics of pain; Keith Davey's big red book; Battling over the ashes of Beirut; Theodore Arcand ends his diplomatic mission in Beirut; Reagn hits the hustings; Kenya - failed coup; Fumbling attempt at African Unity - Ghadaffi with Mugabe; Sting and The Police - colour photo and news item; Canadian swimmers - Anne Ottenbrite, Victor Davis, the Synchronized team; The Banko Ambrosiano Scandal - Roberto Calvi; Proctor and Gamble - doing battle with Satan - logo issue; Pepen fiddles with white elephant Mirabel; China's "Dear Abby" breaks new ground - Kung Yijuang; Science - tracking down the missing links; new libel insurance for authors; using video to monitor the barn - Bruce Beaumont; Storto bathing suits; Entertainment reviews. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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The Antique Dealer and Collector's Guide, November 1979
Features: Divinely Deco - Jewellery in the 1930s; The Forgotten Charm of Victorian Watercolours; The Renegade Pre-Raphaelite - John Everett Millais; Furniture from the East, Part II, China, Korea and Japan; Crested China Souvenirs of the First World War; Transfer printing on Worcester Porcelain, Robert Hancock; and more. Average wear. Three-inch opening to front cover at top of spine. Magazine
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Evans, Gary
John Grierson and the National Film Board: The Politics of Wartime Propaganda
329 pages. Index. Referrences. List of primary sources. Reproductions of black and white photos. "John Grierson, documentary film pioneer and founder of the National Film Board of Canada was a self-proclaimed propagandist who offered himself to Canada in the Second World War and won a place as director of Canada's official propaganda machine... But after the crisis had passed, Grierson and his idealistic associates ran up against the emerging pragmatic and functional policy approach of Mackenzie King's government." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear. Binding intact. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Book
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Stacey, Robert
The Canadian Poster Book - 100 Years of Poster Painting in Canada
86 pages including detailed index and excellent list of references. "Illustrates and documents the combined creative endeavours of well-known and unknown artists as well as of businessmen and others involved in shaping our society." - from Preface. Profusely illustrated in colour and black and white. Clean and unmarked with moderate external wear. Binding intact. A quality copy of this wonderful compilation. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, November 1, 1946 *A.J. CASSON COVER ART*
80 pages. Beautiful cover illustration of Canada Geese by A.J. Casson. Features: Colour photo ad for Eversharp pens and pencils inside front cover; Beautiful Toronto model Betty Syme featured with her son 3-year old son Paddy in a multi-photo ad for Ipana toothpaste; The Last Delegate, fiction by Margaret Lewerth; Stuttering Can Be Cured, by George W. Kisker; Big Larry of U.B.C. - Norman Archibald MacRae MacKenzie is President, by Clyde Gilmour; Hut Scene, fiction by Ralph Allen; Stries Without Strife, by Clarence H. Curtis; They Won't Go Home - Homeless, hopeless, buffeted by propaganda, a quarter million world war II Displaced Persons (DP's) rot in exile rather than face the real or fancied terrors of home, by Blair Fraser; Fall of the Sparrow, fiction by Robert Fontaine; Full-page Karsh colour photo of Field Marshall Viscount Alexander of Tunis, 17th Governor-General of Canada; Ballerina Tamara Toumanova - article with six photos; The Gift - fiction by Louis Kaye; Are The Russians Mad?, by Eddy Gilmore; Happy Island - Tancook Island, Nova Scotia, with photos; Nice full-page colour ad for Bulova; Colour photo ad for Caterpillar Diesel; Fantastic colour full-page ad for the Oldsmobile Series 66 Club Sedan with Hydra-Matic Drive; Colour Northern Electric ad displays their range of radios, waching machines, refrigerators and electric ranges; Beautiful full-page colour Pontiac ad features a 4-door model; 2-page black and white Buick ad; Full-page colour ad by Erven Lucas Bols, a Dutch Distiller, thanks Canada for liberating their country from the Nazis; Full-page ad for Fleet Aircraft featuring the Canuck; Interesting ad by Blue Top Brewing Company of Kitchener, Ontario presents details of 'The Expanding Home'; Colour ad by O'Keefe's Brewing Company on back cover features Southern Ontario - Canada's Industrial Province; plus many more wonderful ads and short articles. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Address label atop front cover. A superior copy of this magnificent vintage issue. Book
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Shapiro, L.S.B.; MacRitchie, Com. Peter; Bauer, Dr. W.W.; Stursberg, Peter; MacDonald, Rt. Hon. Malcolm; LeCocq, Thelma; Eyssen, Marguerite; Hannum, Alberta Peirson
Maclean's Magazine, July 15, 1944 *Cover Photo of Lieut.-Gen. H.D.G. Crerar, Commander-in-Chief, First Canadian Army - D-Day Coverage*
Features: Nice colour-illustrated military-themed Canada Post ad inside front cover; Assault on Normandy, by Maclean's War Correspondent L.S.B. Shapiro, with photos; "Stand By to Beach", by Commander Peter MacRitchie, RCNVR - D-Day Coverage - article with photos; Dinner for Four - fiction by Marguerite Eyssen; How Long will You Live?, by Dr. W.W. Bauer; So This is Rome, by Peter Stursberg - impressions of the eternal city after liberation; Britain After the War, by Rt. Hon. Malcolm MacDonald; 'Stardom's No Joke' says Judith Evelyn, 1,000 times a star in Angel Street; Interesting news bits from across the country; Have a Good Time, John - fiction by Alberta Pierson Hannum; Johnny Longden Up, by Jim Coleman, with photos; Brilliant Business - Canadians are proving they can master the ancient craft of diamond cutting; Wedding Bells for another Woodbury (Soap) Deb - the former Thelma Bertha Bowell of B.C. and Lieutenant Wilbert Kennith Carter - ad with photos; Colour Kodak ad explains colour printing; Lovely colour ad for Dr. West's toothbrushes; Nice colour ad for Nabisco Shredded Wheat; *RARE* full-page colour GM ad commemorates the contribution of the quarter-million vehicles they contributed to the war effort - caption reads "The First Billion Miles are the Hardest!; Similar colour ad by Ford Motor Company inside back cover shows their trucks at work in war and at home; Heintzman & Co. piano ad; *Wonderful* colour-illustrated Coke ad on back cover shows a sailor returning from war being welcomed to his industrial former place of work; Faint bit of writing and address label upon front cover. Moderate wear. A quality copy of this important wartime issue. Magazine
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Maclean's Magazine, July 15, 1954: Donkerbos Diamonds
Features: Cover illustration of a sailing scene by William Winter; Allis-Chalmers - Tractor Division colour ad inside front cover extolls the virtues of the new technique of sanitary landfilling; Woodbury Shampoo ad; Nice full-page colour ad for the Oldsmobile ninety-eight deluxe holiday coupe; My Small War with Educators - Dr. Hilda Neatby replies to the detractors of her book 'So Little for the Mind'; 4-H and the Haights of Floral, Saskatchewan - how the eight Haight kids learned rural leadership and efficiency from the 4-H club and helped their father turn a failing farm into a prosperous prize winner - article with many photos; The Race for the Donkerbos Diamonds - story by John Karl; The Thousand Islands - where everyone wants to own an island; What it takes to be a Mountie - Part II of The Mounties, by Alan Phillips; A Cargo of Brides - part 9 of The White and The Gold, by Thomas B. Costain; How I Became a French Chef, by Max Rosenfeld - with photos; What it's like to be half-divorced - Thousands of Canadians are prisoners of our strict marital laws, by Dorothy Sangster; The Art of Losing a Lawsuit, by Harry McNeill; Colour ad for Heinz Soups; Massey-Harris-Ferguson colour photo ad inside back cover proclaims increased farm productivity with their equipment; Coke ad on back cover shows lady with white had and grey and white striped dress. Average wear. Address label on front cover. 2"x2" chip from fore-edge of back cover. A sound copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, August 1, 1943 *INSIDE GERMANY*
52 pages. Features: Colour Sunkist orange juice ad inside front cover; Fairchild Engine and Airplain Corporation ad - 'From Plans to Planes at Wartime Speed; End of Steel - Dawson Creek, B.C. is a hundred boom towns rolled into one, a stampede, a bedlam of activity... on the road to Tokyo - with photos; Movie Boom - war has brought Canadian movie theatres their greatest boom - 180 million customers a year; Story - Sockeye in the River, by Clive Grierson Cornish; Navy Type - Trent Frayne writes about life aboard a Canadian minesweeper - with photos; Lightning - article by William B. Crist; Inside Germany, by Alfred Kantorowicz - article with photos; Story - The Touch of a Vanished Hand, by Laurence Wilson; Sky Troops, by Ronald A. Keith - Canadians who will soon be dropping into Hitler's back yard - with photos; RCAF recruiting ad for women; Nice colour ads for Nabisco Shredded Wheat and Pepsi-Cola (in the old bottle style!); Colour ad for Orange Crush - showing the old brown glass bottle!; Colour GoodYear ad on back cover shows a downed air crew in a life raft being rescued by a plane. Address label atop front cover. Average wear. A sound wartime issue. Book
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Rudolph, G.A.
War Posters from 1914 Through 1918 in the Archives of the University of Nebraska - Lincoln
147 pages. Index of authors. New series no. 69, University of Nebraska Studies. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Appears unread. An excellent copy. Book
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Author Not Stated
Visit to the Canadian War Cemetery, May 3 1995 - Maldegem, Belgium
24 one-sided pages. Commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of Canadian participation in the liberation of Maldegem, Belgium by Canadian troops in World War II. This booklet appears to have been produced by the town of Maldegem for the benefit of Canadians visiting the town to honour their comrades and family members. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Author Not Stated
The Canadian Sacrifice/Hun Kruizen - Onze Vrijheid: Adegem, Bergen Op Zoom, Groesbeek, Holten
80 pages. Commemorates Canada's contribution to the liberation of Holland in the second world war. Binding brittle with one page taped in place. Very informative with many excellent illustrations and a substantial quantity of text. Average wear. A worthy copy. Book
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MacPherson, Helene De La Hitte; Clarkson, Ida (Foreword)
Letters to Leon
101 pages. Black and white photos. The author wrote these childhood second world war memories, which occured in France, to her friend Leon Lossos so that he might know the origins and shaping circumstances that helped form his friend." - from Preface. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
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Williams, Captain S.H.
"Stand to Your Horses": Through the First World War 1914-1918 with the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
308 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Many reproductions of photos. A very heavily-worn former library copy with the usual markings. Reading copy only. Offered as is. Book
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Canadian Collector Magazine, November/December, 1986, Vol. 21 No. 6 - Christopher Bashford Profile
76 pages. Features: Profile of Christopher Bashford - Calgary antique dealer; Profile of Christina Orobetz of Sotheby's International; Profile of Helen Frances Gregor - Fabric Artist; Paul Peel (1860-1892) - Canada's best known unknown artist, by Heather Haas Barclay; Crystal, Hand-Engraved - Profile of Mark Roberts of Raynes & Glasbey; Canadian Military Postcards produced during World War I, by Jennifer Bunting; The Christmas Card in Canada, by Kenneth Rowe; Magical mini-12-room Victorian mansion built by Pat Merrick; A Taste of Elegance - 18th Century English porcelain from private collections in Ontario; Museum of Fashion opens in the Louvre; Appraising Appraisers - Evaluation and disposal of treasures - Part 1, by Jean Cochrane; Art Deco Jewellery (1920-1935) is back in fashion, by Ron Dupuis; What's New?; Re-opened Musee d'art de Joliette marks second year. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Hutchinson, Walter: Editor
Hutchinson's Pictorial History of the War, Series 2, No. 7, December 6th - December 12th, 1939
40 pages. Circa 1940s. 72 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Great ad for part I of Hitler's Mein Kampf inside front cover; Big guns of the coast of France; Australia prepares to fight for the Allied cause - nice full-page photo of troops of the Australian Scottish Regiment marching on a road near Victoria, Australia; Royal Navy Gunners in training at sea; Photo of the Fire Region Nerve Centre; Princess Royal inspecting the Royal Corps of Signals on December 12th; The Corps of the Military Police - illustrated article by Sir Malcolm Campbell; Refuelling a Nazi seaplane; Finland holds out against the Soviet Invaders - eight great photos; British Air Supremacy - illustrated article by Sir Kingsley Wood; Torpedoed survivors have second adventure - the Belgian steamer Louis Sheid beaches on the coast of Devonshire on December 7th after rescuing survivors of the Dutch motor-ship Tajandoen - two super photos; Wonderful centerfold illustrations show how the R.A.F. has obtained thousands of valuable photos of German territory on the Western front; French Army activity on the Front; Training sailors for the Fleet Air Arm; The War at Sea - statement by Winston Churchill with photos; Sweden strengthens her defences - ten great photos including a full-page photo of the Drottning Victoria with guns ablaze; Commentary on the war this week; Photos of bomb-making for the Royal Air Force; Nazi Heinkel reconnaissance aircraft crashes into sea off Sheringham on December 6th; Summary of the chief events of this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Hutchinson, Walter: Editor
Hutchinson's Pictorial History of the War, Series 3, No. 3, January 3, 1939 - , January 9, 1940
40 pages. Circa 1940s. 77 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Ad for Mein Kampf, part 3, inside front cover; The army of France at the front; Ministerial and R.A.F. changes - photos of A.S. Barratt, Sir John Reith, Oliver Stanley and Sir Andrew Rae Duncan; Full-page photo of France honouring Sir Edmund Ironside and Lord Gort; Contraband control strangling Germany's tradep Nazi watch on the western front; Text of speech by Lord Snell entitled "The British Empire - In War and After"; Photo portrait of Admiral Sir Charles Forbes; Lumberjacks of the Land Girls Army; British tank gunners in training; Admiral Graf Spee visitors pay courtesy visits - the Ajax in Montevideo and the Achilles in Buenos Aires; Centerfold maps illustrate European industrial targets and bases most vulnerable to raids; At an R.A.F. Aerodrome in France; Norway prepares to defend her neutrality - 12 great photos; photo of partially submerged vessel Dunbar Castle which struck a German mine; photo of bombed Trinity House vessel which was attacked by a Nazi plane on January 9th; Illustrated article - The Royal Army Chaplain's Department; At an R.A.F. fighter station; A 25-pounder shoot at the front; Commentary on the war this week; Finland's fight for freedom - 8 excellent photos including one of a Soviet amphibious tank; Summary of the chief events of this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Hutchinson, Walter: Editor
Hutchinson's Pictorial History of the War, Series 6, No. 1, 12 June 1940 - 18 June, 1940
40 pages. 60 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Statement in Parliament by Winston Churchill - The Impending Struggle - extensively illustrated; Greatest battle in the world's history; The non-stop Nazi advance; Article - France asks for peace terms; Centerfold illustrated by Roland Davies displays the types of planes of the Italian Air Force; German parachutists and their methods; Pall of smoke over burning Le Havre; Malta calm and confident; Illustrated article on Large aircraft of the R.A.F.; Photos of nine men honoured by the king for bravery including Sgt. Thomas Gray, B. Warburton-Lee; D.E. Garland, K.S. Freeman, J.A. Ingram, Ramsey Tait, A.N. Spear, L.R. Clisby, and R.V.T. Kitto; A commentary on the war this week; Photos on the home front; Keeping watch in Egypt; Summary of the chief daily events in the war this week. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Hutchinson, Walter: Editor
Hutchinson's Pictorial History of the War, Series 6, Number 5, July 10 - July 16, 1940
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. 59 black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Super full-page photo of an enemy tanker ablaze in the English Channel while an RAF plane flies by; Great photo of British battleship gunner blinded by Italian navy smokescreen; 2 photos of Italy's naval flight of fancy - and reality; Illustrated text of broadcast by Winston Churchill entitled "War of the Unknown Warriors"; Photos of French national holiday celebrated in London; 4 Excellent photos of downed Nazi raiders in England; 9 head-shot photos of men honoured by the King for bravery - D.H. Grice, S.F. Coutts-Wood; J.L. Fletcher, G. Stanning, H.F.H. Layman, J.H. Mugridge, R.H.A. Lee, G.A. Craig, J.L. Allen; Excellent full-page photo of fruitless air attack on a British convoy in the English Channel; interesting photos of assorted barriers to hold back the enemy in England; Centerfold illustration of a fierce German attack on a British convoy in the 14 July as broadcast by Mr. Charles Gardner, the B.B.C. news observer; Photos of the navy's ceaseless patrol; Photo of the King being piped aboard a vessel of the "Mosquito Navy"; Photos of sons of the motherland rallying; Illustrated article entitled 'Our Colonial Air Armada'; Full-page aerial photo of Rotterdam after it was levelled by the Germans on May 14th, 1940; Photos of aluminum pots donated for aircraft construction; A commentary on the war this week; Photos of Britain's preparations for the defence of Hong Kong; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Hutchinson, Walter: Editor
Hutchinson's Pictorial History of the War, Series 7, Number 3, August 21 - August 27, 1940
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Super full-page photo of a lone line of 250lb bombs being loaded aboard a Wellington bomber, plus two related photos and a map of Berlina and environs - the target of these bombs; Photo of Folkestone under fire; Photo-illustrated article on the Sub-Mariners of England by E.B.C. Dicken; Illustration by M. Mackinlay entitled "Contesting Every Yard" - on the withdrawal from Somaliland; Graveyard of fallen Nazi aircraft; Bomb damage and fallen German craft in England; Life on a floating fortress; Dramatic photos of channel convoy running the gauntlet; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Hutchinson, Walter: Editor
Hutchinson's Pictorial History of the War, Series 8, Number 4, October 23 - October 29, 1940
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Illustration of John F. Kennedy inside front cover as promotion for his book "Why England Slept"; Nice photo of a 2-seat Defiant; Incidents in Britain's air battle; Her majesty visits the homeless; Photos of Winston Churchill in Scotland; Text of Broadcast by Lord Lloyd entitled "War Effort of the Colonial Empire" - illustrated; Illustration of Italian armoured unit trapped in British artillery fire, by Montague B. Black; Photos of Greece at war with Italy; Map of Greece - the stepping-stone to the east; Centerfold illustration by S. Drigin shows Beauforts swooping to torpedoe German supply ships on 23 October in Dutch waters; Life afloat - our sailors at sea; Great photo of England's newest class of aircraft carrier - 1,300 tons larger than the Ark Royal; Photo of a next of Skua dive-bombers on the deck of a British aircraft carrier; Before and after photos of the vessel S.S. Empress of Britain, the flagship of the Canadian Pacific fleet which was sunk on 26th October - 598 survived of a total of 643 on board; The Bondage of Czechoslovakia - text of broadcast message by Dr. Edward Benes, with photos; With the forces in the desert war; A Commentary on the war this week; Germany gets bomb for bomb - photos; Photo of a very long trainload of American tanks arriving at Camp Borden, Canada. Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Hutchinson, Walter: Editor
Hutchinson's Pictorial History of the War, Series 9, Number 2, December 4 - December 10, 1940
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with high quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: full-page photo of a heavy German gun near Calais which hurls shells at Dover; Our army in large-scale exercises; Excellent photo portrait of Norway's Crown Prince Olaf with two Norwegian officers; Photos of the R.A.F. in Northern Ireland; Photo-illustrated article containing the text of a speech by Ronald H. Cross entitled "Britain's Merchant Service"; Progress of the Greek War; Photo of Argyrokastro - another base abandoned by the Italians; Illustrations showing how the Greeks went forward on the Southern Front; bomb damage photos from London, Liverpool and Southampton; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black shows R.A.F. bombers blasting Bordeaux Nazi U-Boat base on 8 December 1940; Canada patrols the seas - the H.M.S. Ottawa and the H.M.C.S. Reindeer; With Britain's desert warriors; Illustrated article entitled How Italy's Attack on Greece has benefitted the British Navy; Wings of the Fleet - photos including a Walrus and Skua taking off from aircraft carriers; A commentary on the war for this week; South Africa's airmen in action; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A tight, sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Western Horseman - The Magazine for Admirers of Stock Horses, April 1953
52 pages. Features: Riding by Reasoning, Part II; King (by Zantanon, by Little Joe, by Traveler) - owned by Jess Hankins; Halter Breaking Headgear; Whither the Quarter Horse?; Great Foundation Sires of the American Throroughbred VII, Lexington and *Leamington; Picked up in the Rodeo Arena; Chief Joseph of the Wallowa band and his War Horse, Ebenezer; Reining 'em in the Hackamore; Down the Straightaway; Cow Cuttin'; Vet's Corner; Week-end Waddies; Horse Kachina of the Hopis; and more. Levi's jeans ad on page 39. Fox Western Hat ad on page 4. Sexy color ad inside front cover for "Friskie Babe" blouses and halters by Tem-Tex Western Shirts; Volney Hildreth Quarter Horse Sale ad on page one. Nice ad for C.H. Hyer & Sons, Inc. Boots on back cover; Gray Trailer Company colour photo ad inside back cover features vintage designs. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Galipeau, John A.; Whitehouse, Pattie
Peewees on Parade: Wartime Memories of a Young (and Small) Soldier
248 pages. Index. Reproductions of black and white photos. Maps. "... A story full of characters, anecdotes and experiences that recaptures what the author calls 'those insane years and the young men who shared them with me.'". - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Plain Truth Magazine, July 1982 *Falklands Showdown*
28 pages. Features: Showdown in the South Atlantic - the Falklands War; What Howard Hughes DID take with him when he died; The plain truth about fasting; What's wrong with science; What kind of god do you worship?; Is God to blame?; When conflicts go unresolved. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
WoodenBoat Magazine, May / June 1981, Number 40 - The Magazine for Wooden Boat Owners, Builders and Designers
160 pages. Features: John Gardner - in his own words; Keeping the Water Out; San Francisco's Two Oldest Rowing Clubs; Basque Racing Sculls; Voga is again in vogue - Venice gest people back in the water; The Riverside Boat Company brings a 12 1/2 back up to its standards; PASTIME; Singlehanding an Old Gaffer - rigging ISKRA for ocean crossings; The plight of the canoe people; Ray Speck and the Sid Skiff; Sons of Hitches - more imporvements on a cylinder; Wooden ship building in World War I; Fixing a leaky shaft log. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Armstrong, Warren
H.M. (His Majesty's) Small Ships
199 pages. Black and white photographic plates. "The officially authorized history, told for the first time, of that branch of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve which in 1939 set out to fight a private war against the German Navy." - from dust jacket. Book unmarked with moderate wear. Average wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Book
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Babington-Smith, Constance
Air Spy - The Story of Photo Intelligence in World War II
266 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "The Exciting Behind-The-Scenes Story of the Role of Photo Intelligence in the Winning of World War II" - from dust jacket. Unmarked with average wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
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Knoke, Heinz; Translated By John Ewing; Introduction By Lieutenant General E.R. Quesada
I Flew For the Fuhrer
213 pages. Black and white photographic plates. "Filled with accounts of fierce dogfights amide the rain of enemy cannon and machine-gun fire... provides some of the most spectacular reading to come out of either side of World War II." - from dust jacket. Average wear to unmarked book. Average wear to dust jacket which is missing a three inch piece from top of backstrip. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
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Ash, Bernard
Someone Had Blundered - The Story of the 'Repulse' and the 'Prince of Wales'
267 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "... Will revive controversy about one of the most appalling naval tragedies of World War II - a tragedy that had, perhaps, more far-reaching consequences than any other... Tells the story of the passing of the capital ship, as well as the story of the end of Western ascendancy over the Far East." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Unmarked. Price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
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Wade, Aubrey
Gunner on the Western Front
192 pages. Black and white illustrations. Second Edition of "The War of the Guns" published in 1936. "The present publication has an obvious distinction in respect of the pictures which diversify it... a very honest and clear recital of a personal experience has in this volume acquired the support of a powerful series of 'eye-witness' illustrations, capable of extending the individual theme in a flash towards the apprehension of the total agonising, the mutilation and the stoicism of 1914-1918." - from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A sound copy. Book
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Poolman, Kenneth
Faith, Hope and Charity - Three Planes Against an Air Force
200 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Map endpapers. "Mr. Poolman's narrative not only tells the story of the three aircraft but it also graphically describes the epic of the siege of Malta and the immortal page of history written by that island from 1940 to 1943." - from dust jacket. Unmarked. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
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Hampshire, A. Cecil
The Phantom Fleet
208 pages. Black and white photographic plates. "The story of a masterpiece of deception - the dummy warships whose movements baffled and deluded the Germans." - from dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Moderate wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A quality copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
ShipRepair (Ship Repair) and Conversion Technology, 1st Quarter 2003
44 pages. Features: Cruise and Ferry Repairs and Conversions; Unique sandwich plate repair process finds a niche in the freight ro-ro market; Innovative bow thruster replacement for Legend of the Seas; First full FPSO conversions for Dubai Drydocks; Al Jadaf continues to prosper; Bahrain's ASRY on a high; Anti-fouling technologies; The Middle East; Paints and Coatings; Middle East prepares to feel the pinch as war looms. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Baskerville, Beatrice
What Next O Duce?
305 pages. The aim of this book is to "unfold a plain tale of the growth of a political movement, not because it is historical, but because the people who are citizens of the British Empire can no longer afford to ignore or despise it." - from Preface. Provides an important snapshot of Italy immediately prior to the outbreak of WWII. Hinges starting. Few light pencil markings to contents. Average wear. A worthy copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Trains Magazine, April 1944, Vol. 4, No. 6
44 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Belfast & Moosehead Lake - a short line; The Man in the Tower; The Caboose - the traveling office of the freight train is teh most individualistic of railroad vehicles - many super photos with article; Caboose Anatomy; South American Electric Locos - the Estradade Ferro Sorocabana of Brazil; Canadian-Built Locomotives for India - 145 Mikados; Swiss Tourist Railway - 60-mile-long Furka-Oberalp route electrified as war diminishes coal supply; The Signal in the cab; Southland Carrier - the 8,000-mile Southern Railway. Average wear and soiling. Small date stamp atop front cover. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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