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Multiple Contributors
Time Magazine, February 12, 1940 - Eve Curie Cover Photo
80 pages. Cover: Eve Curie Contents: National Affairs: Fixer - Letter to President Roosevelt by Sondra (Bunny) Glatt; Judiciary: Birthday - Sol Bloom; Heroes: Rediscovery - Samuel Eliot Morison; Labor: Voices - United Mine Workers of America Convention; Rich Widow - Frances Payne Bingham Bolton; Organizations: Build-Up - Reverend Charles Edward Coughlin; Balkans: Peace-Lovers' Powwow - Balkan Entente (Foreign Ministers: Shokru Saracoglu, John Metaxas, Grigore Gafencu, and Alexander Cincar-Markovitch); Wilhelm's Solution - Friedrich Wilhelm Victor Albert von Hohenzollern; Soviet Union: Saga of the Sedov - Icebreaker Sedov; France: Women at Work - Frenchwomen Seeking War Work (Eve Curie); Germany: Black Guard Isms - Das Schwarze Korps; Japan: Hirohito vs. Kipling; War in China: General Giant Horse - General Ma Chan-shan; Economic Front: Hot Spot - Rumania and Oil; Northern Theatre: "Condemned to Death"? - Finland's Army under command of Field Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim; In the Air: Claims and Glimpses - Blitzkrieg; Medicine: "What Am I Doing?" - Eugen Steinach; Science: At Westinghouse (Electric & Manufacturing Co.); Science: Might-Have-Been - Atomic Energy; Education: "Sarcastic" (David James) Dove; The Press: Sentinel - Adams Sentinel history; Music: Prodigy - Andre Mathieu; Theatre: Exploits of Elaine (Barrie); Religion: Suppressed Spirits - Spiritualism; Christians on Christianity - William Orchard and Dr. Richard Roberts; Foreign Trade: (Sir Ellice Victor) Sassoon Again; Securities: Buying at the Bottom? - Charles Edward Merrill and Edward Allen Pierce; Utilities: Parceled Posted - Postal Telegraph Inc. and American Cable & Radio Corp.; Hello? - Moore Telephone System and William James Moore; and Manufacturing: Airacobra - Bell Aircraft Corp. and XP-39. Full page colour vintage print advertising including Cadillac Sixty-Two, 1940 Studebaker Commander, Campbell's Tomato Soup and Pall Mall Cigarettes. Binding intact, with minimal wearing along spine. Two small ink spots on front cover. Small mailing stamp bottom right back cover. Contents clean and unmarked. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Gassman, Vittorio; Dryansky, G.Y.; Hoving, Thomas; Carlsen, Peter; Watts, Janet; Chutkow, Paul; Hoving, Namcy; et al
Connoisseur Magazine, October 1984 - A Great Art Deco Find
154 pages. Features: Who really painted the famous portrait of Guido Riccio in Siana?; The marvelous Chateau d'Anet; Vittorio Gassman on the act of acting; How the Viennese really see their capital; Vienna's great art collections celebrate the five senses; Zegna from A to Z - the finest men's fashions start with fine wool and an attitude; Normandie's Sun Rises Again - the magnificent art deco lacquer mural from the old luxury liner; Elizabeth Gage's jewels; Interpol investigates Budapest art theft; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Authors Not Stated
(Toronto) Star Weekly, February 15, 1958 - Springhill, Nova Scotia Disaster / Jimmy Dean Pin-up
24 pages. Features: . Toronto's Great Battle of the Subway - write-up about the proposed north-south spur on University Ave., with twelve photos including Fred Gardiner and Allan A. Lamport; One-page colour-photo ad for Campbell's Chicken Gumbo soup; Page of five photos of hat designs by Toronto's Rosaleen Reid; One-page ad for Singer's $125,000 Sewing Contest, featuring photo of the 1957 winners including Mrs. C. Bishop, Mrs. M. Rasmussen and Mrs. H. Chooljian; Photo of U.S. gymnast Muriel Davis; Wedding photo of Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay; Photo of Robert Wagner carrying Natalie Wood from New York train; Colour-photo ad for Robin Hood "Deep Pudding" mixes; Feature article on Cowichan sweaters made by the Cowichan tribe near Duncan on Vancouver Island - article with seven photos, two in colour; Colour photos from B.C. as she enters her hundredth anniversary year; Mrs. Al Balding follows the sun with Canada's great golf shot-maker - article with eight photos; Nice colour ad for Sifto Salt features bear cub and bird; Wow!, large colour photos of Jacques Plante and Jean Beliveau of the Montreal Canadiens; Hard Luck Town Springhill, Nova Scotia Fights Back from devastating mine blast - text with eight photos; Photo of Mrs. Pansy Mae Stuttard, 84, of White Rock, B.C. and her pistol; Fantastic one-page colour-photo pin-up photo of Jimmy Dean and Jan Crockett; Two photos of Jimmy Dean and his young family; Nice back page colour ad for Crown Brand Corn Syrup on pancakes. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this wonderful vintage issue.. Magazine
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Cohan, George M.
George M. Cohan - Songs of Yesteryear: Songbook with Sheet Music for Piano and Voice - Legendary Performer, Volume 2
68 pages. Songs include: Ethel Levey's Virginia Song (I Was Born in Virginia); Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway; Give My Regards to Broadway; Good-Bye Flo; Harrigan; I Want You; If I'm Going to Die, I'm Going to Have Some Fun; If Washington Could Come to Life; I'm a Popular Man; I'm Mighty Glad I'm Living and That's All; Life's A Funny Proposition; Mary's a Grand Old Name; Nothing New Beneath the Sun; Over There; Popularity; So Long Mary; Stand Up and Fight Like H...; Under Any Old Flag at All; When a Fellows On the Level With a Girl That's On the Square; The Yankee Doodle Boy; You Can Have Broadway; You're a Grand Old Flag. Above-average but not excessive wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. A worthy working copy of this great compilation. Book
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Leitch, Adelaide; Way, Ronald L.; Joss, W.F.;
Canadian Geographical Journal, May, 1954 - Yellowknife is the Air Age Town
Pages 167-204 plus 20 pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Yellowknife - Town of the Air Age - many wonderful photos; Soldiering at Fort Henry - many excellent illustrations; Pictures of the Provinces - III; (Camouglaged) Eggs in the Land of the Midnight Sun; and more. Some of the nicer ads include: Colour one-page Lord Calvert Whiskey ad features Irish Setter Champion Ace Flyer of Aragon, owned by Gertrude W. Drew of Toronto; Nice colour ad for the 1954 Monarch car features a black on red Lucerne Coupe; Nice colour ads for Chevrolet and Chrysler cars; Back cover photo ad for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) features photo of pilot and navigator in front of their CF-100 jet fighter. Moderate wear. Small name stamp inside front cover. A sound copy. Magazine
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Van Allen, W.H.; LeBourdais, D.M.; Leechman, Douglas; Millar, Gerald; Warren, Edgar A.
Canadian Geographical Journal, May1962: Sir Hubert Wilkins in the Canadian Arctic
Pages 149-185 plus ten pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Opening of navigation in the St. Lawrence; The Making of An Explorer - Sir Hubert Wilkins in the Canadian Arctic; The First Farm on the Fraser River; The Lakehead - An Up-To-Date Harbour; Islands in the Sun - The Channel Islands; Canadian military recruiting ad inside front cover (ROTP); and more. Bit of writing on front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Wadsworth, Wallace
The Modern Story Book - First Edition To Contain Pinson Illustrations
72 pages. Any child who owned this book in the 1950s will surely be delighted to be reunited with it. The Pinson illustrations are marvelous! Features these stories: The Fire Engine that Grew Too Old; The Lazy Automobile; The Sad Little Switch Engine; The Plane That Tried to Fly to the Sun; The Hungry Power Shovel; The Tractor That Took a Holiday; The Motorboat That Went to School. Binding intact. Lacking backstrip. Above-average wear and soiling. Some markings. A worthy copy of this amazing nostalgic work. Book
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Hankins, Dr. Nick; Gillespie, Janet P.; Selcer, Dr. Richard; et al
Medieval History Magazine - The First Magazine Devoted to the Medieval Era: Issue 12 (Twelve), August 2004: Normans Near and Far
82 pages. Features: A Kingdom in the Sun - The Other Norman Conquest; The Story of Henry, Eldest Son of Henry II of England; The Captive King - Richard the Lionheart; Gibraltar - a Medieval Military Base; Beware of Pretenders at Bosworth; Pilgrims at the Shrine of Saint Richard of Chichester; Table Etiquette in Medieval Society; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Cash, Jackie; Lowe, Steven; Marks, Henry; Lowe, Steven; et al
Medieval History Magazine - The First Magazine Devoted to the Medieval Era: Issue 13 (Thirteen), September 2004: Empire and Anti-Empire
82 pages. Features: Ancestral Trust - The English in the Eastern Roman Empire; Dining with Angels - Cuisine of the Eastern Roman Empire; The Anti-Empire - a brief history of Armenia; The Changing Tale of Armenian Clothing; Kingdom in the Sun II - The Other Norman Conquest; Fighting Cardinals - Henry Beaufort & Guiliano Cesarini; The Work of the Sofer - reproducing the holy texts of Jerusalem; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Jethro Tull; Anderson, Ian;
Jethro Tull 'Stand Up', 'Aqualung', 'Benefit' - The Complete Words and Music from Three of Jethro Tull's Most Famous Albums (Songbook)
65 pages. Includes melodies (treble clef only), lyrics and guitar chords. Arranged for easy guitar. Unmarked with average wear. Songs include: Jeffrey Goes to Leicester Square; A New Day Yesterday; Bouree; Nothing is Easy; Back to the Family; Look Into the Sun; Fat Man; We Used to Know; Reasons for Waiting; For a Thousand Mothers; With You There To Help Me; Nothing to Say; Alive & Well & Living in Son; A Time for Everything?; Play in Time; For Michael Collins, Jeffrey & Me; And to Cry You a Song; Sossity - You've You're a Woman Inside; Aqualung; Cheap Day Return; Cross-Eyed Mary; Up to Me; Wond'ring Aloud; Slipstream; Mother Goose; My God; Mynm 43; Wind-Up; Locomotive Breath. A worthy vintage copy of this great Jethro Tull compilation. Book
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Drummond-Hay, C.R.: Editor
Telephone Talk, Magazine of the British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel), September - October, 1958
36 pages. Features: Rate application explained; Reprints of Victoria Times and Vancouver Sun articles on B.C. Tel's application for higher rates; Lionel Edwards is featured in a photo-illustrated article on how he uses an oscilloscope to spot faults in the video portion of television transmission; Photos of preparations of new automatic equipment in Kerrisdale for a 20,000 line conversion - with photos of Glen Turner, Len Davis, Thor Andersen, Berry Smith, Harris Howe, Fred Smith, George Kozak and John Green; Retirement photos of Vera Gillespie and Nancy Robertson; 19 photos of recent sales training to boost sales of new equipment and services; Photo of Norm Adkins with a huge capacitor; Lloyd Purdy and John Martin retire; Creston phone system upgrade - with photos of George Patterson, Norah Payne, Frank Darlington, Ken Owen and Jack Uphill; photo of iron lung at Pearson Hospital; Photos of Poole Construction working on the Alaska Highway and using new radiotelephone service; Five photos of the B.C. Tel exhibits at the 1958 P.N.E.; One-page map of Victoria and vicinity shows free-calling areas; Feature article and photo of Fred Feeny of Gibsons who is also a volunteer fireman; Company picnic photos; In Memoriam - John W. Hough, Annie Campbell, Archibald Broadfoot, Eileen Auton, John A. Lee, Arthur E. Nash; and more. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Blood, L.; Maugham, W. Somerset; Kyne, P.; Fitzgerald, F. Scott; Mason, A.; Perry, L.; De Kruif, P.; Jameson, H.; James, M.; Glavis, L.Strong, A.; Dell, R.; Wells, H.G.
Hearst's International Magazine, April 1924 - The Masons and the Klan
162 pages. Features: Gorgeous cover illustration of redhead by W.T. Benda; Nice color Jell-O ad inside front cover by Guy (Giro) Rowe; Victrola ad features illustrations of Martinelli, Bori and Ruffo; One-page ad for the New Hudson Sedan; Grover Cleveland Bergdoll Surrenders to the American Legion - fascinating photo-illustrated article written by the man who returned him to the U.S. (part 1); The Letter - story by W.S. Maugham; An Appeal to Decent Drinkers - fascinating article by Gifford Pinchot on the morality of supporting the trade in illegal alcohol during prohibition; The House of the Arrow - mystery novel; The Internationalist - love story; Tuberculosis - Cured by the Sun - article by Paul H. de Kruif, Ph.D.; The Play Actor (fiction); To Stop War Draft Wealth - remarkably prescient article by Marquis James proposes that if wealthy classes knew their factories would give them little profit if war started, these classes would see that no war occured; The Dog-Barking Navigator (fiction); The Masons and the Ku Klux Klan - the controversy over Masons also being members of the Klan; Diamond Dick - and the First Law of a Woman, by F. Scott Fitzgerald; Stalin - Russia's Leading Politician - fascinating early photo-illustrated look at the man who dominated the Soviet Union for decades; Tongues of Flame - a novel of conflict; France's Only Statesman - photo-illustrated article on Joseph Caillaux; Araby - a Tale of the Isles of the East Beyond the East; Home is the Sailor - new stories of Phoebe and Ernest and their children; My Life, by Mary Garden - true talk about matters personal (with photo); The Dream - fiction by H. G. Wells; Who Deserves a Servant? - an interesting and thoughtful article on the subject of domestic workers; One Born Every Minute - fiction; Garrulities of an Octogenarian Editor, by Henry Holt; Nice red and black one-page Campbell's Vegetable Soup ad; One-page illustrated Chevrolet ad for the Superior Utility Coupe; One-page orange and black ad for the Goodrich Balloon Cord tire; Nice one-page two-color ad for Royal Typewriters is illustrated by David Robinson; Nice one-page photo ad for Listerine features quizical young lady and caption "This can't apply to me!"; Resinal soap and ointment ad; Forhan's ad with baseball theme; Classy one-page L.T. Piver ad; Nice 2/3-page Coke ad features lady in white coat and dress; One-page photo ad for Fleischmann's Yeast; Great one-page Thopson-Barlow Co. ad features young model in the Madame X Reducing Girdle; Orange and black ad for Way Sagless Spring Co. inside back cover; Nostalgic back cover ad for Mulsified shampoo features curly young lady's hair being inspected by her beau. Approx. 0.75" x 3" of loss to upper corner of front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound and complete copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Magazine
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Butler, H.G.; Hornbeck, R.R.; Garnett, L.; Rockman, E.; Clark-Kennedy, S.; McMillan, A.; Masters, D.; Shane, M.; Garland, E.; Jordan, J.; Beattie, S.; Courtier-Forster, R.; St. Lawrence, B.; Humpherus, S.; Lees, G.
The Wide World - The Magazine for Everybody, July, 1919, Vol. XLIII, No. 255: Amat Sik - Hero of the Singapore Mutiny
Pages 180-262 plus 16 pages of ads. This is a particularly excellent issue jammed full of fascinating accounts. Features: Terrible Experiences in the Arctic - a whaling schooner is crushed by ice and its crew exists on moss and snow for nearly a week; Amat Sik - Hero of the Singapore Mutiny - he avenged the killing of his employer, an English officer; The Trade Guilds of Constantinople - article with truly amazing photos; The Yaqui Luck-Piece; My Brumby Hunt; When Everything Happened to Me - hauling timber in the 1870s; Salving (Salvaging) Fifty Million Pounds' Worth of Shipping - fantastic photo-illustrated article on some of the 500 ships saved by the Admiralty Salvage Section in WWI; The Sun Dance - photo-illustrated account of a trip to Alberta, Canada to witness the Sun Dance, an annual festival of the Indians; My Dashes fro Freedom - Lieut. E.H. Garland's account of how he escaped from 12 German prison camps in WWI - article with illustrations and photos of the Holzminden Tunnel; ; In Search of Gold - John A. Jordan in East Africa; Our Disastrous Cattle Drive - tale of an horrific Australian cattle drive; Fascinating photo of a "Tramps' Hotel" in the fashion of a jail - they are required to break a quantity of rock for use in road construction before they can leave; The Kaiser's Girls - a tale of 'amazing political intrique and cold-blooded devilry' from German-occupied Russia; The Serpent Garden of Butantan, near Sao Paulo, Brazil - photo-illustrated article; My 'Roo (Kangaroo) Hunt with the 'Flying Gang' - hunting on the banks of the Murray River; With the Ortolan Trappers - photo-illustrated article on how these birds were caught; and more. Half-page photo ad for the Granliden Hotel of Lake Sunapee, N.H.; Lovely illustrated one-page ad for Canada Steamship Lines - "Shooting the Rapids of the Historic St. Lawrence in 1819"; Uncommon ad for "Tobacco Redeemer" by Newell Pharmacal inside back cover claims to help smokers kick the habit in 48 to 72 hours. Covers detached as one, but present. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A wonderful vintage issue. Book
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Forrest, W.; Macken, W.; Katkov, N.; McNeil, S.; Smith, B. Jr.; Cope, M.; Alsop, S.; Martin, J.; Fox, S.; Ambros, M.; Davidson, G.
The Saturday Evening Post, February (Feb.) 1, 1958 - Calvin Coolidge's Cuba Visit
88 pages. Short Stories: Perilous Ascent; The Cruel Cage; Honor System; The Girl Who Took Sun Baths. Articles: To Cuba with Calvin Coolidge - great photo-illustrated article; Amazing Half Pint - Pittsburgh's Don Hennon; Behind Khrushchev's Smile; The Changing Midwest (last of 4 articles); Secrets from my Mother's Kitchen; Rough Road Home (3rd of 5 articles); I have 2,500 sons - Lt. Gen. Garrison H. Davidson and his West Point cadets; The Case of the Footloose Doll - beginning a thrilling new Perry Mason mystery (part 1 of 8). Ads: Nice Ramber car ad inside front cover; Campbell's Tomato Soup; Pontiac - color photo with Vertijet in background; Lucky Strike cigarettes; Stauffer Home Reducing Plan; Thorexin; Fisher Body "Sound Barrier"; Speed Queen; Cushman Eagle and Road King; Dinty Moore Beef Stew; Glidden Spred Satin Paint; Camel cigarette color-photo ad on back cover features one-man helicopter piloted by Dick Peck. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Allen, Ivan Jr.; Meehan, Thomas; Naughton, James M.; Kaufman, Sue; Claiborne, Craig; Peterson, Patricia
The New York Times Magazine, December (Dec.) 27, 1970 - Spiro Agnew
40 pages. Features: Cover photo of Finch Collegians; Growing Up Liberal In Atlanta - Ivan Allen Jr.; Photo-illustrated article on Finch College in Manhattan, founded by Jessica Garretson Cosgrave - including photo of Grace Slick with Abbie Hoffman; Photo-illustrated article on Spiro Agnew; The New Year's Eve Syndrome - the story of six couples and what has happened to New Year's Eve; One-page Kodak ad features photos of football coaches Murray Warmath, Joe Paterno and Jim Root with Kodak President Gerald B. Zornow; Sun Pattern fashion photos; Interesting one-page color-photo Stratojac ad features funky young couple - the male looking like songster John Sebastian. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy Book
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Kissinger, Rose M.
Navigator's Time Indicator - Visual Training Aid for Navigators
8" x 9" stiff beige card folded in half to form four-panel booklet. "Gives a close approximation of figures used in actual problems, sufficient for proof of correct application of formulas; and eliminates the necessity of remembering rules for obtaining the various quantities." - from second panel. Third panel contains rotating map and three independently rotating arrows representing the sun, vernal equinox, and stars, which may be positioned to make the appropriate calculation. Unmarked. Moderate wear and soiling. A sound example of this intriguing tool. Book
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Bryant, Arthur; Falls, Cyril; Squire, Sir John;
The Illustrated London News (ILN), Saturday, May 23, 1942 - Cover Photo-Portrait of Marshal Semen Timoshenko, Russian Commissar of Defense
Pages 593-620. Features: Photo of Marshal Timoshenko's splendid reserves; One-page air-photo indicating bomb damage in Rostock after four-day "Blitz"; Two-pages of illustrations beneath caption "Madagascar daringly planned operations lead to the surrender of Port Diego Suarez in 48 hours; Photo of crew of the submarine "Thunderbolt" (formerly "Thetis") safely home after a year; Photo of French Aircraft-carrier "Bearn" in Martinique; Six photos from Martinique illustrated its plight of barnacled warships and derelict aircraft; Two pages with fourteen photos present "Facets of the War on the Russian Front where Spring Has Heralded New Offensives; The Russian Front Awakens - article with maps of Kharkov and the Kerch Peninsula; The Crete Battle Goes on - five photos; Two pages with twelve photos illustrating Free French Forces Fighting in the Desert Battle Zone; Centrefold illustration shows steel foundry which produced munitions in Napoleon's wars, now making steel for use against Hitler; One-page illustration of molten steel for armour-plating 'tapped' from a giant container; Photos of personalities of the week include Lieut.-Com. Hussey, Mr. Churchill before large crowd at Leeds, and racehorses Big Game and Sun Chariot; One-page illustration of lop-sided flying freak, the Luftwaffe's Blohm and Voss "141" reconnaissance monoplane; Two pages of clear photos showing British Soldiers training on obstacle course; Five photos of life in France under the Nazi heel; Five Barrage Balloon illustrations by Balloon Command artists; nice half-page ad for Tube Investments, Ltd.; Isabel Burton - A Remarkable Woman; Back cover colour ad for Johnnie Walker shows harbour view through window; more vintage ads. Minor nibble from foot of spine. This copy was never stapled. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this vintage issue. Book
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Gardner, Ray; MAnning, Herbert C.; Croft, Frank; DeWolf, Harry G.; Huycke, Joy; Lolli, Giorgio; Richerl, Mordecai; et al
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, November (Nov.) 19, 1960 - We Adoped a Negro / John Fienberg
92 pages. Features: Cover illustration of St. George's Island Park dinosaur in Calgary; Colour-photo Caterpillar ad inside front cover shows great scene of neon lights at night in Montreal; Great one-page colour Oldsmobile ad features a Super 88 Holiday Coupe and Deluxe Station Wagon, both red; Fantastic two-page colour-photo ad for Zenith radios, including their new shirtpocket radio (red); Classy one-page colour ad for Black Magic chocolates by Rowntree features scene in Venice; The Invisible Unemployed - an intimate report on the real distress of the unemployment that looks like prosperity - featuring the Vancouver family of John LaFleche, who was laid off from a plywood mill; The Rich are Coming out of Hiding - wealth is being flaunted; It's Telepathy That Brings Lassie Home; HMCS St. Laurent's race to rescue the enemy - it picked up 861 enemy survivors when the Arandora Star was sunk in July 1940 - article with photos; We Adopted a Negro - Hank and Joy Huycke adopt Ricky - photo-illustrated article; Weekend on Baffin Island - Telek is the only luxury resort under the midnight sun - photo-illustrated article; The Fatal Fascination of Car Racing - photo-illustrated article includes photos of the fatal wreck of Ted Pope, and Peter Ryan and Roger Penske winning the Sundown Grand Prix at Harewood Acres, Ontario; John Fienberg is the biggest little man in low-cost housing - photo-illustrated article on the chairman of Consolidated Building Corporation Ltd. of Toronto - fascinating article on how the baby-boom was housed in what is now the GTA; Medical diagnosis links alcohol and sex - a doctor examines increasing female alcohol use and how alcohols sometimes plays a constructive role in relations between the sexes; In Wrestling All the Indians are Chiefs - article by Mordecai Richler with great photo of Killer Kowalski wrestling Edouard Carpentier at the Montreal Forum; One-page colour-photo ad for FTD flowers; Half-page ad for Electrohome portable record players; Interesting one-page colour ad for Northern Electric features the province of Alberta; Colour centrefold Firestone ad features snow and snow tires; RCA Victor colour-photo one-page ad for their stereos features ballerina in forest; Philips Hi-Fi one-page colour-photo ad shows their draughtsman at work; 2/3-page colour ad for Ken-L dog food features bloodhound; 2/3-page colour ad for Puss'n Boots cat food features kitty leaning on can; One-page colour Pontiac ad features white 1961 Parisienne Sport Sedan driving through autumn leaves; Fleetwood TV and Hi-Fi ad; "Abraham Lincoln's" Indian Tombstone at Port Simpson; Back cover colour Coke photo ad features round loaf of bread used to make nice round sandwich; and more. Nibbling to top of spine. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Healy, W.; Stewart, Dr. H.; Cartland, B.; Batten, H.; King, S.; Brown, J.; Albert H.; Mosley, L.; Bayne, E.; Ardwyn, L.; Dutton, G.
National Home Monthly Magazine, July 1939 - Davis Cup Review / Great Britain's Naval Air Arm
44 pages. Features: Colour cover illustration of clown by Russell Sambrook; News briefs include - the Roosevelt telegram and its sequel, the 'Halt-Hitler' bloc, Enigmatic Russia, the Perplexities of Poland, French 'Rightists', and British Conscription; Davis Cup Review - Tennis article with photos of Adrian Quist, Jack Bromwich, Gene Mako, and Bobby Riggs; I Visit Those Other Canada's - photo-illustrated article of a trip to Scandinavia; Did I Remember to Tell You I Adore You? (short story); Vrechan, a Man's Dog (short story); Girl Alone (short story); The Eyes of the Navy - photo-illustrated article on Britain's Naval Air Arm; If I Die Before I Wake (short story); Palmolive Soap ad includes illustration of the Dionne Quints; Hollywood news and photo of Richard Carlson; Lux soap ad includes photos of Barbara Stanwyck; Five photos from film "The Wizard of Oz"; Get Ready for the Tennis Season; Your Place in the Sun - the sun and your skin; The Bride, The Food and the Man - cooking advice; Photo of Fanny Brice in Maxwell House coffee ad; Pond's Cold Cream ad features two photos of the Lady Ursula Stewart and the Lady Betty Bourke; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
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Bonnell, James F.; Batten, H.; Gribble, L.; Roberts, T.; Atlee, B.; Peters, J.; Phayre, I.; Godsell, P.; Brown, J.; Bayne, E.
National Home Monthly Magazine, April 1938 - The Glamour of New Egypt / The Broke the Power of the Medicine Men
76 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of dogs looking at spring robin in tree; News items include - The land where they know it all (Russia), A 'Tough-Minded Arguer, The Will as a Life-Force, The Spiirit of Fair Play, Too Much Commercialism, German's 'Readjustment', In Fascist Italy, Russia's New Revolution, and Northern Ireland; One-page photo ad for the Frigidaire fridge with new silent 'meter-miser'; Nice one-page colour-illustrated Simmons mattress ad shows young lady having sweet dreams; The Glamour of "New" Egypt - photo-illustrated article of this nation, including photo of His Majesty King Farouk and his new Queen, plus a photo of Queen-Mother Nazli and three of the King's sisters with his Queen, Farida, at St. Moritz; All That Goes Up (short story); The Orphan (short story); The Spiked Gunn (short story); The Broke the Power of the Medicine Men - fascinating photo-illustrated true-crime article involving the native peoples of Northern Manitoba; Fruits of Defeat (short story); The 3 Daughters of De Monaye (part II); Looking Two Ways in Sport - vintage sports article talks about hockey and includes photos of figure skaters Montgomery Wilson and Miss Eleanor O'Meara, plus boxer 'Baby' Yack, Canadian Bantamweight champion; Lovely one-page 1938 Chevrolet ad shows green car; Nostalgic one-page Heinz soup ad shows 1930's gent about to take a slurp; Italian tourism half-page ad; Nice half-page Canadian National ad features photos of their Jasper destination; Hollywood news includes photos of Marlene Dietrich, Merle Oberon, Bobbie Breen, and many more; Parker Vacumatic ad features photo of advice-giver Dorothy Dix; Vintage half-page ad for Sun Life features photo of mom with kids; Sweet Caporal ad features photo of dog Volhynia Kyra ("Silver") owned by Mrs. H. Randolph Casgrain of Westmount, Quebec; Nice photo-illustrated fashion article; Easter cooking article; Article about how every woman 'shall keep romance alive'; Colour half-page ad by the Government of Canada includes illustration of the Canada Building at the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Scotland; World Sayings; Maxwell House coffee ad inside back cover; Congoleum flooring ad on back cover; and more. Centre page loose but present. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
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Stewart, Dr. H.; Roberts, T.; Scott, W.; Barker, C.; Willis, A.; Constanduros, M.; Phayre, I.; Deachman, R.; Burchill, C.; Godsell, P.; Brown, J.; Bayne, F.; Kelley, E.; Et al
The National Home Monthly Magazine, October (Oct.) 1940 - Will the Nazis Bomb Canada Through Hudson Bay?
68 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of lady with horse; One-page Parker Pen ad with military theme; Colour Marboleum ad inside front cover shows vintage kitchen; One-page Singer sewing machine ad includes three photos of their ornate furniture; Wonderful one-page ad for the RCA Victor Globe Trotter Model A-31 radio includes airman; The General's Big Bull (short story); Known to Nobody (short story); Secrets of the German (Nazi) Air-Armadas - fascinating photo-illustrated article; The Ghost of Captain Renny (short story); Where the War Dollar Goes; Canada'a Forgotten Back Door - Will the Nazis Bomb Canada through Hudson Bay?; Beyond the Circle (short story); Carry On - football article includes photo of Squadron Leader Dave Harding at the Malton Airport with new military recruits asking him questions about his days with the Ottawa Rough Riders; Movie news and photos; One-page photo ad for Fleischmann's Yeast features great photos of man cleaning massive locomotive and horse-drawn wagon being loaded with sheaves; Woodbury ad features photo of Annabella; Anothe Woodbury ad features photo of Miss Nancy Weir of Toronto; Small ad for the Chesley Chair Company of Chesley, Ontario; The Ten Bob Note (short story); Homes of Tomorrow - photos of interior design ideas; Saturday Night Bath - tips on how to have a good bath; Fantastic one-page colour-photo ad for Lux soap features three photos of Carole Lombard; Illustrated instruction how to knit soldier and sailor dolls; Win the War in Your Kitchen - cooking article; Nice one-page Magic Baking Powder ad entitled "As Sure as the Sun Rises"; World Sayings; Magnificent red and black Canadian Red Cross ad inside back cover shows nurse with arms outstretched over servicemen and refugees; Great vintage colour Coke ad on back cover shows lovely young lady holding six-pack; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
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William Attwood; Walter Lippmann; Hartzell Spence; William Shirer; Jack Star; Tim Cohane; I.R. McVay; et al
Look Magazine, Incorporating Collier's, March (Mar.) 29, 1960 - The Age of Payola / The Quakers / Basketball All America / Dr. Susan Cook Cover Photo
102 pages. Features: Nice ad for Kraft ice cream toppings; Two-page 1960 Chrysler ad; Vintage one-page ad for Zenith pocket (transistor) radios; Oasis cigarette ad; Color Pontiac ad features a seaside blue 1960 Bonneville convertible; Our New Hospital Crisis - many unqualified foreigners are serving in US hospitals as interns and resident physicians; The Training of a Good Doctor - Susan Cook studies at the University of Chicago - major photo coverage; The Age of Payola - have our moral standards been destroyed by the pursuit of the dollar?; Vintage two-page color ad for the new 1960 Ford Falcon Wagons (both white); Pepsi ad features scene in horse barn with dalmation; Walter Lippmann explains Why We Accept Cheating; Nice photos of Connie Stevens with hunk Bill Troy, Mike McKee, and Jerry Eagle; Farley Granger in "The Third Season" - color photos; Sanka coffee ad features illustration of lady holding humongous coffee cup; article on pancakes; Modern fake flowers are very realistic; Marlboro ad features skin diver slouching in director-style chair - no wonder they adopted the Marlboro man a few years later; The Short-sleeved suit - tasteful fashion photos; Great two-page color ad for the (cream-colored) 1960 Buick Invicta Three-Seat Estate Wagon features Navajo people and a Monument Valley driving scene; The Quakers - religions in America; Basketball All America - with photos of Walt Bellamy, Terry Dischinger, Roger Kaiser, Darrall Imhoff, Jerry Lucas, Oscar Robertson, Tom Stith, Lee Shaffer, Jerry West and Len Wilkins; Hitler's Bloody Drive to Power - the inside story, with great photos; Photo Quiz; Color ad for "Man-Tan" product which tans white skin without sun (creepy); Two Young Friends Named Ellen - Ellen Erwitt and cripple Ellen Kalman of New Rochelle, N.Y. - touching photos; Back cover color-photo Lucky Strike ad shows smiling blonde injecting tar into her lungs; and more. Average wear. Nibble and short opening at bottom of coverfold. Small piece from bottom corner of back cover. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Low, Dorothy M.; Maltz, Maxwell; Carter, D.; Dickens, M.; Crosby, Kathy; Patten, M.; Nichols, B.
Woman's Own - The National Women's Weekly Magazine, 6 July 1963: Kathy Crosby and Her Life with Bing
76 pages. Features: Doctor's Diary - Acidosis; Home is Where You Are (short story); Be the Smartest Family under the Sun - #4 in our great fashion holiday fashion series; Fun loving easy knits; Song in Her Heart (serial); Polly the Dog's devotion to her blind owner Harry; My Life with Bing - photo-illustrated article by Mrs. Kathryn Grant Crosby; An End to Dreaming (short story); Don't Be Afraid of X-Rays; Transform your fireplace; Short articles on four girls who made their jobs passports to happy adventure - Frances Mattheson, Pamela Hammond, Penelope Grimes and Maxine Ridell; Nice colour-photo one-page ad for Wall's Ice Cream; Recipes and colour photos of Glorious cakes for sweet or tea; Maternity fashion ideas; Many lovely ads; and more. Pages 47-48 missing. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Ferre, B.; Carr, J.; Nichols, F.; Austrian, D.; Et al
American Homes and Gardens, August (Aug.) 1908, Vol. V, No. 8 - "Castlewood," The Villa of Louis Bruguiere, Esq., Newport, Rhode Island
Pages 295-334 plus xvi pages of ads. Features: "Castlewood," the Villa of Louis Bruguierre, Esq., Newport, RI - a vast and stately building in the Georgian style; The Japanese Garden of "Yademos" - The Country Seat of Charles Phizer, Esq., Bernardsville, NJ; "Huck-Ween Lodge" - the Summer Camp of William Curtis demorest, Esq., Loon Lake, NY; Half a Dozen Great Home Trees; The Value of a Pleasant Sun Room; A Home Shrubbery; Economic Methods in Mushroom Growing; Glimpses of Old Annapolis; Sun-Dials; "White Lodge" - the residence of Charles H. Roberts, Esq., Wynnewood, PA; Well-Designed Applique - an effective means of decoration; Wonderful sepia-tone photo-illustrated back cover ad for the Victor-Victrola XX (Louis XV design) features photos of eleven opera stars; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Magazine
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Ferree, B.; Kellogg, A.; Brown, A.; Jervis, W.; Sheafer, F.; Thurston, P.; Et al
American Homes and Gardens Magazine, November (Nov.) 1910, Volume VII, No. 2 - "Indian Ridge" - The Summer Home of Dr.l F.B. Harrington, at Ipswich, Massachusetts
Pages 413-452 plus xvi pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: "Indian Ridge" - The Summer Home of Dr.l F.B. Harrington, at Ipswich, Massachusetts; Decorations and Furnishings for the Home - IV - Furnishing a Young Girl's Room; English Garden Mazes; A Group of New England Homes - nice two-page photo spread of homes belonging to Mr. E.B. Stearns at Brookline, T.P. Hollander on Misery Island, and Mrs. Frances Robeson at Brookline; Handicraftsman - Home-made Pottery; Glue for Model Making; The Steam Radiator in France; Residence of William L. Bailey, Esq., at Ardmore, PA; The Mirror; The Wasp's Year (life cycle); Stucco Houses of Distinction; The City of the Sun; Garden Notes - Tennis Courts; Conservatory and Greenhouse Heating; Glass Espalier Walls; L. Wolff Mfg. Co. ad features Chicago home of Walter H. Miller; Back cover color ad for the Columbia Grafonola includes photos of ten famous vocalists of the day; and more. Printed on glossy stock. Complete and unmarked with average wear. Covers loose but present. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
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Adams, Edith (pseudonym)
Prize Winners 5th (Fifth) Annual Cook Book (Cookbook) - Vancouver Sun
64 pages. Black and white reproductions of photos. "These prize-winning recipes were selected from many thousands submitted by Vancouver Sun readers, and have been carefully tested in scientific laboratories." - from page 1. Each recipe is accompanied by the name of the person who submitted it and, often, their address. Undated but appears to be circa 1937. Name atop front cover. Small red mark atop first page. Above-average wear and soiling. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this precious vintage Vancouver cook book. Book
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Police; Sting
The Best of Police: Guitar Recorded Versions with Notes and Tab
112 pages. Includes guitar sheet music and lyrics for these great Police songs: Born in the Fifties; Canary in a Coalmine; Can't Stand Losing You; De Do Do Do; Don't Stand So Close To Me; Every Breath You Take; Every Little Thing She Does is Magic; Invisible Sun; King of Pain; Main in a Suitcase; Message in a Bottle; Omegaman; Roxanne; Secret Journey; Spirits in the Material World; Synchronicity II; Walking on the Moon; When the World is Running Down You Make the Best of What's Still Around; Wrapped Around Your Finger. Moderate wear. Minimal markings to contents. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great compilation. Book
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Klemin, Alex.; Pike, F.J.; Finlay, W.; Dyer, H. Jr.; Boedecker, K.; Smithowski, J.
Aviation Engineering (Magazine), With Which is Consolidated Aircraft Servicing - The Technical Journal of the Aeronautical Industry, May 1931 - Impressions of the Detroit Aircraft Show
50 pages. Features: Thompson Valve ad commemorates Capt. Frank Hawks and his 1930 record-setting flight racing the sun from New York to Los Angeles in 14 hours and 50 minutes non-stop; Packard ad includes photo of Walter Lees and Frederic A. Brossy who set a U.S. record of over 73 hours aloft without refueling; My Impressions of the Exhibits at the Detroit Aircraft Show (major article with photos); Accessories and Equipment at the Show, Many New Devices; Interior Furnishing and Decoration of Flying Boats; Machining For Wasp Cylinder Heads; The Month's Best From the Foreign Press - including more information on the D'Ascanio Helicopter; Reviews; Servicing the American Cirrus Engine - with clearance diagram; Heed These Points for Satisfactory Finishing Results; Special Equipment for the Overhaul of Wright Aircraft Engines; Simple Instructions for Wing Repairing; Servicing Problems; Servicing Pains; Nice one-page illustrated ad for H.K. Porter Inc. of Everett Mass. displays their portable hand operated cutting tools; many more nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Artist Unknown
1889 Map of the Solar System, Illustrating Comparative Distances of the Planets From the Sun
Vintage color map. Includes illustrations of comparative planet sizes, neap tides, spring tides, lunar eclipse and solar eclipse. Outer dimensions: 10.75" x 14.5". Unmarked with Light wear. Book
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Gillies, Jean; Hallwas, Rudy
When Alberta's Sun Shines on the Rockies: Sheet Music for Piano and Voice
4 pages. Features cover photo of Jimmy Morris holding guitar. Unmarked with average wear. Moderate external fading. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Fitzgerald, W.G.; Ghosh, A.S.; Dubois, R.; Gibbs, M.; Keighley, A.; Adcock, H.; Howard E.; Story, A.T.; Et al
The Wide World Magazine - An Illustrated Monthly, June 1898, Vol. 1, No. 2 - The Queerest Monarch in the World (The King of Uganda)
The second issue of this popular and long-lived publication. Pages 114-224. Features: Canadian Curiosities - article with great illustrations; The Marvelous Feats of Juggler Ram Pershad; Earth Pyramids in the Rosengarten Mountains; "For the Company's Credit" - story of an ocean-liner race; The Queerest Monarch in the World - Mwanga, King of Uganda (illustrated article); The Wreck of the "Rising Sun" - fire at sea; Picnics in Perak - article with photo of many Malay sultans aboard elephants crossing a river; The Telegraphist of Neufchateau - true WWI story; The Romance of the Mission Field - part 1; Across the Atlantic in an Open Boat - article with photo of Harvo and Samuelson in their rowboat "Fox"; The Mysterious Tramp; Tree-Blazing - how explorers in Australia's interior mark trees to guide those who may come after them; Bagging a Man-Eater - Major A. St. H. Gibbons kills a lion to protect villagers - article with photo; "The Miracle of Moses" - the Platte High Line Canal in Colorado - article with photos; In Search of an Orchid; The Fiery Ordeal of Fiji - walking on coals (illustrated article; In the Ocean Depths - illustrated recollections of ocean diver John Pearce. Front cover loose but present. Back cover missing. Last page is 224. It is uncertain if any pages were included after that. Few pencil markings. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Haskell, Sidney B.; Cates, J. Sidney; Tilden, Freeman; Macdonald, A.B.; Wilcox, E.V.; Turnbull, Agnes Sligh; et al
The Country Gentleman [Magazine] - For the American Farmer and His Family, October [Oct.] 20, 1925 - The Home Farm of President Calvin Coolidge
36 pages. Features: Charming cover illustration by J.F. Kernan shows boy munching apple he has successfuly stolen from mean old man waving a stick in background; Nicely illustrated one-page ad for Keystone Standard Watches shows wealthy father and son with pocket watch; The Cradle of the President - photo-illustrated history of the Plymouth, Vermont ancestral farm of President Calvin Coolidge; The Best Way to Destroy the Corn ear Worm; A Big Market for Little Apples; Hank the Hired Man Cartoon; Four-Basket Farming - three more shots at Market if the wheat goes bad; Winter greens for hogs - pasture seems the real key to profitable pigs; Pharaoh's Daughter (fiction); Stairway of the Sun (fiction); The Agitator Horns In - his ballyhooed panaceas can work only to harm the farmer; Illustrated one-page Hupp Motor Car (Huppmobile) ad; Nice two-page ad (with red ball) for "Ball-Band" boots (shows beige moisture stains); Listening In on Livestock; One-page illustrated ad for McKay Shurout Tire Chains; Stevens rifle ad; Nice two-color illustrated ad for Atlantic galvanized metal-ware shows woman hand-washing clothes; Purina Hen Chow ad on back cover; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Moisture exposure to back cover and back pages has fortunately resulted in quite minor effect. Otherwise, a sound and complete copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
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Young, Frank M. [Editor]
The American Field - The Sportsman's Newspaper [Magazine] of America, December [Dec.) 2, 1933, Vol. CXX, No. 48 - American Jack Snipe Society
24 pages. Features: Vintage illustrated ad for Peters shotgun shells on front cover; Publich Shooting Grounds; The American Jack Snipe Society; Advocating Game as a Replacement Crop; Canada Orders Buffalo Hunts; U.S. Sleuthing for Data to Aid "Duck Come-Back"; The Southwestern Club's Trials - article with photos of President Carl E. Duffield, Secretary Dr. Felix M. Adams and several dogs; Virginia Amateur Field Trials - article with photos of President Ernest C. Mead and Secretary J. Wiley King; Illustrated ad for Western Xpert shotgun shells; Field Dog Stud Book Registrations; Veterinary Q & A; Classy one-page ad for Radium Springs (near Albany in South Georgia) features hunters and dog at work; Nostalgic photo ad for Purina Dog Chow shows truckload of sacks of dog chow being manually loaded onto ship the Jacob Ruppert, Admiral Byrd's ship, before it set off for the Arctic in 1933 with 50 tons of food, enough for 153 huskies for two years; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Bloch, Jean-Richard
Vogue [Paris] Magazine, Mars [March] 1934
92 pages. Text in French. Features: Le Chapitre Des Chapeaux; Ensemble a Cape Pour Le Printemps; Le Mouvement Projete En Avant; L'Ecole De Ski; Sous Le Soleil De Sestrieres; Les Nouvelles Collections; A La Decouvert; Le Massage Facial; Idees Nouvelles Dans Les Bikoux; Accessoires; Fraicheir Du taffetas Quadrille; S.A.R. La Princesse Marina De grece; Mue De L'Homme, par Jean-Richard Bloch; Matins de Printemps; Sur La Cote De Floride; A Burlington House; Sur La Scene; Many gorgeous vintage ads. Above-average wear. Soiling to front cover. Binding intact. Missing pages 71-72. A worthy reference copy of this marvelous vintage issue. Book
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Gosden, Walt; Odell, Athol; et al
Air Cooled News, Number 93, March [Mar.] 1985, Vol. XXXI, No. 3 - Custom Body Builder Locke & Co. / The Sun Car
32 pages. Features: Anecdotes about Early Franklin Autos; Franklins on Tour; Franklin with a Sole - photos and brief write-up about a Series 9 with shoe-shaped body built by Brunn & Company of Buffalo, NY; Reproductions of Franklin Sales Award documents; Custom Body Builder Locke & Co. - article and reproduction of ad; Photos of a barn find sold at auction; Mini Meet at Bennington; Who Said You Can't Find Them Anymore? - Milt Asher describes how he finally found what turned out to be a parts car - with photos; The Sun and Its Times - mini-sized air-cooled car made by a Toledo Company - article plus fabulous centerfold reproduction of ad; The Chedsey Family and their Franklins; The Pride of Johnsonville - the Franklin Type D touring car of J.I. Sewall; Restoration of a 1923 Demi-Sedan, by George A. Sloan; John Burns column on maintenance and restoration - Vehicle Fire Safety; Window Glass Bottom Channels; Reproduction of 1928 ad for the Ackerman Motor Car Co. featuring Franklin cars. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent issue. Book
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Stern, Sol; et al
Ramparts Magazine, March [Mar.] 1967 - National Student Association (NSA) and the CIA
Contains Sol Stern's important article 'NSA and the CIA' in which he exposes CIA funding of the United States National Student Association (NSA). 60 pages. Other features include: The Death of a President - The firing of U.C. president Clark Kerr; The Passamaquoddy Indians - a native tribe of eastern Maine; Jean-Paul Sartre - The Marxist Phase; The Social History of Hippies - article with many excellent color photos and works of psychedelic art; Book Reviews; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Address label removal patch on front cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Donaldson, Walter; Young, Joe; Lewis, Sam
My Mammy - The Sun Shines East, The Sun Shines West: Sheet Music for Voice and Piano
6 pages. Nice cover photo of Al Jolson. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. Coverfold mostly open. Additional sheet music affixed inside front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Taschereau, Robert; Kellock, R.L.; Et al
Report of the Royal Commission Appointed to Investigate Facts Relating to and the Circumstances Surrounding the communication, By Public Officials & Other Persons in Positions of Trust of Secret and Confidential Information to Agents of a Foreign Power
733 pages. Numerous pertinent and interesting news clippings laid-in. "It was Igor Gouzenko who revealed the existence in Canada of a wide-spread conspiracy to obtain secret official information. He has been a most informative witness and has revealed to us the existence of a conspiratorial organization operating in Canada and other countries. He has not only told us the names and cover names of the organizers, the names of many of the Canadians who were caught 'in the net' and who acted here as agents, but he has also exposed much of the set-up of the organization as well as its aims and methods here and abroad." - Introduction. Unmarked with average wear to blue card covers. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this fascinating and comprehensive Canadian cold war investigation report. Book
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The Doobie Brothers; Johnston, Tom; Simmons, Patrick; Reynolds, Art; et al
The Doobie Brothers: Songbook with Piano Sheet Music, Lyrics and Guitar Chords
142 pages. Seven pages of sepia-tone photos of the band. Includes piano sheet music, lyrics and guitar chords for these songs, several of which have gone on to become classics: Busted Down Around O'Connelly Corners; The Captain and Me; China Grove; Clear as the Driven Snow; Cotton Mouth; Dark Eyed Cajun Woman; Disciple; Don't Start Me Talkin'; Evil Woman; Jesus Is Just Alright; Listen to the Music; Long Train Runnin'; Mamaloi; Natural Thing; Rockin' Down The Highway; Snake Man; South City Midnight Lady; Toulouse Street; Ukiah; White Sun; Without You. Small doodle inside front cover and store stamp upon title page, otherwise contents clean and unmarked. Above-average but not excessive external wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this wonderful Doobie Brothers compilation, graced by one of the best album cover photos of all time - band in tophats aboard stagecoach beneath highway to nowhere. Book
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Bate, Alison: Editor
Westcoast Shipping [Magazine] - Your Connection to Land, Sea, Air in the Pacific Rim, June 1997
40 pages. Features: Deltaport and Duke Point prepare for opening; Wreck of the S.S. Cowichan discovered; Mystery of the Dog Watch; Nautical Inspector Alan Shard; The Oriental Express; The Sun Princess; Truckspotting at the Nordel Weigh Scales; and more. Few markings. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Bate, Alison: Editor
Westcoast Shipping [Magazine] - Land, Sea, Air Transportation, March 1998
40 pages. Features: Shipping urchin roe from Aristazabal to the cities of Japan; Nini Ginivisian recalls her wonderful trip by freighter; The day the Sun Diamond struck the Erawan off West Point Grey; Go-ahead for new transportation authority in Greater Vancouver; Fraser Port's new berth decicated; CN and Illinois Central plan merger; Another record year for the Port of Vancouver; Kyle Washington appointed President of Seaspan; Cover photo of diver Rick Corless seaching red sea urchins; Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Richey, M.W.; Villiers, Alan; Kemble, Oliver; Garnett, Lee; Butler, Reg; Weifhtman, A.E.; Hampshire, A. Cecil
The Trident [Magazine] Incorporating Blue Peter - Magazine of the Sea, April [Apr.], 1953, Vol. 15, No. 168 - Cutty Sark Cover Photo
44 pages. Features: Exploring the Oceans - article exploring the scope of oceanography up to the present - includes maps and photos, including photo of a Coelacanth caught on December 20, 1952; Strange Harbour; The "Cutty Sark" - Last of a Glorious Era; Revolt on the Clyde - Resistance to British Railways' plan to add four pleasure steamers to their Firth of Clyde passenger services - the Maids of Ashton, Argyll, Skelmorlie and Cumbrae; Line Squall; Boom in Morocco - sardines have become big business here since the war - article with interesting photos; Loss of the "Hannington Court" in 1941 - article with photo; A Naval Centenary; Excellent photo of the P. & O. passenger liner "Arcadia" under construction; and more. One-page ad for John Brown and Company presents the M.V. Ruahine, built for the New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd. at Clydebank; Numerous additional excellent illustrated ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Thomason, Hugh; Collinson, Clifford W.; Herschin, Abraham; Masters, David; Hunter, R.C.; Spencer, E.R.; Read, Oliver; Bredon, Juliet; Litten, Ernest A.; Jepson, Captain S.; Jehaz, Hawai; Shearwood, F.F.; Ash, Captain, George; Thane, Rodney; Rowe, John G.
The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, September [Sept.] 1923, Vol. LI, No. 305: The Most Wonderful School in the World / Captain George Ash
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: 'Twixt Sunset and Sunrise - Mining Engineer William Bartle relates a story from Mexico where, outside the large cities "no foreigner's life is worth a farthing"; The Cannibal Islands - Part II - photo-illustrated article by Clifford Collinson who has lived in the Solomon Islands for several years and, in this instalment, visits the little-known atolls of Ong-Tong-Java, with nice photos; The Disappearance of Annie Mooney - A thirty-year-old mystery is solved in a strange and unlooked-for manner - was she kidnapped by the Chinese all those years ago?; The Most Wonderful School in the World - A remarkable "sun-cure" establishment at Aigle in the Swiss mountains where children - recently hopeless cripples - learn their lessons and romp in deep snow clad only in loin-cloths and boots! - with photos; Obyada, Bad Indian - story related by a member of the Royal North-West Mounted police about a troublesome individual near Red Deer, Alberta; The Rum-Runner - the story of a sea captain's first smuggling voyage, as told in St. Pierre, headquarters of a fleet of ships engaged in the liquor-running business; Soliman the Seer - the mysterious fortune-teller of the Pyraid of Cheops; The Children of the Wilderness (Conclusion) - Juliet Bredon's photo-illustrated travels in little known Mongolia; A Wildfowling Adventure - a nasty little adventure on the Solway Firth; Fishing for Crocodiles - using a special hook and line; On Patrol - a quaint little experience related by a flying officer of the Royal Air Force; The MIssing Links - An Indian magician discovers a thief when the police had failed; Round the World With a Lasso - former Texas Ranger Captain George Ash tours the world giving exhibitions and training troops in the use of the lasso - article with photos; The Strangest Mutiny on Record - The Schooner Pedro Varela; Six Hundred Thousand Francs - One of the most audacious jewel robberies ever perpetrated (in Paris); and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
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Michie, Charles A.; Frayne, Trent; Jeffries, Hugh; Shapiro, L.S.R.; Mayse, Arthur; Keate, Stuart; Mergendahl, Charles; Barlow, Jordan; King-Hall, Stephen; LeBourdais, D.M.; Wirsig, Woodrow;
Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, 15 July 1945, Vol. 58, No. 14: Vivid Close-Up of Harry Truman
Features: Nice Ford ad inside front cover features colour illustration of an old-time barn raising; Man From Missouri - A vivid close-up of Harry S. Truman, the onetime plowboy who was pitchforked into the White House; Here's a Fine Stymie! - humorous article about golf and the impact upon it by WWII; To Chuck - With Love (short story); "They're Full of Love and Mozart" - Maclean's War Correspondent L.S.B. Shapiro tours Eisenhower's Germany; Sissy Fish? No Sir! - Charley Hartman and his Ontario Government Trout Rearing Station (fish hatchery) at Cold Water Creek take care of almost 3 million trout (with photos); 25,000 Miles to Battle - Lieut. Stuart Keate, an officer of Canada's new cruiser, the H.M.C.S. Uganda, describes why war in the Pacific is different than War in the Atlantic; Well, Good Night (short story); Charles H. Scott, Director of the Vancouver School of Art, chastises Vancouver's art patrons of not supporting Canadian artists; Stage set for an election in England; Ottawa political report; On the Corner in the Sun (short story); What About Russia? - Will the men of the Kremlin enter the family of nations or erect a Russian Great Wall?; Music By Adaskins, Canada's most musical family - Murray, Naomi, Yanova, Frances Marr, John, Frances James and Harry; Three-Way X-Ray - LeRoy J. Leishman, a Los Angeles inventor, solves the problem of bringing depth perception to the fluoroscope with his stereofluoroscope; Nice colour half-page Orange Crush ad shows girl with dog; Additional ads for Canada Dry, Kotex, Palmolive soap, Castoria, Lysol, Absorbine Jr., Vaseline hair tonic, and many more; One-page ad for the Wartime Prices and Trade Board encourages readers to use sugar sparingly; Back cover Coke ad features colour painting of a happy scene in Brussels where Canadian troops imbibe with friendly locals. 50 pages. Unmarked with average wear. Faint discoloration to back cover. Please note: missing first page. Last page loose but present. A worthy copy of this vintage issue from the tail end of WWII, printed mere days before Truman, featured in this issue, authorized atomic bombs to fall upon Japan. Book
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Gagnon, Andre
Andre Gagnon - Chant De Mon Pays: Songbook (Song Book) with Sheet Music for Piano
54 pages. Texte in French. Discographie. Two pages of black and white photos. Songs include: Berceuse; Combien j'aime la vie; Le grand repos; Toccatarock; La douce illusion; Un peu de pluie sur ma vitre; Flashback; Un piano au soleil (piano quatre mains); Transit; Chevauchee; Divine Denise; Pour endormir ma mere. Somewhat above-average wear. Store stamp on title page, otherwise unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy working copy of this popular compilation. Book
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Dalby, Liza
La mia vita da Geisha
La testimonianza dell'unica donna occidentale che ha vissuto nel misterioso mondo delle case del tè.
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Golden, Arthur
Memorie di una geisha
Aveva un'unica ricchezza: il suo fascino. E divenne una delle geishe più famose del Giappone.
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HENRY MCALEAVY
STORIA DELLA CINA MODERNA
RIZZOLI 1969 510 PP. FONDO DI MAGAZZINO: LIEVI SEGNI DEL TEMPO, VOLUME INTONSO, MAI SFOGLIATO.
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LUCIANO PETECH
PROFILO STORICO DELLA CIVILTà CINESE
ERI EDIZIONI RADIO ITALIANA 1957 222 PAGINE. SEGNI DEL TEMPO, STRAPPI ALLA SOVRACCOPERTA, INTERNI IN BUONE SE NON OTTIME CONDIZIONI, CONSIDERATI GLI OLTRE 50 ANNI DEL VOLUME.
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ROBERTO VALENTINO
JOHN COLTRANE
LEGENDS JAZZ EDITORI RIUNITI 2002 FONDO DI MAGAZZINO: PERFETTO E INTONSO. Il testo presenta una monografia del jazzista John Coltrane fornendo notizie sulla sua vita, le sue opere discografiche e la sua eredità artistica.
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