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194076 pages. Features: Cover art of girl being thrown from saddle; Editorial entitled "If Germany Wins" in the wake of US Ambassador to Canada, James H.R. Cromwell being rebuked by his superiors for telling a Canadian audience that the future of world democracy depends upon victory over Germany; Nice full-page Fargo truck ad shows a Kraft cheese vehicle in service; The Passport (fiction); Your Mind and Your Car - safe driving is an attitude of mind; Political comments on the absence and return of U.S. Ambassador to Britain, Joseph Kennedy; Tux Luck (fiction); James H.R. Cromwell - U.S. Ambassador to Canada - photo and article; How many civic, home and health problems in Australia and New Zealand have been solved through direct land taxation; Red Drops Falling (fiction); Wonderful article and photos of Canada's Library of Parliament; Wakeville, Awake! (Part 3) (fiction); Full-page ad for the 1940 Dodge car; Canada's Fighting Forces - Part 8 - Coast Defense - article with photos; Gordon Dunstan's Thirteenth Quiz; Nice Chevrolet Truck ad; Full-page colour photo ad features the beautiful Dionne Quintuplets!; Colour full-page ad for the Ford V-8 engine; Photos of Miss Diana Blythe Barrymore in Woodbury soap ad; Nice 1940 DeSoto car ad; The Winnipeg Volunteer Signal Training School; College for Indian Youth at Ohsweken, Ontario; Half-page two-colour ad for Alka-Seltzer features photo of hockey game between the Maple Leafs and New York Rangers with Syl Apps and Gordie Drillon on the ice; Nice colour photo ad for the 1940 Studebaker Champion inside back cover. Somewhat above-average external wear. A nice vintage issue. Book
1920Pages 178-264 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Mysterious Heart of Asia (part I) - Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes gives an account of his adventures during a war-time expedition, with photos; The Murder Ship - the Russian schooner Johannis and one of the most tragic narratives in the annals of the sea; The Lifted Veil (part I) - POWs in Turkey concoct a 'spook' and create an amazing deception for their captors; The Largest Camera in the World - constructed by George Lawrence of Chicago - fantastic photo-illustrated article; 'Twixt Earth and Sky - the story of a German's vengeance and the terrible ordeal that resulted for a timber-getter in the New Zealand kauri forests; The Great Zeebrugge Raid - And After (part II) - a Royal Marine captured on the Mole describes the full story of the historic landing (in part I) and curious adventures during subsequent captivity; The Bullet-Hole Cross - Guatemalan estate manager Mr. Dellplain incurs the wrath of an Indian who swears to have his life; The Mystery of the Missing Nun (part II) - Sister Janina disappeared from a peaceful little village in Michigan; Timber-Cruising in California - Terence H. Lambert describes interesting experiences among the big trees of California; Pirate Gold - The Buried Treasure of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia; After Big Game in East Africa - advice on the fitting out of expeditions, cost, and the game available; Photo of amazing bamboo scaffold structure over the great Ch'ien Men Gate, Peking as it was being rebuilt; A Two-Days' Battle with a Baboon - it escaped aboard a ship!; A Night With a Madman in India; The Sheriff's Bad Day - this story hinges on a very odd connection with this publication; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1921Pages 1-88, plus 16 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Contents include: Vendettas; The Luck of the Game; The Secret of the Well; The Tragedies of Niagara; Running the Gauntlet - part 1; The Witch-Doctor's Vengeance; The Cruise of the Dream-Ship - part 5; The Adventures of a Rolling Stone - part 3; Marooned in the Arctic; Our Adventures Among the Berbers - part 5; The Captain's Ordeal; The Swinging Log; The Lone Sea-Rover; Mind vs. Matter. Bits of clear tape at each end of spine. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Magazine
1964Best.-Nr. 116882tartas 1964 Paris, Pierre de Tartas, achevé d'imprimé en 1964, 1 volume in-folio de 285x370 mm environ, 112 pages, (7) ff. (fin du texte non paginé, justification du tirage, colophon), complet des 17 illustrations. Un des 210 exemplaires numérotés sur grand vélin de Lana, signé par l'éditeur et l'artiste. Feuillets sous couverture de papier crème avec inclusion de feuilles séchées, dans un coffret toilé marron doublé. Légers frottements sur le coffret, une petite tache blanche, sinon bel exemplaire, intérieur très frais.
1976Best.-Nr. 1233081976 Editions du Club du Livre, Philippe Lebaud éditeur - 1976 - Deux volumes, in-folio, une reliure pleine peau de daim, dos à cinq nerfs, avec étiquette de titre "manuscrite" + une reliure demi peau de daim, plats cartonnés, dos à cinq nerfs, avec étiquette de titre "manuscrite", emboitage cartonné avec ourlet de cuir aux ouvertures - Premier tome sans pagination (fac-similé de l'édition originale, texte en ancien français) + 58 pages (textes sur deux colonnes en français moderne) - Très belles reproductions d'illustrations, miniatures, enluminures et lettrines
1942Best.-Nr. 221345大阪. Osaka.: 増田営業所. Masuda Eigyosho. Circa 1942. Complete set of 54 flash cards in original pictorial light card box 13.5 x 9.7cm. Some occasional browning box worn and a little chipped but overall very good. A fascinating Japanese wartime card game designed to teach Malay to Japanese speakers. This set of flash cards formed part of a series entitled “Learning the Languages of East Asia” Tōa no Gogaku. Each card bears a Japanese word on one side accompanied by a colourful illustration with the Malay translation on the reverse. The text on the back of the box explains the rules of the game and adds that “because there is the Malay translation on the back of the picture you can study by yourself while looking at the customs and scenery of Malaya.” Although the cheerful illustrations of flowers animals foodstuffs and other everyday subjects give the cards the appearance of a children’s game they were intended primarily for Japanese soldiers taking part in the occupation of the Malay Peninsula as the box illustration indicates. Words printed on the sides show that this card game was produced to be sent to the servicemen in Malaya. Encounters between local people and Japanese depicted on the cards invariably involve members of the Japanese military. One card teaches greetings such as “good morning” “hello” and “good evening” for example shows a Malayan boy bowing to a saluting Japanese soldier while aircraft fly overhead. The vocabulary taught includes the names of various forms of transport such as “ship” “train” and “aeroplane” as well as words including “translator” “army” and “cannon” and phrases such as “come here” and “please show me that”. The latter is illustrated by a Japanese soldier addressing a boy holding a book. An unusual and intriguing piece of wartime ephemera offering insight into the practical challenges of communication between occupier and occupied in Southeast Asia. . 増田営業所. [Masuda Eigyosho]. unknown
1938Best.-Nr. 62103New York: William Morrow & Co. 1938. 8vo. 352 pp. Photo frontisp. photo plates throughout 1 map. Blue publisher’s cloth blue lettering & decoration on spine very minor shelfwear w/ d.j. cover art photo scuffing & rubbing to foot of spine edgewear still a NF/VG copy. First American edition issued undated using the Collins sheets of this outstanding account of hunting lions & leopards and exploration across Darfur Sudan and Libyan desert with his wife Vi Henriques prior to World War II. Henriques 1905-1967 had completed an earlier Big Game hunting expedition from the Blue Nile to Dinder River in 1928 as well and later during World War II was lent to General Patton’s staff participated in the Casablanca North Africa Campaigns and the landing assaults on Sicily with the US armed forces. Scarce in original dustjacket. William Morrow & Co., hardcover
1915Best.-Nr. 57029Helena MT: Independent Publishing Co. 1915. 8vo. 88 pp. Photo illustrations tables historiated vignettes at upper fore-edges of text pages throughout. Beige-printed softcovers salmon-coloured outline map of Montana on front cover border in burgandy minor chipping head & foot of spine & to couple corners minor dustsoiling still VG- copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce original and well illustrated report. The Montana Legislature in 1913-1914 codified a number of fish and game laws and established the Game and Fish Commission in order to adjust hunting seasons bag limits license hunters and fishermen who were rapidly decreasing the numbers of game animals and fish as well as try and legislate against water pollution through cyanide and other pollutants introduced by mining interests in the State. Montana had established a number of fish hatcheries to feed many of the small landlocked lakes & ponds which were rapidly being depleted by intrepid sportsmen dynamiting the habitats and harvesting the fish. There are descriptions of hunting bear in Flathead County with a photo of the “Famous Lady Hunter” standing over her trophy; descriptions of deer hunting and remonstrations against poachers especially with those continuing to kill the “Bull Moose” which had been barred by State law. Of additional interest are the photos and detailed description of the Montana State “Fish Car ‘Thymallus’” featuring banks of specially fitted aerated aquariums for transporting hatchery fish for license paying sportsmen followed by tables of the 10s of 1000s of fish released. Also included are statistics on poaching arrests jail sentences and fines. Worldcat locates copies UCLA NOAA Woods Hole Yale holds an edition issued in 1914 for the Northern Pacific Railway with 75 pp.; See: Diann Ericson The Legislative and Political Development of the Montana Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks 1895-1921: A Case of Cultural Heritage 1994. Independent Publishing Co., paperback
1895Best.-Nr. 1270431895. Paris: n.d. ca 1895. Original box 85 x 73 x 20 mm covered in gilt-patterned paper with mounted color illustrated title on outside lid and printed instructions slip on inside lid. With 8 printed rectangular card game pieces plus the rare color printed solution sheet 120 x 120 mm folded twice. Minor split to one edge of the lid a few small tears to the sheet otherwise a very good and complete example of this rare and fragile game. § A very early apparently the first issue of this French "game of protesters" in which the player takes on the part of a police officer attempting to prevent people from assembling at a demonstration. Not located in OCLC although other searches reveal copies in the Indiana Lilly Library in the Jerry Slocum Mechanical Puzzle Collection one within a "coffret de jeu" a boxed group of puzzles and games at the Musée du Jouet de Poissy and another a variant in which the game pieces are triangular at the Marseille Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée MUCEM. Later issues with varying artwork can also sometimes appear. The Marseille museum's copy featured in a forum held on February 5 2024: "Faut-il parler des violences policières" "Should we talk about police brutality". The curator Mireille Jacotin explained: "Jeu des manifestants is a game in which you are the hero that is to say the police officer and as the accompanying instructions explicitly state you are firmly positioned on the side of the public authority responsible for maintaining order. In reality the game consists of arranging a set of cardboard pieces-printed on a right-angled triangle-shaped board-in such a way as to ensure that no two red dots end up on the same line. The underlying concept is to simplify the police's task by ensuring that they do not face a mere undifferentiated crowd-and certainly not any organized lines requiring a tactical breach such as a battlefront during wartime. The game board features no specific characters; instead it presents a simple grid-comprising lines and sectors-that serves as a framework for devising and visualizing a strategic plan atop a generic cartographic representation of public space. The red dots in this scenario represent the demonstrators. On the lid of the box however is an urban scene: an overturned double-decker bus a urinal figures stirring in the distance and a policeman in the foreground." For the original French see https://www.davduf.net/le-jeu-des-manifestants-1895. It seems likely this game was inspired by the many protests that took place in Paris throughout the 1890s including the birth of the international May Day demonstrations. unknown
1895Best.-Nr. 1270431895. Paris: n.d. ca 1895. Original box 85 x 73 x 20 mm covered in gilt-patterned paper with mounted color illustrated title on outside lid and printed instructions slip on inside lid. With 8 printed rectangular card game pieces plus the rare color printed solution sheet 120 x 120 mm folded twice. Minor split to one edge of the lid a few small tears to the sheet otherwise a very good and complete example of this rare and fragile game. § A very early apparently the first issue of this French "game of protesters" in which the player takes on the part of a police officer attempting to prevent people from assembling at a demonstration. Not located in OCLC although other searches reveal copies in the Indiana Lilly Library in the Jerry Slocum Mechanical Puzzle Collection one within a "coffret de jeu" a boxed group of puzzles and games at the Musée du Jouet de Poissy and another a variant in which the game pieces are triangular at the Marseille Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée MUCEM. Later issues with varying artwork can also sometimes appear. The Marseille museum's copy featured in a forum held on February 5 2024: "Faut-il parler des violences policières" "Should we talk about police brutality". The curator Mireille Jacotin explained: "Jeu des manifestants is a game in which you are the hero that is to say the police officer and as the accompanying instructions explicitly state you are firmly positioned on the side of the public authority responsible for maintaining order. In reality the game consists of arranging a set of cardboard pieces-printed on a right-angled triangle-shaped board-in such a way as to ensure that no two red dots end up on the same line. The underlying concept is to simplify the police's task by ensuring that they do not face a mere undifferentiated crowd-and certainly not any organized lines requiring a tactical breach such as a battlefront during wartime. The game board features no specific characters; instead it presents a simple grid-comprising lines and sectors-that serves as a framework for devising and visualizing a strategic plan atop a generic cartographic representation of public space. The red dots in this scenario represent the demonstrators. On the lid of the box however is an urban scene: an overturned double-decker bus a urinal figures stirring in the distance and a policeman in the foreground." For the original French see https://www.davduf.net/le-jeu-des-manifestants-1895. It seems likely this game was inspired by the many protests that took place in Paris throughout the 1890s including the birth of the international May Day demonstrations. unknown books
1975Best.-Nr. 82543Bagnols-sur-Ceze: Guy Chambelland 1975. First Edition. No. 23 of 150 copies on pur fil de Lana signed by Simon and Rougemont of a total edition of 163 copies. Quarto; paper-covered boards with unbound text laid-in as issued; slipcase; 328pp; illus. A fine copy in the original board slipcase gently sunned at extremities else fine. Artist's book comprised of Simon's text set within color-printed abstract designs by Rougemont; serigraphically printed by Michel Caza. Text entirely in French. Guy Chambelland unknown
1975Best.-Nr. 82543Bagnols-sur-Ceze: Guy Chambelland 1975. First Edition. No. 23 of 150 copies on pur fil de Lana signed by Simon and Rougemont of a total edition of 163 copies. Quarto; paper-covered boards with unbound text laid-in as issued; slipcase; 328pp; illus. A fine copy in the original board slipcase gently sunned at extremities else fine. Artist's book comprised of Simon's text set within color-printed abstract designs by Rougemont; serigraphically printed by Michel Caza. Text entirely in French. Guy Chambelland unknown books
2020Best.-Nr. __1788112202Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd 2020. Hardcover. New. 365 pages. 9.75x7.00x1.00 inches. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd hardcover
2021Best.-Nr. x-0367718200Routledge 2021. Hardcover. New. 148 pages. 8.50x5.43x0.55 inches. Routledge hardcover
20202 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, text in gold and black, with colour plates (a number double-page), pedigrees in the text and endpaper charts, pictorial cloth, gilt backs, coloured tops, a fine set in publishers blocked board slip-case with interior illustration. Second set in the FS edition of A Song of Ice and Fire, and a splendid sequel to A Game of Thrones.
Best.-Nr. 11283Date of publication and name of printer not stated 1840s Paris. 4 pp 16mo. Paginated 1 to 4. On a bifolium of wove paper. Fair on lightly-aged and creased paper with thin strip of previous mount adhering to inner margin of first page. A 96-line poem written in rhyming alexandrine couplets beginning 'Du noble jeu d'échecs la tactique savante Bannit de sa manoeuvre une ardeur imprudente Et dans sa stratégie il importe avant tout De juger et prévoir l'importance du coup.' The poem briefly sketches out the game's precepts and the merits of the individual pieces with reference to the following political and military figures: 'Le fameux Talleyrand' who possessed 'le grand talent d'attendre' Xenophon Moreau Varus Murat 'Les brillans cavaliers iront comme Murat Caracoler partout au plus fort du combat .'. Scarce no copy listed in the catalogue of the Bibliothèque nationale de France or on COPAC. See Image. Date of publication and name of printer not stated [1840s Paris?]. unknown
1915Best.-Nr. 20568New York: Kangaroo Corporation; Gray Lith. Co. 1915. A large laughing female kangaroo with a joey in her pouch who says "Be Happy at Home!" to another young kangaroo asking "Why such joy" decorates the triangular box lid of this amusing bright orange and purple 1915 peg board game. The playing board itself is framed with the text "You can't be blue if you KANGAROO. No trouble troubles you." The unusual triangular box features three kangaroos on the top lid with edges decorated with horse shoes and shamrocks on a purple ground. The instructions are printed on the under side of the top lid including the offer of a $500 reward. The Kangaroo Corporation offered the prize for any correct solution to the game which involves landing the King in Goal No. 14. "The above prize to be awarded January 15 1916." 25 numbered holes on the board with 12 small wooden pegs. The object of the game was to jump holes so that only the King remained in hole number 14 in the manner of Chinese checkers. Each side of the triangular box measures 9 1/4". The box printed by Gray Lith. Co. N.Y.;1915 copyright by the Kangaroo Corporation. The top lid with little scratch in the lower edge corners repaired with sticky tape. Previous owner signature verso of lower box. The board interior with color more vivid just a bit of wear around numbered peg holes. Not found on Trove. Kangaroo Corporation; Gray Lith. Co. unknown
Barcelona, Juan Piferrer, sin fecha (hacia 1722), pasta española algo rozada, 21,5 x 16 cm., 6 hojas + 508 págs. incluso 25 grabados en madera intercalados en el texto. (El Libro Quinto trata de los Secretos de la caza y de la pesca y ocupa desde la página 417 a la 478; a continuación contiene un vocabulario en seis lenguas).
1890395 pages. Public Acts dealing with: agricultural societies; Mischievous Animals, Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, Bush Fires, Cattle Ranges, Incorporation of Companies, Constitution, County Courts, Assignment for benefit of creditors, Registration of Voters, Firearms, Game Protection, Homestead, Juvenile Reformatory, Crown Lands, Land Grants for Charitable and other purposes, Land Registry, Legal Professions, Licenses, Mechanics Lien, Magistrates, Medicine and Surgery, Minerals (other than coal), Mines (coal prospecting), Mines (coal regulation), Municipalities, New Westminster Incorporation, persons dying intestate, Provincial Royal Jubilee Hospital, Quieting titles to real estate, Railways, Railways - Columbia and Kootenay land grant, Railways - Shuswap and Okanagan land grant, Rivers and Streams - clearing of, Royal Columbian Hospital, Sheriffs, Supply, Timber - marking, University of British Columbia. Private Acts relate to: Ashcroft and Cariboo Railway Co, British Columbia Electric Company, British Columbia Jockey Club, British Columbia Mills, Timber and Trading Company, Columbia and Carbonate Mountain Railway Company, Columbia and Kootenay Railway and Navigation Company, Coquitlam Water Works, Crow's Nest and Kootenay Lake Railway, Hill's Bar Gold Mining Company, London and Canadian Fire Insurance Company, Nanaimo Telephone Company, National Electric Tramway and Lighting Company, News-Advertiser Company, New Westminster Electric Light Company, Okanagan and Kootenay Railway Company, Pacific Coast Fire Insurance Company, Westmister Street Railway Company, Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Company, Vancouver Incorporation, Vancouver Street Railways Company, Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company. Binding intact. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Book
1903714 pages. Contents include: How Mrs. S.E. Waller's Pictures Have Been Painted; The Money Kings of the New World, by W.T. Stead; Dr. Niels Finsen and his remarkable discovery of healing rays - with wonderful photos; The Making of a Flume - with great photos; The Tame Fish of Logan; The New Khartoum - with many photos; The Floor of the Pacific, by The Hon. W.E. Meehan, Fish Commissioner of the State of Pennsylvania - with photos; The Money Kings of the Modern World II - The Rothschilds, by W.T. Stead - with several photos and illustrations; The Momentous Motor - great vintage technology article with photos; "Skin O' My Tooth" - Edited and Compiled by Baroness Orczy; Bird Babies; Strong Mac; The Making of a Mandolin - with photos; The Money Kings of the Modern World - Part III - Mr. J. P. (Pierpont) Morgan; Municipal Ambulance Work - with fantastic photos of horse-drawn ambulances; Baron Shibusawa of Japan - with great photos; The Game of Sticke - its evolution and progress; The Fiscal Policy of The Empire, by John Holt Schooling; Coalport Porcelain - the story of an ancient and famous industry; The Most Wonderful Map in the World - France, in Jasper, Set with Jems; Hints on Sea-Swimming - Mr. Montagu A. Holbein give advice, and suits the action to the world for photographic illustration; The Nelson Room at Trafalgar House; The Money Kings of the Modern World - Some European Potentates - M. Witte, Baron Hirsch, Alfred Nobel, Alfred Beit, Herr Krupp, M. Jean de Bloch; The Fiscal Policy of the Empire - Part II; A Painter of the Sea-Coast - Mr. Elmer Keene and his Art; Sir James Brooke - Rajah of Sarawak; Pictures in Postage Stamps - using old postage stamps to create art; Capturing A Sperm Whale - with awesome photos; plus many fictional stories. Backstrip all but detached. Front free endpaper and first several pages loose but present. Several other pages loose. Hinges open. Above-average wear. Reading copy only, but remains a very informative and enjoyable reference. Book
Madrid, Imprenta y Fundición de M. Tello, 1877 ("Biblioteca Venatoria", I y II). Dos volúmenes en 4to. menor; CCXIX pp., 2 hs., 288 pp. + LXXII pp., 413 pp., 1 h. Bella impresión sobre papel de hilo. Encuadernación original en tela clara, con tejuelos en piel.
197060 pages. Many reproductions of wonderful archival black and white photos. Features include: The Patrick Family Legend; The First Game; The First Year; The First Stanley Cup; The Second Stanley Cup; The Great Denman Fire; Fred (Cyclone) Taylor; The Life and Times of Coley Hall; The Glorious Smokies; The Brat Called Pistol - Eddie Dorohoy; The Rollicking, Raggedy Vees; The Spirit of the Canucks; The Drillers of Kimberley; The Heart of Fred J. Hume; The Life and Laughs of Babe Pratt; The Palace by the Sea - Pacific Coliseum; The Anatomy of a Franchise; and more. One page CKNW 98 ad highlights play-by-play man Jim Robson. Molson ad features photos of their 1969-70 hockey scholarship winners including: John Cumberbirth, Bob Gaston, Pat Russell, Keith, Nordin, Richard Beauchamp, Daryl Fedorak, Brian Debiasio, Brenk Kaufmann, Robert Little, George Walton and Don Young. One-page pricelist of Canucks merchandise. Printed upon glossy stock. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this very informative, nostalgic and uncommon work from the year the Canucks entered the NHL. Book
19188vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 15 plates by the author, some light and occasional marginal spotting; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco, back gilt with raised bands, uncut, original gilt from upper board and backstrip preserved and mounted on new and separate leaves, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Nice copy of a classic sporting biography with superb illustrations by Millais
Best.-Nr. 231114Paris: Collection J. Hertzel & Cie. 1 vols. 8vo. Faux Red publisher's cloth binding marbled edges opening to marbled interior. About fine. 1 vols. 8vo. Collection J. Hertzel & Cie unknown books
1983Best.-Nr. 8741Limited to 50 non-commercial copies marked "H.C." Hors Commerce. Complete with 16 loose-as-issued black/white numbered plates housed in a red paper portfolio together with a signed limitation page . All clean copies with no defacements. Scarce. 12 x 16.25 in 30.5 x 41 cm. Editions Deesse hardcover
