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197772 pages. Features: The De Pinedo Inheritance - Fortune or Fraud? - a reply; Canadian Painters in Philately - Part 2 of 2; "Corrected" airmail special delivery stamp - first day of use; Unique from the Yukon - publicity cover for the Yukon Exposition of 1912; Postmarked Ottawa; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
199087 pages. Features: Orapex '90 - Ottawa's Second National Stamp Show and Bourse; Netherlands - Indies - In Quest of Correct Franking; Prairie Pathfinders - Henry Kelsey and Anthony Henday; Postmarked Ottawa; George Mackinley Geldert, M.C. 1886-1967; Decoys, Spears and Skates; The R.P.S.C. Junior Stamp Collector; Vignettes of early British North American Postal History - Part XIII - The Wilderness Route from Quebec to Halifax; Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
1990Features: Editorial Consultant's Notes; The R.P.S.C. Junior Stamp Collector; A Look into Naturopathy - the Complimentary Way; The 1815 Battle of Waterloo; Vignettes of Early British North American Postal History; Postmarked Ottawa; Varia - Batavius; Fellow of the Royal Society - Henry D. Hicks, C.C., Q.C.; Precancelled Admirals Die 1 and Die 2 on the 1 cent Yellow and 3 cent Carmine. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
1944Features: Photos of British troops and supplies at Arnhem, plus battle photos; Photos of damage to Channel ports; photos of sea forts protecting London; and more. Average wear. Prior owner's name and stamp upon front cover else unmarked. Page 397 loose but present (because page 415 has been removed and is not included). Centerfold (loose but present) provides a large and fascinating cut-away diagram of 'the secrets of the flying bomb' - how the robot's flight and dive are automatically controlled. Book
196147 pages. Features: The secret delights of the shunpiker - Bill and Vivian Heine have explored the quiet back roads of many parts of Canada; Millie Perkins is Glad She was Fired - the girl film fans knew as Anne Frank is free to fulfill her new ambition - to become an actress; De Gaulle is the Man for Me - Field Marshall Montgomery on leadership towards the resolution of the East-West strife; A spoonful of syrup may stamp out Polio - mobile medical teams test the oral vaccine Sabin in Wedgeport and Comeau Hill, N.S.; School that teaches the three Ps - Poise Posture and Presence - Phyllis Leeman's Pixie School of Modelling in New Westminster, B.C.; Humourous signs keep people off the grass; Nipper by Doug Wright. Nice colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Magazine
1962Features: Let's keep the filibuster, by Hodding Carter; The Kremlin's Persecution of Jews - a firsthand report on the newest campaign inside Russia to stamp out an age-old religion and way of life; The Mutiny of Marlon Brando - how the petulant superstar broke the budget in a marathon remake of Mutiny on the Bounty; Famous people who don't remember me - a veteran Government official's amusing encounters with Winston Churchill and other celebrated figures; People on the way up - Seena Hamilton, discus champ Dave Weill, Nancy Schoonover, bus magnate George Sage; On Trial - Jimmy Hoffa and Adam Clayton Powell, part 2 of 3; How to get along with the Bees; Dinner with the Kennedys - what to expect when you receive Washington's most sought-after invitation, a bid to spend a gala evening at the White House; Radio's Pill Pusher - Carlton Fredericks, self-styled 'foremost nutritionist' has amassed a fortune endorsing vitamins and wonder foods. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
196320 pages. Features: How They Keep Horse Racing Honest - Science Invades the Sport - article with photos; Why Protestants Mourn Pope John; Zenith TV ad; The Fort Henry Guards - article with colour photos; Birth of a Stamp - Ernst Roch and Canada's new Five Cent Stamp featuring the Queen - article and great photos; Boy Scout Shadow Compass. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
196648 pages. Features: Nice colour Oldsmobile ad inside front cover; Join CUSO and spend a weekend with a real live duck-hunting maharajah; The West grows by Moose Jaw just sits and watches the trains go by; The Ship that Died of Shame - the HMCS Inch Arran; Bill Edwards of Oakville and his "Truth Paste" toothpaste; The Battle for the Warrendale Children; Harold Town Creates the Connoisseur's Christmas Tree - article with many colour photos; New Hustle in the Holy Land - it is polishing itself up to boost tourism; Nicholos Monsarrat - an interview before he left after living for fourteen years in Canada; Nightcap - it's TV with a leer and a plunging neckline, a busty, bawdy baby that nobody loves... just the viewers - article with photos; A Second Look at the "Facts" about Cancer and Smoking by the author of "You May Smoke"; George Feyer and his Comic Art (with a postage stamp theme); Eric Levinson claims Harry Houdini speaks to him from the grave - article with photos; Nice colour photo ad for Botany 500; What's New in Medicine; Nice ad for the 1967 Chrysler Newport; Bolens Diablo Rouge snowmobile ad; GM ad for their new energy absorving steering column; Code ad with Christmas theme on back cover. Average wear. 2"x2" piece missing from fore-edge of back cover. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
193396 pages. Features: Nice Plymouth Six ad featuring interview with G.R. Stevens of Elgin, Illinois; ATT ad features woman using old-style phone; Buying automatic refrigerators; "Human-Eye" camera opens new way to television; Snakeskin and marble made by photography; Planes to dump rain on crops; Photo of tidal wave in the River Severn, in England; Queer jobs in the Arctic - Major L.T. Burwash in pursuit of the North Magnetic Pole; Two-passenger sailplane has closed cockpits; Rare Stamp Racketeers thwarted by black light; Human body gets machine tests; Freak vehicles for air, land, and water; Animal movie actors trained by strange tricks; Tires torn to pieces in safety tests; Homemade Sextant; Is Rudy Hofmeister the fastest wood carver?; War Waged on Insects with Lights and Odors; Microscope "Movies" on Screen; Newest Household Devices; Weird stunts with aluminum in the home laboratory; One-man show with a magic hat; Adding earphones to your radio; Radio sets now tuned by sight; New gears shift themselves; A simply built high striker; Tools and Materials Captain McCann uses to build ship models; Graceful stool built from coat hangers; Sport belt made of knotted string; Simple design for boy's auto (go-kart); Luggage Making on the kitchen table; Taking telephoto shots with your own camera; Helpful hints for motorists; plus dozens of other brief and interesting illustrated items. Great cartoon-style ad for Camel cigarettes on back cover features magic tricks. Somewhat above-average wear. Faint store stamp on back cover. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
194978 pages. Features: Battleship Killer - The War's Strangest Story - Torpedo-riding Italians sank enough British ships in Alexandria Harbor to give the Axis the advantage in the Mediterranean - but the Axis never knew it!; Our Reeking Halls of Justice (part 1 of 2); The Glory Road (part 2 of 2); Stampede in Stamps - Stamps become a popular investment - with photo of Joe Granville (presumably the same Joe Granville who went on to a successful career on Wall Street); Oh, You Beautiful Blonde! - Marie Wilson; Is the Witch Doctor Helping You? - century-old secrets of primitive medicos are turning out to be cure for diseases that have baffled modern medical men for years. Fiction: There Are Older Things Than War; Brood of Evil; Set in Concrete; Willow Woman; No Sentiment; Pride's Castle (part 3 of 8); Cleveland Indian reliever Gene Bearden; Back page opinion column regarding the recommendations of the Hoover Commission. Includes these ads: B.V.D. Sports Shirts, Zenith Televisions, Mercury cars, GM (nice 2-page color ad), Ford car color photo ad with black lawn jockey appearing twice, Nice color one-page ad for the U.S. Army, Pincor lawn mowers, Spam, Durkee's margerine, Mallory hats, Lucky Strike colour photo ad features pretty lady river fishing. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
2000128 pages. Many pages of high-quality colour plates. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy of this beautiful catalogue. Book
194966 pages. Features: Design for leather; Junior craftsman project; Woodcarving caricaturist - Alfred Perry of Cedar Grove, Ontario - article with photos; Painting in oils is easy; Felt Spectacle case; Food casting; The Sculptured Shillalagh; Stamp collecting; Hobby cures a soldier - Private Jerome Biegel of the U.S. Army carves matches; How to Make Crepe-Paper Flowers (part 2); Home Weaving Service; Message from the Hon. Paul Martin; 1949 National Hobby Exhibition; List of hobby exhibitors; Feature exhibits, Phil. S. Quelch's operating miniature sawmill; Profitable little animals; Mosaic pictures from human hair; Neville C. Seymour and his silk strand etchings; The Narcissus; Garden Glimpses; Fine Wood Inlay; Model Railroads; Shell Craft; Spiral Coil Applique; Camera Kinks; Your Photography; Weaving with Reeds; A Hall Lantern; Birch Bark Art; Hobby-Craft Patterns; Model Plane Contest; What's New; and more. Interesting full-page ad for Canadian government annuities shows regretful elder woman holding broom outside boarding house. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this very uncommon vintage Canadian hobby publication. Book
199840 pages. Features: ILSAPEX 98; Annamart Dednam's winning design; Whales Issue; Whales of the Southern Oceans; Chinese Mineworkers; The Romance of Postal Stationery; Artist Joan van Gogh; Royal Tour of Southern Africa - 1947; and more. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Book
199832 pages. Features: Chris van Rooyen Profile; Self-adhesive stamps - new era in SA philately; What makes a stamp collection valuable?; Royal Tours and the Post Office; and more. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Book
1891The complete works of this early British learned economic journal which was published quarterly between 1881 and 1914 for the Oxford University Branch of The Christian Social Union. Includes writings by many names familiar to the modern historian of economic thought including: W.J. Ashley; W.H. Beveridge; J. Bonar; A.L. Bowley; Edwin Cannan; S.J. Chapman; A.W. Flux; L.L. Price; J.C. Stamp; R.H. Tawney; Sidney Webb; Beatrice Webb. Usual library markings. Most volumes bound in three-quarter leather with raised bands. Many later volumes bound in black buckram. Buckram volumes in good condition although all volumes bear varying degrees of external dustiness due to the partial disintegration of the leather on the leather-bound volumes which has produced considerable residue. Some leather backstrips partially loose. Gilt lettering upon all backstrips bears varying degrees of wear. Bindings generally sound. Leather volumes bear heavy external wear. Aside from the external soiling/dust, a worthy working compilation of this rare and interesting journal. Total weight approximately 90 pounds. Book
1959Features: Ski trails of Banff National Park; Le Royaume du Saguenay; Nova Scotia "Campsite" - the Cabot Trail; Postage Stamp Motoring; Odd items about Canada - The "Coleman" Frog (as big as a dog!), Pount Pelee - south of the northmost part of California!, Ukrainian 'Bush' House of God, near Neepawa and Minnedosa, Farthest east home in Canada; Along the Yukon Trail; photo of Imperial's and probably North America's, first service station, opened in Vancouver in 1908; North to Buffalo Narrows. Illustrated with black and white photos. Average wear. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Book
1989Features: First across the Kra; The Explorers Club in space; Tassili - the Sahara's secret; Exploring Spanish Galleons on the Pedro Shoals; My Career and Zaire - by Philip R. Dormitzer; Coronado's Chickens; The Explorers in London; The Antarctic Explorers Stamp Series; Anatomy of an Explorer, by John D. Bruno. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1988Features: Which is the Highest Mountain in the World; The National Geographic Society Looks to the Future; Lowell Thomas and the Youth Activities Fund; What is Adventure?; In Search of Pharaoh's Ship; Long Vistas and Stone Arches; Our Arctic Heritage; Matthew henson, Polar Explorer; Quest for the Coelacanth; The Ethics of Exploration; The Polar Explorers Stamp Series. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1979130 pages. Features: No Arms or Legs, by the Reverend Graham Dowell; Renaissance Festivals; Pictures from the Past; A Pass from the King - laisser-passers were used long before passports - wonderful photos; Capital Letters - signs; Christmas Numbers; Shropshire's Political Ceramics; Louis Wain's Cat Portraits; Fen's Creator - Bruce Montgomery; Christmas in Norway; The Artists of Palekh - beautiful colour photos; Rich Men's Castles; The Christmas Story; Something Nasty in the Bedroom; Jubilee at Bekonscot; A Royal Governess - Lady Lyttelton; Ellen Terry and Sarah Bernhardt; Stamp of Ricard; Mary Celeste - The Truth; Jonathan Jeeves is Mean; The Felt Makers - making felt from wool in Turkey; Crafts of India; Christmas Quiz. 1" openings to fore-edge of back cover and back two pages. Average wear. Crossword completed, otherwise unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1963Please note: This is a first edition copy from 1963. 224 pages. "... Covers the essentials of colour practice and includes an international dictionary of colours with British Standard equivalents. A universal ready-reference for all whose jobs or recreations involve colour, it now includes names of colours used by British paint manufacturers and colours traditionally associated with the printing ink industry, thus shedding light on the whole field of colour in art and science." - from dust jacket of a later edition (not included). Colour-finder card not included. Lightly used former corporate library copy with usual markings. A sound copy. Book
1987Features: Pat and Noel Thomas; Gay Brown's Never Ending Collection; Chad Smith - All Things Nautical; Ann Barrett collects Seasheels (among other things!); The Atlanta Museum Auction; Don McGinnis - Sign Maker; Claire Young's American Main Street of Yesterday; Raffle Preview; Joann's Miniature Stamp; Lighting made Easy; Building with Bob - Clifton House, Part III; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
1978252 pages. Colour finder card in pocket inside back cover. "... Covers the essentials of colour practice and includes an international dictionary of colours with British Standard equivalents. A universal ready-reference for all whose jobs or recreations involve colour, it now includes names of colours used by British paint manufacturers and colours traditionally associated with the printing ink industry, thus shedding light on the whole field of colour in art and science." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear. Relatively few library markings. Front endpaper removed resulting in narrow opening along front hinge. Light wear to price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A worthy copy. Book
200132 pages. Features: Behold South Africa's Natural Wonders; World Conference Against Racism - Commemorative; The Anglo-Boer/South Africa War - Remembering; Celebrate Christmas 2001; Enjoy Music in South Africa. Light wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
1999160 pages. Features: Miro, Miro On the Wall; Making the Most of Magnets; Life in the Rubber Zone; Cards for Kids; Art and Editorializing; Transfer-stamping on fabric; Zany Zig-Zag Card; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
1998160 pages. Features: Snowy, Starry Nights; Hand-Carved Holidays - the personal touch through eraser carving; A Cut Above the Rest - Jesse Cornwell turns cards into collages; Create colorful gift bags and tags; Phlox Icona; Putting Your Stamp on Recipes; How to host a mail art exhibit; Tri-fold Universe - a view from the window; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
