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ref. 20542On letterhead of 15 Upper Hamilton Terrace N.W. London 12 June 1890. 2pp. 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition lightly aged with minor traces of glue on reverse of blank second leaf. He thanks him for his 'kind remembrance' and undertakes to 'come with much pleasure to Clarence House a little before the time of Inspection and bring two friends'. The letter concludes: 'Meantime we must not forget that you and I are going to set apart some afternoon to make a sentimental pilgrimage into the Past in some corner of old London!' On letterhead of 15 Upper Hamilton Terrace, N.W. [ London ] 12 June 1890. unknown
1954ref. 13690London: Major Productions 1954. Paperback. Good. Good condition. Continuity supervisor Elaine Schreyeck's annotated shooting script for Check-Mate the working title of the 1954 British crime thriller released as Profile with screenplay by John Gilling. Schreyeck served as script/continuity editor on the production. This is her copy and contains manuscript notes and alterations made in the course of production; Gilling subsequently became an important director of British genre cinema particularly through his work for Hammer Films. 77pp rectos numerous notes additional hand-made scene tabs pasted in. The notes are extensive on every page and on the black versos. Mostly pencil or pencil crayon. Condition is excellent with just some handling wear only noted as 'good' due to the heavily worn card folder. Major Productions paperback
ref. 71237London: W.H. Allen 1959. Mystery FIRST EDITION SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Octavo 20 x 13cm pp.207; 1 blank. Publisher's red cloth with silver titles to spine in an illustrated dust-jacket priced 12/6. Presentation note to free endpaper; "For Suzanne with love / from Jack underlined". Some spotting to edges jacket with some small chips ands tears minor rubs. Very good. Police thriller basis for the 1962 crime drama film starring Adam Faith Donald Sinden and Anne Baxter. Jack Trevor Story was a British novelist best-known for the comic mystery 'The Trouble with Harry' which was adapted for Alfred Hitchcock's 1955 film. London: W.H. Allen, 1959 unknown
1857ref. AQ30450London: Longman Brown Green Longmans and Roberts 1857. xii 416pp 8. Text in red and black decorative initials in red and blue decorative borders in blue and gilt. Engraved vignette of Alnwick Castle on dedication page. With a list of subscribers. Contemporary red morocco richly tooled in gilt black morocco onlay to upper board A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Robert Story 1795-1860 'The Craven poet' was the son of a Northumberland agricultural labourer and himself variously employed as schoolmaster and civil servant in the administration of Robert Peel perhaps after his 'The Isles are Awake' contained within this volume expressed poetic support for the Conservatives. This lavishly produced collection the final published in Story's lifetime is dedicated to the Duke of Northumberland. The list of subscribers is a testament to the author's popularity in his native county containing a preponderance of Northumberland residents notably textile manufacturer and politician Sir Titus Salt 1803-1876. . First edition. 8vo. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts unknown
ref. BN67945Art Smiths Story the Autobiography of T unknown
ref. BN167589Carlsen. Softcover. Dragon Ball SD 3 Dragon Ball SD 3 Akira Toriyama Original Story Carlsen paperback
2004ref. BN146407O'Reilly Media 2004. 2004. Softcover. Digital Photography Hacks Digital Photography Hacks Derrick Story O'Reilly Media paperback
2013ref. BN422989Panini Comics 2013. 2013. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 2. Alte Feinde neue Feinde Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 2. Alte Feinde neue Feinde Kevin Eastman Story and Layout. Dan Duncan Zeichn. Marc-Oliver Frisch Übers. Panini Comics unknown
ref. BN377158Urban Society for Aboriginal Youth 2017. Softcover. Iitskitaiks: The Children who Were Left Behindstory by Saakokoto. A Blackfoot graphic novel CD Iitskitaiks: The Children who Were Left Behindstory by Saakokoto. A Blackfoot graphic novel CD story by Saakokoto ; Translation by Anita Eaglebear Randy Bottle ; Artwork by Mitchell Poundmaker RARITÄT Urban Society for Aboriginal Youth, 2017 paperback
195126 pages. Black and white illustrations. Features: Canada's Century - Maybe; A Native Indian's Version of The Story of Simon Peter Gun-a-Noot; Case of the Frozen Brides - Part one; Pioneer Judge's Wife - part 2; The Awakening; Along the Trapline; Finning ad for "Caterpillar" Diesel Sawmill Power on back cover; Dozens of ads for small local businesses; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this vintage British Columbia publication. Magazine
1951Pages xxiv, 257-320. Features: Cover illustration of Sugar-Loaf, Rio de Janeiro; The Haunted Mine - 1927 tale of a haunted goldmine in the Township of Timmins, Ontario, Canada; The Rest Cure - a sea captain's story of an unusual Atlantic voyage with a party of cowboys; Norfleet's Quest (part 2 of 2) - for three years Texas cattleman Frank Norfleet pursued a gang of confidence tricksters; Death of British Columbia lighthouse keeper Lawrence Dupuis; The Living Death - as strange 1925 a story from Mexico; The Sky-Riders - photo illustrated article about adventures of RCMP airmen maintaining law and order in Canada's vast Northern Territory; The Lawra Lion - a lion visits the Gold Coast; The Forbidden Path - two British officers in the Himalayan foothills; "Grey" - a close-up of manners and customs prevailing in the Northwest Territories of Canada near Yellowknife; First-Trippers; A Matter of Witchcraft - the strange story of a distinguished visitor who contrived to offend one of the wild tribes in the Territory of New Guinea; many nostalgic ads; The Australian Stockman - life of the drovers of Australia's vast Outback - article with photos and map; and more. Bit of pencil writing atop front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Covers beginning to loosen. Binding sound. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1974136 pages. Several pages of black and white photos of Tom T. Hall plus two pages of biographical information. Includes sheet music for piano and voice with guitar chords for these songs: Back When We Were Young; The Bourbon Man; Canadian Woman (Canadian Clubs); Candy in the Window; Coot Marseilles Blues; Country Cabin-itis; Country Is; Forget It; God Came Through Belleville Georgia; Gone to Hell in a Basket; Grandma Whistled; I Feel Like Flying Away; I Know Who I'll Be Seeing in New Zealand; I Love; Joe Don't Let Your Music Kill You; Last Hard Town; The Loneliest Girl in the Crowd; The Man Who Hated Freckles; Me and Jesus; The Monkey That Became President; More About John Henry; Never Having You; Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine; One More Song for Jesus; Original Traveling Man; Pamela Brown; Pay No Attention to Alice; A Piece of the Road; Pratt Street; The Promise and the Dream; Ravishing Ruby; The Rolling Hills of Middletown; Running Wild; She Gave Her Heart to Jethro; Souvenirs; Spokane Motel Blues; St. Louis Named a Shoe After Me; The Story of Your Life is in Your Face; Subdivision Blues; That Song is Driving Me Crazy; Turn it On, Turn it On, Turn it On; When Nobody Wants Your Body Anymore; Who Needs a Baby; Windy City Anne; You Love Everybody But You. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this great Tom T. Hall memento. Book
1926222 pages. Index. 12 black and white plates. Decorated endpapers. "A Canadian art movement was started, not by professional painters, but by amateurs who fell in love with the spirit of our Ontario Northland. They went there unequipped with the mental paraphernalia of academics and without any sense of the solemnity and importance of rules or methods, in pure holiday spirit; the business of art was subordinate to the joy of the adventures." - from Introduction. Unmarked. Binding intact. Above-average wear. A worthy reading copy of this early Group of Seven reference. Book
2017ref. BN225397Forgotten Books 2017. 2017. Hardcover. The Miscellaneous Writings Literary Critical Juridical and Political of Joseph Story LL. D The Miscellaneous Writings Literary Critical Juridical and Political of Joseph Story LL. D Joseph Story Forgotten Books hardcover
1958Features: Report from William Pollock, President, AACA; How to Find Antiques Under Water; Honorary Member - Perry Okey - article with photos; Napier 150th Anniversary - the first British car race and its great story; Cars in Miniature - story of the International Ass'n of Automotive Modelers; A Woman Speaks - antiques will change your way of living; The Man Who Sold Duryea the Buggy That Gave America its First Automobile; Racing Memories - Targa Florio 1907; Jennis - The Only One in the World; Early Tour to Promote Roads - recalled by Leroy Eschner; You Can Still Find Them - hidden gems continue to be discovered; Duster and Veil; Curved Dash Olds Reunion; The Elmore; Monument to Karl Benz; The H.H. Franklin Club; 1958 Trek Cars; Guest Artist - Terry Lee Fergerson; Genesee Valley Meet; Tips on Restoration; Understanding Brass Plating; Restoration and Maintenance Feature - The Steering Gear - a detailed and illustrated article; Origin of the Round Grille; The Cadillac Coat of Arms; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
1957xxiv, 129-194 pages. Features: Heroes of the Tractor Trails (with cover illustration) - photo-illustrated article on the men who blaze tractor trails across the frozen north to supply mines and the military; Full Ahead to Destruction - a ten million dollar smuggling operation in the Mediterranean - article with photos; Red Eyes of Evil - hunting a 15' crocodile on the Zambezi; The Temple of Snakes - five white men filming a documentary amongst the savage Arusi tribesmen find trouble; Murderers in my Kitchen - the author's two jungle workers were convicted murderers; Trapped in a Floating Tomb - an astonishing sea story from off the Prussian coast involving the "Aurora"; Tooth for a Tooth - a Scotish flyer creates trouble in the city of Kandy on Ceylon when he violates a sacred shrine; Squeeze to Freedom - the amazing escape of a British P.O.W. from a German train in WWII; Caught in a Whirlpool in the Vialala river in Eastern Papua - article with photos; Sports Day with the Veiled Warriors - the Oulliminden Tuaregs of the French Sudan - article with photos; Jungle Guinea Pigs - Sgt. Ken McConnell's Auster crashed in Malaya - his nightmare trip to safety; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
195372 pages. Features: The Caustic Genius of Sir Thomas Beecham; Christianity - Revival or Decline?; The Polish Art Treasures - colour Karsh photos of ancient and priceless heirlooms rushed from Poland at the outbreak of WWII; A Gift from the Princess - story by Mary E. Grannan - illustrated by Oscar Cahen; A Winter Vacation on a Summer-Cottage Budget - a cheap holiday for a family of four in hot Florida; Two-page colour-illustrated "Christmas Shopping Game" by Peter Whalley; An Excursion into Canada by Charles Dickens - a Maclean's flashback; The Alien - story by W.O. Mitchell - chapter 7. Average wear. External soiling. Coverfold partly open. Center page holding by one staple. Fore-edge opening to back cover which is missing 7"x2" chunk from bottom edge. Book
1918Cover Illustration - King Albert Enters Into His Own. From Mourning to Rejoicing - The Strasbourg Statue (Illustration). Exit Mediaevalism - editorial. A Surrender Without Parallel - The Great Naval Drama in the North Sea, by Percival A. Hislam. Ending the Vain Dream of German Sea-Dominion - photos. France on the Rhine - Alcase restored at last to the Alsatians - article by Hamilton Fyfe. 1870 - End of Alsace-Lorraine's Martyrdom - 1981 - Photos. Great Britain's Misused Island Gift to Germany, Heligoland (photos). Photo of General Currie taking the salute in the Grand Parade in Mons. Photo of Canadians marching through Mons. Royal welcome home for prisoners of war - photos. "The King is Coming" - story by Sydney A. Moseley. Photos of Lille during and after occupation. The Secret City of Arras - article. Tragedy of the Sea Revealed after Four Years - The H.M.S. Audacious, lost off the Irish coast - 3 photos. Pan-German Republicanism? - article by Frederic William Wile. Average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. Sound copy. Book
1954Features: The Enchanted Islands - The Galapagos Islands; The Mountain of Gold - reprint of a 1926 story in which an Englishman accepts an inviation to travel to a 'mountain of gold' in British Columbia, Canada; The Way Back - After crashing in Iceland, 2 airmen walk 70km to civilization - author Major-General H.L. Davies; The 'Black Magic' Tiger - in India a rifle is 'charmed' to kill a tiger; Pork-Knocking - fellows who go into the wilds of British Guiana to dig for diamonds - great photos; When Awang Ruled Simporna - the story of a prisoner in British North Borneo; Our Murder Mystery in the Cook Archipelago; A Question of Feet - a wily old farmer in South-West Africa outwits the police; Sky Workers - men who work at dangerous heights (great photo); Trail of the Snake - West African Gold Prospectors follow the advice of a Witch Doctor; and more. Front cover loose but present. Backstrip missing. Faint signature atop front cover. Binding intact. Book
1956Features: Killer Whale in the Net - Alaskan Diver Virgil Burford tells his tale; Take off to Trouble - Blizzard forces a crash landing in Greenland for Gerald Abrahams; Night Duel with a Bear - Young men out for fun on the Queen Charlotte Islands have a near-tragic experience; How I became a White Fulani Warrior; Toopua - I Know An Island - Part I; Soldiers of the Sky - Paratrooper John Seymour Townsend; Hekla - Gateway to Hell (the worst volcano in the world); The Night it Rained - a Northern Quebec Adventure by Ronald H. More; The Belles of Mbowe; Ask the Man Who Owns One - a story about dogs by Lt.-Col. T.A. Lowe; Little Sir Echo - Bats; Ham-Handed Hero - Harry Higgs; and more. Chips from backstrip. Average wear. Unmarked. Decent copy. Book
1952Features: The Envelope - The author worked in the wilds of British Columbia on a ranch where he was involved with a mix-up involving illegal whisky-peddlers and a shrewd policeman; Tough and Go - a boundary dispute in the former Italian Somaliland; The Mariba Affair - an account of an experience in Rhodesia; Seeking the Amazon's Source - Sebastian Snow and John Brown clear up the mystery beyond any reasonable doubt - photos; The Strangest House in Iceland; Timber Laden Round the Horn - a windjammer adventure; Banda Makes a Speech - a story from Ceylon; Australia's Black Trackers; Tough Prospector Breaks Curse of Lost Creek Mine, British Columbia (facsimile of news clipping); Where Adventure Beckons - a 300 mile canoe trip though Southern Ontario and Northern Minnesota, by Austin H. Phelps; Mahoney's Folly - a wierd story from Ireland related by a doctor; and more. Chipping to backstrip. Average wear. Binding sound. Book
1952Features: The Envelope - the author worked on a British Columbia ranch where he became involved in a mixup with illicit whisky-peddlers and a shrewd policeman; Touch and Go - a story from Somaliland; The Mariba Affair - a tale from the days of the South African Police in Rhodesia; Seeking the Amazon's Source - Sebastian Snow and John Brown succeeded in clearing up the mystery beyond any reasonable doubt, with several photos; Timber-Laden Round the Horn - a windjammer adventure; Banda Makes a Speech; Australia's Black Trackers; Where Adventure Beckons - a 300 mile canoe trip through southern Ontario and Northern Minnesota; Mahoney's Folly - A weird little story from Ireland; and more. Each cover partially loose. Openings to backstrip. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
1954Features: A Tigress for Escort - an amazing story of Indian big-game hunting; Football Crazy - An amazing story of the merchant navy in South Africa; Seeking Sunken Gold - may be regarded as a long-delayed 'sequel' to "The Wreck of the General Grant", originally published as far back as 1899; Garcia - by Kerry Wood of Red Deer, Alberta; Saskatchewan "Snowplanes" - includes photo of the winner of the 1938 'Derby Cup' race; The Land of Wonders - a visit to a little-known region in the heart of Turkish Anatolia; Diamonds Cut Diamonds - a quaint story from Queensland involving beachcombers collecting loot from a wrecked steamer; Search and Rescue - stirring stories of rescues by the Royal Canadian Air Force; Alpine Killer - an unusual story from the Austrian Tyrol by a chamois hunter - involves a savage ibex; The Death-Track - a white man seeks to develop land considered sacred. Average wear. Clean and unmarked. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
1951xxiv, 64 pages. Features: The Hunting of Harry Tracy - the 1902 account of one of the most remarkable manhunts to ever take place in America; Pete the Pelican; Between Ourselves; Sahara Safari - photo-illustrated account; Remote Control - a strange story from the Northwest frontier of India; Awachomo Natural Bridge, Utah, USA (cover illustration); Land of Blood-Feuds - photo illustrated article about the mountain people of Crete; The Death-Divers - a former Swedish deep-sea diver recounts how in 1937 he and Chief Diver Matsson were detailed to assist in the raising of a wreck off Italian Somaliland; The Throw-Back - strange story from a South American gold mine; The Night Alarm - ; Wealth on the "Skeleton Coast"; Bush Interlude; The Vanished Waggons - a remarkable story from the Northern Territory of Australia where three laden vans mysteriously disappeared from a train running south from Darwin; many nostalgic ads; and more. Bit of pencil writing atop front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality vintage copy. Book
2018ref. BN643584SCM Hänssler 2018. 2018. Selbst wenn du mich vergisst: Mein Eheglück mit einem Mann ohne Kurzzeitgedächtnis Selbst wenn du mich vergisst: Mein Eheglück mit einem Mann ohne Kurzzeitgedächtnis Schuchmann Jennifer und Laura Story SCM Hänssler unknown