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195092 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Illustrated primarily in black and white with some colour. Numerous contemporary ads. Features: Washington Views Contemporary Canadian Art; Will Ogilvie - Disciple of Fine Line; New Talent in Illustration - Doug Wright (Nipper), J. Le Flaguais, Duncan Macpherson, Ed McNally; Interview in Montparnasse - the works of Henri Matisse; Sculpture in Trees - a successful innovation by the Sculpturs Society of Canada; Grain Elevators and Wheat Sheaves - the works of Robert Hurley; Can Furniture Be Made of Cardboard?; Behind the Scaffolding - a critical preview of official architecture in Ottawa; An Art Experiment Among Indian Children - Anthony Walsh and his work with the Okanagan Indians of the Inkameep Valley in British Columbia; Coast to Coast in Art; New Books on the Arts; The Art Forum. Unmarked with average external wear and soiling. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
198846 pages. Features: The Madonna of Perpetual Help - beatriz de Ramirez; Merry Christmas!; Christmas Plate; Holly on a Paul Revere Bowl; Round Box; Oval Box; Jewelry Box; Bird & Bamboo; Celtic dragon; Design Stamping; Fairies on Free Form Porcelain; Assortment of Boxes; Winter in the Forest; Meet Georgina Gould; Meet BobbyLee Curlee; Man with a Turban; "Bucky" the Irish Setter; Master Series - artist lesson #1; Porcelain Christmas Cards; Inspired Designs; Brief Intro. to Art from the Golden Age of the Ottoman Empire; Pinecones; Deer on Vase; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
1958A reprint of the 1941 first edition. 6 pages. Address label on front cover. Spine taped. Above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
196118 pages. Features: Ice Fishing; Fish killed by industrial waste; U.S. Economic Survey on Hunting & Fishing; Lease of land for the West Kootenay Rod and Gun clubs; The Christmas Dream - "The Night Before Christmas" is transformed into a B.C. political statement, with image of W.A.C. Bennett in Santa suit; Photoso fo John Truttman of Richmond and his pet geese; Photos of Bill Otway of the Port Coquitlam Hunting & Fishing Club presenting shooting awards to Doug Michie and Ian Jack; Salmon Report - estimated catches of Spring, Jack, Coho, Pink, and Grise; Photo of Omar Alendal; Photos of Frank Heff, Mickey Galawan, Bill Bowman, Bob Frearson, Gordie Ezart, Gordon Palmer and Jim Kingsley, most of whom are executives of local Sportsmen's Clubs; Boats; Many nice vintage ads; and more. Unmarked with light wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
195818 pages. Features: Mailbag, including letter from RCAF member Doug Lee and his photo; Xmas Moose - Dave Stewart and his hunting trip to Wells Gray Park, including map and four photos; Kapok life jackets unsafe; Fish and Game Federation News; Club Announcements, including photos of Bill Edgar, Art Arnold and Lyle Hurd, and Cece Hurd, Gordon Ezart, Jerry Walker and Mr. and Mrs. Alex Scott; Two pages of boating information and ads, including photo of Wm. E. Drake; Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
1964144 pages. "The unique approach of The Mitchell Trio - those modern minstrels of dissent - has catapulted them to the top of the folk music world in just a few years." - back cover. Includes biographical information about the Trio members plus black and white illustrations. Includes piano sheet music, lyrics and guitar chords for these songs: The John Birch Society; Alberta; Maladyozhenaya; The Banks of Sicily; Green Grow the Lilacs; You Can Tell the World; The Virgin Mary; Alma Mater; Mighty Day; Me Voy Pa Bete; I Feel So Good About It; What Did You Learn in School Today?; Tell Old Bill; Rum By Gum; The Golden Vanity; The Ides of Texas; The Hip Song; Bonny Streets of Fyve-io; The Story of Alice; Paddy West; Ain't No More Cane on This Brazos; Moscow Nights; Super Skier; The Unfortunate Man; Whup Jamboree; Rally Round the Flag (medley with In the Summer of His Years); Hello, Susan Brown; The Marvelous Toy; Queen Elinor's Confession; James James Morrison Morrison; Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream; Johnnie; Tail Toddle; An Irish Song; The Twelve Days of Christmas. Binding intact. Few markings to contents. Above-average but not excessive external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
19538 pages illustrated in color. The Christmas story is charmingly presented for first-time readers with one word per page. Plastic pages may be cleaned with damp cloth. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A lovely vintage copy. Book
1917Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Secret Death - A weird story from Georgia in Russia, a wild land where might is right and feuds never end; Capturing Wild Animals Alive - how John Alfred Jordan captured a collection of African animals to be shipped to Zoos in Europe; A Tragedy in the Clouds - Frenchmen Sergeant Legendre and Adjutant Casale of the French Aviation Service bring down their eighth German plane piloted by a German named Haspel; Six Weeks Among the Buddhas - Part I - Juliet Bredon and her husband toured temples in China; The Man Who Found Himself - munitions worker William Francis claims to have entirely lost his memory for two years after an injury; Across Germany to Freedom - Part I - French soldiers Georges Prieur and Tristan du Tartre escape from Hammelburg camp in Bavaria; When the Dam Burst - a 'Santa Rosa' (South American monsoon) causes a night of terror at the harbour works of the 'Obras del Nuevo Puerto de la Capital' in Argentina; Almost a Tragedy - forgetful nearly results in multiple deaths; Between the Devil and the Deep - a French fishing-smack sinks a German submarine - article with photos; When the Fuses Spluttered - Roy Norton, F.R.G.S. escapes death in a mine by seconds; Buried Alive - injury while filming 'The Jarvis Case'; A Fight With An Ostrich - the awful plight of engineer Geo. Daws who tried to cross an ostrich 'camp' during their breeding season; Historic Crimes and Mysteries - The Sign at the Gallows, The Law & The Lackey; The Pirates of the 'Flowery Land' - mutiny and murder on the high seas between London and Singapore; The Hidden City - Tulum is located in the thick jungle of the Yucatan; Bethlehem's Distressing Christmas Scenes - festive occasion marred by petty quarrels of rival sects;The Last of the Bandits - The Poe-Hart Gang terrorizes Oklahoma by robbing banks and fighting sheriff's posses; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2], 92-176, 9-24 [ads]. Covers partially loose. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
1919Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part VI - Robert Wilton, a British War Correspondent on the Eastern Front, recounts his experiences, tells the true story of the tragic end of Rasputin, and discusses claims that the Czar is alive - article with photos of the Czar, his family, and Rasputin; The Most Savage of Beasts - John A. Jordan describes the strange tactics and danger of hunting the African Buffalo; A Hero of the Soudan - How the first Civilian's Victoria Cross was won by Sergeant J.J. Farmer - article with photo; My Niggers - humorous account of the writer's experiences of Gyppies at a camp along the Suez Canal; My Wanderings in Little-Known Angola - interesting article with many excellent photos; The Mechanically-Minded Skipper - Tobias Meddling of the 8-thousand ton ship Peerless; Capturing Seventy-Nine Germans Single-Handed - Canadian officer Captain MacDowell tricked Germans into surrendering at Vimy Ridge; The Battle for the Lake - German warships are ousted from the great inland sea in Central Africa, Tanganyika; Our Grizzly Bear Record - Francis Dickie and his companion set a new world's record for killing Grizzly bears in the Canadian Rockies - article with photos; Pipe Town - where Brier pipes are made for the "Tommies" and the "Poilus" - article with excellent photos; A "Rice Wedding" in Java - fascinating photo-illustrated article; Some Strange Escapes From Germany - Part I - how prisoners of war escaped from the Germans in WWI; My Escape From Russia - Madame Semenoff describes her escape from Petrograd after the Bolsheviks took over; Canada's Water Miracle - The Bassano Dam, the world's longest, built in Alberta, Canada - article with excellent photos; The Zulu Love Medicine - Part I - a member of the Natal Mounted Police describes how an Englishman was murdered by a Zulu medicine-man and accomplices so a portion of the body could be used to make an effective love medicine; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [3], 268-352, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
1958Features: Letters about Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum - marvel or monstrosity?; Seeds of Revolt in Red China? - Richard Hughes writes of the chances of Chiang returning to the mainland; Close-Up of the First Earth Satellite - The U.S. will soon re-attempt to place a satellite in orbit some 225,000 miles up to study the moon; Children in a Crucible - "An account of the impact of the process of desegregation upon both white and Negro children at the high school in Clinton, TN, which was bombed after twelve Negro children were integrated with the 700 white students two years ago, as described by teacher Margaret Anderson; In Defense of the Politician - by Senator Richard L. Neuberger; 'To Learn and Teach the Truth' - Evaluating the performance of UNESCO; How to Mix a Cocktail Party ; A Painting That Tells Modern Art's Story - A Cezanne masterpiece sold last month for $616,000, exemplifying its soaring prestige; Why Russian Women Work Like Men; End of the Boffolo Texensis; Marks of Office - Photos of interesting items in Washington offices; Visitors to the U.N. headquarters in New York; Great color-photo ad for Rheingold Extra Dry beer features photo of Madelyn Darrow, Miss Rheingold 1958 in motorboat; Classy one-page color-photo ad for Jamaica features Noel Coward sipping tea in pounding surf; Article on Boy Scouts; Photos of women's fashions for enchanted; Photos of various fashionable home heating stoves; Four photos from the making of "A Night to Remember" about the Titanic; Six photos of the Aga Khan IV at Harvard; The New York Horse Show; and more. 92 pages. Many fascinating black and white reproductions of photos plus sensational fashion ads, some of which are in color. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1976Features: Cover photo of Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan, who figure prominently in the feature article about their movement in troubled Northern Ireland to "declare war on war"; Gorgeous one-page color-photo Chanel ad featuring Catherine Deneuve; "Oilcan" Eddie Sadlowski - Rebel candidate for president of the Steelworkers union; The Heist of the Century - $10 million allegedly stolen from Societe Generale in Nice, France by the Sewer Gang consisting of Almoor Alfred, Homer Filippi, Francis Pellegrin, Alain Bournat, and Albert Spaggiari; William Saroyan encourages kids to "lay off these Christmas stories about supersensitive kids"; Dancing classes are back for youngsters and adults; Ski homes for the village of Loon Mountain, NH, developed by Edward Keating and Austin Eaton, with planners Sasaki Walker, and architect Huygens and Tappe; Recipes for Ski food; and more. 104 pages. Excellent color and black and white photo reproductions including fabulous fashion ads, and more. Faint school stamp upon front cover and table of contents. Moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
195076 pages. Nice cover illustration of young couple discovering they have each bought a Christmas tree. Articles: Ill Take Sled Dogs for Rough Going - Alaskan ranger Grant Pearson travels by dog sled; Spare Parts for Human Bodies - The U.S. Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, Maryland maintains an inventory of replacement parts for wounded soldiers; The Ladies Like 'Em Rugged - John Wayne is Hollywood's No. 1 he-man; The Kids Don't Remember a Thing - a new generation of young Americans flies over England, defending her against the Reds; All-Time Champ of the Lobbyists - Sam Ward was the most engaging scoundrel to ever afflict Washington; It's Tough to Go to School in New Mexico - color-photo-illustrated article about kids in Catron County who commute up to 50 miles one way through savage territory and wicked weather; Our Softhearted Warriors in Korea - US Troops care for pathetic Korean war orphans; India Opens Her Hidden Storehouse - American machinery is tapping rich farmland in India; Article on Napalm a.k.a. Bouncing Fire; Every Brick of the Vernal, Utah Post Office was shipped in by Mail! Short Stories: Child of Divorce; Company for Christmas Dinner; Granny Hite and the Angry Mob; Small-Town Doctor. Serials: The Desperate Woman (part 5 of 6); The Great Mail Robbery (conclusion). Ads: Nice one-page colour-photo ad for Cyanamid features artist Andre Dugo painting Christmas Seal illustration; Fatima Cigarettes; Color-photo Caterpillar ad features two Cat dragging loads of Christmas trees from bush; Nice color-illustrated ad for Studebaker trucks inside back cover; Sunkist naval orange ad on back cover. Small chip from lower tip of front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear and soiling. Faint pink discoloration near lower corner of several pages. Complete and intact. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
194748 pages. Includes piano sheet music, lyrics and chords for these songs: Billy The Kid; Blue Tail Fly; Boll Weevil; Christmas Carols by the Old Corral; Cindy; Down in the Valley; From Now On; Froggy Went A-Courtin' Green Grow The Lilacs; I'm A-Brandin' My Darlin'; I'm Gonna Leave You Like I found You; Jole Blon (Pretty Blonde); Long Time Gone; Love Me Now; My Gal From Houston; Oh, My Darling Clementine; Oklahoma Hills; rye Whiskey; Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me; Skip To My Lou; Someone's In the Kitchen With Dinah; When It's Sundown in Old San Antone; When You Leave Don't Slam the Door; You Took Me for Granted; You Will Have to Pay. Unmarked with average wear. Please note: This copy is NOT signed by anyone. A sound vintage copy of this great compilation of old-time Country tunes. Book
1936Wonderfully illustrated front cover by Rex Woods depicts two medieval musicians performing a Christmas tune. 96 pages. Features: Charming colour ad for Green Giant canned tomatoes inside front cover includes map of Essex County, Ontario, where "the swankiest tomatoes in Canada' are grown; Nice one-page ad for the 1937 Chevrolet; Christmas 1936-2000 - a thoughtful article on the the future of the church and those born in 1936; Gorgeous one-page colour ad for the new 1937 V-8 Ford cars, featuring a maroon sedan; Lucky Keyes - short story by A.D. Divine; Silver Legs - short story by Margaret Nyren Hoffman; Christmas poems; I Was A Stranger - a true Canadian story as told to Janet Erskine Scott; Santa Claus for a Quarter - short story by Emma-Lindsay Squier; The Transit of Venus - short story by Gertrude Macaulay Sutton; Fog Over Fundy - short story by Louis Arthur Cunningham; Marvelous one-page colour-illustrated Campbell's Soup ad features grocer talking to well-heeled lady; Teens and Twenties; Fulfill Wishes - by Eva Nagel Wolf; Nice one-page ad for Jane Seymour Beauty Preparations; Movie reviews of "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "The Gorgeous Hussy", "Craig's Wife", and "Seven Sinners"; A Peek at the Books - Margaret Lawrence reports on the Toronto Book Fair; One-page Carnation Milk ad features photos of the Dionne Quints; Lovely one-page colour ad for Five Roses flour features Christmas baking; Eight delicious-looking recipes by Mona Parr for Christmas puddings and sauces - Rich Plum, Plum, Simple Dark Fruit, Carrot, Fluffy Mocha, Chilled Moulded Plum, Hard Sauce, Brown Sugar Sauce; One-page Libby's baby food ad features photos of the Dionne Quints; Fashion ideas - 'Dresses for Dates'; Delightful page of illustrations to be cut out entitled "Mary Lou and Bobby's Christmas" by Lydia Fraser; and more. A quality copy of this heartwarming depression-era piece of Christmas Canadiana Book
1996252 pages. Prized for its wide range of traditional songs, stay-open spiral binding, and the fact that so many songs can be played without turning pages. Reprint. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Separate lyric book not included. A lovely copy of this beloved compilation. Book
1938Feature article by Albert Einstein entitled "Why Do They Hate The Jews?" offers his views on the subject and includes a large black and white profile photo of the man himself. Additional features include: Local Ghost Makes Good - Jesse James Makes Restitution in Pineville; Coach Ralph Furey explains why football stars are not born (article with several photos of football stars of the day); Speak No Evil (short story); Hangin' Crazy Benny (short story); Uncertain Wings (short story); Via All Oceans (short story); You Liked a Parade (short story); None But The Brave (part 5 of 6); Murder for Christmas - part 3 of 10 of this serial by Agatha Christie; Great cover art by Robert O. Reid features young lovely eyeing the dessert table; and more. 70 pages. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Moderate evidence of moisture exposure. A sound vintage copy of this exceptional issue. Boni, Russ & Laurence 396. Magazine
1918Features: Title page illustration of British despatch-rider delivering Christmas pudding by bicycle in deep snow; G.K. Chesterton makes the case that the English are ignorant; One-page aerial photo of French tanks attacking a German trench-line; Excellent photo of hundreds of "China's Army of Labourers for the Western Front - A Big Muster on Parade"; Two pages of illustrations show the difficulties faced by British patrols in nocturnal search of German North Sea raiders; Three pages provide ten photos of the aftermath of the terrible Halifax explosion on December 7th, 1917; One-page portrait of Admiral Sir Rosslyn E. Wemyss; Two photos show the difficulty of transportation after recent French snow; One-page aerial photo of French bombs raining down upon a German munition factory in Lorraine; Two-page illustration of the breaking of the Hindenburg Line near Cambrai with Ulster and Yorkshire troops advancing on Bourlon Wood and crossing the Bapaume-Cambrai Road; Two-page illustration of British troops moving forward to the River-front Line; Two-page illustration of brilliant infantry work by the Italian Army on the Northern Front; Eight photos on two pages illustrate the British victorious advance in Palestine - hoisting the flag at Jaffa, and other scenes;Two half-page photos show the restoration of a water well in Palestine which was blown up by the Turks; Article on the impending shortage of food; and more. 36 pages, including seven pages of charming vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. In particular, the back cover ad for "Harlene Hair-Drill" will fascinate anyone interested in early women's hair treatments. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
2009Features: The High-Octane career of Toronto Artist Joshua Jensen-Nagle; Lucy Waverman's tips for Making Merry; Interview with publisher Martine Assouline; Create Warmth in a pared-down bedroom; Artisan Heather Shaw uses a light touch to celebrate the season; Fresh Baked Cookies in a clever container - a great gift!; Decorating outdoors with classic holiday boughs and berries; All the Trimmings - Holiday Decorating; Subtle Holiday Touches by Gill Wortley; A White Christmas - a Pan-abode ski chalet in Collingwood's ski area; Luce Gayrard and her airy Montreal condo; Burlap - the season's sought-after accent; and more. 224 pages. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
1988No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with slighly tanned pages and no bumping to corners. 131pp. This issue includes Charles Dickens' Christmas books, bird books, TH White, Ivy Compton Burnell, Angus Wilson, DC Thompson Boy's comic papers - 'Rover', 'Wizard', 'Skipper', 'Adventure', 'Hotspur' and Arthur C Clarke's science fiction.
1986No marks or inscriptions to contents. Tiny crease to upper rear corner. A very clean very tight copy with slighly tanned pages and no bumping to corners. 123pp. This issue includes Nevil Shute, Christmas cookery books, Edmund Dulac's illustrated books, Malcolm Saville's children's books, Vita Sackville-West poet and essayist and Isaac Asimov's science fiction.
1985A small number of classified section listings highlighted with pale colour. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy and no bumping to corners. 131pp. This issue includes Alistair Maclean adventure stories, Freya Stark's travel books, humorist AP Herbert, British pop music magazines of the 1960s, Noel Streatfeild's children's books and Virginia Woolf part 2 1927-1941.
1984A very small number of classified section listings highlighted with pale colour. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy and no bumping to corners. 115pp. This issue includes DH Lawrence, the 'Mediaeval Towns' series, Elinor Brent-Dyer's schoolgirl books, Christmas Magazine Specials, Georgette Heyer and John Buchan.
2005No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, all page edges gilt and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with light creasing to upper edge. 224pp. With all the recipes you need for your next Christmas - recipes from around the world.
193720 p. Limited edition of 1100 copies. Printed by the Broadside Press. Hardcover good conditon
193129p. Originally publ. under title Slow Gin in Morley's Collected Essays. Hardcover Very good condition
