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1975Features: Florida sailor designs 19-foot coastwise, gaff-rigged cruiser - the Salt 19; Seidelmann designed Palmer 550 enrolls in Quarter Ton Fleet; Traditional cruising design finds speed, responsiveness with new rig - the enlarged version of the SERAFFYN; Aesthetics and comfort remembered in the Norlin 37 Mark II; Great gaffed mains, barn door rudders and plump hulls; Sailing for winter sports enthusiasts; in search of Spain - pictures and story by Dorothy I. Crossley; A ton of heavy racing; One by One - one last old Conway schooner survives to carry a fragment of the sail driven 19th century toward the last quarter of the 20th; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Please note: middle page loose but present. Book
1976Features: Racers find new allure in old watering hole - with the Navy out, yachtsmen are in at Key Point; Survivor of a rare class - ALTAIR, a little sloop designed by a lesser known Herreshoff; Admiralty Bay - home of expert sailors, beached whalers; Cal 20s out for a little knocking about; Trim the kite, mate; Wednesday night at Annapolis; Penguin - a boat for all seasons; The basement builder's darling; The Warrior - 29 foot cruising-racing cat; Sarah - modern, weatherly double ender; Soverel 26 - MORC winner in production; Payne 9.6 - 31'6" offshore one-design; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1975Features: 1,046 boats plu 90 classes plus 14 yacht clubs equals one mega-regatta - the 46th Annual Southern California Yachting Association Regatta; The thriving Thunderbird - 26 foot sloop; Memories of Georgian Bay and the splendor of north country; Norway - land of sailors; A Sailing Legacy, by Taylor Walsh; Foul Weather Dinghy Sailing across the Atlantic - an invigorating view about the buoys by English photographer Alistair Black; A Look at Speed under Sail; 470s and a Tempest meet on Buzzards Bay; Marauder - innovations for the Canada's Cup; Newport 28 has good ideas from worlds of racing and cruising; Modern Maxi 95 - novel 32-footer by upcoming Swedish designer Pelle Petterson; Beautiful, distinctive 34-foot pinky is Jay Benford's own; Hinckley Sou'wester 48 - modern cruiser of conventional lines; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1971Features: Rugged North American Series put Lighting Sailors to the Test - Bill Shore wins title; Schooner Days relived at Gloucester, Massachusetts; Finn - class close-up; The Columbia 52; Tartan 26; Invictus - a Trimaran; First to the Mark at Little Pidgeon Cay, Bahamas; One-sided duel on San Francisco Bay - Blackfin vs. Windward Passage; Ragtime Sails to La Paz; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
1973Features: On a Schooner Gam - off Southern California; The Traveller 32 - a beautiful double-ender; Ericson 37 - from Bruce King; Tornado - first olympic cat; At play on Lake Erie's watery highways; Sailing on the bonnie banks of o'Clyde; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Magazine
1975Features: Landfall at Diamond Head - ONDINE surts to the Transpac finish line; The Widgeon - class close-up of a big 12.5-foot pocket sailboat, ready for abuse, designed to give a good ride; Footing up the (Puget) Sound - 26-footers on the Gold Cup course off Shilshole Bay Marina; The Tumlaren - she gets into your blood; On Shore, by Paul Darling; Where mountains loom over quite beaches and bowls of coconut chips grace the bar - the Windward Islands in the Caribbean; Hail Skipjacks! - last of a breed; Nicholson 33 - 3/4 tonner by Holland; Ericson Cruising 36 - Rakish cutter by Bruce King; Sea Sprite - 22'6" sloop by Carl Alberg; Shannon 38 - Modern Ocean Cruising Yacht; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1975Features: The Mackinacs - racing a 36-footer 134-plus hours and 627-plus miles; Their first ocean cruise covered 14,000 miles - John Carson and Jim Grizzard and PEGASUS; Cowes, August, 1975 - the Admiral's Cup and a galaxy of ocean racing stars; Burgess' Atlantic - an aging but still romantic one-design; Over we go! - the fine art of capsizing; Want to Race? - The Boston-Toms Regatta; Albin 79 - Swedish Quarter Tonner; West Indies 36 - Family Cruiser-Racer; Southern Cross - Cruising cutter by Gillmer; Seair 27 - Comfortable Cruiser; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1975Features: Renaissance of a Herreshoff classic - fiberglass has given the Herreshoff 12.5' designed by Nathanael G. Herreshoff, new life; Ms. Overboard - the Lake Lanier Sailing club holds a Lightning Championship on Lake Lanier; Crotch Island Pinky returns; MOONSHADOW - an unabashed racer designed by graduates of the School of Hard Knocks; The Geary 18 - challenging 18-footer that's easy to build for little money; Gathering of the Clan at Block Island; Heavy weather test for Cal 29s - off Victoria, British Columbia; Canadian has a first in production aluminum 25-footer by Tom Timmerman of Vancouver, BC; New Kirby Quarter Tonner is advanced racing design - by Bruce Kirby; Pearson 365 - refreshing ideas in a cruising ketch; High performance predicted for Mirage 27 by Peter Schmitt; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
réf. 1928986439.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1936réf. 62308Chicago IL: American Hairdresser 309 West Jackson Blvd. 1936. 4to. 159 1 pp. With over 150 text illustrations photos diagrams tables charts. Colour-illustrated softcovers wire comb-binding as issued minor edgewear slight rubbing some age toning still VG copy w/ faint former ownership marking on front cover. 8th edition of this uncommon work issued by American Hairdresser trade magazine during the Great Depression designed to not only offer the latest hair styles techniques products and equipment but also offering advice on how to expand the business increase sales introduce properly lighted window displays and introduce massage and other health & beauty services. Kozlay 1898-1987 was columnist printer editor and publisher for American Hairdresser following the death of her father Charles Kozlay in 1924 and was the essential force behind the in-house magazine quickly expanding in the 1930’s. She contracted with such names as Oster Belvedere Andis Takara Belmont and Helene Curtis along with Revlon to introduce new products and marketing strategies. The American Hairdresser also actively promoted chemical products developed by Inecto Zotos which would both permanently wave hair without electric curling and straighten curly hair for the African-American market. No copies in Worldcat 1934 6th ed. at Bowling Green. American Hairdresser, 309 West Jackson Blvd., paperback
(12) Loose leaf pages 10 x 12 1/2" with tipped-in color plates depicting traditional costume, clothing, of the Alsace region in France with one page intro and a Table des Planches describing each plate being a reproduction of an illustration created between 1680 and 1863, with most being in the early 1800's. Ex-library material, the intro pages (2) have library markings on them, the pages and the plates themselves are unmarked. Unbound in a hardcover string-tied folder made by the library. Pages are age-toned at edges a few of the pages have a torn corner or a dog-ear, the plates are all in excellent condition and unmarred in any way. No publication date, circa 1930. Text is in French
1956réf. 2080702109100010Takayama Beauty School 1956. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 130 pages Size: A5 size Takayama Beauty School paperback
1997Book is in excellent condition with two lightly bumped corners, slight wear at bottom edge. Binding is solid and square, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. Black cloth covers with a photo-illustrated dustjacket. Lavishly illustrated with full page mostly colour photographs, including endpapers. Published posthumously as an ode to Versace and his art collection just after his death in July 1997; it was the last book he worked on. Works from his art collection are included in close-ups with fashion shots of male and female models. About 150 pages, unpaginated.
2003réf. 2082702114602501Mirai Koubou 2003. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Mirai Koubou paperback
réf. 6704'Grove Cottage near Cowes'. Undated but docketed '22 Sept: 1800'. 4to 1 p 12 lines. Very good on aged paper. Asking the recipient 'through this medium to recommend my son Lieut Halliday Francis Halliday born around 1776; fl. 1820 of the Thunderer now at Jamaica to the notice of Lord Hugh Seymour; Sir Hyde Parker has sent me an account of him but to my great disappointment has not brought him Home - - - - - Francis has been six years in the East & West Indies & very attentive to his profession'. She feels sure that 'a line from yr. Lordship to Lord Hugh could not fail of being of great use to him'. Docketed on reverse 'Mem: Enquire abt. this. Lady Jane calls him Lt. but he does not appear to be so.' A second note ends 'I will mention her Son to Ld. Hu: Seymour when I next write to him.' Francis Halliday is described on the second leaf of the bifolium as a midshipman. 'Grove Cottage near Cowes'. Undated, but docketed '22 Sept: 1800'. unknown
1989réf. 2110502151106081Not Available 1989. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Not Available paperback
1953192 pages. Features: Jergens ad with photos of Virginia Mayo and Michael O'Shea; Let's Go Dutch; Assignment in Hollywood; Nice color Tide ad; Alcoholism; Bell Telephone ad features photo of Chief Operator Mrs. Esther Davies; Lovely Ivory soap ad includes photo of Anne Viggers; Color ad for Youngstown Kitchens; Color Hunt's Catsup ad; Should all opera be given here in English?; Color Camay ad features Mrs. William Landmark; The Longest Walk in the World - story by Adela R. St. Johns; Wife of the Party; On the Other Side of the Road; Lose Weight on 5 meals per day; The Kent Affair - story by Richard Sherman (part 3 of 4); A Short Story about Princess, by Val Teal; The high cost of being a bridesmaid; Buffet recipes and photos; Sleep disturbances in infancy; Color-photo Duz detergent ad features photos of Mrs. Charles McClelland of Geneva, Alabama, Mrs. Robert F. Young of Fort Worth, Texas, and Phyllis Walker of Charleston, West Virginia; Nice color-photo Prell ad; The beauty clinic; Photo of Mrs. David A. Drexel in Pond's ad; Photo of California's Lieutenant-Governor Goodwin J. Knight presenting blue ribbon award to Mrs. P.J. Hodge of Hemet, California; Lovely color-photo fashion section; Springs Cotton Mills color-photo ad features Miss Vivian Blaine; Photo-illustrated article on girdles and bras; Color Joy dish soap ad on back cover; and much, much more. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this charming issue. Magazine
1927122 pages. Features: Purina Chick Chow color ad inside front cover; Poppies for your garden; Screening casement windows; My Wild Flower Corner; Gardening on a steep hillside; Arbor Lodge - Home of J. Sterling Morton, Founder of Arbor Day; Plant a tree for the baby this year; Prairie Wild Flowers; The heart of the house - the kitchen; Year-round beauty from evergreens; Make the architect a partner when you build; Where our readers live - photos of homes of Ralph Garrison of Kalamazoo, E.L. Venning of Glen Ellyn, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Beat of Portland and Mrs. H.E. Roth of Sheboygan; What to do with the walls and floors; Unit House No 20 is designed for comfort - house plan; Nature lore for youthful readers; Nice one-page ad for Holland Furnaces; Good books for girls; Nice one-page photo-llustrated ad for Simmons mattresses features photo of Mrs. J. Borden Harriman; Have you a room with an inferiority complex?; Is your porch comfortable?; Ponderosa pine ad; The Soup and Salad Garden; Lovely one-page color ad for Sun-Maid raisins; Nice one-page color ad for Dutch Boy White-Lead paint; Tips from Garden Notebooks; A talk on hearts - fourth in a series of articles on present-day health problems; How to cook the tender cuts of meat; For dinner on your afternoon out; Aids to better housekeeping; One-page ad for Hoosier kitchen working centers; Simple bird baths and how to make them; We grow vegetables, by Professor J.A. Huffman of Marion, Indiana; Montgomery Ward catalog ad; Standard plumbing fixture ad; Spray calendar for the home garden; Nice 2/3-page ad for the Maytag aluminum clothes wasther; Clifford Bloom - Musical Missionary - with piano and voice sheet music for his 'A Slight Mistake'; Screening casement windows; The story of the piano - concerning the choice, location and care of this instrument; ad for Yale door hardware; ad for American Face Brick; Vintage 2/3-page ad for Stanley Tools shows man and boy with wooden bench; Great one-page color ad for Johns-Manville asbestos shingles; Recipes; Illustrated needlework article; Nice color Valspar varnish ad inside back cover; Color Congoleum ad on back cover. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
193132 pages. Undated but appears to be circa 1931. "Dubbed by his legion of followers as 'Harlem's Aristocrat of Jazz', Duke Ellington has been often and aptly referred to as the 'creator' of a new vogue in American music." - page 1. Songs include: Mood Indigo; Black and Tan Fantasy; Rockin' in Rhythm; Sweet Chariot; Syncopated Shuffle; Sweet Mama; The Creole Love Call; Black Beauty; The Blues With a Feeling; The Breakfast Dance. Includes black and white reproduction of nice photo of Duke and his band. Writing on illustrated front cover. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1960An early men's publication in the model of Playboy. 70 pages with color and black and white photos. Features: And So To Bed (story); Broadway - Something For Everybody - article with photos; Photo feature of Dani Dior; The Shape of Sports Cars To Come; Give and Take (story); The Big Dame Hunters; Humor '60 - The Abomunist Manifesto; From Mops to Movies - photo feature of Valerie Lagrange; The Brewer's Best; Men's Fashion; The Beauty and the Rupee - a story of success; Day Shift - photo feature of Iris from England; The Cocktail Hour - cartoons; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
192766 pages. Features: Nice color Stark Bros. ad inside front cover features their red radiance rose; Planting for Christmas joy; Transplanting a house and building a garden; Houses must have good walls; William Allen White in his garden; Delphinium goes to college; Those friendly winter birds; How to achieve homelikeness - tables, lamps desk and Davenport are as necessary as the chairs; Beauty in vegetable gardens; Radio has come a long way - technical jargon no longer one of the essentials; A home speeks good English; Planting a Perennial Picture; Some tales about trees; The Art of Book Giving - an original 'Alice in Wonderland' with original pictures; General Electric one-page ad shows woman hand-wringing clothes; Toys that teach; One-page two-color ad for laundry-washed clothes; Christmas cakes from abroad; Try a Christmas picnic; Nice one-page ad for Hoosier kitchen working centers; For better housekeeping; Recipes; Vintage 2/3-page ad for True Temper sidewalk cleaners; Lawn hints from golf greens; Nice Maytag Christmas-themed ad for their aluminum washer; Christmas song at the door -an old holiday custom; 2/3-page Grebe Radio ad; 2/3-page Everett piano ad; Better bungalows for birds; 2/3-page Stanley Tools ad shows set No. 904 which consists of 12 tools and oak cabinet; Nice 2/3-page ad for the Whizzard Sled made by the Pollack Roller Runner Sled Co., Inc.; Make your Merry Christmas cards; Among Ourselves - readers' letters and ideas; Two Graceful Iron Standards - bird cage support and aquarium base; Great color ad for McKinney forged iron hardware inside back cover; Nice art deco color ad for Rogers brushing lacquer on back cover. Average wear and soiling. Page 39 loose but present. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
192976 pages. Features: Nice color ad for Standard plumbing fixtures inside front cover; Plymouth ad for their coupe; The diary of a plain dirt gardener; Nice two-color one-page ad for General Electric refrigerators; Nice color and for P and G soap is #16 in the series of visits to P&G homes; Remodeling a house before building it; What I learned from the gardens of England; An economist views the home - Roger W. Babson; What you buy when you buy - how rugs and carpets are made; Building beauty into highways; Evergreens for the south; Modern lamps lose bows and furbelows; How to make home reading serve a definite purpose; Minimizing garden work; Serving just the right dessert; Sour-Cream cookery comes back; Color enters the bedroom; A home inventory to start the year right; Selecting vegetables for your garden; *Great* one-page two-color ad for the Keith Brothers Nursery of Sawyer, Michigan features their new giant everbearing strawberry, the Keith Mastodon; One-page ad for Burpee's Seeds; Actress Pauline Lord is illustrated in an ad for Smith Brothers cough crops; Nice color ad inside back cover features the Stark Brothers' 95 Golden Delicious apple; and more. Covers loose but present. Above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1970Features: The Road to Murder - why were Gerry MacDonald and Ken Vallee killed 24 miles out of Ottawa on Highway 44?; What makes your car go?; Are we getting enough protection against the chemicals in our food? - Why doesn't the Canadian Food and Drug Directorate ban CMC (Carboxymethyl Cellulose)?; Phenacetin - a drug some authorities suspect may damage your kidneys; The brief beauty of wild flowers; Great full-page colour ad for International pickups; Doug Wright's Family; Maggie Grant. Nice colour ad for the line of Welch's grape juice products. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Please note: page 23/24 is missing and part of page 25 has been clipped, affecting ads only. Page 24 was the first page of an article on basketball star Bobby Croft. Book
1963Features: The case against federalized medicine by Dr. George M. Fister, head of the AMA; Twin Scandals - Dumping and Recruiting - the basketball mess - throwing games, payoffs; The Favoured Sport of Jacqueline - colour photos; "She's just one of the Fox Hunters; Why Women go Wig-Happy - wigs may become a standard beauty aid like jewelry, lipstick and contact lenses; The Danish Jews - how their countrymen saved them from the Nazis; The High-Flying Robert Six - Continental Airlines' president sees a new mass market for jet travel; The Ecumenical Council - a progress report. Colour 1963 Rambler car ad inside front cover. Nice colour Pepsi ad. Three nice colour pages of Ford car ads. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Book
1961Features: How City Planners Hurt Cities - by Jane Jacobs; Oregon Dilemma - can this green and timbered state keep its natural beauty - and prosper too?; People on the way up - Harold Brown (Brillian Weaponeer), Timothea Schneider (Racing Skipper), Johnny Sellers (Top Jockey); My Life on the Blacklist - Ring Lardner Jr. was once a Communist; Photos of the Hollywood Ten; Casey Stengel - My Own Story (Conclusion); Nice Colour centerfold ad for Rambler cars; You are Nobody Here - New Cadets at the Air Force Academy get a Rugged Welcom - great photos; Backstage with Bob Newhart - the 'button-down-mind' comedian thinks most television fare is only mental baby food - he shares what he plans to do about the matter. Nice colour Coke ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
