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1960Features/Photos: The British Prime Minister in Africa - a special supplement; Preparing the the Queen's new baby; Germany and nuclear weapons; Bronzes of Jebba and Tada, Northern Nigeria; A British Thor missile in Norfolk; Astronaut training; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Book
193432 pages. Heavily worn. Some markings. Frequent tears. Reading copy only. Book
1975144 pages. Index. Discography. "The Greatest Singer and Entertainer of the Century - Bessie Smith comes alive again in this unique collection of 30 of her most famous songs. Not just copies of sheet music, here are actual transcriptions of her most famous songs, with piano reproductions and guitar chords... Gunther Schuller contributes notes on her singing style - perhaps the only good critical description of her art. This is the ideal companion to the record set of Bessies's complete recordings." - from back cover. Songs include: It Makes My Love Come Down, Long Road, Jailhouse Blues, Dirty No-Gooder's Blues, Down in the Dumps, In the House Blues, Shipwreck Blues, Safety Mama, Take Me For a Buggy Ride, Blue Blues, Wasted Life Blues, Standin' In the Rain Blues, Squeeze Me, Baby Won't You Please Come Home, Pickpocket Blues, Backwater Blues, Young Woman's Blues, See if I'll Care, New Orleans Hop Scop Blues, Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out, Baby Doll, Please Help Get Him Off My Mind, Reckless Blues, My Man Blues, Poor Man's Blues, Hard Time Blues, Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do, Cake Walking Babies from Home, Gimme a Pigfoot, Gulf Coast Blues. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Sound copy. Book
1995VHS video tape in case. "A plea - particularly to prospective parents and adoption agencies in developed countries - to fully understand the complicated process of international adoption." - from case. Running Time: 1 hour. Above-average wear. Usual library markings Book
1969Features: Bevel Gears?? - The Story of the Massachusetts Arms Co. Part 2 (conclusion); Bowie Markings; Captain Stupart's Pistol; The Japanese "Baby Dragoon" Revolver. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
1972Features: Rochus Heinrich American Cutler; A Sharps Pinfire Rifle; The Smith & Wesson Baby Russian; The Colt of Capt. DeGee; The Japanese Arisaka. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
1964Prior owner's name inside front board else unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Light yellowing to pages. Quality copy. Book
198270 pages. Features: Auction Report; Restoration and Renovation I - Evolution of the Canadian House; Australian Colonial Furniture - new interest in colonial furniture and Australian cabinet-makers; 18th Century Orreries illustrated the movements of our solar system; Pillars, Pilasters and Porticoes - British and American influences characterize the two faces of Greek Revival architecture in Canada; Babies' Feeding Bottles - the humble baby bottle has a long history; Discovering James Blomfield - draughtsman and artist in stained glass, oils and watercolours; Archaeological finds document food preparation in Canada; An 18th century alchemist's search for gold leads to porcelain. Light wear. Quality copy. Book
1978Features: Botanical Plates; The Doctor's Home - Toronto's Black Creek Pioneer Village; Medicines out of the Earth; Mrs. Traill's Books for Collectors; Feeding the 19th Century Baby; Preconfederation Medical Instruments; Colours from Nature; Flowers on English Pottery and Porcelain; Packing the Panacea - Medicine Bottles in Upper Canada. Sound copy. Magazine
1972160 pages. Many black and white photos. "The radio stories of Jack Payne, Henry Hall, Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Robb Wilton, Tommy Handley, Syd Walker, Jack Train, Vera Lynn, Vic Oliver, Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon, Charlie Chester, Kenneth Horne, Jack Warner, Wilfred Pickles, Ted Ray, Noel Johnson, Donald Peers, Peter Brough, Frankie Howerd, Max Bygraves, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Harry Secombe, Petter Sellers, Tony Hancock and many more." - from dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with average wear. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket. Book
1998313 pages. The fully expanded, updated, and illustrated Millennium Edition of the National Bestseller. Over 100 weeks on the Bestseller Lists! "Seldom is a book published that becomes required reading for just about everyone - business executives, entrepreneurs, policy makers, politicians, planners and educators... It's a course on the importance of demographics and how the patterns they reveal can be capitalized on by forward-thinkers." - Marketing Magazine. Faint water staining to top inch of first quarter of book, otherwise moderately worn and unmarked in sound binding. Good working copy. Book
1978144 pages. Index of song first lines. "A book to help parents use music to aid their baby's development. No previous training is required... Destined to become a godsend for every parent, day-care instructor and teacher." - from back board. Clean, tight and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1967Close-up of a Super-Hippie and why he matters to you - The CYC's David DePoe - a look at hippie life in Toronto; Fashionable coats; Robin Hood is Alive in Edmonton - Sherwood Park's Annual Tourney; How to do the Flambe bit, with colour photos; One Girl's Struggle with the Eternal Triangle, Canadian Style - Alexandra Stewart stars in our first attempt at an all-out box office film, with seven photos; The Father Who Beat his Baby, Ricky Lozecki, to Death; How the Japanese Pamper Drunks - "When a Nippon Playboy gets drunk the cop is his friend, and his worst punishment is listening to a tape of how he sounded when he was loaded; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Quality copy. Magazine
1991Features: The Eider Man - Passion and controversy mark Jean Bedard's ambitious plans to save the island ecosystem of the lower St. Lawrence; Preservation Instinct - Science and craft come together at the Canadian Conservation Institute, a lifeline to the nation's past; Mystery of the Murrelet - a secretive seabird flies into the heart of a West Coast controversy; Passage to Baikal - an uneasy journey to the troubled heartland of Siberia; Baby Chase - hailed by the infertile, reproductive medicine is revolutionizing human conception, but critics see it as a ticking time bomb. Light wear. Quality copy. Book
1995Features: Who's Fit? Who's Fat? - Canadian researchers are at the forefront of exploring how and why we put on fat; Animal Family Values - bringing up baby is a universal behaviour that reveals critical clues to how species survive; The Meaning of Markets - Communities of Commerce that connect us to our earthly roots; Art and Soul - a roaring fire destroyed their home, but not their dreams - a story of the steel spirit and true heart of arctic art. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
197653 pages. The most famous songs of 70's heart-throb Peter Frampton. Includes such classics as: Baby I Love Your Way; Do You Feel Like We Do; Show Me the Way; and more. Heavily worn. Unmarked. Includes some photos. Please note: it appears that the last page, which contained photos or artwork, has been removed. Book
1903Features: The "Hold-Up" at Fenelon; Avalances; A Tramp in Spain - VI; Hunting the Giant Tortoise; A Desert Tragedy; The Land of the Shrimp-God; How "Buffalo Bill" Won his Name; The Looting of the "Bang Yee"; On the March in the Bahr-El-Ghazal - III; Francisca Machalek, the female burglar; The Wilson Life Insurance Fraud; "Monkey"; The Happenings of a Night; A West African Mutiny; Paris to New York Overland - IV; A Chapter of Mishaps; My Experiences at Kano - I; Besieged in a Tree; The Man-Stealers; In the Grip of the Quagmire; The Monks' Republic; The Strange Case of the "Ferret"; The Calculut Affair; Some Japanese Signboards; A Tramp in Spain - VII; Hoist By His Own Petard; The Island of Captive Kings; The March of "Coxey's Army"; Sport and Adventure in Gallaland - I; In the Land of the "Never-Never"; The Range War; A Thousand Miles in a Refrigerator; Sport and Adventure in Gallaland - II; How the Treasure was Saved; A Tardy Vindication; Rambles in Macedonia; Attacked by Wolves in the Desert; A Tramp in Spain - VIII; My Experiences at Kano - II; Defective in the Barrel; The Last of the Bushrangers; Prisons of Many Lands; The Solving of a Mystery; "Meistertrunk" at Rothenburg; The Shrine by the Nujha Bridge; Among the Buriats; Adrift on a Raft; A Night of Horrors; The Narcissus Festival at Montreux; A Mountain of Salt; After the "Mad Mullah"; A Unique Summer Residence; The Wandering Jew; With the British to Sokoto; John Glover of Texas; A Baby Parade; How the Gipsy Queen found her lover; A Cargo of Cats; A Tramp in Spain; When the Water Came Down; A Mystery of the Bush; The Story of My Chinese God; A Battle with a Rhino; After the "Mad Mullah" - II; The Pursuit of Captain Victor - II; The Cave-Dwellers of Mexoco; Calamity Jane; With the British to Sokoto - II; Arrested as Spies; When Niagara Ran Dry; The Flying Dutchman; Among the South Sea Cannibals - I; Across Sumatra in a Motor-Car; A Tramp in Spain - X; Our Attempt to Reach Mecca; A Puma Hunt in Surrey; Entombed in a Capsized Ship; With the British to Sokoto - II; The Apotheosis of Simpson; Our Quiet Little Shooting Trip; My Adventure with a Lunatic; A Tramp in Spain - XI; Sacred Town of Mandhata; Mystery of Silver Bow Valley; Among the South Sea Cannibals - II; A Night in a God-House; The Tragedy of the "Maria" and My Part in it; The Red Pig of Poora; Two-Thousand Miles in a Trawler; The Most Inaccessible Place in China; What Happened at Morelia; The Blumencorso at Hamburg. Heavily worn. Backstrip almost detached. Binding open after second blank leaf. A worthy reading copy. Book
1928Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Hundred Thousandth phone installed - lengthy article; Essentials of good maintenance; Statement of Development - number of phones per exchange in the province; B.C. Telephone Company takes over East Kootenay System; Prompt service aids with Sidney fire; The office boys dream; Telephone assists in Vancouver Stock Exchange (VSE) Rush - great photo; Automatic phone system installed at Hammond; Keeping the electrons on the proper path; Photo of J.P.D. Malkin takes part in first Vancouver-London phone call; Shell Oil operator; Health Tips; Greater Vancouver can now talk to the European continent; Cable damaged by anchor; Radio interference putting music on phone lines; Production of phone directories - 4 pages with photos; Laying cable through Stanley Park; Direct Route to West Vancouver completed - 5 pages of interesting text and photos; Langley Prairie phone service restored during the fire - article with photos; Phone given as wedding gift in Vancouver; F.C. Paterson; Vancouver Power House Fire; Mr. George H. Halse becomes Chairman of the Board; Close-up photos of splicing job; Transatlantic phone service still expanding; photo of horse-drawn 'drop wagon'; Photo on Cordova St. after fire 42 years ago; There's more to installation work than just placing a telephone - 4 pages with photos and text; Good-bye to operating when Dan Cupid comes along; Sending news stories to Vancouver from California over phone wires; We are linked with 80% of the world's phones; photo of conduit laying on forty-first ave; The Monophone - advertisement; B.C. Tel. acquires government lines in the Interior; New trans-atlantic long distance mark; Photo montage of vehicles used by the Plant Department; B.C. Box Factory Fire; Baby causes problem by teething on phone cord; Chilliwack phone system now affiliated with us; Regular fire drills; Photo of Premier Tolmie participating in first call from Vancouver to Calgary - with detailed related story; The longest circuit in the system of the B.C. Telephone Company; A new radiotelephone company will be organized; New Fraser River Cable serves South Westminster Subscribers; Eleven european countries with telephone reach of Vancouver; Now installing a new type of telephone typewriter; New faster system for handling telegrams; Benefits of new telephone ownership are evident in 500-mile circle; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Significant wear to backstrip with some chips missing. Book
198682 pages. Stories: You're a Man Baby and Don't You Forget It; I was a Gay Male Drag Queen Trapped in the Body of a Woman; Feminist Party Jokes; Ass-Anon Comes to New Jersey; How I Became a Feminist; Guys on Dolls - Four Male Cartoonists Look at the World of Women; National Tampoon; Mary Tyler Moore and Me; A Tale of Modern Romance; Womaning; A Woman Tells Men - Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Women and Probably Won't Understand When I Explain It to You; Women, What do they Want?; Scary Monsters; Why Women Become Lesbians. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
196740 pages. Circa 1967. A very rare copy of this songbook which contains many of Sonny and Cher's biggest hits. Includes music, chords and lyrics to: Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down); The Beat Goes On; A Beautiful Story; But You're Mine; Good Times; It's Gonna Rain; I Got You Babe; It's the Little Things; Just You; Laugh at Me; Little Man; Sing C'est La Vie; You'd Better Sit Down Kids. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
197639 pages. Includes several colour photos plus music, guitar chords and lyrics for the following songs: Cherry Oh Baby; Crazy Mama; Fool to Cry; Hand of Fate; Hey Negrita; Hot Stuff; Melody; Memory Motel. Average wear. Unmarked. Please note: Textblock separated from covers. Decent copy of this rare Stones momento. Book
196147 pages. Features: Judy Garland - a star is reborn (with picture of baby Liza and her parents); Sisterly love that saved a life - Johanna Nightingale of Steinbach Man. receives kidney from her sister Lana; Earl Cox - gardener to a million homes; Justice Minister Davie Fulton visits the Arctic; Ipso Facto's a Lhasa Apso - Virginia Langton's dog; Ginger Coffey is brought to the TV screen - Montreal novelist Brian Moore's book comes to life for a CBC television show; He flips his lid to go fishing - trailer cover doubles as dinghy; Reaction to claims that little league ball is harmful for youngsters - includes photo of Montreal's entry in the 1952 Little League World Series; Nipper by Doug Wright. Nice colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
195664 pages. Features: The Rothschilds' fabulous stake in Canada - very rare 6-page article by Peter C. Newman, with photos; What you don't need to know about rock 'n roll - "it works on man's emotions like the music of the heathen in Africa"; Just look at the old ice-creem parlor now - George Dawson's drive-in can have twelve thousand people drop in on a Sunday; The Great Cross-Canada hike - five people walked from Halifax to Vancouver - here's the footrace that stirred all Canada back in 1921; The alarming truth about Konrad Adenauer - we call him a friend but this Grand Old Man of Germany is really a threat to pro-Western policy; When Every woman looked like Regina Lee - Blance Howard discusses the Liberal stranglehold on Ottawa; How to handle your kids in the holidays; The miracle that saved our son's mind - Frank Barkey's 'perfect baby' was on the dim edge of consciousness, his body wracked by convulsions, his brain a shattered blank - this is the story of that ordeal. Interesting ad inside back cover shows iron lungs with Caterpillar backup power. Somewhat above-average wear. Please note that page 5/6 is missing. It appears to have contained the London letter by Beverley Baxter. Fantastic colour ad for the 1956 Buick on page 10. Nice colour Coke ad on back cover. Bit of writing atop back cover. Magazine
1950Features: Editorial - memo to Labor, Even a Windmill can hit back; Has Russia Really got the Bomb? - London Letter by Beverley Baxter; Don't call me baby face - Boxer, Jimmy McLarnin tells his life story to Ralph Allen - Part One; The Cat Who Could Fly - fiction by Harold Helfer; Who should handle the family's money?, by Sidney Margolis; Doh-si-doh to your partners all - the hilarious square dance has bust out of the barns and into the ballrooms; The Impulsive Crusader of the Holy Blossom - Rabbi Abraham Feinberg is always mixed up in politics; The Hero - by Mona Williams; She's Organizing Eaton's - Eileen Tallman is tackling one of the toughest jobs in Canadian union history - organizing Eaton's in Toronto; I'm glad I had polio - by Georgia Bailey; Maybe your child's a genius - so don't worry if his I.Q. test rates him below normal; Front cover features a painting of a country scene near Loweville, Ontario by Adrian Dingle. Nice colour ad for international trucks inside front cover. *Fantastic* colour centerfold displays seven GM models. Nice colour Ganong ad on page 54. Colour O'Keefe's ad on page 57. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1950Features: Editorial - Housing's a Headache the Provinces Should Handle; Backstage in India - the split with India widens; The Masters at Margate - London Letter by Beverley Baxter; Everybody Boos the CBC, by Pierre Berton; Len Norris on the air with the CBC; Corn and Culture - Max Ferguson is adored by his zany half hour of amusing mimicry while Harry Boyle dishes up those highbrow Wednesday Night sessions; Ted Reeve picks Maclean's All-Canadian football team (The All-Canadian is all-American, with four from the West, eight from the East); How to buy that Christmas Tie; Death of a Union - the Canadian Seaman's Union (C.S.U.) - once strong and respected - had to die for the greater glory of the Communist Party - Here's how it was killed - a frightening, firsthand expose of Red strategy in Labor by an ex-Communist, Gerry McManus (former Secretary-Treasurer) who witnessed the betrayal of 10,000 Canadian workers from the inside; Don't Call me Baby Face - Part V (conclusion) of the story of boxer Jimmy McLarnin; Never get friendly with a friendly bear; The Double Life of Dr. James Barry - Inspector-General Barry ruled the British Army's medical corps in Canada with a bossy efficiency in a thick cloud of rumor and legend... Then, after 53 years' service, a shocking secret came out; Known to be Dangerous - fiction by Octavus Roy Cohen. Colour Studebaker ad inside front cover. Nice colour ad for the 1951 Mercury car on page 25. Nice colour ad for the 1951 Ford Monarch car on page 51. Reading copy only. Above-average wear. Page 9 loose but present. Pages 29-36 loose but present. Book
