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194298 pages. Features; Interesting Canadian Pratt & Whitney photo ad inside front cover shows dozens of damaged propeller blades which will be repaired in Longueuil; Nice ad for the Bell Airacobra; Nice Dowty ad shows man standing beside huge tire/levered suspension; Snap-On Tools ad mentions Trans-Canada Airlines; Lockheed ad shows their Lightning shooting a Nazi plane; Great Canadian General Electric Aircraft Instruments ad for Canadian Bombers has great photos; Sweet two-page photo ad for "Avro-Ansons" by De Havilland; Nice Jacobs Engines ad; This is the Red Air Fleet - a verbal and pictorial blueprint of Russia's air power; Builders of Air Power - a brief sketch of the Air Council which is the Air Training Plan's Board of Directors; Aircraft Carriers in the Atlantic; Glider Training for Canada - the story of De Havilland's glider club, the glider they are building, and the training technique they will employ; Aircraft controls - an interesting description of engine and flight controls in general and of the Anson and Bolingbroke control boxes in particular; Astral Aircraft Navigation - the first article in a series; Canadian Aircraft Production; Nice colour ad for Wright engines with air transport theme; Great full-page colour-illustrated ad for Player's cigarettes shows a deptch charge exploding behind a Canadian destroyer; Interesting article on the replacement of low alloy steel and plywood for aluminum in advanced trainers; Manufacturing Propeller Hubs; Photo ad for Black & Decker portable electric tools; Brewster ad; Plane Builder William A. McGuire passes - article with photo; Interesting photo ad for Gleeson & Leahey of Ottawa who recycle oil; Canadian Car & Foundry photo ad for their propellers; Nice ad for Eclipse Aviation shows their North American advanced trainer; Photos of Pilot officer N.D.R. Dick of Cenora, Sask., Sgt. Pilot G.D. Robertson, Toronto, and Sgt. Pilot O.F. Pickell; Intava ad on back cover mentions T.C.A.; Index of advertisers; and much more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. Chips from backstrip. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1936Pages 485-516. Many great black and white photos. Features: Floating Aerodromes (Aircraft Carriers) - their evolution; Donald McKay's Biggest Sailing Ship of Her Time - the "Great Republic"; John Brown's Yard at Clydebank - Where the "Queen Mary" Was Built - fantastic illustrations: The Instruments of Navigation; The Ship That Broke Her Back - The British steamer "Araby" blocked Boulogne Harbour. Moderate wear. Three-hole punched. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
1947118 pages. Many great black and white photos. Features: Airlines Safety; Northrop's Pioneer; Across the Top of the World - Epic story of Dreamboat's 10,000 mile flight over the top of the world, as told by its navigator - article with super photos; Meet Your Instruments; Microwave Radio Bandwagon; The Farmer Takes a Plane - the airplane is definitely proving itself to be an agricultural and farming implement; Aviation Insurance; Alaska - Air Freight Yardstick; Learn to Fly - part 8; Behind the Beam - the radio range system of navigation; National Soaring Contest; The Ryan XF2R-1; Many pages of great ads; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Some age-toning to pages. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Magazine
1975160 pages. Index. A well-illustrated catalog offering tools, supplies and equpment for: Jewelers, Watchmakers, Clock Repair, Instruments, Electronics, Silversmiths, Opticians, Engravers, School Shops, Laboratories, Metal Workers and Die Sinkers. Average wear. Bit of writing on front cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
1988136 pages. Includes 627 lots. Dozens of excellent colour and black and white photos. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1992Articles: Instruments of Security - The Royal Canadian Navy's Procurement of the Tribal-Class Destroyers, 1938-1943; Robert Steele and Company - Shipbuilders of Greenock; Hell Boats of the RCN - The Canadian Navy and the Motor Torpedo Boat, 1936-1941; plus part of Gerald E. Panting's Canadian Maritime Bibliography and several book reviews. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1997205 pages. "...A straightforward guide to making a range of stringed instruments, written by a craftsman who understands beginner's problems and provides sensible solutions. With the help of over 500 clear illustrations and step-by-step text, the satisfaction of making a beautiful violin, a glossy mandolin or a stylish jazz guitar can by yours." - from back cover. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. A worthy working copy. Book
200580 pages. Features: A talk with Richard Goode; The Richard Burnett Piano Collection of antique instruments; The double-note technique in piano literature; Roger Vignoles on the art of accompaniment; Murray McLachlan on how to improve your chord-playing skills; Recounting the career of Witold Malcuzynski; The highs and lows of piano maker Aeolian; Part 2 of 2 on recordings of Chopin's Ballade in F minor since the 1970s; Vladimir Feltsman's pianistic experiences in Russia and the U.S.; a report from the Gina Bachauer International Junior Piano Competition. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1983Contents: Pittston battles for New Brunswick refinery in Eastport; Explosive student woes in France; Can we trust our spies?, by Barbara Amiel; Joe Clark searching for second ballot support; Robert Kaplan under attack for his new CSIS; Dave Barrett bows out leaving no heir; Militant Nova Scotia lobster fishermen; The trial of Gilles Gregoire; Inside Canada's Prisons - cover story with photos; Texas Instruments PC ad; British national election campaign; Scandal in Somalia; Congress approves the MX missile; Deadly new phase of warfare in South Africa; Canadian shipyards fighting to survive on government contracts; On the Nissan Assembly Line in Japan, by Peter C. Newman; NHL faces anti-trust challenge after refusing to allow the sale of the St. Louis Blues to a Saskatoon group - Bill Hunter; Commodore 64 computer ad; Into the tomb of HMS Breadalbane - interesting underwater photos; Bruce Allen - the most successful manager in the history of Canadian rock; Fotheringham on the Hitler diaries hoax. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1969Features: The True Father of English Clockmaking; Sulgrave Manor - The Northamptonshire Home of the Washingtons; 18th Century Soap-Boxes; Genius, Conformity and Eccentricity - The Bicentenary Exhibition at the Royal Academy; The Fromanteels - an Exhibition Illustrating the first Twelve Years of the Pendulum Clock; 16th and 17th century Swiss Stained Glass Painting; Opaque Twist Soda Glasses - are they of English or continental provenance?; English 18th century Furniture at Kenwood; Thoughts about Hallmarks on Silver; Interpreting Classic Landscapes by Old Masters; Paintings by Paul Huet (Exhibition at the Heim Gallery); New V. and A. Gallery for Musical Instruments; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Magazine
1970Features: Paying to see the nation's art treasures; Fenton House, Hampstead, London - containing the Lady Binning Porcelain, and the Benton Fletcher Musical Instruments; Royal Portraits and Mementos - historic Occasions recorded in Delftward, Enamels and Porcelain; Fine Furniture Sans Pedigree; 100 Years of Red Cross Service - early illustrations of B.R.C.S. Aid for War Victims; Are Oriental Rugs Undervalued?; Some Later Chinese Bronzes; The East India Trade (Victoria and Albert Exhibition); and more. Average wear. Many pages loose but present. Book
1969Nice Wurlitzer organ ad inside front cover. Contents: Photo of the interior of the Orpheum Theatre, Memphis, Tennessee. Ad for a Conn Theatre Organ. Edwin A. Link and the Roberson Center Organ - great 2.5 page article with photos. Letters. Theatre Organ Etiquette - don't overburden people who have moved organs to their private homes or buildings. Real Pipes for the Price of a Plug-In? - It Can be Done - comparing electronic with real organs. Did you bring your music with you? - comparing performers who did or did not play from music. Building a Back Beat Relay - technical article. Sooner Sonic Sights and Sounds - the artists and instruments (plus their nostalgic ad). The Real Crawford Special - wonderful 3.5 page article with photos. Record reviews. Hollywood Cavalcade. Eddie Weaver returns to New Haven Paramount. Nuggets from the Golden Days. Wonder Morton to be restored for New York Convention! - the four manual, 23 rank organ in the former Loew's 175th Street Theatre in Nyew York. Billy Nalle entertains at Canton Palace. Lee Erwin plays ten shows at Alexandria. The Tower (Theatre) Lights are Bright in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania - great 3-page article with photos. Tony Fenelon blows in from down under. Loew's Columbus, Ohio Theatre is Saved! Classified ads. Chapter news. Wonderfully nostalgic Larry Ferrari record ad inside back cover, as well as a copy of a Snuffy Smith cartoon from 1961 which features a large organ! Impressive Rodgers Theatre Organ ad on back cover. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A nice copy. Book
1969Nice Wurlitzer theatre organ ad inside front cover. Contents: Lovely photo of the interior of the Carthay Circle Theatre, Los Angeles. Theatre Organ on Campus - Indiana University. Miss Rose Diamond at the Console - as told to Peg Nielsen - nice 2-page article with photos. Syracuse Keith's Theatre Organ Finds a New Home with the Empire State Theatre and Musical Instruments Museum - interesting 3-page illustrated article. A report on theatre organ activity in the Utica-Rome, New York area. Music of the Silents - Furioso No. 1 - the third in a series on silent film cue music arranged by Col. Harry J. Jenkins (composed by Harry Norton in 1919) - with sheet music. Nuggets from Golden Days. Pipe Dreams, Chicago, USA - the last of two instalments on Chicago's Radio Pipe Organs - great illustrated 4-page article. Coverage of the Chicago conference and artists who performed there. Accidents will Happen - wonderfully nostalgic recollections of accidents in the heyday theatre days of the 1920s by John Muri. Technical article - Repairing and Rewinding Wurlitzer Magnets. Classified ads. Chapter news. Hollywood Cavalcade. Record Reviews. Reader submissions. Very impressive Rodgers Theatre Organ ad on back cover. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
197920 pages. Features: Daniel Ludwign and Jari Florestal - his massive pulp wood miracle on the Amazon which grows and harvests the fast-growing Gmelina tree; Colour ad for Player's tennis featuring photo of Bjorn Borg in action; The Sound of Musicke - The Six Members of the Huggett family play more than 30 musical instruments - all European-made replicas of 16th- and 17th-century wind and string instruments; Whistling Bernie Smith - Vancouver's Best-Known Street Cop; Large colour Export "A" ad featuring men men working with logs; In a Northern Light - northern Canadian movie viewers prefer reality as depicted in films like Asivaqtiin by young Inuk Mosha Michael; Harry Bruce - what you smell is all me; Doug Wright's Family comic strip; Peach recipes. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
198067 pages. Features: Treasures of Canada's Photographic Past; Bookmarks; The World of William Millikin; Antique Folk Toys - Walter Trier's Collection; Rare Instruments from world-wide collections brought together at Vancouver's Centennial Museum; The Victoria Cross; Search underway for exemplary Canadian antique furniture; The Careful Collector Part IV - Cultural Property Import & Export Act. Moderate wear. Address label on front cover. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
197056 pages. Completely illustrated. Authors are eminently qualified to produce this serious reference. "We know of no other books on the following chapters to give a guitarist, whether a beginner or an advanced student, or a professional, a clear view into the usage of chords plus examples in a jazz style." - from Preface. Few minor markings. Binding intact. Average wear. A sound copy. Please note: prior to listing this book we seem to recall it contained a convenient rotary guide which indicated which chords go with which. At time of listing it is not present. If we find it we will include it with this book. Book
1942Pages 111-158 plus sixteen pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Canada's Aircraft Industry - dozens of excellent photos of manufacturing and the key people behind it; Against the Dutch East Indian Backdrop - a look at Borneo - article with nice photos; Flying and the Telephone; and more. Some of the best ads include: Lovely Ontario Wines two-color ad inside front cover; General Electric (instruments for Canadian bombers); Malton's National Steel Car; The Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario (features illustration of military aviator). Bit of writing atop front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
1945Pages 751-818. Features: Fantastic cover art by Alex Schomburg depicts radio robot flametanks on a Japanese landscape; Dynamic Phono Pickup - moving-coil principle overcomes deficiencies of older types; Radio Robot Flame Tanks - feature article; Making Wartime Engineers; A Decibel Nomograph; Radios Serviced by Observation - Sight, Hearing, Touch, Small and Taste are Valuable Instruments for Checking Receivers; Tube Replacements - part 3 - Replacement by means of adapters; Adapter for the V.T.V.M.; Beware the Serviceman - how to avoid being gypped by the master racketeer; Broadast Equipment, Part XI - Frequency and Modulation Monitors; Detector Circuits - Part II - Hi-Fi Triode Detectors; Negative Feedback - Part II - feedback to the screen-grid circuit; "Loud" Crystal Radio; World-wide Station List; and much more. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1969359 pages. Index. Bibliography. Black and white photographic plates. First published in Danish in 1956. Originally intended as a course in tonal and technical design of the organ and organ history, but was supplemented with content on organ architecture and the location of the organ. - from Foreword. Chapters include: The Proportions of Sound; The Acoustics of Buildings, The Organ Pipes, The Stops of the Organ; The Technical and Tonal Design of an Organ Werk; The Organ in the Middle Ages; The West European Organ Types; The Organ Facade; The Location of the Organ; The Organ Reform Movement; Maintenance - Rebuilding - New Instruments. Rebound in sturdy yellow library buckram. Usual library markings. A sound working copy of this esteemed reference. Book
1938282 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with detailed diagrams. Sections include: tool sets; ground flat stock; steel rules; transits and levelling instruments; combination squares and sets; vernier calipers and height gauges; micrometer calipers; indicators "last word"; indicators - dial and test; sets of automotove tools; gauges - screwpitch & thickness; calipers - dividers; gauges - drill and wire; levels; hacksaw frames and blades; reference tables. Faint ink stamp on front cover suggests this copy formerly belonged to The Western Iron Stores Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Above-average external wear and soiling, befitting a copy used extensively in a busy shop environment. Moderate soiling to unmarked contents. A worthy vintage copy of this excellent American tool reference. Book
19718 pages. Features: Robert Rundle Papers; Rare 1841 Map of Banff Area; New Exhibition of instruments and machines which were used to titillate, entertain, and amuse; Annual Report. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1934Pages 341-384. Features: nice ad for the Sporting and Dramatic News inside front cover; Cover photo of Canada's loftiest peak, the unconquered summit of Mount Waddington, plu two pages of text and photos showing a climbing party on the treacherous mountain; Photo of bizarre sea creature washed up at Querqueville, near Cherbourg - probably the remains of a basking shark; Two pages of detailed illustrations explaining drought and its dangers in rural England, plus schemes for alleviating water famine; Photo-illustrated book review of "Secrets of the Red Sea", by Henry de Manfreid; Photos and text describe jewelry of a Byzantine-Nubian Queen - more treasures from a mysterious Egyptian cemetery; Photo-illustrated article on an expedition to Cocos Island in search of long-buried pirate treasure with gold and silver indicating instruments; 12 photos illustrate life in the Saar, a district to choose by plebiscite government by Germany, France or the League; Two full-page photos of vast flocks of ducks at the unique Open Lake Sanctuary in Arkansas, plus photos of Mr. George S. Wilcox who protects the ducks; Photos of personalities of the week include the commission of government inaugurated in Newfoundland, Sir James Jeans, Sir H. G. Lyons, Madame Stavisky, the archduke Otto and ex-Empress Zita; the Queen of Siam and H. W. Austin in the Monte Carlo lawn tennis handicap; Acquitted Reichstag fire trial prisoners released and welcomed in Moscow include Mr. Popoff, Dimitroff and Taneff, Norman O'Neill, John Dillinger, Prof. S. F. Oldenburg, and Princess Irina Youssoupoff, who was awarded damages in the "Rasputin" film libel action; Centrefold photos of Prince George's 4000 mile tour in South Africa; Photo of the outdoor construction of Imperial Airways liner "Scylla" (too large for a hangar); Photo of stowaways John Pitzer and Arthur Martin afloat in the Gulf of Mexico; Photo of huge crowd in Trafalgar Square gathered to hear speeches about the unemployment bill; Photos of low British reservoirs; Photo of zeppelin "LZ 129" under construction; Photos of destroyed buildings in Kalgoorlie, Australia after anti-foreigner riots; Article and three photos describe sinking of the "Cheliuskin" near Wrangell Island; Photos of archaic Chinese jade in perfection - finds in the Lo-Yang tombs; Two pages of text and photos describe discoveries which "surpass anything yet known of archaic Chinese jade"; One-page ad for the new Ford Fourteen car; Half-page ad for the Crossley two-litre car; Half-page ad for the Armstrong Siddeley Twenty car; Half-page Rover car ad; Nice half-page Bentley car ad; Back cover ad for Douglas Stuart; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
197692 pages. "To the materialistically scientific Occident one of the most maddening characteristics of the Chinese people is their ability to work out a subject in great detail theoretically, combined with their absolute infifference to the practical application of all this beautiful theory. And in no field is this better illustrated than in the realm of music." - from page 1. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear to publisher's red cloth. A superb copy. Book
193048 pages. Features: Stress Analysis of Fittings; Wind Tunnel Anomalies; Application of Anti-Friction Bearings to Airplane Wheels; Sprinkler Equipment for Hangars; Safe Flying Through the Use of Instruments - recent progress in the installation of radio beacons and the development of blind flying instruments should greatly diminish the hazards of flying; Applying the Radio Range to the Airways - a discussion of methods of adjusting the space pattern of the radio beacon system so courses may align with fixed airways; Lehigh Airports Competition; Photo ad for Western Electric's Airplane Telephone; Stromberg-Carlson ad with photo of radio inspector F.E. Gray and Douglas Air Mail and Express plane; Nice illustrated ad for the International Aircraft Exposition at St. Louis, Feb. 15-23, 1930; Los Angeles County promotional ad; News of the Industry; Airports and Airways; New Aircraft - with photo of Curtiss Tanager; New Developments; Wright Aeronautical Corp. ad on back cover documents how Commander Byrd flew their Cyclone and Whirlwind engines over the North Pole, then the South; many more vintage ads. Loss to top corner of back cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
198066 pages. Features: Liona Boyd; Master Luthier James D'Aquisto; Dave Van Ronk; Andy Statman; Mandolin Orchestras; Kenny Kosek - stellar fiddler; Frets Repair Shop; and more. Average wear. Minor moisture exposure to fore-edge. A worthy reference copy. Book
