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197072 pages. Features: Caribbean hostiility to Canada's $600 million of investment in the region - with illustration of Trinidadian riot cop after assaults on Canada's banks; Feature article on "The Middle Canadians" - the people who don't make the news; Rusty Staub - the making of a Muscular Miillionaire - major article with large colour photos; The Great Canadian Peace Festival at Parkhill, Ontario - that never was; Peter Stollery's 2,200 mile bike ride through Central America; Nice colour photo two-page ad for CP Air; The entertainment wall of tomorrow; Film in the high schools; From Men to Fiends at My Lai 4; Why the CBC is phasing out the tv show Bonanza; Nice colour photo Coke ad of beach scene on back cover; and more. Two smallish red marks atop front cover otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
197282 pages. Contents: Interview with Peter Buckley; 'Savage Messiah' (photos); The Karlovy Vary Film Festival; 'The War Between Men and Women' (photos); Interview with Melville Shavelson; 'Ten Days Wonder' (photos); Casualties of Sound - Part 1 of this article; Fellini's 'Roma' (photos); 'Ben' (with rat photos); 'Pussycat, Pussycat I Love You' (photos); Nude photo of Me Me Lay in 'Au Pair Girls'; 'Deliverance' (photos); Pin-up photo of Virginia Bruce; 'Fat City' (photos); 16mm; and more. Ad for 'The Burglars'; Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
1955132 pages. Fiction: Vacation at Home; Co-Hater; The Quarrel; The Star of Double Darkness; Forbidden Valley (part 3 of 7); The Magnificent Phoney (conclusion). Articles: We Like the Foreign-Service Life - Russ and Beatrice Ann Russell; Cities of the World - Buenos Aires - article with nice color photos; How Safe is Your Safe-Deposit Box?; I Pick Littler to Win the Open - great golf article with many photos; Too Much is Our Trouble - we pay millions to store excess food while others are desperately hungry; The Face of America - River Tragedy at downed bridge spanning the Homochitto 15 miles south of Natchez - J.E. Lay tries to save other drivers; The Doodads Women Wear! - Jeweler Sam Kramer of Greenwich Village - article with great photos; The Pooches Never Had it So Good. Ads: Northern Pacific Railway - North Coast Limited with the Vista-Dome; Republic Steel; Color-photo ad for KitchenAid appliances; G.E. Clothes Washers; Campbell's Soup; Buick Roadmaster - nice color-photo ad; Texaco - registered rest rooms; Philco appliances; Great color-photo ad for Sealtest features milkshakes; GM; GE Fridges; *Fantastic* two-page color-photo ad for GMC trucks; Chevrolet; Boeing ad features B-52; Fantastic one-page color ad for Seven-Up (7-up) features ice cream floats; Eaton truck axle ad features photo of White Morot Company salesman William N. Labarre as well as fleet owner Everett Lawrence of New Orleans; Very nice one-page color ad for Viceroy cigarettes features 'Facts About Cigarette Smoking'; Interesting two-page black and white photo ad for GE shows their generators and electric motors being used for experimental farm equipment; Nice color ad for Chesterfield cigarettes features Marilyn-like lady on bike; Betty Crocker pie crust mix ad on back cover. Above-average but not excessive external wear. Bit of unobtrusive writing at bottom of page 128. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1982119 pages. Includes piano music and lyrics to the following 40 songs: My true love hath my heart; Good night; Where shall the lover rest; Willow, willow, willow; Take, o those lips away; No longer mourn for me; Blow, blow thou winter wind; To Lucasta, on going to the wars; If thou would'st ease thine heart; To Althea, from prison; Why so pale and wan; Weep you no more; There by none of Beauty's daughters; Bright star; A stray nymph of Dian; Proud Maisie; Lay a garland on my hearse; A Welsh lullaby; When comes my Gwen; And yet I love her till I die; Love is a bable; Under the greenwood tree; On a time the amorous Silvy; Ye little birds that sit and sing; O never say that I was false of heart; Sleep; Nightfall in winter; Dirge in woods; Grapes; Armida's garden; My heart is like a singing bird; Why art thou slow; To blossoms; Rosaline; Dream pedlary; Why so pale and wan (earlier, unpublished version). Usual library markings. Covers almost detached. Above-average wear. Book
2001200 pages. Features: Why Enron Went Bust; Enron Fallout; Coke - Who's in Charge Here?; Will the Economy Get Well Soon?; The Geeks Who Rule the World - Moody's and S&P; Tony Ridder; Global Crossing Flameout spells trouble for other telcos; Top Ten Stories of 2001; How the World Has Changed - new war, global recession; Terrorists are Ruining my Middle Age; Best and Worst of 2001. Address label clipped from front cover. Somewhat above-average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
1983110 pages. Photos of Kelly Glowa, Ken Quinney, Richard Hajdu, Mike Ferner, Craig Butz, Gerald Diduck; Kevan Guy, Mike Lay, Nevin Markwart, Jason Meyer, Lane Lambert, Allan Larochelle, Ron Viglasi, Darren Boyko, David Korol. Playoff Pressure - what's it all about?, by Norm Dueck; Interview with Alfie Turcotte; Full-page Gretzky ad for Mr. Big chocolate bars; Full-page ad for Titan hockey sticks with Gretzkey and Mike Bossy; CCM ProPac Pads ad; Kitchener Rangers Capture 64th Memorial Cup - article with photos including Brian Bellows holding the Cup; Air Canada Cup - National Midget Hockey Championship - article with photos, including shot of Captain Cliff Ronning receiving Air Canada Cup; Full-page 7up ad with Gretzkey; Dave Simpson - Canada's Major Junior 'A' player of the year for 81-81; Great Teams of the Westeren Hockey League; Officiating - The Heartbeat of Hockey; Past WHL Players of the Year; Prince Albert - A Tier II Dynasty; Full-page colour photo ad for Kentucky Fried Chicken, with bucket of chicken and illustration of the Colonel; Bobby Orr ad for Planters; Nice Sher-Wood hockey stick ad featuring Guy Lafleur and Ray Bourque on the ice in game action; Interview with Geoff and Russ Courtnall; Photos of: Brian Skrudland, Perry Ganchar, Todd Strueby, Cam Neely, Ray Ferraro, Jim Playfair, Doug Bodger, Rick Chernomaz, Dean Evason, Gary Leeman; Parie Proft, Ron Sutter, Rick Sutter, Ivan Krook; Bronze medal for Canadian Juniors - with photos of Paul Cyr and Mark Morrison; Export "A" illustrated profile of Barry Pederson. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
199040 pages. Songs include: Fire Within; Hotaru Koi; Treeplanter's Round; Con El Viento; Kona Kai Opua I Ka Lai; O Virgo Splendens; Rise Up O Flame; Neesa; Lullaby; Clear Horizon; Ode to Contentment; I Will Be Gentle With Myself; Now I Walk in Beauty; Be Like a Bird; Lo Yisa Goy; Kwaheri; And She Will Rise. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Book
1978116 pages. Great color photos of Linda and her band. Includes all songs from "Simple Dreams" and "Hasten Down the Wind", including: It's So Easy; Carmelita; Simple Man Simple Dream; Sorrow Lives Here; I Never Will Marry; Blue Bayou; Poor Poor Pitiful Me; Maybe I'm Right; Old Paint; Tumbling Dice; Lose Again; The Tattler; If He's Ever Near; That'll Be the Day; Lo Siento Mi Vida; Hasten Down the Wind; Rivers of Babylon; Give One Heart; Try Me Again; Someone to Lay Down Beside Me; Crazy; Down So Low. Average wear. Few pencil markings to contents. One-inch opening to front cover. A worthy copy of this precious compilation. Book
1978156 pages. Lots of great photos of Cream, Blind Faith, Delaney & Bonnie, and Derek and the Dominoes. Fantastic two-page 'History of Eric Clapton' traces his history in great detail from 1963 through 1977, listing dozens of fellow performers, tour details, etc. Includes sheet music for voice and piano with guitar chords for forty-two songs including: After Midnight;; Crossroads; I Shot the Sheriff; Lay Down Sally; Layla; Let it Rain; Little Wing; Only You Know and I Know; Strange Brew; Sunshine of Your Love; White Room; Wonderful Tonight; and so many more. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Minor bit of writing on table of contents otherwise unmarked. A sound working copy of this awesome Eric Clapton compilation. Book
194950 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Centenary of Diocese - the Anglican Diocese of Rupert's Land was created in 1849; Thelewey-Aza-Yeth - Guy H. Blanchet searches the headwaters of the Thelon River; Committee's Punch Bowl - the little lake at the top of Athabaska Pass, which Simpson named after the Company's London Board, 125 years ago; Frail American Elizabeth Taylor braves the rigours of wilderness travel 60 years ago, just to see how she can take it; Woodland table manners; New York to Nome and Back - in 1920, eight fliers of the United States Air Service flew from New York to Nome and return - photo-illustrated article; Mistassinia Calendar - a year in the life of a Mistassini Indian - photo-illustrated article; HBC and Vancouver's Island - behind the establishment of Vancouver Island as a Crown Colony lay a tense international drama, and a great story of loyalty; Letters Outward 1679-94 - a review of the 11th volume of the Hudson's Bay Record Society; Expeditions to the Arctic - 3rd of 3 instalments listing the various expeditions to the Canadian Arctic from the year 1004 A.D., this part covering the years 1860-1918; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1918Pages 178-264 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: "Ju-Ju" Justice - a startling West African Ju-Ju incident and its sequel, involving the Elder Dempster branch boat "Lagoon"; Tales of the Service - The Smuggler's Cave (part III) - stirring stories of the Service contributed by a customs-house officer on the West Coast of Scotland and also in Ireland; The Wooing of Abia - a charming yet thrilling love story involving natives of Papua, with great photos; Beyond the Law (part III) - The Dalton Gang terrorized the Western States of America for years while committing train robberies and holding up banks; The Empire's Only Eskimo Soldier - John Shiwak, of Labrador, the only Eskimo soldier to lay down his life for the empire (article with photo); Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram (part III) - the Himalayan exploits of Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman (with photos); A Nightmare Voyage - in 1905, the American barque Challenger left Port Townsend for Japan in the command of Captain Pedersen; Photo of a Papuan chief's daughter wearing a necklace of hundreds of dog teeth; Lion-Hunting as a Business - Frank Allen of Rhodesia is the only known lion-hunter - article with photos; A Woman's Journey Across Africa (part IV) - a 4,000 mile honeymoon trip east to west across the Dark Continent - with photos; The Baboon and the Baby - a baboon steals a baby from a home; My Experiences in German East Africa - James Henry Butcher relates his thrilling experiences as a private in the South African Infantry, with photos; The Shining Town - a fascinating photo-illustrated sketch of life and scenes in Granada; The "White" Chief of Penrhyn Island - the shipwrecked author was adopted by a chief in the South Sea Islands and went on to become the ruler of an island and its people; Only a Half-Breed - in South-West Colorado in 1869 a white man's squaw prevented a war; Fantastic ad "Swear Off Tobacco" by the Newell harmacal Company of St. Louis inside back cover; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1927Pages 338-420 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: By Water in the Desert - an African witch doctor puts a curse on three white men; "Highclimbing" in the Tall Timbers - photo-illustrated article on high-climbers (high-riggers) of the Pacific Northwest which provides a vivid account of their work and its perils; Kwis-Kwis The Killer - British Columbia police sergeant Letherdale brings to book a most cunning and dangerous murderer in the vicinity of Queen Charlotte Sound; "Within the Law" - an unscrupulous Winnipeg estate agent tries to bring off an extra-smart deal; An African No Man's Land - the first crossing by white men of a queer region in the heart of the Belgian Congo - with photos; My Grandfather's Watch - after a watch is stolen in India, a servant suggests an unusual - and successful - method of retrieving it; Shark Catching Extraordinary - a local fisherman devises a novel method to take care of a shark which is threatening swimmers at a New Zealand resort; Through Spain in Disguise (part II) - Count and Countess Malmignati travel through Spain disguised as wandering Arab beggars; The Guru's Message - Journalist Colonel Charles Harrison Gibbons lay at death's door near the Khyber Pass but was relieved by a friend from a thousand miles away who was somehow contacted by an old native priest; The Big Voyage of the Little "Shanghai" (part IV) - the adventures of six young men sailing from Shanghai to Copenhagen; "On Construction" - the adventures of trying to build a new railway through the wilds of Africa; Experiences with the Alligators of Cambridge Gulf in Australia, with illustration of a Carl Jacobs alligator trap and photo of a massive 'gator caught at Wyndham; A Night with Lions - the appalling experience of corporal Fairweather of the B.S.A. Police on the banks of the Zambezi; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
198148 pages. Colour and black and white photos of the band. Songs include: Super Trouper; The Winner Takes It All; On And On And On; Andante, Andante; Me and I; Happy New Year; Our Last Summer; The Piper; Lay All Your Love on Me; The Way Old Friends Do. Moderate external wear. Covers nearly loose from staples. Faint inkstamp to title page otherwise unmarked. A great ABBA memento from the days when they ruled pop music. Book
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2001ref. 115208New York: HarperCollins Children's Books 2001. First edition of this moving book of verse detailing the story of a young Vietnamese girl who is forced to flee Vietnam before the fall of Saigon. Octavo original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Zdenko Basie and Manuel Sumberac. Jacket photograph by Sloane Bosniak. "In this poignant funny and unforgettable novel Thanhha Lai shares in verse how her family escaped Vietnam before the fall of Saigon. American and Vietnamese characters alike leap to life through the voice and eyes of a ten-year-old girl - a protagonist so strong loving and vivid I longed to hand her a wedge of freshly cut papaya. This tenderly told tale transports readers to the time immediately after the Vietnam War and also opens hearts to newcomers displaced by war today" Mitali Perkins. HarperCollins Children's Books hardcover books
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1954ref. 138659Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1954. Revised Final Draft script for the 1955 film. The 8th and final collaboration of James Stewart and Anthony Mann and the second film to be released in VistaVision. "Dutch" Stewart is a professional baseball player and an ex-pilot who fought during WWII who is recalled to service with the US Air Force. Many speculate that the film was inspired by true-life baseballer and Hall-of-Famer Ted Williams a WWII veteran who was recalled for service during the Korean War. Nominated for an Academy Award. Self wrappers noted as FINAL WHITE on the front wrapper printed production No. 11510 dated February 20 1954 with credits for screenwriters Davies and Lay. Title page present noted as FINAL WHITE production 11510 with credits for screenwriters Davies and Lay producer Briskin and director Mann. 139 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mechanical duplication including pages with annotations and revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/3/54 and 4/21/54. Very Good plus overall side-stapled. Davenport US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1993ref. 140251Hong Kong: Golden Harvest 1993. Vintage Hong Kong film poster for the 1993 film. In a deviation from his typical blend of comedy and action Jackie Chan plays a psychologically tortured police officer in search of a kidnapped businessman. The plot was inspired by the actual kidnapping of businessman Teddy Wang in 1990. Shot on location in Hong Kong and China. 20 x 30 inches. Near Fine. Golden Harvest unknown books
1996ref. 140253Hong Kong: Art Top Movie Productions 1996. Vintage Hong Kong poster for the 1996 film. With early appearances for many actors who would go on to become stars in the Hong Kong film scene Lau's adaptation of the popular comic book series "Teddy Boy" follows a group of Triad members as they struggle to maintain loyalty and friendship in the face of manipulation and betrayal. Shot on location in Hong Kong and Macau. 28.5 x 38 inches. Near Fine. Art Top Movie Productions unknown books
1991ref. 145021Pacific Cultural Foundation 1991. First edition. Softcover. 60 pages. Catalog for a show that ran April 1-14 1991 in New York and then traveled to three other locations for additional dates. Text in Chinese and English. Includes numerous color illustrations. A near fine copy in French style wrappers. Uncommon. Pacific Cultural Foundation unknown books
1992ref. 122543Vancouver British Columbia Canada: Or Gallery 1992. First edition. Softcover. 67 pages. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations. A close to near fine copy with some minor soiling to the front panel and with a rubber stamp from the SF Camerawork Reference Library they sold their books. Or Gallery unknown books
