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ref. 9198année 1899 complète, publication mensuelle, in folio, couverture illustrée en couleurs, texte sur 2 colonnes Année complète 12 n° janvier à décembre. En un volume demi-chagrin marron à nerfs et à coins, titre doré. Filet à froid sur les plats. Non rogné, tête dorée. JANVIER : couverture couleur de Firmin BOUISSET –La Parisienne au bois par Gaston JLLIET, illustrations photos en noir et en couleurs, hors-texte en couleurs sur double page par E.J DELAHAYE. Bataille de MARENGO charge du 12ème Hussard- Gaston GELIBERT indiscrétion rare, une page en couleurs. La crèche par Léo CLARETIE, illustrations de Firmin BOUISSET- Vittore PISANO dit El PISANELLO par Georges LAFENESTRE- Le Maréorama par C. DUAMEL. FEVRIER : PUVIS DE CHAVANNES sa vie et son œuvre par Arsène ALEXANDRE illustrations en noir et en couleurs dans le texte, hors-texte, à pleine page. MARS : les peintures de Léopold FLAMENG à l’opéra comique- Les chevaux et la voiture sous Louis XV par VALLET texte et illustrations) A propos de l’Espagne, de ses danses et chants populaires par Jean LAHOR, illustrations photos en noir et en couleurs. Les five O’clocks de 1899 texte et illustrations en noir et en couleurs, dont pleine page de Ferdinand BAC. Le luxe à Paris par CRITIC illustrations de VALLET. AVRIL : La fête des lys aux Etats Unis par Henry DUMAIS. Jolies illustrations de DE FEURE dont une superbe pleine page couleurs. Pâques à Florence –la semaine sainte à Rome par Frédéric MASSON illustrations de Paul RENOUARD. –Les fêtes des fleurs au Japon- Le luxe à Paris par CRITIC illustrations photos. Les attractions de l’exposition. MAI : numéro spécial Exposition universelle de 1900, texte par Antonin PROUST. 3 hors-texte en couleurs sur double page 1) Le Palais de l’électricité –2) Le pont Alexandre III- 3) La porte monumentale de la place de la concorde. Le luxe à Paris. JUIN : numéro spécial le centenaire de MARENGO. Par Frédéric MASSON. Illustrations en noir et en couleurs.. JUILLET : numéro spécial Les jeunes au salon de 1899 illustrations en noir et en couleurs- supplément hors-texte en couleurs-le dernier salon du XIXème siècle par Roger d’AGEN illustrations de HEINDRINKS. AOUT : Paris l’été par Gaston JOLLIVET illustrations- La fée des bruyères par Auguste JOURDIER illustrations de CHALONS.- Les chevau-légers polonais à Somo-Sierra par le général POUZERWSKY illustrations en noir et en couleurs de MYRBACH. Sainte Pélagie la prison des ombres, illustrations. SEPTEMBRE : numéro spécial La Parisienne à la mer illustrations photos en noir et en couleurs dans et hors-texte. Trouville, Paris, Nice par BRUMMEL. OCTOBRE : numéro spécial La femme par HELLEU. Couverture en couleurs, et nombreuses illustrations en noir et en couleurs, dans le texte, à pleine page et hors-texte de HELLEU. NOVEMBRE: numéro spécial exposition universelle de 1900 illustrations, dont hors-texte couleurs sur double page. DECEMBRE numéro de NOEL l’obstacle nouvelle par René MAIZEROY illustrations de WOSTRY –La cantilène d’Eulalia par FIEREN-GEVVAERT 8 pages superbement illustrées en couleurs et or par CHALON dans un style très Art Nouveau. Très bel exemplaire, coloris très frais.
1997Hardcover with jacket. Very good condition. Volume Two. Pages are clean; all text and images are clear. CM Used
194052 pages. Features: Outstanding colour ad for International Trucks inside front cover shows their products being used on a gigantic Rio de Janeiro water conductor project; Nice ad for the Ford V-8 Truck (van); Canada Dry ad; "By the Lovely Dove" (fiction); Beverley Baxter reports on his trip to the war front; Sneed and the Loud Suit (fiction); An Industry with a Creed - The story of the world's biggest asbestos mine at Asbestos, Quebec - article with photos (no breathing protection in sight); A Menace to Navigation (fiction); Canada's Fighting Forces - Part 5 - The Servicing Units - article with photos; Wings of Hazard (fiction); Mary Rose Thacker - Winnipeg's North American figure skating champion - article with nice photo; Great colour full-page ad for DeSoto cars says "Enjoy Life!"; Nice highbrow colour full-page ad for Chrysler cars; Gordon Dunstan's Quiz; Nice Pontiac car ad; Nice colour ad for Nash cars on back cover. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A very pleasing copy. Book
195756 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for Chrysler's 1957 New Yorker 4-Door Hardtop and Windsor 2-door Hardtop with push-button transmission; Should They Let "Mom" Whyte Keep Her Children? - Mrs. Robert Whyte takes care of 80 children near Bowmanville, Ontario - great article with many photos; Blair Fraser Reports from Baghdad - article with photos; What You See and How You See - article on vision; Diana van der Vlis - the calmest little bombshell on Broadway - article with photos; Will They Solve the Riddle of the Athabaska Tar Sands? - article with photos foreshadowing the gargantuan industry to come; My Last 17 Days in Budapest - Sandor Acs, caught up on the first moments of Hungary's revolution, jots down his unique record of the event, with his photos, including an incredible full-page photo of crowd around huge fallen statue of Stalin; Nice colour full-page ad for the Dodge Mayfair (2-door hardtop); Glidden paint centerfold ad; Nice colour full-page ad for Matinee cigarettes; Roderick Haig-Brown recalls Trout Fillets in Chile; Full-page ad for Avro Aircraft (A.V. Roe) with black and white photo of planes in flight. Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. Short openings along coverfold. Long opening to page 12, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Book
193836 pages. Features: Cover photo of Bishop G. Breynat's Waco inspection plane being refuled on the beach at Chesterfield, Hudson Bay; Repercussions of an Old Case - the 1933 crash and death of Archie McDougall at Sanford, Manitoba; Nice full-page ad for Gold Flake cigarettes; The Percival Q6 - article and photo, plus photos, in flight and on the ground, of the first Pou-du-Ciel, constructed by Oscar Demine of Montreal, to receive a license in Canada; Full-page photo collage of many of the best-known flying people at the Miami Air Manoeuvres in early December - including Rudy Kling and Frank Haines who were killed in the first minute of the first race; New De Havilland Tiger Moth ready for delivery; Nice full-page cutaway illustrated ad for the De Havilland Dragon Rapide; Siam Soars - Reginald Jackson operates Aerial Transport Company of Bangkok, Siam; Full-page Stinson ad with photo of a Model SR-9FM; Saskatchewan Good-will Tour; New Test House for Aircraft Engines - Pratt & Whitney facility at East Hartford, CT - article with photos; Nice illustrated full-page ad for the BG Corporation and its spark plugs; Arctic Sky Pilots - Bishop G. Breynat, Vicar Apostolic of the Mackenzie; Nice two-colour full-page ad for the new 1938 Canadian Custom Waco by Fleet Aircraft; Regina Flying Club Highlights; Junkers Introduces the Ju 90 - interesting article with photos; Nice McLaughlin Buick ad shows the Series 46-19 5-passenger sedan with trunk; Great full-page photo ad for Canadian Marconi Company with photo of Pilot G.R. Spradbrow who rescued missing Quebec surveyors; How the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce Reports on Accident Investigations; New 50-h.p. Continental Engines; Full-page ad for Cub Aircraft features photo of Glenn White of Hamilton, aged 14, who soloed in a Cub after 7 hours and 20 minutes dual; New Marconi appointments - with photos; Sensational photo ad for Imperial Airways inside back cover features a great shot of the Canopus, and an endorsement by Mrs. Martin Johnson, the famous American explorer and air traveller; Who Wants a Transport License?; News from the West Coast; M.A.L.C. news; Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover boasts of their 3 December 1937 flight from New York to Havana in just over 5 hours - pilot Major Alexander P. deSeverskey, while on the same date Jacqueline Cochran flew from New York to Miami in just over four hours; Super full-page illustrated ad for the Junkers JU 90; Three-colour Imperial Oil Asphalt ad on back cover shows the new hangar apron at Rockliffe Airport; and more. Average wear. Lower corner missing from page 21 - no material affect to contents. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
1967120 pages. Features: Robert McNamara Cover Photo; Many gorgeous color-photo fashion ads; One-page ad for soundtrack to movie "I Do! I Do!", starring Mary Martin and Robert Preston; Great ad for Sony Superscope tape recorders in children's birthday party scene; The Myths That Divide India and Us; The Prevalence of Hobbits - thirty years after they were invented by a bored Oxford don, the hobbits - "a benevolent, furry-footed people" - have taken a new generation by storm - illustrated article with photo of Tolkien; Are We On the Brink of Another Arms Race? - photo-illustrated article; The Two Extremes of Avant-Garde Music - Milton Babbitt and John Cage; Sauvage of Seventh Avenue - Jacques Tiffeau Understands Today - photo-illustrated article; Judge Botein - a Judge with 'Disciplined Indignation'; Lovely color-photo centerfold of Springmaid's Miss January, Martha Branch; Great nostalgic one-page color-photo ad for General Motors features photos of eight of their station wagons; A High School Principal Reports "The young... are going for uglification and unlovableness faster and faster"; Uncommone one-page color-photo ad for Mott's Figure Control Meals which are a 'wicked way to lose weight'; and more. Above-average external wear. Faint library stamp on first page. Covers almost loose. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1925Pages 265-352 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Hunting the Giant Crocodiles of the Bayano, Central America - with amazing photos; The Radio Man's Adventure - terrible experience for Ross Knight in the High Sierras of California; The Golden River - The Kawarau River in New Zealand is to be dammed so its bed may be mined for gold - photo-illustrated article; The Missing Necklace - a tale from the Malay Peninsula; The Lady and the Python - photo-illustrated story from Port Elizabeth; My Novel Holiday - Mercer Sherwood Maloney works as a 'messman' on a cargo-steamer in order to visit Europe; My Search for the King's Treasure, by Lieut. Colonel K.M. Foss, Late Indian Army; The Case for the Sea-Serpent - the log of the "St. Francois Xavier" reports a sighting, according to a 1903 news clipping from the 'Vancouver Province'; Where Cannibals Roam - part 3 - wonderfully photo-illustrated article from Papua; The Looker-on - how card sharks on an Atlantic liner were unmasked; Saved by "The Wide World Magazine" - how reader Hubert H. Arthur benefitted from a 1922 article on a Japanese science called 'Katsu'; Johnny Mackay's Last Hand - a half-breed card player in Canada's northland; Man Versus Lion - South African game ranger is forced to kill lion with sheath knife; Remains of man found in hollow tree - news clipping from the World Herald of Omaha, NE; Two Years in Borneo - part 2 - a strange story of love potion; Some Adventures with Bears - bear stories from Alberta and British Columbia; One-page General Electric ad features 'electric logger' in the Washington woods; One-page Lionel Strongfort ad entitled "When Marriage is Fatal". Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
195772 pages. Features: Canadians are the worst loudmouths; Nice colour ad for Matinee cigarettes; Fantastic colour ad for the 1957 Plymouth Belvedere 4-door Hardtop (black on red); Blair Fraser Reports from Moscow - article with photos; Nostalgic full-page colour ad for the General Electric Stratoliner Range (teal in colour); She sells glamour with a growl - Lillian Farrar; What happened when we threw out our TV set - The Kimber Family - Vivien, Carol, Ruth, Ann, June, Earl, and David gave up TV for a month - family photo with article; Is smog the real culprit in lung cancer?; The wonderland of Louis B. Mayer - this Canadian started as a junk dealer and wound up bossing M-G-M, Hollywood's biggest, richest, gaudiest studio - here's the never-before-told story of his incredible career and the tinsel world he ruled - article with many wonderful photos; "Lionel Could Do Anything" - Part 3 of The Story of the Conachers keys on Lionel Conacher - Canada's athlete of the half-century - article with manyy great photos of Conacher engaged in numerous sports; We can't fight without a merchant navy; Uncommon photo ad for Maxwell Limited of St. Mary's, Ontario - yard equipment, white goods, etc.; Awesome colour photo centrefold ad for Caterpillar features a Cat D9 ata work with other pieces working in the background; Very attractive colour ad for Oldsmobile shows at teal coupe on a ski hill; Marconi TV ad; Beautiiful colour 1957 DeSoto ad inside back cover; and more. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Minor moisture signs to lower edge of back pages. A sound vintage copy. Book
195748 pages. Features: Column - Grammar is snobbish nonsense; London Letter column explains political fallout of Nasser's nationalization of the Suez Canal; Blair Fraser recounts what he saw in Gaza refugee camps; Colourful Allied Van Lines ad; Great one-page colour ad for the 1957 Dodge (with push-button transmission); Blair Fraser Reports from the 'seething cauldron' of Israel - article with photos; Mr. Benturian and the Beautiful Palimpsest; What's it like being married to a genius - Canadian Suzanne Cloutier married Peter Ustinov three years ago - article with photos; Frank McMahon's Five Lucky Lives - great photo-illustrated article on the owner of Pacific Petroleums Limited, of Calgary, backer of "The Pajama Game", and founder of Alberta Distillers Ltd.; Photo-illustrated article on Father Bernard Brown of Aklavik; Clyde Gilmour picks the best and worst movies of 1956; Rexall centrefold ad presents dozens of products at 1950s prices; Nice colour ad for Maxwell House coffee; Nice colour ad for the 1957 Monarch car (yellow and white)Richelieu Phaeton Sedan); John Norman Harris describes his most memorable meal; Half-page farewell to Maclean's illustrator Oscar Cahen who was killed in an auto accident on November 26, 1956; Striking Chrysler ad inside back cover features purple 1957 New Yorker; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
195760 pages. Features: Cover painting by James Hill depicts a pleasant scene in Victoria's Crystal Garden; Nice Colour ad for the Tea Council of Canada inside front cover; One-page Bank of Montreal (BMO) presents bankbook as a 'passport to better living'; Editorial about Mr. Pickersgill and Canada's policy re: Hungarian refugees; One page 1957 DeSeto car ad (yellow with white trim); Rev. William Jenkins explains why he is against the United Fund; One-page ad for Gilson appliances; Careers in Canada - there are more jobs than people to fill them; Gretta Graffin's Grueling Pilgrimage on foot across Europe; Pierre Radisson - Canada's answer to Davy Crockett - he'll soon be featured on Canadian TV; Blair Fraser Reports from Cairo - article with photo of Colonel Nasser and General Burns; A Gift From El Presidente (short story); Is Howie (Howard William) Meeker Tough Enough to Lick the NHL? - the Maple Leafs hire a rough-and-tumble coach - photo-illustrated article; Your amiable cousin, the sea gull; Nice one-page colour ad for 1957 Pontiac cars (white car shown); One-page colour-photo Canadian Club ad features photos of Portuguese tuna trapping; BOAC ad features black and white photo of gourmet meal being served onboard; O'Keefe Ale ad features colour photo of CF-100 jet fighter beside knight on horse; Colour photo ad for the Sheraton-Carlton Hotel in Washington; Vintage colour-photo ad for Heinz spaghetti shows daughter dumping pot onto dad's plate; Dow Ale features colour hockey illustration; Nice one-page colour ad features pink 1957 Chevrolet ('57 Chevy); Doris Hedges describes her most memorable meal; Colour-photo ad for the 1957 Studebaker-Packard; Attractive colour-photo 1957 Plymouth ad inside back cover; Back cover colour-photo Coke ad features young couple with portable record player (phonograph); and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Small chip from bottom corner of front cover. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
1954178 pages. Features: Colour Parker Pen ad inside front cover; Douglas aircraft ad featuring the Skyrocket; Nice colour Brach's candy ad; Colour 2-page ad for Studebaker featuring the new 1955 models; Nice 20-page colour ad for Sun-Maid Sunsweet dried fruit products; The Mysterious Doings of CIA - America's Secret Agents - an exclusive report on its methods, how it recruits, how it is funded, and its accomplishments in Guatemala, Iran and behind the Iron Curtain - with photos; Frontier Frenzy, by John Reese; Will China Stay Red? - Joseph Alsop reports some curious and little-known truths about China - article with photos; The Man-Handler, by Williams Forrest; The Luckiest Girl in Hollywood - Grace Kelly - article with wonderful colour photos; Outcast of the Florida Keys, by Frank Skipp; The Truth About Congressmen - by Martin Dies, Congressman at Large, Texas; Confessions of a Football Recruiter - the hilarious adventures of Herman Hickman while hunting athletes - with photos; Tugboat Annie's Long Shot, by Norman Reilly Raine; My Old Man Groucho (Marx), by Arthur Marx (Part 7); The Zone of Sudden Death, by William Chamberlain; A Ten-Day Tiger Hunt costs $1,000 - with a kill guaranteed - Tigers are so plentiful in Central India that there is no limit on the bag! - with photos; Howard Morris has taught over 7,400 tourists to hula aboard the Lurline - with many great colour photos; House of Hate, by Storm Jameson; The Case of the Restless Redhead, by Erle Stanley Gardner - Perry Mason's informant learned the hard way that you can't make deals with criminals; Black and white photo ad by Chrysler Corp. shows their auto stylists at work; Nice colour 2-page photo ad for Admiral televisions; Two-colour ad for Pendleton shirts; Nice two-colour ad for Oliver tractors; Stromberg-Carlson television ad; Interesting 2-page Borg-Warner ad in 'Ripley's Believe it or Not' format; Glamorous colour Philip Morris ad; Two-page ad by REO Motors featuring the new mighty REO V-8 Gold Comet Truck Engine; Buck Skein Joe sport fasion ad; Colour ad by the Philadelphia Electric Company; Nice color Cream of Wheat ad features cartoon characters by Al Capp; Frank Thomas on "The Best Player I Ever Coached" - Dixie Howell; Colour ad for Dictaphone; Coke ad on back cover promotes Eddie Fisher on "Coke Time" NBC television twice each week. Average wear. Ink drops to top edge of last few pages. A sound copy. Book
194944 pages. Features: Gorgeous cover illustration of Newfoundland outport by John Phillips; Morley Callaghan asks "Which Myth Do You Follow?"; Half-page colour ad for Swift's Prem tinned meat; Handsome one-page ad for Snyder's Furniture of Waterloo, Ontario; Newfoundland (is welcomed to Confederation) - Photo-illustrated article by Prime Minister Joseph R. Smallwood; Quicksand (short story); Girl Overboard! (short story); Nice one-page colour O'Keefe's ad includes large reproduction of John Worsley painting of boy watching construction of new high school; Hot From the Cold War - Austin Cross reports from Europe; Half-page two-colour ad for Canadian Admiral Corp features their AC-DC-Battery "Personal" portable radio and Model 5R12 Mahogany radio; 3/4-page two-colour (black and blue) Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) recruiting ad; Cats, Cats, Cats! - photo-illustrated article; Half-page ad for the 1949 C.N.E.; Uncommon half-page ad for Burgess batteries; Half-page Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) ad shows paperboy visiting accountant in branch; Charming half-page colour ad for Canada Dry; Photo-illustrated article on swimwear fashions for ladies; Half-page colour ad for Heinz baby foods; Attractive half-page colour ad for Aylmer Tomato juice, catsup and soup; Great vintage one-page colour-photo ad for Burns tinned meat balls, bologna and hamburgers; Cooking article with recipe for blueberry jelly; Small photo ad for Kranich & Bach pianos of Toronto; Tips for keeping your home cool; Half-page Javex ad; Half-page ad for Frigidaire ranges; Nice one-page Frigidaire fridge ad; Magnificent back cover colour Coke ad shows aerial image of busy supermarket with enormous Coke cooler on its roof; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A nice copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
194268 pages. Features: Ford Motor Company ad inside front cover illustrates their manufacture of war materials; News digest includes the war in the air, an aerial 'second front', the Wendell Willkie Reports, and no 'fifth column' in Moscow; Editorial on the overseas cigarette muddle; Lew Hayman Looks at Football Stars - photo-illustrated article documents the outstanding players of the last decade; Fantastic Tomorrow - futuristic illustrated article on designs/architecture of tomorrow; Swan Song in Satin (short story); He Would Know About Beezy (short story); I Once Had a Heart (short story); Canada's Airlined Youth - photo-illustrated article on the training of Canadian Air Cadets, including photos of Air Marshal W.A. Bishop and Wing Commander D.R. (Don) MacLaren; A Man's Castle (short story); Hollywood news and photos; Land of Wish-It-Were (poem by a grasshopper); Prestone anti-freeze one-page ad includes nice illustration of horse-drawn sleigh; Canadian General Electric ad says "Eat Right... Keep Right"; Royal Canadian Air Force (R.C.A.F.) Air Crew one-page recruiting ad shows "A Veteran at 20!"; Rare one-page Canada Starch company one-page ad features article of saluting housewife in apron and title "Canada's Housoldiers are Serving the Nation"; Woodbury Soap one-page ad features photos of Betty Cordon; Pepsodent ad features photos of drum majorettes Charlene and Shirley; Beautiful one-page colour-photo-illustrated Woodbury Cold Cream ad features Ilona Massey in bed; Article on beauty and fashions; Woodbury Powder one-page ad features nice colour photo of Georgia Carroll; Fashion illustrations; Quotes from around the world; Colour Victory Bond ad inside back cover with title "Mother Budgets Our Future Now"; Nice back cover colour ad for Wabasso Cottons. and more. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
1927The Eleventh annual report from 1923 includes: Annual Meeting, President's Address - Early Settlements in Upper Canada - W.H. Breithaupt; Aboriginal Agriculture in Southwest Ontario - William Herriot; War Memorials of Waterloo County - Miss L.M. Bruce; Brubacher Family History - Benjamin Brubacher; Eby Family - A.A. Eby; Biography of Miss L.M. Bruce; Biography of Dr. John Beattie Crozier; Illustrations of the Ayr Monument, Trinity Church Tablet (Galt), and Miss L.M. Bruce. Twelfth Annual Report from 1924 includes: Early Days in Ayr - Miss E.D. Watson; The Trees of Waterloo County - William Herriot; Jacob Y. Shantz and Russian Mennonites - H.M. Bowman; Reminiscences of Freeport - M.G. Sherk; Biography of Thomas Carscadden; Biography of David Forsyth; Illustrations of Jacob Y. Shantz, Shantz homestead, Shantz barns, Freeport Academy, Group photo of Freeport Academy teachers and students (with names) circa 1869, Thomas Carscadden, David Forsyth. Thirteenth Annual Report from 1925 contains: History of the Galt Collegiate Institute, 1881-1914; Reminiscences of Early Waterloo; Galt, Sixty Years Ago; The Exiles of 1838; Biography of Sir Adam Beck; Biography of Dr. John Beattie Crozier (Supplemental). Includes illustrations of Galt Collegiate Institute, Thomas Carscadden, The Old Galt Hish School, Sheriff A.S. Allan and Sir Adam Beck. Fourteenth Annual Report from 1926 includes: The Galt Collegiate Institute 1914-1926; The Waterloo County Pioneers Memorial Tower; The Public Schools of Galt; Also includes a biography of Dr. Augustus Stephen Vogt. Illustrations include: Pioneers' Memorial Tower; Galt Collegiate Institute, 1924; Dr. Augustus Vogt; Officers Pioneers' Memorial Association. Additional articles: Blazing the Trail in New Dumfries; The Pennsylvania-German in History; Significance of the Memorial Tower. Fifteenth Annual Report from 1927 covers: The Trail of the Aborigines through Waterloo County; History of the Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School; Early Days of Elmira; Hespeler Public Schools; Hespeler Public Library; The Reserve of the Six Nations Indians on the Grand River, and the Mennonite Purchase; Origin of the Place and Stream Names of Waterloo County; Museum Report, etc.; Current History; plus biographies of Hugh McCulloch and John Mickleborough. Illustrations include: Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate & Vocational School; Map of Waterloo County-Places and Streams; Old Waterloo Mill. Unmarked with average wear. Binding sound. Gilt lettering upon green spine. Prior owner's small bookplate inside front board. A sound copy. Book
1999ref. 1-093886615XTelecommunications Reports Inc. 1999. Spiral-bound. New. 300 pages. 10.90x9.30x1.00 inches. Telecommunications Reports Inc. unknown
1869ref. SKU0006003Government Printing Office 1869. First separate printing . Washington DC . Good. First separate printing of Samuel Morse's only printed work on this topic. He died just 3 years later 1872. Very scarce. Modern faux alligator hand binding with decorated endpapers no labels or printing on spine or boards. Original front wrap laid in with tissue guard fused to front wrap chipped at the hinge. 166 pages with a "Catalogue of Works on Telegraphy" and list of exhibition entries listed at end. Uncut as issued. Pages in good condition with a few minor creases. Drawings and charts in text. Government Printing Office unknown
194196 pages. Features: Cover photo of the first Canadian-built Hampden Bomber leaving Canadian Associated Aircraft Ltd. hangar for its first flight; Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover; Great illustrated full-page ad for Brewster shows a great aircraft carrier scene; Nice full-page Vickers ad includes photo of a "Stranraer" - the largest aircraft ever built in Canada; Full-page ad for the Ryan ST-3; Great Wright Aircraft Engine full-page photo ad shows dozens of their large new engines in a warehouse waiting to be shipped; Nice two-page two-colour ad for Snap-On Tools shows a map with their 35 dealer branches in North America; Canada Wire & Cable ad shows their product being used by assemblers at Fairchild; The Bristol Bolingbroke Bomber-Night Fighter is Made in Canada - article with fantastic photos; When Pilots Reach the Ceiling - what the Luftwaffe has learned about the effects of altitude on men; Observations in an Avro Anson - article with photos; Great two-page two-colour photo ad for Snowgo runway snow removal equipment; Ad for teh Vega 35; Canadian Fighter Pilots Score - the story of Bader's Famous All-Canadian Squadron in the R.A.F.; There are no Miracles in Aircraft Production - the case for a great, growing industry; National Steel Car ad with photos; Canadian Aircraft Production - major feature articles; Intelligent Vigilance is check on Saboteur in aircraft production; Great two-page colour Lockheed ad boats of their stamina; Great photo ad for the National Defense Cessna AT-8; Aircraft Accessories offer Easy engine starting; Beautifully illustrated Bristol engine ad shows what appears to be a large Caribou flying over a huge ship; Text of speech by Horace T. Hunter on Courage; Great illustrated Avro ad for their Reconnaissance and Training Aircraft; Cygnet ad; Stylish ad for Bell Airacobra; T.C.A. Reports Year of Rapid Expansion; Index to advertisers; Report on Contracts Awarded by Munitions and Supply Dept; Intava ad on back cover announces their new Aviation Oils D.M.S. oils; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Clipping from page 73 has removed half the page; Covers present but free of staples, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Magazine
1956Features: Editorial - Parliament No Longer Governs; Fantastic full-page colour photo ad for the Chevrolet 2-door Bel Air Hardtop; Let's stop building $15,000 shacks - how unscrupulous inept builders cheat thousands of Canadians; How Stratford went to Broadway; Southern Ontario - Bruce Hutchison Rediscovers The Uknown Country, Part VII; The Lady and the Crooks - Lawyer Vera Parsons - she mingles with some of the toughest hoodlums in Canada; The Enchanted Isle of Sudden Death - Lionel Shapiro reports from Cyprus; Robert Thomas Allen says "Don't Tell Me Your Secrets"; Is Jean Beliveau the Best Hockey Player Ever? - by Trent Frayne; Colour Chrysler centerfold promotes the safety features of their vehicles i.e. seat belts, safety-rim wheels, sealed-beam headlights, electrically-driven windshield wipers, wrap-around windshield, etc.; Colour half-page ad for the 'Big New Studebaker' car; Quarter-page black and white ad for the movie "Simon and Laura"; Nice colour photo ad inside back cover for the Plymouth 6's and V-8's, with photo of the transmission push-buttons. 3/8" chip from lower edge of front cover. Surprisingly moderate wear. A nice tight copy of this vintage issue. Book
1931ref. wq699Larousse Reliure d'éditeur 1931 "Rare série quasiment complète de la revue ""Monde et Voyages..."" publié entre janvier 1931 et septembre 1939 par Larousse. Ici nous possédons 14 volumes reliés par l'éditeur de 1931 à 1938. Il nous manque le premier semestre 1937, ainsi que l'année 1939 qui s'est arrêté en septembre. Les années de 1931 à 1937 sont en deux volumes, l'année 1938 tient en un volume. Les couvertures ont été conservé dans ces volumes reliés par l'éditeur. Chaque volume commence par un index des principaux articles parus et une table des illustrations. Riche iconographie en noir et blanc; bel ensemble, dans un bel état général de conservation. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande."
1725480, [22] p. 32 cm. Hardcover Very good condition, in rebacked leather binding Legal decisions by theSir Henage Fince, Earl of Nottingham, Lord chancellor of England (1675–82), called “the father of equity.”
1946ref. 38698New York: The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 1946. First edition. Original illustrated orange paper wrappers with framed illustration of a mother holding her children from "The Flowers of Oswiecim" by Zinovii Tolkatchev. 4to. 32 pages 6 page report laid in "J.D.C. During the First Months of 1946"; 22 x 28 cm. The 1945 Annual Report of the JDC detailing their aid to Holocaust survivors and refugees from around the globe including Europe South America Shanghai and Palestine. Contents of the 1945 report include: - Letter from President Harry S. Truman. - Letter from Dean Earl G. Harrison. - J.D.C.-A Living Tradition by Edward M. M. Warburg - 1946-The Year of Decision by Dr. Joseph C. Hyman - So They May Live Again by Paul Baerwald - The J.D.C. in 1945 by Moses A. Leavitt - An Open Letter by Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz - The American Scene by Albert H. Lieberman -Auditors' Statement Financial Tables Peppered with captioned black-and-white photographs some full page of Jewish refugees around the world. “The year 1945 opened with much of Europe still under the heel of the Germans. Again as in previous years the first task was to rescue the Jews in deadly peril of their lives.” The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee also known as the Joint or the JDC is a Jewish relief organization based in New York City. Following WWII “JDC distributed emergency aid but also fed the educational and cultural needs of the displaced providing typewriters books Torah scrolls ritual articles and holiday provisions” Wikipedia. Lists 216 names of officers and members of the Joint's board of directors on the inside rear cover. SUBJECTS: Holocaust Jewish 1939-1945 Jews -- Europe. World War 1939-1945 -- Jewish refugees. Holocauste Juifs -- Guerre mondiale 1939-1945 -- Re´fugie´s juifs. OCLC: 82559019. Minimal edgewear. Library bookplate partly obscuring Truman letter. Very minimal markings. Otherwise very good condition. B/1 Holo2-103-47B-BALCC-'mme. New York: The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee unknown
ref. 9206année 1894 complète, publication mensuelle, in folio, couverture illustrée en couleurs, texte sur 2 colonnes Année complète 12 n° janvier à décembre. En un volume demi-chagrin rouge à nerfs et à coins, titre doré. Filet à froid sur les plats. Non rogné, tête dorée. JANVIER G MONYTIERE L a sorcière illustrations en couleurs de LAURENT- DESROUSSEAU. Dentelle de BRUGES par Georges RODENBACH. Illustrations de CASSIERS- Pour le drapeau par G. LE FAURE illustrations en couleurs de JEANNIOT. CHOU par Paul FOUCHER illustrations en noir de A.VIMAR. FEVRIER : La Grange–aux-Belles chronique du XVIIIème siècle illustrations en couleurs d’Adrien MOREAU. –Le chat d’Argent par Jacques FREHEL., illustrations de T.L DEYROLLES- Le plaisir de Paris- Les bals et les carnavals par Gustave GEFFROY 6 illustrations en couleurs de TOULOUSE LAUTREC. Le carnet de voyage de Mademoiselle Madeleine. NICE et MONACO –photos couleurs de J.LEVY. Une page illustrée par DOES (une déchirure page 38) MARS : Les trois dévotions par Maurice VAUCAIRE 4 pages illustrées en couleurs par LOURDEY. Salons du XVIIIème siècle par Mary SUMM- supplément hors-texte en couleurs sur double page –La Grange Aux Belles chronique du XVIIIème siècle par Maurice MONTEGUT illustrations en couleurs par Adrien MOREAU. Les Rois chez eux : RANAVALONA III Reine de Madagascar par A. FITZ- MAURICE, illustrations. AVRIL : Le fantassin français L’entrainement : 1) en manœuvres 2) à la caserne illustrations en couleurs, un supplément hors-texte en couleurs. Jean VEZY Nos Alpins illustrations en couleurs de p. COMBA. Germain BAPST Les trophées de France, illustrations. La bataille d’Arcole extrait des souvenirs inédits de André ESTIENNE surnommé le petit tambour d’ARCOLE, illustrations en couleurs. MAI : Jules SIMON Grande question Petit roman illustrations en couleurs de Georges RECIPON. Un supplément hors-texte en couleurs couleur de Pierre GAVARNI. Armand DAYOT Jean Etienne LIOTAR 1712-1790. Illustrations. (une petite déchirure en marge inférieure page 88) Edouard ROD Etude Slave, illustrations en couleurs de Georges AMIGUES. Supplément illustré en couleurs. Ch de COYNART l’aventure de Casimir illustrations de Eugène COTTIN. Léo CLARETIE les femmes de théâtre illustrations photos. Paul PERRET GAVARNI au théâtre illustrations en couleurs, un supplément hors-texte en couleurs. TANCREDE PARCEL Les humbles au théâtre illustrations de Jean VEBER. Un supplément hors-texte couleurs. Le vieux théâtre par Henri BOUCHOT, illustrations. JUILLET : Ernest DAUDET Nuit de noces récit des Temps Révolutionnaires, illustrations en couleurs de F.H KAEMMERER dans le texte et à pleine page, un supplément hors-texte en couleurs Les temples de NIKKO- Albert CHEVILLARD Amour de saison couleurs de Melle Maximilienne GUYON. Un supplément hors-texte en couleurs. Jules MOINAUX M. X… banquier illustrations de F. COTTIN. Ne forçons point notre talent une page illustrée par A. VIMAR. AOUT : Numéro spécial sports nautiques L’aviron en Seine et Marne par Paul FIELD. Illustrations en couleurs, un supplément en couleurs, hors- texte- TANCREDE-MARCEL Les canotiers autrefois illustrations. La voile à Paris par F.MOUGEL, illustrations en couleurs- La voile en mer ARCACHON-PORNIC par Nautus, illustrations en couleurs ; les trois mousquetaires de mer par Pierre NERIS illustrations de VIMAR. SEPTEMBRE : Jeanne MAIRET A la légère, illustrations en couleurs de Lucien ROSSI. Chez la somnambule texte par Ferdinand BAC. Alfred de BEAUREPAIRE Les armistices à Sébastopol, texte et illustrations – D’ARJUZON Une prison sous la terreur-port libre, illustrations. OCTOBRE : NUMERO SPECIAL La chasse à tir. ONEFF la chasse au grouses, illustrations en couleurs. Chasse à tir par Charles LALLEMAND. Chasse souveraine par Frédéric MASSON. BOUCHOT la femme qui chasse ; SIANT ALBIN le vrai chien d’arrêt- Edmond RENOIR Mémorable ouverture illustrations de LA FERE. NOVEMBRE : Georges OHNET le portrait illustrations en couleurs d’Albert LYNCH. Un supplément illustré en couleurs, hors-texte. Les Rois chez eux S.M DON CARLOS Ier Roi de Portugal. Par A. L VINCENT un supplément hors–texte en couleurs. Charles JOLLIET le collégien de Violette illustrations de Jules GIRARDET. Frédéric MASSON l’alliance Franco - Russe en 1887. Et les souvenirs populaires. DECEMBRE VERNON LEE le Pape Jacinthe illustrations en couleurs d’Albert LYNCH. Guy de MAUPASSANT Après, illustrations de LAURENT-DESROUSSEAUX. Paul PERRET un complot illustrations de Georges CAIN. Louis DIEMER Barcarolle illustrations de Louis MORIN. Louis ENAULT La tresse bleue illustrations de CUSACHS. Eugène GIGOUT Noël Provençal illustrations de Louis MORIN. , Une page illustrée en couleurs de JOB. (Petites déchirures, sans gravité, page 246)
ref. BN370402Philipp von Zabern in Herder. Antiquities of Northern Pakistan Vol.4 Sazin: A Fortified Village in Indus-Kohistan Antiquities of Northern Pakistan. Reports and Studies Andrews Peter A; Jettmar Karl and Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften Antiquities of Northern Pakistan Vol.4 Sazin: A Fortified Village in Indus-Kohistan Antiquities of Northern Pakistan. Reports and Studies Andrews Peter A; Jettmar Karl and Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften Antiquities of Northern Pakistan Vol.4 Sazin: A Fortified Village in Indus-Kohistan Antiquities of Northern Pakistan. Reports and Studies Andrews Peter A; Jettmar Karl and Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften Philipp von Zabern in Herder unknown
196482 pages. Features: Excellent cover photo of Premier Ernest Manning in front of the Alberta Legislature Building; Nice colour photo ad for 1965 Mercury Park Lane convertible; Big Canadian Push to Analyze Easter Island before civilization spoils the place; Why Canadians are practically the only diplomats that Washington trusts; How Sault Ste. Marie built the biggest little medicare scheme in Canada; Britain issues booklet "Treachery Is Their Trade" as required reading for civil servants vulnerable to attacks by Soviet spies; Editorial - Let's make friends, not enemies, with the mainland Chinese; How Arthur Hailey turned Reporter in Manning's Alberta; Ordeal by Rumor - The Skeletons in (Ernest) Manning's Cabinet, by Arthur Hailey - long, informative article including photos of cabinet ministers under clouds; Is the Family Doctor Vanishing?, by Claude P. Gendron, MD; How I Found Out the Toronto Argonauts Don't Really Lose Games on Purpose, by Peter N. Allison; Canada's 1967 Centennial celebration preparations - Will we be late for our own birthday parth? - a 'non'-progress report by Hal Tennant; When Mama Cooked Solomon Grundy, by Helen Wilson; The Killer That Could be Hiding in your car - Ray Stapley warns of the danger of metal fatigue in autos; The Many Worlds of Soviet Russia - Kenneth Bagnell reports on his five weeks in Russia, traveling from Moscow to Siberia to Central Asia; Nice colour-illustrated ad for the 1965 Ford Mustang Hardtop; Magnificent colour photo ad for the Lincoln Continental - featuring a white model with suicide doors; Nice colour-illustrated ad for the 1965 Ford Galaxie 500/XL Convertible (red); How Talk Show Host Pat Burns Won Fame and Fortune by Talking on the World's Biggest Party Line (CJOR) - article with photo; Quebec censor board censors La Terre a Boire; John Bradshaw - the man who got rich by making gardening sound easy; Colour photo ad for Coke on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
1990520 pages. Index. Many black and white illustrations. Chapters include: Early History, The Fishing Industry, Lumbering, Agriculture, The War Years, Education, Winnipegosis News Reports from the Dauphin Herald; Local Government, Sports, Churches, Organizations, Family Histories, Mini Histories, Reminiscences and Diary Excerpt. Attractive silver decoration and lettering upon dark blue front board. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. An attractive copy of this substantial work. Book
