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194172 pages. Features: "Canada is Strong", one-page ad shows Canadian farmer tilling land; One-page Singer sewing machine ad features Mrs. S. Armstrong of Montreal; News Digest discusses Yugolsavia's 'purge', Slav vs. Teuton again, Washington News, and an 'inside job' for Hitler; Frigidaire ad; We Blockade the Continent - article with fascinating map explains wartime trade complications; Slave Labour Under the Nazi Scourge - Fascinating photo-illustrated article written by Oskar Lutze, a former trade-union official of Berlin; The Slide on Short Mountain (short story); War and Canada's Golden Age - article explains how Canada will benefit from WWII; The Designing Wench (short story); The Running Man (short story); Inside the Gestapo - conclusion of fascinating article about a strange and fatal bunch of documents, with photos of Franz von Papen and Countess Vera Fugger; Bluff by Holloway Horn (short story); The Woes of Wives; Longines watch ad includes photo of Sir Hubert Wilkins; Gay Garden Gadgets; Half-page Canadian Pacific ad for the Banff Springs Hotel; Hollywood news and photos; Photo of Norma Shearer in Woodbury cold cream ad; Nostalgic 1941 Chevrolet centrefold ad encourages readers to be "Feature-Wise", with illustrations of dozens of features available in their cars; Men and Their Wardrobes; Treasure in Strange Places; With Love from the Luftwaffe - article on German bombing of Britain; Birth of a Lipstick; Maple Leaf Fund - article with photo of Victor T. Goggin, President of the Fund; Department of National War Services half-page ad says "Save Scrap Metals, Rags, Paper and Bones"; Norway Fights On - one year after the Germans invaded; Watch Your Step; The Small Room (short story); Swimming and Health; Serve Them, They Serve You - cooking article with recipes; Fashion illustrations; Classy War Savings Certificates ad inside back cover shows mother with kids on hilltop and her 'pledge to them - and to Canada'; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this extraordinary wartime issue. Book
194140 pages. Features: Ad for yellow 1941 Pontiac Fleetleader inside front cover; News digest discusses the illusions of a year ago; Poem "Land of Wish-It-Were", by James Byrne; Interesting photo-illustrated article on the people of the far reaches of the Commonwealth who are contributing to the British war effort; Never Goodby (short story); Mr. Barbury's Hands (short story); Victim of Circumstance (short story); Doves of War - wonderful photo-illustrated article on how homing pigeons are used as emergency messengers at home and abroad; Sixty Days to Live (short story, part 3 of 6); Movie news and photos; Half-page Department of Trade and Commerce ad says "There is no sign of a single German ship delivering a single bale of goods anywhere across the Seven Seas"; How Good-Looking Are You?; Do You Want to be Popular?; Oddments in Cookery; World Sayings; Mussolini's Revealing Speech; Heinz Ketchup ad on back cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
193868 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of children in winter scene; Nice colour ad for Canadian fish inside front cover; News bits include: Between the Ears, Fellow Travellers in Life, Voices in Talk Group, An Undivorceable Couple, Not at all a simple question. Editorials include Trade Agreements, Is Missionary Effort Being Discredited, and Keeping the Home Fires Burning - with photo-portrait of Chester D. Stovel, August 11, 1870 - December 19, 1937, the last of three brothers who visioned a national magazine when they started this magazine as a four-page supplement to the weekly press nearly forty years ago; Mustafa Kemal Atatürk- photo-illustrated article (part 1) on the 'lone wolf' who put modern Turkey on the map; The Lost Tunes (short story); Killer's Crossing (short story); Nothing to Regret (short story); Photographing Big Game in Africa - photo-illustrated article by Vera Batley; Hazard and High Water (short story); The Murder on the Links (part IV/4 of this Agatha Christie story); Downhill Control - skiing article with photos, including ski-jumper Arne Finsberg in flight; The Grandfather Clock (short story); Nice one-page ad for the 1938 Pontiac; Fascinating one-page Ovaltine ad shows sleep research; Movie news with photos of Kay Francis, Billie Burke, Ann Sheridan, and more; Lux soap ad includes photo of Madeleine Carroll; Vintage two-page photo ad says "New Bread Diet Takes Off Pounds"; Scott's Emulsion ad includes Old Scottie comic; Gardens of Romance; Canada Building at the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Scotland is featured in a Government of Canada ad; Photo of horse "Miss Amner" owned by Mrs. Earle Spafford of Knowlton, Quebec; Personal care article for men; Cake baking article; Heinz one-page ad says 'Banish Kitchen Blues'; World Sayings; Attractive colour 1938 Ford ad inside back cover features beige and blue cars; Colour Old Dutch Cleanser ad on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
193848 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of lady on red background; Nice colour-photo ad for Swift's Premium bacon inside front cover; Brief news items include The Ledger of Life, A Good Resolution, The Glow of True Happiness, We are Mostly All Strangers, and Improved Seeing and Knowing; Nice one-page ad for two new Ford V-8 cars for 1938, the Standard Ford V-8 Tudor and the De Luxe Ford V-8 Fordor; Editorials touch on - The Farmer and the Income Tax, Fascist Influence in the New World, Sources of Wealth, and World Trade; Attractively illustrated one-page McLaughlin Buick ad features a blue Series 46-19, Five-Passenger Sedan with Trunk; London's Famous Underground - photo-illustrated article; The Batley Inheritance (short story); Liberal Reward (short story); The Vagabonds (short story); Junior G-Men - photo-illustrated article on Vancouver Police Constable Ronald Eveleigh and his initiative to reduce juvenile delinquency; Strange Achievement - Charles E. Jones is founder of the world bird sanctuary at Collingwood East, a suburb of Vancouver, B.C.; The Murder on the Links (part III/3 of this Agatha Christie story); Mystery Man of Golf - Laverne Moore, alias Johnny Montague - article with photos; Sweet Caporals ad features photo of dog 'Rathlin Roundalay', owned by Miss Katherine Savage of Montreal West, Quebec; Hollywood news with photos of Andrea Leeds, Nita NAldi, Lily Pons, Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, Douglass Montgomery, Jean Parker, and more; Photo of Alice Faye in Woodbury Cold Cream ad; Scott's Emulsion ad includes Old Scottie comic; Article on Curling; Beauty article; Cooking article; Recipes; How to make a dinner mat; World Sayings; Nice colour ads inside back cover for Lifebuoy (lady in tub), and Rinso (lady on cliff); Canadian fish ad on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
193656 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of diver; Heinz soup ad inside front cover says "Soups Must Be Coaxed"; One-page Sweet Caporal ad features large photo of "Whisky", a 5-year-old wire-haired Fox Terrier owned by Miss Nancy Shorey of Montreal; News digest includes Mr. Woodsworth and the cause of crime, Grand Forks, B.C. and its bonds, what next in Alberta with Mr. Aberhart and his new Social Credit government, the ambitions of Italy and Japan, Sir Norman Angell criticizes the League of Nations and, how musical and dramatic festivals eased the recent misfortunes of Saskatchewan; Bagataway (Lacrosse) is Back - rare vintage article on the resurgence of lacrosse with photos of the late Billy Fitzgerald, Fred Rowntree, Norman Harshaw, Neil Felker, the late Lawson Whitehead and and old-time mid-Victorian era player in uniform; Square Shooter (short story); The Man in the Empty Chair (short story); Man Proposes (short story); The Future of Canadian Trade - article explores the future of Canada's export trade, with graphs and photos; The Dark Trail (short story); The Pistol (short story); A Roll of Bills (short story); The Smooth Silence (short story); Movie news with many photos including Roland Young, Loretta Young, Franchot Tone, E.E. Clive, Jessie Ralph, Shirley Temple, Henry Armetta, Katharine Hepburn, Kay Francis, Victor Varconi, and many more; Economics in the Flesh - Ira Day and Independence; Scarlet Slippers (short story); Rifle Talk (short story); Summer Accessories Come Clean - beauty article; 1/4-page ad for the 1936 C.N.E.; Palmolive ad includes photo of Mrs. W.K. Davidson of Montreal and her 10-year-old daughter; Lux soap ad includes photo of Merle Oberon; Business News; Recipes for cool dishes; Ad for this magazines includes photo of English actor Paul Cavanaugh; Beauty article; World Sayings; Lovely back cover colour ad for Christie's Biscuits features packages of their many products; and more. Spine rolled. Average wear and soiling. A worthy copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
193456 pages. Features: Lovely cover illustration of blonde on boat; Great vintage colour Imperial (Oil) ad inside front cover features old-style gas pump; Editorial topics include Prison Rule, Support the Schools, The Cause of Crime, Who Lost the Election?, Success or Failure?, A Faulty System, World Trade, and Interest Rates; Nice one-page photo-illustrated ad for magazine "The Nor'-West Farmer"; A Policeman's Point of View (short story); Yellow on White (short story); Newfoundland - Canada's Economic Partner - great photo-illustrated article; Serg'int Luck (short story); Modern Eve - article illustrated with amazine photos of reptile skins used in fashion, our favourite being a model clad in 25' of python skin!; Hot Cargo (short story); Ceylone - Tea Garden of the World - nice photo-illustrated article; Pond's one-page ad includes photo of Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel III; Woodbury's one-page soap ad features photo of Baroness Ida Legan; Two-page General Motors (GM) of Canada ad highlights their design innovations; Movie news includes photos of Ruby Keeler, Dorothy Dell, Mary Carlisle, Muriel Evans, Ruth Channing, Gloria Stuart, Paul Kelly, and more; Business News discusses inflation and advertising trends; Young Man and his Problem; Legal Info.; Nice 1/4-page illustrated ad for Aylmer tomato catsup; Fashion illustrations; Heinz one-page ad includes illustrations of several of their products; Cooking article; World Sayings; Colour Lifebuoy and Rinso ads inside back cover; Nostalgic colour-photo ad for P and G naptha soap on back cover; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
194860 pages. Features: Very special colour ad inside front cover for the Parker "51" pen features large handwriting sample of Ernest Hemingway, whose photo appears in upper right corner; Toronto's Roly Curtin operates a dog beauty shop on wheels - photo-illustrated article; Half-page ad for the Canadian Bank of Commerce (CIBC) shows woman with bankbook open; Half-page ad for Canadian General Electric (CGE) portable radios; Hyde Park for Three?; One-page colour ad for Waterman's pens; Nice one-page colour ad for the 1949 Monarch car (green); One-page colour Carling's ad features reproduction of painting "Wood Duck" by T.M. Shortt; C.D. Howe - Big Man in a Hurry! - photo-illustrated article, including photo of Howe with E.P. Taylor and Col. W.C. Woodward after they were torpedoed while aboard the Western Prince; The Wonderful Old Gentleman (short story); Bounce - tips for good health; Celestial Broadcasting Country (short story); One Man's Poison (short story); The Clue of the Broken Rhythm; Classy one-page colour ad for the all-new Mercury car (olive green 4-door); Must There Be a Third World War?; The Royal Conservatory of Music - fourteen photos with supporting text about this music school led by Ettore Mazzoleni - photos include Mr. Mazzoleni, Margaret Butler, Dr. F.J. Horwood, Ruth Ross, Reta Fiddler, Eileen Parsons, Dr. Arnold Walter, Lois Ogilvie, Pat Hart, Dorothy Thornton, Diana Aylwin, Terry Spencer and Shirley Smith; This Month with Morley Callaghan; Odd Ontario ad says "Have you an itchy foot? Then hoof it to Ontario (Canada's vacation province); Lovely one-page colour Oldsmobile ad entitled "A Famous Drive in a Famous Car" shows a pinkish car being driven, beside map of the Niagara Parkway; One-page colour-photo ad for Singer Sewing Centers; Fashion photos of fairy tale frocks for young girls; Colour fashion photo of Habitant print dress; Salad recipes; Colour one-page ad for Frigidaire ranges shows ladies admiring roast in oven; Bridal fashion article with photo; Colour Massey-Harris ad inside back cover shows busy evening shopping street; Colour back cover ad for Community brand cutlery; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
1960368 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Many detailed diagrams. Several black and white photos. Chapters include: guns, gun mountings, fire control, the 4-inch gun & mounting, the 3-inch 50 gun and mounting, the 40 mm gun, the 3-inch 70 gun and mounting, ammunition, maintenance, tools and gauges, and answers to quizzes. Somewhat above-average external wear. Minor moisture exposure to top edge of back pages. Partial spine lean. Binding intact. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy of this informative naval text. Book
198583 pages. Photo of author on page 5. "...A collection of poems on unemployment... Deals with people who find themselves living through the 'Depression of the Eighties'." - From Introduction. Through the author's life experience she became an impassioned supporter of those experiencing difficulty finding employment. Gilt lettering upon maroon front board. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound copy. Book
1977506 pages. "A wonderful account of the history of Fort Garry" - from dust jacket. Facsimile reprint of the 1871 first edition. Light wear. Binding tight. Moderate quantity of highlighting and pen markings to contents. Prior owner's details inside front board. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival grade Brodart. A quality copy. Book
1941Signed and humorously inscribed upon front free endpaper by author to the man who trained him as a gunner. 1941 First Edition. 302 pages. Index. Bibliographical Note. Three black and white map plates. Six charts. "The political basis of British sea power in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was the navigation system. The primary object of this system of laws was the increase of British power through the extension of overseas trade. Colonial commerce was to be subordinated and adapted to the needs of sea power, and the mercantile marine was to be a principal nursery of seamen for the navy." - from Preface. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Sunning to fore-edge of back board. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
1983Signed and inscribed by author atop first blank leaf. xii, 322 pages. Bibliography. Index. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Presents the history of this community on the eastern shore of Georgian Bay in the Parry Sound District. Chapters include: The French; The Fur Trade; The Cartographers; Nineteenth Century Transients; The Loggers; The Fishermen; The Hotels; The Summer People; Pointe au Baril Station; The Islanders' Association; The Arts; and more. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this informative local history. Book
195558 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Enter the European V. Among the Eskimos (part II); Manitoba Maple Sugar - for centuries the Manitoba Maple has been furnishing syrup and sugar to the Indians and white men - article with photos; Athabasca Tar Sands - Great photo study of the sands before a profitable oil extraction method had been devised; Liar River Voyage; "Parthia" of the Pacific - the first vessel to fly the C.P.R. house flag saw service in the Yukon gold rush and the Aleutian campaign, and still plies the water of the Pacific - article with photos; St. Lawrence Seaway - Photo Study III; Moose Fort Journals, 1783-5 - the latest volume of the Hudson's Bay Record Society; Naturalists on the Back River (part 1 of 2); Footnotes on the Franklin Search - I - Halkett's Air Boat; Fur Trade Gossip Sheet; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point Blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
195350 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Enter the European - II - Into Brazil - Half of South America; Photo study of an air flight between Fort McMurray and Fort Good Hope; North Shore Naturalist - Comte Henri de Puyjalon; The Tsimshian; The Radford and Street Murders - famous crime at York Factory over forty years ago; Little P.G.E. (Railway) Goes Somewhere - travel article by Florence and Francis Jaques; The Fur Trade Party - conflict between 'wintering partners' eighty years ago; Northern Wildflowers; The Bells of the Turrets Twain - the bells of St. Boniface were heard across Canada on the occasion of the present Queen's coronation; Calling the 'Columbia' - article on the floating hospital-chapel-theatre serving the people of B.C.'s rugged coast; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point Blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
2013311 pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. "Explores the engagement of psychologists with myriad deceptive practices in American mass culture, from the circulation of enormously popular optical illusions, to the dangerous allure of the con man, to the pleasurable distractions of the stage magician." - from dust jacket. Light pencil markings throughout, otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Book
1971414 pages. Facsimile reprint of the 1801 edition. Fold-out maps. "One of the most remarkable and historically important journals of early North American exploration." - from dust jacket. Top three inches of front free endpaper neatly removed. Prior owner's blind stamp atop half-title page. Very light wear to clean and unmarked book and price-clipped dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Book
192910-1/4 by 7-1/2 by 1-1/4 inches. Topics include: Domestic Animals, Stock Brands, Maintenance of Children of Unmarried Parents; Coroners; Deserted Wives' Maintenance; Evidence; Prevention of Minors Carrying Firearms; Fires and Fire-escapes; Game; Highways; Industrial Home for Girls; Industrial Home for Boys; Infants; Trade Licences; Liquor Control; Magistrates; Mental Hospitals; Parents' Maintenance; Provincial Police and Prisons; Pool-rooms; Sheep Protection; Summary Convictions; Trespass; Noxious Weeds; Women's and Girls' Protection. Binding intact. Average wear. Unmarked. Age-toning to contents. Laid-in are chapters 50, 31, 11, and 5, plus Amendments to Statutes compiled for the use of Magistrates, Police, etc. passed by the Legislative Assembly, 1930 and 1931 sessions. A fascinating shapshot of these B.C. laws early last century. Times have definitely changed. Book
200358 pages. Features: The Hejia Village Hoard - a snapshot of China's silk road trade; The Burial location and dating of the Hejia Village treasures; Three Textiles from Turfan; The Illustrative Sequence on An Jia's Screen - a depiction of the Daily Life of a Sabao; 'Divine Presence' at Casa Asia in Barcelona; 'Ming - The Golden Age of Chinese Furniture' at the Musee Guimet; Blanc de Chine at the China Institute Gallery; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. An excellent copy of this beautiful issue. Magazine
1909Pages 293-332 plus xxiv pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: Notable American Homes - "Darlington," the estate of george Crocker, Esq., Ramsey, NJ; Designs Direct from Nature; "Annesden," the Summer Home of Miss Annie E. Quimby, Bridgehampton, Long Island; Playhouses for Children; A Group of Small Houses - costing from $3,000 to $10,000; Grape Culture in France; A House with a Guaranteed Cost - A House That Can Be Built for Seven Thousand Dollars; The "Wayside Inn", otherwise known as the "Red Horse Tavern" of Sudbury, MA; The Rochester, NY Chamber of Commerce Cheap Cottage Competition, won by Miss Esther M. Byers - The First and Second Prize Designs; House of James E. Wheeler, Edgehill Road, New Haven, CT; One-page illustrated ad for the "Invincible" Electric Renovator (vaccum) from the Electric Renovator Mfg. Co.; Back cover two-color ad for Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pen; and more. Printed on glossy stock. Complete and unmarked with average wear. Covers and some pages loose but all present. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
1982192 pages. "This catalogue is of the section of rare books in English of the library of Amex Bank" - from verso of title page. Includes 502 detailed listings arranged by author with summaries, physical descriptions, publishing details and, in some instances, black and white reproductions of title pages. Noteworthy listings are specially identified with headings such as; "The Earliest English Work on Mining"; "The First Great Survey of Poverty"; "A Virulent Attack on Usury"; "The South Sea Bubble"; etc. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. Gilt lettering upon chocolate brown cloth-covered boards. A sound copy of this informative reference. Book
2007Reprint of the 2006 first edition. Bibliography. Footnotes. Index. Many reproductions of archival black and white photos. Appears to have been privately printed in limited quantity. "The modern history of Departure Bay began in the 1800's after the discovery of coal in Nanaimo. For a short time it was the centre of a hub of commerce and industry, only to settle back into relative obscurity. This is the story of the place and its people." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Appears unread. An excellent copy of this highly-informative work. Book
1961Signed, dated and generically inscribed by author/subject upon half-title page. 245 pages. Map endpapers. Black and white photographic plates, including frontispiece photo of author/subject in travel attire. Anderson "recounts his nearly half a century in the Canadian north. By snowshoe and dog team, by canoe, sailboat and steamer, he travelled throughout the woodlands and the Arctic regions of Canada - with numerous side trips to the west coast of Greenland. Includes many a fabulous anecdote - tales of courage and privation, humour in the bivouac and excitement on the trail. Discusses the fur trade and its history, interspersing his narrative with reflections which provide sharp insight to this theme." - from dust jacket. Gift greetings atop half-title page. Light wear to book. Binding intact. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Book
1988From limited edition of 1,000 copies. 247 pages. Index. Many reproductions of archival black and white photos. Photo-illustrated endpapers. Oblong 11.2" x 12.5". When this book first appeared in 1913 it represented the most extensive chronicle of Alberta's cattle country ever undertaken, and since then it has become a cornerstone in the written history of Western Canada. This edition includes every word of the original, complemented by 45 additional archival photos (of the same period and locale as the text). The author calls this the story of the work and play of the cowboys and the ranchers when the ranges were open and the cattle were wild. - paraphrased from dust jacket. Discrete handwritten gift greetings atop front free endpaper, otherwise book clean and unmarked with very light wear. Light wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A handsome copy. Book
1949Pages 73-108. Features. Aerial cover photo of idle London shipping due to dockworker's strike; Photos of troops serving as stevedores unloading frozen beef from Argentina; Two-page illustration of Fettes College; Article entitled "Dollars, Sterling and European Trade"; Photos of striking dockworkers attending speeches; Two-pages of photos from the agricultural show at Shrewsbury, including Princess Elizabeth and many champion animals; Photos of personalities of the week include the winners of the Ashburton Shield, Tshekedi Khama, Cambridge Cricketeers, Mr. Alexander Diomedes, Air Marshal Sir Leslie Gossage; A.D. Locke, Harry Bradshaw, Seretse Khama, the former Miss Ruth Williams, Sir francis Mudie, Flight-Lt. K.H.F. Letford, and The Emir Idris El Senussi. Photo of the Enola Gay being presented to the Smithsonian Institution; Photo of Emir Abdul Illah with King Feisal of Iraq; Photo of robotic hand developed by German firm; Photos of U.N. Success in Indonesia - 3-stage evacuation of Java; Photo of restoration of Cleopatra's Needle, near Charing Cross; Two-page colour photo of the earliest realistic human portrait in the history of man, discovered in central France; Aerial photos of British castles with medieval fortifications; Attractive one-page colour ad for General Electric fridges; Colour Johnnie Walker cricket-themed ad on back cover; and more. Complete, intact and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1891261 pages. Index. "Useful both as a text-book for students and as a hand-book of reference for young men commencing business life." - from Preface to first edition. Chapters include: Commerce, Machinery and Conveyance, Government and Trade, Insurance, Stocks, Money, Coins, Paper Money, Banks, Clearing, Bills, Exchange, Articles of Trade and Manufacture, and more. Average wear. Binding intact. Prior owner's name atop title page. Average wear with somewhat above-average external soiling. Slight lean to spine. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage business text. Book
