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1959224 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "A generation of British seamen had been trained in her. To millions of people she had represented British seapower and imperial might. With her passed not only a ship, but a whole era, swept away on the winds of the world." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear to unmarked book and price-clipped dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Book
196166 pages. Colour cover photos of "LePerle" - undefeated in show competition. Features: Soupability - GM's Aluminum V8's; Unbeaten at Show - "LePerle" - 1957 Thunderbird owned by Bob Turgeon of Topeka, Kansas; Soup for the Street Withoug Risking Reliability; Add to your Dash; Adapt a Corvette Floorshift to any Manual Transmission; Anglo-American Sportster - 1953 XK 120 Jaguar; Interiors - The Inside Story; Hide a Latham Blower Under Your Hood; Bubble-Topped Beast - Jack Schleich and his 1932 Ford Coupe; Micrometers; Lion-Hearted Thunderbird - Ira Meyer put a Chrysler engine in his T-Bird; Power-Laden Pulchritude - Dragsters (great photos); Mallory's new Mini-Mag; Sporty School Bus - George Maisch has a nice street rod; Rework your 352-390 Ford oil pump for Reliability; Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Book
186916 pages. Contents: Mantelet with Hood; Black Lace Mantelet; How to Make True French Dolls; Ceasing to Grow; Sympathy with Sickness; Manners upon the road; New York Fashions - fall bonnets, materials, feathers, flowers, ribbons, the scarf veil, manner of trimming, round hats, fall wrapping; different trimmings for under clothing; Embroidered Chemise Yoke; Two Buttons for under clothing; Basket with Netted Guipure Cover; Crochet Rosettes; Rosettes for Covers; Braid and Crochet Insertions adn Edgings; The Line of Distinction; Paris Fashions; The Woman of the Future; Sayings and Doings; Amazing centerfold compilation of illustrations of dozens of clothing items including lady's drawers with shirr, lady's ttucked night-gown, peignoir with full sleeves, gentleman's under-drawers, Lady's chemise fastening on the shoulder, Pique dressing sack, and many more; Miss Maquand; Foreign proper names; Debenham's Vow - continued; Lovely large illustration of Lady Jane Grey; Woman's political rights in England; Humor; and more. Above-average wear. Book
187016 pages. Contents: Ball and Evening Coiffures - cover illustrations; Shabby Gentility; Blot-Ting Papers - No. VIII; New York Fashions - style of making, ball dress materials, trimmings; coiffures; Personal; Infant's bib with crochet edging; trimmings for ball and evening dresses; Pelerine with hood; Britta's Christmas Gift; Sayings and Doings; Centerfold illustrations of Ball and Evening Dresses as well as seven gorgeous opera wrappings; Debenham's Vow - continued; Paris Fashions; Lovely full-page image of birds eating grain from "The Christmas Sheaf"; Two coiffures of ribbon and flowers; Low Blouse waist with peplum; blouse waist with sqauare neck; Management of plants in rooms; humor; and more. Average wear. Book
187016 pages. Contents: Cover illustrations of five girls in fine dresses; Crochet Purse; Mannnrs Upon the Road; Youthful Despondency; Paris Modes; New York Fashions - spring bonnets, straw and china crape, flower, ribbons, etc., round hats, the square veil, model bonnets; Personal; Mouchoir Case in Point Lace Embroidery; Squares in Netted Guipure; Crochet Necessaire for tatting; Match safe in the form of a stopper; Suit for Girl from 6 to 8 years old; Fichu hood for girl from 8 to 10 years old; silk and velvet walking dress; Evening dress with Court Train - front and back; Silk and velvet walking dress - front and back; Vae Victis; The crown princesses of Europe; Sayings and doings; Huge centerfold illustration "Shopping in Broadway" from a sketch by William L. Myers/W.S. L. Jewett; My Sister Caroline - continued; large clipping from page 187; Full-page set of illustrations of "The Crown Princesses of Europe" - from original German photographs; humor; and more. Average wear. Book
187116 pages. Contents: Ladies' breakfast and dress caps - with ten illustrations; Unnatural Protectors; New York Fashions - travelers' articles, stationery; Personal; bag for washing clothes; crochet bathing slipper; squares for setting together covers; crochet bib; mignardise and crochet blouse; Oriental Thrift; Dutch Funerals; Hannay - continued; crochet shawl worn as a summer hood; Precious Stones; My First Dinner-Party; Hoops, hoop-sticks, balls, bats, skipping ropes, etc.; The Giants' Wedding - with illustration; humor. Average wear. Book
187116 pages. Contents: frame-work worsted square shawl worn as a hood; All-Souls Day; Gossip; New York Fashions - crocheted and knitted garments; embroidery, guipure and point lace work; personal; Knitted Fanchon; knitted and crochet cap to wear under the bonnet; knitted lace for trimming mantelets, etc.; crochet stitches; Hannah - continued; Flowering Sunday; Sayings and doings; hood for girl from 8 to 10 years old; hood for girl from 10 to 12 years old; cashmere hood; tricot beaver hood; cashmere hood; cloth hood; flannel hood; ladies' winter wrappings; Nice large illustation of ladies' mantles and paletots; Octavia Hadleigh's Story; Paris Modes; The Value of Fiction; knitted loop stitch; crochet stitches; knitted foundation for shawls, scarfs, etc.; crochet border; crochet stitch; crochet border for goods, capes, jackets, etc.; crochet stitch for jacket with short sleeves; Spray-Work; humor. Average wear. Book
187116 pages. Contents: Summer Hood with Cape - front and back views; Manners Upon the Road; A "New Departure"; New York Fashions - summer mantles, fans, gloves, summer shoes; Personal; knitted and crochet insertion for linterie; medallions for album covers, port-folions, etc.; curtain bands; alphabet for marking lingerie; coffee-warmer; netted cover for circular stand; An African Harem; Gold-Fish; Sayings and Doings; Cambric Garden Hat; Swiss muslin fichu-collar with frills; Swiss muslin fichu-collar with ribbon trimming; Rest; Fischer's Method of Bleaching Straw; Dutch Marriages; The Lovels of Arden - continued; Ladies' straw hats; humor. Average wear. Book
187216 pages. Contents: Cover for can; square shawl worn as a hood; Small-talk about pastry; Manners Upon the Road; New York Fashions - spring bonnets, faille ribbons, flame-tinted roses, style of trimming, colored English crape, new veils, round hats, spring suits from Paris; Personal; shade for night lamp; work-bag with chenille embroidery; work-bag with chenille embroidery; evening and bridal slippers with bows; Mrs. Grey's Two Dreams, by Harriet Prescott Spofford; Sayings and Doings; Nice full-page illustration "Low and High Necked Waists"; Bridal and Evening Dresses; Paris Fashions; An Ocean Picnic; Buckwheat Cakes and Buckwheat; Evening Toilette; Useful recipes; London's Heart, by B.L. Farjeon - continued; Furniture and Dress; humor. Average wear. Book
187216 pages. Contents: general directions for knitting and crocheting, etc.; knitted and crochet white zephyr worsted jacket; A New Use for skeleton leaves; The Kitchen; Manners Upon the Road - of putting the best foot forward; New York Fashions - bronze and blue costumes, the princess polonaise, dinner dresses, black silk suits, the dolman polonaise, evening dresses, wedding dresses, bound hats; knitted Alsacian bow; lady's knitted under-vest; crochet petticoat; knitted under-shirt for girl from 4 to 6 years old; Paris Fashions; That Switch; English Gossip; Sayings and Doings; crochet cap for boy from 2 to 4 years old; knitted hood, also warn as a fichu; directions for cutting and making night-shirt for boy from 6 to 8 years old; Blue; London's Heart - continued; Illustration "Steaming and punting on the Thames, England; knitted and netted fanchon; trimming and fringe for hoods, jackets, sontags, etc.; crochet stitches for jackets, capes, sontags, etc.; humor. Average wear. Small clipping from page 653. Book
187216 pages. Contents: Skin diseases caused by bad soaps; Cloaks and overcoats for girls and boys from 3 to 14 years old; The Wondering Heir; Manners Upon the Road - of the seasons; New York Fashions - double vests, new drapery, plain redingotes, black camel's-hair polonaises, polish jackets, mantelets, basques, embroidery, waistcoats, pompadour brocades, garlands, fanciful stockings; Personal; Cord and crochet passementerie border; tatted and crochet collars; knitted and crochet white worsted fanchon Tatted and crochet edging; knitted knee protectors; embroidered work-table; braid, cord, and soutache borders; knitted hood; The Bitter End - continued; Sayings and Doings; Knitted and crochet white worsted cape with hood; Swiss muslin and lace frill with Jabot; crape and lace frill with Jabot; Swiss muslin fichu; Paris Fashions; Better Late Than Never; English Gossip; Useful Recipes; Tatted edging for linterie; embroidered work-bag; toilette box with silk and cane cover; tapestry design for slippers; gros grain cravat bow; An Algerian Wedding; humor. Average wear. Book
187216 pages. Contents: Lady's Evening Dress; Manners Upon the Road - of stoves and fires; New York Fashions - double-breasted jacket and worth over-skirt, crinoline, silk suits and over-skirts, elegant black costumes, reception dresses, the Josephine coiffure, evening bonnets, opera cloaks, colored jabots, lingerie, fancy jewelry; Personal; crochet guipure edging for lingerie; Russia-leather chatelaine belts; tortoise-shell comb and hair-pins; knitted shawl worn as a hood; Been-Porridge Hot; Sayings and Doings; Ladies' Fall and Winter Suits; Paris Gossip; To the Bitter End - continued; English Gossip; Full-page illustration for the month of October; The Three Emperors at Berlin; humor. Average wear. Small clipping from page 705. Book
187014 pages. Contents: Dresses for Young Girls - front page illustration;Behavior in Public; Manners upon the Road - of sail and ballast; New York Fashions - upholstery, curtains, furniture; Personal; Embroidered Foot-Muff; Crochet Insertions; Cravat Bow of Point Lace, Velvet, and Satin Ribbon; Black gros grain dress with Algerine hood; Life in Rome; Blance Treguier; Sayings and Doings; LAce Barbes worn as head-dresses; bow for the hair of velvet and gros grain ribbon; black figured lace blouse waist; poplin walking dress; Swiss muslin dress with tunic; Swiss muslin dress with ruffles; walking dress for elderly lady; Swiss muslin dress with tunic; The Cryptogram - continued; humor. Average wear. Missing pages 301-302. Book
193752 pages. Features: Great full-page photo of the King, Queen and two Princesses in coronation dress; Larger Royal Family photo in Coronation Dress; The Surprise Royal Drive in North London - Great Popular Enthusiasm; Three incredible photos of the Hindenburg disaster in progress; Monte Carlo Casino - photo-illustrated article by General Pierre Polovtsoff; The Royal Visit to the City - Their Majesties Passing Temple Bar - full-page photo; Huge almost two-page photo of the King and Queen at Luncheon with the Lord Mayor in Guildhall; Mr. Baldwin's CAll to Youth in a Farewell Speech as Premier; Coronation Naval Review - photos of the "Revenge" and the "Hood"; Photos of numerous foreign warships at Spithead to pay respects - including the swastika flying over the Graf Spee; Incredible huge 4-panel centerfold measuring 38"x14" presents a cutaway drawing of the recently commissioned "Southampton" - a vessel of novel features including 6-in guns in tripple turrets, athwartship catapult and multiple A.A. guns; Large photos of Coronation Lights O' London - Panoramas taken from the summit of the Duke of York's Column; The King of Denmark's Silver Jubilee - photos; Nice full-page ad for the Austin Eighteen car; Wonderful half-page black and white photo ad for Rolls-Royce Automobiles; Unmarked with average wear. Centerfold and next page loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Book
192864 pages. Features: Spruce for Tomorrow's Paper - Can the Pulp and Paper Industry of the Northeast Survive? - with good photos; The Oldest Cultivated Trees in the World - Cypress Arches of Chapultepec Park, or the Bosque de Chapultepec, on the outskirts of Mexico City - with photos; Redwood Burls - by Emanuel Fritz - article with photos; The Forest and the Great Stone Face, by Allen Hollis; The Barred Door - by W.N. Craigie; Uncle Sam's First Timber Sale - near the quaint village of Nemo, South Dakota - with nice photos; Canada and the Migratory Bird Treaty; Don's Christmas Adventure - a story by Erle Kauffman; Shapshots of European Forests - In a Fir Forest of France - article with photos by John D. Guthrie; A Plea for the Forests - by Hon. John Q. Tilson; Planting Woodland Gardens - by J. Farnworth Anderson; A Man and a Mountain - Lije Coalman and Mount Hood, by Ethel Romig Fuller; Wasting Fortunes fo Make Fortunes - Guy Elliott Mitchell explains how vast quantities of Natural Gas are wasted in the search for oil - great photos including an an amazing shot of a forest of derricks in California; A Tale of a Bunny the Woodchuck - by C.H. McDonald; Nice two-color ad for the Pacific Pumper manufactured by Pacific Marine Supply Company of Seattle; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
195218 pages. Cover: Doris Day and Gordon Mac Rae Features include: "Robin Hood" Walt Disney's brilliant new technicolor production co-starring Richard Todd and Joan Rice; "Paula" Film starring Loretta Young and Kent Smith is a stirring drama produced by Columbia Pictures; and Song of the Month "I'm Yours". Collection of lyrics to the popular songs of that era including: Lover; You Go To My Head; Rutza, Rutza (Hurry, Hurry); and many more. 1" opening front cover fore-edge. Small ink mark top left corner, otherwise clean and unmarked. A worthy copy. Magazine
194526 pages. Songs include: Angry; Christopher Columbus; Oh, Maria!; Prince Charming; Robin Hood; Rosetta; Sentimental Journey; Sing a Spell; What's the Matter, Marie?; William Tell. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding tender but intact. Two music shop ink stamps to illustrated front cover, otherwise unmarked. A most wonderful vintage Louis Prima collectible! Book
195824 pages. Features: Lester (Mike) Pearson wins Liberal Leadership - brief article with twelve photos, including one-page photo of Paul Martin Sr. celebrating with Pearson; Nice one-page colour ad for Neilson's "Nutty" chocolate bar; Fantastic brief article on nineteen-year-old Bobby Hull, the youngest player in the NHL, illlustrated with eight photos, including his new wife, Judie; Photo and brief write-up on U.S.-born entertainer Josephine Baker who has been made a Knight of the Legion of Honour in France - photo shows her with her nine adopted children; Wedding photo of Eydie Gorme and Steve Lawrence; Alberta boy Jerry Leiske crowned "King of Wheat" for third consecutiv year at Chicago's great exposition - brief article with six photos, including a large colour shot; Two pages of nice fashion photography entitled "The Chemise Makes a Comeback; Photo-illustrated brief article on young Sal Mineo; Nice one-page colour-photo ad for Robin Hood cake mixes; Canadian photo album includes members of the National Ballet of Canada who are performing "The Nutcracker", Ernest Kay of Victoria; Singer Vanda King of Oshawa who already has a contract for records and a film, and wedding photo of Stuart Cruickshands and Lorna Haren; Classy one-page colour Pepsi ad shows people on spiral staircase; Photos of Vancouver's annual "Polar Bear" dip, won by Amy Brown; Fantastic one-page colour-photo pin-up of Bing Crosby's new 24-year-old wife, Kathy Grant; Fantastic one-page colour team photo of the Detroit Red Wings, 1957-8. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
195824 pages. Features: . Toronto's Great Battle of the Subway - write-up about the proposed north-south spur on University Ave., with twelve photos including Fred Gardiner and Allan A. Lamport; One-page colour-photo ad for Campbell's Chicken Gumbo soup; Page of five photos of hat designs by Toronto's Rosaleen Reid; One-page ad for Singer's $125,000 Sewing Contest, featuring photo of the 1957 winners including Mrs. C. Bishop, Mrs. M. Rasmussen and Mrs. H. Chooljian; Photo of U.S. gymnast Muriel Davis; Wedding photo of Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay; Photo of Robert Wagner carrying Natalie Wood from New York train; Colour-photo ad for Robin Hood "Deep Pudding" mixes; Feature article on Cowichan sweaters made by the Cowichan tribe near Duncan on Vancouver Island - article with seven photos, two in colour; Colour photos from B.C. as she enters her hundredth anniversary year; Mrs. Al Balding follows the sun with Canada's great golf shot-maker - article with eight photos; Nice colour ad for Sifto Salt features bear cub and bird; Wow!, large colour photos of Jacques Plante and Jean Beliveau of the Montreal Canadiens; Hard Luck Town Springhill, Nova Scotia Fights Back from devastating mine blast - text with eight photos; Photo of Mrs. Pansy Mae Stuttard, 84, of White Rock, B.C. and her pistol; Fantastic one-page colour-photo pin-up photo of Jimmy Dean and Jan Crockett; Two photos of Jimmy Dean and his young family; Nice back page colour ad for Crown Brand Corn Syrup on pancakes. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this wonderful vintage issue.. Magazine
1916Pages 121-160. This issue deals with the Battle of Jutland Bank, May 31-June 1, 1916. Cover illustration of the end of the "Shark". Photos and illustrations include Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, map of the battle area, Photo of ther German dreadnought battleship "Kaiser", Vice-Admiral Scheer, Vice-Admiral Hipper, Sir David Beatty, O. De B. Brock, W.C. Pakenham, Horace L.A. Hood, E.M. Phillpotts, F.C. Dreyer, Arthur L. Cay, Charles J. Wintour, Sir C.R. Blaine, German battle-cruiser "Seydlitz", Sir Charles Madden, Lionel Halsey, German light cruiser "Rostock", German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship "Pommern", Sir Doveton Sturdee, Sir Cecil Burney, Arthur C. Leveson, Ernest F.A. Gaunt, Sir Thomas Jerram, Alexander L. Duff, Hugh Evan-Thomas, T.D.W. Napier, Herbert L. Heath, Charles E. Le Mesurier, Sir Robert Arbuthnot, E.S. Alexander-Sinclair, William E. Goodenough, E.G.S. Bingham, photo of brave lad John Travers Cornwell who bravely died in action. Covers pulling from staples. Ink stamp atop front cover, otherwise unmarked. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
2014144 pages. Gorgeous color photography throughout. Presents 91 mascots, most in life size, tracing a chronology of design from 1900 to 1923. Many of these mascots appear in no other reference works. Includes 33 US design patent drawings with their respective mascots. New in shrinkwrap. From print run of only 300. Will not be reprinted. A must-have for any serious automotive mascot enthusiast. Book
2014144 pages. Gorgeous color photography throughout. Presents 100 mascots, most in life size, tracing a chronology of design from 1920 to 1939. Many of these mascots appear in no other reference works. Includes 30 US design patent drawings with their respective mascots. New in shrinkwrap. From print run of only 300. Will not be reprinted. A must-have for any serious automotive mascot enthusiast. Book
198080 pages. Features:; Great Jamaica tourism ad; Safire on Sneer Words; Little Red Riding Hood Revisited; Love and Sex in China - The wall of puritanism the Communists built around China's sexual mores shows signs of crumbling, but a traditional Chinese reticence still remains - color-photo illustrated article; Past Master of Posters - A.M. Cassandre (Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron) - with beautiful colour examples of his work; Two-page color-photo ad for Jordache Jeans features topless gents with lady; Pianist Peter Serkin; Kirin Beer ad with Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympic Games theme; With the Afghan Rebels - article with photos; The Dark Roots of Violence; Nostalgic color-photo centerfold ad for Trissi features model at Walt Disney World; Six pages of *Gorgeous* color photos of 'Bathing Beauties of 1980';Amarone; Real estate and Camp ads; and more. Small library stamp on front cover. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
193572 pages. Profusely and exquisitely illustrated in black and white. Undated but probably circa 1935. Presumed first edition as no indication of reprinting present. Includes information about the Trix Permag Motor (4-8 Volt) and Dynamo. Projects include such marvelously authentic contraptions as a railway crane, motorcycle, aeroplane roundabout, racing car, locomotive and tender, tip lorry, mechanical navvy, H.M.S. Hood, and more. The Permag motor is used to power a number of these projects. Unmarked. Toning of paper and amount of wear are consistent with that of a respectully used vintage copy. Pagination begins at page 1. If this item was originally issued with covers they are no longer present. A great Trix collectible. Book
197966 pages. Features: Rosalynn Carter campaigns for husband, Jimmy; Carter's pollster, Patrick Caddell; Portland Mayor Goldschmidt and his transportation system; New Orleans ex-mayor Landrieu - boisterous builder for HUD; Paul Volcker to the Rescue; SALT's price; Theodore (Ted) Robert Bundy found guilty; America looks for citizens who can construct a new consensus - a cry for leadership - with 50 brief profiles of the faces of America's future; Handsome color-photo centerfold Volvo ad features smiling man's face reflected in hood of his car; Nicaragua - Undoing the Dynasty; Evicting the Bedouins of the Negev; Israeli inflation; photo of murdered P.L.O. leader Zuheir Mohsen; Ibrahim Yazdi says "Captitalism Kills"; Jesse Jackson in Soweto Township; India's new Prime Minister Charan Singh; Neopagans; Male Strippers - article with action photos of Guy Garrett and Larry Slade; Warming up for the 1980 Olympics in Moscow - article with color photos; Newspaper editor Martin Yant and his challenges with the Mansfield News-Journal; Prices are still flying high (inflation); Alcohol-fueled vehicles; Roller skating's wheels of fortune; Passing of Tony "Two Ton" Galento, Sir Charles Clore, Joseph Kessel and Rexford Guy Tugwell; George Burns - article with color photos; Is cholesterol the culprit?; Photo of auto dealer Norma Proud; Review of book "The Neoconservatives"; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine