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1933464 pages. Index. Chapters include: French Monetary Policy; Speculation and Collapse in Wall Street; Consumers' Income and Outlay; The Art of Central Banking; Money and Index-Numbers; Mr. Keynes's Treatise on Money; International Short-Term Investment; Remedies for Unemployment. Prior owner's name, dated 1939, atop front free endpaper else unmarked. Binding sound. Minimal occasional foxing. Only moderate wear to forest green cloth-covered boards. Clearly legible gilt lettering upon backstrip. A quality copy. [Rist p. 311] Book
1977Features: Lima's Last Narrow-Gauge Shay Lives!; Colour photo of T-1 4-8-4 No. 2101 dressed up in Chessie Colours; Many photos; Virginia's natural tunnel - carved by Stone Creek; Trains for Tomorrow - 1 - railroading is not philantropy or a Lionel set or mere exercise; Bob Hale's Favorite Railroad Photos - in colour and black and white; Life for a junior foreman in a secondary engine terminal in the last days of steam on the Canadian Pacific; photo of the train that hit Washington in 1953; Instant news coverage of a wreck on the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad (W&LE) in 1904; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
1977Features: Lima's Last Narrow-Gauge Shay Lives!; Colour photo of T-1 4-8-4 No. 2101 dressed up in Chessie Colours; Many photos; Virginia's natural tunnel - carved by Stone Creek; Trains for Tomorrow - 1 - railroading is not philantropy or a Lionel set or mere exercise; Bob Hale's Favorite Railroad Photos - in colour and black and white; Life for a junior foreman in a secondary engine terminal in the last days of steam on the Canadian Pacific; photo of the train that hit Washington in 1953; Instant news coverage of a wreck on the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad (W&LE) in 1904; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Book
1972Features: 50th Anniversary of EMD (GM Electro-Motive Division); EMD News Photos; The La Grange Influence - what if ground had not been broken on March 27, 1935; Two Railroads, One Locomotive - interchange is no longer synonymous with engine change - with photos; La Grange Locomotive Landmarks - Attractive color centerfold; Three that survived - mementos of Electro-Motive's pre-GM years; EMD questions even EMD couldn't answer!; Concerning a dipstick, Derby Day, Slack-Free Starts, 74 Degrees below zero, a Lonely E9, and May 18, 1942 - confessions of an EMD-watcher; 'Tunnel Motors' or 'T-2s'; An instant history of EMD; and more. Moderate wear. Faint date stamp atop front cover else unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
1962Features: The man in the White House cares; Railroad News Photos; Steam News Photos; Our managing editor (Rosemary Entringer) pulls the throttle on a T-1; Badges of Distinction - or, the diamond wasn't exclusive to Lima; How Truckers, Firemen, and Lawyers are Designing Diesels - some not so subtle influences upon the builders; Railroad art by our readers; Central Keeps the Cake - the only complete and authoritative analysis of world-wide train speed; A very special 2-10-0 Bozkurt; and more. Average wear. Sound copy. Magazine
1998420 pages. Moderate wear. Attractive in glossy illustrated boards. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1892184 pages. Contains 51 lessons. Lovely colour frontisplate is tissue-protected. Beautiful colour plates in text. Front free endpaper missing. Binding tender and open in places. Charmingly decorated blue backstrip and front board adorned with gilt lettering. Despite its physical shortcomings, this volume retains a very warm charm. Book
198888 pages. Features: Desiree Hajny - carver extraordinaire; Carving the historic Western Face; Direct Carving Green or Seasoned Timber; Work Moving on Empire State Carousel; Let's Carve - a little girl; Noah Weiss - Pennsylvania Folk Whittler; Information on detail master burning pens (cont'd from last issue); Arizona's first lady of wood carving - Mae Johnson; Prosit! - carve a wooden frog tankard; Many show photos and reports; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
1971Features: Rocket Richard - on the brink of 50... and oblivion; Great old stories from our pages polished and returned 'good as new' - Zoltan Szoboszloi, Anne Murray, Jacqueline Kennedy; The Canadian Magazine kite; What's Where (and worthwhile) in Halifax - or, the things the guidebooks never tell you (please note that there are several long black ink marks across this article; The kindest cut of all - it's called the Caesar, the lady barber says, and it covered Pierre Trudeau's bald spot - Lucille Savage, co-owner of Ottawa's Le Connoisseur. Average wear. Short tears to and chips from fore-edge of last few pages. Book
1926Unpaginated. Approximately 0.5" thick. Nice colour illustrations throughout. Red front board nicely decorated in black with gilt lettering. Gift greetings (dated 1926) upon front free endpaper. Three inch opening at base of front hinge. Numerous old tape repairs to pages. Wonderful old stories which likely would not pass modern requirements for political correctness. Book
1922156 pages. Many black and white photos. Nicely presented. "The mission of the book is to put into the hands of the student body of Ferris Institute an accurate chronicle of the happenings of the year, a reminder of the joys and sorrows of school life. What may today seem but an idle book, yet with the march of time will become a priceless possession." - from page 16. Maroon faux-leather covers with red/gold decoration on front. Prior owner's details neatly written atop first blank leaf else clean and unmarked with average wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
1924152 pages. Many black and white photos. Interesting advertisements at back. Nicely presented. "A record of the glories of our work, and also a remembrance of the many happy days spent within the old 'Ferris Institute'" - from page 4. Maroon covers with handsome black embossed decoration on front. Prior owner's details neatly atop first blank leaf else clean and unmarked with average wear. Binding sound. Minor moisture exposure to top edge of several early pages. A quality copy. (Bonus: A nice piece of contemporary ephemera is included inside front cover) Book
1965Features: Thurgood Marshall, the new Solicitor General; Our War Aims were Wrong - by crushing the Axis under the policy of unconditional surrender, the victors destroyed a vital balance of power; Bizarre Reactions become normal uner the influence of LSD, which science continues to study to determine if it is good - or evil (includes photo of Timothy Leary on page 57); The Emergence of Senator Ted Kennedy; Doctors bring preventative medicine to major league baseball - pictures of Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale; Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia; Surfing. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1969Features: Cover photos of Alan Ball (Everton and England); Bobby Moore writes 'The Dressing Room - where the game is won or lost!'; b/w photo of Colin Green (Birmingham City); There'll always be a Liverpool - Thanks to Everton!; Is Charlie Cooke too good?; Bargain Buys - Keith Weller, Roy McFarland, Peter Collins, Francis Lee, Barry Endean, Bob Wilson; Colour photos of Willie Callaghan (Dunfermline); Colour Photo of Tommy Gibb (Newcastle United); Funny football photos; Watch out defenders - George Best aims to prove he's BEST; b/w photo of Don Rogers (Swindon Town); Colour centerfold photo of Crystal Palace - first division newcomers; The Real Mackay - Derby's hope at Albion; b/w photos of Alan Mullery (Spurs) vs. Frank Saul (Southampton); Leicester - down but not out; colour photo of Peter Knowles (Wolves); Colour photo of Ian Hutchinson (Chelsea); Focus on Tommy Booth (Manchester City); Rangers and Celtic Beat All England!; Wolves had their greatest season, but when they went into Europe... The Champions of England Crashed 9-2!; Colour photo of Tommy Craig (Sheffield Wednesday) on back cover; and more. Unmarked. Modest wear. A quality copy. Book
1985Features: Cover art by Ryohei Tanaka; Anthurium - or Flamingo Flower; Enshoji; Gracia Hosokawa; Higo Morning Glory; State of the Art / I.I.'s Ikebana Portfolio; Haiku. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1981Features: Cover artist - Takashi Hara; Sogetsu School; Ichiyo School; Koryu Shohtohkai; Saga School; Traditional Art - a Storehouse of Accumulated Wisdom; I.I. Salutes Houn Ohara; Matsu - perennial favorite or heavenly heights; Ikenobo School; Ryusei-ha; Chiko School; Ohara School; Soami School; Shikoku Pilgrimage. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
196456 pages. Features: Colour photo Black Label beer ad inside front cover features fresh fish in the frying pan; Labour strife at American Standard in Toronto briefly involves Alphonsus Dooley; The Heaven or Hell Drugs - article by Sidney Katz includes multiple drawings by artist who describes her LSD trip - wild stuff; Fourteen Days in Cyprus - Ralph Allen's vivid account from Canada's newest battleground; The Segregationists Dig In - "Negroes schooling may end up being separate but better; Who Pulled the Plug from the Great Lakes? - water levels are far below normal - scary photos; Why King Edward VIII Quit - Maclean's flashback to an article by Beverley Baxter; The Prettiest Event in Sports - The Queen's Plate; Photos of dozens of Mutual Life of Canada's top agents; Marcello Mastroianni's Rise - short article with small photo; Howard Marcus - the world's hottest ballet prospect; Donald Coxe says Canadians are tolerant of communists - but they're bigots about the U.S. Right Wing. Average wear. Address label on front cover otherwise unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1899208 pages of sheet music for voice and piano. Prior owner's name and very faint bookstore stamp upon beautifully colour-illustrated front cover. Somewhat above-average external wear. Clear tape repairs to backstrip which is missing bottom two inches. Binding holding. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1915Pages 385-420. Please note: pages 399-406 missing. Features: Cover illustration of Lieutenant Miller of the King's (Liverpool Regiment) driving back Germans at Givenchy; Przemysl - Fallen to the Russians after a Long Seige; Illustration of how the enemy's mines float downstream resulting in the loss of battle-ships in the Dardanelles; Photos of Lord Kitchener at Liverpool and Manchester Parades; Two-page illustration by Richard Caton Woodville depicts an heroic attack by the King's (Liverpool Regiment) on German trenches; Photos of City (London) Volunteers as the National Guard marches to the Palace; Large photo of an unexploded german 42 cm. Howitzer shell; Two-page spread with photos, names and ranks of dozens of British officers killed in action; Two-page illustration by John de G. Bryan depicting the gallant attack on the Givenchy Ridge which contributed to the Neuve Chapelle Victory; Interesting photo-illustrated article on the disinfection of wounds; Fight for the Narrows - three photos including one of the French battle-ship "Bouvet" before it was lost to a mine; Photos of five ships prior to their being lost or damaged - H.M.S. Inflexible, the French battleship Gaulois, H.M.S. Irresistable, H.M.S. Ocean and the German cruiser Karlshruhe; Wonderful full-page illustrated at for Buchanan's Scotch Whiskies shows food ship coming up the Thames at night; Touching full-page Oxo ad shows commrades at the bedside of a wounded friend in Northern France; Beecham's Pills ad inside back cover; Wana-Ranee (Ceylon Perfume) ad on back cover; Many other magnificent vintage ads. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Book
194816 pages. "With facts and figures to help you understand 'The Crisis'" - subtitle. Author was Chairman of the I.L.P. Topics include: labour and the crisis; the export target, what should be done, economic tendencies in Britain, ineffectivenss of labour policy, increase profits, huge national incomes, fuel and power, apply science to coal, I.L.P. immediate plan of action. Numerous data sets include: balance of payment, sale of gold and assets, loss of national wealth, cost of the war in British human life, dwellings destroyed and built, how many rich and how rich are they?, capital levy - opinions of two experts, and more. Printing date unstated but appears to be circa 1948 based on data cited within this booklet. Average external wear and soiling. Handwritten price on front cover, otherwise unmarked. A sound vintage copy of this interesting work. Book
194866 pages. Fourth printing of the 1948 first edition. "An attack on the ADL and the Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League to Champion Human Rights" - SINGERMAN 741. Original order form for numerous related publications laid-in (a mini-bibliography in itself). Average wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy of this uncommon Kamp publication. Book
197920 pages. Features: 45% of Canadians own 3 or more credit cards; Helen Shaver in Hollywood - article and great colour photo; Job descroption of J.B. Priestly - article with colour photo; Poster show at the Art Gallery of Ontario - brief article with 5 wonderful colour reproductions of the 61featured posters in the show; The credit card game - article with an interesting colour collage of 72 of the most commonly used cards; A Capital Affair - excerpt from "A Very Political Lady" by Judy LaMarsh; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
193756 pages. Features: Cover photo of a Trans Canada Air Lines Electra at the formal opening of the new runways at Stevenson Airport, Winnipeg, October 11, 1937; Directory of Canadian Airports - write-ups with interesting photos - 1937 was a huge year for airport construction in Canada; Nice Christmas-themed full-page ad for Gold Flake cigarettes; Airport Planning and Construction; Nice full-page illustrated ad for Canadian Wright Limited showing the new Grumman FF1 Fighter; Nice full-page photo ad for the Canadian Marconi Company; Nice full-page photo ad for Colas Roads Limited shows a Transport Lockheed 12A on a Colas runway at St. Hubert Airport; Nice full-page photo ad for the Dibblee Construction Company which has been working on the St. Hubert Airport; Fantastic three-colour centerfold ad for Aeronca K's low-priced side-by-side Aeroplanes; Full-page ad for the De Havilland Dragon Rapide - of which Canadian Airways, Ltd. has just added a 3rd unit to their Quebec Airways fleet; Radio Range Beacons to Guide Trans-Canada Fliers - interesting article and photos; Colas for Surfacing (runways); Nice full-page ad for the 1938 Pontiac; When is a Door Not a Door? - hangar doors at Regina and Toronto; Cub Aircraft ad; International Air Show; The Miami Air Manoeuvres; News and Views of the Month; Old Country Gossip; Nice full-page ad for Dunlop aeroplane tires, wheels and brakes; Two-colour ad for Imperial Oil's new Intava products on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
192984 pages plus 36 pages of nice vintage advertisements. Features: The "Fool Afoot" in Italy - Part I; The Pirates of the "Ethel" - a tale of Australian piracy from 1899; The White Wanderer - my life among the Nomad Arabs - article with nice photos; The Queer Side of Things - My "Hunch" - a cowboy's plain tale of an odd adventure in Nevada; The Mystery of the "Flying Stones" - a weird story related by a South African policeman; The Judge's Joke - Judge Sawicki of Cleveland was anxious to be rid of three drunks; "Slippery Wiley" Scores Again - an illicit gold buyer in Australia; Photo and caption of a 1.5 ton monster sea turtle caught off Lowestoft, on the east coast of England!; Children of the Desert - a first-hand study of the manners and customs of the Navajo Indians - article with nice photos; Hunter's Luck on the Lion Trail - a lion-hunting story from East Africa - with nice photos; Over the Victoria Falls in a Canoe - Trooper Ramsay survived the 420' fall!; The Haunted Cabin - a queer little tale from Maroon Mountain, British Columbia; Man and his Needs; Stamps of the World. Nice full-page ad for Barney's Tobacco inside front cover. Average wear. Small protective pieces of tape at each end of backstrip. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
196368 pages. Features: Great full-page colour ad for the F-85 Oldsmobile; How Canada is Winning a Small Part of the Space Race; First National City Bank of New York's takeover of the Mercantile Bank of Canada; Gordie Howe, Hero - Features Article with great photos; John Robarts - The most powerful unknown in Canadian politics; Bargain Day Comes to the Art Biz - Or Does It?; Why One Young Jew Doesn't Want to Be "Accepted"; The Clerical Con Man Who Helped to Settle the West - Isaac M. Barr (a Maclean's flashback); The Comrades Come to Town - how some Russian sailors behaved in Montreal as part of a recent wheat deal with Canada; U.B.C. Beer Ad; Interesting C.B.C. ad promoting Michael Maclear, their man in Tokyo; "Let's Bring Back Midwives". Above-average wear. Tape repairs to front cover. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this vintage Gordie Howe collectible. Magazine