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1984Features: The Greely Commemorative Expediton; The Mount St. Helens/Long Valley Caldera Parallel; A Little Bit South of Moscow; The Kuruks of Chitrakot; The Seductive Gold of Darien; A New Map of Nepal; Martin Johnson, Photographer; Wild Research. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1992Features: A Journey on the Roof of the World; Cockfighting; Where in the World is Kapingamarangi?; Biblical Hot Springs of Israel - Search for a Missing Link; Krill - the Gold of Antarctica; Tibetan Sky Burial at Drigung Dundro. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1883408 pages plus advertisements. Prior owner's details upon front free endpaper. Above-average wear and soiling with vintage green tape repair to upper back corner of backstrip. Partial lean to spine. Binding and hinges intact. A worthy copy of this wonderful vintage self-help guide. Book
1973176 pages. Black and white illustrations. Facsimile reprint of the 1896 first edition. "The story of the trek, its dangers and the men who made it was actually pieced together by the author from the memories and diaries of her husband and other Overlanders." - from dust jacket. Gift greetings upon first blank leaf else unmarked with moderate wear. Dust jacket price-clipped. A quality copy. Book
1967Features: Did Richard Giesbrecht overhear JFK's assassins?; Colour photo ad for the 1968 Delta Oldsmobile; Campus 1967 - Why has it grown so quiet? - an 11-page hard look at the new campus and its problems; A Consumer's Report on Canada's Top Universities; A Day in the Life of a University - 100 people are button-holed at the University of Toronto; Crazy Legs! - colour photos of coloured leggings!; The day the balloon went up for Wallace McCutcheon; Robert Stanfield in Ottawa - the end of obstruction; The Lonely, Fearful Hell of Nervous Breakdowns; Hey Stuke! - Annis Stukus seeks to bulldoze Vancouver into the National Hockey League; When the daring young men took off into glory from a Newfoundland pasture - the challenge to be the first to fly the Atlantic; The Black Hand on the Big Trigger - H. Rap Brown gives his first full-scale interview to a white reporter; Look - There's a Flying Saucer! - some scientists want to prove UFO observers right, or wrong; Nice colour ad for Hollandia pipe tobacco; Colour photo half-page ad for Ski-Doo 1968; Canadiana, with Gerald Stevens; Fantastic colour photo centerfold for the 1968 Buick Models - Gigantic and beautiful cars we'll probably never see again... sigh; Archery in the Rough. Covers separated and detached, but present. Book
197096 pages. Features: The Ordeals of Old Smith - Jedediah Smith ; "Riding to the Hounds" Prairie Style; The Frenchmen's Colorado Gold; 'A Tip of the Hat to Sam Davis - Samuel Post Davis; Black Hills Stockade - Collins-Russell Expedition; Many Trails Led to Gordon (Nebraska); The Mysterious Ramming of the Pacific - S.S. Pacific, Neil Henley (O'Henly); Bonanza in the Santa Ritas - Helvetia and Total Wreck, Arizona; A Rusty Can's Message - Gideon Gaines; Go Bring Him In - Preferably Dead. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
1949198 pages. Front Cover: Jean Fritz Special Features: The Neglected Art and Science; Displaced Persons - To "Grand Hotel" 1949; Can I Choose the Sex of My Child?; Jan Vermeer 1632 - 1675 (inc. full page colour print of "A Woman Weighing Gold") Profile of Youth: Working School Girl - Muriel Brewer; Living for the Fun of it; How America Lives: How Reno Lives - Benjamin J. Winne; and Meningitis - Still a Danger. Many articles on domesticity, fashion, decorating, food and homemaking (inc. recipes), short stories and poetry. Full page colour vintage print advertising including 'Jeep" Willys Staion Wagon, Curity Adhesive Tape, Coca-Cola, Seven Up, Whirlpool Dryer. Full page black/white ad with Shirley Temple promoting Lux Toilet Soap. Half page colour ad Planters Peanuts (w/ Mr. Peanut). Average wear. Few short openings front and back panels. A sound copy. Magazine
1962144 pages. Duo-tang binding. Many informative black and white photos. "A comprehensive, up-to-date, collection of information based on recent investigations and tests... Should prove useful to shipyards, naval architects, Supervisors of Shipbuilding, Inspector of Naval Material; and officers and those concerned with all phases of wooden ship and boat design, construction, or maintenance." - R.E. Harris, Dept. of the Navy. Chapters include: Bending and Machining of Wood and Plywood; Gluing and Laminating; Fabrication of Wood Boats and Ships. Average wear. A sound copy of this very practical and informative work. Book
197588 pages. "I recommend Mr. Mitchell's method as the best approach to every phase of performing on any wind instrument." - Al Hirt, famous trumpet virtuoso and RCA Victor Recording Artist. "One of the most well-organized methods ever published" - Robert Di Vall, First Trumpet, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Undated. Appears to be circa 1970s. Somewhat above-average wear. Few light pencil markings to contents. A sound working copy. Book
1955104 pages. Special Features: Pius XII - a six-page photo-illustrated article written by Bishop Fulton J. Sheen. and We'll Clean Up Boxing or Kill It "A quietly tough athletic-commission chairman tells a shocking story of the ring's underworld operation and how he and his aides are trying to combat it". Other features include: A teen-age gang from the inside; When Adenauer goes, what happens to Germany?; Jennifer Goes to Sea - Jennifer Seymour; I was a free-loader for thirty days; Movie Review: The Shrike starring Jose Ferrer and June Allyson; Cary Grant - of enduring charm; and the boy who may be King - Juan Carlos. Full page colour vintage print advertising including Texaco Dealers, Studebaker, Coca-Cola and 1955 Chevrolet V-8. Full page colour vintage U.S. Brewers Association print advertising with "Supper on the Sand" illustrated by Douglass Crockwell. Somewhat above-average wear. 3 inch opening page 20. Binding sound. Magazine
197180 pages. Cover: Robert Young / Marcus Welby, M.D. Special Features: Jam-Up: Crisis in Our Criminal Courts "Justice is neither swift or sure in an overloaded judicial system." and Communal Life in America "Maybe It'll be Different Here". Other features include: 14 Ways You Can Legally Cut Your Taxes; Mimi; Movie Reviews: "The Statue" and "The Music Lovers"; Ireland of the Spirits (8 page photographic article); TV's Dr. Marcus Welby and The Big Hassle: Your Car vs. Clean Air. Average wear. Small mailing label front cover bottom left. Binding sound. Magazine
1954Features include: Modern Cypripedium Hybrids (VIII. Cypripedium bellatulum); For the Beginner: To Feed or Not to Feed; Orchid Corsages for the Hobbyist; Book Review: "The Secret of the Green Thumb" by Henry and Rebecca Northen; and Oncidium crista-galli - Collectors' Item. Light wear. Unmarked. A clean copy. Book
1991141 pages. Glossary. Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. "... This remarkable new book tells you how you can improve your eyesight and throw away your glasses!" - from back cover. Above-average wear. Binding tender but intact. Book
190496 pages. Illustrated front board. Undated. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper dated 1904. Above-average wear. Binding tender and open at title page. Still a worthy copy. Book
189416 pages. 13" x 10.5" oblong. Wonderful full-page black and white photos of: The Tower of London; Ely Cathedral, England; The City of Berlin; The Doges', or Ducal Palace, Venice; The Interior of the Gesuiti Church, Venice; Town of Chamounix, Switzerland; Summit of Mont Blanc; The Temple of Karnak; Circular Quay, Sydney, Australia; The White House, Washington, D.C.; The City of Quebec, Canada; Treasury Building, Santiago, Chili (Chile); Solis Theatre, Montevideo, Uruguay; Gate to the Alcazar, Seville; Travelers ascending the Great Pyramid; The Theatre of Dionysius, Athens. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
189416 pages. 13" x 10.5" oblong. Wonderful full-page black and white photos of: The Royal Exchange, London; Irongate, the principal retail business street of Glasgow; Jungfenstrasse, Hamburg; A 'Street' or canal in Venice; Entrance to Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris; Ramble St. Monique, Barcelona; The Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens; Ahmedieh, or Mosque of Sultan Ahmed, Constantinople; Natives bathing in natural hot springs, New Zealand; Princeton College, Princeton, New Jersey; North American Indians - a plans Indian scene; Government Palace, Buenos Ayres (Aries); Cathedral at Bogota, Columbia; Kenilworth Castle, England; The Ascent of Mount Vesuvius - great cablecar scene; The Night-Watch, by Rembrandt. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1971Features: 'Les Animaliers' - fashion or fad?; Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk - a recent gift to the National Trust; Thomas Rothwell, Engraver - an unrecorded sighed print; The Bonheur du Jour; Some Later Chinese Bronzes - Second Series; Chameleon-like Uranium Glass and How to Identify it; Belgian Painters at Burlington House; and more. Minimal markings. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1954Features: Cover illustration of a sailing scene by William Winter; Allis-Chalmers - Tractor Division colour ad inside front cover extolls the virtues of the new technique of sanitary landfilling; Woodbury Shampoo ad; Nice full-page colour ad for the Oldsmobile ninety-eight deluxe holiday coupe; My Small War with Educators - Dr. Hilda Neatby replies to the detractors of her book 'So Little for the Mind'; 4-H and the Haights of Floral, Saskatchewan - how the eight Haight kids learned rural leadership and efficiency from the 4-H club and helped their father turn a failing farm into a prosperous prize winner - article with many photos; The Race for the Donkerbos Diamonds - story by John Karl; The Thousand Islands - where everyone wants to own an island; What it takes to be a Mountie - Part II of The Mounties, by Alan Phillips; A Cargo of Brides - part 9 of The White and The Gold, by Thomas B. Costain; How I Became a French Chef, by Max Rosenfeld - with photos; What it's like to be half-divorced - Thousands of Canadians are prisoners of our strict marital laws, by Dorothy Sangster; The Art of Losing a Lawsuit, by Harry McNeill; Colour ad for Heinz Soups; Massey-Harris-Ferguson colour photo ad inside back cover proclaims increased farm productivity with their equipment; Coke ad on back cover shows lady with white had and grey and white striped dress. Average wear. Address label on front cover. 2"x2" chip from fore-edge of back cover. A sound copy. Book
1987557 pages. Index. "The best-kept secret in the investment world is this: Almost nothing turns out as expected." - from page 15. Markings throughout. Average wear. A sound working copy. Book
201082 pages. Features: Lots of coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver; Moderate wear. Prior owner's address on front cover otherwise clean and unmarked wiht moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
1911526 pages. List of black and white maps and illustrations. Black and white photographic portrait of author. Marbled text edges. "...Not designed to build up any sect, but to build up truth in the minds of the people and help all who wish truth, believing there are such in every division of Christendom." - from Preface. Maroon cloth bears somewhat above-average wear. Decorations upon front board partially rubbed. Binding sound. Short openings at each end of back strip and two-inch opening between top of backstrip and front board. Small piece missing from upper corner of page 526 does not affect contents. Minor openings to fore-edge of front free endpaper and first blank leaf. Erasures faintly visible atop front free endpaper. Modest quantity of light pencil markings to contents. A sound copy. Book
1980191 pages. Although written before the age of exchange-traded funds, this work provides a wealth of important fundamentaal information for the new precious metals investor. Covers the production, consumption, uses and prices of precious metals and explains in a non-technical way, the major factors influencing these complicated markets." - from back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
198128 pages. Features: Britain's Last Gasp of Joy and Splendor - the Marriage of Charles and Diana; Coming - a new Europe between the superpowers; Happiness - why so elusive?; Swaziland - a nation that sets an example; The "Secret Rapture" - lift-off or letdown?; Why are we destroying the land that feeds us?; Why riot in Switzerland?; Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
1984160 pages. Features: Sharpie points and counterpoints; Two gold metal winners meet after half a century; SHEARWATER - a amphibious cat-ketch from California; The Outlook for World Timber; Guideboats from the ground up; Sardine Carriers - Part II; The Koa Canoe; - the Hawaiian dugout canoe tradition is alive; Sonny Hodgdon on Glues; The Case for Simple Edge-Gluing - do spines or dowels really add strength?; The Once and Future FOXY - one of Uffa Fox's 'proper-built' tenders; The Right Jaws for your Gaff and Boom; The art of finding your way - small-boat navigation; It's the Finishing Touches that preserve wire rope. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
198498 pages. Feature: 2-page colour photo Jaguar ad inside front cover; Great colour photo Glenfiddich 'halo' ad on page 4; Freaky Fable; Colour photo Beefeater ad; Two-page colour photo ad for Thomson (Wintersports) Travel; Rolex ad featuring the legend of Tim Severin; Brit Tel Com - Share Line; Colour photo ad for Bell's liquor; Great 2-page ad for pure new wool; Nicola Trussardi ad; GEC Reliance ad; Nice ad for Glenmorangie Scotch Whisky; Frank Keating - White Citizens; Data General ad; Nice colour ad for the Porsche 924 Series; Langs Supreme ad; Centerfold ad for Bayer featuring Pieter Brueqel harvest scene asks "How Good Were the Good Old Days?"; Johnnie Walker's Diary; Cross pen ad; Bang & Olufsen TV ad; Gold ad by The Goldsmiths Group; Gorgeous ad for S.T. Dupont products - leather and Chinese lacquer; Pan Am ad for their new Clipper Class service; Boots ad for Men's fragrances; The Famous Grouse whisky ad; Colour ad for Ferrari timepieces; Great ad for Givenchy Parfums entitled 'Une Rencontre' inside back cover; Martell ad on back cover; and much more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
