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1968Book shows considerable wear with stained and mottled covers, bumped and worn corners, sun faded spine, super just barely showing at pre-title page, occasional stain to pages, otherwise text/interior is clean and free of marking. Contents include: Black shiny FBI shoes, Rusky-dusky neon dust, The bus, Unauthorized acid, The crypt trip, The unpoken thing, The bust, The Hell's Angels,Cosmo's Tasmanian deviltry, The Mexican bust, Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, a drug saturated group of hippies, trouble with the law. 416 pages. pushing, ballooning heart of the matter , Vibrating dazzle; "[a]mong journalists, Wolfe is a genuine poet; what makes him so good is his ability to get inside, to not merely describe (although he is a superb reporter), but to get under the skin of a phenomenon and transmit its metabolic rhythm" -- (Newsweek).
1947Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. 313 pages. Edge wear and scuffing to brown cloth cover. Contents: Vegetable waxes, White floor polishes, The mineral waxes; Colored and pigmented floor polishes; Insect and animal waxes; Floor oils and sweeping compounds, Synthetic waxes, Bright wax emulsion floor polishes; Furniture polishes; Boot and shoe polishes and creams; Shoe cleaners, restorers and liquid dyes; Shoe factory dressings and polishes; Shoe and leather waterproofing; White shoe dressings and cleaners; Gold and silver shoe polishes; Motor car polishes and cleaners; Metal polishes; Grate and stove polishes; Window and glass cleaners; Household powders and cleaners; Miscellaneous formulae; Miscellaneous raw materials.
2005Book is in excellent condition except for the bottom edge of the covers that show a little wear. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows light signs of shelf wear only, no tears. A large, heavily illustrated book at 586 pages.
2009Book shows some light edgewear at covers and spine Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 190 pages, color photos throughout.
1975Book is in excellent condition with illustrated cover and spine; as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows light wear with chipping at edges, small closed tears, now wrapped in clear protective cover. Previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. 35 tales illustrated by children from eighteen nation with large, color prints.
1988Ages 3 and up. 10 page board book. "Keep practising tying your shoes until you can do it with your eyes shut!" says Goofy on the back cover. Average condition. Laces not included. A fun way to learn! Book
1989308 pages including index. Profusely illustrated with archival black and white photographs of early logging equipment. "In terms of plant succession, the imprint of the shoes of tracklaying tractors in the woods are truly endless tracks in the woods. This book is written for those who wish to appreciate the woodlands of North America and to more fully participate in the management of such areas by acquiring additional historical perspective on how our current woodland landscapes have evolved." - from Introduction. Chapters include: Steam Tractors; Best and Holt Steam Wheel Tractors; Lombard Log Hauler; Logging with Big Wheels; Holt Tractor Company; C.L. Best Tractor Company; Cletrac; The Remainder of the Cast - Tracklaying manufacturers Besides Best and Holt 1920; War, Labor, Strife and Productivity; Caterpillar Tractor Company; The Competition - Allis Chalmers and International Harvester; Auxilliary Equipment for the Transportation of logs with Tracklaying Tractors; Stand Damage - The First Crisis in Logging with Tracklaying Tractors; Bulldozers; Scrapers; Motor Trucks for Hauling Logs; Tracked Loaders. Clean, bright and unmarked. Very light wear. Some bumping to two corners. Excellent copy of this work which is guaranteed to thrill the souls of early logging buffs. Book
1998355 pages. "Portrays one of many Reformation Christian families who fled from persecution as the immigrated from Holland to Prussia to Russia and finally to the United States and on to Canada. The suffering they endured to preserve the faith of their fathers is a dominant theme... Later, their great-granddaughter, the author, married a Canadian of Ukrainian Polish descent, and together they returned to minister in Eastern Europe and Russia where their ancestors had lived, following the theme, In Grandpa's Shoes." - from back cover. Average wear. Crease to front cover. Unmarked. Solid copy. Book
1979Special Wearables Issue. Features: Elizabeth Coleman and Sewing; Kay-o Wicks and the Habit of Knitting; Rag's outrageous wearables; Candiss Cole's Silken Gowns; Ann Matlock's Sumptuous Weavings; Theodora Elston's Emproidered Neckpieces; Shoes, etc.; Clayden's Clothing for Collectors; and more. Average wear. Sound copy. Magazine
1974286 pages. Index. Bibliography. "Supplies a great deal of information... Should be of great value to horsemen and horseshoers." - Earl R. Cline, D.V.M. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Tight and square. Price-clipped dust jacket. Nice copy. Book
1974886 pages. Contemporary features include Levi's jeans, bomber jackets, men's platform shoes. My, my, how styles changed in little more than 30 years! Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Would make a great gift for someone born in 1974. Book
1980328 pages. Occasional illustrations from album covers. Includes songs from the following albums: May Aim is True; This Year's Model; Armed Forces; Get Happy!!; Taking Liberties. Songs include: Accidents will Happen; Alison; B Movie; The Beat; Beaten to the Punch; Big Boys; Big Tears; Black and White World; Blame it on Cain; Busy Bodies; (I Don't Want to Got To) Chelsea; Chemistry Class; Clean Money; Clowntime is Over; Crawling to the U.S.A.; Dr. Luther's Assistant; Five (Five) Gears in Reverse; Ghost Train; Girls Talk; Goon Squad; Green Shirt; Hand in Hand; High Fidelity; Hoover Factory; Human Touch; I'm Not Angry; The Imposter; Just a Memory; King Horse; Less Than Zero; Lip Service; Lipstick Vogue; Little Triggers; Living in Paradise; Love for Tender; Man Called Uncle; Miracle Man; Moods for Moderns; Motel Matches; Mystery Dance; New Amsterdam; Night Rally; No Action; No Dancing; Olliver's Army; Opportunity; Party Girl; Pay It Back; Possession; Pump it Up; Radio, Radio; Radio Sweetheart; (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes; Riot Act; Secondary Modern; Senior Service; Sneaky Feelings; Stranger in the House; Sunday's Best; Talking in the Dark; Temptation; That's What Friends are For; This Year's Girl; Tiny Steps; Two Little Hitlers; Waiting for the End of the World; Watching the Detectives; Wednesday Week; Welcome to the Working Week; You Belong to Me. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound copy of this huge compilation. Book
1977Features: John W. Barriger III, 1899-1976; Derailment and accident photos; Steam's last chance - Pennsylvania Railroad gambles - and loses - on the steam-powered T1-class for passenger power after World War II; "Fireboy, know something? We don't fit through that bridge"; How to build a DL109 - great photos; Rio Grande's Monarch Branch Revisited - an exercise in the use of the 26-C automatic brake valve, F-3 retainers, and COBRA brake shoes; Colur centerfold of the Katy Pacific 401 (Lima 1920) in 1945; The Iris G, et al - much of Canadian Pacific's history has been written upon the water, perhaps most poignantly by this tug, its train-on-a-barge, and their ancestors; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Book
196255 pages. Features: How a Canadian jazz singer became the wife of an Earl - Stevie Wise of Toronto is now Lady Listowel, married to the Earl of Listowel; They Help Themselves by Helping Others - Rev. Henri Groues of France originated the Emmaus idea of collecting, repairing and selling used goods to build homes for the poor - Rev. Laurent Laporte of Montreal; He goes fishing in his own living room - George Wendelkin; A Cold Wind Makes Lola Albright a hot property; Don't put off that children's Party - or you may find it's too late to enjoy the fun yourself; League of the Light-Fingered - Shoplifting is a problem that has grown to million-dollar proportions in Canada; Fiddler with Plenty of Strings to his Bow - Ellis Wilson of Quebec is a band leader, a farmer, a TV salesman and a barber; Ted Bowsfield of Penticton, B.C. succeeds at baseball in Boston and Los Angeles; A British Army Armoured Car is converted to carrying money; Bud Henning's All-Girl Drill Crew - three daughters are all he needs to man his rig - water drilling family in the Kootenays of B.C.; You need luck in this business - Bill Daniels has cornered the market - he owns three million four-leaf clover plants - Gulfport, Florida - his business is called Daniels' Clover Specialty Co.; Nipper by Doug Wright. Great colour ads including Savage Shoes centerfold. '62 Envoy colour car ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
1971114 pages. Features: Vogue's guidelines to the best new looks for fall - and what to wear with them; Ready-to-wear collections from Paris, London, Italy; How to put shoes, stockings and boots together; Vogue Patterns - black velvet for day; The new Underdressing; Vogue's own Boutique; Guidelines for Hair and Makeup; The Life and Loves of the American Beach Bum - by Patrick Skene Catling, Gardens are a Demanding Joy, by May Sarton, Ways to Save this "Fair and Sweet" land; H.R.H. The Princess Anne; Theatre in Paris 1789; Quilt art at the Whitney Museum; Vital Sex Questions People Don't Ask but Should - an interview with Dr. William H. Masters and Virginia E. Johnson; Baden-Baden - Soaking Therapy in Germany's Elegant Spa; Suffering Summering Houseguests; Vogues Decorating Ideas and Finds; Art Under Glass - Philip Johnson's new Sculpture Gallery; The Seven Most Wanted Shapes in Silver; "Death in Venice" benefit in Los Angeles; and more. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Clear tape along spine. A worthy reference copy. Book
1972134 pages. Features: Vogue's Eye View - This is it; Fall Forecast - real-life fashion - the velvet blazer as a suit, as separates; the fur-trimmed coat, the caped coat, belted and swingy; Dressing in layers - with a rolling suede cape, rolled up pants, leotards and little skirts; The new pants suits in mixed patterns; the little knit dress; the black knit dinner suit; the black velvet smoking; Chubbies - new fizz for evening in fur, in feathers; Silvana Mangano; Forecast for legs and feet - the shoes, boots, and stockings to wear with the new fall clothes; Vogue Patterns - You did this yourself? - suit looks for day and evening - and the fabrics to make them in; Clothes to knit and crochet; Gayelord Hauser - "For My Toast I Want Butter"; Motivate Yourself; How do you wear your hair in the blazer life?; The new real-life hair colourings; Working with your hands, by Arnold A. Hutschnecker, M.D.; Country House near London for Prince and Princess Stanislas Radziwill; Horoscope for Maria Elise Crummere; and much more. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Spine taped. Covers missing A worthy reading copy. Book
195972 pages. Features: Why Britain's biggest stars flopped on TV; Leslie Frost's masquerade as teh common man - the nation's second most important politician - article with many photos; Bruce Hutchison visits Zsa Zsa Gabor - article with photos; The Night of Terror We'll Never Forget - Victor Desgroseilliers, manager of the Dominion store in Cornwall, Ontario, and his family are terrorized by bandits - article with photos; Can we avoid a shooting battle for Berlin?; Self-Hypnosis could help you beat your tensions; Peter Gzowski writes about what it's like to have a famous ancestor (Sir Casimir Stanislaus Gzowski); Breakout at Amiens Prison - amazing article with great photos; Great Tanners Association of Canada colour ad promotes giving leather shoes to dad for Father's Day; How do you get to be a magazine editor?; Nice colour photo ad for Bulova watches on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
194056 pages. Features: Great colour ad for International Trucks inside front cover; Nice two-colour full-page Chevrolet ad; Super Sub-Hunters (fiction); Nice one-page Canada Dry ad; Canadians are donating the blood to be used for Britain's armies; Churchill and Chamberlain - a column from London; Pottsy (fiction); What Canada Means to Me; Tondar (fiction); Wakeville, Awake! (part 4 of 4); South of the Border - photos and article on the thriving city of Windsor, Ontario; Great full-page ad for Sisman's Scampers (shoes); Kindergarten of the Air - Frank Lucas and his Toronto Model Airplane Factory -article with photos; Nice full-page two-colour ad for Moffat Electric Ranges; Nice two-colour full-page ad for Caterpillar diesel engines and electric sets; Full-page Dodge Truck ad; Great colour ad for Hewetson Shoes inside back cover; Nice colour ad for Nash automobiles on back cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding tight. A nice copy. Book
196080 pages. Features: The nuclear dilemma of the Western peoples - part I; My parents were deaf and dumb; The second coming of Morley Callaghan; An interim report on the next Ice Age - research on Heiberg Island; I went back behind the Iron Curtain - Marika Robert's account of her return to Czechoslovakia which she escaped 12 years ago - article with photos; Holiday weekend in San Francisco; The one doctor in four talks back - a warning about M.D.s flogging pills and cure-alls on TV; Montreal's grey-flannel hockey cartel - How Frank Selke's system has brought success to the Montreal Canadiens - with photo of Toe Blake, Selke and a group of players on the ice; You too can have a beautiful body - Ben Weider brings an International Federation of Body Builders' event to Montreal - article with great photos; Nice colour photo ad display's several Kodak cameras; The Spartacus movie receives a glowing review; Colour photo full-page ad for coloured phones - a big innovation back then!; Nice colour ad for the 1961 Dodge Dart; Beautiful colour photo ad for the 1961 Buick shoes a black Electra 225 4-door Riviera Sedan in front of a black office building - Gorgeous!; Foster Hewitt photo as part of ad for Swiss watches; Nice full-page colour photo ad for the1961 Chevrolet Impala Sedan including photos of the Nomad station wagon and the Biscayne; Nice two-page black and white photo ad for TCA (Trans-Canada Airlines) and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
194990 pages. Fiction: The Balance of Nature; His Brother-In-Law's Keeper; Episode; Hold fast, My Love; Marriage '48 (part 3 of 5); Man-Eater from Snohomish. Articles: Death in the Classroom - schools are dangerous places (part 1 of 2); Billie Burke - Her Story (part 2 of 3); A Hunter's Map of the U.S.A. - Sportsman's Paradise; Godmother to Little Yanks - Mary Rizzoto and her World Children's Foundation; Hawkshaws in Skirts; The Campaign Trains Roll Again; Bedlam on Sunday; Smithson's House of Wonders - The Smithsonian Institution; Try Building Your Own Dream House - The Spelman family of Babylon, Long Island, Henry Wallace is the voice of Russia - opinion piece inside back cover. Ads include: The Frazer Manhattan automobile - inside front cover, B.V.D. sports shirts, Jeep Trucks - very nice, International Trucks, Schlitz Beer, Firestone Tires, Kodak film, MGM's The Three Musketeers, Harley Davidson - their 125 single cyllinder, Bicycle playing cards, Arrow ties, Jantzen sweaters, Smartair leisure wear, City Club shoes, Inco, Wilson Brothers men's wear, Botany brand shirts and slacks, Pendleton shirts, Gruen watches, and a lovely Coke ad on back cover which shows Coke dispenser inside a snowy window. Covers holding by one staple. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
194974 pages. Articles:.Stanley Anderson of Britain is Becoming An American; The Forty-Niners Listen in the Hills - Mining for Uranium - article with color photos; Unholy Crusade - Communism vs. the Church; Psycho Ward No. 3 - Boston Psychopathic; Young People in Theatre - John Barrymore, Jr.; No Business for Sissies - Henry Trefflich is the biggest wild-animal dealer in the U.S.; Star Without a Country - Tennis star Jaroslav Drobny; Great last page photo of a barn-raising bee with dozens of men at work. Fiction: renegade; The Sleeper; Give Me My Golden Arm; The Red Dog; Deadfall (part 2 of 3); The Heirs. Includes these nice vintage ads: Studebaker Trucks; Hamilton watches; Zenith tvs; Ansco camera film; Porto-Ped shoes; Chevrolet cars; Hickok men's fashion accessories; Plymouth cars; Pabst Blue Ribbon beer - with nice colour photo of "Hap" Arnold and his wife; Ford car-safety contest (centerfold); Budweiser; Camel cigarettes (back cover) featuring Olympic swimmer Jeanne Wilson. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
194974 pages. Articles: Troubles of College Deans; The Germans Wait Only For a Leader - argues we must make a fresh start toward stopping the rise of old-line Nazis - with color photo of John J. McCloy, High Commissioner for U.S. Occupied Germany; Lover with a Ball Bat - actor Paul (Dreamboat) Douglas - article with colour photos of Douglas and Linda Darnell; Saturday Afternoon Meat Grinders; The Christian Science Monitor - Gentleman of the Press (part 2 of 3); Always Heading for Salt Water - Bob Lane has been making boats since he was five; Fabulous Jacques Fath - article and color photo of fashion's most talked about designer;. Fiction: Any Friend of Sam's; Man in the House; Where Else in the World?; The Case of the Negligent Nymph (part 3 of 6); The Black Pearl; Cat's Cradle. Nice vintage ads include: Springmaid Fabrics; Ipana toothpaste; Botany Sportswear (very attractive ad); Chevrolet trucks; Span (color photos); Borden mild products - featuring Elsie the Cow; Nunn-Bush shoes; Willys "Jeep" Station Wagon; Lucky Strike cigarettes (featuring LG. Griffin); Ford cars; General Motors - nice centerfold color ad featuring the GM proving ground near Milford, Michigan; Fisher Body; 2-page Dodge car ad; Great Northern Railway; Winthrop shoes; Schlitz beer; Awesome back cover colour ad for Chesterfield cigarettes features Glenn Ford, with inset illustration of tobacco farmer Herbert L. Lupo of Tabor City, N.C. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
194974 pages. Articles: Crack-up of an American Communist Family - the incredible story of a woman's revolt against 20 years of entanglement with The Party Line - Moscow decided her friends, her books, even her baby's birth; We Need Carriers and the B-36 - article with colour photo of a B-36 and awesome full-page black and white photo of an aircraft carrier at dock; Have No feah, "Big Joe" is Heah - Joe Rosenfield, Jr. is a disk jockey on New York's WOR - article with nice color photo; To the County Home to Die - 29 deaths in five weeks at the County Home near Fort Wayne, IN; The Marvelous Mounties (RCMP) - As They Really Are (part 1 of 2); The Christian Science Monitor - Gentlemen of the Press (conclusion) - includes great full-page color photo of the famed Monitor Mapparium; Lighter and Brighter; How Stalin Got That Way - editorial. Fiction: The Barber Who Played in the Series; Bride of the Week; Other Woman; Sky Line Red; The Case of the Negligent Nymph; Big Adventure - Small World. Includes these nice vintage ads: Blatz Beer - featuring nice colour photos of actor Fred MacMurray; Packard cars; Mercury cars; Zenith radios and TVs; Elgin watches; Porto-Ped shoes; Plymouth cars; Hamilton watches; *Wonderful* color centerfold for Chesterfield cigarettes features Arthur Godfrey, Bing Crosby and Perry Como; The 1950 Harley-Davidson 125 motorcycle; "Bride For Sale" one-page movie ad; Mallory hats; Dan River men's fashions; Union Pacific Railroad; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features endorsement by doctors. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
194986 pages. Articles: Prohibition's Ghost Walks Again; You'd Never Know Our Daughter is an Epileptic - Dixie Lou Yahraes; Knight from Orchard Street - Sir Louis Stirling, Britain's multimillionaire industrialist; My 4-Year War with the Reds (part 4 of 5); Babies Mean Money in the Bank - Canada's Familiy Allowances Act (Baby Bonus); Are Football Coaches Worms?. Fiction: The Big Minnie; Westward to Chadley; Miss Strawberry and the Sergeant; Blake's Thanksgiving; The Man Who Had Influence; Valley of the Tyrant (part 3 of 4). Includes these nice ads: Nash Airflyte cars; Motorola television; Borden's milk products - featuring Elsie the Cow; Johnsonian shoes; Willys Station Wagon; Lucky Strike; Fisher Body; Hamilton watches; Silver Star razors (featuring famous men); Ford cars (2 pages); Greyhound bus lines; Anahist; Mallory hats; Pendleton shirts; Canada Dry (nice!); Roadmaster bikes; U.S. Army (recruiting); FTD. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
194878 pages. Articles:Campus Crusader - Harold Taylor of Sarah Lawrence College; Designs for Touring 5 - a trip to New York's Finger Lakes; No Miracle in the Marshall Plan - we must wage a war of education in Europe; High Prices Make Cheap Living - the effects of inflation on America's middle class; Brothers in Crime - The Notorious Renos, train robbers of the 1860s; Bob Taft's Martha - she's a veteran politcal campaigner. Fiction: A Cross for Urdia; Fair Exchange; A Penny For Your Thoughts; Madam President; The April Load; The Gracious Senor. Includes the following ads: Studebaker (inside front cover); Listerine antiseptic - featuring black porter; RKO movies of the month; American Kitchens; De Beers Diamonds - with portrait of Miss Virginia H. Palfrey of Boston; Heinz Ketchup; Philco radio-phonographs; International Harvester TD-24 bulldozer (great color photo); "Frontier-Buck" shoes by Fortune; Talon slide fasteners; Ballantines Ale; Old Thompson Whiskey; Life Savers; Emerson Radios; Prince Albert pipe tobacco; MontaMower; Dromedary Corn Muffin Mix; Spam; United Jewish Appeal full-page fundraising ad featuring crying Israelli infant in crate; Interesting US Savings Bond ad shows large wolf with teeth bared and caption "Wolf Poison" (they equate bond purchasing with keeping the wolf away from your door); Rutland Patching Plaster; Lucky Strike cigarettes (back cover). Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book