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1900Pages 582-644 plus 8 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Illustration of Tsi An, Dowager Empress of China; On the House-Boat "Dragon"; The Minister's Fireworks; The Metropolitan Golf Champion - article with photo of Miss Genevieve Hecker; The Wife of Aguinaldo - substantial article on Mrs. Emilio Aguinaldo of the Philippines with photo portrait of her; The Automobile at the National Capital - article with great photos of early cars; The Little Brown Mate; The Dowager Empress of China; How to Sail a Cat-Boat - photo-illustrated article; The Meloon Farm (Continued); The World of Fashion - nicely illustrated; Long Cloaks for Early Autumn; New Designs for Serge and Linen Gowns; Cut Paper Patterns; Art Student Life in Paris; News of the Women's Clubs; The Child and Its World - III - The Child's Food; One Woman's Architectural Experiment - Mrs. Charles Coffin and her home in Montclair, New Jersey - article with nice photos; ; In Jocund Vein; Recipes for Warm Days; Nice ad for Armour's Pork and Beans on back cover features baby illustrations beneath tag line "You Don't Know Beans Until You've Tried..."; and more. Few library markings. Above-average wear to covers which are detached but present. Nibbling to upper corner of last few pages. A worthy copy of this charmming vintage issue. Book
1900Pages 516-580 plus 10 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Illustration of Emma Woodhouse in "Emma"; Heroines of Nineteenth-Century Fiction (VI); Fate's Tablet; The Preaching of NAture's Sermon; Gardening and Life; Paquito; Books and Writers; The Meloon Farm (continued); Midsummer Fashions; New Effects in Lace Waist Trimmings; Cut Paper Patterns; Hydiene for the Stout - interesting vintage article on weight control; My Friend; Home Work in Embroidery; The Child and its World - II - The Child's Dress; Recipes for Warm Days; News of the Women's Clubs - with photos of Mrs. Charles Denison of New York, and Miss Margaret J. Evans, of Minnesota; Gala Luncheons for July; A Veranda Living-Room; Buying for the Household; and more. Few library markings. Above-average wear to covers which are detached but present. A worthy copy of this charmming vintage issue. Book
1900Pages 1670-1732 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Zenobia, in "The Blithedale Romance"; Hawthorne's Heroines; My Translatophone (part II of II); The Care of the Voice; The Typical Woman of the New South; Babs the Impossible (continued); Autumn's Queen of Flowers; French Fashions for Autumn; New Gowns for Evening Wear; Fashion Notes; Cut Paper Patterns - a Review; Present Fashions in Glass; News of Women's Clubs; An Autumn Morning; Chafling-Dish Recipes; The Child and its World - part VII - The Child and Money; Home-Made Christmas Gifts; A Game Dinner; and more. Many nice ads int this issue, our favurites including Redfern Corsets and a one-page color ad for Shredded Wheat which features many foods to serve it with; Fantastic back cover Proctor and Gamble ad features "Respect for the Flag" i.e. keeping it clean.. Few library markings. Moderate wear. A quality copy of this charmming vintage issue. Book
1900Pages 1798-1860 plus 14 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Thackeray's Bad Heroines; The Wouldbegoods (VI) - The Tower of Mystery; Autumn Days in Central Park; Babs the Impossible (continued); Fashions at the Horse Show; The Bazar's Pattern Sheet Supplement; Cut Paper Patterns; The Decorative Possibilities of Casts; Recipes for Autumn; News of Women's Clubs - with photo of Mrs. Caroline M. Edwards of Chicago; Neckwear for Christmas Gifts - with six photos; The Child and its World - IX - The Child and Handicraft; New Patterns for Lace-Making; Nice Ivory Soap ad on back cover called "Through a Looking Glass"; and more.. Few library markings. Moderate wear. A quality copy of this charmming vintage issue. Book
1985216 pages. "Here for the first time in one handy reference are 190 of the top recipes from a decade of testing in Edith Adams College. From hearty soups to luxurious desserts, each lives up to the high standards Sun readers have come to expect. This book solves the question of what to serve on any occasion." - from back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
2007320 pages. Celebrates the food and wine of the Okanagan. Lovely colour photogarphy throughout. "Captures the passion and spirit of an extraordinary place." - Chris Johns, Enroute Magazine. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy, Book
1974Features: Dead Men's Gold - the Argonauts declared Jim Carson dead and began dividing his estate, when suddenly he returned!; Astride the Iron Horse and Riding West! - a harrowing adventure; Governor Charles Bent's Murder and Scalping; Wild Rose O'Neal - South's Astonishing Spy; The Greatest Apache Warrior - Jolsanny; The Wagon Train of 1843; The Legendary Jack Slade; Monterey's Chinatown - met its end in needless flames; The year of the turnip - actual recipes used by the pioneers; Men with the strength of mountains - mountain men didn't know when they were licked; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Magazine
1991156 pages. Covers: bush life; wilderness; adventure; love; stories; growing; things; dogs; recipes; cabin fever; rivers; hot saunas; languages; cloth; diapers; bears; potlatch; wood; horizontal life; storytelling; northern lights; Yukon sounds; stargazing. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful resource. Book
1938Vintage French-language magazine. Cover photo shows a smiling Chinese man with drugs hidden inside a dead rat with the caption 'Les Contrebandiers de la Drogue". Contents: Le Capitaine Phoebus (fin); Le Circuit de Minuit (Acte II); Le Jubile de la Reine Wilhelmine; La Vie des Dames de Pierre; Un Drame Des Journees de Juin (fin); Bidon v Ouvre la Chasse; Les Contrebandiers de la Drogue; Coiffes et Recettes; Pages Oubliees - Le Cure de Vireloup; Cote <Cours>; Marie-Antoinette a Versailles; Le M'Zab Pays du Mystere; Payes Vos Gages!; Trois Minutes avec les Humoristes en vacances. Photos: La Famille Royale; La petie princesse Beatrice de Hollande; La reine et la princesse Juliana; A-F Goachetti dans le role de Verdi. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Pieces of red tape at top and bottom of backstrip. Book
1978Features: Jean Chretien - the Finance Minister as tough guy - with a weakness for one-liners; Rush Rock - feature article on rock group Rush, consisting of Geddy Lee, Neil Peart and Alex Lifeson; Name Game - an unusual exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery; Chowder recipes; Hockey's Roger Neilson - coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Somewhat above-average external wear. Small chip from front cover which bears a two-inch tear to fore-edge. Similar tear to first leaf. Center page holding by one staple. Book
1970Features: The Home Party Pitch - selling products through home sales parties - Tupperware and others; Paul Rimstead article on pool champion George Chenier, aged 63 - The loneliness of an old master, with great colour photo; Car Theft - wrecked Ontario cars morph with stolen Montreal cars - theft to order, theft by owner arrangement; theft for resale, theft for parts; Schussing the sands - in 1939 Robert Cote begain sand skiiing the north bank of the St. Lawrence at Tadoussac - the sport has taken off - colour photos; Maggie Grant column; Snake Charmers - fashion photos; Strawberry Recipes; Cybermedix is the greatest medical checkup ever; Art under pressure - colour photos of beautiful rock formations; Doug Wright's Family cartoon. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
1922128 pages. Index. Circa 1922? "Prepared by a Ladies' Club in a friendly rivalry for the very best there is in tested recipes... With oven cooking guide for woodfire, gas and electricty, record of results, time table for cooking and other tables." - from front cover. Bit of writing atop front cover else unmarked. Above-average but not excessive wear and soiling. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this pleasing vintage cookbook. Book
1994192 pages including index. Presents over 200 of the best of Barber's always quick, always simple and fool-proof recipes from the internationally popular cooking show, The Urban Peasant. Includes 16 full colour pages. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A nice copy. Book
2004184 pages. Gorgeous colour photography. Index of recipes. "Colourful and flavourful - this book takes the reader on a culinary journey that is certainly not to be missed." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A lovely copy. Book
196036 pages. A collection of distinctly local recipes. Includes vintage local advertisements plus two-panel fold-out map of northern Vancouver Island with lakes coloured blue. Undated. Appears to be circa 1950s or 1960s. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality copy of this delightful vintage cookbook. Book
1927866 pages plus advertisements. Prior owner's details neatly written across from title page else unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A quality copy of this lovely vintage Swiss household reference. Book
193334 pages. Features: Distinctive Designs in Needlework; Make Yourself Over; Bring Your Garden Inside and Tuck-A-Way Time: A Study in Child Training. Articles on homemaking (inc recipes), fashion, food and short stories. Average Wear. Small opening top of back cover. Small mailing label back top left. A sound copy. Magazine
1988196 pages. Index. Glossary. Author's signature upon title page. Printed on glossy stock. Colour photos in text. "Invites you to explore the many possibilities of game cooking. Included are 128 recipes, many with pictures, for game, sauces, complementary dishes and desserts. From those, ten menus with full colour pages were created for dining entertainment. In addition, the book has helpful basic guidelines, serving suggestions and substitutes. In the ground meat chapter, complete instructions for sausage making can be found, and recipes using leftover meat. Also a butchering section with detailed and picture-illustrated information on meat cutting, preparation and freezing." - from cover. Pages beginning to slightly yellow at edges. Clean and unmarked with light to moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent reference. Book
1999496 pages. Index. "This collection represents the cream of the crop culled from the author's substantial repertoire, including a generous selection of the best bread machine and food processor recipes, each complete with detailed instructions... Lets you continue the world's age-old baking traditions in your own kitchen." - from dust jacket. Heavily-worn former library copy with usual markings and soiling. Still a worthy working copy for your busy kitchen! Book
1979268 pages. Includes recipes for: Appetizers; Soups; Breads; Salads; Quiches and Casseroles; Vegetables; Entrees; Poultry; Meat; Desserts; Miscellaneous. Circa 1979. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1932244 pages. Undated but we are advised by a friendly browser that this copy is from 1932 as subsequent editions had the year printed on the cover. Contains recipes selected from the contributions of over 13,000 Times readers. Above-average external wear and soiling. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this nostalgic compilation. Book
198186 pages. "Madame Jehane Benoit shares the treasured recipes of the grandmother who taught her that 'cooking is part of our folklore which bears testimony to our past, to our mothers' ingenuity, and the the spirit of our own flesh and blood'" - from back cover. Above-average wear and soiling. Binding intact. A worthy reading copy of this precious work. Book
1975564 pages including index. Text is separated into 4 parts; Management, Nutrition, Basic Cookery and Recipes. Few school markings to front endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Binding intact. Average wear. A sound working copy. Book
196832 pages. Undated. Circa 1960s or 1970s. Bilingual English/French promotional booklet for H.J. Heinz white vinegar. Provides recipes for pickles, relishes, sauces, spiced fruits. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Lots of helpful information in this diminutive package. Book
194555 pages. Index. Colour photos. Undated. Circa 1940s. Includes article by Zella Hale Weyant entitled The How and Why of Canning. Dozens of pages of practical canning recipes. Faint prior owner's name atop front cover. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage canning guide. Book
