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Hardback in-12, 255 pp., reliure demi-veau marbre d"epoque, dos à nerfs, pieces d"auteur et de titre.- Edition originale. Bel exemplaire. [RE-3]
in-16 broché, couverture illustree. Tres bel exemplaire. [PP-1]
in-8, 363 pages, broche, couv. illustree. Tres bel exemplaire. [ENS]
in-12, 195 pp., broché Tres bon etat. [FL-16]
in-8°, 470 pages, broche, couverture illustree Bon etat. [BAT-8]
1979Features: Indian use of ferns as herbal treatment; Asplenium nidus var. plicatum; The Republic of Argentina Treeferns; and more Book
1902Outside dimensions 7.5" x 10.5". Circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
1991109 pages. Lovely colour photography. Gift greetings inside front board. Stain to lower edge of front board and related corresponding moderate undulations to many pages. Bit of paint along fore-edge of front board. Light wear. Binding tight and square. Overall, a sound reference copy. Book
1997Ten audio cassette tapes with case. "... A first-hand account of fighting in the Falklands and the Gulf campaigns by the only British senior officer who commanded in both of these major wars. In 1982, Chris Craig was captain of the frigate HMS Alacrity - the only British surface ship to sink an Argentinian vessel. Nine years later, he was in command of the twenty-six British ships in the Gulf campaign." - from cover. Foreward by General Sir Peter de la Billiere. Usual library markings. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
197676 pages. Features: Marvelous cover photo of three Montreal Canadiens superstars; Interview with Pauline McGibbon; Nice two-page colour photo ad for the Volkswagen Rabbit; The Beamans family (Hughie and Beverly) of Sackville, NS; The Staples family (Adrian and Jacqueline) of Calgary; Arsenic contamination in Nova Scotia wells; Feature article on the glorious history of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team, with great photos; Joseph Zappia - the olympic village will give him immortality, one way or the other - article; The U.S. Presidential Primaries; The Ominous Political Storm Building over South Africa; Coup in Argentina; Preview of the Montreal Expos for 1976; Canadian Heavyweight boxing article; Calgary-based Turbo Resources; Montreal kite maker Claude Thibaudeau; Nice full-page colour photo ad for John Deere lawn tractors; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
194552 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for International Trucks inside front cover; Interesting instructions on what *not* to ship soldiers overseas (so fires won't be started in the holds of ships); Full page ad for Sal Hepatica; Argentine Goose Step - "Hitler's Imitators have scuppered democracy right in our own hemisphere" - article with photos; The Great Fridolin (M. Gratien Gelinas of Montreal) - article with photos; Spark Plug - hockey fiction; What do the federal Liberals stand for? - Mackenzie King answers questions; That Roarin' Game - Curling is sweeping the nation; Why Rundstedt Attacked - after its Ardennes gamble the dice are now in Allied hands; The Disunited Nations; They Also Serve (fiction); Unfinished Anthem - a Canadian by choice tells why he made his choice; Our Pilots Don't "Black-Out" - Wing Commander W.R. Franks O.B.E. and his research to aid Allied pilots - article with photos; Nice half-page two-colour Aunt Jemima pancake mix ad "sho' hits the spot"; Nice colour half-page Pepsi ad; Nice half-page colour Canada Dry ad; Tarts for Dessert. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A high quality copy. Magazine
1957116 pages. Fiction: The Second Mrs. Thorpe; The Mysterious Mr. Todd; The Lady Called Brazil; Tornado!; Ambush at Blanco Canyon (part 2 of 4); The Girl From the Mimosa Club (parf 4 of 7); The conclusiong of Doom Cliff. Articles: What Happened to the Magic of Childhood? - They are missing the aimless days we used to know; Alan Ladd - Hollywood's Unlikely Hero - with several photos including Sophia Loren and Marilyn Monroe; The Secrets of Jamestown - extraordinary treasures unearthed during restoration for 350th birthday; How the Israelis Blitzed Nasser's Army - article with photos of Dayan and his men, and other scenes; We Made the "Impossible" Tour - Conclusion - The Land of Fire - three agonizing miles of travel in southern Argentina; The Face of America - Great color photo inside caboose; Incredible New Frontier - Kitimat, British Columbia. Ads: Nostalgic two-page Inco ad explains their developments in the Mystery-Moak Lakes area of northern Manitoba (perhaps the site of modern-day Thompson?); Nice color one-page ad for Heinz Campside beans; Nice two-page photo ad for General Motors highlights Keene, New Hampshire, home of Kingsbury Machine Tool Corporation - with photos of Mayor J. Alfred Dennis, H.T. Kingsbury, Chester L. Kingsbury, Gunnar Swahnberg, Ed Kingsbury, Earl Riley, Jim Riley, and Blair Howe; Nice two-page ad for Westinghouse TVs; Whitman's Chocolates; Campbell's Soup; Fantastic two-page Cadillac ad displays a red Sedan de Ville four-door hartdop; Tareyton; Pontiac; De Soto cars - nice color photo; American Airlines - two-pages in color; 1957 Mercury cars with great color image of a red Colony Park station wagon with new power-lift back window; Cushman Eagle mini-bike; Detroit Diesel - quarry scene in color; Frigidaire clothes washers; Canada tourism; GMC Trucks - the 860 Diesel; Chief Engineer Roebling, the man behind the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, is honored in a U.S. Savings Bond ad; Great vintage National Cash Register (NCR) ad inside back cover - their new register calculates change!. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1978Features: The Aviaries of Edward Marshall Boehm; Nomads of the Gabra - wanderers of the wasteland; Photogrammetry Breakthrough - formulas bring honors to an amateur, John P. Snyder; The Space Oblique Mercator Projection; Marine fish in a Freshwater Lake - the enigma of Lake Nicaragua; Photos of rock carvings by Harrison Forman; Sonic Exploration for Subterranean Resources - seismic reflections probe the earth; Ankh linked to Supernova - ancient Egyptian symbol records astronomical event; The Wrangel Island Affair - Vilhalmur Stefansson's expedition; Pampas, Gulls and Gauchos - life on the Argentine Plain. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1983Features: Argentina - a civilian solution?; Arson at Red Hot Video - B.C.'s war on Pornography; Cover article - John Crosbie - the Tory to watch; 1-page article on Jane Crosbie, John's wife; Nova Scotia's 'Tollgate'; Righting a terrible wrong - Donald Marshall; The Margaret Thatcher Factor; Rumour of war in mideast; Cracks in South Africa's wall of white; Canada's illegal alien trade - smuggling people into the US; Stock Market - some insist the current market is ready for another 1929 crash; Eastern Airlines - soaring debt load; Taxing burden for Canadian distillers; Peter Newman on Victor Rice, CEO of Massey-Ferguson; Joseph Borowski's legal challenge to Canada's abortion law; Nuclear power's soft underbelly - Indian Point; Revolution in Romance novels, by Anne Collins; Blue Thunder - movie review. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1956192 pages. Features: Reports on Argentina, Suez, France and Australia; Box Office is Not Enough, by Agnes De Mille; I Shall Vote for Eisenhower, by Robert Cutler; Why the Democrats should win, by Gerald W. Johnson; The Burning of the Waters (story) by James Still; Children of Light (poem) by Robert Huff; A Growth of Moderation, by Sumner H. Slichter; Country Auction (poem) by George F. Dell; Too Much Man (story) by Wolf Mankowitz; The Pendulum of Taste, by John Carter; The Long Night, by Lowell D. Blanton; Person-to-Person, by Leland Hazard; Courtesy on Wheels, by Mary Ellen Chase; The Shakespeare Boom?, by Alfred Harbage; Wolf Mankowitz, by John Metcalf; The Arab World - A Culture in Tradition - essays, stories, and verse by writers in the Arab World - a 72 page feature. Nice colour ad for Dewar's "White Label" and Ancestor scotch whisky inside front cover; Colour ad for I.W. Harper Kentucky Straight Bourbon inside back cover. Colour photo ad for Grace Line Caribbean Cruises on back cover. Nice colour full-page ad by the European Travel Commission on page 20. Average wear. Binding sound. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
1958329 pages. Leather binding. Text in Spanish. Gilt lettering and decoration upon front board. Tight and square. Clean and bright with negligible wear. Gift greetings upon verso of first blank leaf, otherwise unmarked. A superb copy. Book
2006492 pages. Index. Presents recent research on the history of criminology from the late eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries in Western Europe (Austria, Britain, France, Germany, Italy) and in Argentina, Australia, Japan, and the United States... Seeks to elucidate the relationship between criminological discourse and politics, society, and culture." - from preliminary page. Book
194652 pages. Features: Lovely cover illustration of fashionable lady in black hat by Hal Smith; Blue Top Brewing Co. ad inside front cover features neighbourly home design; Nice colour Maxwell House ad features smooching morning couple; One-page colour ad for Waterman's Taperite pens; The Problem of the Peace Treaties; The Black God (short story); Club for 'Fraid Cats - photo-illustrated article on New York's Society of Timid Sould; And Let the Credit Go (short story); Your Great-Great-Great-Grandmother and the Atom Bomb; Fuehrer of the Pampas - photo-illustrated article on Colonel Juan D. Peron; One Single Reason (short story); Country Air is Rich in Vitamins; Man of the Month - John McClary Pritchard, President of the McColl-Frontenac Oil Company Limited; Jergens Lotion ad with photo of Louise Allbritton; Science developments; Tangee ad features illustration of Mrs. Charles Boyer; Woodbury Powder ad features colour illustration of beautiful Ella Raines; Nice one-page colour ad for Heinz Soups; Nice back cover colour ad for Jordan Grape Juice; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A lovely vintage copy. Book
198727.4" x 18.5" Vintage Canadian Airlines International advertising poster for their service to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Colour illustration by Stewart Sherwood depicts charming (tango?) dance scene in park with capital building in background. Illustration measures 17.6" x 17.8". Average wear. Bits of clear tape at each top corner. Several short openings to periphery, the longest being 1.75" to left side of bottom edge. Possible faint doodling on female dancer's white dress and elsewhere - or perhaps it is the work of the artist? (additional photos available.) A lovely memento of Canadian Airlines and its Buenos Aires service. Will be shipped in a sturdy mailing tube. Similar posters for other Canadian Airlines destinations available. Poster
2004208 pages. Bibliography and glossary. Sumptuously and profusely illustrated with colour photos and reproductions of archival maps and illustrations. Text in English. "Documents the tremendous impact the arrival of New World gold and silver had upon Europe and the world economy. Describes the routes followed by the galleons on their return to Spain, loaded with precious metals, and the techniques used for their extraction. Discusses how mining towns were established, and famous fairs held in Portobelo and Jalapa. From this we learn how several mints were founded." - from Prologue. Clean, bright, tight and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A suberb copy of this beautifully-presented work. Gift quality. Book
1960160 pages. Features: Our Silent Partner Against Communism - Reinhard Gehlen; Who'll Pay for Your College Education?; A Footnote to the Air Force Manual; The Enemy Whacks Away at The Family Bible; Pat Brown - California's Controversial Governor; The Swastika vs the Hammer and Sickle; The Money Changers - conclusion of a 10 March 1935 address by Father Charles Coughlin; Threat to Internationalize the Panama Canal; Magnetism! - man taps nature's invisible web of force; Kelp - Abundant Sea Harvest; Betrayal of South Korea; Cyrus Eaton "Honored" with Lenin Peace Prize; Your Amazing Blood; America's Youngest teachers - The Science Clubs of America; Congress Views UNESCO; Stop Pampering Sneak Intruders - counter-intelligence; Hot Dog!; A Salute to Helen Keller; Sharing America's Abundance; It's Never Too Late; Muscle in on Health; Freak Squeaks; Why Kentucky Colonels?; Rothschilds and Rockefellers, Part III - their interests penetrate all aspects of American life; The St. Lawrence Seaway; Does Russia Have the Earth's Stablest Currency?; Communist Swastikas - Pat Walsh of the RCMP says Communists used to paint swastikas on Montreal synagogues to scare local Jews into voting for and supporting them; executive Health; America Keeps a 165-Year Old Promise - payments to the Indians of the Six Nations; A Clue in the Missile Lag History - Five Years Ago Congress Could Not Stomach Joseph McCarthy's Censurable Truths - But Today...; Cigarette Smoking - major cause of lung cancer; Survival in Learning; Death of a Church - Holy Trinity Episcopal Protestant Church in Brooklyn; Parental Function; Adolph Eichmann and the Bitter Harvest of Hate - Voice of All Faiths Protest His Kidnapping by Israel in Argentina; Cowboy Talk; Who Are Our Rulers? - Fascinating article on the Rothschilds / International Bankers and their techniques for control; Lesson of Experience - Foreign Aid; Your Health - Two Factors for Longer Life; Maine Becomes a State of Mind. To Tranquilize or Not?. Minimal markings. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1899xvii, 301, 32 [ads] pp. 7.5 x 5.3 inches. "The circumstances under which the wealth, the power, and the numbers of the Jewish race domiciled in this country are likely to be indefinitely increased seem to call for more prescience and thought at the hands of our rulers than have yet been bestowed upon them. To make people think is the object of this book. Should they refuse, they will wake up one morning only to discover that they have parted with the realities of national life, and are dominated by cosmopolitan and materialist influences fatal to the existence of the English nation." - Introduction. Chapters include: What is a Jew?; The Problem in Russia; The Jew in Austria/America/France/England/The Argentine Colonies; The Aloofness of Israel; Money Lenders; The Destitute Alien in Great Britain; Zionism; "Darkest Russia"; The Conversion of the Jews; Jewish Humour. Quarter-bound in black leather and olive cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. Modest lean to spine. Binding intact. Prior owner's name, dated 1899, inked atop front free endpaper. Large rectangular tanned area upon front free endpaper, presumably caused by an item formerly laid-in. Average wear. Faints spots upon front board, perhaps from water droplets. SINGERMAN 46. Book
199752 pages. Features: Cover photo of paddly wheeler Waverley; The World's Navies - Argentina, Brazil and Chile; The Heritage of the 'Implacable' - Robert Forsythe reviews maritime preservation projects of recent years; Ports of Call; Voyage Report - Cruising Italian Style - Anthony Nicholas describes a Round Britain cruise in the Costa Allegra; A Captain and his Ship - David Neill and the paddle steamer Waverley; South African Naval Review - photofeature; Gibraltar Shipping; Cruise Ship Review; Memories of the Cardiff Queen - recalled by Captain George Gunn; The British & Irish [B&I] Steam Packet Company History - Part 2, 1965-1995; Ferry Fleets Update; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1923Pages 442-528 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads, many illustrated. Features: A Soldier of Fortune - a story smuggled in bits from a French prison (part 1); A Woman in Unknown Albania - Part I - Mrs. Rose Wilder Lane describes her adventures among the remote northern mountains where tribal blood-feuds still flourish - article with photos; The Election at Rodeo - an account of the happenings at a town in Argentina on the occasion of the Presidential election of 1914; The Search for the Grosvenor Treasure - an account of the wreck of the Grosvenor on the lonely coast of Pondoland, South Africa, and operations of seekers of her sunken treasure of precious metals and stones - with photos; The Terror of the Terai - the story of one of the most remarkable elephant hunts on record - a twelve days' chase after a man-killing 'rogue'; Photo of a Venetian funeral; Three Asses in the Pyrenees - the humourous travels of a huband and wife with their donkey (part 4); Across the Pacific in a Chinese Junk - Captain George Ward and his voyage from Amoy, China to Victoria, British Columbia - article with photos, one of which includes Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford aboard the vessel; Forgotten - the terrible experience of a young surveyor off the coast of Trinidad; The Witching of the M'Bumbo - a tale of native witchcraft and trial by ordeal in Nigeria; Our Unlucky Day - an account of a series of disasters which struck a steamer, the S.S. Z_____ in the Gulf of Mexico; The Village of the Greeks - visit to a tiny hamlet in the Sicilian Mountains - with photos; The Gower Affair - a story of black magic at Porto Lokkoh on the West Coast of Africa. Above-average wear. Front cover loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1944241p. Hardcover Ex-library, Good condition
