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1933Stories: Ruled Out!; Marooned in the Arctic; My Persian Journey; A Bishop in the Wilds; Chunner the Thief; Across America in a Twenty-Dollar Car; The Wizard; A Brush with Wild Indians; The Matelli Tiger; The Island of Sanctuary; The Unlucky Gunman. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
191580 pages. Undated. Circa early 1900s? Colour illustration upon front board shows two young girls and a boy making daisy chains. Colour plate frontis (by D.C.S.?) shows girl on park bench reading to three youngsters and a dog seated around her, with the caption "There sits fair-haired Effie." Stories include: Playing Horses; The Concert at the Zoo; The Holiday Coach; The Bravest Deed; Going to See the Queen; A Visit to the Country; Elsie's Team; Eric's Holiday; Mrs. Lion's Infant School; A visit to the West Indies; Five Peas in a Pod; Proud Mr. Drake; The Whistling Pig; The Stray Lamb; The Boy and the Monkey; A Merry Game; How do you Do?; Mrs. Otter and Her Young Ones; Morning Song; The Wonderful Doll's House; Tired of Waiting; Poor Mrs. Duck!; The Grand Duchess; The Clever Cat; Eddy's Accident; My Portrait; Father's Birthday Present; Will's Wondrous Story; Katie's Present; and Topsy and the Gypsies. Contemporary pencil gift greetings atop front free endpaper. Erased pencil writing inside front board nearly invisible. Hinges intact. Binding sound. Original maroon cloth backstrip intact. Average wear and soiling to boards. Moderate yellowing to contents. A sound copy of this charming work. Book
19048 pages. A wonderful snap shot of life as it was on Vancouver Island 100 years ago. News of the day includes: Archbishop of Canterbury supports Roosevelt; By-Election in Nova Scotia is fixed; Townsites in the Far North - Taku Arm/New Hazelton; Russo-Japanese War; Ladysmith Masquerade Ball; Mining Matters in Boundary; Alberni Greeting to South African Veteran John Redford; Live Stock Adventures - Public Warned against claims put forward by tricky Americans; Cumberland Coal Mine Fire; Yukon property deeded to the King of England; and much more. Dozens of advertisements including: "$650 - Good six-roomed house, on car line, James Bay." Significant chipping along fold. Some yellowing. Few edge tears. Fatigue crack to central portion of all pages. Book
1902Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5". Circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
197180 pages. Features: Commissioner receives Tipstaff; Dominion of Canada Rifle Association - 1970; Fresh Pork(er); The RCMP Auxiliaries; Break up Hash Party; Tragic Patrol - Sgt. R.J. Schrader and Cst. D.B. Anson; Intuition Pays Off; Protect that car from Theft!; Flying "High"; Province of the Giant Bluefin; Historic Document recalls establishment of the force; Paddy Hamilton; and more. Prior owner's details blacked out atop title page. Faint small ink stamp to front cover. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
1995VHS video tape in case. Featuring: Elizaveta Stekolnikova and Dmitri Kazarlyga. Will assist viewers at all levels of ability in attaining the power, speed, and control typified by world-class skaters. Dubova is the world-renowned coach of Olympic medal winners Usova and Zhulin, Klimova and Ponomarenko, and Gritschuk and Platov. "I have seen Natalia in action, teaching her stroking exercises to skaters at all levels... her video will be a great asset to any skating program." - Louis Stong, Coach of World Champions Underhill and Martini and Kurt Browning. Length of tape not stated. Appears to be at least 30 minutes and quite possibly one hour. Tape and case clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
1992One hour VHS video tape in case. "Presents in detail the methodology of the renowned coach who invented and first introduced many exciting moves performed in today's freeskating. This tape features Paul Wylie and other skaters "on lesson" with Mr. Lussi, receiving step-by-step instruction for the sit, back scratch, and 'forward' scratch spins." - from case. "Gustave Lussi produced champion after champioin after champion, because he gave his pupils technique they could rely on." - Dick Button, Two Time Olympic Champion. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1972Features: A 3-part article on Quality Assurance in the Canadian Forces; Aldershot then and now - Canadians help famed British garrison town celebrate anniversary; Flight abroad is reward for top-notch military men - travel first class with 437 Squadron; Calgary Sergeant Larry Hume is host of TV show 'You and Your Aquarium'; Military medics help local populace during Jamaica manoeuvres; Canucks Unlimited - 436 Elephant Squadron - from southeast Asia to the Arctic; The Royal Navy's uniform experiments; Air Transport Command delivers a school bus to South America. Quality copy. Book
1993Features: Features: Camden and Amboy No. 635; A History of the Leeds Locomotive Building Industry - the Hunslet Engine Company 1864-1938; Medium Gauge 'Texas' Locomotives; Postcard Gems; Todd's Self-Propelling Hot-Water Tram Car; Rowan Steam Cars - and Kitson Trams; The Jamaica Railway; Gaekwar's Baroda State Railways - Part 2 - the Narrow Gauge Lines. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
196915 pages. A transcript from research conducted for the CBC radio series entitled "People in Landscape." "The Cariboo Road in modern times and in the nineteenth century. Stories of travel by car and stagecoach from the Fraser Canyon to the Cariboo. Interviewees - Mrs. Nellie Baker, Mrs. R.T. Crosby, Miss Leah Shaw, Vince Gresty, Gus Milliken, Roddy Moffat, Bryson Patenaude." - from title page. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Black and white illustrations. Nice copy. Book
193534 pages. Stories: Commuters by the Million - in London; The Snake Indian went Wild - operating trains up and down the centre of a rapidly-flowing river bed near Devona;Letters of a Sea Cadet - the second of a series of letters written by a cadet in the Canadian National Steamship service to his chum, a railroad man in Canada; The Railways and Development in Canada; Telegraphy - Past and Present; Through Canada's Provinces; Out of the Night (a story); 'Rotten Bologna Sausage' - recollections of a veteran of the Northwest Rebellion; Grand Trunk Agents in Session; the '84-mile Bridges - Car ferries on Lake Michigan; With the staff across Canada; Woman's Section; and much more. Please note that 3"x 4" clipping has been removed from page 34. Great 'Ford V8' ad inside back cover. Above-average wear but still intact. A great keepsake from the glory days of rail transportation in Canada. Book
1915Front cover portrait of Commander Charles R. Samson, of the Royal Flying Corps. The linked battles of Eastern France. The Course of events from the Marne to the Aisne. Centerfold artwork entitled "Contrasts in the Great War - The Awful Thunder of the Guns and the Beneficent work of the Army Medical Corps". Photos and Illustrations: The Aga Khan; Extensive plans for the comfort of the travelling Kaiser; British Armoured Car; The French '75' and its inventor Colonel Dupont; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
1991Childrens book with 10 entertaining sound effects which are working loud and clear. The classic story of the 101 Dalmations comes alive with sound! You'll hear the sinister honking of Cruella's car horn, the excited barking and sniffing of the Dalmation puppies, and the twilight telegraph as it relays its message across London. The ten imaginative sounds transport the young reader into the real-life adventures of Pongo and Perdita as they rescue all the Dalmation puppies. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Book
1954Features: The Midland Payroll Robbery - Robbers in Western Australia; The Mountain of Gold - Originally published in 1926, an Englishman accepts an invitation to British Columbia, Canada to see a 'mountain of gold'; Unprovoked Aggression - An East African tale; African Houdini - A West African Tale; The Sahara by Bus - a great travel story with several photos; They Harry the Head-Hunters - the Jivaro head-hunters and the Aucas of Upper Amazonas; Home from the Sea - a fine old windjammer, the Af Chapman; Abdul - a story from British Army days in India; Capturing an Ant-Bear in British Guiana; and more. Couple of chips from back strip. Average wear. Binding intact. Quality copy. Book
1953Features: The Ivory Poachers of Tanganyika; "They're Mustering up North" - a cattle round-up in Northern Australia; My Panther Hunt - a greenhorn's first big-game hunt in India; Japanese Sacred Horse - at Miyajima, the famous 'Shrine Island'; House of Terror - Queer happenings in Malaya; The Secret Submarine - Curacao, chief island of the Dutch West Indies; The Handyman - a dramatic story of the pioneer days of flying in Canada's Far North; The Walkabout Bird - The Australian Emu; When the Cyclone Struck - an epic exploit performed by a Torres Straits islander, a diver on board a pearling-lugger; All in the Game - a gold-seeking tale from Nigeria; An Arctic London - an abandoned quarry-camp on Spitzbergen; Island Paradise - the island of Car Nicobar; Where East is West - missing his ship in the Panama Canal, the author tramps to another port only to undergo a nightmare; Binding intact. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
1952Features: Hopper No. 47 - tragic events in home waters; Mra Toons 'Lemon' - a former revenue officer's account of an encounter with an astute Oriental who planned to make a fortune by smuggling opium into Burma; Chinchilla Ranching; South Sea Island Pests; Water Divining in India, by S. Jepson; South American Excursion - a motor car journey into Venezuala; Out of the Past - Marijuana - reprint of a 1936 article which describes the perilous experiences in which a particularly sinister form of 'dope' involved the narrator, Somers Paul, in the United States; By Pony to Ladakh - a trip through a little know region on the borders of Tibet, with photos; Prophecy Fulfilled - an odd story from India; Hunting the "Bearded Wonder" - a sinister terrorist leader in the Malayan jungle; Giant's Footprint? - an amazing photo from South Africa; and more. Chipping to backstrip. Covers almost detached. Book
1975129 pages. Tips from the Australian Davis Cup Captain whose coaching made champions of Rosewall, Emerson, Hoad, Newcombe, and Laver. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Price-clipped dust jacket is chipped at edges and bears somewhat above-average wear. Book
1917Features: Photographic Portrait of General Sir Julian Byng, the Leader of the Victorious Third Army; German concrete construction on the French front; "Our Messenger-Pigeon Service"; Western front railway work; Ypres reservoir tower after German bombardment; The 91st Highlanders - brief article with two photos; 2-page photo of a stream of army traffic in Flanders; Motor buses bring men from the trenches (2 page photo); Photos from the British Western front in Flanders; Photo portrait of the new French Premier, M. Clemenceau; Great 2-page photo of camels being deployed in the Palestine campaign - in a wadi before an attack; Mules and Machine Guns; A camouflaged Locker-Lampson armoured car. Staples disintegrated. Average wear. Book
1979Topics: The Preservation Bubble; An Hour to Wait; Revival of London Links; Narrow-Gauge in Brittany; Beside Bala Lake; Cook's Tour - Italian-built dining car for service in Peterborough; A Miscellany on BR. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear and crease to top of front cover. A quality copy Book
1967Features: Preview of the '68 cars; What's new in Tires?; How Smog Control will effect your car; How to survive skids, spins and slides; A redwood hideaway home in kit form; Build Tinkerbelle II - a replica of the famous little boat Robert Manry sailed alone across the Atlantic - complete plans. Pinball Pokerino; Inlaid chess board. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Back cover missing. Book
1961Features: McCahill tests the NEW Volkswagen; Mystery Ion Engine - tiny power plant to speed man 100,000 mph; Tiniest motor in the world; Model Airplains in Russia; Tick Tock Dough; Vacation Cabins; Turret Sprinkler; Last of the Coey Flyers; New Jaguar Sports Car; What to do with an Ostrich Egg; They make their own scooters in Great Neck, New York; and more. Tears to front cover. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Book
1970Features: General Electric's fantastic new electric garden tractor; Detroit claims vs. Union Oil tests; Driving the Gremlin - Detroit's first VW-size car; Best car lock yet; new low-smog gasoline; Apollo's fearless fireman; New electric mowers; Dan Gurney's Column; and more. Average wear. Sound copy. Magazine
1969Features: New instantaneous fire extinguisher for car, boat or home; Build PM's graceful grandfather's clock; What's new in snowmobiles and outboards; Dan Gurney's column; 1970's cars - in colour!; and more. Moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
1962Features: Auto Issue; 1962 Car Specifications; Drive - comparing the Ford 6, Chevy II and slim Plymouth; Flying model car - complete plans!; Will automation take your job?; Test your quick-wit quotient; the way-out world of solid state; those new metallic brake linings; how to outwit an ouzel; is your television a radiation hazzard?; and more. Few scribbles and address label on front cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Book
1961Features: Exclusive - I flew the Pterodactyl flex-wing; Silk-screen your own cards; Build a portable 5-minute car wash; 1962 Ford Fairlane with an all-new V8; Crowd Engineering; Football's fabulous foremen - keep your eye on the quarterback - with photos; The gas turbine goes to sea; Guns for the blue and grey; Salmon Fish farming in Washington State - Dr. Lauren Donaldson; and more. Average wear. Sound unmarked copy. Book
