Lorimer, George Horace: EditorMareMagnum
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1930168 pages. Gorgeous period advertisements including Parker Pen, Westclox, Ivory, Campbell's Soup, Silverleaf Lard, Studebaker Trucks, Hudson Cars, Whoopee (Movie), Dills Best, General Electric Radio, Forhan's Toothpaste, General Motors, Good Year (Centerfold), Caterpillar Tractor (Super Photo!), Magic Chef, Prince Albert Tobacco, Post's Bran Flakes, Spur Tie, Hupmobile, Heinz Cooked Spaghetti, Sherwin-Williams, Colt, Philadelphia, Burroughs, Marmon Motor Car, Johnston's Chocolates, Old Dutch Cleanser. Articles include: Americans in the Caribbean, Management and Size (by Henry Ford), Leaves from the Lipton Logs by Sir Thomas J. Lipton, Sea Guns 1930. Average wear. Nice solid unmarked copy. Book
195856 pages. Features: The next world problem - Who Owns Space?; Barry Morse - The Barrymore of Canadian TV; Louis Archambault's Wonderful Wall; Diefenbaker's Home Town - Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Nice Colour Ads: Matinee Cigarettes; Canadian Car Company; Caterpillar - New Brunswick Theme; Red Cap Ale; 1958 Plymouth Automobile; Dow Beer; O'Keefe Ales; Coke (back cover). Average wear. Please note! Pages 31 through 34 missing Book
1970Features: Europe will bring closer links to Africa; Man and the Heavens - 1; The Supermen; Southland Saga; In Search of the Sun God's Gold; Britain's rebel doctors; Earthquake devastates Peru; How Men turned Myths into facts; Cracking the cosmic code - signals from space; When life will be too rich for work; Southland (USA) Saga; Christian Roman Britain; Colin Chapman's super car - Elan Plus Two; Touchstone for T'ang; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Magazine
1964Features/Photos: The TSR-2; De Gaulle in Latin America; Report of the Warren Commission; Malta excavations in the footsteps of Cicero and St. Paul; Operation Teamwork- NATO's biggest sea exercise of the last 12 years; The new 1 million pound W.R.A.C. barracks; Car of the month - Citroen Safari; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
1963Features/Photos: New carpark at London Airport; Professor Alfred Jules Ayer, F.B.A.; Nice photo of President Kennedy in the White House with the leaders of the August 28th civil rights march, including Martin Luther King; the strange stone figures of Ijara, Nigeria; Mr. Ilya Ehrenberg; Centrefold - Civil Rights March on Washington; France's new model army; Car of the month - the Wolseley 6/110; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Magazine
1963Features/Photos: Ayala, winner of the 1963 Grand National; De Gaulle intervenes once more; the labours of Hercules - reliefs on an imperial Roman sarcophagus accidentally discovered near Rome; Old-age finery of Pakistan (colour photos); car of the month - the Mercedes-Benz 300 SE; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
1962Features/Photos: Two cosmonauts orbit as a team; Jamaica moves to independence; "Flip" - a new type of oceanographic research vessel - designed for submarine investigation; London't underwater police; A French crossing of the channel by car - M.Tony Andal and his amphibious car/amphicar; Royal Family portrait upon the twelfth birthday of Princess Anne; Neolithic craft in Northern Nigeria; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Book
1962Features/Photos: The Consecration of Coventry Cathedral; Malcolm Scott Carpenter after his tri-orbital flight aboard the Aurora 7; 'Sarah', the British signalling device that helped locate Carpenter after his landing; French anti-fascist student demonstrations in the wake of the Salan sentence; A Homeric burial discovered in a royal tomb of the 7th century B.C. - Salamis, Cyprus; The new look of the Royal Engineers - Techniques and Equipment, including the Gillois amphibious bridging unit; The 1962 Pacific nuclear tests; car of the month - the Triumph Herald 1200; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
1961Features/Photos: Syria's break with Egypt/Colonel Nasser; 200 km/hr bicycle!; A primitive jungle race of Thailand exists mainly on bamboo; Commercial flying among the Swiss mountain peaks; Great London Livery Companies - The Vintner's Hall; Aden Colony through an ultra-wide angle camera; using pumps to save fish in frozen over lakes; The state funeral of Dag Hammarskjoeld in Uppsala; Car of the Month - the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Book
1961Features/Photos: The Queen before the Taj Mahal; the royal visit to India; Deterioration in the Congo; the Queen speaks before half a million people; large photo of the U.S. Navy's 'Mothball Fleet' at San Diego; After the fire which left 8,000 homeless - a helicopter view of the Valley Road area of Kowloon; The standard Vanguard Luxury Six Estate Car; and more. Centrefold loose but present. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Book
1960Features/Photos: Colour advert.- the Hillman Estate Car; Rover colour advert; Facel Vega - the world's fastest touring car; Colour Ford Auto advert; King Mahendra of Nepal in open carriage with the Queen; Princess Alexandra's return home; The outstanding Monckton Report; Yassi Ada, Turkey - the indictment of a whole government; Seeking the world's first farmers in Persian Kurdistan - near Kermanshah; Tepe Sarab; The Daimler Majestic Major; 1960 Motor Show; colour automotove centrefold (loose but present); Stonyhurst College; Britain's firsst nuclear-powered submarine, H.M.S. Dreadnought - cutaway drawing upon 2 pages; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Quality copy. Book
1960Features/Photos: Andean volcano in Chile - multiple horrific photos; Hawaiian effects of the Chilean earthquakes and the resultant tital waves - multiple photos; Soviet bug displayed; Turkish military coup d'etat; How to escape from a submerged car; Korean Queen; the Queen Mother in Rhodesia; Trinity College School, Port Hope, Canada; the U.S.S. Saratoga collides with a West German merchantship off North Carolina; Field Marshall Montgomery in China; 420 mph tidal wave damage in Japan; Draining of the Grand Surrey Canal at Camberwell reveals a rubbish dump; The Simca Aronde Etoile; and more. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
1936Stories: Marijuana Story - Author describes how he first encountered this evil weed, and the perilous experiences in which it later involved him (12 pages with illustrations); Pork and Beans; Shanghaied!; The Back of Beyond; The White Death; Almost My Tiger; Flamingo Island; Crocodile Craft; The Border Patrol; Frozen Horror; Georgie the Ant-Bear; The Coolies' Revenge; Stage Coach Triumphant; The Puri-Puri Man; Dead Man's Opal. Somewhat above-average but not excessive wear. Book
1935Stories: My Friend the Sea; The Novice; Clearing the Road; Streets Paved with Gold; Derelicts of Misfortune; Through Borneo by Bus; The Tribal Law; When the Tanker Took Fire; The Shot that Failed; Work-Hunting in New Zealand; Tshaka's Treasure; A Run on Raincoats; When Davy Jones Invaded Eden. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
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
