Trotter, L.J.MareMagnum
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1925240 pages. Index. "In all those qualities which mark the born leader of men, James Outram had very few rivals among the best and greatest of the soldier statesmen who rose to fame in the service of the old East India Company." - from Preface. Average wear to unmarked book. Binding sound. Moderage age-toning to contents. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in mylar. A sound copy. Book
199764 pages. Creepy cover photo of Canadian serial child-killer Clifford Olson and many of his victims; The Legacy of Jean Lesage; Cover Story - Killer Clifford Olson's Plea under section 745 of Criminal Code for early release from prison after only 15 years served; Olson's Prison World; Section 745 - Good Intentions, Mixed Results; Premier's conference - with photo of Lucien Bouchard at the microphone; Prairie farmers face crop loss; photo of Canadian astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason; India's Passage - facing weighty challenges on its 50th birthday; Police close in on suspects in the Air India tragedy; Abu Maizar and Lafi Khalil - terror suspects; KAL Flight 801 crash at Guam International Airport; Biting The Apple - Microsoft's Bill Gates bails out former Stave Jobs and Apple Computer; Body of Evidence - controversy over a corpse fuels the Bre-X scandal; British Columbia's Smelter of Success - $1.2 billion deal with Alcan at Kitimat; How First Nations self-rule can bring prosperity; Elvis reigns supreme 20 years after his death; Karen Douglas teaches English to Mexican labourers in Bowmanville; Murder in Cold Lake - Carol Meredith and Barclay MacFie; and more. Moderate wear. A clean and unmarked copy. Magazine
1976466 pages plus LXXX pages of black and white illustrations. Index. Reprint of the 1946 first edition. "An attempt has here been made to set up the Hindu temple conceptually, from the foundation to its finial." - from Preface. Contains the following parts: Site, Plan, Plan and Supernal Man, Substances of Which the Temple is Built, Names and Origins of the Temple, Superstructure, Proportionate Measurement and Varieties of the Temple, Images of the Temple, Explanation of Plates, Appendi, Sources. Both volumes tight, square and unmarked with light external wear and soiling. Cream-coloured cloth boards well protected by clear plastic sleeves. A quality copy. Book
1896282 pages. Handsome bright gilt decoration upon front board. Gilt lettering upon backstrip clearly legible excepting a chip affecting three characters. Loss from top of backstrip. Prior owner's signature inside front board else unmarked. Narrow opening along back hinge. Average external wear. Additional photos available upon request. Book
1952184 pages. Special Features: The Employed Woman and Her Household: Women Organize for Action; Profile of Youth: Young India - Uma Narang; The Glitter and the Gold: Part III; How America Lives: Stage Set for Love - Robert "Bob" and Nancy Paschall; and Stomach-Ache: Trivial or Serious? Many articles on domesticity, fashion, decorating, food and homemaking (inc recipes), short stories and poetry. Full page colour vintage print advertising including Ivory, Nutrilite, DuPont Cellophane and Rubbermaid. Half page colour Lustre-Creme Shampoo ad with Joan Crawford. Full page black/white ad with Elizabeth Taylor promoting Lux Toilet Soap. Full page black/white U.S. Defense Bonds ad honoring First Lieutenant Carl H. Dodd. Average wear. A few small openings front/back cover fore-edge. Small mailing label bottom right corner. A clean copy. Magazine
1960Features include: Cymbidiums - More About Miniatures; Outstanding Cymbidiums of 1960; Growing Cymbidiums in the Northwest; Orchids of India (Pt 2): Cymbidium suavissimum; A Comparison of Cytological Groups of Cymbidium Hybrids; Orchid Growing in Chieng-Mai; Can We Have Flower Control in Cymbidiums?; Decontamination of Seed Flasks; Some Thoughts on Growing Miniature Cymbidiums; Orchid Raid to Ecuador; Book Review " The Orchids of Thailand, A Preliminary List" by Gunnar Seidenfaden and Tem Smitinand; The 1960 Cymbidium Season in England; and Ecology Notes: Oncidium pulchellum. Little Wear. Front cover soiled. A sound copy. Book
1965"Your 1965 Reunion Committee is pleased to present the histories of No. 435 (Chinthe) Squadron and No. 436 (Elephant) Squadron, with accompanying pictures, as a special 'extra' of the 'Burma plus 20' Reunion." - from Foreward. Consists of 15 single-sided 14" x 8.5" sheets folded in half and stapled into illustrated card covers. Numerous black and white photos in text. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
1984200 pages. Index. Bibliography. Glossary. 103 photos in colour and 6 in monochrome. "Explores the country's history, traditions, religions, sacred festivals, handicrafts and monuments." - from dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Couple of short openings to very attractive dust jacket which otherwise bears very light wear. An excellent copy of this beautiful work. Book
1983Features: Singapore - a paradise haunted by dark fears; Haitians dying in exodus; Giovanni Vigliotto claims to have married 105 women; The Gillespie-Lalonde Affair; Herb Gray and the federal government's blue books; Trudeau the the Belize case; Sick Kids baby deaths - who did it?; German election campaign; Brutal tragedy in Assam, India - Hindu/Moslem violence; The world according to Saudi Arabian oil minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani; Jack Gallagher's farewell to Dome Petroleum - with additional coverage by Peter C. Newman; Controversial National Film Board films on Acid Rain; Troubled Central America hosts the Pope; Bargain-hunting by Canadian tourists; Herschel Walker and the USFL; Cover story - John le Carre's trail of terror - with colour photos. Average wear. Soiling to front cover. Book
2003266 pages. Features: Hotels Around the World - The Roxburghe in Scotland, The Ritz-Carlton in Sarasota, Hotel Royal in Evian-les-Bains, France, Kersefontein Guest Farm in South Africa, Maison Place Royal in Montreal, Udaivilas in India; Penthouse in Key Biscayne; Charles Gwathmey - complex volumes in Bel Air; Faith Popcorn's weekend cabin on Georgica Pond, Long Island; Complex environment in a Chicago high-rise; English country style in the midwest; Chilly minimalist rooms thaw out by the East River; Japanese Fusion - east and west meet in an Okayama compound; Photographer Ellen Graham goes Anglo-Indian in Palm Beach. Light wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
193432 pages. Features: The War on Religion - with an anti-religious quote by Max Epstein, Vice-Commissar for Education; Notes of the Week; New Year Notes by Lady Houston, D.B.E.; A Conservative Leader?, by Kim; The Case of Patrick O'Malley, life-long trade unionist; Satirical full-page ad for the public auction of the nations of the Commonwealth; A Hair of the Dog that Bit You!; Air Progress Abroad, by Major Oliver Stewart; The Monstrous Shadow of 1934, by Robert Machray; More Grave Changes - British Legion Affiars; Eve in Paris; Political Madness - Conservative Party Heads for Suicide, by Colonel Sir Thomas A. Polson; Lord Dalhousie - Creator of Modern India - article plus full-page portrait on glossy stock; India - the Frost Continues, by Hamish Blair; Across a Century (Charles Lamb died December 27, 1834); New book news; News snippets from the empire; The Expensive Mr. Baldwin; Music reviews; Theatre notes; The Gamekeeper's Dog, by Eric Hardy; Broadcasting notes; Lady Houston's Cold Cure; Interesting back cover reproduction of a letter dated 23 May, 1917 signed by Ramsay MacDonald (and others) in support of the Russian Revolution, plus one of his more recent quotes, plus the suggestion that it was his intent that the British people pay for goods ordered by Russia from Britain. Faint libray stamps to front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this interesting vintage issue. Book
1990136 pages. Index. Bibliography. Published to celebrate the 300th birthday of Calcutta, this book provides "an account of its growth from a trading station of mud huts into a city whose beauty excited the admiration of all visitors... The author has drawn upon a wide range of contemporary accounts of the city and its inhabitants to provide a counterpoint to this visual evidence, giving often charming insights into the way the British conducted themselves in such strange surroundings." - from dust jacket. Wonderfully illustrated in colour and black and white. Few light pencil markings to contents. Usual library markings. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. A sound working copy. Book
1990412 pages. Index. Bibliography. Footnotes. Black and white photographic plages. "An Extraordinarily good, detailed and selfless book." - V.S. Naipaul. "The quiet but deep observation, understanding and love of the human race which are characteristic of all his films, have impressed me greatly. Mr. Ray is a wonderful and respectful man. I feel that he is a 'giant' of the movie industry." - Akira Kurosawa. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
194632 pages. Includes piano music and lyrics for these songs: Hymn to the Sun; Scheherazade; A Song of India; Coq D'Or; Gypsy Song; Capriccio Espagnol; Dance of the Tumblers; Fandango; Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
1921103 pages. Includes organ sheet music for twenty-six famous works including: Ave Maria; Barcarolle; Carnelius March; Hallelujah Chorus; Moonlight; Polonaise Militaire; Song of India; Swing Song; and many more. Few markings. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
198040 pages. Peninsular Papers Part VI; 21st Lancers & the Dervish Army at Omdurman in 1898 Part II; British Campaign Medals - The Campaign Medals for Omdurman; Russian Colours & Standards of the Napoleonic Period; An Unusual Uniform of World War I; The Cavalry Charge of Marshal Murat at Eylau; Interesting Guns - Adams Revolvers, Part I; Iron Laughter in Andalus, Part IV; British Pouches and Belts, Part II; The British Cavalry of the Honourable East India Company. Undated but appears to be circa 1980. Somewhat above-average external wear. Bit of writing on front cover. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
194750 pages. Features: Cover art by Oscar Cahen featues sleeping hobo surrounded by birds and little girl; Could the Reds Cripple Canadian Industry? - photo-illustrated article on the threat posed by Communist Canadian labour leaders; Lady Who Has Lived - the extraordinary story of pianist Maryla Jonas, who crossed hell and high water to Carnegie Hall - and sudden fame, riches, and glory; Good News for Ulcer Sufferers - relief may be two years off; Personality - Old Camper - Taylor Statten uses his top-flight Ontario summer camps to train a new school of boys' workers - and even to finance a camp for street boys in far-off India; Why Not Build a Mud House? - author describes the amazing experience of living in her Indian mud house; Tricks of the Baseball Trade - article with photos of Jim Tabor, Clint Hartung and Carden Gillenwater; In Darkest Mexico - in filming 'The Macomber Affair', Gregory Peck, Joan Bennett, and Robert Preston outsuffered the original Hemingway characters; Esther Williams provides her favourite laugh; Movie Reviews - with photos. Stories: Iron Man; Silent Partner; Party Line. Condensed Book - Mr. Adam (part 2 of 2) and more. Ads: Uncommon two-colour photo-illustrated ad inside front cover recruits student nurses across the country; Polaroid Visors; Vaseline Hair Tonic for women; Colour Carling's ad inside back cover promotes conservation of the small-mouthed black bass; Great vintage colour Coke ad on back cover features young lovely beckoning readers to join her on her patio for a cool drink. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound and pleasing vintage copy. Book
1967120 pages. Features: Robert McNamara Cover Photo; Many gorgeous color-photo fashion ads; One-page ad for soundtrack to movie "I Do! I Do!", starring Mary Martin and Robert Preston; Great ad for Sony Superscope tape recorders in children's birthday party scene; The Myths That Divide India and Us; The Prevalence of Hobbits - thirty years after they were invented by a bored Oxford don, the hobbits - "a benevolent, furry-footed people" - have taken a new generation by storm - illustrated article with photo of Tolkien; Are We On the Brink of Another Arms Race? - photo-illustrated article; The Two Extremes of Avant-Garde Music - Milton Babbitt and John Cage; Sauvage of Seventh Avenue - Jacques Tiffeau Understands Today - photo-illustrated article; Judge Botein - a Judge with 'Disciplined Indignation'; Lovely color-photo centerfold of Springmaid's Miss January, Martha Branch; Great nostalgic one-page color-photo ad for General Motors features photos of eight of their station wagons; A High School Principal Reports "The young... are going for uglification and unlovableness faster and faster"; Uncommone one-page color-photo ad for Mott's Figure Control Meals which are a 'wicked way to lose weight'; and more. Above-average external wear. Faint library stamp on first page. Covers almost loose. A worthy vintage copy. Book
196448 pages. Features: What's the Mainstream? - Who is in It?; Why the French Mistrust Us?; Not Enough Food for Too Many People in India; The Farmer - Key Man of India - photos; Two-Year-Olds are Very Smart; Fantastic color-photo ad for Collins & Aikman features model in field with pipers in background; Chesterfield cigarette ad features photos of William C. Bettendorf, Jr, Ann Foreman and M. Fillmore Harty, Jr.; Shaggy Englishman Story - British long-hairs are proud of setting a new tonsorial style - but the barbers are crying - with photos of Brian Jones, John Lennon, and others; Photos of Eight Riddles of Mankind; Of Youth and Health; Photos of fashions by Norman Norell and James Galanos; Sexy Marilynesque ad for the Downingtown Inn of Downington, PA; and more. Average wear. Faint library stamp on front cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
1963189 pages. Index. Bibliography. Color and black and white photographic plates. Black and white diagrams in text. Fold-out diagram. "A book about cow dung, or rather the ash of cow-dung. As a serious inquiry it might be said to have arisen from a mining engineer's incredulity that anyone could have brought together such a monstrous collection of cow-dung 'cakes'." - from Introduction. Moderate wear. Outwardly handsome and unmarked. Usual internal library markings. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
1990338 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Maps. Biography of Field-Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck by his former A.D.C. "Charts with vivid accuracy the fluctuations in the Field-Marshal's military career and personal life." - from dust jacket, which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Back free endpaper removed. Prior owner's stamps and writing upon front free endpaper, otherwise clean and bright with light wear. A sound copy. Book
1925111 pages. Guide to pronunciation. Glossary. Descriptive Notes. Color illustration pasted upon front board. Decorated endpapers. Nine attractive one-page color plates plus many additional charming color illustrations in text. "The nine tales contained in this volume were selected from a large number collected from various sources, and were chosen because they were favorites of the four little listeners, my self-appointed critics, with whom I shared them." - from page 9. Stories include: The Wonderful Garden of Dreams; The Magic Fiddle; Little Toe Bone; Devapala; Little Buzz-Man; The Plowman; The Magic Top; The Barber's Clever Wife; and The Charmed Ring. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper. Gift greetings upon verso of front free endpaper. Moderate wear to reddish cloth. Binding intact. A sound copy of this delightful vintage work. Baumgarten (2004) pp. 229. Book
1986152 pages. Features: Producer Peter O'Brian; Tony Aspler on three remarkable cellars; Kildare Dobbs revisits India; An Ottawa Tour - Th ebayne-Morrison House, The English Country Manner, Peach Preserved; Coco Chanel - the ultimate designer; Boris Brott; Claude Monet's gardens; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this wonderful issue. Magazine
1995108, xi-xiv pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with colour and black and white photographs. "I know no other man whose mere presence has thus enabled me to make the personality drop down into the abyss of nothingness where it belongs." - Duncan Greenlees. Gift greetings, signed by Ramana, fill front free endpaper. As the subject of this book passed away in 1950, it is unclear to us exactly which Ramana signed this copy. Book
1974xxiv, 315 pp. Complete with all five fold-out maps. VII black and white plates of numismatic coins and their monograms. "I am very glad that yet another Indian scholar has taken up the subject of the Indo-Greeks. Dr. Mohan's analysis brings to bear upon it a fresh approach and new interpretations. I commend his study to all students of the subject." - Foreword. Chapters include: North-West India or the Uttarapatha; The Peoples; Introduction to the Greco-Sunga Period; The Bactrian Greeks; Demetrius; Rise of the Sungas; Eukratides and his Successors; Menander; Menander's Successors. Unmarked with average wear to publisher's brown cloth. New pastedowns appear to have been applied inside each board, extending almost an inch onto free endpapers thus bolstering the hinges. A sound copy of this valuable reference. Book
