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195322-page booklet published on the occasion of the sixty-seventh anniversary of Vancouver's incorporation as a city, and celebrated with a dinner at the Stanley Park Pavilion, Monday, April 20th, 1953. This copy includes the hand-written name of Mrs. W.H. McLeod on page 3 where she is formally invited to the dinner. Contents include a (written) survey of Vancouver, 1885, statements by the hosts of the evening, photo of sculptor Sydney March (who created the panel as shown on the cover of this booklet), list of 195 names and addresses of surviving pioneers from the time of the city's incorporation (103 attended), and more. Printed upon glossy stock with reproductions of archival black and white photos. Average wear. A sound copy of this engaging piece of Vancouver history. Book
194132 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Full-page photo of four aircraft of the Netherlands Indies Air Arm in flight over Java; R.A.F. Pilot flies captured Italian Caproni 133 to the Sudan from Eritrea; Grim photos of action in the Albanian mountains - women packing heavy crates over the steep, snowy passes; Photo-illustrated text of Official Statement on the National Scheme for Pre-entry Preparation for the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm - The Air Training Corps; Illustration by Montague B. Black shows the last minutes of the Italian sea raider Ramb I which was sunk by H.M.S. Leander, a cruiser of the New Zealand squadron; British Navy Raid on the Lofoten Islands - 11 great photos; Centerfold illustration by William McDowell shows "What we did at Lofoten Islands"; War in the Western front - Bengazi welcomes Australians, drilling a water well, an abandoned Italian encampment, and several other photos; Photo-Illustrated article entitled "An Eastern Arsenal - Large-scale production of Munition Supplies Effected by the Delhi Conference"; Two photos of winter with the Royal Navy; Three photos of the King and Queen in Scotland; A commentary on the war this week; Europe under the Nazis - anti-aircraft gun guarding Rumanian oil tanks, Luftwaffe men marching in Italy, full-page photo of Hitler addressing 'his dupes' at the crowded Sportpalast on the anniversary of the Nazi party; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
197432 pages. Features: War of the Worlds - frightening filmbook of the 1953 movie; Martians in the comics; Monster-Maker Paul Blaisdell and how he created menacing martian IT!; Ray Bradbury Writes Again! - exclusive interview; Monster Scene from Mars; The Three Stooges in Orbit; Nostalgic look at the night America freaked out to 'War of the Worlds"; Color Mars-themed centerfold present but is of little value as a coupon has been clipped from its backside); 50's film Invaders From Mars; and more. Harmless coupon clipped from page 24 where prior owner crossed off the items he/she did not wish to purchase, otherwise unmarked. Average wear. Moderately age-toned. Despite the two clippings described, this remains a great vintage item due to its Mars/martian content and the great Ray Bradbury interview. Newspaper
197332 pages. Features: 20 Million Miles to Earth; Warp's the Word; Conqueror One; Your Complete Star Trek Review Guide; A Model Mr. Spock; Keep on Trekkin! (fantastic color centerfold features Mr. Spock in the 70's theme of 'Keep on Truckin'); Star Trek Yellow Pages; Star Trek Book Reviews; TMT Mailbag; Fu Wants You!; Ticks & Kicks; Fanzine Round-up. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Moderately age-toned. A quality copy. Newspaper
197772 pages. Features: Never a Dull Moment when Derek Sanderson is in Town; Detroit team roster and photos; Canuck management, executive and player photos; Photos of Canuck trophy winners 1975/76; Colour photo of Don Lever in Drapeshire Clothes Ltd. ad; Nice full-page BCTV colour ad features Canuck players in action and broadcast schedule for Canuck games; Denny Boyd writes about the Red Wings; Great full-page colour photo fashion ad for Woodward's features Rick Blight in dark brown leisure suit; Player of the Week - Dennis Ververgaert; Tony Gallagher writes about Ron Sedlbauer; Canuck and Detroit game rosters; Nice full-page colour photo ad for the Westin Bayshore Hotel, HQ for the 1977 NHL All-Star Game; J. Paul McConnell is featured prominently in a full-page black and white photo ad for CKWX 1130; Nice colour photo ad for Cooper sticks and their NHL belt buckle promotion; Labatt's Blue colour photo ad - stubby bottles; Excellent full-page colour photo ad for CCM's total head protection package - mouthguard, visor and helmet; Wolfe Chev-Olds ad features Canuck-Detroit game action photo; BCTV ad for "Diamonds are Forever" James Bond movie; Photo of goalie Curt Ridley in action; Detroit has suffered a Draught in the Draft; Molson Cup Standings; NHL scoring leaders; Al Cameron - a solid step to respectability; Great full-page photo Levis ad featuring Gerry O'Flaherty and family; plus many other great vintage ads. Light wear. Unmarked. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
1949200 pages. Features: Easing the farmer's oldest pain - rheumatism; The Newtons of Pleasant Hill Farm - nice color photos with article about the Park and Ruth Newton family farm near St. Albans, Vermont; Housing for big litters; Less feed, more chicken; Young settlers on the plains - eager veterans have begun farming at Mirage Flats in northwestern Nebraska; What is a good Angus?; Better plant a few nut trees; Mountain school that trains leaders - School of the Ozarks; Wagon ideas to save work; The war against Aftosa; Managing farm finances; Little Johnny Appleseed - Bob Anderson of Van Buren County, Michigan; Shell agricultural laboratory near Modesto, CA; You can help with the mail; Rural art center with over 400 members at Cheltenham Township, PA; and more. Ads: Texaco ad includes Mr. James West of Pomona, CA and his innovative orchard sprayer; B.F. Goodrich ad with large photo at the John and Joseph Mueller farm northeast of Belleville, IL; G.E. radios; Oldsmobile; Kaiser cars (color); Jeep; Chevrolet cars; Gibson Model "E" tractor; New Holland hay equipment (2 pages with photo of Irvin R. Yoder, Belleville, PA); Ford truck ad features Douglas Burden and Florida's Sea World; New York Stock Exchange one-page photo ad features the Louis B. Eckelkamp family of Villa Ridge, MO; Case tractors; Hudson cars (nice 2-page color ad); Hedy Lamarr in Auto-Lite ad; Nice color-photo 1-page John Deere tractor ad; Buick (2 pgs); Ford Tractor (2 pgs); Massey-Harris tractors; Life Insurance ad features the Hinton family of East Peoria, IL, with parents Don and Pauline; Allis-Chalmers Roto-Baler; Minneapolis-Moline Model "Z" tractor; Small photo ad for Harley-Davidson with the Hydra-Glide fork; 1949 Studebaker cars (color photos); Color-photo Camel cigaratte ad on back cover says "More doctors smoke Camel than any other cigarette". Unmarked with average wear. Several middle pages loose but present, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Magazine
198252 pages. Features: Cover art by Caroline Dukes called "Unveiling"; Caroline Dukes - Mastering Transition; Henri Masson - A Celebration; Jack Campbell - Shape and Shadow; Patricia Askren - The Third Dimension; Gershon Iskowitz - Retrospective of Life; From British Columbia - a Regional Expression of Landscapes; Malcolm McTaggart - A Sculptural Transition; Tribute to Jim and Marion Nicoll; Implications of the New Federal Budget; Art in the Marketplace; A.C. Leighton - A Never-ending Quest; and more. Colour ads include works by Henri Masson, Goodridge Roberts; Deborah Lougheed Sinclair, Stanley Cosgrove, Ron Finch, Norman Kelly, Robert Sinclair, Hans Herold, and Dorothy Knowles (back cover). Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
194274 pages. Black and white illustrations. Features: Selection of Earth-Moving Tires; Two-Speed Supercharger Drives; The "Square-Wheel" Tractor Goes to Town (rubber tracks on crawler tractors aids war effort); Aircraft Carburetor Airscoops and Their Effect on Fuel-Air Metering in Flight; and more. Numerous vintage patriotic/military wartime ads. Printed upon glossy stock. Heavily worn and soiled. Binding intact. A worthy wartime copy. Magazine
1940102 pages. Features: A Decade of Action for Children; Opening Doors for Children; When Boy Meets Girl; White House Conference on Children in a Democracy; How to Deal with Jealousy; Conquering Pneumonia; How to Nurse Your Baby; Sunshine to the Rescue; Family Fun; Family Home; Family Fashions; Feeding the Family; School Directory; Interesting one-page ad for GE sunlamps claims they will provide strong bones for babies; Nice (but soiled) color ad on back cover for Nestle's EverReady Sweet Milk Cocoa; and much more. Two small clippings from family fashions on page 33-35; Reader letters clipped from page 90. Small coupon clipped from page 94. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Lots of delightful reading and recollecting here! Book
196172 pages. Features: Two-page illustrated ad for the Boeing-Vertol 107; Fidel Castro's Threat to the Hemisphere - the author fought with Castro's army but left when he was convinced Castro would not stop until he was the master of all Latin America; Riot Control with Chemical Agents - when the mission is to quell, not kill; The 2d MAW's - Level Ready Pilot Training; Rogers' Rangers - Recon Company 1757 - the principles of small unit tactics they worked out over 200 years ago; Characteristics of Leaders; 2d Mar Div - 2d MAW - The Wing; 2d Mar Div - 2d MAW - The Division; Do-it-yourself Linguist; Mr. Gish, You're the New S-2; This is BUWEPS; Marine Corps Reserve; Baseplate McGurk; LAW Rocket Grenade Launcher, XM 72; Promotions and Transfers; Back cover color ad for the McDonnell Phantom II with J79-GE-8 engines; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1902réf. 1808883Published by Grant Richards 1902. 1st edition. Hardback. Very Good. Very good condition with no wrapper. Small format. Printed to one side of pages only. Colour illustrations. 95 pages. Dumpy Book No. 18. Spine lightly browned. Pages have finger creasing and one or two grubby marks. Overall a lovely example. Published by Grant Richards hardcover
198332 pages. Features: Passing of members Ralph G. Maddox, Dr. Leonard M. Aquilino, and Arthur C. Nelson; Spotlight on "Dutch" Kern and his 1931 Franklin; The Governor's Franklin - First in the State; H.H. Franklin Co. Sales Awards; Benny's Biography - car 6202 was built in 1908; The Cotton Body Company; Reproduction of "Royal Automobile Club, Report of Trial No. 724, Franklin Car; Reproduction of Franklin-related article in The Bystander in 1927; Detailing the Series 12-A of 1928; Reproduction of 1928 ad for the Franklin "Airman"; History of a Franklin Boattail in Hawaii; Atwater Kent and Franklin; Reproductions of two Atwater Kent ads; Reproduction of Atwater Kent ignition ad; Parts Price List for Atwater Kent Scientific Ignition Type CA-F Franklin System; Reproduction of vintage engineering drawing of the Franklin Lion Mascot, dated 1924; John Burns column on maintenance and restoration - Folberth windshield wiper motor replacement, electric gasoline gauges for series 12 and early series 13, scarcity of 6 volt batteries; Reproduction of four-page brochure for the Nagel R.K.D. Electric Gasoline Gauge, Franklin Installation, Series 12; Reproduction of vintage 1928 Franklin ad from the Syracuse Herald. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent issue. Book
195918 pages. Features: Nice illustrated ad for the Western Fishing Line Company shows fisherman smooching with gorgeous mermaid; Mailbag; Photo of Joe Reuther and Fran Vanerbour with dozens of rainbow from Clearwater; When the Westerly Blew - waterfowl hunting article by Doug. Michie includes photo of him and photo of Gerry Haarbriicker; Keep Your Guns Clean; Clay Chips; Sportsman's Corner - includes photo of Dave Dahlbren and Bob Tuohey with steelheads from the Coquihalla River; Several pages of boating information and ads; Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
196018 pages. Features: Cover photo of beautiful salmon river on Vancouver Island; Mailbag; "Killer Confesses" - shooting crows, with photo of Gerry Haarbrusker; Old Vienna one-page ad features photo taken by R.J. Pop of a big sheep plus text of its current numbers in B.C.; The Unspoiled Salmon - fishing inland from Sayward on Vancouver Island; Fly Fishing; A Man Will Wonder - education in outdoor subjects; Boats; Fantastic one-page illustrated ad for McCulloch's Scott 7 1/2 outboard motor inside back cover; Pilsener Beer ad on back cover; Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
197140 pages. Features: County Atlases of Ontario; For to Breakfast on - Pembroke Tables; How Old is My Antique; Old Toronto on the Move - moving homes; Leading English Dealer Crosses Atlantic - Mallett and Son; and more. Crossword on back cover has been completed. Address label on front cover has been blacked out. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
1980Features: Auction Report; The National Gallery of Canada celebrates 100 years; Collecting at the National Gallery; Exhibitions at the National Gallery; Conservation at the National Gallery; A Century of Ontario Houses; What is a Canadian Chair? - some thoughts on documentation and definition; The Careful Collector - Part I - Furniture. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
1976Features: Canadian Collector and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM); 20th Century Decorative Arts in the Royal Ontario Museum; Furniture Sleuthing; The Egmondville Pottery Revisited - Huron County, Ontario, 1852-1910; Canadian Crewelwork; Pysanka; A Letter From Canada - Written and Illustrated by John Locke Blagdon in 1844; Artist-Craftsman in Glass - Elmer John Hookway, 1889-1974; Studio Pottery; and more. Moderate wear. Nice copy. Book
198372 pages. Features: Auction Report 1982; Architectural Stone Carving in 19th Century Guelph; Quebec House - James Wolfe's childhood home in Kent; Early Coins of Canada; Canadian-American Postal Relations - I - The Beginnings to the 1820s; A Dowager Clings to Dignity - Edmonton's Alberta Hotal set a standard of Western Hospitality; Legh Mulhall Kilpin (1855-1919); Restoration and Renovation VI - Landscaping Your Period House; The Graphic Art of Advertising Pot-Lids; Unsuspected Harmonies - an unusual exhibit investigates multicultural responses to aesthetic qualities. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
2010488 pages. Features: Most Desired - photos by Darryl Patterson; What's Next - photographs by Glen Luchford; A Fashionable Life - Paloma Picasso; Lucite - Spring's clear choice; and much more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
186916 pages. Contents: Walking and Morning Dresses; Etiquette of Address; New York Fashions - silks and satins, items about dresses, trained casaques; Personal; Embroidery design for cigar-cases, port-folios, etc.; Point Russe Embroidery on Java Canvas for Antimacassars; Wicker-work and Netted Basket; Squares in Netted Guipure; Sofa Pillow with Crocheted Stripes; Point Russe Embroidery for mats, ooilette cushions, etc.; Gobelin Embroidery on Silk for Slipper; Medallions in Point Russe and Application for Cigar-Cases,; Crochet and Tapestry Lambrequin; Sweet Seventeen; Love versus prejudice; Saying and Doings; The complete art of Plain Sewing - Two pages with dozens of illustrations and text; Goose and Gander; Debenham's Vow - continued; Riding Habit; Full page compilation of eight different illustrations of different Belles (women) i.e. The Dumb Belle, Morning Belles, etc.; Humor; and more. Above-average wear. Book
195866 pages. Features: Taped Smut - recordings of unsuspecting newlyweds in hotel rooms and dirty stories read by sultry-voiced actresses are latest gimmic of Filth Peddlers; When the Nazis Tried Human Vivisection, as told by a former Corporal in the SS; Tijuana - city that mass-produces vice (with photos); It's the Day of the Gray Flannel Fag - "Not all Homos are Easy to Spot"; Ripley's Torture Museum; When a Gal Says "Your're the Dad!"; Phallic Worship in Japan; The Dawn I Knifed an Arab - when you live on the Borders of Israel you work, eat, sleep and make love with a gun at your side (with photos); Blood on the Diamonds - a tale from British Guiana; Air Gunner Gone Native - he wanted to stay with his 11 native wives and 47 kids on Kopu, Largest of the Ongtong Java Islands; I Escaped Siberia in a Coffin; and more. Above-average wear. Evidence of moisture exposure. No odour. A decent copy. Book
193971 pages. Covers: Economic Construction of South-West China, The China Affairs Board, Canton Letters, Japan's Reaction fo British Loan, Fare East News Budget - China, Japan, Manchuokuo, International, etc. Well-worn and soiled. Former owner's name atop front cover. Magazine
1953Cover: Queen Elizabeth II Special Feature: Coronation Day of Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953. Includes: Article "Your Undoubted Queen"; The Ceremony in Pictures; Article-The Great March Past; The Royal Progress (photos); At the Palace and on the Route (photos); Article - Singing in the Rain; Article - Men in Full Dress; The Royal Family's Day (photos); Article - The Royal Family at Home and Article - The Royal Family's Fishing. Other features: Top-Gear Hawking; A Townsman in the Country: Reverie on Four Coronations; Sculptor of Animals - Herbert Haseltine; Country birds come to town; and Pattern for Ascot. Pages numbered 1053 - 1100. Average wear. Writing in ink pg. 1053. Binding sound. A worthy copy. Magazine
193478 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Features: The Assam Border of Tibet; Homesteading in North-West Canada (in the Peace River Block); Survey in Johore; The Site of the City of Kalar in Kalar Dasht; The Grand Teton, Wyoming; The Kukanga Swamps; The Earthquake-Series of Ito (Japan); The Return of the Lively in 1831; The Este Map. University library bar code upon first page of advertisements. Ink stamp to front cover and several pages. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
1918Features: Scotland's Share in the Great War to the End of 1917; The Defeat and Recovery of Italy I - The Carso Battles and Storming of the Bainsizza Plateau. Centerfold illustrations of Scots in action. Above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
