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réf. Bloomsbury-9780275955663Praeger. Hardback. New. 296 pages Praeger hardcover
réf. Bloomsbury-9780275955663Praeger. Hardback. New. 296 pages Praeger hardcover
1933réf. 230727k039xbvkParis, Édition de la Girafe, 1933. 74 unnumbered pages, 15 woodcuts on singleside printed plates. - Publisher's beige softcover with transparent dustjacket; Folio (ca. 30 x 24 cm).
1908réf. 063878London: Privately Printed Grove Park Press 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good /No Jacket as Issued. First Limited and Numbered Edition. #67 out of 150 copies printed. Half-vellum binding with turquois cloth boards. Brown leather slip and gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Fore and bottom edges uncut. Laid paper. Red and black print. A few small illustrations scattered throughout text body. 373pp. Covers and spine mildly soiled with a few small stains. Leather slip is moderately rubbed. Endpapers and fore-borders of pages have some age-toning. Back pastedown endpaper has writing on it. Pages are white and crisp. Text body is free from underlining highlighting or notes. Full refund if not satisfied. Privately Printed [Grove Park Press] hardcover
1862réf. 47540Harrison 59 Pall Mall Bookseller To The Queen 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Solid Copy Darkened Color Decorated Boards Wear At Extremities Cloth Tan Sympatheitic Reback. Octavo Pictorial Boards. Color FRontis And Figures Text Figure Engravings. Scarce Title Of Victorian Decoration Color Selection Guides Harrison, 59, Pall Mall, Bookseller To The Queen hardcover
1777in-4, pp. 40, bella leg. mod. con impiego di materiali antichi in m. perg. e carta dec. ai piatti. Gr. vignetta in rame al front. con iscrizione in greco di B. Passerini. A pag.39 gr. incis. con l'immagine della Beata Michelina da Pesaro. Lozzi 2924 ma con la data del 1757, e Lozzi 3517 per questa ediz. Bell'esempl. a larghi margini. [400]
1883Folio pagine 445 (su 472) con molte illustrazioni xilografiche nel testo. Mezza pelle coeva. Titoli e fregi oro al dorso. Bellissimo esemplare. Seconda edizione molto ampliata ( la prima 1868 in 8°) Rarissima opera uscita a dispense (manca l'ultima dispensa contenente l'indice pp. 446-472 e le 11 tavole fuori testo)
1886gr. vol. in-8, pp. 298, rileg. post. m. tela con piatti in carta dec. Con una gr. tav. ripiegata al fine raff. la pianta di Ancona e il territorio circostante. Restauro alla carta lungo la piegatura molto ben eseguito. [173]
1978112 pages. Features: Beautiful color-photo Cadillac ad; Awesome Glen Oaks color-photo ad featuring bell-bottom pants; Meaningful Relationships; Political Power and American Ambivalence - Updating Machiavelli - a discourse on political power; Trapeze - the quest for the 'impossible' quadruple somersault - circus aerialist Tito Gaona - article with color photos; Avianca Columbian Airlines color ad; One Night in Leningrad - through the visit of an 18-year-old granddaughter to Russia, two sisters separated by a continent and an ocean 'see' each other again for the first time in more than 50 years - Jane Blanksteen and her family; Singing Schubert's Praises; Nice color-photo ad for Gant Rugger shirts; Centerfold color-photo ad for the BWM 733i (blue); Fashion Photos - Curving Closer; Pierre Franey and his 'almost perfect' kitchen; Many camp ads. Above-average wear. Checkmark and faint library stamp upon front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Book
191842 pages. Features: Cover illustration of President Woodrow Wilson; Nice illustrated ad for the Mitchell Six car inside front cover; One-page illustrated ad for Johns-Manville coal preservation products; Illustrated one-page Fisk Cord Tire ad shows natives carrying crude rubber to a waiting ship; "Over Here" - fiction by E.D. Biggers; The President - a profile of Woodrow Wilson by Richard Washburn Child; A Shipbuilder on the Job - photo-illustrated article on Homer L. Ferguson (with photo of black men hard at work above caption "Don't you dare come and tell us that the black man in the South is an industrial failure!"; Is There a Ukraine? - interesting photo-illustrated article; Editorial "Ships and the Submarine"; Photos of inventor William T. Donnelly and his 'buoyancy boxes' which were installed in ships to keep them buoyant even if torpedoed; Tremendous Trifles - photos of simple yet vital items needed to support the war effort; The Adventures of Colin O'Rell (Third Adventure - The Interrupted Tea); God Gave Them Youth (fiction); From Baseball to Boches (Fourth Inning); Ferry's Seeds ad; Classy half-page ad for Kahn Tailoring of Indianapolis; Nice one-page illustrated ad for Waltham watches; Dr. Eugene T. Hurd of Seattle - photo-illustrated article on this military surgeon; Nicely-illustrated quarter-page ad for Colt handguns appears to show WWI officer displaying pistol to Civil War veterans; Article on the French town of Bruay and wartime activities there, by Pierre Hamp; Interesting quarter-page ad for The Pullman Company includes photos of "The Men Who Serve You" - they are all black; Back cover two-color ad for the Victor (Victors and Victrolas) Company features illustration of Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind (Johanna Maria Lind); and more. Above-average external wear with coverfold mostly open. Binding intact. Bits of writing on front cover. A worthy vintage copy of this excellent WWI issue. Book
193852 pages. Features: Cover photo of a Junkers being loaded with heavy freight; Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover features great photo of the Flying Dreadnaught, the Sikorsky XPBS-1; Great full-page Ethyl Corporation ad with Wright Brothers theme; Excellent full-page photo portrait of Major-General Sir James H. MacBrien, a great friend of aviation who passed away 5 March 1938; Freight-Express Carriage for 1937; Nice full-page Gold Flake cigarette ad with Singapore photo; Trans-Canada Air Lines - Progress Report - article with photos including a full page containing the photos and names of 16 company pilots; Nice Kollsman Instrument ad; Nice full-page Stinson ad; Review of Air Mail Services; Great full-page photo ad for the Junkers JU 52 promotes its safe scheduled night air service; Flying Clubs review record year; Excellent two-page photo ad for the De Havilland Tiger Moth; Notable Flights of 1937; Nice full-page illustrated ad for Dunlop aeroplane tire, wheels and brakes; Aerial Leviathan emerges - article and photoss of Boeing's model 314 "South Seas Clipper" flying boat; The Fleet (Aircraft) Freighter is born - article and four photos of this new Canadian plane - followed by a great two-colour centerfold ad which includes five photos of this plane; Nice full-page ad for McLaughline Buick; Commercial Air Services in Review - Canadian Airways Ltd. and Quebec Airways Ltd.; Full-page Aeronca ad; Northwest Aviation Planning Council; Photo of Miss Mary Spearing, of Toronto, with her plane - she is Canada's only female aeroplane owner; Reviewing Licenses in Force; Photo and article about the fruitless search to find Mike Sawchyn who went messing after flying from Souris, Manitoba; Nice full-page ad for the new 1938 Cub Scout; Old Country Gossip; News from the West Coast; M.A.L.C. News; Two-colour ad for Eclipse starters inside back cover; Two-colour ad for Intava lubricants on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
1944Pages 291-348 plus several pages of great vintage ads. Features: "Killer Sleeman" - a Mountie's challenge handling a cop-killer; The Man Who Lost Face - a young ship's officer gets in the bad books of Chinese smugglers; The Inventor of the "Rugger" - William Webb Ellis; Amateur Bandit; A Paraguayan Dance - wild and wooly doings; "Humpie" - the unfortunate choice of a gold-seeking partner; Crocodiles in Northern Australia - article with great photos; The Clue of the Single Finger-Print - Part III of the robbery ofthe First National Bank at Lamar, Colorado and the bloody aftermath; "Bhang" - the smoking of this forbidden narcotic in Africa; My Elephant Drive - a tale from the Belgian Congo - with photos; Madui's Curse - a Rhodesian tale; Beachcombers' Luck - an amusing story from the British Columbia coast; Fish-Spearing in the South Seas; and more. Above-average external wear. Covers nearly loose. Contents clean and unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
195564 pages. Features: Wonderful two-page colour ad for Chrysler's "Motion-Design" automobile styling; The Struggle for the Border, by Bruce Hutchison - Part 1; Does Worry Cause Cancer?; We Just Had to Be Alone - story by Morley Callaghan; Jim Flynn's Private Army - The Cowichan Commandos - they serve as enemy for the Duncan Reserves - article with great photos; The Best Ten-cent Ride in the World - the 12-minute Vancouver Ferry - article with photos; I Grew Up With Saskatchewan - Marjorie Wilkins Campbell looks back fondly on her prairie childhood - article with photos; The Tourist Who'll Never Go Home - Harold Metcalf will never come home from London; Vintage colour Chevrolet ad; Nice 1955 Dodge ad. Three-inch opening to bottom edge of front cover. Center page holding by one staple. Moderate overall wear. A quality copy. Book
1926Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: A Cowboy in Trouble - A tale from Indian Territory which is now part of Oklahoma; The Seminoles of Florida - An interesting photo-illustrated account of these hermits of the Florida wilds; The Longest Voyage on Record - An authoritative account of the "Maria Madre", presently moored at Paysandu, Uruguay - with photos; The Way of the Wild - Photo-illustrated article by cinematographer F. Ratcliffe Holmes about his adventures filming wildlife; Filed - Until Found - The daring escape of John Kelly from the Worcester, MA jail; My First Rhino - After V.G. Bell bagged his first, he was nearly bagged by a nearby rhino; The Wild Tribes of Malaya - Edward E. Long visits unknown stone-age tribes - article with wonderful photos; "Stope Number Five East" - Grim story from the Golden Gleam Mine in Nevada; Among the "White Arabs" - Photo illustrated article on the Shawiya Berbers of Algeria; The Ju-Ju Man's Vengeance - The death of a German by hypnotism in West Africa; Painting Pictures Beneath the Sea - Well-known landscapte artist Tilden Dakin paints submarine 'seascapes' from a diving-bell of his own design; "Ginger" To the Rescue! - A story of the old 'blackbirding' days in the South Seas, when the recruiters were not always over-scrupulous as to how they obtained native labour for the plantations; An Australian Robinson Crusoe - Part II - Jack McLaren spent eight years with savages on the little-known western coast of Cape York Peninsula in Australia - with photos. 88 pages plus 20 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1927Features: The Derelict; The Vengeance of Devi Chand - the revenge of a bereaved father in India; A Donkey in Spain - the author planned to take a walking trip through Spain with a donkey carrying his baggage; An Arctic Outpost - what happened to three members of the RCMP's Craig Harbour Detachment - article with photos; Through France with "Sylvabelle" - I - a yachting voyage from Brittany to the Riviera - article with great photos; The Netik - native 'magic' on a south sea island; Aerial photo of dozens of log booms at Vancouver, B.C.; "The White Man's Great War-Game" - II - amazing photo-illustrated article of the savages of Sura, Angas and other primitive tribes of northern Nigeria; Truffle-Hunting - a description of the industry in Italy and France - and a description of the manner in which the pigs and dogs are trained to search for them - with photos; The One-Legged Kea - a tale from the South Island of New Zealand; Behind the scenes in American crime - "a veritable hell-brew of wickedness and intrigue that has no counterpart in Europe - article with photos of Mrs. Margaret Whittemore and Richard Whittemore; Besieged by Crocodiles; The Lost Safe - a detective story; Lee Sum's Lucky Day - a 'gang-robbery' in the state of Pahang in Malaysia. Multiple pieces of red and clear tape holding covers in place. Brown tape securing fore-edges of each cover. A worthy vintage copy. Book
194964 pages. Features: Funny cover illustration of ditzy blonde beating table of men at poker; Nice colour GWG (Great Western Garment) ad inside front cover for their Drillers Drill work clothes for men; One-page blue and black recruiting ad for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF); One-page colour ad for the 1949 'futuramic' Oldsmobile; One-page colour ad for Waterman's pens features the new Crusader Trioset; Are We Governed by Bureaucrats? - an examination of the brain trust alleged to run Canada from the back room; Seventeen Lotus Blossoms - early appearance of this Sax Rohmer story, illustrated by Oscar Cahen; Quebec City - photo-illustrated article; McCarthy's Last Affair - short story involving hockey; Television - The New Monster - 'a cultural bomb is being thrown into Canadian homes', by Morley Callaghan; Eyes in the Dark (short story); Canada's New Statesman - Louis St. Laurent; Champion spark plugs ad features illustration of man pouring sap from maple tree; Handsome colour centerfold Chevrolet ad features a 1949 Fleetline four-door sedan with Fisher Body; A Dime for God - photo-illustrated article about the good works of Frere (Brother) Sauvageau, the Quebec Brother who, by his beggin, has fed, clothed, and educated hundreds of boys, and cured souls by asking them to have faith; "Going Steady" and the Sex Problem; One-page colour-photo ad for Heinz canned soup, spaghetti and baked beans; Colour half-page Canada Dry ad; Canadian General Electric (CGE) ad for their radios, including the Models C122, C751 and C545; Quarter-page ad for the Thistle 'minipak' baby stroller and 'nibs' chariot; Rare one-page two-colour (red and black) Canadian Red Cross ad features illustration of plaintive woman (nurse?) at top; Fashion article on hats includes photos; Nice half-page colour Quick Quaker Oats ad features illustration of young boy dreaming of growing to be a basketball star; Housecleaning Can Be Fun (?); Half-page colour-photo ad for Sovereign Potters features Mornglo ware; Wabasso Cottons ad inside back cover features colour photo of two girls in bonnets feeding ducks; Nice back cover Coke ad features illustration of nervous young man visiting young girl's home; and more. Average wear. Four-inch opening to bottom of coverfold. Address hand-corrected on address label, otherwise unmarked. A nice copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
1970136 pages. Features: Paris Spring Collections Report; America - how to wear the nifty new looks in fashion - the slim and easy midi, the slit skirt, the big hat with everything, new ideas for pants with thongs, fringe, weskits; The Wrapped Midis; Italy - The Spring Fashion Collections; The Natural Phenomenon of New York Taxi Drivers; How Psychotherapists Deal with Their Children; Talking about Jerome Robbins; Antonioni - an interview; Great Mogul Beethoven; Ten pages of new ideas for houses... now through summer; Tamboo - new village in the Bahamas; Dozens of gorgeous ads; and much more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Back cover missing. A worthy vintage copy. Book
198080 pages. Features: One-page color-photo ad for Corum watches made of ingots of gold; Nice two-page color-photo Jordache Jeans ad features topless lady with two topless men; Many more great color male fashion ads; How to Judge Quality; Cool, Crisp Classics; The Valet Did It; The Best New Knits; The Action Jacket; Shirts and Slacks; The Cool New Colors; Fine Accessories; Timely Classics; Care for Male Faces. Average wear. Unmarked. Some age-toning. A nice vintage copy. Book
1928Pages 338-420 + 16 pages of nice ads, including one page for Leonard Wood Memorial, an organization combatting leprosy. Features: The Sealed River - the terrible events which befell a young British police officer at the hands of an old Boer ex-commandant; The Hold-Up of No. 13 - remarkable robbery of the Southern Pacific Railway Company in Oregon, October 11, 1923 - article with photos of Hugh De Autremont, Ray Charles De Autremont and Roy A.A. De Autremont; Saving a President - the author spirited President Porfirio Diaz of Mexico from Mexico City to the coast when he adbicated in 1911; Ning Wo Intervenes - a Chinese Sherlock Holmes with methods all his own; Diver v. Devil-Fish - a Puget Sound battle in 1927; Life in a Land of Death - Part 1 - adventures among Papuan head-hunters - article with amazing photos; A Matter of Slave-Raiding - the white man goes up against a ruffianly border chieftain along the Abyssinian frontier of the Sudan; "Square-Pegs" - part 1 - the misadventures of a middle-class London family which uprooted itself and relocated to a Canadian prairie farm; Saved by an Iceberg - two Newfoundland fisherman were adrift for 11 days; The Lost Tusker - occult powers of the primitive Kurramba tribesmen of the Malabar forests; O'Hara to the Rescue - incident on board a steamer; Tom Threepersons - article with photo about a 'wild west' gunman; On Tour with a Puppet-Show - part 2 - odd experiences through the West of England; Tobacco Redeemer (smoking cessation) ad inside back cover. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
195972 pages. Features: Nice colour photo ad for Red Cap ale inside front cover; Nostalgic full-page Aunt Jemima pancake ad; Great full-page colour photo ad for the 1959 line of Rambler automobiles; Is Diefenbaker running a one-man government?; My dad was king of the medicine men - Doc Tom Kelley and his Medicine Show; The Woman who can do anything - Malvina Labine is Reeve of Rayside Township near Sudbury - and she has given birth to 20 children! - article with great photos; Holiday Weekend in Ottawa - Trent Frayne and June Callwood take their family for a trip; The delicate art of giving the sack - some techniques; How I Beat My Middle-Aged Spread - Lloyd Percival describes how he shaped up - article with photos; Attractive colour ad for the 1959 Plymouth Fury; Caterpillar colour photo ad features large shot of Highway 401 passing through Toronto - all four lanes of it - my how things have changed!; Nice Oldsmobile colour ad for the Dynamic 88 Holiday Sportsedan; Now totally politically incorrect, the colour photo ad for O'Keefe beer inside back cover shows a couple watching a scantilly clad woman on tv while drinking beer and smoking!; Back cover Coke ad shows a couple preparing pop and sandwiches for a party; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
1964Signed and generically inscribed upon title page by Simma Holt. 312 pages. Bibliography, index, and many pages of dramatic black and white photographic plates. Map endpapers. "Shocking, tragic, unbelievable, is this account of the strange sect and its fanatic leaders who have defied the laws of Canada for over fifty years. A story of fanatical terrorism let loose in the name of religious freedom; of a Mafia-like organization growing more sophisticated in its criminal activities with each passing year." - dust jacket. Tiny ink stamp to bottom edge, otherwise clean and unmarked with average wear. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this extraordinary and fascinating history. Cuddy & Scott p.44, Spadoni & Donnelly 1728, Artibise 2907. Book
194556 Pages. Features: Cover photo of "Russia's Winter Army on the March" showing soldiers on skis; United States Lines ad inside front cover features Eliot Wadsworth of the Chamber of Commerce; Color-photo one-page ad for The Commercial Travelers Mutual Accident Association of America; One-page ad for Dumont televisions; Japan is Still a Dangerous Enemy - article with naval battle photos including a dramatic one-page photo of a U.S. rocket assault on Peleliu Island; The Delicate Balance to be Kept in Europe Demands Statesmanship; Poem to the leaders of the Allied Nations; Wonderfully illustrated article on Idlewild Airport (New York International Airport, later renamed in honor of JFK) by Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia; Nice color one-page Celanese ad advertises their Lumarith plastic car parts; Harry Truman article on his new job as Vice-President; Article on music composer Richard Rodgers (with photo) explains that he writes musical amid office confusion; Lovely one-page color ad for Richelieu Pearls features lady in strapless top; Inside story of a Handbag - casing new light on the ways of womankind!; Nice color ad for Valliant Vineyards; Al Smith - a friend looks at the record - great photo-illustrated article on the life of Governor Alfred E. Smith; One-page ad for Congress Playing Cards; The Story of Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Nostalgic ad for the defoe Shipbuilding Company of Bay City, Michigan; Color photo ad for Thomas' Protein Bread features attractive lady in yellow dress; Color ad fo Presto Cake Flour; Photo-illustrated recipe for Coffee Cake Without Sugar; Wonderful one-page colour ad for Sand W Fine Apple Juice features two lovely young ladies; Article on tomorrow's refrigerators; Teen-Age Decalogue; Wheatena ad shows bride carrying groom over the threshold; Lovely two pages of photo of formal hat fashions for ladies; Chow for the Wacs - they don't need as much food as they've been receiving; Gorgeous one-page color-photo fashion ad for Donnybrook Classic; Color ad for Oxydol soap; Dr. Lyon's Tooth Powder ad features sensuous scene; ad for Scott fine radio receivers; Color ad for Jackson & Perkins Co. flowers on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage wartime issue. Book
