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1900Extensive coverage of the Transvaal (Boer) War. Photos and illustrations include: Troops around the Water-Cart after Colenso, Seaforth Highlanders Bivouacking, "Joe Chamberlain", Transport Leaving Southampton, Camp on Look-out Hill, Pretoria Jail (laid in), Hospital Ship Lismore Castle, Lord Roberts arrives at Cape Town, Mr. Lynch's Captivity, The Brighton Artillery Position Battery, Hampshire Volunteers for the front, Ladysmith images, Lubbes Hoop Farm, 16 photos of men killed at Spion Kop, Ladysmith, and Modder River, "D" Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery, departs Ottawa, In the Trenches at Ladysmith (centerfold), Lord Iveagh's Field Hospital Staff prior to Departure, Two-page illustration of "Canadian Artillery Entraining at Ottawa for the Cape" (laid in). Moisture exposure at edges has resulted in light staining and waviness. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
1985514 pages. Author's signature and inscription upon title page. List of abbreviations, Bibliography, Index. Four colour plates. Several black and white illustrations. "A thumb-nail sketch of Royal Canadian Artillery batteries mobilized for service during the 1939 to 1945 conflict." - from Preface. "D.W. (Wilf) Falconer, who served the Guns from Dieppe to The Dollart has, through his dedication and untiring efforts, produced a reference work ensuring the units and details of their histories will always be remembered. The degree of accuracy and attention to detail... are second to none. It is my pleasure to recommend this book as a reference source to all students of military history and to all collectors of memorabilia of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery." - J.P. Beer, MBE, CD, Colonel, R.C.A. (Ret'd). Clean and unmarked with light wear. Possibly unread. Tight and square. A quality copy. Book
1983Features: How Sears, Roebuck won the West (includes 1902 ad for a 'bust developer' gizmo); Wyatt Earp and the Civil War - he answered the call of distant drums; Repeating rifles on the frontier - more popular on the post war frontier than revolving rifles were lever-action repeaters - Spencers, Henrys and others; A Gunfighter Craze is Sweeping the Country; A History of Wine in California - from Mission Grapes to Premium Wines; Black Bart (C.E. Bolton) - Backpacking Robber-Poet; Wild West Shotguns - They were even used for 'salting' mines; The Lost Wagon Train; Big Russell-Remington Collection in Fort Worth - Texas Oilman's Art Displayed at Gallery; He was hanged for *planning* a murder - A.J. (Andy) Hudspeth; Natural Foods of the 'Digger' Indians; Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1917Features: Giant relief map of Messines Ridge; Photo of General Sir Henry Wilson; Photo of Signor Caproni - Italian Aeroplane inventor; On the western front in Flanders - a railway laid by the Canadian Royal Engineers; Super two-page photo of a Baghdad street crowd watching British gunners hauling a heavy gun; General Allenby's advance towards Jerusalem; Romances of the Regiments - the 10th and the 37th; The "Friedrich der Grosse" brings U.S. troops across the sea; Two-page photo of a British Battery under attack near Passchendaele; Bad weather road traps on the Flanders front; using x-rays on the Western front; Devastation on the Flanders front; Admiral Mayo visits Sir David Beatty; Picking the brain of a captured Zeppelin; Women operating tractors; With General Allenby's Army in Palestine; Average wear. Staples almost disintegrated. Book
1917Features: French Lance-Grenade Battery; Along Russia's long line from Riga to Armenia (4 photos); Forces behind the Russian Revolution (1-page article); Means and modes of locomotion in Mesopotamia; Past and present in picturesque Bagdad; Deadly British Mortar that Balks the Hun; Deceptive Trench-Forestry on the Ancre; On the way to Bapaume - a wingless butterfly; Italians watch effects of new French grenade; The flight from Bukarest - 2-page article plus 4 photos; Indian Empire after the War - article by St. Nihal Singh; 4 photos of Prussian piracy - windjammer torpedoed by U-boat in the Channel; The Scottish borderers on the Somme - article. Staples disintegrating. Above-average wear. Book
1962Features: I fished the finest spot in North America - Tazin Lake; Primitive weapons guard our jets at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines; Owner's Reports - Ford Falcon and Pontiac; GM Lift-off Hardtop; Build this safe sidewalk classic - it runs on a battery (complete plans); Midget go-anywhere power plant; Helicopter Airliners - Vertol 107/Rotodyne/Sikorsky S-61; The chemical war on weeds; "Hot Dog" tailpipe; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1937312 pages. Index. Black and white plates. Covers 10 years of the author's life... "what happened to me in the Great War, and then afterwards in the equally great Peace" - from Introduction. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Some spine slant. A worthy reading copy. Book
1918Front cover illustration of trained dogs used as trench messengers. Illustration of British seaplane airman. Grabbe & Co., Unlimited - article on inflated British food prices. Danger Points in the East - article by Lovat Fraser. Photos of saving Holy Objects from the 'Sacrilegious' Hun. Photos from Mesopotamia - ruins and modern doings. Photos of Humane Treatment of Turks Taken in the Pursuit. Chateau and Church shattered by Huns - photos. Photos of lights being used in war; Woodrow Wilson - 'The Only Statesman in the World' - article by Hamilton Fyfe. Photos of French and American soldiers. Lighter Moments/Recreation. Photos of 'Work at home for enmeshing enemy mines at sea'. "The Winners" by Boyd Cable. Photos of stout-hearted soldiers of Resurgent Serbia. Photos of 'Preparing for the Future in Corn Land & Quarry'. Photos of curious contrasts. "The Eyes of the Battery" - Certain liveliness at an artillery observation post by 'O.Pip'. Photos of decorated individuals. Book
1918Full page illustration of the new chief of the Imperial General Staff, Lieut.-General Sir Henry Hughes Wilson. Some Lighter Aspects of a Fleet Action - by 'Bartimeus'. Preaching and Practising Prudent Economy - 5 photos. An Aeroplane Shoot on the Western Front, by 'O.Pip'. Artillery Preparation Against the Great Attack - 3 photos of a massive British rail-mounted gun and a French shell dump. Amazing photo of French observers serving as part of an anti-aircraft battery. Five photos of kite balloons. Women at work. Tanks and Trimphs from the French Front - 4 photos. From the Forge of Vulcan to the Field of Mars - two illustrations of massive guns. The U Boats and the U.S. - a confident view of the Transatlantic Transport (article). At Army Headquarters, article by Hamilton Fyfe. Arresting Attila's Advance to the Adriatic - 5 photos. New Laws for New Conditions - how the Australian Commonwealth Set the Example. Photos of decorated soldiers. Adventures of an ensign, article by 'Vedette'. Average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. Sound copy. Book
1926Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Great photo of cable-pulling gang; The progress of the phone in greater Vancouver; New record set by Vancouver installers; Cartridge fuses defend against foreign currents; Providing phone facilities is a co-operative task; New Kerrisdale exchange being equipped; How a switchboard lamp is made; William Buckle and Splicing; Construction/splicing in Vancouver; A Switchboard Plug and Cord Explains its troubles; Where the cables end when they crawl out of the sea; Chilliwack's first telephone agent, John McCutcheon, passes away; Nice photo of Granville and Hastings; Nice photo of Richmond Road and area near Victoria; Operator training - 8 pages with nice photos; Peter Grant helped equip Canada's first common battery office; Nanaimo and New West. offices to be expanded; Preparing the pay cheques; George P. Kelly - installed 80' poles; More trunks in Vancouver; Lightning damage on mainland; Repeaters aid voice currents on long journeys; automatic typewriters - chief repeaterman William Faulkes; New Kerrisdale office; Bar Graph of growth of the B.C. system; Statement of Development: # of phones in operation in towns across the province; Victoria and Vancouver to be united by new route; how the phone bill was paid 20 years ago; Kootenays get service; The service application; High tension hazards; draughting the system; Mr. C.E.S. Fisher; Operator Grant gets a phone in her home; Arithmetic is paramount in traffic man's life; Phone shattered by lightning strike; Kamloops now connected to coast; Despatching yellow cabs from 'seymour 4000'; New Carlton office; plant garage serves many cars; new Langley office; Long Kamloops feature with many photos; Grouse Mountain yields to phone's advance - long article with many photos; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear overall with the exception of backstrip which shows significant wear and is loose along back edge. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Book
1932Includes special 8 page photogravure supplement on the Argus Three. Articles: Using the Loud-Speaker; All about Low-Frequency Coupling; Indoor Aerial Erection; The Screen-Grid Valve as a Detector; Do you understand characteristic curves?; Radio Wrinkles from Readers; Reveivers and their Records; Tapping and its Uses - 1; Radiogram Receivers; Simple apparatus for measuring Resistances; The Beginner's Supplement; How to choose a suitable L.T. Battery for your set; Below 100 metres; Chats on Components; The Arithmetic of Wireless - 2; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Corner clipped from lower back cover. Book
1932Topics: Fitting a Pick-up; Automatic Grid Bias from Battery Sets; Details Often Overlooked; Simple Former for Short-Wave Coils; Simple Tester for Tuning Coils; Economical Construction; Combined with Efficiency; A Cheap Fault-Finder; The Loud-Speaker and the Output Stage; Causes of Instability; Radio Wrinkles from Readers; Receivers and Their Records; Introducing the Argus Three (3); The Speaker Speaks; Selectivity with Plug-in Coils; Choosing a Modern Valve - 3; The Beginner's Supplement; Can you Read a Circuit Diagram?; Below 100 metres; The Gang Menace - the fallacies of uni-control in Radio Receivers; Chats on Components; The Arithmetic of Wireless - 1; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Corner clipped from lower back cover. Book
196572 pages. "This reprint of the 1914 Cadillac Instruction Book is made available for owners, former owners, collectors and others who remember these famous and excellent early cars." - from front cover. Reprint date not stated - possibly 1960s. Many excellent photos and diagrams. Topics include: Operation and General Care; Lubrication; Adjustments; Air Pressure; Anti Freeze; Automatic Cut-Out; Bearings; Brakes; Carburetor; Care of Engine; Care of Tires; Circuit Breakers; Clutch; Coil; Cooling System; Distributor and Timer; Engine; Gasoline System; Gear Shifting; Ignition; Ignition Relay; Lubrication; Magnetic Latches; Motor Generator; Oils; Radiator; Rear Axle; Spark; Spark Plugs; Springs; Starting; Steering Gear; Stopping; Storage Battery; Throttle; Timer and Distributor; Tires; Tire Pump; Transmission; Voltage Regulator; Wheels; Wiring Diagram; and more. Small dap of liquid paper atop title page else clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
196928 pages. Features: Juliette is featured in an Burgess Battery ad; By God, There Aint' Many of us Left - The Orangemen of Ontario / Orange Association in Canada; Pro Golfer Doug Sanders - He'd Be Poor on $38,000 a Year; Who Needs Ottawa - BC Premier W.A.C. Bennett has plans to split Canada into five regions and describes himself as a co-operative federalist; Full-page ad for Sony radios; Automobile Skid Control School in Oakville, Ontario run by Henk de Vries; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
1953104 pages. Features: .Great colour photo ad for Chevrolet Trucks inside front cover; New Holland forage harvester ad featuring their Flo-Trac feed; Nice Buick ad; Great colour one-page ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes; Photo of Footballer Bobby Layne is featured in a Prest-o-lite battery ad; Nice color-photo one-page ad for International Harvester tractors features their Farmall Fast-Hitch; Let's eally Sell Milk; How to stay in the Beef business with Brood Cows and Feeder Cattle; Is Your Pond a Money Maker?; International Trade Makes You Prosperous; Jabez and the Devil's Seat; Careful Credit can work for you; Sweet color ad for Studebaker Trucks; Meet-type hogs save time and feed; Low-cost housing for small flocks of hens; "Ferguson 30" tractor ad; Great color-photo one-page ad for New Idea pickers; Great photo ad for Willys Jeeps and 4-Wheel-Drive trucks; Great GM auto products color centerfold displays many of their brands/products; Checking your cattle for 'Slow Drag"; Kohler Electric Plants (Generator) ad; Rhubard Ridge cartoon; Margaret Lindsay appears in a colour photo ad for Crosley fridges; Nice Ford car ad; Opera for Everybody; Colour fashion photos show creations by designer Helen Rose of M-G-M; Basic training for your dog; Article on teaching children the facts of life by Beulah France, R.N.; Ann Delafield cosmetics ad features her photo; Pansies for Sale - a nice small business; Nice one-page colour photo ad for 7UP features a family picnic of fried chicken; Just What is Wrong with Abundance?. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1995112 pages. Features: Vladimir Nekola generates his own electric power in downtown Chicago using wind and sun; Stu Kingman and family install a home photovoltaic system; Wind Generators and Birds; Electric Cars - Toys or Reality?; EV Battery Chargers; Electric Vehicle Tires; A Graphic Guide to Solar Water Pumping; California 'Net Metering' legislation introduced; Mark Klein and the Gimme Shelter Crew; David Booth's straw bale home odyssey; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
1944Contents: Nash-Kelvinator military ad in color inside front cover; Ad for the Chrysler Sea Mule; Dewey triumph poses question - will Willkie bolt from party?; Hull's speech attempts to divorce politics from our foreign policy; Gun Play in Wichita - Bargel K. Stanley holds police off for an hour; Prelude to Torture - Jap Propaganda in Pictures - 3 pages reprinted from a mysterious undated English-language publication called 'Freedom' put out in Shanghai - "... these pictures show the great score the American people still have to score with the little men across the Pacific."; Navy Raids on Palau and Yap uncover secrets of Jap bases - old Sea Dogs are excited by size of U.S. attack force and nearness of Philippines; Photo of landing strip construction in China - 300,000 Chinese workers and 100,000 hand-made wheelbarrows have been conscripted to this end; British Rocket Battery - photo and article; Elizabeth, the future Queen of world's soundest monarchy; De Gaulle Triumph - finally becoming No. 1 Frenchman, he takes in reds - on his terms; Great photo of Curtiss Helldivers under construction at a new Fort William, Ontario plant which will produce for the U.S. Navy; SWPA starts setting policy on sale of surplus war goods; Andrew F. Howe, owner of 100 patents, finally settles with General Steel Castings for over $1 million; Trappist monks set up in Conyers, Georgia. Above-average wear. All pages stained to varying degrees, presumably by water - all text legible. A worthy reference copy. Book
2009Features: Colin Thatcher claims he was wrongly convicted; Harper's Recovery; Alberta's Wildrose Alliance; Obama's Health Care Proposal; Abdullah Abdullah - a new hope for Afghanistan; Germany gets Tough - sends troops to Afghanistan; Canada's chance to Emerge from America's Shadow?; The Race for the Perfect Battery; The Cooling Cure for Cardiac Arrest; Is Quebec the Human Guinea Pig Capital of North America?; Are we Drinking too much Water?; In Praise of Dead-End Jobs; What Happened to Quentin Tarantino?; Keeping a lid on Vancouver fun; Wal-mart's new cookies taste like Girl Scout cookies; Judith Josephine Koritar - Obituary; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
196998 pages. Wonderful full-page Guild amplifier ad on page 2 featues George Benson playiing. Gary Burton is featured in a full-page ad for Musser Vibes; 1968 - the year that was; The Roots of Rock, Rhythm and Blues, by John Gabree; The Joe Marsala Story - article with photos; Duke Ellington Travelogue - his Latin American photo album, with article; Notes and Memories of the New Music, by Larry Kart; The Blues as Poetry, by Rod Gruver; Combined Fender and Rogers Drums ad features Jimi Hendrix and Louie Bellson; Bud Powell - a complete discography, by Jorgen G. Jepsen; The Cream of the 1968 Record Crop; Jazz Humor, by Ira Gitler; Arrangement for Mercy, Mercy, Mercy by Joe Zawinul - as recorded by Buddy Rich and his band; Tonic Drum ad featuring Max Roach; Blues and the Abstract Truth, by Oliver Nelson - composed and arranged for 7-piece combo; Slingerland Drum ad inside back cover featuring Buddy Rich. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this most enjoyable and informative publication. Book
1941Features: Two-pages of Soviet cities now facing the gigantic Nazi battering-ram; Illustrations of two missing aces - Flight Lieut. J.C. Mungo-Park and Wing-Commander J.R. Kayll; Clearn photo of the Soviet emergency "Council of Defense", including Stalin, Molotov, Voroshilov, Malenkov and Berya; Wonderful photo of three large drums built for Haile Selassie and his new Abyssinian state; How the Nazis took Crete - five enemy views of paratroop operations; Thirteen photos of personalities of the day, including good photo of the funeral cortege of German ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II; Nine great photos of the besieged garrison of Tobruk; Article - Hitler's assault on Russia, by Cyril Falls; Air photos of French Aerodromes at Boulogne and St. Omer smashed by the R.A.F.; Super before and during photos of R.A.F. attack on the rail marshalling yard at Hazebrouck; Centerfold illustration of large-scale English mimic night attempt to land barge-borne troops and tanks (early D-Day training); Photos of Home Guard excercises - street fighting on London; Four photos of camouflaged snipers; Iraqi armistice - six photos, including one of Imir Abdul Illah, the Regent; After the Battle of Amba Alagi - The Italians Surrender - Two good photos; Photo of Nazi glider in Crete; Amazing photos of the "Imperial Transport", cut in half by a U-boat but still salvaged!; Article - the nutritive value of plankton; Syria's historic invasion route - inscriptions at the Dog River - seven photos; Nice half-page ad for Rolls-Royce cars. Average wear. Faint Ink stamp to front cover. Clear tape inside each cover along spine, and externally along spine. A sound copy. Book
194032 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Excellent full-page aerial photo looking down on three Messerschmitt's raiding an English town; Great full-page night photo of a 4.5" anti-aircraft battery of the Western Command at work; Pill box vigil; Inside a watch post; photos of how shell-burst data is recorded; Problems of the Royal Navy - photo-illustrated text of broadcast by Admiral of the Fleet Lord Chatfield; Dramatic illustration by Montague B. Black shows a Hurricane pilot ramming a Dornier; Greece also answers the call to arms - five photos and full-page map indicating where Greece and Italy are at Grips; Article on the air war on Britain - Official report on Germany's losses over a period of twelve weeks; photos of famous London buildings bombed; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Blackshows night attack on Naples with Vesuvius smoking in the background; Four dramatic photos of an Italian submarine under attack, going down, and having its crew picked up by a British destroyer; Photos of H.M. the King with the Eastern Command; Progress of the War - Commons Statement by Winston Churchill; Empire troops in the desert war; A commentary on the war this week; Exellent photos of Naples' Maritime Railway Station, The Skoda Works in Czechoslovakia and Essen - Germany's City of Steel with its Krupp works; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. Cover holding loosely. Contents tight. Book
1980124 pages. Features: The New York Thirties; Preservation and the Richardson Boat Owner's Association; EMME; Alternatives to the Lumber Yard; Putting Down Roots - your own woodlot; The Backbone - Part III - getting it upright and ready for ribbands; The Restoration of the STANLEY NORMAN - rebuilding a working skipjack between seasons; Marine Batteries - Part II - installing and maintaining battery systems; A Core Sound Sharpie; Seizing Hanks - step-by-step instructions; California's Ancient Canoe - the heritage and rebirth of the tomol; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
1941104 pages. Features: Great color photo Studebaker ad inside front cover features military insert; Plymouth ad; Great colour photo ad for Armstrong's Asphalt Tile; The First American Crusade - Herbert Hoover's personal memoirs of World War I, originally intended for release after his death but printed here in view of the imminent entrance of the US into World War II - with photos; Go Fly a Kite, story by Eddy Orcutt; Hearts of Oak, by Walter Havighurst; Cellini to Hearst to Klotz - the sale of fine art and objects by Gimbel Brothers; Stanford Football Coach Clark Shaughnessy behind the Eight Ball - article with photos; The Liar That Laid an Egg, by William Hazlett Upson; First Baby, by Dorothy Thomas; Botany Bay, by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall; Morale in a Test Tube - Research at the Merck plant in Rahway, NJ; Great color photo ad for Campbell's Soup; The Phantom Filly, by George Agnew Chamberlain; Nice color ad for Oldsmobile cars, featureing a red two-door model; Great color ad for GM locomotives; Nice two-page Buick ad; Chrysler ad; Color Cadillac ad; Dodge Fluid-Drive car ad; Wonderful full-page two-color cartoon strip-style ad for Hotpoint appliances; Wonderful two-page color ad for Del Monte canned foods and their 3rd annual Round-Up; Nice two-color full-page ad for Champion spark plugs shows lady in top-had being hit by snowball; Fantastic Timken bearing ad shows all the military applications of its products; Wonderful color ad for the 1942 Packard Clipper, featuring a blue Clipper Club Sedan; Large color ad for RCA Victor Radios; Great color ad for Old Gold Cigarettes shows smooching young couple; Underwood typewriter ad; Dramatic illustrated Eveready Battery ad depicts the attack on the Egyptian liner ZamZam as experienced by C.A. McCarthy; Nice two-color ads for Nunn-Bush shoes and Aunt Jemima Pancakes; Lovely full-page color ad for Roblee shoes for men; Luden's cough drop ad illustrates 'Clothespin Nose"; Nice color ad inside back cover for Van Camp's pork and beans features Mrs. Lou Little; Ivory Soap ad on back cover. Average external wear and soiling. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
199364 pages. Features: Back cover - Horsford's 1883 Calendar; I.W. Harper - A Family Affair - Isaac Wolfe Bernheim; Antique Arizona Bottles - very informative with many photos; Kovel's Antiques & Collectibles Price List; Auction Action; Battery (Voltaic Cell ) Jars - informative article with excellent photos; The Mystery of the Missing Pontil Scar, by Kent Williams. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
199364 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Right Place, Right Time!, by Jim Sinsley; The Making of Uncle Sam, by Dave Cheadle; The Presentation Whisky Jug, by Jack Sullivan; Jar Talk - Alexander H. Kerr and the Kerr Glass Company, by Jack La Baume; Extra Special Deliveries; Auction Directory; Bottle Network News; British Bottle Bits, by Rob Goodacre; The Label Space - The E.C. Flaccus Company, P. Duff & Sons, Battery Jar Update - by Tom Caniff; Part IV - To Remember Him (fiction), by Jackie McRae; Up-Dates; The Appeals & Perils of Appraisal, by Jack Sullivan. Clean and unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
