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1992141 pages including bibliography and index. "The magnificent Bigwin Inn once stood as North America's largest and most luxurious summer resort. With an unprecedented collection of historical documents, vintage photographs and vivid colour plates, this book takes you back in time to the fabulous Gatsby-like era of the resort's heyday, a golden age when sleek mahogany launches plied sparkling lake waters, glittering masquerade balls were held in the Pavillion, chamber trios played to Hollywood stars in the Tea House, and royalty lounged beside crackling fires in the Rotunda. Discover the magical secrets of this summer place. Its unforgettable story is a colourful chapter in Canadian history and an important part of our Canadian heritage." - from dust jacket. Light overall wear. Tight and square. Two short scratches to mid-fore-edge of front panel of dust jacket - please see our photo. Half-inch opening to dust jacket back panel near top of spine. Faint erasure atop maroon front free endpaper where prior owner's details removed. A quality copy of this treasured work. Book
1970111 pages. An awesome collection of blues songs including: All Your Love, Back Door Man, Blues Get Off My Shoulder, Boom Boom, Bring it on Home, Call Me, Can't Hold On Much Longer, Carol, Checkin' Up on my Baby, Close to You, Don't Start Me Talkin', Every Day I Have the Blues, Evil is Going On, Fattening Frogs for Snakes, Goin' Down Slow, Good Morning Little School Girl, Here Tis', I Can't Quit You Baby, I Love the Life I Live, I'd Rather Go Blind, It do me so Good, Killing Floor, Little Queenie, Mellow Down Easy, Mother Earth, Reconsider Baby, The Seventh Son, Sitting on Top of the World, Smokestack Lightnin', So Many Roads, Spoonful, Steppin' Out, The Sun is Shining, Susie-Q, Tell Me, That's All Right, Walking by Myself, Wang Dang Doodle, Who Do You Love, Who's Been Talking, You Shook Me. Binding intact. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Three-inch opening to front cover at base of spine. A worthy copy of this superlative compilation. Book
196624 pages. Black and white photos of the artist. Contains English and Portuguese lyrics, table of bossa nova rhythm patterns and guitar diagrams. Provides piano music for these songs: The Girl from Ipanema; Meditation; One Note Samba; How Insensitive; Quite Night of Quiet Stars. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1974254 pages. "Here is one of the most unique books ever published about movie and television celebrities and Hollywood film making. The more than 300 black and white photographs reveal the role of cars in movies, in television, and in the personal lives of famous stars of the personal lives of famous stars of the entertainment world. Never has such a rare and impressive collection of photographs and information on customized cars and other vehicles been published." - from dust jacket. Light wear to book. Initials atop front free endpaper, otherwise contents clean and unmarked. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A sound copy of this entertaining work which features dozens of photos of stars and their wonderful cars. Book
2009Features: Interview with Michael Wilson; Bernie Madoff and his boring mistress; Ignatieff's Double Dare; Disaffection with Ed Stelmach; The G8 Go to Muskoka in 2010; The last of the Kennedys - the passing of Ted Kennedy; The Torture Debate; Google Voice - a huge threat to the wireless industry; 'Pleasure' is the latest buzzword in school sex education, and not all are pleased; Why surviving cardiac arrest in Canada is so difficult; Stars reveal how they spent their summer vacations; Shaquille O'Neal prepares for life after the NBA; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
2009Features: Harper must act now to protect free speech; A conversation with Richard Dawkins; Stephen Harper's Majority or Bust Strategy; Canadian Democracy is Broken; Mike Danton's Unlikely Story; War in Pakistan; Cindy Gomez's Cinderella Story; Taking on Vancouver's Panhandlers - downtown ambassadors; The Fluoride debate rises again; Rene Levesque embodied our bedrock values; Foodball greats on 'Dancing with the Stars'; Another facelift for the CBC; Is it racist to dislike Obama?; Ernie Duff - Obituary; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
200488 pages. Features: In conversation with Brian Davidson; Jean-Marc Harari reassesses the career of Germaine Thyssens-Valentin; Louis Demetrius Alvanis; Ferruccio Busoni; Alicia de Larrocha has given her final concerts; Charting the history of Italian piano manufacturer Cristofori; Portuguese virtuoso Joao Carlos Martins; Mikhail Petukhov describes his various encounters with Dmitri Shostakovich, Sviatoslav Richter, and his mentor, Tatiana Nikolayeva; Steven Osborne - on of the U.K.'s brightest piano stars; Murray McLachlan discusses ornaments; Dong-Hyek Lim; the recorded history of Tchaikovsky's first piano concerto. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
197254 pages. Contents: Four-page colour photo-illustrated tourism ad for Lebanon; Feature article on country music with many great colour photos, including Webb Pierce and wife at their guitar-shaped pool; Nashville Cats - photos of American cowboys, hobos, howlers, growlers, yodellers - and one dark stranger (country music stars); Motoring and the Law - automobiles produce more ways of breaking the law than any other aspect of modern life; Colour photo ad for Long Beach, British Columbia, Canada; Traps of the Trade - buying and selling a car is an area beset with pitfalls; Attractive full-page colour photo ad for Tonik; The Parking Jungle - a guide to the mystery of parking your car; When you Have an Accident; Colour photo ad for the Triumph 2.5 P.I. Chunk torn from fore-edge of page 12 affecting Hank Snow photo and part of the text of the country music article. Clipping from page 47 affecting text of article on 'when you have an accident'. Last page loose but present. Book
1982Features: Why Inco must be nationalized, by Nick Lowe; Canada - inflation problems; Post office fights to maintain monopoly powers; Whycocomagh reserve natives protest against chemical spraying they say will pollute their water supply; Chaotic search for a solution in Lebanon; Mexico - land of sinking hopes; Ahmed Shah Masoud - the Che Guevara of Afghanistan - feared by the Soviets; Untangling the scandal fo God's Banker, Roberto Calvi; Breaking up Chirac's Paris; Bulent Ecevit on trial; War on firearms in the US; Sheikh Mohammed charged in Florida; Contrad Black and an 'honourable settlement' to a war - Norcen and Hanna Mining; Ratings of Canadian banks lowered by DBRS; People section contains news and colour photos of Susan Jacks, Princess Anne, Trevor Berbick and The Ducklings; Italy wins the World Cup of Soccer - Paolo Rossi; The fight against MS (Multiple Sclerosis); Canadian Jews oppose Lebanon invasion - Bob Kellermann; Home offices gain in popularity due to technology and desire to stay in touch with family - Kent Harding; Cover Story - movie special effects - Tron, Yoda, The Thing, Poltergeist, Wrath of Khan, etc.; Flashback to King Kong's special effects in 1933. Entertainment reviews. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
191893 pages plus 8 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Features: My Bear Hunt in the B.C. Rockies - Part I, by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; Thrilling stories of the Air, with amazing crash photos; A Doctor in the Holy Land - Dr. H.J. Bailey in Palestine - Gaza and Nablus; Facing Death for Cinema Thrills - some hairbreadth escapes of well-known motion-picture stars, related by themselves, with photos; Tales of the Service - part IV - Tossed into the Bog - a true tale by a Customs Officer from the West Coast of Scotland; The Pirate of the Pacific - Count von Luckner - with photos; A Woman's Journey Across Africa - part V of Eva J. Jordan's 4,000 mile honeymoon trip across the dark continent; Beyond the Law - part IV, by Emmett Dalton, the sole survivor of the Dalton Gang; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part IV, by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman - with photos by the authors; The Drover Dempster - A.A. Beattie relates a deadly drive of 500 miles in Australia; The Disappearing Island - Helen Darbishire describes Ocean Island in the South Pacific - built entirely of phosphates - with nice photos; "Lionel - Because of the Lions" - Mrs. Fred Maturin (Edith Porch) explains how she came to name a lonely station near the Congo, on the Cape-to-Cairo Railway; The Water Miracles of India - how the engineer has wiped out India's famine scourge and reclaimed millions of acres of land by the erection of vast irrigation works - with great photos; Photo of 28-lb lobster; Photo of French school-children in war zone wearing gas masks; Photo of a Mormon Church in Salt Lake City converted into an auto shop; photo of the quaint circumcision garb worn in Uganda. Nostalgic back cover ad by the Haywood Tire & Equipment Co. of Indianapolis proves that the tire repair business was booming in 1918! Full-page ad inside back cover boasts that the Newell Pharmacal Co. can banish the smoking habit in 48 to 72 hours. Small ad for Emblem motorcycles and bicycles. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
196632 pages. First page includes photo of Gary with his dad, comedian Jerry Lewis, plus a brief write-up by Jerry Lewis. Contains sheet music with lyrics for the following hit songs: Sure Gonna Miss Her; Shes Just My Style; Save Your Heart for Me; Tossin' and Turnin'; Everybody Loves a Clown; This Diamond Ring; Count Me In; Time Stands Still; I Won't Make That Mistake Again; Without a Word of Warning. Somewhat above-average wear. Bookstore stamp on back cover. Contents unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage 1960s songbook. Book
1969100 pages. Features: nice color photo ad for the 1970 Olds Cutlass Supreme; The Rage of Women - Half our population underpaid, barred from major jobs and often mocked; Vietnamese boy Pham Van Quan is flown to Philadelphia for heart surgery; Wonderful color Campbell's soup ad; My Brother Lyndon Johnson - Part II by Sam Houston Johnson; Great color photo centerfold featuring the line of Polaroid cameras; Colour photo ad for General Electric flash cubes; Barbara Streisand - article with photos; A Killing Shame - U.S. gas and germ weapons violate treaties; Great colour photo ad for the 1970 Buick; Grambling College - where football stars are made - article with photos; The Look All America 1969 College Football selections; A Bill to Kill Foundations; The One Sensible Way to Diet, by Roland H. Berg; Who is the Man in the House? - Russell Baker writes about Richard Nixon; Princess Grace turns 40 - article with photos; Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Please note: pages 35-36 missing. They appear to have contained ads. Still a worthy copy. Magazine
196766 pages. Features: Cover photos of Billy Red Cloud, Bill Watts, George Drake, Sputnik Monroe, Dale Lewis and Johnny Weaver; Great photo inside front cover shows Little Beaver throwing Sky Low Low; Sputnik Moore - "I hate crybabies" - article with many photos; Izzy Moidel - No one loves the referee; Johnny Weaver - article and photos (one with Haystack Calhoun); Mary Jane Mull - article with photos; Spiros Arion - article with photos, including a shot with Bruno Sammartino; The Riddle of Bill Watts - article with photos; Amateur Wrestlers - article with photos; Peter Fladever - article with photos; George Drake has made it big in England - article with photos; Lucille Dupree - article with photos; Billy Red Cloud - article with photos; Dale Lewis - All-American boy goes bad; Salt Lake City Mat Stars - photos; Hempstead action photos; Toronto action photos; Action photos from the Middle East; Action photos from Malta; Nation-wide results; Super photo of Man Mountain Dean inside back cover; Colour photo of Vern Gagne on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Four-inch opening to top of cover-fold. A quality copy of this vintage issue. Magazine
200964 pages. Features: Harper must act now to protect free speech - Section 13 of the Human Rights Act is an assault on basic Charter freedoms and an affront to democratic society; The trouble with no impact planet - Andrew Potter on the environment; Richard Dawkins - in conversation; Will Stephen Harper's majority or bust strategy pay off?; Canadian democracy is broken - Paul Wells; Mike Danton's unlikely story; The Dirtiest War - the Pakistani Taliban is broken, but a deadly new menace is rising; Cindy Gomez's Cinderella Story; Local merchants take on panhandlers in Vancouver with private security forces; The Fluoride Debate - whether or not it is wise to add poison to our drinking water... duh; Dancing with the Stars; Another facelift for the CBC; Dislike Obama? You must be racist; Memoriam - Ernie Duff. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
1985120 pages. Contents: The Command and Control of Nuclear War, by Ashton B. Carter; Collapse and Formation of Stars, by Alan P. Boss; The Perception of Speech in Early Infancy, by Peter D. Eimas; Alzheimer's Disease, by Richard J. Wartman; Hot Nuclear Matter, by Walter Greiner and Horst Stocker; The Reliability of Computer Memories, by Robert J. McEliece; Jet-Propelled Swimming in Squids, by John M. Gosline and M. Edwin DeMont; The Crossbow, by Vernard Foley, George Palmer and Werner Soedel. Nostalgic ads for floppy disks and the IBM PC - with Charlie Chaplin look-alike, and more. Initials written atop front cover otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this interesting and informative issue. The crossbow article is particularly interesting. Magazine
1984140 pages. Features: The homelessness problem; Undersea volcanoes; Immunotoxins; Form and function in fish swimming; Symbiotic stars; Multilingual word processing; the mathematics of three-dimensional manifolds; medieval roots of the industrial revolution; and more. Nostalgic ads including several from the early days of the PC industry. Bit of writing atop front cover. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
1981176 pages. Features: Advances in antisubmarine warfare; California rice culture; the nucleosome; the activity cycles of stars; pterosaurs; a deep-sea neutrino telescope; the Nok sculptures of Nigeria; and more. Nostalgic car ads plus some from the early days of the PC industry. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
1981156 pages. Features: Precision-guided weapons; the newest stars in Orion; Dutch elm disease; the ribosome; the forging of metals; monsoons; a mesolithick camp in Ireland; Sadi Carnot; and more. Nostalgic colour photo ads. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
1945176 pages. Vocabulary. Notes for teachers. Many charming color illustrations. Originally published in 1935 - this copy may be a 1945 reprint. Chapters include: Weather; Living Things; Land and Water; Sun, Moon, and Stars; Making Work Easy. Average wear - few markings, tears, etc. Binding intact. A sound working copy of this excellent homeschooling text. Book
1991Features: Architect's Angle - Closing the Windows - Interior finishing options; Tiny Tapestries; The Stars' Dollhouse; Helen Cohen; Pioneer Photography Studio in Wisconsin Dells; Brambly Hedge Kitchen; Madeline "Tee" Ridder - Porcelain is her passion; The Miniatures Photographer II; Kit Renderings - Sheraton Elegance; Craft a toy barnyard; A bouquet of paper posies; Room with a View - Table by the window; Along the Mall II - A Candy Shop; An eye for wood grains; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Magazine
1991Features: A Galaxy of 1/2" stars; Collectables - Flagg Folks; The Miniatures Photographer V - Up Close; Bill Lankford's Mansion; Carolyn Stephenson - more than The Miniature Lumber Shoppe; The Garden Shed; A Mail Order House - our 1/2" scale cover house; Dutch Treat - landscape your 1/2" Dutch Colonial; Claycrafting Baby Accessories; 1/4" scale Wicker Furniture; A New England Lighthouse; Along the Mall V - a Miniatures Shop!; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Magazine
1981153 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and line drawings. "The species in this handbook are found in the marine waters of British Columbia, from Juan de-Fuca Strait in the south, to Dixon Entrance in the north and from the intertidal zone to a depth of 200m." - from preface. Designed for both the amateur and the expert. Usual library markings. Binding intact. Above-average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
194158 pages. Containing new and old favorites that will live forever. Songs include: After To-Morrow; Back in the Saddle Again; Be Honest With Me; God Must Have Loved America; Good Old-Fashioned Hoe-Down; Home on the Range; I'll Wait for You; Little Pardner; Oh My Darling Clemintine; Old Macdonald Had a Farm; Old November Moon; Ole Peaceful River; Paradise in the Moonlight; Reuben and Rachael; Silver Threads Among the Gold; Tears on My Pillow; That Little Kid Sister of Mine; There Ain't No Use in Cryin' Now; The Merry-Go-Roundup; Under Fiesta Stars; Your Heart Belongs to Me. Taped repair to table of contents. Please note: front cover and last page missing i.e. last page of The Merry-Go-Roundup is missing. Above-average wear but still a worthy working copy of this great nostalgic collection. Book
195348 pages. Cover photo of Jimmy Boyd. Songs include: Careless Hands; Carolina Moon; The Christmas Song; Dream Daddy; Gospel Boogie; The Honey Song; Is I Gotta Go To School Ma?; The Little Boy and the Old Man; My Blue Ridge Mountain Home; My Shining Hour; Ole Buttermilk Sky; Owl Lullaby; Pistol Packin' Mama; Quicksilver; Red Silk Stockings and Green Perfume; San fernando Valley; Sioux City Sue; So Long Pal; You Call Everybody Darling. Average wear. Store stamp on front cover otherwise unmarked. Binding sound. A quality vintage copy. Book
19356 pages. As sung by James Melton. Photo-illustrated cover with images of Pat O'Brien, Jane Froman, James Melton and Phel Regan. From the Warner Bros. movie "Stars Over Broadway". Moderate wear. Bit of writing atop front cover. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage copy! Sheet music
