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1983Contents: Drought in Africa (short article); B.C.'s Bill Bennet swings his axe - spending down and taxes up; Newfoundland politics - Brian Peckford; Worst of times for the NDP; U.S. shelves a fish treaty; Manitoba bilingualism battle; Robert Bourassa seeks Quebec Liberal leadership; Two-page ad for the new Audi 5000S; Blunt talk between Helmut Kohl and Yuri Andropov; George Schultz - futile side trip to the middle east; Fallout from the Robert Falls affair; Guatemala and Rios Montt; No Expo 1989 for Mitterand; Herman Kahn Obituary; Social update on Vickie Moss and Wayne Gretzky with nice photo; Dave Steib does well in baseball all-star game; Bill Vander Zalm to work for Vancouver Sun, after suing it while in office; The recovery takes shape; The Lessons of Japan Inc., by Peter C. Newman; Washington wakes up to Acid Rain; Results of Universiade 1983 in Edmonton; Wynton Marsallis; Reunion of The Band; Poor Toronto - forced to watch as Vancouver opens domed stadium - B.C. Place. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
1927192 pages. Cover illustration by Emmett Watson. Contents: The Road to Kandahar, by Harold Lamb; Renegade - The Horse Thief Rendezvous, by Georges Surdez and Raymond S. Spears; Down in a Dugout, by Leonard H. Nason; The Sun Chasers, by Hugh Pendexter; Code, by L. Paul; Uncle Nng and the Pale Blue Dog, by Carroll K. Michener; The Dance Hall Fisherman, by James Stevens; French M.P.'s, by Steamer; The Bells of San Juan, by Alan LeMay; The Lights of Rip Shin Bald, by Hapsburg Liebe; The Bogas of Magdalena, by Edgar Young; Alias The Blackbird, by Joel Townsley Rogers; Dragomen, by Royce Brier. Attractive water-color illustrated ad for Camel cigarettes on back cover. Peripheral wear to covers. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
1945152 pages. Large oblong book measuring 10" x 14.5". "Because war censorship forbade publicity there is a widespread lack of knowledge of the outstanding production job for the war effort done by British Columbia industry... Few British Columbians - certainly very few Eastern Canadians, United States business men or British Empire industrialists - realize the extent of the accomplishments and the facilities that are now available here for manufacturing of all kinds. This survey has been prepared to place on record the information that is felt should be known. It is in two parts: First, an illustrated news section graphically telling the story of leading manufacturing developments; second, a concise factual compilation of statistics giving complete authoritative basic data." - from title page. The section on leading manufacturers is profusely illustrated with glorious black and white photos. Companies presented include: West Coast Shipbuilders Ltd.; Western Bridge and Steel Fabricators Ltd.; Vivian Engine Works Ltd.; Vivian Diesels and Munitions Ltd.; Arrow Transfer Co. Ltd.; Canada Western Cordage Co. Ltd.; Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd.; Boyles Bros. Drilling Company Ltd.; Canadian Mixermobile Company; United Distillers Ltd.; The H.R. Macmillan Export Company Limited; Industrial Engineering Ltd. (power/chain saw manufacturer); British Columbia (B.C.) Packers; W.R. Carpenter (Canada) Ltd. - crushers of copra and oil seeds; Edward Lipsett Ltd - commercial fishing supplies; Vancouver Iron Works Limited; British Columbia Telephone Company The Canadian Fishing Company Ltd; British Columbia Distillery Company Limited; Hammond Furniture Company Ltd; American Can Company Limited; Empire Sheet Metal Works Ltd; Canada Chain and Forge Company; Vancouver Engineering Works Ltd; Dominion Bridge Company Limited - including a grand photo of their new Pattulo Bridge looking toward the barrens of Surrey, plus a photo of the Hotel Vancouver's underlying steel structure during construction; Smith Bros. & Wilson Ltd - General Contractors; Heaps Engineering (1940) Limited; Marwell Construction Company; Canadian Sumner Iron Works; McDonnell Metal Manufacturing; Jones Tent and Awning Limited; Leek & Company Limited; McCarter & Nairne - Architects and Structural Engineers; Stewart-Lovick Ltd - Advertising; Terminal City Iron Works; Westland Foundries; British American Paint Co. Ltd; Bloedel Stewart & Welch Ltd.; Straits Towing and Salvage Co. Ltd.; Island Tug and Barge Ltd.; Standard Oil Company of British Columbia Limited; The Vancouver Sun; The Vancouver Daily Province; A-1 Steel and Iron Foundry Ltd.; A-1 Pattern Shop & Brass Foundry Ltd; Pacific Coast Terminals Co. Ltd.; Canadian Forest Products Limited; Alaska Pine Co. Ltd; Newcastle Ship Building Co. Ltd; Bennett & White Construction Co. Ltd; Evans Coleman & Evans Ltd; Falconer Marine Industries Limited; Yarrows Ltd.; Victoria Daily Times; The Daily Colonist; The Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada Limited. Also included in this section are photo illustrated features on power generation, brewing, the pulp industry, technical education, tourism, mining, highways, mining, printing, the British Columbia Police Force, New Westminster, Victoria, and Prince Rupert. A very uncommon and informative publication which proudly and abundantly presents the bold industrial might of Canada's pacific province in the immediate aftermath of the second world war. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this important record of British Columbia's industrial history. Book
196764 pages. "23 songs from the repertory of the world's best-loved folk singer, with historical musical annotations. Provides piano music, lyrics and chords for the following songs: Banks of the Ohio; Black is the Color; Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens; Copper Kettle; East Virginia; Fare Thee Well; House of the Rising Sun; I Will Never Marry; I Once Loved A Boy; Lady Mary; Lonesome Road; Long Black Veil; Man of Constant Sorrow; Old Blue; Once I Had a Sweetheart; Pretty Boy Floyd; Queen of Hearts; Railroad Bill; Rambler Gambler; Ranger's Command Wagoner's Lad; The Water is Wide; Wildwood Flower. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
197136 pages. Includes piano music, lyrics, chords and illustrations for the following songs: Ars Brevis; The Eternal Twins; Consolation Grook; T.T.T.; Simply Assisting God; Hint and Suggestion; Dream Interpretation; Prayer - to the sun above the clouds; Lilac Time; The Double-Door Effect; Losing Face; The Cure for Exhaustion; Making Sense; What Love is Like; The Central Point; Here It Is; The Road to Wisdom; Do Remember. Gift greetings inside front cover otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
19306 pages. Featured by "Husk" O'Hare and his band. Includes piano music, vocal music and lyrics, and ukulele chords. Prior owner's details upon front cover. Covers taped in place. Average wear. A sound copy. Sheet music
1975Several pages of black and white photos of McKuen. Songs include: Through European Windows; We May Never Touch the Sun; Going Down; I Love You, So I Haven't Been Myself This Week; If I Could Fly; The Black Eage; That Golden Summer By The Sea; Paris; The Women; On the Road Again; The Far West; And Tonight; The Far Side of the Hill; I'm At Peace; I Think of You; My Friend; Smell the Buttercup; Solitude's My Home; Forty Without Fear; To You; There Goes a Man Who Tried; The Sky's So Wide; Blessings of the Day; About the Time; I'll Say Goodbye. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
1961142 pages. Features: The Man Princess Margaret Married (Lord Snowden) - his stepmother tells what Tony Armstrong-Jones is really like; Should doctors tell the truth to a Cancer Patient?; The Fourth Richest Girl; Condensed complete mystery novel; $15,000-a-year man - how he spends his money - Herbert (Bert) and Carol Herrmann; Travel Wardrobe - how to dress well on practically nothing - fantastic colour photo fashion section; How I Got into the Movies, by Dolores Hart. Ads: Frigidaire Fridges, West Bend appliances; Chef Boy-Ar-Dee; General Electric (Pink) Freezers; Cutex nail polish; Metrecal diet drink; Wrisley bath products; Enna Jetticks Shoes; Ray-Ban Sun Glasses; Royal gelatin; Betty Crocker Cake; Red Cross Shoes; Ken-L Ration (with poodle); Avon; Breck Shampoo; Modess (Beautiful colour photo ad of elegant woman in gold gown; back cover ad for Duncan Hines new Coconut Surprise cake mix. Average wear. Chips from spine. Binding intact. A worthy copy. Magazine
199348 pages. Includes the following songs: Beware, Brother, Beware; Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head So Hard?); Choo Choo Ch' Boogie; Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying; Early In the Mornin'; Five Guys Named Moe; Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby); Let the Good Times Rol; Push Ka Pee Shee Pie; Reet, Petite and Gone; Safe, Sane and Single; Saturday Night Fish Fry. Usual library markings. Average wear. A worthy 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
199764 pages. Features: The RCMP's handling of a drug case is marred by mishap and tragedy - Eugene and Michele Uyeyama murdered; Special report on Canada's federal opposition - The Reform Party/Preston Manning/Keith Martin/Gilles Duceppe; Alexa McDonough - the NDP's new leader needs a seat, a profile and more MPs; Jean Charest attempts to revive federal Tories; John Savage - Time to Bow Out; Burr, Saskatchewan - striptease fever; War on biker gangs in Saint-Nicholas, Quebec; John Major's Last Stand, with photo of scumbag Tony Blair holding Sun Paper bearing Rupert Murdoch's endorsement of him; Contentious developments in the EU; Vultures close in on the Eaton's Empire; SaskTel - Canada's last public phone firm may vanish; Upsetting Chretien's electoral applecart, by Peter C. Newman; The Blue Jays and the Expos - a tale of two budgets, with photo of Roger Clemens in Jays Uniform; Elvis Stojko Reigns Again; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
1973202 pages. Boldly signed in blue marker by Raquel Welch upon her cover photo. Contents: Feature Article - The New Raquel - with many photos, most in color; Summer Fashion - Best Bets; The Sweater You Can't Get Along With This Summer; Fashion with Sol; Summer is...; Vogue Patterns; S. Hurok Presents!; New York's Museum of Modern Art; Museum Maker - Alfred H. Barr; Hubert de Givenchy and Diana Vreeland Talk about Balenciaga; Your Blood Pressure; Edward Steichen 1879-1973; and much more. Tiny bit of faint writing near top of front cover. Moderate wear. Binding sound. Crease to upper corner of back cover. Pages gently yellowing with age at periphery. A magnificent Raquel Welch collectible. Book
1979102 pages. Anguloas of Venezuela - Orchids of Venezuela; Establishing Telipogons: An Exercise in Perseverance; Vandopsis - Lovers of the Sun; Malaysian Phalaenopsis Specialist; a Greenhouse Culture of Disa uniflora Berg. in Gothenburg; Quisqueya - A New and Endemic Genus from the Island of Hispaniola; An Introduction to the Orchid Genera of Africa - from A to Z. Some rubbing and light wear to covers. Book
1915Contents: The War By Land - article by F.A. McKenzie; With the Flag in France and Flanders - three photos; Four Photos of British Horse and Foot Moving to the Firing Line; With the Devoted workers of the R.A.M.C. - four photos; Boer and Briton unite against the Teuton - two photos; B.E. Africa contests Germany's place in the sun - three photos; King Albert's New Army in the Making - six photos; The Decisive Cruiser Action in the North Sea; The Blucher Before & After Meeting the Lion - Three photos; Centerfold illustration of the naval victory in the North Sea - Triumph of British Gunnery and Seamanship; Photos of Ships and Guns that made the Germans fly; The War by Sea - article by Commander Carlyon Bellairs; Five photos of Warlike Preparations in Peaceful Holland; Five photos of Belin in Wartime; Barget9wn-on-Seine - photos of war victims housed in barges; Religious duties amid the din of war - photos of troops from three nations and their religious observances; Photos of five elusive snipers; Photos of three war scenes in the Forest of Argonne; Photos of Domesticities near the Battle Line; Photos of Old Boys who will soon fight with New Armies; Names and photos of Britain's heroes and lost men. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. All pages present. A sound copy. Book
187116 pages plus 8 page supplement. Features: Ladies' and Children's Winter Suits; Mince-Pies, by Gail Hamilton; New York Fashions; ; humor; and more. Average wear. Top half of page 787 missing; Paris Modes; Ladies and Children's dresses; A Siberian Breakfast-Table; The Thanksgiving at Johnny Guptill's, by Harriet Prescott Spofford; Family life in a fashionable restaurant; useful recipes; Two illustrations of Thanksgiving-Day in the Northwest by W.L. Sheppard - "Dinner Waiting" and "No Dinner to Wait"; Full-page illustration "Family Life in a Fashionable Restaurant", by Sol Eytinge Jr.; The Lovels of Arden - continued; Love in the Winter Palace, or, the Czar Nicholas as match maker; Full page illustration "At Her Post", by Gaston Fay; The Grand Duke Alexis of Russia - illustration. Supplement contents: Blade-O'-Grass, by B.L. Farjeon - part I - with many illustrations. Small illustration clipped from first page of supplement. Average wear. Book
195080 pages. Cover art shows football star Fred Doty and his fiancee Beverly Brown. Features: The Greatest Danger is Europe - a searching analysis which shows the peril in Europe where fear is stronger than the will to fight - by Matthew Halton; Don't Call Me Baby Face - Part two of the story of Vancouver Boxer Jimmy McLarnin - article with photos, including a shot of Jimmy golfing with Fred Astaire, Joe Louis and Bob Hope; I Saw the Chinese Reds Take Over - Norman McLaren explains how the 'new order' came to the country town of Pehpei - with photos; Never a Dull Moment at the Larches - Elizabeth Armstrong relates tales from her Victoria, B.C. boarding house; A License to Murder? - driver's licenses are handed out like dog tags; Lena Horne - Glamour C.O.D. - article with photos including a large colour full-page shot; Giants of Golgotha - story by Fred Delano; How We Massacred the Passenger Pigeon - a Maclean's flashback - once these birds blotted out the sun in Eastern Canada, but the last one died in 1914; Recipe - Take One Steamboat - Tony Didier, the chef of the CPR's Algonquin Hotel at St. Andrews, New Brunswick, serves up a shore dinner - article with photo; Fantastic full-page Coke ad shows Coke Cooler, glass, and soda jerk above a thirsty city - very nice!; The People Only Death Will Touch - The Rev. Aurthur Payton and Lawrence Earl travelled to Nigeria to help Lepers -article and photo; Massey-Harris ad focuses on how their products help farmers step-up meat-making nutrients in the crops they grow; Li'l Abner Cream of Wheat ad; Dow Brewery ad honours Auguste Prenovost of Montreal who tacked a galloping horse to prevent disaster on a traffic-laden street; Barbara Ann Scott is featured in Prest-o-lite battery ad. Center pages loose but present. Average wear. Unmarked. 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
197555 pages. Includes sheet music for piano and voice with chords for the following classic hits: Your Song; Daniel; Honky Cat; Goodbye Yellow Brick Road; Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting; Rocket Man; Bennie and the Jets; Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me; Border Song; Crocodile Rock. Above-average wear. Considerable markings, primarily inside covers. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this wonderful vintage songbook. Book
1992Features: The Old Fashioned Baby; Class of '92 - Commencement Fashions; Cutwork Apron - Linen Hostess Apron embellished with Cutwork; Pull-out Pattern - Ladies Nightgown, cutwork apron, Madeira Facings & Hankie; Elegant Hems - Focus on Hem Treatments; Fleurs de Soleil - A summer Design in Duplicate Stitch; Madeira Medley, Part II - pinstitched Facings and Companion Handkerchief; Waistband Magic - Professional Tips from Londa Rohfling; Stunning Stitcher - an interview with Primrose Sully by Carolyn Walker; Smock Plate - by Jeanie Baumeister; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
193148 Pages. Features: Dominion ammunition ad inside front cover; Full-page Sun Life Assurance ad; List of open seasons for game, 1931-1932; Sky Trails Above the Rockies - Hal Roach followed route of pioneer fur traders (along with Kenneth Allen - guide, Clair B. Brunson, and Harvey Crate - guide; The Perils of Woods Travel - by Grey Owl; Above the Timber Line - unusual animal, bird and tree life; Mowitch to the Minute - a true story of the hunt - why the big ones always get away, by Hamilton M. Laing; ; The Practice of Tree Surgery - article with great photos; The Plant as Artist and Architect; From Dwelling Place to Home - Herman Larsen, a prairie farmer and tree lover, shows how trees make home prosperous and beautiful; New Forests that Follow Fires; Forest Fires in 1930; Logging on the Pacific Coast - How B.C. Giant Timbers are Harvested - article with photos, by James Kay; Fenders Best Quality Spruce - a new use for spruce left following pulpwood operations; Little Puzzlements in Conservation, by Ozark Ripley; Half-page ad for the Waterous Twin Engine Feed for portable and small sawmills; Davey Tree Surgeons ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Please note: missing pages 19-22. Book
194080 pages. Cover: Eve Curie Contents: National Affairs: Fixer - Letter to President Roosevelt by Sondra (Bunny) Glatt; Judiciary: Birthday - Sol Bloom; Heroes: Rediscovery - Samuel Eliot Morison; Labor: Voices - United Mine Workers of America Convention; Rich Widow - Frances Payne Bingham Bolton; Organizations: Build-Up - Reverend Charles Edward Coughlin; Balkans: Peace-Lovers' Powwow - Balkan Entente (Foreign Ministers: Shokru Saracoglu, John Metaxas, Grigore Gafencu, and Alexander Cincar-Markovitch); Wilhelm's Solution - Friedrich Wilhelm Victor Albert von Hohenzollern; Soviet Union: Saga of the Sedov - Icebreaker Sedov; France: Women at Work - Frenchwomen Seeking War Work (Eve Curie); Germany: Black Guard Isms - Das Schwarze Korps; Japan: Hirohito vs. Kipling; War in China: General Giant Horse - General Ma Chan-shan; Economic Front: Hot Spot - Rumania and Oil; Northern Theatre: "Condemned to Death"? - Finland's Army under command of Field Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim; In the Air: Claims and Glimpses - Blitzkrieg; Medicine: "What Am I Doing?" - Eugen Steinach; Science: At Westinghouse (Electric & Manufacturing Co.); Science: Might-Have-Been - Atomic Energy; Education: "Sarcastic" (David James) Dove; The Press: Sentinel - Adams Sentinel history; Music: Prodigy - Andre Mathieu; Theatre: Exploits of Elaine (Barrie); Religion: Suppressed Spirits - Spiritualism; Christians on Christianity - William Orchard and Dr. Richard Roberts; Foreign Trade: (Sir Ellice Victor) Sassoon Again; Securities: Buying at the Bottom? - Charles Edward Merrill and Edward Allen Pierce; Utilities: Parceled Posted - Postal Telegraph Inc. and American Cable & Radio Corp.; Hello? - Moore Telephone System and William James Moore; and Manufacturing: Airacobra - Bell Aircraft Corp. and XP-39. Full page colour vintage print advertising including Cadillac Sixty-Two, 1940 Studebaker Commander, Campbell's Tomato Soup and Pall Mall Cigarettes. Binding intact, with minimal wearing along spine. Two small ink spots on front cover. Small mailing stamp bottom right back cover. Contents clean and unmarked. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1984154 pages. Features: Who really painted the famous portrait of Guido Riccio in Siana?; The marvelous Chateau d'Anet; Vittorio Gassman on the act of acting; How the Viennese really see their capital; Vienna's great art collections celebrate the five senses; Zegna from A to Z - the finest men's fashions start with fine wool and an attitude; Normandie's Sun Rises Again - the magnificent art deco lacquer mural from the old luxury liner; Elizabeth Gage's jewels; Interpol investigates Budapest art theft; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
195824 pages. Features: . Toronto's Great Battle of the Subway - write-up about the proposed north-south spur on University Ave., with twelve photos including Fred Gardiner and Allan A. Lamport; One-page colour-photo ad for Campbell's Chicken Gumbo soup; Page of five photos of hat designs by Toronto's Rosaleen Reid; One-page ad for Singer's $125,000 Sewing Contest, featuring photo of the 1957 winners including Mrs. C. Bishop, Mrs. M. Rasmussen and Mrs. H. Chooljian; Photo of U.S. gymnast Muriel Davis; Wedding photo of Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay; Photo of Robert Wagner carrying Natalie Wood from New York train; Colour-photo ad for Robin Hood "Deep Pudding" mixes; Feature article on Cowichan sweaters made by the Cowichan tribe near Duncan on Vancouver Island - article with seven photos, two in colour; Colour photos from B.C. as she enters her hundredth anniversary year; Mrs. Al Balding follows the sun with Canada's great golf shot-maker - article with eight photos; Nice colour ad for Sifto Salt features bear cub and bird; Wow!, large colour photos of Jacques Plante and Jean Beliveau of the Montreal Canadiens; Hard Luck Town Springhill, Nova Scotia Fights Back from devastating mine blast - text with eight photos; Photo of Mrs. Pansy Mae Stuttard, 84, of White Rock, B.C. and her pistol; Fantastic one-page colour-photo pin-up photo of Jimmy Dean and Jan Crockett; Two photos of Jimmy Dean and his young family; Nice back page colour ad for Crown Brand Corn Syrup on pancakes. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this wonderful vintage issue.. Magazine
198468 pages. Songs include: Ethel Levey's Virginia Song (I Was Born in Virginia); Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway; Give My Regards to Broadway; Good-Bye Flo; Harrigan; I Want You; If I'm Going to Die, I'm Going to Have Some Fun; If Washington Could Come to Life; I'm a Popular Man; I'm Mighty Glad I'm Living and That's All; Life's A Funny Proposition; Mary's a Grand Old Name; Nothing New Beneath the Sun; Over There; Popularity; So Long Mary; Stand Up and Fight Like H...; Under Any Old Flag at All; When a Fellows On the Level With a Girl That's On the Square; The Yankee Doodle Boy; You Can Have Broadway; You're a Grand Old Flag. Above-average but not excessive wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. A worthy working copy of this great compilation. Book
1954Pages 167-204 plus 20 pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Yellowknife - Town of the Air Age - many wonderful photos; Soldiering at Fort Henry - many excellent illustrations; Pictures of the Provinces - III; (Camouglaged) Eggs in the Land of the Midnight Sun; and more. Some of the nicer ads include: Colour one-page Lord Calvert Whiskey ad features Irish Setter Champion Ace Flyer of Aragon, owned by Gertrude W. Drew of Toronto; Nice colour ad for the 1954 Monarch car features a black on red Lucerne Coupe; Nice colour ads for Chevrolet and Chrysler cars; Back cover photo ad for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) features photo of pilot and navigator in front of their CF-100 jet fighter. Moderate wear. Small name stamp inside front cover. A sound copy. Magazine