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1900Pages 1798-1860 plus 14 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Thackeray's Bad Heroines; The Wouldbegoods (VI) - The Tower of Mystery; Autumn Days in Central Park; Babs the Impossible (continued); Fashions at the Horse Show; The Bazar's Pattern Sheet Supplement; Cut Paper Patterns; The Decorative Possibilities of Casts; Recipes for Autumn; News of Women's Clubs - with photo of Mrs. Caroline M. Edwards of Chicago; Neckwear for Christmas Gifts - with six photos; The Child and its World - IX - The Child and Handicraft; New Patterns for Lace-Making; Nice Ivory Soap ad on back cover called "Through a Looking Glass"; and more.. Few library markings. Moderate wear. A quality copy of this charmming vintage issue. Book
194650 pages. Features: Cover photo of Mackenzie King unveiling monument to "Des Elements De La 11 Division Canadienne Debarouerent le 19 Aout 1942"; Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein's Triumphant Tour of Canada - article with seven photos; The Canadian Army at War 1. The Canadians in Britain, 1939-1944 - 2nd Part; What a Queen's University Student Things Of the Legion; The Naval Tradition - "A Band of Brothers... A Service of Gentlemen"; Poppies for Remembrance - article with interesting photos; Radar at Sea; Funny one-page football cartoon by Bing Coughlin; Australia's "Legacy" Movement - a unique form of service; The Doctor-of-Choice Plan - don't let your doctor forget to send treatment record to D.V.A.; Poppy day 1946; The World in Review, Part 12, August 11 to September 10, 1946; Group photo of Boer War veterans taken at Particia Bay, Vancouver Island includes E.A. Robbins, J.C. de Balinhard, A.P. Hobbs, A.E. Long, A.E. Hilder, S. Taylor, G. Bellamy, W.C. Warren, B. Bath, F. Riley, W. Gerrard, and T.H. Gregg; "Occupational Oscar" cartoons; Obituary notices; Nice one-page cartoon-style ad for Dawes Black Horse Brewery; plus numerous additional ads and branch news from across the country. Beige soiling to upper corner affects a patch up to 4.5" x 2" on all pages and covers - all text remains legible. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
196320 pages. Features: How They Keep Horse Racing Honest - Science Invades the Sport - article with photos; Why Protestants Mourn Pope John; Zenith TV ad; The Fort Henry Guards - article with colour photos; Birth of a Stamp - Ernst Roch and Canada's new Five Cent Stamp featuring the Queen - article and great photos; Boy Scout Shadow Compass. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1985144 pages. Features: Food specialist Cynthia Wine travels the country; Equipage for the well-groomed horse and owner; French vase discovery; Jeremy Ferguson cruises the Yangtze, the Thames and the Nile; Harold Babcock enlarges a Georgian floorplan; Robin Vaile's private retreat; The woodland cabin of Jerome and Mayta Markson; Lingerie; Architect Jack Diamond; The Rooftop Grove of Susan Watson; and much more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this wonderful issue. Magazine
193836 pages. Wonderful vintage depression-era hardware/farm catalogue from the Canadian prairies. Marvel at how much a dollar used to be worth. Macleod's had locations from Manitoba to Alberta so the goods presented truly offer an accurate glimpse of prairie life in those days. Items of particular interest include: radios, bob sleds, wheels, horse harnesses and collars, wagon parts, grain grinders, tools, fasteners, cream separators, dairy equipment, auto parts, tires, lighting plants (generators), work clothing, long underwear, breeches, gloves, winter wear, overshoes, boots, coats, a wind-powered electrical generator(!), radio batteries, and more. Lots of wear but binding still intact. Unmarked. A truly amazing keepsake from simpler times. Would make a great gift for someone who still remembers those days. Book
1936Features: The last stretch - in which a man squares himself with a horse (Max Brand); The Natural Thing - the happy consequences of bringing strangers home for dinner (Petere Paul O'Mara); Manila (Philippines) Merry-go-round - Mr. and Mrs. Ramirez at home (Jim Marshall); Little Red Rooster - a girl to crow about (Blake Cabot); Hand in Glove - Tony Canzoneri - a good little man (Quentin Reynolds); Meals a la Cart - Streamlined Eating (Ruth Carson); The Prodigal Nurse, Part IX - Mrs. Daklin takes a hand (Teresa Hyde Phillips); Fog on the Bay - Modern piracy in New York Harbour (Paul Deresco Augsburg); Comedy - Six days a week - Edward Everett Horton, funny fellow (Kyle Chrichton); Three in a Row, by James Aswell; Trouble Shooter, Part V - a wedding is scheduled (Ernest Haycox); Cancellation comes home - why pay your debts? (George Creel); Keep up with the world - Things you never expected (Freling Foster). Colour ad for Camel cigarettes reads "For Digestion's Sake... Smoke Camels!" Great colour GM centerfold. Average wear. Address label on front cover else unmarked. A sound copy. 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
1954108 pages. Features: Two-page Chrysler black and white photo ad shows their vehicles being torture-tested; My Eighty Years on Wheels - by Col. R.S. McLaughlin, one of Canada's most famous and well-loved business leaders - part 1 of 3; Three Women, One Body - a case history of Eve White (aka Eve Black and Jane) - a case of multiple personality; Will Your Youngster Turn to Crime; Jean-Francois Pouliot - The Wordiest MP in Ottawa; My, uh, Dazzling Career as Miss Canada, by Marily Reddick - article with photos, including nice shot of Reddick with Marilyn Monroe; The Shipwrecked Moneybelt, fiction by Peter Freuchen; Clinic for Marriage Counselors - humour; The Private Army We're Giving the Army - Camp Gagetown, New Brunswick; Dr. Mahlon W. Locke of Williamsburg, Ontario and his million-dollar thumbs - a Maclean's flashback to the Locke clinic of the 1930s which treated fallen arches - article with photos; We'd Be Better Off on All Fours - if you've ever suffered from an aching back or a creaky knee read this!; The Haughtiest Suburb of Them All - Ottawa's Rockliffe; The White and the Gold - Part 13; The Toughest Beat in the World - The Mounties at work in the far north - conclusion of the Mounties series; Nice colour Pontiac ad; Nice Coke ad on back cover features smiling blonde with a tray of bottles. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
194888 pages. Features: Wrigley Spearment Gum ad inside front cover features young lady playing tennis; Dawes Black Horse Brewery Ad; What's Happened to former NHL goalie George Hainsworth?; The Canadian Police Muddle - Peter Smeaton's report on the easy loopholes available for criminals; Nice two-colour Chrevrolet ad; Frankie Laine - article with photos; No Strike at Labatts - interesting photos and article focus on labour relations at this major Canadian brewer; Boating the Big Ones - Nova Scotia's tuna grounds can't be beat for big-game fishing; The Way I Killed Him - part 1 (of 2) of story by Oscar Schisgall; End of Summer - story by Ernest Lehman; The Monkey's Paw, by W.W. Jacobs - Illustrated by Oscar Cahen; Survey - Should Murderers Hang? - includes world statistics and graphic illustrations; Paul Martin (Sr.) - Major article and photos of the father of Paul Martin Jr. who went on to become Prime Minister of Canada; Lizzie Took an Axe - story by J.V. McAree; Gus the Great - condensed story by Thomas W. Duncan; Movie news/photos; Results of New Liberty 1948 Golf Tournament; Al Sutin and his Sutton "Butt-on" Button; Music article by Benny Goodman; Sensual two-colour half-page illustrated ad for Nemo Foundations (Girdles); Photo and brief but informative biography of artist Oscar Cahen; Nice two-colour full-page ad for Heinz ketchup; Wonderful colour illustrated ad for B-A (British American) service products inside back cover; *Wonderful* colour ad for Neilson's Malted Milk candy bar on back cover. Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. Binding sound. A quality copy of this excellent issue. Magazine
1961Features: Of Men I Have Known - Part I - Winston Churchill, by Dean Acheson; Adventures of the Mind - The Five-Billion-Year Clock - measurements of radioactive 'clocks' in the earth's elements are providing geologists with new knowledge about the history of man and his planet, by Patrick M. Hurley; ; Minnesota Grows Older - this prosperous, rugged northland may be facing a lean future; What Freedom has done to India - John Masters describes the sweeping social changes that have taken place since it gained independence; The Girls in Candy Stripes - making life more livable for hospital patients; They Chase the Speeders - at the unique Emergency Vehicle Operations Course (EVOC) near Sacramento, candidates for the California Highway Patrol learn the hazardous art of police pursuit driving; Me and Old George (a horse) - Gene Coughlin learned that danger often disapears when you refuse to run away from it. Ad clipped from page 49 - text unaffected. Above-average but not excessive wear. Book
1934100 pages. Features: The Road to The Left (part I); Visiting Man; Salute! - There Goes Romance; Plain Nice; Quite Happily Married; From This Day Forward; Nice one-page color ad for Campbell's soup shows 21 cans of their various flavours; Classy one-page color Camay soap ad features lady sought by gents on horse farm; Ponds cold cream ad features photos of Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel III; Vintage one-page color ad for Camel cigarettes features illustrations of Mrs. J. Gardner Coolidge, 2nd, Mrs. Thomas M. Carnegie, Jr., and Mrs. James Russell Lowell, plus endorsements by Miss Mary Byrd, Miss Alice Byrd, Mrs. Powell Cabot, Miss Anne Gould and Mrs. Potter d'Orsay Palmer; Photo of Miss Ruth Linton of St. Paul, MN as she endorses Nujol; One-page ad for Listerine toothpaste features photos of illustrator Dan Content and Betty Cook; Fascinating half-page photo ad sponsored by the California Fruit Growers Exchange proclaims "Tooth decay reduced 57% with fresh orange and lemon juice"; One-page illustrated ad for the new Ford V-8; Vintage one-page color ad for Sunkist oranges; Berry Shortcake recipe; Interior design article; Certo ad features photo of Iowa jelly and jam champion Mrs. C. Osborne; Very attractive one-page color-illustrated ad for Wesson Oil (to be used in mayonnaise) features pastel country scene; Bisquick ad features photo of Eleanor H. Dewey of Minneapolis; One-page Pond's face powder ad features color illustrations of Miss Whitney Bourne, Miss Charlotte Young, Miss Lilla Fiskk, Miss Mary Weld, Mrs. Edward Burns and Mrs. Frederic Bellinger; Several pages of lovely color illustrations of ladies' dress fashions; Photo of Edna Wallace Hopper in ad for her "Special Restorative (skin) Cream"; Vintage color comic-format ad for Lifebuoy and Rinso inside back cover cover topics such as B.O. and clothes boiling; Nice color-photo ad for Ivory Soap on back cover; and much more. Small faint date stamp atop back cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Openings at each end of backstrip. A sound copy of this delightful vintage issue. Magazine
193762 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of young lady on bicycle; Editorial - What Price Modern Education?; The World Goes Smash - novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams; Why the Russians Want the North Pole - by famous explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson; Call Me Jim - the private life of James A. Farley - new, surprising facts concerning the jovial wheel-horse of the New Deal (part 1); The Talking Horse (humour); Casanova's Women - Henriette, and things the great lover left out of his memoirs; What it Takes to Make World Champs - article by Joe McCarthy, Manager of the World Champion New York Yankees (with small photo of author); Blackrock Landing (short story); Bright Danger (fiction); A New York Doctor Changes His Life - the anonymous but true story of a famous physician's who learned that money was not so important after all; Design for Dying (short story); 2/3-page illustrated Williams Luxury Shaving Cream ad shows tennis player "Big" Bill Tilden in action; Crossword completed in pencil on page 50; Horror Outside the Wall - a Chinese Mystery; Ventriloquist Peggy Hudson; The Glass Bracelet (short story); Nice illustrated ad for Iver Johnson Shotguns, manufactured at Cobourg, Ontario; Bits of nibbling to periphery of front cover and upper corner of textblock. Average soiling and wear. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1958104 pages. Fiction: Miss Carlsen is Mine; The Girl Who Had Accidents; Disaster oin the Outback; Botts Takes the Bait; Frame-up for Murder (part 1 of 3); The Chains of Fear (part 5 of 8). Articles: Our First Man in Outer Space - great photos of Scotty Crossfield who will be aboard the X-15; The Man Who Talks to Tapirs - Harry Gillmore in Sumatra - with photos; Our Houseboat Vacation; The Post Reports on Health Insurance - Part III - Is This the pattern of the future?; The Face of America - The Perfect Month - sensational large color photo of dozens of youths jumping from and swimming at the North Cove Bridge over the North Fork Catawba River; I Call on Lawrence Welk - great photos; Gold Rush Every Weekend.in California - great color photos of gold seekers in action. Ads: Very nostalgic color-photo two-page ad for Frigidaire's frost-proof refrigerator-freezer (blue); 1958 Ford cars; Chevrolet cars; Old Gold cigarettes; L&M cigarettes; Johnson & Johhson first aid ad shows boy diving into water beside lobster; Johnson Sea Horse outboard motor color-photo ad; Koppers ad includes large color photo of Ice Capades 18th Edition/1958; Lucky Strike color-photo ad on back cover shows young smokers playing golf, tennis and sunning. Slight loss to fore-edge of front cover. Moderate wear. Bit of writing atop front cover. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
1950120 pages. Features: Cover illustration of International Farmall tractor harvesting grain; Lovely colour ad for Nash cars inside front cover; Color photo of golfer Sam Snead in one-page B.F. Goodrich tire ad; Half-page color ad for Titleist "Acushnet" golf balls; Nice two-page color ad for Mobilgas features large winged horse; Lovely half-page color ad for Hydrox cookies; Great two-page color ad for Chevrolet cars, featuring their PowerGlide transmissions; The Ordeal of Judge Harold Raymond Medina - he is hard on Reds; The Wrath of Tugboat Annie (story); Edmonton, Alberta - feature article with many photos, including youthful premier Ernest Manning; Ditchdigger's Daughter (story); Getting ripped off by phoney weigh scales; Photo-illustrated article on simultaneous translators at the U.N.; James (Big Jim) Morton - "I Was the King of the Thieves" - part 2; Appointment with Treachery (story); Super color-photo illustrated article on circus highwire performer the Great Alanza; The Magnificent Faker (story); Funny Way to Got To School - Calvert School in Baltimore; Bonus Rookie (story); Nice one-page color-photo ad for Campbell's Chicken Gumbo soup includes an Aunt Jemima-like lady cooking at fire; Lovely one-page color ad for the (yellow) Oldsmobile "88" Holiday Coupe; Murder is the Pay-Off (story); Nice one-page color-photo ad for G.E. fridges with the new Alnico Magnetic Door; Nice one-page color ad for De Soto cars; One-page color cartoon-style ad for Post cereals features baseball scene; Pall Mall cigarette ad; Nice one-page color ad for Ford cars; Sultry one-page ad for movie "Born to Be Bad" starring Joan Fontaine; Nostalgic two-page color ad for Kraft mayo and salad dressings; Nice one-page color ad for Frigidaire electric ranges; One-page color ad for the Studebaker Champion; One-page color ad for Hudson cars; One-page ad for RCA Victor televisions; One-page photo ad for Prest-O-Lite batteries features lady golfer Babe Didrikson Zaharias; Wonderful color ad for Chesterfield cigarettes inside back cover features Gene Tierney and tobacco farmer Charlie P. Murphy of Mebane, N.C.; Attractive back cover Coke ad features large pop machine surrounded by a crowd of happy Coke drinkers. Somewhat above-average but not excessive wear. Light pink discoloration to part of top and bottom edge of most pages - text unaffected. Small piece missing from front cover at top of coverfold. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
194150 pages. Articles: Why Hitler Declared War on Russia - how Rudolph Hess and his flight figured into it; Why I Publish the Fritz Thyssen Manuscript - the dramatic story behind a remarkable Liberty series; My Life in the Army - by Jimmy Stewart; Problem Horse - the surprising story of Whirlaway; Tournament Golf - It's Tough!; Short Stories: A Very Blind Date; Johnny Allenby and the Beautiful Rebel; Diagnosis; The Indian Sign. Serials: Murder with Southern Hospitality - Part 5; Footsteps Behind Her - Part 9. Ads: Great photo ad inside the front cover features's Toronto's Park Plaza Hotel; Fantastic colour centerfold by GM advocates "A Good Life Work for Any Man"; Castoria children's laxative; Post's Bran Flakes; Palmolive Soap; Sal Hepatica; Cameo Menthal Cigarettes; Dettol; The 1941 CNE; Kotex; Lux Soap - featuring Madeleine Carroll; Tampax; Great WWII ad on back cover photo-illustrates the marine lifeline to Britain and promotes lending to support the war effort. Crossword completed. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
196640 pages. Features: Dr. George D. Scott of Kingston is proud of his don who dropped out of grade 10 to enlist in the U.S. Army - photos and article; Hockey's Biggest Reshuffle - looking ahead to the doubling of NHL teams in the 1967-68 season - article by Andy O'Brien; Gail Ross and her Horse Hobby - article with photos; Roloff Beny - a rather enviable reputation has been forced upon me; Nice full-page colour photo ad for Arrow shirts; Aylmer Tomato Product colour centerfold; How to Spend $12 million - that's how much Mickey Rooney spend during his rise, fall and long haul back (Part 3 of 3); Great vintage colour photo full-page ad for the Honda S90; Dr. Hamendra Banerjee is trying to discover if twins Jennifer and Gillian Pollock are the reincarnation of twins Joanna and Jacqueline who were killed in an auto accident 17 months before they were born; The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) at Sanctuary Wood; Laid in is a large colour BP chart which indicates which of their gasolines should be used for which car; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1958112 pages. Features: He Works in God's Back Pastures - Young Minister Sam Varnell chose to work in the "knob country" of eastern Tennessee; The Horse That Was Hard to Believe; The Story Behind Quemoy - How this small island on the coast of China has led America to the brink of War; They Can't Wait to Grow Old - tricks used to illegally receive Social Security payments; Adventures of the Mind, 16 - The Power Holders of the American economy; Battle Against the Lake - great photo-illustrated article on how the Southern Pacific Railroad is laying a roadbed across the Great Salt Lake. Fiction: The Swindler's LIfe; Hopeless Case; Marriageable Age; Ambitious Cop; The Midtown Bomber (part 2 of 5); The case of the Greedy Grandpa (conclusion). Ads: Nice color-photo Ronson lighter ad inside front cover; Fantastic one-page photo-ad for the Philco Predicta TV (which looks like something out of the Jetson's); Nice one-page color-photo ad for the 1959 Studebaker Lark station wagon (blue); Nostalgic one-page color-photo ad for Gulf shows snow white Cadillac with back seat loaded with Christmas gifts in service station; Nice color one-page ad for the Ford Edsel (yellow); Whitman's Chocolates color-photo ad features Santa; One-page black and white photo ad for Motorola TVs; One-page color ad for the 1959 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Holiday Sportsedan and Dynamic 88 Holiday Scenicoupe; AC Oil Filter ad features color photo of Dale Robertson of the "Wells Fargo" TV show; Wonderful two-page color-photo ad for 1959 Lincoln cars (white) and Helen Hayes; Idyllic three-color-page wedding-themed ad for the new for Ford Galaxie; Color-photo ad inside back cover for the 1959 De Soto station wagon (yellow) filled with dalmatians has some discolorations. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy of this great issue. Magazine
1961194 pages. Index. Fold-out four-panel map. "Throws new light upon and adds new interest to the story of General John Burgoyne's ill-fated exploits of 1977. Explains the factors behind the British defeat and American victory at Saratoga on October 17, 1977." - from dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper, otherwise book clean and unmarked with light wear. Light wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Binding tight. A nice copy. Book
194064 pages. Features: Refugees - Allies or Enemies? - article with heart-rending photos of refugees in Spain, China, Austria and Poland, plus photos and brief write-ups of 32 influential people who are also refugees (i.e. Einstein); Two Mothers - and Two Sons - the mothers of Bulgarian Communist George Dimitroff and Joseph Stalin; The Swiss Keep Guard - the job of these white troops is to make sure their country shall never become a second Finland; This Wasn't New in 1899 - interesting parachute history; The Life Story of Pope Pius XII; A Girl Prepares for Spring - spa treatments to freshen up ladies after winter; What it Means To-day to be a Merchant Seaman - one page photo of lifeboats pulling away from the sinking "Clan Stuart"; ; The Return of the Horse - Hitler's effect on British roads; Diary of the War, No. 30 - The Twenty-Eighth Week - with photo of Hitler visiting his wounded troops, and a large photo of British Cavalry on horseback in Nazareth; Cartoon by Low shows Hitler and Stalin pouring alcohol into the brains of their cannon fodder; Cargo for Delivery; France is Fighting; Full-page ad for Moussec champagne; Nice back cover ad for Sultanas (a useful wartime food); Many other wonderfully nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy. Magazine
1945288 pages. Features: One War to Go - The Coming Fight with Japan; U.S. Meat in This War - how boneless beaf solved the logistics of meat for the first time; Philips of Eindhoven - The big Dutch electrical company, in the U.S. to stay, shows no signs of changing its cartel tactics; The New Transport Planes - Consolidated Vultee's Clipper - the state of the art, how we got here, and what's in the future; The Bogey of Economic Maturity - Washington spenders claim capitallism is moribund; Commander Eugene F. McDonald of Zenith; The Medal - today's heroes are heirs to the great tradition of Pisanello; The Military Police - bully boys in the last war, this time they have won the G.I.'s respect; Battle for the Philippines - the U.S. settled the battle of the Pacific; and more. Many excellent vintage ads in color and black and white, perhaps being the one-page War Loan ad which features photo of Admiral Hirohito on horse, with inset photo of Admiral Halsey who has expressed his desire to ride the Emperor's horse, Shirayuki. Another great color ad by International Harvester shows U.S. troops storming Pacific beach with title "Till The Japs Say Uncle"; Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. Spine lean. A worthy vintage copy of this sensational WWII-era issue. Book
193940 pages. Features: Prominent photo of the French submarine "Phenix" which disappeared after a practice dive in Indo-Chinese waters with 71 on board; Piccadilly in the 'Eighties - and other items at the International Horse Show at Olympia; Japanes blockade of the British and French concessions at Tientsin by the Japanese - large map plus stark photos of electric fences, barbed wire and more; The Mauretania's Maiden Voyage - nice photo; Photo of wreckage of the "Connemara" flying boat; The "Impregnable" Siegfried Line - six photos; Great aerial photo of repairs to the pinnacle of the central tower of Canterbury Cathedral - known as Bell Harry; Great photos of British children being trainted to be farmers in Canada and Australia; Family tree showing the Queen's cousinship to George Washington and Robert E. Lee; Photos of the King and Queen at the World's Fair and other scenes; Photos of the new Atlantic Air-Liner - The "Golden Hinde"; Photos of Chelsea Daylight A.R.P. (Air Raid Precaution) Rehearsal; Photo of "the greatest number of people to cross the Atlantic in a Heavier-than-air machine - the "Atlantic Clipper" at Le Bourget - thirty people; Malayan Archaeology - article with photos; The King and Queen with the Roosevelts at their Hudson River estate; Photos of their Majesties in the U.S.A.; Photos of the last days of the Royal Tour and departure for Newfoundland; Full-page photo of the Royal farewell from Halifax for Newfoundland in the "Empress of Britain"; and more. Average wear. Interesting ad for Foot's Adjustable Rest-Chairs - a very complex-looking predecessor to the Lay-Z-boy. Unmarked. Some pages loose. Pages 1163-1166, 1177-78 and 1187-1162 missing. A worthy reference copy despite these deficiencies. Magazine
1914Front cover illustration of Major-General E.H.H. Allenby, the brilliant Cavalry Leader. Later phases of the Great Retreat. With the Northern French Armies during the Great Retreat. The Course of Events from Mons to Lemberg. Photos and illustrations include: The Grand Duke Nicholas - Generalissimo of the Russian Armies; with our French Allies - horse, foot, and artillery - in the field; Big Guns employed by the Allies against heavy artillery of the Germans; Buses converted to Lorries in France; and more. Average wear. Sound and unmarked copy. Book
Best.-Nr. 14764Beau dessin représentant un chasseur à cheval. Aquarelle et gouache. Signé. en feuille Bon 8,5 x 12 cm
1741Best.-Nr. _201800928Paris, Chez les Frères Guérin, 1741 ; in-12, 4-XII-156-VIII-214 pp. + 4 pl. dépliantes hors-texte, reliure plein veau, coloris cuir naturel marbré, dos orné à 5 nerfs, pièces de titre et de tomaison ocre rouge, tranches ocre rouge clair (coiffe de tête déchirée avec manque, frottements, coins émoussés).
1741Paris, Chez les Frères Guérin, 1741; in-12, 4-XII-156-VIII-214 pp. + 4 pl. dépliantes hors-texte, reliure plein veau, coloris cuir naturel marbré, dos orné à 5 nerfs, pièces de titre et de tomaison ocre rouge, tranches ocre rouge clair (coiffe de tête déchirée avec manque, frottements, coins émoussés).