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194084 pages. Features: Great color ad for Frigidaire fridges inside front cover features ladies in period fashion; For Your Child and Mine; Looking Back at Sex Education; How Efficient Should a Mother Be?; Give a Boy Adventure; Ways to Earn Spending Money; If Accidents Happen; About Mumps; Teaching a Young Child to Swim; Teen-age problems; Something new in Family vacations - youth hostels; Family Fashions; Feeding the Family; Cover photo of Mom hugging two daughters; Med Life ad with photo of doctor making housecall for boy with tummy ache; Nice color Campbell's Soup ad shows daughter making soup for dad; Color-photo Certo ad on back cover features Jelly Champion Mrs. F. B. Tillou, Jr. of Oxford, NJ; and much more. Half of page 31 on party article and childhood problems missing. Small clipping from teen-age problems/family fun page 33. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Lots of delightful reading and recollecting here! Book
1941413 pages. Index. Written to transmit the thoughts of Hindu Vedanta and Buddhism to the West. Chapters include: The Ultimate Path; The Religious and Mystic Grades; The Hidden Philosophy of India; The Philosophical Discipline; The Worship of Words; The Arbitrament of Thinking Power; The Revelation of Relativity; From Thing to Thought; The Secret of Space and Time; The Magic of the Mind; The Downfall of Materialism. Dust jacket not included. Above-average wear to maroon cloth-covered boards. Binding open at half-title page. Few pencil markings to contents. A worthy reading copy. Book
1928Please note: This copy lacking its covers. First and last pages loose but present. Features: Canada in the Great War (Part 2) - The stirring record of 'the men behind the guns' - and of our wemen, too - photo illustrated article; The Crushing Horde - fiction from the north; Doctor to the Poor Fish - a free clinic for ailing aquarium pets; Canadian Sprinter Percy Williams (Peerless Percy) - Winner of the 100 and 200 metre Olympic sprints; Down Three Steps (short story); She Lika da Jazz (short story); Did They 'Get' Bulldog Kelly? - a tale of the North West Mounted; Prosperity's Leap From the Bush - The successful Canadian pulp and paper industry - photo-illustrated article; The Winking Satyr (short story); Our Population Problem (Part 4) - a suggestion that our need for people be solved by transplanting British industries; A Little Way Ahead (part 6); Beautiful one-page colour ad for Waterman's pens features waterfall and rainbow; Daily Newspapers Under Fire; Gorgeous one-page colour-illustrated ad for Quaker Puffed Rice features boy and girl at table; Nice one-page colour ad for Canadian National Steamships features their cruises to the Caribbean; Lovely one-page colour ad for Wahl-Eversharp Gold Seal Pens; Teaching Etiquette to Children; Crossword on page 78 has been completed; Jacobean Embroidery. A worthy reference copy. Book
1961128 pages. Features: The Engineering of Consent - The Mental Health Movement is linked to thought control and is a powerful weapon of coercion; Straight Talk - why is freedom forever on the defensive?; A Scratchin' Good Time - fungus diseases, allergies and poison ivy are plaguing Americans as never before; Last Train to Silverton - the mountain wonderland of southwestern Colorado possesses an American heirloom; The Invisible Conflict - five popular beliefs, created and spread by the propaganda mills in this country, are proven to be false; ; What Will You Tell Your Children When They Ask About the America That Was?; Bobby-Sox Pandemonium - Washington is a scene of helter-skelter as everybody 'plays it by ear'; Revolutions Come in Different Packages - to claim a kinship between the American Patriots of 1776 and advocates of revolution today is a false assumption; "They'd Better Forget It" - Mr. A.G. Heinsohn, Jr. of Cherokee Textile Mills refuses to trade in his advertising postage plate to Pitney-Bowes; This Is Not a Democracy; How New Money Is Created - origin of the present fractional reserve system ob banking is traced back to the goldsmith bankers of western Europe during the 17th century; Strange Tale of Two Books - GUJA agents and their sinister activities; Kahn's Kernels; If I Were King; The First Prophet of Modern Communism - the evil legacy of Karl Marx; New York Is a Fabulous Town; What Happens to the Bond Money? - few citizens understand what happens to funds supposedly collected to pay off state and municipal bonded indebtedness; The Education Show-Case - more than anything, the teaching profession needs the development of character; A Milepost in Labor Relations - how an enterprising raiload track foreman got a good day's work from his men; and more. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy bearing the address label of noted Madison, WI architect William Kaeser. Book
1992132 pages. Colour photo portrait of subject. Biography of this distinguished British Columbian Professor of Dentistry. Includes contributions from dozens of noteworthy individuals. Inspiring reading for immigrants to Canada. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
196118 pages. Features: Mailbag; Chukaritis - photo-illustrated article on the opening day in Game Management Area No. 14, with photos of Duck Michie, Duke Evans, Bill Otway, Doug Michie, Bob Watney and Ian Jack; Fisherman's Notebook - article on fly casting and fly lines; Care of Your Trophies; Illustrated article on Webster L. Marble and the 'basic four' items he felt were essential for survival; Photo of H.E. Helwig of Winchester teaching young boys how to shoot; Sportsman's Corner - a series of questions and answers; Final Clean-up at Buttle Lake; Boats -article - with photo of sexy Donna Weir of Vancouver on a Glascraft Sedan Sport Cruiser; How to throw an anchor; Nice back cover ad by the B.C. Department of Recreation and Conservation informs anglers about 1961 licenses being required; Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
1955Features: 'Twixt Sea and Sand - Part I - Those who man the lightships that keep the world's shipping off the dreaded Goodwins; Build or Die - an Igloo story; Diamonds are Dangerous - Diamond Smugglers and the 'big men' behind them; Danger - Loco Adrift - a giant locomotive slips its lashings in a stormbound ship; Destination Unknown - the second instalment of the adventures of Peter Pinney; The Rain Stoppers - on the West Coast of Africa; Search for Living Gold - Andean Chinchilla; Ghost of the White Chief - John Roberts; The Very Mysterious Eel; A Thousand Miles to Railhead - Motor Transport in North Australia - Road Trains; Horses on Showshoes - an idea which originated 75 years ago at Lardo, British Columbia; Jungle Hideout - the adventures of a white woman who spent nearly 4 years in the jungle running from the Japanese, eating dog, and teaching Guerillas to sing; Paddy's Lapse - A Merchant Navy Officer's Scary Experience; Covers holding but weakly; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Decent copy. Book
195620 pages. Features: Maxwell wins at Hot Springs; New Record at N&S; Patty beats Betsy Rawls and Marlene; Ann Middlemas triumphs at Ponce; one-page ad for the Lectracar Duo golf cart; Photo of Mrs. Winston Glantz of Albuquerque; One-page two-color ad for Wilson Dyna-Powered irons; Large photo of Sir John Woodall congratulating Lieut. Paul E. Kelly, USAF, Bermuda's new amateur champion; Photo of Betty Dodd's dad helping her practice; Photo of Mickey Wright teaching her mother how to play; centerfold ad for Triangle plastic pipe shows course being irrigated; Photo of Mrs. Robert G. Nierman, Mrs. Denison K. Bullens, Mrs. Michael T. Pishko and Mrs. Daniel O. Delany; Photo of five Northwest stars with cancer swords and golf clubs includes Anne Quast, Jo Anne Gunderson, Pat Lesser, Ruth Jessen, and Mrs. Edean Anderson Ihlanfeldt; One-page ad for the Nadco triple balance golf cart; Ad for the E-Z-Go golf cart; Titleist ad on back cover (which is missing a chip from bottom edge); and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
195620 pages. Features: Littler takes Palm Beach; U.S. Loses Curtis Cup; Dahlbender on top; Julius Boros explains swing fundamentals; U.S. Rubber ad for their Royal Special golf balls inside front cover; Nice one-page Spalding ad features Marilynn Smith and her Kro-Flite clubs; One-page illustrated ad for the International Golf Championship Trophy and the Canada Cup at the Wentworth Club, Surrey, England; 10 photos of stars at the Sunnehanna, including Frank Souchak, Sonny Tinney, Johnny Pott, Don Bisplinghoff, Hugh Wagner, Adele Dovey, Mrs. Glenn Johnson, Harry Manning, Peter Nisselson, Billy Booe, Jack Nicklaus (at age 15!), Eddie Merrins, Gene Dahlbender, Lief Larson, Bob Rankin, and Bob Gutwien; Half-page Stroke-Master ad features Byron Nelson photo endorsement; Eight nice photos from the Triangle at the Cavalier; Great photo of Myron Barrett teaching 28 young ladies at Wheeling CC, WV; Photo of young Daphne Dutton with Bobby Brownell, Max Elbin, Frank Emmet, Gen. Floyd L. Parks, Joe Gambatese and George Diffenbaugh; Photo of John R. Van Kleek with Mrs. Sybil Noble and John Cranford as they review plans for new golf course for the Paradise Point CC; Photo of Sam Snead signing to become pro at the Boca Raton Club in Florida; Photos of Jack Harkins, John R. Chappell Jr., C.G. Crockett, and Chester I. Williams; Etonic shoe ad on back cover shows the models 7180x and 7520; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
2001Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. 210 pages. Bibliography. Black and white reproductions of archival photos throughout. "Like others of my generation, I lived through the bleak years of the Great Depression. During the Second World War, I played a part as air navigator with Six Group (heavy bombers) of the Royal Canadian Air Force... My teaching career of 30 years took me into three levels of the Ontario school system. I taught high school in Dundalk, Burlington, Tweed, and Collingwood... Includes dozens of incidents that occured to siblings, friends and playmates, relatives and acquaintances. I have also tried to show how global events like WWI and II, the Great Depression, changes in transportation and communication and the wide use of computers, credit cards and robots have influenced relationships between individuals." - from introduction. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this fascinating and adventurous ife story. Book
1960160 pages. Features: Castro's War on Capitalism in Cuba; Counting Heads - the first U.S. census was no easy job; Juvenile Integrity Starts in the Home; The Korean Myth - Misconceptions Americans have about Korea; 1960 Version of "The Little Red Hen"; Cold War in International Athletics - opposing Communist athletes intent on propaganda; The Tenth Man - baseball's most important player can be the groundskeeper; Facts Russia Does Not Tell; School Teaching Beats Working for a Living; The Truly Satisfying Life; The China Clipper; Who are the Metrocrats?; Listen to This; Honey - Nutritious Nostrum; Who Wants to Abolish the HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)?; They Tamed the Wild Missouri River; Is There Free Speech?; The greatest Train Robbery; Walter, The Adaptable Weasel; A Kentucky Political Education; Don't Let your Shoulder Freeze; This Is Christianity - Young Korean Joon Gon Kim's Ministry to Communists; You Can Do Something; Those Modern Eskimos; A Return to Common Sense in Education - Pennsylvania teacher shuns methods that produce illiterate blockheads; The Organization Mother; January-June 1960 Index. Back cover Flag Day coverage features lovely photo of youngsters Kay and Tony of the Dario Politella family of Lindenhurst, Long Island. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
ref. 45038A Poitiers Chez J. Felix Faulcon, Imprimeur 1752 in 8 (20x12,5) 1 fort volume reliure plein veau fauve de l'époque, dos à nerfs orné de caissons dorés, tranches marbrées, page de titre imprimée en rouge et noir, 6 feuillets non chiffrés, LXXII et 694 pages, petite usure sur les coiffes et les coins. Quatrième édition du "Dictionnaire de Poitiers", considérablement augmentée, revue et corrigée par M. Pierre Restaut. Bel exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
In-4, cartonnage à la bradel, dos orné de double filets doré (rel. Laurenchet), 8 p. L'acte de naissance de l’enseignement clinique moderne: la création des Ecoles de santé. Le 1er prairial an VII (20 mai 1799), professeurs et élèves pouvaient enfin prendre possession des lieux bien que les infirmeries et leurs dépendances ne fussent pas encore prêtes pour recevoir les malades. Économiste originaire de Nancy, François de Neufchâteau devint président de l'Assemblée en 1791 puis ministre de l'intérieur. Très bon exemplaire.
ref. 37850In-4, cartonnage à la bradel, dos orné de double filets doré (rel. Laurenchet), 8 p. Montpellier, Izard et Ricard, an VII (1799).
In-12, pleine basane de l'époque, dos à nerfs (rel. frottée, manque de cuir en pied), (10) f., 530 p., (13) f., grande carte historique de l'Europe dépliante, portrait des rois de France dans des médaillons sur bois. Nouvelle édition considérablement augmentée. La grande carte d'Europe est gravée par P. Ganière. Portraits des rois de France dans des médaillons sur bois en tête de chaque notice. (G. Kaucher, ‘Les Jombert’, n°403). Ex-libris anciens manuscrits.
ref. 18740Versailles, de l'imprim. du roi. départ. des aff. étr., 1775. In-12, XXI-466 pp., basane marbré havane, filet à froid en encadrement sur les plats, dos à nerfs orné de caissons dorés, tranches rouges (petites épidermures, quelques petites taches ou rousseurs).
ref. 182Paris, Imprimerie D. Jouaust, sd (1878). - Format : 19 x 12,7 cm. - 16 pages + frontispice, reliure demi chagrin noir à 5 nerfs, couvertures conservées.
In-8, broché, couverture de papier muette, 16 p. Édition originale. Fondée en Juin 1794 (13 Prairial an 2), "l’Ecole de mars" était plus un camp de jeunesse qu' une école militaire. Elle devait former 3500 adolescents choisis dans les familles de Sans culottes méritants, à "l'amour de la Patrie", la "haine des rois" et les initier à l'art de la Guerre. Affublés d' une tenue à l'antique dessinée par David, ils vécurent dans le camp installé dans la plaine des Sablons jusqu'en octobre 1794 où l'école fut fermée pour inefficacité (Cf. J.-P. Thomas, 'Barère', p. 140 et s.). (Martin & Walter, 1657).
ref. 22512In-8, broché, couverture de papier muette, 16 p. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, [1794].
1876Cahors, imprimerie de A. Laytou, 1876 (La couverture mentionne en plus J. Girma, éditeur à Cahors). 1 vol. in-8 broché, 208 pp. L’ouvrage contient des retranscriptions de textes, dont certains sont en latin ou en ancien français.
1875ref. 112741875. Paris Librairie du Culte Israélite 1875 - Toilé 11 5 cm x 17 cm 245 pages 3ème ed. - Texte français de Benoit Lévy revu par M. L. Wogue - Bon état
In-8, plein veau marbré de l'époque, dos à nerfs orné, tranches rouges, 648 p. "Troisième édition, revue et augmentée". Géomètre, membre de l'Académie des sciences, membre correspondant des l'Académie de Berlin, de Bologne et de Saint Petersburg, Charles Bossut composa cet ouvrage du vulgarisation qui obtint un très grand succès. Mention manuscrite au premier feuillet blanc : "Cette arithmétique de Bossut appartient à Bonneval élève (…), ce 20 novembre 1782". Une suite annoncée ne fut jamais publiée (cf. BnF et WorldCat 23729326). Coiffe supérieure abimée. Bon exemplaire, intérieur très frais.
ref. 33393In-8, plein veau marbré de l'époque, dos à nerfs orné, tranches rouges, 648 p. Paris, Claude-Antoine Jombert, 1781.
