Lot of 8 four-page menus from the S.S. Yukon Star, each measuring 8.5" x 5.5" and featuring a charming color cover illustrations of a notable Alaskan dog, with brief write-ups of each dog on back page. Dogs include: Blizzard - owned by Slim Williams; Two Husky puppies; Wolf - raced by Mary Joyce in the Alaska Dog Derby; Cheechako - owned by Lieutenant Colonel Francis E. Maslin; Rye - given to the Army at Chilkoot Barracks by Mary Joyce; Mageik - Father Hubbard's famous sled dog; Jack - racing dog owned by Grover Bayless of Fairbanks; and Smokey - a favorite among forty army dogs formerly stat... View More...
Undated but appears to be circa 1925 as a reproduced test result is dated 1922. 6.5" x 3.5" when closed. This tidy two-color illustrated promotional piece for the Bradleystat is densely packed with information explaining how this graphite compression rheostat provides smooth, stepless control for closer tuning so you can "pick up those distant stations which you lose with wire rheostats." Service shop stamp on back panel otherwise unmarked with light wear. A nice vintage copy. View More...
From the estate of Karl Gerhard, NSDAP member and leader of Deutscher Bund Canada. 16 page bilingual English/French promotional booklet for Berlin, host city of the 1936 Olympics, perhaps most noteworthy for the actions of Hitler and Jesse Owens. Includes detailed map of the Reichssportfeld, a two-page map of Berlin's main streets and attractions, a map of Berlin's railway and subway network, plus many attractive black and white photos of local scenes and attractions, presumably many of which did not survive the 1940s. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. View More...
From the estate of Karl Gerhard, NSDAP member and leader of Deutscher Bund Canada. 34 pages. Black and white reproductions of nostalgic photos. Considerable text, all in German. Alberta immigrant statistics. Apparently intended to document and extol the lifestyle of German immigrants in 1934 Alberta. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. View More...
32 page booklet intended to attract English-speaking tourists to Cologne, Germany. Profusely illustrated with attractive black and white photos of local sites and attractions, supported with English text. Soiling to illustrated covers. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. View More...
28 page booklet intended for tourists. Profusely illustrated with lovely black and white photos of local scenes and attractions, supported with text in German. Undated but appears to be circa 1930s. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. View More...
Text in German. 32 pages. 21cm x 20cm. Charming black and white photos of local attractions, people and idyllic pastoral scenes, supported with text. Colour centrefold panorama map of Harz. Undated but appears to be circa 1930s. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. View More...
Seven-panel two-sided travel brochure. 21cm x 10 cm. Text in German. Includes five maps which indicate local transportation systems and area attractions. Undated but appears to be circa mid-1930s. Small piece missing from bottom edge with minimal loss to text, otherwise unmarked with light wear. A nice vintage copy. View More...
22 pages. Oblong, approx. 10" x 8". Contents: Artist's rendering of proposed new cathedral - east side - with seating capacity of 2,500; Tableaux of Officers and Members of the Supreme Council; List of Inspectors General, Honorary, in Oregon; List of Knights Commander, Court of Honor; List of Officers of Oregon Lodge of Perfection No. 1; List of Officers of Ainsworth Chapter Rose Croix No. 1; List of Officers of Multnomah Council No. 1, Knights Kadosh; List of Officers of Oregon Consistory No. 1, M.R.S.; Large photo of Thirty-Eighth Cathedral Class, 32nd degree, June 4, 1921, complete with l... View More...
20 page promotional booklet. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos of picturesque local scenes and attractions. Photo inside front cover shows large swastika atop towering column, beside which is the Oberburgermeister's written introduction. Undated but appears to be circa 1937. Presumably, much of the wonderful architecture featured herein did not survive the next few years. Front cover secured with archival tape. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. View More...
Three-panel, two-sided, two-color tourist brochure for Hells Canyon at Baker, Oregon. Measures 12" x 9" when unfolded. Includes map of the district, reproductions of photos, and informative text of "the grandest chasm on the continent." Undated but appears to be circa 1955. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. View More...
"This 'relationship' as it now functions de facto, is sweepingly and grossly incompatible with our country's supposed dedication to the cause of human rights throughout the world; it poisons the sheer basic honesty of that dedication; and must more and more be seen to do so, by ourselves and by the whole community of peoples and nations." - page 1. Professor Black [1915-2001] was Sterling Professor of Law Emeritus, Yale University. In his four decades of publishing hundreds of titles on dozens of important issues, he was unable to find an American periodical to publish the views contained her... View More...
Wonderful vintage brochure in brown decorated card covers. Measures 23 cm x 10.5 cm when closed. Opens to reveal six large double-side leaves, each measuring 30.5 cm x 23 cm when folded-out. Includes twenty-three black and white reproductions of photos plus a map, all supported by considerable text. Rates for cottages and tents provided inside back cover. A plaque located near the former site of the inn states it closed in 1928 and burned down in 1936. It was purchased in 1910, a year before this brochure was printed, by Toronto feminist Flora MacDonald Denison who, inspired by the philo... View More...
Four-panel double-sided pamphlet measuring 14" x 8.5" when open. Adapted from an essay prepared by the Canadian Free Speech League. "For purposes of their own, powerful special interest groups desperately seek to keep substantive discussion of the Holocaust story taboo." - back panel. Clean and unmarked with light wear. View More...
Four-panel two-sided colour pamphlet advertising activities to celebrate Nanaimo's Centennial in 1974. 6 x 12 inches when opened. Includes 15 black and white photos of performers visiting the Harbour City, including: Red Bone, Catherine McKinnon, John Hewer (of the Pig & Whistle TV show), Fiddler Al Cherny, Dennis Day, Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura from Star Trek), and many more. Includes considerable text which describes many additional activities for the whole family. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice piece of Nanaimo ephemera. Bonus: includes 18 x 10" folded news clipping, date... View More...
Two-color, five-panel, two-sided pamphlet celebrating the Oregon Centennial Exposition and International Trade Fair held in Portland in 1959. Includes two other pieces of vintage Chevron ephemera. Unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. View More...
31 page pro-China pamphlet produced in the depths of Japan's brutal military activity in China. Contents: English translation of dramatic radio speech of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek to the Chinese People, delivered December 16, 1937; The Issues Behind the Far Eastern Conflict; The Sino-Japanese Conflict; Our American Stake in the Far Eastern Conflict; An Open Letter to the Women of America; Japan's Dilemma; Japan's Economic War Against the White Race; Dictatorship versus Democracy. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. View More...
24 pages. Grainy black and white reproductions of photos. Text primarily in English, some in German. "I was at Auschwitz from January to December 1944." - page 3. A war injury led to the author being restricted to service on the home front. In 1943 he went to Ukraine to raise India rubber plants to supply Germany's wartime need for tires. When Germany lost Ukraine in 1943, he was transferred to the department of plant cultivation at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institut, which had a branch at Auschwitz. It was only on his way there that he learned it was a concentration camp. Originally written i... View More...
This concise pamphlet covers a history of gold, reasons for the gold crisis of the day, the Western World's monetary system, the Gold Standard, the coming readjustment in gold, how gold defends against communism, and Canada's gold - world salvation. 36 pages. Author was a contributing member of The United States Gold Committee, Inc. of Washington D.C. Details of the Saman Investment Corporation Limited are printed on back cover as it apparently offered this booklet to its clients. Staples rusted but holding. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy of this nostalgic yet informati... View More...
15 page pamphlet. Authorized version as published by the British Government. Average wear. Handwritten mailing address and postage stamp residue on front cover. View More...