61 pages. This well-travelled copy is boldly signed by former owner, J.C. Frith of the Canadian 18th Battalion at Hastings, England, April 1917. Above-average wear and soiling. Binding tender. Underlining on two pages. A wonderful WWI collectible. View More...
144 pages plus adverts at back. Contents include: On Making Hair-Springs; On Fitting Hair-Springs; The Adjustment to Positions; The Adjustment to Isochronism; Regulating, or Rating; The Adjustment for Heat and Cold. Hinges intact. Above-average but not excessive wear. Silver lettering on backstrip still legible. Small chips from each end of backstrip. Blind-stamped boards. Unmarked.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; A Practical Treatise on the Balance Spring, Including Making, Fitting, Adjusting to Isochronism and Positions, and Rating; Also The Adjustment for Heat and Cold *FIRST EDITION* Cloc... View More...
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part I - the story of a British officer's remarkable exploit - a journey, disguised as an Oriental, across a large part of India and finally into forbidden Afghanistan and beyond, living among the natives as one of themselves; Two Wanderers in the Faroes - John Dickson's account of the wild nature and unsophisticated people - article with excellent photos; "Grip" and I - Count Nils Cronstedt saved a doomed thoroughbred bull-terrier which proceeded to save him on several occasions during ... View More...
Includes piano sheet music, guitar chords and lyrics for these songs: Bring Your Broken Heart to Me; Cold Feet; Cool, Green Swanee; Crazy Game of Love, The; Gee, but It's Lonesome Out Tonight; Gotta Find me Somebody to Love; Honest as the Day Is Long; I Got a Cinder in My Eye; I Sure Would Like to Sit a Spell with You; I Wish I Had a Nickel; I Wish You Didn't Love Me So Much; I'm in Love Up to My Ears; I'm Little but I'm Loud; Me, Too; No Thanks; Sea of Broken Dreams; Take an Old Cold 'Tater (and Wait); That Wild Black Engine; What's the Use to Take You back Again; You'll Have to Talk It Over ... View More...
13.5" x 15.5". Two-color menu from the "Nandina" Ristorante of Firenze, Italy, Proprietor G. Sassoli. Possibly circa 1970? Unmarked with moderate wear and age-toning. Folded twice vertically and once horizontally. A charming Italian gastronomic memento. View More...
302 pages plus 6 pages of ads at back. Maroon leather backstrip. Olive cloth-covered boards. Gilt decoration of hound upon front board. Several black and white illustrations. Narrow openings along each hinge. Front free endpaper removed. Above-average wear and soiling. Moderate spine lean. Few pencil markings to contents. Not pretty but a worthy reading copy of this fascinating work. View More...
56 pages. Undated but appears to be circa 1985. A brief history of service at HMCS Cornwallis from May-Sept 1949. "Gives the reader a look at New Entry Training, Naval Lore, Human Interest Stories and some Naval Characters, of which the Navy had its share." - Joseph Lay. Black and white photographs. Author's signature and lenghty inscription to V.L. Swanton inside front cover. Foreward by CIER Joseph Lay G.M. C.D. taped to page one. A quality copy. View More...
218 pages. Many black and white illustrations and wonderful black and white archival photographic plates. Contents include: The Year the Store Opened; T. Eaton & Co. Makes Its Bow to the Public; From Past to Present; The Founder and His Successor; Eaton's of Today; The Celebration of the Jubilee. Prior owner's details upon page following title page. No other markings. Hinges open. Front free endpaper removed. Above-average wear. A worthy reading copy of the delightfully nostalgic piece of Canadiana. View More...
Pages 353-440, plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Flying in Central Africa - part 2 - tales from the log book of an R.A.F. officer during the campaign in German East Africa - article with interesting photos; Torn by Starving Jackals in Macedonia - Private James McDade of the 6th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers recounts his experience - with photo of McDade; Death-Struggle with An Alligator - what happened to Van Campen Heilner when he was photographing an alligator in a Florida swamp - photo-illustrated article; The Thrills of Parachuting - early and marvelously photo-illustrated article ... View More...
Pages 1-84, plus 32 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Contents include: Through the Shan States - part 2; The King's Ju-Ju; Phases of Life - Fire-Walking in Java, Gomez the Killer, The Queensland "Mounted"; A "Side-Show" in Borneo; The Queer Side of Things - What the Palmist Foretold; Our Japanese Burglar; The Pickle-Bottle; A Papuan Interlude; Seven Days' Bad Luck; Man and His Needs; Stamps of the World. Bits of clear tape at each end of spine. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage issue.; Magazine; 4to - ove... View More...
Pages 266-352 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: Flying in Central Africa (part I) - adventures from the flying log-book of an R.A.F. officer during ther campaign in German East Africa; My Adventures in Bolivia - Frank Rose was arrested as a dangerous revolutionary but managed to escape; Relief Worker's Adventures (part I) - thrilling adventures among the war victims of Armenia, Syria, and Persia, with photos; Hunting Big Game by Motor-Car - Captain F.A.M. Webster describes how he does it, with photos; The Adventures of a Newspaper-man (part III) - Frederic Martyn's adventure... View More...
72 pages. Circa 1982-83. Perhaps the first book to be written by workers on the question of Canada's entering the second depression. Their dismay at finding another generation of young families faced with the same prospects of unemployment, has prompted them to compile an outline of world and national development leading to recurring crises in private enterprise systems. The authors have used a historical materialist approach in attempting to make the history and background of depressions understandable to the average working class reader. Gift greetings inside front cover else clean and ... View More...
Circa 1990. Unpaginated. Gorgeous colour photography throughout. Book as new but for small stains in each lower corner of blue cloth front board. Splendid copy. View More...
80 pages. Includes piano sheet music, lyrics and guitar chords for these songs: How Dare You; Lazy Ways; Iceberg; Don't Hang Up; I'm Mandy, Fly Me; Art for Art's Sake; Rock 'N' Roll Lullaby; I Wanna Rule the World; Head Room. Faint store inkstamp on title page, otherwise contents pleasantly clean and unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear to great seventies-style colour-photo illustrated covers. Binding intact. Includes black and white photos of members of the band. A fantastic 10cc memento.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 10cc How Dare You!: Songbook (Song Book) with Sheet Music for Piano an... View More...
60 pages. Undated but appears to be circa 1990. A periodical for those who served with the B.E.F. (France) from 10th May 1940. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. View More...
"Your 1965 Reunion Committee is pleased to present the histories of No. 435 (Chinthe) Squadron and No. 436 (Elephant) Squadron, with accompanying pictures, as a special 'extra' of the 'Burma plus 20' Reunion." - from Foreward. Consists of 15 single-sided 14" x 8.5" sheets folded in half and stapled into illustrated card covers. Numerous black and white photos in text. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. View More...
"Exciting events and dramatic changes have occurred during the first 50 years of logging the Chemainus River valley. The outstanding achievements of the operation were accomplished by the superb efforts of all those who have worked there. The long term plan to continue producing high quality logs at 1990 production levels or higher on a sustained yield basis will undoubtedly require as many changes in the next 50 years as we have seen in the past history of the operation. We trust that someone will pictorially record these changes so that those reviewing the history of copper Canyon in 2040... View More...
420 pages. Documents the history and families of Golden and the Columbia Valley district of British Columbia. Chapters include: Native Peoples; Business; Transportation; Logging; Trapping Guiding and Hunting; Mining; Agriculture; Churches; Schools; Hospitals and Health Care; Clubs and Organizations; Sports Social Activities; Law Enforcement and the Military; Families; Swiss Guides and their Families; Neighbours to the East, West and South. Many reproductions of archival black and white photos. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy. View More...
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