Language: English
Published by Penguin Books 1951,1984, 1951
ISBN 10: 0140013040 ISBN 13: 9780140013047
Seller: WONDERFUL BOOKS BY MAIL, CHICO-CA, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by WICK, WALTER COVER HOTO (illustrator). Reprinted. VERY GOOD CONDITION, clean, solid, bright; cover has 1/2" green oval "penguin CRIME" bottom right cover logo.Green spine strip. White & black titles on mostly BLACK paper covers showing FLAME BURNING NEWSPAPER. COVER ART .BLACK BACKGROUND.; 191pg pages.
Language: English
Published by Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2004
ISBN 10: 0805070826 ISBN 13: 9780805070828
Seller: Gerry Mosher, Rockford, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good, dust jacket only. Illustrated by Strachan, Bruce (illustrator). Stated 1st Ed. Very Good; glossy illustrated blue paper over boards with like paper jacket, back of jacket is creased near bottom, illustrated with photographs of painted clay figures set in backdrop scenery, 46 pages; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall.
Mass Market Paperbook. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Jensen, Bruce (Cover) (illustrator). 1st Paperback printing. Corners bumped, light reading crease, a little edge wear and rubbing. An attractive copy. ; Signed by author on title page. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 343 pages; " This is the story of Pierre Tardivel, a scientist, and his complex battle against deadly illness, an ex-Nazi war criminal still hiding in the U. S. , a crooked insurance company, and a plot to make Pierre and his wife the victims of a bizarre genetic experiment. Frameshift is hard science fiction at its best, full of complications and neat surprises. "; Signed by Author.
Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG to VG-. DJ: some rubbing & edgewear; small chips/creases/closed tears at edges & corners. Book: some rubbing & edgewear; a little cornerwear; some yellowing; overall clean & tight. 128 pages.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Wood, Bruce Robert (illustrator). First Edition. Blue Sky Press / Scholastic, c1998, hardback, stated: First Printing October 1998, glossy pictorial boards about 11¼x11½, Fine/Very Good+ dust jacket(light edgewear & creasing, price-clipped), SIGNED by author & illustrator on a bookplate on the front pastedown, unpaginated, CHILDREN CHRISTMAS; B1122; Signed by Author(s).
Published by Aladdin Books, 1954
Seller: HPB Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
Language: English
Published by Windrow and Greene, London, 1997
ISBN 10: 1859150438 ISBN 13: 9781859150436
Seller: KULTURAs books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Illustrated by Robert Bruce (illustrator). First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Book is in As New condition. Crisp and clean with tight binding and sharp corners. Price unclipped dust jacket is fresh and bright. Color photos by Robert Bruce throughout. 4to. 128 pp including Index. In protective mylar. ; Color Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 128 pages.
Published by The Blue Sky Press, New York, 1998
First Edition
Hardcover in dust jacket. Illustrated by Bruce Robert Wood (illustrator). First edition, first printing. Inked inscription to front pastedown, else fine in near fine dust jacket, in mylar cover.
Published by Aladdin Books, 1954
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN . B007K1JWRE Hardback. First edition as stated on copyright page. No Dustjacket. Reading Copy Only. Ex-Library with the usual faults, card pocket, ink stamps, etc. Tight sound copy with average wear. No Signature.
Published by East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 2004
Seller: Cat's Cradle Books, Archdale, NC, U.S.A.
Softcover. Illustrated by Tim Bruce, Shelton Bryant, Sharon B (illustrator). Sound binding. Clean and bright pages. Wraps have handling wear. Contents: Writings on ethnic North Carolina, including Shields, "North Carolina's Multicultural Beginnings in History and Lore." McKinney, "There's always a story to tell: Creating Tradition on the Qualla Boundary." Spangler, "Adantis, Land of Melded Cultures: An Interview with Marly Youmans." Higgins, "Anything but surrender: Preserving Southern Appalachia in the Works of Ron Rash." Brown, review of LIsten Here: Women Writing in Appalachia. Bucher, "Pauli Murray: A Case for the Poetry." Arnold, "Investigating Social Injustice: Barbara Neely's Blanche White Mysteries." Cornett, "Out of the Diaspora: Alan Shapiro on Poetry, Community, and Life in the South." Siegel, "Origins and Closure: An Interview with Ariel Dorfman." Yousaf and Monteith, "I was Pearl and my last name was Harbor: Monique Thuy-Dung Truong's 'Kelly' annd Ethnic Southern Memory." Vivekanand, "Yankees and Indians." Poetry by Allison Hedge Coke, Philip Arnold, Cherryl Floyd-Miller, L. Teresa Church, Mendi Lewis Obadike, Lenard D. Moore, Alan Shapiro, Michael Whilte, Julie Kate Howard. Essays by Lee Zacharias, Meredith Anton, Bill Morris. Food finds, book reviews, items about North Carolina writers. 10.0" tall; 196 pages. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket.
Published by N.Y.: Mercury Press, 1994, N.Y., 1994
Seller: William L. Horsnell, Aylesford, NS, Canada
Digest Magazine. Condition: Very Good +. Bauman, Jill (illustrator). Octpber/November; Vol.87,No.4-5. Digest Magazine. Very Good +. Octpber/November; Vol.87,No.4-5. An uncreased spine with very light edge rubbings. No store stamp. Stories by Harlan Ellison, Mike Resnick, Esther M.Freisner, Bruce Sterling, Bradley Denton, Gardner Dozois, Robert Reed, Parke Godwin, John Kessel.
Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by J Gaastra (illustrator). Reprint. Near fine green cloth hardcover, no inscriptions. Very good unclipped dust jacket. ; Wood engravings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 78 pages.
Published by Walker & Company, New York, 1977
Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Illustrated by Mel Brofman (illustrator). First US Edition; First Printing. Hard Cover In Dust Jacket First Printing, First U. S. Edition. Vg/G++; good clean sound copy of book, without handwriting inside; d/w is not price clippedand is complete, but spine is a bit grubby and it has small patches of wear; The ninth and final novel in Crispin's urbane and witty mystery series featuring Oxford don and amateur detective Gervase Fen. ; Gervase Fen; Vol. 9; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by N.Y.: UPD Pub. Corp, 1971, N.Y., 1971
Seller: William L. Horsnell, Aylesford, NS, Canada
Digest. Condition: Very Good. Vol.21, No.1, Issue 156. Digest. Very Good. Vol.21, No.1, Issue 156. 12mo. A clean solid copy with no edging or creasing. Stories by Keith Laumer, Harry Harrison , Robert F. Young, Irwin Ross, Barry Weissman & William Rot sler. Articles by Lester Del Ray & L. Sprague de Camp.
Published by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc., West Kingston, RI, 1972
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Illustrated by Robert Bruce Acheson (illustrator). 1st Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book is in mostly clean and bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is some beginning ground-in dirt and foxing to the top edge of the text block. The dust jacket is crisp and clean.
Language: English
Published by San Francisco : Harper & Row, 1979, 1992, 1979
ISBN 10: 0060677058 ISBN 13: 9780060677053
Seller: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 10th printing ; 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm ; ISBN: 0060677058; 9780060677053; National Library: 013961051 LCCN: 79-1769 ; LC: PA817; Dewey: 487/.4 ; OCLC: 5809139 ; stiff paper wrappers ; "A unique and comprehensive memory system is presented with humorous, easily remembered graphics which simplify the complexities of Greek for all students of the Bible" ; Contents: Introduction to the Greek alphabet -- The verb, present tense -- Nouns of the second declension, word order, case, ????????, ????? -- Nouns of the first declension -, the article, adjectives, form and use -- Prepositions, the present middle/passive, personal and impersonal agency, deponent and compound verbs, the negative ??, present infinitives -- Verb to be, personal pronouns, intensive pronouns -- The imperfect active, middle/passive, imperfect of ?????, neuter plural subject with a singular verb, demonstrative pronouns -- Future active and middle - not passive, future of the verb to be, common irregular verbs, reflexive and reciprocal pronouns, lexicon use -- Meaning of the aorist tense, first aorist active and middle, aorist infinitives, deponent and compound verbs in the first aorist, second aorist active and middle, the second aorist of common irregular verbs -- The prefect tense, active, middle/passive, perfect infinitives, the second perfect, irregular verbs -- The aorist passive, the future passive -- The third declension, review of the ??? system -- Present participlesw, attributive and predicate, forms and use -- Aorist patriciples, attributive and predicate, genetive absolute, supplementary participle -- Perfect participles, periphrasis, special uses of genitive, dative and accusative cases -- The meaning of the subjunctive mood, the present subjunctive of ?????, present and aorist subjunctives, formand tense of the subjunctive, conditional sentences -- Infinitives, forms and uses -- Contract verbs, rules of contraction, present indicative of contract verbs and principal parts -- Liquid verbs, future and aorist, declension of ???, ?????, ????? numerals, nouns and adjectives of the third declension -- Interrogative, indefinite, and relative pronouns, deliberative questions, indefinite relative clauses, adverbs -- The imperative mood, forms, meaning and the negative imperative, the optative mood, forms, meaning, and use, the use of ?? and -- The -?? verbs, -??????, ??????, the verb ??????? The article before ??? and ?? -- More -?? verbs, the pluperfect (past perfect) tense, the verb ??????? -- Possessive adjectives, comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs ; remains of label on front upper corner, stamp of the Carter Center in Atlanta on inside front cover ; else FINE. Book.
Published by Bancorpsouth
Seller: Elder's Bookstore, Nashville, TN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Bruce Wolf (illustrator). Very good condition, no marks or notes, not mark discoloration of wear to cover. Dust jacket is very good condition but does have some minor wear (a small tear on the back cover fore edge bottom corner, and some marks along the edges). ; Color Photographs; 12 1/2" x 9 1/4"; 120 pages.
Published by Centaur Press, New York, 1971
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Illustrated by Acheson, Robert Bruce (illustrator). First Edition. Originally published in 1916. Maroon cloth stamped in gold on the spine. Introduction by Henry M. Eichner. Illustrations by Robert Bruce Acheson and Donald Fish. A fine copy in fine dustjacket with a tiny spot to rear panel. ; Octavo.
Published by Atlantic Salmon Federation, Canada, 1994
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Bossi, Robert; Swan, John (illustrator). First Edition. Features: Miracle on the Thames - They're Back!; The Devilish Salmon of Devil's Gap Gorge; John Swan - Sporting Artist (one of his paintings is featured on the cover); Happiness is an Icy River - photo essay of a golden morning on the Miramichi; The Right Way to Tie a "Riffling Hitch"; Festive Fondue - Not Cheese, Salmon; and more. 56 glossy pages. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy.; Photography; 4to.
Published by Curtis, USA, 1959
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Rockwell, Norman (cover); Fields, Jack; Briggs, Austin;Bomberger, Bruce; Jones, Robert; (illustrator). First Edition. 124 pages. Short Stories: Hero with a Past; Surprise on the Desert; Night Ferry; The Lady and the Brute. Articles: Why Auto Insurance Costs So Much; The Doctors Who Make Children Grow - pediatric endocrinologists; Act of Compassion - F. de Sales Meyers, a WWII submariner,destroyed Japanese merchant shipping; Golden Isles of the Aegean - lovely Greek isle color photos; A Visit With boss of the Chicago White Sox, Bill Veeck; The Untold Story of Little Rock (part 3) - Faubus makes his move - photo-illustrated article on the first day of school when the National Guard ringed Central High and kept Negroes out; He Knows Where Your Money Goes - Secretary of the Treasury, Robert Anderson; Photo of Conductor Jacob Avshalomov at work. Serials: Island of Hate (part 1 of 5); The Case of the Mythical Monkeys (part 6 of 8). Ads: Movie "Say One For Me"; Graceful Chrysler Imperial ad features a maroon Le Baron 4-door Silvercrest Landau; GE Air Conditioners; Dutch Boy House Paint; Huge two-page Marlboro ad promotes their flip-top box; Dial Soap; Kraft Cracker Barrel Cheese; Campbell's Bean with Bacon Soup; AC Oil Filter ad featuring color photo of Victor Borge at the piano; Pall Mall cigarette ad; De Soto ad featuring its push-button transmision and a Firedome 4-door Sportsman; General Telephone; Band-Aid; Palmolive; Great two-page color photo 7up ad shows boy in backyard recliner; Kodak cameras; Swimquip pool equipment; Mopar parts; Vauxhall; L&M cigarette ad features James Arness in his 'Gunsmoke' attire offering a light to Miss Kitty(?); Nice two-page color photo Chevrolet ad features a silver Kingswood station wagon - with young boy hanging out back window as his mother drives!; Whitman's chocolates; Florida tourism; Mazola; Bulova; Johnson Outboards; Schlitz Beer; Smith-Corona Typewriters; Caterpillar ad features color photo of Al C. Church, Florida State Highway Engineer at Miami Beach; Norelco shavers; Nice color ad for McGregor sportswear; Nice color Coke ad on back covers features icy class and small image of soda fountain below. and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Magazine; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; The Saturday Evening Post, June 6, 1959 - The Untold Story of Little Rock Short Stories: Hero with a Past; Surprise on the Desert; Night Ferry; The Lady and the Brute. Articles: Why Auto Insurance Costs So Much; The Doctors Who Make Children Grow - pe.
Published by Sydney: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1970, 1970
Seller: The Last Post Bookshop, Holbrook, NSW, Australia
Cloth, h/c. Very Good/Very Good & Protected. First Edition. 9 " x 11 1/2 ". P223, colour and b/w illustrations, endpaper maps, The Second World War came to the Pacific and shattered a dream. The battling armies created bleak infernos of the jewelled islands and laid them waste. Bruce Adams and his camera has caught a hundred moods and arrested in this production the processess of decay.
Published by The Curtis Publishing Company, USA, 1951
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Hughes (cover); Ludekens, Fred; Arnold, Harriet; Garland,George; Saltzman, Harry; Riley, Ken; Bomberger, Bruce; Prins, Ben;Smith, William A.; Von Schmidt, Harold; (illustrator). First Edition. 188 pages. Fiction: Football Punk - That's Me; The Stalking of Sheila; The Champ's Last Fight; The Misfit; Novelette - High Stakes, Mr. Hornblower; The Killer Wore a Badge - part 2 of 6 by Thomas Walsh; Ruler of the Range - part 4 of 6 by Peter Dawson. Features: Inside Eisenhower's Headquarters - SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe); I'm a Doctor - And I'm Human; The Cities of America - Beaumont, Port Arthur and Orange; I Was Stalin's Prisoner - part 4 of 6; The Woes of an All-American - Vic Janowicz of Ohio State; The Sinister Doings at the United Nations - Trygve Lie and Communist penetration of UN staff; What Good Can Come Out of Korea?; Cruel Beauty of the Caribbean - the Negro Republic of Haiti - article with color photos. Ads include: Nice color-photo Nash Airflyte car ad inside front cover; Thompson Products of Cleveland; Great two-page color ad for the Crosley Shelvador fridge; nice one-page color ad for Everhot electric blankets; *Beautiful* two-page color-photo ad for Packard cars featuring famous decorator Mrs. Dorothy Draper and the new Packard Patrician '400' for 1952; Strombert-Carlson ad; Yellow-Bole pipe ad; General Tire; Very nice one-page color Campbell's Soup ad; Fisher Body; Telechron clock timers; 1952 De Soto ad; Image of Betty Crocker endorsing the General Mills Tru-Heat clothes iron; Nice one-page color ad for Dodge job-rated trucks; Ford cars; Seth Thomas watches; Sunbeam Mixmaster; Old Golds cigarettes; Lederle; Aunt Jemima half-page color ad; *Wonderful* one-page color ad for the movie 'Two Tickets to Broadway' presented by Howard Hughes; Life undergarments for women; Multi-Facet Company of New York; Borden's Starlac milk; Nice two-page color photo ad for GoodYear tires; Flexees bras; Hertz auto rental; Cream of Wheat; Honeywell Controls - with photo in submarine; Nice one-page color-photo ad for International Trucks featuring the Metro Body; Great TWA color one-page ad; "Meet Corliss Archer"; Schick 20 shaver; Raytheon television; Nice color one-page ad for United Air Lines; Nice one-page color Canada Dry ad with Pilgrim theme; Nice one-page color ad for the U.S. Army; Dormeyer appliances; Life Savers; Color Capehart-Farnsworth Radio ad; Scary one-page two-color ad for Lumbermens insurance called 'Teenicide' shows teens getting into car; Botany 500; Howard Zink seat covers; REO Trucks - one-page color ad shows truck emerging from mountain; Edgeworth and Holiday pipe tobacco ad features two sexy dames; Whirlpool appliances; Sunwest prune juice; Schrafft's chocolates; Sessions clock sets; Planters mixed nuts; Buck Skein Joe coats; Disston chain saws; Rice-Stix shirts; Cosco stools; Major General William F. Dean, Medal of Honor recipient featured in U.S. Savings Bond ad; Western Electric telephones; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features color image of comedienne Ann Sothern. Average wear. Moderate external soiling. Unmarked. A sound copy.; Magazine; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; The Saturday Evening Post, November 17, 1951 - Inside Eisenhower's Headquarters / I Was Stalin's Prisoner Football Punk - That's Me; The Stalking of Sheila; The Champ's Last Fight; The Misfit; Novelette - High Stakes, Mr. Hornblower; The Killer Wore a Ba.
Published by Maclean Hunter, Canada, 1958
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Arbuckle, Franklin; Notman, William; Curtin, Walter;Rockett, Paul; Ehricht, Horst; Marks, Robert; Sebert, John; Curtin,Walter;; Nott, Herb; Sebert, John; Ollis, Don; Johnson, Bruce (illustrator). First Edition. 68 pages. Features: Nice colour photo ad for the 1958 Ford at Horseshoe Bay, B.C. and what was later named the Sea to Sky Highway; Canada should ban atomic arms even if no one else will; My Fair Lady comes home to London; The Truth about Teen-age Drinking - results of a national study; My Life with the Original Marks Brothers - Kitty Marks looks back - great photos; The Fear behind Featherbedding - the rail fireman's strike and paying men not to work; The secret life of a pond; Johnny Longden tells his own story - part III; In Praise of the Beard - article with photos of great beards; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, June 21, 1958 1958 Ford at Horseshoe Bay, B.C. and what was later named the Sea to Sky Highway; Canada should ban atomic arms even if no one else will; My Fair Lady comes home to London; The Truth about Tee-age Drin.
Published by Maclean-Hunter Publishing Company Limited, Toronto, 1956
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. Illustrated by Little, John (illustrator). First Edition. Features: Cover art by John Little shows ballerina on urban balcony; Let's face our color problems first - editorial says Canadian smugly look across the border at festering racial cankers in the U.S. south; Why must the pros spoil every sport? - so asks Roderick Haig-Brown; We Drove The Kids From Brazil To Alberta - photo-illustrated article about Jim and Mary Orr and family; The Exile Who'll star at Straford - Photo-illustrated article on Chris [Christopher] Plummer; Bruce Hutchison on the Peace River Country; How Cop Staff Sgt. Wilf Henrich sold Kitchener on safety; The Rumor That Killed a General - Maclean's flashback to the story of Sir Arthur Currie who, for ten years, fought charges that he had needlessly sacrificed Canadian lives in WWI; The Girl Who Couldn't Escape (short story by Ivan Roe); It's Time Father Got Back In the Family; Would You Change the Lives of These People? - colour-photo-illustrated article about the isolated Negroes of New Road in Nova Scotia; What It's Like Being a Golf Wife - Moreen Balding is wife of Al Balding, the only Canadian to ever win a major U.S. tournament; Montreal's Sir George Williams - the college for everyone; Nice one-page colour ad for the De Soto Fireflite V-8 Hardtop (teal); and more. Unmarked with above-average wear to covers. A worthy example of this rare issue.; Cover Art; Folio.
Published by Maclean-Hunter, Toronto, 1956
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Simpkins; Zarov, Basil; Arbuckle, Franklin; Jaques, Ronny;Feyer, George (illustrator). First Edition. 76 pages. Features: Jasper cartoon cover illustration; Great full-page colour ad for the 1956 Pontiac models; Nice colour-photo full-page ad for the 1956 Dodge, featuring the Mayfair V-8 4-door sedan; Dr. Wilder Graves Penfield - feature article with photos; How long will Clifford Williams stay in jail? - young Canadian from troubled background is jailed for 28-years for his first offense; A Gold Cup for Fair Lady - short story; Former Adjutant-General of the Canadian Army, Major-General W.H.S. Macklin, speaks out against the astronomical sums being spent on the DEW (distant early warning) Line - he argues it can never protect Canada; Political Quebec - part IV of Bruce Hutchison's "The Unknown Country"; Animals Can Talk; The Campus That Covers a Province - The University of Alberta and its many interesting programs; Nice colour full-page ad for the new 1956 Chrysler (featuring Windsor 4-door sedan with 215 HP engine); Nice 2-colour full-page ad for Philips televisions; Nostalgic 3/4 page colour ad for McBrine luggage; Colour full-page ad for Chevrolet featuring the Bel Air Convertible; Full-page black and white photo ad for milk in Pure-Pak containers, including photos of Etril and Melvin Snyder, owners of Ontario's famous Maple Lane Dairy Ltd.; Nice colour full-page ad for Oldsmobile featuring the 1956 Super 88 Holiday Seday; Colour photo Coke ad on back cover shows sweethearts drinking with straws. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, February 18, 1956 Jasper cartoon cover illustration; Great full-page colour ad for the 1956 Pontiac models; Nice colour-photo full-page ad for the 1956 Dodge, featuring the Mayfair V-8 4-door sedan; Dr. Wilder Grave.
Published by Maclean Hunter / Key Publishers, Canada, 1957
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Arbuckle, Franklin (cover art); Simpkins; Furofsky;Lessing, Erich; Long, Jack V.; Harrison, Lois; Sebert, John; Fraser,Blair; Macpherson, Duncan; Whalley, Peter (illustrator). First Edition. Features: Me and My Family - The Story of the Conachers, one of Canada's most famous families - with photos (part 1); Franklin Arbuckle cover illustration of the ice-canoe race across the St. Lawrence, a highlight of Quebec's annual Winter Carnival; Every nation is a bully at heart; Inside the Iron Curtain; Two-page colour-photo ad for Domil fabrics; Nostalgic colour ad for General Electric Filter-Flo automatic washer (teal in colour); I'm sick of being a good listener (humour); How red tape is stalling our refugee program - article with colour photos; The Inn of the Two Adventurers; Why our boom has the experts scared; Robert Stanfield - The Tory who wouldn't stay dead - article with nice photo; Remember when kids had real fun? - they had no radio or TV; Edith Read's ungentle formula for raising young ladies - Branksome Hall in Toronto; Nice colour Chrysler centerfold ad shows the tail fins of one of their 1957 models; Nice colour photo ad for Studebaker-Packard; and more. 56 pages. Center page holding by one staple. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage example.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, March 2, 1957 Every nation is a bully at heart; Inside the Iron Curtain; Two-page colour-photo ad for Domil fabrics; Nostalgic colour ad for General Electric Filter-Flo automatic washer (teal in colour); Me and My F.
Published by Maclean-Hunter Publishing, Toronto, 1955
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Arbuckle, Franklin (illustrator). First Edition. Features: Wonderful cover illustration by Franklin Arbuckle of a winter scene on Main Street, Uranium City, Saskatchewan; Fabulous two-page colour ad for Chrysler's push-button automatic drive; Colour-photo ad for Allis-Chalmers excavating equipment; Can the Immigration Issue Lick the (Federal) Liberals?; Lots of Christmas gift ads; Bruce Hutchison - Newfoundland; Was Princess Margaret Sacrificed to the Church?; Is Fat in Your Blood Your Heart's Worst Enemy?; The Remarkable Flowering of Joe Bloor's Bog - Where a rutty road named for a brewer once wandered Toronto's svelte and splashy Bloor Street now caters to a $200-million-a-year Cadillac and subway trade - anything from a dime beer to a mink brassiere - photo-illustrated article; NHL Referee Bill Chadwick - article with photo; How Early Mapmakers Saw the West - many colour illustrations; The Crafty Crow; The Atom is Their Bloodhound - a new super-sleuth called the isotope is helping four young Canadian scientists solve industrial problems - photo-illustrated article about N.Z. Alcock, P.V. Stewart, D.C. Brunton and R.F. Maskell; The Ferocious Young Ladies From Edmonton - Maclean's Flashback - photo-illustrated article about Edmonton's championship women's basketball team, the Grads, coached by Percy Page; Vigil on the Rock - story by Vera Johnson; He Insists He Can Make the Sahara Green Again - Photo-illustrated article about one-time Canadian Richard Baker and his gigantic plan to grow trees in the desert; They'd Rather Sing Than Eat - Barbershop-Quartet Singing Makes a Comeback; The Only Sensible Thing To Do - story by Heather Spears; How To Drive An Author Crazy; Nice colour-photo one-page ad for Philips televisions, featuring the Series "400" P-3580; Fabulous two-page colour ad for the 1956 Chevrolet features a green Bel Air Sport Sedan; Nice one-page colour ad for the 1956 De Soto featuring a Fireflite V-8 black and white sedan; One-page colour Ganong's choloclate ad; Choosing a Wine; Canadian Pacific ad for their White Empress Fleet; Fabulous colour Coke ad on back cover features Santa Claus; and more. 140 pages. Clean, tight and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality example of this rare issue. ; Folio.
Published by Maclean-Hunter, Toronto, 1949
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. Illustrated by Winter, William A.; Buckham, Robert M.; Grassick;Richardson, Aileen; Hallam, J.S. (illustrator). First Edition. 80 pages. Features: William Winter cover art shows Boy Scout campfire lighting; Nice colour Internationa Truck ad inside front cover shows red semi- driving past kids; RCAF one-page recruiting ad; Nostalgic one-page black and white photo ad for Canadian General Electric radios features the model C182, C150P, C66/67 and radio phonograph; Lionel Shapiro and photographer Ken Bell return to the WWII battlefields where they served - major article with many photos, including some before and after shots; The Startling Inside Scientific Story of the fiery Aurora Borealis; Beads to Billions - The Story of the H.B.C. (Hudson's Bay Company), Part II - photo-illustrated article; Spinnaker Spinster (fiction); How to Save Your Husband's Life - famous psychologist George Lawton gives instructions to help wives avoid becoming widows; Leonard Levinson's Impossible Pictures Inc. makes cartoons for 1/3 the usual cost; A Bush Wife's Life for Me - Women in the wilds get treated like duchesses by the grizzled guys of the mining camps, but there's no movie on the corner - with photo of Red Lake country writer Freda Woodhouse washing clothes by hand; George Young - Yesterday's Hero - at 17 Canada's boy wonder, and perhaps the world's greatest swimmer ever, swam his way into a fame that tore his life to shreds - once offered a quarter million dollars for a movie contract he is now penniless - photo-illustrated article; The Wind in the Juniper (fiction); Ten ways to Save Money on Clothes; School and Me, by Ernest Buckler; The Land of Black and White - Alan Paton tells the tragic story of his land, South Africa; Small clipping from ad on page 37 affects ad on page 38; Colour Westinghouse refrigerator centrefold ad; Nice color one-page RCA Victor ad shows their Models 9-W-91, 9JY and 9EY3 phonographs and coloured records; Massey-Harris one-page ad shows European village scene with tractor; Nice colour Hudson car ad; Back cover O'Keefe's Brewing ad features J.S. Hallam illustration of boy on tricycle passing bus. Please note: Very heavy wear to covers which are loose but present and bear multiple clear archival tape patches. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy of this uncommon issue.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, September (Sept.) 1, 1949 - How They Solved the Northern Lights Mystery Wrigley Marathon Swimmer Santa Catalina Island California William Winter cover art shows Boy Scout campfire lighting; Nice colour Internation.
Published by Maclean Hunter, Toronto, 1958
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Hill, James (Cover Art); Wolff, Werner; Whalley, Peter;Bruce, Robert; Parker, Lew (illustrator). First Edition. 84 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for GWG womens' slacks inside front cover; Nostalgic full-page colour ad for GE fridges; Brief write-ups and photos of two very successful Canadians - prospector Franc. Joubin who discovered Uranium at Blind River, and Claude Bissell who will soon become the U of T's youngest ever president; Full-page Royal Bank of Canada promotes their savings and personal chequing accounts; Photo of British Rock 'N' Roll King Tommy Steele; Fantastic colour photo full-page ad for the 1958 Chrysler Windsor; Is There a Drug to Cure Cancer?; The Eisenhower Tragedy - the president is a broken man and the west is leaderless; James Couzens of Chatham - The Canadian Behind Henry Ford - article with photos; Why They Won't Publish Your Song; I Married a Wrestler - by Leah Layton, wife of Lord Athol Layton - article with photos; The Best Fishing Hole in B.C.- short story; Franc. R. Joubin and Dr. Claude Bissell offer their views on what should be done about the education crisis; Are Our Children Growing Up Too Fast?; Don Harron and his losing battle to sidestep stardom - article with six photos; Nice full-page colour ad for Labatt's Pilsener beer; Colour centerfold ad for Canadian Pacific Air, Sea and Land travel services; Superb full-page colour ad for the 1958 Chevrolet's features a black convertible with red interior - what sets this ad apart is the black background - awesome!; CNR rail travel ad; Nice Coke ad on back cover shows a Bermuda waterfront scene; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, 12 April. 1958 Great West Garment Co. Edmonton ad for GWG womens' slacks inside front cover; Nostalgic full-page colour ad for GE fridges; Brief write-ups and photos of two very successful Canadians - prospector Fran.
Published by Maclean Hunter / Key Publishers, Montreal, 1957
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Arbuckle, Franklin (cover); Cahen, Oscar; Johnson, Bruce;Tigner; Price, Arthur; Notman, William (illustrator). First Edition. 116 pages. Features: Cover illustration of Frobisher, Saskatchewan's Labour Day Border International Field Trials to find the dog best showing form in 'pointing' prairie chickens; Nice colour ad for the Parker 61 pen inside front cover compares it with rockets on the launch pad; One-page colour-photo ad for GE floor cleaner (vacuum) and polisher features kids willingly doing the work while mom relaxes; One page ad for the International Construction Equipment Division features photo of T75 Payscraper being pushed by TD24 Tractor as they build a highway; We're Being Bullied by the Christians; Britain's cautious affair with Moscow; Nice one-page colour ad for Canada Steamship Lines features the T.R. McLagan; Should the Protestant Churches Unite?; The Scamble for the Teen-Age Dollar - how merchants are hustling to cash in on the market that just grew up; Mr. Benturian Buys a Jaguar; Robert Whitehead, the Hitmaker; The Maddening War Against Permafrost - it covers half of Canada but we can't beat it; How We Saved Our House (The Bird's Nest) from Lake Ontario - Tim and Mollie Palmer live 200 feet above Lake Ontario on Birchmount Road at the eastern outskirst of Toronto; What the Trans-Canada Pipeline Will Do for Canada; When Women Wore Clothes - seven wonderful pages of archival photo portraits by William Notman of elaborate Victorian dresses; How George Washington Lost Canada - If it hadn't been for Benefict Arnold's smooth advice, we'd all be Yankees today; Mrs. Brennan's Secret; Can-Car (Canadian Car Company Limited) one-page ad features colour illustration by Tigner of railwaymen starting their work day; Nostalgic one-page colour ad for BA gas stations features couple looking at map; Nice one-page photo ad for Hammond Chord Organs; One-page ad for the Philishave electric shaver features photo of golver Al Balding; Inco ad features their Palladium, used in billions of relay contacts which facilitate new long distance telephone service; Molson's Export Ale ad features BBQ scene; Colour Black Label Beer ad features 'Mabel'; Foundation Companies Canada ad features photo of Johnny Masterton, Master Mill-Maker; Color ad for Boston's Sheraton-Plaza Hotel; Ad for Fleetweed brand TVs and Hi-Fi products; Colour photo ad for Little Brown Jug old rye whisky features band; Nice colour ad for Labatt's Crystal Lager Beer; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, September (Sept.) 14, 1957 - How George Washington Lost Canada Frobisher, Saskatchewan's Labour Day Border International Field Trials to find the dog best showing form in 'pointing' prairie chickens; Nice colour ad.