Crofts a J (9 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Same / next day dispatch (Monday - Friday).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. pp.264. Blue cloth with black title on spine. A little light wear to head and foot of spine. Otherwise very good.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. The Teach Yourself Ready Reckoner and Tables Decimal Currency Edition.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).…

HB BLUE CLOTH SLIGHTLY CANTEDVERY GOOD PP176 DW DARKENED ON SPINE ABOUT VERY GOOD SMALL 8VO Includes essays by Johnson, Goldsmith and others.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Practical guide to secret writing. English Universities Press Ltd, London 1967. (viii) 252pp hb dw clipped, pages some discolouration, vg.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 84 pages. Features: Lovely cover photo of red fall leaves, lady in red sweater, and Irish setter; Colour Parker Pen ad inside front cover with illustration of man holding his Canadian military jacket; Is "Imperialism" Extinct?; photo of Mackenzie King welcoming General H.D.G. Crerar home at Ottawa Union Station; Photo of troopship and British liner "Stratheden" at Quebec City, with Chateau Frontenac in background; Colour country illustration for GSW kitchen appliances ad; Trans-Canada Telephone System one-page ad shows utility poles being installed; Outlook from Parliament Hill - jobs, housing, Dominion-Provincial Relations, Social Legislation, Canadian Flag, Trade; And the Heart Knows (short story); Glamour in Sheep's Clothing - photo-illustrated fashion article on sheepskin plastic; The Ram Remembers (short story); What's Ahead for the Veteran? - photo-illustrated article with photos of Manitoba farmer George Cowan, Norman Bowles, Bruce Gold, Gunner P.S. Burd and Petty Officer E. Buchle; Table for One (short story); The Hunt Ball Murder (short story); Man of the Month - Ernest Campbell MacMillan; Two-page two-colour ad for Victory bonds shows children Betty and Jim with lots of flags; One-page C-I-L ad illustrates their technical achievements; What Happened to the 50 old destroyers?; Nostalgic one-page ad for movie "Night in Paradise" starring Merle Oberon and Turhan Bey; Nice photo of Yvonne DeCarlo in Jergens Lotion ad; One-page colour ad announcing Waterman's Taperite pens; One-page post-war text ad by H.J. Heinz ad explains "How To Make Your Meet Supply Go Further";Two-colour Chevrolet centrefold ad features the Chevy logo; Portrait of Mrs. Ronald Colman in Tangee ad; Charming one-page colour Maxwell House coffee ad with illustration fall scene and dad installing storm windows; Signposts to Victory - when Canadian troops return home there will be a vigorous boost in the sign-writing industry - after all, they were so eager to practice that profession in Europe! (fun article); Half-page Westinghouse ad will illustration of Canada's largest radio and appliance plant in Hamilton; The Fraternity of the Wooden Leg - a support organization for amputees; One-page two-colour ad by the Wartime Prices and Trade Board entitled "Miracles of Make-Do" encourages Canadain women to conserve textiles by making baby clothes from discarded underwear and other unused woollen clothing; Arrid ad features photo of Gertrude Niesen; Colour-comic half-page Chase & Sanforn ad features Charlie McCarthy; Fashion illustrations; Singer Sewing Machine ad; Colour photo of Maria Montez in Woodbury Powder ad; Article on how to make new clothes from old; Nice colour ad for the 1946 Ford Sup;er Deluxe (maroone) inside back cover; Colour Marboleum floors ad on back cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A lovely vintage copy. Shragg E.; Reed; Jousset, Albert; Sweeney, Dan; Iligan, Ralph; Scott, John; (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 56 pages. Features: Bold and dramatic Canadian Red Cross ad inside front cover shows nurse with outstretched arms pleading for help in a war-torn world; Why German Surrender Must Be Unconditional; Editorial on tax inequities between private businesses and co-operatives, mutual insurance organizations and government-owned businesses; Generalship with Genius - photo-illustrated article on Field-Marshal Sir Harold Alexander; A River Fights the War - photo-illustrated article on the St. Maurice River and the major industries it supports; Sky Duel (short story); The Sheriff Says "No" (short story); East Wind (short story); The Fleet is the Town - great photo-illustrated article on H.M.C.S. "Cornwallis" in Nova Scotia; Cocooney Kelly (short story); The Canadian Red Cross in Scotland - article with photos including N/S Barbara Stanton of Port Stanton, Ontario, Gunner Robert Lattman of Prince George, B.C., and seven Canadian Nursing Sisters working at the Canadian Orthopaedic Unit at Hairmyers Hospital, East Kilbride, Scotland; One-page ad for Heinz soups features illustration of lady swooning over the taste; Great one-page black and white photo ad for Kodak features Tpr. K. Kosak of Mundare, Alberta with Dutch lady in traditional garb; Mend Your Manners; Woodbury soap ad features photos of newlyweds Elizabeth Strong of Montreal and Flying Officer Leonard Barrett, of the Royal Australian Air Force; Photo of Bonita Granville in Arrid ad; Photo of Lucille Ball in Jergens Lotion ad; Easter Fare on the Kitchen Front; Chase & Sanborn ad features colour Charlie McCarthy comic; Great one-page wartime Canada Post Office ad includes photo of troops overseas receiving mail and instructions how to address letters "to face the rigors of war'; Fashion article and illustrations; Colour ad for Singer sewing machines; World Sayings; Proud Ford ad inside back cover entitled "These 700" explains how they stopped making civilian vehicles on March 31, 1942 but are now resuming civilian production - and all 700 of their dealers remain!; Colour back cover ad for Marboleum floors; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Abbot, John (cover); Iligan, Ralph; Humphrey, Walter Beach; Leake, Gerald; Harris, Lawrence; (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 64 pages. Features: Parker pen inside front cover features colour illustration of composer Henry Purcell; Colour Canada Dry ad; How the War Looks after Five Years; Editorial on Canadian inflation and Community Chest issues; Bright one-page GM ad features illustration of anti-aircraft crew in battle; Mr. Pemberton's Commission (short story); Hell Passage (short story); The Scientists Made it Possible - photo-illustrated article on military advances such as the Piat projector, which can penetrate the turrets of German tanks, and Britain's "Human Torpedoes"; Ghosts Don't Talk (short story); The Millionth Guest (short story); Canada's massive newsprint industry - article with wonderful photos; Roads rule the war - article with photos of roads being manually constructed in Northern Ireland and Burma; One-page ad by the Government of Canada entitled "One Man's Income is Another Man's Outgo" encourages wartime price stability; One-page black and white photo ad for Kodak features Sgt. F.L. "Bill" Perry of 58 King St., Summerside, P.E.I. with W)2 A.M. Casey of Peterborough, Ontario; Very militaristic one-page Gooderham & Worts, Limited ad explains their war alcohol production and shows air raid in progress; Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) ad shows prospector and proclaims "Free Enterprise Made Canada's Mines"; Anaconda Copper & Brass ad features photo of Johnnie Religa, machine operator who came to Canada in 1909 from Piotrkow, Poland and now owns a home in New Toronto; Nice two-colour Cutex ad promotes their Honor Bright nail polish; Kitchen article on Pickling; Nice colour half-page ad for Clark's Governor Sauce; Reviving the age-old art of wine-making; Colour photo of Mary Sieburth's very popular Golliwogg doll; Fashion illustrations; One-page Singer sewing machine photo ad; Women of Canada and the cost of clothing; Charlie McCarthy colour-comic featured in Chase & Sanborn ad; World Sayings; Excellent colour Fort Truck/Military Vehicle ad shows war and farm applications of their products; Rare back cover colour ad for the Canadian Women's Army Corps says "The Canadian Army Needs More Women!", and requests questions to Lt. Dora Sweet of Ottawa; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Platt, J.W.; Jousset, Albert; Holmgren, John; Johnston, E.; (illustrator).…