Dingman I (6 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Small Stain to the Spine of the Book. Good Reading Copy!

Unknown. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good Condition. Five star seller - Buy with confidence!

8vo. 229, [1] pp. Illust. title page, numerous illustrations. Red cloth, gilt lettering front cover & spine (minor shelfwear), w/ d.j. cover art by Hambleton (minor rubbing, edgewear), still NF/VG copy, inscribed by the author to her husband Kenneth Osborne Wright (1911-2002), noted Canadian astrophysicist. First Canadian edition, stated & inscribed, of this memoir of serving with the Canadian Red Cross Corps during World War II. The writes about "dodging bombs in London, or shells in Normandy; writing letters for wounded men, or learning to bathe in a basin," all while caring for wounded soldiers in hospital wards, and maintaining morale.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Smith, Hal (cover); Smith, Ralph C.; Burke, May C.; Clymer, John F.; Fisk, Harry; Holmgren, John; Phillips, John (illustrator). First Edition. 68 pages. Features: Cover illustration of lady golfer on blue background; Nice colour ad inside front cover for Chateau Cheeses; One-page Parker Pen ad mentions their "Full television ink supply'; "Nothing for Nothing and Very Little for Sixpence" - Rev. J. Richmond Craig; Canada's food manufacturing industries; The Honourable Amy (short story); Little Mother (short story); Robbers' Code (short story); Josef Stalin (part II) - photo-illustrated article on the cobbler's son who is mightier than all the Tsars; Mending Rifts in Home Sweet Home - Judge Hawley S. Mott and the Toronto Family Court; The Pied Piper of On-Track Gulch (short story); Only Let Me Live (short story); Senior Football and Sham Amateurs - football article with photos of "Brute" Strange, Gus Greco, and Coach Warren Stevens of the University of Toronto; Hollywood news includes photos of Sophie Tucker, Gracie Fields, Eddie Cantor, Christian Rube, and many more; Irene Dunne appears in Lux soap ad; Cooking article; Vintage Heinz ketchup one-page ad entitled "Not Only for beefeaters!"; Photo-illustrated fashion article; Sweet Caporals ad feature photo of racehorse "King Emperor", owned by Miss Diana Dawes of Montreal; World Sayings; Nice colour ads for Lifebuoy and Rinso inside back cover; Great colour ad for Westinghouse radios on back cover features illustration of old-time wood craftsman; and more. Average wear. Writing to bottom of front cover. A worthy copy of this nice vintage issue.