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Gilt Lettered Cloth. Condition: Very Good. With letter from the author. [iv] prelims + 60 + 32 publisher's ads pp. Publisher's gilt lettered blue cloth. A light mark or two to spine and minimal rubbing to spine ends; a little creasing to letter. This essay won the Royal Society of the Arts "Fothergill" Prize of 1926, and is accompanied by a tipped-in letter from the author to his colleague at the Fine Art and General Insurance Company, Dundee. Inscription of the recipient of the letter to ffep. Binding 18.6 cm tall. Small 8vo.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 52 pages. Features: Nice colour Ethyl ad inside front cover shows fashionable motoring couple; Nice one-page photo ad for Swift's premium ham features chef Louis of the Chateau Frontenac Hotel; Where does the tax dollar go? - an inquiry into the cost of government in Canada; Attractive colour one-page Veedol motor oil features family in blue convertible; Beautiful one-page colour-photo Chipso ad features photo of Mrs. L.H. Roche and her children Corinne, Lester, Joseph, Mary and Peggy; The Virgin of the Mountain (fiction); The Lady of the Gardenia; The Thoroughbred Industry and "The Sport of Kings" - great photo-illustrated article; Little Rambles in Hollywood - nice photo-illustrated movie news article; Rendezvous (short story); The Shrieking Death (fiction); Movie Criticisms; Fashion article with illustrations; Vintage one-page illustrated Northern Electric ad for their model 800 Gurney Range with automatic oven; Beauty article; Nice one-page Lux Toilet Soap ad features photo fo Loretta Young, Polly Ann Young and Sally Blane at the Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles; Cookery article with cool recipes for hot days; Wonderful full-page colour Shredded Wheat ad features inset photo of two girls swimming; World Sayings; Lovely colour Palmolive soap ad inside back cover features illustration of lovely lady; Back cover Kodak Verichrome film ad features photo of man with kids in vintage car; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Howitt, John Newton (Cover); Keay, Jack; Booth, Hanson; Matteson, B.V.V.; Clymer, John F.; Diamond, Samuel (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 58 pages. Features: Nice Ipana photo ad inside front cover; To Girls Who Want to Get Married; - Lux ad; Candles Without Cake (fiction); Night Call (fiction); The Better Man (fictitious tale of a young pretty newspaper woman in Ethiopia - "From every side black men closed in, howling lustily, frothing themselves up."; Shadowed Wedding (fiction); Look Your Best - tanning/makeup advice for the summer; Love Doesn't Last (fiction); 45 and Glad of It - middle age can make a woman a master or a slave; Nice full-page colour ad for Campbell's vegetable soup includes the Campbell kids; Full-page colour reproduction of a beautiful flower painting by Archibald Barnes, A.R.C.A.; Nice full-page Cream of Wheat ad features photo of cute little girl and small dog; I Nursed the Quintuplets - part 2 of Madame Louise de Kiriline's story of her work with Canada's famous Dionne quints - story with photo; Fashion photos; Photo of Bette Davis in Quaker cereal ad; The Movie Go-Round - a dependable monthly guide to good movie entertainment for the family; Honourary life membership in the Canadian Public Health Association awarded to Dr. McCullough, a columnist in this publication; Pie-making; The Weekend Guest - advice for hostesses; Meals of the Month; News Bits by Lotta Dempsey; Nice colour cartoon-style ads for Rinso and Lifebuoy inside back cover; Gorgeous colour ad for Buckingham cigarettes on back cover features young lady golfer. Address label atop front cover. Average wear. A nice vintage issue. McDermott, Mabel G. (cover art); Barnes, Archibald; Nussdorf, Joseph; Michael; Clymer, John F.; Keay, Jack La Salle, Charles (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 59 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: Gilford Village Street - cover photo; Gilford Village and Mt. Belknap frontispiece photo; In the Bearcamp Valley; A Country town in the Revolution - Stratham; The Mountain Spring (poem); The town of Gilford - feature article with dozens of photos; An historical romance; The Vaughans - A California Idyl (part 1); Nice full-page ad with photos for the Boston and Maine Railroad; New Hampshire Necrology. Front cover loose but present. Back cover partly loose. Bit of writing on first advertising page. Peripheral chipping. Contents in quality condition. A worthy copy.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 60 pages. Features: Russell Sambrook cover illustration of boy in pajamas sneaking his dog upstairs; Dominion Linoleum colour ad inside front cover features yellow and maroon interior design of a 'very lucky' young person's bedroom; AC spark plug ad features horse talking to man cleaning his shotgun; Premier Aberhart of Alberta ponders 'licensing' newspapers; Fantastic one-page photo-illustrated ad for Marconi radios includes photos of newscaster Christopher Ellis and Frances James, plus photos of the model 79 A.C., 81 A.C. and 85 A.C. radios; One-page ad for the Parker Vacumatic pen features marathon theme; The Red Boar (short story from Rajputana); Revolt in Quebec - The English-Canadian View - article with photos of C.E. Gault, Maurice Duplessis and Camillien Houde; A Matter of Business (short story); Forward-Pass Time - article explaining how the aerial attack has made a new game of Canadian football - with photo of Rosso of the Argos in 1935; Beverley Baxter shares interesting new from London, plus he explains how Hitler saw propaganda used against Germany in WWI and vowed to use that same weapon to avenge his nation; Finished Picture (short story about the marriage trap); J. Bull, Customer - article on Canadian exports to Britain; The Thin Woman (short story); Photo-illustrated article on the settlers of King Ridges, 25 miles north of Toronto, where 41 families formerly on relief are plowing, sowing and reaping to earn their own living from the land; The General Died at Dawn (short story); Vintage one-page colour-photo ad for Green Giant Fine Foods of Canada features their canned vegetables; Very nice one-page colour-photo Westinghouse Air-pilot radio ad; Charming one-page colour Kraft ad features their cheese products; Prestone anti-freeze one-page ad features illustrations of (now) classy vintage cars; Half-page Palmolive Soap ad features two photos of the Dionne Quints, plus Dr. Dafoe who helped birth them; Stanfield's ad features illustration of man proudly strutting in his long underwear; Ponds Cold Cream ad features photo of Mrs. William Jay Iselin; One-page ad for the Singer "Make-It-Yourself" Wardrobe Plan; Fantastic colour photo/colour comic ads inside back cover for Lifebuoy and Rinso soaps feature "True B.O. Experience No. 127"; Back cover colour ad by the federal Department of Fisheries encourages readers to eat fish often; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this marvelous depression-era issue. Sambrook, Russell (Cover Art); Wilcox, C.R.; Hallam, J.S.; Keay, Jack; McCrea, H.W.; Eldridge, H. (illustrator).…