King Hall Stephen S (9 results)

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Good+. First. 12mo. A nice copy with some light damp stain to cover. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good+. First. 12mo. A nice copy with some foxing to cover. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+ book, VG DJ. SIGNED. 1st likely. VG+ book, VG D/J(in Brodart). SIGNED with brief inscription. Bright book & DJ. Tight. A corner bumped. DJ edgeworn. 8vo,203pp.

h/c + d/j, 252 pages, 22x15cm, d/j has edge and spine end chips and tears, signed by both eds on front end paper. Hansard is a British institution and is the name given to the official verbatim report of the Proceedings of Parliament both in the House of Lords and in the Commons. Between 1803 and 1900 there had been approximately 1,300 volumes containing about one billion words. The authors have combed this vast collection for some of the wit, wisdom, nonsense and information spoken.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st and only issue. A nostalgic look at yesteryear, and a delightful look at the Dance Music of the time, with an illuminating insight into the most popular bands. Charlie Kunz, Geraldo, Henry Hall, Ambrose, (we had a goldfish named after him!) Billy Cotton, Harry Roy, Roy Fox, Lou Preager, Joe Loss Jack Jackson, Sydney Lipton, to name but a few. and they are just the ones I remember! Children's Hour features Black Beauty, Mary Plain, Hulme Beaman and Toytown, Barabara Todd and other favourites. So many wonderful adverts too, all very very nostalgic! A truly scarce item item, - Hours of happy browsing. In extremely good condition for age, with slight expected dusty paper discoloration, rusty staples, and a few touches of fraying, Overall, very good. Felt tempted to keep as it even covers my Mum's 30th birthday on March 10th 1936!!! I wonder what she was listening to! Delightful. EDWARD ARDIZZONE, A H WATSON, AMONG MANY OTHERS (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.63-126. Publisher's card wraps, stapled. Cover design by Henry Moore, decorations by John Craxton. Neat ownership to inside of front cover, edges toned, some rubbing to spine and the edges of the covers, some toning to rear panel. Very good.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Features: Nice Ford ad inside front cover features colour illustration of an old-time barn raising; Man From Missouri - A vivid close-up of Harry S. Truman, the onetime plowboy who was pitchforked into the White House; Here's a Fine Stymie! - humorous article about golf and the impact upon it by WWII; To Chuck - With Love (short story); "They're Full of Love and Mozart" - Maclean's War Correspondent L.S.B. Shapiro tours Eisenhower's Germany; Sissy Fish? No Sir! - Charley Hartman and his Ontario Government Trout Rearing Station (fish hatchery) at Cold Water Creek take care of almost 3 million trout (with photos); 25,000 Miles to Battle - Lieut. Stuart Keate, an officer of Canada's new cruiser, the H.M.C.S. Uganda, describes why war in the Pacific is different than War in the Atlantic; Well, Good Night (short story); Charles H. Scott, Director of the Vancouver School of Art, chastises Vancouver's art patrons of not supporting Canadian artists; Stage set for an election in England; Ottawa political report; On the Corner in the Sun (short story); What About Russia? - Will the men of the Kremlin enter the family of nations or erect a Russian Great Wall?; Music By Adaskins, Canada's most musical family - Murray, Naomi, Yanova, Frances Marr, John, Frances James and Harry; Three-Way X-Ray - LeRoy J. Leishman, a Los Angeles inventor, solves the problem of bringing depth perception to the fluoroscope with his stereofluoroscope; Nice colour half-page Orange Crush ad shows girl with dog; Additional ads for Canada Dry, Kotex, Palmolive soap, Castoria, Lysol, Absorbine Jr., Vaseline hair tonic, and many more; One-page ad for the Wartime Prices and Trade Board encourages readers to use sugar sparingly; Back cover Coke ad features colour painting of a happy scene in Brussels where Canadian troops imbibe with friendly locals. 50 pages. Unmarked with average wear. Faint discoloration to back cover. Please note: missing first page. Last page loose but present. A worthy copy of this vintage issue from the tail end of WWII, printed mere days before Truman, featured in this issue, authorized atomic bombs to fall upon Japan. Grassick; Templeton; Timmins, Harry; Summers, Dudley Gloyne; Buresch, Joe E. (illustrator). …

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.