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Springfield, MA: W.F. Young, P.D.F., 1918. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 48 page booklet measuring 6" x 3.5" with index and black and white illustrations. "A lame, sore, blemished horse can be made clean and sound with Absorbine, the antiseptic linament." - inside front cover. Provides instructions for using this product to treat a multitude of medical conditions exhbited by horses including Wind Puff, Capped Hock, Thorough-Pin, Bog Spavin, Shoe Boil, Fatty Tumors, Enlarged Glands, Puffs and Swellings. Inkstamp on front cover suggests a printing date of 1918. Includes manufacturer's return mail card. Clean and unmarked with light wear. An intriguing and well-preserved item..

Chicago: Wallbrunn, Kling & Co., 1922. Book. Illus. by Heberling, W.A.. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 272 pages. Plate index. Paragraph index. Classified index. Over one-hundred excellent black and white plates. "The standard textbook - illustrated, pertinent, comprehensive." - from title page. Oblong 9.25" x 12.25". Small name stamps upon endpapers and title page. Above-average wear. Binding tender but intact. Above-average soiling to grey cloth-covered boards. Front board attractively decorated in yellow, green and red. A sound copy of this superb and nostalgic reference..

USA: Curtis Publishing Company, 1960. Magazine. Illus. by George Hughes (cover); Morgan Kane; Bob Lavin; Mac Conner; Walter Skor; Stan Galli. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 122 pages. Features: Color-photo red Rambler car ad inside front cover; Photo ad for St. Louis includes Don Bush, Thelma Blumberg and Jack Zehrt; Schlitz color-photo ad of couple playing Monopoly; G.E. ad features pink washer and dryer; Half-page color Hires Root Beer ad; Two-page photo ad for Allied Van Lines; President of Columbia University says "College Shouldn't Take Four Years"; Newport - Kentucky's Open City; Aerial photo of suburban Palm Springs with dozens of pools and nary a green plant in sight; Gamber's Girl - short story; Great photo-illustrated article on Debbie Reynolds; Color-photo-illustrated article on the Sebring twelve-hour endurance auto race in Sebring, Florida; Emergency Flight (short story); They Volunteer to Suffer - test subjects at the… Read More

USA: Curtis Publishing Company, 1960. Magazine. Illus. by Dick Sargent (cover); Walter Skor; McGill; R.G. Harris; Bruce Bomberger. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 104 pages. Features: Cover illustration of busy train station; Two-page Chrysler photo ad - more room inside; Color (blue) Corvair ad; Nice Avis photo ad; After Khrushchev, Who?; Botts and the Picket Line (short story); The Disease that fooled X-Rays - Histoplasmosis; Marriage Mood (short story); When I Busted Out of the Navy - Part 4 of Norman Rockwell's "My Adventures as an Illustrator"; Color-photo-illustrated article on Marvin Glass, "Troubled King of Toys"; Next Window Please (humor); The road to St. Vivien (short story); Men and Capital, by John Kenneth Galbraith; Sip of Death (short story); Color-photo inside Strafford, Vermont's "meeting house"; Night without End (short story); The Man Who Rides Sharks - William R. Royal of Venice, Florida; Color-photo ad… Read More

Brooklyn N.Y. U.S.A.: Chemical Publishing Co., 1941. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 312 pages. Index. "Covers all aspects of war gas. The history of the subject is covered as are the men behind the story, the various classifications of gases according to their composition and physiological effects, tables, figures, statistics, and all other pertinent material. The author has kept in mind the practical military applications of the gases as well as protection against them - he reveals a thorough understanding of the whole subject, its past history and future possibilities." - from dust jacket. Formerly of the U.S. Air Force Library at Fort Bragg, N.C. Usual library markings. Dust jacket preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Book mildly musty with above-average wear. Binding sound. A worthy copy of this fascinating reference..

USA: Fiberarts, 1986. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 76 pages. Features: Innovations in indigo - an indigo dyeing expert looks at some contemporary applications of an ancient dyestuff; A personal exploration of indigo - Dorothy Miller shares her experiments with growing and using indigo; Blues in the light - cyanotype on fabric - step-by-step instructions for making your own fabric blueprints; A wealth of fiber - Nigeria's adire cloth; Margrit Schmidtke - the struggles and triumphs that have helped her work develop and mature; Out of the blue - aerial images; Elizabeth Berezowska; Hisako Sekijima; Deborah O'Brien Saupe; Mary Sue Kern; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy..

USA: Kodansha, 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 303 pages. Index. "Here, for the first time in any language, is a full documentation of one of the world's most inventive and exciting dyeing techniques...The 104 color and 298 black-and-white plates include a photographic gallery of shibori examples, based upon Japan's largest collection of traditional shibori fabrics. Included also are a detailed guide to basic natural dyes used in Japan, the making and care of an indigo vat, and a list of suppliers in the United States as well as a glossary and bibliography." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket in new archival-grade Brodart cover. Beautiful copy..

New York: Street & Smith Corporation. Fair. 1925. First Edition. Paperback. 144 pages plus ads. Features: K-I-L-L - the complete novel; Ice - short story; Otherwise Inexplicable - short story; The Message from Garcia - short story; The Pearl of La Paz - short story; The Waterloo of Gus and Pete - short story; Fued on Furnace Creek - short story; and more. Lovely color Chesterfield cigarette ad inside front cover features pole vault competition between Yale-Harvard and Oxford-Cambridge at a Harvard Stadium track meet (artist's name illegible but is probably Myron Perley - please check with us if you wish to confirm). Color Listerine ad on back cover - "never sold in bulk". Unmarked. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average wear. Tape repairs to back strip, back cover and first page. A worthy vintage copy.; Magazine; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Complete Story Magazine (combined with People's Magazine, August 10, 1925, Vol. IV, No. 6 -… Read More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1950. Book. Illus. by Eadie, Eleanor Osborn; Peck, A. Gladys. Fair. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 216 pages. Colour frontis else black and white illustrations. Ink stamps upon backside of front free endpaper and inside back board. Above-average wear but remains a sound working copy..

Victoria BC: The Outdoor Club of Victoria Trails Information Society, 1976. Book. Illus. by Rossiter, Laurie. Good. Paperback. Revised. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 56 pages. Average wear. Unmarked. Includes maps and much additional helpful information..

Victoria BC: The Outdoor Club of Victoria Trails Information Society, 1987. Book. Illus. by Trousdell, Judy. Good. Paperback. Tenth Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 93 pages including index and many maps. Describes 27 local hikes. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact..

London: The Covenant Publishing Co. Ltd., 1932. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 226 pages. "...Written... with the view of proving to its readers that 'British-Israelsim' is no 'ism' at all - that we who hold British-Israel as true, are definitely persuaded also of the truth of the creed which is commonly called 'Catholic.'" - from Preface. Prior owner's details upon front free endpaper. British-Israel rubber stamp upon back free endpaper. Occasional light pencil markings to contents. Moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy..

London: B.T. Batsford, 1959. Book. Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 192 pages. Black and white illustrations. Second Edition of "The War of the Guns" published in 1936. "The present publication has an obvious distinction in respect of the pictures which diversify it... a very honest and clear recital of a personal experience has in this volume acquired the support of a powerful series of 'eye-witness' illustrations, capable of extending the individual theme in a flash towards the apprehension of the total agonising, the mutilation and the stoicism of 1914-1918." - from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A sound copy..

Canada: Canadian Forces. Good. 2001. First Edition. Paperback. 0968896901 . Signed, without inscription, by author atop first leaf. Also signed and dated by P/O S. Butte beneath his photo on page 23, and by Capt. Parent beneath his photo on page 67. "Formed at Baginton, Warwickshire, England on 1 March 1941 as the first of 35 RCAF squadrons to be formed overseas – third Fighter squadron in service – the unit flew Spitfire air-craft on offensive and defensive air operations, and in support of Allied ground forces in North-West Europe. The squadron was disbanded at Fassberg, Germany on 10 July 1945." - RCAF Association website. Contents include: The War Years [WWII]; The Auxiliary Years; The Rotary Years; Walter Conrad's Escape Story. vi, 95, [5 ads] pp. Printed upon glossy stock generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos, plus recent colour photos. Very informative. Library stamp erased from title page and covered by blank… Read More

Canada: Pearson / Prentice Hall, 2006. Book. Good. Paperback. Second Canadian Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 584 pages. Average wear. No markings found. Spine leaning. A worthy working copy..

Canada: Cordillera Publishing Company, 1994. Book. Illus. by Gibson, Ken (illustrator). Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 256 pages. Index. Bibliography. Black and white illustrations. "The author's first hand account is one of continous activity with great detail on all the actions fought and sinkings which occured. This is truly an historic book supported by maps, photographs and extensive data with a full index. There is much anecdotal material including an interview with the German submarine commander who sank the Barham and is now a resident of Canada." - from dust jacket. Book practically as new. Dust jacket in beautiful condition and now in archival-grade Brodart protective cover. Its spine is a different shade of green than that of the front and back panels. We do not know if this is by design or the result of sunning. Gift quality. Excellent copy..

British Columbia: The Haunted Bookshop. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. Numbered First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by researcher Eleanor A. Eastick upon colophon where she hand-numbered this copy number 897 of 1000. 264 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Large fold-out map inside back board. "A newly-found manuscropt written in the 1920's and never before published." - from title page. "The personal recollections of the very people who lived and worked in the Cariboo in the last half of the nineteenth century." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear. Binding tight. Vertical line of faint peeling midway along each fixed endpaper where tape removed. Name atop front free endpaper. Gift greetings upon half-title page. Birth and death dates of dedicatee hand-written beneath his name. Price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Hale & Barman 959.; 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

Canada: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1975. Book. Fair. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 607 pages plus bibliography and index. Attempts to explain why the French Canadians live, think, act, and react differently from English-speaking North Americans. Average wear. Few markings. Covers faded. Binding sound. Please note: We are offering Volume One only..

Boston, MA: The Boston Music Co., 1932. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 4 pages. Nicely illustrated front cover. Intermediate-level piano sheet music. Average wear. Few pencil markings. A sound copy..

USA: Rand McNally & Company, 1950. Book. Illus. by Pinson, Paul. Fair. Hardcover. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 72 pages. Any child who owned this book in the 1950s will surely be delighted to be reunited with it. The Pinson illustrations are marvelous! Features these stories: The Fire Engine that Grew Too Old; The Lazy Automobile; The Sad Little Switch Engine; The Plane That Tried to Fly to the Sun; The Hungry Power Shovel; The Tractor That Took a Holiday; The Motorboat That Went to School. Binding intact. Lacking backstrip. Above-average wear and soiling. Some markings. A worthy copy of this amazing nostalgic work..