The Little Red Car

Dunham, Mabel: Kristli's Trees ....for Children 8 - 10, Toronto McClelland & Stewart 1948
Very Good Plus Plus Selwyn Dewdney

....Green cloth with red lettering and red stamped design of a circus railway car on front board, 198 clean pages, end papers are maps, full colour frontis and b & w illustrations by Selwyn Dewdney through-out, former owners names on front fly leafs, dust jacket has chipping and rubbing at edges, copyright page dated 1948 with no indication of reprints, tight clean and square. "Kristli is a little boy, who lives on a farm in Mennonite community near Kitchener, Ontario. The Mennonite way of life being commendable but uncompromising, Kristli's integrity and youthful optimism is put to an early and severe test." Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo! First Edition Very Good Hard Cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

[SW: ....Green cloth with red lettering and red stamped design of a circus railway car on front board, 198 clean pages, end papers are maps, full colour frontis and b & w illustrations by Selwyn Dewdney through-out, former owners names on front fly leafs, dust jacket has chipping and rubbing at edges, copyright page dated 1948 with no indication of reprints, tight clean and square. "Kristli is a little boy, who lives on a farm in Mennonite community near Kitchener, Ontario. The Mennonite way of life being commendable but uncompromising, Kristli's integrity and youthful optimism is put to an early and severe test." Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!]

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O'Flanagan, Rob: The Stories We Tell...a Collection of Short Stories Originally Told on the CBC Radio "Points North" Program ...The End is Near, Ring of Fire, Close Encounter of the Dylan Kind, God on Acid, Women with No Tongue, The Wolf That Barked, Sour Milk, On the Job, New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada White Mountain Publications 1998
ISBN: 1896331394 Very Good Plus

....Large format soft cover (not large print), 108 pages, flat uncresed spine, minor edge wear. Contens include: Northern Flyers / Woman With No Tongue / The Wolf That Barked / Pieces of Five / The Dirtiest Kid That Ever Lived / Man of a Thousand Scars / Love Made the Drowned Man Rise / Sour Milk / Eight Tails and a Soul of It's Own / Going Stag / Seeing Red / Hitting the Wall / A Boy's Game / A Swirl of Leaves / God On Acid / I Knew the Murderess / The Stupidest Man in North America / Deep Cover / Never Insult A Man's Car / Have Barracuda Will Ride the Rails / Your True Inner Child / Something on the Water / Close Encounter of the Dylan Kind / The End is Near / Ring of Fire / Or Are You Just Glad to See Me / Once Like Kings / The Take Over / On the Job / A Good Canoe to Own / The Poison of Words / Shedding Your Skin / Little Man Of Power / Five Finger Discount / The Afterlife...Been There. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo! First Edition Soft Cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

[SW: SHORT STORIES CANADIAN FICTION ANTHOLOGIES....Large format soft cover, 108 pages, flat uncresed spine, minor edge wear. Contens include: Northern Flyers / Woman With No Tongue / The Wolf That Barked / Pieces of Five / The Dirtiest Kid That Ever Lived / Man of a Thousand Scars / Love Made the Drowned Man Rise / Sour Milk / Eight Tails and a Soul of It's Own / Going Stag / Seeing Red / Hitting the Wall / A Boy's Game / A Swirl of Leaves / God On Acid / I Knew the Murderess / The Stupidest Man in North America / Deep Cover / Never Insult A Man's Car / Have Barracuda Will Ride the Rails / Your True Inner Child / Something on the Water / Close Encounter of the Dylan Kind / The End is Near / Ring of Fire / Or Are You Just Glad to See Me / Once Like Kings / The Take Over / On the Job / A Good Canoe to Own / The Poison of Words / Shedding Your Skin / Little Man Of Power / Five Finger Discount / The Afterlife...Been There. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!Canadiana]

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The Wide World Magazine: Volume 11 - May Through October 1903, London George Newnes 1903 ; fester Einband / hard cover
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Features: The "Hold-Up" at Fenelon; Avalances; A Tramp in Spain - VI; Hunting the Giant Tortoise; A Desert Tragedy; The Land of the Shrimp-God; How "Buffalo Bill" Won his Name; The Looting of the "Bang Yee"; On the March in the Bahr-El-Ghazal - III; Francisca Machalek, the female burglar; The Wilson Life Insurance Fraud; "Monkey"; The Happenings of a Night; A West African Mutiny; Paris to New York Overland - IV; A Chapter of Mishaps; My Experiences at Kano - I; Besieged in a Tree; The Man-Stealers; In the Grip of the Quagmire; The Monks' Republic; The Strange Case of the "Ferret"; The Calculut Affair; Some Japanese Signboards; A Tramp in Spain - VII; Hoist By His Own Petard; The Island of Captive Kings; The March of "Coxey's Army"; Sport and Adventure in Gallaland - I; In the Land of the "Never-Never"; The Range War; A Thousand Miles in a Refrigerator; Sport and Adventure in Gallaland - II; How the Treasure was Saved; A Tardy Vindication; Rambles in Macedonia; Attacked by Wolves in the Desert; A Tramp in Spain - VIII; My Experiences at Kano - II; Defective in the Barrel; The Last of the Bushrangers; Prisons of Many Lands; The Solving of a Mystery; "Meistertrunk" at Rothenburg; The Shrine by the Nujha Bridge; Among the Buriats; Adrift on a Raft; A Night of Horrors; The Narcissus Festival at Montreux; A Mountain of Salt; After the "Mad Mullah"; A Unique Summer Residence; The Wandering Jew; With the British to Sokoto; John Glover of Texas; A Baby Parade; How the Gipsy Queen found her lover; A Cargo of Cats; A Tramp in Spain; When the Water Came Down; A Mystery of the Bush; The Story of My Chinese God; A Battle with a Rhino; After the "Mad Mullah" - II; The Pursuit of Captain Victor - II; The Cave-Dwellers of Mexoco; Calamity Jane; With the British to Sokoto - II; Arrested as Spies; When Niagara Ran Dry; The Flying Dutchman; Among the South Sea Cannibals - I; Across Sumatra in a Motor-Car; A Tramp in Spain - X; Our Attempt to Reach Mecca; A Puma Hunt in Surrey; Entombed in a Capsized Ship; With the British to Sokoto - II; The Apotheosis of Simpson; Our Quiet Little Shooting Trip; My Adventure with a Lunatic; A Tramp in Spain - XI; Sacred Town of Mandhata; Mystery of Silver Bow Valley; Among the South Sea Cannibals - II; A Night in a God-House; The Tragedy of the "Maria" and My Part in it; The Red Pig of Poora; Two-Thousand Miles in a Trawler; The Most Inaccessible Place in China; What Happened at Morelia; The Blumencorso at Hamburg. Heavily worn. Backstrip almost detached. Binding open after second blank leaf. A worthy reading copy. Half-Leather 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

[SW: Wide World Magazine: Volume 11 - May Through October 1903 The "Hold-Up" at Fenelon; Avalances; A Tramp in Spain - VI; Hunting the Giant Tortoise; A Desert Tragedy; The Land of the Shrimp-God; How "Buffalo Bill" Won his Name; The Looting of the "Bang Yee"; On the March in the Bahr-El-Ghazal - III; Francisca Machalek, the female burglar; The Wilson Life Insurance Fraud; "Monkey"; The Happenings of a Night; A West African Mutiny; Paris to New York Overland - IV; A Chapter of Mishaps; My Experiences at Kano - I; Besieged in a Tree; The Man-Stealers; In the Grip of the Quagmire; The Monks' Republic; The Strange Case of the "Ferret"; The Calculut Affair; Some Japanese Signboards; A Tramp in Spain - VII; Hoist By His Own Petard; The Island of Captive Kings; The March of "Coxey's Army"; Sport and Adventure in Gallaland - I; In the Land of the "Never-Never"; The Range War; A Thousand Miles in a Refrigerator; Sport and Adventure in Gallaland - II; How the Treasure was Saved; A Tardy Vindication; Rambles in Macedonia; Attacked by Wolves in the Desert; A Tramp in Spain - VIII; My Experiences at Kano - II; Defective in the Barrel; The Last of the Bushrangers; Prisons of Many Lands; The Solving of a Mystery; "Meistertrunk" at Rothenburg; The Shrine by the Nujha Bridge; Among the Buriats; Adrift on a Raft; A Night of Horrors; The Narcissus Festival at Montreux; A Mountain of Salt; After the "Mad Mullah"; A Unique Summer Residence; The Wandering Jew; With the British to Sokoto; John Glover of Texas; A Baby Parade; How the Gipsy Queen found her lover; A Cargo of Cats; A Tramp in Spain; When the Water Came Down; A Mystery of the Bush; The Story of My Chinese God; A Battle with a Rhino; After the "Mad Mullah" - II; The Pursuit of Captain Victor - II; The Cave-Dwellers of Mexoco; Calamity Jane; With the British to Sokoto - II; Arrested as Spies; When Niagara Ran Dry; The Flying Dutchman; Among the South Sea Cannibals - I; Across Sumatra in a Motor-Car; A Tramp in Spain - X; Our Attempt to Reach Mecca; A Puma Hunt in Surrey; Entombed in a Capsized Ship; With the British to Sokoto - II; The Apotheosis of Simpson; Our Quiet Little Shooting Trip; My Adventure with a Lunatic; A Tramp in Spain - XI; Sacred Town of Mandhata; Mystery of Silver Bow Valley; Among the South Sea Cannibals - II; A Night in a God-House; The Tragedy of the "Maria" and My Part in it; The Red Pig of Poora; Two-Thousand Miles in a Trawler; The Most Inaccessible Place in China; What Happened at Morelia; The Blumencorso at Hamburg. Magazine Back Issues]

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Maclean's Magazine - Canada's National Magazine, May 1, 1929 *A.J. CASSON COVER ART* Toronto The Maclean Publishing Company 1929 ; weicher Einband / soft cover; 1. Ed.
Fair Casson, A.J. (Cover Art)

92 pages. A.J. Casson cover illustration depicts 'The Great Gardening Game' on a checkerboard. Contents: Colour ad for Kyanize Lustaquik Finish inside front cover; Fantastic multi-photo ad for International Harvester trucks features photos of trucks belonging to Hendrie & Co., Ltd., of Hamilton and Deskin Brothers of Montreal; Nice photo ad for Cream of Wheat; Canada's Fighting Airmen - Part 5 - Lt.-Col. Barker, V.C. wins his first decoration; Racing Needs a Cleanup - Douglas Eppes argues that government control of Canadian horseracing tracks is an imperative necessity - with photos; The Red Sport Cabriolet, by Martha Banning Thomas; Hon. John Babington Macaulay Baxter, Premier of New Brunswick - an intimate sketch; Vanderdassen, by Maurice Inskipp; The Parking Puzzle - James A. Cowan sheds a little lighht on the question of what a motorist can do with his car once he's bought it - with cartoons and photo; Private Elemental, by Will R. Bird; The Centenarian, by Fred Jacob; Before British Columbia Was Born - first of a series of articles narrating the romantic experiences of Jason O. Allard, including super photo of downtown Nanaimo in 1858 when it was called Colvilletown, plus a photo of the grounded "Beaver", the first steamship to churn the waters of the Pacific, wrecked near the mouth of Vancouver Harbour; Full-page colour reproduction of "Over the Top", a WWI painting by Alfred Bastein; Kindred, by Archie P. McKishnie; The Pilot, by J.H. Power; Comments on the book "Memoirs of Prince Max of Baden"; Ultra-violet rays successfully used to treat King George V; Major H.O.D. Segrave relates the thrills of being the world's fastest motorist; Canadian General Electric ad for the 3897 Refrigerator; Gorgeous full-page colour ad for Packard automobiles features James Monroe; Congoleum Rugs colour ad; Brickbats and Bouquets - Letters to the Editor; Review of New York Times article by Edwin L. James which criticizes U.S. foreign policy and envisions an International Bank; Nice Plymouth car ad featuring the full-size Four-door sedan; Monroe Doctrine Explained; Nice two-colour ad by Red Indian motor oil; Full-page ad for Pepsodent; Great colour ad for Frididaire Refrigerators; Very bold Firestone Tire colour centerfold ad; Wonderful vintage ad for the Wallglow shower manufactured by Wallaceburg Brass & Iron Mfg. Co.; Full-page Chevrolet ad; Ford photo ad promotes two cars per household; Happy Valleys - The Okanagan and Annapois Valleys; Very nice colour ad for Crane plumbing fittings shows a lovely contemporary kitchen scene; *Magnificent* full-page pastel colour ad for Canadian Pacific boats of the high level of service offered by their network of railways, steamships and hotels - includes layout of a luxury railcar with solarium, observation lounge, buffet, etc.; Half-page Kellogg's corn flakes ad features black waiter holding breakfast tray; Gutta Percha & Rubber, Limited ad for their Gum Cushioned Tires; Nice full-page ad for Willys Knight cars; Full-page Listerine ad; Great full-page colour ad celebrates 50 years of Woolworth; Lux Toilet Soap features 16 head-shot photos of lovely ladies and includes their names; As the Twig is Bent - Parents must build the characters of their children, by Mabel Crews Ringland; Edith Louise Paterson - Canada's Youngest Woman Judge; Design Feature - The Breakfast Nook; Financial Article - Security Markets Reflect Acute Credit Stringency (hmmm... this was months before the stock crash of October 1929); Handsmome ad for the new Nash '400' car; Colour ad for Palmolive soap inside back cover; Colour ad for Parker Duofold pens on back cover. Address label upon front cover. Crossword completed. Above-average wear to covers which are loose in one piece but present. Textblock sound. A worthy copy of this very informative and attractive issue. First Edition Stapled Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; First Edition

[SW: Maclean's Magazine - Canada's National Magazine, May 1, 1929 Victoria Cross I.W. McKay Chief Factor Hudson's Bay Company The Great Gardening Game' on a checkerboard. Contents: Colour ad for Kyanize Lustaquik Finish inside front cover; Fantastic multi-photo ad for International Harvester trucks features photos of trucks belonging to Hendrie & Co., Ltd., of Hamilton and Deskin Brothers of Montreal; Nice photo ad for Cream of Wheat; Canada's Fighting Airmen - Part 5 - Lt.-Col. Barker, V.C. wins his first decoration; Racing Needs a Cleanup - Douglas Eppes argues that government control of Canadian horseracing tracks is an imperative necessity - with photos; The Red Sport Cabriolet, by Martha Banning Thomas; Hon. John Babington Macaulay Baxter, Premier of New Brunswick - an intimate sketch; Vanderdassen, by Maurice Inskipp; The Parking Puzzle - James A. Cowan sheds a little lighht on the question of what a motorist can do with his car once he's bought it - with cartoons and photo; Private Elemental, by Will R. Bird; The Centenarian, by Fred Jacob; Before British Columbia Was Born - first of a series of articles narrating the romantic experiences of Jason O. Allard, including super photo of downtown Nanaimo in 1858 when it was called Colvilletown, plus a photo of the grounded "Beaver", the first steamship to churn the waters of the Pacific, wrecked near the mouth of Vancouver Harbour; Full-page colour reproduction of "Over the Top", a WWI painting by Alfred Bastein; Kindred, by Archie P. McKishnie; The Pilot, by J.H. Power; Comments on the book "Memoirs of Prince Max of Baden"; Ultra-violet rays successfully used to treat King George V; Major H.O.D. Segrave relates the thrills of being the world's fastest motorist; Canadian General Electric ad for the 3897 Refrigerator; Gorgeous full-page colour ad for Packard automobiles features James Monroe; Congoleum Rugs colour ad; Brickbats and Bouquets - Letters to the Editor; Review of New York Times article by Edwin L. James which criticizes U.S. foreign policy and envisions an International Bank; Nice Plymouth car ad featuring the full-size Four-door sedan; Monroe Doctrine Explained; Nice two-colour ad by Red Indian motor oil; Full-page ad for Pepsodent; Great colour ad for Frididaire Refrigerators; Very bold Firestone Tire colour centerfold ad; Wonderful vintage ad for the Wallglow shower manufactured by Wallaceburg Brass & Iron Mfg. Co.; Full-page Chevrolet ad; Ford photo ad promotes two cars per household; Happy Valleys - The Okanagan and Annapois Valleys; Very nice colour ad for Crane plumbing fittings shows a lovely contemporary kitchen scene; *Magnificent* full-page pastel colour ad for Canadian Pacific boats of the high level of service offered by their network of railways, steamships and hotels - includes layout of a luxury railcar with solarium, observation lounge, buffet, etc.; Half-page Kellogg's corn flakes ad features black waiter holding breakfast tray; Gutta Percha & Rubber, Limited ad for their Gum Cushioned Tires; Nice full-page ad for Willys Knight cars; Full-page Listerine ad; Great full-page colour ad celebrates 50 years of Woolworth; Lux Toilet Soap features 16 head-shot photos of lovely ladies and includes their names; As the Twig is Bent - Parents must build the characters of their children, by Mabel Crews Ringland; Edith Louise Paterson - Canada's Youngest Woman Judge; Design Feature - The Breakfast Nook; Financial Article - Security Markets Reflect Acute Credit Stringency (hmmm... this was months before the stock crash of October 1929); Handsmome ad for the new Nash '400' car; Colour ad for Palmolive soap inside back cover; Colour ad for Parker Duofold Pens A.J. Casson Cover Art British Columbia Magazine Back Issues]

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