graydon charles (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Payzant, Charles (illustrator). Clean tight copy. Very nice for an Ex grade school Library with usual stamps, pockets, markings. A mighty fine looking book! Covers have very light tape shadows. The original plastic cover took the abuse and the remarkably nice Dust Jacket is bright yellow, with two small pokes or scratches on the front. Original library bound as issued. Black and white illustrations throughout. Haji is able to bring peace and prosperity back to Mustafa by courageous exploits of a twelve year old lad using the magic slippers given to him by a beggar in return for the date bread he shared. 59 pp.

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

Zustand: near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: near fine. First Edition. from the front DJ flap, "Viewed from the east, the Sierra Nevada present an awesome spectacle. On the one hand there is a majestic grandeur matched by only a few of the world's great mountain ranges, Snowcapped peaks jut into cyan skies, sometimes crimsoned by the western sunsets." DZ1. Hardcover, DJ, 81 pages, indexed, illustrated.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Olafsson, Patrick (cover); Warner, Charles; Mastri, Fiore; Leake, Gerald Franklin; Jousset, Albert D.; Frise (illustrator). First Edition. 56 pages. Features: Cover photo of young lady standing atop sailboat; Vintage wartime Canadian National / Canadian Pacific ad inside front cover entitled "There Goes Your Letter To Your Boy" shows mother putting letter into mail box, to be delivered, in part, by rail; Brief news bits touch on the split to the Russo-Polish alliance, how Berlin chuckled, and the case for the Poles; One-page Trans-Canada Telephone System implores long distance users to use the limited wartime capacity efficiently; Invasion Tactics - Great photo-illustrated article shows Canadian troops practicing for the D-Day invasion; Wolf at the Door (short story); Quick Ending (short story); A Photo Finish (short story); Our Invisible Ally - photo-illustrated article explains how the electron aids Canada's war effort with marvellous electronic devices; Momentum to Mutiny - photo-illustrated article explains how some German troops are rebelling, particularly Walter Bluthner, who refused a transfer to Norway to the Russian Front; No Double Cross for Dolly (short story); Hollywood news - article with photo of Vivien Leigh; One page ad for Woodbury Soaps features photos of Elisabeth Howe, of Ottawa; Nice half-page Heintzman & Co. piano ad features illustration of grand piano; Illustrated Johnson's Wax one-page ad entitled "The Lindsey Girls Have Had a Busy Day" shows ladies in uniform; *Sensational centrefold colour ad for General Motors features illustrations of fourteen of the 1943 military vehicles they are contributing to the war effort, including: four-wheel-drive service truck, gas tank truck, water tank purifier, general transport, staff car, plane gassing truck, and many more - and apparently they made an additional 36 vehicles; Photo and brief write-up of Mrs. H.M. Aitken, Supervisor of Conservation, and one of Canada's most versatile women; Modess ad features illustration of female aviation mechanic; On the Kitchen Front - recipes; Home Canning - Your Patriotic Duty; Attractive colour half-page Pepsi ad features young lovely and Frise illustration of boys fishing; Fashion illustrations; Woodbury Cold Cream ad features photo of Dorothy Lamour; The Housewife Takes a Job - article discussing how wives are taking jobs to support the war effort; World Sayings; Ford ad inside back cover includes large illustration of Canadian gun crew in battle; Back cover colour Coke ad entitled "Caps off to our fighting men" mentions the Victory Parade Program with Canada's Spotlight Band, featuring Mart Kenney and his Western Gentlemen; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this extraordinary vintage wartime issue.