Graydon j a (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 2nd ed., 5th printing ; xxii, 192 pp. ; blue-grey cloth ; shaken, some markings in front section, "A companion volume to the Outline history of Spanish American literature."--p. v. ; prepared under the auspices of the Instituto internacional de lite ratura iberoamericana by a committee consisting of E. Herman Hespelt, chairman and editor, Irving A. Leonard . [and others]. ; LCCN: 46-7602 ; OCLC: 347193 ; LC: PQ7083; Dewey: 860.82 ; G. Book.…

HARDCOVER. Hardcover edition. 332pp+32 of ads, embossed illustrated front cover and spine, small octavo. mild rubbing to edges, cover illustrations clean, page edges foxed and soiled, solid binding, Sunday School award plate to front pdep, text clean throughout, Good +.

Pictorial Boards. Zustand: Good. None. Seventh Thousand. Pictorial cloth, the spine in art nouveau style. 330 pages plus publisher's adverts. With six illustrations by J.A.Symington. All pages aged. Covers rubbed and dulled. Sunday School inscription on front endpaper with a bit of doodling underneath and on the reverse. J.A.Symington (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. This is a story for boys of the late 19th/early 20th century, full of adventure and incident, and set (perhaps unusually for this author) in Russia - other works mentioned were set in Africa and India. Described as a 'realistic' story, it no doubt gave its young readers a colourful idea of life in the wilds of Russia - how realistic or not, the reader may have to decide. Illustrations (dated '01') are by A J Munnings, later best known for his paintings of horses. Copyright © Jarrold & Sons, London.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Second Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp 306. No date but neat insc on first blank dated 1914. Frontis and 2 illus. Illustrated by A J Munnings. Original publisher's Illustrated blue cloth lettered gilt at the spine. Slight fading to cover which show Cossack soldiers firing rifles. Overall clean very good with clean text.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. 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. Olafsson, Patrick (cover); Warner, Charles; Mastri, Fiore; Leake, Gerald Franklin; Jousset, Albert D.; Frise (illustrator).…