Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Verlag: The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, Indianapolis, 1906
Anbieter: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Illustrated by E. M. Ashe (illustrator). A Very Good+ edition, publisher's top stain, rubbing to edges, pages little tanned, previous owner's signature to front pastedown ; Decorative cloth with illustrated binding; B & W Illustrations; 214 pages.
Verlag: The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, Indianapolis, 1904
Anbieter: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Illustrated by Harrison Fisher (illustrator). Very Good condition, rubbing the board edges, top of spine little frayed, foxing to page edges; Decorative cloth binding with ornamental tooling; B & W Illustrations; 402 pages.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited, Don Mills, Ontario, 1981
ISBN 10: 0889025894 ISBN 13: 9780889025899
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Illustrated by Phillips, Douglas R. (illustrator). First Edition. "A thoroughly documented and interesting story of Canadian Pacific's at-first cautious, but then complete, entry into that 'new' method of locomotion, the diesel. Built around a comprehensive roster of CP's diesel motive power, this book is much more. It is a deeply-researched text chronicling the company's history of dieselization, with a very extensive collection of almost 200 photographs." - dust jacket. 200 pages. Index. Glossary. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of photos. Colour photo endpapeers. Book very clean, bright, tight and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality example. ; Cover Photo; Folio.
Verlag: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1905
Anbieter: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Illustrated by George Gibbs (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. A lovely first edition/first printing in Very Good+ condition with some minor shelfwear including some bumping to the corners and board edges and soiling to the rear boards and page edges; The Deluge is the story of Matthew Blacklock, a hero of finance and a self made man; Color Illustrations; 8vo ; [12], 1-482 [483-486] pages.
Verlag: The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, Springfield, Ohio, 1949
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Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Illustrated by Peskin, David; Skor, Walter; Spring, Bob and Ira; Forsberg,Howard; Floherty, John Jr.; Kling, Wendell; Lee, Robert J.; Fleischmann,Glen; Conner, Mac; Berenstain, Stanley & Janice (illustrator). First Edition. 74 pages. Articles: Jacob M. (Jack) Arvey of Illinois - New-Style Political Boss; Our Shameful Record in Veterans' Housing; Voyage of the Pagan - One Man's Struggle with the Sea (part 1 of 3) - John Caldwell's harrowing sailing trip from Panama to Australia; After Pensions - the Bonus? - the battle for veterans' cash benefits; Johnny's Our Boy - Actor Johnny Lund; The Navy's Uncle Louie - Admiral Louis Denfeld; Autopsy; Dick Cooliey's Comeback; Mousetrap Tycoon - Chester M. Woolworth, of Lancaster, PA; Aid and Comfort to the Ku Klux Klan - opinion piece on back page - Arthur W. Terminiello. Fiction: Just Like I Hate Money; (part 1 of 2); Sister Act; The feast of Saint Restituta; The Eyes of Mr. Lovides; The Iron Butterfly (conclusion); Ethel's Magic Doggerel. Nice ads include: Trailways bus lines; Studebaker cars - nice color photos; Pontiac; Pepsi; Firestone (centerfold); New Hudson cars; FTD; Blatz beer - colour photo ad featuring sculptor Dick Wiken; Lucky Strike ad on back cover features tobacco buyer B.C. Conner. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Collier's, The National Weekly Magazine, 16 July, 1949 Chicago Politics Politicians Jacob M. (Jack) Arvey of Illinois - New-Style Political Boss; Our Shameful Record in Veterans' Housing; Voyage of the Pagan - One Man's Struggle with the Sea (part 1 of 3).
Verlag: The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, Springfield, IL, U.S.A., 1949
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Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Illustrated by D'Arazien, Art (cover photos); Mawicke, Tran; Mullin,Willard; Sawyers, Martha; Karger, George; Bugg, Robert; D'Alessio,Gregory; Wiggins, Katherine; Ross, Alex; Keller, Roswell; Leason, Percy; (illustrator). First Edition. 74 pages. Articles:Rescue Below Zero ( part 1 of the story of Bernt Balchen's Arctic Airmen); A Protest Against the Bowls - President of the University of Delaware, William S. Carlson, thinks educators must act to curb exaggerated emphais on postseason football games; That Wonderful Guy - Ezio Pinza - article with great photos; Happy Land of Teen-Agers - George Junior Republic; Look Here, My Good Man; The Unification Row - Famous Plane Designer Ray Holland Jr. Speaks His Piece; Beefsteak Party - great color photos with brief article; The Collier Trophy - For Notable Contribution to Safety in The Air; Mad Hatter - Victor Hoeflich is a pioneer in making party favors - article with color photos; Intrusion into the Past - ace cameraman Leon Shamroy at work on film "Prince of Foxes"; Hell-Bent (part 1 of 3); The Moulmein Star; Woods Full of Parsons; A Little Like Shirley Temple; First Date; Cinderella Rides Again (conclusion); Liberty Hound. Includes these nostalgic ads: Good Year; Puritan Sportswear; Schlitz beer; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features nice color photo of Mrs. Thomas W. Phipps Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Collier's - The National Weekly Magazine, December 31, 1949 B-29 Clobbered Turkey Crash Nome Alaska Rescue Below Zero ( part 1 of the story of Bernt Balchen's Arctic Airmen); A Protest Against the Bowls - President of the University of Delaware, William.
Verlag: Maclean-Hunter, Toronto, 1957
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Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Illustrated by Arbuckle, Franklin; Bier, David; Zarov, Basil; Brooks, Bob;Croydon, Peter; Ehricht, Horst; Dark, Lloyd; Notman, William; Hodgson, Tom (illustrator). First Edition. Features: Lovely Franklin Arbuckle cover art of Les Gamins in Sous le Cap; Beautiful full-page colour ad for Buick featuring a special 2-door 6-passenger white on red Riviera; Is Jean Drapeau a match for Duplessis? - political battles in Quebec, including slum clearing; The Facts About Our High-Seas Battle for Fish; Robert Coote is giving up the best role of his life in "My Fair Lady" after one year - here's why (with colour photos); What's So Funny About Gout?; The Private Life of a Model T - the fascinating 38-year case history of one car originally purchased by Bill Masters - the man who sold her and the five who have successively owned and loved her - article with colour photo; Hugh Garner gives four reasons why he has sworn off parties; What Shakespeare's Doing to Stratford - article with photos; Will We Ever Control the Bloodthirsty Black Fly?; John Womble's Second Dream (short story); Very nostalgic 2-page colour Texaco ad featuring a happy scene on a gas station lot; Nice colour ad for McBrine luggage; Nice colour full-page ad for 1957 Plymouth cars; Great full-page black and white photo ad for Orenda Engines with photo of a B-47 flying over Malton; Full-page colour photo ad for Caterpillar and road construction through the Fraser Canyon in B.C. 92 pages. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound example of this rare vintage issue.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Buick featuring a special 2-door 6-passenger Riviera; Is Jean Drapeau a match for Duplessis? - political battles in Quebec, including slum clearing; The Facts About Our High-Seas Battle for Fish; Robert Coote is giving up the best role of his life in "My.
Verlag: Maclean-Hunter Publishing, Toronto, 1955
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Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Illustrated by Arbuckle, Franklin (illustrator). First Edition. Features: Wonderful cover illustration by Franklin Arbuckle of a winter scene on Main Street, Uranium City, Saskatchewan; Fabulous two-page colour ad for Chrysler's push-button automatic drive; Colour-photo ad for Allis-Chalmers excavating equipment; Can the Immigration Issue Lick the (Federal) Liberals?; Lots of Christmas gift ads; Bruce Hutchison - Newfoundland; Was Princess Margaret Sacrificed to the Church?; Is Fat in Your Blood Your Heart's Worst Enemy?; The Remarkable Flowering of Joe Bloor's Bog - Where a rutty road named for a brewer once wandered Toronto's svelte and splashy Bloor Street now caters to a $200-million-a-year Cadillac and subway trade - anything from a dime beer to a mink brassiere - photo-illustrated article; NHL Referee Bill Chadwick - article with photo; How Early Mapmakers Saw the West - many colour illustrations; The Crafty Crow; The Atom is Their Bloodhound - a new super-sleuth called the isotope is helping four young Canadian scientists solve industrial problems - photo-illustrated article about N.Z. Alcock, P.V. Stewart, D.C. Brunton and R.F. Maskell; The Ferocious Young Ladies From Edmonton - Maclean's Flashback - photo-illustrated article about Edmonton's championship women's basketball team, the Grads, coached by Percy Page; Vigil on the Rock - story by Vera Johnson; He Insists He Can Make the Sahara Green Again - Photo-illustrated article about one-time Canadian Richard Baker and his gigantic plan to grow trees in the desert; They'd Rather Sing Than Eat - Barbershop-Quartet Singing Makes a Comeback; The Only Sensible Thing To Do - story by Heather Spears; How To Drive An Author Crazy; Nice colour-photo one-page ad for Philips televisions, featuring the Series "400" P-3580; Fabulous two-page colour ad for the 1956 Chevrolet features a green Bel Air Sport Sedan; Nice one-page colour ad for the 1956 De Soto featuring a Fireflite V-8 black and white sedan; One-page colour Ganong's choloclate ad; Choosing a Wine; Canadian Pacific ad for their White Empress Fleet; Fabulous colour Coke ad on back cover features Santa Claus; and more. 140 pages. Clean, tight and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality example of this rare issue. ; Folio.