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Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:0819188182.

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:0819188182.

Card Covered Booklet. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 91pp. Soft card cover. Ex-university library copy with associated library stamps. No annotations or highlighting to text.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Poor. First Edition. The dust jacket is in poor state, with multiple chips, tears and creasing along the edges. The boards are shelf rubbed and edge worn, but remain strong and sturdy. Internally, there are no markings or inscriptions, and the pages within are neat, crisp and complete. The binding is secure. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

First edition thus, 3 volumes in 1, 8vo, pp. [4, viii, 184; vii, [1], 220; iii, [1], 155, [1]; illustrations throughout each of the three texts; fine copy in publisher's blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine; in a slightly worn dust jacket with a few small chips out at the extremities (not affecting any letterpress). Ownership stamp of G. K. Slocum on flyleaf. Includes Rapid Arithmetic, by Sloane; A Manual of the Slide Rule, by Thompson; and, Recreations in Mathematics, by Licks.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 905 p. 25 cm. ; LC: S411; Dewey: 630.3; NAL: 30.1 ; OCLC: 558619 ; blue cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, label, date due, pocket ; contains bibliography arranged by subject or discipline ; exhaustive ; thick, heavy volume ; VG. Book.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Clymer, John F. (cover); Smith, Ralph C.; Little, John; Matteson, B.V.V.; Valentine, A.C.; Horwood, V.W. (illustrator). First Edition. 52 pages. Features: Charming cover illustration of calf kicking up its legs in the spring flowers; One-page Chipso photo ad features the Williams family - Thomas Vance, Calvin Edward, Mrs. Calvin C., Stephen, Charles Judson and Henry Kerr; One-page yeast ad features large photo of Dr. Gudzent of the University of Berlin; Nice one-page Pontiac ad features yellow Economy Straight 8; Order to View (short story); Green Mantle (short story); Restoration Work in France - photo-illustrated article on work done to preserve Versailles and Fontainbleau for posterity; Small Talk (short story); Beating the Star (short story); At the Edge of the Great Unsurveyed (short story); Wedding Bells Around the World - photo-illustrated article on world wedding traditions; The Man Who Taught London to Dance - photo-illustrated article on Santos Casani; A Gabled House; Pond's cold cream one-page ad features photos of Lady Diana Manners; The British Way; Nicely illustrated one-page Maxwell House coffee ad; Laboratory in the Snow - Dr. H.R. Wolf of General Motors tests cars in the winter conditions of Saskatchewan; Lovely one-page colour ad for Swift's Premium Hams; Great one-page Chevrolet truck ad includes diagrams of 10 interesting vehicles; Three pages of photos of movie stars; Radioland - article on radio stars; Movie reviews; Little Rambles in Hollywood; Champion spark plug ad includes photo of Mr. S.G. Baits, Chief Engineer of Hudson-Essex of Canada, Ltd.; Easter cookery ad; One-page illustrated ad for the Northern Electric Model 800 Gurney Range with automatic oven; Fashion article with illustrations; Lovely colour Palmolive soap ad inside back cover features elegant lady in long maroon gown; Crisco colour ad on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Nicolson, W.C. (cover); Eyles, D.C.; Hiley, F.E.; Soper, G.; Skelton, J.R.; Woodville, R.C.; Sutcliffe, N.; Prater, E.; Robinson, T.H.; De Walton, J. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 177-264 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The "Black Cat's" Kitten - a story from the cattle lands of Brazil; Fighting Forest Fires with Seaplanes - an interesting photo-illustrated account of new developments in Canada; Mulga Tom's Secret - a curious Australian quest; In Quest of the Unknown - part 2 - wonderfully photo-illustrated article on adventures among the Chucunaque Indians; The Haunted Room of Tower HIll Barracks - a remarkable story from the early days of Sierra Leone; "Mad Mike" - part 2 - his romantic association with Laumona in the South Seas; Sergeant Ralph F. Douglas hangs by a rope in mid-air; The Two Inseparables - a tale from the Punjab of two men, four rugs and criminal convictions; The Case for the Sea-Serpent narratives of reliable witnesses to sightings of 'sea-serpents' over the past 25 years; The Whisky Pirates - a prohibition tale from the U.S.; Through Savage Europe - part 4 of 4 of the humourous account of a painting vacation in the Balkans; A Deal in Cocoa - an amusing story from the Gold Coast. Covers detached as one but present. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Ohlsson (cover); Seavey, Paul Franklin; Clarke, W.W.; Graham, J.C.; Fitzgerald, W.O. (illustrator). First Edition. 32 pages. Features: Fascinating news bits inside front cover; Merry Richmond, Virginia - Rich in Romance/The Rare Old Traditions are still Undimmed; Letting in the Alien (Immigration) Flood - Why? - Relatives have relatives and the Perlman Bill would admit them all; Two Dozen Ways to Keep Sane - ways of thinking and living cause mental breakdowns; Woodrow Wilson - Taker of Chances (part 4); The Drama of Our Youth - village theatricals when father and mother were characters in the play; Mr. (Henry) Ford's Page - he talks about the mirage of the 'saturation point' of a service; Editorials - foreigners involved in crime, prohibition, controversial reporting about Russia, the Mexican/US border, Mr. Trotsky (Braunstein) takes another fling at the U.S., Winston Churchill and the cancellation of war debt; Literary Fakers and Their Fakes - Wherein the delightful 'Spectra' Hoax is told and the Eulogists of Modern and Ultra-Modern Verse are engulfed in sorrow; A Dinosaur Breaks into History - if man drew a pictograph from life, it upsets many theories; What to do to make life worthwhile - many people consider that a college education and 'success' are synonymous, but here are some people who are of the opposite opinion; Paul Revere tells his own story - family archives furnish new light on Patriot's Famous Ride into Lexington; Chats with Office Callers;There is nothing new under the sea - how Robert Fulton Demonstrated Submarines Over a Hundred Years Ago; When Cliff House Went Really Dry - the once famous San Francisco Resort Sees Changed Days; How to Steal Apples - loopholes of law which enable fruit marauders to defy mantraps, spring guns and the farmer's bulldog; Co-operation Saves Workers From Death - employees of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company at Los Angeles fight Tuberculosis, the Great White Plague, at the Lone Wolf Colony; How the Indians Made Sugar; Beating the Grain of Mustard Seed - nurseryman George Klehm can grow a 35' elm tree in six years; A Dance a Week - The Lancers ("Oriental) with first violin sheet music (continued); Back cover quote from Benjamin Harrison about national expansion. Average wear. Unmarked. Middle page loose but present. A worthy vintage copy.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 256 pages including 123 pages of marvelous nostalgic ads, many illustrated and quite uncommon, representing long-forgotten firms and products. Some stories include black and white photos/illustrations. 9.75" x 6.85". Articles of "Special Canadian Interest" include: The National Political Situation - armaments and taxes as involved in the problem of Canada's attitutde on naval defense; Warders of the Silence - life among Canadian Forest Rangers; The Frog in Canadian Diet - the frog now holds an honored place on popular menu cards; The Community Court Idea - groups of bungalows erected in open courts present attractive features (photo-illustrated); Canada as a Land of Opportunities - investors may make safe and profitable use of capital in many lines in this country during its period of expansion; Before Dollars Came - how Directors of Bank of Upper Canada frustrated a plot to wreck it by rebels who made run on it in 1837; Breaking Irrigation Records - large system under construction in Southern Alberta; Dr. Marden's Inspirational Talks - What the World Owes Dreamers; Louis Riel's Religion of Rebellion - did the North-west agitator believe in the justice of his cause and have faith in the purpose of his mission? [not listed in Arora]. Fiction: Beautiful Sebastiana; The Movable Feast; The Gold That Glittered; Wooing Dorothea; The Mistake of Creation, by Jack London (first published in the Feb. 1912 issue of Cosmopolitan), An Odd Case. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound and complete copy of this marvelous vintage issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Maclean's Magazine, September [Sept.] 1912, Vol. XXIV, No. 5 - The Frog in Canadian Diet, Frog as Food - Canada, Canada - Naval Defense, Forest Rangers - Canada, Canada - Residential Planning, Bank of Upper Canada - History, Irrigation - Alberta, Louis R.