DREW, MAJOR GEORGE A.; CRUICKSHANK, HAROLD F.; MUIR, NORMA PHILLIPS; ELSON, ROBERT T.; FARMER, BERNARD J.; CLARKE, NORMAN MELVILLE; STELLE, HARWOOD; COWAN, JAMES A.; KILLINGWORTH, A. WARREN; DRURY, E.C.; SULLIVAN, ALAN; ET AL

Maclean's Magazine, October [Oct. ] 15, 1928, Vol. XLI, No. 20 - Canada in the Great War / Percy Williams Is the Fastest Human

Toronto: The Maclean Publishing Company, Limited, 1928. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. C.W.; Taylor, H. Weston; Gloyne Summers, Dudley. Please note: This copy lacking its covers. First and last pages loose but present. Features: Canada in the Great War (Part 2) - The stirring record of 'the men behind the guns' - and of our wemen, too - photo illustrated article; The Crushing Horde - fiction from the north; Doctor to the Poor Fish - a free clinic for ailing aquarium pets; Canadian Sprinter Percy Williams (Peerless Percy) - Winner of the 100 and 200 metre Olympic sprints; Down Three Steps (short story); She Lika da Jazz (short story); Did They 'Get' Bulldog Kelly? - a tale of the North West Mounted; Prosperity's Leap From the Bush - The successful Canadian pulp and paper industry - photo-illustrated article; The Winking Satyr (short story); Our Population Problem (Part 4) - a suggestion that our need for people be solved by transplanting British industries; A Little Way Ahead (part 6); Beautiful one-page colour ad for Waterman's pens features waterfall and rainbow; Daily Newspapers Under Fire; Gorgeous one-page colour-illustrated ad for Quaker Puffed Rice features boy and girl at table; Nice one-page colour ad for Canadian National Steamships features their cruises to the Caribbean; Lovely one-page colour ad for Wahl-Eversharp Gold Seal Pens; Teaching Etiquette to Children; Crossword on page 78 has been completed; Jacobean Embroidery. A worthy reference copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's Magazine, October 15 1928, Vol. XLI No. 20, Canada in the Great War, Percy Williams, Fastest Human, Peerless Percy, Canada in the Great War (Part 2) - The stirring record of 'the men behind the guns' - and of our wemen, too - photo illustrated. Fair .

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Book number: 143h5415

Keywords: 's 15 1928 . . 20 ( 2) ' ' Sport Back Issues Military

DRURY MAJOR W P

MEN AT ARMS

Chapman & Hall, 1911. New and cheaper edition. A collection of naval tales including two supernatural stories, ""The Relapse of the 'Rutland Rakes'"" and ""The Case of the Wanderer Hulk."" There are also three stories featuring the incorrigible Private Pagett. "Hardback. very good hardcover copy, colour inset to front board featuring a soldier and sailor.

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Book number: FA11.158"

DRURY, MAJOR W. P.

The Passing of the Flagship and Other Stories

London, Chapman Hall. 1915, First Thus. Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Black decoration and title on salmon pink cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is age darkening to endpapers and light foxing to closed edges else a clean, tight and unmarked copy. Certainly in Very Good condition especially for its age. Dustjacket has taped repairs but is complete.The new and cheaper edition. First published in 1902, it comprises 10 short stories from the noted writer and playwright (William Price Drury, C.B.E. formerly Major and later Lieutenant-Colonel. 1861-1949) - The Passing of the Flagship; The Dragon of Pyramid Hill; Aceldama; The Blankfile; An Audience with His Majesty; Casserbanker the Second; Concerning a Treaty with France; The Stranger Within the Gates; The Rising of Joga; That Which was Lost. B2A. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 001240

Catalogue: Fiction - English Authors Pre 1980

Major W P Drury:

The Peradventures of Private Pagett.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1911. Illustrated edition (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 13cm), [ix], 243pp. 8 b&w plates by Arthur Rackham. Original brown cloth, colour plate inlaid on the front board. Sone rubbing of the spine, inner hinges strained, foxing to the edges of the text block, ownership inscription to the front endpapers. Overall, this copy is just about in good condition.

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Book number: 49504

Catalogue: 4

Drury, Major W. P.

The Peradventures of Private Pagett.

London, Chapman and Hall, 1915, reprint. 243 pp. hard cover. ‘New and cheaper edition’ - title page. Sdescription VG. Very good condition with light shelf wear and edge wear to red cloth covers, previous owner’s label on inside front cover, bookseller’s stamp on front endpaper and flyleaf. No Jacket.

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Book number: 22876

Catalogue: fiction