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| Commonwealth Today - No. 59 London, The Central Office of Information. First Edition. Stapled, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 32 pages. Undated. Circa 1950s. Wonderful black and white photos throughout. Features: British Columbia's Centennial Celebrations; Canada's Boy's Town in Malaya; Colombo Plan Steel Technicians in Britain; Ghana's Goodwill and Trade Mission; Designs of the Year - annual U.K. awards; Ceylon's Buddhists in London; H.M. the Queen Mother's World Tour; Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition; Child Welfare in Pakistan; Modern New Airport in Nairobi, Kenya; New Zealand's expanding forests; The Craft of the Nigerian Potter; Spare-Time Studies in Britain; Uganda's New Agrucultural School. Bonus: includes 8-page Canadian supplement which bears a lovely colour portrait of H.R.H. the Princess Margaret. Second Bonus: 13" x 9" photographic portrait of H.R.H. The Princess Margaret, suitable for framing. Covers detached from textblock but present. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Fair. CAD 99.95 [Appr.: EURO 63 US$ 94.65 | £UK 57.25 | JP¥ 8141] Book number: 531c6612 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| Holly Leaves Magazine, Chriatmas 1965 UK, Sporting and Dramatic Publishing. 1965, First Edition. Stapled, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 56 pages. Many lovely colour and black and white photographic ads and illustrations. Features: The Doll - from funeral effigy to child's plaything; Witches of the North, by Sydney Moorhouse; America Without Cowboys, by Dennis Tomlinson; Disasters at Sea, by Geoffrey P. West; The White Ones (Swans), by Jeffery Harrison; The Quiet Men - gamekeepers' methods have changed but their task remains much the same as in the last century, or even before; Working Terriers, by Ralph Greaves; The Splendour of Pheasants; Signs of the Zodiac; The Manchester Telegraphs; Flight from Fantasy - ballooning; The Origins and Development of Glass, by Rosemary Crommelin; Peter Morley - Thatcher of East Anglia - with great black white photos; One Man's Weather, by Anthony Clarkson; Suffolk Porches; A Poacher's Revenge; Stocks Market; What is it? - curious black and white photos. Average wear. Some writing atop page 42. Several short openings to covers. Binding restapled. Good. CAD 149.95 [Appr.: EURO 94.25 US$ 142 | £UK 85.75 | JP¥ 12214] Book number: 144c6472 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| The Illustrated London News, 1979 Christmas Number London, The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd. 1979, First Edition. Stapled, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 130 pages. Features: No Arms or Legs, by the Reverend Graham Dowell; Renaissance Festivals; Pictures from the Past; A Pass from the King - laisser-passers were used long before passports - wonderful photos; Capital Letters - signs; Christmas Numbers; Shropshire's Political Ceramics; Louis Wain's Cat Portraits; Fen's Creator - Bruce Montgomery; Christmas in Norway; The Artists of Palekh - beautiful colour photos; Rich Men's Castles; The Christmas Story; Something Nasty in the Bedroom; Jubilee at Bekonscot; A Royal Governess - Lady Lyttelton; Ellen Terry and Sarah Bernhardt; Stamp of Ricard; Mary Celeste - The Truth; Jonathan Jeeves is Mean; The Felt Makers - making felt from wool in Turkey; Crafts of India; Christmas Quiz. 1" openings to fore-edge of back cover and back two pages. Average wear. Crossword completed, otherwise unmarked. A sound copy. Good. CAD 79.95 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 US$ 75.71 | £UK 45.75 | JP¥ 6512] Book number: 827c6741 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| Liberty Magazine, 20 March 1937 Toronto, Liberty Publishing. 1937, First Edition. Stapled, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 58 pages. Features: Britain's Mailed Fist; Beginning - Henrietta's Big Night, by Edwin Balmer; Hollywood's Income-Tax Jitters; Death for a Lady's Arms, by John Erskine; Why the Grand National (Horse Race) is a Bad Bet; Sweepstakes Winners - glimpses of some lucky and unlucky Canadians, including winner Wilfred Leblanc; Three-Cornered Square, by Alberta Williams; Love Letters of a Prizefighter and a Hollywood Extra, by Bert Green; America's Queerest Trial - the Case of the Murdering Millionaire, by D. Thomas Curtin; Discretion be Damned, by Elmer Davis; Studebaker ad (only $959!); To the Ladies, by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin; St. Patrick's Day in the Morning, by Helen Dore Boylston; What Queen Elizabeth is Really Like - an intimate look at a charming new monarch and her romantic rise from gloomy Glamis Castle to Britain's shining throne, by Princess Catherine Radziwill; Youth to the Rescue - the kids make good, by Beverly Hills; Will German Sea Power Challenge Great Britain?, by Rear Admiral Yates Stirling; Marching Dead Men, by Terry Brennan as told to Captain W.J. Blackledge; Above-average wear. Front cover loose but present. Back cover missing. Poor. CAD 49.95 [Appr.: EURO 31.5 US$ 47.3 | £UK 28.75 | JP¥ 4069] Book number: 531c6874 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| Maclean's Magazine 14 September 2009 Ted Kennedy Commemorative Issue Canada, Maclean's. 2009, First Edition. Stapled, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Features: Interview with Michael Wilson; Bernie Madoff and his boring mistress; Ignatieff's Double Dare; Disaffection with Ed Stelmach; The G8 Go to Muskoka in 2010; The last of the Kennedys - the passing of Ted Kennedy; The Torture Debate; Google Voice - a huge threat to the wireless industry; 'Pleasure' is the latest buzzword in school sex education, and not all are pleased; Why surviving cardiac arrest in Canada is so difficult; Stars reveal how they spent their summer vacations; Shaquille O'Neal prepares for life after the NBA; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Good. CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.36 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 2440] Book number: 831c6957 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| Maclean's Magazine 31 August 2009 Colin Thatcher Claims He Was Framed Canada, Maclean's. 2009, First Edition. Stapled, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Features: Colin Thatcher claims he was wrongly convicted; Harper's Recovery; Alberta's Wildrose Alliance; Obama's Health Care Proposal; Abdullah Abdullah - a new hope for Afghanistan; Germany gets Tough - sends troops to Afghanistan; Canada's chance to Emerge from America's Shadow?; The Race for the Perfect Battery; The Cooling Cure for Cardiac Arrest; Is Quebec the Human Guinea Pig Capital of North America?; Are we Drinking too much Water?; In Praise of Dead-End Jobs; What Happened to Quentin Tarantino?; Keeping a lid on Vancouver fun; Wal-mart's new cookies taste like Girl Scout cookies; Judith Josephine Koritar - Obituary; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Good. CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.36 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 2440] Book number: 831c6958 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| Maclean's Magazine 15 June 2009 Canada, Maclean's. 2009, First Edition. Stapled, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Features: Dieudonn M'Bala M'Bala; No way to run a recession; How to Fix Canada's Parliamentary Question Period; The Soaring cost of Asper's Dream - the Museum of Human Rights; The People of Pakistan - pawns in a fatal game; Sarkozy's U.S. Love-fest hits a few snags; China's youth swallow the 'official' account of Tiananmen Square; Why Canadians have to wait for the latest gadgets; Game Guru - Don Mattrick of Microsoft; GM dealers remain positive; Sex, Drugs and Acrobats - a new expose on the rise and times of Cirque du Soleil billionaire founder Guy Laliberte; NHL Fitness Test; Woody Allen and Larry David; Gordon Ernest Thomas - Obituary; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Good. CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.36 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 2440] Book number: 831c6959 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| Maclean's Magazine 28 September 2009 Canada, Maclean's. 2009, First Edition. Stapled, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Features: Harper must act now to protect free speech; A conversation with Richard Dawkins; Stephen Harper's Majority or Bust Strategy; Canadian Democracy is Broken; Mike Danton's Unlikely Story; War in Pakistan; Cindy Gomez's Cinderella Story; Taking on Vancouver's Panhandlers - downtown ambassadors; The Fluoride debate rises again; Rene Levesque embodied our bedrock values; Foodball greats on 'Dancing with the Stars'; Another facelift for the CBC; Is it racist to dislike Obama?; Ernie Duff - Obituary; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Good. CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.36 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 2440] Book number: 831c6960 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| Maclean's Magazine 5 October 2009 Canada, Maclean's. 2009, First Edition. Stapled, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Features: Jim Balsillie vs. the NHL; David Salmoni on living with problem lions; Was Jack Layton right to prop up the Tories?; What Happened to Rahim Jaffer?; How Obama Divided America; Canjet Flight 918 - harrowing hijacking; The men who threw egg onn Mao; Norma Ann Wright - Obituary; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Good. CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.36 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 2440] Book number: 831c6961 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| The Outlook Magazine, Volume 117, September - December 1917 New York, The Outlook Company. 1917. Three Quarter Leather, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Former Library Copy, 1.25" thick. Provides abundant coverage of the first world war plus stories about the Russian Revolution. Includes many wonderful black and white photos. Occasional library markings. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Good. CAD 295.00 [Appr.: EURO 185.5 US$ 279.37 | £UK 168.75 | JP¥ 24029] Book number: 854c6499 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| Scientific American Magazine, March 2007 USA, Scientific American. 2007, First Edition. Stapled, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 104 pages. Contents/Features: Black Hole Blowback - a single black hole, smaller than the solar system, can control the destiny of an entire cluster of galaxies; Mapping the Cancer Genome; A Digital Life - New systems may allow people to record everything that has touched their lives and to store all these data in a personal digital archive; Down go the Dams - Many dams are being torn down to allow rivers and ecosystems to rebound, but risks abound; New Predictors of Disease - Tests that detect predictive antibodies in the blood years before people show symptoms of various disorders may allow preventative action; Diesels become Clean - Improved engines and exhaust scrubbers, combined with a new fuel will make energy-efficient diesels nearly as green as hybrids; Illusory Color and the Brain - the brain may not separate perception of color from perception of form and depth. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Good. CAD 39.95 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 US$ 37.83 | £UK 23 | JP¥ 3254] Book number: 824c7051 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| Scribner's Magazine, Volume 53, January - June 1913, Bound Issues USA, Scribner's. 1913. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Former Library Copy, Attractive black and white photos and illustrations in text. Includes Panama Canal construction. Almost two inches thick - a substantive volume in marbled boards with maroon trim. Somewhat above-average wear. Narrow opening in binding at first page, which is partially loose. Narrow opening along back hinge. Usual library markings. Liquid paper applied to upper corner of front free endpaper. A worthy copy. Fair. CAD 299.95 [Appr.: EURO 188.5 US$ 284.05 | £UK 171.5 | JP¥ 24432] Book number: 531c6588 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| The Sphere Magazine, Christmas 1916, Vol. LXVII, No. 879a London, The Sphere. 1916, First Edition. Stapled, Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. 40 pages. Divinely illustrated front cover. Features: Paris in War Time - an impression of 1916, by E.V. Lucas; The Surrender - a story by Mary Gaunt; Russia - The Charm of Old Moscow, by Alan Lethbridge and illustrated by Arthur Watts; The Sculptor of the Madonna and of Countless Angels - the Della Robbia, by Cecil Headlam; Navarino - a battle of the allies - France, Russia, and Britain against the Turks; The Mystery of a Dress Coat, by Shelland Bradley; Several beautiful full-page colour portraits; Colour centerfold portrait entitled The Last Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois, from a painting by F. Matania; How He Proposed - the different ways in which heroes have proposed to heroines in the novels of 1916; Louvain, 1916; Nice full-page colour ad for Eno's 'Fruit Salt'; Fantastic black and white photographic full-page ad for Napier Motor Carriages; Nice black and white photo ad for the Invincible Talbot automobiles, manufactured by Clement Talbot Limited; Smaller attractive black and white ads for Humber Cars, Austin Motor Co. Ltd. Vauxhall Motors Limited, Crossley Motors, and The Sunbeam Motor Car. Original protective advertising outer layer still present and affixed. Prior owner's name and address atop front advertising cover. Prior owner's name atop front cover. Moderate wear. A very beautiful magazine indeed!. Good. CAD 295.00 [Appr.: EURO 185.5 US$ 279.37 | £UK 168.75 | JP¥ 24029] Book number: 349c6780 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| The Star Weekly Magazine, 29 September 1951 Cover Photo of Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh Toronto, The Toronto Star. 1951, First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 32 pages. Photos of Princess Elizabeth as the years have passed; Colour Aunt Jemima pancake ad; Driving sheep through the snow-capped Alps - great photos; Linda Smith - 4-year-old rodeo expert; New Zealand's Harald Isaachsen and his back-to-nature family; Photos of Japanese Yabusame - when archers shoot on horseback; Photos of Rabies vaccine manufacture; Many other interesting photos from around the world. Somewhat above-average external wear. Bit of writing atop front cover. Fair. CAD 149.95 [Appr.: EURO 94.25 US$ 142 | £UK 85.75 | JP¥ 12214] Book number: 534c6801 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| The Star Weekly Magazine, 15 September 1951 Toronto, The Toronto Star. 1951, First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 32 pages. Cover photo of Princess Elizabeth and Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh; Royal family photos; Interesting photos from around the world. Somewhat above-average external wear. Prior owner's name atop front cover. Fair. CAD 149.95 [Appr.: EURO 94.25 US$ 142 | £UK 85.75 | JP¥ 12214] Book number: 534c6802 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| The Star Weekly Magazine, 1 September 1951 Baby Prince Charles Cover Photo Toronto, The Toronto Star. 1951, First Edition. Stapled, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 32 pages. Prince Charles baby photos, including cover photo. Other royal family photos; Japanese police photos; Ostrich farming photos; photos of gathering eggs from seabirds on England's cliffs; Colour ad for the Studebaker Champion; Freda Shetler of Ferndale, WA - sulky driver; Ottawa suburban well baby clinic photos; Spectacular colour centerfold ad for Heinz ketchup; Missionary students at the Moody Bible institute learn to fly; Royal Canadian Air Force ad; Photos at Switzerland's Sanatorium Universitaire; Nice colour Waterman's pen ad; Photos of Wellesley college's doll collection; Plastic musical intruments prove practical; - Bill Glass; Colour Ivory Soap ad - Lovely Girls Love Ivory!; Motorcycle action photos; Navy underwater photogarphy; colour Community brand cutlery ad on back cover. Average wear. Prior owner's name atop front cover. A sound copy. Good. CAD 149.95 [Appr.: EURO 94.25 US$ 142 | £UK 85.75 | JP¥ 12214] Book number: 534c6803 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| Time Magazine - Canadian Edition - 11 August 1947 USA, Time-Life International. 1947. Stapled, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 48 pages. Cover portrait of the Queen Mary's Captain Illingworth. Much interesting news of the day with black and white photos. Feature article on the Queen Mary and her wartime use. Photo and story of British sergeants Paice and Martin, hung by Irgun terrorists in Palestine. Brief piece and photo of the Ku Klux Klan's Georgia Grand Dragon, Dr. Samuel Green; Herbert Haseltine and his larger-than-life plaster cast of the horse Man o' War. Photo of Britain's new Short-Saro Shetland flying boat under construction. Brief article and cast photo re: the movie 'The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer' which starred Shirley Temple, Cary Grant and Myrna Loy. Above-average wear and soiling. Still a worthy and enjoyable copy of this nostalgic issue. Fair. CAD 199.95 [Appr.: EURO 125.75 US$ 189.35 | £UK 114.5 | JP¥ 16287] Book number: 531c6717 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| Time Magazine, 6 June 1949 Cover Portrait of U.S. Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson Canada, Time-Life. 1949, Canadian Edition. Stapled, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 60 pages. Features and Articles: Chairman David Lilienthal of the Atomic Energy Commission is questioned about Government-financed scholarships for Communists, and more; U.S. Foreign Aid is whacked to save money; U.S. Military in-fighting involving the Consolidated B-36 and more; Louis Johnson - Master of the Pentagon; The Angels of the Truman Campaign; Victor Reuther; Ralph Bunche; Berlin Rail Strike"; Communist Gerhart Eisler is freed in London on a technicality; Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan are engaged - with photo; China - "The Communists Have Come"; Japan's Emperor Hirohito shifts from divinity to human monarch; Kis Tarcsa concentration camp in Hungary opened again to hold 8,000, 90% of whom are Jews; Willy Messerschmidt mass produces homes of steel and 'foam concrete' in Germany - with photos; Colour ad for DeSoto automobiles; Colour ad for Woodwind suits for men; Grasshoppers in Saskatchewan; Quebec City's Maison du Bucheron provides 55 rooms for loggers; Full page election ad for "Canada's Great Leader", Louis St. Laurent; Railroad construction in Latin America; Soccer contest - Scotland vs. St. Louis; Archibald Henderson of North Carolina; Acne misery; Bill Stern of NBC's Sports Newsreel; Dow Brewery ad features the train engine heroics of 58-year-old Fred Ryan; Pope Pius XII delivers manuscript of Papal Bull - with photo; Pastor Salau; V-2's rival - the U.S. Navy's Viking rocket; Eddie Rickenbacker on the Airlines; Rudy Fah Tongg showed the people of Hawaii how to get rich - early in the second world war he formed a hui which bought up properties of fleeing Caucasions; Sir William Stevenson and the World Commerce Corp.; Colour Chevrolet ad inside back cover; Bruck Mills colour ad on back cover. Editorial content identical with U.S. edition except for added Canadian news" - from page 4. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Staining and occasional related damage to top one of two inches of many pages. A worthy copy. Fair. CAD 249.95 [Appr.: EURO 157 US$ 236.7 | £UK 143 | JP¥ 20360] Book number: 842c7003 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| Time Magazine, 28 March 1949 Cover Portrait of Pan American Airways' Juan Trippe Canada, Time-Life. 1949, Canadian Edition. Stapled, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 68 pages. Features and Articles: Nice colour photo Studebaker ad inside front cover; Journalist Robert Low returns from reporting the news for three years on each side of the Balkans' lowering iron curtain; The North Atlantic Treaty is announced; Shostakovich applies to visit the U.S.; Allen Ellender's filibuster record in Louisiana; Federal Judge Medina and his trial of eleven communists charged with conspiring to overthrow the government; Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. announces for the seat of the 20th district on Manhattan's West Side; Dave Beck of the A.F.L. Teamsters; Boston's Anna Sullivan and the illegitimate child she sought to hide; William L. Cox and his truck wreck; Red Rioters in Rome; The Kremlin's white paper on the North Atlantic pact; Gotfred Hoelvold crosses teh border between Norway and Russia; "about 500,000 Arabs are now refugees from areas of Palestine controlled by the Israeli army. Jews - most of them refugees from Europe - have taken over the Arabs' communities. John Luter reports from the former Arab community of Akir"; Anti-communism and Luigi Gedda in Italy; Moscow's Literary Gazette declare's Tolstoy's Pocket Books version of Anna Karenina a 'monstrous crime against world culture'; The Amir of Bahawalpur; Colour recruiting ad for the Canadian Army Active or Reserve Forces; Caterpillar ad says 'Stop Murder at Crossroads!' and implores readers to invest in overpasses and underpasses; Johnny Groth - a choice of scholarships; Professor Chauncey Tinker of Yale; Fargo Truck ad; Peter Mennin; Herbert Zipper; Cover story - Aviation - Juan Trippe and Pan American Airways; Colour South African wine ad inside back cover. "Editorial content identical with U.S. edition except for added Canadian news". Average wear. Unmarked. Center page loose from one staple, otherwise a sound copy. Good. CAD 249.95 [Appr.: EURO 157 US$ 236.7 | £UK 143 | JP¥ 20360] Book number: 842c7005 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| Variety Magazine: 52nd Anniversary Number, Vol. 209, No. 6, Wednesday, January 8, 1958 New York, Variety Inc. 1958, First Edition. Soft Cover, Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. 290 pages. Many, many hours of interesting reading here! Add all the movie advertisements and page after page of anniversary greetings from personalities of the day and you have quite a package indeed! Average wear. Binding intact. Pen tick marks beside song listings on pages 219-220. Some external soiling. A sound copy. Good. CAD 99.95 [Appr.: EURO 63 US$ 94.65 | £UK 57.25 | JP¥ 8141] Book number: 349c6873 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| The Windsor Magazine, September 1897, Volume 6, Number 33 London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. 1897, First Edition. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 120 pages plus 38 pages of wonderful contemporary advertisements plus a two-page advertisement by Scottish Provident Institution and four detailed pages of advertising content by Kilby Pears & Son. Numerous black and white illustrations and photos. Contents include Ten Years of Cycling - a wonderful vintage view of bicycles, including alternatives to chain drive - plus a great article entitled Birmingham and Its Jewellery, which includes 16 excellent black and white photos plus considerable text. Binding intact. Name atop front cover else unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. A quality copy of this charming and informative issue. Good. CAD 149.95 [Appr.: EURO 94.25 US$ 142 | £UK 85.75 | JP¥ 12214] Book number: 824c6885 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. |
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