Original publisher's blue wrappers with staple binding. 5" x 7 3/4." Fifteen pages, complete. Black and white illustrations, complete. Illustration on front cover shows a military air base with airmen stationed at their planes. Clean internally. Front and back covers have dirt or scuffing. A Good copy. This is a pamphlet about Canada's war efforts during World War II. The following are some of the Contents: "Link Air Training Plans," "Airdrome of Democracy," "Herald of Things to Come," "Guarding the Sealanes," "Poised for Offensive," "Industry in Action," and "Manpower Program." View More...
Original publisher's white wrappers with staple binding. 5" x 7 3/4." Fifteen pages, complete. Black and white illustrations, complete. Illustration on front cover shows three men, each representing the Canadian Navy, Air Force, and Army, respectively. Pages are very clean and intact. Front cover has a few minuscule foxing spots. Staples slightly rusted. A Near Fine copy. This is a pamphlet about Canada's war efforts during World War II. The following are some of the contents: "Bill for War," "Taxes Sharply Increased," "Luxuries Heavily Taxed," "Sea Battle Shifts Westward," "Axis Att... View More...
Original publisher's blue wrappers with staple binding. 5" x 7 3/4." Fifteen pages, complete. Black and white illustrations, complete. Illustration on front cover shows the construction of a naval ship. Pages are very clean and intact. Small wrinkle in the top margin. Staples slightly rusted. A Fine copy. This is a pamphlet about Canada's war efforts during World War II. The following are the contents: "Production Partners: Co-operating Gets Results; The Border is No Barrier; War Programs Co-ordinated," "'Great Industrial Achievement': Steel Shortage Overcome; Breaking Bottlenecks; A... View More...
Original publisher's white wrappers with staple binding. 5" x 7 3/4." Fifteen pages, complete. One blue and white illustration on the front cover, complete. Illustration shows a soldier jumping off a boat onto shore. Pages are very clean and intact. Front cover has a small fold in upper-right corner and a small spot in the lower margin. This is a pamphlet about Canada's war efforts during World War II. The following are some of the contents: "Army," "Navy," "Air Force," "Munitions," "Food," and "Industrial Changeover." Note on back cover: "This booklet is a supplement to 'Canada and t... View More...
Original publisher's white wrappers with staple binding. 5 1/2" x 7 1/2." Forty-seven pages, complete. Black and white illustrations, complete. Pages are very clean and intact overall. Slight edge wear and small chip at the spine. Tear in the top margin of the front cover measuring about 1/2." Staples slightly rusted. This is a pamphlet about Canada's war efforts during World War II. The following are the contents listed on the front cover: "Hail Hitler--with Bombs!: A Bomber Group Is Added to Canada's Armory," "The Sting Behind the Guns: A Vast New Chemicals and Explosives Industry I... View More...
Original publisher's blue wrappers with staple binding. 5" x 8." Twenty-seven pages, complete. Pages are very clean and intact overall. Slight wrinkling on the pages and discoloration along the bottom edge. Staples are rusted. Excerpt from Page 1: "This material has been prepared by the Office of the Director of Public Information. It is the third in a series of monthly releases, and is intended to serve as source material for speakers and those who ask for up-to-date information about Canada's participation in the war. It will be revised monthly and will contain the most recent of ava... View More...
Original publisher's white wrappers with staple binding. 5" x 7 3/4." Thirty-two pages, complete. Pages are very clean and intact except for slight wrinkling on the pages and discoloration along the bottom edge. Staples slightly rusted. Excerpt from Page 1: "This material has been prepared by the Office of the Director of Public Information. It is the fourth in a series of monthly releases, and is intended to serve as source material for speakers and those who ask for up-to-date information about Canada's participation in the war. It will be revised monthly and will contain the most rec... View More...
Original publisher's white wrappers with staple binding. 5" x 7 3/4." Fifty-six pages, complete. Pages are very clean and intact except for slight wrinkling on the pages. Staples slightly rusted. A Fine copy. Excerpt from Page 1: "This booklet is one of a series of releases intended to serve as source material for speakers and those who ask for up-to-date information about Canada's participation in the war. It will be revised monthly and will contain the most recent of available facts and figures." The following are the contents: "General Summary," "Canada in the Theatres of War," "Aid... View More...
Original publisher's white wrappers with staple binding. 5" x 7 3/4." Fifty-six pages, complete. Pages are very clean and intact except for slight wrinkling on the pages. Staples slightly rusted. Excerpt from Page 1: "This booklet is one of a series of releases intended to serve as source material for speakers and for those who ask for up-to-date information about Canada's participation in the war. It is revised monthly and contains the most recent of available facts and figures. September marks the second anniversary of Canada's entry into the war. This issue contains a special forewo... View More...
Original publisher's blue wrappers with staple binding. 5" x 7 3/4." Seventy-two pages, complete. One black and white illustration showing a naval battle, complete. Pages are very clean and intact except for some wrinkling in the upper-right and lower-right corners of the front cover. Staples slightly rusted. Excerpt from the Explanatory Note on Page 6: "This booklet is intended to provide information about the nature and extent of Canada's war effort. It is revised monthly and every effort is made to make the booklet as full and timely as possible. However, certain facts which must be... View More...
Original white and blue wrapper with black lettering on front cover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 inches. 13 pages. This copy contains information on the Chandler & Price Company who manufactured Gordon style printing presses. This copy has 6 black and white illustration of presses. From the colophon, "One-hundred-twenty-five copies printed for joint meeting of the Roxburght and Zamorano Club in San Francisco, October 25, 1996." Copy is very clean and complete. Binding is tight. View More...
Very uncommon in dust wrapper. Original publisher's multicolored boards backed with brown cloth. Dust wrapper in mylar. No date, circa 1932. 7 1/2" x 10." 316 pages, complete. Eight color plates and many black and white illustrations, complete. Pages are very clean and intact. Covers are very clean and intact overall but the corners are bumped. Dust wrapper is clean and intact overall except for slight chipping at the corners and edges. No remainder marks. A Near Fine book in a Very Good dust wrapper. Chatterbox was a British weekly magazine founded in 1866 by clergyman John Erskin... View More...
Formerly bound. Original publisher's beige paper wrappers. No date, circa 1833. 4" x 7." Sixteen pages, complete. Pages are clean and intact overall except for a few wrinkles, slight rippling, occasional offsetting, light to moderate foxing and staining throughout (text still readable), and minuscule chipping along spine (text is unaffected). A Very Good copy. A Christian tract containing a story about model children who want to repent and be good Christians. The story also addresses the consequences of parents who do not give their children religious instruction. Tract No. 245 of the... View More...
Original collection of seven documents and manuscripts related to the Putnam Phalanx. No date, circa 1867-1887. Documents range in size between about 8" x 10" and 10 3/4" x 15." Each document is one page (written or printed on one side). Documents are very clean and intact overall. Slight wrinkling on the paper. Small tape repair on one of the certificates (1867). Another certificate (1882) is completely split down the middle vertically but the actual pieces are intact. The Putnam Phalanx was a quasi-military, honor guard, and social organization based in Hartford, Connecticut that pro... View More...
Text in German. Original publisher's black and beige paper-covered boards backed with beige cloth. Small gilt decorations and lettering on spine. No date, circa 1880. Thirty-two pages, complete. Two small black-and-white illustrations, complete. "Library A, No. 14" on title page. Former owner's signature and inscription in blue ink on front free endpaper and its verso. Former owner's pencil and watercolor drawings on back flyleaves and back endpaper. Pages and covers are clean and intact overall. Pages have occasional small spots of foxing or staining. Covers have some corner and ed... View More...
Text in German. Original publisher's yellow paper wrappers with staple binding. 10 1/4" x 13 1/2." Pages 1-18, complete. Six additional pages in back advertising a variety of businesses, services, and products. Some of the advertisements have black-and-white illustrations. Pages are very clean and intact except for minuscule age toning. Covers are clean and intact overall but have slight darkening and some splitting and chipping along spine. Binding slightly loose but still holding. "Marked Copy" is written in green colored pencil in top margin of front cover; there are a few stray sc... View More...
Text in German. Original publisher's yellow paper wrappers with staple binding. 10 1/4" x 13 1/2." Pages 55-72, complete. Six additional pages in back advertising a variety of businesses, services, and products. Some of the advertisements have black-and-white illustrations. Pages are very clean and intact except for minuscule age toning and the occasional smudge. Covers have slight darkening and some splitting and chipping along spine. Binding slightly loose but still holding. A Very Good copy. The April 1894 (Heft 4, Jahrg. 3) issue of Die Germania, a German magazine published by th... View More...
Original publisher's gray wrapper. 3 1/4" x 5 3/4." Forty-four pages, complete. Many small advertisements for various services and business are included throughout the pamphlet. A few blank "Memoranda" pages for notes. Very light foxing on back cover and a few pages in the back. Pages and covers are otherwise very clean and intact. A directory of secret organizations in Pacific County, Washington. The following are some examples of the listed societies: "Gavel Lodge, No. 48; Pacific Lodge, No. 33; South Bend Encampment, No. 59; Woman's Relief Corps, No. 25; and Leebam Lodge, No. 270, I... View More...
Text is in French. Modern brown full leather binding. Raised bands. Gilt lettering on red spine label. Small gilt decorations on spine. 4" x 6." 154 pages, complete. One black-and-white frontispiece, complete. Frontispiece shows vengeance being set upon Robert Dudley for his purported misdeeds. Former owner's signature in black ink on the title page. Occasional annotations in the margins written in black ink. Pages have trimming with a few loss of words. Pages are very clean except for age toning and occasional light stains. Covers virtually pristine and intact. Binding is tight.... View More...
Original yellow wrapper with black lettering on the front cover. 6 X 9 inches. 9 pages including an illustration of Dr. Samuel Johnson. Dr. Johnson (1709-1784) was an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, literary critic and biographer. Copy is very clean and complete. View More...
