Search Results: Periodical from Dave Shoots, Bookseller

Fredericton: Brunswick Press, Ltd., 1961 Book. Good to Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original grey softcover. Stories, poems, songs, articles, recipes, and notes on birds and beasts. Light hand soil to cover. Alden Nowlan's "Weakness" is worth the price. 272 pp..

Toronto: Whittemore Publishing Co., 1949 Book. Illus. by Photos & Diagrams. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Blue cloth on boards. School library presentation bookplate. I was surprised to discover a long article on identifying 65 different trees by examining their twigs. I was delighted to see another article on how to make a willow whistle, just the way we used to do it. Arithmetic on first free endpaper. No other writing or damage. 176 pp..

Toronto: Adam, Stevenson & Co., 1872 Book. Fair to Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original 3/4 brown leather on combed boards. General edge wear. Volume II backstrip is torn about 3 inches from top both sides. A well-respected periodical containing articles of general interest on commerce, politics, history, biography, nature, religion, etc., from both known and unknown writers. Topics in Volume I include : Cavalry Charges at Sedan, Early Christian Art, and Woman's Rights Movements. Volume II has articles on The Thirty Years' War, Beowulf, and Confederation, among many others. Heavy books will need extra postage. 570 and 576 pp., respectively..

N.Y.: The Century Co., 1914 Periodical. Illus. by Many Full-page Illustrations. Good Plus. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original magazine with cover drawing of a farmer with a team of white draft horses. Many stories, a few poems, and scads of ads. Front edge of cover chipped, and bottom inch of spine missing. Still in good, easily readable condition. Order a new Locomobile with push-button starting or a tin of Libby's Cooked Ox Tongues ! 52 pp..

Chicago: The Dial Company, 1909 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original brown faux leather cloth on boards. Leather backstrip showing shoulder wear. Library bookplate with evidence of no circulation (Card is blank). General articles on history, art, biography(William Blake), music, and everything imaginable. Exterior cracking at hinges, but still securely bound. Patterned endpapers. 476 pp..

Chicago: The Dial Company, 1910 Periodical. Illus. by Various. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original dark brown cloth with 1/4 leather backing on boards. Hinges are dry and fragile. Library bookplate and stamps. Essays, Casual Comments, and book reviews, the subjects of which we have several in stock. Literature, art, history, science, and other important subjects of the day. 542 pp..

N.Y.: Re-printed for Ezra Sargeant, 1811 Book. Fair. Hardcover. Re-print. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original paper boards backed in black leather. Most of the first 34 pages (one article only) obliterated by glued-in clippings. Balance lightly browned, but easily readable. Article II is a speech by John Leach, M.P., on Limitations to the Royal Authority. Article III is related to mining; New Theory of the Formation of Veins. Article IV treats Liberty of the Press with wit and humour. Travels in the South of Spain (In Letters) by William Jacob, M.P.,comprises Article V. The sixth article is Burney's Tentamen, a study of the metrical remains of the dramatic poets. A History of Arithmetic by M. Peyrard comprises Article VII. Several more articles are included, for a total of 510 pp., minus the obliterated ones. Catalog of new publications and an index complete this volume. Well-bound..

Camden East, Ontario: Equinox Publishing, 1982 Book. Illus. by Various. Very Good. Pictorial Cover. Charter Issue, Jan.-Feb., 1982. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original pictorial cover charter issue, very good. This magazine was started by James M. Lawrence in tiny Camden East, Ontario, a few years after the amazingly successful launch and worldwide distribution of his Harrowsmith Magazine. Outstanding in its quality of writing and photographic reproduction, this first issue features articles on the Father of Ice Mountains, Artist Robert Bateman, the fishing village of Petit Forte, caribou of the Barren-Ground, architecture of University College, and deep-water submersible vehicles, with a special feature on La Loche, Sask. by Charles Long. 136 pp..

London: S.W. Partridge & Co., 1890 Book. Illus. by Various. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original green cloth heavily decorated in black and lettered in gilt. Apparently a periodical issued monthly, but this volume without mastheads or single issue dates is adjudged to be a "yearly volume" for 1890 (Numbers 241 through 252). Stories, songs, and lovely engravings. Minor corner wear, repaired tear at foot of backstrip, and one strained gutter glued. 188 pp with index, plus ads...

London: Biggs, 1848 Book. Illus. by Various. Fair. Three-Quarter Leather. Volume V(Partial). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original fine tooled half-leather on marbled boards. Black cloth tape on both hinges. Last six weeks missing, but extant are issues from 8 May, 1847 through 18 March, 1848. 750 pp. Body is good, readable, unmarked and unclipped condition. Very small print. Would take the rest of the winter to read it..

Fredericton, N.B.: English Depts., UNB and St. Thomas University, 1968 Periodical. Illus. by Marjory Donaldson (Cover) / Drawings By Sylvia Roth. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original stapled trade paperback with fern motif in yellow on beige wrappers. Editorial bemoans the decline of Canadian short stories. Contributions by Alden Nowlan, et al. High point for me is a laid-in letter from "Aunt Peggy" addressed to "Cathy" and typed on Fiddlehead letterhead. Dated December 9, 1968, it apologizes: "This is a sample copy of the Fiddlehead. I could not start your subscription with the Fall issue as we are running short...." Female nudes by Sylvia Roth. Negligible cover soil. Previous owner's name. 102 pp. ( Several others available)..

London: The Guardian/ Atlantic Books, 2005 Book. Illus. by Drawings and Colour Photos. Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original black cloth on boards. All very good, with no marks or damage. Highlights of the year as in The Guardian. 274 pp..

London: Amalgamated Press/Fleetway House, 1936 Periodical. Very Good in Scrap Book Binder. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original colour cover pulp periodical. Ten consecutive issues, from December 19, 1936, to February 20, 1937. Each copy stapled, punched with two holes, and bound into hard cover Scrap Book by red ribbon (Not glued). Follow Billy Bunter and his schoolmates as they make life miserable for the staff of Greyfriars and have tons of fun !.

New Ulm, MN: Mind and Body Publishing Company, 1932 Book. Good Plus to Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original soft cover stapled periodicals; Nos. 401,402, and 403 of Vol. 38 and No. 404 of Vol. 39. Some articles are: Are Girls Capable of Competing Against Their Brothers?, Psychology to the Aid of Physical Education, Prevention of Physical and Mental Defects, three articles on Stammering and Stuttering, and many more. Each of the four issues has 48 pp..

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1929 Book. Illus. by Many Photos. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original green cloth on boards. Stories on Arizona, Ecuador, Bolivia, Spain, Washington, D.C. and many more. Two pages removed. 780 pp. Very heavy, will require extra postage..

Hampden, ME: Impact Publications, 1987 Book. Illus. by Photos. Very Good. Soft cover. 8 1/2x11. Original photo cover of Harold (Lone Pine) Breau, father of the much better-known Lenny Breau. This is a 78-page promotional magazine featuring visits to Bangor by several famous persons. Included among many others are Aldo Ray, Ted Williams, Rocky Marciano, and Gene Autry and Champion. Lots of historical photos of sports teams, school classes, and local busiesses as well as street scenes..

Richmond, VA: Robert Harding Company, 1910 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Original grey soft card covers with white lettering. Clean and sound. No biography found on Pell, but available references suggest that he was a popular preacher at the beginning of the 20th Century. This booklet carries a religious theme overall. 96 pp..

London: Rationalist Press Association, Limited, 1926 Book. Good Minus. Soft cover. 1926. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orange softcover periodical of 94 pp. Articles by Joseph McCabe, J.B.S. Haldane, Charles T. Gorham, et al. No writing. Chipping to spine..

London: Rationalist Press Association, Limited, 1927 Book. Good Plus. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orange softcover magazine of 92 pp. Three pp. underlined. The Historical Reality of Jesus, Some Aspects of Rationalism, and Why Women Go to Church are three of the 15 articles. Bertrand Russell, Charles T. Gorham, and J.B.S. Haldane are among t his month's contributors..

London: Rationalist Press Association, Limited, 1928 Book. Good Plus. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orange softcover magazine of 94 pp. Top corner tear to back cover. No writing. The Mechanism of Conduct, Philosophy and the Free Mind, and Second Thoughts in a Night Club are three of the 13 essays. Gerald Bullett, Jocelyn Rhys, and F. J. Gould are among the authors..