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Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. As new with CD still in rear pocket and seal unbroken. Comes with dust jacket protected in archival quality mylar cover.

United Motors Service Inc, 1933. Staple bound. Good. Assume service instructions are for Chevrolet models as "Chevrolet" is mentioned on p. 5 and 6. Staple bound letterhead is hole punched for insertion into a three ring binder, 4to (11 inches tall), pp. 10, illustrated. Paper is browned with horizontal mailing fold lines, a few creases and small fold line tears with an occasional checkmark or annotation in pencil. A complete service bulletin with two schematics, trouble shooting hints and a 4 page parts list at rear.

Dallas, Texas: Division of Production, American Petroleum Institute, 1958. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Green cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt onto spine, illustrated with a map, charts, diagrams, 4to (10 inches tall), pp. viii, 87. Binding with slant, else near fine and unmarked. B&W photos throughout, including appendices, glossary and a bibliography.

Chicago, IL: Rotary International, 1948. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Yellow cloth with title stamped in blue onto upper board and spine, 8vo (8-1/2 inches tall), pp. 140, stated second printing, illustrated with chapter headpieces. DJ with just a few minor creases and short closed tears. Uncommon in the original glassine dust jacket.

Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine: Dolia, 1997. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Printed wraps, 4to (11-5/8 inches tall), pp. 126. Light wear to covers. Interesting work by this Ukrainian poet, artistically executed in various fonts and sizes. Printed facsimile inscription (assume) on title page reads roughly "For a creative success, for many years, for happiness - I wish! Yours truly: The author.

Calgary, AB: The "Nutcracker" Publishing Syndicate, 1919. Paperback. Near Very Good. Sixteen nonconsecutive 1919 issues (Jan. 2, Jan. 15, Jan. 30, Feb. 12, Feb. 26, March 12, March 26, April 8, April 23, May 7, May 22, June 5, June 19, July 24, Aug. 7, Sept. 11) of an independent political newspaper, published on alternative Thursdays by the "Nutcracker" Publishing Syndicate, in Calgary, Alberta. All issues c. 11.5 inches tall, pp. 16, illustrated with the visual language of political cartoons, photo reproductions and ads. Volumes variously toned and hole punched at spine, scattered soil, most ads with check marks, else clean throughout. "The Non-Partisan League expeditiously came into existence in Alberta in 1916 off the momentum of the election successes of the League in North Dakota and the rapid, overwhelming support it found in the neighbouring province of Saskatchewan. As a protest movement in North Dakota, the League quickly became a prominent political force, and it was soon strongly… Read More

Calgary, AB: The "Nutcracker" Publishing Syndicate, 1917. Paperback. Very Good. Two nonconsecutive wartime issues (Dec. 15, 1916 : Nov. 14, 1917) of an independent political newspaper, published on alternative Thursdays by the "Nutcracker" Publishing Syndicate, in Calgary, Alberta. Both issues 11.75 inches tall, pp. 16, illustrated with the visual language of political cartoons, photo reproductions and ads. Volumes variously toned, else clean throughout. "The Non-Partisan League expeditiously came into existence in Alberta in 1916 off the momentum of the election successes of the League in North Dakota and the rapid, overwhelming support it found in the neighbouring province of Saskatchewan. As a protest movement in North Dakota, the League quickly became a prominent political force, and it was soon strongly organized in at least five other states and three Canadian provinces. It began in 1915 and grew with such swiftness that, under the organization of A.C. Townley, it won the governorship and… Read More

Calgary, AB: The "Nutcracker" Publishing Syndicate, 1919. Paperback. Near Very Good. Three nonconsecutive issues (Sept. 29, 1917 ; Nov. 14, 1917 ; Feb. 26, 1919) of an independent political newspaper, published on alternative Thursdays by the "Nutcracker" Publishing Syndicate, in Calgary, Alberta. All issues c. 11.5 inches tall, pp. 16, illustrated with the visual language of political cartoons, photo reproductions and ads. Volumes variously toned, else clean throughout. "The Non-Partisan League expeditiously came into existence in Alberta in 1916 off the momentum of the election successes of the League in North Dakota and the rapid, overwhelming support it found in the neighbouring province of Saskatchewan. As a protest movement in North Dakota, the League quickly became a prominent political force, and it was soon strongly organized in at least five other states and three Canadian provinces. It began in 1915 and grew with such swiftness that, under the organization of A.C. Townley, it won the… Read More

Calgary, AB: The "Nutcracker" Publishing Syndicate, 1918. Paperback. Near Very Good. Nine nonconsecutive wartime issues (March 15, Aug. 30, Sept. 12, Sept. 27, Oct. 17, Nov. 6, Nov. 20, Dec. 4, Dec. 18) of an independent political newspaper, published on alternative Thursdays by the "Nutcracker" Publishing Syndicate, in Calgary, Alberta. All issues c. 11.5 inches tall, pp. 16, illustrated with the visual language of political cartoons, photo reproductions and ads. Volumes variously toned and hole punched at spine, most ads with check marks, else clean throughout. "The Non-Partisan League expeditiously came into existence in Alberta in 1916 off the momentum of the election successes of the League in North Dakota and the rapid, overwhelming support it found in the neighbouring province of Saskatchewan. As a protest movement in North Dakota, the League quickly became a prominent political force, and it was soon strongly organized in at least five other states and three Canadian provinces. It began in… Read More

Calgary, AB: The Western Independent Publishing Co, 1920. Paperback. Very Good. Three non-consecutive issues of an independent political newspaper, published every Wednesday by The Western Independent Publishing Co., in Calgary, Alberta. All issues c. 11.5 inches tall, pp. 16, illustrated with the visual language of political cartoons, photo reproductions and ads. Volumes variously toned with an occasional small closed tear, else clean throughout. "The Non-Partisan League expeditiously came into existence in Alberta in 1916 off the momentum of the election successes of the League in North Dakota and the rapid, overwhelming support it found in the neighbouring province of Saskatchewan. As a protest movement in North Dakota, the League quickly became a prominent political force, and it was soon strongly organized in at least five other states and three Canadian provinces. It began in 1915 and grew with such swiftness that, under the organization of A.C. Townley, it won the governorship and legislature… Read More

Grand Forks, BC, 1948. Loose Photographs. Good. Three professional 8 x 10 gelatin silver photographs of the 1948 flash flood in Grand Forks, BC. The two photos with white borders are 8 x 10 inches, and the trimmed, borderless photo is 5 x 9 inches. Verso of two photos are credited "Geo. Ishirari"[?] or "Ishurara"[?] and all three with the rubber stamp "Photo by Grand Forks Gazette / Grand Forks, B.C.", one with date rubber stamp "JUN 1 1948" and "Flash Flood Waters Grand Forks". Photos with some creases, crinkling and soil, one photo has the white border trimmed off. Flooding was widespread in 1948 "A flash flood causing damage estimated at more than $70,000 hit Grand Forks without warning, covering most of the North Fork land on both sides of the river and hitting hard in the Ruckle Addition. First Street and the first block on Bridge Street in the business sector, filled with water in a matter of minutes. A wall of water breaking through the old Granby dam caused the flood." Grand Forks Gazette dot ca.

Vancouver, BC: Industrial Workers of the World, 1920. Paperback. Near Fine. Full cover title is "Constitution and Laws of the Lumber & Camp Worker's Industrial Union of the One Big Union : Adopted January, 1919 / Amended July, 1919 / Amended, January 1920". This Constitutional pamphlet was likely published shortly after its final amendment in January, 1920 and, would have been considered to be seditious material by the government of the day. It also may be one of the IWW's earliest Canadian publications. The IWW was outlawed in Canada from 1918-22, so any "undesirables" "agitators" or "organizers" holding IWW printed literature - including this pamphlet - would have been jailed and / or deported. (see "Whence They Came" by Barbara Walters (U of O Press, 1988, p. 72 & 89). Founded in Chicago in 1905, the members of Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) were nicknamed "Wobblies" - a name which stuck. Stapled wraps, 24mo size (5.25 inches tall), pp. 1-40 ; volume is toned with small stains and creases,… Read More

Chicago, IL: Industrial Workers of the World, 1957. Fifth Revised Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Founded in Chicago in 1905, the members of Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) were nicknamed "Wobblies" - a name which stuck. Stapled wraps, 8vo size (9 inches tall), pp. 32, illustrated w. title page line drawing of two workers clasping hands and a centerfold spread showing the world of "The One Big Union Structure" ; volume w. minor creases and a short closed tear at top of back cover, else clean and unmarked throughout. Includes a promotional leaflet (11x8.5 inches) "Unionism - - - Man's Best Bet" w. self-addressed coupon to mail in for further information. Uncommon with the promotional leaflet loosely laid in.