Blair fraser (69 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Acceptable. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Front cover is a bit bowed. Edgewear to price clipped dj.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Ex-library marks. Covers and endpapers yellowed with age, text and photos are clean. Small tears at spine ends. Heavy to ship. Both English and French language text.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Minor shelf wear to book and dust jacket. Otherwise a tight, unmarked book. 75 pp.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Light dampstaining to lower interior DJ and lower page edges near binding; Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

hardcover. Condizione: Good. Contents are tight and clean; ex-library; No dj.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Good.

Condizione: Acceptable.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. First Printing. Both English and French language text. The book is good with some edge wear, bump at lower spine end, one and a half inch split at lower spine end and light crease at corners. Laid in is the often missing Index of Photos and Credits.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Later Printing. Boards show light shelf wear, DJ has light chipping along top and bottom edges.; A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Map endpapers; Canadian History series #6; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 325 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condizione: New. NordamerikastudienKubakrise und Vietnamkrieg, Buergerrechtsbewegung und Great Society , Woodstock und Mondlandung - die Sixties zaehlen in der Geschichte der USA zu den ereignisreichsten Jahrzehnten ueberhaupt. Wie aber kam es zu den politischen, sozial.

Condizione: Brand New. New. US edition. Expediting shipping for all USA and Europe orders excluding PO Box. Excellent Customer Service.

Condizione: New. This is a Brand-new US Edition. This Item may be shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.

Condizione: Used.

Condizione: Used.

Condizione: Used.

Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First edition. A very scarce first edition copy of this futuristic novel set ten years after its publication, a romance in the days of war written by Hamish Blair. The first edition of this very scarce work.Author's presentation copy, inscribed to the recto to the front endpaper, 'Marcia + David, with the author's affectionate regards, Christmas 1931'.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Great Gesture' is an intriguing interwar futuristic novel in which Europe is on the brink of another war, this time with an arrogant Latin Dictator. America offers a 'great gesture' to save the day, with the founding of a United States of Europe in 1941, providing the backdrop for this exciting romance.By Hamish Blair, the pseudonym of Andrew James Fraser Blair, a Scottish author who also wrote '1957' and 'Governor Hardy'. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Some minor marks to the boards, a little heavier to the rear board. Spots to the fore edge. Author's inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Minor edge wear to the dust wrapper, with small chips and closed tears, heavier to the head and tail of the spine, and to the folds of the fly leaves. Wraps are discoloured, mostly to the spine. Light marks to the wraps, including to the reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with only a few occasional spots. Near Fine. None (illustratore). signed by author. book.…

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. First Edition. 48 pages. Features: Hilda Neatby makes the case against production-line education; The Kennedy Dynasty - the most powerful family in the world; Overmedication (part two) - the criminal record of the miracle drugs; Pauline Julien - the moods of a girl who sings about love; The Emotion of Fear, by June Callwood; Norman Jewison - the stars' status symbol; The case for a divided Germany, by Blair Fraser; Some people 'should' live in sin - so says Arthur Hailey; Those Summers in Toronto - episodes from Morley Callaghan's new book 'That Summer in Paris'; Phyllis Diller does the XBX - with photos. Unmarked. Above-average wear and soiling. A worthy vintage copy.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Fair. First Edition. Features: Lorne Greene - Big Daddy on Horseback is father figure to the whole world, but not in his Beverly Hills mansion [Bonanza TV Show]; The Vanishing Family House - if you don't own a house by now, there's a good chance you never will; House the U.S. Could Ruin Canada; Swimsuits - to stay - but barely - four pages of fantastic photos of women's skimpy swimwear; Cricket; The Boating Bit - an economical way to visit Expo '67; Good Teacher's Don't "Teach" Any More - revolutionaries like Helen Bumphrey are changing all that; Food for Leisure Living; Big Julie Fine arranges luxury picnics, complete with a Rolls-Royce; Quebec's Criminal Network - a behine-the-scenes report on what's been called "the worst network of criminals ever known in Canada"; One-page Canadian Club colour-photo ad shows Gordie Eve falling while climbing a spar tree in B.C.; One-page Mutual of Omaha photo ad features golfer Al Balding and family; Nice one-page colour ad for Expo '67 asks "What are Today's Kids Coming To?; Good-by Dobbin, the world's got wheels - article about the decline of Canada's horse population from over three million before the automobile and tractors came available; Review of Toronto performance by musical group The Monkees, with additional interesting info. about the group and its beginnings; Are Electric Cars Coming Back?; Louis Riel - Excerpt from a new Canadian Opera; Canada in 2067. 96 pages. Complete and unmarked. Contents moderately tanned with age. Heavy wear to covers which bear several archival-grade tape repairs and are loose as one but present. A worthy copy of this fascinating vintage issue.; Folio. …

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. First Edition. 52 pages. Features: How Canada helped Communist China gain a foothold in Africa; Why New Brunswick's bid for one big maritime province never got off the ground; The Warren Report - new boost for the Kennedy memorabilia industry; Merv McKenzie and the Toronto-based campaign to unseat Cassius Clay; Roy Peterson cartoon of Bob Thompson/Real Caouette (Social Credit); Let's stop kidding ourselves about civil defense; Can Canada win the U.S. Election? - should Canada hope for a win by Goldwater or Johnson?; The Cranky conclusions of un-American Canadian Ian Sclanders; The Egg and Donald Shaver - this iron-willed Canadian peddles millions of chickens in 44 countries - fascinating photo-illustrated article; The Happiest Canadians - Newfoundlanders; Norman Philipps and his life and hard times as a Royal Baby-Sitter; Dr. Benge Atlee - the two things wrong with our schools is what they teach and how they teach it;Comeback of the Six-Day Grind - the six-day bicycle race is making a comeback in Canada (in Montreal) - great article with photos; The vanishing Sons of Freedom (Doukhobors) and the tough reporter, Simma Holt, who's finally told their story; Canadian Club ad features photos of Simon Khoury flying on kite behind boat; and more. Above-average external wear and soiling. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy.; Magazine; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, November (Nov.) 2, 1964 George Chuvalo Boxing How Canada helped Communist China gain a foothold in Africa; Why New Brunswick's bid for one big maritime province never got off the ground; The Warren Report - new bo. Illustrated by Sid Barron; (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. First Edition. 50 pages. Features: Douglas Harkness - the lonely ordeal of a rebel Tory; All federal Tories like Duff Roblin; Clayton Boston (Slim) Delbridge and the B.C. Lions of the C.F.L.; Songs to Break Up Canada By - and an Anthem That Can't Offend Anyone - Editorial; The Outstanding Canadians of 1963, with photos - Sister Marie Laurent-de-Rome, Woodrow Lloyd, Glen How, Jack Leitch, Leo Plouffe, Claude Jutra, Leon Major, Ed Mirvish, C.B. MacPherson, Sylvia Fricker, Ian Tyson, Sharp, Mitchell, Peter C. Newman, Pat(rick) Watson; The Growing Acceptance of "Harmless" Narcotics; How I Worked My Way through College Peddling Pot; Douglas Duncan - The Man Who Discovered Canadian Painting; Mad Assault on Everest by Canadian Engineer Earl Denman (a Maclean's Flashback); How John Chester and Family are beating $20,000 in debts; The Older You Get, The Harder the Crooks go after Your Money; Old Books - The Fastest-Growing Cult on the Cultural Front; Old (Antiquarian) Books - The Fastest Growing Cult on the Cultural Front - article with nice photos; Fantastic two-colour one-page photo ad for Ian and Sylvia feature in the next issue of Chatelaine; The Incredible Pace of Modern Master John O'Hara; Ottawa Should Build Schools for Bilingualism in every Province; Nice colour-photo Coke ad on back cover features youthful gang singing with player piano; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. A quality vintage copy. Newlands, Don; Cameron, Duncan; Bonner, Wallace; Blackham, L.; Taylor, G.; Barron, Sid (illustratore). …

Paperback. Condizione: Good. First Edition. 48 pages. Features: Money - Suddenly everybody's owing it - Nine out of ten Canadian families are now living and playing with things they haven't paid for; Which Way Will Mexico Lead Latin America?; Lynn Seymour - what it takes to become an international star - many photos; The new assault on smoking; The anatomy of John Profumo's big lie - behind the greatest scandal of the century; I was shipwrecked on a coral reef - a girl sailor's log of a classic adventure at sea, by Myrna Birch; Great colour photo ad for Sterling London Dry Gin. 5"x4" clipping from Metropolitan Life ad on page 10 does not affect any meaningful content. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. A worthy vintage copy. Newlands, Don; Dille, Lutz; Birch, Myrna (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. First Edition. 66 pages. Features: Nice full-page black and white photo ad for the Boeing 727; Canadian Club colour photo ad features "Sooke Day" on Vancouver Island; Nice colour ad for the 1963 Acadian; Canada's 1963 War Machine - the nuclear mess; The Hole in NATO's front wall; The Man-Eaters of the NHL - flamboyant referee Red Storey describes hockey's tough guys - article with photos of Carl Brewer, Reg Fleming, Howie Young and Lou Fontinato; June Callwood writes about Anger; The Kennedy Dynasty - Part 5 - the crowd around JFK - the loneliest man in the world; Confessions of a hotel fancier, by Pierre Berton; Nice cover photo of NHL tough guy Lou Fontinato; Nice colour photo Coke ad on back cover features cheerleader and three tall basketball players; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy.; Magazine; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, March 9 1963 - Lou Fontinato Cover Photo ad for the Boeing 727; Canadian Club colour photo ad features "Sooke Day" on Vancouver Island; Nice colour ad for the 1963 Acadian; Canada's 1963 War Machine - the nuclear me. Illustrated by Newlands, Don; Turofsky; Rossier, Henry; Shea, Mike;Reeves, John; Capa, Cornell; Whalley, Peter; Stefoff (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. First Edition. 68 pages. Features and articles include: How Regina's Courts Favoured Segregation - Ingrid Bintner can't enroll in a local public school because she's a Roman Catholic; How LSD Saved My Marriage, by Pam Hyatt Foster; The Hawks lost, but Rhodesia may yet defeat the Doves - Canada rescued the Commonwealth - but was it worth the trouble?; How Canadian wonder boy, film director Sidney Furie, "tamed" Frank Sinatra; The Private World of Emily Carr; Montreal Canadiens' goalie Gump (Lorne) Worsley - The Has-been who doesn't know enough to stop being better than anybody - with photos; The House that Wouldn't Stop - Joy Carroll on her family home which began as a modest east-end Toronto summer cottage and ended as a 13-room townhouse - with photos; Peggy Ann Walpole of Toronto's 'Street Haven' helps prostitutes, lesbians, and junkies; How to be a girl alone and see the world, by globe-trotter Marika Robert; Absolutely BEAUTIFUL two-page colour photo featuring a red Buick Wildcat Sport Coupe; Gerald Stevens' Canadiana column; Colour Panasonic TV ad - looks very dated!; Colour photo Ford Auto centerfold which includes a white 1967 Mustang 2+2 Fastback; Postscript to Death in the Arctic - L.A. Learmonth replies to Farley Mowat's coverage of the death of Eskimo Soosee in the July 2/1966 issue of Maclean's; Two-page colour photo ad for 1967 Chevrolet featuring the 1967 Impala Sport Coupe; Rabbi Abraham L. Feinberg argues that Johnson's Vietnam war makes civil disobedience an unavoidable duty. Average wear. Address label on front cover. Binding intact. A sound copy.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. First Edition. 114 pages. Features: Gorgeous two-page colour photo ad for Pontiac cars; Nice colour photo ad for 1968 Polaris snowmobiles; Bruce Hutchison's Unknown in Canada; How Laurier Lapierre Stays Famous; Can the Lapierre Generation Make the NDP Win?; Relic Steam-Age Tractors are now the pride of collectors - article with great colour illustration and photos; Clare Graves - the U.S. College Professor and his theory which explains why China is belligerent, why hippies act so cool, and why you're not getting along with your boss or your mate; Fur fashion article with great black and white photos; A Priest and a Psychiatrist reveal how they explore and cope with agonizing depression, self-doubt and disappointment - their own and that of the people they are trying to help; Recipes for Ontario's fall festivals - fruit, game and cheese; Nostalgic black and white photo ad for Sony's portable 7" TVs; Does it Pay to Go Bandrupt?; Great two-page colour photo ad for four models of the Ford Torino; The Salmon are back in the Great Lakes! - transplanted Kokanee; There's a New Way to Have A Baby - Psychoprophylaxia; Nice two-page photo ad for Ontario Hydro shows the Pickering Nuclear Generation Station and the Mountain Chute dam under construction, plus a crew loading collant assemblies into the reactor at Douglas Point; Nice full-page photo ad for CKEY/590 features traffic man Bob Carter; Nice colour-photo half-page ad for Ski-Doo; Nice 3/4 page colour photo ad for International small trucks/Travelall; Half-page beautiful colour photo ad for the Chrysler 300 2-door hardtop; Nice two-page colour Chevrolet ad featuring the Camaro, Corvette, Chevy II Nova, Chevelle, and Chevrolet; Beautiful two-page colour photo GM ad features the Cutlass "S" Holiday Coupe, Cutlass Supreme Town Sedan, Delta Custom Holiday Coupe and the Ninety-Eight Luxury Sedan; Colour photo Coke ad on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Sebert, John; Loates, M.G. (illustratore). …

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. First Edition. 72 pages. Features: Why Britain's biggest stars flopped on TV; Leslie Frost's masquerade as teh common man - the nation's second most important politician - article with many photos; Bruce Hutchison visits Zsa Zsa Gabor - article with photos; The Night of Terror We'll Never Forget - Victor Desgroseilliers, manager of the Dominion store in Cornwall, Ontario, and his family are terrorized by bandits - article with photos; Can we avoid a shooting battle for Berlin?; Self-Hypnosis could help you beat your tensions; Peter Gzowski writes about what it's like to have a famous ancestor (Sir Casimir Stanislaus Gzowski); Breakout at Amiens Prison - amazing article with great photos; Great Tanners Association of Canada colour ad promotes giving leather shoes to dad for Father's Day; How do you get to be a magazine editor?; Nice colour photo ad for Bulova watches on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Harrison, Lois; Dellow, Alex; Skipsey, Eric; Curtin, Walter; Quenneville, Marcel; Bell, Ken; Weber, Ray (illustratore). …

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. First Edition. 56 pages. Features: The farcical fraud of cheap QCs; A grim chapter in London's war on vice; What happens when John Foster Dulles goes?; Article and wonderful colourful photos of Windsor, Ontario; A fond farewell for the Casino - Toronto's Casino Theatre is about to fall to the wrecking ball - photos and article; The cruel conspiracy of public speaking; An even break for the peaceful timber wolf; How to talk to your spouse - and when not to; Nice colour photo ad for the 1959 Pontiac; Great colour photo ad inside back cover shows couple drinking beer (O'Keefe) and smothing cigarettes (Rothman's) while watching a scantily-clad woman on TV; Coke ad on back cover shows skier drinking; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, January 17, 1959 Strip Joint Toronto fraud of cheap QCs; A grim chapter in London's war on vice; What happens when John Foster Dulles goes?; Article and wonderful colourful photos of Windsor, Ontario; A fond farewel. Illustrated by Whalley, Peter (cover art); Sebert, John; Davenport, Tom;Chalmers, Floyd; Harrison, Lois; Rue, Leonard Lee III; Banfield, Frank;Rockett, Paul (illustratore).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Fair. First Edition. 72 pages. Features: Nice colour photo ad for the Pontiac Parisienne and Firebird; Maclean's interviews John Porter; The Rich - 12 pages of photos and articles on some of Canada's wealthiest people - The Eatons (great full-page photo of John and Fred Eaton), The Irvings, John Basset Jr., Charles Bronfman and Chet Bell; Gordon P. Osler - a member of the WASP elite that runs the Canadian economy; Invest in the Rich Look - colour photo fashion segment; London Ontario's old family scions and nouveaux riches; Meditation - Awesome colour photos and article on the Beatles with the Maharishi in India; How to get paid for not working - scams to collect unemployment insurance; The uncommon cold and how I cured it; Two pages of photos of top Mutual Life of Canada sales leaders; Nice colour photo ad forthe Chevrolet Impala; Coke photo ad on back cover features Tiffany lamp; and more. Covers barely holding by one staple. Peripheral staining to front cover. Chips/openings to top edge of back cover and last few pages Unmarked. Despite its deficiencies, still a worthy vintage copy. Karsh, Yousuf; Ehricht, Horst; Gelinas, Paul; Zichmanis, John (illustratore).…