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2023 - Additions (32 items)

  • EATON NEWS October 1957 Toronto T. Eaton Co. Limited 1957
    30.00
    Magazine is in about very good with some wear along the spine, light creasing along the spine.
    16 pages with photos and illustrations.    Magazine, size is 8 1/2" x 11" .
    Eaton's News journal "Published monthly... in the interest of Eaton Employees."

    Includes information for employees, Eaton's Doll Contest, service anniversaries, fashions from Paris, bowling, and more.
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  • TRAVELAIDE BUREAU MONTREAL VISITOR (Original Tourist Brochure) (Montreal) Travelaide Bureau (c. 1946)
    25.00
    Staple-bound sales brochure in near fine condition with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners.
    28 pages with a foldout map (14" x 9").    Staple-bound brochure, size is 4" x 9".
    Travel brochure for Montreal, map is copyright 1946. Contains info on hotels, restaurants, "reputable stores", points of interest, and more.
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  • EATON NEWS January 1958 Toronto T. Eaton Co. Limited 1958
    25.00
    Magazine is in good+ condition with a 1" split along the bottom of the spine, small thin stains to the front and back covers (inside as well) along the bottom.
    16 pages with photos and illustrations.    Magazine, size is 8 1/2" x 11" .
    ton's News journal "Published monthly... in the interest of Eaton Employees."

    Includes information for employees, news of the Spring and Summer catalogue, the Christmas parties, the night shift story at the Yonge Street store (Toronto), bowling tournament and more.
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  • WARNER BROS. PRESENTS JOHN BARRYMORE IN DON JUAN (Original 1926 Program) No place no publisher (1926)
    165.00
    Condition for this program is good with wear and fading to covers, wear along the spine with a slight curl to the spine, creases to the program.
    12 pages with photos and illustrations.    Oblong 4to. (12” x 9”) staple-bound wrappers with die-cut cover.
    “Don Juan is a 1926 American romantic adventure film directed by Alan Crosland. It is the first feature-length film to utilize the Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound system with a synchronized musical score and sound effects, though it has no spoken dialogue.” (Wikipedia).

    A scarce silent film program featuring John Barrymore as Don Juan and with some wonderful photographic montages of the actors and scenes.
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  • WELCOME TO SAINT JOHN AND LANCASTER NEW BRUNSWICK (Cover Title) Saint John, NB Municipal Tourist Committee... 1962
    25.00
    Staple-bound booklet in very good condition with some edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends.
    26 pages with photos and numerous local ads.     Booklet size is 9 1/2" x 7 1/4".
    1960s tourist booklet for Saint John and Lancaster, New Brunswick.
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  • EATON NEWS April 1956 Volume 1, Number 1 Toronto T. Eaton Co. Limited 1956
    40.00
    Magazine is in better than good but not quite very good condition with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends, a bit of soiling to the covers.
    24 pages with photos and illustrations.    Magazine, size is 8 1/2" x 11" .
    First issue of the Eaton News Journal, ""A spanking new publication to go with the season - a new name, new size and better coverage - all designed for your reading pleasure." "Published monthly... in the interest of Eaton Employees."

    Includes information for employees, the drug factory, Montreal potter, presentations and parties, hat styles, the "New Look" Victoria, B.C. store, the Eaton's Service Building, fashion, sports and more.
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  • CANADIAN AVIATION
    OCTOBER 1931     Toronto Aviation League of Canada (1931)
    45.00
    Condition for this journal is very good+ with slight edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends.
    32 pages with photos and related ads.    Magazine, size is 9" x 12".
    This issue includes the articles:
    Aircraft Occupy the Sky at Toronto
    Britain's Schneider Triumph is Engineering Achievement
    An Air Vacation to the Atlantic
    First Tip Top Derby is a Thriller
    How to Land Plane in Dense Forest
    Gliding Has Taken Hold in Alberta
    All-Metal Plane Tested at Ottawa
    War Time Pilots and more.


    Also, some wonderful aviation related ads.
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  • HIGHEST GRADE ARCHITECTURAL VARNISHES THE IMPERIAL VARNISH AND COLOR COMPANY Toronto Imperial Varnish & Color Co. Limited no date (ca. 1910s?)
    65.00
    Small stain at top of spine evident throughout the booklet (not covering text) otherwise near fine.
    12 pages with a few illustrations.    Staple-bound booklet, size is 3 1/2" x 6".
    Advertising booklet from this Toronto based company for varnishes to the trade (not private individuals). A scarce booklet.
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  • CLUB BAGS, TRUNKS SUIT CASES. CATALOGUE NUMBER 10. Hugh Carson Company Limited (Original Catalogue) Ottawa Hugh Carson Co. Limited no date (ca. 1928-1930)
    165.00
    4to. wrappers (8 ½” x 11 ½”), 56 pages with numerous illustrations. Condition for this catalogue is good+ with some wear and curl to corners, some scuffing to covers.
    Original catalogue from the Ottawa based Hugh Carson Company Limited, “Makers of Trunks, Travelling Bags, Suit Cases, etc…” With a price list dated 1928 for “Catalogue No. 8”.
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  • GOODYEAR NEWS October 1944 New Toronto Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. of Canada, Limited 1944
    60.00
    Condition for this journal is good+ with some edge wear, small 1/2" tear along spine at bottom, some wear to bottom of the spine, small scrap (loss of paper only) to the front cover top right corner, still a nice copy.
    16 pages with photos and illustrations.    Magazine, size is 8 1/2" x 11".
    A Goodyear Company journal published for its employees. This issue published during World War 2 contains many war related articles and ads. Articles include "Action off Iceland"; "Wide Base Rims for Trucks Buses Trailers"; "Sarnia Celebrates"; and more.

    Scarce.
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  • DISTINGUISHED MIRRORS BY HOBBS. CATALOGUE NO. 3. London, ON Hobbs Glass Mfg. Co. Limited c. 1929
    85.00
    Condition for this catalogue is about very good with some fading to the covers, some edge wear, some wear to spine ends, small scrap to back cover.Staple bound catalogue (10” x 6 ¾”), wrappers, many illustrations throughout.
    Catalogue No 3 from this London, Ontario based mirror and glass manufacturing company. Scarce.
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  • BLACK & DECKER ELECTRIC TOOLS
    "WITH THE PISTOL GRIP AND TRIGGER SWITCH"
    Black and Decker Manufacturing Company     Towson, MD & Toronto Black & Decker Mfg. Co. no date (ca. 1920s?)
    65.00
    Condition for this booklet is near fine with slight wear to corners, slight wear to spine ends, minor tanning to pages.
    20 pages (including covers).    Booklet size is 3 1/2” x 6 1/4”.
    An original, and scarce, booklet from Black & Decker on their electric power tools with "... the pistol grip and trigger switch".
    This booklet is stamped on the front cover with the distributor's stamp of Aikenhead Hardware Limited of Toronto.
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  • GOODYEAR NEWS August 1943 New Toronto GOODYEAR NEWS August 1943 1943
    75.00
    Condition for this journal is very good with some edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends, some wear along the spine.
    16 pages with photos and illustrations.    Magazine, size is 8 1/2" x 11".
    A Goodyear Company journal published for its employees. This issue published during World War 2 contains many war related articles and ads. Articles include "How Murphy's 'Boy Power' Licked Old Man 'Manpower'"; "500,000 [Military Vehicles] ... and Still Going Strong!"; "Hats Off -- To the Women of Britain!"; "Goodyear Life-Rafts and Bullet-Seal Fuel Tanks Save Airmen's Lives the World Over"; and more.

    Scarce.
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  • EATON’S OF CANADA. SPRING AND SUMMER 1942 In-Store Eaton's Catalogue Toronto T. Eaton Company Ltd. (1942)
    185.00
    “1942 Spring & Summer” handwritten on front card covers in marker, back cover has some staining along the top otherwise in near fine condition.
    408 pages profusely illustrated in colour and b/w.    Card covers with wrappers bound-in, size 10” x 12 ½”.
    Original 1942 Eaton’s catalogue, this copy has been bound in cardboard with a cloth spine probably for in-store use or reference.
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  • GOODYEAR NEWS March 1943 New Toronto Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. of Canada, Limited 1943
    75.00
    Condition for this journal is very good with some edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends, some wear along the spine.
    16 pages with photos and illustrations.    Magazine, size is 8 1/2" x 11".
    A Goodyear Company journal published for its employees. This issue published during World War 2 contains many war related articles and ads. Articles include "Cars Must Roll to the War Plants!"; "Goodyear Canada is Now Making the Life-Saving Rubber Life Rafts"; "Canadian Machines Help Rout Rommel"; and more.

    Scarce.
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  • NEW YORK'S WORLD FAIR. 1940 EDITION. ILLUSTRATED BY CAMERA (Cover Title) New York Manhatten Post Card Publishing Co. 1940
    35.00
    Softcover staple-bound book is in very good+ condition with slight edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends.
    64 pages with numerous photos.    Softcover staple-bound book, size is 7" x 10".
    Photo book from the 1940 New York World's Fair.
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  • EATON NEWS January 1961 Toronto T. Eaton Co. Limited 1961
    30.00
    Magazine is in very good+ condition with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends, minor soiling to back cover.
    20 pages with photos and illustrations.    Magazine, size is 8 1/2" x 11" .
    Eaton's News journal "Published monthly... in the interest of Eaton Employees." Includes information for employees (including the need to print names and addresses on forms clearly as one of the examples shows someone wrote down "Roast Pork Drive" instead of Rose Park Ave.), news of the company Christmas party, the new stainless steel promotion, and more.
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  • EATON NEWS June-July 1961 Toronto T. Eaton Co. Limited 1961
    30.00
    Magazine is in very good with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends.
    20 pages with photos and illustrations.    Magazine, size is 8 1/2" x 11" .
    Eaton's News journal "Published monthly... in the interest of Eaton Employees."

    Includes information for employees, new appointments, welcoming tourists, four 50-year men, sports and more.
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  • J.F. HARTZ COMPANY LIMITED. HOSPITAL AND PHYSICIANS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES. (Original Medical Supplies Catalogue - Toronto) Toronto J.F. Hartz Co. Ltd. (1960)
    85.00
    Condition for this catalogue is very good with some shelf wear, slight wear to corners, a bit of wear along the spine.
    352 pages plus a comprehensive index. Illustrations throughout.    Large hardcover, size is 9" x 11 ½”, cloth with gilt lettering.
    Published to coincide with this Canadian company’s 60th anniversary (founded in 1900) this catalogue contains a vast array of hospital and physicians supplies and equipment.
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  • JIMMIE LYNCH’S DEATH DODGERS PROGRAM (Original 1955 Souvenir Program) No place no publisher (1955)
    125.00
    Condition is very good+ with light creasing to covers, some wear to corners and spine ends.
    24 pages with photos and ads.    Program, size is 8 1/2” x 11”.
    Original 1955 souvenir program for the Jimmie Lynch Death Dodgers, program includes brief bios of some of the drivers, Goodyear Tires article, driving tips, etc. Scarce.
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  • HOME OF THE G&J TIRE (Advertising Book G & J Tire) Indianapolis Hollenbeck Press, for G & J Tire Company no date (ca. 1910)
    275.00
    Condition for this booklet is good+ with slight wear to corners and spine ends, slight fading to covers, some offsetting to back cover, small paper remnants on the back cover and some offsetting. Still a nice copy.
    16 pages with photos.    Staple-bound booklet, size is 7" x 8 1/2".
    "A pictorial trip through the factory of the G&J Tire Company at the city of Indianapolis, USA illustrating approved & modern methods in handling rubber."

    A scarce booklet on the workings of a 1910 tire factory.
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  • ABOUT Volume 1 Issue 1 April 1982 (Magazine with SCTV Article) Toronto YS Communications Incorporated 1982
    60.00
    Condition for this magazine is fine.
    80 pages with photos.    Magazine
    A short-lived magazine about ... everything? Not sure. It was published in Canada and among the articles is a 12-page one on SCTV by "two of the comedy hit's creative consultants, includes never-before-published scripts and photographs from Second City's own record book of characters and costumes taken by Bev Schechtman, Judy Cooper-Sealy and Richard Zyp."

    Scarce.
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  • HISTORY OF SMITHS FALLS, THE Smiths Falls, ON Smiths Falls Historical Society no date (1976)
    30.00
    Condition for softcover book is fine.
    Unpaginated (approx. 90 pages), with photos and local area ads.    Softcover book, size is 8 1/2" x 11".
    Local history produced on Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada's 150th anniversary.
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  • THE STORY OF DUPONT CANADA NYLON (Original Brochure) Montreal Du Pont of Canada Ltd. no date (1950s)
    35.00
    Condition for this brochure is very good+ with slight wear to corners and spine ends, minor soiling to back cover.
    12 pages with illustrations.    Wrappers, size is 8 1/2" x 11".
    Original brochure from Du Pont Canada about the development of nylon in the late 1930s.
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  • EATON NEWS February 1958 Toronto T. Eaton Co. Limited 1958
    30.00
    Magazine is in very good with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners, the white along the top and part of the top of the spine area of the front cover are due to a printer's error, small nick on front cover beneath the text.
    16 pages with photos and illustrations.    Magazine, size is 8 1/2" x 11" .
    Eaton's News journal "Published monthly... in the interest of Eaton Employees."

    Includes information for employees, blood clinic, training tomorrow's retailers at Ryerson, anniversaries, sports scene, and more.
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  • SCREENLAND
    NOVEMBER, 1927     New York Magazine Builders, Inc. 1927
    85.00
    Magazine is in very good+ condition with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners, some wear to spine ends, some scuffing smudging and small stains to back cover. A nice copy.
    104 pages with illustrations and photos.    Magazine, size is 8 1/2" x 11 3/4".
    Wonderful 1920s movie magazine featuring articles on and photos of the movie business and stars of the twenties. Cover illustration of Billie Dove.
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  • ROLLAND SKETCH BOOK OF MODERN LETTERHEAD DESIGN VOLUME 2 Montreal Rolland Paper Company Limited no date (ca. 195-?)
    75.00
    Book is in fine condition, slipcase shows wear at corners with small chip at corner.
    6 pages, with 36 leaves (recto only) of samples. With slipcase.    Paper boards with cloth spine, size is 9 1/2" x 11 1/2".
    Although stated as Volume 2, I can find no record of there being a Volume 1, only Volume 2 on Worldcat. Endpapers contain the statement, “Rolland Paper presents forty-eight original letterhead sketches to help you formulate effective Business Stationery in keeping with modern trends.” With samples of paper and designs.
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  • CANADIAN AVIATION
    OCTOBER 1930     Toronto Aviation League of Canada (1930)
    45.00
    Condition for this journal is about very good with some edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends, a light creasing top to bottom.
    40 pages with photos and related ads.    Magazine, size is 9" x 12".
    This issue includes the articles:
    Fairchild Open Air Harbor and New Factory at Montreal by R.B. Irvine
    Aviation Garden Party at Brampton is Interesting Event
    Air Pageant at Montreal
    Kitchener-Waterloo Air Meet
    Kingston Labor Day Air Meet by "Had" Herrington
    Air Line Schedules
    model aircraft news and more.


    Also, some wonderful aviation related ads.
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  • TOWN OF MOUNT ROYAL 75th ANNIVERSARY SOUVENIR BOOKLET (Cover Title) Mount Royal, QC 75th Anniversary Committee of the Town of Mount Royal... 1987
    25.00
    Softcover staple-bound book is in very good+ condition with slight edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends.
    64 pages with photos. Text is in French and English.    Softcover staple-bound book, size is 6 3/4" x 10".
    Souvenir book for the Quebec town of Mount Royal, published to celebrate their 75th anniversary.
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  • KEN BUTLER CRASH DRIVERS (Original Program 1960s) Cranford, NJ Ken Butler Crash Drivers, Inc. no date (ca. early to mi
    145.00
    Condition is very good with some light creasing to covers, slight wear to corners and spine ends.
    12 pages including the wrappers, with photos.    Program (8 ½” x 11”).
    Original program for the Ken Butler Crash Drivers. One of the more successful stunt driver shows on the circuit run by Ken Butler who lost a leg in 1928 in a motorcycle accident.
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