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- PRATTS POULTRY WRINKLES A PRACTICAL BOOK EDITION OF 1911 Philadelphia, Chicago, Toronto Pratt Food Company 191175.00Condition for this softcover book is very good+ with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners, some wear to spine ends, light crease to front and back covers.
64 pages with illustrations.Staple-bound book, size is 5" x 7"."Containing the Most Improved Methods for Makiung Poultry Pay."01797View Full Details
"Valuable to the beginner, the farmetr, small poultry man, and to the man who raises thousands of chicks." - EIGHTH ANNUAL CATALOGUE. OLD TRUSTY INCUBATORS BROODERS (Original 1910 Catalogue) Clay Center, Nebraska M. M. Johnson Co. 1910175.00Condition for this catalogue is very good with some edge wear, some wear to corners and spines, light crease down left side of catalogue.
96 pages with illustrations throughout.Softcover, size is 9” x 11 ½”.More than just a catalogue there are sections on the life and times of the inventor of the incubator and numerous full-page articles on farm life, fake chicken literature, advertising, when to sell, raising chicken and much, much more. A fascinating catalogue.01796View Full Details - MANHOOD PERFECTLY RESTORED. PROF. JEAN CIVIALE'S SOLUBALE URETHRAL CRAYONS, AS A QUICK, PAINLESS AND CERTAIN CURE FOR IMPOTENCE, LOST MANHOOD, SPERMATTORRHOEA, LOSSES, WEAKNESS AND NERVOUS DEBILITY. ALSO FOR PROSTATITIS AND VARICOCELE New York The Civiale Remedial Agency 1885200.00"Sixth Edition, Enlarged, Revised and Illustrated."Condition is about very good with some edge wear, some wear to corners, light soiling to wrappers.
64 pages with illustrations.Small 8vo. (5” x 7”), pictorial wrappers.“"Manhood Perfectly Restored" by Civiale Remedial Agency is a medical guide written in the late 19th century. The publication addresses issues related to male sexual health, particularly focusing on conditions such as impotence, spermatorrhoea, and nervous debility. It presents the Civiale Urethral Treatment, which claims to be an effective and safe remedy for these ailments. The beginning of the text introduces the Civiale Urethral Method and provides a stark warning to men about the consequences of excessive indulgence and self-abuse. It emphasizes the physical and mental toll of such practices, outlining how they can lead to despair and various medical conditions. In this opening, the text serves as both a promotional piece for the Civiale Remedies and an alarmist account highlighting the severities of the discussed health issues, aiming to persuade readers of the urgent need for medical intervention and treatment through their specific methods.” (Project Gutenberg description).01792View Full Details - SIXTH ANNUAL SARNIA SERTOMA SPORTMEN'S DINNER JUNE 23rd, 1977 Program (1977 Program signed by Three Sporting Legends: Joe Louis, Maurice Richard, Gordie Howe, and 3 others). (Sarnia, ON) no publisher (1977)400.00Condition for this program is very good with light crease down middle, some wear to the corners. 8 pages (including covers).Program size is 8 1/2" x 5 1/2”.Original program from the 1977 Sarnia (Ontario, Canada) SERTOMA Sportmen's Dinner. This program has been signed on the back cover by 6 of the guests, 3 of which are legendary, Joe Louis (former heavy-weight champion), hockey greats Maurice Richard and Gordie Howe, also signed by hockey player Wayne Merrick, then Detroit Tigers leftfielder Ben Ogilvie, and Father Nick Marro.01835View Full Details
A one-of-a-kind signed program! - THE SOUVENIR VOLUME HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE 1866 - FOLDENS METHODIST CHURCH - 1911 No place no publisher 191185.00Condition for this softcover book is good+ with most of the spine worn away (see photo), a couple small tears along the edges of the front cover, some smudging to covers, slight edge wear, interior clean.
(49) pages with photos.Softcover staple-bound book, size is 5 1/2" x 8".Not only a church history, but also a local history of Foldens, Ontario, Canada. Published to commemorate the original little frame church which at time of publication (1911) was being replaced.01790View Full Details - ODDS AND ENDS FROM A REGIMENTAL DIARY No place no publisher no date (ca 1918-22)185.00Condition is near fine with a touch of wear to the corners and spine ends.
30 pages.8vo.A very scarce publication: "A pot-pourri of memories by the padre of the 42nd battalion sent to all ranks as a Christmas card." Cf. Dornbusch. An informal document covering some of the ups and downs of the 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), CEF.01788View Full Details - A STORY OF THE LEE WAY PREPARED AND COMPILED BY MEMBERS OF OUR ORGANIZATION Omaha, NE The Geo. H. Lee Company 192545.00Condition for this softcover book is good with some edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends, small chips to the front cover bottom of spine and top right corner, small tear back cover top of spine, distributor's stamp on first page, small tears along the staples.
64 pages with illustrations.Staple-bound book, size is 5" x 7 1/2".Sales book from the Geo. H. Lee Company on their products, a way "of handling chickens and hogs for success and profit.".01799View Full Details - TRACTOR CLASSICS VOLUME 2 - NUMBER 3 February 1989 Listowel, ON Tractor Classics 198925.00Condition for this magazine is very good+ with slight scuffing to the front cover, some edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends.
36 pages.Magazine, size is 8" x 11".Collector toy magazine published in Canada devoted to the farm tractor.01809View Full Details - HURON COUNTY YEAR BOOK 1950 (Cover Title) ANNUAL FIELD DAY PROGRAMME AND YEAR BOOK No place Huron County Federation of Agriculture 195065.00Condition for this softcover book is very good with slight edge wear, some wear to spine ends and corners, slight curl to the top and bottom right corner.
64 pages with photos.Staple-bound wrappers, size is 6" x 9".Program and year book from the 1950 Huron County, Ontario, Canada Field Day. Includes a bit of history of Goderich and surrounding area, event information, with many local area ads.01793View Full Details - CCM BICYCLES 1933 (Original 1933 CCM Sales Booklet) Weston, ON Canada Cycle & Motor Co., Limited 1933175.00Condition for this booklet is very good+ with slight wear to corners, slight edge wear, very small stain base of spine front and back covers.
16 pages (including wrappers).Booklet size is 6 ¼” x 6 ½”.A lovely scarce booklet from CCM advertising their various styles of bicycles (boys, girls, ladies, delivery bikes). Excellent condition.01804View Full Details - TRACTOR CLASSICS VOLUME 1 - NUMBER 6 August 1988 Listowel, ON Tractor Classics 198825.00Condition for this magazine is very good+ with slight scuffing to the front cover, some edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends.
36 pages.Magazine with paper covers, size is 8" x 11".Collector toy magazine published in Canada devoted to the farm tractor.01810View Full Details - (GREG BACKWELL PRINT). JOHN LABATT AND HIS 1947 STREAMLINER POSTER. SIGNED BY JOE SCOTT (Restorer of the Truck). No place no publisher no date (circa late 1980100.00Signed by Joe Scott, who along with his brother restored the truck. Condition is near fine with a bit of edge wear, slight wear to corners. Thick paper stock, size is 22” x 18 ½”, printed on one side.The Streamliner was restored in 1983 by Joe Scott and his brother Bob, this illustration by Greg Backwell is quite well rendered with details, colours, and a hidden portrait of John Labatt. With a brief history of the restoration and the truck specifications printed on the bottom.01819View Full Details
Not the limited edition print signed by the artist and Joe Scott, but an unnumbered copy signed by Joe Scott only. - (GREG BACKWELL PRINT). JOHN LABATT AND HIS 1919 KEG TRUCK PRINT. SIGNED BY JOE SCOTT (Restorer of the Truck). No place no publisher75.00Signed by Joe Scott, who along with his brother restored the truck.Condition is near fine with a bit of edge wear, slight wear to corners.Thick paper stock, size is 22” x 18 ½”, printed on one side.Restored in 1978, before the above 1947 Streamliner, by Joe Scott and his brother Bob, this illustration by Greg Backwell is quite well rendered with details, colours, and hidden somewhere a portrait of John Labatt.01820View Full Details
Not the limited edition print signed by the artist and Joe Scott, but an unnumbered copy signed by Joe Scott only.
Print will be shipped rolled. - CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL AIR SHOW … 1976. A FEATURE OF THE CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA. (Original Poster) No place no publisher 1976100.00Condition for this poster is better than very good but not quite near fine, with a bit of wear and small tears and a very small chip to the poster’s top left corner. Size is 24” x 36”, poster printed on one side.Original poster for the 1976 Canadian International Air Show held during the Canadian National Exhibition.01821View Full Details
Poster will be shipped rolled. - CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL AIR SHOW. A FEATURE OF THE CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION TORONTO (1981 Original Poster). No place no publisher 198165.00Condition for this poster is near fine with slight edge wear.Poster size is 15 ½” x 22 ½”, printed on one side.Original poster for the 1981 CNE Air Show.01822View Full Details
Poster will be shipped rolled. - SPEED DEPENDS ON KNOWLEDGE OF TYPEWRITER... FOR HOME PRACTICE... RENT A REMINGTON...REMINGTON RAND SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. (Original Poster - Late 1920s to Early 1930s) (USA) Remington Rand School Department no date (ca. 1920-30s)175.00Poster size is 14” x 20", thin card stock, printed on one side with thin metal rods affixed across the top and bottom poster (as issued). Condition is good only with creasing, soiling, poster detached from the top metal rod along the left side for about 5”, some short tears along the side, soiling and a few tape repairs to the back. Although not in the best condition, this is a nice example of a scarce early promotional poster.Poster size is 14” x 20", thin card stock.The poster features Hortense Stollnitz, born in 1897 she took up typing in 1914 to prepare for a journalism course at Columbia. By 1917 she was acclaimed as one of the fastest and accurate typists in America. In a 1917 contest she typed 159 words per minute for over one hour on a Remington 10 model typewriter. Shortly after she began working for Remington traveling the U.S. giving demonstrations, a lot of times in schools, probably where this poster originated.01833View Full Details
Very scarce. - TRACTOR CLASSICS. Volume 1, Number 1 to Volume 4, Number 6. “Canada’s Farm Toy Magazine”. 8) (First 4 Volumes, 24 issues in total.) Listowel, ON Tractor Classics 1987-1991175.00Journals, 8 ½” x 11”, issues range from 20 pages to 32 pages, most are 32 pages. The first issue has a few stains along the top otherwise all issues are in near fine condition. Journals, size is 8" x 11".Published bimonthly in Listowel, Ontario, devoted to the farm toy tractor collector, with information on shows, collectors, and new tractor toy models available.01834View Full Details
- THE EXTORTIONISTS Beverly Hills, CA Guild-Hartford Publishing Co., Inc. 1972175.00Condition for this paperback is better than good but not quite very good with original price label affixed tto the front cover, some edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends, light scuffing to covers.
189 pages.Paperback."Herbert Aller is the only remaining witness to the extortion activities of the crime syndicate of Al Capone and Frank Nitti, the enforcer, Lepke, head of Murder, Inc. and Browne and Bioff."01837View Full Details
Herbert Aller was the business agent of International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Cameramen from 1933 until the end of 1968
A scarce paperback - KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON New York Doubleday 2017175.00First edition.Signed on the front flyleaf.Near fine, in a near fine dustjacket with slight edge wear, with the label “Signed First Edition” affixed to the front cover.
338 with photos.8vo.The true story of the Osage Murders and the birth of the FBI. Basis for the 2023 film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro.01785View Full Details - RECON BY FIRE Ashland, OR Hellgate Press 201985.00Signed by the author.Condition is near fine with slight edge wear, slight wear to the corners. Affixed on the first blank page is a label "Enjoy this true story...", the author has signed part on this label and part on the page (see second photo).
138 pages with photos.Softcover sbook, size is 5 1/2" x 8 1/2".The author's experiences "Fighting with the 1st Battalion 5th (MECH) Infantry in Vietnam". Signed by the author.01787View Full Details - FINGERPRINTS. A NATIONAL POLICE SERVICE. 1) The Henry System; 2) Pattern Types; 3) Filing Sequence; 4) The Single Fingerprint System; 5) General. Ottawa Royal Canadian Mounted Police no date (circa 1973)145.00The first 2 volumes have highlighting in yellow throughout, annotation in pen on front cover of volume 1, otherwise all the volumes are in near fine condition. The inner slipcase has some wear, 4” split along the bottom, the outer slipcase has wear, a scrap on the front with paper loose.
31, 51, 31, 59, and 67 pages. With illustrations.8vo., size 10" x 10",From the foreword: “This series of texts outlines the methods and systems employed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Identification Services in classifying, filing, and searching fingerprints. These updated publications culminate all the techniques and improvement resulting from many years of experience.”01786View Full Details
The five books are titled: 1) The Henry System; 2) Pattern Types; 3) Filing Sequence; 4) The Single Fingerprint System; 5) General. - Anno Domini 1910 Special Centenary Souvenir Number Of Norwich (Cover Title: 1810-1910 Centenary Souvenir Norwich, Ont) (Norwich, ON) The Norwich Gazette, 1910100.00Condition for this softcover book is good+ with most of the spine worn away (see photo), small hole front cover, slight edge wear.
84 pages with photos.Softcover staple-bound book, size is 9 1/4" x 6".Local history of Norwich, Ontario, Canada, "Being a graphic delineation of the retrospective and prospective history of the village of Norwich and Township of North Norwich, together with sketches of people and enterprises that have been prominent for this community its fine status, industrial, commercial and social."01789View Full Details
