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- LIFE OF TOM MIX SOUVENIR PROGRAM SELLS-FLOTO CIRCUS No place no publisher (1930)135.00Condition for the program is very good+ with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends, light tanning to covers and to pages.
36 pages.Softcover staple-bound program, size is 7" x 10".Original 193o program for the Sells-Floto Circus featuring western film star Tom Mix.01737View Full Details - SCREENLAND THE SMART SCREEN MAGAZINE35.00
April 1937 New York Screenland Magazine, Inc. 1937Magazine is in very good condition with slight edge wear, some wear to spine ends, a bit of soiling to the covers, a bit of darkening along the top of the front cover. A nice copy.
98 pages with illustrations and photos.Magazine, size is 8 1/2" x 11 1/2".Late 1930s movie magazine featuring articles on and photos of the movie business and stars.01723View Full Details
The cover features Fredric March.
With articles "The Secret Heart of Garbo", "The Truth About Tone. Franchot Tone", "Workaday Girl. Frances Farmer", "Ginger Shoots the Works! Ginger Rogers", reviews and more. - CONSTABULARY GAZETTE (RUC)75.00
February 1954 The Constabulary Gazette Belfast (1954)Condition is good+ with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends, a few small dimples (indents) to the journal that evident to about the first 10 pages (not holes, no loss of text).
32 pages.Staple-bound journal, size is 5 1/2" x 8 1/4".Official voice of the infamous Northern Ireland Royal Ulster Constabulary which was founded on 1 June 1922 as a successor to the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) following the partition of Ireland and lasted until 2001.01724View Full Details
Includes sections on "Around the Counties", "Special Constabulary Notes", "RUC Athletic Notes", "Our Legal Page", and more with related ads. - SCREENLAND THE SMART SCREEN MAGAZINE45.00
December 1938 New York Screenland Magazine, Inc. 1938Magazine is in very good condition with a very small tear to front cover right side, some foxing to the inside back cover along the edges (see photo) which is evident to a much lesser degree to the outside back cover and the last page, slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and the spine ends. Still a nice copy.
98 pages with illustrations and photos.Magazine, size is 8 1/2" x 11 1/2".Late 1930s movie magazine featuring articles on and photos of the movie business and stars.01725View Full Details
The cover features Bette Davis and Errol Flynn.
With articles on Margaret Sullavan, Myrna Loy, "Great Women of Motion Pictures. Mary Pickford" by Margaret E. Sangster, Bob Hope and more. - AN EYEFUL OF PARIS125.00
18TH LOS ANGELES ANNUAL POLICE SHOW SHRINE AUDITORIUM
MAY 1st to 14th incl (1952).
(Original Program) (Los Angeles) no publisher (1952)Condition for the program is very good+ with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends, a few small smudges to the back cover.
16 pages with local area ads.Wrappers, size is 8 1/2” x 11”.Original program for the LAPD's annual police show held at the Shrine Auditorium. With a special LAPD band and motorcycle drill team present by the then infamous chief of police William H. Parker. Includes a "In Memoriam" page with officers who died in the line of duty and during time in Korean. Two page centre spread on the show "An Eyeful of Paris" featuring many of Hollywood's finest, Jack Benny, Dennis Day, Gene Autry, Liberace, and Bob Hope.01726View Full Details
Also, includes 3 page article "Your Freeway Responsibilities", some interesting sponsor ads (1/2 page with a single word "dragnet", for example).
A scarce program. - TESTED RECIPES45.00
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company Cobourg, ON Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. no date (ca. 1920 to 193Condition for this booklet is very good with slight edge wear, a couple of small tears along cover edges, tanning to pages.
32 pages with illustrations.Pictorial staple-bound wrappers, size is 4 1/2" x 7".Canadian edition of Lydia E. Pinkham's "medicinal" booklet. This booklet aimed at women (hence the cook book) with tonics, supplements, etc., to help stave or prevent all kinds of illnesses and diseases. Includes info on etiquette, setting the table, and many testimonials. Scarce.01727View Full Details - TESTED RECIPES35.00
Jewel Shortening Recipe Contest Toronto Swift Canadian Co., Ltd. c. 1950Condition is very good with slight edge wear, some wear to corners, some wear to spine ends.
96 pages with photos.Staple-bound wrappers, size is 5" x 8"."Selected from the thousands of interesting recipes, entered in our recent Jewel Shortening Recipe Contest."01728View Full Details - 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION375.00
4TH DIVISION ARTILLERY Baton Rouge The Division Artillery, 4th Infantry Division c. 1946Book is in very good condition with a bit of wear to covers, shelf wear to the spine ends, some wear to the corners.
162 pages with numerous photos.Embossed cloth hardcover, size is 9" x 12".Regimental history of the United States 4th Infantry Division during World War 2, along with a history of the 4th Division Artillery.01733View Full Details
The book also contains lists with photos of commanders, and members of the various artillery battalion members. - JIMMIE LYNCH DEATH DODGERS PROGRAM75.00
(Original 1950 Souvenir Program) No place no publisher (1950)Condition for the program is about very good with some edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends, a bit of tanning to the front and the back covers.
12 pages with photos.Wrappers, size is 8 1/2” x 11”.Original 1950 souvenir program for the Jimmie Lynch Death Dodgers, program includes the article "The Jimmie Lynch Story", a page of photos of the Jimmie Lynch Ranch, and more.01734View Full Details - 1953 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES STUNT CONTEST TOURNAMENT OF THRILLS SOUVENIR PICTORIAL REVIEW175.00
(1953 Program With 10 Autographs) No place no publisher (1953)Condition for the program is about very good with a 3" split along the bottom of the spine, slight wear to the corners and spine ends, small blemish inside the front cover bottom near spine (see second photo).
12 pages with photos.Wrappers, size is 8 1/2” x 11”.Original 1953 program for the Tournament of Thrills, a contest of thrill drivers featuring the drivers of the "Hollywood Stuntmen", "Canadian Aces", "Chitwood Daredevils", and the "Indianapolis Daredevils".01736View Full Details
There is a page of driver photos three which have been signed by the respective drivers (2 in pen, 1 in pencil), Bobby LaBay of the Canadian Aces, Bobbie Tex Dyer of the Hollywood Stuntman, and in pencil Jimmy Mercer of the Indianapolis Daredevils. The inside back cover page is titled "Autographs" and there are another 8 signatures on the page all signed in pen, ones that can be made out are: another from Bobbie Tex Dyer, George Valentine, Hap Roberts, Roger Stevens. Can't make out four signatures, Danny Sill?, Carl ?, Bob Earl?, and Big Bundy? - LET MY SHOW GO ON!"400.00
THE BUFFALO BILL WILD WEST SHOW & CIRCUS
HISTORICAL REVIEW AND MAGAZINE
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12 Page "Program of Events" No place Buffalo Bill Wild West Show Co., Inc. no date (1917)Condition for this "Historical Review and Magazine" is very good with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends, some scuffing and darkening to back cover, a bit of wear along the spine, some offsetting to the first page. Still a very nice copy.
Condition for the "Program of Events" is about good, staples rusted away for the most part and no longer hold the program together (program is complete), cheap paper is tanned throughout, 4" tear that runs along the bottom part of the spine, light dampstaining to the pages near the spine.
Magazine is 16 pages with photos.
Programme is 12 pages (including wrappers), with ads. As issued.Softcover staple-bound magazine, size is 7 1/4" x 9 1/2", Program of events size is 7" x 9".Original 1917 magazine and program of events for the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show and Circus. The show halted due to money problems in 1913. Buffalo Bill Cody died January 10th, 1917, and the show was revived later in 1917 by Cody's foster son, Johnny Baker, though this proved unsuccessful.01742View Full Details
A scarce combination magazine and program. - HISTORY OF THE 14th ARMORED DIVISION, The Atlanta, GA Albert Love Enterprises no date (ca. 1945-47)285.00Book is in very good condition with a bit of wear to covers, shelf wear to the spine ends, a bit of wear to the corners, a few pages have some underlining and notations in pen (not much).
Unpaginated (approx. 280+ pages) with photos.Pebbled embossed cloth hardcover, size is 9" x 12".An in-depth history of the World War 2 operations of the United States 14th Armoured Division, nicknamed the "Liberators".01732View Full Details
There are 14 chapters titled: "Activation", "Training, and the Flood", "Training, Reorganization and Maneuvers", "Training and P.O.M", "Aboard Ship, Marseille and the Alps", "Combat Command A - Gerwiller, Benfield and Barr", "Entry into Germany", "Task Force Hudelson", "Hatten - Rittershoffen", "Defense", "Breakthrough", "Pursuit. Lohr, Gemunden, Neustadt, Hammelburg", "The Battle of the Autobahn. The Death of a State", and "Victory".
The book also contains a list of the unit's Award Winners, those Killed in Action, Died of Wounds, Missing in Action, and Wounded in Action, along with a full Roster of the unit. - BREAD ALONE35.00
Black Creek Pioneer Village (Toronto) Black Creek Pioneer Village no date (1980s/1990s)Originally published in the 1970s by Southern Ontario Unit, Herb Society of America.Condition is near fine with slight wear to corners and spine ends, light crease back cover.
24 pages.Pictorial staple-bound wrappers, size is 5 1/2" x 8 1/2".Publication from Toronto's Black Creek Pioneer Village on bread making. Originally written in the 1970s by Susie Loewen of the Herb Society of America, Southern Ontario Unit.01730View Full Details - REPORTS ON THE DISTRICT OF PATRICIA RECENTLY ADDED TO THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO Toronto Ontario Bureau of Mines 191275.00Condition is about very good with some edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends, a bit of offsetting along the edges of the title page.
216 pages with photos and maps.Large softcover book, size is 6 1/4" x 9 1/2".A collection of reports on the geographic and geological exploration expeditions in northwestern Ontario.01738View Full Details
