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- CINEACTION! NO. 12/13 AUGUST 1988 Toronto CineAction! Collective 198840.00Condition for this magazine is very good with some edge wear, label remnants mark front cover, some wear to the corners and the spine ends.
104 pages.Magazine, size is 7 3/4" x 10 3/4".A scholarly film magazine, published in Toronto, Canada. This issue contains many articles on Film Noir, there is also an article on Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch.01779View Full Details - FOR CANADIAN TROOPS IN ACTION. THE MAPLE LEAF. January 1, 1945. (Original Newspaper) Rome Canadian Army Public Relations Services 194575.00Condition is better than good but not quite very good with a fold mark across the middle, some tanning to the pages, a few small rips to page edges, some edge wear.
16 pages.Tabloid newspaper, size is 11 ½” x 17”.Complete special New Year issue of the Maple Leaf newspaper, published for the “Canadian Troops in Action”. This issue contains a 2-page spread with a month-by-month look at 1944, and a centre-page spread with “Greetings from Canada” where each of Canada’s Premiers have a message for the troops. Also, includes regular coverage of the war, sports, and more.01782View Full Details
Newspaper will be shipped folded. - CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL CIRCUS CONTINENTAL (Original Program) Vancouver Canadian Dominion Productions Ltd. 197345.00Condition is very good+ with slight edge wear, some wear along the spine, slight wear to corners and spine ends.
16 pages with photos and 4 pages for children to colour.Colour pictorial wrappers, size is 8 ¼” x 10 ¾”.Not much information available about this circus, maybe western Canada only? Includes four pages for children to colour.01780View Full Details - THE MAPLE LEAF. May 9th and August 15th 1945. (Two End of War in Europe and Japan Issues) No place & Brussels Canadian Army Public Relations Group 1945125.00Condition is better than good but not quite very good for both issues, with some small tears to the edges of each issue, fold across middle for each, tanning to cheap newsprint.
8 pages for each issues.Tabloid newspaper, size is 11 ½” x 17”.Two issues of The Maple Leaf Newspaper, published for the Canadian troops with the May issue announcing the surrender of Germany and the August issue announcing the surrender of Japan.01781View Full Details
Listing is for both newspapers. Newspapers will be shipped folded. - (Original Card Stock Poster - 1954) WILD BILL HICKOK NATIONAL RODEO AND CIRCUS. KITCHENER AUDITORIUM… No place no printer no date (1954)250.00Condition is very good with darkening along the edges, slight curl to the left and right sides, pin holes in each of the corners, crease across the middle. There is a date stamp on the back dated “Apr 22 1954”.Card stock sign, size is 14” x 22”, printed on single side.Original card stock poster promoting the Wild Bill Hickock National Championship Rodeo and Big Thrill Circus, featuring “Trigger” the Wonder Horse, and Big Sid, the big bull (if you can ride him for 10 seconds you get $10,000. The poster is for an event scheduled at the Kitchener Auditorium.01777View Full Details
- WEALTH AND RESOURCES OF UTAH Salt Lake City Utah Dept. of Publicity and Industrial Development no date (circa 1944 to 150.00Condition for this softcover book is very good+ with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners, slight creasing to the bottom right corner.
Unpaginated (48 pages) with photos.Softcover staple-bound book, size is 8 1/2" x 11".Promotional book from the state of Utah showing the advantages and living, working and running farms and businesses in Utah.01778View Full Details
Scarce. - (Original Card Stock Poster 1957?) COUNTRY SPECTACULAR IN PERSON… STONEWALL JACKSON, LEFTY FRIZZELL, GEORGE MORGAN, THE HAMES SISTERS, TOMMY HUNTER, GORDIE TAPP… LONDON ARENA. No place no printer no date (1957?)275.00Condition is very good, with some edge wear, small staple holes in each of the corners, a bit of creasing to the corners, light creases across the middle, slight darkening along the edges. Still a nice condition poster.Card stock sign, size is 14” x 22”, printed on single side.Original card stock poster for the COUNTRY SPECTACULAR held at the London (Ontario) Arena around 1957. The concert not only featured Canadian legends Gordie Tapp and Tommy Hunter (before they were legends, hence the lower billing) but also three American country and western stars from the period, Stonewall Jackson, Lefty Frizzell, and George Morgan.01776View Full Details
- CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION WOMEN'S DIVISION FASHIONS HANDICRAFTS BAKING BABY SHOW AUGUST 26 - SEPTEMBER 12 - 1959 Souvenir Program (Toronto) (Canadian National Exhibition) 195950.00Condition is very good+ with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends, slight curl top right corner.
32 pages with photos, ads and a blank legal-sized entry form.Staple-bound wrappers, size is 6” x 9”.Original program for the 1948 Women's competition at the Canadian National Exhibition, cover handicrafts, home crafts, infants' wear, home baking and canning, and more.01774View Full Details - CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION WOMEN'S DIVISION FASHIONS HANDICRAFTS BAKING BABY SHOW AUGUST 19 - SEPTEMBER 5, 1966 Souvenir Program (Toronto) (Canadian National Exhibition) 196635.00Condition is good+ some wear to the front cover at top of spine, a bit of wear along the spine, some wear to corners and spine ends, a bit of chipping to the top of the back cover, small hole back cover at bottom near the spine.
28 pages with photos, ads and a blank legal-sized entry form and mailing envelope.Staple-bound wrappers, size is 6” x 9”.Original program for the 1966 crafts, infants' wear, home baking and canning, and more.01775View Full Details - CANADIAN WARPLANE HERITAGE CANADA'S FLYING MUSEUM Mount Hope, ON Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum 200145.00Condition for this wire spiral-bound book is near fine with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners, small label(?) removal mark front cover in the title.
83 pages with photos.Wire spiral bound softcover, size is 6" x 9".A publication from the Canadian Warplane Museum containing photos of some of the planes on display along with details.01769View Full Details - CARIBOO AND NORTHWEST DIGEST VOLUME 4, NO. 3 FALL 1948 Quesnel, B.C. Cariboo Digest Limited 194895.00Condition for this journal is better than good but not quite very good, with some edge wear, some wear to spine ends, small chips to the right corners of the front cover, some wear along the spine, some tanning to cheap paper, some soiling to back cover.
108 pages with photos and many related ads.Staple bound pictorial wrappers, size is 6 3/4” x 9 3/4”.Scarce issue from this journal published as the "Official organ of the B.C. registered trappers association." There are articles on British Columbia mining history, fishing, camping and more.01770View Full Details - A HISTORY OF STREETSVILLE (Canada) Streetsville Historical Society 197630.00Revised edition, original published 1973.Condition is near fine with slight wear to corners and spine ends, slight wear along the spine.
16 pages with a foldout map.Softcover staple-bound book, size is 5 1/2" x 8 1/2".Local history of Streetsville, Ontario, Canada.01771View Full Details
