Catalogue  279
Divers / Miscellanies

|437.   (ALMANACH). «Almanach du Buveur pour 1907. La véritable base de la tempérance doit reposer sur l’éducation». Rimouski, Imprimerie Générale de Rimouski, (1906). 80 p. (15 cm). Illustrations. Il s’agit du seul numéro paru et c’est un ouvrage rare contre l’alcoolisme.           65 $

438.  BURGESS, Anthony. «Coaching Days of England. Containing an Account of whatever was most remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance and Curiosity in the time of the Coaches of England, comprehending the years 1750 until 1850». London, Printed for Paul Elek in All Saints Street, Islington, 1966. Large folio (38 X 52 cm). Original cloth & pictorial dust jacket. Comprises 24 colour plates, nicely reproduced in six-colour lithography, from original 18^th & 19^th Century engravings, prints and paintings, and 96 pages with 196 duotone illustrations and text, for a total of 144 pages; endpapers illustrated with Coaches. With an historical commentary by Anthony Burgess. A very attractive book in beautiful condition.      125 $

439.  (CULTE À LA VIERGE MARIE). «Annales du Très-Saint Rosaire». Publiées au Cap de la Magdelaine (sic), 240 & 240 p. (19 cm).  Offre :  Vol. 1 No 1 (janvier 1892) à Vol. 2 No 12 (décembre 1893), série complète des 24 premières parutions sous une reliure ½ cuir d’époque; illustrations.         45 $

440.  (DICTIONARY). «The Complete Pocket Dictionary containing definitions of 35,000 words, also abbreviations and contractions, French words and phrases, Italian words and phrases, Latin words and phrases». Chicago, Rand, McNally & Company, presented by Leitch Brothers, Oak Lake, Manitoba, 1902. 192 p. (15 cm). Original binding with illustrations from Leitch Brothers. Multiple maps in colour.           25 $

441.   (FORD OF CANADA; CAR). «Owner’s Manual, Ford 1951». Oshawa Ont., Alger Press, (1951). 48 p. (22 cm). Cover title; profusely illustrated. Nice copy and a very scarce automobile booklet.              65 $

442.  LA CIE "DODDS MEDICINE" LIMITÉE. «Dodd’s Indices Utiles pour les Ménagères». Toronto, c. 1930. 32 p. (18 cm). Portraits et illustrations. Couvertures illustrées en couleurs.       25 $

443.  LA CIE "DODDS MEDICINE" LIMITÉE. «Dood’s Almanach et Conseils Utiles, 1933». Toronto, 1933. 48 p. (18 cm). Portraits et illustrations. Couvertures illustrées en couleurs.       25 $

444.  MARTIN, J.H. & BENNETT, Geoffrey. «Pictorial History of Ships». London, Octopus Books Ltd., 1977. 192 p. (32 cm). Original cloth and illustrated dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in color.          25 $

445.  MAY OIL BURNER OF CANADA. «The Quiet MAY Automatic Oil Burner. A close-up of what it is and how it works». (Toronto), May Oil Burner of Canada Limited, 1930. 30,(1) p. (28 cm). Profusely illustrated, some in colour. Cover title, very scarce brochure on glossy paper.         85 $

446.  PINEAU, Henry. «Évêque Roi des Brigands – Monseigneur Dupont des Pères Blancs, Premier Vicaire Apostolique du Nyassa (1850-1930)». Québec & Montréal, les Pères Blancs, 1944. 298 p. (25 cm). Deuxième édition. Illustrations.        20 $

447.  QUÉBEC, MINISTÈRE DE LA SANTÉ. «Catéchisme anti-tuberculeux à l’usage des écoliers». Québec, Ministère de la Santé, 1952. 21 p. (17 cm). Cartonnage original.    15 $

448.   (RADIO; PAYETTE & CO. LTD.). «1939. Radio Parts Handbook. – Payette & Co. Limited, 910 Bleury St., Montreal». Montréal, Thérien Frères Ltée, (1939). 80 p. (27 cm). Illustrations. A very interesting catalogue for the history of radio in Canada. Nice condition, pictorial card wraps.        75 $

449.   THE T. EATON CO. LIMITED. «Eaton’s Fall and Winter Catalogue 1921-1922». Toronto, 1921. 456 p. (34 cm). Modern cloth binding, printed wraps present. Book was professionally repaired, suffering from some humidity on many pages, very little parts missing. Illustrated in color; extremely scarce Catalogue.       125 $

450.  WHITE, Andrew Dickson. «Fiat Money Inflation in France. How it came, what it brought and how it ended. To which is added an extract from Macaulay showing the results of tampering with the currency of England; also a summary by Emile Levasseur, Director of the College of France and Member of the French Institute, indicating the results of "Fiat Money" during the Colonial and Revolutionary Periods of the United States of America». Toronto, Printed for Private Circulation, not to be reprinted or published, 1914.  XI,76 p. (25 cm).  New edition, revised and enlarged by the author. Original green cloth. Small edition of White’s valuable account of the great currency-making experiment of the French Revolutionary Government. The actual work, revised and enlarged by the author for the purpose of the present issue, is of great interest to legislators, economic students and business. Scarce edition!            125 $|

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