J Mortimer Batten (9 results)

Condition: Good. 1926. 312 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Front endpaper has been removed. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 96 pages. A.G.D. "Faster Than Sound" / J A Phillimore "Family Leaves From The Bush" / K E Graves "A Voyage To Tasmania" / H Mortimer Batten "The Passing Of Old King Kootenay" / Dalriadan "The Edward Bear Club" / David Wilson Fletcher "Cairo Through A Windscreen" (U.P.).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good -. Oversized hardcover without dust jacket, undated (but known to be 1946), 312 pages including many black-and-white illustrations throughout, plus several in full colour;---green cloth hardcover with embossed bird illustration on front cover, faded but legible gilt lettering on spine;---only very light shelf wear to cover edges, some pale faded old soiling to back cover, otherwise gently used, some pages with light foxing, but all otherwise very clean and unmarked. See also our listing for Set of 3 Volumes: The Pageant of Wild Life , The Wonder World of Animal Life, and The Treasury of Modern Marvels (all from Collins in this same size and format).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good -. Three oversized hardcovers without dust jackets, all in same size and style, all in Very Good - condition:---Pageant of Wild Life, undated (but known to be 1946), 312 pages including many black-and-white illustrations throughout, plus several in full colour; green cloth hardcover with embossed bird illustration on front cover, faded but legible gilt lettering on spine; only very light shelf wear to cover edges, but the spine backing at some point split open and was amateurishly but effectively reglued, otherwise gently used, some pages with light foxing, but all otherwise very clean and unmarked, no foxing;---Wonders of the Animal World, undated (but c1936), 308 pages including many black-and-white illustrations throughout, plus several in full colour; green cloth hardcover with embossed bird illustration on front cover, faded but legible gilt lettering on spine; light to moderate shelf wear to cover edges and spine ends, otherwise gently used, some pages with light foxing, but all otherwise very clean and unmarked, no foxing;---Treasury of Modern Marvels, undated (but c1936), 252 pages including many black-and-white illustrations throughout, plus several in full colour; green cloth hardcover with embossed decoration over whole front cover, faded but legible gilt lettering on spine; light to moderate shelf wear to cover edges and spine ends, otherwise gently used, some pages with light foxing, but all otherwise very clean and unmarked.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Illustrated by Leicester, Florence M. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 201-240. Features: Tales of the Flying Squad - Crook Catching on Wheels - photo illustrated article; The Quest - another fine story of the Foreign Legion; Jealousy Between Lovers - a necessity, otherwise, a curse; The Gramophone - an appealing short story; The Struggle of the Giants - a wonderful (Football Association Challenge) cup season - article with photos; The Otter's Inn - a popular nature story; When Parliament Gasped! - great illustrated article of drama on the floor of the House; How to get your garden going; Shadowed Love - a man's love for two women; Illustrated Amami Shampoos ad; The Real Swanee - photo-illustrated article about the film 'Uncle Tim's Cabin"; The Uninvited Guest - short story; and more. Staples disintegrated. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy.; Magazine; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Pictorial Weekly Magazine, March 24, 1928, No. 1,503, Vol. CXVI: Tales of the Flying Squad - Crook Catching on Wheels - photo illustrated article; The Quest - another fine story of the Foreign Legion; Jealousy Between Lovers - a necessity, otherwise, a c.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Features: Boat High with Hyrofoils - article with great photos - "New Sea Wings Lift Boat, Motor and All Out of Water - Gives Smoother and Faster Riding"; What Kind of Boat do You Want to Buy? Now What Kind of Motor?; What's Ahead in Boating?; Photo illustrating why government-approved life preservers need by used; List of items required by government regulation to be taken on power driven pleasure boats; Should I Bother Painting? - add years of life to your boat; Nice photo ad for the Canadian Canoe Company of Peterborough, Ontario; Trout do come Big in July - Silver Springs Lodge, South River, Ontario; Do You Like Bugs?; Sedge Night in British Columbia, by H. Mortimer Batten of Kamloops, B.C.; How to Get Those Bass?; Two Ways to Hunt Woodchuck; Handmade Canadian Free Rifle Design; The Hungarian Vizsla - article with photo of "Elza Von Schloss Loosdorf" owned by Stephen Brunyanski of St. Catherines, Ontario; and more. Average wear. A sound copy.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. Humphrey, Walter Beach (cover); Holmgren, John; Maltman, W.; Batten, H. Mortimer; Smith, Ralph C.; Clymer, John F.; Diamond, Samuel; Phillips, John; Reiss, Winold (illustrator). First Edition. 72 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of boy celebrating summer vacation; Sisman's Scampers shoe ad inside front cover; Editorials deal with these topics - Partial Relief, A Doctor, Not a Nurse, Maintaining the Tradition, The Cooperatives, Farewell Toscanini, and Not Conquest but Murder; Trollop (short story); This Peace (short story); A Modern Odyssey - photo-illustrated article by Edgar N. Brown describes sea travel; Rough 'Un (short story); The Black Ace (short story); The Smooth Silence (short story); The Dilemma of Debt; Scotland Yard Versus Crime - photo-illustrated article on the system employed by this world famous organization to track down criminals, law breakers and lesser offenders; Golf Duds & Meteors - photo-illustrated golf article with photos of Charles A. Whitcome, Albert "Scotty" Campbell, Lex Robson, Tony Manero, Willie Lamb, and Tommy Armour; It's In the Bag - interesting article on the history of purses; Half-page Canadian Pacific ad features Banff; Palmolive ad features photo of Montreal stylist and designer Doris Preston; Nostalgic half-page ad for McClary Stoves; Vintage half-page photo ad for Eddy's Sterilized White Swan toilet paper shows fellow in bathing suit at the beach; Movie news with photos of Clark Gable, Francis Lederer, Ida Lupino, William Powell, Jean Chadburn, Alison Skipworth, Warren William, Conrad Veidt, Renee Ray, and more; Lux soap ad features photo of Joan Bennett; Photo of Dick Powell in Quaker Puffed Wheat ad; Pond's ad features photos of Miss Barbara Hebbard and Lady Daphne Straight; Unusual half-page ad for Blue-Jay Corn Plaster, by Bauer & Black Scientific; Nice half-page Canadian Pacific photo-ad features the Empress of Britain; Business News includes mention of the recent Alberta default; Cooking article; Lovely one-page colour Kraft ad features their cheese products; Nice one-page Heinz ad features their vinegar and Olive Oil; Vintage half-page Rice Krispies ad; Beauty article; Why Baby Cries; One-page Carnation Milk ad features five large photos of each of the individual Dionne Quints; World Sayings; Colour ads inside back cover for Lifebuoy and Rinso; Rare colour back cover ad for Red Indian oil and Marathon Blue gasoline features illustration of native elders in feathered headgear, painted by Winold Reiss; and more. Covers loose but present. Average wear and soiling. A worthy copy of this nice vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Somerfield, Thomas; Wright, Frank; Whitaker, W.G.;Rountree, Harry; Wigfull, W.E.; Pitcher, N. Sotheby (illustrator). United States Edition. Features: A Fall From the Clouds; Mary Gaunt - A Woman Alone in China - part 1; Blackmailing a Railway; Interviewing Mount Robson; Imprisoned Beneath the Sea; Short Stories - Farringway's Luck, Catching a Tartar; Eight Thousand Dollars; Insect Oddities; Byways in Sind and Baluchistan; The Pirates of the "Tai On"; Odds and Ends. Pages 97-192, plus 32 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Tight and unmarked with average wear. A sound example of this excellent vintage issue.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World - The Magazine for Men, June 1915, No. 206, Vol. 35 Fall From the Clouds; A Woman Alone in China - part 1; Blackmailing a Railway; Interviewing Mount Robson; Imprisoned Beneath the Sea; Short Stories - Farringway's Luck, Catching a Tartar;

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 256 pages including 123 pages of marvelous nostalgic ads, many illustrated and quite uncommon, representing long-forgotten firms and products. Some stories include black and white photos/illustrations. 9.75" x 6.85". Articles of "Special Canadian Interest" include: The National Political Situation - armaments and taxes as involved in the problem of Canada's attitutde on naval defense; Warders of the Silence - life among Canadian Forest Rangers; The Frog in Canadian Diet - the frog now holds an honored place on popular menu cards; The Community Court Idea - groups of bungalows erected in open courts present attractive features (photo-illustrated); Canada as a Land of Opportunities - investors may make safe and profitable use of capital in many lines in this country during its period of expansion; Before Dollars Came - how Directors of Bank of Upper Canada frustrated a plot to wreck it by rebels who made run on it in 1837; Breaking Irrigation Records - large system under construction in Southern Alberta; Dr. Marden's Inspirational Talks - What the World Owes Dreamers; Louis Riel's Religion of Rebellion - did the North-west agitator believe in the justice of his cause and have faith in the purpose of his mission? [not listed in Arora]. Fiction: Beautiful Sebastiana; The Movable Feast; The Gold That Glittered; Wooing Dorothea; The Mistake of Creation, by Jack London (first published in the Feb. 1912 issue of Cosmopolitan), An Odd Case. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound and complete copy of this marvelous vintage issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Maclean's Magazine, September [Sept.] 1912, Vol. XXIV, No. 5 - The Frog in Canadian Diet, Frog as Food - Canada, Canada - Naval Defense, Forest Rangers - Canada, Canada - Residential Planning, Bank of Upper Canada - History, Irrigation - Alberta, Louis R.