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The Northern Mariner: Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society - October 1993
Features: The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and Operation Torch, 1942-1943; The Battle of Convoy BX-141; The 1834 Cruise of HMS Alligator - The Bible and the Flag; The Liberation of Oslo and Copenhagen - A Midshipman's Memoir; Numerous book reviews; Letter re: Pride of Baltimore - The Story of the Baltimore Clippers, 1800-1990. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Nice copy. Book
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The Northern Mariner: Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society - January 1993
Articles: The Structure of English Wooden Ships - William Sutherland's Ship Circa 1710; An Explosive Story - the rise and fall of the common depth charge; part of Gerald E. Panting's Canadian Maritime Bibliography; plus numerous book reviews. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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The Saturday Evening Post Magazine, November 5, 1955 - Featuring Arthur Godfrey Autobiography
160 pages. Features: John Falter cover illustration; Nice color photo ad for the 1956 Mercury autos; Fantastic 2-page color ad for the 1956 Buick; Colour photo ad for RCA Victor televisions; Aurthur Godfrey - This is my Story - part 1 of 8 - lots of great photos; That Susceptible Age, by Robert Terrall; Bangkok - article and great color photos; Madman's Chain, by Gilbert Wright; Coach on the Spot - Bowden Wyatt is lured to Tennessee from Arkansas; We Licked the Veteran Problem - military veterans are concerned their pensions may be cut; The Mayor and Miss Casey, by Nord Riley; Those Half-Pint A-Bombers - jet pilots are proving it doesn't take a big, fat plane to delivery the Sunday Punch; One Night Together, by Jean Bell Mosley; Big Back Yard - large colour photo of goat ranchers in Texas; So You're Selling Your House! - how an exhuasted houseowner spent 78 frustrating days and sleepless nights disposing of his middleaged bungalow; Death in the Wind, by Edwin Lanham; Big Power Plant in the Sky - the possibilities of tapping solar energy; Adventures of Slippery Leo - Leo Irby - Escapologist; He was part of this land - Mitchell Stuart of W-Hollow, Kentucky, by his son, Jesse Stuart; Sensational 3-page color ad for Cadillac for 1956; The Golden Journey, by Agnes Sligh Turnbull; Nice color photo 2-page ad for 1956 Plymouth, with all new push-button driving; Two-page ad for Ford Trucks; Lovely 2-page colour photo ad for Philco televisions - with remote control!; Nice 1-page color ad for Sealtest ice cream; 2-page color '56 Pontiac ad; Crosley Custom V television ad; Color ad for Zenith televisions; Color ad for Chef Boy-Ar-Dee Italian-style Ravioli; Nice color 1-page ad for Karo waffle syrup; Color Betty Crocker ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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The Saturday Evening Post, 12 April 1958 *Private Life of Marshall Matt Dillon / James Arness*
112 pages. Features: Nice color 7up ad with Fiesta theme; Great color full-page ad for the 1958 Chevrolet; Color photo ad for Johnson outboard motors - the new "V" Sea Horse; Actual case histories from the files of the Marriage Council in Philadelphia; Hornblower's Hurricane - Part 1 of 3 by C.S. Forester; Those Amazing Island Medics - article and color photos of native physicians of the Pacific Islands, by Milton and Margaret Silverman; Shock Treatment - story by Allan Seager; The Greek Americans - two-page color photo of their January 6 gala version of Epiphany at Tarpon Springs, Florida; Maverick Boy - story by Prentiss Combs; Why Russia Has Poland Problems - for generations the Poles have hated the Russians, and they still do - photos; Private Life of Marshall Matt Dillon aka James Arness - great article and photos; House of Illusion - National Historical Waxworks Museum; Frank Malzone of the Boston Red Sox; The Man Who Wouldn't Fall - story by Richard Stern; The Flaming River - story by Dion Henderson; Beautiful colour Cadillac ad shows high class couple stepping out of the Del Monte Lodge to their blue coupe; Death Stalks the Bride - story by Nancy Rutledge; Two-page Pall Mall cigarette ad; Color photo ad for 1958 Ford cars; Sweet color photo ad for Gulf service stations; Sensational color photo Oldsmobile Super 88 ad features Patti Page outside CBS TV Studio 50; Great Caterpillar ad illustrates and describes massive interstate development and tax generation spinoffs in Needham, Mass.; Nice color photo ad for Delco radios - auto and portable; Great Viceroy cigarette ad features large photo of Cary Middlecoff; Harrison Air Conditioning color ad; Front cover essentially detached and heavily worn. Back cover missing. Occasional underlining and notes. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
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The Saturday Evening Post, April 7, 1962 *NATALIE WOOD FEATURE*
Features: A Catalogue of Boors - a story about road rage (before the term was coined) by Corey Ford; pages 11-14 loose but present - they contain a wonderful two-page color ad for 'Jet-Smooth' Chevrolet; The Menningers of Kansas - the life and work of the men who have devoted themselves to the fight for better understanding and effective treatment of the mentally ill, part 1 of 4; People on the Way Up - Joan Lakow, John Cassavetes, LaBonnie Bianchi, Willard Scott (Scotty) Thompson; Hollywood Throwback - Natalie Wood is a screen queen in the old flamboyant tradition; Casey Stengel - after a year's layoff, the 'Ol Professor, now manager of the New York Mets, begins his second half-century in baseball; Color pages of Ford car ads; Noah would approve - Roland Lindemann's Catskill Game Farm gives dwindling species room and safety to breed; My 36 hours with Khrushchev - Drew Pearson's wife reports on her visit to the inner sanctum of Russia's 'ruling class'; Have we lost Southeast Asia? - a report on this troubled region whose principle defense against red-Chinese invasion is the almost-powerless South East Asia Treaty Organization. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
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The Saturday Evening Post, August 25 - September 1, 1962 *ROBERT MITCHUM - HIS UNVARNISHED STORY / FRANK ROBINSON COMES OF AGE*
Features: Nice color Pepsi ad on page 3; Merrily we Probe Along - Ralph Schoenstein talks about the analysis fad and a nation of psychic Peeping Toms; The World Needs the Truth about America - RFK proposes a plan to sell U.S. Ideals on an open market; Water-Hole Wonderland - man-made Lake Texoma; Hawaii's Hustling Shepherd - Rev. Abraham Akaka of Hawaii infuses new vigor into the Christian ministry; Don't Tell Me About Diets - Jockey Eric Guerin reveals the dieting truths he has learned during a 15-year struggle to avoid eating himself out of business; The Many Moods of Robert Mitchum - an exclusive account of the turbulent career and times of Hollywood's rugged nonconformist - many great black and white photos; Luxurious Mountaintop - the Burgenstock in Switzerland; Frank Robinson Comes of Age; Grand Tour for a College Combo - the Route 2 Tooters junket through Europe bartering their jazz music for a summer's fun. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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The Saturday Evening Post, December 1, 1962 *BERLIN'S TUNNELS TO FREEDOM*
Features: Why husbands die young, by Peg Bracken - they think it's sissy to admit they're sick - until too late; Our New Strategy - the alternatives to total war; "My Favorite Quotation" - provided by many famous people; Artist of the Third Eye - Marc Chagall; ; Now Ruthie Newton is in Step - she was found half-dead when she was an infant in India; Digging a Way to Freedom - the human story behind tunnel 29 from East to West Germany; Coaches on a Collision Course - Army's Paul Dietzel and Navy's Wayne Hardin drive their teams toward a showdown in Saturday's gridiron classic; Why I Quit Hunting - a hunter tells how the slaying of an antelope struck him with so deep a sorrow that he put away his guns forever; Stormy Sage of Weather Control - Dr. Irving Parkhurst Krick not only predicts rain, he makes it for his clients by seeding rain clouds from planes; Hollywood's new breed of Soft Young Men - Richard Beymer, Troy Donahue, George Hamilton, Mickey Callan, George Chakiris. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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The Saturday Evening Post, December 15, 1962 *THE REAL SCANDAL OF DIVORCE*
Features: The Real Scandal of Divorce - unjust and archaic laws, varying from state to state, force copules to commit fraud and perjury - by Vivian F. Gentleman; An Army of Gentle Warriors - the Salvation Army spreads its good works worldwide; Silent Night - the story of a marvelous misfortune which inspired two young Austrians to write the immortal hymm of joy; My Morning in America - Dean Acheson recalls what he learned from a boyhood that ended too quickly; Alfred Hitchcock Resents - 'the television set now is like a toaster, you press a button and the same thing always pops up; Big Labor's Big Worry (Conclusion) - will Governmental intervention spell the end of collective bargaining?; Reluctant All-American - one of college basketball's hottest players, Rod Thorn of West Virginia, tells why he's fed up with the game; High School Where the Sky's the Limit - students at Melbourne High in Florida tackle college-level courses in a unique system which advances them as fast as they could go. Page 39/40 missing. Pages 41-50 loose but present. Average wear. Book
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The Saturday Evening Post, December 17, 1960 *WHO FIRED THE FIRST SHOT? - UNTOLD STORY OF THE CIVIL WAR*
Features: Chesapeake Bay's Delightful Eastern Shore; The Long Journey of Matthew Page - a distinguished Southern newspaperman tells of the staggering obstacles this young Negro overcame in his quest to become a doctor; The Untold Stories of the Civil War, I - Who Fired the First Shot?; Hockey's Masked Marvel - Jacques Plante, the goalie who introduced the protective face mask; My Mother Laurette - Dwight Taylor recalls his backstage childhood as the son of a famous actress who fell from stardom to the depths of alcoholism - and made an amazing comeback at the age of sixty; Jetport shutdown in Jersey - an aroused citizenry fights against an airport in New Jersey's Morris County. *Great* Coke Santa color ad on back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Lower four inches of coverfold open. A worthy copy. Book
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The Saturday Evening Post, February 2, 1963 *BEVERLY HILLBILLIES COVER PHOTO / CATHOLICISM VS. COMMUNISM IN POLAND*
Features: Waste in the world of diplomacy - Ellis O. Briggs says the game of musical chairs impairs our ambassadors' effectiveness; Cuban Prisoner Exchange - James Donovan explains the inside story of how freedom was won for the Bay of Pigs captives; Americans - at least 21 languish in Castro prisons - 2 photos of JFK addressing the Cuban issue; Hawaii - where progress is the big problem; The Beverly Hillbillies TV Show - proving that corn is evergreen; It Hurts to Run - Runner Jim Beatty - his greatest foes are fear, fatigue, agony; "Ask Americans to Pray for Us" - Polish Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski tells of his newest conflicts with Poland's Communist rulers, his efforts to avert bloodshed, his struggle to uphold religious freedom; Innocent's Grim Ordeal - Airman Gerald Martin Anderson is accused of murder in Mountain Home, Idaho - a year later, it became obvious that Air Force investigators simply picked a victim. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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The Saturday Evening Post, January 26, 1963 *BLACK MUSLIMS - NEGRO HATE GROUP*
Features: A vote against motherhood - Gael Greene; Danger from Within - Dwight D. Eisenhower writes that Indolence and lack of moral principle present a greater threat to America than the armed might of Communism; Perils of Pauline - America's highest-paid femail TV commentator, Pauline Frederick, fights skeptical bosses, prettier rivals and video's glamour code; "We Sailed the Columbus Ship" - Robert Marx relates how nine men in a forty-two foot boat braved wind and wave to recreate the first conquest of the Atlantic - many colour photos; Golf-Ball Goof - retrieving lost golf balls; Last Stop Alcatraz - Mickey Cohen and the inside story of how Federal agents put him behind iron bars at long last; Ice Hockey's Geriatric Marvel - 38 year of age, going on 45, goalie Johnny Bower of the Toronto Maple Leafs seems to have found the secret of perennial youth; Nuclear-age School - New Mexico students pursue knowledge under a 21 inch concrete slab in Artesia, New Mexico - Abo Public Elementary School is the only one in the nation underground - it doubles as a fully equipped fallout shelter; Black Merchants of Hate - fanatic and well-disciplined, Negro 'Muslims' threaten to turn resentment against racial discrimination into open rebellion - photo of Malcolm X. Nice colour Pepsi ad on back cover. Great two-page colour ad for Chevrolet trucks. Nice full-page ad for a blue 1963 Dodge Wagon; Colour Ford Auto centerfold features the Fairlane. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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The Saturday Evening Post, January 6, 1962 *HOCKEY'S GASHOUSE GANG, THE CHICAGO BLACK HAWKS, AMERICAN VS PARIS FASHIONS*
Features: Last Chance for Vietnam - international flare-ups may topple this strategically located country - many interesting black and white photos; People on the Way Up - Peter Beard, Craig Ellwood, Building Designer, The Van Dorn Sisters; Paris gives Women a break, by Oleg Cassini (pages 29-32 loose but present); You CAN afford college - Princeton's financial-aid officer tells how to swing the high cost of higher education; Nice pink Cadillac ad on page 33; 'Common Market' - what does it mean to us? - a report by Christian A. Herter; Hockey's Gashouse Gang - the story of the rambunctious Chicago Black Hawks, the team that scrapped its way to icedom's coveted Stanley Cup (they haven't won it since - very rare Black Hawk material!); City in the Shadow - the ghost of Boss Frank Hague lingers in Jersey City . Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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The Saturday Evening Post, June 2, 1962 *COLLEGE EDUCATION - A WASTE FOR YOUR CHILD? / ONE MAN'S HEROIC CRUSADE IN LAOS / EXCELLENT RED SKELTON ARTICLE*
Features: Will College by Wasted on Your Child? - by Walter M. Lifton; An American Hero - the exclusive story of how Edgaar Buell, an American farmer, has devoted his life to a one-man crusade for freedom and democracy in war-torn, Communist-infiltrated Laos; People on the Way Up - Helen Mann, Ralph Bonham (inventor of the Tote Gote), poet W.D. Snodgrass; Queen of the Anglers - Dorothea Dean has already reeled in five world records - shark, marlin, tuna, etc.; An Everyday Tragedy - each year 38,000 Americans die on our highways - a survivor, Norman Sobel, tells of the terrible aftermath of one such disaster; Help Wanted in Washington - the Kennedy administration discovers that too few top minds want to work for their country; Sad and Lonely Clown - Red Skelton, a comedian for 33 years, has banked millions, but offstage he is tormented - Hollywood's loneliest man; Why Good Dogs go Wrong - befuddled pooches are now seeing their own psychiatrist!. Nice Coke ad on back cover shows three Coke floats. Average wear. Magazine
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The Saturday Evening Post, March 11, 1961 *SATCHEL PAIGE TELLS HIS OWN STORY*
Features: Surprising island of the Northern Sea - Iceland; The Flowers Known as Birds - the Bird of Paradise from South Africa; What Maestros Look like to me - Sol Nemkov tells his adventures in the concert world while playing for such temperamental geniuses as Toscanini and Stokowski; You can't live in New York - untold miseries plague those who set up housekeeping in Manhattan, says long-time resident Horace Sutton; My Next 60 Movies - James Stewart (conclusion); Maybe I'll Pitch Forever - Satchel Paige, the American League's first Negro pitcher; The Coyote - World's Champion People Taunter - some claim he is one of man's best friends. Above-average wear. Covers almost detached. Small clipping from ad on page 55 - text unaffected. 1/6 page photo of coyote clipped from page 42. Top 2/3 of page 81 clipped out - this seems to have removed part of a novel. Nice color Coke ad on back cover. Book
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The Saturday Evening Post, March 31, 1962 *PHYLLIS DILLER / KENNEDY'S GRAND STRATEGY*
Features: The case against fallout shelters, by Hanson W. Baldwin; Kennedy's Grand Strategy - how we can counter Russian aggression, yet avoid nuclear war; People on the way up - Barbara Dodd, Frederic Chapin, James Messler - the Star Farmer of America, Geraldine Pearson; Hell Creek Crossing - a story excerpted from the newest work of William Faulkner; Phyllis Diller - the unlikeliest star (funny!); Where are those dream cars? - a car that drives itself, uses no gas and runs without wheels is more than idle speculation (conclusion); Holidays at Sea - cruisemaster Mike Burke runs a profitable fleet of pleasure boats; Why do they call my husband crazy? - Jim Piersall's wife tells of her husband's illness - and recovery; Krishna Menon - the Wasp of New Delhi - India's left-leaning chief delegate to the UN - terrible-tempered, anti-American and prime planner of the Goa invasion. Front cover loose but present, otherwise average wear. Book
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The Saturday Evening Post, May 20, 1961 *ABORTION - A WIDESPREAD SOCIAL EVIL / A VISIT WITH WILLIE MAYS*
Features: Abortion (part 1 of 3) - the full story of one of our most shocking social evils; The Tornado Hunters - pilots of the new storm-warning center in Kansas City spot oncoming twisters; The Report the President Wanted Published - the free people of Binh Hung Village in Vietnam; A Visit with Willie Mays - he talks about his stormy marriage and the reasons behind his team's 5th-place finish in 1960; The Untold Stories of the Civil War, V - How we marched through Georgia - a Union soldier's unvarnished account of the march through the Confederacy to Atlanta and the sea; Secretary of Things in General - Arizona's Stewart Udall is a rugged ex-athlete and now head of the Interior Department. Nice 2-page colour Ford station wagon ad. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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The Saturday Evening Post, November 1, 1941 *The First American Crusade, By Herbert Hoover*
104 pages. Features: Great color photo Studebaker ad inside front cover features military insert; Plymouth ad; Great colour photo ad for Armstrong's Asphalt Tile; The First American Crusade - Herbert Hoover's personal memoirs of World War I, originally intended for release after his death but printed here in view of the imminent entrance of the US into World War II - with photos; Go Fly a Kite, story by Eddy Orcutt; Hearts of Oak, by Walter Havighurst; Cellini to Hearst to Klotz - the sale of fine art and objects by Gimbel Brothers; Stanford Football Coach Clark Shaughnessy behind the Eight Ball - article with photos; The Liar That Laid an Egg, by William Hazlett Upson; First Baby, by Dorothy Thomas; Botany Bay, by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall; Morale in a Test Tube - Research at the Merck plant in Rahway, NJ; Great color photo ad for Campbell's Soup; The Phantom Filly, by George Agnew Chamberlain; Nice color ad for Oldsmobile cars, featureing a red two-door model; Great color ad for GM locomotives; Nice two-page Buick ad; Chrysler ad; Color Cadillac ad; Dodge Fluid-Drive car ad; Wonderful full-page two-color cartoon strip-style ad for Hotpoint appliances; Wonderful two-page color ad for Del Monte canned foods and their 3rd annual Round-Up; Nice two-color full-page ad for Champion spark plugs shows lady in top-had being hit by snowball; Fantastic Timken bearing ad shows all the military applications of its products; Wonderful color ad for the 1942 Packard Clipper, featuring a blue Clipper Club Sedan; Large color ad for RCA Victor Radios; Great color ad for Old Gold Cigarettes shows smooching young couple; Underwood typewriter ad; Dramatic illustrated Eveready Battery ad depicts the attack on the Egyptian liner ZamZam as experienced by C.A. McCarthy; Nice two-color ads for Nunn-Bush shoes and Aunt Jemima Pancakes; Lovely full-page color ad for Roblee shoes for men; Luden's cough drop ad illustrates 'Clothespin Nose"; Nice color ad inside back cover for Van Camp's pork and beans features Mrs. Lou Little; Ivory Soap ad on back cover. Average external wear and soiling. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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The Saturday Evening Post, November 17, 1962 *FLYING TIGER 923 - WE DITCHED AT SEA / EICHMANN AND HIS TRIAL*
Features: Don't blame your parents - Dr. Vincent T. Lathbury; Conflict of Interest - Can Congress crack down on its own members?; Geraldine Page - Diamond who likes it Rough; Why I Quit the Ministry - a frank, disturbing story by an anomynous clergyman; The Hidden Weaknesses of Communism - the world's new nations see that Moscow won't provide progress and freedom; Breezy Designs for the Office - businessmen spend millions a year on lavish office decor - mostly to please the female help; Eichmann and his Trial (conclusion); Gridiron Phantom - Washington State's Hugh Campbell; "We Ditched at Sea - the ordeal of Flying Tiger 923". Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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The Saturday Evening Post, November 26, 1960 *INSIDE STORY OF THE MAYO CLINIC*
Features: The Marvelous Mayos - the absorbing story of the Mayo Clinic (part 1 of 3); Adventures of the Mind - How Life Began, by Earl A. Evans Jr.; page 27-28 missing (they appeared to contain an illustration and half a photo of turkeys); We Call the Penalties - a veteran football official (Jim Henry) reveals how he and his colleagues make sure the game is played on the up-and-up; Africa's Peaceable Oasis - why tiny Liberia thrives while the rest of the continent smolders in discontent; I Call on Perry Como (conclusion) - Perry tells how his fabulously successful TV show is put together; The Mountain that nearly Killed Me - John S. Day recounts a harrowing accident - and historic rescue - on North America's highest peak, Mt. MkKinley. Great 2-page colour ad for the (black) JFK-style Lincoln Continental - suicide door illustrated. 2-page colour illustrated ad for Bulova's Accutron watches. Eight center pages loose but present. Part of page 103 clipped away. Above-average wear. Book
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The Saturday Evening Post, November 3, 1962 *ADOLPH EICHMANN AND HIS TRIAL*
Features: Gutter Politics, by Bruce L. Felknor - in every election year unscrupulous smear experts ply their shoddy trade; Eichmann and His Trial (Part 1 of 3), by Gideon Hausner - the full story, his prosecutor, the Attorney-General of Israel; Change of Pace on the Night-Club Scene - New York's grab bag of entertainment holds a varied fare for the enterprising visitor; His Car is Named Desire - with the racy Avanti, Studebaker's Sherwood Egbert hungers for big sales; 'Genius' at Green Bay - Jim Tayolr delivers running power for the Packers; From Greece - Food Fit for the Gods; Tale of Two Cities - San Francisco vs. Los Angeles; Memoirs of a Monster, by Boris Karloff - the world's most famous bogeyman looks back on his 35-year career in horror; Can we still be first on the Moon? (PLEASE NOTE: PAGES 83-84 MISSING FROM THE MOON STORY. Nice colour Cadillac ad inside back cover. Average wear. Book
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The Saturday Evening Post, October 14, 1961 *BACKSTAGE WITH BOB NEWHART*
Features: How City Planners Hurt Cities - by Jane Jacobs; Oregon Dilemma - can this green and timbered state keep its natural beauty - and prosper too?; People on the way up - Harold Brown (Brillian Weaponeer), Timothea Schneider (Racing Skipper), Johnny Sellers (Top Jockey); My Life on the Blacklist - Ring Lardner Jr. was once a Communist; Photos of the Hollywood Ten; Casey Stengel - My Own Story (Conclusion); Nice Colour centerfold ad for Rambler cars; You are Nobody Here - New Cadets at the Air Force Academy get a Rugged Welcom - great photos; Backstage with Bob Newhart - the 'button-down-mind' comedian thinks most television fare is only mental baby food - he shares what he plans to do about the matter. Nice colour Coke ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
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The Saturday Evening Post, October 7, 1961 *CHILDHOOD CANCER*
Features: Speaking Out - in defense of the cocktail party; Newmarket (England) - Horsiest Town in the World; People on the Way Up - John Hause, Pat Hutar, Colonel Wesley Posvar, Patty Duke; What is Life Made Of? - Sir Lawrence Bragg; Battling Bishop - James A. Pike; 3-page colour centerfold for the 1962 Ford Mercurys; Nice colour Pepsi ad; My Own Story - Casey Stengel (part 1 of 2); General of Outer Space - Bernard Adolf Schriever bucked conservative superiors and risked his career to help close the missile gap; HiJack - Robbery and Murder on the Alaska Highway (Part 2 of 2); What Parents Should Know about Childhood Cancer; William F. Dawson - a one man Peace Corps. Above-average wear. Long opening along coverfold. Unmarked. Book
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The Saturday Evening Post, September 30, 1961 *THE YOUNG MILLIONAIRES OF PHOENIX*
Features: Speaking out - The South Will Change, by Ralph McGill; *GORGEOUS TWO-PAGE COLOUR AD FOR THE 1962 CHRYSLER IMPERIAL*; The New Millionaires of Phoenix - penniless and fiercely ambitious young men swarm into this sun-baked city with just one aim - money; HiJack - Robbery and Murder on the Alaska Highway (part 1 of 2); People on the way up - Harry Goldie, Space Shipwright - Joanie Sommers - Toothsome Thrush, Jack Zajac - Master Painter/Sculptor, Regina Vilutis - Bewitching Bacteriologist; Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) - Does it cause plane crashes, missile failures and communications blackouts?; What Mental Patients Teach Me - the superintendant of a metropolitan asylum, Dr. Eugene L. Sielke, tells of the surprising way in which the mentally ill help us all; Nice colour Cadillac centerfold ad; My Own Story - Casey Stengel; Elsa's (Lion) Cubs - Living Free, by Joy Adamson, author of Born Free - many colour photos; Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia - Cold War Middle Man. Centerfold holding by one staple. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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The Saturday Review of Literature, December 19, 1936, Vol. XV No. 8 *COVER PHOTO OF NOEL COWARD*
24 pages. W.E. Woodward's "A New American History" is reviewed by Arthur M. Schlesinger. Noel Coward's "Tonight at Eight-Thirty" is reviewed by Frances Woodward. Frederic C. Howe's "Denmark - The Cooperative Way" is reviewed by Agnes Rothery; F.L. Lucas's "The Decline and Fall of the Romantic Ideal" is reviewed by Leonard Bacon. "The Story of Jack and Jill" (as it might be told by William Faulkner, P.G. Wodehouse, and Alexander Woollcott). Jane Whitney's "Elizabeth Fry" is reviewed by Henry Seidel Canby. The Bowling Green, by Christopher Morley. "The New Caravan" is reviewed by Gorham Munson. Unmarked. Average wear. Small white sticker on back cover. Book
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The Sphere Magazine, Christmas 1916, Vol. LXVII, No. 879a
40 pages. Divinely illustrated front cover. Features: Paris in War Time - an impression of 1916, by E.V. Lucas; The Surrender - a story by Mary Gaunt; Russia - The Charm of Old Moscow, by Alan Lethbridge and illustrated by Arthur Watts; The Sculptor of the Madonna and of Countless Angels - the Della Robbia, by Cecil Headlam; Navarino - a battle of the allies - France, Russia, and Britain against the Turks; The Mystery of a Dress Coat, by Shelland Bradley; Several beautiful full-page colour portraits; Colour centerfold portrait entitled The Last Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois, from a painting by F. Matania; How He Proposed - the different ways in which heroes have proposed to heroines in the novels of 1916; Louvain, 1916; Nice full-page colour ad for Eno's 'Fruit Salt'; Fantastic black and white photographic full-page ad for Napier Motor Carriages; Nice black and white photo ad for the Invincible Talbot automobiles, manufactured by Clement Talbot Limited; Smaller attractive black and white ads for Humber Cars, Austin Motor Co. Ltd., Vauxhall Motors Limited, Crossley Motors, and The Sunbeam Motor Car. Original protective advertising outer layer still present and affixed. Prior owner's name and address atop front advertising cover. Prior owner's name atop front cover. Moderate wear. A very beautiful magazine indeed! Book
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The Standard, 19 April 1947 - Weekly Montreal Pictorial Newspaper
16"x12.5" when folded in half. Features: Photo-illustrated article on Venezuela and its oil industry; Large photo of "Bustle Beauty" Marilyn Munroe in bustled bikini, wearing outrageous platform shoes; Large colour full-page ad for Waterman's pens; Student Strike at Toronto's Malvern Collegiate after Principal Lorne H. Clarke Dismissed - article with three great pages of photos; Nice full-page colour ad for Tooke shirts; Two amazing pages of photos and text entitled "Troubled Palestine" - Lifting of Martial Law after 15 days brings no end to Terrorist Incidents - Mea Shearim district of Jerusalem; 104th Running of the Grand National - Caughoo, an unknown 100-1 long shot wins; Readers' Letters; We Need to Speed Exports, by Gerald Waring; Bellingham, Washington is fast becoming the centre of entertainment for BC'ers - photo with article; Do Women love Weaklings?; Leonard (Len) Wookey of Callander, Ontario - Successor to the Dionne Quints- photos and article; Some Day - short story by Beth Balcom; What's Doing on Mars? - Sydney Cooper on Rocket Travel; Spanish Maquis - 100,000 strong, they strike at Franco's government - photos and article; Bell the Cat, by Gregory Clark; Come Spring - short story by Eric Cameron; 20-page Colour Comic Section; He Who Whispers, fiction by John Dickson Carr; Devil-Charming Ritual in Vancouver; Bootleg Fur - contraband fox pelts in Ontario; Cancer research at the newly-organized National Cancer Institute of Canada; Pigeon Timber Company's "luxurious" lumber camps in Ontario's Black Sturgeon area north of Lake Superior; Alberta deer being relocated to preserve farmers' crops; Earthquake Man - Edward Mantle of Hamilton; Van Treel and an international Dope Ring Roundup on the West Coast; Sports news; Super colour full-page ad for Northern Electric radios; Photos of romantic hats; Colour ad for the Trans-Canada Telephone System; Photo-illustrated article on fencing in Canada; Back page colour ad for Lux soap featuring great photo of Betty Grable; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A great vintage copy of this feature-oriented weekly which in later years became the Weekend Magazine. Book
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The Standard, 22 March 1947 - Weekly Montreal Pictorial Newspaper
16"x12.5" when folded in half. Features: Fascinating photos and text present harsh life behind bars for Netherlands black market criminals; Beautiful large photo of Penny Edwards - discovered for movies because of her 'lovely legs'; Colour ad for Chase & Sanborn coffee; Armadillos on Texas Farm turned into lampshades by Mr. Apelt; King of Lumberjacks - Benoit Turcotte averages 3.5 cords a day - fantastic photos and text *Will be of considerable interest to anyone who has marvelled at William Kurelek's book "Lumberjack"; Icebreaker - opening of Stl Lawrence ship channel marks the first coming of spring - with photos of icebreaker the N.B. McLean at work in the St. Lawrence; Experiment in Socialism - A.J. Cummings reviews Labor's 20 months of office in London; Bulls and Banderilleros - Mexico ads new color to the traditional Spanish sport of bullfighting - photo and article; NHL Hockey Playoffs Are Here Again - Article and photos of (much smaller) Stanley Cup; Experts predict world mineral supplies will not last another war - major article by C. Fred Bodsworth; Big Business Comes to Ste. Marie - story by Eric Morris; Roy Thomson and Jack Kent Cooke - They Built a warehouse of radios into a gangling Canadian business empire - photo and article; Leave it to the Ladies - fiction by Gregory Clark; The Peer and the Pit-Lamp - fiction by Peter Carter-Page; A Lady to Dinner - fiction by Marsden Starkey; 20 page colour comics section; Prescription for Murder - fiction by Jane Layhew; Amazing photo of a "Snow Egg" on Plateau Mountain in northern B.C.; Pint-Size Pottery - Mrs. Trasey Bond lives near New Westminster, B.C. - photos and article; Isaac Kert creates crossword puzzles - photo and article; New Diamond Industry beginning in Montreal - Julius Gutwurcel and Hermann Good and their diamon cutting operation in the CNR's Bonaventure station - photos and article; Richard Pifer - leader of northwestern Ontario's Secession Movement - photo and article; Electronic Piano - Don L. Hings is in charge of the Vancouver Electronic Laboratories - great article and photos; Net Factory - The manufacture of fishing nets at Drummondville, Quebec - interesting article and photos; Photo of Canadian WREN Frances Conley - Canada's newest screen starlet; Randi Andersen - flew to northern Manitoba on a picture-taking assignment and stayed to become the region's most beautiful prospector - story with photo; Geophysics Expert Dr. John Tuzo Wilson; U.S. company General Analine and Film Corp. received secret patents from Hitler's scientific plotters; Fishwife Extraordinary - Margaret Chambers of Toronto manages four highly-successful fish shops; Streamline Your Bathroom - design article with illustrations; Dorothy Henzel Willis Paints Her Dreams - photo with article; Hope for the Blind - Canadian government seeks to help Canada's 14,000 blind persons; Sports News; Story and photo of "Knucker" Burns of Halifax - the Boston Bruins' number one long-distance fan; Roger Whynott of Mahone Bay, NS - Middleweight Champ - photo and article; First Canadian surgery to insert esophagus into baby at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children - illustration and story; Flying Fairies - Arthur Kirby Trains Aerial Ballets for England's Theatre Pantomimes - wonderful photos with brief write-up; Water Polo Revial in Montreal under the coaching of Jimmy Rose - write-up and photos; Barmen's School - Stan Owen and Pat Morell train 200 bartending students after 31 arid years in Toronto; Great colour ad for Horlicks Malted Milk on back page; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Unmarked. A great vintage copy of this feature-oriented weekly which in later years became the Weekend Magazine. Newspaper
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The Standard, 31 May 1947 - Weekly Montreal Pictorial Newspaper - Cover Photo of Betty Hyslop and Her Champion Dogs
16"x12.5" when folded in half. Features: Farm Clubs - PEI children learn stock care under government program - article and photos; Nice full-page colour ad for Kellogg's All-Bran features attractive female model on cover of weight control menu book; Cairndania - Canadian kennels produce international champions - Cairndania Kennels and Betty Hyslop of the Brockville area - photos and story; Nice full-page colour ad for '47 Ford cars; Dean of Ottawa - Paul "Daffy" Dean is the newly appointed manager of Ottawa's Nationals in the Border Baseball League - photos and story; Red Man's Burden - the state of Canada's Native Peoples, by Chief Teddy Yellowfly; The Great Air Robbery - fiction by Peter Carter-Page; Painless Childbirth? - Major article by June McFeely examines new anesthesias; Communism over France, by Joachim Joesten; Miss Letitia's Profession - fiction by Lupton A. Wilkinson; Television - "High Costs are Keeping it a Novelty for the Social Club and Public Gathering Place" - major article by Vince Lunny... Fascinating!; Laying down the Law - fiction by Gregory Clark; Humourous Yachting Story by Ken Johnstone; Book Reviews; Judas is Harriet - fiction by Jacqueline Sirois; 20 page colour comics section; Joy in the Morning - story by P.G. Wodehouse; Wonderful large photo of 2 year-old James W. Hurston in kilt; B.C.'s depressed Whale Industry - photos and article; "Baby Farm - Adoption Racket" libel suit against The Standard fails - brought by the Ideal Maternity Home of East Chester, NS; How Hamilton, Ontario is promoting itself - story and photos; Canada's top fighter pilot ace "Buzz" Beurling can't find a flying job! - story and photo; Edgar Simons kills the wife and child of his best friend, Frederick Rupert at Pancake Bay, Ontario; California Fashions; Careers in Nursing; Sports News; Highly informative article (with photos) of what Toronto Maple Leaf players do in the summer; Pool Train - Crack Montreal-Toronto Flyer resumes pre-war schedule - super photos with text; Monsieur Verdoux - First Charlie Chaplin movie since "The Great Dictator" creates controversy among critics - many photos and write-up; Colour Chevrolet ad on back page; and more. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A great vintage copy of this feature-oriented weekly which in later years became the Weekend Magazine. Newspaper
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The Standard, 5 April 1947 - Weekly Montreal Pictorial Newspaper
16"x12.5" when folded in half. Features: Photo-illustrated story of Royal Tour (King, Queen and Princesses) of South Africa; Fantastic full-page colour ad for Heinz Baby Foods; Great swimsuit photo of Gerry Pattison; Pond's Angel Face ad; Photo-illustrated article on British Columbia's Cancer Institute; Gemology - photo-illustrated article; 20-page colour comic section; The Madman of Bergerac, by Georges Simenon; Bootleg coal in Cape Breton - article and photos; Ernest Cormier - U.N. Architect - photo and story; Shallow oil gusher on farm of D.F. McFadyen in Calgary; Ivan Petelka - Sault Ste. Marie Linguist has invented a new number language; Abandoned BAnk Accounts; Talking Books for Blind Students; Democratization of Japan Designed on American Lines; Pictou Women's Craft Guild; Winnifred Pickering - successful Toronto underwriter; Master Swindler Joseph George Gouin; Sports News; Mike Spack - captain of the University of Manitoba Bisons; Quebec's Liquor Racket - pay the politicians or go out of business, by Ken Johnstone; Today's Athletes are Beating Yesterday's Records - great photos and article; A Big Country - short story by Edmund E. Pugsley; Kenneth Ford writes of being tall - 6'-6""; Robert LaPalme writes of being short - 5'-0"; Noteworthy Canadians - brief write-ups and photos of skiers Rhona and Rhoda Wurtele, novelist Edwarde Meade, violinist Donna Grescoe, harpist Winifred Bambrick, ecologist Pierre Dansereau, and poet Patrick Anderson; Picking Germany's Brains - 300 of Hitler's top scientists now in the US working for the Allies - article with photos; Peace - Perfect Peace, story by Gregory Clark; Emperor Bing Crosby and his business interests, by Jack Hirshberg; Which Came First? - A Short Story by June McFeely; Lovely full-page colour ad for Yardley cosmetics; Russian Producer Eisenstein Screens Part I of the Notorious Czar Ivan's Career; Full-page colour ad for Jell-o puddings; Ontario Society of Artists Celebrates its 75th Anniversary - photos and story; Fight Training - Super photo and article on boxer Joe Baksi; Interesting Pepsi ad; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A great vintage copy of this feature-oriented weekly which in later years became the Weekend Magazine. Newspaper
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The Standard, 8 March 1947 - Weekly Montreal Pictorial Newspaper
16"x12.5" when folded in half. Features: The Alert and Progressive Civic Government of Arthur, Ontario - photos and nostalgic article; Glamorous Blonde - Lizabeth Scott - photos and article; Winnipeg Auditorium indispensable to City's Life - photos and story; Mary Matheson and her plans to bring books to Australian children; Anschluss - In Reverse - many Germans are seeking new citizenship; Major Article by Jacqueline Sirois - Gambling in Canada; Ottawa's aspirations as a city - with the rest of the country paying; Wonder pill offers hope for thousands of victims of anemia; Tuttle - story by Nicholas Scarlett; U.N. Trouble Shooters - Canadians use their service training to keep smooth the machinery of world piece - article with group photo of Lloyd Herman, Byron Wood and W. Murray Anderson; A Bird in the Hand - story by Gregory Clark; Cyrus Stephen Eaton and Charles Aubrey Eaton - They Represent Finance and Politics in US; Who is Sylvia? - story by Peter Carter-Page; Ontario's Gale Sherwood is Hollywood's newest star - photo and write-up; Pipe Down, You Guys - story by Doris Hedges; Large dramatic photo of tapping of the burning first oil gusher in Alberta's Leduc oil field; Oil Boom in (Leduc) Alberta - article with photos; Montreal police confused by Chinese men - who can't tell them apart!; Photo of man standing before a 108" saw blade in British Columbia; New Nickel find at Lynn Lake, Manitoba - story and photos; 20 page colour comic section; Red Morning - story by Ruby Frazier Frey; Natalie Bury of Vancouver; Leslie Bell - Conductor Extraordinaire - article and photos; SPEBSQSA - Society for the preservation and encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America; Tom Connors of Halifax - he's been collecting sports pictures for 50 years - photo and article; Snooker King - George Chenier - article; Peter Mews - mannequin creator explains how they are made for Clatworthy & Sons of Toronto - great photos and article; Whooping Cough tests in England show promise - photos and story; and more. Unmarked. Average wear and some moisture stains. A great vintage copy of this feature-oriented weekly which in later years became the Weekend Magazine. Newspaper
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The Tatler and Bystander (Magazine), December 3, 1947 *Royal Wedding Number*
36 pages. Cover photo portrait of newly married Princess Elizabeth walking corgi and holding large bouquet; Sean Fielding reflects upon the Royal Wedding; Wonderful wedding photos of Princess Elizabeth and her new husband; Jennifer tells the Wedding Story; Sketches of current fashions in evidence at the big event; Jennifer's Social Journal, complete with many photos of personalities who attended the Abbey; Majestic photos of the bride's arrival; Priscilla in Paris - her comments on Elisabeth et Philippe; Photos of Princess Elizabeth from girlhood through womanhood; Graceful colour centerfold illustration by Eric Earnshaw shows the royal couple by their fireplace; Photos of Philip Mountbatten - boyhood through manhood; Photos of many wedding gifts at St. James's; Column by Sabretache, including photo of horse given to the Princess on her wedding by the Aga Khan; Column by D.B. Wyndham Lewis; Lovely fashion ads; Photos of three other newly married couples; Nice colour ad for Huntley & Palmers Buscuits inside back cover; Excellent colour ad for Dewar's "White Label" Scotch Whisky on back cover shows a crate of their finest being hoisted aboard an impressive vessel named the Elizabeth. Average wear. Bit of writing on front cover. A sound copy of this momentous issue. Magazine
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The Tatler and Bystander (Magazine), June 17, 1942
30 pages. Features: Nice cover photo portrait of The Countess of Roseberry; Way of the War - story and photos of notable personalities; Myself at the Pictures, by James Agate; Four photos from Kipling's Jungle Book, filmed by Korda, Korda & Korda; The Theatre - Horace Horsnell; The Arts Theatre Club presents Jean Forbes-Robertson in "Twelfth Night" - please note that one of the four photos has been clipped out and is not included - this seven by four inch clipping removed a portion of the Social Roundabout on the next page; See "Big Top" at His Majesty's - The show with the Charles B. Cochran Touch - 7 photos; D.B. Wyndham Lewis article; Photos of Stage Star and Stable Owner Mr. Vic Oliver; Nice one-page cartoon illustration of the I.T.W. by Wing-Commander E.G. Oakley-Beuttler; July 4th centerfold photos at Eton; The John Clements and the Robert MacDermots - photos; The Marchioness of Londonderry and her Youngest Daughter - photo portraits; Sabretache - several interesting photos with text; Elizabeth Bowen - With Silent Friends; Photos of seven newlywed couples and two newly engaged young women; Full-page ad for The Nuffield Organization shows two military officers with map; Nice fashion photos on pages 378-379; Back cover colour ad for The North British Rubber Company shows golf clubs conversing over drinks. Center page loose but present. Average wear. Six-inch opening from top of cover-fold partway into front cover. Bit of writing on back cover. A sound copy. Magazine
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The War Illustrated - 11 August 1917: No. 156
Illustration Features: Surrending Germans pass through the French lines; The Battle of the Nieuport Dunes - Matchless story of the Northamptons and the King's Royal Rifles (article by Max Pemberton); Canadian Pioneers at work and at Liesure (5 photos); Men of many climes who fight for France; Italians in the Alps and in the air; These Three historic years - article by Lovat Fraser; Aerial activity of four warring nations; Immortal Heroism of K.R.R.C. & Northamptons; Incidents in the Battle of the Nieuport Dunes; British Women's Mission of Mercy in France; How the Hun encourages neutral powers; 'Pipsqueaks' that served to alarm all London - 5 photos of air raid sound rockets; When Paris was in Peril - article by Hamilton Fyfe; Fire and Fury Flaming upon the foe in France. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
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The War Illustrated - 26 May 1917: No. 145
Illustration Features: a couple of Spahis (Algerian Cavalry) on patrol; The epic story of Lieven and Lagnicourt - article on how the Australians broke the Prussian Guard; 'Tanks' at work on British and French fronts; Work and play behind the lines in the West; Vandal Passion and British Phlegm under fire; Conquerors of Courcy - Russians in Champagne; Forward with the Tricolour North of Soissons; What Italy's Navy is doing - article be Dr. James Murphy; Ships that keep watch and ward in the Adriatic; Ousting the Hun from the shelter of Oppy Wood; The Serbian as I know him - article by H. Charles Woods; One Trawler that tackled 4 U-boats at once; Courageous women nurses; Fokker and Albatros and some of their fallen flyers; Prussia's ruthless havoc in the Somme Valley; The Seventh (7th) Australian Infantry. Above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
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The War Illustrated - No. 179: 19 July 1918: The Pan-Germans' New Dreams
Photos with the following captions: Lines that all lead to the Hindenburg Line; Wreckage and Waste from Ypres to Cambrai; Freed by British Bravery from the Terrible Turk; 'Tanks' Advance into action & Tow Back a Prize; On the Edge of Great Events among the Alps; Rare and Ready Courage to the Rescue of a Comrade; 'Graft' and Bribery in Russia (story); Clearing the Crescent off the Permanent Way; Weather Difficulties defied by daring and work; Unmasking Spies in London (story); 'Ghost' that Fails to Frighten our Flying Men; Happiness in Hospital in Barge and Burrow; Art's Spirit Shining Amid the Murk of War; The Terriers of the Pack - some of the remarkable doings of the "M.L." Craft (story); Last Moments of the Torpedoed Transport Medie; From London's Roads to Flanders' Muddy Fields; The Royal Highlanders of Canada (story). Above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
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The War Illustrated - No. 182 - 9 February 1918 - Aerial Possibilities of 1918
Features: Aerial Possibilities of 1918 (story); Aerial activity from Flanders to the Adriatic; Physical fitness Guarded in Trench & Dug-out; Where Snowy Winter is called a temporary truce; With General Marshall's men in Mesopotamia; From the Field of Conflict to the Camp of Care; Brought to the fore by Revolution in Russia; New Light on the True Inwardness of Bolshevism (story by Hamilton Fyfe); Behind the lines in lands of Beauty and Romance; Protective Colouring and Pyrotechnics in War; Some thrilling episodes in the story of the Light Cruisers (story); Below-Deck Heroes Daily Brave unseen danger - photos of the 'black squad' feeding the boilers with coal; Aspects of Sir Edmund Allenby's Palestine Army; American Soldiers enter sternly into action; Emergencies in Frontier Fighting in the East; Mountain Climbing in the Mahsud Campaign; Active Women Wield the Woodman's Axe and saw; Keepting the ways clear with constant work; The 7th Canadian Infantry (story). Average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
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The War Illustrated - Part 180: 26 January 1918 - The Vision of a New Europe
Features: The Story of the Growth of the Admiralty War Staff (story and photos); The Queen of the Adriatic and the Holy City; Venice Preserved and Jerusalem Delivered; Intervals of play in the wearying work of war; Duty and Piety from Dieppe to the Piave; American Ardour at home, abroad and afloat; The Vision of a New Europe (story); Vain German Rain of Bombs and shine of armour; Labour that paves the way for further progress; Theft and 'Protectsie' in Russia - Some Evils of the Old Regime as I saw them, by Hamilton Fyfe; Side Shows in the Panorama of War; Kaiser Wilhelm Gloats over Italy at Gorizia; Where Allies are Aiding the Intrepid Italians; Destroyers and their doings (story); New signs in the sky of coming air activity; U Boat Outrage on a Helpless Hospital Ship; Scarred Heroes Reach the Sanctuary of Home; The Somerset Light Infantry (story). Above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
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The War Illustrated - Part 181, 2 February 1918 - Problems That Must be Solved
Features: Problems that must be solved (story); Hun Energy Expressed in High Explosives; Courtesy and Carefulness Diversely Displayed; Camouflage and contrasts from Flanders to Alsace; Democracy Tests Autocracy with Terms of Peace; Captain Sword and Captain Pen at Brest Litovsk; War in the Air from Home to the Holy Land; Some Sidelights on the Temperament of the Slav (story); Service merciful and military 'mid wintry snow; Tracking the Slinking Jackals of the Sea; Some Episodes in the story of the Seaplane Service (story); Monster Machines that Battle in the Blue; Persistent Pursuit of the Turk in Palestine; Men of the East Render Ready help to the west; How France Faced Hun Spies (story); Titanic feat of Italian Seamen at Trieste; R.G.A. Officer Cadets at a Training School; Pierrots and Pantomime Players from France. The Welsh Guards (story). Average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
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The War Illustrated, No. 185 - 2 March 1918
Illustration of horses pulling British soldiers in boats across the River Scarps. What a Bolshevist 'Peace' Means, by Lovat Fraser. 5 photos of Canadians homeward bound, their duty done. Quaint Quarters of the Fighting Men in France - 4 photos. 2 Photos of Shell-Smother Caught by the Camera. Trifles picked up on the blazed trail of war - 5 photos. Waiting for the opening offensive on the West. The True Story of Henry - by 'Vedette'. Illustration of an early version of the caterpillar tractor at work in Palestine. British mouth organ band in Palestine. Canine helpers in battle. A Serbian Supper-Party - some lively memories from the Lower Danube, by Hamilton Fyfe. Builders of the fleet that flies - 5 photos. Six great photos of Britannia, the Tank that rules the trenches. Photos of concrete vessels - can be built in a third of the time. Australia's Great Achievement - Heroic doings on land and sea, article with 6 photos. The Royal Fleet Auxiliaries, article by John S. Margerison. Average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. Sound copy. Book
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The War Illustrated, No. 224 - 30 November 1918
Cover Illustration - King Albert Enters Into His Own. From Mourning to Rejoicing - The Strasbourg Statue (Illustration). Exit Mediaevalism - editorial. A Surrender Without Parallel - The Great Naval Drama in the North Sea, by Percival A. Hislam. Ending the Vain Dream of German Sea-Dominion - photos. France on the Rhine - Alcase restored at last to the Alsatians - article by Hamilton Fyfe. 1870 - End of Alsace-Lorraine's Martyrdom - 1981 - Photos. Great Britain's Misused Island Gift to Germany, Heligoland (photos). Photo of General Currie taking the salute in the Grand Parade in Mons. Photo of Canadians marching through Mons. Royal welcome home for prisoners of war - photos. "The King is Coming" - story by Sydney A. Moseley. Photos of Lille during and after occupation. The Secret City of Arras - article. Tragedy of the Sea Revealed after Four Years - The H.M.S. Audacious, lost off the Irish coast - 3 photos. Pan-German Republicanism? - article by Frederic William Wile. Average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. Sound copy. Book
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The War Illustrated, No. 234 - 8 February 1919
Cover illustration entitled 'The Happy End'. Large photo taken on-board a British dirigible. The story that can never be told, by Lovat Fraser. Coastal Motor-Boats Cutting Their Arrowy Way - two great photos of the Auxiliary Patrol Service. Photos in Belgium Before the Enemy was Expelled. With the Kaiser in Bruges - Hun Camera Records (6 photos). Turey's Waning Prestige in Europe and in Asia - 3 photos. Maintaining Law and Order in Occupied Lands - 5 photos. 'Russia, The Unexplainable' - article by Hamilton Fyfe. Photo of the arrival of President Poincare at the opening of the conference to establish a League of Nations. Photos of French Bridge-Builders at work on the Rhine. Photos of large German interned submarines at Cherbourg, including the Deutschland. Full-page photographic portrait of Lord Roberts, who warned his countrymen of the German menace - accompanied by article by Coulson Kerrnahan. 'Red' Victims of Chaos in the Prussian Capital - 7 photos. Ebert Beats Extremists in Barricaded Berlin - 6 photos. Speeding up the Surrender of Hun Submarines - 6 photos. Two photos of the Italian Caproni Triplane. First photograph permitted of the 'M1', a submersible monitor which carried a 12 inch gun. Three photos of the newly revealed 'K' submarine, the largest craft of the kind produced by any nation. Britain as Queen of the Air - How we outbuilt and outfought the Teuton (article). Preparing the Soil for the Harveset of Peace. Few drops of soiling. Somewhat above-average wear. Staples disintegrated with age. A sound copy. Book
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The War Illustrated: No. 219, 26 October 1918
Cover illustration depicts Generals the Hon. Sir Julian Byng, K.C.B., Sir Henry Rawlinson, Bart., K.C.B., and Sir Henry Horne, K.C.B. Topics: Photo of a Canadian Brigadier-General on reconnaissance in a 'whippet' tank; Should we let the Hun Withdraw? - by Lovat Fraser; Victory and British Sea-Power, by H.W. Wilson; Pursuing the Pirate & Defeating His Purpose; Photos of 'Small Details that are part of a great story'; Chaotic Ruin Wrought by the Hun in Cambrai; Onward through Destruction & Obstruction; Traps & Obstacles that Valor Overleaped; American Troops in the Truimphant Advance; Fortune's Changing Wheel on the Western Front; Great Canal Barrier (the Canal du Nord) Broken by British Troops; The Cambrai Battlefield, by Hamilton Fyfe; Women from far and near united in war work; On Home Service, Glimpses of V.A.D. Work, by Olive Dent; and more. Average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. A worthy copy. Book
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The Western Horseman - The Magazine for Admirers of Stock Horses, November 1953
68 pages. Features: Arapahoe Ranch - near Thermopolis; Yesterday's Cow Roundup; Your Vacation is my Work - a story of pack-horses; Picked up in the Rodeo Arena; Fundamentals First (part II); Down the Straightaway; Can Roping Clubs Make Money?; Los Latigos De Cuero (The Rawhide Latigoes); Made it Myself; When Goldie Rode - Goldie Griffish Cameron; The Little Dogie Roping Gate; The Cowboy's Bandanna - photos of its many uses; Horseman's Scrapbook. Full-page black and white photo ad for Porter Mansfield saddles featuring "Toots" Mansfield. Full-page ad for Disney hats. Great colour ad for Fred Mueller Inc. boots inside front cover. Full-page black and white ad for "The Panhandle" hat by Bandera. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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The Western Horseman - The Magazine for Admirers of Stock Horses, July 1953
48 pages. Features: Vet's Corner; Sit Tight in the Saddle - a bronc rider story; Rodeo with Triangle Bell; Saddle Trek with the two bars Seven; The Girls Rodeo Association; Down the Straightaway; Great Foundation Sires of the American Thoroughbred, VIII - *Bonnie Scotland, *Australian and *Eclipse; Cold Shoeing Broncs; Picked up in the Rodeo Arena; Week-end Waddies - The Working Kind; Cow Cuttin'; Who is He?; How to be a Bronc Rider; Range Ridin' Rhythm; Sunnyside Stampeders; and more. Nice Stetson ad on back cover. Bona Allen, Inc. ad inside back cover features saddles. San Angelo hat box ad inside back cover. Lee Jeans ad featuring Casey Tibbs on page 43. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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The Western Socialist - The Journal of Scientific Socialism in the Western Hemisphere: Volumes 12 and 13 Bound in One Volume, Including All Issues 1945-1946
Unpaginated. 12" x 9" x 0.7". Contains issues from January 1945 through December 1946, a tumultuous time for labour in the wake of World War II. Topics include: Tennessee Poll Tax Fight; A New Revision of Marxian Economics, by Raya Dunayevskaya; Barriers on the Way to Socialism, by CARP; C.C.F confusion, by C. Luff; Marxism in New Zealand by R.R. Everson; Labor Conscription - the May-Bailey bill calls for a compulsory labor draft of 18 million workers from 18 to 45 years of age; Labor and Political Action, by Harmo; Vocationalism in Ireland; Comrade Adolph Kohn; The Future of Cartels; Capitalist Justice; An admittedly Imperfect World; 60 million jobs?; Will War Delay Socialism?; Success Story; The Meaning of Social Revolution; When G.I. Joe Comes Home; The Tinplate War; The Jinni and the Master; Inquiring Student Answered; Mexico; Do away with the Working Class; Human Nature as it Really is; Parasites in Fact and Fiction; Is the Status Quo Unchangeable?; Blood and Iron - contemplating the effect of WWII; Is Socialism Inevitable?; Scientific Socialism; Now that Germany has been knocked out, What Next?; The Nature of Co-ops; A Will for Socialism; Who ar the Workers?; Edward Bellamy; The Irish Scene; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Welcome Home, Joe; Canada Goes to the Polls; A Summer Morning in Dublin; Whom the States Serves; Forced Labor in Russia; A Philosopher Squelched - San Francisco Conference; British Election Message; Willow Run - this massive plant will soon be closed after making B-24 bombers for the war; The Great Divide; Guaranteed Annual Wage; Tobin and the Teamsters; S.P.G.B. Election Message; The War's End; Socialism in Britain?; War Memorials and Poverty; Detroit seething with unrest due to postwar industrial reconversion; Russia as she is; Poverty in New Zealand; From Military to Trade Wars; Atomic Energy; Has Britain Turned Socialist?; A Job with the City; Economics of Control; The Case for Socialism; Reformers Emasculate Unions; The Communications Revolution; Guaranteed Annual Wage; Insurance and Security; So this is Peace!; Wages and Prices; A Soldier Thinks; A Program for Workers; Yours - When you want it; The General Motors Strike - the union wants 30%; An American Seaman in India; Homeward Bound; Delusions of A White Collar Worker; Veterans are workers too; Who owns large corporations?; The Truth about Russia; Socialism and Personal Ethics; The Lenin Legend; Tale of Two Continents; Kaiser-Frazer Bonus Plan; Atomic Policy; Fetish of Full Production; What? - No Money!; Growing Tensions of Capitalism; Two Worlds; India; Henry in Wonderland; Family and Education in U.S.S.R.; How to Deal with the Atomic Bomb; Recruits Wanted; Opportunity under Capitalism; United Nations and War; Catholicism in America; The Rail Strike; From Boom to Bust; T.B. and Capitalism; Stocks don't make a capitalist; Know the Enemy; Fruits of Victory; Unions in Politics; A Note on American Culture; British Labor Government; Between Two Wars; Who Owns America; Materialist Basis of Religion; Selfishness; Occupational Trends in America; Letter to a Jewish worker; OPA - The Price Sieve; Ireland Today; Serfdom in a Free Society; Questions and Answers; Paris "Peace" Conference and World War III; The Sacred Cow; Full Employment and the Liberals; Berlin Letter; The Worker - That's You!; Unity; The Atomic Age; Where are the Unions Going?; Land of Plenty; The "Flood-Like" Form; Socialism or Capitalism?; An introduction to Economics; How About a 51% Majority; What do we mean by Socialism?. Sturdily bound in maroon boards. Unmarked. Average external wear. Contents clean and gently toning with age. Lettering upon backstrip dull but legible. A sound copy. Book
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The Wide World Magazine - April 1953, Australian Edition
Features: The Treasure Map - Buried Treasure in the South Sea Islands, with photos; Salving the Guadarrama - a marine surveyor's account of a remarkable salvage operation; Mr. Kim's Secret - an incident from the grim struggle in Korea; The Man Who Turned Pirate - reprint of a 1938 story involving the American schooner-yacht Aafje, with photos; Australia's Mail-Men; Smiler - another case of Jack ashore getting into trouble in Malaya; The Earthquake - the author and his wife narrowly escape near the Tibetan frontier; Greek Fire - a forgotten incident from World War II involving the protection of a petroleum installation; Average wear. Back cover almost loose. Book
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The Wide World Magazine - August 1949 Vol.103, No.616
Features include: The Donkey - A humble donkey co-operates to bring about the discomfiture of sundry Arab thieves; It Pays to Advertise - The Amazing result of the nefarious activities of a rascally 'wild-cat' company promoter and an unscrupulous newspaper reporter in Canada; Mr. Zaru - story from a ship; Into the Unknown - exploratino work in Tanganyika; Farm Life in South Africa - intended for aspiring British immigrants to South Africa; Through the Iron Curtain - an ambitious motor-cycle voyage through Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Turkey; Beyond the Barrier - Extraordinary incidents related by a famous stage magician, Jasper Maskelyne; A Matter of Boundaries - an amusing tale of a tribal land-dispute in Nigeria; The Little Gold Disc - A veteran seafarer's account of a remarkable experience on the China Coast; The Tiger That Thought; The Red Lacquer Pagoda; The Ship That Became a House; Guarding New Zealand's Forests - Illustrated in black and white. Chips from and tears to base of spine else average wear. Two inch opening at top of back cover. Magazine
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The Wide World Magazine - December 1925: Vol. LVI No. 333
Features: The Mine that Disappeared - a story related by a mining engineer about the Bocanegra Mine; Casshel's Escape - the story of Ernest Casshel, one of the few criminals to ever escape from the "North-West Mounted" (locale - Calgary, Alberta); On the trail of the Dinosaur - a recent expedition into the Colorado River section of the great American Desert, in the State of Arizona, claims to have found not only fossil tracks of the three-toed dinosaur, but a rock-carving of a dinosaur - a picture which man could not have made unless he had seen the reptile he attempted to portray - photos; Babes in a boat - a neophyte sailor and his wife set sail across the Pacific - Part II (conclusion); The Padded Room - one of the most amazing plots in the annals of the French police; Five Greenhorns in Canada - An amusing and illustrated account of the adventures of five inexperienced Englishmen who set forth to make homes for themselves in the Canadian wilderness; Lost in the heart of Peru - an explorer is abandoned by his guide in the upper reaches of the Amazon - part IV (conclusion); The Demon Lion of Bandari - Lion Hunt; At Grips in the Girders - an extraordinary battle; An Alligator-Hunter's Story in Mexico; Part IV of In Search of the Lost Oases - a desert trip from Sollum on the Mediterranean to El Obeid in the Sudan - many photos; The Phantom Reporter - a story from Canada's Pacific Coast by Charles Harrison Gibbons. Above-average wear. Faint owner's name atop front cover else unmarked. Binding intact. Nothing loose. Decent copy of this broadly interesting issue. Book
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The Wide World Magazine - January 1950
Features include: The Road to Wonderland - Construction of a highway and tunnel through a mountain wilderness in the South Island of New Zealand; Kamal Ram's Come-Back - tale of a stationmaster at Manijan, in northern Assam; Saga of the Snow-Dogs - An account of the Arctic Husky; The Hut-Tax Affair - a tale from Northern Nigeria; All Aboard For Adventure - Part I of a tale of 5 young Americans who set out on a sailboat for tropic seas; The Beneficent Bamboo; Dogsbody - an amusing incident involving a very junior officer aboard a British freighter; The Telephone Mine - Adventures of two South African prospectors in search of King Solomon's Mines; Our Leopard - A Kenyan farmer's story; Down Texas Way - the story of 3 youngsters, a gang of desperate escaped convicts, and a night alarm; Appointment with the Devil - An extraordinary story from Abyssinia; Illustrated in black and white. Covers and spine missing. Contents in decent condition. Magazine
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The Wide World Magazine - July 1928, Vol. LXI, No. 364
Features: Two Men and a Donkey - Part I - two young artists walk from the South of France to Spain; With a Pack-Train in Jasper National Park, Canada; Dead Men's Tracks - Part II - a Western Australia Story about a lost mine; My Adventures in Mexico - Part I, by John Edwin Hogg; Obtaining an identity card in France; The Harpist of Alexandria; My First Panther - The Fur Trail - a trappers tale from the southern end of Kootenay Lake, British Columbia, Canada; To Lhasa in Disguise - Part III (Conclusion) - how a white woman succeeded, for the first time in history, in entering Lhasa, the Forbidden City of Tibet; The King of the Dedangs - how an obsure adventurer became a short-term king of certain savage tribes; Checkmate - how a murderous gang of dacoits in India met their Waterloo; a special home in Parksville, British Columbia (photos); A Night with Crocodiles - an eventful African river journey. Covers loose but present. Light pencil signature atop front cover. Above-average wear. Still a worthy copy. Book
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