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Canadian Forces Sentinel, November-December 1969, Volume 5, Number 10
Features: Cadets climb mountains (7 pages); 405 Squadron takes anti-submarine trophy; Militia take to the field at Camp Dube; Interesting collections and hobbies at La Macaza; How are you with the Press?; Annual Art Competition; They shall never forget - Shelburn and the other escape organizations set up throughout Western Europe; A North Atlantic Christmas - MWO J.L. Wilson. Sound copy. Magazine
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Canadian West Magazine - Fall 1988
Features: Ginger Goodwin - Hero or Martyr?; Historic Newcastle Island; The Christmas Day Murders - in the Klondike; The Lost Lemon Mine; Captain Ainsworth. Clean, bright and unmarked. Book
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Chip Chats Magazine, November/December 1989
80 pages. Features: Many CNE photos; Carved Floral Reliefs - part 3; Archie Phillips; Chester Sewell; Let's Carve - a Cat; Three thin-wood nativities; Carve a classic acanthus curl; Carve a Hockey Player; Tangents - Norse Horses; Buring Techniques; Christmas Tree Ornaments Group Effort; Don Rowland opens Miniature Gallery; Topeka restores antique merry-go-round; Many show photos and reports; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Creative Needle Magazine - Smocking, Handsewing, Embroidery, Other Needle Arts - November/December 1986
Features: Interview with Kathy Holman & Carolyn Walker; Counted Thread Embroidery Series - Lesson V; Special Looks for the Holidays; The Art of Embellishing - using lace, eyelet, ribbon, pearls, beads and buttons on the smocked bishop; A Battenburg Christmas - patterns & instructions for lace ornaments; A Host of Angels - eyelet and crewel patterns & instructions; Ayrshire Embroidery - Part V of Fancy Hems and Edges; Smocked Alphabet Sampler - a sampler by Gwen Milner; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Creative Needle Magazine - Smocking, Handsewing, Embroidery, Other Needle Arts - September/October 1988
Features: The fabrics of Jewish life; Fine Machine Sewing; Embroidered tablecloth - full-size pattern and stitch instructions; Gifts for Baby; Unisex Knickers - pattern and instructions on pull-out; Stepping in high cotton; Christmas Ornaments by Martha Parker; Fancy Stitch Faux Lace - Lesson 5; Sewing Before Smocking; Interview with Ellen McCarn; Smock Plate; and more. Small name stamps on front cover. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Creative Needle Magazine - Smocking, Handsewing, Embroidery, Other Needle Arts - September/October 1990
Features: Designer Christmas - Twenty-nine of the top needlework designers with their best Holiday Ideas created especially for this issue; Holiday Section - 72 pages of full-size patterns, graphs, instructions, hints and how-to's to create the ideas shown in Designer Christmas - includes two pull-out sections; Suppliers Directory; Creative Applique - "Little Lambs and Holly"; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Creative Needle Magazine - Smocking, Handsewing, Embroidery, Machine Arts - November/December 1992
Features: Cutwork investment - machine cutwork on wool by Janet Hierl; A "Duck-ensian Christmas - duplicate stitch sweater design by Delbra W. Moore; A Collar for All Seasons - pattern and embroidery design by Trudy Horne; The Old-Fashioned Baby - featherstitching; Pull-out Pattern - infant's long cloak and cape, snowbunnies stocking, vest cutwork design, pram cover, collar design, baby's first Christmas stocking, baby dove bib, Christening dress protector; Babies - from head to toe - beautiful sewing for new arrivals; Cosmetic/Jewelry Bags - a great gift in ninety minutes; Sewing on Lightweight Fabrics - professional tips from Londa Rohlfing; Snowbunnies - Shadow Work Stocking by Paris Bottman & Tina Lewis; Details that make a difference - close-ups and instructions from the baby feature; Smock plate - by Cheryl Lohmann; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Doll World, December 1987
Features: Alice in Wonderland - an early Madame Alexander Cloth Doll; Sweet Sue and Teen Tressy; Collecting Paper Dolls; Memories of Dorothy Churchill; A Year Around Collection of Christmas Fun; Pincushion Doll; Pattern for a 1910 21" dress, underwaist and drawers; Tips on making porcelain repros; and more. Light wear. A quality copy. Book
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Embroidery Canada Magazine, Fall 1991
20 pages. Features: Lace - a speech by Didi Vanden Brink; Christmas Gift Bags; Ukrainian Pattern Darning; Mini-Lesson - Creative Stitchery; and more. Clean with light wear. Magazine
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Embroidery Canada Magazine, Summer1992
16 pages. Features: My Last Will and Testament; Using Waste Canvas; Group Correspondence Courses; Needlwork Samplers - Part II; Mini-Lesson - Slovak Folk Embroidery on Aido Cloth; Under Prairie Skies - Seminar '92; 3rd Annual Mini Competition; Christmas Trees - Opus I & III; and more. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Magazine
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Embroidery Canada Magazine, Volume XXII, No. 2
32 pages. Features: The Cape of Many Hands - Viewpoint of Needleworker Jan Kjargaard; Blue Flag Iris - by Janet Brown; History of Homecrafted Christmas Tree Ornaments - by Angeline Doucet; A Victorian Christmas Ornament - by Barbara Gilbert; My Dearest Alfy - by Anna Dones; Connie's Sampler - by Connie Wilks; Murphy's Law for Needleworkers - by Mary-Dick Digges; Smocking - Yesterday and Today - by Sue Ann Bly; Needle-Mania - word search ; and more. Undated but from 1994 or 1995. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Circa 1995? Magazine
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Esquire Magazine, December 1970 - Ari Onassis Cover
296 pages. Features: Massive 5-panel colour photo ad for Ronson products inside front cover; Polaroid 360 colour two-page ad; Simca car ad; Panasonic colour photo ad for their 8-track player; Two-page Helbros watch colour ad; Colour photo Lucien Piccard watch ad featuring ball of Swiss cheese; Nice two-page ad for Henry McKenna bourbon whiskey; Nostalgic ad for two-colour Winthrop leather boots - Vintage '30; Colour photo ad for the Leicina - a new Leitz movie camera; Two-page colour ad for Dr. Grabo Pipes; Two-page illustrated ad for Oleg Cassini shirts; List of 190 things to avoid; Happy moments for General Mark Clark, Jerry Lewisk Jack Benny, B.B. King and Allen Funt; Interview with Hugh M. Hefner; The Perfect Mother, by Tiny Tim; Nine Happy Places; The Decade of the Great Liberal Death Wish, by Malcolm Muggeridge; Who Hates Whom - Religions/Ethnic Groups vs. Socioeconomic Status; The Sex Maniac, by Hilma Wolitzer; The Mechanics of Bliss - colour art photos; The Perfect Toy - Wesley Pavalon and the Milwaukee Bucks; James Michener and the Running of the Bulls in Pamploma - with many photos; Das Hip Kapital, by Craig Karpel - a critique of the youth economy; Weird Harold and the first national Swinger's Convention; The Sears Catalog - 1652 pages of the American Dream; The Motherhood, by Robert Ullian; Exotic Christmas gift vehicles and other gifts; John Rennon's Exlusive Groupie (John Lennon and Yoko), by Charles McCarry; Portugal - a blue heaven for greenbacks; The Sweeter Options of John D. MacArthur and Truman Capote, by Tom Burke; The Great Speckled Post; Out of Uniform - photo of six members of the Santos, Brazil soccer club, with ladies; Several ad for brown leather shoes - apparently trendy at that time; Far too many additional advertisements to list. This issue is a great throwback to the 1970s with hours of great reading. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
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Flora Magazine - For Flower Arrangers and Gardeners: Winter Edition, Number 5
Features: Flower arranger's greenhouse; Christmas at the manor; Proteas; design with Proteas; Singapore Orchids; The Big Day; The flora Calendar 1976; Chrysanthemum glory; Wintergreen; Gardening and flower arranging in Jamaica; Why I collect flower stamps; pink frost for Christmas; Coconuts for food and flowers; Flowers at Beaulieu; Men who arrange flowers; pot et fleur; winter in the garden; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Flora Magazine - For Flower Arrangers and Gardeners: November-December 1978
Features: Making a Christmas scene; New Year's Eve; Ideas for Christmas; What would you like for Christmas; In Your Garden; Why not try a Residential Course; Christmas fantasies; Christmas Show; Sterling Value; Colour it silver; flowers through the ages; spring flower holidays; sensible shrub planting; flowers in the far east; collecting books; abstract arrangement; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Flora Magazine - For Flower Arrangers and Gardeners: Winter 1977
Features: Beginner's please!; winter garden; gardening indoors; growing unusual plants indoors; making a Christmas cone; the romance of Christmas greenery; Candle light; flowers through the ages; berried Treasure; Beech nut flowers; new flower seeds for 1978; colour it red; a flower arranger visits Japan; A Desert Beauty; Shell Magic; Flower Arranging and Gardening in Peru; Flowers for a Royal occasion; Personal colours of flowers of the Zodiac; Chinese Brush Painting; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Flora Magazine - For Flower Arrangers and Gardeners: Autumn 1976
Features: Autumn work in the Garden; create a modern arrangement; join a flower arrangement class; Skeleton leaves; Daffodils and Narcissi for autumn planting; Using cane; Cyclamen; Citrus Fruits - for food and flowers; Shrubs for Autumn colour; Fruit and Vegetable Decorations; Dried flowers in churches; Consider the lilies; Wilton; Flowers in metal; Flower arranging in Natal; the pleasure of teaching flower arranging; The Red Rose of Cares and the Opium Lady; Choose your new greenhouse now!; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Flora Magazine - For Flower Arrangers and Gardeners: Winter 1976
Features: Floraclubs; amongst the flowers; adventures with annuals; floralore; photographing flower arrangements; Victorian Posy Holders; The Christmas Holidays; Presenting presents; Housewife's choice; a flower arranger's garden; florafood; a standing mobile; ideas for Christmas; Arranging from a small garden; Dominica - land of mountains and rivers; flowers of history; relationships; Mechanical aids to reduce time and effort; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Flora Magazine - For Flower Arrangers and Gardeners: November-December 1979
Features: Christmas gifts for flower lovers; Christmas at home; Flower holidays for 1980; In Your Garden; Forgotten Flowers; Making an unusual Christmas Tree; Make Your own exotic flowers; flowers at Fishmonger's Hall; Christmas at Colonial Williamsburg; Bulb Flowers with Candles; The Edwardian Era; Flowers on Greeting Cards; Holly; Florabooks; Dickensian Flowers; To Heat or not to Heat; How a floral arranger in New Zealand responds to challenges of titles; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Fortune Magazine, 6 December 1999 *Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal - Prince of Tech Investors*
382 pages. Features: Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed may be the wealthest investor outside the U.S.; The Fortune e-50 index; Dell's big new act; Excite@Home merges content and cable; DoubleClick - The Heart of Internet Advertising; USWeb/CKS grows up; The Clubby world of venture capitalists has become more aggressive and cutthroat; Japans R&D - get ready for robot dogs, video cell phones, electronic wall paper, and more; How to most effectively buy influence in Washington; The NRA is Under the Gun; What Would Machiavelli Do?; Dot Com time bomb on Madison Avenue - net brand promotion will stop after Christmas; Fast Ferries - radical new shapes are breaking speed records - it's a whole new breed of catamaran; Challengers Move in on ERP. Light wear. A nice clean copy. Magazine
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Harper's Bazar (Bazaar) Magazine, December 11, 1886 - A Repository of Fashion, Pleasure, and Instruction
20 pages. Contents: Winter Toilettes; Princesses at a Watering-Place; The Household Herald; Women and Men - every one that thirsteth; New York Fashions; Tapestry band for reclining chairs, etc.; background stitches for tapestry cushions ; fans and flowers for evening dress; Mrs. Burkes Pudding; The Woodlanders - continued; Family Living on $500 a Year - par XLVII; Some Christmas Suggestions; Sketches in Constantinople - text with illustrations; The Cocaine Habit - The Worst Slavery Known - New Revelations of Power; Nice centerfold illustration "Going to the Market in the Tropics" whows black man and woman on horseback; full-page illustration of "The Young Scion of the House of Alvarado on a Fiery Half-Broken Mustang; A Millionaire of Rough and Ready - continued; Knitted Chenille cape; Seal-skin wrap with beaver trimming; fur-trimmed mantle; Plain and plaid wool dress; India cashmere dress; A New Phase of Darwinism; humor. Above-average wear. Pattern included. Book
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Harper's Bazar (Bazaar), April 23, 1870 - A Repository of Fashion, Pleasure, and Instruction
16 pages. Contents: Ball and Evening Coiffures - cover illustrations; Shabby Gentility; Blot-Ting Papers - No. VIII; New York Fashions - style of making, ball dress materials, trimmings; coiffures; Personal; Infant's bib with crochet edging; trimmings for ball and evening dresses; Pelerine with hood; Britta's Christmas Gift; Sayings and Doings; Centerfold illustrations of Ball and Evening Dresses as well as seven gorgeous opera wrappings; Debenham's Vow - continued; Paris Fashions; Lovely full-page image of birds eating grain from "The Christmas Sheaf"; Two coiffures of ribbon and flowers; Low Blouse waist with peplum; blouse waist with sqauare neck; Management of plants in rooms; humor; and more. Average wear. Book
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Harper's Bazar (Bazaar), December 25, 1869 - A Repository of Fashion, Pleasure, and Instruction
16 pages. Contents: Jacket tripped with gold braid; Blot-Ting Papers - Culinary Grievances; Holiday Gifts; Cashmere Scarf with Netted Guipure Trimming; Beret for Child under one year old; Cashmere scarf with crochet and tatted fringe; fishu with revers for girl from 4 to 6 years old; Satin Ribbon and Lace Cravat; Flanel Blouse; Close-fitting jacket with Revers; The Evergreen Message - a Christmas Story; Gossip on Crests and Monograpms; Mrs. Burton's Mince-Meat; Centerfold illustrations present twenty-one girls and ladies wearing a lovely variety of dresses and casaques; Debenham's Vow - continued; Design for bell pull satin stitch; Humor; and more. Average wear. Book
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Holly Leaves Magazine, Christmas 1965
56 pages. Many lovely colour and black and white photographic ads and illustrations. Features: The Doll - from funeral effigy to child's plaything; Witches of the North, by Sydney Moorhouse; America Without Cowboys, by Dennis Tomlinson; Disasters at Sea, by Geoffrey P. West; The White Ones (Swans), by Jeffery Harrison; The Quiet Men - gamekeepers' methods have changed but their task remains much the same as in the last century, or even before; Working Terriers, by Ralph Greaves; The Splendour of Pheasants; Signs of the Zodiac; The Manchester Telegraphs; Flight from Fantasy - ballooning; The Origins and Development of Glass, by Rosemary Crommelin; Peter Morley - Thatcher of East Anglia - with great black white photos; One Man's Weather, by Anthony Clarkson; Suffolk Porches; A Poacher's Revenge; Stocks Market; What is it? - curious black and white photos. Average wear. Some writing atop page 42. Several short openings to covers. Binding restapled. Magazine
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Ikebana International, Issue No. 53, October 1978
Features: Ikenobo School; Sogetsu School; Soami School; Ichiyo School; Ryusei-ha School; Sumie and Poetry; Ikebana for Christmas; Chiko School; Shoho School; Seifu Enshu School; Koryu Shohtoh-kai School; Ohara School; Impressions of South Africa. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Jewelry Making Gems and Minerals Magazine- December 1977 - No. 482
Features: The Beauty of Gemstone Intarsia (cover art); A Two-Finger Ring; The Spirit of The Southwest in Intarsia; Cold Dopping; A Rockhound's Christmas; Polishing Jade; The Handbook of Flat Lapping, Part 2; A Design Problem and Solution; Easy-to-do Cocktail Forks; Designing Jewelry - Part 11; Faceting for Beginners - Part 7; A Start Cut for Christmas; The Chivor Emerald Mines; La Turmalina De senor Dominguez; California is Quicksilver Country - Prospecting for Mercury. Somewhat above-average wear. Sound working copy. Date stamp upon front cover. Book
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LAIFS - Bulletin of the Los Angeles International Fern Society Volume 7, Number 12, December 1980
Features: Creating Christmas Decorations; The Conservatory Collection at New York Botanical Garden - a guided tour; and more Book
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Le Magazine Maclean, Decembre 1965 *LES CARNETS SECRETS DE JEAN-MARIE NADEAU*
Features: Colour ad for the Oldsmobile F-85 inside front cover; Beautiful full colour photo 2-page ad for the 1966 Buick Riviera and 1966 Buicks; Les carnets secrets de Jean-Marie Nadeau - precurseur de la 'revolution tranquille'; Very Rare full-page colour ad for the Honda S600 car!; La Bande a Charlot; Malraux, retour de Chine; Un Hiver Fou - fashion colour photos; Ils ont invente le cowboy Quebecois - Wellie Lamothe, Paul Brunelle et Marcel Martel; Pour Noel - James Bond, G.I. Joe, Barbie...; On nous change la Messe; L'ouest a-t-il compris Lesage?; Colour photo centerfold ad for the 1966 Chevrolet Caprice; Full-page colour photo ad for the OMC Snow Cruiser snowmobile; L'Expo de 9 a 5. Text in French. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Lectures Pour Tous, Janvier 1939
Vintage French-language magazine. Contents: Mademoiselle Vert-Vert (II); Une Star Dans La Stratosphere; Les Deux Visites; Comment ils Revent la Vie Des Autres; La Pape et la Croix Gammee; Le Noel de Bidon V; Rudolph Valentino, Prince Charmant de L'Ecran (1); De Qui?; Echos du Passe; Espionnes D'Aujourd'hui; La Legende De Calinot; La Passage Des Nations; Au Fil De L'Actualite; Trois Minutes avec Le Fou Chantant ; Le Mariage de Napolean (III/fin); Les Sept Dictateurs; Ski de Week-end et ski de sejour; La Revolution et la mode. Photos of S.S. Pie XI parlant devant le micro. Several photos of Rudolph Valentino. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Chips from backstrip and covers. Magazine
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Little Things Magazine - The First Canadian Miniaturist Digest, Volume 1, Number 1, Fall 1981 *First Issue*
46 pages. Colour photos. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Marj Franklin's little people; Home is where you find it; Pert clown for under the tree - project; White Plains - haven of the renowned; Paris - a Day in the Country; Observer's View; Cover Story; Chenille Christmas Tree - Project; Dolls of All Ages; M.E.T.'s Children of the World; A Child's Toy Piano - Project; 'Meet Me At The Fair'; Creating in Canada; Trade Talk; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Little Things Magazine - The First Canadian Miniaturist Digest, Volume 1, Number 5, October 1982 - A Season for Family Gatherings
46 pages. Black and white photos. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Music Minia; Cover Story - a Season for Family Gatherings; Project - Christmas Centrepiece - Holiday greenery; Prolific Pewter - a Pewterer's story; Cullen Gardens - a Miniature Village; Crocheted Delicacies - one woman's success in scale; Project - Log Cabin - a house for the Dollhouse; Pierre Ramet - L'Artisanat - Part 2; Bucket Bench - a French-Canadian Period Piece; Marguerite Bourgeoys Museum - a visual biography; Project - a room box - part 2; Hollywood - the golden years; Phelan City - the little city that could; Canadian National Doll Convention; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Look Magazine, December 15, 1970
100 pages. Special Features: The Nuclear Threat Inside America "Here it is: The Atomic Energy Commission allows strontium-90 in your milk, tritium in your water and plutonium in your air and makes walls glow." and What is Christmas to the P.O.W. wives?. Other features include: Movie Review: "Scrooge" starring Albert Finney; The Beautiful Barkeep of Bequia - Molly Burke; Adelle Davis and the New Nutrition Religion; Leo Rosten's Handy-Dandy Plan to Save Our Colleges; and How I Faced My Son's Drug Arrest - Gerald Astor. Average wear. Binding sound. Magazine
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Maclean's Magazine, 1 December (Dec.), 1950 - Death of the Canadian Seaman's Union (C.S.U.)
Features: Editorial - Housing's a Headache the Provinces Should Handle; Backstage in India - the split with India widens; The Masters at Margate - London Letter by Beverley Baxter; Everybody Boos the CBC, by Pierre Berton; Len Norris on the air with the CBC; Corn and Culture - Max Ferguson is adored by his zany half hour of amusing mimicry while Harry Boyle dishes up those highbrow Wednesday Night sessions; Ted Reeve picks Maclean's All-Canadian football team (The All-Canadian is all-American, with four from the West, eight from the East); How to buy that Christmas Tie; Death of a Union - the Canadian Seaman's Union (C.S.U.) - once strong and respected - had to die for the greater glory of the Communist Party - Here's how it was killed - a frightening, firsthand expose of Red strategy in Labor by an ex-Communist, Gerry McManus (former Secretary-Treasurer) who witnessed the betrayal of 10,000 Canadian workers from the inside; Don't Call me Baby Face - Part V (conclusion) of the story of boxer Jimmy McLarnin; Never get friendly with a friendly bear; The Double Life of Dr. James Barry - Inspector-General Barry ruled the British Army's medical corps in Canada with a bossy efficiency in a thick cloud of rumor and legend... Then, after 53 years' service, a shocking secret came out; Known to be Dangerous - fiction by Octavus Roy Cohen. Colour Studebaker ad inside front cover. Nice colour ad for the 1951 Mercury car on page 25. Nice colour ad for the 1951 Ford Monarch car on page 51. Reading copy only. Above-average wear. Page 9 loose but present. Pages 29-36 loose but present. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, 1 December 1965
52 pages. Features: Nice colour photo 1966 Pontiac ad; Our New City of Science - Sheridan Park Research Community; Off-Season Skiing - in Winter? - Hardy Canadians ski Alpine slopes when they are too cold for the locals; To Russia with Love, and a few pointers on patience - Fred Bodsworth and his around-the-world expedition of bird watchers; The General Who's Fighting for Peace - Tommy Burns attempts to halt the spread of nuclear arms; Agent 007 and the Great Christmas Caper - last year's war toys and brassiere-clad dolls seemed bad enough, but now along comes James Bond to flash a startling array of ingenious weapons and pose a bewildering moral dilemma for parents; Our World-Famous "unknown" master artist - Philip Aziz; and more. Above-average wear. Page 29 loose but present. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, 15 December 1965 *Genevieve Bujold Cover Photo*
68 pages. Features and articles include: Exit Walter Gordon - a hard act to follow; June Marks may be Toronto's first woman mayor; Crown-Zellerback ad shows *massive* Vancouver Island logs being sorted by hand in Lake Cowichan; Colour photo as for the Oldsmobile Cutlass F-85 Holiday Coupe; Student Crackups - new spectre on the campus - stress, drop-outs and suicide; Time of Goodwill - Christmas photos and article; Our Man in NATO - George Ignatieff's harried life on the Brink of Crisis; Genevieve Bujold - to stardom on a cool new path - the young Montrealer who has jumped from nationalist films to international role; What the World was like the year Canada was born - fantastic black and white photos including a famous full-page image of Prince Albert and Queen Victoria; The Angry Ballad of a Union Boss - ACTRA union leader Henry Comor; Gerald Stevens on Canadiana; Colour ad for the Honda S600 automobile; Concerns that Britain's Great Train Robbers will be freed from prison by their friends; Back cover colour photo Coke ad. Average wear. Address label on front cover. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, December 15, 1952 - Karsh Photos of Edmonton
60 pages. Features: Nice Ganong's ad inside front cover; Impressive two-colour full-page ad for General Motors of Canada shows photos of their major Canadian facilities and provides details of their sizes and dates; Nostalgic General Electric full-page colour ad presents 6 of their appliances as possible Christmas gifts; Look What We've Done to Christmas - examines how Canadians spend more on drink than on charity, and pile on debt during the Christmas season; Karsh's Edmonton - The Threshold of the Frontier - Six pages of photos; Sir Giles and the Knightfighter - story by Jacob Hay, illustrated by Len Norris; King of the Crazy Marathons - a flashback to Torchy Peden of B.C. who made twenty-thousand dollars a year racng his bicycle; Please! No More Office Parties - humor by Robert Thomas Allen - illustrated by Duncan MacPherson; The Ten Worst Mistakes Parents Make; The Inspired Doodles of Norman McLaren - a specialist in gentle violence - article with photos; The Mystery of the Mighty Buffalo - Was it really gun-crazy hunters who wiped out the Buffalo?; Bold and colourful General Motors centerfold ad promotes their range of brands; Photo of David Niven in Labatt beer ad; Magnificent Coke Christmas ad on back cover features smiling Santa at top with two youngsters opening presents below. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A very nice copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, December 17, 1960 *Planned Obsolescence*
60 pages. Features: Illegal housing in Vancouver; Roy Thomson tries to sell 5-pin bowling in Britain; Bank of Montreal ad inside front cover; Dorris Dodd and her battle against religion in the classroom; McKenzie Porter writes an early column in favour of free-range poultry; Nice colour full-page ad for Moirs Pot of Gold chocolates; Colour ad for RCA Victor Stereos; Why the Things You Buy Don't Last; Colour full-page ad for Black Magic chocolates; Canada's Final Agonizing Choice on Nuclear Arms - Peter C. Newman article; Twelve Days of Christmas; Yoga Anyone; The Communists are Hard at Play - Marika Robert's astonishing account of the lighter side of life behind the Iron Curtain; The Weirdest Secret Weapon of the War - Geoffrey Pyke sold Winston Churchill a vision of unsinkable carriers made of unmeltable ice; How to Improve Your Ploy - or, How to interview Stephen Potter, who discovered Gamesmanship; Football Weekend - The songs, the parties, the fallings in and out of love - even the fake cannon blast that knocked an old grad down - on the weekend when McGill came to Toronto, ostensibly to play football - by Peter Gzowski; Cartoon by Ab Sens; Canada Packers full-page colour ad featuring Christmas turkey; Two-Page centerfold colour photo ad for Remington Roll-a-matic and Lektronic electric shavers; Colour ad for Kodak cameras; Seagram's V.O. colour ad; Full-page ad for Molson's Canadian; Nice 2-page ad for the Pontiac Tempest; Nice colour photo full-page ad for Black Label Beer; Colour photo ad for O'Keefe Ale inside back cover; Wonderful Coke Santa ad on back cover shows Santa in green armchair having a drink poured for him and his slippers being put on by a group of elves. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label on front cover. A sound, vintage copy. Magazine
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Maclean's Magazine, December 7 1957
Cover art by Franklin Arbuckle shows firemen preparing toys for Christmas. Features: Nice colour photo ad for Parker Pens featuring Bob Hope inside front cover; Black and white photo ad for the Polaroid Land Camera; Colour ad for the Custom Royal auto by Dodge; June Callwood's story of the Queen's Visit - with many photos; The Silly Splendid World of Stephen Bosustow - this Canadian-born film maker is winning Oscars and revolutionizing TV commercials - includes 6 pages of colour Mister Magoo cartoons; Lois Smith and David Adams and their Life Sentence with the Ballet - story with photos; The Hottest Treasure Hunter in History - Hans Torkel Frederik Lundberg found ore worth five billion dollars - story by Peter C. Newman with photos; Florencia Bay (Conclusion), by James McNamee; Why Red Ryan's Shadow still hangs over every prison yard - with 19 convictions this prison lifer turned altar boy, so they set him free - and he went on a gory binge... story with photos; How we nursed a farm back to health - Herbert and Viola Watson of Red Haven Farm in the Caledon Hills of Peel County - story includes lovely photo portrait of the farmers; Super colour photo 2-page ad for the 1958 Oldsmobile; 1-page colour photo ad for the 1958 Chrysler; William Stevenson recalls a champagne breakfast with doomed Indo-Chinese warlord Ba Cut; Colour centerfold ad for Sheaffer's Pens; Two-page colour illustrated ad for Carling's Red Cap Ale - "Snappa Cappa Red Cap"; Nice colour ad for 1958 DeSoto cars; Colour 2/3 page ad for Thistle (Lines Brosthers) steel toys - now highly sought collectibles; Black and white 1958 Studebaker-Packard auto ad; Colour photo back cover ad by the Watchmakers of Switzerland. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. A sound copy. Magazine
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Maclean's Magazine, January 5, 2009 *2008 The Year in Pictures - 32 Page Special*
82 pages. Features: Michael Ignatieff on the economy; Growing Danger in Afghanistan; Could Canwest go Bankrupt?; The Military looks into hybrid tanks and solar power; The Recession that saved Christmas; The Year in Pictures - 32-page special feature; This Year's Movies were about love and tolerance; Obituary for Lori Christine Fergusson. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Maclean's Magazine, November 15, 1952 *Karsh Photos of Vancouver*
Features: Cover art by Franklin Arbuckle shows man selling flowers to Grey Cup lineup; Colour photo Parker Pen ad inside front cover; Editorial - 'Why Appease South Africa?'; Fantastic 4-page section of black and white photos of vintage toys plus descriptions - a list of Christmas toys provided by The Canadian Playthings Institute; Karsh Photographs the Face of Canada - beginning with Vancouver, 'A City Built on Timber - Water is a Secondary Theme' - the first of ten picture essays; Is the Liberal Party on the Ropes? - defeats of Liberal leaders in six provinces; They'll Keep the Pace - The New Pioneers of the Peace River Country, with colour photos; The Most Beautiful Girl on TV - Toby Robins - with 16 black and white photos; How to Bring Up an Only Child; The Spritely Czar of the CPR - William Van Horne; The City Where Dancing's A Crime - Trois Rivieres, Quebec - article with six black and white photos; Thoughts on Mackenzie King, by Bruce Hutchison; The Killer in the Snow - story by Will F. Jenkins, illustrated by Ben Turner; Granpa was a Freshman - at 52 Allan Hull enrolled at the University of British Columbia - with 3 photos; Lovely colour Kodak photo ad shows mother recording her son's height on doorframe; Great full-page colour illustrated Coke ad displays the four seasons; The Face that People Forget - Alec Guiness; *Fantastic* eight-page colour centerfold ad section for Chrysler, DeSoto, Dodge and Plymouth 1953 models; Colour photo ad for Heinz Soups; Colour-illustrated ads for Sunbeam Coffeemaster and Mixmaster; Two-colour ad for Austin cars; Colour ad for Waterman's Pens with Christmas theme; Ad for the General Electric Rotary Ironer; Colour full-page ad for Chevrolet; Nice colour Old Dutch ad on back cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, September 15, 1953
72 pages. Features: The Caustic Genius of Sir Thomas Beecham; Christianity - Revival or Decline?; The Polish Art Treasures - colour Karsh photos of ancient and priceless heirlooms rushed from Poland at the outbreak of WWII; A Gift from the Princess - story by Mary E. Grannan - illustrated by Oscar Cahen; A Winter Vacation on a Summer-Cottage Budget - a cheap holiday for a family of four in hot Florida; Two-page colour-illustrated "Christmas Shopping Game" by Peter Whalley; An Excursion into Canada by Charles Dickens - a Maclean's flashback; The Alien - story by W.O. Mitchell - chapter 7. Average wear. External soiling. Coverfold partly open. Center page holding by one staple. Fore-edge opening to back cover which is missing 7"x2" chunk from bottom edge. Book
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McCall's Magazine, December, 1924 *Special Christmas Issue*
92 pages. Features: Cover illustration of Eskimo-American Girl by Neysa McMein; Lovely full-page black and white ad for Victola on page 3 (featuring model No. 360); Full-page black and white ad for P and G Naptha soap on page 4 entitled 'From Arizona to the Adirondack'; "A Great Rushing of Wings, by Emma-Lindsay Squier - illustrated by Maurice L. Bower; The Midnight Revel, by Thomas Hardy - illustrated by N.C. Wyeth; The Candle in the Window, by Margaret Hill McCarter - illustrated by Edward F. Ward; Christmas, by Gene Stratton-Porter - woodcuts by John J.A. Murphy; The Splendid Road, by Vingie E. Roe - illustrated by Robert W. Stewart; Reversion, by Robert W. Chambers - illustrated by Gerald Leake; The Loring Mystery, by Jeffrey Farnol; The Gods He Served, by Melville Davisson Post - illustrated by C.D. Mitchell; Spanish Sunlight, by Anthony Pryde - illustrated by James H. Crank; Charming 2-colour Campbell's Soup ad features Campbell kid with calendar and title 'Never let a day go by without eating soup!' - 21 kinds, 12 cents a can; Fels-Naptha ad; Pond' cream ad; Brown Durrell Company - Gordon Hosiery ad; Awsome colour ad for Mazola salad and cooking oil; Nice Eureka vacuum cleaner ad; Forest Mills Underwear ad; Davenport Bed ad; Montgomery Ward Catalog ad; Wonderful full-page color ad for Diamond Walnuts; Fantastic full-page color ad for Kraft Cheese; Page 64 contains a complete Christmas game which can be cut out and played; 13 pages of wonderful vintage clothing styles for women and children; Full-page ad for Fleischmann's Yeast; Lovely color Colgate ad on back cover features Christmas gifts 'that are sure to please'. Unmarked. Average wear to contents. Covers detached and heavily worn, but present. Please note: One-third of page 41 has been removed - it appears to have contained a 'tempting hint for holiday cheer'. Book
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Museum & Art Notes, March 1951
35 pages. Black and white photos in text. Features: Our business premises; Autobiography of a Great Anthropologist - Noel Robinson; The Pleistocene Age of British Columbia; The Tuatara; The Flora of Fairmont Hot Springs; The Passenger Pigeon; Reverend Jonathan Green; The Burnaby Lodestone. Average wear. Unmarked. Moisture marks to lower portion of all pages and covers. A sound copy. Book
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National Doll World 1981 Christmas Annual
Doll collection of Essex Institute; Dolls by Mail in the Good Old Days; That Gorgeous Gerber; How My Doll Collection Started; Cataloging Dolls; Advertising Dolls of Libby Wright; Maisie - a Saloon Hall Doll; Ginny - a Christmas Tree; Period Costume Dolls; Featuring Faces; Send in the Clowns; Cheerleader; Baby Doll with Layette; Christmas Shadows; Knit & Crochet Doll Fashions; If the Shoe Fits; Wedding Dress; Miniatures fo Doll Houses; If the Shoe fits; Wedding Dress; Miniatures for Doll Houses; Dapper Dan Rocking Horse; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Some peeling from upper corner of front cover. Book
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National Doll World, Christmas 1987 *12 BEAUTIFUL DOLLS FOR THE HOLIDAYS*
Features: 16" Noel - by Bellston Originals; Raggedy Ann and Lacey Ann - create two dolls with one pattern!; Sweet Mary - a 7.75" maiden; 12" Tree Top Angel - an original from Carolee Creations; 15" Mercedes - a Carol Staples Original; 12" Hanna - a Carol Staples Original; Amy Puppet Doll - complete patterns for this unique doll; 10" Carrie Jean - a Christmas doll with country charm; Angel Doll - two dolls from this pattern!; Painting Porcelain Dolls Without a Kiln; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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National Doll World, December 1986 *THE MILLION DOLLAR BABY*
Features: Repro/Reflections - an alternate to expensive antiques; The Bye-lo - the million dollar baby; antique Christmas toys - toys that Grandma played with; Make a miniature Christmas Doll; - complete pattern details; Bye-lo Christening dress - for that special million dollar baby; Stories and Pictures of 'the big babies'; the Fabulous doll collection of Alex Jordan; A Christmas tree of dolls; the story of Mary Lou - Effanbee "Sugar Baby"; From behind the Iron Curtain - a doll sent out of love; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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National Doll World, December, 1981
Special Features: Night before Christmas dolls; Christmas '81 - new dolls to win your heart; Bluebird Cradle; Worktable Companion; Doll Restoration - 25 tips; Thimbles; Hospital Babies; Doll Famly Album; Betsy, an Historical Cloth Doll; Holiday Poupard; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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National Lampoon Magazine, December 1983 - Santa-Nista Party!
96 pages. Features: Crippled Seals for Children; Fun and Games in the White House Basement; I'm Dreaming of a White Trash Christmas; The ABC's of Reaganomics; and many more. Light cigarette odor. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Nature Magazine, December 1935
16 pages of nature pictures in rotogravure. Features: At the Ice King's Board; Nature rolls her own - snow rollers - fascinating photo!; What kind of Christmas tree is yours?; Trailing the Woodfolk - tracking; A Builder of Aerial Tunnels; Partridge Berry - plant of Christmas Cheer; The Roc (Rukh) of Ages; Conservation - Logic and Convervation; Conseration and the Boy - building a sane, intelligent, sympathetic view of wildlife; A Christmas green conservation project; Accidents and highway billboards; The Royal Group in Northern Skies; Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
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Nutshell News Magazine - For the Complete Miniatures Hobbyist, December 1982
Features: The Private Eye; The Instant Collection; Santa's Home and Hearth; Toyland Treasures; A Dollhouse for the diplomats; holiday season in miniature; not a creature was stirring; Williamsburg's new old dollhouse; Boxes full of impish antica; Minikins - "I once had a sweet little doll"; Home for the holidays; A Packing Crate Christmas; The Nutshell News plans service - Christmas confections; Joann's do-it-yourself - a Swedish Christmas; The Workshop - one-twelfth time; Room of the month - Sundaes 'n sugar cones; Building with Bob - Siding; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Nutshell News Magazine - For the Complete Miniatures Hobbyist, March 1987 - Shall Shops / The Incomparable Thomases
Features: Pat and Noel Thomas; Gay Brown's Never Ending Collection; Chad Smith - All Things Nautical; Ann Barrett collects Seasheels (among other things!); The Atlanta Museum Auction; Don McGinnis - Sign Maker; Claire Young's American Main Street of Yesterday; Raffle Preview; Joann's Miniature Stamp; Lighting made Easy; Building with Bob - Clifton House, Part III; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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