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Antiques Journal Magazine, May 1977
66 pages. Features: Pisgah Forest and Nonconnah Pottery; Waterford Glass; Wedgwood Black Basalt Busts; How to Collect Japanese Swords; Stevens and Williams' - applied decorations on art glass; Advertising Booklets for Children; Some current prices on selected antiques; Pens in Infinite Variety. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Antiques Journal Magazine, November 1976 *DEAD MONEY JEWELRY*
66 pages. Features: Dead Money Jewelry; Eagles in American Quilts; Collecting Civil War Images; Are You Sure It's a Real Arrowhead?; Documentary Dolls - costume dolls of Jacques and France Rommel; Quintuplet Collectibles; Victorian Bracelets. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Antiques Journal Magazine, October 1975
66 pages. Features: The Chickering Piano; Lighting Accessories to Ferret Out; Unique Designs in Stoves; Dolls' Houses; New Metric System will Affect Antiques Importantly; Boom in 1876 Centennial Collectibles; Some Current Prices of Selected Antiques; The Turqoise - Fascinating but be careful what you acquire; Menus and Menu Holders; Seminole Indian Patchwork. Few markings. Small ad clipped from back cover. Book
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Antiques Journal Magazine, Winter 1976
66 pages. Price Guide to Antiques and Collectors' Items. Somewhat above-average wear. Writing on front cover. Binding intact. Book
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Bottles and Extras Magazine, No. 43, October 1993 - Hermitage Sour Mash Whiskey Cover Ad
64 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Stuck on Glue - Liquid Cement Bottles - numerous fantastic vintage ads, by Dave Cheadle; Fulper of Flemington - Whiskey Potter Discovered?, by Jack Sullivan; Jar Talk - the Wee Stinky Fly Trip - and more, by Jack LaBaume; Extra Special Deliveries; Auction Directory; Bottle Network News; British Bottle Bits - discovery of a cache of 53 bottle seals in North Wales; The Label Space - Jumbo Peanut Butter and the Frank Tea & Spice Company, Dove Brand Products - by Tom Caniff; Up-Dates; Old Bottles & Corks - reprint of a great 1882 newspaper article, by Winston Reed Jr. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Bottles and Extras Magazine, No. 44, November 1993
64 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Nice vintage ads on covers. Features: Jarad Spencer Comes to Town - Record Prices Broken in bidding for the Paul Richards Collection - early American flasks, by Scott Grandstaff; Getting the Glug Out - Henry Stiles Patent Recherche Ware of Cleveland, Ohio - by Jack Sullivan; Chicago's 1893 Columbian Exposition - may great vintage illustrations, by Dave Cheadle; Extra Special Deliveries; Bottle Network News; Auction Directory; British Bottle Bits - Awesome and Strange, by Rob Goodacre; The Label Space - Eskay's Alumenized Foods, Cereal Milk - Wells & Richardson Co. of Vermont, Skilton, Foote & Co's Bunker Hill Pickle jars, by Tom Caniff; Up-Dates; Bryan's Top Shelf - Questions Answered about mystery bottle, by Bryan Grapentine. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January, 1927 Through December 1927
Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Miss K. Perrin joins as health supervisor; New West office upgraded - super photos; New York Engineer describes latest developments i.e. transmitting photos over phone lines; the truth about instrument zoning; Excitement at Duncan office; Diary describes observations on Chilliwack line; New cable successfully laid from Galiano Island to Point Grey - 9 pages of text and good photos; New Trans-Gulf circuits opened; sleeping car reservations by phone; Joe Gagnon; Phone expansion in Bay store; Seymour remodeling complete; Operating room photos; Coal, Travelling Men and Toll Lines Feature Nanaimo; High Poles removed from Seymour St. - 6 pages of text and great photos; Miss E.R. Walker - manages traffic on Vancouver Island; Cobble Hill Exchange; photo of updated Ladysmith office; Coast now linked with Okanagan by phone; Miss A. Falconer of the Port Coquitlam office; Successful Canadian jubilee broadcast from Ottawa; Photo of Chemainus Office; Royal Alexandra Apartments Fire - phones used from burning buildings by reporters; Company will have its own line to Vernon; Photo of public phones/'Pay Stations'; Photo of Belmont office near Victoria; Table of phones in use per province in Canada; Six pages of info. and great photos re: Kootenay; Battling Storm King; Mexico City can now communicate with Vancouver; Direct cable to be laid to West Vancouver; Article on poles; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Substantial wear to backstrip with some chips missing. Book
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Canadian Antiques Collector - a Journal of Antiques and Fine Arts: August 1969
30 pages. Features: France's Furniture Craftsmen; Japanese Theatre Prints - Part 3; The Nor'Wester Museum; Decorating with antiques; Early Canadian Printmakers; Pressed Glass Exhibition at New Brunswick Museum. Some peeling to front cover and address label on back else moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Canadian Antiques Collector - a Journal of Antiques and Fine Arts: June 1969
Features: Japanese Theatre Prints - Part 1; Beaver Teapots; The Walking Rocking Horse; China Mark Research; Edward - King of the Castles; Glass - the great enigma; Ancient Mexican Gold - Four Masterpieces. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Address label on front. Quality copy. Magazine
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Canadian Antiques Collector - A Journal of Antiques and Fine Arts, August 1968 - Burlington Glass Site
30 pages. Features: The Burlington Glass Site; Pennsylvanian German Folk Art; Canadian Furniture; Starting a Book Collection, by L.S. Loomer; The Children of Peace - a sect of the Quakers founded by David Willson and went on to build their first church in the village of Sharon, Ontario in 1819 - with illustrations; Horse Brasses - article with black and white photos; Guide to Canadian Woods - Part 2 - Softwoods and Imported Decorative Woods, by Michael Harmes; The Built-in English Rooms at the Royal Ontario Museum; Glossary of Pottery and Porcelain Terms. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine - a Journal of Antiques and Fine Arts: June 1970
30 pages. Features: Victorian Silver; Oriental Cloisonne Enamels - a Western Collection; 100 Years after The Great Boz (Charles Dickens); The London Market; New Form of Pattern Glass for Canadian Collectors - 20th Century Antiques; Louisbourg - the Gibraltar of Canada; Don't Just Stand There - a dummyboard figure; Button Collecting; The Simeon Perkins House in Nova Scotia. Unmarked with moderate wear. Address label clipped from back cover. A sound copy. Magazine
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Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine - a Journal of Antiques and Fine Arts: August 1971
46 pages. Features: Ceramics from France - the middle ages to the revolution; William Morris and Art Nouveau; Douglas M. Duncan, 1902-1968 - Uncommon Collector; How Much is my Antique Worth?; A Brief History of English Furniture; A Sailor's Chest; A Dutch Bird's Eye of the Fine Arts; The Penetanguishene Glass Factory; Early Books are Canadian Too; Irish Follies; England's Monastic Inns; Button Collecting; Unmarked with average wear. Address label clipped from front cover. A sound copy. Magazine
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Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine - a Journal of Antiques and Fine Arts: July/August 1972 - Whitehern
46 pages. Features: Whitehern - 200 Years of Treasures; St. Thomas Smith, 1862-1947; Ontario Drop Leaf Tables; A country Home Revisited - Heritage Hall Farm; Abram Brinsmaid - clock maker & Silversmith; Along the Old Mill Streams. Unmarked with average wear. Address label clipped from front cover. A sound copy. Magazine
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Canadian Collector Magazine - A Journal of Antiques and Fine Arts: July/August 1985 - W.G. Beach of the Nova Scotia Glass Company
100 pages. Features: Turn of the Century Souvenir China; Anglo-Irish glass - part of the Seagram Museum's extensive collections; W.G. Beach of the Nova Scotia Glass Company; Counterfeit Canadiana II; Rock Art - petroglyph sites; Frontier-Post Pearlware from Fort St. Joseph; The 70th's Chinese Garden - a regimental tableservice from Niagara; A day in the life of a washerwoman, 1840 - a description of the tools of her trade, and how she used them; Three villas in Kingston - Saint Helen's, Rockwood, Bellevue; The Bethune House at Gravenhurst; Renovating Woodside - boyhood home of Willliam Lyon Mackenzie King; Mapping the Rideau - a century and a half of Smiths Falls maps; A German-Canadian homestead in eastern Ontario; Famous women silversmiths from the 18th century; and more. Two staples, ink stamp and bit of writing upon front cover else clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
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Canadian Geographical Journal, May 1968: Manitoba's Interlake
Black and white illustrations. Features: Manitoba's Interlake - a special case, by Jack D. Giles; Hunter at the Floe Edge; Some Old Forts of the Canadian West; A Trip to the Antarctic, by O.M. Solandt. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Canadian Home Journal Magazine, April 1929
120 pages. Cover illustration of young lady with umbrella and chicks by Elsie Deane. Features: Stylish colour Palmolive ad inside front cover; La Chasse-Galerie - the flying canoe of voyageurs and shantymen, by J.E. Le Rossignol; Nomads of the Sea - story by Beryl Gray; Women in Fascist Italy - article with photos by Lilian Gibson, teacher of English to Il Duce, Benito Musolini; The Challenge of Youth - article by Judge H.S. Mott of the Juvenile Court, Toronto, with photo portrait of the judge; The Female of the Species - story by sapper; The Land of the Rose, by Jean Graham; Music, Art and Drama News of the Month; Camberley's Bride - story by Leslie Gordon Barnard; Miss Helen Sparling, self trained in the world of finance, answers the question "Can Women Be Successful in Business?"; Jean Whitlock writes about the evolution of furniture in the wake of architectural and societal developments; What Easter means to women across Canada - with photos; Mary Louise Orr writes about the various forms of luggage available to travellers; Nice 1-page black and white ad for Plymouth cars; Essex automobile ad; Plans for a large English brick home; Nice colour illustrated ad for Johnson's Wax; Colour ad for Congoleum Rugs; Cute ad for Berry Brothers "Liquid Granite" floor varnish; The Canadian H.W. Gossard Co. ad for women's underclothing; Wonderful colour full-page ad for Hupmobile - the new Century Six and Eight; Gene Tunney golf photo in ad for Nujol; Nice colour full-page ad for Oriental Plush auto interiors - available in McLaughlin-Buick enclosed cars; Anna Pavlowa photos in Cutex ad; C.W. Stokes suggests the creation of a Bureau of Complaints; Dodge Brothers Six ad; Lovely 1-page black and white photo ad for Mercury women's hosiery and lingerie; 1-page Royal York Hotel ad; Willys Knight ad for the 70-B model automobile; Nice colour 1-page ad for Brookfield Butter; Wow! - Great colour centerfold ad for Red Seal Certified Cedar Chests!; 1-page colour photo ad for Puffed Wheat features infant photo of Richard Murphy on sled; Beautiful colour 1-page ad for Studebaker in yellow; Nice black and white one-page ad for Ford Motor Company; Lovely 1-page colour ad for Barrymore Rugs in desert motif; Woodwards "Gripe Water" ad; full-page 2-colour Knechtel furniture ad; Adorable Easter doll clothing cutouts by Grace G. Drayton; Nice colour ad for Crane plumbing fixtures insdie back cover; Colour ad for Parker Duofold pens on back cover. Few short openings to coverfold and cover edges. Address label and faint erasure atop front cover. Coffee stains to back cover and last page. Please Note: page 24-25 have been removed and are not present. They appear to have contained advertising content. Overall, a sound copy of this charming vintage issue. Book
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Canadian Military Journal, Vol. 4, No. 4 Winter 2003-2004
78 pages in English plus 78 pages in French. Contents: Finding national defence policy in 2004; Canadian society and its army; The Korean War - reflections on shared Australian and Canadian military experiences; Institutionalizing change in NATO; The Kananaskis G8 Summit - a case study in interagency cooperation; The impact of Caffeine on cognitive and physical performance and marksmanship during sustained operations; A Transformation agenda for the Canadian Forces - full spectrum influence; The Iraq War - why Canada was right not to participate. Markings to page one covered by plain white labels, otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. An attractive copy. Book
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Canadian Textile Journal, 3 November 1927 - Volume XLIV, No. 44
42 pages. "An educational periodical published weekly for the dissemination of technical information, with a commentary and review of the news and conditions of the Textile Industry in Canada." - from masthead. Contains many finely illustrated advertisements which clearly present the contemporary state of the art. Features: Customs Commissioner's Report; News of the Industry; The Stockinette Tariff; The Edinburgh Textile Exhibition; Some Typical Hosiery Trade Problems - calculations every knitter should know; Glossary of knit underwear terms; Silk doubling and spinning machine; Cotton Mill Efficiency; The Dyeing of Acetate Silk; British Wool Letter; British Rayon News; The Markets; British Wool and Top Quotations; and more. Above-average wear. Covers detached but present, but for top third of back cover. Book
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Carmen's Railway Journal, April 1949, Vol 54, No. 4
22 pages. Contents: Your Washington Reporter; President Green Denounces Taft-Hartley Act; Labor's Next Great Advance, by Tom Gillespie, Labour Correspondent in Europe; The Grim Reaper Strikes Again - Obituary of W.F. Donaldson, one of the organization's oldest members; Battle Over Health Insurance - foes bribe press and raise huge war chest; Columns by Robert Hewitt and J.T. Powell; News from various lodges; Know your rights - how much will you get when you retire?; Trade Education - the chilled car wheel - historical information about the development of rail wheels by the Griffin Wheel Company; Ad inside back cover for U.S. Savings Bonds; Ad on back cover for a special railman offering of zippered wallet, pencil-type flashlight, ball point pen, and monogram initialled key holder by Illinois Merchandise Mart of Chicago. Average wear. Address label on front cover. A sound copy. Book
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Carmen's Railway Journal, February 1949, Vol 54, No. 2 - Truman Cover Photo
22 pages. Contents: Cover photo of President Harry S. Truman, The Man of the Year (for advocating repeal of the Taft-Hartley Law, and more); Your Washington Reporter; "Closed Shop" - An How! - considers the 'union security' of doctors and lawyers - by Ruben Levin; Some aspects of the Legislative picture, provided by Senator Wayne L. Morse; Harold L. Walker joins MacArthur's staff in Tokyo; Column by Robert Hewitt; Lodge news; Photo of Progressive Lodge 528, Brandon, Manitoba; Large photo of Pullman local Lodge Chairmen at Kansas City meeting, January 10-12, 1949; Photo from Pointsettia Lodge 78, Los Angeles; Trade Education - The Chilled Car Wheel - rail wheel history by E.W. McDonald of the Griffin Wheel Company; Gaylark Seatcover ad inside back cover; Illinois Merchandise Mart back cover ad for combination Zipper Billfold, Ball Point Pen, Pocket Flashlight and plastic key holder. Above-average external wear. Address label on front cover. A sound copy. Book
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Carmen's Railway Journal, March 1949, Vol 54, No. 3
24 pages (pages 48-72). Contents: Your Washington Reporter; A Challenge to Foes of Organized Labour - President William Green outlines Labor's Objective for World Freedom; An American Labour Leader Abroad - Victor J. Sjaholm of O.R.C. is now in Sweden as adviser to Marshall Plan Unit - he provides a colorful account of experiences; Can German Labour Unite Humanity?, by Tom Gillespie, Labor Correspondent in Europe; Marshall Plan Working in Norway; Leslie Biffle; All our Lodges should affiliate with state federations of labor and city central bodies, by A.J. Bernhardt, Assistant General President; Updates from Robert Hewitt, Charles Burchfield, Henri Vaillancourt and J.T. Powell; News from various lodges; When can you retire under teh Railroad Retirement Act?. Address label on front cover. Five-inch opening to fore-edge of back cover which features a wonderful OshKosh B'gosh work wear ad on the outside and a masculine Lee work clothes ad on the inside. Both ads feature engineers. Book
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Carmen's Railway Journal, October 1948, Vol 53, No. 10
24 pages. Contents: Your Washington Reporter; George Meany says repeal of Taft-Hartley Law hinges on Defeating Congress Labor Foes; Who's to Blame for Inflation? - Ruben Levin contends that workers' earnings trail behind prices, while farmers and businessmen jump ahead; A Year of Taft-Hartleyism - record shows law has provoked strive and chaos and its advocates no longer boast about their 'brain-child'; Photo of Mr. A.C. Garrott, General Freight Agent of the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad, holding a large red feather as he leads a tour of railroad representatives; Labor-Management cooperation triumphs in Union Pacific's Apprentice-Training Program; Message from President Irwin Barney; Correspondence from Robert Hewitt and C.J. Kitchas; Retirement of John M. Patterson; Loyal Star of America - article by Hattie McDonald and Cecil Hill; Ad for combination Ball Pen and Mechanical Pencil inside back cover; Great Back cover ad for OshKosh B'gosh features Veteran Engineer Lehmon L. Shook who has spent 43 years in the cab... the last 30 in Oshkosh B'Gosh Overalls". Address label on front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Cars & Parts Magazine, May 1979
194 pages. Features: Early Motoring - in 1913 Hiram Kneedler packed his family into a Studebaker EMF 30 and headed from Iowa to Los Angeles - his day-to-day diary makes a classic story for car buffs; Morgan Sports Car - the 'flat radiator' Morgan is the classic model of an equally classic marque; The Cars & Parts Story - the story of this magazine; The Chevrolet Story - Part III - Ford, the champion - is challenged by Chevrolet; The Dodge Brothers Four; In the Rear View Mirror; Hudson Jet - brought its producer to its knees; Cover Car - 1926 Chandler Comrade Roadster; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Chatelaine - The Canadian Home Journal, October 1961 *The Fabulous Dunsmuirs*
166 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for Naturalizer shoes; What Happened to Eleven? - the balance between childhood and adolescence; Nice two-colour full-page ad for Craven "A" cigarettes; Fantastic two-page colour photo ad for Jell-O; Who Says Large Families are More Work? - Dorothy-Jane Goulding writes about her family of five children - with photos; Are We Burying Our Old Folks Alive? - article by Mollie Gillen with photos; The Victory, by Sheila MacKay; Chatelaine drops in on Daphne du Maurier; Canadian women belong in politics, by Charlotte Whitton; Claws of the Cat, by Florence Ford; The Fabulous Dunsmuirs - Part II; 100 Recipes to prepare in minutes; Gilt-Edged Bargains - wonderful photo-illustrated fashion article by Vivian Wilcox; I Want to Colour My Hair, But..., by Eveleen Dollery - with colour photos; What's Happening to Our Children?, by Violet Munns; Nice colour full-page photo-ad by Bell encourages readers to purchase extension phones; Artsy ad for Weldrest nylons; A Kitchen planned to the Nth Degree - Joan and Woodrow London; Super colour photo full-page ad for Sealtest Banana Nut Fudge Split ice cream; Nostalgic Pure-Pak ad encourages readers to shun bottled milk for disposable containers - we've come full circle!; Great two-panel colour ad for Swift's bacon; Many other large colourful food ads; Cute Viyella children's clothing ad; Full-page colour ad by CIBC encourages readers to borrow money to put braces on the teeth of their children; Are You Neglecting Your Child's Teeth?; Charming colour ad for Ladybird children's wear; Lovely colour ad for Angel Face cosmetics inside back cover. Upper corner of page 47 missing - text unaffected. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Hours of great reading in this sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Chatelaine Magazine - The Canadian Home Journal, September 1960
154 pages. Features: Incredible two-page colour ad for Green Giant canned vegetables, featuring the bottom half of the Green Giant himself; Many great full-page ads for products such as Avon cosmetics, Pond's lipstick, Wabasso bedding, Carnation Milk Powder, Pond's ad featuring Elsa Martinelli, Pacific canned milk, Crane plumbing fixtures, Arborite, GE appliances, Heinz tomato products; The Quiet Revolution of Chinese Women - article with photos; How Close are We to Test-Tube Babies? - article by Christina McCall Newman; The Queen's Other Family - Recently Elizabeth added her husband's name to her own, and thereby raised a question - just who are her in-laws? - a scattered family the world hears so little about? - article with photos; House-Warming - story by Jean Loggie; How the Kesners Came to Canada - Jo and Fred Davis are involved in bringing a refugee family to Canada; - photos and article; Have Gun Will Shoot, by Sheila MacKay Russell; Death Comes to the Island - novel by Florence Ford; A Chatelaine Guide for Women Who are Going back to Work; Dos and Don'ts of Dressing for the Job; Special 14-page Homes '60 section featuring decorating news, housing, furnishings, etc.; Ad for Minute Spanish Rice inside back cover. Nice colour photo Red Rose tea ad on back cover shows lady in white dress pouring tea. Somewhat above-average wear. Chips from backstrip. Binding intact. A worthy copy particularly worthwhile for its lengthy illustrated 1960 Home Fashion section. Book
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Dansk Kunsthaandvaerd 5-6. 39. Argang 1966-1967 - The Journal of the Danish Society of Arts and Crafts and Industrial Design
Pages 133-198. Text in Danish and English. Index laid in. Contents: Saxbo; A new carpet for Denmark's Parliament; Yrjo Kukkapuro; Gunnar Cyren; The Carpet Biennale in Lausanne 1967; The Metropol Restaurant in Copenhagen; Glazed Tiles in Lions Park; A Few Appendices to Copenhagen's 800-year jubilee; Kristi Skintveit; Erik Magnussen; Den Permanente; and more. Average wear. Binding intact. Trifle of writing atop front cover. A sound copy. Magazine
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Earth First! - The Radical Environmental Journal: February-March 1998
Features: The Great North Woods; Little Alfie Timber Sale Stopped; Owls Halt Sprawl; Goshawks; Monster Pulp Mill Defeated; Dam Reconstruction Trend; Kyoto Conference Report; Death to Cars; Amazon Animal Massacre; Columbia Pipeline Blown; Activists Killed in Sarawak; Deregulation of Organic Standards; Clinton's New Roadless Area Policy; Yellowstone Wolf Ruling; Hog Farming; Prisoner Support; APEC Conference Chaos; and more. Quality copy. Book
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Embroidery Canada Magazine, August 1986
18 pages. Features: Chapter news from across the country; Seminar '86 Report - Diary of a Seminar 'Novice'; Seminar - "Teachers" Input; The Leonida Leatherdale Award; The Joy of Innocence - Part II - The Learning Circle; and more. Clean with light wear. Magazine
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Equinox - The Magazine of Canadian Discovery: November/December 1990
Features: Emperors of North America - Superbly adapted to the coldest, most desolate place on Earth, the Emperor penguin reveals its startling secrets to scientists; A Daybreak Diary - Learning Life, learning love - Seven days in Canadian Jean Vanier's federation of miracles; Romantic Revival - A team of Canadian horticulturalists hopes to restore one of the botanical wonders of the world; Courting Commerce - The brainchild of marketing geniuses, shopping malls have radically altered Canadians' lives, but they are more machines than traditional retail districts. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, December 1979
Features: Huautla Cave - San Augustin 1979 Expedition - it may be the world's deepest cave network; Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence; Becoming a Man - initiation rites among the Australian aborigines; Campfires in Ethiopia - Travel to the Sudan under a royal pass; New Zealand's Record Giant Ammonite; Lottun Cavern's Ancient Artifacts - they point to a pre-cataclysmic culture; The Yaguas of Salco, Peru - a brief sojourn in a primitive village; Cultural Sites in China - sites open to visitors; Waterfowl Migrations in North America - they follow four major flyways; Historical Exploration Oil Painting Found - it depicts Commodore Perry's Okinawa encampment. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, December 1980 *75th Anniversary Edition*
Features: The Future of Exploration - a scientist forecasts space colonies; Classification of Volcanoes - type of eruption used as guide; Jeanne Gurnee - Dedicated Caver - a productive underground career; Migrating White Storks in Peril - south Sinai wetlands on route destroyed; The Darien of Panama - the twilight of a unique environment; Domestic Dogs from the Neolithic of China - new finds documented in scientific collaboration; Proclomations and Messages observe 75th anniversary; How Dr. Bush retrieved the Time Capsule of 1928 from the cornerstone of our former clubhouse; Nordenskiold and the Northeast Passage - a centennial tribute; Enhydros - how they occur and what we can learn from them; Exploration and Energy - a driving force through the ages. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, December 1981
Features: Remembering Lowell Thomas - patron of exploration; Northern Labrador Expedition - the Torngat Mountain Range; Birds, Bombs and Borders - migrants find refuge in disputed area north of the Sea of Galilee; From Sydney to Darwin - an Australian odyssey by motorcycle - Benjamin H. Shoemaker; In the Footsteps of the Dinosaurs - Peace River Canyon; Norwegian Explorers - their impact on Polar exploration; Obsidian Technology in Mexico - the cutting edge of an ancient culture; Journeys to the Gates of Hell - exploring the effects of nuclear explosions; Of Karyatids and Friezes - where marble was quaried for the age of Pericles. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, December 1982
Features: Letter from Tierra del Fuego - populated before Magellan; Restoration of the Bowdoin - veteran of Arctic expeditions; Tragedy at Chichen Itza - an ancient Mayan ritual recalled; Late Pleistocene Fossils in Georgia - site in northwest of state a bonanza; Visit to Jungle Barrios of Mindanao - by bus, pump-boat and logging truck; Expedition Photography II - preparing for desert conditions; Sketched in India - with paint box and pencil; The Mound Builders - a vanished race; Land Divers of Pentacost Island - successful, they assure good yam crop. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, December 1984
Features: Birds of Paridise of Papua New Guinea; Quest for an 8,000-meter peak; African Wildlife Conservation - The Eleventh Hour; Rio Azul - Maya City of the Dead; Antarctic Search for Meteorites; Projeto Flora Expedition to Araca, Brazil; On the Desert Trail of Lawrence of Arabia; Natural History Guide to Tropical Isles and Seas. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, December 1985
Features: Puerto Rico's Natural Treasure; Rowing across the Pacific; The Cordage Revolution; Whale Rescue Expedition to Newfoundland; Adrian "Ace" Williams, 1899-1984; The Lost City of Nueva Cadiz; Western Samaria - Method and Discovery. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, December/January/February 1984
Features: Hunting White Butterflies - searching for evolutionary clues from Columbia to Cape Horn; George Borup (1885-1912) - athlete, explorer, writer - the "Tenderfoot" with Peary; In Search of Lanka - looking for Lanka in Central India, not Sri Lanka; Mount Kaijende Cave Expedition - a major discovery climaxed this venture in Papua New Guinea; The Preservation of Borobudur - a 15-year international project in Central Java. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, June 1980
Features: Solar Eclipse of 1980 - scientists race totality; Devils, Quolis, Dunnarts and Thylacines - a survey of Tasmanian mammals; Journey into Northern China - impressions of a scientist; A Geologist in Alaska - John C. reed on 45 years in the boondocks; Nebraska Miocene Giant Turtle - complete skeleton reveals new species; Niger - Tenere Expedition - geographical and archeological observations; Transglobe Expedition Now in Antarctica - British explorers circling globe on polar axis; Exploring Canada's Ellice River - observing Arctic tundra flora and fauna; New support for Archeological Discovery; Malaysia-Singapore Waterway Border - United Nations Law of the Sea problems. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, June 1981
Features: Ice Age Art - a modern assessment; Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum - Chanute memorializes famous exploring couple; Across the South Pole - the Transglobe Expedition; Strange Rock Wallabies of Oahu - fugitives from zoo were progenitors; Rio Iglesia 1980 Expedition - Li Nita - the last resort; San Quintin - a place apart - Mayan jungle refuge threatened by progress ; My Son, the Taxonomist - taxonomy explained, by Kiat W. Tan; On the Trail of the Mokele-Mbemebe - a zoological mystery. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, June 1982
Features: Carl Hoffman - Archival Notes; Encounters with the Killer Whale - studies of Orcinus orca behavior in the wild; Mosquito Shore (Honduras) Settlement Expedition - haunted by 18th-century colonist; Sending Fungi into Deep Space - aids study of space effect on living cells; Anyemaqen Shan Trek - birds and snow leopard survey; Six Weeks Down Under; First People of the Pacific Northwest - Fraser Canyon's earliest settlers placed at 9.000 years B.P.; China's New Frontier - oil discovered in Karamay, northwest China; Excerts from the Explorer's Journal of January-April 1932. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, June 1984
Features: The Greely Commemorative Expediton; The Mount St. Helens/Long Valley Caldera Parallel; A Little Bit South of Moscow; The Kuruks of Chitrakot; The Seductive Gold of Darien; A New Map of Nepal; Martin Johnson, Photographer; Wild Research. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, June 1985
Features: Nepal's Vanishing Culture; James B. Ford; The 1984 Pena Colorada Cave Expedition; Box Huckleberry; Kenyan Tribal Vessels & Containers; David M. Potter, III; Bioacoustics from Kayaks; Mt. Mayon Eruption; Borneo Rain Forest Expedition. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, June 1986
Features: Astride the Comet; Exploring "Big Foot"; 1983 Huautla Vertical Cave Expedition; Under the Ice in Antarctica; new England Coast Shark Photography; The Mountain Gorilla - a tribute to Dr. Dian Fossey; Where is Tollan?; Indonesian Islands - Nias, Madura, Samosir. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, June/July/August 1983
Features: The Black River area of the Mosquito Coast, Honduras - Rio Tinto Expedition; The Footsteps of Liu - variety of amphibians and reptiles; Yellowstone - Nature's Laboratory; The Panama Choco Expedition - Flag 172; The Transglobe Expedition completes objectives and receives the Explorers Medal; A visit to South China. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, March 1980
Features: Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition - explored more than 450,000 square miles; Fiji Island Sojourn - a challenge proferred and accepted; Search for the Origin of Life - planetary exploration might give better insight; Kenya's Lake Paradise; African Widlife Crisis - the impact of recent hostilities; Captain Finn Ronne - In Memoriam; Solomon Islands Cargo Cults - lingering impact of a world war; The Beira - more antelope than gazelle; The Bimini Underwater Discoveries. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, March 1981
Features: The Right Whales of Patagonia - a diving and photographing expedition; Mount St. Helens Report - emergency measures taken to meet crisis; Rio Iglesia 1980 Expedition - the year of the Nitas; Vail Archeological Site Excavation - Maine site yields important finds; Guyana, Primeval Land - is it Doyle's "Lost World"; Search for Primitive Life Forms - Cyanidium caldarium may be missing link; The Mighty Roan - African antelope royalty; Japanese Monkey Performances - an ancient art revived; The Sumerian Paradise Puzzle Solved - alleged 'East" passage not on Deluge Tablet; Giant Ammonites Found in Turkey - Lytoceras in Jurassic formations. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, March 1982
Features: Daniel Denison Streeter, FN 1913; Amos Burg, FN 1931; U.S. Caving Team Attains Record Depth; Searching for Aloe plants in Africa; Kansas City Museum - Osage culture exhibits; The Dog that helped win the West - Scannon, the Newfoundland dog who accompanied Lewis and Clark; Bimini Marine-Archeology Expedition - underwater formations considered artificial; Rowing across the Atlantic - Curtis and Kathleen Saville in their Excalibur; Exploration under the Arctic Ice - submarine surveyors of the polar region; First U.S. Atlantic Route Flight - William M. Masland was the navigator on the Pan American Sikorsky S-42 that made the first route survey across the Atlantic Ocean in 1937. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, March 1985
Features: Mysteries of the Mexican Codices; A Primary Paleolithic Site - The Deccan College Campus, Pune India; The Viking Expedition - Searching for life in the sands of Mars; Underwater Classroom for Young Aquanauts; On Christopher Columbus's "Great Mistake"; Caribou, Reindeer and snow; Papua New Guinea Tribal Payback; In search of the Rock Vole. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, March 1986
Features: Volcanic Reefs of Indonesia; Sorcery in Papua New Guinea; The Jivaro (Shuar) Indians; Across the Top of North America; Alpine Arabia - a continent in Motion; Canoeing north of the Arctic Circle; Sonar for Underwater Exploration. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, March 1987
Features: Aniakchak; The Explorers Club Flag; Lewis N. Cotlow, Medalist; First Contact with New Guinea Primitives; By Outrigger from Bali to Madagascar; The Yi in Chuxiong Prefecture, Yunnan, China; An Unusual Find at Cyprus; The Kabiye of West Africa. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, March/April/May 1983
Features: Licancabur Expedition; Exploring with Richard Leakey; The Last Manyata; Measuring Mount Everest; Taming a Wild Cave in Barbados - Harrison's Cave. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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