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Maclean's Magazine, 1 October, 1950 *RABBI ABRAHAM FEINBERG*
Features: Editorial - memo to Labor, Even a Windmill can hit back; Has Russia Really got the Bomb? - London Letter by Beverley Baxter; Don't call me baby face - Boxer, Jimmy McLarnin tells his life story to Ralph Allen - Part One; The Cat Who Could Fly - fiction by Harold Helfer; Who should handle the family's money?, by Sidney Margolis; Doh-si-doh to your partners all - the hilarious square dance has bust out of the barns and into the ballrooms; The Impulsive Crusader of the Holy Blossom - Rabbi Abraham Feinberg is always mixed up in politics; The Hero - by Mona Williams; She's Organizing Eaton's - Eileen Tallman is tackling one of the toughest jobs in Canadian union history - organizing Eaton's in Toronto; I'm glad I had polio - by Georgia Bailey; Maybe your child's a genius - so don't worry if his I.Q. test rates him below normal; Front cover features a painting of a country scene near Loweville, Ontario by Adrian Dingle. Nice colour ad for international trucks inside front cover. *Fantastic* colour centerfold displays seven GM models. Nice colour Ganong ad on page 54. Colour O'Keefe's ad on page 57. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, 15 March 1938
72 pages. Features: Two-colour black and white photo ad inside front cover for International Harvestor's Industrial Power Products; Out of the Indian Night, by William J. Makin - a tale of the Northwest frontier and teh courage that drives frail flesh to heroism; Britain's Unemployment Insurance , by Brian Meredith; Can War Cross the Pacific?, by Charles Lugrin Shaw who argues that adequate defenses are needed to protect Canada's west coast from attack; You Roll Your Own, by Kalman Phillips - she fell in love with a man who kep finding an octopus in a trout pool; The Bay Street Boys, by Frederick Edwards - life is just one up and down after another to the Dominion's 4,000 stock salesmen - with nice black and white photo of Bay Street, Toronto; The Exile, by Beryl Gray - it took them a long time to realize that love does not feed on selfishness; Beverley Baxter's London Letter - an address to the United States; Sable Island, by C.F. Blackadar - "While men sail in ships there will be wrecks on Sable's greedy sands" - with photos; The 7th (Seventh) Day, by Max Brand (part); Checks Please, by Lotta Dempsey - checks are very much in fashion; Mexico and Manana, by Madge Macbeth - Growing trade with Mexico opens new opportunities to Canadian business; Nice full-page black and white DeSoto ad on page 31; Two-colour Oldsmobile full-page ad on page 33; Black and white photo two-page centrefold ad for the Hudson 112 car; Black and white full-page 1938 Plymouth ad on page 45; Black and white photo full-page Dodge truck ad on page 49; William G. Gibson of Ladner, BC - world's champion wheat grower; Cougar Pets, by Francis Dickie - Marion, Pearl and Pansy Schnarr of Sonora, BC have brought up from babyhood two cougars - includes two photos; Page 65 missing; Small piece removed from page 67; Nice Kodak ad on back cover shows baby covering his mouth. Address label atop front cover. Covers loose but present. A worthy copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, 16 August 2010 - How Did Feminism Come to This?
78 pages. Features: Helena Guergis in conversation with Peter C. Newman; Why Stephen Harper thinks he's smarter than the experts on everything; Why our highest court seems afraid to take on the Harper government; Canada's first army reserve unit north of 60 gets its boots wet; Leah Henderson and Alex Hundert spent 24 days in custody after the G20 protests; What to do about Kim Jong-il and North Korea?; Mohamed El Baradei causes headaches for Hosni Mubarak; Hossein Derakhshan; Obama promised to tackle climate change but...; America turns on Alberta oil; Netflix plans to shake up Canadian TV; Embattled Mel Gibson; Outraged Moms, Trashy Daughters - how did those steeped in the women's lib movement produce girls who think being a sex object is powerful?; Angelina Jolie biographer has much to teach her about her past; Trailer Hitch Guru of London, Ontario - Andy Thomson Jr.; Tips from a professional lie spotter; Launa May Lunn 1944-2010; and more. Average wear. Address label covered with white label. A sound copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, April 18, 1983 - Hard Times in B.C.
Features: China - a showcase of consumer emancipation; Essay - Pondering the B.C. Condition - Hard Times in Canada's Lotus Land; Peter C. Newman on B.C.'s high-flying acquisitors - Nelson Skalbania, Jack Poole, Neil B. Cook, Herb Doman, Bob Carter, Peter Thomas, The Doumet Brothers, Jimmy Pattison, Peter Brown, Joe Segal, The Belzbergs, Edgar Kaiser Jr.; Bob Lee; Conservative M.P. Bill Kempling; Teaching hate in Alberta schools? - Jim Keegstra of Eckville, Alberta; Socialism in a tailspin in France; The Politics behind Soviet Spy Charges in France; Kampuchea - Vietnam's latest offensive; Nice multi-panel colour photo B.C. tourism promotional centerfold; Persian Gulf Oil Slick in the War Zone; Security Express robbed in London; James Kay and Dylex; Peter Pocklington's empire unravels; Canada takes on the curling world - LaRocque and Werenich; A close call - a happy end - Space Shuttle Challenger completes its maiden mission; Le Devoir joins the newspaper war; Worst flooding in 25 years in New Orleans - colour photos and article; Krugerrand ad; Canadian foresters and computer firefighting. Average wear. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, August 27, 1960 - How I Captured Quebec's Red Hood Gang
Features: Article - is JFK our best hedge against depression?; The Life of Alexander Graham Bell - part I - "I Came to Canada to Die" - great photos; How I captured the Red Hood Gang - Det. Insp. Joseph Bedard as told to Ken Johnstone; The Harsh wonderland that was St. Lawrence Main, by Mordecai Richler; Canadian football beats the American Game; John Vickers - what makes a Tenor boom; A doctor's case for state medicine - Harry Paikin, M.D.; Holiday weekend in Paris; The Prudhommes' drive-in daydream - Prudhomme's Garden Centre Motor Hotel; Let's bring back child labour - Eileen Morris; The battle in Britain to ban the bomb; Holiday weekend in Paris; A Canadian nurse's jungle vigil with leprosy - Helen Mackenzie in Portuguese Guinea. Nice colour Black Label beer inside front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Please note: the top quarer of page 5 has been clipped ane removed - apparently this was an ad form - contents unaffected. Cartoon clipped from page 40 - text unaffected. Small ad clipped from page 42 - text unaffected. Large clipping from page 44 seems to have removed a small part of the A.G. Bell article. Nice colour Molson Canadian ad on page 45. Great colour Coke ad on back cover shows man being sprayed in the head by a garden hose. Lower half of page 49 is clipped and not included - this has removed part of the football article and part of the Prudhomme article. Average wear. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, February 1, 1952 - South Africa's Ku Klux Klan
52 pages. Features: Nice cover art depicts an active school gym; Bagdad on the Thames - London Report by Beverley Baxter; Cigarette Smugglers Beware - Ottawa Report; Li'l Abner-themed Cream of Wheat ad; The Riddle of Louis Riel - Maclean's flashback - article with photos, part 1 of 2; South Africa's Ku Klux Klan - the Broederbond believes God made the white man to be boss - article with photos; Blizzard in the Banana Belt, by Farley Mowat - illustrated by Oscar Cahen; Vancouver Takes to the Hills - Skiiing in Vancouver - article with colour photos atop Mount Garibaldi and Grouse Mountain; Why I Work for God - The Reverend David S. Duncombe of Holy Trinity Church, Hicksville, Long Island - article with photos; The Shy Midas Behind the Ungava Iron Development - Julles Timmins- article with photos; She Cooked Dinner for the Princess - Maria Colquhoun - she is probably one of Canada's best cooks at Eagle Crest Lodge near Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island - article with photos; How to Catch an Eagle - Winnipeg's Charles Broley is an international authority on banding eagles - article with amazing photos; "All Aboard..." - humor by Eric Nicol, illustrated by l'Amare; Bold colour centerfold ad for the 1952 Pontiac; Classy ad for the 1952 Chrysler cars; 1952 Studebaker ad inside back cover; Book
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Maclean's Magazine, January 24, 1983 *Donald Macdonald Cover Photo*
Features: Exchanging prisoners in East Germany for West German money; Dian Cohen implores the Prime Minister to 'lead us or leave us' - two million Canadians are unemployed; Coverage of Trudeau's Asian junket; Cat and mouse - the RCMP and Soviet spies in Ottawa; Dollard Menard takes on the Generals; Cover Story - Donald MacDonald's royal commission on the economy; The 1930s nightmare revisited, by Anthony Sampson; Reagan fights for control; Leonard Rosenberg - Trust quagmire deepens; US-Canada lumber showdown looms; Checking in at Lloyd's of London; Big Oil extends its reach - Suny's gas stations secret connection with Imperial Oil; David Leighton leaves Calgary's Olympic planning team - replaced by Frank King; Ski industry in downhill slide; Russian satellite roulette - Canada threatened by Soviet satellite Cosmos 1402; Stress in the Recession - Behavior; Legal aid squeeze; Side effects of Depo-Provera; This year's version of the flu - the A Bangkok strain; Two-page colour photo ad for CP Air's Royal Canadian (First) Class. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, June 1st, 1937
Features: Cover art by V. Sibley; Nice colour-illustrated ad for International Trucks inside front cover features the 1.5 ton Model D-30 with special panel-stake body; Sal Hepatica ad; Nice two-colour ad for Eveready flashlights and fresh batteries; Nice black and white full-page ad for Canada Dry; The Piping Days of Peace - fiction by Talbot Mundy; When Do I Fly?, by A.H. Sandwell - we will be able to fly from Halifax to Vancouver next year in 23 hours; The Little Guy - a (fictional) story of modern marriage) by John Randolph Phillips; The Odds aare Fixed, by Thomas Percy - A Startling Expose of the Crooked Truth About Gambling Equipment; Beverley Baxter's London Letter - Mr. Baldwin to Retire; The Cinnamon Bride - an eerie story of primitive love in the Borneo jungle by James Francis Dwyer; The Provinces Plead - Canada's seventy-year-old constitutional dilemma as the provinces see it; Tennis Looks Up - after a number of lean years the net game in Canada is in for a good season, says Marcel Rainville; The Man in Dress Clothes, by Benge Atlee, illustrated by Dudley Glayne Summers (conclusion); Leaders of Business Series, No. 4 - Harvey R. MacMillan; Modern Market - a camera's-eye view of the new Toronto Stock Exchange - includes seven photos and article; Nice two-page Oldsmobile ad; Nice full-page black and white ad for Sisman's Scampers (shoes) inside back cover - "Walk on Cork"; Lovely colour ad for Buckingham cigarettes on back cover. Faint bit of writing upon front cover. Address label on back cover. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, June 4, 1960 *Peter C. Newman Looks Toward Ontario in the 1960s*
Features: The 20 men who really run Canada, by Peter C. Newman; Ontario in the 1960s - a major article in which Peter C. Newman forecasts the progress of Ontario for next decade; Gentle Julie and her hard-bitten Romeo (Julie Harris and Bruno Gerussi at Stratford); The wonderful things we built in our basements; The trouble with middle-aged men - they're pasing through a change-of-life similar to menopause in women; The Olympic's most dangerous game - the 3-day equestrian competition; The mystery of the Merrifield - part 2 of 3; For the sake of argument - what Jews can teach us about divorce; Beverley Baxter's London Letter - her modest reappraisal of South Africa's whites. Why Winnipeg's little theatre keeps getting bigger; The lucky town with the rich uncle - Lord Beaverbrook's gifts to Fredericton. Front cover illustration of the Great Whale River airstrip on Hudson Bay. Great colour ad for a 1960 Chevrolet Kingswood Station Wagon. Colour Cinci Lager beer ad inside back cover. Colour Coke ad on back cover shows Great Dane in car with lady. Average wear. Unmarked. One-inch tear to fore-edge of front cover. Chip from bottom edge of back cover. A sound copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, May 1, 1952 - Yaroslav Stetzko and the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations (ABN)
68 pages. Features: Great colour-photo ad for International Trucks inside front cover; Rab Butler's Bid for Power - in London Letter; Biggest Man on the Biggest Campus - Dr. Sidney Smith is President of the University of Toronto - article with photos; We Live in the World's Most Famous House - William Levitt of Levitt and Sons has built thousands of houses since the war in Levittown, NY and Levittown, PA - he is the Henry Ford of housing - article with photos; Billy Sunday of the Birds - a Maclean's flashback to Jack Miner and his legacy of caring for wild birds - article with photos in colour and black and white; The Farmer Who Makes Movies - Osmond Borradaile, the veteran Canadian cameraman has returned to his Chilliwack farm and has no intention of ever returning to the Hollywood rat race he once knew - article with photos; The Champ Still Baby Sits - Marline Stewart (Streit) of Fonthill, Ontario hasn't let all her trophies dazzle her - young gifted golfer article with photos; For 3 Nights Only - story by Joseph Schull illustrated by Marray Smith; Hero of the Hunted Men - Yaroslav Stetzko leads an army of underground fighters in a crusade to crush Russian imperialism - the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations (ABN) - photos and article; Our Passport was a Dishrag - Johnny Cochrane and and Lenny Burton, two Canadian girls, describe their wonderful low-budget world travels - article with photos; Never Bet With Your Wife - humour by Robert Thomas Allen, illustrated by Duncan MacPherson; Cartoons by Peter Whalley - The Income Inquisition; Nice colour photos ad for Massey-Harris says "Power Farming Makes Canada a Land of Plenty"; Great centerfold ad for the 1952 Ford; Household Finance (HFC) full-page ad; Nice half-page ad for movie Macao, starring Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell; Full-page colour REO truck ad; 1952 Mercury car ad; Nice colour ad for Champion spark plugs inside back cover features young baseball player at bat; Sweet two-page colour ad for 1952 General Motors cars; Altas Tire ad features Byron, Michigan. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, May 15, 1943
Features: Cover illustration of roller skate accident by Richard Priest; Colour Shredded Wheat ad inside front cover; Victory Bond ad; Editorial - Maclean's declaration of Faith and Purpose; Nice ad for Parker Vacumatic Pens; Commandos Attack - Highlights from the inside story of the Commandos - the first official account of the daring exploits of Combined Operations - with photos; Article on taking care of our feet; Arctic Ordeal - C.B. Wall describes an amazing story of endurance after three men crash a plan in Greenland - David Goodlet, Arthur Weaver, Al Nash - with photo; Miss Sherlock Holmes, by Thelma Lecocq - Verda Vincent is Canada's only woman criminologist; Lolly was a Lady - fiction by Ed. Zern; They Kill U-Boats - "Not only must they battle wind and weather but bomb with split-second accuracy - and bring back actual proof of their 'kill'" - by Arch Whitehouse, with photos; Beverley Baxter in London explains how war damages family life; Cross-Canada news bits including bootleg food in B.C.; Greece Fights Back - despite atrocities unsurpassed in the history of tyranny Greek guerillas wage a bitter, stubborn warfare against their Axis foes, by Betty Wason, with photos; Field Marshall Jan Christiaan Smuts of Africa - few men living today have had a more eventful and extraordinary career than this famous warrior-statesman - with photos; The Raiders - fiction by Norman Collins; Troop Troupers - the C.W.A.C. revue that's bringing glamour to Army camps across Canada, with photos; Work and Wages, by S.E. McGorman; Northern Electric Victory Bond ad; Fleischmann's Yeast ad with caption "In Wartime eat one more slice of bread each meal!"; Fascinating full-page military-themed ad by Hiram Walker & Sons explains how their alcohol is used in a multitude of military applications; Two-colour full-page Kodak ad shows two Canadian sailor receiving snapshots from back home; Modess ad shows young lady working on a plane; Nice two-colour ad for Van Camp's Pre-Cooked Beans; Full-page Ford Motor Company ad with illustration of Canada's mechanized army at war; Nice colour ad for Quaker Corn Flakes; Rare Colour Coke ad on back cover includes several images of military men. Address label on front cover. Moderate wear. Short openings to and chips from bottom edge of front cover. A sound copy of this significant wartime issue. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, May 15, 1952 - Mavor Moore
80 pages. Features: Editorial - We Can't Afford not to listen to Stalin; Did Stalin Make Hitler's Blunder? - a question from London; The Man Who's Going to Make Our TV - When TV arrives in Canada, probably this summer, much of what comes out on the screen will come out of the head of a 33-year-old prodigy named Mavor Moore - article with photos; What it's Like to by Forty - humour by Robert Thomas Allen - illustrated by Duncan MacPherson; The Nightmare Convoy of the Atlantic - A Maclean's Flashback - the blow-by-blow story of ONS 154, the hardest-hit convoy ever escorted by the Canadian Navy at the close of 1942, by Jack McNaught; Our Four Lads on a Little White Cloud - the quartet of Toronto choirboys - Jimmy Arnold, Connie Codarini, Frankie Busseri, and Bernie Toorish - nice colour photo, article, and black and white photos; The Ordeal of Seretse and his White Queen Ruth - Seretse Khama guessed that his 100,000 African subjects would not object to his marriage to a white English girl, Ruth Williams - article with photos; Lady in the Celeste - story by Pat E. O'Neill - illustrated by James Hill; The Acid-Minded Professor - the University of Alberta's Dr. William Rowan - article with photos; How to Save Your Child's Life - the modern home is almost as dangerous as a battlefield; The All Want to See the Folies - The Folies Bergere of Paris - article with photos; Why Won't Canadians Eat Fish?; Full-page Canadian Army recruiting ad; Excellent full-page colour-photo ad for Allis-Chalmers Crawler Tractors - Steel Production/Slag Moving Theme; Very attractive colour full-page ad for the 1952 Pontiac; Centerfold ad for the 1952 Meteor; Uncommon colour ad for Tooke brand clothing; 1952 Monarch car ad; O'Keefe's Brewing Company ad honours the 48th Highlanders of Canada; Nice Coke ad on back cover shows 'Gone for a Coke' painted on wall by painter on break. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, October 1, 1952
68 pages. Features: Editorial - Why are We Afraid to Grow (i.e. why are we afraid of immigration); Mr. Gromyko is welcomed to London, England; The Last Days of Dr. Harry Cassidy, Canada's outstanding authority in the field of social welfare - He knew he would die within three weeks - How he tied together the loose ends of his life - with portrait by Charles Comfort, RCA; She Leads the Housewives Crusade - Dorothy Walton, once the world's best badminton player, is fast becoming our best-known housewife as she spearheads half a million women on in a campaign to make shopping easier, cheaper and better; How To Live Through an Auto Crash - this article could save your life; Father Thomas Coughlin - The Holy Terror from Hamilton - a Maclean's flashback - article with photos of the 1930s radio priest who held millions spellbound; The Hottest Spot in Canada - Point Pelee National Park - article with colour photos; The Happily Married Cities of Kitchener and Waterloo, Ontario - article with photos; They'll Move Anything - George Hill and Hill the Mover, Canada's largest moving company - article with photos; Leo, the Moth-Eaten Lion - Jack May saved the life of Leo the Lion at Toronto's Riverdale Zoo; What Every Young Bridegroom Should Know - humour by Barry Mather, illustrated by James Hill; Large colour ad for Canada Savings Bonds (CSBs); Chevrolet ad; Massey-Harris colour-photo ad displays their new Electro-Forging process for making crankshafts; Full-page RCAF Recruiting ad; Full-page ad for Household Finance "I Rent Money"; Nice colour half-page ad for Aylmer canned peas; Great vintage ad for Pres-o-lite batteries features black and white photo of Toronto Maple Leaf Captain Ted (Teeder) Kennedy; Bold colour ad for Snyder's Fine Furniture of Waterloo, Ontario inside back cover; Colour ad for Gyproc on back cover. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A nice vintage copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, October 15, 1949 *U-BOATS AND THE BATTLE OF THE ST. LAWRENCE*
Features: The Battle of the St. Lawrence - for five tragic months of 1942 U-Boats hunted in St. Lawrence waters, scoring 23 kills... Here's a story that's never been told; Straight talk from Mike Pearson - 'we won't be anybody's satellite"; Those Middle-Age Blues - how men can avoid a crackup; Carnival in the Classroom; London Letter - Mid-Atlantic Logbook; Backstage at Ottawa; Beauty Contests are the Bunk - here's the lowdown on the pin-ups - after his 20 years on the judge's bench, Gordon Sinclair confesses it's mostly phoney; Halfbacks, Greenbacks and Red Ink - ledgers, not linemen, rule big league football (photo of Annis Stukus with Al Marshall; Hot-Water Skipper - Captain Norman Reach is at the wheel of the world's greatest fresh-water fleet (Canada Steamship Lines/CSL); I went to a Nudist Camp (a few miles south of Seattle) - in clothes at Camp Forestia, columnist Scott was covered with confusion - the next day he took them both off. Nice colour Coke ad on page 39. Reo Truck ad on page 5. Abundant tears. Some water stains. Reading copy only. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, September 1, 1952 - How Social Credit (the Socreds) Took B.C.
60 pages. Features: Nice colour-photo ad for International Trucks inside front cover features a Model L-195 Roadliner; Full-page Parker Pen ad; Editorial - The CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) is not Canadian and not National; London Letter - Belgrade laughs at the Kremlin; How Social Credit Took B.C. - The astonishing story of how a group of rank amateurs suddenly found themselves forming a government - article with photos; Warrior - Sgt. George Thomas (Tommy) Prince, grandson of an Indian chief, won ten ribbons fighting Germans, Italians and Chinese, but now he must fight to prove a man's colour doesn't count on the warpath - article with great photos; Got two hours for dinner? - Le Bastogne restaurant in Quebec City - article with colour photos; Rhymes in a Ten-cent Scribbler - Edna Jaques is Canada's best-sellling poet - article with photos; Glen Dobbs - The Roughriding Mayor of Dobberville - a lanky and amiable American quarterback has set Saskatchewan on its ear; Guns are for Men - story by L. Johanne Stemo - illustrated by Oscar Cahen; Eva von Gencsy - the ballet star with the dishpan hands - article with photos; Put it Back, Lady! - how store detectives in the bustling supermarkets catch hundreds of food pilferers each year; Full-page Canadian Army recruiting ad; Nice colour ad for Aylmer canned peaches; Great Prest-o-lite battery ad features black and white photo of Detroit Red Wing star Red Kelly; Nice vintage colour La-Z-boy ad; Chevrolet ad; Colour Ford ad inside back cover; Massey-Harris colour ad on back cover shows their test track for power farming. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Model Railway Constructor Magazine, August 1982
62 pages. Features: London Toy and Model Museum; Neustadt - an HO scale German layout by Stephen Rabone; Building a Layout - 17; Merry-Go-Round Hoppers; Performance of Locomotive Mechanisms -3; Plans Page - GNR Twin articulated suburban coaches; Lineside Lorries in the '80s; Wallsea - Barrie C. Walls with headlamp codes on his 0 gauge layout. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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New World Magazine, June 1947 *Cover Photo of Barbara Ann Scott*
Nice 2-colour 2-page ad for Dodge cars; Colour ad for Sovereign Potters of Hamilton, Ontario - fine Earthen Dinnerware since 1933; Nice Colour Good Year Tire ad with newlyweds; Nice colour ad for 1947 Ford cars; How Communists Rob and Wreck Canadian Labour Unions, by Pat Sullivan, whose sensational break with the Communist Party made national headlines; Article on Road Safety, including graphic photos of wrecks with bodies on street - tips for summer driving in view of the fact that 1,500 Canadians will be killed in driving accidents this year; Government nutrition survey's first findings - mental laziness of mothers causing rickets and other nutrition deficiency problems in children; London, Ontario - city of big bank accounts - many nice photos of local people and places; 50 degrees below zero in this doctor's office! - Dr. T.J. Oxford is the government doctor and Indian agent for the James Bay area - many photos; Nice colour ad for the 1947 Mercury 118 auto; Colour ad for Waterman's Taperite pens; Meet Brenda York - the girl who writes $100 cheques for easy cooking ideas; Prescription for Happy Husbands - Quebec's schools for homemakers-to-be teach everything from pinning drapes to repairing fuse plugs - the 93 Ecole Menagere Regionale - with multiple photos; Stylish two-colour ad for Chrysler autos; Jobless Italians make mausoleums their home - brief article with five photos; Cockeyed Boxing - Thai kick-boxing - article with photos; Nice 2-colour ad for DeSoto autos; This month with Morley Callaghan; Two-colour ad for Plymouth Cars; Photographic study of the manufacture of baseballs; Nice colour ad for the Monarch 8 auto; Colour ad for Quaker Corn Flakes; Colour ad for Mercury 114 auto; Canada's No. 1 Housewife - More Canadians read "Blondie" than any other comic strip - why we and others in 29 countries do still mystifies its artist, Chic Young - great illustrated story; It's Accordion Clothes for Holiday High Spots - the creations of Montreal designer Maxine Samuels of "Betty and Maxine"; Wonderful colour ad for Canadian Pacific "We're seeing Canada by Train!"; Nice colour Pontiac ad; Paratroopers' midget motorbike (Corgi) musters out and joins the 'civvie street' parade - photos - the Corgi made its debut in Toronto recently; Back cover colour ad for Community Silverplate. Above-average wear to covers which are detached but present. Centerpage loose but present. A rare surviving copy of this E.P. Taylor publication. Book
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Newsweek - The Magazine of News Significance, April 25, 1938 - A 1933 'Cure' For a 1938 Depression
40 pages. Features: Dubinsky dissents as Lewis plans permanent C.I.O.; Theare Week - George Jean Nathan; The Angl-Italian Treaty; The Spanish Replublic faces doom on its birthday; China - the dragon turns; Governor Horner of Illinois knots a 'boa constrictor'; Nice one-page photo ad for Budd stainless steel passenger rail cars; Photo of Countess Vera Fugger; Conflict between Arabs and Jews in Palestine; Taierhchwant; Photo of repairs to the Tomb of Christ in Jerusalem after earthquake damage; Photo of the aluminum car John Cobb of London will use to try to break the land speed record; Chicago Black Hawks win Stanley Cup; Movie "Test Pilot" - with photo of Spencer Tracy, Myrna Loy and Clark Gable; Jackie Coogan sues his parents for money he earned as a child; Treasury Desterilizes Gold - Reserve requirements cut; End of Pierce-Arrow; Back cover features nice color ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes - man in white hat holds tobacco leaves. Clippings from page 7 and 19; Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy Book
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Newsweek - The Magazine of News Significance, April 8, 1946: Spring is Circus Time
96 pages. Features: Nice one-page ad for the Lockheed Constellation features illustration of cabin scene in-flight; Attractive color Ford ad features Green car being loaded with luggage; photo of Robert Moses of Chicago wins bubble-blowing contest; Ku Klux Klan article with photo of burning cross and shrouded members; Russian Spy - Nicolai Gregorovich Redin; New Gropings with the Atom; Cordell Hull prepares memoirs; Nice color-photo Camel cigarette ad says "More Doctors Smoke Camels"; Very nice color one-page Coke ad features spring cleaning scene; Gromyko walks out of UNO; Ad for the Town House Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles; Very cute color Schlitz beer ad features bear in nighshirt raiding fridge at night; Guns over Trieste; The Austrian Larder; Arthur Axmann - article with photo; Famine news from Europe; Possible trouble in India - with photo of Gandhi; Trouble for Jewish sports team in Vienna; Shanghai - inflation and theft; Kendo photo from Japan - it has been outlawed by the Allies; Very nice color centerfold ad for the Pennsylvania Railroad; Nice one-page color-portrait of Mr. Mervyn Le Roy in Calvert Whiskey ad; Ontario liberalizes liquor laws; Five more persons accused of Russian spying in Canada; The Capitolio Diamond Mystery; Argentina fears Yankee 'Nazi' threat; Brief obituaries for Noah Beery Sr., Charles F. Hurley, Martin L. Davey, George Washington, Field Marshal Viscount Gort; Shirley Jane Vetter regains sight after her baby is born; Oil - the big three tangle in the middle east; Color Union Pacific ad features Utah's Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks; Yellow Bole Pipe ad; Mr. Baruch on the Extension of OPA; Billiard article and photo on Willie Mosconi; Attractive one-page color ad for the Martin 2-0-2 aircraft; Gerald Kersh lifts veil on sordid side of London; Color-photo Studebaker ad shows Don Wyman and his father grinding metal while J.F. Rogers and son Peter perform heat-treating; and more. Above-average wear and soiling. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Newsweek - The Magazine of News Significance, February 20, 1939 - Pope Pius XI, 1857-1939 (Cover Photo)
52 pages. Features: One-page ad for Plymouth cars; Joan Crawford seeks divorce from Franchot Tone; Indy 500 winner William C. (Wild Bill) Cummints dies in auto accident; C.I.O. angle develops in insurance inquiry; The Spanish War - still a European problem; The meaning of Japan's Hainan Island Occupation; Oswaldo Aranha - solidarity salesman for the Americas; Will Roosevelt continue bucking Congress?; The Life of Pope Pius - and who will succeed him?; Great one-page ad for International Trucks light delivery trucks (vans); Judge Louis D. Brandeis retires; Redskin Revival - high birthrate gives Congress a new operproduction headache; Antarctic real estate claims; Amnesia victim William H. Lawrence gets his memory back - photo of him with his sister; France and Britain woo Franco as a Mediterranean safeguard - article with photo of Loyalist soldiers in French concentration camp after fleeing Catalonia; London Palestine Conference - Jew and Arab delegations refuse to sit together under same roof - with (separate) photos of Arabs and Chaim Weizmann; Classy two-color centerfold ad for Schlitz beer; Rise of plastic surgery; Undulant fever mystery at Michigan State College in east Lansing; The War on Syphilis; Lt. Ben S. Kelsey crashes while testing new Lockheed substratosphere pursuit plane - story with photos; Nice 2/3-page photo ad for Hotel Del Monte in California; Photo of 6'-9" Mike Novak, a basketball player for Loyola; The Billy Conn - Freddy Apostoli boxing match; Nice illustrated 2/3-page Dictaphone features boss-man and pretty secretary; Photo of Russell Birdwell; 2/3-page Canadian Pacific cruise ad features title "The Life of Riley on the Pacific"; Tea's Comeback; Britain's Slump; Bock Beer; Nice color ad inside back cover for the Packard Six & 120. Discrete clear tape repair to bottom of coverfold. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy Book
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Newsweek Magazine, January 17, 1944 *COVER PHOTO OF CZECHS WHO FIGHT WITH STALIN*
Contents: Consolidated Vultee Aircraft - interesting 2-page ad; McDonnell Aircraft Corporation - color ad; Gathered 'somewhere in London,' chiefs map course of invasion; photo of Japanese and Nazi officers watching German maneuvers ; Sir Oliver Leese - New Eighth Commander; Preparing to soften up the Marshall Islands; Poland's stormy history repeats in boundary dispute with Russia - Soviet's proposal for return to Curzon Line and her attack on Willkie tax Allied amity; Danish Martyr - Rev. Kaj Munk spoke his mind, then paid the dread Nazi price; Photo of Hitler with Bulgarian leaders; Camel cigarettes - great color ad!; Behind Pravda's attack on Willkie; Kodak film - military color ad; Firestone - color centerfold; Freya Stark - British Agent; Allies have secret weapon too - mysterious Jay-Pee Superplane - article with cutaway drawing; Grumman Trinity - Navy's ace combat plane makers build a colossus from $17,000 start; Surprise U.S. suit against 'cartels' baffles both British and Americans; Photo and story about Howie Morenz Jr.; Schlitz Beer - color ad; Great War Bonds ad featuring General MacArthur. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Newsweek Magazine, January 31, 1938
40 pages. Contents: Spain: Bombs vs. Civilians, Gold vs. Ore, Oranges vs. Olives - War Bursts in Renewed Fury on Land and Sea; London Trade Pulls The Strings; Mr. Roosevelt and Business: Conciliation Progresses - White House Talks Bring Advisory Council but Little to Cure Depression; Anti-Lynch Fight: Filibuster Continues in Face of Closure Threats; Revenge: Senators Get Their Chance to Badger (Harold) Ickes; (Alben W.) Barkley vs. (A.B.) Chandler: Kentucky Feud Embarrasses the Administration; End of a Pacifist (Rolphe Forsyth); Trapper Trapped: Alert Cashier Aids Solution of Kidnaping (Charles S. Ross) and Murder; Relief: Judge Commends $2 a Week Budget to Senators; Shawneetown; Japan Makes a Gesture; Chinese Guerrillas Take a City: (Generalissimo) Chiang's (Kai-shek) Followers Rush Roads for Long Campaign of Attrition Against Invaders; French Compromise: A New 'National' Government Tackles Thankless Task; Among the Pharaohs: King (Farouk I) of Egypt and His Bride (Queen Farida) Respect Moslem Traditions; Rumania and Jews: King (Carol II) Sends Parliament Home; Goga Starts Persecution; Irish Settlement: Eire to Work With Britain on Defense Program; Young Alabama Painter (Charles Shannon) Impresses the Critics With Studies of Negroes; Church of New Jerusalem Observes 250th Anniversary of (Emanuel) Swedenborg; Mercy Killing Advocates of America and Britain Form Organization; Baseball's Hall of Fame Opens Its Door to Old Pete (Grover Cleveland Alexander), Reformed Pitcher; TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority): Defeat of Utilities; Word Fight in Washington; Ford (Motor Co.) Policy: Both NLRB (National Labor Relations Board) and U.A.W. (United Automobile Workers) Reject Company's Plan; Oil Price-Fixing: Sixteen Companies Convicted Under the Sherman Act; Anthracite: Pennsylvania Problem Gets Attention in Washington; Coast Shipping: Lack of Subsidies Imperils Route Through Canal; and The Consumer and Organization - Consumers Research and Consumers Union. Full Page vintage colour advertising with Dolores Del Rio promoting Lucky Strike Cigarettes. Binding intact. Small mailing label bottom front cover. Average wear. Contents clean and unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Newsweek Magazine, October 1, 1945 *HIROHITO'S FRONT YARD - HOW LONG WILL THEY STAY?*
Contents: Color Nash car ad inside front cover; Caterpillar Diesel ad; Color Mallory hat ad; Uneasy lies the nation under confused labor, price policies; Victims of muscular dystrophy; American Diplomacy loses face over occupation force bickering - Sharp retort by Acheson to MacArthur's 200,000 estimate exposes disunity to world (photo of MacArthur in front of Daibutsu/large Budha in Japan); Cleavage between Russian and Anglo-American viewpoints comes out in London Peace Talks; When Yank meets Russian - Korea under two flags; Photos of Germans and Japanese in their defeated lands; photo of the charred body of Joseph Goebbels; Stimson retiring, warns U.S. to keep military might in peace; Photo of Private Harold Atkinson, first of the Winnipeg Grenadiers returns home to Winnipeg (photo); Home builders see green light but fear Bowles price controls; Cyrus Eaton; Educators hope to make good Japs out of bad ones; Color Budd car ad; color DC-6 ad. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. A sound copy. Magazine
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Newsweek Magazine, October 22, 1945 *ARMY NURSES HELPED THE BOYS GET HOME*
Contents: Nice Baldwin Diesel-Electric ad; Color Ford auto ad; Nice color Mallory Hats ad; His half-year honeymoon ends but Truman is still the man to beat; Private William H. Garrett of Waverly, Kentucky says good-bye to his entire family, killed in an accident; Angels in uniform - army and navy nurses; Color Coke ad - refreshment on the Admiralty Isles; Stalin's Holiday adds fresh fuel to rumors of his serious illness; Photos of German war prisoners, male and female, in Italy; The Chunking government and the Chinese Communists make peace - on paper; photo of Hungarian Nazi strung up from a lampost in Budapest; Army proposes, fate disposes and GI's long for boats to the US; GI wives in London protest for transport to the US; Nice color Chevrolet centerfold ad; Playing Barbotte in Canada; Rioting breaks out in Argentina; John L. Lewis reaches for new power through control of shop bosses; Air Forces miracle of help yourself is way back for casualties at home - the Baruch rehabilitation plan; Nice color Schlitz beer ad; Color Studebaker truck ad inside back cover; Average wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. A sound copy. Magazine
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Newsweek, June 17, 1968: Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) 1925-1968 / Attempted Murder of Andy Warhol By Radical Feminist
Features: Cover photo of RFK; Where is he now? - G. (Gerard) David Schine once worked closely with Joe McCarthy; Article and photos on the passing of RFK sadly entitled "Once Again"; Bobby's Last, Longest Day - article with colour photos; Sirhan Sirhan "There Just Hasn't Been a Nicer Boy"; James Early Ray arrested in London; Vietnam war coverage; Submarine 'Scorpion' and her 99-man crew declared "presumed lost"; "Sweet Assasin" Valerie Solanas attempts to kill Andy Warhol - article with photos; Nice colour-photo two-page ad for WTOP-TV features Sir Patrick Dean and Lady Dean in the Embassy of Great Britain in Washington; and more. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. A sound vintage copy of this informative but painful issue. Book
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Nutshell News Magazine - For Creators and Collectors of Scale Miniatures, November 1995 - Decorating with Miniatures
Features: Cannon Collectibles and Why Appraisals?; Vladimir Matusovsky; American Spectacular; A Sterling Pair - Mary and Ed Silvers; The Versatile Paul Ki-Kydd; Noah's Pantry; Scale Built-Ins; Mini-Stitches/Maxi Talent - Annelle Ferguson; Tom Bishop, London; Noah's Rainbow Room; Holiday Hearth Rug; Cookie Tin Treats; Cut a Rug; The Victorian Dresser; Neighborhood Piano Bar; Decorative Painting Techniques; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Nutshell News Magazine - For the Complete Miniature Hobbyist, May 1984 - Walt Disney's 1" World
Features: Walt's Small World - "My hobby... is a life-saver. When I work with these small objects, I become so absorbed that the cares of the studio fade away... at least for a time." - Walt Disney; Mimi Shurr's Tiny Canvases - Bonanza in a Bandbox; Charles and Ferbie Claudon's Kitty Kitsch; Miniature reflections of Maryland's past - an historic rowhouse; Marty Saunders' Miniature Portraits; Sailing London to Perth in Eighth Scale; Wicker Wheels are Turning - barbara Ruemeli; Linda Carmona's Little Lovelies;Teatime in an English Country Garden; Knitting and Crochet Projects in 1" scale; Joann's Fragrant Spring Bouquet; Mary Eccher's Great American Bake-Off - pies for every taste and occasion; Room of the Month - this breakfast in bad Mother's Day means a mess in the kitchen!; Miniature Prairie Bonnets; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Nutshell News Magazine, April 1993 - Wonderful English Dollhouses
Features: A 1920s Kitchen; Winners of the Greenberg Holiday Roombox Contest; Miniaturists celebrate Beatrix Potter; "The Tailor of Gloucester" in an old pine box; Royal Portraits - Elizabeth R; British Miniatures; The London Dollhouse Festival; Britain by Bus; An English Cottage - Part 1; A 'Modern' Biedermeir Table; British Bathroom in a Box; Tree Trunk House; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Nutshell News Magazine, December 1988 - Holiday Sleigh Rides!
Features: The miniaturization of Nero!; Collectables - Winter Figurals; A Castle for Christmas; Santa - all 157 varieties - lives in Pittsburgh; Mr. Heal's Store in London; Precious Porcelains - combine contemporary collectable ornaments to create holiday vignettes; Hand-weaver Gary Romine; Travels in Italy; Helga Tacreiter explains how she taught herself her stonework technique; A miniature of the Duke of Devonshire's home; The Castine Experience - I.G.M.A.'s Guild School; Creative Notebook II - how to add dry rot to your building; Master File V - Mini floral designs by Jane Kilkenny; Kit Renderings - Wing Chair Magic; Creative greeting card; Joann's Country Christmas; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Nutshell News Magazine, March 1992 - International Issue
Features: Tin Town - West Bros.' (Brothers) Lithographed Buildings; Ingeborg Riesser; Karl Blindheim; Lauran Stevens; Jim Fainges; Jo Moore Stewart; An 1880 London Townhouse; The grand tour on a small scale; Lagniappe's 1/4" scale little sister ended with 19 fabulous rooms; Making Wheels; Along the Mall XV - an around the world import shop; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Nutshell News Magazine, March 1996 - A Feast of Miniatures!
Features: Small accomplishments - the young and the rest of us; 1995 Tour Album - a few photos on our trek through Cornwall, London, Birmingham and more!; A Glass Act - Ferenc Albert's glass blowing talent; Moving Day - packing up the miniatures is no small feat!; German Schneegass Miniatures - the first of a new series about old miniatures; Show Shopping - Philadelphia finds!; Food for Thought - Lesley Burgess' toothsome tidbits are as British as she is; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Nutshell News Magazine, September 1991- Barbara Raheb's Volumes of Talent!
Features: The London Dolls House Festival; Miniature Mysteries - Unknown Collectables; Classics in Miniature - Barbara Raheb's Books; The Binders' Hobby; Wendy Allin Strives for Sweet Perfection; Edgar Schmidt scales his Old World talent into new dimensions; The Tourist Cabin Bath; The Thomas Jefferson State Reception Room; Claycrafting - a toddler toy; Microcrafting - making lights; Figure Sculpting IV - watch the figure; Along the Mall IX - A Beauty Salon; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Magazine
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Nutshell News Magazine, September 1994 - NN Visits Holland, England and Scotland, and a Gala
Features: JoAnn Johnson; Carole & Barry Kaye Museum; Republic of South Africa holds big surprises in small sizes; Artisan Tobe Creed; Renee Isabelle; A French Country Bedroom; NN Tours - Holland, England, Scotland and the world's largest miniatures show; Tom Bishop's London Show; Back to College; For a change in the nursery; Old Leather Clothing - hats; Five beautiful floors; Build a Bazaar; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Pathfinder Magazine - A Weekly Digest of World Affairs From the Nation's Capital, June 13, 1936 - Palestine Riots Threaten Britain's Holy Land Mandate
24 pages. Contents: Uncle Sam has lost his balance in world marketing - can do nothing; Excess Naval Tonnage Views; President to Rule Relief; Treasury makes Record Loan; Black Legion Spreads Terror; Foreign News; Hitler inspects Navy at Kiel; Palestine Riots Threaten Britain's Holy Land Mandate; Japan invades China; Current Events; Louis Meyer wins Indianapolis 500; National News; Lloyd's - Original Optimist Club - Insures Everything (Lloyd's of London); Very Scathing editorial about Sigmund Freud, who 'died a short time ago, after startling and shocking and disgusting the whole civilized world by his destructive doctrines"; Marketing; Capital Chat; Science News - Painless childbirth attacked; Aviation - what will be the effect of flights of the Hindenberg?; Congress; Simple Rules of Flag Etiquette; Mrs. James H.R. Cromwell; Vintage ads; and much more. Average wear. Yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Pathfinder Magazine - A Weekly News Review of World Affairs, April 3, 1937 - Inflation?
24 pages. Inflation? - Rising Prices Give Rise to Official Concern - with photos of Mariner S. Eccles and Secretary of Agriculture Wallace; Sit-Down Strikes; School disaster in New London, Texas; Amelia Earhart crashes on Howland Island in the mid-Pacific; Great photo of 10 men carrying huge carpet to be used for King's coronation at Westminster Abbey; Rebel Rout in Spain; Article on fascinating alleged love triangle between Benito Mussolini, Madeleine la Ferriere and Count Charles de Chambrun - whom she shot; Reich Finances - brief article with photo of Hjalmar Shacht; China's Famine; "Horror Coma" experienced by Mrs. Helen Wills - photo of her with Dr. Damuel Marcus; Photo of Finnish first lady Mrs. Kaisa Kallio, wife of Kyosti Kallio; Editorials; Feature article on Judge Louis Dembitz Brandeis, with photo; The Movie World - with photo of Bette Davis; Dr. Hans Luther is relieved of his post as German Ambassador in Washington - with photo; Mui Tsai - Chinese girl babies are often human chattel sold for a price; Photo of Kakike Saito, Queen of the Cherry Blossoms; Back page photos of bull-fighting in Mexico. Vintage ads; and more. Average wear. Yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Picture Post Magazine - Hulton's National Weekly: May 3, 1941 *MORNING AFTER THE BLITZ*
34 pages. Loaded with great black and white photos. Features: The Morning After the Blitz; Hitler's Spring Offensive - the diary of the war No. 84; Convoy - the Channel Convey is the most highly-organized convey afloat; That Admiral Darlan (of France) - the man who has tried to deceive and injure Britain; Open Air Camp - American girls train at Sergeant Camp in New Hampshire; Foundling Hospital - One of England's most famous schools; Does Backyard Farming Pay? - the Jones family shares their experience. Nice full-page two-colour ad for Batchelor's canned fruits and vegetables on back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Public Opinion Magazine, Friday, June 19, 1936 - A Weekly Review of What People Think, Say and Do, and of the New Books they are Reading
24 pages. Features: The Problem of Raising Sanctions Against Italy; The Kind of Insurance Which is Untertaken at Lloyd's (of London); The Prejudice Against Finger-Printing; How Governor Landon Got His Nomination; Why the Nations of the World Should Form a Trading Club; "An International Policeman Somewhare in the Background"; Access to Raw Materials; "My 60 Years In the Law" - by a Judge's Clerk Mr. F.W. Ashley; The Small Boy At Any School Sports On Any Saturday Afternoon; "Behind the Real Smile in Japan" - Mr. E.K. Venables; Miss V. Sackville-West Discusses Joan of Arc's Visions; Dr. Rufus Jones on Psychology and Religion; Mrs. Elinor Glyn and Her Allegory of Gold & Silver; The Spirit of Sussex Downs; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Center page holding by one staple. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Railway Magazine - April 1979
Topics: The Preservation Bubble; An Hour to Wait; Revival of London Links; Narrow-Gauge in Brittany; Beside Bala Lake; Cook's Tour - Italian-built dining car for service in Peterborough; A Miscellany on BR. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear and crease to top of front cover. A quality copy Book
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Railway World Magazine: June 1964
Features: The "Queen of Scots" - Half-a-century of Train Travel, No. 28; Modern Czechoslovakian Steam Locomotives - Part I; The M.& G.N. Route to Cromer; London Midland Steam - Locomotive Causerie; Memories of the Bristol-Birmingham mainline 60 years ago; A Swiss Tank Takes a Bathe; The County Down Railway and The Tourist Trophy Race; and more. Moderate wear. Price stamped atop front cover else unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
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Teddy Bear, 21 October 1967
Features: A picnic with Daddy; Silly Billy; Bedtime Story; A visit to London Airport; The Coach Driver; Edward and the Jumblies; Nurse Susan and Doctor David. Few markings to contents. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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The (London) Times Weekly (Newspaper) Edition: Bound Original Issues from 18 October, 1918 Through 25 July 1919 (No. 42. Vol. XLII Through No. 30 Vol. XLIII)
Approximately 1,000 pages. Very large volume measures over 18" high by over 12" wide and approximately 1.5" thick. Extensive coverage of the final weeks of World War I, its conclusion, and aftermath, plus other news of the day and contemporary advertisements. Each page very densely packed with small type-faced print and occasional maps. Contents appear to be bound original issues rather than reprints. Includes an 8 page illustrated section devoted to "London's Great Peace Celebration Procession" in July, 1919. Small vintage bookseller's sticker inside front board at bottom. Binding sound. Moderate external wear and soiling. Partially rubbed gilt lettering upon front board and backstrip. Contents yellowing at edges. Please note: the April 11, 1919 issue, and possibly others, are not included. A sound copy of this most enthralling, comprehensive and unique reference. Book
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The (Victoria, British Columbia) Daily Colonist Newspaper: Sunday, November 27, 1904 Issue
16 pages. A wonderful snap shot of life as it was on Vancouver Island 100 years ago. News of the day includes: The Russo-Japanese War; J.P. Planta, well known Nanaimo Public Man, Passes Away; C.P.R. Harbour Improvements - removal of Sehl's Point; W.W. B. McInnes likely to be next governor of the Yukon; The Mullally Sisters; Britannia Mines, Howe Sound, B.C. - History, Geology, Characteristics of Ore Bodies, Development; Chumbi the Key to Thibet (Tibet); Hardships of Russian Workmen; The Centenary of Shrapnel - Its Inventor and his history; Japan's Military System; London Society's Love of Tattoing; Lord Brampton's Reminiscences; Report on the White Pass and Yukon Railway; and much more. Wonderful illustrations of Victorian Women's attire adorn back page. Dozens of advertisements including "Farm For Sale - Lake District - 72.47 acres - A Bargain at $1,500.00." Significant chipping along fold. Some yellowing. Few edge tears. Fatigue crack through central portion of each page. Book
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The Antique Collector Magazine, April 1972 / May 1972
Features: The interest in antiquities; The Jockey Club, Newmarket, Suffolk; A London Chinaman - Messrs Goodes; Late 17th Century Clocks in an English Collection; Some Payments by an 18th Century Collector; The English Champagne and Ale Flute Glasses, 1685-1832; The Treasures of Tutenkhaamun; The Handley-Read Collection - Victorian Art, Style and Syntax; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Magazine
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The Antique Collector Magazine, August 1970 / September 1970
Features: Unit Trust Art Buying; Audley End, Essex - the Historic Seat of the Earls of Suffolk and the Lords Braybrooke; Cameo Cutting - an age-old craft; York Silver - after the re-opening of the Assay Office (Part II); Famous Swiss Art Collection; Clues to the age of long-case Clocks; Restored and unrestored pieces of Early Oak furniture; The 4th Annual Gleneagles Hotel Sale; A Grinling Gibbons Front Cover (City of London Treasures Exhibition); The Achievement of Plymouth-Bristol Wares; and more. Minimal markings. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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The Antique Collector Magazine, December 1968 / January 1969
Features: The Royal Academy celebrates 200 years; Cannon Hall, Cawthorne, near Barnsley, Yorks - the home of the Spencer and Stanhope families and now a country museum; Japanese Art in England - some early collectors who admired the swordguards of Jo-i; The Swiss Art and Antiques Fair; London City Company Arms on English Delftware, Part IV; The development of the 17th century X-Chair; A Monumental Clock of Charles V.; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Magazine
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The Antique Collector Magazine, December 1969 / Janaury 1970 - Christmas Number
Features: Collecting myths and misnomers; First Exhibition of Irish Portraits; Dyrham Park - the Gloucestershire Home of the Blathwayt Family; Some Early Furniture of the 16th and 17th centuries - previously unrecorded examples; Picture Collecting in 1969; A Galaxy of Teapots - the Shand Kydd Collection, Part 1; The Golden Age of Claude Lorrain - first exhibition of his art comes to London from Newcastle; The London Sale-room in December; the Crowned Ladies of Innsbruck - 16th century masterpieces in Bronze that guard an Emperor's Memorial; Capodimonte Porcelain in demand; and more. Moderate external wear. Minimal markings. Binding sound. A quality copy. Magazine
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The Antique Collector Magazine, December 1971/Janaury 1972 - Christmas Number
Features: Insuring the Uninsurable; The Oriental Club, Stratford House, Stratford Place; The Shrine of the Magi by Nicholas de Verdun in Cologne Cathedral; The Trial of the Pyx - The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths of the City of London - checking gold and silver content since 1238; Ancient Furniture in Modern Homes; Some Basic Notes on Ancient Glass; The London Sale-Room in December; That is 'T Clock'? - a notable Timekeeping Exhibition at Garrards; and more. Moderate external wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. A quality copy. Magazine
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The Antique Collector Magazine, June 1969 / July 1969
Features: The Genius of Leonardo da Vinci - drawings at The Queen's Gallery; Glynde Place - The Sussex Home of Mrs. Humphrey Brand; A Remarkable Group of English Cabinets - Mid-18th Century Pieces with distinctive Writing Fitments and Fretwork; Georgian Women Silversmiths; Illustrated supplement to the Antique Dealers' Fair, Grosvenor House, 1968; Treasures of Flanders in the 15th century - Part II; With Quill, Ink and Sand box - some refinements found in early writing-desks; London City Company Arms on English Delftware - Part V; The "Crosby and Oliver 1771" Punch-bowl; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Book
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The Atlantic Magazine, March 1956 *Katherine Anne Porter - Cover Photo*
100 pages. Features: Reports from Washington and London; Report on Science and Industry; Ship of Fools (an episode), by Katherine Anne Porter; Catholic Temper in Poland, by Graham Greene; Hunter-Killers in the Atlantic, by Samuel Eliot Morison; Why do we Teach Poetry?, by Archibald MacLeish; After Four Years - a poem, by May Sarton; Uprooting the Indians, by Ruth Mulvey Harmer; How Mr. Hogan Robbed a Bank - story by John Steinbeck; A Little Learning is a Dangerous Thing, by Anna Mary Wells; Management in Search of Men, by David A. Shepard; John Gunther's Africa, by Richard E. Danielson; Messenger - a poem by Hortense Flexner; Nice colour ad for I.W. Harper Kentucky Straight Bourbon on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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The Atlantic Magazine, September 1956 *THE CRISIS IN TEACHING*
96 pages. Features: Reports from Washington, London and on Science and Industry; The Crisis in Teaching, by Oscar Handlin; Italian Communism, 1956 - by Paolo Pavolini; The Communist Approach to Burma, by David L. Cohn; Bella! Bella! - by Constance Tomkinson; The Word of Willow (poem), by Leah Bodine Drake; The Meanest Man in Washington County, by Dillon Anderson; How the Brain Works, by George R. Harrison; A Pair of Hands (poem) by May Sartun; The Dollmaker - story by Niccolo Tucci; The Musician - poem by R.P. Lister; The Illusion of Owning a Business, by Frederick W. Copeland; A Word for Farewell (poem), by Richard Church; Apley, Wickford Point, and Pulham - My Early Struggles, by John P. Marquand; Max Beerbohm, by Evelyn Waugh; Mitchell Goodman on Mexico (part II). Nice colour ad for the Tennessee Gass Transmission Company inside front cover. Attractive colour ad for Martell Cognac inside back cover features a Versailles theme. Nice colour ad for Old Charter Straight Bourbon Whisky on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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