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Harper's Bazar (Bazaar), March 5, 1870 - A Repository of Fashion, Pleasure, and Instruction
16 pages. Contents: Ladies' and Children's Toilettes - cover illustration; Bringing up Parents; New York Fashions - spring bonnets, spring silks for suits, other spring fabrics, a new trimming; Personal; Cravats; Silk Cravat with Tatted Ends; Crochet Cravat End - Irish Guipure; Corners of Netted Guipure and Crochet Borders; Plaid Talma; Hats and Bonnets; Coiffure for Young Married Lady; Feather Fan; Crochet fringe borders; Powder box; Paris Fashions; Hannah's Quilting; Whitewash; Sayings and Doings; Lovely illustration of a fancy dress ball; Interesting illustration of a pantomime party; Debenham's Vow - continued; Lovely walking dress; Pacific Railway Dining Car - nice illustration on-board the dining car on the Union Pacific Railway; humor; and more. Average wear. Book
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Harper's Bazar (Bazaar), September 3, 1870 - A Repository of Fashion, Pleasure, and Instruction
16 pages. Contents: Bridal Coiffure cover illustrations; Ten miles from a lemon remedially considered, by Gail Hamilton; New York Fashions - autumn wraps, hats and bonnets; Personal; Embroidery Design for Morning Slipper; Knotted Watch Chain; Point Lace Rosette for Caps, Toilette Cushions (please note: 5"x4" clipping from this page 564); Embroidered Blouse Waist; Ladies' Autumn Dresses; Jewish Burial Rites; Out of the Forest - a story of Hungary, part II; Sayings and Doings; Great full-page illustration entitled "Not at Home" by William B. Myers shows a suitor being deflected by the butler; Beautiful full-page illustration entitled "On the Beach at Long Branch" shows three lovelies in a watefront coach; Paris Fashions; The Cryptogram - continued; Drawing "In Clover" by C.S. reinhart; Portraits and Home of Dickens; Humor; and more. Average wear. Book
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Heritage, Winter 2000: The Magazine of the Heritage Canada Foundation - Quebec Religious Heritage Foundation
Features: Heritage Farms; Heritage 2000; Quebec Religious Heritage Foundation - a New Approach; Judgement expected on Prince County Courthouse, P.E.I.; The Railway Car that Built Canada - the car used by William Cornelius Van Horne; Conserving Heritage in Saskatoon; Edmonton's new Market Value Assessments; Miracles do Happen - the rectory of Sainte-Euphemie in Casselman, Eastern Ontario. Bilingual English/French. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy. Book
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Hot Rod Magazine - 1956 Annual
144 pages. Index. Dozens of black and white photos and diagrams. Features: How Fast Should it Go? - 110 road test results for Detroit cars, 1950 through 1955; Making it Go Faster - latest info. on what you can buy to hot rod your family car; Stealing the V8's Thunder - the complete story on OHV V8 engines; Overhead V8 Prices and Sizes; Engine Swaps - What Fits and Why; Adapter Plates - Where to Use 'em; Proper Transmission Alignment; Choosing the Right Transmission; Hot Rodding Detroit Mills. Above-average wear. Moisture stains along fore-edge of all pages. Binding intact. Unmarked. An entertaining look back to the early days of hot rodding. Book
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Le Magazine Maclean, Decembre 1965 *LES CARNETS SECRETS DE JEAN-MARIE NADEAU*
Features: Colour ad for the Oldsmobile F-85 inside front cover; Beautiful full colour photo 2-page ad for the 1966 Buick Riviera and 1966 Buicks; Les carnets secrets de Jean-Marie Nadeau - precurseur de la 'revolution tranquille'; Very Rare full-page colour ad for the Honda S600 car!; La Bande a Charlot; Malraux, retour de Chine; Un Hiver Fou - fashion colour photos; Ils ont invente le cowboy Quebecois - Wellie Lamothe, Paul Brunelle et Marcel Martel; Pour Noel - James Bond, G.I. Joe, Barbie...; On nous change la Messe; L'ouest a-t-il compris Lesage?; Colour photo centerfold ad for the 1966 Chevrolet Caprice; Full-page colour photo ad for the OMC Snow Cruiser snowmobile; L'Expo de 9 a 5. Text in French. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Le Magazine Maclean, Novembre 1964 *ASSURANCE-AUOT - LES QUEBECOIS PAIENT PLUS CHER*
Features: Cover photo of Gerard Pelletier; Nice colour ad for the Ford Mustang inside front cover; Luxurious 2-page colour ad for the 1965 Pontiac; 2-page ad for Pilkington Glass Limited and its products; L'Assurance-auto coute plus cher au Quebec; Gerard Pelletier - des ennemis a la douzaine; "Les Canadiens Francais, Comme nous, Etaient Pauvres...", par Mordecai Richler; La Suede N'est pas la Suede...; J'Apprends le Hockey - Gilles Douville - 10 ans; La Montee de Barry Goldwater; 1864 - la conference de Quebec fut aussi une fete mondaine; nice colour photo 1965 Ford Mercury ad; Faut-il tuer le mythe Rene Levesque?; Super 12 (half)-page full-colour advertising supplement for Nouvelles Rambler 1965 car models; C'est difficile pour un ecrivain de Cesser de Fumer, par Quentin Reynolds; Beautiful colour photo ad for the 1965 Lincoln Continental (with suicide doors); hus-ski ad; Lettre ouverte aux Nationalistes Canadiens-Francais, par Peter Gzowski; Colour ad for the 1965 GM Beaumont inside back cover. Text in French. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Locomotives International - No. 19, May 1993
Features: Features: Camden and Amboy No. 635; A History of the Leeds Locomotive Building Industry - the Hunslet Engine Company 1864-1938; Medium Gauge 'Texas' Locomotives; Postcard Gems; Todd's Self-Propelling Hot-Water Tram Car; Rowan Steam Cars - and Kitson Trams; The Jamaica Railway; Gaekwar's Baroda State Railways - Part 2 - the Narrow Gauge Lines. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
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Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, February 15, 1929
72 pages. Magnificent cover art from the Canadian Life Series by A.C. Valentine entitled "The Habitant". Contents: Nice colour Heinz Tomato Ketchup ad inside front cover. Hudson Motor Car Company ad for its Essex model; The Parts Pigs Play, by G.R. Stevens; Canada's Fighting Airmen - Part 3 - Billy Bishop Earns His Second Decoration, by Major George A. Drew; The Tides of Hymen, by Leslie Roberts; Letters of a Woman M.P. - humour by H.F. Gadsby; The St. Lawrence Question - Part 2 - The Dangers of Non-Co-operation - debating the deepening of the St. Lawrence, with photos; Gamblers, by Victor Lauriston; Canada in the Caribbean - our trade efforts in the West Indies, by Harwood Steele, with photos; Gurl's Garters, by Hubert Evans; Give the Girls A Hand - Canadian Women have crashed open the gate of sport, by H.H. Roxborough; Vimy V.C.'s - Another Chapter from the record of the Canadians who were awarded the Victoria Cross during the Great War, with photos of Major T.W. MacDowell, V.C., D.S.O., Lieutenant R.G. Combe, V.C.,k Private J.G. Pattison, V.C.; To Love and to Cherish - Part 4, by Constance Travers Sweatman; Nice Chrysler ad featuring the new '75' Royal Sedan; New Dodge Brothers Six car ad; Durant Motors of Canada ad for their "40" De Luxe Sedan; Strombert-Carlson Radio ad; Nice 2-colour ad for Swift's "Silverleaf" brand pure lard; Full-page Canada Dry ad with New Orleans theme; Nice Ford car photo ad promotes the concept of homes having two cars!; Nice Ovaltine ad; 10-minute Salads; Great vintage full-page ad by the Wallaceburg Brass & Iron Mfg. Co. for their Wallrich Shower and Waldorf Sink Faucet; Furniture finishing article; Business and Investments section; Great colour ad for Libby's Pork and Beans inside back cover; Very attractive colour ad for Parker Duofold DeLuxe pens. Address label upon front cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Middle page loose but present. Cup ring on back cover. A worthy copy of this marvelous piece of Canadiana. Book
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Maclean's Magazine - Canada's National Magazine, May 1, 1929 *A.J. CASSON COVER ART*
92 pages. A.J. Casson cover illustration depicts 'The Great Gardening Game' on a checkerboard. Contents: Colour ad for Kyanize Lustaquik Finish inside front cover; Fantastic multi-photo ad for International Harvester trucks features photos of trucks belonging to Hendrie & Co., Ltd., of Hamilton and Deskin Brothers of Montreal; Nice photo ad for Cream of Wheat; Canada's Fighting Airmen - Part 5 - Lt.-Col. Barker, V.C. wins his first decoration; Racing Needs a Cleanup - Douglas Eppes argues that government control of Canadian horseracing tracks is an imperative necessity - with photos; The Red Sport Cabriolet, by Martha Banning Thomas; Hon. John Babington Macaulay Baxter, Premier of New Brunswick - an intimate sketch; Vanderdassen, by Maurice Inskipp; The Parking Puzzle - James A. Cowan sheds a little lighht on the question of what a motorist can do with his car once he's bought it - with cartoons and photo; Private Elemental, by Will R. Bird; The Centenarian, by Fred Jacob; Before British Columbia Was Born - first of a series of articles narrating the romantic experiences of Jason O. Allard, including super photo of downtown Nanaimo in 1858 when it was called Colvilletown, plus a photo of the grounded "Beaver", the first steamship to churn the waters of the Pacific, wrecked near the mouth of Vancouver Harbour; Full-page colour reproduction of "Over the Top", a WWI painting by Alfred Bastein; Kindred, by Archie P. McKishnie; The Pilot, by J.H. Power; Comments on the book "Memoirs of Prince Max of Baden"; Ultra-violet rays successfully used to treat King George V; Major H.O.D. Segrave relates the thrills of being the world's fastest motorist; Canadian General Electric ad for the 3897 Refrigerator; Gorgeous full-page colour ad for Packard automobiles features James Monroe; Congoleum Rugs colour ad; Brickbats and Bouquets - Letters to the Editor; Review of New York Times article by Edwin L. James which criticizes U.S. foreign policy and envisions an International Bank; Nice Plymouth car ad featuring the full-size Four-door sedan; Monroe Doctrine Explained; Nice two-colour ad by Red Indian motor oil; Full-page ad for Pepsodent; Great colour ad for Frididaire Refrigerators; Very bold Firestone Tire colour centerfold ad; Wonderful vintage ad for the Wallglow shower manufactured by Wallaceburg Brass & Iron Mfg. Co.; Full-page Chevrolet ad; Ford photo ad promotes two cars per household; Happy Valleys - The Okanagan and Annapois Valleys; Very nice colour ad for Crane plumbing fittings shows a lovely contemporary kitchen scene; *Magnificent* full-page pastel colour ad for Canadian Pacific boats of the high level of service offered by their network of railways, steamships and hotels - includes layout of a luxury railcar with solarium, observation lounge, buffet, etc.; Half-page Kellogg's corn flakes ad features black waiter holding breakfast tray; Gutta Percha & Rubber, Limited ad for their Gum Cushioned Tires; Nice full-page ad for Willys Knight cars; Full-page Listerine ad; Great full-page colour ad celebrates 50 years of Woolworth; Lux Toilet Soap features 16 head-shot photos of lovely ladies and includes their names; As the Twig is Bent - Parents must build the characters of their children, by Mabel Crews Ringland; Edith Louise Paterson - Canada's Youngest Woman Judge; Design Feature - The Breakfast Nook; Financial Article - Security Markets Reflect Acute Credit Stringency (hmmm... this was months before the stock crash of October 1929); Handsmome ad for the new Nash '400' car; Colour ad for Palmolive soap inside back cover; Colour ad for Parker Duofold pens on back cover. Address label upon front cover. Crossword completed. Above-average wear to covers which are loose in one piece but present. Textblock sound. A worthy copy of this very informative and attractive issue. Book
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Maclean's Magazine - January 18, 1958: Who Own's Space?
56 pages. Features: The next world problem - Who Owns Space?; Barry Morse - The Barrymore of Canadian TV; Louis Archambault's Wonderful Wall; Diefenbaker's Home Town - Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Nice Colour Ads: Matinee Cigarettes; Canadian Car Company; Caterpillar - New Brunswick Theme; Red Cap Ale; 1958 Plymouth Automobile; Dow Beer; O'Keefe Ales; Coke (back cover). Average wear. Please note! Pages 31 through 34 missing Book
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Maclean's Magazine, 1 April 1938: Hockey's All-Stars
68 pages. Fantastic colour ad for International Trucks inside front cover bears the heading '104 International Trucks Prove Their Stamina Off The Highway for Dowell, Incorporated. Handsome Colour Ford ad on back cover features the 1938 De Luxe and the Standard. Full-page two-colour Pontiac ad on page 5 shows a woman shifting gears on the steering column. Features: Voice off Scene, by Herbert Dalmas and Maurice Geraghty; Why (Anthony) Eden Quit, by Beverley Baxter - with photos of Mussolini and Hitler; Mr. Hepburn's Treasure Hunt - a candid review of the administration of the Ontario Succession Duty Act, by Frederick Edwards; James C. Hendy nominates Hockey's All-Stars 1937-38, with head photos of Eddie Shore, C. Thompson, A.C. Siebert, Syl Apps, P. Thompson and Gordon (Gordie) Drillon; Springs of Courage, by Garnett Radcliffe - a story of the South Seas, 'the girl back home' and a magnificent gesture; Chundra the Elephant, by Paul Annixter; Little Corporals of Finance - Banker humour by C.W. McGannon; Zeballos Gold Rush, by Charles Lugrin Shaw - with black and white photos; The Seventh (7th) Day, by Max Brand; Wheat to Flour - photo page; Full-page black and white ad for General Electric Refrigerators; The Dotted Line - Braille, by Harris Turner; Page 26 cartoon of a smiling Hitler repapering an Austria wall with Swastika wallpaper; Ethiopian Chaos - a brief report on how the Italians have failed to consolidate their conquest; Bold centerfold Dodge ad featuring skater Sonja Henie; Sir Frederick Haultain - Pioneer Statesman; Full-page black and white Plymouth ad; Lovely full-page colour photo ad for the 1938 Studebaker; Full-page black and white ad for the Nash car company; Crossword completed in pencil on page 46; Full-page black and white ad for the McLaughlin-Buick; Movie News by Ann Ross; Nice full-page black and white DeSoto car ad. Above-average wear to covers which are detached from textblock but present. Page 9 loose but present. A worthy copy of this vintage issue. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, 1 December (Dec.), 1950 - Death of the Canadian Seaman's Union (C.S.U.)
Features: Editorial - Housing's a Headache the Provinces Should Handle; Backstage in India - the split with India widens; The Masters at Margate - London Letter by Beverley Baxter; Everybody Boos the CBC, by Pierre Berton; Len Norris on the air with the CBC; Corn and Culture - Max Ferguson is adored by his zany half hour of amusing mimicry while Harry Boyle dishes up those highbrow Wednesday Night sessions; Ted Reeve picks Maclean's All-Canadian football team (The All-Canadian is all-American, with four from the West, eight from the East); How to buy that Christmas Tie; Death of a Union - the Canadian Seaman's Union (C.S.U.) - once strong and respected - had to die for the greater glory of the Communist Party - Here's how it was killed - a frightening, firsthand expose of Red strategy in Labor by an ex-Communist, Gerry McManus (former Secretary-Treasurer) who witnessed the betrayal of 10,000 Canadian workers from the inside; Don't Call me Baby Face - Part V (conclusion) of the story of boxer Jimmy McLarnin; Never get friendly with a friendly bear; The Double Life of Dr. James Barry - Inspector-General Barry ruled the British Army's medical corps in Canada with a bossy efficiency in a thick cloud of rumor and legend... Then, after 53 years' service, a shocking secret came out; Known to be Dangerous - fiction by Octavus Roy Cohen. Colour Studebaker ad inside front cover. Nice colour ad for the 1951 Mercury car on page 25. Nice colour ad for the 1951 Ford Monarch car on page 51. Reading copy only. Above-average wear. Page 9 loose but present. Pages 29-36 loose but present. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, 1 March 1938
48 pages. Features: Excellent colour photo ad for International Harvester trucks plowing snow inside front cover; Nice black and white full-page Chrysler ad on page 4; Beaver Bogan, by Ben Ames Williams - to test a man, take him fishing - and if you meet a Frere Cereau you'll find drama as well; The Biggest Show on Ice - A Look at The Ice Ballet Business, with black and white photos; You Want Something Different, by Anne Wormser; How Deep is Down? - Leslie McFarlane (the Hardy Boys author) writes of sinking a mine shaft in the middle of a lake and other notable feats of Canada's mining engineers, with black and white photos; Old-Fashioned Fool, by Alice Maxwell - the story of a loyalty which was without price; National Health Insurance, by John W.S. McCullough, M.D. - "Sickness insurance is bound to come... it must be a unified national scheme... and preventative medicine must be emphasized"; Beverley Baxter's London Letter - How to Behave in English Society; Max Brand - The 7th (Seventh) Day - part of the story; Recovery on Rails, by Sydney Morrell - the story of how Britain's railwys climbed from depression to prosperity - with nine interesting black and white photos; Full-page black and white photo ad for 1938 Dodge cars on page 23; Interesting two-colour full-page ad for Heinz Tomato Ketchup; Fantastic full-page black and white photo ad for Fargo trucks and commercial cars featuring photo of a 1938 Fargo 3/4 ton commercial panel van with 136" wheelbase; Half-page ad for Willys of Canada which boasts of up to 40 miles per gallon; Crossword completed in pencil on page 35; Nice two-colour full-page Chevrolet ad on page 37; Nostalgic multi-photo ad for Castoria child's laxative illustrates a furious father anxious to stuff a nasty-tasting laxative down his child's throat; Hollywood Update by Ann Ross; Attractive colour-illustrated 1938 Ford V-8 car ad inside back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. A sound copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, 1 May 1938 *FASCISM IN CANADA - PART 2 OF 2*
60 pages. Features: Excellent colour ad for International Harvester trucks inside front cover; Page 5 features an excellent full-page black and white photographic ad for Canadian Pacific's stately Duchess - 20,000 tons of sturdy steel on the St. Lawrence Seaway - includes photo of the ship, write-up and six photos of passenger amenities on board; Nice full-page black and white photo ad for DeSoto cars on page 6; Funny-faced Horse, by Margery Allingham - the jolly story of an equine comedian, a too-trusting girl, and a rather nice villain; Who'll Succeed Bennett as leader of the Federal Conservative Party? - M. Grattan O'Leary considers the prospects of Hon. R.J. Manion and Sydney Smith; Beverley Baxter's London Letter - describes the hyperactive European political environment; Emmy-May Goes to Town, by Teddie Janess - as a 'woman of the world' this very young lady met more adventure than she bargained for; Could You Drive a Bus? - Lawrence Craig examines bus driver training - includes 4 black and white photos; Fascism in Canada - Part Two of Two - Signs of disintegration have appeared following fascism's brutality in Europe - with fascinating illustrations; Dog Watch, by Kenneth Perkins - the mystery of the howling dog and the girl who wanted to know the truth; The Power Problem - an explanation of the great electric power export controversy by Kenneth R. Wilson, with several black and white photos of hydro installations; Old Ugly Face, by Talbot Mundy - Death stalks the mountain passes, hunting the only man alive who can save Tibet; 30 books in a briefcase - books on film (film-books) may reduce a mile of shelving to a few cubic feet - with photos of a film-book reading machine and a film-book recording camera, by Hugh Gourlay and Ernest Haden; Youth, '38 Model - There's nothing much wrong with our young folks, by Marjory Willison; Lovely full-page colour ad for Canada Dry on page 25 - "It's Gingervating"; Black and white full-page photo ad for Dodge cars on page 29; Two-colour full-page ad for Chevrolet cars on page 31; Pages 29-32 (centerfold) loose but present; Nice Heinz ketchup ad on page 33; Handsome full-page colour photo ad for Nash cars on page 35; Wonderful full-page black and white ad for Fargo Commercial Cars and Trucks, featuring illustration of what appers to be a 3-ton truck; Crossword completed in pencil on page 46; half of page 53 has been clipped and is missing - May have been a recipe; Top quarter of page 55 clipped and missing - appears to have contained content of minor importance; Attractive colour-illustrated 1938 Ford De Luxe V-8 car ad inside back cover shows black man commenting on the shiny finish of the car to the lovely owner Mis' Page; Nice colour ad for Buckingham cigarettes on back cover features two white kittens drinking milk from a saucer. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, 1 November 2010 - Miraculous Miner Rescue in Chile
98 pages. Features: Robert LePage in Conversation; Murderer Russell Williams; Canada's coming provincial Tory majority; Aga Khan's network on the rise in Canada; Miracle Men - Miners rescued in Chile after weeks trapped underground; Real Estate - to rent or buy?; Gold price increase has caused a rush to Ontario's mining towns; The AirPod Car; Ben Johnson - from Seoul to Soul; Jesse Shawn Phibbs in Memoriam. Average wear. 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, 19 July 2010 *G20 Burning Police Car Cover*
74 pages. Features: Canada's G20 summit; Christopher Plummer in Conversation; Chinese efforts to influence Chinese-Canadian media; Comeback of Conrad Black; Lance Armstrong - accusations of cheating; Wild Chinese groomed pets; Kevin MacLeod - Secretary to the Queen; Bethany Carol Lott - Obituary; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Maclean's Magazine, 3 March 1956 *FOSTER HEWITT/MAPLE LEAF GARDENS COVER ILLUSTRATION*
Features: Editorial - Parliament No Longer Governs; Fantastic full-page colour photo ad for the Chevrolet 2-door Bel Air Hardtop; Let's stop building $15,000 shacks - how unscrupulous inept builders cheat thousands of Canadians; How Stratford went to Broadway; Southern Ontario - Bruce Hutchison Rediscovers The Uknown Country, Part VII; The Lady and the Crooks - Lawyer Vera Parsons - she mingles with some of the toughest hoodlums in Canada; The Enchanted Isle of Sudden Death - Lionel Shapiro reports from Cyprus; Robert Thomas Allen says "Don't Tell Me Your Secrets"; Is Jean Beliveau the Best Hockey Player Ever? - by Trent Frayne; Colour Chrysler centerfold promotes the safety features of their vehicles i.e. seat belts, safety-rim wheels, sealed-beam headlights, electrically-driven windshield wipers, wrap-around windshield, etc.; Colour half-page ad for the 'Big New Studebaker' car; Quarter-page black and white ad for the movie "Simon and Laura"; Nice colour photo ad inside back cover for the Plymouth 6's and V-8's, with photo of the transmission push-buttons. 3/8" chip from lower edge of front cover. Surprisingly moderate wear. A nice tight copy of this vintage issue. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, 30 August 1958 - Manual Baseball Scoreboard Cover Illustration
Cover illustration of the scoreboard at Maple Leaf (Baseball) Stadium by Duncan Macpherson. Features: Blair Fraser reports on Baghdad and its new Prime Minister Abdul Karim Kassem; Editorial on Princess Margaret's visit and the (smelly) Don River in Toronto; Let's Stay Off the Moon, by Bertrand Russell; When is Adultery News, by Beverley Baxter; Why Do We Hate The Police? - a Maclean's national survey; Holiday weekend in Montreal- an introduction to the fascinations of the continent's most flavorful city, revisited by novelist Morley Callaghan who once lived, worked and played there; Now even the Canoe is going Modern; What is it about Budgies? - the may soon make dogs man's second-best friend in Canada; The double life of Football's fiercest Coach - Jim Trimble is coach of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats; Women are Equal - Especially Ellen Fairclough, Canada's new Secretary of State; Colour photo sailing-themed Coke ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label on front cover. A sound copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, April 1 1954 - Can Cigarettes Kill You?
96 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for a red International 100 Pickup truck inside front cover; Nice colour full-page Chevrolet ad on page 3; Full-page colour Corn Flakes ad on page 5 shows boy in beanie eating his cereal; Full-page colour ad for Weston's biscuits; Can Cigarette's Kill You? - by Sidney Katz; How Richelieu Spun His Web, by Thomas B. Costain; Growing Up with Nehrus - A bonus-length feature - "The sparkling Mrs. Pandit of the United Nations is her mother... The enigmatic Nehru of India is her uncle... And she was close to the saintly Ghandi from her infancy - Now this brilliant woman (Nayantara Pandit) tells the fascinating story of how she grew up amid the politics and prison terms that marked the bitter birth of the new India - with several great photos, including one of Ghandi and Nehru; You're In the Movie Business - The National Film Board (NFB), now in a secret struggle with the CBC about who's going to make our TV movies, adds another chapter to its stormy history; In Manitoba Spring Really Does Mean Music - the huge prairie musical competition; Moth-watering Mennonite Meals, by Edna Staebler; The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw, by Jacob Hay; CFYK Radio in Yellowknife - where even the kids are disc jockey; The Used Car Kings of the Dazzling Danforth - sixty dealers make 40,000 sales a year - Phil Spivak, Ted Davy, Mason Stiles, Gar Hamilton; Who Says You've Got No Chance? - Toronto Parents get together to prove retarded children can be taught; Deduct the Lesser of the Two - Robert Thomas Allen writes about the Income Tax department; Nice full-page colour ad for the 1954 Monarch automobile; Colour ad for the Chicago Sheraton Hotel; Worcester Lawn Mower Ad; Full-page colour ad for 1954 Plymouth automobiles; Colour full-page ad for the new Meteor Rideau automobile; *Fantastic* two-page colour photo centerfold for General Motors of Canada (GM) featuring samples of Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick and Cadillac - all mobles are huge and colourful, with contemporary female models featured; "Fly TCA Super Constellation to Europe!" - black and white ad; Color part-page ad for Reo Motors Trucks; Colour ad for Studebaker cars inside back cover is missing several chips and a large chunk. Above-average wear. Assorted short periperheral openings to covers. Page 91 loose but present. Average soiling. 5" x 3" pieces missing from upper corner of back cover and last page - no important text affected. A worthy copy of this interesting issue which captures the sense of a time much different from our own. Magazine
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Maclean's Magazine, April 1, 1949 - Tom Bata is Shoemaker to the World
84 pages. Features. Cover illustration of outport village, Port de Grave, Newfoundland; Nice colour ad for International heavy trucks inside front cover; The Fabulous Shoemaker - Tom Bata, probably Canada's richest man, controls a million-a-day shoe output - part 1; Whirlaway to Work - interesting photo-illustrated article on using helicopters for urban transportation; The Lovers - story by Mona Williams - illustrated by Allen Richardson; Labor Cleans House - Stalin's stooges boss some of our key unions - it's a tough, nasty fight to unseat them but labour is doing it - article with photos; The Man with the Mail from Minsk - Samuel Hoffman has been delivering the mail along route 103 in Toronto for 25 years - article with photos; They Pay as They Sway - Arthur Murray Dance Lessons - article with photos; Wrestler Whipper Billy Watson (nee Potts) - article with colour photo; So You're Buying a Used Car; 10,000 Men for Dinner - Crawley and McCracken are the continent's biggest bush-camp caterers -article with photos; A Place for Children - story by Alec Rackowe - illustrated by W. Book; Young Man of the World - Garry Davis has renounced his US citizenship and declared himself a citizen of the world - article with photos; Now They Get Medicine From Blood - Attractive centerfold ad for the new custom Dodge car; Attractive two-page colour ad for the great new Plymouth; Sweet two-page colour ad for the Elegant new Chrysler; Nice two-page colour ad for the new Dodge; Handsome two-page colour ad for the distinctive DeSoto car; Ad for Austin 3 and 5 ton trucks; Full-page colour ad for Stokely's tomato juice. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, April 15 1954 - World's Largest Totem Pole Cover Illustration
120 pages. Features: Our Frosty Welcome to Richard Nowalinski; International Harvester Fridge ad; Nice corn flakes ad illustrated by Norman Rockwell shows girl in pink top and hair bow; A New Senate - and why we need it; Fantastic full-page colour ad for Willards chocolate bars - Swee-Marie, Cherry Ripe, Coconut, Swell and Cheerio!; The White and the Gold, by Thomas B. Costain - part 3; I Married the Klondike, by Laura Beatrice Berton - part 1 of 3 - article and photos; How to Get Along with Older People; The Home Movies People Pay to See - The Crawley Family and Canada's biggest commercial film business; What You Should Know About the "Miracle" Fabrics; The Strange Case of the Mail-Order Prophet, short story by Antony Ferry; I Hate Dogs, by Robert Thomas Allen; Ben Kravitz' Conquest of the New World - a former Lithuanian with a passion for work and the recipe for Ben's Smoked Meats - article with photos; The Romantic story of how John McIntosh, his family and a wondering stranger saved and spread the McIntosh Apple Tree - with photo; Nature's indispensable Fall Guy - rabbits are the animal kingdom's Caspar Milquetoast; Her Garden in the Sea - Connie MacFarlane studies Nova Scotia's coast - she lives for seaweed; Gilbert Harding - The Rudest Man in England; 1954 Ford V-8 Crestline ad; Nice DeSoto car ad; centerfold ad loose but present; Nice two-colour GMC truck ad; The Sakau'wan totem pole; Nice Coke ad on back cover shows man in denim overalls talking with friend; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, April 15, 1950: Kate Aitken is the Busiest Woman in the World
72 pages. Features: Why We Are Loosing the Cold War - what does it profit America to have the world's biggest bomb if it has forgotten the ideals that made it great?; The Busiest Woman in the World - Kate Aitken keeps 21 secretaries punch drunk with 260,000 letters a year, she makes 600 broadcasts to 5 million listeners, takes tea with the Queen - but she can't knit - article by Gordon Sinclair with photos; Rendezvous in Riga - Part One of the tale of how Bill Cosgrove got his wife Anna from behind the Iron Curtain; The Mighty Saskatchewan River; Maverick Member from Fernie, B.C. - Tom Uphill has parlayed political pranks into a record eight-session term at Victoria; I Tried Suicide; Eggs Are What You Make Them - a fun article by Robert Elliott; The Girl in Stateroom 9 - story by Allan R. Bosworth - illustrated by Jack Bush; Pogo's Pal Kelly - Walt Kelly's swampland satire is the hottest newcomer in the comic strip parade; Tinned Meat and Old Masters - After being swept from Europe by the Nazis Fred Mendel brought jobs and glamour to a startled Saskatoon - article with photos; Exercise is the Bunk - Relax!; Dow Brewery ad honours bus driver Russell Millen of Huntingdon, Quebec who evacuated his school bus before it was struck by a train; Nice colour Chevrolet ad; Little Lulu featured in Kleenex ad; Nice Coke ad on back cover features Coke machine with caption "Host of the Highways". Average wear. Unmarked. Center page loose but present, otherwise a sound copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, April 15, 1952 - I Was a Prisoner of the Chinese Reds
68 pages. Features: Editorial - Our TV's Hamstrung Before it Starts; Nice 1952 Monarch car ad; Who is to Blame for the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Epidemic in the Regina Area? - article with photos; The Beautiful Black-and-White Pinto - story by Elizabeth Ann Cooper, illustrated by Jack Bush; The Hotel with the Elegant Air - Manoir Richelieu - article with photos of this hotel on the St. Lawrence at Murray Bay/La Malbaie in Quebec; I Was a Prisoner of the Chinese Reds - Bonus-length feature article with photos of Dr. A. Stewart Allen, a veteran Canadian miissionary who saw friends turn into foes as the poison of communism crept through the soul of a nation he served for 21 years; Sir James Douglas, The Mulatto King of B.C. - a Maclean's Flashback The Courting of Jenny - story by L. Johanne Stemo, illustrated by Bruce Johnson; Hard Rock Miner - Canadians like Dusty Miller blast out one seventh of the world's gols - article with photos; Mickey Spillane's Giving Murder a Bad Name - interview of the famous writer with photos; Nice vintage centerfold ad for Frigidaire refrigerators; O'Keefe's Brewing Company colour ad honouring the Governor General's Horse Guards; Vintage colour-photo ads for the Sunbeam Mixmaster and Sunbeam toaster; Nice Sweet Caps ad; Sisman Scampers shoe ad; Man and His Mate - cartoon by Peter Whalley; Outstanding two-page black and white Buick ad with huge illustration of a 1952 model; Nice Coke ad on back cover shows empty bottles and scattered caps. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, April 25, 1983 - Hugh Hefner
Features: Vintage colour Computerland ad; Q&A with Hugh Hefner; Sir Freddit Laker Flies Again; Searching for the multiple-murderer of Wells Gray Provincial Park in B.C.; The Mackasey Affair; Trading insults in B.C. provincial election; Chicago's first black mayor-elect, Harold Washington; Lech Walesa's May Day Challenge; Fears of a Police State in Britain amid rising lawlessness; Assam Sartawi's assassination - a dealy warning to moderates in the mid-east - photo of pistol-packing Yasser Arafat; Cover Story - Power in High Places - 26 charges recommended to the Ontario Securities Commission, including nine against Conrad Black; Clipping Canadair's wings - the Challenger 600; Colour ad for the Commodore 64 computer; Trouble with the Montreal Canadiens - Bob Berry out as coach; 'Not a Love Story' and the Charter's quiet legal revolution; Compulsory literacy; Teachers humbled by restraint programs; California's battered coastline - amazine colour photo of washed-out home . Average wear. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, April 26 2010 - The Return of Hitler
70 pages. Features: Hitler cover photo; What's really behind Helena Guergis's fall?; Barbara Amiel on what voters have wrought with Obama; Kitty Kelley on Oprah; Afghanistan - The Final Battle Begins; Shooting down a star - how Helena went from promise to pariah; Hockey coach Graham James - Unpardonable omissions; The Return of Hitler - the resurgence of his ideas and manifesto, "Mein Kampf"; Polish jet crashes with government officials on board; Saul Alinsky - Obama's mentor?; Canada's middle class is pulling ahead (part 6); Ontario vs. the Pharmacists - the battle to cut drug costs; New treatment for MS comes to Canada - the disease may have its roots in the vascular system; Massive quake could shake Isreal; New series on Fidel Castro; The Truth about Cleopatra; Adrienne Clarkson and John Ralston Saul unveil their olive oil after 10 years of toil in Provence; Using Bagpipes for aggressive music; Mark Steyn comments on the UK's crackdown on racial slurs, and their growing snitch culture; Obituary of Eldon Ralph Perry. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound and complete copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, April 3, 1965 *BLUEPRINT FOR OUR SECOND CENTURY*
Features: Colour photo ad for the 1965 Chevrolet Chevelle inside front cover; The Great Kiti-Wat Name Game - only in Kitchener-Waterloo could two universities get almost identical names; The paradox of your car insurance - Everybody loses, by Jack Batten; Harold Wilson's daily gamble with defeat; The case of the Tortured Tunesmith (or Quick, Watson - the music!), by Richard Gehman; How to fix Canada - according to a new generation of intellectuals; What Quebec's 'primitives' don't know about art is making them rich!; When the Saints Came Marching North - the vanguard of Mormon emmigration to Canada crossed into Alberta from the United States 78 years ago, ending a gruelling 800-mile trek - with photos; Robert Thomas Allen's sentimental journeys, #2, Paris. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, August 1, 1952 - Sir Robert Watson-Watt
48 pages. Features: Canada Recruits the "Man Who Won the War" - bonus-length feature article and photos of Sir Robert Watson-Watt, widely acclaimed as the individual who did the most toward the Allied victory in WWII - he discovered radar in 1934 and is now guiding Canada's hush-hush first line of defense in the far north; Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary - story by Ronald R. Smith - illustrated by Bruce Johnson; The Silent Struggle at Laval - will the Church or the staterule Laval University? - article by Roger Lemelin with colour photos; Alan Brown of Sick Kids Hospital - the best baby doctor Canada ever had - photos with article; Who Wants to Kiss A Man With a Beard? - humour by Bob Collins - illustrated by Don Sexton; Will Women Ever Run the Country? - by Ottawa's spunky mayor Charlotte Whitton; An Ikon for Irena - a story set in the Soviet Untion by Richard Wilcox - illustrated by Oscar Cahen; Bring Lots of Money, Honey - humour by John Largo; Meteor car ad. Chip from and small repair to bottom edge of front cover, and 10"x3" chunk missing from bottom of back cover, otherwise unmarked with 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, December 2, 1964 - Are Cars Ruining Teenagers?
Features: The Teenager and the Car - experts show how a worrisome, dangerous, status symbol can be controlled; What ever happened to old-fashioned winters? - recalling the days snow was snow and long johns and porridge were necessities; Our Lovable Friend, the Rat - he's wrongly hated and smarter than a dog; Falling out of the sky is their idea of fun - sky diving, a new sport; The Unsquelchable Rosa Brown - she was a ragged illiterate but outfoxed a city and made royalty her confidant; The Unhidden Persuader - For Bob Gray, the wacky is routine in the world of public relations; Quebec City Aftermath - Confederation Crisis - a look at the real problems left by demonstrations during the Queen's visit; How to make REAL dough on the Grey Cup game - the payoff comes in the kitchen; Rev. R.C. Plant says Protestant churches should ignore a wicked law and grant their own divorces. Colour ad for 1965 Ford Fairlane inside front cover. Water-stained. Not pretty but a sound copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, February 1, 1955 - The Eaton's/Simpson's Retail War
64 pages. Features: Colour ad for International Harvester ads inside front cover; The Girl Who Had No Talent - Bea Lillie; Gorgeous two-page colour ad for Chrysler's "Mostion-Design" style of wrap-around windshields; The Big Battle of the Big Stores - Simpson's versus Eaton's - article with photos; The Dope Craze That's Terrorizing Vancouver - it has the highest rate of drug addiction in the Western Hemisphere - article with photos; The Squalid Mess in Indo-China - Canada's UN team struggles to help build a democracy while the Reds feel shure they'll get all they want without fighting; Meet Quebec's Most Famous Family - Roger Lemelin's Plouffes; How to Avoid a Third World War, by Bertrand Russell; The Flirtatious Phantom of Montreal - story by Michael Sheldon; Hitler's Car Makes a Comeback - the Volkswagen is crowding world markets - article with great photos; Rexall centerfold ad; Nice purple DeSoto auto ad; Plymouth ad; Pontiac ad; Colour ad for the Detroit Sheraton Cadillac Hotel inside back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, January 1, 1955
48 pages. Features: Editorial - The Lure of Disarmament; Why Churchill Backed Mountbatten; Canadian Immigration Problems in Hong Kong - Phoney Birth Certificates; Niice ad for the Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight; How the Prime Minister became Uncle Louis (St. Laurent) - article with many photos; I Say Your Child Can't Read - by Dr. Rudolf Flesch; We Say Children Read Better, by Marian Harvie and Phyllis Todds; Chiang Kai-Shek - The Man Who Yearns For War - article with photos; Forty Million Dollars Worth of Snow - The growth of the ski heaven of the Laurentians - article with photos; Soviet Psychiatrist Dr. Nicol Ozeretsky Discusses the Russian Mind; No Wonder Italians Like to Eat - Dorothy Sangster on Italian Food; Who Destroyed the Earth - story by Robert Wolf Emmett; The Ten Best and Ten Worst Movies of 1954 - article with photos; Nice Chrysler centerfold ad features their "Motion-Design" car styling. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, June 13, 1983: *Leonard Rosenberg's Fallen Empire*
Cover illustration of Leonard Rosenberg. Contents: Volvo car ad; California dispute over graveyards for old nuclear subs; John Hinckley's Legacy; How Economics lost its credibility, by Dian Cohen; The Tories Make Their Choice - preparing for the leadership convention in Ottawa - photos of each candidate and a summary of their policy positions; Air Canada DC-9 burns at 31,000 feet. Abortion war in Winnipeg; Canadian bullets in Nicaragua; Williamsburg summit; Is Arafat losing control?; Cover Story - The Fall of a Financial Empire - Leonard Rosenberg vs. Jack Biddell - Greymac Trust, Seaway Trust, Crown Trust; The price of medication - generic drugs - Apotex; Peter C. Newman on Japan - Assembly lines with a heart; Octopussy review and promo photo; Fotherinham discusses Jack Webster's receipt of an honourary degree from S.F.U.; Commodore 64 computer ad inside back cover. Unmarked. Average 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, March 15, 1949 - Three Thousand Nights on Wheels
80 pages. Features: Joy Winch appears in cover photo beside a maple sap bucket on the farm of Frank Rumble at Maple, Ontario; Are We a Godless People? - by Hugh MacLennan; Seven Wise Men - Canada's Supreme Court - article with photos; No Hunting Allowed - story by William R. Scott; Sir Stafford Cripps - Labor's Unloved Genius - article with photo; Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - an illustrated discussion of car designs; Three Thousand Nights on Wheels - Curtis M. Ruffin is a porter on the Toronto-Vancouver run of the Canadian National Railways - article with nice photos; Green Gables and Red Roads - Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) is a little chunk of the old world; A Kind Word for a Cannibal - an interesting look at the spider; Mrs. Tibbett's Glacier - story by Corey Ford illustrated by Mel Crawford; Jing-a-Low for all That Dough! - gambling at ace-ways in Whitehorse; Meteor car ad; Nice ad for REO 1.5 Ton trucks and buses; Li'l Abner Cream of Wheat ad; Nice colour ad for Stafford's chocolate syrup; Noxema ad features photos of Pat Heselton, Marilyn Ruth, Louise Prestlien, and Margaret Eustace; Joan Fontaine is featured in an Auto-Lite spark plug ad; Ad for the Thor Automatic Sink; Coke ad on back cover shows woman in story picking up a 6-pack. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A nice copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, March 15, 1953
80 pages. Features: Nice ad for the Dodge Coronet V*; The Family in the Palace - Part 1 of 7 by Pierre Berton - the absorbing story of the House of Windsor; What Karsh Saw in Toronto - wonderful black and white photos - a precous snapshot of Toronto in 1953; The Girl Who Became Melissa Hayden - Millie Herman has become one of the top ten ballerinas this side of the Iron Curtain - colour photos; The Row Over the Three Rs - short of staff and space our schools can't decide on what kind of education our chikldren should get - part 2 of the Crisis in Education; William Aberhart - the Mand and His Shadow - a Maclean's Flashback - nice photos; A Friendly Game of Cards - story by Antony Ferry, illustrated by Keith Dalgleish; What's Put Hockey on the Skids? - article with full-page photo of a scrum between the Bruins and Leafs; At Grips With A Grizzly, by Colin Wyatt - the true story of probably the only man who has fought a grizzly bear with his bare hands and lived to tell the tale!; Nice colour Buick ad; Colour Plymouth ad; Nice Heinz soup ad with girl's photo; Colour ad for General Motors of Canada shows several car and truck models; Bing Crosby in Auto-Lite Spark Plug ad; 1953 Mercury car ad inside back cover; Attractive Coke ad on back cover shows well-dressed hostess setting a nice table. Light wear. Unmarked. A pleasing 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, 1938
76 pages. Please note: Covers not included. Contents: nice ad for International Harvester Industrial Power Equipment; Leg of Gold, by James Francis Dwyer; The Barr Colony, by Captain C. Tweedale; Jury Rig, by Jay Wilson; Who'll Succeed Chamberlain?; The Splendid Prodigal, by Margaret Nyren Hoffman; Let Go of those (Golf) Clubs - Dink Carroll writes about the new 14 club rule; Our Future Population - C.M. Campbell's interesting examination of the population B.C. and Alberta are capable of supporting; Old Ugly Face, Talbot Mundy; An American's Letter to Beverley Baxter, by Archibald Douglas Turnbull; Wonderful colour full-page photo ad for Sweet Caporal cigarettes features two women walking their dog; Plymouth car ad; Ad for Westinghouse appliances, including their 10-tube all-wave Superheterodyne radio; Nice ad for Chrysler cars; Frigidaire refrigerator ad; Great full-page black and white ad for Sisman's Scampers shoes - with patented cork insulators; Nice Dodge truck ad with photos emphasizes they are made of Better Steel; Gifts go Electric - practical suggestions for pleasing a June bride. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Covers not included. 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, November 1, 1982 *Trudeau - a Question of Trust*
Features: Radio Shack TRS-80 computer ad; Pontiac 6000 ad; 1983 Honda Accord LX Sedan ad; Los Angeles - keeping the lid on a pressure cooker; Ocean Ranger inquest; Alden Nowlan on Ernest Angley, and others; Cover Story - A Question of Trust - Pierre Trudeau; Peter Pockington on a cross-country odyssey against socialism; Ford LTD ad; BC Grainhandlers walkout; John Robarts obituary article with photos; Peter Hamilton of Life Force; Grant Devine in Saskatchewan; Reaganomics' bottom line; Article on John De Lorean with great photo of he, his wife, and his car in the desert; IRA scores a victory; Pretoria decides to stop the clock; Open season on the CBC; Commodity investing - a high-risk game; 1983 Cutlass Ciera ad; Whoops - WPPSS - Washington Public Power Supply System; Peter C. Newman claims Trudeau is a fiddler for the national (economic) fire; Hard evidence on Sasquatch (Bigfoot) - Grover Krantz; Dr. Hans Selye obituary; New leads in Tylenol poisoning case; The fading of Toxaphene; Chainsaw injuries; The ragged race for computer literacy; 1983 Mazda RX-7 ad inside back cover; Movie reviews. Moderate wear. Front cover nearly loose. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, October (Oct.) 15, 1951: The Princess Patricias in Korea
88 pages. Features: Humourous cover art by Oscar Cahen; The Censorship that Helps the Enemy - The bad events of March 17, 1951 in the Korean War involving the Princess Patricias - Editorial; There'll Always Be a Massey - Canada's most famous family started on the road to wealth from a tiny implement forge near Port Hope, Ontario - article with photos; You Laughed at My Father - story by James Aldridge; The Hottest Square Mile in the World - under the humpland between Ace Lake and Beaverlodge lies an abundance of Uranium, and here Uranium City will be built - article with photos; The West Coast's Worst Disaster - The Tragedy of the Princess Sophia which disappeared off Vanderbilt Reef and took 343 people to their deaths in icy Alaskan waters - a Maclean's flashback; How to Raise Ten Kids in Six Rooms - Frank and Helen Teskey of Toronto have ten kids under fifteen and they'd welcome more; One-Man Powerhouse - John Deagle of Whitefish Falls, Ontario runs his own electric power company! - article with many photos of this incredible man; Sherbrooke, Quebec - where French and English share a city in harmony - nostalgic article with photos; The Battle to Beat Leukemia - doctors search for a cure; Footlights Round My Heart - story by Ronald R. Smith; Sensational full-page colour Coke ad features illustration of young lady and the caption "Want Something Good?"; Nice colour Chevrolet ad; DeSoto car ad; Full-page ad for Birks Jewellers features watches including the Challenger Eterna-matic; Plymouth car ad; Canada Savings Bond ad features James F. Johnston, Superintendant of Palm Dairies Limited in Regina; Great colour photo Caterpillar ad inside back cover shows horses pulling vintage auto through the mud. Light wear. Unmarked. Center page loose but present. A quality copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, October 2, 1965 *SPECIAL REPORT ON CANADA'S AUTO INDUSTRY*
Features: The haunting of Bayview Hill - a developer walks away from a half-built apartment hulk in East York; The car and you - interviews with auto executives, photos of future concept models, and more; "My Job is to Kill the Guy" - feature story on George Chuvalo with photos; New ways to prevent suicide; Bitter last days of Happy Valley - the Mactaquac and power development in New Brunswick; How Maxine Samuels built her own Seaway - the largest Canadian-produced TV film series ever; Gerald Stevens on Canadiana; Back page story on medical transplants - how hospitals are building up banks of human parts; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, September 15, 1930
88 pages. Features: Colour cover illustration of young female horse rider at fireplace by Joseph Farrelly; Nice colour photo ad for Gillette razors inside front cover; full-page black and white photo ad for the Hupmobile 1931 Sixes and Eights; Mrs. Biddle Stewart is featured in a lovely black and white photo portrait in a full-page ad for Ponds beauty products; Canada's New Prime Minister - Hon.R.B. Bennett - with biographical photos; Air Air-Minded North - Jack Patterson on Grizzled Prospectors, mining moguls, Indians, white men, sky-pilots, bootleggers - all of whom fly in the north country - with photos; The Operating Room Mystery - story by Benge Atlee; Canada and the Imperial Conference at 10 Downing Street, by C.L. Sibley - struggling to save the economy of the British Empire; How to Make a Hole in One, by Grattan O'Leary; Inifficiency Incorporated - story by W. Redvers Dent; Pioneers of the Steel Trail - Part 5 - Sam G. MacIntosh, The Oldest Engineer, tells his story - with photos; What's Wrong With Our Tennis? - John Holden argues we think of tennis as a sport rather than as a profession - with photos of Dr. Wright and Willard F. Crocker; Backfire - a story by Sewell Peaslee Wright; Full-page colour reproduction of Richard Jack's "Victoria Mountain, Lake O'Hara; Smart Fellow - story by Frederick B. Watt; The King's Fool - story by Louis Arthur Cunningham; Photo-illustrated ad about Intestinal Fatigue featuring 'Italy's great Physician-Statesman" Dottore Raffaele Paolucci, Director of Lanciano Hospital; Interesting news story about the Wailing Wall and how the Geneva Commission must judge the rights of Jews and Muslims; Northern Electric ad entitled 'Liberation' explains how their 'electrical servant' (water pump) relieves women of having to pump and carry water - a very nostalgic ad!; Bachelors Taxed in Germany - the nation wants more babies; Dodge car ad; Nice full-page black and white photo ad for Stewart-Warner Radios; Lovely colour full-page ad for Parker Duofold pens; Nice full-page colour ad for Heinz cooked Spaghetti; Full-page historic ad by the Province of Ontario alerting its drivers to the new Financial Responsibility Law with respect to owners and operators of motor vehicles in the province; Hotels Statler ad; Lt.-Col. Kingsford-Smith is featured in a full-page black and white photo ad for the Studebaker President and Commander models; Wonderful 4-page centerfold ad for the new Marconi Radio - includes names and photos of numerous prominent Canadians who endorse the new Marconi receiving sets (radios) - past page of ad features photos of the following models - Senior Combination, A.C. Senior, 2 volt DC Superior, A.C. Standard, A.C. Junior; Sherwin-Williams full-page 2-colour paint ad; Very attractive full-page colour photo ad for Probak Shaving Blades featuring photo of Henry J. Gaisman; Two-page black and white ad for the 1.5 ton Dodge Truck for $745; George Cuthbertson - Freshwater Painter - illustration with article; Stylish two-colour full-page ad for the Chevrolet Six; Nice full-page colour illustrated ad for Swift's Brookfield Butter; Full-page photo ad for Bauer & Black medical products; Picnic Suppers, illustrated article by Helen G. Campbell; Brilliant Color Schemes for Dark Bedrooms, by F.L. deN. Scott; Lovely full-page colour illustrated ad for P and G Soap inside back cover features teacher and studen; Stylish colour ad for Community Plate silverware on back cover. Address label atop front cover. Faint erasure to front cover. Moderate wear. A sound copy of this lovely vintage issue. Book
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Material History Review 50, Fall 1999 - Architecture of Old Quebec
Features: The Architecture of Old Quebec, or The HIstory of a Palimpsest; Material History as Cultural Tradition - A La Ronde, Exmouth, Devon, England; Construction d'un paysage identitaire - Grand-Pre et la collectivite acadienne; Construire une histoire basque au Quebec; "Our Nation's Attic?" - Making American National Identity at the Smithsonian Institution; "Hitler's Car" and the Canadian War Museum - problems of documentation and interpretation; The changing significance of the Warren B. Sheppard Site, Battle Creek, Michigan; David Lowenthal on Public History - an interview; 5 book reviews. Average wear. Former library copy with usual markings. A sound copy. Book
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Mechanix Illustrated - August 1967
Features: Preview of the '68 cars; What's new in Tires?; How Smog Control will effect your car; How to survive skids, spins and slides; A redwood hideaway home in kit form; Build Tinkerbelle II - a replica of the famous little boat Robert Manry sailed alone across the Atlantic - complete plans. Pinball Pokerino; Inlaid chess board. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Back cover missing. Book
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Mechanix Illustrated - May 1961
Features: McCahill tests the NEW Volkswagen; Mystery Ion Engine - tiny power plant to speed man 100,000 mph; Tiniest motor in the world; Model Airplains in Russia; Tick Tock Dough; Vacation Cabins; Turret Sprinkler; Last of the Coey Flyers; New Jaguar Sports Car; What to do with an Ostrich Egg; They make their own scooters in Great Neck, New York; and more. Tears to front cover. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Book
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Model Railway Constructor Magazine, July 1984
56 pages. Features: Locomotive kit construction - 3; Motors, gears and your model; Collector's Corner - recalls those superb Trix LNER Pacifics; Barrie Walls and his Wallsea layout; D.M. Shore describes his 4mm scale layout; M&GN Full Brake No. 196The Highland Railway - the stations at Garve and Attadale; LNER coach sides for N gauge; The Southern's Class 33 diesel locomotives; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Model Railway Constructor Magazine, September 1982
60 pages. Features: Constructor's Review; Caledonian Railway 1-ton van - scale drawings; Lineside Huts - realistic details near Eccles; BR Class 25 Diesel; Electrics - 1 - The Wiring of turnouts; The Dormans RAilway - a Gauge 1 live steam line; Plans Page - GNR Twin articulated Restaurant brake car set; Sel-propelled Track cleaning Train; Tiles and Slates for roofs- Construction #9; Water tank at La Puebla; Building a Layout - 18, Signalling - 4; On from the Rabbit Warren - narrow gauge modelling. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. 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 10, 1939 - Cover Photo of Danish Crown Prince and Princess
52 pages. Features: Nice photo ad for Warner & Swasey Turret Lathes features the McDonald Observatory at Mt. Locke, Texas; American Recognition of Franco Fits into "Stop Hitler" Drive; GoodYear Tire ad features photo of Richard M. Teall of Toledo, Ohio; Swallowing goldfish at Harvard; "Tough Johnny" Torrio faces jail for income tax evasion; Photo of FDR shaking hands with George Washington Carver; Experts forecast Negro return to the Republican fold in 1940; Beautiful one-page color ad for the new Cadillac Sixty Special features a dark blue car in front of hotel; Nice one-page photo ad for Vitamins Plus; Great Britain awakens to Reich Threat of Supremacy - major article with photos of Polish leaders, Danzig Nazi leader Foerster, and more; Nuisance Islands - Japan's Seizure of Spratlys gives her a bargaining point; Spain - Rebuilding - with photo of Julian Besteiro; How U.S. Leads World in Synthetic Chemistry; New malarial problem carried to Brazil by stowaway insect; Large and lovely photo of Katharine Hepburn; Frank Andrea and the television set he has placed on the market - photo with article; Six photos of screwballer Carl Hubbell in action; Hudson car ad; Cy Young turns 72; Marriage of Clark Gable to Carole Lombard; Hitler's half-brother, William Patrick Hitler, arrives in New York; Nice ad for the RCA Victrola; Obituary for Gen. Gerardo Machado, exiled ex-President of Cuba; Making safer safety glass; Intereseting ad for Elliott Addressing Machines; Ford V8 car ad inside back cover; Color-photo ad for Four Roses Whiskey on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy Book
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