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Soldier of Fortune Magazine - May 1996
98 pages. Features: Where the ATF went wrong; U.S. peace-enforcing in Bosnia; Chechnya - Russian Road Warriors; Searching for our last MIAs; H&K's bold new USP45; Former serviceman turned traitor and terrorist; SOF's 3-gun shoot-out. Average wear. Solid unmarked copy. Book
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The (Victoria, British Columbia) Daily Colonist Newspaper: Wednesday, November 23rd, 1904 Issue
8 pages. A wonderful snap shot of life as it was on Vancouver Island 100 years ago. News of the day includes: Zemstvos Gathering in Russia; Elections in the Interior; West Hastings Ballot Box Case; Fighting the White Plague - Enthusiastic Gathering and Sale of Work at Balmoral Hotel; Canadian Northern Track Layers Making Good Progress; Atlin Flourishing; and much more. Dozens of advertisements including: "Half-Acre Lots: Just off Gorge Road, For Sale at $200, $225 and $250. (A Good Speculation)" Significant chipping along fold. Some yellowing. Few edge tears. Fatigue crack to central portion of all pages. Book
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The (Victoria, British Columbia) Daily Colonist Newspaper: Thursday, December 1, 1904 Issue
12 pages. A wonderful snap shot of life as it was on Vancouver Island 100 years ago. News of the day includes: Port Arthur's Days Numbered (lead story); Governor for Yukon; Guessing Schemes barred from mails; Germans warned against trusts - US evidence held up as fearful example; Fruit Growing at Kamloops; Northwest Mounted Police prepare for the most extensive system of patrols for the Yukon Territory the coming winter that have ever been maintained in the north; Many towns for men only; Road opens from Dawson to Tanana; Wooden piping now being used in Vancouver, Spokane and other cities; Marine News; Yorkshire Post writer compares Victoria and Vancouver - Victoria Polite and easy going while her mainland rival full of business; and much more. Dozens of advertisements including: an attractive piece from Weiler Bros. which features Brass Kerbs and Coal Scoops. Significant chipping along fold. Some yellowing. Few edge tears. Fatigue cracks to central portion of all pages. Book
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The Atlantic Magazine, May 1955
96 pages. Features: Reports on Wasthington, North Africa, and Israel - David Ben-Gurion becomes Minister of Defense; Owen Wister's Journals - the unpublished journals; Russia's Calamity, by Edward Crankshaw; The Grand Trunk Road to Agra, by Vice Admiral Leslie C. Stevens; Streams (poem), by W.H. Auden; A Patron of the Arts, story by Donald Heiney; Have we Conquered the Business Cycle?, by Sumner H. Slichter; The Diamond Cutters (poem), by Adrienne Cecile Rich; The Oedipus Myth, by Robert Graves; The Under-Educated, by Robert C. Wilson; What Happened to the Girl Scouts?, by Ben H. Bagdikian; Twenty Years of Writing, by William Saroyan; Teaching Creative Writing, by Roy Cowden; Styrian Festivities, by Merloyd Lawrence. Color ad for the Tennessee Gas Transmission Company inside front cover. Color ad for Old Charter Straight Bourbon Whisky on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
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The Beaver - Canada's History Magazine - June/July 1999
56 pages. Features: In the spirit of the Voyageurs - Two moderns paddle an old fur-trade route; The great gopher war - building a prairie tradition on pest control; The architect and the lady - The Rattenbury affair; Portraits of a first family of New France; Volunteers on guard for thee in the 18th century; Steamboat follies - the pleasures and perils of crossing Lake Simcoe. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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The Beaver - Canada's History Magazine - June/July 1994
56 pages. Features: Annals of the fur trade - the making of the Hudson's Bay Company Archives; The story of the HBC Museum Collection; On the Cariboo Gold Rush Road; 1919 - the Winnipeg General Strike reconsidered; George Back's sketchbooks come to Canada. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Lovely copy. Book
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The Canadian Magazine, 31 October 1970 *PIERRE TRUDEAU ON FRONT COVER*
Features: Everything you wanted always wanted to know about the life of a stewardess... but were too shy to ask; On the Road with Young Canada - Part 2 of Dave Cobb's motorbike ride across Canada; So you think Pierre Trudeau's Doing a Lousy Job? - test your knowledge of the P.M.; The Quarterback's Bodyguards - offensive guards - Bill Danychuk, Jack Abendschan, Ken Sugarman, Roger Scales (Please note: pages 15 and 16 of this article are missing from this copy); Nancy Greene in the Marketplace - she makes $100,000 a year but she only endorses products she believes in; Professor Igor Kusyszyn teaches a course on betting on horse races; Kurt Weber's Roulette system won him $150,000; Our pick of the best Canadian fashions the federal government could find; half-page colour ad for Polaris snowmobiles; Maggie Grant; Doug Wright's Family. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Book
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The Canadian Magazine, May 23, 1970 *CANADIANS ARE MOONLIGHTING*
Features: The Moonlighters - who they are and what they do, and why they need the money; Facts for Fatties - and for thinnies who don't want to become Fatties; The Now Dictionary - new cool words; The ten best fishing lures and why they work so well - Rapala, Arbo-Gaster, Johnson's Silver Minnow, The Mepps, Williams Whitefish, Eppinger Daredevle,Arbogast Jitterbug, Canadian Wiggler, Panther Martin, Jig-Fly; The Manhunt Ends - Part 2 of a 3 part story of the murder of Gerry MacDonald and Ken Vallee on the Almonte Road not far from Ottawa; The fastest brush in the East - Montreal's Claude Langevin can finish three paintings in a day; Maggie Grant; Doug Wright's Family. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Centerfold held by one staple else a sound copy. Book
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The Canadian Magazine, May 30, 1970 *HOW THE FASHION INDUSTRY BOSSES YOU AROUND*
Features: The fashion industry has you under heel; The RCMP - Why the mounties have red faces - their image has been slipping; Onward to Alaska - up the Alaska Highway to the Yukon; The Road to Murder - Part 3 of 3 of the story of the murders of Gerry MacDonald and Ken Vallee on a road near Almonte; Stop killing Canada - letters from Canadians about their environment; Maggie Grant; Doug Wright's Family. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Please note that page 19 is missing - it appears to have been a story about a New York Met baseball player. Nice colour International pickup ad on back cover. Book
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The Canadian Philatelist - Volume 41, No. 4, Whole No. 239, July-August, 1990: Henry Kelsey and Anthony Henday
87 pages. Features: Orapex '90 - Ottawa's Second National Stamp Show and Bourse; Netherlands - Indies - In Quest of Correct Franking; Prairie Pathfinders - Henry Kelsey and Anthony Henday; Postmarked Ottawa; George Mackinley Geldert, M.C. 1886-1967; Decoys, Spears and Skates; The R.P.S.C. Junior Stamp Collector; Vignettes of early British North American Postal History - Part XIII - The Wilderness Route from Quebec to Halifax; Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
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The Daily Colonist, Sunday August 12, 1934, Victoria, British Columbia Newspaper
This listing consists of pages 1-4 and 9-12 of this issue which measures 23.5"x17". Contents include: Reign of terror on the Chinese Eastern Railway; Fire threatens Salmo, B.C.; U.S. might build B.C. part of Alaska road; Investigation of fire at Shawnigan Lake Lumber Company, Ltd.; Passing of R.T. Williams; Nazis start great drive for support; Photo of P. Caron and E. Duquette of Montreal who are walking across Canada; great photo ad for the Ford 4-cylinder 1904 car; Editorial page; Hudson's Bay Company; Social page; Page of ads by local schools; Nice illustrated at for the 5-floor Standard Furniture Company; ad for David Spencer Limited; Assorted additional vintage ads. Average wear and soiling. A great heirloom from earlier days in Victoria, B.C. Newspaper
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The Daily Colonist, Thursday September 27, 1934, Victoria, British Columbia Newspaper
This listing consists of pages 1-4 and 7-18 of this issue which measures 23.5"x17". Contents include: ;Tremors in Ellensburg, WA; Indict Hauptmann for extortion of Lindbergh ransom; Prospectors rush to new gold field in the Sturgeon River district near the Manitoba-Ontario boundary north of Port Arthur; Robbery at the home of A.F.D. MacGachen on Landsowne Road; B.C. Potato and Vegetable producers ask for marketing board; Editorial page; Illustration of young Princess Elizabeth " Lilly-beth", later known as Queen Elizabeth II; Social pages; half-page Hudson't Bay Company ad; Travel Page; Entertainment page; Sports pages; Business page; Cartoon page; two pages of classified ads; David Spencer Limited ads; large fashion ad for David Spencer Limited; Assorted additional vintage ads. Average wear. Above-average soiling. A great heirloom from earlier days in Victoria, B.C. Book
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The Field - The Country Newspaper June 11, 1953 *Coronation Souvenir*
Cover: Queen Elizabeth II Special Feature: Coronation Day of Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953. Includes: Article "Your Undoubted Queen"; The Ceremony in Pictures; Article-The Great March Past; The Royal Progress (photos); At the Palace and on the Route (photos); Article - Singing in the Rain; Article - Men in Full Dress; The Royal Family's Day (photos); Article - The Royal Family at Home and Article - The Royal Family's Fishing. Other features: Top-Gear Hawking; A Townsman in the Country: Reverie on Four Coronations; Sculptor of Animals - Herbert Haseltine; Country birds come to town; and Pattern for Ascot. Pages numbered 1053 - 1100. Average wear. Writing in ink pg. 1053. Binding sound. A worthy copy. Magazine
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The Geographical Journal, May 1933
96 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Fold out map inside back cover entitled "South Haven Peninsula - Studland Heath, To Illustrate the Paper by C. Driver". Features: The Blosseville Coast of East Greenland, by Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen; The Physiography of South Haven Peninsula, Studland Heath, Dorset; Observations on Certain Antarctic Icebergs, by J.M. Wordie and Stanley Kemp - photo plates of icebergs with different colours; Frederik Hendrik Island; The New Road Map of Great Britain; The Mount Everest Expedition; Photographic Surveys - Review. University library bar code upon first page of advertisements otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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The Illustrated Canadian Forest and Outdoors Magazine, September 1931
48 Pages. Features: Dominion ammunition ad inside front cover; Full-page Sun Life Assurance ad; List of open seasons for game, 1931-1932; Sky Trails Above the Rockies - Hal Roach followed route of pioneer fur traders (along with Kenneth Allen - guide, Clair B. Brunson, and Harvey Crate - guide; The Perils of Woods Travel - by Grey Owl; Above the Timber Line - unusual animal, bird and tree life; Mowitch to the Minute - a true story of the hunt - why the big ones always get away, by Hamilton M. Laing; ; The Practice of Tree Surgery - article with great photos; The Plant as Artist and Architect; From Dwelling Place to Home - Herman Larsen, a prairie farmer and tree lover, shows how trees make home prosperous and beautiful; New Forests that Follow Fires; Forest Fires in 1930; Logging on the Pacific Coast - How B.C. Giant Timbers are Harvested - article with photos, by James Kay; Fenders Best Quality Spruce - a new use for spruce left following pulpwood operations; Little Puzzlements in Conservation, by Ozark Ripley; Half-page ad for the Waterous Twin Engine Feed for portable and small sawmills; Davey Tree Surgeons ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Please note: missing pages 19-22. Book
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The Illustrated War News - Part 76, 21 November 1917
Features: Giant relief map of Messines Ridge; Photo of General Sir Henry Wilson; Photo of Signor Caproni - Italian Aeroplane inventor; On the western front in Flanders - a railway laid by the Canadian Royal Engineers; Super two-page photo of a Baghdad street crowd watching British gunners hauling a heavy gun; General Allenby's advance towards Jerusalem; Romances of the Regiments - the 10th and the 37th; The "Friedrich der Grosse" brings U.S. troops across the sea; Two-page photo of a British Battery under attack near Passchendaele; Bad weather road traps on the Flanders front; using x-rays on the Western front; Devastation on the Flanders front; Admiral Mayo visits Sir David Beatty; Picking the brain of a captured Zeppelin; Women operating tractors; With General Allenby's Army in Palestine; Average wear. Staples almost disintegrated. Book
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The Illustrated War News: October 3, 1917 - Part 69
Features: Ruins of the Cloth Hall at Ypres; 2 page illustration of a steamer's Smoke-Box Defence against a U-boat; "Standard Ships" - 4 photos; The Menin Road Battle - 3 photos; nice 2-page photo of a YMCA catering hut in action with German shell range; The Canadian Artillery Regiment - one page story with 2 photos; Laying a rail line during the battle for Lens; Menin Road battle - many photos; Destruction in Ypres; Great 2-page photo with caption "During a Bombardment on the Flanders front - Artillerymen (wearing gas masks) with a heavy Gun in Action". Staples disintegrating. Average wear. Book
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The New York Times Magazine, November 15, 1964 *JFK COVER PHOTO*
160 pages. Features: What was killed was not only the President but the Promise; How to Survive in the Kremlin; General Westmoreland - inheritor of a wretched war; The Road Back for teh G.O.P., by Jacob K. Javits; White Mercenaries on a 'rabbit hunt' in The Congo; Photos of the new Verrazano-Narrows bridge; Michelangelo Antonioni - 'Most Controversial Director'; Gallery of Presidential Also-Rans, including Goldwater-Miller; The dizzying pace of Luxembourger life - and why Common Market bureaucrats don't want to make it their headquarters; After the Yankees What? - a TV Drama - C.B.S, the Columbia Broadcasting System; New Musicals, New Songwriters; Petain - of Verdun, of Vichy, of history; When children don't achieve. Crossword completed in pencil. Moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
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The Northern Mariner: Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society - April 1993
Articles: Commercial Shipping on the Northern Sea Route; Petty Officer First Class E. Leslie Goodwin - A Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer in World War I; We'll get our own - Canada and the Oil Shipping Crisis of 1942; plus part of a Canadian Maritime Bibliography by Gerald E. Panting and numerous book reviews. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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The Queen's Silver Jubilee Songbook
330 pages. 100 Popular Songs from the Last 25 Years. Songs include: In a Golden Coach, She Loves You, Don't Cry For Me Argentina, Congratulations, A Whiter Shade of Pale, Puppet on a String, Born Free, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, There's A Whole Lot of Lovin'; Sailing, and dozens more. Gift greetings upon first blank page, otherwise unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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The Saturday Evening Post, April 7, 1962 *NATALIE WOOD FEATURE*
Features: A Catalogue of Boors - a story about road rage (before the term was coined) by Corey Ford; pages 11-14 loose but present - they contain a wonderful two-page color ad for 'Jet-Smooth' Chevrolet; The Menningers of Kansas - the life and work of the men who have devoted themselves to the fight for better understanding and effective treatment of the mentally ill, part 1 of 4; People on the Way Up - Joan Lakow, John Cassavetes, LaBonnie Bianchi, Willard Scott (Scotty) Thompson; Hollywood Throwback - Natalie Wood is a screen queen in the old flamboyant tradition; Casey Stengel - after a year's layoff, the 'Ol Professor, now manager of the New York Mets, begins his second half-century in baseball; Color pages of Ford car ads; Noah would approve - Roland Lindemann's Catskill Game Farm gives dwindling species room and safety to breed; My 36 hours with Khrushchev - Drew Pearson's wife reports on her visit to the inner sanctum of Russia's 'ruling class'; Have we lost Southeast Asia? - a report on this troubled region whose principle defense against red-Chinese invasion is the almost-powerless South East Asia Treaty Organization. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
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The Saturday Evening Post, August 25 - September 1, 1962 *ROBERT MITCHUM - HIS UNVARNISHED STORY / FRANK ROBINSON COMES OF AGE*
Features: Nice color Pepsi ad on page 3; Merrily we Probe Along - Ralph Schoenstein talks about the analysis fad and a nation of psychic Peeping Toms; The World Needs the Truth about America - RFK proposes a plan to sell U.S. Ideals on an open market; Water-Hole Wonderland - man-made Lake Texoma; Hawaii's Hustling Shepherd - Rev. Abraham Akaka of Hawaii infuses new vigor into the Christian ministry; Don't Tell Me About Diets - Jockey Eric Guerin reveals the dieting truths he has learned during a 15-year struggle to avoid eating himself out of business; The Many Moods of Robert Mitchum - an exclusive account of the turbulent career and times of Hollywood's rugged nonconformist - many great black and white photos; Luxurious Mountaintop - the Burgenstock in Switzerland; Frank Robinson Comes of Age; Grand Tour for a College Combo - the Route 2 Tooters junket through Europe bartering their jazz music for a summer's fun. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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The Saturday Evening Post, December 9, 1961 *MY VIEWS ON BERLIN - DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER*
Features: Baseball isn't our national sport, by George Preston Marshall; My views on Berlin - Dwight D. Eisenhower, long article with many photos; People on the Way Up - Beth Burt, Tom Meschery, Katia Saks, James McDivitt; Second-Chance Actress - how Anne Bancroft hit the glory road, with the aid of her psychiatrist; PT-109, The Adventure that made a President, Part 4 of 5; Ad for Honda's 'Fabulous 50'; When Strangers Tour the USA - here is what visiting Europeans think of us; My Life with what's left of Society - Cleveland Amory takes a close look at himself and America's upper crust; The Fight for Rule of Labor - this week's Miami Beach convention of the AFL-CIO will chart the future course of American unionism - photos of George Meany, Jimmy Hoffa and Walter Reuther. Great color Cadillac ad inside back cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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The Sphere - The Empire's Illustrated Weekly: January 15 1944
Photos: The town of Stettin illuminated by R.A.F. flares; The Battle for Ortona; After the fall of Leros in the Aegean; General Montgomery in London; Pictures from Germany and the occupied countries; Action in the Bay of Biscay; Bomber onslaught on France; Street fighting in Ortona; Mountain warfare on the road to Rome; Scenes from the Southwest Pacific incl. Tarawe (Tarawa); and more. Nice Daimler advert. on back cover. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
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The War Illustrated Magazine, 30 January 1915 - The Modern Empire Rallies in the Shadow of the Ancient Sphinx
Contents: Photo of a troop of British Lancers in Northern France; Triumph of the Aeroplane in the War - specially written for this publication by Claude Grahame-White and Harry Harper; The Coming of the Aerial "Baby-Killers" - photo of Zeppelin and four photos of damage they wrought; Futile Zeppelin Savagery on Norfolk Coast - eight photos; Effective Measures against Marauding Air-Hawks - five great photos of WWI anti-aircraft hardware and techniques; Egypt's Shpinx-like Calm at Turkish Threats - four photos; Our Photographer with the Canadians at Salisbury - five photos; Sons of the Dominion prepare to meet the Foe - five photos - 12th Battalion 1st Canadian Expeditionary Force; Monster British Guns in Action and Transport - three photos; The David and Goliath in Gun Power - three photos; Centerfold illustration entitled "The Epic of Soissons - How Our Heroic Allies held firm the Paris Road; Five photos with the valiant leaders of our French Allies; "Blonde Bestiality" and some of its exponents - six photos villainizing the Huns; Russia's Warm Campaign in Cold Regions - five photos; Tragedy & Triumph in Serbia's Fight for Freedom - two photos; The War by Land -article by F.A. McKenzie; The War by Sea - article by Commander Carlyon Bellairs; Firing-Line Fashions for Winter's Cold and Mud - two interesting photos; The War in the Air - article by C.G. Grey; The Lonely Vigil of the Courageous Scout - five photos; Photos of nineteen Brit's killed in recent action. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. All pages present. A sound copy. Book
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The War Illustrated, 25 August 1917
Features: Who Fired the First Shot - article by Lovat Fraser on the beginning of the war; Happy Heirs to the Future of Fair France; With Poilu and Chasseur on the Flanders Front; By Flooded Road and Ditch and Ruined Farm; H.M. Landships (tanks) in commission east and west; Concrete Barricades carried by the Canadians; Spy-Mania in Amiens - encounter with a suspicious town councillor, by Hamilton Fyfe; Woman Defenders of the Honour of the Slav; Scenes in the Third Battle of Ypres; How Italy Guards herself against prisoner spies; A day in a prisoner's cage at the front - article by Basil Clarke; Captured Huns in the British and French lines; Entertainment near the trenches; Getting physically fit for war; Teutonising of Turkish Boys in Berlin; New Zealand chaplain at work in the field; Who's who in the Great War; Empire Soldiers in Mimic Warfare at Aldershot; Insignia of rank in the U.S. Army. Staples disintegrated. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
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The War Illustrated: No. 162 - 22 September 1917
The truth about Tannenberg, article by Lovat Fraser; 'Billets' in Belgium - Barely better than none; Fighting the mud on the Flanders front; Heroes of Hill 70 who are closing in on Lens; Victors and Victims of the war in the air; Italy's road to victory through the mountains; Sea Men and Sea Dogs of the Swift and Broke; Wanted - a Naval Offensive! - by H.W. Wilson; Fact and fiction from Flanders and France; German super-works won by Allied Super-Men; British Strategy at Sea - a defense of present naval strategy by Percival A. Hislam; Indian Prince's Red Cross Gift for the Tigris - a floating hospital; Glimpses of life behind the French front line; Proud Moments in the progress of the French Army; The Buring of Albert - last terrible hours in a Bombarded Town; Woman War Workers in France and England; Who's Who in the Great War; Centres of Social Life in Salonika and London. Sailors and Soldiers Decorated for Heroism; The Dorset Yeomanry - one page article with photo. Somewhat above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
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The War Illustrated: No. 167 - 27 October 1917
Is Belgium's Deliverance Near? - events likely to follow on the capture of the Ridges - article by Lovat Fraser; Views on the road of victory over Vimy Ridge - 2 photos; Italian Boats that went by mountain ways; Under German fire in Aisne and Champagne; Canadians utilizing the 'tump line' for carrying heavy materials to the front line; Photos of enemy ingenuity i.e. a phony hollow-tree observation post; The Victory of the Flanders Ridges - how British troops won their first sight of Bruges - article; Seven 'Somersets' capture Forty-Two Huns; Rise and Fall of the U-Boat - how Germany's blockade of Britain is rendered ineffective; Prowess and pity in Mesopotamia and Palestine; Splendid work of the gunboats on the Tigris; Humour and courage of the 'jocks' - memories and episodes of the fighting on the Western Front; French air messages and hun air murders; Realistic tests of efficiency at Aldershot. Somewhat above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
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The War Illustrated: No. 218, 19 October 1918
Cover illustration with caption 'Damascus in British Hands." Topics include: Hindenberg's 'super-barrier', the Wotan line; The Man Who Would Be King; What Bulgaria's Surrender Means; Hope amid the French ruins; American's First Army Moves Towards the Moselle; The Flanders Battlefields, by Hamilton Fyfe; Mating the Huns' Insidious Moves in Siberia; Recruits Who Rally to Freedom's Allied Flags; Allied Activity Against Bolshevist Anarchy; Dawn of the Day of Deliverance for Siberia; Road Signs of the War; Active Anzac Guns that Give the Foe No Rest; Air and Sea Escorts Defy Underwater Craft; Up in a 'Zepp' Hunting the U Boat, by Sydney A. Moseley; Varied Activities of the Devoted V.A.D.; Problems in the Labour Market, by W.L. George; Red Cross Targets at which the Teuton Aims; Huns Crumbling - Not Yet Broken, by Frederic William Wile; The Breach in the Balkans. Above-average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. Still a worthy copy. Book
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The War Illustrated: No. 221, 9 November 1918
Cover illustration depicts 'First-Aid' for Fighting Tanks. Topics: Photo of British Troops at the St. Quentin Canal; What the British Army Has Done, by Lovat Fraser; Great Joy in Lille Delivered from the German; General Ludendorff by Hamilton Fyfe; Bridging Difficulties on the Road to Victory; Helps and Hindrances along the Lines of Advance; Real & Realistic Tanks in the War-Swept West; Free after Four Long Years of Oppression; Ostend won back from Unconquerable Belgium; Foiling the Foe from the Alps to the Adriatic; Ministering Women Whom Men Hold in Honour; Hun Obstacles that Failed to Hinder the French; With the 'Chinks' (Chinese Labourers) in France - Stories of Loyal Helpers from the Far East; Murder on the High Seas by the Kaiser's Minions; On Active Service - Glimpses of V.A.D. Work; Valiant Men Rewarded with the Victoria Cross; 'Back to Your Beer-Mugs' - Germany from Within by Frederic William Wile. Average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. A worthy copy. Book
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The Wide World Magazine - January 1950
Features include: The Road to Wonderland - Construction of a highway and tunnel through a mountain wilderness in the South Island of New Zealand; Kamal Ram's Come-Back - tale of a stationmaster at Manijan, in northern Assam; Saga of the Snow-Dogs - An account of the Arctic Husky; The Hut-Tax Affair - a tale from Northern Nigeria; All Aboard For Adventure - Part I of a tale of 5 young Americans who set out on a sailboat for tropic seas; The Beneficent Bamboo; Dogsbody - an amusing incident involving a very junior officer aboard a British freighter; The Telephone Mine - Adventures of two South African prospectors in search of King Solomon's Mines; Our Leopard - A Kenyan farmer's story; Down Texas Way - the story of 3 youngsters, a gang of desperate escaped convicts, and a night alarm; Appointment with the Devil - An extraordinary story from Abyssinia; Illustrated in black and white. Covers and spine missing. Contents in decent condition. Magazine
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The Wide World Magazine, December 1945
Stories: Scraps of Paper; Through India with a Camera; The Road to Fortune; The Curse of Kali; Country Beat; My First Boar-Hunt; A Birth of a Volcano; One African Night; The Wide World in War-Time; Pilot Adrift; The Imposter; Mr. Williams; Lucky Break; The Second Escape. Above-average wear. Book
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The Wide World Magazine, December 1952 - Australian Edition
Features: Dead Man's Double - working aboard a tramp steamer to return to Australia, John Winters meets his double... except the double is already dead; A Baptism of fire - the experience of a young forest ranger with the British Columbia Forest Service when over 100 people are trapped in a logging camp, by J.L. Henslowe; The Trek - story from a pioneer in East Africa; A Case of Contraband - an amusing tale from Central America by Capt. Frank H. Shaw; The Golden Ingot - a confidence trick by a West African criminal; Down Mexico Way - 2 Jacks ashore get themselves in trouble in the Mexican countryside; The Fire-Walker - a story from Ceylon; Mr. Peter Strong, Pioneer Pilot, by D.N.E. Kain; One Thing After Another - down on his luck during depression days in Australia a man's luck finally turns; The Burma Road - will recall poignant memories to many ex-servicemen - great photos; South Sea Burial-Customs - how they do things on the remote Cook Island Group; Olsen's Secret - a grim story from the American coal fields; The Octopus - a young man's nighmare underwater battle with a gigantic octopus brings happiness to a remote South Sea Island; and more. Average wear. Binding sound. Quality copy. Book
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The Wide World Magazine, January 1921: Fire Walkers of Singapore
Contents: The Man from the Coffin - the amazing story of Albert Juge of Paris; The Fire-Walkers of Singapore - at a Tamil Temple, with photos; How Willy Saved the Orange Crop - a resourceful schoolboy in California; My Strangest Experience; The Hidden Treasure of Santa Fe; Into the Unknown - III - Chasing Outlaws in New Guinea, with 5 photos; The Pirates of the 'Souirah'; Anthropop - Apology; The Passing of the Queen - Mother of Siam, Many Photos; The Cruise of the Dream-Ship I, by Ralph Stock, with photos; The LIfted Veil - VII; Our Adventures among the Berbers - I, the 'White Arabs' of Algeria, with photos; The Road to Fortune; Three Times!; plus many very unusual contemporary advertisements for such things as nose-straightening devices! Unmarked. Above-average but not excessive wear. Covers present but detached as one. A worthy copy of this rare issue. Book
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The Wide World Magazine, March 1917: The White "Maori"
91 pages plus 24 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Features: The Artificial Volcano - an incident of the Italian campaign in the Dolomites; Soko the Stanleyville Chimp - raised by the author J.A. Jordan - with many photos; Seven to One - a vendetta and Arkansas farmer Walter Ridgeley of the Texarkana area; A Lofty Ambition - Tom Needham of Cleveland, Ohio recounts how he tried to perform a high dive from a lofty bridge to become a famous actor - with photos; A Canadian Lumber Camp at Riviere aux Ecorces, Quebec - Part II - with photos; In the Casting Pit - a tale of one of the finest deeds of courage and self-sacrifice on record; On the Road in the country of Georgia, by R.Courtier-Forser - illustrated; The White "Maori" - Kimble Bent spent 50 years in the bush - with photos; The Old Firm - a remarkable mystery is recounted from the documents and personal narratives of W.H. Holloway; The Strength of Dan Dempster - this Canadian frontier railway track foreman saved the men of a work-train from destruction with a superhuman act of strength; Round Labrador and Hudson's Bay - Part 1 of E.W. Hawkes' 3,000 mile journey, with great photos; Finding a Wife - S.A. Beattie went hunting for Jaguars in the British Honduras... but ended up with a wife; Throssell's "V.C." - How Hugo Throssell won the Victoria Cross at Gallipoli; Photo of two Jewish street merchants in New York's east side. Lovely color ad for the Vose Player Piano on back cover. Above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this interesting vintage issue. Book
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The Wide World Magazine, March 1945
Stories: Back to Nature; Khushal Khan's Rifle; Mountain Rescue; Indian Pantherss; The Hard Road; The Water Tank; Bhanamati; Malta Ferry; The Corner House; Bill Buffalo; Whaling in the Antarctic; Water-Divining in Malabar. Covers present but detached. Book
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The Wide World Magazine, March 1956 - Australian Edition
Features: Two against the ocean, including a polio victim; White Man Fire-Walker - Methodist Missionary The Rev. Eric. L. Robinson; Pilot's 300 Crashes into Balloon Cables - continuing 'The Sky's No Limit," the first authentic story of the test pilots; The Mongoose - killer of Cobras; I Joined the Rush for Uranium - The Colorado Plateau; Rendezvous with Maneaters - Adventurer's Paradise Continued; Captured by Chinese Pirates - the steamer Ningpo; Below Zero Road - The Alaska Highway; The Trail of Crab Oonaka; Search for the Whooping Crane - trailing two wild birds for over 2,000 miles; We found unknown mountains - Nepalese adventures; The Beads of Assa - Somali adventure; Up-Helly-A - Norse Festival; and more. Backstrip missing; Covers partially loose. Still a worthy copy. Book
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The Wide World Magazine, November 1935
Stories: My Friend the Sea; The Novice; Clearing the Road; Streets Paved with Gold; Derelicts of Misfortune; Through Borneo by Bus; The Tribal Law; When the Tanker Took Fire; The Shot that Failed; Work-Hunting in New Zealand; Tshaka's Treasure; A Run on Raincoats; When Davy Jones Invaded Eden. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
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The Wide World Magazine, November 1952
Features: Dead Man's Double - working aboard a foreign 'tramp' to get home to Australia ends up in big problems because of the author's double; A Baptism of Fire - A young forest ranger of the British Columbia Forest Service fights a fire which puts over a hundred people in a logging camp at risk; The Trek - a minor pioneer adventure in East Africa; A Case of Contraband - happy days in Central America; The Golden Ingot - A West African Confidence Man; Down Mexico Way - Two Jacks ashore get in trouble as they explore the Mexican countryside; The Fire-Walker - the celebrated Hindu shrine at Kataragama, Ceylon; Pioneer Pilot - Peter Strong; One Thing After Another - good luck finally falls on a hard luck fellow in depression-era Australia; The Burma Road - Nice photos; Strange South Sea Burial-Customs; Olsen's Secret - a grim story from the American Coal Fields; The Octopus - a young man's nightmare underwater battle with a gigantic octopus; and more. Above-average wear. Coupon neatly clipped from atop page 121, articles unaffected. Binding intact. Book
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The Wide World Magazine, November 1955 - Australian Edition
Features: 'Twixt Sea and Sand - Part I - Those who man the lightships that keep the world's shipping off the dreaded Goodwins; Build or Die - an Igloo story; Diamonds are Dangerous - Diamond Smugglers and the 'big men' behind them; Danger - Loco Adrift - a giant locomotive slips its lashings in a stormbound ship; Destination Unknown - the second instalment of the adventures of Peter Pinney; The Rain Stoppers - on the West Coast of Africa; Search for Living Gold - Andean Chinchilla; Ghost of the White Chief - John Roberts; The Very Mysterious Eel; A Thousand Miles to Railhead - Motor Transport in North Australia - Road Trains; Horses on Showshoes - an idea which originated 75 years ago at Lardo, British Columbia; Jungle Hideout - the adventures of a white woman who spent nearly 4 years in the jungle running from the Japanese, eating dog, and teaching Guerillas to sing; Paddy's Lapse - A Merchant Navy Officer's Scary Experience; Covers holding but weakly; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Decent copy. Book
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The Winnipeg Tribune - Weekend Magazine, August 11, 1962: Artist George Grammat
39 pages. Features: They gave me up for dead - Audrelyn Speight was driving from Dundas, Ontario to Hamilton when her back was broken in an accident - this pretty accident victim is undaunted ; Summer Stay-at-Homes - artist George Grammat provides colour illustrations of Montreal life; Miami's Problem Visitors - the city bulges with Cuban refugees who won't go elsewhere; Canada's Sunshine Island - Prince Edward Island - nice colour photos; An Unhappy Wife Gives the Gang Away - the Peugeot Kidnapping (part 2 of 2); Road Hogs - Photos of hogs pulling wagon of H.C. Hurley of Echo Bay, Ontario; Gift tip to Canada's Golf Fans - Dick Borthwick replaces 'twist' with 'slide'; Nipper by Doug Wright. Nice colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
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The Winnipeg Tribune - Weekend Magazine, November 12, 1960
71 pages. Features: Bob (Robert) Goulet - he finds there is room at the top for hard work; Sweat Equity helps pay for their house - Joe Hodgen and Jeannette MacDonald prepare their new home in Chippawa, Ontario; Fidel Castro - Liberator or Slave-Maker? - a Canadian journalist visits Havana; Tragedy strikes the young duchess - The Duchess of Kent Story, Part 3 of 3; Ventriloquist Carolyn Blythe of the Blue Sky Revue in Verdun, Quebec; Porpoise with a purpose - Even blindfolded, Kathy can find her goal; Tachibana Ballet Institute in Tokyo - bathing helps their ballet; Sober piety and sturdy self-reliance mark the old-world ways of Canada's Mennonites; The Man the Sharks would't eat - Captain Haliburton (Bertie) Himmelman explains what happened to the Giant King 38 years ago; Workshop for Equality - Core, the Congress of Racial Equality, uses non-violence/sit-in strikes; School at Concrete, Washington, has a road beneath it; Charles Mohr, Jr., a University of Wisconsin senior, dies as a result of his first and last boxing knockout; Sid Caesar says "I conquered Shyness"; A new generation of bookworms is invading our libraries - children; The Nipper by Doug Wright; Great colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
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Thoroughbred and Classic Cars Magazine, April 1975
72 pages. Features: An Austin Healey Rejuvenated - Paul Skilleter strips-down and reconditions his staff car Austin Healey 3000's engine; A trip to Welshpool to look around the scrap yard that specialises in new parts for thirties and classic cars; One out of Three - To most Arnotts were 500s - Robin Rew tries one of the sports-racers - nice colour photo; Lightweight E-Type - a quick car from Jaguar's Browns Lane factory - an examination of its history and derivation, plus a Silverstone drive; R.G.S. Atalanta - Jonathan Wood tells the story of Dick Shatlock's post war specials based on the Atalanta sports car of the late thiries - article with great photos; On the Road - Triumph Stag and Rolls-Royce Camargue; Sir Henry (Time) Birkin; Dixon Riley; Historic Grand Prix Reunion in France - former Grand Prix drivers and cars gather for an unforgettable meeting - great colour photos; Model Mania; Mini Manual for the Lotus Elan; History of the Post war Touring Car - Part 5; Lancia Appia Zagato - article with nice photos including some in colour; The 1938 Lagonda LG6; and more. Moisture exposure to top edge. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Thoroughbred and Classic Cars Magazine, August 1976 - Jack Brabham Feature
68 pages. Features: Buyer's and Restorer'sGuide - Part 2; Rustex Underbody Treatment; HWM Jaguar - Single-Seater; On the Road - Rover 3500; Jack Brabham - the first Australian to become world champion; Lawrencetune at Circuit Bugatti; Rochas Classic Car Championship - Round 4 to Thwaites; Facel Vega - reflecting on the marque and trying an immaculate Facel II - gorgeous colour photo; Carrozzeria Bertone - The Artisan Years - beginning the story of one of Italy's great styling houses; Front Suspension - Part 1; A visit to Connolly Bros. (Curriers) Ltd.; 1976 FIVA Rally; Classic of the Month - Lancia Aprilia; and more. Moisture exposure to top edge. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Thoroughbred and Classic Cars Magazine, December 1974
72 pages. Features: The Racing Amilcars - interesting illustrated article, including great colour photos; BMW Turbo - road impressions; Early Motoring Experiences in 1902, by W. Gulliver; Re-Vitalized Astons; Juan Manuel Fangio; C Type Jaguar to Le Mans - including fantastic colour centerfold photo; The hazards of rust; The history of some Squire cars; Mini Manual - Triumph TR4 1961/65; History of the Post War Touring car; The Magic Magnette - son of the Humbug; Classic of the month - Aston Martin Project 212; and more. Average wear. Minor moisture exposure to top edge. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Thoroughbred and Classic Cars Magazine, December 1975 - Kaye Don
68 pages. Features: The 166 Inter Ferrari - trying Ferrari's production road car - including colour centerfold of the 166 Inter with plexiglass vistadome; What to look for when buying a Jaguar E-Type; Phoenix Park; Kay Don - article with photos; The Frazer Nash Ulter of 1931; The Classic Car in Rallying - Part 2 - the late 1930s - the classic rally cars evolve; Track testsing the Mk.7s Elva; Lamborghini Miura SV - article with beautiful colour photo; 16/18 hp Armstrong Siddleley; RS Panels, Nuneaton, Warwickshire; Classic car of the month - Riley RM; and more. Moisture exposure to top edge. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Thoroughbred and Classic Cars Magazine, February 1976 - Ken Wharton
68 pages. Features: Classic Choice - Trimph TR2/3/4; 375 MM Ferrari and a Jaguar C-Type; On the Road with : a Corvette 427, Triumph Spitfire 1500, Morris 12/4 Van; The Boy From Smethwick - Ken Wharton; The Vincent Three-Wheeler - article with photos; The Classic Car in Rallying - Part 4 - The Early 1950s - Britain Triumphant; John Bolster and 30 years with the same 40/50 Rolls - gorgeous colour photo; Morris 8 - Mike Finnigan's tourer; Sixty Minutes Flat Out - of all the records to be broken, The Hour has long been one of the hardest - B. Williams starts his two-part saga in the early days of Brooklands; The Panel Game - preventing that minor bit of bodywork damage from getting any worse; I. Markovits Ltd. - Badge Maker; Classic car of the month - Swallow Doretti; and more. Moisture exposure to top edge. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Thoroughbred and Classic Cars Magazine, January 1975
72 pages. Features: Triumph TR6 Road Test; Le Mans MGA - Jonathan Wood recounts entries at Sarthe in 1959, 1960, and 1961; Studebaker Avanti; A Magnificent Seven; Classic Saloon Racing; Gull Wing Glamour; Project 212 - Full Bore - wonderful colour centerfold; CC is for Citroen Cloverleaf; Mike Hawthorn Feature; Rewiring Jonathan Woods' MGA; Mini Manual - Austin-Healey Sprite Mk II; History of the Post War Touring Car - Part 2; Classic of the Month - Austin-Healey '100'; and more. Average wear. Some moisture exposure to top edge. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Thoroughbred and Classic Cars Magazine, July 1975 - Jean Behra
68 pages. Features: Porsche 917 - Full Bore; Jean Behra - Ten Years of International Racing, 1949-1959; OM (Officine Meccaniche) - the L-head wonder; Speed Merchants Classic Car Championship - Round 3; Driving a "Classic" Saloon; Lotus Elite - On the Road; Graypaul Motors - David Clark helps find old Ferrari parts; Great Porsche centerfold; Ford Thunderbird - article and nice colour photo; My Favourite Bentley; White Riley - the Riley special that Raymond Mays drove is now back in its outwardly original guise - story and restoration photos; 3.8 or 5.3? - Which Jaguar was better? - the first or the last E-Type?; 1948 HRG 1500 - return to an original road test car; Classic Car of the Month - 1956 Lotus XI Le Mans; and more. Moisture exposure to top edge. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Thoroughbred and Classic Cars Magazine, March 1975 - Bullnose MG Cover Photo
72 pages. Features: Mercedies 450 SLC On the Road; SS 100 Coupe - a unique preview of Jaguar's postwar sports cars; Half-Litre Club - the cheapest Grand Prix breeding ground of the early post war period; Peter Collins - one of Britain's top quartet of the fifites; Chris Maye and Doug Shoebridge work on their Maybridge; Weld it Yourself; Land's End Pilgrimage - 50 years ago Cecil Kimber gained a Gold Medal on the Land's End Trial in his MG Speckal - Michael Bowler takes the same care back to the same hills - wonderful colour photo and centerfold; 1937 Lincoln Zephyr V-12 - artice and nice colour photo; How the AA Was Born - Looking back at the birth of the Automobile Association; Mini Manual - Triumph TR2 1952/55; History of the Post War Touring Car - Part 4; Racing in the Classic Car Championship; Classic of the Month - Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint; and more. Minor moisture exposure to top edge. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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