Multiple Contributors
Practical Wireless Magazine: October 29th, 1932 - Vol. 1, No. 6
Topics: An Inexpensive Four-Range Test Meter; The Homeconstructor's Wireless Tool Kit; Aluminum Chassis - or Baseboard?; The Pent-Amp; Receivers and their records - The Kolster-Brandes 3-Valve D.C. Mains Receiver, Model K.B. 304; The Heart of Your Set - conclusion of the series; The Beginner's Supplement; The Loud-Speaker - 1; Choosing Your Tuning Coils; Radio Wrinkles from Readers; Smoothing in Filter Circuits; The Bijou Three - a cheap and efficient little receiver with a splendid performance; Choosing a Modern Valve - 2; Reviews of Latest Kits - the Slektun 'Scout' kit; Below 100 metres; Comments on Components; Making Wiring Connections; Batteries and their working; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Corner clipped from lower back cover. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Collectible Automobile Magazine, June 1996
Features: Cadillac Shapes Up - The Story of the 1961-64 Models; 1961-80 International Scout - Anything less was just a car; Bold Dollars - The Studebaker Champion of 1939-40; 1942 Chevrolet Special DeLuxe Fleetline Aerosedan; 1936 Dodge D-2 Convertible Sedan; Ionia Body's William Mitchell; 1952 Ford F-1 Pickup - Last of the "Bonus Builts"; and more. Moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Winnipeg Tribune - Weekend Magazine, November 4, 1961
63 pages. Features: Nehru - Lonely leader of 500 million; Allen and Sharie Farrell built their vessel Ocean Girl - great photos and text; Carole Reinhart performs in a college orchestra and Salvation Army band in Miami, Florida; I love having my own zoo - Gerald Durrell; Men are Spoiling the Movies - Edmonton-born Dianne Foster; Lord Martin Cecil - Rancher Bishop of the Cariboo - he owns a town and is world leader of a sect that believes illness is caused by 'ill spirits' - 100 Mile House Lodge, British Columbia; Can you judge people?; Room that honour laughter - McGill University establishes a memorial to Stephen Leacock; The Balkheaded Society of Redcliff, Alberta is a highbrow service club that works for the community; Hollywood Boulevard - teenagers take advantage of traffic tangle to scout for dates (photos) - the new 'sport' of cruising; Boxer Tom McNeeley; Ginette Letondal of Montreal makes her mark in Paris; Busman's Holiday for Artists, with paintings by Gabriel Bastien; Nipper by Doug Wright. Great colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Magazine
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Hunt, Jim; Forrest, Rev. A.C.; Nicol, James Y.
Star Weekly and Canadian Weekly, 29 June 1963
20 pages. Features: How They Keep Horse Racing Honest - Science Invades the Sport - article with photos; Why Protestants Mourn Pope John; Zenith TV ad; The Fort Henry Guards - article with colour photos; Birth of a Stamp - Ernst Roch and Canada's new Five Cent Stamp featuring the Queen - article and great photos; Boy Scout Shadow Compass. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Nagle, Patrick; Shearer, Lloyd; O'Brien, Andy
Weekend Magazine, 13 July 1963 - Eiko Taki Cover Photo
40 pages. Features: Canada Lies in the Path of a Solar Eclipse - full-length article with illustrations; Nice full-page colour-photo ad for Campbell's Soup features man lifting spoon to mouth; From Japan to Hollywood - Can Eiko Taki Capture the West? - brief article with photo; Emily Sartain - Painter of Canada's Wild Flowers; Barry Corbet - B.C. Boy Scout on Mount Everest - article with photos; British Track Coach Geoffrey Dyson Sees Canada in Top Ten in the world by 1973; Fantastic full-page colour photo ad for BA gas stations features traveling family in Ford station wagon - with no seat belts in use; Douglas greeting card ad on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Book
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Robertson, John; Mayer, Ian; Adams, Ian; English, Desmond; Harrison, The Rev. E.W.; Allen, Robert Thomas; Dexter, Susan; Reid, Dr. Helen; Stanke, Alain; Eber, Dorothy; Hayter, Ron
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, October 15, 1966 - Gordie Howe Cover Photo
68 pages. Features: Nice ad for the 1967 Oldsmobiles inside front cover; Gordie Howe Goes Home - How Saskatoon proudly hailed a hometown hero; I was a hospital strikebreaker - people pitched in to keep Montreal General Hospital clean during the dispute; 49 things to do and see at Expo 67; The New Morality; The New Moralists; The Mouth That Roars - behind Montreal radio talk show host Pat Burns' hot-line toughness is a man critics don't know - he really cares; The land where fear lays siege - South Africa's apartheid 'solution' traps both the black and the white; 101 Ways to escape Montreal's St. Vincent de Paul Prison; Will success spoil PEI?; Photographing wildlife; The Royal Vancouver Yacht Club's program for junior sailors - article with colour photos; Fantastic colour ad for the International Harvester Travelall, pickup and Scout; Cabbage Willows camp at James Bay; Gorgeous two-page colour photo ad for the 1967 Pontiacs; Awesome two-page colour photo ad for Chevrolet's new Camaro; nice ad for Electrohome, "the only color tv engineered in Canada'; Nice Coke ad on back cover features soup and sandwich; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Coffee drop at top of front cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Bradbrooke, F.D.; Ritchey, V.J.
Canadian Aviation, March 1938 - Canada's National Aviation Magazine: TCA Progress Report
52 pages. Features: Cover photo of a Junkers being loaded with heavy freight; Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover features great photo of the Flying Dreadnaught, the Sikorsky XPBS-1; Great full-page Ethyl Corporation ad with Wright Brothers theme; Excellent full-page photo portrait of Major-General Sir James H. MacBrien, a great friend of aviation who passed away 5 March 1938; Freight-Express Carriage for 1937; Nice full-page Gold Flake cigarette ad with Singapore photo; Trans-Canada Air Lines - Progress Report - article with photos including a full page containing the photos and names of 16 company pilots; Nice Kollsman Instrument ad; Nice full-page Stinson ad; Review of Air Mail Services; Great full-page photo ad for the Junkers JU 52 promotes its safe scheduled night air service; Flying Clubs review record year; Excellent two-page photo ad for the De Havilland Tiger Moth; Notable Flights of 1937; Nice full-page illustrated ad for Dunlop aeroplane tire, wheels and brakes; Aerial Leviathan emerges - article and photoss of Boeing's model 314 "South Seas Clipper" flying boat; The Fleet (Aircraft) Freighter is born - article and four photos of this new Canadian plane - followed by a great two-colour centerfold ad which includes five photos of this plane; Nice full-page ad for McLaughline Buick; Commercial Air Services in Review - Canadian Airways Ltd. and Quebec Airways Ltd.; Full-page Aeronca ad; Northwest Aviation Planning Council; Photo of Miss Mary Spearing, of Toronto, with her plane - she is Canada's only female aeroplane owner; Reviewing Licenses in Force; Photo and article about the fruitless search to find Mike Sawchyn who went messing after flying from Souris, Manitoba; Nice full-page ad for the new 1938 Cub Scout; Old Country Gossip; News from the West Coast; M.A.L.C. News; Two-colour ad for Eclipse starters inside back cover; Two-colour ad for Intava lubricants on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Tucker, Larry; Dunn, Bob; Watt, Tom; Kearney, Jim; Douglas, Greg; Grant, Chester; Sigurdson, Hal; Hunter, Gorde; Loranger, Clancy; Lee, Darwin
Vancouver Canucks Hockey Magazine, October 17, 1972, Vol 3 No. 5 - Great Colour Cover Photo of Wayne Maki and Orland Kurtenbach Battling Stan Mikita
76 pages. Features: Nice colour photo Yardley ad inside front cover features Bobby Orr; Great full-page ad for CKNW/98 features photo of Jim Robson photo; Bill White and Pat Stapleton are the Pride of Chicagp; Stan Mikita Deserves More Recognition; Vic Stasiuk's Practices are Never Dull; The NHL Will Soon Shop in Europe for Players; Canuck photos; Top Stars of the Game; Canucks' Young Defence in Action; Tony Esposito Flopped his way to Stardom; Canucks' Schedule; Great full-page CJOR/60 ad featuring photo of Jack Webster; Centerfold loose but present; Tony Esposito is featured in a full-page ad for Butler Tire Ltd; Photo of J. Paul McConnell in CKWX/1130 ad; The Job of an NHL Scout; Dunc Wilson - Royal Bank Player of the Week; Nice Dennis Hull Feature on back page; plus many great vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
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McConnell, J. Paul; McKeachie, John; Douglas, Greg; Vickers, Steve; Sigurdson, Hal; Darwin
Vancouver Canucks Magazine, November 2, 1973 - Sensational Colour Cover Photo of Bobby Schmautz - Sporting Facial Stitches
72 pages. Features: Colour photo of Bobby Orr in Yardley ad inside front cover; Interview with Barry Wilkins; Nice photo ad of Bobby Schmautz modelling a snazzy leather coat; Photos of Canuck players, management and staff; Don Awrey article; Ad for Borgeson (Indoor) Ice Rinks; '72-'73 Trophy Winners; Feature on Canuck Scout John O'Flaherty; NHL History - with photo of King Clancy; Statistician John Iacobucci; Canucks Quiz; Eric Whitehead's Review of the League; How the Canucks did with St. Louis last year; East Division Coaches; One-page feature on Jocelyn Guevremont; Photos of St. Louis Blues players; Photo on page 46 shows an Atlanta Flames player who has knocked the Canucks' net off the pegs - yes, remember the old goal pegs?; CKNW ad features caricature of Jim Robson; Great action photos of Dennis Ververgaert battling in front of the opponents' net; Gary Unger is featured in a VanCity ad; Steve Vickers Article; Bob Dailey - Player of the week; Goalie John Davidson facing pressure in Blues goal; Preview photo for next game appears to show Roger Crozier being helped by none other than Tim Horton; Great Bobby Schmautz caricature feature on back page; plus many great vintage ads. Unmarked with light wear. Center page loose but present; A nice vintage copy. Magazine
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Iaboni, John; McKeachie, John; Hunter, Gorde; Tucker, Larry; Feser, Dennis; Douglas, Greg; Dunn, Bob; Sigurdson, Hal
Vancouver Canucks Magazine, November 16, 1973 - Nice Colour Cover Photo of Superpest Andre Boudrias
72 pages. Features: Colour photo of Bobby Orr in Yardley ad inside front cover; Dunc Wilson - The New Maple Leaf; One of Coach Bill McCreary's favourite people is Captain Orland Kurtenbach; Red Kelly is a popular fellow in Maple Leaf Gardens; Paul Henderson - Instant Hero; Canucks vs. Toronto last year; How is Richard Lemieux doing this year?; Toronto Rookie Ian Turnbull; Player of the Week - Don Lever; Photos of Canucks players, management and staff; Borgeson Ice Rinks ad; Feature on Canuck Scout John Flaherty; 1972-73 Trophy Winners; NHL History article - with photo of Babe Pratt; Photo feature of Dave Dunn; Photos of Toronto Maple Leaf players; Don Lever photo feature; Ron Ellis featured in VanCity ad; plus many great vintage ads. Unmarked with light wear. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
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Spooner, Stanley (Editor)
Flight (Magazine) And The Aircraft Engineer, September 27, 1917
Pages 989-1014 plus many additional pages of wonderful vintage ads. Features: Honours for the R.F.C.; The Roll of Honour; Wing Bracing and Head Resistance; The Burges Speed Scout Biplane (with scale drawings and three photos); The Royal Aero Club - Official News; Turin to London Non-Stop - with map and photo of Captain Laureati and Michael Angelo Tonzo; ; Airisms from the Four Winds; "X" Aircraft Raids; The British Air Services - appointments and promotions; Aircraft Work at the Front - Official Information; Magneto Ignition - simple explanation of the fundamentals with illustrations; The Society of British Aircraft Constructors - official notices; Side-Winds; Imports and Exports 1916-1917; Full-page illustration with text honouring Second Lieutenant J.C. Currie "for conspicuous gallantry" while acting as observer to another officer; Fantastic full-page Avro ad; Nice full-page ad with photo for Palmer Cord Tyres and Wheels; The Huns Air Service; Flight-Lieut. Curt Wolff (who replaced Baron von Richthofen as leader of Squadron 12) killed in action; Air photo of massive damage to the village of Bermericourt; Photo of the Kaiser decorating officers on the western front; Photo of Italian F.B.A. flying boat; Two photos of the first of the U.S. Navy's 'blimps'; Great full-page illustrated ad for "Triplex"safety glass for use in goggles and windshields; Personals; Great illustrated ad for the "Newhaven Coat"; and more. Bit of faint underlining to magneto article otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A wonderful vintage issue. Magazine
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Spooner, Stanley (Editor); Halliwell, F.W.
Flight (Magazine) And The Aircraft Engineer, February 7, 1918 - The Italian S.V.A. Fighting Scout
Pages 137-162 plus many additional pages of wonderful vintage ads. Contents: Whitehead Aircraft ad; Curtiss Aircraft ad; Intensive Aircraft Production; The Control of the Metal Trade; Aerial Activity in the West; Sopwith ad; Full-page illustration by Black of the stranded "Goeben" being bombed in the Dardanelles; Savage Hun Sentence on British Officers; The Attitude of the A.S.E.; German Dreams of Conquest; "Clouds and Rain Hindered the Work of Our Airmen"; The Italian S.V.A. Fighting Scout - article with photos and drawings; Air Fighting in Janaury; The Roll of Honour; "X" Aircraft Raids; The Raid on Paris; A Post-War Aeroplane - design by F. W. Halliwell; Photo of a British night bombing plane in France; Details of British Air Raids; Armchair Reflections by "The Dreamer"; The British Air Services - announcements and appointments; Aircraft work at the front; Personals; International Aircraft Standards; Army Club cigaratte ad on back cover; Flight Buyers' Guide and Trade Directory; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound vintage issue. Magazine
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Spooner, Stanley (Editor); Zahm, A.F.
Flight (Magazine) And The Aircraft Engineer, January 31, 1918 - The United Eastern Tractor Biplane
Pages 111-136 plus many additional pages of wonderful vintage ads. Contents: S.E. Saunders ad; Palladium commercial vehicle photo ad; Reform in the French Air Service; Sopwith ad; Large aerial photo of the air raid on Karlsruhe on January 14th, 1918; The first fruits of reprisals; Photo of British planes lined up on the British Western Front - a scouting squadron; Avro ad; Great photo of explosion after bomb dropped from 1,500 feet; The United Eastern Tractor Biplane - article with photos and diagrams; The Roll of Honour; Airscrew Analysis (conclusion); The 260 H.P. Mercedes Aero Engine; Photo of a Gotha strafer on the British Western Front in France; Westland Aircraft ad; Photo of British planes lined up in Italy - the squadron that has accounted for many Hun planes; Aerial view of Mannheim during raid 24 December 1917; The "X" Aircraft Raids; International Aircraft Standards; British Air Services - announcements and appointments; Aircraft work at the Front; Personals; Russell screw driving attachment (photo with text); Flight Buyers' Guide and Trade Directory; and more. Unmarked. Front cover loose but present. A worthy vintage issue. Magazine
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De Palma, Brian; Parrish, Robert; Wlaschin, Ken; Gay, Ken
Films and Filming Magazine, December 1976 - Cover Photo of Francoise Fabian
50 pages. Features: Nice full-page ad for 'Survive'; Phantoms and Fantasies - interview with Brian De Palma; 'The Savage is Loose' - photos; Photo-illustrated article on motion picture cameraman James Wong Howe; The Berlin Film Festival; 'Marathon Man' - photos; Reviews - 'The Incredible Sarah', Obsession', 'Face to Face', 'Picnic at Hanging Rock', 'Lina Braake', 'Die Marquise Von O', 'The Bad News Bears', 'The Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday', 'The Scarlet Buccaneer', 'Futureworld', 'The Message', 'The Last Woman', 'The Stepford Wives', 'The Bingo Long Travelling All-Stars and Motor Kings; 'The Sentinel' - photos; 'Seizure' - photos; 'Chi dice donna dice donna' - photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
Maclean's Magazine - April 1969
Articles: Pauline Jewett - a department of peace?; William F. Buckley offers a cure for U.S. Disorder; Tenat Power - the high-rise people of Canada's cities complain they are harried by their landlords under antiquated laws; Canadian recreational nautical feature; In Praise of Older Horses - Ian Tyson tells why saddle sores can be fun - his account of a 130-mile prairie trail ride, with photos; The Ann Spiller Case - the bank manager responds; Hands off my Door Knobs - Robert Thomas Allen complains about things that are 'new and improved'; The Great Nutrition Game; The All Canadian Fabrication - fashion feature with colour photos; Robert Weaver - CBC Radio's top literary scout and buyer, an editor, critic, anthologist and best friend Canadian writers ever had; Robert Freedman has brought the ultimate in discotheques to Canada - The Electric Circus. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Maclean's Magazine, May 5, 1962 - Toronto's Fluoridation War
Features: Great colour ad for the new International Scout, by International Harvester, inside front cover; Brief article on Toronto's fluoridation war; Ask the Name of the Lion - part 1 of Ralph Allen's novel of pride, fear and lust in the new Congo; How to tell the Grits from the Tories, by Peter C. Newman; Case history of a drug addict - 35 wasted years; More laughs to the square revue - Spring Thaw's fiftieth season; Alberta's Affair with a Rainmaker - for six years farmers near Knee Hill have been taxing themselves to buy the services of Irving P. Krick, who says he can prevent drought and destroy hail; Political struggles in Cottage Country; Colour Molson Canadian ad shows photo of bridge under construction over the Welland Canal near St. Catherines; Fantastic colour full-page ad for the GM Acadian. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Wagner, Pat: Editor
Frontier Times Magazine, September 1978
64 pages. Features: Poston's Arizona "My Country & God's" - Charles Debrille Poston; The Lone Tree Fight; The Ghost of Sam Bass; Sam's Cohort: Frank Jackson; Tree Stumps that Talked; A Tenderfoot in a Sheep Camp; Teller City, Lulu City, Grand Lake & Places...; The Long Scout with Fred Kaiser; Those Old California Vaqueros; Abel Morgan, Soldier and Romeo; The True Meaning of "Intensive Care" - Dr. William Porter Verity. A sound copy. Magazine
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Grayson, Milt: Editor
The West (Magazine) - True Stories of the Old West: March 1970
74 pages. Features: "Old Gabe" in Armor; Bullwhacking for Uncle Sam - William Matthew (Matt) Snook; (Captain) Nathan Boone - Distinguished Scout; Night Justice on Clear Fork; The King of Cripple Creek - Winfield Scott Stratton; The 'Surprise' Train Robber - Jarvis Hayward; The War of the Murdered Porker - Charles Griffin, Lyman A. Cutler; "Brownies" That Founded the Railroad - Arthur E, Stilwell; Coin Harvey's Silver Bell - William Hope Harvey; California Joe - Moses Embree Milner; Butterfield's Truce with Cochise - John Butterfield, American Express Company; The Czar of Charleston - James Burnett. Average wear. Two-inch opening to bottom of front cover. Magazine
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International Harvester Company
International Harvester Scout II (2) Truck Service Manual - 4x2 and 4x4 Including 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1975 Models (CTS-2304)
An genuine original manual. Hundreds of pages - almost 2 inches thick. Clean and unmarked with light wear. An excellent copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Maclean's Magazine 31 August 2009 *Colin Thatcher Claims He Was Framed*
Features: Colin Thatcher claims he was wrongly convicted; Harper's Recovery; Alberta's Wildrose Alliance; Obama's Health Care Proposal; Abdullah Abdullah - a new hope for Afghanistan; Germany gets Tough - sends troops to Afghanistan; Canada's chance to Emerge from America's Shadow?; The Race for the Perfect Battery; The Cooling Cure for Cardiac Arrest; Is Quebec the Human Guinea Pig Capital of North America?; Are we Drinking too much Water?; In Praise of Dead-End Jobs; What Happened to Quentin Tarantino?; Keeping a lid on Vancouver fun; Wal-mart's new cookies taste like Girl Scout cookies; Judith Josephine Koritar - Obituary; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
National Lampoon Magazine, October 1990 - Special Underachiever Edition
98 pages. Features: Double Header; From the Producers of America's Funniest Home Videos; The Myth of the Eternal Beertini; A Folkloric Perspective on the Primal Beginnings of the "Idiot Teens" of Jerry's Corners, New York; Snakes in the Bathroom; Club Hed Ad; Politenessman's Manners of the World; The 1990 Boy Scout Handbook; The Emergency Accountants; The Lost Liebermans - White Headshrinkers of the Amazon!; The National Lampoon Classic Library; Mandela Watch; and more. Some moisture exposure to front cover. Above-average wear. A worthy working copy. Magazine
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Downs, Art: Editor
British Columbia Digest Magazine, June 1966
70 pages. Features: Bowron Lake Park cover photo; Parks are for People, not Profit, by George P. James; Wilderness Waterway - Bowron Lake Park; Are Coyotes losing the battle for survival?; Vancouver's 1966 Boat Show; Man, Water, And Fish - the destruction of fish habitat; Pioneers of British Columbia - Tsimshian Indians; A Hiking trail to parallel the Fraser?; Landmarks of History - Cumberland, B.C.; Adventure in Rocks - Ron Purvis; Babiche Land - Conclusion, as told by Mathilda Kealing; and more. Advertisements include: U.B.C. Beer (inside front cover); International Scout 4WD; Dueck Truck Sales; McCulloch Boat Motors; Johnson motors; B.C. Tel - radiotelephone; Jeep Gladiator; Tartan Pilsner; Mercury outboards; Lucky Lager. Minor markings to page 48. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Durbin, Deanna; McHugh, Jimmy
Songs Deanna Durbin Sings - Song Hits Featured in the New Universal Pictures: Songbook with Sheet Music for Vocal and Piano with Guitar Chords
40 pages. Cover photo of Deanna Durbin in performance. Songs include: My Own; You're As Pretty As a Picture; That Certain Age; Be a Good Scout; I Love to Whistle; Chapel Bells; A Serenade to the Stars; Music in my Dreams; Its Raining Sunbeams; Someone to Care for Me; My Heart is Singing. These songs are from the movies "That Certain Age", "Mad About Music", "100 Men and a Girl", and "Three Smart Girls". Above-average but not excessive wear and external soiling. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
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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Seton, Ernest Thompson
Rolf in the Woods - The Adventures of a Boy Scout with Indian Quonab and Little Dog Skookum
437 pages. Undated but appears to be from the early 1900s. Attractive gilt lettering and brown decoration on green front board. Above-average wear. Minor lean to spine. Front free-endpaper removed. Bit of writing atop half-title page. Openings along backstrip. Front hinge open. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Strong, Paschal N.; Annixter, Paul; Campion, N.R.; Reeder, R.; Et al
Boys' Life - The Boy Scouts' Magazine, January 1957
62 pages. Features: Nice two-color ad for Scout equipment inside front cover; A Cadet Called "Ike" (Eisenhower); The Hurricane Mystery; Nice one-page black and white photo ad for Ford cars; A Day at the National Jamboree; Lion in the Way; Tracking; Top Athletes of 1956 - article with photos; 1956 Photo Contest Winners; Nice two-page two-color ad for the Junikor Sales Club of America features Mickey Mantle; 12 pages of color cartoons and illustrations; Rivers in the Sky - jet streams; One-page black and white photo ad for Chrysler cars; and much more. Bit of scribbling atop front cover. Somewhat above-external wear. A sound vintage copy of this nice Scout collectible. Book
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Amis, Kinglsey; Conquest, Robert; Gornick, Vivian; Ressotto, Louis Jr.; Moraes, Dom; Goodman, Walter; Furlong, William B.; Et al
The New York Times Magazine, January (Jan.) 10, 1971 - Libertarianism Cover
108 pages. Features: Libertarian color cover photo; Beautiful color fashion ads; A short 'educational dictionary'; Wildly colorful two-page photo fashion ad for Fire Islander; Lady Manhattan two-page ad reads 'A little girl's shirt is sexy whan a big girl wears it'; Sony/Superscope radio/cassette ad features Mrs. Claus in rocking chair; Women's Consciousness; The New Right Credo - Libertarianism - article with photos of Baruch Spinoza, Robert Heinlein, Ayn Rand, Karl Hess, Murray Rothbard and Jerome Tuccille; East Pakistan - The Wave - aftermath of a terrible cyclone; Alan and Margaret McSurely vs. the State - photo-illustrated article on these radical anti-poverty workers; Football Talent Scout Red Hickey - photo illustrated article on this man who helped bring six stars to the Dallas Cowboys; Beautiful Rose Marie Reid fashion ad; features ladies on seaside rocks; Beautiful color-photo centerfold ad for Trissi features model in white and red reclining on red pillows; Nice chiffon fashion photos; Two-page ad for The New Miami Beach; Photos of row houses in Columbia MD designed by Architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Book
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Baldwin, H.W.; Weller, J.; Loomis, D.G.; Williams, Samuel T.; Howell, D.W.; Carrington, G.W. Jr.; Brube, F.E.
Marine Corps Gazette - Professional Magazine for United States Marines, October (Oct.) 1962, Number 10, Volume 46 - Counter-Insurgent Operations in Indonesia, 1958
68 pages. Features: Photo ad for the Sikorsky S-61 helicopter; Excellent two-page photo ad for the Vigilant tank killing system by the British Aircraft Corporation, which is mounted on scout cars; Biological Agents in Future War; Small Unit Operations - Counterguerrilla War - Part 5 of a series; Nice photo ad for FMC's new LCA; No Need for Despair (part 1 of 2) - argues WWI combatants hurt each other more than in any war since; Russian Small Arms and Tactics - major photo-illustrated article (part 1 of 2); Counter-Insurgent Operations in Indonesia in 1958 - how Sukharno's government crushed the rebellion is a textbook example of counter-insurgency - major article with photos and maps; Reflections on Leadership; Let's Teach Discipline; Rawin - Our Electronic Weather Eye; Wheels, Tracks and Officer Mechs - making the case that all tank officers should be qualified mechanics; Transfers and Promotions; Back cover photo ad for the Kaman Huskie VMO helicopter; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Benson, Allan L.; Collins, Joseph; Welliver, J.C.; Barton, William E.; Cameron, Charles D.; Finger, Charles J.; Bowyer, Helen; MacDonald, Paul; barker, S. Omar; Howe, J. Olin; Faris, J.T.
The Dearborn Independent - Chronicler of the Neglected Truth, August (Aug.) 21, 1926 - The Women of Mexico Awake
32 pages. Features: The Loneliest Man in New York - an intimate study of Frank A. Munsey by one of his former newspaper executives; Through the colored glasses of Freudism the doctor looks at Judy O'Grady and the Colonel's Lady - and decides that Freud should be repudiated; Building Good Roads by Gasoline - income from tolls, gas tax and licenses pays for U.S. roads; America's Scattered Children - the American flag flies in Alaska and more than halfway across the Pacific on thousands of islands; 'Bad English' is a Heritage from Olden Times - much of the grammar now classed as incorrect has come down to us by word of mouth from the time of Chaucer and before; Henry Ford's Page - understanding how the public mind moves from interest to disinterest; Editorials - the defeat of Mrs. Ferguson in Texas was actually a repudiation of her husband, Jim Ferguson, corn is a huge commodity, taxes hurt the British whisky-making industry; Voyage of the Victoria - The Passage of the Strait (part 9); The Women of Mexico Awake - they claim freedom which their American sisters enjoy; Pity the Poor Baseball Scout! - he deals in human ivory; Phoning in the Woods - photo-illustrated article on phone lines serving fire-fighting Forest Rangers in Montana; Chats with Office Callers - New Yorker article explains how for three times in a row the writer attended church, only to witness the uplifting of those of another religion; Rare Americana in a Unique Setting - the American wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; Some Vanished Towns of Kansas - cities that died before they had lived/State Capital which could not be found; Interesting tree photos inside back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Sinclair, Lister; Gardner, Ray; Lawton, George; Dorsey, George; Woodhouse, Freda; Buckler, Ernest; Margolius, Sidney; Paton, Alan; Hail, Steve; Bruce, Charles
Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, September (Sept.) 1, 1949 - How They Solved the Northern Lights Mystery / George Young, Yesterday's Hero
80 pages. Features: William Winter cover art shows Boy Scout campfire lighting; Nice colour Internationa Truck ad inside front cover shows red semi- driving past kids; RCAF one-page recruiting ad; Nostalgic one-page black and white photo ad for Canadian General Electric radios features the model C182, C150P, C66/67 and radio phonograph; Lionel Shapiro and photographer Ken Bell return to the WWII battlefields where they served - major article with many photos, including some before and after shots; The Startling Inside Scientific Story of the fiery Aurora Borealis; Beads to Billions - The Story of the H.B.C. (Hudson's Bay Company), Part II - photo-illustrated article; Spinnaker Spinster (fiction); How to Save Your Husband's Life - famous psychologist George Lawton gives instructions to help wives avoid becoming widows; Leonard Levinson's Impossible Pictures Inc. makes cartoons for 1/3 the usual cost; A Bush Wife's Life for Me - Women in the wilds get treated like duchesses by the grizzled guys of the mining camps, but there's no movie on the corner - with photo of Red Lake country writer Freda Woodhouse washing clothes by hand; George Young - Yesterday's Hero - at 17 Canada's boy wonder, and perhaps the world's greatest swimmer ever, swam his way into a fame that tore his life to shreds - once offered a quarter million dollars for a movie contract he is now penniless - photo-illustrated article; The Wind in the Juniper (fiction); Ten ways to Save Money on Clothes; School and Me, by Ernest Buckler; The Land of Black and White - Alan Paton tells the tragic story of his land, South Africa; Small clipping from ad on page 37 affects ad on page 38; Colour Westinghouse refrigerator centrefold ad; Nice color one-page RCA Victor ad shows their Models 9-W-91, 9JY and 9EY3 phonographs and coloured records; Massey-Harris one-page ad shows European village scene with tractor; Nice colour Hudson car ad; Back cover O'Keefe's Brewing ad features J.S. Hallam illustration of boy on tricycle passing bus. Please note: Very heavy wear to covers which are loose but present and bear multiple clear archival tape patches. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy of this uncommon issue. Book
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Fryer, Harold; Fitzgerald, Kathleen; Nickell, Joe; Tunney, Rene; Clark, Hap; Basque, G.; Paterson, T.W.
Canada West Magazine - The Pioneer Years, Fall 1979, Volume 9, Number 3, Collector's Number 35 - Alberta's Doukhobors
36 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Features: Spirit Wrestlers - Alberta's Doukhobors fled persecution in Russia but found more in Alberta; Gabriel Dumont - Metis Warrior; Collins Overland Telegraph (part 1); The Ghost at Mackenzie House; Murdered in the Township of Blenheim - J. Reginald Birchall; Tom Clarke - The Man Who Shot NWMP scout Jerry Potts; How to Locate Placer Gold; Ghost Town Log - B.C. offers hundreds of ghost towns, mining camps and historic sites (conclusion); and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Young, Frank M. [Editor]
The American Field - The Sportsman's Newspaper [Magazine] of America, September [Sept.] 23, 1933, Vol. CXX, No. 38 - All-America Prairie Chicken Trials
24 pages. Features: The All-America Prairie Chicken Trials; Considerable dog information; Veterinary Q & A; nice vintage ads, including an illustrated one-page ad for Florida-Collier Coast and Associated Hotels; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Bryant, Arthur; et al
The Illustrated London News, Saturday, January [Jan.] 18,1941 - Passing of Lord Baden-Powlell, Founder and Chief Scout of the World-Wide Boy Scout Movement
32 pages. Features: Photos of Churchill inspecting American mechanized squadron of the home guard; One page illustration of Lord Baden-Powell who passed away January 8th; Two pages of illustrations of badges and devices of various squadrons; Two-page illustration of America's colossal sea power; Five photos of the Blackburn 'Botha', our new general reconaissance plane; The War with Nazi Germany - article discusses the victories in North Africa; Two pages of photos relating to the fall of the Italian 'Bastion' of Bardia on January 5; Five photos of Free French forces battling at Bardia; Six photos of the trail of Italian flight from Bardia; Two-page illustration of the Bangalore Torpedo in use - it was successfully used against the barbed wire defenses of Bardia; Photo of General Smuts inspecting his South African Army in Kenya; Five photos of scenes of Greek successes; Before and after photos of Wren glories after fire attack on London; Photos of the personalities of the week include Joan Hearn-Avis, Captain H.J. Horsey, James Joyce (who died on Jan. 13th), Sir Lohn Lavery, Sir Archibald Sinclair, Alan Cunningham, Frank Bridge, Sir Henry Steele, Edward Colin Ryder Richardson, Ubaldo Soddu, William D. Leahy, and Sir Frank Spencer Spriggs; and more. Staples disintegrated. Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this important wartime issue. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Truckin' Magazine, February [Feb.] 1993: Cover Photo of Mickey Thompson / Bell Tech Pro-Flare Ford with Illene Voss
226 pages. Features: V-8 S-10; It Ain't Ugly; S-10 Contest Winner; Pro-Flare Ford (cover photo); Renegade Ranger - custom '70s Ford; Ranger Splash - Ford's new youth truck for the '90s; WYBUYNU - Brandon Murrill's cool classic; Attention Getter; Dave Hill's alternate Scout; Pro-Faction pro-street Slantcab; Fully restored GMC Suburban; Pacific Coast Suburban; Post War Panel; Mini-Addiction; Battery operated Nissan pickups?; Late Start - Mom's mini Isuzu; and much more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
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O'Brien, Lieut. Pat; Walkey, C.E.J.; Robinson, C.H.; Holland, Edward F.; Rose, Frank; Verrill, A. Hyatt; Jordan, John Alfred; Wilton, Robert; McMahon, Thos. J.; St. Lawrence, Bernard; Czaplicka, M.A.; bechhofer, C.E.
The Wide World, The Magazine for Everybody, December [Dec.] 1918, Vol. 42, No. 248: My Fall Into Germany / Behind the Scenes in Russia
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: My Fall into Germany From An Aeroplane - Part II - Lieut. Pat O'Brien was shot down and captured by the Germans but escaped and spent 72 days travelling 35 days to reach London; My Fight With An Ostrich - a schoolmaster's narrow escape; Hemmed in By Alligators - C.H. Robinson was trying to save his dog when his way was barred by alligators; Sport and War in Central Africa - two brothers go big game hunting in Africa but the end is sad - several photos of animals they killed; The Diamond Searchers - a disappointed diamond-hunter throws a bag of these valuable gems into the Thames!; In Unknown British Guiana - Part IV - A. Hyatt Verrill's explorations of these largely unknown lands and people, with photos; How I Lost My Draft - what happened when a young Lieutenant missed his train; What The Scout Overheard - a trooper in the East African Mounted Rifles sneaks into a German camp and overhears their ambush plans, thus allowing Brits to ambush the Germans, and he was awarded the D.C.M.; My Lion-Hunting Adventures - Alfred Jordan recounts his experiences; Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part IV - British War Correspondent Robert Wilton continues his account of the war on the Eastern Front and throws light on the stirring events (the Russian Revolution) which ended so tragically for the Russian Empire - presented here for the first time, with photos; Reviving An Aboriginal Festival on the Island of Mabuiag; The Land of Perfume - the countryside around Grasse, in the South of France, produces many plants used in the making of perfume - with interesting photos; Through the Caucasus on Horseback - Polish lady author M.A. Czaplicka describes her experiences in the Caucasus, the region and the strange mountain tribes, with photos; An Indian Venice - a picturesque description of the little-known 'backwaters' of Malabar; Photo of a woman in Sudan whose lips have been 'elongated into a hideous beak'; Photo-illustrated ad inside back cover for musclebound Lionel Strongfort asks "Are You Fit to become a Father?"; and more. pp. 6 [ads], [2], 92-176, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
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COLOMBO CARLO
Unione Nazionale delle Giovinette Esploratrici Italiane. Manuale per le Organizzatrici. (Parte prima)
Cm. 21; pp. 42, (2). Brossura editoriale a stampa. Ottimo esemplare. (Scout, Manuale) 1436/P
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Corpo Nazionale dei Giovani Esploratori Italiani. Statuto e Regolamento Generale. Terza edizione
Cm. 15; pp. 36. Brossura editoriale a stampa. Ottimo esemplare. Terza edizione ma stesso anno della prima. (Scout, Regolamento) 1437/P
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COLOMBO CARLO
Corpo Nazionale dei Giovani Esploratori Italiani. I Giovani Esploratori chi sono e come si preparano. Appello agli Italiani del Prof. Carlo Colombo Commissario Generale
Cm. 16; pp. 18; (2). Brossura editoriale a stampa. Ottimo esemplare. (Scout) 1438/P
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WOLF Cub Scout Book
American cub scouts and how to do their activities
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Girl Scout Handbook
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full green cloth boards. Dust jacket is in tatters. 694 pages. 4 7/8"w x 7"h, Previous owner's name inside.
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Kelly, James C.; Frederick S. Voss
Davy Crockett: Gentleman from the Cane: An Exhibition Commemorating Crockett's Life and Legend on the 200th Anniversary of His Birth
Slight edge wear and fading to cover. 8 1/2"w x 11"h. 52 pages. Edition of 2450 copies. Black and white photos and illustrations.
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Lee, Harper
To Kill a Mockingbird
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Age-toned paper. 282 pages.
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Grey, Frank (Editor)
B.P.'s Family in Picture and Story
Clean copy with no annotations or details filled in. Lots of photographs. Some wear to top/base of spine. Small mark on front cover, and mark on back cover.
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REYNOLDS E. E.
Baden-Powell. A biography.
Reliure toile de l'éditeur. 283 pages. Jaquette.
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LOISEAU J.
Jeux d'exploration et d'étude de la nature. Croquis dans le texte.
Broché. 238 pages.
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GRANDJOUAN J. O.
Qui vive. 200 jeux d'observation. 3e édition.
Broché. 247 pages.
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DENIS Roland
Longue piste.
Broché. 178 pages.
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NICHOLS Alfred C. (Junior)
Songs scouts , sings.
Broché. 120 pages.
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CERBELAUD SALAGNAC Georges
Les coureurs de brousse. Illustré en noir.
Broché. 248 pages.
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DACHS
Patrouille fantôme. Roman scout. Illustrations de Georgy Wetter.
Broché. 160 pages.
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