‎Family‎

‎Moon, B.; Fraser, B.; Frayne, T.; Nash, C. Knowlton; Hutton, E.; Porter, M.; Collins, R.; et al‎

‎Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 19 December (Dec.) 1959 - The Mighty Siftons / Terry Sawchuk‎

‎56 pages. Features: Cover illustration by Franklin Arbuckle of Christmas rush on the Toronto subway; Terence Robertson says "Kick South Africa Out of the Commonwealth"; How to Get On Television - a tour of Canada's casting offices, including coverage and photos of Sandra O'Neill who won headlines for 'the longest legs on TV'; The Many, Mighty Siftons - proud and clannish for six generations they've done more to shape Canada than any other family; The Awful Ups and Downs of Terry Sawchuk - for the 'greatest goalie of all' life on and off the ice is one crisis after another; Why Don't We Send Our Surplus Food to the Starving, by Knowlton Nash; Portrait of Ontario's Highway 400 - "it was one of the better ideas of a man named Hitler"; Holiday Weekend in London; When Mother Was a War Worker - a look back at the women who worked in Canada's WWII munitions industries - article with great photo of Dozens of women standing on wings of 40th Lancaster bomber they'd helped build at Victory Aircraft in Maltonk Ontario; Molson's Canadian one-page colour-photo ad shows the clear tall bottles they used before converting to brown stubbies; Great vintage colour-photo ad for Remington Rand shows their room-sized Univac computer and Titan rocket taking off; Half-page Bright's Wines ad for their Mazel Tov product; and more. Back cover missing. Nibbling to bottom corner of front cover and first couple of pages, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book‎

‎Katz, S.; Bodsworth, F.; Neville, C.; Hobson, R.P. Jr.; Berton, P.; Creighton, M.; Thurber, James; Tanzer, Ward H.; et al‎

‎Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 15 May 1951 - Why Wives Are Going Out to Work / Fred White - Toughest Man Afloat‎

‎84 pages. Features: Great cover illustration of Victoria Harbour by Franklin Arbuckle; Parker pen ad inside front cover with photo of Sir Ernest MacMillan; Housing outlook grows darker; Why Wives are Going Out to Work - close-up look at this social and economic revolution - with photos of Mrs. Audrey and Mr. Lorne Hunt and family of Toronto; The White Pagan (fiction by Ward Holm Tanzer); Ontario's Quetico Park; Everybody's Playing the Stock Market Again - the busiest flurry since 1929; Why Uncle Sam has blocked the St. Lawrence Seaway; We Found the Last Wild West (part 3 of this tale by Richmond P. Hobson Jr.); Milk Run to Korea - Pierre Berton flies with the RCAF to Korea on one of its many flights to deliver supplies and bring the wounded home; The Toughest Man Afloat - 57-year-old Fred White, bosun of the Canuk Line freighter Triberg; The Small-town movie house at Hantsport, Nova Scotia; They Say You Taste Like Pork - the last ten years have been easily the worst in the recent history of cannibalism; Nice colour one-page ad for the Hillman Minx (blue convertible); Austin car ad; Nice colour Buick ad features red two-door Riveira Custom; Very nice one-page colour Chevrolet ad features the Bel Air; Half-page two-colour tourism ad for Ontario; Penicillin for Sweet Molly - by James Thurber; 1951 Ford car colour ad; 3/4-page Canadian Pacific ad features their Alaska, Banff and Lake Louise destinations; Dow Brewery Award features James Philpott of Toronto who suffered burns rescuing youngster from Scarborough home; Nice colour Coke ad on back cover with illustration of taxi driver relaxing; and more. Chunk from upper corner of front cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Book‎

‎Israels, Josef II; Callwood, J.; Gardner, Ray; Dilworth, Mary Lou; Bigelow, S. Tupper; Zacks, Robert; Litsey, Sarah; et al‎

‎Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 1 June, 1950 - Oilman Richard Keith Van Sickle / Vigilante Murder of the Donnelly Family Near Lucan, Ontario‎

‎60 pages. Features: Cover illustration by Oscar Cahen of wedding scene; Nice colour-photo ad for International Trucks inside front cover; Austin car ad; Richard Keith Van Sickle - this oilman from Petrolia, Ontario ducked out of Austria in 1939 and the Russians grabbed his oil wells; The Girl with the Gingham Heart (fiction); But the Red Men (Indians) Didn't Vanish! - Canada's policy of cruelty and neglect toward native peoples is on the mend (large photo of Chief Joseph Abel of Yellowknife); An Island to Share (fiction); Country Minister - as the United Church celebrates its 25th anniversary modern young ministers like Elridge Currey of Victoria Square, Ontario, carry on with the great task; The Pacific Great Eastern (PGE) Railway of British Columbia - colour-photo-illustrated article; Mermaids made to measure - Archie Johnston of Toronto makes fake mermaids, mummies, etc. for carnivals; Why Don't Adults Grow Up?; The Vigilante Massacre - on Feb. 4, 1880 about 20 men attached the Donnelly home near Lucan, Ontario; Man's Last Enemy is Himself - political news from Britain with Churchill content; Nice colour (red) Meteor car ad; The Spoof That Swept a Continent - Lewis Gorin, Jr. and friends demanded soldier bonuses - while alive to spend them!; Nice colour White Road ad with Lake Louise motif; Nice colour-photo Canadian National ad shows family having luxury meal in dining car; 1950 Chevrolet truck ad; Back cover O'Keefe's ad features wonderful colour illustration of picnic scene by William Winter; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Book‎

‎Werner, Max; Young, Scott; Anderson, John; Albert, Harold A.; O'Hagan, Howard; Campbell, Gray; Sarbach, L.N.; Cave, Hugh B.; Anderson, J.C.; et al‎

‎Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 1 January (Jan.) 1949 - Gil Purcell of Canadian Pacific / The Campbell Family of Squaw Butte Near Cowley, Alberta‎

‎52 pages. Features: Great New Year House Party cover illustration by Oscar Cahen; Winners of Maclean's Fiction Contest include Ernest Buckler, John Jeffrey Symons, and Fred Sloman; Russia Won't Attack; Gil Purcell is The CP's (Canadian Pacific's) Benign Simon Legree; A Housebuilder Talks Back - John Anderson admits prices are a scandal but blames labour and the customers themselves; Lord of Roanonga (fiction); Peanut Empire - in the Tanganyika badlands British pioneers aim for three million acres of peanuts; Grizzled Gentleman - experiences with grizzly bears; Happy Landing at Squaw Butte - Gray and Eleanor Campbell and their postwar dream ranch near Cowley, Alberta; Curling at Nipawin, Saskatchewan; She Walks the Atlantic - Trans-Canada-Airlines Stewardess Helen Mary Gagnon - photo-illustrated article; Father Was a Gambler (fiction); Food Can Be a Drug; RCAF recruiting ad with emphasis on radio/radar/electronics; Heinz tomato products colour ad inside back cover features illustration by R. York Wilson of tomato pickers at work in the field; and more. Soiling to lower corner - all text legible, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A quality vintage copy. Book‎

‎Newton, Jean; Hanford, Helen; Ball, Rachel; Hecht, George; Coolidge, Emelyn; Lauffer, Olga; et al‎

‎Parents' Magazine - On Rearing Children from Crib to College, September (Sept.) 1940 - Watch Out for Chickenpox / Why Not Nursery School at Home?‎

‎110 pages. Features: Cover photo of boy and girl saluting flag; Nice ad for Pollyanna Health Shoes inside front cover; One Hour at a Time; When Teens and Middle Age Meet; Your Child From One to Six; Better Parenthood Week; A Baby Needs Skincare; Why Not Nursery School at Home?; They Can Skip The Awkward Age; They Take to the Air; If It's Chickenpox; Hobby for the Whole Family; Family Fashions; Feeding the Family; Child Conservation and National Defense; Nice illustrated ad for Poll-Parrot Shoes; Castoria laxative ad features story and photo sequence of mother feeling guilty after "unmercifully" spanking her boy with hair brush; Back cover color ad for Kix cereal contest; Many additonal nostalgic ads; and much more. Small coupon clipped from corset ad on page 85, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Lots of delightful reading and recollecting here! Book‎

‎Ballou, R.; Kellogg, G.; Holton, M.; Sevringhaus, G.; Fisher, H.; Knoop, F.; Green, B. Banks, E.; et al‎

‎Parents' Magazine - On Rearing Children from Crib to College, July 1940 - Looking Back at Sex Education / About Mumps / How Efficient Should a Mother Be?‎

‎84 pages. Features: Great color ad for Frigidaire fridges inside front cover features ladies in period fashion; For Your Child and Mine; Looking Back at Sex Education; How Efficient Should a Mother Be?; Give a Boy Adventure; Ways to Earn Spending Money; If Accidents Happen; About Mumps; Teaching a Young Child to Swim; Teen-age problems; Something new in Family vacations - youth hostels; Family Fashions; Feeding the Family; Cover photo of Mom hugging two daughters; Med Life ad with photo of doctor making housecall for boy with tummy ache; Nice color Campbell's Soup ad shows daughter making soup for dad; Color-photo Certo ad on back cover features Jelly Champion Mrs. F. B. Tillou, Jr. of Oxford, NJ; and much more. Half of page 31 on party article and childhood problems missing. Small clipping from teen-age problems/family fun page 33. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Lots of delightful reading and recollecting here! Book‎

‎Moore, G.; Benedict, A.; Madsen, C.; McMaster, M.; King, E.; Saylor, H.; Green, Betty; Anderson, B.; et al‎

‎Parents' Magazine - On Rearing Children from Crib to College, April (Apr.) 1940 - Being a Father is Fun / What About Social Hygiene?‎

‎134 pages. Features: Nice color ad for Maurice Maeterlinck's film "The Blue Bird" inside front cover; Being a Father is Fun; What About Social Hygiene?; Their First Jobs; What is Good Discipline?; Keep on the Safe Side; If a Baby Eats Too Fast; Children Need Happily Married Parents; Are the Programs They Like Bad for Them?; What to Do About Earache; Family Fashions; Feeding the Family; Nice one-page illustrated ad for film Young Tom Edison, starring Mickey Rooney; School Directory; Charming color Campbell's Soup ad shows young boy and girl with umbrellas coming in from the rain for lunch; Fantastic color-photo one-page ad for Pacific Mills and their "Pacific Thief of Bagdad fabrics" features young ladies in dresses; Vintage Clapp's Baby Foods ad features photo sequence of mothers with baby carriages on city sidewalk; One-page ad for Buster Brown shoes; Red Goose Shoes ad; Back cover color ad for Pillsbury's Best Flower features photos of Mrs. Joseph E. Witson of Cheviot, OH, Mrs. Charles F. Vogel of Milwaukee, Miss Edith Ellingsworth of Cambridge, MD, Mrs. Bert Morris of Seattle, and Mrs. Homer Garrigus of Rockville, IN; Many additional nice old ads; and more. Faint name atop front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Lots of delightful reading and recollecting here! Book‎

‎Fitzgerald, F. Scott; Maugham, W. Somerset; Parrott, Ursula; Albert, Katherine; Chase, Ilka; et al‎

‎Today's Woman Magazine, September (Sept.) 1946 - W. Somerset Maugham / F. Scott Fitzgerald‎

‎170 pages. Features: The Man With Red Hair, by W. Somerset Maugham; Hot and Cold Blood, by F. Scott Fitzgerald; National Women's Golf Champion Betty Hicks Went Back to School at 24; The Truth About Cysts and Fibroid Tumors; The Lies We Live By; Dynamite Doll; Color ad inside front cover for Glover's scalp treatment features Patricia Vaniver; Tangee ad features Mrs. Randolph Scott; Color Kreml Shampoo ad features Hazel McFerrin; $0.25 To Kill - photo-illustrated article on the carnage on America's roads due to bad drivers; Jean Allen - Housewife on Horseback; Lorraine, Lucille and Luba of the Ballerina Florist Shop on Madison Ave.; Tildred Alexander runs the Motel for Cats in the San Fernando Valley; Helen Harkness Quinn is a backstage mother, as is Tina Menard; Elizabeth McCarthy is a signature sleuth; Mrs. Charles R. Otto and Mrs. Marcel Godfrey of Ithica, NYstarted the 'Adopt a Family' plan; Liquid Liptone ad inside back cover features color photo of Betty Caldwell who appeared in the film The Strange Woman; and much more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book‎

‎Caspary, Vera; Rich, Carole A.; Miller, Nolan; Klempner, John; Taylor,k Rosemary; Shipp, Cameron; et al‎

‎Today's Woman - The Magazine for Today's Homemaker, September (Sept.) 1947 - Mary Augusta Rodgers‎

‎148 pages. Features: Charming color-illustrated ad for Alba Nylons inside front cover with gorgeous young lovely standing in tree; DuBarry Success Course ad features Berry Lou Arehart; Out of the Blue - complete novel by Vera Caspary; Is He In the Right Job?; Young Wife in Washington, D.C. - color-photo-illustrated article on author Mary Augusta Rodgers and her family; The Farmington Valley Republican Club; It Happened in Hollywood - How the Censors Cleaned up 'Forever Amber'; Several pages of attractive fashion photos in color and black and white; How Fast Can You Read?; My Life is Different Because... - by Joseph Pasternak; Nice color-photo back cover Maybelline ad features Norma Christopher, Queen of the 1947 Tournament of Roses; and much more. Unmarked with above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book‎

‎Canadian Country Music Association‎

‎Country Music Wee 87 (1987) and the Canadian Country Music Awards, September 7th-13th, Vancouver, B.C.‎

‎48 pages. Includes photo ads by Anne Murray, Carroll Baker, Patricia Conroy, and others, plus congratulatory letters from Brian Mulroney, Bill Vander Zalm, and others. Nominees for Entertainer of the Year included Carroll Baker, The Family Brown, Kelita, K.D. Laing and Ronnie Prophet. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice vintage copy of this nostalgic flashback to Canada's country music scene in 1987. Book‎

‎Bryant, Arthur; et al‎

‎The Illustrated London News (ILN), May 19, 1945: VE-Day Celebrations!‎

‎Pages 521-548. Features: Great cover photo of Churchill celebrating with the masses in Whitehall; Photo of Churchill celebrating with Royal Family at Buckingham Palace; Five photos of celabratory night lights on London; Photos of vast crowds outside Buckingham Palace; Two pages of photos of the King and Queen with celebrating crowds, visiting bombed sites, at Thanksgiving services and among their subjects in South London; Photos of the Royals taking carriage to St. Paul's; Page of photos of the Royal Family and other distinguished personages at the national thanksgiving in St. Paul's Cathedral; Article "Field-Marshal Montgomery as a Soldier'; Three photos of captive German cruisers at Copenhagen and two photos of the first U-Boat, U-249, arriving at Portland; Six photos of unconditional German surrender signing at Rheims; Eight photos of the last act of German surrender ratified in Berlin; Twelve joyous centrefold photos of celebrations in Holland, Denmark, Belgium, and Norway; Twelve amazing post-war photos include Soviet troops planting their flag atop the Brandenburg Gate, Former French men and women political prisoners in striped garb walking home from Berlin, Field-Marshal Montgomery being saluted by cheering Copenhagen crowds, American soldier standing beside partially completed V-2 rocket underground at Nordhausen, German prisoners (opponents of the Nazi regime) in striped garb walking to freedom, Glum crowd of German civilians in Luneburg listening to reading of terms of surrender, and an amazing photo of an American soldier of the Seventh Army walking uphill toward a burning Berchtesgaden, Hitler's Bavarian home; Photo of captured Field-Marshal Von Rundstedt and his son after their capture by the Seventh Army; Photo of the notorious Seyss-Inquart - Reichskommissar of the Netherlands during the German occupation - who was captured in Hamburg by the Royal Welch Fusiliers; Pages of photos documenting the liberation of the Channel Islands - scenes of surrender and rejoicing; Photos of personalities of the week include Princess Elizabeth talking to R.S.M. J. Baker, Charles Sweeny, A.E. Saunders, Sir Basil Brooke, Jemadar Parkash Singh, V.C., Ingleby Oddie, Count Schwerin Von Krosigk, James Doolittle, and Field-Marshal shaking hands with "Johnny" Johnson; Page of photos of prominent captured Nazis and anti-Nazis including Kurt Von Schuschnigg, M. Leon Blum and his wife, Pastor Niemoller, Field-Marshal Kesselring, and five photos of Goering, without his medals, after his personal surrender to the U.S. Seventh Army; Photo of Hamburg radio station, made famous by Lord Haw-Haw, now operated by the British - showing desk and microphone; Amazing photo of gaping hole in 15' of reinforced concrete atop submarine pen caused by 22,000lb bomb; Page of six photos of vast celebrating crowds in Paris; Page of scenes of celebration in Denmark; Page of photos of distinguished prisoners released by the U.S. Seventh Army includes M. Reynaud, Mme. Weygand, General Gamelin, M. Daladier, and General Weygand, General Bor-Komorowski and his chief of staff, General Pelczynski, The Master of Elphinstone and Lord Lascelles, Colonel De La Rocque of the Croix de Feu, M. Jean Borotra, and M. Michel Clemenceau; nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Coverfold taped. A sound vintage copy. Book‎

‎Mitchell, Shirley Cook; Van Ravenswaay, Charles; Ruhl, Margaret Allen; Sherman, Thomas B.; Rathbone, Perry T.; Saal, Hubert; Ruch, Helen Rose; Scannell, Loretta, G.‎

‎Town & Country Magazine, September (Sept.) 1952, Vol. 106, No. 4360 - Special St. Louis Issue‎

‎188 pages. Cover illustration by Lawrence Smith Beall of outdoor ballet at the St. Louis Municipal Opera Theatre. Features: Nice colour Lincoln ad inside front cover features a cream-colored two-door with black roof and red interior; Many pages of gorgeous fashion ads with color and black and white photos; The Story of St. Louis - article with photo of the Joseph Pulitzer IV family, Mrs. Warren Shapleigh and daughters, guests at the home of Joseph L. Werner, and more; Years of the Prophet (The Veiled Prophet Ball) - article with photos of Susie Slayback, Mrs. Oscar H. Vieths, Alice Busch, Mary Virginia Collins, Rosalie McRee and Mary Kennard Wallace; Fair Saint Louisans - fashion photos of Mrs. Henry Rand, Mrs. H. Hanford Smith, Jr., Carol Moon GardnerMrs. Rumsey Ewing, Mr. and Mrs. John Peil, Mrs. Eugene F. Williams, Jr.(the former Evelyn Niedringhaus), Jane Genry Shelton, Sally Shepley, Mrs. J.H. Howe III, Marty Marion of the St. Louis Browns with Mrs. Edward Bakewell Jr., Mrs. Theodore P. Desloge, Mrs. Thomas Pettus with sons Peter and Teddy, Mrs. Russell Lortz, Mrs. John Brodhead, Jr., Mrs. David Calhoun, Mrs. James Hudson Jones (formerly Mary Elizabeth Robertson), Mrs. Jackson Johnson III, and Mrs. Elzey M. Roberts, Jr.; Music in the Missouri Air; Citadel of Art; 23 Westmoreland Place - photos of the residence of Mr. and Mrs. H.B. Mathews, Jr., built by architect G.E. Henderson; Selma Hall (photos); Age of Fable; Fashion photos of the Baronessa De Reutern Aloisi and Contessa Simonetta Visconti, Principessa Lola Giovannelli, and Comtesse Nicolas Cziraky; Paris fashion photos; Photos from the third annual Belmont Ball and a party for Richard Rodgers; St. Louis Fare; September fashion photos; Photos of the Cleveland ball for Beth Wagley, daughter of Mrs. John S. Lucas; several pages of high-end real estate listings, and more. Page 57 nearly loose, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this stunning snapshot of high society in 1952 St. Louis. Book‎

‎Jefferys, Dr. C.W.; Carroll, W.H.; Laidler, George; Woodhouse, T. Roy; Burkholder, Mabel; Woodhouse, T.R.‎

‎Wentworth Bygones: From the Papers and Records of The Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society, No. 1 (One) 1958‎

‎36 pages. Black and white illustration of Lieut-Col. Charles R. McCullough, 1865-1947. Features: Clothes and History; Family Records and Family Histories; The Land Family; The Story of Jean Baptiste Rousseau; Crown Patentees of Barton Township. Unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book‎

‎Simpson, John‎

‎Lumb Hall: The Story of a Rossendale House and Its People‎

‎iii, 113 pages. "In 1982 I produced a short account of the history of Lumb Hall. This present work is a more comprehensive look at the Hall and its estate and at the Rawstorne family and their successors. I have corrected a number of inaccuracies and incorporated a great deal of extra information, especially from documents held at the Lancashire Record Office." - page 1. Printed upon glossy stock. Black and white photos. Map. Family tree. Bibliography. Unmarked with average wear and moderate external soiling. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book‎

‎Grey, Zane; Garrett, Garet‎

‎The Country Gentleman Magazine, - For the American Farmer and His Family, November [Nov.] 17, 1923, Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 46 - Is Uncle Sam Rich Enough To Give Us All a Farm? / Cranberries‎

‎52 pages. Features: Nice one-page illustrated ad for "U.S." Boots; Nicely illustrated Fisher Body ad features scene in modern dairy barn; Is Uncle Sam Rich Enough To Give Us All A Farm?; Cranberry Folks are Sales Experts; Mouse-Guarding Our Orchards; Good Grass and a Cow Climate in Washington State; How to Nurse an Invalid Farm; They Needed a New Poultry House - cozy quarters brought winter eggs; Satan's Bushel (fiction); Fishing the Rogue (fiction); A Dane Tells What He Finds Wrong in Our Farming; Thanksgiving Chicken Pie (recipe); Nice one-page Hupmobile ad; Nice one-page illustrated ad for the Oakland Motor Car Company; One-page illustrated Fordson tractor ad; Nice one-page two-color ad for Three-In-One Oil features shotgun and hunting scenes; Nice one-page ad for Gold Seal footwear; Sensational centerfold ad for "Ball Brand" footwear features their red ball; One-page ad for the Oldsmobile Six; Excellent one-page ad for the Buescher True-Tone Saxophone features photos of seventeen prominent artists of the day; Two-color ad for Firestone footwear inside back cover; Purina Hen Chow ad on back cover; and much more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this marvelous vintage issue. Book‎

‎Audain, James [Guy Payne]‎

‎From Coalmine to Castle - The Story of the Dunsmuirs of Vancouver Island‎

‎213 pages. Eight pages of photographic plates. "A true saga of the New World is the story of the Dunsmuirs of Vancouver Island. No history of British Columbia, no references to older days, no account of the 'good old times' could possibly be complete without a story of the famous family whose members helped found the Province, and whose adventures in life brought them wealth, power, and social position." - page 1. Author was the grandson of James Dunsmuir. Lowther indicates publication of this title was withdrawn in consequence of legal action. Bit of writing stroked out atop front free endpaper otherewise unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Dust jacket not included. A worthy reading copy. WHALE 36, LOWTHER 1948, KENT p.37. Book‎

‎Bryant, Arthur; et al‎

‎The Illustrated London News, Saturday, September [Sept.] 20, 1941 - Titanic Struggle on the Russian Front‎

‎32 pages. Features: Cover photo from deck of battleship "North Carolina" with guns firing; Two pages of photos from the Russian front include an armoured Russian train about to be blown up, a Soviet armoured car ablaze, German troops occupying the city of Dniepropetrovsk, a crippled panzer unit, terrified horses as shells explode nearby, large Soviet motorized gun, and bridge blown up by the Soviets on their retreat from Narva; photo of De Gaulle inspecting Free French troops in Surrey; Photo of Averill Harriman with Lord Beaverbrook, Mr. Eden and M. Maisky; Photo of rail crash wreckage in Cheshire where nine died; Photos of the Shah of Iran and the former Crown Prince of Iran, Shahpoor Mohammed Riza; Two pages of photos showing Russia's women at war - determined to take over men's jobs and hold key positions in U.S.S. R. workshops; Detailed illustrations explain the Acoustic Mine - a new terror of the under-sea war; Photo of HItler and Mussolini strolling through a devastated Russian village; Six photos of Russia's industrial might; Photos of Lieut.-Comdr. G.A. Thring and Squad.-Leader J.H. Thompson; Photo of Captain Margesson presenting award to Sandhurst cadet N.B. Erskine; Illustrated article explains the life of a sailor with a corvette on convoy escort duty; Centredold illustration of convoy at sea; Seven intimate photos of the Royal family at home; Wow! photos of thousands of tanks inspected by the King - the greatest concentration of armoured land forces that has ever been witnessed in Great Britain; Photos of the new Handley Page "Halifax" bomber; Photos of the latest cannon-firing "Spitfire"; Photos of scorched earth to infrastructure and coal in Spitzbergen before the residents are removed to Britain - including photo of Canadian officers Brigadier Potts of Saskatoon and Major Geoffrey Walsh of Oakville; Photos illustrated "Luftwaffe Life-Boats" - pneumatic craft carried as small packs; Two pages with nine *fascinating* photos of the primitive people of Tierra Del Fuego; and more. Staples removed. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy of this extraordinary WWII issue. Book‎

‎Vincit, Aura: Editor‎

‎Air Cooled News, Number 74, November [Nov.], 1978 , Vol. XXV, No. 2 - Emil Gislason Photos from Seattle‎

‎32 pages. Features: Farewell to Bill Harrah, 1911-1978; Silver Anniversary Trek; Fashion Fantasia; Annual Meeting; List of 78 Franklins which participated in the 1978 trek; John Burns Column (maintenance and restoration); The Meandering of a 1908 Franklin, by Emery Sanderson; Photos from the family album of Emil Gislason of Seattle; Five pages of photos and information on the 100 Miles on Low Gear cooling demonstration September 24, 1914. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book‎

‎Gosden, Walt; Odell, Athol; et al‎

‎Air Cooled News, Number 93, March [Mar.] 1985, Vol. XXXI, No. 3 - Custom Body Builder Locke & Co. / The Sun Car‎

‎32 pages. Features: Anecdotes about Early Franklin Autos; Franklins on Tour; Franklin with a Sole - photos and brief write-up about a Series 9 with shoe-shaped body built by Brunn & Company of Buffalo, NY; Reproductions of Franklin Sales Award documents; Custom Body Builder Locke & Co. - article and reproduction of ad; Photos of a barn find sold at auction; Mini Meet at Bennington; Who Said You Can't Find Them Anymore? - Milt Asher describes how he finally found what turned out to be a parts car - with photos; The Sun and Its Times - mini-sized air-cooled car made by a Toledo Company - article plus fabulous centerfold reproduction of ad; The Chedsey Family and their Franklins; The Pride of Johnsonville - the Franklin Type D touring car of J.I. Sewall; Restoration of a 1923 Demi-Sedan, by George A. Sloan; John Burns column on maintenance and restoration - Vehicle Fire Safety; Window Glass Bottom Channels; Reproduction of 1928 ad for the Ackerman Motor Car Co. featuring Franklin cars. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent issue. Book‎

‎Aristotle‎

‎The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher - Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy‎

‎This undated edition was published by L. Rene in London, probably in the late 1890s. "Complete Edition, with engravings." - title page. Colour plates. A fascinating nostalgic presentation of the birds and the bees, and the development of the child from conception to birth, and beyond. "Erection is chiefly caused by scuraum, eringoes, cresses, crysmon, parsnips, artichokes, turnips, asparagus, candied ginger, acorns bruised to powder and drank in muscadel, scallion, sea sheel fish, etc... The act of coition being over, let the woman repose herself on her right side, with her head lying low..." - p.10. Hinges open. Some plates loose but present. Above-average but not excessive wear. Tiny binder's tag inside back board, otherwise unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book‎

‎Swabey, William‎

‎History in a Name - Essays in Familly and History [Swabey/Swaby Family Genealogy]‎

‎iii, 92, [16] one-sided photocopied pages. Several fold-out illustrations. Fascinating front cover is illustrated with dozens of variant spellings of the Swabey name. Place of publication not stated but, as the paper is size A4, it seems reasonable to assume this book originated in the U.K. Rather than focussing upon names and birthdates, the author keys on a series of historical sketches. "I have tried to concentrate on individuals who for one reason or another have been interesting." - page i. Chapter titles include: The Spelling of a Surname; The Roots of a Name - A European People On the Edges of an Empire; A Name in Early English Settlement and Medieval England; The Sixteenth Century - A Stranger in a Tudor Village?; The Seventeenth Century - A Voyage to the East Indies; Industry and Oportunity - Samuel Swabey; 18th Century London and the Industrial Revolution; The Nineteenth Century - Foreign Wars and Colonial Administration in a Developing World; Victorian Missionaries in a Changing World. Appendices deal with: The Church of St. Mary, Lambeth; The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Langley Marish; The Crests and Coats of Arms. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this informative genealogical reference. Book‎

‎Centennial Committee‎

‎West Flamboro Township Centennial 1850-1950, Saturday and Sunday July 8th & 9th, 1950 [Ontario Local History]‎

‎217 pages. A very informative local history printed upon glossy stock and illustrated with many black and white reproductions of excellent archival photos. Publisher uncertain. Heavy external wear. Binding intact. Unfortunately this copy has experienced moisture exposure from page 174 to the end resulting in about 40 pages which were partially stuck together, causing varying lost portions of text and photos on these pages when they were separated. Definitely not a pretty copy but the majority of text and photos of this important genealogical reference and local history remain intact. BISHOP p.1177. [shelf 648]. Book‎

‎Salterio, Paul W. [Signed]‎

‎One Name, One Family: An Italian-American's Search for Continuity‎

‎Signed (Paul) and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. 147 pages. 8vo. Bibliography. Black and white reproductions of archival photos and documents. "Will satisfy the curiosity of any reader who has wondered about his own family name, the accomplishments of his ancestors, and the difficulties and rewards of a journey through the past. Confirms the importance of ancestral values and heightens our awareness of human dignity and strength." - dust jacket. "The tale of a family lovingly told by its son who finds his roots in Como, Italy." - M.F. Sullivan. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this genealogical gem. Book‎

‎O'Hern, John; Osborn, Sarah‎

‎Western Art Collector Magazine, August [Aug.) 2014 - Tammy Garcia‎

‎136 pages. Features: Tammy Garcia - Mastering the Clay; How Fred Harvey Shaped America's View of the West; Maria Martinez and Her Family; Wildlife Stories - Luke Frazier; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book‎

‎Balzer, Reinhard; Masberg, Peter‎

‎Amethyst Uruguay: Two Centuries of Amethyst Mining‎

‎304 pages. Bibliography. Generously illustrated with colour and black and white photos. Text in English and German. Approx. 9" x 9". "Concentrates on the gemstones found in the Catalan country to the northwest of Uruguay and on the people who emigrated from the gemstone centers around Idar Oberstein at the beginning of the 19th century. Relates their stories, based on their correspondence with their families back home. Focuses on the Becker family and stone prospector Wilhelm Dreher. Makes an interesting detour into Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Describes the location and mode of operation of five mines in the Artigas region. Somewhat above-average external wear. Moderate lean to spine. No dust jacket, apparently as issued. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this informative and well-illustrated history.. Book‎