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Sangster, D.; Almon A.; Kelley, Thomas P.; Hirschberg, J.; Shane, Ted; Doucette, E.; Whitman, H.; Parker, D.; Hamilton, R.; McCall, L.
New Liberty Magazine, October 11, 1947: Anna Swan - Giantess of Nova Scotia
58 pages. Features: When Were You Born? - Astrologer Frederick A. Jackson; Anna Swan - the Nova Scotia Giantess; The Delorme Murder Case in Montreal - Famous Canadian Crimes #7; King of the Waxworks - Charles Pearson MacGregor - known in Hollywood as High Fidelity Mac - article with photos of the man with a gold-plated toilet; Burbank of the Double Razzbery - photo-illustrated article on radio star Arthur Godfrey; ; Friend of King Salmon - how Herb Allan of Dennyville, Maine gave the almost extinct North Atlantic Salmon a new lease on life; New Cure for Mental Illness; The Tragedy of the Unwanted Child - how Children's Aid Society finds new parents perfectly suited to offspring of unmarried mother - major photo-illustrated article show the actual step as a youngster is transfered from her mother to new parents with the aid of Mary Speers; Bilingual Singer Gisele La Fleche - article with photo. Woman of the Week - Mrs. Syl Apps; News bits on Count Bassie and Louis Armstrong; Stories: The Standard of Living; The Lure. Condensed Book - Between Us and the Dark (part 2 of 2). Ads: Erven Lucas Bols; Old Dutch Cleanser; WintOGreen Lifesavers; Carling's ad inside back cover features the Muskrat; Super bold colour ad for Wrigley's spearment gum on back cover. Book
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Bruning, Fred; et al
Maclean's - Canada's Weekly Newsmagazine, October 3, 1988: Cover Photo of Ben Johnson, "The King of Seoul"/The Prime of Margaret Atwood
68 pages. Colour cover photo of Canada's triumphant 100m Olympic world-record setting gold medal sprinter Ben Johnson.. prior to being stripped of his medal and record. Features: Ottawa offers compensation to Japanese-Canadians for their wartime humiliation; Ed Broadbent's Long Quest for Power; Marshal Inquiry testimony ends; Behind the boardroom doors of the Edper Group; Feature article on Ben Johnson - King of Seoul - with great colour photos; South Korea - Emerging Giant; Colour-photo one-page ad for Saga fox fur coats; Radon gas dangers; Vintage one-page ad for Zenith laptop computers; Special Report on Margaret Atwood's Triumph - article with colour photos; and more. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy of this memorable issue. Book
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British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Canada (1954) Society
British Empire and Commonwealth Games - Official Souvenir Book and Programme of Events, Vancouver, Canada, July 30 - August 7, 1954
80 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Contents divided into these sections: The Events and the Athletes; Notes on the Events; The Background to the Games; plus ads for prominent British Columbia businesses. This grand event is perhaps most notable for the miracle mile run by Roger Bannister in Vancouver. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this highly-collectible piece of Vancouver history. Book
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Kelk, Wallace; Lewis, Earle A. (Compilers)
British Columbia (B.C.) (Horse) Racing and Breeding Manual 1943
120 pages. A very detailed and informative treatment of this topic. Includes photos of horses Papworth (Imp.), Gallator, Dolan, and Shasta Pebble. Part I provides a register of Thoroughbred Horse-Breeders and Breeding Stock of British Columbia, 1941 - 1942 - 1943. Part II reviews the racing seasons 1941 - 1942 - 1943. Printed upon glossy stock. Grey card covers. Unmarked. Binding intact. Page 36 was removed and cut horizontally into two pieces, both of which are present. Moderate wear. A sound copy of this encyclopedic history of British Columbia horse racing in the early 1940s. Book
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Kelk, Wallace; Lewis, Earle A. (Compilers); Forsythe, F.A.
British Columbia (B.C.) (Horse) Racing and Breeding Manual 1944-1945
128 pages. A very detailed and informative treatment of this topic. Includes photos of horses Papworth (Imp.), Gallator, Dolan, and Shasta Pebble. Part I provides a register of Thoroughbred Horse-Breeders and Breeding Stock of British Columbia, 1944 - 1945. Part II reviews the racing seasons 1944 - 1945. Printed upon glossy stock. Green card covers. Unmarked. Binding intact. Moderate wear. A sound copy of this encyclopedic history of British Columbia horse racing in the mid-1940s. Book
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Kelk, Wallace; Lewis, Earle A. (Compilers); Forsythe, F.A.
British Columbia (B.C.) (Horse) Racing and Breeding Manual 1946
136 pages. A very detailed and informative treatment of this topic. Includes one-page photo of Dr. Lyon H. Appleby, President of the B.C. Racing Breeders' Society, plus excellent one-page aerial photos of Landsdowne and Brighouse tracks, and one-page photos of the Hastings Park track and Victoria's Willows Park - all tracks are jammed with race fans. Includes photos of horses Cum Laude, Dalkeith, Koraway, Mouse Hole, Pacific Pearl, Spangle Cock, Brighton King, Fort Garry, Saffworth, Meadowvale Boy, Mabe Monday, Pasha, Papworth (Imp.), Dolan, and Carm's Victory. Part I provides a register of Thoroughbred Horse-Breeders and Breeding Stock of British Columbia, 1945 - 1946. Part II reviews the racing season 1946. Printed upon glossy stock. Blue card covers. Unmarked. Binding intact. Moderate wear. A sound copy of this encyclopedic history of British Columbia horse racing in the mid-1940s. Book
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Kamp, Louis; Levitt, Saul; Zinberg, Len; Davidson, B.; Jacobs, B.; Geto, D.; Gilpin, D.; Kelly, E.; Rohrbough, E.; Byrne, H.; Anderson, D.; Gordon, P.; Gordon, D.; Mauldin, B.; Flannery, T.; Ellis, R.; Stern, P.; Et al
Salute Magazine, Apr. (April) 1947, Vol. 2, No. 4 - Gagging of the GI Press
50 pages. Photos of gorgeous Myra Keck, of Haverford, PA, inside front cover. Short Stories: Dreamboat and the Mouse; Ex-Champion of the World; He Who Lives by the Gun!; Articles: Why Vet Marriages Fail; Is Baseball a Sweatshop? - article with photo of the Giants, Rip Sewell, Bob Murphy, and Ted Williams; Superman's Toughest Fight - now he's taking on native nazis and the Ku Klux Klan - article with photo of Bud Collyer and Richard Gibson; Labor Learns from Wall Street - the fight for higher wages; Let's Spend Money - The Mayor of Chicago, Edward J. Kelly, offers financial advice to President Truman; Chinese Reds Who Talk Like Damon Runyon - Fans Lt. Lio Yang and Professor Chang Mei; How Long Can a Body Last? - Burlesque girls provide the answer, with great photos of Gypsy Rose Lee,Ann Corio, Margie Hart, Carlotta, and Irene Allarie; Gagging of the GI Press - former soldier-reporters tell the inside story of the hit fight that sprang up between the generals and the GI news staffs over what goes into making up good and truthful Army newspapers; The Censors Who Lived in Villas; Springtime; I Made San Fernando Valley My Home - photo-illustrated article on Navy flier Phil Strick and his family; The Great Man Vouts - Slim Gaillard; 312 Nights with Soldiers - photo-illustrated article on lovely singer of 'Embraceable You' Janis Paige, 'the lush torch of Hollywood canteen fame' ; GI Joe Hits the Saddle - photos of Robert Mitchum in several movies; Salute's Pin-up - sultry one-page photo of Jane Harker; Swedes, Beautiful Swedes - featuring the Royal Dramatic Academy and photos of Ingrid Bergman, Greta Garbo, and Viveca Lindfors; Photo salute of the month features Jim Folsom, Alabama's new Governor; Photos of Richard Webb and Marion L. Starkey; Back page 'Salute of the Year' to Harold Russell; and more. Handsome gent illustrated in Eagle Clothes ad on back cover. Light wear. Unmarked. Light age-toning to contents. A nice vintage copy. Book
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Zinberg, Len; Podolin, Si; Waller, Lanier; Matson, W.R.; Selwyn, A.; Collins, R.; Wilcox, E.; Gilbert, E.; Behrstock, A.; Dorsey, G.; Kiley, C.; Van Dyke, T.; Brennan, R.; Et al
Salute Magazine, May 1947, Vol. 2, No. 5 - I Was a Georgia Nazi
50 pages. Photos of lovely Wanda Ridgeway inside front cover. Short Stories: "For Five Grand"; The Pie Card. Articles: I Was a Georgia Nazi - Lanier Waller tells his story; The Return of Chaplain Smith - Reverend Meredith Patrick Smith adapts to life as a New England village pastor; Hope for the Childless; George Raft's Gangster Friend - Bugsy Siegel; Stone Cold Dead in the Stork Club - article with photos of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mrs. Clark H. Minor, Henry Cushing IV, Georgette Windsor; Lady Iris Mountbatten, Gordon Michler, Lana Turner, Greg Bautzer, Tilak Raj, Marguerite Skoda and Bruce Cabot; Most Veterans are Suckers - 10 million vets have deprived themselves of an insurance deal no commercial outfit can match; Hirohito Beats the Rap - photo-illustrated article on how Hirohito is being rebranded to the Japanese people; Eisenhower for President? - photo-illustrated article; First in War; Are Umpires Human? - article with photos including Frankie Frisch, Lee Ballanfant, and George Magerkurth; Congress Should See Me. Special Features: Speaking of Girls; Life with Ingrid Bergman - photo-illustrated article about Sam Wanamaker; Heavenly Body - Several photos of lovely Rita Hayworth who stars in this film; ; report from Hollywood; College Life - 1947; Inside the Glamour Business - article with great photos of how photographers such as Murray Korman, James Kriegsman and Bruno of Hollywood snap glamourous photos of gorgeous women; Generals are Lousy Historians - their books emphasize the role of the brass, and each general's outfit individually won the war; Photo salute to Bishop Bernard Sheil, the Most Reverend Auxilliary Bishop of Chicago; "It Depends on the Breaks" - photo-illustrated article on Congressional Medal winner Russell Dunham, his wife Mary, and their baby, who have found postwar life to be no snap; and more. Salute's Pin-up is a beautiful one-page photo of Lena Horne. Light wear. Unmarked. Light age-toning to contents. A nice vintage copy. Book
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Rider, Gene; Miller, Sigmund; Coffin, T.; Hughes, Ed; Sweet, F.; Selwyn, A.; Dugan, J.; Gilpin, D.; O'Neill, J.; Goldberg, H.; Et al
Salute Magazine, June 1947, Vol. 2, No. 6 - The Heartbreak of Babe Ruth
50 pages. Photos of lovely Marion Carr of Chicago, inside front cover. Short Stories: No Other Place; Sorry For You, Paul. Artticles: Truman Wants to be President; The Heartbreak of Babe Ruth - great photo-illustrated article of his desire to manage a team; A Good Car for $500? - article with great photo of "The Bug" designed by George Bartell of Detroit; How Nervous Can You Get?; TheTrouble with College - today's students have too many problems and too few dollars - with photos of students living low-budget lives; A Drink with Susan Hayward - article with great photos of the star of movie "Smash-Up"; Hell in Hoboken - Bald Mayor McFeely prohibits photos of his head, while local children must play in squalor; Salute's Pin-up is a one-page photo of Marguerite Champman; Meet Me at the Astor; Sheila Bond Stops the Show - nice photos of her dancing with Danny Daniels in Broadway production "Street Scene"; Stillman's Gym; Movie - The Trouble with Women - with great photos of Iris Adrian; Singing Seamen - Paul Villard; Kill That Picture - studio cameramen assigned to vacationing movie stars can't photograph wrinkles or bulges; Photos of Austin Hogan and Walter G. McMullen; Interesting article inside back cover by Glenn Ford entitled "Actors Should Meet People"; and more. Light wear. Unmarked. Light age-toning to contents. A nice vintage copy. Book
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Heym, Stefan; Carter, Clark S.; Dugan, J.; Pickow, G.; Jacobs, B.; Fields, J.; Brennan, R.; Lockard, E.; Churchill, A.; Rooney, Andy; Mehling, H.; Byrne, H.; Flaherty, P.; Camp, C.; Gardner, E.; Wronker, R.; Seaton, L.; Paxton, J.; Sparrow, G.; Et al
Salute Magazine, October (Oct.) 1947, Vol. 2, No. 10 - Revolt in the Philippines / Magazine Mogul Bernarr Macfadden
50 pages. Great cover photo of Lila Leeds. Features: "Occupation" (fiction); Revolt in the Philippines - author who helped liberate the Philippines returns to learn more about the struggle between President Roxas and rebels - article with many great photos; What the Boys did for Damon - The Damon Runyon Memorial Cancer Fund - article with nice photos; City Girl at a Country Fair - Lorraine Davies at the Mineola Fair; Back on Top; "I'm Tired of My In-Laws" - Harry Harrison lived in a house with ten people as a publicity stunnt; Chicago's Bungling Cops - article on their poor rate of solving crime, with emotional photos; Colonel, We Loved You - true story of an officer whose career should be studied by all West Point grads; Muscles and Magazines - Photo-illustrated story of Bernarr Macfadden, founder of magazine "Physical Culture"; How Women Dress Men; Durable Dobbs - trying to stop passing quarterback Glenn Dobbs of Brooklyn; Canada's Vets Get a Break - article discusses the government benefits they received when they returned home; Sex Grows Up at Cafe Society - Singer Lucienne Boyer; Joltin' Joe DiMaggio is Back on Top; Catfight in Old Vienna - Viennese women put up fight for men with U.S. wives; Archie "Advices" the Lovelorn - Radio's famous bartender, Ed (Archie) Gardner, star of Duffy's Tavern; The King Who had a Diamond Tooth - photo-illustrated article on jazzman Jelly Roll (JellyRoll) Morton; Spam's Brave New World - have ex-GIs kept their word and refused to touch Spam (lunch meat) ever again?; Movie "Crossfire" Defied Hollywood Taboos - article with many photos; Movies of the Month; Country Editor Kicks Up a Fuss - Don Matchan of Valley Center, North Dakota; The South is Fightin' Mad - Forts Sumter and Moultrie go up for sale; Four Way Fight to take Pauline Betz' tennis crown; Two-page photo-section of gorgeous Ohio State University student Toni Bolling who was partially undressed in a Columbus department store window, resulting in jammed traffic for blocks; Lovely beauty contest photos of Virginia Harvester and Pat Geraghty; Fashionable color back cover ad for Hammonton Park clothes; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Small bit of peeling to front cover. Light age-toning to contents. A nice vintage copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Vogue (US) Magazine, November (Nov.) 1998 - Warming Up to Winter!
442 pages. Features: Warming up to winter - bright, white & chic; The 50 most fashionable gifts; How to buy cover-girl teeth; Modern Diamonds; Flashes of Fur; The Sexy Sport Shoe; Shimmering Bags; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Prescott, J.; Raine, N.R.; Mayse, A.; Murphy, R.; Caesar, G.; Martin, P.; Smith, B.; Reston, J & S.; Slocum, B.; Berrigan, D.; Galb, A & B.; Cutolo, Dr. S.; Kearney, P.; Key, T.; Chamberlain, W.; Innes, H.
The Saturday Evening Post, May 3, 1956 - The New Marilyn Monroe
140 pages. Features: The New Marilyn Monroe - article with great color photos (part 1 of 3); When a President Needs a Friend; So We Sent Our Son to College; Baseball's Unlikely Magnate - John Petrakis; They Smuggle Dope by the Ton - Red China moves opium through Thailand; My Life in Bellevue - part 4; I Drive the Turnpikes... and Survive; Trouble at Coley Falls (part 1 of 3); The Wreck of the Mary Deare (part 4 of 8); four short stories. Yale & Towne ad inside front cover features Disneyland scene; Dromedary white cake mix ad features photo in President Monroe's law office; Fantastic two-page color ad for Lawn-Boy mowers; Nice two-page color-photo ad for RCA consumer electronic products; Glorious color-photo ad for Cadillac features a pink caddy!; Nice two-page ad for Planter's Nuts; Acme steel strapping ad features photo of 'idea man' Bob Moore; Charming Lifesavers ad features illustrationn of boy handing bouquet to girl; Detroit Diesel ad features color photo of Oliver tractor at work; Macgregor storts equipment ad features photo of Ted Kluszewski; Very nice one-page color ad for Hires Root Beer; and more. Piece of masking tape mid-coverfold. Above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Linkletter, Art; Baldwin, H.; Longgood, W.; Mallette, M.; Spencer, S.; Bird, J.; Brown, M.; Key, Ted; Lanham, E.; Case, R.; Orrmont, A.; Paul, L.; Chamberlain, W.; Carson, R.
The Saturday Evening Post, November (Nov.) 2, 1957 - Jim Tatum of the Tarheels
116 pages. Features: Kids say the darndest things (part 1 of 3); Ivan goes to sea - what is behind the unparalleled build-up of the Red Navy?; Lawyer for the Defense - James D.C. Murray; Jim Tatum of the Tarheels; The Face of America - Pirates on the Porch (trick or treat); Artificial Arteries Can Save your Life; The Don't Need Progress. Serials: Murder on my Street (par 1 of 7); Trouble at Midas Creek (part 5 of 7). Short Stories: New Man in Her Life; The Sin of Sister Louise; Three Days' Leave; The Crying Cop. Ads: Yale & Towne color-photo ad shows loader with Niagara Falls in background; Otarion Listener ad features Eleanor Roosevelt, Dr. Lee de Forest, Sumner C. Hayward and Car F. Woods; Motorola TV; Sensational 1958 Chevrolet Truck ad features two-page illustrations of yellow trucks; Lucky Strike cigarettes; Winston cigarettes; Great two-page B-58 Buick ad; Nice color two-page ad for the 1958 Dodge trucks; Philco Slender Seventeen TVs; Wow - two-page color Edsel ad!; Color-photo ad for the Boeing 707 features photos of William Flynn of the Boston Globe, authors Walton and Richard Tregaskis, Albert D. Hughes of the Christian Science Monitor and Lucia Lewis of the Chicago Daily News; U.S. Savings Bond ad features Harriet Quimby, first woman in the world to fly the English Channel; Betty Crocker Marble Cake Mix (back cover). Somewhat average wear. Bits of tape remnant upon front cover. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Forrest, W.; Macken, W.; Katkov, N.; McNeil, S.; Smith, B. Jr.; Cope, M.; Alsop, S.; Martin, J.; Fox, S.; Ambros, M.; Davidson, G.
The Saturday Evening Post, February (Feb.) 1, 1958 - Calvin Coolidge's Cuba Visit
88 pages. Short Stories: Perilous Ascent; The Cruel Cage; Honor System; The Girl Who Took Sun Baths. Articles: To Cuba with Calvin Coolidge - great photo-illustrated article; Amazing Half Pint - Pittsburgh's Don Hennon; Behind Khrushchev's Smile; The Changing Midwest (last of 4 articles); Secrets from my Mother's Kitchen; Rough Road Home (3rd of 5 articles); I have 2,500 sons - Lt. Gen. Garrison H. Davidson and his West Point cadets; The Case of the Footloose Doll - beginning a thrilling new Perry Mason mystery (part 1 of 8). Ads: Nice Ramber car ad inside front cover; Campbell's Tomato Soup; Pontiac - color photo with Vertijet in background; Lucky Strike cigarettes; Stauffer Home Reducing Plan; Thorexin; Fisher Body "Sound Barrier"; Speed Queen; Cushman Eagle and Road King; Dinty Moore Beef Stew; Glidden Spred Satin Paint; Camel cigarette color-photo ad on back cover features one-man helicopter piloted by Dick Peck. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Borg, F.; Heuman, W.; Fox, E.; Weber, L.; Hill, E.; Gallup, G.; Noble, J.; Breslin, J.; Evans, R.; Williamson, S.; Strausz-Hupe, R.; Stern, R.; Kelland, C.
The Saturday Evening Post, August (Aug.) 15, 1959 - William Levant Alcorn Rebuilds Abandoned Haciendas
98 pages. Short Stories: Playboy's Choice; Men Should Be Married; Neighbors; The Fugitive Grandmothers. Articles: The Secrets of Long Life (1st of 3 articles) - results of a poll; His Business is in Ruins - William Levant Alcorn restores haciendas; Trainer of Winners - Horse Trainer Jimmy Jones; ; How I Stumbled Into the Movies - Robert Evans; Clams Can Be Wonderful - the secret of real New England chowder; Adventures of the Mind, #33 - World in Revolution. Serials: Set Up for Murder (conclusion); Mark of Treachery (part 6 of 8). Ads: International Trucks (inside front cover); Schlitz Beer; Newport cigarettes; Douglas DC-8; Stauffer Home Reducing Plan; Chesterfield cigarettes - missile engineer photos; Band-Aid; Instant Simoniz car wax; Dictaphone; AMF Pinspotters Inc.; Snider's Hotter Catsup; Dutch Boy House Paint; Lucky Strike ad on back cover features race horse. Above-average wear. Bit of writing on page 46. Some moisture-induced discoloration. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Stoffer, Barbara Ann; Bosley, Mrs. J.R.; Handrich, Dave; Davis, Dick; Cheatham, Larry C.; Et al
Full Cry Magazine, Vol. XXVIII - No. 9, October (Oct.) 1967 - Official Organ of the American Hound Association
103 pages. Published monthly for the coon hound and tree hound enthusiast. Features: Cover photo of soldier in Vietnam relaxing with a copy of this publication after a day on patrol; The Kenton National; Just Racing in the Rain; Second Time Around; A Winter's Recollections; Coon Hunt on Easter Sunday; Great vintage ads; and many, more columns. Pages moderately tanned with age. Average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
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Fotheringham, Allan; et al
Maclean's - Canada's Weekly Newsmagazine, March (Mar.) 2, 1981 - The Day Alberta Turns Off the Oil
60 pages. Features: Volvo ad touts the 18.7 year life-expectancy of their cars; Another Chance for Joe Clark?; Sexy ad for Miami Beach; Profile Article on Rupert Murdoch; Dogsled racing in the Yukon - Paul Sheridan and Dick Eastmure; Yuri Luryi - 35 years on the trail of Raoul Wallenberg; There Could be Economic Civil War if Alberta Stops Sending Oil East; Discovery of 4,000-year-old civilization at the northern tip of Labrador; Celebrity photos of Nelson Skalbania, Stephen Yan (of Wok with Yan), the Frantic Follies, and composer-singer Carol Connors; Pope John Paul II visits the Philippines - article with photos; Indictment of the mullahs' rule in Iran; Rev. Ian Paisley in Ireland; Death threats to Teddy Kennedy aide Richard E. Burke; Canada may have been impacted by US nuclear bomb testing prior to Hiroshima; Government Loan Guarantee to Chrysler Canada; Bert and Irving Gerstein's Peoples Jewelers Ltd. purchases Zale Corp. of the U.S. - article with photo; Tony Tanti of the Oshawa Generals breaks Wayne Gretzky's OMJHL goal scoring record - article with photo; Feature article on actor Donald Sutherland; Gold medal for speed skater Gaetan Boucher; Archeological dig in Calgary's Nose Hill - excavations of the entrepreneurial kind; The Problems of Enforcing Seat Belt Legislation; Dance article on Lawrence Gradus and the Theatre Ballet of Canada; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
Time Magazine - Canadian Edition, November (Nov.) 24, 1967 - Harold Wilson Cover Photo
112 pages. Features: Pitney-Bowes ad features Mike Lawlor; Kodak M18 Movie Camera ad; Map of Canadian Pacific's holdings; Artist Claude Goulet; X-15 Crashes in Mojave Desert, taking the life of Air Force Major Michael J. Adams; Vietnam war coverage; Ferdinand Marcos electoral victory in the Philippines; Fantastic two-page photo ad for Crown Zellerbach Canada Limited features large black and white archival photo of loggers with color inset photo of the lovely Mrs. Tom Radford of (our hometown) Ladysmith, BC; Dressing up the Masai in Tanzania; South Yemen - Yoke of Independence; Photo of Miss World, Madeleine Hartog-Bel who passed out when she was named the winner; Photo of Oregon State's Haggard kicking field goal vs. U.S.C.; Passing of racehorse Dark Star; German Publisher Axel Springer; Stella's Radial Rainbows; Nice color photo of John D. Garnet in Schaefer Pen ad; Passing of Major General Bruno A. Hochmuth, Bernard Kilgore, Joan Lowell, Serafino Romualdi, Clementine Paddleford, Ida Cox, Sir Archibald Nye and Dr. Elmer V. McCollum; Divorce of Ralph Schoenman and J.D. Salinger; San Antonio's fast-rising Hilton Palacio Del Rio Hotel; Jeep Wagoneer ad; Photo of band "The Doors" at the Fillmore; Canadian Club ad inside back cover features Dick Honey tree-chipping in New Zealand. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
Time Magazine, Canadian Edition, August (Aug.) 4, 1980 - Billy Carter Cover Illustration
56 pages. Features: Nice two-page ad for the Audi 5000 Turbo; The Burden of Billy Carter (Brother of President Jimmy Carter) - article with color photos - his Libyan connection; Teddy Kennedy seeks Democratic nomination; U.S. Vice Consul Richard Queen; Michael Polovchak; Death of violinist Helen Hagnes; Coverage of the Moscow Olympics - with color photos; Arab/Israeli conflict at the U.N.; Leonard Fein and other prominent American Jews criticize Israeli Prime Minister Begin; The Shah of Iran - The Emperor Who Died in Exile; Mostafa Mirsalim; Ali Tabatabai; Somoza's foes show moderation in Nicaragua; Terror in Turkey; Strikes in Poland; Moscow expels trio of underground feminists; War of the Roses in the New Hebrides - Jimmy Stevens; Color cowboy fashion photos; The Long Dry Summer - photo-illustrated article on damage to agriculture; Passenger Airlines in heated competition; Merrill Lynch's Marauding Herd - with photo of Donald Regan; Bethlehem Steel caught bribing; Bad news for GM; More Programs for Cable TV; The Paris Bourse is the hottest stock exchange in Europe; Cacophany at Copenhagen U.N. Women's Conference; Passing of Peter Sellers, Salah Eddin al-Bitar, HAns J. Morgenthau and Maria Montoya Martinez; Horrific predictions for the environment in the 21st century; Color celebrity photos of Joe Namath with "Daisy Mae" Rowe, Rose Kennedy, David Bowie,Bjorn Borg and his bride Mariana Simionescu; Article on deceased Peter Sellers, "The Prime Minister of Mirth"; and more. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Perrington, Paul; Lewis, James H.; Masson, Thomas L.; Whiting, May B.; MacDonald, Paul; Young, Alice; Finger, Charles J.; Maddox, William Johnston; Patch, William M.; Higgins, Frances; Anderson, John Davis
The Dearborn Independent - Chronicler of the Neglected Truth, June 5, 1926 - Liberty Bond Mystery
32 pages. Features: Nice two-color Firestone ad inside front cover entitled 'Why Women Buy Tires" features well-dressed mother with child in car behind male driver; The Liberty Bond Mystery Was Never Cleared Up! - telegrams indicate the Secret Service worked with the Federal Reserve to keep an eye on President Harding's investigator; In the Land of the Everlasting - the cause of the everlastingness of the Chinese is consciousness of Eternity; 'Are You an Optimist?' - if you are, you will find an idea for yourself and follow it up; Old Boston's Historic Highway - State Street saw some of the most stirring events of revolutionary days; Mr. (Henry) Ford's Page - discussion of the repudiation of war debts; Editorials - Muscle Shoals, Scott Nearing as Prophet; Polo Makes Good in America - in 20 years the sport has reached preeminence; Newport, our 'Social Capital' - a sumptuous array of palaces by the sea; The Voyage of the Victoria - Part Played by Commerce Kings (part 4); Annapolis - Where Our Admirals Come From; Poland - Country of Possibilities; I Read in the Papers; Chats with Office Callers; Clovernook - Homestead of the Clary Sisters, Alice and Phoebe; Pennsylvania's Land of Goshen - a fertile tract where crop failures are almost unknown; A Dance a Week - Plain Quadrille and Novelty Two Step. Some damage to top of front cover and minor insect damage near bottom staple otherwise average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Karpinski, Louis C.; Miller, Bishop George A.; Diaz, The Rt. Rev. Pascual; Collins, Dr. Joseph; Boyer, Townsend; Asquith, Lady Cynthia; Jenks, Albert Ernest; Stearns, Myron M.; Walpole, Hugh; Calnon, William Lee
The Dearborn Independent (Magazine) - Chronicler of the Neglected Truth, January (Jan.) 15, 1927 - The Negro as the Lucky Child of Destiny
32 pages. Features: Belgium Tries to Get on her Feet - a 94 Million$ loan will cost her 226 Million?; What is the Matter with Mexico?; Facts, Not Words - article by the secretary of the Episcopal Committee of the Roman Catholic Church in Mexico; The Punishment of Sisyphus - is paralleled in that of a young man whose efforts get him nowhere; The Negro as the Lucky Child of Destiny; Any Mother to Any Daughter; Henry Ford's Page - what distinguishes false from true prophets; Editorials - the modern bucketeer (operator of a financial bucket shop), Cobb and Judge Landis and the baseball scandal, more light is needed on the Nicaraguan situation, Senator Capper and voter apathy; How Primitive was Prehistoric Man? - The Hunter; Man's Own Flat Wheels - part 2; The Garrulous Diplomatist; South Sea Island King (Tufele) of the Manua group of Islands - great photo-illustrated article; Training Junior For a Home - how the Children's Home Society give lonely little children a more congenial atmosphere; Chats with Office Callers - origin of Jewish names; Q & A; I Read in the Papers - the Hall-Mills case was 'dud', Barring the Garb of Old Gaul, Michigan's boundaries are divided, smoking suits for women; Briefly Told; Great winter sport photos inside back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Time Magazine (Canadian Edition) September (Sept.) 14, 1970: John Fairchild - The Man Behind The Midi Mania / Passing of Vince Lombardi
84 pages. Features: M.P. Mark Smerchanski; Brooklyn Swamp Sniper; Photo of Philadelphia Black Panthers with hands up against wall, surrounded by police; Jess Unruh; One-page article on American trucking; Mid-east crisis; Buildup on the Suez; Victory for Buddhists in South Vietnam; Cutting the pay of India's Princes; Pitney-Bowes ad feafures photo of resort operator Bob Eirich; Pursuit of the Poppy - article on the fight against drug trafficking; French author Francois Mauriac; Celebrity photos of Grace Slick, Jane Fonda and Cassius Clay; Desegregation - The South's Tense Truce; Nice color centerfold ad for RCA AccuColor TVs; One-page color-photo ad for the Hotel Vancouver features dining room scene; Passing of Vince (Vincent) Lombardi - Proud Father, Proud Son; Animal polluters - manure from factory farms; Lead in the Air - the conversion to lead-free gasoline; Healer Kathryn Kuhlman - veritable one-woman shrine of Lourdes; IBM ad features photo of John T. Drayton, Controller, Atlantic Richfield Canada Ltd.; Feature article - Out on a Limb with the Midi (Midiskirt) - not since Christian Dior's 1947 New Look has a descending hemline raised such a furor; Passing of Abraham Zapruder - who recorded the famous footage of the JFK assassination, General Pierre Koenig, The Rev. Dr. Ralph W. Sockman; Agnes Ernst Meyer; Britain's struggle with stagflation; New Haven trial of Lonnie McLucas - article with photos; Physicist-Astronomer James C. Kemp and J.B. Swedlund discover a white dwarf in the constellation Draco; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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British Columbia Racing Commission
Rules and Regulations of Horse-Racing, B.C. Reg. 74/61
81 pages. Made pursuant to the Racing Commission Act by Order in Council No. 1256, approved May 9, 1961 and amended by nine orders-in-council. Bits of writing to contents and covers. Binding intact. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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British Columbia Racing Commission
Rules and Regulations of Horse-Racing, B.C. Reg. 62/70
74 pages. Index. Made by Order in Council No. 428, Approved February 10, 1970. Duo-tang binding. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
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Shapiro, L.; Hutchison, Bruce; Sclanders, Ian; Katz, S.; Collins, B.; MacDonald, D.; Trueman, Stuart; Johnson, Vera; McNamee, James; et al
Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, August (Aug.) 15, 1953 - Report on Germany / Tycoon K.C. Irving / Alfred Cecil Critchley
64 pages. Features: Wonderful cover art by William Winter illustrates a bustling midway scene at the Canadian National Exhibition (C.N.E.); Colour ad for Deepfreeze fridges inside front cover; Footnote on a Fabulous Canadian, Brig.-Gen. Alfred Cecil Critchley; Great colour ad for the 1953 Pontiac (beige Laurentian Sport Coupe with white roof); Lionel Shapiro Examines the Failure of the 27th Canadian Infantry Brigade Group in Germany - photo-illustrated article (appearing in photos are Leiut. Pat Durocher of Hawkesbury, ON, Sgt. J. Coles of Kingston, ON and Spr. M. Mercredi of Yellowknife; Bruce Hutchison Describes "The Fateful Gamble on the Rhine" - another photo-illustrated article; The Silent Star of Stratford (short story); Windsor, Ontario - The Salty Capital of Southern Canada - photo-illustrated article explains how the town has all but outgrown the juvenile delinquency of its rumrunning days in favor of industrial maturity; Can you Decide to Stay Alive? - The mysterious factor which 'wills' some people to die while other, gravely ill, triumphantly cling to life; Two Ways to Hook a Sucker (short story); Remember When Radio Was King? - great flashback photo-illustrated article; The Wrong Way to Make Millions - rare photo-illustrated article on New Brunswick tycoon K.C. Irving; I'm the Invisible Man; Half-page ad for Winchester shotguns; One-page colour Seagram ad features painting of Quebec by Lorne Bouchard, A.R.C.A.; Nostalgic two-page colour-photo ad for Tex-made bedding; Two-page photo-illustrated Allis-Chalmers ad features eleven action photos of their machines at work in industry; Really nice one-page two-colour ad for GMC trucks features several great photos of vintage trucks; Colour ad for Old Vienna beer shows man trying to bath his shaggy dog; Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) ad includes photo of Mary Cusack of Tracadie Cross, P.E.I.; Colour back cover Coke ad features young man and tennis theme; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Address label was clipped from top corner of front cover. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
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Stewart, Dr. H. L.; Bradbury, Bianca; Bateman, Arnold; Openheim, E. Phillips; Thompson, Gwenda; Perkins, D.W.; Polloy, Paul; Murray, Arch; Munro, Barbara; Reed, E.C.; Et al
National Home Monthly Magazine, April (Apr.) 1946 - Charles Luther Burton, C.B.E. / Goody Rosen
72 pages. Features: Lovely cover illustration of nautical scene by John Phillips; Lovely colour Canada Dry ad; Nostalgic one-page colour-photo Canadian National features roadside view in Jasper, Alberta; Will 'Secret Service' Split the U.N.O.?; Austin F. Cross becomes Ottawa correspondent; Lovely Swift's Premium one-page colour ad features Easter ham; Quink ink colour ad; One-page Canadian Pacific ad features dining car view of east coast lighthouse; London to Rome - photo-illustrated article on the first civilian drive across Europe since the war; The Shortest Week End (fiction); The Next Time You See Paris - photo-illustrated article in the Folies Bergere; Even If Forever (fiction); Operation Muskox - photo-illustrated article on postwar geographical, military and, possibly, political plotting for Canada's north; Goody Rosen - The Kid Who Wouldn't Quit - photo-illustrated article on this Canadian who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers; The Great West Raid (fiction); In the Garden (fiction); Ottawa Roundup; Man of the Month - Charles Luther Burton, C.B.E., President of Robert Simpson Company Limited; Jergens Lotion ad features photo of Virginia Mayo; Arrid ad features photo of Jessica Dragonette; Baby's First Days; Advances in Science; Nice one-page colour Waterman's pen ad features dancing lovelies; Be Nice to Your Nylons; Blue Top Brewing Co. one-page ad features "The Economical Home"; Page of Hollywood fashion patterns; Nice Singer Sewing Macine one-page photo ad; Charming colour ad for Heinz Baby Foods inside back cover shows doctor with stethoscope and infant; One-page TAngee ad features illustration of Mrs. Joseph Cotten; Attractive half page colour Lux and Woodbury ads feature illustrations of Gene Tierney and Marsha Hunt respectively; Colour Ovaltine ad inside back cover with heavy emphasis on nutrition; Nice colour back cover ad for McClary/GSW kitchen applilances features young housewife in blue dress; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
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Stewart, Dr. H.L.; Patton, Willoughby; Trimble, Alberta C.; Roberts, T.G.; Kelley, Norman S.; Fisher, C.L.; Albert H.A.; Pettigrew, Helen; Galton, L.N.; Et al
National Home Monthly Magazine, March (Mar.) 1946 - The Soviet Union Votes
60 pages. Features: Lovely colour one-page Banff Springs Hotel/Canadian Pacific ad; On the Eve of the Peace Conference; Photo of Lt.-Col. Henry "Kit" Carson; Photo of C.W.A.C's Pat Lebbiter of Ottawa, Lillian Cairns of Winnipeg, and Marion O'Connor of Toronto; Colour Maxwell House Coffee ad features "Omar and the Gorgeous Coffee Bird"; One-page colour Seagram's ad features illustration of man using fanciful/futuristic disks which resemble electronic memory devices which came decades later; One-page ad for the Trans-Canada Telephone system; Hay in Her Hair (short story); Marrow to His Bones (short story); The Charm of Nova Scotia - article with nice colour photos; The Soviet Chooses - photo-illustrated article on the world's biggest General Election, with nearly 110,000,000 citizens electing the Supreme Soviet; Sweet Water Moon (short story); Nice one-page photo-illustrated Singer sewing machine ad; Photo of Gale Storm in Jergens Lotion ad; Woodbury soap ad features multiple photos of newlyweds June Graham of Ottawa and Flight Lieutenant Edward Carl Likeness RCAF; Advances in Science; One-page colour ad for Frigidaire fridges; Fantastic one-page colour-photo ad for Heinz condiments; Arrid ad features photo of lovely Ilona Massey; Sexy one-page colour-illustrated ad for NuBack undergarments features young blonde holding kitty; Style and cosmetics articles; Tangee ad features Mrs. Adolphe Menjou; Nice one-page colour ad for Waterman's Taperite pens features city skyline; Nice colourWabasso Cottons ad inside back cover features mother, daughter and cats; Fantastic colour-illustrated Coke ad on back cover features soda shop scene with young man singing into napkin container like it's a microphone; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Longstreth, T.M.; Mowery, Wm. B.; Crofts, F.W.; Packer, P.J.; Carter, D.; Evans, A.R.; Roxborough, H.H.; Eustace C.J.; Sieburth, M.; Et al
National Home Monthly Magazine, April 1945 - The Socreds (Social Credit) Come To Town / Will We Want International Sport?
76 pages. Features: Colour ads for Parker Pens (Fit for a King!), and Canada Dry; What is to be Settled at San Francisco United Nations Meeting?; One-page Trans-Canada Telephone System shows smiling Canadian soldier with crutch using payphone; Editorial on Postmaster's call that mail be more carefully addressed; Great one-page ad for movie National Velvet, starring Mickey Rooney and Elizabeth Taylor; Can Science Bring Back the Dead?; A Jump to Conclusions (short story); Let's Give Away A Million Square Miles! - proposal to give away a huge chunk of the North-West Territories to the U.S. who can then finance its settlement; The Flying Tiger of Tuttle Hollow (short story); Will We Want International Sport? - photo-illustrated article on international sport and its future after WWII (with photo of Canada's Percy Williams winning the 100m at the Amsterdam Olympiad in 1938; The Affair at Saltover Priory (short story); The "So-Creds" (Social Credit) Come to Town - interview with federal party leader Solon Low with photos of him and Alberta Premier Ernest Manning; Love at Second Sight (short story); One-page Kodak ad features photo of Cpl. A. Romeike of Medicine Hat and his sister Lieut. Amy Smith of Vancouver, taken at a Canadian hospital in northwest Europe; Ventures in Victory Gardening; Classy one-page "Buy Victory Bonds" ad sponsored by Northern Electric features the Soldier's Creed and the Civilian's Creed; Photo of Joan Davis in Arrid ad; 1/3-page ad for the Canadian Ice Foundation features photo of bayonet; Preventing colds in children; Interesting centrefold ad by the National War Finance Committee describes the eight types of Canadians; Article entitled "A Letter From Home" about Canadian seamen includes photo of Leading Seaman James M. Baxter, of New Westminster, B.C. distributing mail to his mates; Photo and description of newly discovered German landmine made mostly of glass to avoid detaction; One-page ad by the Department of Veterans Affairs explains that War Veterans Insurance is now available; Jergens Lotion ad features photo of Marguerite Chapman; Nice one-page colour-illustrated Singer sewing machine ad; Colour Charlie McCarthy comic in Chase & Sanborn ad; Cooking article on the skillet; Conservation tips; Fashion illustrations; Charming colour illustration of Shirley Temple in Woodbury Powder ad; World Sayings; One-page ad by the Department of Veterans Affairs inside back cover explains government credits for education or land settlement available to returning veterans; Excellent colour back cover Coke ad features sailor in soda shop with two lovelies; and more. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Lower seven inches of coverfold secured with archival tape. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Stewart, Dr. H.L.; Cunningham, L.A.; Cleaver, H.; Theel, F.A.; Ellerbe, A & P.; Priestley, Mark; Strange, K.; Roxborough, H.H.; Bayne, E.G.; $ethwick, L.; Et al
National Home Monthly Magazine, August (Aug.) 1942 - Air Aces / Sport in Wartime
44 pages. Features: Trans-Canada Telephone System ad inside front cover encourages the use of 'station-to-station' rather than 'person-to-person' calls to preserve wartime bandwidth; News digest includes 'Hitler gambles with all he has', 'Our weeks of bad news', and 'Egypts Crisis'; Soldier from the Wars Returning (short story); Air Aces - photo-illustrated article with photos of Wing Commanders John Kent, Paul Davoud, A.G. Malan, and N.R. Timmerman, plus Flt.-Lieut. H.T. Legge; Lucky He Looked In (short story); Weaving is Back - article on this resurgent art with photos of Miss Germaine Chaput and Miss Renee Beriau; What About Sport in Wartime? - article with photos of Flying Officer Duthie and Jack Dempsey with R.C.A.F. boxers in Toronto; Her Sister Had Everything (short story); Daughter of a Daughter (short story); Hollywood news and photos; Great one page orange and blue ad by the National Cash Register Company (NCR) encourages readers to purchase War Savings Stamps, with military illustration; This Man's World (short story); Odo-Ro-Do ad includes photo of Jane Macdonald; Kitchen Front article on food preserving "to help seal their doom"; Half-page Woodbury Powder ad includes photo of Rita Hayworth; So You Are Going to College - article for young ladies with photos of Marion Henry at McGill, Ruth Moxley of the U. of Manitoba, Lois Baker at the U. of Alberta, Pat Quinn at the U. of Toronto, and Jean McKinley of Queen's University; Quotes from around the world; Great National War Finance Committe ad inside back cover encourages readers to "Be a Thrift Columnist" by avoiding purchase of new clothes by combinding odd coats and trousers; Back cover colour Coke ad features hot soldier; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
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Stewart, Dr. H.L.; Cunningham, L.A.; Perry, G.; Bourne, K.U.; Kennedy, M.; Phayre, I.; Bajkov, A.; Clay, C.; Shawkey, Bob; Bayne, E.; Kelley, Etna; et al
National Home Monthly Magazine, October (Oct.) 1941 - Battle of the Atlantic / Red Cross POW Support
64 pages. Features: One-page Parker Pen ad shows 'active service set' which complies with military regulations; "Canada is Strong" - one page illustration of man harvesting grain, sponsored by Fleischmann's yeast; News digest includes 'Defining War Aims', A Roosevelt - Churchill Message to Europe'; Sombre one-page War Savings Certificates ad by the War Savings Committe features photo of British tots being led into bomb shelter; The Marquis of Medicine Hat, part 1 of 4; The Hitch-Hiking Trojan Horse (short story); The Battle of the Atlantic - great photo-illustrated article; Expert Touch (short story); Aid to Russia Through the Arctic; "Jack is a Prisoner of War" - great photo-illustrated article explains how the International Red Cross supports POWs, with photos of volunteers at Chorley Park, Toronto; Superfluous Murder (short story); What Happens in World Series Baseball, by J. Robert Shawkey; Colgate ad features illustration of the Dionne Quintuplets; Woodbury soap ad features photos of Miss Monique Jobin of Montreal and Eleanor Frothingham; The Oriental Box Office - photo-illustrated movie news; Woodbury Cold Cream ad features photo of Loretta Young; Kaaren Verne - photo and write-up; Rare 1/4-page Longines ad features photo of Walt Disney; The Plastics Era - how they are being used for home products; Beauty article; Wives without Husbands - how one English wife copes with wartime separation; Article on food storage; Nice one-page colour Nabisco shredded wheat ad shows military officer walking with his lady; Colour ad for Canadian Canned Lobster; Fashion illustrations; Photo shows ladies wearing Hudson's Bay 'Point' blanket cloth adapted to fall coats; Quotes from around the world; Nice colour Coke ad inside back cover shows smiling man in suit aboard train; Colour Ritz cracker ad on back cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
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Healy, W.; Stewart, Dr. H.; Scott, W.; Barnard, L.; Mason, L.; Fyfe-Robertson, F.; Diver, M.; Phayre, I.; Brown, J.; Bayne, E.; Catto, R.W.
National Home Monthly Magazine, April (Apr.) 1939 - Canada's King and Queen Come Home / Figure Skaters
76 pages. Features: Nice cover photo of the King and Queen with Princess Elizabeth; Fisher Body one-page ad features a McLaughlin-Buick; Wonderful colour one-page ad for Frigidaire fridges; News digest includes these headings - 'The Wild Geese', 'Politicians and Newspapers', 'Totalitarian Swapping', 'First Families', 'A Modern Napoleon', 'Mr. Bennett's Farewell', 'Dictatorship as a Refuge', 'Canada's Lesson from Europe', 'Dominion Unity', and 'Democracy's Frontier'; *Gorgeous* one-page colour ad for a dark blue 1939 Nash 4-Door Sedan; Canada's King and Queen Come Home - photo-illustrated article on their Canadian visit; The Iron Key (short story); Crime Comes to South Street (short story); All Our To-Morrows (short story); Historical Rhymes of Canada; Mr. Mayland Takes a Single (short story); Not in our Stars (short story); Strictly "Off the Record" - nice photo-illustrated article on Canadian figure skating with photos of Mary Rose Thacker of the Winnipeg Winter Club, Norah McCarthy, Canadiand Ladies' Junior Champion of 1938, and her 1939 Canadian Pair Champion partner Ralph McCreath, of the Toronto Skating Club; Nice one-page ad for the 1939 Pontiac; One-page Kodak ad with photos of six of their cameras, complete with prices and basic specs; The province of Saskatchewan is high-lighted in a one-page ad by the Automotive Industries of Canada; Banff and Alaska are featured in Canadian Pacific travel ad; Movie news with photos of Herbert Stothart, Bob Wright, Chet Forrest, pianist Stokowski, and Deanna Durbin; Fashion Illustrations; Canadian National ad features Jasper; Kellogg's All-Bran ad features "Fair Enough!" comic by C.A. Vought; Are You House Dreaming? - article on house design suggestions; Spring Magic - beauty article; Pond's ad features photos of The Lady Ursula Stewart and The Lady Bourke; Another Pond's ad features photo of Lady Harmsworth; Eating for Efficiency and Health; vintage Magic Baking Powder one-page ad features the New York World's Fair; Fabric Fundamentals; World Quotes; Nice colour Coke ad inside back cover features young man in tie and jacket drinking, with small inset colour photo of Coke cooler; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Healy, W.; Stewart, Dr. H.; Farley, E.; Hartman, W.; Greenwood, W.; Ashton, H.; Christie, Agatha; Pole, M.; Godsell, P.; Et al
National Home Monthly Magazine, February (Feb.) 1939 - Neville Chamberlain, "World Champion of Peace" / "Arctic Madness" on Baffin Island
64 pages. Features: Nice ad for the 1939 Oldsmobile Six inside front cover; News digest includes topics such as "Appeasement and its difficulties", "Why British Opinion in Changing", "Germany's Colonial Ambitions", "The Statecraft of Equivalents", and "Italy's Clash with France"; Met Life one-page photo ad entitled "A Day in the Life of (sales agent) Donald Martin"; Neville Chamberlain, World Champion of Peace - nicely photo-illustrated article (little did he know how wrong he would soon be proven to be); Reckless Lady (short story); With Fire (short story); What the Eye Doesn't See (short story); Arctic Madness - photo-illustrated article tells the Baffin Island tale of the death of a white fur trader - with photos of RCMP Staff Sergeant A.H. Joy, Loodloo, Innoyah, Petoot, Ahteetah, Nookudlah and Ooroorengnak; Babiche Walking - wonderful article on snowshoeing (snow-shoeing); The Garden Next Door (short story); The Mysterious Affair at Styles (part 4 of 5 of this Agatha Christie story); One-page Colgate ad features illustrations of the Dionne Quints; Vintage two-page Magic Baking Powder ad features the New York World's Fair; Kellogg's All-Bran ad features Mutt and Jeff comic; Movie news with photos of Virginia Bruce and Florence George; Photo of Miss Brenda Fraser in Woodbery soap ad; Scott's Emulsion ad features Uncle Dan comic; Fashion illustrations; Half-page Italy tourism ad, sponsored by Italian Line, Limited; Pond's cold cream ad features photo of Marjorie Fairchild; Are You a Man's Girl? - with helpful scorecard(!); It Isn't What You Say - advice for speaking better; Sport Suppers - recipes; Half-page colour ad for Canadian fish; Curve Control - corsets, foundation garments and the female shape; Photos of Barbara Stanwyck in Lux soap ad; Small St. Petersburg (Florida) photo-ad says '12,000 Canadians" choose it; World Quotes; Back cover colour Coke ad shows bottle beside open book and reading glasses, with inset illustration of vintage six-pack case; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Healy, W.; Stewart, Dr. H.; Hansen, N.; L'Ami, C.; Castlen, L.; Gribble, L.; Brown, R.; Atlee, B.; Batley, V.
National Home Monthly Magazine, June 1938 - Sir Herbert Barker / In "Bohemia"
60 pages. Features: Nice colver illustration of Bride on green background; Charming colour-photo ad for Sweet Caporal cigarettes inside front cover shows two well-dressed ladies walking dog; Brief news article on Russia refers to "the wholesale butchering of men who were Stalin's chief associates for years but came to be regarded as him as rivalsor as obstacles to his being a more autocratic ruler than any Czar ever was."; Nice one-page Maxwell House coffee illustrated ad; The Call to National Defence; Testing Canadian Democracy; The Peril of Czechoslovakia; Economic Demobilization; Salvage (part I of short story); Payoff (short story); The Autobiography of Sir Herbert Barker - part I on the manipulative surgeon who was for 20 years sneered at as "Barker the Bone Setter"; The Bogus Artist (short story); Desert Promise (short story); In Beautiful Bohemia - photo-illustrated article on Czechoslovakia written shortly before Germany's recent annexation of Austria;; The 3 Daughters of De Monaye (short story); Royal and Ancient Gossip - Golf article with photos of C. Ross Somerville, Heather Leslie and Harry Cooper, plus marvelous colour photo of Mrs. John A. Rogers of Winnipeg and Mrs. Eric Phillips of Oshawa at the Niakwa Club; Palmolive soap article includes illustration of the Dionne Quints; Movies news and photos of Shirley Temple, Maxine Jennings, Rochelle Hudson, Dorothy Moore, Hugh Herbert and Bob Burns; Your Leading Man - book about marriage/relationships; Nice illustrated ad for Sisman's Scampers (shoes) inside back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
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Williams, B.; Kroll, H.; Seifert, S.; Roe, V.; Atlee, B.; Fitz-Gerald, W.; Mosley, L.; Byrne, F.
National Home Monthly Magazine, May 1938 - Salvage at Scapa Flow / Oil in Our Empire's Defence
76 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of kids roller skating by Russell Sambrook; News bits include - The Basic Need is Goodwill, Life Goes On, The Right of Free (Speech) Utterance, Arguing That Gets Nowhere, The Taks of Re-Confederation, Austria and Tariffs, A Poet's Obituary - Gabriele d'Annunzio; Very nice one-page Canadian Pacific photo-ad for their St. Lawrence Seaway service; Black Gold in Our Empire's Defence - fascinating photo-illustrated article on the world's oil industry; The Shot at Dusk (short story); The Fatted Calf (short story); Love is a Winged Thing (short story); Salvage at Scapa Flow - photo-illlustrated article on German battleships - sunk by their own officers in 1919 - which end their days in British Dry-Dock; Sunrunner's Madness; The 3 Daughters of De Monaye (part III of this short story); Putt-Putting - photo-illustrated article on power boating, with photo of Doug Fonda, U.S. High-point outboard champion; Nice one-page Colgate toothpage ad features the Dionne Quints; Land of Wish-it-Were (verse); Classy one-page photo ad for the 1938 Chevrolet; Nice one-page ad for Maxwell House coffee; Palmolive soap ad features photo of Mrs. Clarence Beairsto of Winnipeg; Parker Vacumatic pen ad features photo of author Kenneth Roberts; Investment news; Movie news with photos of Ann Gillis, Rita Cansino, Dixie Dunbar, Phyllis Brooks, Donald Barry, Tony Martin, John Hall and Gordon Jones; Lux soap ad features photos of Loretta Young and Irene Dunne; Nostalgic half-page ad by the Canadian Association of Ice Industries, Inc. includes photo of man placing block of ice into icebox; (fridge); Exhibit 'A' - Your husband; Article on raising a son; Cooking article; Nice one-page Frigidaire fridge ad includes photo of man holding their new silent 'meter-miser'; World Sayings; Handsome colour ad for the De Luxe Ford V-8 for 1938 shows maroon car in driveway with car jockey speaking to woman of the house; Nostalgic back cover colour ad for the Simmons Slumber King bed spring; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
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Hughes, E.; Stacey, B.; Peters, J.; Batten, H.; Roberts, T.; Jackson, M.; Billett, M.; Ives, M.; Mowery, W.; Brown, J.; Deachman, R.; Kennedy, R.
National Home Monthly Magazine, August (Aug.) 1936 - Lacrosse Comes Back! / The Future of Canadian Trade
56 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of diver; Heinz soup ad inside front cover says "Soups Must Be Coaxed"; One-page Sweet Caporal ad features large photo of "Whisky", a 5-year-old wire-haired Fox Terrier owned by Miss Nancy Shorey of Montreal; News digest includes Mr. Woodsworth and the cause of crime, Grand Forks, B.C. and its bonds, what next in Alberta with Mr. Aberhart and his new Social Credit government, the ambitions of Italy and Japan, Sir Norman Angell criticizes the League of Nations and, how musical and dramatic festivals eased the recent misfortunes of Saskatchewan; Bagataway (Lacrosse) is Back - rare vintage article on the resurgence of lacrosse with photos of the late Billy Fitzgerald, Fred Rowntree, Norman Harshaw, Neil Felker, the late Lawson Whitehead and and old-time mid-Victorian era player in uniform; Square Shooter (short story); The Man in the Empty Chair (short story); Man Proposes (short story); The Future of Canadian Trade - article explores the future of Canada's export trade, with graphs and photos; The Dark Trail (short story); The Pistol (short story); A Roll of Bills (short story); The Smooth Silence (short story); Movie news with many photos including Roland Young, Loretta Young, Franchot Tone, E.E. Clive, Jessie Ralph, Shirley Temple, Henry Armetta, Katharine Hepburn, Kay Francis, Victor Varconi, and many more; Economics in the Flesh - Ira Day and Independence; Scarlet Slippers (short story); Rifle Talk (short story); Summer Accessories Come Clean - beauty article; 1/4-page ad for the 1936 C.N.E.; Palmolive ad includes photo of Mrs. W.K. Davidson of Montreal and her 10-year-old daughter; Lux soap ad includes photo of Merle Oberon; Business News; Recipes for cool dishes; Ad for this magazines includes photo of English actor Paul Cavanaugh; Beauty article; World Sayings; Lovely back cover colour ad for Christie's Biscuits features packages of their many products; and more. Spine rolled. Average wear and soiling. A worthy copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
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United States Figures Skating Association
The First Twenty-Five Years U.S.F.S.A. (United States Figures Skating Association), 1921-1946
95 pages. Index of dozens of reproductions of black and white photos of famous early American figure skaters. "Describes the progress of the Association over its first quarter of a century. The opening section deals with the growth of the organization and its work in spreading and controlling the sport in the United States as told by its Presidents. In the second section the development of figure skaing itself is traced under subjects covering its various phases." - from page 5. Printed upon glossy stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy of this wonderful vintage item. Book
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The U.S. Playing Card Company
Card Tricks for the Amateur Magician / What the Amateur Magician Can Do with a Regular Deck of Cards
28 pages plus 3 pages of ads at back. Above-average wear and soiling. A worthy vintage copy of this charming card trick booklet. Book
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Nelson, Doug (Douglas A.) (Signed)
Hotcakes to High Stakes: The Chuckwagon Story
192 pages. Glossary. Index. Signed by author upon title page. "The story of the chuckwagon's evolution from mobile kitchen/medical centre for the pioneer cowboy, to its current status as a wheeled 'racing machine,' takes us from the Civil War, along the dusty trails of the cattle drive, to the early days of the rodeo circuit, and all the way to the roar of a crowd cheering on their favourite outfit for $50,000 in 1992." - from dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with colour and black and white photography. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A high-quality copy. Book
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Stewart, H.; Patrick, K.; MacLennan, H.; Brown, J.; Callaghan, Morley; Allen, R.T.; Cross, Austin; Fontaine, R.; O'Flaherty, L.
The National Home Monthly Magazine, April (Apr.) 1949 - Profile of Lorne Greene / Radio Industry as Our First Line of Defence
64 pages. Features: Charming cover illustration of cute little car cutting in front of 'Mammoth Transport' by William Winter; Colour-photo Marboleum ad inside front cover features wild 1940s interior design; One-page 1949 Chevrolet ad features a green Styleline De Luxe 2-door sedan; One-page two-colour (yellow and black) Canadian Army recruiting ad shows soldier playing baseball; Photo of Jean Simmons in J. Arthur Rank ad; Is radio doing its job in Canada?; Half-page ad for colourful Monarch-knit socks; Nice one-page colour ad for the 1948 Meteor car; We Have a Thousand Days - Civilian radar expert warns Canadians that it is later than we think, and that our defence thinking is out of date - 'we cannot afford to waste 90 centes out of each defense dollar for tradition'; Alderman at the Back Door (short story); Halifax, Nova Scotia - photo-illustrated article by Hugh MacLennan; A Sensitive Man (short story); Lorne Greene - fast man with a voice - wonderful photo-illustrated article; All that Glitters (short story); Nice colour one-page ad for the 1949 Mercury (blue); Morley Callaghan discusses 'Love at forty'; Lovely one-page colour Pontiac ad features a maroon Fleetleader sport coupe, blue Fleetleader De Luxe 4-Door Sedan, cream Chieftain De Luxe 4-Door Sedan and gold Streamliner De Luxe Sedan Coupe; Quarter-page La-Z-boy ad; Mr. (Morley) Callaghan Comes to Town - photo-illustrated article on 'To Tell the Truth', the first Canadian play to hit the Royal Alexander Theatre in Toronto for 42 years; I'd Hate to be a Wife (humorous article); Nice colour one-page ad for the 1949 Ford Custom car; Nice colour-photo one-page ad for Singer Sewing Centers; Half-page two-colour ad for Canadian General Electric home appliances; Attractive 3/4-page colour ad for a new Yardley perfume called Lotus; Classy one-page colour ad for Snyder's Furniture of Waterloo, Ontario; Fashion article with photos; Classy cheesecake-style two-colour ad for Nemo 'Sensation' Girdles features lady on floor playing with cat; How to keep the kiddies busy; Seagram's one-page colour ad features nice illustration of British Columbia hand-loggers falling a huge fir; Easter recipes; Nice one-page colour ad for Swift's Premium Easter hams; Inside back cover is a nice colour ad for the 1949 (red) Ford Monarch; Carling's ad on back cover explains tree roots and their importance; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A nice copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
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Roller Skating Rink Operators Association of America (RSROA); Bergin, Fred J.
1951 Supplement to "Roller Skate Dancing" - An Official RSROA Book
48 pages. A supplement to and revision for "Roller Skate Dancing", published in 1948 by the RSROA. Includes the following topics: Open and Closed Mohawks; General Judging Rules; Corrections to Skate Dances in "Roller Skate Dancing"; Rule and Regulation Changes as Appear in "Roller Skate Dancing"; Competition Dances for 1951; Roller Skate Dancing Tests of the RSROA; Society Blues; Glide Waltz; The Strut; Cross Tango; Chase Waltz; Highland Schottische; Southland Swing; Imperial Waltz; Ten-Step; Adams Polka; Siesta Tango; Fascination Fox-Trot; Rocker Fox-Trot; Flirtation Waltz; Viennese Waltz; Carroll Tango; Revisions to the Westminster Waltz. Printed on glossy stock. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Jack Starr; John Toland; Gerald Astor; et al
Look - America's Family Magazine, May 4, 1965 - Chicago's Troubled Schools / On the Set with Moreau and Bardot
108 pages. Features: Great color ad for a purple two-door Buick Grand Sport Riviera; Cover photo of Munick; Front cover fold-out photo of Jeanne Moreau and Brigitte Bardot; Segretation Crisis - Chicago's Troubled Schools; Germany Twenty Years After Hitler; The Last 100 Days; Germany Today; A New World of Surgery; The Butler goes to College - California students work their way through college; Tony Conigliaro of the Boston Red Sox High Note; On the Set with Moreau and Bardot; Electric heat features color photo of Gene Carolan and family in Iowa; Edison Electric Inst. ad features photos of Edward Stansfield and family of PA, Giacomo Liggera and wife of Poughkeepsie, Oklahoma executive Kenneth White, Jr. and wife, and Kentucky Salesman Arthur Waits of Lexington, and family; Dove ad features photo of Mrs. Marilyn Konzet of Great Neck, Long Island; Lovely color-photo ad for the (yellow) 1965 Chrysler; Two-page color Del-Monte ad; Nice color-photo FTD ad; Vintage two-page colour-photo ad for Greyhound bus lines; Two-page Budweiser ad says "No additives, please!"; Color-photo ad for a maroon Chevrolet 1965 Chevelle; CBS radio network ad with photos of Walter Cronkite, Douglas Edwards, Lowell Thomas, Phil Rizzuto, Marvin Kalb, Frank Gifford and Harry Reasoner; Classy color ad for a cream-colored 1965 Pontiac Bonneville (in Italy?); Wow! - two-page color-photo ad for the (red) 1965 Ford Mustang GT; All-American cities; Nice color ad for GMC pickup trucks; Back cover color ad for Chesterfield King cigarettes includes photos of Elly Travlou Dubinsky of Missouri, randall A. OSmon of Florida, and Donald C. Barnette, Jr., of Ohio; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Richard Harrity; Ralph G. Martin; John Gunther; Janet H. Alexander; Zwy Aldouby; Ephraim Katz; et al
Look - America's Family Magazine, August (Aug.) 2, 1960 - Albert Lasker / Untold Story of Adolph Eichmann / John Wayne Cover Photo
88 pages. Features: One-page ad for the 1960 Ford Falcon Tudor Wagon; Two-page color Cadillac ad shows green 1960 Coupe de Ville in Mantucket; 1900-1956 - the fun and fury of 15 Presidential campaigns - great photos; Frigidaire fridge ad shows mom and daughter in blue dresses with yellow fridge; Photo-illustrated article on a visit to Nepal; Photos of babies in bikinis; Canadian Club ad with colour photos of Indian tiger hunt; Wonderful world of light -photos; Adolph Eichmann - Nazi Butcher - his crimes, his escape, his 15 years of hiding, his capture; Nice Chesterfield King ad with photo of couple of beach; Color ad for Gravy Train dog food; Nice Budweiser ad shows lady with puppies; Albert Asker - money alone was not enough; The story behind the painting of Toulouse-Lautrec; Plastic surgery gives a young housewife the kind of nose she always wanted; Park your child in Denmark; John Wayne - The Big Man of the Westerns - great photo-illustrated article on him and his family; and more. Opening to bottom of coverfold and bit of loss to bottom corner of front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Hugh B. Cave; George Bradshaw; John P. Heffernan; Jacob Hay; R. E. Foy; Rowan, Carl T.; George Gallup; Evan Hill; George Scullin; Tom Alexander; Ernest O. Hauser; Jack Finney; Clarence B. Kelland
The Saturday Evening Post Magazine, August (Aug) 22, 1959 - Eugene Holman / How Negro Writer's Children Adjust to Prejudice / We Recovered Space Monkeys
80 pages. Features: Cover sailing illustrations shows man turning green while his Marilyn-like lady friend enjoys the ride; Pepsi ad inside front cover shows poolside scene; Kent cigarette ad shows flower gardening couple; Allstate ad features photo of Ray Morton of Castro Valley, California; We Recovered the Space Monkeys - Navy Diver Lt. (j.g.) R. Edward Foy recalls what happened in this photo-illustrated article; The Gang in Black Jackets - short story; We Tell Our Children - noted Negro journalist Carl T. Rowan tells how he answers questions his children ask when they come face to face with race prejudice - photo-illustrated article; The U-19's Last Kill (part 1 of 6); The Secrets of Long Life - article with photos of Henrietta Dull, William Perry, Thomas Murphy, Lulu Williams, Redwing Beck, and Granny Mounger; The Don't-Touch Girl (short story); The Cowboy of Fifth Avenue - Eugene Holman is board chairman of Standard Oil - photo-illustrated article; They Hunt the Mysterious Menhaden - photo-illustrated article on the pursuit of this elusive east coast fish; Mr Lincoln's Mystery Cake (short story); Rebirth of a Cathedral - resurrecting the Coventry Cathedral which was destroyed by Hitler's bombers; Top-Secret Boondoggle (short story); Great two-page color photo of the one-day assembly of a pre-fab science hall at Saint Francis College in Fort Wayne, IN; Portland cement ad features color photo of Will Rogers Jr.; Mark of Treachery (part 7 of 8); Nice two-page color-photo ad for the 1959 Chevrolet Impala Sport Sedan shows fisherman returning with a big haul; Nice back cover color-photo Kodak ad features Ozzie and Harriet, and their boys David and Ricky; and more. Moderate wear. Bits of nibbling to edges of covers. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Fosty, George; Fosty, Darril
Black Ice: The Lost History of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes, 1895-1925
264 pages. Bibliography. Occasional reproductions of archival black and white photos. "The Coloured Hockey League of the Maritimes was formed in 1895 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Comprised of the sons and grandsons of runaway American slaves, the league helped pioneer the sport of ice hockey. Twenty-five years before the Negro Baseball Leagues and twenty-two years before the birth of the NHL, this league emerged as a premier force in Canadian hockey. The first book ever written on this topic." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A high-quality copy of this fascinating work. Book
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W. Upson; S. Grafton; Chamberlain, W.; M. Gillen; H. Salisbury; C.B. Gilleo; Norman Rockwell; P. Wyden; C. Ford; J.K. Galbraith; W. Stephens; A. Maclean; C.B. Kelland
The Saturday Evening Post Magazine, March (Mar.) 5, 1960: Norman Rockwell / Marvin Glass is Troubled King of Toys / Histoplasmosis
104 pages. Features: Cover illustration of busy train station; Two-page Chrysler photo ad - more room inside; Color (blue) Corvair ad; Nice Avis photo ad; After Khrushchev, Who?; Botts and the Picket Line (short story); The Disease that fooled X-Rays - Histoplasmosis; Marriage Mood (short story); When I Busted Out of the Navy - Part 4 of Norman Rockwell's "My Adventures as an Illustrator"; Color-photo-illustrated article on Marvin Glass, "Troubled King of Toys"; Next Window Please (humor); The road to St. Vivien (short story); Men and Capital, by John Kenneth Galbraith; Sip of Death (short story); Color-photo inside Strafford, Vermont's "meeting house"; Night without End (short story); The Man Who Rides Sharks - William R. Royal of Venice, Florida; Color-photo ad for the 1960 Turbine Drive Buick features light blue Invicta four-door sedan; Theh Monitor Affair (part 7); Interesting one-page ad for the new Dodge 'sweptline' trucks; Color Pontiac Catalina (red) ad; Photo ad for Matson cruises; ad for Chevrolet's Sturdi-Build large trucks; Color ad for Sylvania TVs features Jack Paar; and more. Average wear. Bit of writing atop front cover. A quality vintage copy. . Magazine
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Kotov, A.; Yudovich, M.; Stoklitsky, L. (Translator)
The Soviet School of Chess
390 pages. Name index. Game index. Translated from the Russian. Reproductions of black and white photos. "The authors have endeavoured to show the sources of the vigour of Soviet chess and to outline its distinguishing features. The games and endings give an idea of the play of leading exponents of the Soviet school. They make it clear that unity in creative approach by no means excludes a wealth of individual variety." - from Introduction. Somewhat above-average overall wear. Binding intact. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A worthy reference copy. Book
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Guetat, Gerald; Ledru, Eric; Taylor, James (Translator)
Classic Speedboats, 1916-1939
191 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with color and black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Translated from the French. "For classic boat enthusiasts the combination of photographs and often hair-raising accounts of racing record attempts is irresistible." - from dust jacket. Minimal library markings. Somewhat above-average wear to book. Price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A worthy reading copy. Book
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Wenman, P.
One Hundred and Seventy Five (175) Chess Brilliancies
Unpaginated. 19 x 13 x 2cm. Illustrated with 222 diagrams. Contains 95 complete games and 80 game endings (or composed positions). "Many very brilliant games and endings from both ancient and modern records are presented to the reader, and it is hoped they will satisfy the desire of even the most ardent admirer of gambits and enterprising play." - from Preface. Author was Scottish champion. Prior owner's name penned discretely inside front board, otherwise unmarked. Above-average wear to book. Binding intact. Heavy wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A worthy reading copy. Book
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Brownell's Incorporated; Popowski, Bert
Brownell's Incorporated, Catalog (Catalogue) 23 (Twenty-Three)
126 pages. Index. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Presents a broad range of firearms and related products. Includes Bert Popowski's account of the Brownell Quick-Set Latigo Sling. Oblong 9" x 12". Above-average external wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating and information-packed catalog. Book
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Murphy, R.; Gordon, A.; Carrighar, S.; Bess, D.; Maynard, J.; Khokhlov, N.; Longgood, W.; Et al
The Saturday Evening Post, December (Dec.) 4, 1954: Sonic Booms / Boxer Art Aragon / Schrafft's Restaurants
144 pages. Features: Best-Mannered Children in the World - Eskimo children - nice color-photo-illustrated article; The Army's Tower of Babel - the new language-intelligence school at the Presidio in Monterey, California; They Came to See Him Clobbered - Boxer Art Aragon was the boxer fans loved to hate; The Truth About the "Sonic Boom" - photo-illustrated article how it's 'less dangerous than you might think"; I would Not Murder for the Soviets (part 3 of 4) - Ex-Captain Nikolai E. Khokhlov discloses the exact circumstances surrounding the downfall of his boss, Lavrenti Beria, after Stalin's death; The Wilderness Cure for Delinquents - Twin Pines Ranch in California; Cold Can Save Your Life - fascinating medical article describes how ordinary ice water can be used in a process called hypothermia for better patient outcomes; Daintiest Beaneries in Town - great photo-illustrated article on Schrafft's restaurants; He'll Eat Anything That Swims - Food Scientist Edward Harvey manages Oregon's Seafoods Laboratory at Astoria. Fiction: Haunted Hotel; Salesman's Homecoming; Inexperienced Male; The Lady's Bodyguard; Hollywood Calling! (part 2 of 8); The Avenging Texans (conclusion). Ads: Sensational two-page color 1955 Mercury car ad; Nice one-page color ad for Chevrolet Trucks shows tanker in refinery; Fantastic two-page color-photo ad for Rambler cars; Nice two-page color ad for 1955 Ford cars; Dennis the Menace cartoon is featured in a Cream of Wheat ad; Great two-page color-photo ad for 1955 Plymouth cars; Back cover color-photo ad for Old Gold cigarettes features St. Bernard dog. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Center page loose but present. A worthy reference copy of this great issue. Magazine
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