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Nutshell News Magazine, July 1993 - Your Dream Rooms
Features: Adventures of a salvage-shopping specialist; Bunny Iris; Feats of Clay; Otis Hendricks; Royal Portraits - Catherine the Great; Seashore Dining - Maine's incredible edibles; Toying with Sand; End Table House; A Drum Table and Two Side Chairs; English Garden, Part II; Dream Rooms 1 - a room for all crafts; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Nutshell News Magazine, June 1988 - The Royal Wedding
Features: Roberts and Roberts (part 2 of 2) - Tom Roberts is the younger half of this famous architectural team; Pamela Sampson modeled her Woodmouse Family after real people; Victoria Zasoski's Stylish Touch; Perfect English Architecture - Bryan Pool's dollhouse has central heat!; "Doc" Daugherty; Welcom to 1710 by Ed Chapman; A June Bride; Joann's Saloon; Kitchen Cut-Ups - a selection of handy choppers and cutters for the bride's new kitchen; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Nutshell News Magazine, June 1993 - Summer Fun Projects
Features: Like candles on the cake; Renee Wilson; Patricia Paul; Darryl Audette's Vignettes; Marie Antoinette - Royal Portrait; Architect Peter Westcott; An English Garden - Part I; Wood Folk Art Figures; The 1930s Bride; Gothic Romance; Summer Oasis - A Screen House; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Nutshell News Magazine, May 1988 - England's Elizabethan Expert
Features: Ivan Turner details the development of English furniture, 1200-1600; Dream House for a Fairy Princess by Colleen Moore; Esther Robertson, her son Bill and his Twin Manor; The Ancient Art of Enameling by Ligia Durstenfeld; Treasured Junk by Leonard Kuras; Florence White invites you to visit Kenmore, as interpreted by Jim Freytag; Roberts and Roberts - famous father-and-son Architectural Firm - Guy Roberts; Ivan Turner's concentration on Tudor and Medieval periods; Faux Hooked Rugs; Chippendale hanging shelf; Country Honey - "bee gum" (bee hive); and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Nutshell News Magazine, May 1993 - Houses, Houses, Houses!
Features: Eastern Exposure - a medley of Manhattan Museums; Nell Corkin; Adventures in Micro Miniature; Beverly Darling's Collection; A Home for the Heinzelmannchens; Small Accomplishments; Show Scene; The Westly; A Pier Table and Mirror; An English Cottage, Part 2; Tiny Townhouse in 1/144th scale; The Garden Workshop; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Nutshell News Magazine, May 1996
Features: Small accomplishments - great houses on smaller scales; The Show Scene - miniature Mayfest, Dallas; An Attic Vignette - remembering Mother; Whither Thou Goest - a daughter-in-law follows Anne into miniatures; Maynard Manor Revisited III - our tour continues to the library and the Eastlake Room; Bits of Britain - and more - Carolyn Gough replicates English and American buildings in incredible 2mm scale; Comfort in Contemporary - Elaine Kronon is clearly the queen of acrylic furniture; Romancing the Stone House - Kitbashing and furnishing a 1/144 scale house was a real adventure; Comfortable living in 1/2" scale - three rooms full of today's tiny and terrific furmishings; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Nutshell News Magazine, November 1991- Wee Wyckham
Features: Discovering clues to old desks in a new book; Our resident expert explains what makes it Collectable; Wee Wyckham - a Victorian English Village in Southern California; Sylvia Lyons; Meet Jim Ison; Bette Davis; Maine Idyll - Remember tourist courts?; The Kara Beara Shop; Claycrafting - an irresistable rag doll; Cuddle a trio of calico cats in a country basket; Big plans for small plants - landscaping in 1/4" scale; A Wee Wicker Wardrobe Chair; Figure Sculpting V - Details/Clothes; Down Cellar II - finishing our 1929 laundry; Along the Mall XI - The Pet Shop; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Magazine
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Nutshell News Magazine, September 1988 - The Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House
Features: Collectables - Chateau Populaire Mechanique - many a mini mansion had a humble vision; Pam Throop - In Search of the Perfect Pub; The Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House in Miniature; Posset Pots & Posy Plates - Carol Lodder revives the art of old English pottery in miniature; Jackie Wesolosk8i's Environmental Enterprise; Yesteryears Museum on Cape Cod; Tools are his Toys - Bruce Phillips; Melinda Patterson's Miniatures; Master File - Developing Ideas for Miniatures - 2nd in a series; The Nancy Howard Crib Ensemble; Buttonhook and Shoehorn; Easy Rugs; Joann's Schoolroom; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Nutshell News Magazine, September 1992 - Small Wonders II
Features: Nutworking - sharing our experiences; The passing of Dee Snyder; A miniature weaving studio; John Constable preserves the history of the English Cottage; Small Wonders II - Kips Bay Club's full scale decorators repeat a big success on a small scale; Shannon Moore; The Dollhouse Museum of the Southwest; Finishing the Interior of the Airplane Cafe; The Bride of 1900; Microcrafting - Three Chinese Accents; A Kitbashed Trunk and a way to build bricks without straw; A Glow in the dark Mobile; Tin Cookie Cutters; Along the Mall XVIII - Kiddy Care; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Scientific American, February 1983 - Synthetic Vaccines
156 pages. Features: The future of American agriculture; the lattice theory of quark confinement; synthetic vaccines; the optical computer; hidden visual processes; the active solar corona; dart-poison frogs; fan vaulting in 14th-century English architecture; and more. Small initials atop front cover. Many nostalgic color photo ads. Moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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The (London) Times Weekly (Newspaper) Edition: Bound Original Issues from 18 October, 1918 Through 25 July 1919 (No. 42. Vol. XLII Through No. 30 Vol. XLIII)
Approximately 1,000 pages. Very large volume measures over 18" high by over 12" wide and approximately 1.5" thick. Extensive coverage of the final weeks of World War I, its conclusion, and aftermath, plus other news of the day and contemporary advertisements. Each page very densely packed with small type-faced print and occasional maps. Contents appear to be bound original issues rather than reprints. Includes an 8 page illustrated section devoted to "London's Great Peace Celebration Procession" in July, 1919. Small vintage bookseller's sticker inside front board at bottom. Binding sound. Moderate external wear and soiling. Partially rubbed gilt lettering upon front board and backstrip. Contents yellowing at edges. Please note: the April 11, 1919 issue, and possibly others, are not included. A sound copy of this most enthralling, comprehensive and unique reference. Book
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The Antique Collector Magazine, April 1969 / May 1969
Features: Antiques and Television; Oak House, West Bromwich, Staffs - a Tudor Yeoman's House which has survived an Industrial Tide; Decorative Early Maps; The Hannah Gubbay Collection; "Chayres with Iron Worke" - an account of some late 17th century 'Sleeping' Chairs; The 7th Scottish Antiques Fair; The "AW" Master Salt - a unique example of 17th century English Delftware; The Macabre in Art - as illustrated by Pictures of "The Temptation of St. Anthony"; The Blazing Myth and Kindred Matters for "Silhouette" collectors; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Magazine
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The Antique Collector Magazine, April 1971 / May 1971
Features: Claydon House - a Buckinghamshire property of the National Trust; The Importance of Patina on Old English Furniture; A Whig Artist in Ivory - David Le Marchand, 1674-1726; Turret Clocks; The heads of Illustrious persons of Great Britain - engravings by Jacobus Houbraken ; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Book
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The Antique Collector Magazine, April 1972 / May 1972
Features: The interest in antiquities; The Jockey Club, Newmarket, Suffolk; A London Chinaman - Messrs Goodes; Late 17th Century Clocks in an English Collection; Some Payments by an 18th Century Collector; The English Champagne and Ale Flute Glasses, 1685-1832; The Treasures of Tutenkhaamun; The Handley-Read Collection - Victorian Art, Style and Syntax; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Magazine
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The Antique Collector Magazine, August 1971 / September 1971
Features: The Book Reprint Revolution; Boodle's, St. James' Street, W.1; Likes and Dislikes; Feather and Shell Decoration on Fine English Porcelains; The French Tastes of Mrs. Dodge; Sotheby's at Gleneagles; Treasures of 18th centuryFurstenburg Porcelain; English Drinking Glasses of the Air-twist Period; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Book
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The Antique Collector Magazine, December 1968 / January 1969
Features: The Royal Academy celebrates 200 years; Cannon Hall, Cawthorne, near Barnsley, Yorks - the home of the Spencer and Stanhope families and now a country museum; Japanese Art in England - some early collectors who admired the swordguards of Jo-i; The Swiss Art and Antiques Fair; London City Company Arms on English Delftware, Part IV; The development of the 17th century X-Chair; A Monumental Clock of Charles V.; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Magazine
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The Antique Collector Magazine, February 1969 / March 1969
Features: The True Father of English Clockmaking; Sulgrave Manor - The Northamptonshire Home of the Washingtons; 18th Century Soap-Boxes; Genius, Conformity and Eccentricity - The Bicentenary Exhibition at the Royal Academy; The Fromanteels - an Exhibition Illustrating the first Twelve Years of the Pendulum Clock; 16th and 17th century Swiss Stained Glass Painting; Opaque Twist Soda Glasses - are they of English or continental provenance?; English 18th century Furniture at Kenwood; Thoughts about Hallmarks on Silver; Interpreting Classic Landscapes by Old Masters; Paintings by Paul Huet (Exhibition at the Heim Gallery); New V. and A. Gallery for Musical Instruments; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Magazine
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The Antique Collector Magazine, February 1970 / March 1970
Features: Taxing historic houses; A Nation that Saved its Art - Polish Art Treasures at the Royal Academy covering 1,000 years; Packwood House - a National Trust Mansion in the Forest of Arden; Roman Domestic Glass; Pick of the Furniture Market; A Galaxy of Teapots - The Shand Kydd Collection, Part II; Prints made from Silhouettes; Hieratic Art of the Elizabethans - Exhibition at the Tate Gallery; The Case for Dr. Wall - has a pioneer of English Porcelain been unjustly discredited; and more. Minimal markings. Average wear. Pages in the back half are loose but present. Magazine
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The Antique Collector Magazine, February 1971 / March 1971
Features: The United Service Club, Pall Mall; Five Water-Colourists - H.B. Brabazon, George Cattermole, H.B. Carter; E.W. Cooke, W.J. Muller; A Cool look at Hertford House; Some Uncommon Examples of Old English Pewter; "Stevengraphs" - the other side of the picture; Jewellery made in steel and iron; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Magazine
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The Antique Collector Magazine, June 1969 / July 1969
Features: The Genius of Leonardo da Vinci - drawings at The Queen's Gallery; Glynde Place - The Sussex Home of Mrs. Humphrey Brand; A Remarkable Group of English Cabinets - Mid-18th Century Pieces with distinctive Writing Fitments and Fretwork; Georgian Women Silversmiths; Illustrated supplement to the Antique Dealers' Fair, Grosvenor House, 1968; Treasures of Flanders in the 15th century - Part II; With Quill, Ink and Sand box - some refinements found in early writing-desks; London City Company Arms on English Delftware - Part V; The "Crosby and Oliver 1771" Punch-bowl; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Book
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The Antique Collector Magazine, June 1970 / July 1970
Features: The Fair - a Creative Idea; Gainsborough at the Queen's Gallery; The Grand Trianon Re-created - Louis VIV's Pavilion becomes the residence of the French President; Reflections from many angles - how fitments developed in English dressing tables; Illustrated supplement to the Antique Dealers' Fair, Grosvenor House; "Painted with Chinese River Scenes" - a meditation on English Underglaze Blue-and-White; Bristol Celebrates its Porcelain Bicentenary; Stronger policy at the R.A.; Parenthesis on Phelps; On Air Twist Soda Glasses - where they of English or continental origin?; and more. Minimal markings. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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The Antique Collector Magazine, June 1971 / July 1971
Features: Salisbury Hall - The Hertfordshire Home of Mr. & Mrs. W.J. Goldsmith; John Edwards - Georgian Silversmith; Frank Partridge's Exhibition; Treasures of Wilton House, Salisbury, Wiltshire; The Ceramic Art of China; An English neo-classic Commode and some interesting comparisons; Henry Holland Exhibition; Portrait and Landscape- Dutch Pictures at the Queen's Gallery; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Book
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The Antique Collector Magazine, June 1972 / July 1972
Features: Value-Added Tax - Zero-Rating or Exemption; Recent Acquisitions at the Victoria and Albert Museum; Newliston, Kirkliston, West Lothian, Scotland - The Home of the Hog Family for 250 Years; Grosvenor House Fair Supplement; William James Muller 1812-1845; The Willow Pattern; The Craftsmanship of English Walnut Furniture; Celebrated Profiles - silhouette portraits at the National Portrait Gallery; Daniel gardner - An Exhibition at Kenwood; European Taste - Frank Partridge's Exhibition of English and French Furniture; English Silver Salt Cellars; Worcester Spoon Trays in the Marshall Collection; and more. Some markings. Average wear. Magazine
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The Antique Collector Magazine, October 1969 / November 1969
Features: The Role of the Expert; Charlecote Park - The Warwickshire Seat of the Lucy Family; Watches with Unusual Dials; Treasures of Islamic Pottery - A Victoria and Albert Museum Exhibition; Robert Adam - Perfectionist - a Furniture Pilgrimmage to Osterley; The English Silver Butter Knife - fresh light on its introduction and origin; The Brothers Jorden - an Important Find of a Royal Profile Miniature Group; Royal Gift of William III; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Magazine
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The Antique Dealer and Collector's Guide, July 1970
Features: Tribute to Henri Matisse; Restoration; Antique Cameos and Intaglios; Gold and Silver Pique; Urbino Delft; Tables with Many Purposes; Pin Boxes and other Fairings; English Sealed Wine Bottles; New Light on Worcester Wares; The Antique World of the Mayflower; The Splendours of Brighton Pavillion; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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The Antique Dealer and Collector's Guide, June 1966
Features: Treasures of George IV; Solving some Problems in Chinese Enamels; Pottery Garnished with Silver; Teapoys and Urn Stands; English 18th Century Glass; English Porcelain Sauce Boats; Silver Oar of Admiralty; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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The Antique Dealer and Collector's Guide, March 1969
Features: The Fascination of English Porcelain Figures; Furniture for a Faith - Shaker Furniture; Thoresby Hall; The Story of English Drinking Glasses, Part II - Plain Stems and Newcastle Glasses, 1730-1750; Animals in Porcelain; Some Thoughts on Oriental Art; Charm and Variety in Victorian Silhouettes; The Powerful Lure of Self-Portraits; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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The Antique Dealer and Collector's Guide, November 1967
Features: Solving Puzzles in Staffordshire Naval Figures; Memorial Jewellery Fashions; Dressing Table Accessories; Dutch Painters who Delight; Russian Lacquer Boxes; Early English Silver Spoons; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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The Canadian Magazine of Politics, Science, Art and Literature, October 1903
76 pages. Features: Full-page photo of the national congress of Chambers of Commerce in Montreal, August 1903 - with article by Ernest H. Cooper; The Threshing of the Grain - article by W.H. Belford with wonderful photos; Canadian Celebrity - Hon. Clifford Sifton; Two Lost British Columbia Towns - Douglas and Seymour; Roman, Greek, English and American Conceptions of Liberty; The British Embassy at Washington - article with photo; The War of 1812 - tenth instalment; The Pensionnaires, by Albert R. Carman - continued; Beneath the Dog's Fang - a Story of the Jacobites; Kingdom's "Break-in-Two", by J.W. Fuller; Current Events Abroad, by John A. Ewan; Woman's Sphere - edited by M. MacLean Helliwell; People and Affairs; Wonderful reproduction of a curling photo taken in 1872 on the Don River; List of contents of Volume XXI of this publication, May through October 1903. Many pages of amazing nostalgic Canadian ads, including photos ads for several private schools. Average wear. Unmarked. Front cover and backstrip missing. Back hinge taped in place. A worthy reference copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Magazine
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The Canadian Magazine, 20 Mar 1971 *WHAT MAKES QUEBEC QUEBEC?*
Features: What Makes Quebec Quebec? - text and photos; Children of the Quiet Revolution - the first generation to feel that they, not the 'English', will determine the future of Quebec; How do you carry on business in Quebec? - at your leisure; Please note: most of page 13 has been clipped and is not present; What Price Terrorism? - it could corrupt everything the Quebecois are striving for; Has the Church gone Underground in Quebec? - some Quebecois think so; Canada's best young skier since Nancy Greene and Betsy Clifford - 13-year-old Kathy Kreiner *Sadly, page 21/22 are not present and they constituted the bulk of the Kreiner article; What's Big Bad Ben Ginter up to now? - B.C.'s big-talking businessman and brewer; Maggie Grant; and more. Doodling to front cover which has had a portion neatly clipped out. Book
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The Geographical Journal, LXXXIII 4. - April 1934
Pages viii + 256-352. Two fold-out maps at back: Rhodesia - Congo Boundary, Peake, Libyan Desert - Routes of Capt. Orde Wingate, 1933 and previous explorers. Map of The Old and New Rhodesia-Congo Boundaries near Elisabethville at page 266. Features: Douglas Freshfield, 1845-1934, by Dr. T.G. Longstaff; Northern Rhodesia-Belgian Congo Boundary - with fourteen black and white photos, by Lieut.-Colonel E.R. L. Peake; In Search of Zerzura - with six black and white photos, by Lieutenant Orde Wingate; Saxton's Survey of Northern England, by Gordon Manley; The First Sighting of Australia by the English, by Ida Lee; Moving Swamps in Ceylon - with two black and white photos, by W.G. Adam; The Carte Du Monde Au Millionieme, by Colonel Sir Charles Close; Obituary of Francis Henry Hill Guillemard; and more. Only external mark is a library stamp upon front cover. Similar stamps to back of fold-out Rhodesia map, upon photo at page 286, atop pages 295 and 311, and upon photo at page 322, Small bar code sticker atop page i. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A quality copy. Book
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The Great War Magazine - Part 255 - 5 July 1919 *Records of the English Regiments in the War*
Please note: Coloured map not included. Cover portrait of the London Scottish marching past Crimea Memorial on arrival home. Chapter CCCII - Records on the Regiments, II - English 1914-15, with photos. Great centerfold photos. First portion of Chapter CCCIII - Records of the Regiments: III. English, 1916-18. Many great photos. Above-average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. A worthy reference copy. Book
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The Great War Magazine - Part 256 - 12 July 1919 *Record of Irish and Welsh Regiments in the War*
Includes final portion of the chapter entitled "Records of the Regiments - III, English, 1916-18, with photos. Chapter CCCIV - Records of the Regiments: IV. Irish and Welsh. Many photos. Many great photos. Above-average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. A worthy reference copy. Book
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The Gun Report Magazine - February 1987
Features: Civil war rarity - An identified American English Dragoon; Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Gunsmiths; T. Ketland & Company - Birmingham and London. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
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The Gun Report Magazine - January 1968
Features: A Pair of Harpers Ferry Pistols; Lincoln's Other War; The Rarest '66; Two American Horns; The English Stagecoach Pepperbox; An Experimental Deringer Percussion Rifle?. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
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The Illustrated Carpenter & Builder Magazine, Vol. LXXXV - No. 2, 193, Friday, August 15, 1919
Pages 146-167. Features: A short history of British Architecture (Part IV); Ferro-Concrete at Bournemouth; Housing Scheme at Peterborough; Converting a chest of drawers into a dressing table and washstand; New Patents; Q&A; Numerous contemporary ads; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Pages yellowed with age. A sound copy. Magazine
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The Japan Christian Quarterly - Fall 1967
Pages 217-291. Features: Should Missionaries Teach English?; The English Teacher's "Mission" - A Round-Table Discussion; Chancellor-Evangelist-English Teacher - An interview with Tomio Muto; Anyone Interested in a Language Revolution?; Notes on An English Core Curriculum; Problems Facing Japanese Christianity Today; Japanese Values and Christian Mission; Dr. William Axling - The War Years; The Theology of "The Secular City"; "Here We Stand" in F.C.M.; The Book Shelf; The Listening Post. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound vintage copy. Book
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The Japan Christian Quarterly - Spring 1968
Pages 73-143. Features: Christians and Christian Nations; Japanese Churches and World War II; War and I; Policies for Peace in the Pacific; Vietnam- Dilemma for Missionaries; Reflections on the Students at Sasebo; Bainton Sketches Japan - an 8-page special feature of verse and pictures by Roland H. Bainton; Missionary Service in "Secular" Schools; Towards a Christian University in Japan; English and Indigenization; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound vintage copy. Book
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The Japan Christian Quarterly - Winter 1968
71 Pages. Features: Guest Editorial from Kanzo Uchimura's English Journal; A New Year Garland - a collection of verses on Japan; The Meiji Centennial; Cigarette Brands and Japanese History; William Axling and the War Years (part 2); Thoughts on the Missionary and the Japanese Church; Hither, Whither the F.C.M.; Studying Luther in Japan; The Church and the World; Japanese Views on T.S. Eliot; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound vintage copy. Book
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The Northern Mariner - The Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society: July 1995
Articles: The North Pacific Campaign in Perspective; The Origins of British Whaling - Pre-1750 English and Scottish Involvement in the Northern Whale Fishery; We Have Missed Another Great Opportunity - G.G. McGeer, Alaska, and the Politics of Failed Advocacy; plus numerous book reviews. Three book reviews circled in Table of Contents else clean with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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The Northern Mariner - The Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society: October 1999
Articles: Women and Seamen Don't Mix - VD in Canada's Merchant Navy, 1943-1945; Home Ports and Destinations - English Shipping in the Baltic Trade, 1536-1547; The Living Conditions onboard UK Distant-Water Trawlers, 1945-1970; This Fraudulent Trade - Confederate Blockade-Running from Halifax During the American Civil War; plus several Book Reviews. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
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The Northern Mariner: Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society - January 1993
Articles: The Structure of English Wooden Ships - William Sutherland's Ship Circa 1710; An Explosive Story - the rise and fall of the common depth charge; part of Gerald E. Panting's Canadian Maritime Bibliography; plus numerous book reviews. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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The Saturday Evening Post, August 26, 1961 *WHY PRISONS FAIL*
Features: I say prisons are a failure, by Hal Hollister; England, Ever England - the English village survives the storms of social revolution; Hot-Tempered Baltimore Oriole - Jim Gentile ; Glamour Treatment for the Mentally Ill - helping women in mental hospital; He's Got Artistic Drive; The Untold Stories of the Civil War - An Infidel's Sword - Johnnie Ring's high sense of duty converted the captain; Adventures of the Mind - The Revolution in Western Thought, by Huston Smith; The Face of America - Nose Job on Lincoln at Mount Rushmore. First page of advertising missing. Pages 65/66 missing. Page 67 loose but present. Above-average wear. Book
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The War Illustrated: No. 164 - 6 October 1917
How America in Making War - article be Hamilton Fyfe; America's Advance Army Nearying the Trenches; Canadians in contrast with their Hun Captures; More Prized Positions wrested from the Foe; Hun murders of the helpless in hospital; Ruin wrought and suffered by the Hun; Royal visits to the Scottish centres of war work; The Badge of the Bonnet; English Soldier's Deeds of Dash and Daring; Winning the Coveted Cross for Valour's Wear; Heroes decorated for valour and devotion; What Happened at Loos - article by Lovat Fraser; Home Scenes of Sentiment and Support; How East is Helping West Against the Hun; Our Navy's Huge Post-Bag - how letters reach our sailors at sea - article; On Board a Ship of Letters - H.M.S. 'G.P.O.'; Locating the Line of March of the Human Mole; The 1st (first) (Royal) Dragoons (one page article with photo). Somewhat above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
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The Wide World Magazine - July 1953, Australian Edition
Features: My Life in the French Foreign Legion, by Trevor S.H. Jones, late 1st Regiment Legion Etrangere Infanterie; The Snow Surveyors - men who keep track of the snowfall in the wild mountain ranges of Canada and the United States; My Pistol - a bride not experienced with firearms receives an automatic as a wedding present; A Sailor Adrift - a sailor ends up working at a Rocky Mountain lumber-camp where he has memorable experiences; Through the "Big Bend" of the Rio Grande by Canoe; The Ordeal of Juan Rosas - an Ecuadoran enters the wilds to cut balsa wood; Hair of the Dog - a story of African superstitions; The Will to Live - An Australian example of human endurance along the coast south of Cairns; A Fool Afoot in France - reprint of a 1929 story of an English Walker in France; One Day's Work - New Zealand Volcano; Military Mystery at Benghazi; and more. Two-inch opening at base of front cover fold. Average wear. Binding sound. Book
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The Wide World Magazine - June 1949
Features include: Sunken Treasure - In 1799 the British frigate Lutine sand off the Dutch coast and in 1933 a new method of salvage was attempted; A Burmese Houdini; Tiger's Teeth - An English Adventure; The Major's Panther - Amateur big-game hunters get lucky; #20,000 - the eventful life of a banker; On the Trail in Wonderland - Travels through Navajo Indian country; Three Queer Mysteries from Malaya; Our Trip to the Buffalo Country - An Australian Journey; Looking Down the Devil's Throat - A trip to Iguassu Falls in Brazil; The Naga Head-Hunters of Assam; Where Water Burns - An Alberta Story; Passed with Honours - by Lieut.-Col. M.C.A. Henniker. Illustrated in black and white. Somewhat above average wear. Openings at each spine end. One inch tear to fore-edge of back cover. Magazine
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The Wide World Magazine, February 1946
Stories: The Convict Who Captured a Prison; Adventures in Manchuria; The Big Redwood; Ocean Tramps; The Personal Touch; Ripple Rock; The Man from Cork; The Reluctant Tiger; Blood Money; Breach of Contract; Nigger Goes Shark Fishing; Passage to Bahia; Gold Coast English; The Sea-Cook's Day Out; What Happened at Hossainpur; The Wide World and the P.O.W. Above-average wear. Covers present but detached from textblock. Book
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The Wide World Magazine, November 1952 - Australian Edition
Features: To the Edge of Beyond - searching for a missing airplane several hundred mile s inside the Brazilian province of Amazonas, with photos; Hattie's Escape - a plane trip from Egypt to India; Trail of the Alpine Sheep - the sheep farmers of Souther France drive their flocks from the arid plains to the high mountain pastures on the Italian frontier, with photos; House of Terror - a terrifying experience related by well-known author G.E.G. Plant, F.R.G.S.; Black Frost - a striking story of the hard life of Newfoundland fishermen; When the Flood Came - the adventure of an English Farmer; The Hunting-Down of Eissa Battat, an Arab bandit who gave the Palestine Police a lot of trouble; Safwa seeks Vengeance - a touch-and-go tale from Tanganyika; These Men are Tough - Australian Cattle Men; Sailor's Hobbies; Operation Water-Gun - dynamiting fallen trees to open a West African river; and more. Average wear. Few chips from backstrip. Sound copy Book
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The Wide World Magazine, October 1952
Features: To the Edge of Beyond - Searching for a missing airplane several hundred miles upriver in the Brazilian province of Amazonas, with photos; Hattie's Escape - an air trip from Egypt to India; Trail of the Alpine Sheep - sheep farmers of southern France drive their flocks from the arid plains to the high mountain pastures on the Italian frontier, with photos; House of Terror - a most terrifying experience for G.E.G. Plant; Black Frost - the hard life of the Newfoundland fisherman; When the Flood Came - an English farmer has an adventure; The Hunting-Down of Eissa Battat - an Arab bandit who gave the Palestine Police a lot of trouble; Safwa Seeks Vengeance - a touch-and-go affair in Tanganyika; These men are tough - Aboriginal stockmen of Australia's northern territory; Sailor's Hobbies; Operation Water-Gun - dynamiting fallen trees to clean out western African river; and more. Above-average wear. Chips from and openings to backstrip. Binding intact. Book
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Time Magazine, Canadian Edition, January (Jan.) 4, 1971 - Willy Brandt Cover
64 pages. Features: Fantastic 2-page colour-photo ad for CP Rail features winter coal train; Canada's North - Articulating the Native Voice; Quackser (movie); Canadian English; Man of the Year - Willy Brandt - major article with photos; Four Pages of Famous photos from 1970; Issue of the Year - The Environment; Angela Davis Trial; Integrated by Unequal in Coosa County, Alabana; Welfare Hotels in New York; Seattle Under Siege - the troubles of a company town; D.P. Moynihan; Poland's New Regime - Gierek; Israel's new border after the 1967 war; Cambodia - battle in a forgotten war; Map illustrating Russian bases in the Indian Ocean; Dewi Sukarno; Constance (Connie) Cornell Stuart; Methadone programs; Passing of Mimi Benzell, Arnold Heeney, Max Lincoln Schuster and Charles Ruggles; Controversial Glenn Seaborg; Chile Starts Chasing the Capitalists - article with photo of Salvadore Allende; Bank Security; The Athlete as Peacock - article with one-page color photo of Jockey Eddie Belmonte, plus nice color photos of Derek Sanderson (with Judy Martin), Walt Frazier, Ken Harrelson, and Kick Gordon with Kitty Jones; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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