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Glockler, H.W.
Interned in Turkey 1914-1918
158 pages. Author wrote the manuscript for this work from memory in 1918 but it was not published until 1969. Dedicated it to "the thousands of innocent Armenian men, women and children of Ourfa, Turkey, who perished amid the horrors of the infamous genocide of 1915-18". Documents the experiences of a civil prisoner in Turkey during the Great War. In 1914 he was deported from Beirut to the interior of Turkey where he remained until his release in 1918. Average wear to clean and unmarked book. Binding sound. Above-average wear and soiling to dust jacket. A worthy copy of this important eye-witness account. Book
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Hutton, E. Eric; Montagu, The Hon. Ewen E.S.; Gilmour, Clyde; Berton, Pierre; Fraser, Blair; Zieman, Margaret K.; Porter, McKenzie; Allen, Thomas; Coleman, Jim; Steiner, Paul; Atkinson, B.M. Jr.; Baxter, Beverley; Bodsworth, Fred
Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, June 15, 1953 - Dr. Evan Shute, Dr. Wilfred Shute - Vitamin E Pioneers
92 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for the 1953 Ford Customline Fordor Sedan; Magnificent full-page photo ad for Allis-Chalmers Tractor Division features Montreal's Miron & Freres Ltd. using an HD-20G, the world's largest tractor shovel with a 4-yard bucket; Very colourful full-page ad for BA service stations; Great colour photo full-page ad for the General Electric Twin-System refrigerator; The fight over Vitamin E - a bonus length feature on how Dr. Evan Shute and Dr. Wilfred Shute claim to be using Vitamin E to improve major health problems of their patients - with photos; Response to the Vitamin E article by the Canadian Medical Association; The corpse that hoaxed the Axis - Part One of the amazing story of how "Major Bill Martin" was part of a British Secret Service plot to mislead the Nazis into thinking the Allies would invade Sardinia, not Sicily; Anna had to be a clown - Claudia Anna Russell-Brown is a funny lady! - with large photo; The Duke of Edinburgh - the man behind the Queen - part 7 and final instalment of series "The Family in the Palace"; Can the West Stand Peace? - will Malenkov's peace offensive increase the danger of a slump and turn it into a propaganda victory for the Communists?; Louis Hemon - Vagabond Genius - article with photos; The Strange Death of Daddy Daniels (fiction); Henry Morgan and Company Limited, of Montreal, are the holdest and most courtly department store keepersin Canada - article with great photos; Never tell a woman anything (humour); The fastest man on four legs - Horse Jockey Johnny Longden - article with photos; Colour ad for the Chevrolet Bel Air 4-Door Sedan; Nice vintage colur ad for Cycla-matic Frigidaire refrigerators; Nice full-page two-colour ad for 1953 GMC trucks; Electrohome television and radio ad; Excellent colour photo Caterpillar ad inside back cover shows 1953 scraper in action plus a rare 1923 photo of a tractor pulling a scraper which is loading a horse-drawn wagon with earth; Great Coke ad on back cover shows smiling woman at gas station; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
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Munnion, Christopher; Christy, Jim; Fetherling, Doug; Rossiter, Sean; Mitchell, Michael
Weekend Magazine, December 2, 1978 (Canadian Newspaper Supplement) - Ian Smith (of Rhodesia) Cover Illustration
24 pages. Features: Nice colour photo ad for the Volkswagen Diesel Rabbit inside front cover - $69 to drive from Halifax to Vancouver!; 44% of Canadians say they have saved more money in the last year; Ian Smith and the destiny of Rhodesia; The bloody road to Zimbabwe - article with photo of white man in shorts walking city street with machine gun, plus several other photos of death and destruction; Candice Bergen - feature article with colour photo; A Day in the Life of Bruce Cockburn - article with photo; Season's Greetings from the Group of Seven - article with colour illustrations; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Main, J.R.K.; Bradbrooke, F.D.; Ritchey, V.J.; Aitken, Alex
Canadian Aviation, January 1938 - Canada's National Aviation Magazine: The Percival Q6
36 pages. Features: Cover photo of Bishop G. Breynat's Waco inspection plane being refuled on the beach at Chesterfield, Hudson Bay; Repercussions of an Old Case - the 1933 crash and death of Archie McDougall at Sanford, Manitoba; Nice full-page ad for Gold Flake cigarettes; The Percival Q6 - article and photo, plus photos, in flight and on the ground, of the first Pou-du-Ciel, constructed by Oscar Demine of Montreal, to receive a license in Canada; Full-page photo collage of many of the best-known flying people at the Miami Air Manoeuvres in early December - including Rudy Kling and Frank Haines who were killed in the first minute of the first race; New De Havilland Tiger Moth ready for delivery; Nice full-page cutaway illustrated ad for the De Havilland Dragon Rapide; Siam Soars - Reginald Jackson operates Aerial Transport Company of Bangkok, Siam; Full-page Stinson ad with photo of a Model SR-9FM; Saskatchewan Good-will Tour; New Test House for Aircraft Engines - Pratt & Whitney facility at East Hartford, CT - article with photos; Nice illustrated full-page ad for the BG Corporation and its spark plugs; Arctic Sky Pilots - Bishop G. Breynat, Vicar Apostolic of the Mackenzie; Nice two-colour full-page ad for the new 1938 Canadian Custom Waco by Fleet Aircraft; Regina Flying Club Highlights; Junkers Introduces the Ju 90 - interesting article with photos; Nice McLaughlin Buick ad shows the Series 46-19 5-passenger sedan with trunk; Great full-page photo ad for Canadian Marconi Company with photo of Pilot G.R. Spradbrow who rescued missing Quebec surveyors; How the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce Reports on Accident Investigations; New 50-h.p. Continental Engines; Full-page ad for Cub Aircraft features photo of Glenn White of Hamilton, aged 14, who soloed in a Cub after 7 hours and 20 minutes dual; New Marconi appointments - with photos; Sensational photo ad for Imperial Airways inside back cover features a great shot of the Canopus, and an endorsement by Mrs. Martin Johnson, the famous American explorer and air traveller; Who Wants a Transport License?; News from the West Coast; M.A.L.C. news; Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover boasts of their 3 December 1937 flight from New York to Havana in just over 5 hours - pilot Major Alexander P. deSeverskey, while on the same date Jacqueline Cochran flew from New York to Miami in just over four hours; Super full-page illustrated ad for the Junkers JU 90; Three-colour Imperial Oil Asphalt ad on back cover shows the new hangar apron at Rockliffe Airport; and more. Average wear. Lower corner missing from page 21 - no material affect to contents. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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MacDonald, Wilson; Weber, Harvey L.; Keith, R.A.; Richardson, B.V.; Ritchey, V.J.; Bradbrooke, F.D.
Canadian Aviation Magazine, December 1938: First T.C.A. Accident
44 pages. Features: Cover photo of a Taylorcraft 50; Photo ad for Berry Brothers, makers of Berryloid aircraft fishishes; The T.C.A. Accident at Regina - death of Captain Dave Imrie and first officer Jack Herald; Building Bombers for Britain; Nice full-page ad for Gold Flake cigarettes; Fantastic photo full-page ad for North Electric features image of "Norseman", and R.C.M.P. plane; Fairchild ad boasts of their payloads; The Airman's Prayer; The DeHavilland Flamingo takes shape - article with photos; Interesting full-page ad for Rotax electrical equipment; The Sperry Flightray; Germans show Consistent record in Ocean Flights; Lovely illustrated full-page ad for the Junkers JU90 - with Swastika on tail; Great centrefold ad for Fleat Aircraft features photos of their twin-engined transport and general purpose trainer; The Lear ARC-6 Automatic Radio Direction Finder; Tale Spinning from Winnipeg; Gipsy Minor 90 h.p. Unit added to Famous Range; Flying and Insurance Policy Interpretation; Taylorcraft Expands; Taylorcraft's Representatives for Eastern Canada; Nice full-page Taylorcraft ad; Nice Cub Aircraft ad; News from the West Coast; Nice 1938 Lockheed ad inside back cover; Intava ad on back cover shows a T.C.A. ship being fueled; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Dean, F.E.; Bowen, F.C.; Howard, Sidney; Keble Chatterton, Lieut.-Com. E.
Shipping Wonders of the World - The Romance of the Panama Canal - Part 10 (Ten)
Pages 293-324. Features: Story of the Marine Engine (1); The Record Breaker "Lightning" - a famous racing clipper; Through the Ithsmus of Panama; Alain Gerbault and the "Firecrest"; Launching Ceremonies - various methods are used to launch new ships; Epics of Submarines - stories of gallantry and escapes from death. Includes photos of the liner St. Paul on her side beside a quay in New York. Moderate wear. Three-hole punched. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Smith, Philip H.; Deschin, Jacob; Russell, Henry Norris; Roberts, S.G.; Kennedy, John; Gough, Herbert F.; Skerrett, R.G.; Montgomery, Frank A. Jr.; Harding, T. Swann; Macauley, Alvan
Scientific American Magazine, Volume 152, Number 2, February 1935
112 pages. Features: Use of cemented carbides in industry; The miniature camera; Zeta Aurigae - a close double star; Canalization of the Upper Mississippi River; Archaeologist's notebook; Making your own photomicrographic camera; Rubber plant experiments; Excavations by CWA workers under the Tennessee Valley Authority bring to light the contents of 40 Indian villages and mounds; Preventing fires at sea; The versatile papaya; Is the growing death rate from heart disease and cancer real or only apparent?; Progress in this age of science; Interesting brief note and photo of what may be the first grease cartridges and grease gun; and more. Coverfold partly open. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Cowan, James A.; Fleming, Brandon, Morley, Dennis; Swinton, Allan; Bunce, Frank; Soucisse, Victor C.; Roberts, Leslie, Lugrin, N. De Bertrand; Ross, Ann; Griffin, Dave; Phillips, Hec; Murphy, Kathleen, Campbell, Helen G.
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 15 July 1936 - Revolt in Quebec
48 pages. Features: Nostalgic Goodrich Tire photo ad inside front cover shows grieving family and their car after a blowout; Nice full-page photo ad for International Harvester heavy duty industrial equipment; Nice full-page photo ad for Canada Dry beverages; Horse Doctor (fiction); Our Olympic Chances - article with photos of athletes Hank Ciemen, Sammy Richardson and Phil Edwards; Honors Easy - fictional story of what happened aboard an Atlantic liner when two card sharps picked a 'sucker'; Revolt in Quebec - second in a series of articles presenting a French-Canadian's interpretation of Quebec's reform movement and the viewpoint of French Canada toward Confederation; Nemesis in Hind - a story of glamorous India, the India where death strikes mysteriously and superstition holds sway; Treasure Under the Arctic's Rim - the mineral wealth of Great Bear Lake; A Man and a Hundred Maids - a story of how too many girls may be worse than none at all; Gun-A-Noot - the strange case of the Indian who defied police for thirteen years and emerged from his trial as a hero; Beautiful full-page black and white photo ad for Sweet Caporal cigarettes featuring horse "Margo C", owned by Miss Faith Lyman of Montreal; and more. Back cover missing. Front cover holding loosely by one staple. Book
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Drew, Lieut.-Col. George A.; Slade, Christine Jope; Roberts, Leslie; Hedworth; Barbara; Lorenson, Fred I.; Wallace, W. Stewart; Wright, Sewell Peaslee; Armitage, John; Holway, Ruth; Paterson, Jack; Wynne, Anthony; Hucks, M. Frances; et al
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, August 1, 1931: Salesmen of Death - The Truth About War-Makers
64 pages. Features: Nice color/photo ad for Quaker Puffed Rice and Puffed Wheat inside front cover; Great full-page ad with photos for International Trucks; Full-page photo ad for Cream of Wheat features baby; Salesmen of Death - The Truth About War Makers - "This Frankenstein monster must be smashed or it will smash civilization", by Lieut.-Col. George A. Drew - article with photos of Dr. William B. Shearer and Sir Basil Zaharoff; Backstage at Ottawa; Air-Minded - short story; The Empress of Britain - article with great photos of/in this Canadian-owned vessel which holds the record as the fastest liner plying between Europe and North America; The Fourth Bridesmaid - short story; What's Wrong with our Lacrosse? - writer mourns Canada's first defeat at the hands of the United States; The Strange Case of Dr. King - short story; The New Partner - short story; Sciene Aids the Airman - J.H. Parkin and aeronautical research at the National Research Laboratories in Ottawa - article with photos; Don't Let Her Worry - short story; Back of the Hump - a vivid pen picture of Canada's newest national park - the Riding Mountain Reserve in Manitoba - with photos; The Silver Scale - short story; Stalin's Rule is Autocratic - the world's most powerful ruler according to many; Photo and bried story of the world's richest man, The Nizam of Hyderabad; Communism and the Ukrainians - a fascinating long letter by Arthur O. Rose of Hafford, Saskatchewan; Brickbats and Bouquets; Wonderful Canadian Nationa (CN) full-page black and white photo ad promotes their Montreal to Toronto service - 334 miles in 360 minutes; The Secret of Successful Salad Dressings - article with recipes; Crossword; Consider the Lily; Bankers adopt more hopeful attitude toward foregin bonds; Colour ad for Kodak Verichrome film on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound, informative and pleasing vintage issue. Book
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Jacques, G.A.; Gillese, J.P.; Landis, C.S.; Nicholson, H.P.; Morrow, Les; Frost, Rex; McGillen, Pete
Rod & Gun in Canada Magazine, March 1958 - Death Duel with Cougar
Features: Bare Hands & Fury - Man Against Cougar on Vancouver Island; Sportsmen's Shows in Toronto and Montreal; It's March - Be Kind; .22 Semi-Automatic; The English Setter; J.B. Crucq's Target of the Year; Nice ad on back cover announces winners in the Third Annual Thomas Adams Ontario Deer Hunting Competition; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Bradshaw, George; Shulman, Max; Kaufman, Bel; Hatch, Eric; Caspary, Vera; Anderson, Warren; Porter, Amy; Burke, Billie; Shipp, Cameron; MacBain, Alastair; Ford, Corey; Sameth, Sigmund; Berenstain, Stanley & Janice; et al
Collier's - The National Weekly Magazine, February 19, 1949 - Death in the Classroom / Billie Burke / Mary Rizzoto
90 pages. Fiction: The Balance of Nature; His Brother-In-Law's Keeper; Episode; Hold fast, My Love; Marriage '48 (part 3 of 5); Man-Eater from Snohomish. Articles: Death in the Classroom - schools are dangerous places (part 1 of 2); Billie Burke - Her Story (part 2 of 3); A Hunter's Map of the U.S.A. - Sportsman's Paradise; Godmother to Little Yanks - Mary Rizzoto and her World Children's Foundation; Hawkshaws in Skirts; The Campaign Trains Roll Again; Bedlam on Sunday; Smithson's House of Wonders - The Smithsonian Institution; Try Building Your Own Dream House - The Spelman family of Babylon, Long Island, Henry Wallace is the voice of Russia - opinion piece inside back cover. Ads include: The Frazer Manhattan automobile - inside front cover, B.V.D. sports shirts, Jeep Trucks - very nice, International Trucks, Schlitz Beer, Firestone Tires, Kodak film, MGM's The Three Musketeers, Harley Davidson - their 125 single cyllinder, Bicycle playing cards, Arrow ties, Jantzen sweaters, Smartair leisure wear, City Club shoes, Inco, Wilson Brothers men's wear, Botany brand shirts and slacks, Pendleton shirts, Gruen watches, and a lovely Coke ad on back cover which shows Coke dispenser inside a snowy window. Covers holding by one staple. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Stroup, Richard; Masson, Hal; Child, Charles B.; Rolland, Kermit; Ritchey, Russell V.; Duncan, David; Jenkins, Will F.; Whitman, Howard; Wertenbaker, Charles; Sherwood, Robert E.; Brooks, Sylvia; Treadway, Elizabeth; Porter, Amy; Creel, George
Collier's Magazine, June 26, 1948 - The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins
86 pages. Articles: Chiselers' Holidy - long vacations on unemployment money; Our Job in Italy - Communism isn't beaten yet; The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins (5) - further negotiations with Stalin/the true story of the Atlantic Charter; Dancing-School Bonanza - the big business of teaching rumba, samba and tango; Joan of Arc - the movie starring Ingrid Bergman; Guinea Pig for Cancer - an experiment with atomic energy; Warren Warm-Up - appraising California's governor as a presidential candidate. Fiction: Ring-Shy; Death Had a Voice; The Man Who Painted Himself Blue; What Would You Do?; The Branble Bush (part 3 of 5); The General was an Honest Man. Ads include: Heinz ketchup (great photo ad); Toastmaster; Vitalis (with Lloyd Mangrum); Philco; Crosley fridges; Hudson cars; Auto-Lite spark plugs (featuring Ann Sheridan); Firestone Super-Balloon tires; Chevrolet trucks; 1949 Ford cars; Coke - large illustration of soda fountain; Dodge Trucks; Lord Calvert Whiskey - featuring full-page color-photo of author Hassoldt Davis; Walt Disney's "Melody Time" movie; Trailways bus lines; Lucky Strike cigarettes (back cover). Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Phillips, James Atlee; Riley, Nord; Cockrell, Eustace; Gordon, Daniel; Stern, Richard; Bradford, Roark; Cohen, Octavus Roy; Packer, Peter; Marshall, Jim; Crichton, Kyle; Hopkins, L.; Sherwood, Robert E.; Roberts, Andrew; Carson, Ruth
Collier's Magazine, July 31, 1948 - The War Against Dope Runners / The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins
70 pages. Articles: The War Against Dope Runners - death lurks along the border; Designs for Touring (#10) - the old Ute Trail in the Rockies; Assassin of the Dance - Iva Kitchell; The Secret Papers of Henry L. Hoplins (part 10 - Decision to invade North Africa; Pell-Mel Patton - the world's greatest sprinter?; Homemade Glamor - for girls who make their own stylish clothes. Fiction: The Chousey Man; Flannagan's Last Resort; For Divers Reasons; Monkey's Uncle; The High Hip Rider; More beautiful Than Murder(part 4 of 5). Ads include: Pan American World Airlines; Mennen Skin Bracer; Sieberling tires; GE Coffee makers; Buick Roadmaster; Milky Way chocolate bars; Sanka coffee; Awesome black background centerfold for Calvert liquor - very attractive; DeSoto cars; Kleenex ad with Little Lulu; Tawn cologne; Erie Railroad; Macmillan oil ad features James Kimble, Sr. of Fort Wayne, IN; Hudson cars; Lucky Strike cigarettes (back cover). Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Pearce, Dick; Ware, Harlan; Reeve, Joel; Rice, Jane; Hurley, Dunlea; Stewart, Ramona; Porter, Paul A.; Crichton, Kyle; Treadway, Elizabeth; Hartwell, Dickson; Whitman, Howard; Jellinek, Frank; Wiggins, A.L.M.; Porter, Amy
Collier's Magazine, September 20, 1947 - Greece Needs a Miracle / Challenges for the Movie Moguls
114 pages. Articles: Wanted - A Miracle in Greece - staving off economic collapse and Communist inroads; Hollywood Headache - The movie moguls are atwitter these days - audiences down, censors upset, costs up, etc. - nice color photos; Tuned in on the Surgeon - doctors now witness operations via television; The Abundant Henry Wallace - study of a man who'd like to be a key in the 1948 political scene; Heartless Harvest (conclusion) - plight of the country's migrant field workers; Behind Your Stick of Gum - men brave death in tropic jungles to gather its basic ingredients - with photos; They Can't Fool the Revenue Man - few succeed in income-tax evasion; Young Man of Fashion - Mr. Charlie James and his super dress designs - article with great color photos. Fiction: Sweet Water (part 1 of 5); Charlie Squires and the Seven Marchettis; Banner Over First; The Split Hickory; A Wonderful Mixer; Wait and See. Includes ads for: Parker pens (featuring Lily Pons); RKO movies; De Beers - featuring Miss Jean Bullitt of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia; Philco radio-phonographs; Plymouth cars; Firestone; Dodge cars; Mansfield Jogs shoes; Chevrolet cars; Cory all-glass coffee brewers - two pages!; Miller beer; DeSoto cars; Vintage cartoonPepsi ad involving large excavator; Fantastic two-page color ad for movie "Unconquered" starring Gary Cooper; American Airlines; Caterpillar - great color-photo ad with dozer and scraper; Westinghouse record players; Kodak film; Remington electric shaver ad features Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald in scene from movie "Welcome Stranger"; Are You Mitty?: Gillette razors; Budweiser; National Guard - with large photo of President Truman; Lucky Strike cigarettes (back cover). Somewhat above-average external wear. Covers holding by one staple. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Hunt, HAmlen, Williams, Albert N.; Dawson, Virginia Douglas; Gilligan, Edmund; Ross, Leonard Q.; Knight, Alwyn W.; Daniels, Jonathan; Sparks, Fred; Mannix, Daniel P.; Coons, Hannibal; Hinga, Don; Carson, Ruth; Sawyers, Martha
Collier's Magazine, August 17, 1946 - Military Wives Love Guam / Germany's Finest Horses Moved to U.S.
82 pages. Articles: The Battle of the Bench - conflict in the U.S. Supreme Court; Guam, Sweet Guam - servicemen's wives love it; The Superhorses are Ours - How the U.S. Army acquired Germany's finest equine bloodstock - article with color photos; Hard-Luck Kid - Jack Kramer should be tops in US Amateur tennis for 1946; Rio Grande - River of Death - Murder and robbery often are the fate of Mexicans who cross her; Traveling Light - Vera Maxwell suggests compact wardrobes for all climates; China Doll - Rose Martin and her foster mother Mary Lo-Sam -Moi; Photo and write-up of test pilot Jack Woolams of Bell Aircraft who is aiming for 1,000 mph! Fiction: The Warning Bell; Bachelor Apartment; The Watchers; The Dory; Sleep, My Love; Alone. Ads include: Studebaker; U.S. Army; Vaseline Hair Tonic; Nash cars; Bell Telephone; GE Light Bulbs - featuring photo of Fred Allen; Trailways bus lines; Ford cars (with mountie in illustration); Oldsmobile cars; Texaco; Waterman's ink; Car Nu with Fibber McGee and Molly color cartoon; Pepsi cartoon ad; Caterpillar color photo ad showing new subdivision construction with dozers and scraper; Kaiser and Frazer cars; Pennzoil; Lee tires; Canada Dry; Blatz beer; Camel cigarettes ad on back cover features photo of smoking doctor. Above-average external wear. 2"x2" piece missing from bottom corner of front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Szulc, Tad; Baker, Russell; Morris, James; Stokely, James; Dykeman, Wilma; Grimes, Paul; Hook, Sidney; Schonbert, Harold C.; Giniger, Henry; Berger, Josef; Canaday, John
The New York Times Magazine, November 27, 1960 - Castro Finds Support in Latin America
140 pages. Features: Numerous gorgeous color-photo fashion ads, our favorite being the Stardust slip modelled on page 35; Castro Tries to Export 'Fidelismo' - article with great photos; Which is the Best Road to the White House?; As They See Things in the Holy Loch - article (with photo) on reaction in Holy Loch, Scotland, where it has been announced that a U.S. nuclear sub base will be located; Integration - The Third Critical Phase as it begins in the core states - article with dramatic photos; In Pakistan, "Maybe President Mohammed Ayub Khan Can Help Us" - article with photo of the President confering with Prime Minister Nehru of India; 'Welfare State' a Debate That Isn't - the real question is, to what extent should government intervene in the economy?; Tyrants of the Podium - Famous Musical conductors speak loudly and carry a small stick; Les Halles Must Move - Maybe - article and photos of the ancient Paris market which is to be modernized; Powerful two-page color ad for Accutron watches by Bulova; Top Denizens of the Myth Zoo - mythical animals; A Niagara of Power - construction photos and sketch of the new Niagara Power Project; The Vision of Spanish artist Velasquez - the 300th anniversary of his death; When Royalty Marries Commonality - photos of famous 'mixed' royal couples; Vintage full-page color ad for Parker Bros. game Kimbo; Nice color photo one-page ad for Medaglia D'Oro Espresso Coffee; Interior design photos with a medieval taste; Nice one-page color ad for nine of Milton Bradley's board games; The Child of 'Emotional Divorce' - the rift that can exist between parents who stay together 'for the sake of the kids'; Nice women's swimwear and hat fashion photos; Photos of raising a 60'x90' US flag on the George Washington Bridge; Wonderful one-page color ad for Cobbs Christmas gift baskets (yes, back then ads could mention Christmas). Unmarked. Average wear. Paper tender with peripheral age-toning. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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West, Jessamyn; Perowne, Barry; Stern, Richard; Christie, Agatha; Katkov, Norman; Krauss, William A.; Nimitz, Chester W.; Meyer, Agnes E.; Davidson, Bill; et al
Collier's Magazine, May 11. 1946 - Atomic Age Navy, By Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN / Decathalete Charles Beaudry
90 pages. Features: Nice color Studebaker truck ad inside front cover; Photo of the NIM flying wing in flight; Nice Seabee airplane ad; There'll Come a Day (fiction); Atomic Age Navy - submarines may be the backbone of our future sea power; Escape at Noon (fiction); A Challenge to American Women - "American women are more cruel, more selfish and more material in outlook than American men"; Everything ShipShape (fiction); The Doctors Run the Show - the new Michigan plan offers veterans the best medical treatment in the world; You, Too, Can Drink Vodka (fiction); The Outraged Heart (fiction); Champagne Shower - Mitzi Green - article with many colour photos of ladies; Two of a Kind; Nice color one-page ad for the 1946 Ford Sedan Coupe; Running From Death - Charles Beaudry is America's greatest athlete; Nice one-page ad for the movid "Without Reservations" with photo of Claudette Colbert with John Wayne; Super color-photo centerfold ad for Schlitz beer shows hops being harvested; Nice one-page ad for movie "The Well Groomed Bride", starring Olivia De Havilland, Ray Milland and Sonny Tufts; The Happy Chance (fiction); Ad for movie "Her Kind of Man", starring Dane Clark, Zachary Scott and Janis Paige; Jungle Hoofer (fiction); Goodby, Berlin! - article with several color photos of war damage; Camel cigarette ad on back cover talks about how doctors enjoy their product; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Centerfold loose but present, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Book
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Bates, Alan; Lane, John Francis; Brown, George H.; Armes, Roy; Gow, Gordon
Films and Filming Magazine, June 1971 - At Cannes (cover Photo of Nude Jurgen Draeger
118 pages. Contents: Animation - article by David Rider; Interview of Alan Bates; The Go-Between (photos); Death in Venice (photos); Plus ca Change - Italian filmmaking; Le Conformiste (photos); Boulevard du Rhum - photos (including Brigitte Bardot); The Babymaker (photos); Interview with Producer George H. Brown; Peau D'ane (photos); Madly (photos); Article on Pier Paolo Pasolini; The Decameron (photos); Reviews; Summer of '42 - photos; All the Right Noises (photos); A Town Called Bastard (photos); Sex in the Suburbs (photos); Language of Love (photos); Anna May Wong Pin-up Photo; Focus on 16mm; 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (photos); Kill! (photos); Ads include: Fellini's Roma; Kill; The Cat O' Nine Tails; Atlanta International Film Festival 1971; Extremes; Games That Lovers Play; Legend of the Witches; Sex in the Suburbs; Death in Venice (back cover). Above-average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Grierson, John; Hayden, Sterling; Nicholas, Paul; Bruan, Eric; Gow, Gordon; Duperley, Denis
Films and Filming Magazine, December 1973 - Cover Photo of Ulli Lommel's 'The Tenderness of Wolves' / John Grierson's Last Word
82 pages. Features: Bare-breasted photo of Mia Martin on title page; The Last Word - an article, which would appear to be the last written by John Grierson before his death in 1972, discusses many aspects of the movement he founded; Alexandro Jodorowsky's 'El Topo' - graphic photos; Interview of Sterling Hayden with photos; Paul Nicholas writes on one aspect of a young British actor's life - with photos; Peter Whitehead's 'Daddy' - photos; The Decade of Change - Part 4 of the changing patterns in stardom on the British Screen - major article with many great photos; Preview of the 17th London Film Festival; 'Catch My Soul' - photos; Mary Pickford - article with photos; 'Mistress Pamela' - photos; 'Tout va Bien' - photos; Pin-up photo of the past - Henri Vidal; The Love Affairs of Jesus Christ; Antonio Calenda's 'Fury' - photos; Ad for 'Paper Moon'. Unmarked with average wear. Center page loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Sarne, Mike; Wlaschin, Ken; Braun, Eric; Lambert, Gavin
Films and Filming Magazine, November 1975 - Cover Photo of Paul Nicholas and Roger Daltrey in 'Lisztomania'
50 pages. Features: 1975 Moscow Film Festival; Woody Allen's 'Love and Death' - photos; The Seven Ages of March - part one of an appreciation of the work of Fredric March - article with photos; Ken Russell's 'Lisztomania' - six pages of photos; 'Overlord' - photos; 'The Romantic Engllishwoman' - photos; 'The Man From Hong Kong' - photos; 'Race with the Devil' - photos. Ad for: '3 Days of the Condor'. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Evans, Robert; Gow, Gordon; Lambert, Gavin; Morley, Sheridan
Films and Filming Magazine, January 1975 - Cover Photo of Allan Price and Joan Collins in 'Alfie Darling'
58 pages. Features: Full-page ad for 'Airport 1975'; ad for 'The Man With the Golden Gun'; 'Earthquake' - photos; The Cool Bonanza - Photo-illustrated article with Paramount Production Chief Robert Evans; Karel Reisz's 'The Gambler' - photos; 'Breezy' - photos; Son of the Last Fifites Picture Show - part 5 of this series of photos; Films & Filming Honours for 1974; Reviews - 'Murder on the Orient Express', 'Pain in the A__', 'The Mother and the Whore', 'Fantastic Planet', 'Crystal Voyager', 'The Mad Adventures of 'Robbi' Jacob', 'When Taekwondo Strikes', 'Sixty Glorious Years'; 'Alfie Darling' - photos; The Cult Movies - part 3; 'Death Wish' - photos. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Jackson, Glenda; Craven, Jenny
Films and Filming Magazine, January 1977 - Cover Photo of Renaud Verley in L'ete Des Amours
50 pages. Features: Ad for 'Marathon Man' inside front cover; Great full-page ad for King Kong; Photo-illustrated interview with Glenda Jackson; 'Network' - photos; Figments of Imagination - the 11th International Festival of Films for Children and Young Adults; Films and Filming Honours for 1976; Reviews - 'Network', 'Marathon Man', 'Car Wash', Schizo', 'The Pistol', 'Death Weekend', 'The Ritz', 'I Will... I Will... For Now', 'Trackdown', 'Survive!', 'Stoner', 'Emmanuelle 2', 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre', 'Sebastiane', 'Sextet; 'The Ritz' - photos; 'The Enforcer' - photos; 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' - photos; 'Lete des amours' - photos; 'King Kong' - photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Hancock, John; ELley, Derek; Sarne, Mike
Films and Filming Magazine, October 1978 - Cover photo of Jan-Michael Vincent and Burt Reynolds in 'Hooper'
50 pages. Features: Great one-page ad for 'The Big Sleep'; ad for 'The Cheap Detective'; 'Heaven Can Wait' - photos; Photo-illustrated interview with Director John Hancock; 'F.I.S.T.' - photos; Photo-illustrated article on 'The Continental Sex Kittens', including Sophia Loren, Brigitte Bardot, Elsa Martinelli, Marisa Allasio, Mylene Demongeot and Gina Lollobrigida; Article on Brigitte Bardot; 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' - photos; Reviews - 'The Cheap Detective', 'Death on the Nile', 'The Greek Tycoon', 'Heaven Can Wait', 'Between the Lines', 'F.I.S.T.', 'The Swarm', 'The Serpent's Egg', 'An Enemy of the People', 'Lola Montes' (reissue); 'Hooper' - photos; 'Death on the Nile' - photos; Photo-illustrated article on film superstars of the past; 'The Big Sleep' - photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Robards, Jason; Lane, John Francis; Moore, Doris Langley; Gay, Ken
Films and Filming Magazine, September 1978 - Cover Photo from 'Lemon Popsicle'
50 pages. Features: 'Jaws 2' - photos; Photo-illustrated interview with Jason Robards; 'The End' - photos; Oxford Film Festival Revisited (article); 'The Cheap Detective' - photos; Reviews - 'An Unmarried Woman', 'The Last Waltz', 'Convoy', 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand', 'Memories Within Miss Aggie', 'Thank God It's Friday', 'Revenge of the Pink Panther', 'Girlfriends', 'Bilitis', 'Game of Death', 'Snakebite'; 'Convoy' - photos; Lengthy review of book on the career of Montgomery Clift, with photos; 'Driver' - photos; 'Lemon Popsicle' - photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Crichton, Michael; Gow, Gordon; Warner, Alan
Films and Filming Magazine, January 1978 - Cover Photo of John Travolta in 'Saturday Night Fever'
50 pages. Features: Great 'Star Wars' ad inside front cover; 'The Duellists' - photos; Genetic Genocide - Author Michael Chrichton discusses the serious underlying dangers of the modern scientific world as dealt with in his latest work, 'Coma' - with photos; Magic film from Jean Cocteau - article with photos (part one); Films and Filming awards for 1977; Reviews - 'The Apple Game', 'Death Trap', 'The Duellists', 'East of Elephant Rock', 'The Intruder', 'Julia', 'Martin', 'My Nights with Susan, Sandra, Olga and Julie', 'Padre Padrone', 'Pumping Iron', 'Wizards'; 'First Love' - photos; Photo-illustrated article on an appreciation of the career of Bing Crosby; 'Saturday Night Fever' - photos; 'The Deep' - photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Carlin, W.J.; Charles, Bernard; Domville-Fife, C.W.; O'Hargan, Roderick; Rayne, Major H.; Cocroft, Thoda; De Termes, Capt. M.M. J.; Harris, C.L.; Hedstrom, Sir J. Maynard; Barns, T. Alexander; Aubuchon, Tampton; Pound, Reginald; Turner, J.N.
The Wide World Magazine, April 1925 - Eskimo Wireless
Pages 442-528 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads, many illustrated. Features: The Luck of the 'Moro' - a vessel which possessed an uncanny knack of getting in and out of trouble; Photo of Harry Houdini in a strait jacket hanging from the twenty-story Oakland Tribune building; Old Man Crag - a New Zealand tale of a stolen map to a gold mine; Wild Tribes of the Amazon - the author penetrates deep into Amazonia - with photos, including photo of a floating island (part 1); Eskimo Wireless - a strange story from the Far North of Canada; The Ivory Raiders - paints a vivid picture of the dangers and difficulties of suppressing the ivory-raiders and their fierce satellites in Turkanaland, a wild district of Central Africa bordering on the western shores of Lake Rudolf - includes photos; A Woman Travels Across Arizona's Painted Desert - article with great photos; Zaman's Paradise - a story from India; The Resurrection of Klaas - the story of a Kaffir's miraculous escape from what seemed a certain and horrible death; New Zealand Sea Fishing - with photos of huge fish; From the Great Craters of the Congo Game-Lands - with gorilla photos (part 1); The Puzzle of Martenelle - it took 24 years to prove a death was not a suicide; A Missionary on the 'Mosquito Coast' - Rev. L. Taylor recalls tales from nine years spent as a Moravian missionary in Nicaragua - with photos; An Amazing Escape - Creswick escapes in South Africa; Full-page ad for a most unique General Electric electric truck for hauling utility poles. Above-average wear. Back cover loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Brinkman, J.A.
A Political History of Post-Kassite Babylonia 1158-722 B.C.
431 + xv Pages. Index of Sumerian and Logograms. Index of Akkadian. General index. Bibliography of Written Sources. Text in English. "Investigates the political history of Babylonia during an obscure segment of her existence as a nation: from the rise of the Second Dynasty of Isin (c. 1158 B.C.) to the death of Shalmaneser V (722 B.C.)." - from Introduction. Library markings, primarily to contents. Brown buckram with blue lettering upon backstrip. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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Marmur, Jacland; Curran, Dale; Katkov, Norman; MacHarg, William; Smith, Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell; et al
The Saturday Evening Post Magazine, November 26, 1949 - Why the Russian People Don't Rebel
120 pages. Features: Nice 1-page color ad for Cutler-Hammer motor controls; 1-page color ad for Old Gold cigarettes; color ad for Pitney-Bowes Postage Meters; Zippo Lighter color ad; My Wonderful Uncle, Levi Coombs Gould - article with photos; Challenge the Tempest (fiction); My Three Years in Moscow, Part 3 - Why the Russian People Don't Rebel - with photos; The Camouflaged Crime (fiction); Robert Jones of Ohio Refused to be Smeared by Drew Pearson - article with photos; The Rape of Albania - how this former paradise between Tito and the men in the Kremlin is being slowly bled to death - article with photos; One Divorce is Enough (fiction); Charley Callahan is the shrewd press agent for Notre Dame football - article with photos; The Odds on Murder (fiction); Training New Kinds of Methodist Pastors in Denver at the Iliff School of Theology - article with photos; The Doctor of Unkown Island (fiction - conclustion); Colour photos of the Arseneau family's home and birds on Great Bird Rock; Nice 1-page color Lucky Strike ad features Raymond W. Crutchfield of Reidsville, NC; The Innocent Buccaneer (fiction); RCA Victor TV ad; Nice half-page color ad for Fatima cigarettes features Mrs. Ralph Ellis of Chicago, Mrs. Mary C. Wurdeman of Los Angeles, Mr. James S. Winterhalter of Detroit, and Miss Pamel Hendricks Bookman of New York; Nice two-color Shelby bicycle ad features Donald Duck; Nice color centerfold ad features General Electric (GE) Christmas lights; Color ad for Winchester's glowing flashlight; Honeywell thermistat ad features black and white photos of Linda Darnell; La Choy Chinese Food color ad features interesting drawing of Chinese man in pigtail; Nice 1-page 2-color ad for Fruehauf Trailers features Frank Benitz of Dugan Brothers Baked Goods; Nice color ad for Sunkist oranges on back cover. Average external wear. Moderate external soiling. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Upson, William Hazlett; Peeples, Edwin A.; Carson, Robert; Evarts, Hal G.; Smith, Ira R.T.; Et al
The Saturday Evening Post, January 15, 1949 - What the Coal Miners Say About John L. Lewis / Maurice Duplessis of Quebec
136 pages. Features: 1-page color ad for Nash cars; Great color 1-page ad for White Trucks ffeatures large illustration of one of their 'Super Power' engines; Rare 1-page color ad for Dr. Pepper soda entitled "Love that Lift at 10-2 & 4 O'Clock' features four photos, an illustration of their new Dallas headquarters, and Dr. Pepper calendar girl Gilfillan; 1-page color ad for General brand winter tires; Date with Death (fiction); Maurice Duplessis - Quebec's Little Strong Man - article with photos; Botts and the Jet-Propelled Tractor (fiction); The Big Ancestor Hunt - thousands of people are researching their family trees; The Foolish Age (fiction); Basketball's Big Wheel - photo-illustrated article about Ned Irish; What the Miners Say About John L. Lewis - article with photos; The Reformer and the Redhead (fiction); My Fifty Years in the White House - part 5 of Ira R.T. Smith's recollections; Trapped (fiction); Article and color photos of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry; Are We Winning the War Against TB (Tuberculosis); Nice 1-page color ad for Campbell's Soup; Photo-illustrated article about Manhattan's Belvedere Hotel; 1-page color-photo ad for Ford cars; 1-page Color-photo ad for Good Year Tires features photos of Mrs. Albert Cuneo of San Francisco, H.B. Bass of Munford TN, and Wallace S. Saxton of Bethany CT; Nice 2-page color ad for General Motors promotes their auto styling; 1-page color ad for Maxwell House coffee shows ski scene; 1-page 2-color ad for Chevrolet Heavy Duty Trucks shows truck loaded with huge logs; Half-page Vitalis ad features Maurice (Rocket) Richard of the Montreal Canadiens; 1-page Boeing ad features illustration of ten of their plane models in flight; 1-page recruiting ad for the U.S. Army and Air Force explains how they overcame weather; 1-page photo-illustrated ad for Magnavox TV-Phonographs; Caterpillar 1-page color photo ad shows bulldozer plowing through a mountain of tin cans in a dump; 2-page ad for Philco TVs and radios features photo of Rise Stevens; Nice color 2-page ad for Heinz Ketchup; Uncommon 1-page 2-color ad for Oliver Tractors; Nice 1-page color ad features the American-Standard Severn Boiler; Nice 1-page color ad for Burroughs features stylish receptionist; 1-page color ad for Life Savers Pep-o-mint candies features old-style telephone; 1-page ad for Underwood typewriters; Nice 1-page color ad for Ritz Crackers; 1-page color ad for the 'Jeep' Station Sedan; 1/2 page color ad for Vegamato; 1-page color ad for the Servel gas refrigerator features radio host Mary Margaret McBride; Two half-page ads for Lumberman's Mutual Casualty Company; 1-page color-photo ad for Gulfpride motor oil features Mr. J.N. Cooke, a prominent drug executive from Brattleboro VT; Artistic 1-page color ad for Pan Am features flowers of their destinations; Half-page Cream of Wheat ad features L'il Abner cartoon; 1-page color ad for American Airlines shows father returning to happy family; Full-page illustration of train rear platform; in Libbey-Owens-Ford ad; 1-page color ad for Delrich Margerine; Back cover ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes features lovely lady smoker. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Pathfinder Magazine - A Weekly Digest of World Affairs, September 3, 1933 - How Socialism Has Spread Over the Earth in One Century
24 pages. Contents: Venom of Snakes Lends Encouragement to Cure for Disease; How Socialism has Spread Over the Earth in One Century; Too Many Train Wrecks; Blight Hits Elms; Detroit Bank Probe; Admiral Byrd Going South again (with small photo); Split in the German Protestant Church; Lost Canadian Balloon crews found; Death of King Feisal el Husein of Iraq; Cuban Junta Quits with Grau San Martin Provisilnal President; Current Events - with photo of Theodore Roosevelt Jr.; Marion Bergeron of West Haven, CT. crowned Miss America 1933; Photo of Norman Thomas, who has been Socialist candidate for President multiple times; Photo of Senator Bob LaFollette of Wisconsin; Capital Chat - with photo of Senators aboard capital monorail subway train; Photo of King Boris III of Bulgaria; and more. Average wear. Yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Pathfinder Magazine - A Weekly News Review of World Affairs, May 8, 1937 - British Coronation
24 pages. Features: Coronation - Crusty Tradition, Blazing Color, Sacred Ritual - with photos; The National Scene; Daughters of the American Revolution - 46th Annual Congress; News from Austria and Belgium; Article with photo on Leon Blum, Premier of France; High Treason - 21-year-old Jewish art student Helmuth Hirsch awaits death penalty in Germany after he is assumed to have intended to bomb Hitler; British Budget and Debts; Science and Medicine; Photo of Jackson Whitlow of Stooping Oak, TN who is 45 days into a fast; Photo and brief article on Negro singer Marian Anderson; Photo and brief write-up of Mrs. Harriette Gray, of Omaha; Editorial; Feature article and photo of "Father Divine"; Capital Chat; The Movie World; Vintage ads; and more. Average wear. Yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Bryant, Arthur; Falls, Cyril; Squire, Sir John; Davis, Frank; Elliott, Clarence; Trewin, J.C.; Burton, Maurice; et al
The Illustrated London News, April 11, 1953 - Passing of Queen Mary / Mau Mau Massacre in Kenya
Pages 549-592. Features: Cover photo of Queen Mary's coffin on its journey to Westminster Hall; The death of Ex-King Carol of Rumania; The Mau Mau Massacre - victims and survivors, and some suspects; Two-page photo of ghastly scene where loyal Kikuyu were burned alive; Rail disaster near Conneaut, Ohio; Czech state airline Dakota lands in Frankfurt, passengers request political asylum; Full-page photo of the Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke of Windsor, the Duke of Gloucester and the Duke of Kent in Queen Mary's funeral procession; Two-page photo of Queen Mary's funeral procession on its way to Westminster; Centerfold illustration of the public paying last respects to Queen Mary; Two pages of photos of floral tributes to Queen Mary; Photos of dignitaries who attended the funeral; The Buraimi Oasis - subject of a dispute between Great Britain and Saudi Arabia; Sports photos; and more. Centerfold loose but present. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Wood, Chris; Worthington, Peter; Morris, Nomi; Came, Barry; Phillips, Andrew; Wells, Jennifer; Anthony, Lorrayne; Newman, Peter C.; Phillips, Andrew;
Maclean's, Canada's Weekly Newsmagazine, August 18, 1997 - Clifford Olson Cover Photo
64 pages. Creepy cover photo of Canadian serial child-killer Clifford Olson and many of his victims; The Legacy of Jean Lesage; Cover Story - Killer Clifford Olson's Plea under section 745 of Criminal Code for early release from prison after only 15 years served; Olson's Prison World; Section 745 - Good Intentions, Mixed Results; Premier's conference - with photo of Lucien Bouchard at the microphone; Prairie farmers face crop loss; photo of Canadian astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason; India's Passage - facing weighty challenges on its 50th birthday; Police close in on suspects in the Air India tragedy; Abu Maizar and Lafi Khalil - terror suspects; KAL Flight 801 crash at Guam International Airport; Biting The Apple - Microsoft's Bill Gates bails out former Stave Jobs and Apple Computer; Body of Evidence - controversy over a corpse fuels the Bre-X scandal; British Columbia's Smelter of Success - $1.2 billion deal with Alcan at Kitimat; How First Nations self-rule can bring prosperity; Elvis reigns supreme 20 years after his death; Karen Douglas teaches English to Mexican labourers in Bowmanville; Murder in Cold Lake - Carol Meredith and Barclay MacFie; and more. Moderate wear. A clean and unmarked copy. Magazine
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Case, Victoria; Ruhen, Olaf; Brimmer, Lenor & Kenneth; Mayse, Arthur; Yoder, Robert; Smith, Beverly; Hauser, Ernest; Libler, John; Borge, Victor; Blair, Col. Charles F. Jr.; Wolf, Bill; Von Rosenstiel, W.; Le May, Alan; Case, Robert
The Saturday Evening Post, March 23, 1957 - Victor Borge / Operation Sharkbait / Preventing Premature Births
126 pages. Fiction: Problem Mother; The Face of Death; First Baby; The Forbidden Island; Kiowa Moon (part 2 of 7); The Golden Shadow (conclusion). Articles: How an Amblance Chaser Works - other people's accidents make him money; If a President Collapses - proposed solutions to the problem of what to do if/when a President falls ill; The Face of America - The Golden Triangle - large color photo of the Monongahela meeting the Allegheny River; We are on the Spot in Spain - Franco's dictatorship rests on a powder keg; Premature Births Can Be Prevented - Releasin is used to delay labor - with photo of Mrs. Lorraine Yarsinsky and her triplets; Everybody Laughs at Me - Victor Borge - par 6 of 7 - his feud with Rudy Vallee, and the day he was arrested as a spy; We Flew Operation Sharkbait - Col. Charles F. Blair, Jr., USAF Res. recounts the harrowing tension-filled hoursin a jet fighter that spanned the Atlantic on a hush-hush test flight - the first Great Circle Route flight to Europe in a Thunderstreak Interceptor; Fishing at its Fanciest - article and great color photos from Palm Beach; My Ware with the Army - W.H. Von Rosenstiel got no mail for three months so went over his colonel's head - with astounding results; Should your child be a Librarian? Ads: Winston cigarettes (taste good); Pream coffee; Amana fridges (very nostalgic); Hart Schaffner & Marx clothing - with color photos of Dr. Joyce Brothers and Hal March of the $64,000 Question; 'Eggs Belong in Breakfast'; Presto appliances; Nice 1-page color ad for Boeing's 707; Ford cars - two-page color photo; Westinghouse washer - the famous 'sand test'; Tareyton; Pontiac cars - nice yellow Super Chief two-door hardtop; Baldwin Organs; GMC Air Suspension Tractors - two color pages; Union Pacific Railroad Vacations; RCA TV Service; Underwood Typewriters (golden gloves); Allis-Chalmers - 2-page ad showing their cement plant; USS United States Steel with illustration of futuristic bridge; GMAC color photo ad with old ladies telling young mom what to do; Nice two-page Borg-Warner ad in 'believe-it-or-not' format; Nice one-page color Pepsi adshows young painting couple; Magnavox High Fidelity TVs; MacGregor baseball gloves - featuring Red Schoendienst; GM two-page photo ad features Amanda, Ohio, home of GM supplier Mid-West Fabricating - with photos of Stanton Johns, Francis and Helen Crago, Dick Young, and L.E. Conrad; Evinrude outboard motors - nice color-photo ad; Ponderosa Pine Windows; Anchor Fence; IBM Selectric Typewriters; Santa Fe Super Chief; Briggs & Stratton engines; Nice Viceroy cigarette ad features bowler Don Carter; Chrysler 4-door hardtop Windsor - color photo; Betty Crocker Li'l Angel Food Cake Mix ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Burnet, Dana; Hancock, M.; Crisp, N.J.; Cave, Hugh; Spencer, Steven; Jennings, Dean; Hauser, Ernest; Heinz, W.; Bracken, Peg; Taylor, Francis; Cheney, Michael; Kettering, Charles; Hawkings, John; Kelland, C.
The Saturday Evening Post, May 17, 1958 - A Visit With Jack Dempsey / The Germ That Haunts Hospitals / Inventor Charles Kettering
136 pages. Fiction: The Girl in the Tree; The Sharpshooter's Daughter; From Different Worlds; Wild Ride; Death Stands by (conclusion); Arson, Incorporated (part 4 of 8). Articles: The Hospitals Fight Their Toughest War - staph infections are antibiotic resistant; Man with Magic Fingers - Erroll Garner Can't Read a Note but makes $200k/year as a jazz pianist!; The Face of America - Outdoor Baptism photo in Lake Grandview at the foot of Sharptom Mountain; Will Our Yugoslav gamble pay off? - article with photo of John Foster Dulles seated with Josip Broz Tito; A visit with Jack Dempsey - includes dramatic boxing photos plus some of his wives; Why Can't I remember?; Adventures of the Mind - part 4 - art and human dignity; My Daughter's an Arab - great color photos of little Vicki Cheney; Future Unlimited - great photo-illustrated article with famed automotove inventor Charles Kettering; Why Hollywood Stopped Dieting - with gorgeous photo of Anita Ekberg. Ads: American Standard yellow bath fixtures; Wurlitzer organ ad features the home of Sue and Norm Smith in Joliet Illinois; Campbell's soup; Ad for the new Chrysler Windsor Dartline; Tareyton; 1958 Ford color photo ad; Very nice one-page photo ad for Motorola TVs shows a fixated doctor's waiting room; Republic Steel; Sweet color photo ad for the Dodge Power Giant pickup shows truck at drive-through bank window; Redwood lumber designer George Nakashima is featured in a color-phot ad for Simpson; Sano cigarettes; Evinrude outboard color photo ad; A&P coffee; Photo-journalist Ray Jacobs is featured in an Ansco film ad inside back cover; (soiled) Betty Crocker cupcake mix ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Truax, Madelon; Goldring, Philip; Anderson, Mary W.; Nadler, John; Smyth, Lindsay
Canadian West Magazine, October / November / December1991, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Collector's #26)
Pages 131-174.. Features: Alex Monkman's Dream - transportation through the mountains; Whisky, Horses & Death - the Plains Indian in the Cypress Hills; The Miner's Angel; The Great Creston Bank Robbery; A Just Retribution - The first newspaper headline claimed 45 miners had been massacred by Indians in the Fraser Canyon. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Ad clipped from back cover. Book
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MacDonald, Philip; Landon, Kenneth; Eastlake, William; Albee, George Sumner; Shannon, Jones B.; Ruark, Robert C.; Paxton, Harry T.; Blatty, William Peter; Pearse, Ben; Nicholson, Arnold; Rutledge, Nancy; Chamberlain, William
The Saturday Evening Post, March 29, 1958 - Architect Royal Barry Wills / Pitcher Jack Sanford
100 pages. Short Stories: Impossible Accident; Brothers' Quarrel; Man Trap; Gigolo. Articles: Religious Revolution on the Campus; The Land That Time Forgot - Part II - Stronghold of the Kukukuku; Baseball's Oldest Youngster - Jack Sanford; They Believed I Was an Arab Prince - William Peter Blatty poses as "Prince Xeer" for ten days - gullible Hollywood bows and scrapes; Don't Fall for the Mail Frauds; The Face of America - Dear Teacher - lovely color photo of Principal John Martin of Hillview Elementary School in Menlo Park, CA - surrounded by kindergarteners; Architect Royal Berry Wills - Big Man in Small Houses. Serials: Death Stalks the Bride (part 1 of 4); Seven Days to Tingyong (part 2 of 3). Ads: Philadelphia Electric Company; Special K cereal; Vitasafe; Mobil service stations - two pages with great color photos; Wheeling Corrugating Company; Mercury Outboards - nice two-page color-photo ad with boaters and swimmers; Nice two-page color-photo ad for Ford cars features the Edsel and others in a water scene; Whitman's chocolates; GMAC - with color photo of reluctant kids dancing; Mayo Spruce ad features photo of Lew Burdette of the Milwaukee Braves with his son, Lewis Kent Burdette; Hilton Hotels - with color illustration of their Havana, Cuba property; Eaton Manufacturing photo-illustrated ad features George D. Williams, General Superintendant, T.L. James & Company, Inc., Ruston, LA; Photo of Bil Sharman in ad for Spalding basketballs; Acme Spring Co. of Connecticutt is featured in a GM photo/text ad; Page & Shaw chocolates; Color photo of Saratoga 2-door hardtop and Saks Fifth Ave. fashion featured in color photo ad inside back cover; Lucky Strike ad on back cover features home movies. Somewhat above-average wear. Bits of writing on back cover. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Sharp, Kitty; Palmer, Gretta; Carter, John F.; Davidov, Ottilie; H.V.K.; Robb, Inez Callaway; Eberle, Irmengarde; Tieger, Joan; Ferguson, Donita; Cowles, Reta; et al
The New York Woman (Magazine), October 28, 1936, Vol. 1, No. 8 - Gloria Vanderbilt
48 pages. This glamorous publication brought New York women important information including: news of the choicest fashion, entertainment, current happenings, where to go, what to see, and how much to pay. Features: Color cover photo features lady applying lipstick amongst a throng of well-dressed football fans; Nice Franklin Simon's one-page ad featuring Persian (wool) Prestige; Super half-page photo ad for Best & Co. features 'Sequins for Glamour'; Nice Macy's full-page ad features photo of four fashionable kids disembarking the 'Normandie'; Full-page ad for Macy's Little Shop features elegant lady in evening gown; The tragic case of Elizabeth Smith, convicted of second degree manslaughter in the death of her newborn; Great one-page Singer sewing machine ad encourages readers to make the $4 dress illustrated; Several photos commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty; Photos and brief article on new diaper service (which some readers thought was a fiction!); Flaming Youth - Sixteen Years Older - "The Younger Generation" that made the 1920's such hectic years grows old and conservative, and its bearded prophets tell how they grew up - article with before and after photos of H.L. Mencken and F. Scott Fitzgerald; "Dear Martha Deane" - brief article with nine photos of radio broadcaster Mary Margaret McBride; 'Mama Martinelli and her Soup of Vengeance'; Photo-illustrated three-page article on Gloria Vanderbilt; Article on John Perona's 'fashionable hellhole' El Morocco - including photo of Jack Dempsey and Perona; The Fashion Ediitor's Diary; Two nice full-page color fashion photos; Review of some New York hair salons; Color-illustrated centerfold features Football Fashions; So Much To Buy - So Much to Spend; Evening accessories; Skin products; There's a difference in light bulbs - photo-illustrated article compares American with foreign bulbs; Color photos of fine china and sparkling crystal tableware; We Shop the Town; Hearty Dinners for Cold Days; Photos and article on the movie "Libeled Lady" which starred Jean Harlow and Spencer Tracy; Schaefer beer one-page ad mentions Empire City horse racing, Oct. 19-31; Maisonette Russe is opend with the blessing of Archimandrite Inna - brief article with photos; Manhattan Date Book; Nice color-illustrated Kotex ad inside back cover features fashionable ladies; and more. Unmarked with modest wear. A quality copy of this great vintage depression-era item. Magazine
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Air Pictorial Magazine, 1966 (Volume 28): All 12 Issues Bound in One Volume
Features: General Dynamics F-111; Indian Air Force at War; Flying Jeep; Around the Airlines; No. 115 Squadron History; Fokker Fellowship; Between the Wars; Bridging the Production Gap; Below Zero Flying; Pakistan Air Force; Air League on Defense; Vickers Windsor; Stratoliner up to date; "The Blue Max"; No. 205 Squadron History; Power for the Concorde; The Spey-Mirage; Swissair in 1966; Kavochkins over Slovakia; British Production; LTV A-7A Corsair II; Skyways Coach Air; The British Spads; Beagle joins the R.A.F.; Bolkow Junior Air-Test; R.A.F. in the Far East; Britain's Defense Plans; Soviet Stratospheric Aircraft; Concorde Takes Shape; Supermarine Attacker; "Southern Cross" - Sir Charles Kingsfors Smith's Fokker Monoplane; British Spads - Part 2; Alpavia R.F.3 Air-Test; German Aircraft Industry; Aircraft Carriers after the 1966 Defence White Paper; Ancestor Airline No. 2; "Winter Express"; U.S.A.A.F. Paintwork - I; Sud Horizon Air-Test; Death of a Squadron; German Naval Air Arm; R.A.F. 'Nav.' Training; Aer Lungus History; U.S.A.A.F. Paintwork - 2; Potez 41; No. 114 Squadron History; West Country Museums; Dornier Do 28 Air Test; The European Airbus; Report from Hanover; U.S.A.F. Displays; Biggin Hill Air Fair; U.S.A.A.F. Paintwork - 3; Gliding Championships; Lufthansa Pilot Training; Sunderland at Pembroke; Military Miscellany; H.M.S. Theseus in Korean War; Reconnaissance Victors; Aircraft Oil Engines; 'Mods' to the Belfast; Brazilian Photo Review; VARIG, Brazilian airline; Atlantic Crossing 1922; Centre Est DR 250; Sheila Scott's Flight; Britain's Aircraft Industry - at the crossroads; What to see at Farnboro'; Tiger Meet; R.A.F. Persian Gulf; R.A.F. Strength 3/9/39; R.Ae.S. Centenary; Slingsby Dart 17R; Farnborough Report; Farnborough checklist; Argentine Airlines; Boulton Paul Overstrand; U.S.A.F. "Airevac"; No. 72 Squadron History; Slovak Air Force; Airshipping in 1966; Spanish Fighters; Ancestor Airlines - 3; Strike on Farnborough; Holland's Air Museum; Swedish Mustangs; Alon A-2 Aircoupe; Another look at the U.S.A.F.; South African Airways; Indian Air Power; Wassmer Super IV Baladou; and much more. Includes index . Gilt lettering to front board and backstrip. Moderate wear. Partial slant to spine. Book
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Air Combat Magazine, Volumes 1 and 2, Plus 3 Special Editions from 1979, 1981 and 1982 - Privately Hardbound in One Book
Features: Eddie Rickenbacker; The Square J; From Africa to China - Via P-40; Warplanes in Detail; F-15 Eagle; Tinian's B-29s; Spitfire Pilot; Navy's Colorful Jets; Modeling Military Aircraft; Biplanes against the red bear; The deadly D VII; Terro in the Yellow Peril; Ground Attack; Flying the CF-104 Starfighter; The Last Mustangs; An RCAF Crewman Looks back - H.D. (Cherry) Cherrington; Col. Tinker and the Bird-o-prey XIII; Warplanes in detail - the Bf 109G; Flying the Vampire; P-5... Last of the Big Boats; McDonnell's Parasite; Military markings of the world; Counter Invader; Return to Cornino; B-17G Production Line; Czechoslovakian Mule; Warplanes in detail - Me 262; Military Markings, Part II; Black Lady of Espionage; Mosquito Pilot's Escape; YF-17 Rollout; Evolution of the Mitsubishi Zero - part I; The Noblest Knight of Acedom; Curtiss P-6 in the Netherlands and East Indies; Night Fighter from Junkers; Fighter Formations - history of fighter tactics; Not so black widow - P-61s in the Pacific; Messerschmitt Me 410 A/Cross; Fighter Night - dangerous WWII mission in a Hurricane; Bristol Beaufighter - rare example; Bat out'a Hell - history of the Douglas Skyray and Skynight; Deadly Long Nose - Famous Focke Wulf FW 190D and Ta 152 fighters; Farewell to the Ugly Duckling - the Fairyey Gannet has made its last flight; Post-war military Mitchells - they served in the USAF until the early 1960s; Norwegian Warriors - Norwegian Pilots during WWII; Curse of the Lady Be Good; The Return of Halifax W1048; Mission U5 - Abort!; Shoo-Shoo Baby; Holscher's Heinkel; Forgotten Warriors; Death over Flak City; Ghosts of '44; The Deadly Storm; Forgotten Warbird Graveyard; The Deadly Storm; The Atlantic Ferry; Harvesting the Zuyder Zee; The Souvenir; They Returned; The day it rained P-40s; Fortress Ferry - flying one of the last examples of aviation's most famous bomber; Lightning Strikes - we fly a rare P-38 Lightning; A lady named Jenny - America's famous WWI trainer; Missions in the Marauder - a navigator's diary of aerial combat over Europe; Flying the U-2 - a 9th strategic Reconnaissance Wing pilot describes a U-2 mission, from suiting up to shutdown; Attack! - we fly in the LTV A-7; Cat Shooting with the Phantom - a USAF pilot flies with the Phantoms of a Marine fighter squadron; The Beauty of the Beast - adventures with the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver; The forgotten promise - the first carrier landing is an unforgettable experience; Flying the White Rocket - this USAF trainer is one hot aircraft. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding sound. Book
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True West Magazine, December 1970
Features: Old-Time Line Camp Christmas; Lost Tres Amigos Diggings in Baja California; The West of Gary Cooper; Rough Justice - astonishing incidents; Wealth of the Santa Clara - silver and lead; Horror at Midnight - a little cabin becomes a butcher shop in Siloam Springs, Arkansas; Top Man of the Fearless Thirteen - Burt Mossman; Bill Fairweather's Luck - he struck it rich in Alder Gulch; Bachelor Miners - great photos of various cabin styles; When Charles A. Siringo was Marked for Death; The Virginian, by Owen Wister; Letters from the 'Bloody First' - the bleak life of an enlisted man in the 1860s; Just Baling Wire - photos of various uses!. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Newsweek Magazine, October 29, 1945 *THE FLEET'S IN*
Contents: Nice color Nash car ad inside front cover; Great color ad for Packard cars; Color ad for White trucks; Szilard and Oppenheimer scoff at plans to keep the atomic bomb secret; J. Edgar Hoover foresees biggest crime wave; Fascinating story about U.S./Arab political machinations re: support for a Jewish commonwealth in Palestine; Photo of Maryland man legally flogged for beating his wife; Money for Spies; Runaway inflation turns clock of Europe back to Barter Age - cigarette becomes medium of exchange in the large cities; Brass says yes, Braid says no in fight over merging services - navy prefers independence; Centerfold Buick auto ad; Death in the streets of Caracas; Spurtin production foreshadows hottest sales rivalry in history; Truman forgets he's President - has Capital newsmen in a dither; Excellent color Caterpillar Diesel ad - 'Mountain Moving Done Here'; Motorola radio ad. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. A sound copy. Magazine
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Newsweek Magazine, August 6, 1945 *B-25 BOMBER STRIKES EMPIRE STATE BUILDING - PHOTOS, ILLUSTRATION AND TEXT - EERILY SIMILAR TO SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001!*
Contents: Nash car color ad inside front cover; Commercial Solvents Corp. ad with great Iwo Jima beach landing photo; Chrysler *Fluid Drive* color ad; Only Stalin of first trio is left but Attlee carries on where Churchill left off; Very graphic 6-photo sequence of a 'Jap' being burned to death by a flame-thrower; British Labor landslide stirs the world - the winning issue was not Churchill but new homes and jobs for Britons; Photo of a masked 'squeeler' identifying Gestapo agents hiding in the ranks of the Wehrmacht in Norway; Nice color ad for Martin aircraft; Photo of Dutch people tearing up trolly blocks for desperately needed fuel; Trial of Marshal Petain in France; Amazing coverage of B-25 Mitchell bomber striking the Empire State building - the diagram looks just like what the world witnessed September 11th, 2001; The Big Playhouse - Michigan's cushy prison at Jackson; Japan on the ropes - strikes at Kure naval base cover harbor with blazing ships - B-29s blast forewarned cities; Photo of American troops from Europe massing in Manila; *Super* color centerfold featuring a 1942 yellow Buick convertible; photo of leaflet dropped on Jap cities prior to bombing (with article); Photo of Canadian General Crerar who's army has been dissolved; Kaiser lines up Graham-Paige in march toward reconversion - with Frazer's selling genius added to Western Steel facilities, Combine's one need is capital; Photo of experimental helicopter, the PV-3, in flight; Nice color Imperial whiskey ad; Surplus problem - whether to scrap the Office of War Information's (OWI) profitable magazines abroad; Swiss family air force - survival training; Motorola radio ad; Great color Union Pacific Railroad ad with emphasis upon beautiful Washington state; Unmarked with average wear. Address label atop front cover. A sound copy. Book
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Newsweek Magazine, April 30, 1945 *SAN FRANCISCO - GATEWAY TO PEACE*
Contents: Great military ad for Chevrolet military equipment; Doomsday strikes for the Nazis with Berlin dying, nation split - photo of American soldier mocking Hitler from the stadium box where the Fuhrer once harangued Nazis; Great full-page illustration of "Hitler's Two Fronts - Last Phase"; interesting photos of captured Germans, some being Nazi-saluted by passers-by; Lucky Count von Luckner is prize of Task Force Newman; photo of Russian tanks in Vienna; Davao (Little Tokyo) at bay; Government by co-operation is theme of President Truman's actions during first days in office; Great photo and coverage of Presidential press conference; GM Truck and Coach ad - with Leyte theme; Polish issue - Soviet failure to observe promises Stalin made at Yalta poses question of good faith; San Francisco prepares for United Nations conference; Nazi policy of organized murder blackens Germany for all history - civilized world shocked by evidence, living and dead, of Herrenvolk's brutality - article with graphic photos; Henri Dentz - a traitor's death; Vintage International Harvester Truck ad with caption "Till the Japs Say 'Uncle'"; English lady harnesses goats to pull her to market - uses almost anything for fuel!; Luis Carlos Prestes released from Jail in Brazil; OPA retreats under pressure of general public indifference - fight against inflation is revealed in Newsweek survey as losing on most fronts; Ernie Pyle shared the Doughfoot's lot, even to death in a roadside Okinawan ditch - photo and article; Seiberling Tire ad in color; Dr. Frondel's work with x-rays at Harvard; Nice Chesterfield cigarette color ad on back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Address label at top of front cover. Unmarked. Two-inch opening to top of cover-fold. Cover attached by one staple. Book
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Newsweek Magazine, March 12, 1945 *NAZI AT BAY - THE ALLIES HAVE HIM BY THE THROAT*
Contents: Boeing ad boasts of their record coast-to-coast flight by a C-97, 6 hrs, 3 min, 50 sec.; Reo Truck ad; Full-page ad for a radio show called "Breakfast in Hollywood" with Tom Breneman on the Blue Network (ABC); Fisher Body color ad; Allies strike at Rundstedt's finest after 8-day race to the Rhine - Wehrmacht escapes disaster but loses heavily in pulling out and blowing up the bridges - great map; Sample of a 'safe conduct' pass showered down on Germans, as well as a humorous satirical German response; Two photos taken during the Bataan death march (stolen from the Japanese); News from Iwo Jima; Eighteen-year-olds fight and die as nation debates their status - European and Pacific wars were speeded by using youths Stimson says in defense; Photo of Erich Gimpel and William C. Colepaugh as they are led into court prior to being hung as Nazi spies; 67 Army nurses captured by the Japs on Bataan and Corregidor return the the US; Troubled return of vets - Mr. Jobe in Chicago; Britain accepts the Yalta Charter but U.S. keeps fingers crossed - F.D.R.'s report to Congress is received with reservation despite its urgent tone; Poland - scores to settle - General Anders; White Truck ad in color; Canada Calling - new CBC 50,000 watt short-wave transmitter; America's join in Alliance to keep hemisphere peace - the Inter-American Conference on Problems of War and Peace, in Mexico City; Interesting ad for Bituminous Coas - presents its varied military uses; Coal owners are unlikely to sign UMW contract calling for pertentage on each ton; Kansas corn piled outside for lack of freight cars; Vintage color Borden's ad featuring Elsie the cow and her family; Photo of 26-year-old Frank Sinatra with details of his draft classification; Wacs at work; Photo of Martin (The Blimp) Levy, a 640 pound wrestler; Studebaker color military ad inside back cover. Average wear. Address label atop front cover. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Frontier Times Magazine, July 1965
Features: Founder of the Cowboy Camp Meeting - William B. Bloys at Fort Davis, Texas in 1888; Shoot-out on Christmas Day, 1883 at McDade, Texas in Bastrop County - Thomas Bishop and George Milton; Boom Days at Ash Meadows, Nevada; Strawmen and Marshals - Ellensburg, WA and locality circa 1906; Greatest living hunter - Clell Lee; Riding the Shale Rock Trail; Paul P. Lawson and Idaho adventures; Victim of the "White Night" - unfortunate Joseph Hahn, after whom Hahn's Peak was named; Whipping Tree - primitive form of Seminole justice rarely suffered repeat offenders; John J. Tomlinson - Sawmill man of Yellowstone City in the Crow River Reservation; Oro, Arizona - most remote of the Bradshaw's Ghost Towns; The Wound that never healed - Mary Christofferson Anderson's chin was shot away by a cannonball at age 14 during the Morrisite Massacre of 1862; Rawhide times in Dakota - when it was open range from the White River to the Niobrara; I Cast My Lot With a Soldier - dedicated Army wives who followed their husbands to the American frontier in the 19th century; Appointment on Red Mountain - Emma Crawford was buried atop 7,200 foot-high Red Mountain where she said she had communed with an Indian brave; New Mexico's Mysterious Markers - many styles of Christian Cross; Flames of Starvation and Death - Cattlemen and nesters were comrades in arms when the sky warned of fire; King-sized nugget - found at the Willard Claim Mine in California's Sierra Nevadas; Uncle Milty's Legs - Milt Clements stood tall even though he only had one leg - Frank Lockert's personal museum at Coats, Kansas. Average wear. Some yellowing to pages. Occasional markings to contents. A sound copy. Book
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Nature Magazine, March 1935
16 pages of nature pictures in rotogravure. Features: Scenic Highway Policy - too little thought given to Road Programs; Big and Little Storms - the how, where and why of sundry dusty doings in the air; Burro Language; Irises from Bulbs - there is a wider range than most gardeners seem to realize; Andy's last chapter - a Florida sandhill crane - how he helped to dissolve the barriers between his own kind and man; The carriers of Death - the microscope reveals how insects transport disease; The Giant Water Bug - a picture story of a strange insect; The Story of the Red Giants; A Unique Nature Club - The Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences celebrates its fiftieth anniversary; Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
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The London Scottish Regimental Gazette: No. 143 - Vol. XII, November 1907
Features: Photo portrait of the late Private Alexander Aikman, died 19th October, 1907; Company Notes; In Memoriam - for Mr. A. Aikman, the editor for the past six years of this Gazette; Death of Professor D.M. Masson; Death of Mr. J.G. Petrie; Gleanings; Notes by the Commanding Officer; Editorial; Our Regimental Plate - No. X - the "Sutherland" Cup - photograph and article by Ian Bhreatannaich; Shooting; Marches of "G", "H", "F" and "K" Companies; "Sic Transit"; The Kaiser Manoeuvres, 1907 - the evolution of manoeuvres on a large scale (few light pencil markings on accompanying map); and more. 3" x 1" chunk from fore-edge of front cover. Average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. Book
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The London Scottish Regimental Gazette: No. 130 - Vol. XI, October 1906
Features: Frontis photo portrait and writeup on Robert Wilson Simpson - champion shot of the past season, and winner of the "Wemyss" prize. Company notes; Notes by the C.O.; Shooting - Sergeants' Wappenschaw, with nice six-photo montage; Shooting results; Member numbers; Death of Robert C. Murray, late of D Company; The History of The Glenworple Highlanders (Chapter V) - Ancient Rome; and more. Four-inch tear to fore-edge of back cover. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, February 10, 1962 - Nazi Death Camp Children Come To Canada
Features: Nice colour ad for the Impala 6-passenger station wagon (blue); The Redeemed Children - the story of one of the great humanitarian acts of the twentieth century - Jewish orphans from WWII are brought to Canada - with photos; The Welcome Enemies - the happy accident by which 972 interned aliens became, in 1940, some of the liveliest immigrants Canada ever had; The public crime that seems to pay - Hit-and-run; Stop whitewashing black african demagogues, by John Phillipson; 15 days with the bushmen of the Kalahari Desert, by John Phillipson - great colour photos; How Spencer Caldwell got a TV network (CTV) by the tail; In High Places, by Arthur Hailey (last of 3 parts); Molson's Canadian ad features photo of the newly launched 'City of Victoria' ferry; Tommy Douglas' first 6 months, by Peter C. Newman; Piano prodigy Hilda Irek; Nice Valentine-theme colour photo Coke ad on back cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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