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Wendt, H.C.; Fitzpatrick James R.; Fuller, Forrest B.; Klemin, Alexander
Aviation Engineering (Magazine) - The Technical Journal of the Aeronautical Industry, September (Sept.) 1930 - Experiments on the Burnelli All-Wing Principle
40 pages. Features: The Development of Curved Surfaces; Aviation Engine Cylinder Finishing; Plywood in Aircraft; Aircraft Ignition Equipment; The Technology of Woods Used in Aircraft Construction; Radiophone Communication on Air Passenger and Mail Routes - article with photo of engineer Thorp Hiscock; News of the Industry; New Developments; Wind Tunnel Experiments on the Burnelli All-Wing Principle; Ad for the new Chevrolet 333 engine includes photo of Louis Chevrolet; Ford Transport aircraft photo ad says it offers optional Packard Diesel motor; many more vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Wendt, H.C.; Green, F.M.; Travers, J.C.; Schuettel, Frederick P.
Aviation Engineering (Magazine) - The Technical Journal of the Aeronautical Industry, December (Dec.) 1930 - Some Aspects of the Seaplane / The Pearson Rotary Aileron
32 pages. Features: Another Method of Developing Curved Surfaces; The Construction of Aircraft in Steel; The Application of Silver Solders in Aircraft Construction; Is Aviation Pointing Up or Down?; Some Aspects of the Seaplane; Packard ad features great photo of the new Towle Amphibian - powered by twin Packard-Diesels; The Pearson Rotary Aileron; Aircraft and Motors; News of the Industry; Continental Aircraft Engine Co. ad inside back cover features photo of Lee Gehlbach, winner of the longest air race ever held; many more vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Nagel, C.F. Jr.; Hoglund, G.O.; Chilton, R.; Benton, B.; LeBer, R.; Holt, F.A.; Klemin, A.; Pillard, M.; Green, E.; Dyer, H. Jr.
Aviation Engineering (Magazine), With Which is Consolidated Aircraft Servicing - The Technical Journal of the Aeronautical Industry, February (Feb.) 1931 - The Privateer Amphibian / Making the Navy Type Cable Splice
50 pages. Features: Thompson Valve ad commemorates the round the world trip of Mears and Collyer in 1928; Design and Construction of Aluminum Alloy Floats - article with photo of Keystone Commuter; Air-Cooled Cylinder Head Design; The Privateer Amphibian - A Low Wing Pusher Monoplane; Wind Tunnel Testts on Airplane Wheel Cowlings; Improvement and Economy in Carburetor Control; Vortex Theory and the Tapered Wing (part II); Effectiveness and Balance of Horizontal Control Surface; The Month's best from the Foreign Press; Assembly Instructions of the Fairchild Cabin Monoplane 71; Method of Making the Navy Type Cable Splice; How to Design and Build and Aircraft Finishing Room; Airplane and Engine Repair Cost Accounting; Puti It Up to Parker; How Fast Do They Fly?; New Products; Nice ad inside back cover Detroit's Hotel Fort Shelby; many more nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Klemin, Alex.; Niven, A.; Webb, L.; Friedrich, W.; Ross, L.; Smithowski, J.
Aviation Engineering (Magazine), With Which is Consolidated Aircraft Servicing - The Technical Journal of the Aeronautical Industry, March (Mar.) 1931 - The Merrill Movable Wing Stagger Decalage Biplane
50 pages. Features: Thompson Valve ad commemorates the first refueling endurance flight in history by Maj. Carl Spatz, Capt. Ira Eaker, Lieut. Elwood R. Quesada, Lieut. Harry A. Halverson and Staff Sgt. Roy Hooe, of the U.S. Army Air Corps; The Merrill Movable Wing Stagger Decalage Biplane; A Technical Description of the Continental Model A70 Second Series Engine; Propeller Materials and Airplane Safety; My Observations at the French Aero Show - with photo of the Dornier Do-S flying boat and the S.E.C.M. two-engined bomber; The Curtiss-Wright Junior and its Characteristics; The Month's Best from the Foreign Press - Junkers F.13 Disaster caused by Buffeting; Tips on Designing an Airplane; Reviews - with photo of Grover Loening at the controls of U.S. Navy submarine seaplane; Weights of Aluminum Alloy Floats and Hulls; Radio Shielding for Pratt and Whitney Engines; Servicing the Aerol Strut; Inspection, Maintenance and Repair of Aluminum Structural Parts; Airplane and Engine Repair Cost Accounting (part II); Servicing Problems; No Smoking; New Products; Nice ad for Detroit's Hotel Fort Shelby inside back cover; Back cover Packard-Diesel ad boasts of 9/10 of a cent per mile operating cost on 12,000 mile flight; many more nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Green, E.; Jones, E.; Boyle, J.; Burghduff, E.; Godfrey, E.; McClarren, R.; Teichman, F.; Boedecker, K.; Isaccs, R.; Smithowski, J.; Curran, E.; Hall, E.
Aviation Engineering (Magazine), With Which is Consolidated Aircraft Servicing - The Technical Journal of the Aeronautical Industry, April (Apr.) 1931 - Stinson Tri-Motor Club Plane / Non-Rigid Airships, Their Development
50 pages. Features: Thompson Valve ad commemorates Charles Lindbergh and his wife for setting a coast to coast speed record in 1930 aboard the "Flying Colonel"; Shall There Be One Type of Engine for One Model of Plane?; Non-Rigid Airships, Their Development - article with photos; Technical Description of the Martin 333 Aircraft Engine; Design of Air-Cooled Cylinders; Development in Stability and Rotor Starting Characteristics of the Autogiro; Self-Tapping Screws Make Better Fastenings in Aircraft Construction Proved by Lab Tests; Stinson Tri-Motor Club Plane - text with nice photos; The Month's Best From the Foreign Press; Special Equipment for the Overhaul of Wright Aircraft Engines; Maintenance and Servicing of Eclipse Aviation Generators; Engine Repair Cost Accounting (part III); Servicing Problems; Your Log Book - Is It Up-To-Date?; New Shop Equipment; Reviews; many more nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Klemin, Alex.; Pike, F.J.; Finlay, W.; Dyer, H. Jr.; Boedecker, K.; Smithowski, J.
Aviation Engineering (Magazine), With Which is Consolidated Aircraft Servicing - The Technical Journal of the Aeronautical Industry, May 1931 - Impressions of the Detroit Aircraft Show
50 pages. Features: Thompson Valve ad commemorates Capt. Frank Hawks and his 1930 record-setting flight racing the sun from New York to Los Angeles in 14 hours and 50 minutes non-stop; Packard ad includes photo of Walter Lees and Frederic A. Brossy who set a U.S. record of over 73 hours aloft without refueling; My Impressions of the Exhibits at the Detroit Aircraft Show (major article with photos); Accessories and Equipment at the Show, Many New Devices; Interior Furnishing and Decoration of Flying Boats; Machining For Wasp Cylinder Heads; The Month's Best From the Foreign Press - including more information on the D'Ascanio Helicopter; Reviews; Servicing the American Cirrus Engine - with clearance diagram; Heed These Points for Satisfactory Finishing Results; Special Equipment for the Overhaul of Wright Aircraft Engines; Simple Instructions for Wing Repairing; Servicing Problems; Servicing Pains; Nice one-page illustrated ad for H.K. Porter Inc. of Everett Mass. displays their portable hand operated cutting tools; many more nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Schowalter, C.H.; Teichmann, F.; Ruffner, B.; Wolcott, L.
Aviation Engineering (Magazine), With Which is Consolidated Aircraft Servicing - The Technical Journal of the Aeronautical Industry, June 1931 - New Engine Features / Tests and Calculations on the Medvedeff Monobiplane
42 pages. Features: Interesting Packard-Diesel photo ad inside front cover explains how their engine gains revs when going over mountain tops; Thompson Valve ad commemorates the "Southern Cross", piloted by Wing Commander Charles Kingford-Smith, which completed the first successful east-west Atlantic crossing in a heavier-than-air craft in 1930; New Features of Engines Exhibited at the National Aircraft Show; Wind Tunnel Tests and Performance Calculations on the Medvedeff Monobiplane; The Month's Best from the Foreign Press - The Development of Deck Flying (to/from aircraft carriers) with photo of Squadron Commander Dunning's first successful landing on the H.M.S. Furious, and three photos of the fatal second attempt; Airplane Motor Radio Shielding; Aircraft Servicing Solutions; Compensating the Compass - Periodic Inspection and Servicing; many more nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Campbell, H.; Klemin, Alex.; Brownback, H.; Boulton, B.; Damon, R.; Wells, J.; Hartman, F.
Aviation Engineering and Aircraft Servicing (Magazine), With Which is Consolidated Airway Age - The Technical Journal of the Aeronautical Industry, November (Nov.) 1931 - Sikorsky's Contributions to Huge Amphibions - The S-40
66 pages. Features: Thompson Valves front cover ad commemorates the "Cape Cod" which flew from New York to Istanbul in 1930; Interesting Bell System ad for their Teletypewriters; Interesting Stanavo ad explains how the Sperry automatic pilot recently flew an Eastern Air Transport for twenty minutes at Newark Airport - text with photo of H.A. Elliott of Eastern; Applications of Electricity in Aircraft; Sikorsky's Contributions to the Huge Amphibians - The S-40; Simplicity in Light Plane Design - article illustrated with photo and diagrams, plus power plant and fuel system specs; Simplicity in Light Plane Engine Design; Design of Riveted Joints; Airplane Construction Production Methods; Manufacture of Precision Parts for Aircraft Engines; Two photos of new Boeing bomber which carries a crew of five and two 1,000lb bombs; Centerfold ad celebrates the consolidation of Airway Age with Aviation Engineering; Good Year tire ad includes photo and endorsement from Northwest Airways; Interesting 'Postal Telegraph' ad; Nice illustrated Chance Vought Corporation ad for their Navy Corsairs; Great photo ad for the Autogiro inside back cover; Impressive photo ad for Martin Aircraft on back cover shows some of their impressive manufacturing equipment; Forming of Aluminum Sheet for Aircraft; Servicing Pratt & Whitney Engines; French Design Powerful Water-Cooled Engine; Schneider Cup Engine; many more nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Angle, G.; Caldwell, F.; Sperry, E.; Lederer, J.; Allen, J.; Vaughan, G.; Hoffman, E.; Klemin, A.; Herrick, G.; Weidinger, H.
Aviation Engineering and Aircraft Servicing (Magazine), With Which is Consolidated Airway Age - The Technical Journal of the Aeronautical Industry, January (Jan.) 1932 - The Sperry Automatic Pilot / The Herrick Vertoplane
58 pages. Features: Front cover Thompson Valves ad commemorates Major "Jimmy" Doolittle's record transcontinental flight from Burbank to Newark in 1931; Positioning of Link Rod Wrist Pins in Articulated Connecting Rods; Propeller Design; The Sperry Automatic Pilot for Airplanes; Fire Extinguishers; Methods of Laying Out Flat Patterns; Fuel and Lubricants in Relation to Engine Design; The Triangle Parachute; Vortex Theory and the Tapered Wing; The Herrick Vertoplane; German Experiments with Chemical Cooling of Aircraft Engines; New Planes - The C-J Bird and the Cabin Giro; Cold Prevention of Dural Age-Hardening; Overhaul of the Menasco B-4; New Products; News; Sperry Gyroscope ad features photo of George Cushing of Eastern Air Transport, Inc., in his Mailwing; Nice photo ad for Autogiro inside back cover; many more nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Epstein, A.; Marshall, A.; Galloway, R.; Appel, A.; Teichmann, F.; Willgoos, A.; Haifter, M.; Lloyd, A.; LaSha, S.; Hall, R.; Warrender, L.
Aviation Engineering and Aircraft Servicing (Magazine), With Which is Consolidated Airway Age - The Technical Journal of the Aeronautical Industry, February (Feb.) 1932 - The Buhl Pusher Type Autogiro
54 pages. Features: Front cover Thompson Valves ad commemorates Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon and their record-setting Trans-Pacific flight from Sabishiro Beach, Japan to Wenatchee, Washington in 1931; Analysis of Landing Gear Fittings; Installation of Radial Air-Cooled Engines; Manufacturing Light Planes; Design Refinements in Bird Planes; Welded Tubing and Streamlined Struts; Pratt & Whitney's New Fuel Injection System; The Buhl Pusher Type Autogiro; Inspection Gauges used in Engine Production; New Planes; Comments on Stress Analysis and Design; Selection, Care and Maintenance of Porcelain Spark Plugs; Material Control in Chain Airport Operation; General Aviation Moves into new Factory; Thompson Valves ad on page 8 recounts the Giant Dornier DO-X and its many flights beginning in Friedrichshafen in November 1930 under the command of Friedrich Christiansen; many more nostalgic ads; Nice centerfold ad by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation boasts of their Facilities and Services across America; Nice photo ad for Wright Aeronautical documents their sale of engines to Swissair in 1929; Wasp & Hornet Engines ad features great photo of Sikorsky S-40 in flight; Autogiro ad inside back cover includes testimonial by Leslie B. Cooper (Kellett K-2 Augogiro) who landed in the backhard of a farmhouse near Syracuse after running out of fuel; Nice Stinson Aircraft ad on the back with photos of their new Model R; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Newell, J.; Huntington, D.; Wood, K.; Schaefer, E.; Doolittle, Major James H.; Froelich, M.; Insley, R.; Brown, L.; Stupar, M.; Schory, C.
Aviation Engineering and Aircraft Servicing (Magazine), With Which is Consolidated Airway Age - The Technical Journal of the Aeronautical Industry, March (Mar.) 1932 - The Stark System of Instrument Flying / The New Continental R-670
50 pages. Features: Front cover Thompson Valves ad commemorates Navy flyer Lieut. Soucek and his 1930 altitude record at 43,166 feet; Good Year ad features photos of American Airways planes; Data on the strength of Aircraft Materials; Improving the Control System; Weight Reduction Versus Drag Reduction in Design; The Stark System of Instrument Flying; A New Army Fighting Grade Anti-Knock Aviation Gasoline - article by Major James H. Doolittle; Engineering Deductions of a Flight Around the World - Charles Healy Day and his Errant (Martin); The New Continental R-670; Care and Construction of Metal Propellers; 1931 Aircraft Production; Century Airlines Hangar-Terminal Building; Brief personality profile - with photo - of Charles N. Monteith, Boeing's chief engineer; Obituary of C.T. Porter; Autogiro photo ad inside back cover shows Juan De La Cierva taking off from Pier 34, New York, December 23, 1931; Nice illustrated back cover ad for the new Stinson Model "R"; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Smedile, J.; Livingstone, F.; Ellis, R.; Ingram, L.; et al
The Military Engineer - Journal of the Society of American Military Engineers, May-June 1963, Volume 55, Number 365 - Richard Gridley
94 pages. Features: Cover photo of river crossing demonstration by the 16th and 17th Engineer Combat Battalions at Fort Hood in April 1963; Shore power for the USS Enterprise; Hutment Construction in Thailand; Fallout Protection at military installations; The Stalwart - new British cross-country amphibious load carrier; Richard Gridley - First Chief Engineer of the Army; Tracing Sediment Movement with Radioisotopes; Design with Threaded Nails; Inventory of Freeways by Aerial Photography; The Solar Disc; Navy Crane Moment Indicator; Combat Engineers 21 - The Battle for Ipo Dam - water supply of Manila; Wellington's Peninsular Engineers; Geographical Survey of the West, 1871-1879; Nuclear Power Plant Field Tests - field testing for the PM-1, and Atoms for Antarctic Power; Navy Mobile Power Reserve; Salvaging Rigid Pavements in Georgia; Geology Study for Navy Pier Construction; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy of this very informative issue. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Railway Carmen's Journal (Magazine), December (Dec.) 1969, Vol. LXXIV, No. 12 - Winter on the Alaska Railroad
Pages 267-290. Features: Progress on the Alaska Railroad; Report on the AFL-CIO Convention; Gov. Rockefeller Thanks Lodge 886; Robert Hewitt Passes at 83; O.P. Channell Jr. Named to R.E.D.; Presenting Case on H.R. 13300; Christmas Dinner in Early Canada; List of Approved Attorneys; and more. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Cox, Ian; Boyd, Peter D.A.; Rennie, Paul; Aylen, Sarah; Espley, John; Eckstein, Eve; Firkins, June; et al
Antique Collecting Magazine, The Journal of the Antique Collectors' Club, Volume 28, Number 6, November (Nov.) 1993 - Paul Nash
56 pages. Features: Charles Horner Jewellery and Accessories; Pteridomania - The Victorian Passion for Ferns; Paul Nash - Artist, Designer and Teacher; Identifying English Porcelain by Pattern Numbers; A Collection of Cigar Cutters; Auction Feature; High Security in Fashion; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this informative issue. Book
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Oliphant, Donald M.; Jones, Edward W.; Watson, Milton; Cook, Sharon E.; Weaver, John; King, William D.; Robertson, Mrs. Hugh; Dean, C.; gray, R.W.
Wentworth Bygones: From the Papers and Records of The Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society, No. 13 (Thirteen) 1981
92 pages. Black and white illustrations. Features: The Old Hess Street School, Hamilton; "Fronteschwein: (Trench Hog); The History of the Stoney Creek United Church, 1792-1925; The History of Duncans of Hamilton; James Durand's Eventful Careers, 1802-1834; The Story of Archibald Kerr, Thomas C. Kerr, and Inglewood; From Washington Boultbee's Diary, 1837-1841; Burlington Beach Volunteer Firemen's Association; My Company - Bell Canada; baptismal Records of the Church of the Ascension (Anglican) Hamilton, 1854. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
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Farmer, Eleanor S.D.; Greenfield, Katharine; Copps, Mayor Victor K.; Brooks, The Rev. Canon E.A.; Merrilees, Andrew; Fletcher, J.T.L.; Jones, Lottie M.
Wentworth Bygones: From the Papers and Records of The Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society, No. 11 (Eleven) 1975
64 pages. Black and white illustrations. Features: The Journal of a Scottish Farm Pupil in Ancaster 1881-1883; The Reverend Thomas Geoghegan, 1848-1906; From the Mayor's Chair - Then and Now, by Vic Copps; The Story of William Sampson, First Rector of grimsby, 1817-1822; The Railways of Hamilton; A History of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton; Early American and Canadian Glass; Baptismal Records of the Church of the Ascension (Anglican) Hamilton, 1851-53. Unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
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Fidler, John; Leviner, B.C.; Stein, S.R.; Bryant, Julius; et al
APT Bulletin - The Journal of Preservation Technology, Vol. XXXI, No. 1, 2000 - Lighting Historic House Museums
64 pages. Features: Lighting historic house museums; Tribute to Dr. William Allen; New Orleans Charter; Guidelines for light and lighting in historic buildings that house collections; Overview of light and lighting in historic houses that house collections; Lighting colonial Virginia interiors by candlelight; Light in English heritages houses; Waddesdon Manor - a case study; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
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Mills, Michael J.; Sinclair, Brian R.; Sickels-Taves, Lauren B.; Hammon, Neal O.; Et al
APT Bulletin - The Journal of Preservation Technology, Vol. XXVIII, No. 2-3, 1997 - Frank Lloyd Wright's Banff Pavilion
80 pages. Features: "Suspended Columns" at Princeton's Whig and Clio Halls; Frank Lloyd's Banff Pavilion; Understanding historic Tabby structures; Computer-assisted Optical Stereology in Historic Preservation - Tabby, a case study; Reversible Latch Rim Locks; Historic Linoleum - analysis, cleaning systems, recommendations for preservation; The Nightingale-Brown House; and much more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
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Taylor, Dr. Thomas H.; Himmelstein, Paul; Brown, J.P.; Michalski, Stefan; Westfield, Margaret; Trudel, Jean; Sefcik, James F.; Et al
APT Bulletin - The Journal of Preservation Technology, Vol. XXVII, No. 3, 1996 - Museums in Historic Buildings
64 pages. Features: Museums in Historic Buildings; The Process of Compromise - A Team Approach to Conservation Environments; Humidity and Moisture in Historic Buildings - the origins of building and object conservation; Quantified Risk Reduction in the Humidity Dilemma; What Made Lucy Rot? - a case study of cyclical moisture exposure; The Cabildo in New Orleans; and much more. Bit of writing atop front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
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McGaffey, Ernest; et al
The American Field - The Sportsman's Newspaper of America, Vol. CXXI, No. 4, Saturday, January [Jan.] 27, 1933
24 Pages. Features: Why Not Restore The Elk?; Campaign Against the Crow in Indiana; Pinehurst Club's Trials; Two Pages of photos of hunting dogs; Q & A; Nice vintage ads. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Young, Frank M. [Editor]; Gorrell, W. Jr.
The American Field - The Sportsman's Newspaper [Magazine] of America, September [Sept.] 16, 1933, Vol. CXX, No. 37 - Manitoba Prairie Chicken Championship / Wild Life League Trials
24 pages. Features: Night Hunting Deer With a Camera; Kennel news; Manitoba Prairie Chicken Trials - article with photos of dogs Chehaw, Kremlin, and Spartan Roy; Plenty of dog information; Veterinary Q & A; Vintage one-page illustrated ad for Florida-Collier Coast and Associated Hotels; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Young, Frank M. [Editor]
The American Field - The Sportsman's Newspaper [Magazine] of America, September [Sept.] 23, 1933, Vol. CXX, No. 38 - All-America Prairie Chicken Trials
24 pages. Features: The All-America Prairie Chicken Trials; Considerable dog information; Veterinary Q & A; nice vintage ads, including an illustrated one-page ad for Florida-Collier Coast and Associated Hotels; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Young, Frank M. [Editor]; Crowe, Charles E.
The American Field - The Sportsman's Newspaper [Magazine] of America, September [Sept.] 30, 1933, Vol. CXX, No. 39 - A New Deal for America's Water-Fowl
24 pages. Features: Tinkering with our Game Laws; A New Deal for America's Wild Water-Fowl; New Hampshire Field Trials; Vitamin A Deficiency in Dogs; Dog breeding information; Veterinary Q & A; Dog ads; Classy one-page photo ad for Radium Springs (near Albany in South Georgia) shows hunters and dog at work; Half-page illustrated ad for Lewis' Lye on front cover (keeps dogs free from disease); and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Back cover loose but present, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Book
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Young, Frank M. [Editor]
The American Field - The Sportsman's Newspaper [Magazine] of America, November [Nov.] 18, 1933, Vol. CXX, No. 46 - Conditions Threaten Wild Fowl Extermination
24 pages. Features: Vintage photo-illustrated ad for Peters ammo on front cover; Game and Shooting - In the Fog; Quail Revervoirs Planned in Oklahoma; Excellent Flight of Mallards on the Illinois River; Fish and Fishing - The Second Chapter of Genesis; Miami Valley Amateur Trials; The Connecticutt Trials; Sedalia Field Trials; St. Lucie County Trials; West Virginia Amateur Trials; Photo of T.M. Lunsford and C.T. Carney with Adventurer; Field Dog Stud Book Registrations; Veterinary Q & A; Classy one-page ad for Radium Springs (near Albany in South Georgia) features hunters and dog at work; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Young, Frank M. [Editor]
The American Field - The Sportsman's Newspaper [Magazine] of America, December [Dec.) 2, 1933, Vol. CXX, No. 48 - American Jack Snipe Society
24 pages. Features: Vintage illustrated ad for Peters shotgun shells on front cover; Publich Shooting Grounds; The American Jack Snipe Society; Advocating Game as a Replacement Crop; Canada Orders Buffalo Hunts; U.S. Sleuthing for Data to Aid "Duck Come-Back"; The Southwestern Club's Trials - article with photos of President Carl E. Duffield, Secretary Dr. Felix M. Adams and several dogs; Virginia Amateur Field Trials - article with photos of President Ernest C. Mead and Secretary J. Wiley King; Illustrated ad for Western Xpert shotgun shells; Field Dog Stud Book Registrations; Veterinary Q & A; Classy one-page ad for Radium Springs (near Albany in South Georgia) features hunters and dog at work; Nostalgic photo ad for Purina Dog Chow shows truckload of sacks of dog chow being manually loaded onto ship the Jacob Ruppert, Admiral Byrd's ship, before it set off for the Arctic in 1933 with 50 tons of food, enough for 153 huskies for two years; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Young, Frank M. [Editor]; Veritas Jr.; Carpenter, Donald N.;
The American Field - The Sportsman's Newspaper [Magazine] of America, December [Dec.) 9, 1933, Vol. CXX, No. 49 - National and Southland Clubs' Trials / A Buffalo Hunt Sixty Years Ago
24 pages. Features: Vintage front cover illustrated ad for Chappel Bros. Kib-L-Biskit and Ken-L-Worth horse-meat dog foods; Photo of R.J. Goode of Gastonurg, Alabama; Great article entitled "A Buffalo Hunt Sixty Years Ago", by Veritas Jr.; New Connecticutt Preserve Plan to Increase Game; Natural History - The Beach at Ebb Tide; Hatteras Channel Bass - article with four nice photos; Field Trial Results; Photo of ER M. Shelley; Photo of R.K. (Bob) Armstrong who has training grounds near Albany, GA; Field Dog Stud Book Registrations; Veterinary Q & A; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Kunz, Richard R.; Et al
The New Electric Railway Journal, Spring 1991, Vol. III, No. 3 - Rapid Transit for Houston?
50 pages. Features: Rapid Transit for Houston? - back to the drawing board; Conversation - Alf Savage is CTA's new exec. director; Sex and Good Rapid Transit - what do they have in common?; San Francisco's Historic Trolleys - the festival on Market Street; Baltimore - getting it right; Status Report - rating the rails; A Challenge to Industry - a new plea for standardization; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked. A nice copy. Book
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Crone, Kennedy; Kinney, C.; Campbell, J.H.; Creighton, Helen
Canadian Geographical Journal, July 1931, Vol. III, No. 1 - The Royal Mint and Its Branches
XXII [ads], 76 pages. Profusely illustrated with wonderful black and white photos. Features: La Ville de Montreal - article with many excellent photos; The Omnipotent Soya Bean - fascinating content and photos from Manchuria; The Royal Mint and its Branches; Fishing for Albacore [off the Nova Scotia coast]; Glorious vintage ads for national Canadian brands. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this marvelous issue. Book
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Cautley, R.W.; Morgan, Theodore; Marcuse, B.
Canadian Geographical Journal, October [Oct.] 1930, Vol. I, No. 6 - The Story of the R-100 Airship
X [ads], 465-554 pages. Profusely illustrated with wonderful black and white photos. Features: Jasper National Park - article which includes five full-page colour reproductions of A.Y. Jackson paintings; Five Million Tourists - Canada's second greatest industry; Asbestos - "Pierre a Coton" - article with dozens of excellent photos of Quebec's mighty asbestos industry; The Story of the R-100 Airship - largest and greatest in the world - article illustrated with many sensational photos; New Books; Glorious vintage ads for national Canadian brands; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this extraordinary Canadian aviation history memento. Book
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Meredith, R. Brian; Cameron, D. Roy; Kindle, E.M.; Radley, B.G.; Hague, Reece
Canadian Geographical Journal, September [Sept.] 1930, Vol. I, No. 5 - Canada's Forest Wealth / Journey to Simla, India
X [ads], 363-464 pages. Profusely illustrated with wonderful black and white photos. Features: Colour reproductions of paintings by F.H. Brigden and Charles W. Simpson; Northern Rivers; Unto the Hills; Green Gold - Canada's wealth of forests, including many photos of 1930s logging techniques/technology; Colonization in Quebec - article with many photos; Roof of the World - a photo-illustrated journey to the fascinating Indian city of Simla, by B.G. Radley; Where B.C. Ends - Stewart B.C. and the Portland Canal - article with many great photos; New Books; Glorious nostalgic Canadian ads. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
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Fosbery, Ernest; Watson, Robert; Mackay, Douglas; Brookes, Ivy Deakin; Bondurant, Captain D.S.; Woodley, E.C.
Canadian Geographical Journal, August [Aug.], 1930, Vol. 1, No. 4 - Air-mail Pilot's Log of Captain O.S. Bondurant, Captain H.S. Quigley, and Colonel R.H. Mulock / Norway House, Manitoba
x [ads], 277-362 pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos. Several colour reproductions of paintings. Features: Landscape Painting in Canada - with several colour reproductions of works by some of Canada's most famous painters; The Story of Norway House, Manitoba - very informative photo-illustrated article; Some Fresh Glimpses of the St. Lawrence River; Canberra - the Ottawa of Australia; Leaves from an Air-mail Pilot's Log - Captain O.S. Bondurant describes his flying adventures in northern Canada; March of the Ten Thousand Greeks - review of a famous journey of the fifth century, led by Xenophon through the wild regions of Kurdistan and Armenia to the Sea of Trebizond - article with wonderful photos, including historic city panoramas; New books. Faint ink stamp upon front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating issue. Book
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Barbeau, Marius; Grove, Frederick, Philip Grove; Wilde, C. Noel; Stokes, Charles W.
Canadian Geographical Journal, December [Dec.] 1933, Vol. II, No. 6 - British Honduras (Belize)
X [ads], 247-300 pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos. Features: The Tree of Dreams - A Christmas Legend of Notre-Dame de Lorette; The Rockies vs. The Alps - nicely photo-illustrated article; British Honduras (now Belize); The Cornish Riviera; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Some soiling to back cover. Two archival tape repairs to fore-edge of page 277. Binding intact. A sound copy of this informative issue. Book
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Batchelor, Dudley, E.; Patterson, Ewen K.; Grant, J. Fergus; et al
Canadian Geographical Journal, February [Feb.] 1937, Vol. XIV, No. 2 - Trans-Canada Airway / Ski-ing [Skiing] In Canada
VI [ads], 55-124 pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos. Features: Ski-ing in Canada; With the Pearlers (Pearl Divers] of Northern Australia; Trans-Canada Airway - article includes informative map showing Canada's public airports, airports with lights, intermediate aerodromes and intermediate landing fields, and photos of land clearing for airports at Salmo, B.C., Kitchener, B.C., Coleman, Alberta, Amesdale, Ontario, and Yahk, B.C.; New Books; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this nice issue. Book
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Swabey, Lieutenant William
Diary of Campaigns in the Peninsula for the Years 1811, 12 and 13 [Monograph 2 / Two]
217 pages. "A unique account of day-to-day events during the Peninsula War and the epic battles that marked this defiant campaign against Napoleon. Also includes Swabey's retrospective reminiscences of the war - an addition of amusing anecdotes which complement the diary. Includes: The Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, The Siege and Storm of Badajos, The Battle of Salamanca, The battle of Vitoria, and The Siege of St. Sebastian." - back cover. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Luce, Henry R. [Editor]; et al
Time - The Weekly News Magazine, April [Apr.] 8, 1940, Volume XXXV, Number 15: Benito Mussolini Cover Portrait
88 pages. Features: Cover portrait of "Il Duce" Benito Mussolini, fascist dictator of Italy, 1922-1943; Nice color Nash car ad inside front cover; Color ad for the Packard Super-8 160 car; Nice color one-page ad for The Transcontinental (Air) Line and Western Air, Inc. (TWA); Nazis claim to release secret American diplomatic documents captured in Poland; Max Moskowitz is too tough for thieves at his gas station; Homicide in Breathitt County, Kentucky; Article on Mussolini; Mackenzie Kings Wins - article with photo of King casting ballot; Photo-illustrated article on Japan's Crown Prince Akihito; First anniversary of peace in Spain; Color ad for Campbell's tomato juice; Allied Shipping Blockade in the Orient - article with map; Vintage United Air Lines ad includes photo of stewardess; Nice color one-page ad for Cadillac features a red Sixty Special; Color-photo ad for the Studebaker Commander car; Article on 'Negro Health'; Home-grown composer Roy Harris; Color Pabst Blue Ribbon beer ad illustrated by Bradshaw Crandall; Great stone faces in southern Mexico - Who carried them?; Running photo features photo of Gregory Rice; Photos of Joe Louis knocking out Johnny Paychek; Beautiful White Rock ad features bare-breasted maiden gazing into pond; The Philadelphia Museum of Art; Chatanooga's newspaper publisher George Fort Milton; Nicely illustrated GMC truck ad features semi; Illustrated Ford V-8 truck ad shows man pulling tarp over load; Bob (Robert) Scherer and his Gelatin Products Co. of Detroit; Wilson golf products ad features headshot photos of "Johnny" Revolta, Eleanor Tennant, and Helen Hicks; Nice color ad for the Lincoln Zephyr V-12 inside back cover; Back cover color-photo ad for Camel cigarettes features lovely polo player Peggy McManus of Santa Barbara, California; and more. Complete and unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
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Curwen, Eliot; Rompkey, Ronald (Editor)
Labrador Odyssey: The Journal and Photographs of Eliot Curwen on the Second Voyage of Wilfred Grenfell, 1893
xxxix, 231 pages. Footnotes and index. Black and white reproductions of photos. "A religious, well-educated Victorian, Eliot Curwen takes us into the heart of the colonial society he encountered. His journal provides insights into its pervasive sectariansim, the tawdry political world of St. John's, the rudimentary conditions aboard the fishing schooners, and the poverty of the Labrador 'livyers,' the permanent white settlers who had intermarried with the Inuit. His candid remarks about Grenfell reveal details about the young missionary and social reformer not found elsewhere." - dust jacket. Faint pencil erasure atop half-title page, otherwise book clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A pleasing copy. Book
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Huble, Al; Sedgwick, J. Kent [Editor]
The Huble Diaries: A Pioneer Homesteader's Daily Record 1909-1919
217 pages. Index. Reprint of the 1989 first edition. Albert James Huble was born at Oak Lake, Ontario in 1872. In 1903 he took up a trapline on a creek which came to bear his name to the northeast of Giscome Portage, British Columbia. Provides excellent insight into the daily lives of settlers in northern B.C. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Ringereide, M.; Ingolfsrud, E.; Berges, R.; Crowfoot, H.L.; Brittain, Peter
Canadian Antiques Collector [Magazine], A Journal of Antiques and Fine Arts: September / October [Sept. /Oct.] 1971, Vol. 6, No. 7: Daniel Orth - The Potter of Campden
32 pages. Features: Reconstructing a House; Antique Beds; Ceramic Cats; Daniel Orth - the Potter of Campden; Legacy of Christopher Wren; Keys; Book Guide; interesting contemporary ads. Printed upon glossy stock. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Average wear. Address label remnant upon front cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Posti, Lauri
On Quantity in Estonian
14 pages. Text in English. Discusses the Estonian language's "very peculiar and complicated system of quantity." - page 1. Reprinted from the Journal de la Societe Finno-ougrienne LIV. Above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy. Book
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Jenness, Diamond; Jenness, Stuart E.[Editor]; Taylor, William E. Jr.[Foreword]
Arctic Odyssey: The Diary of Diamond Jenness, Ethnologist with the Canadian Arctic Expedition in Northern Alaska and Canada 1913-1916
xliii, 859 pages. Footnotes, references, index. Black and white diagrams and reproductions of photos. "Provides insight at a ground level of Jenness' long, tough voyage of discovery, so that anyone interested in Arctic America or Canadian studies will find this journal a rare and enriching experience. Further, for Arctic scholars, this journal presents the detailed context for those pioneer monographs that launched the career of young Jenness and led to his becoming Canada's pre-eminent anthropologist." - dust jacket. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Modest bow to front board. Possible light cigarette scent. A sound reading copy of this fascinating early Arctic diary. Book
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Bischoff, Norma; et al
Shuswap Chronicles 1995 Volume 5 [Five], December [Dec.] 1995
60 pages. Numerous black and white reproductions of archival maps and illustrations. Features: Cover portrait of Henry Frederick Bischoff circa. 1930; The Bischoffs Discover the Shuswap; My Bizarre Bush Bedmates; It Wasn't a Black Bear; Big Bang at Magna Bay; Pierre Remond - A Gentle Man; Tribute to Jim and Hattie Brown; Andus Anderson - An Early Settler; The Herrings of Squilax; The Squilax Store; Charles Riley Remembers Thomas Brown Senior; For the Love of the Land; I Remember - The Scow; Arriving at Shuswap Lake; The Wheeler Family; Frank Bagshaw; Journal of Rev. R.E. Grice-Hutchinson, Winter 1922; Billy Henstridge; Bob Bristow Talks to Chase High School Students circa 1977; Bert Austin; Crawfoot Mountain Lookout; Family Noakes; George Ekholm; The McDonald House at Magna Bay; Our First Coyote; Trapping - P.B. (Bert) Austin; Bunny (Theodor) Bischoff; When Mrs. Beguelin was Quiet!; Eleanor Nelson; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this particularly informative issue. Book
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Thompson, Dorothy; Spock, Benjamin; Maisel, Albert Q.; Walker, John; Itria, Helen; et al
Ladies' Home Journal - The Magazine Women Believe In, August [Aug] 1957 - New Hope for Childless Women [Vol. LXXIV, No. 8]
134 pages. Features: Many lovely color-illustrated ads for products and companies such as Palmolive, Cannon, Ivory, Crest, Pepsi; and many more; School Shortage - Must They Be Palaces?; The First Child and his Special Position, by Dr. Benjamin Spock; Full-page color-photo ad for Lux features lovely Cyd Charisse; High School is Worth Working For; Beginner's Luck (story by Paul Somers); Reach for the Sun (story by Charlotte Edwards); New Hope for Childless Women; Peaches in the Bank (story by George Sumner Albee); Outdoor Rooms for Summer Living - color-photo-illustrated article; Captive (story by the Gordons); Aspendale in Delaware; Black is the Fashion - Wear it with Color - color-photo-illustrated fashion article; First Fall Dresses - color photos; No-Will-Power Diet - Dawn Crowell Norman ate six times a day - and dieted 116 pounds away!; Melvin Offie Travioli - While crippled in body he is the happiest man on Wilshire Boulevard; Colour photos ad for Lustre-Creme Shampoo inside back cover features great photo of Jeanne Crain, co-star of The Joker is Wild, wearing elegant white dress; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A tidy vintage copy. Book
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Lepailleur, Francois-Maurice; Greenwood, F. Murray [Translator]
Land of a Thousand Sorrows: The Australian Prison Journal, 1840-1842, of the Exiled Canadien Patriote, François-Maurice Lepailleur
174 pages. Footnotes. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Map. Text in English. "Written secretly at Longbottom prison, Lepailleur's day-to-day journal is a unique document. His daily record comments on beatings, thefts, marital relations, wages and prices. A detailed account is given of corrupt officialdom and police brutality, of the hatred inspired by collaborators and the solace brought by religion and the kindliness of neighbours and clergy. Above all, he conveys the emotional dimensions of the experience and the gradual degeneration of the human spirit." - dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket now preserved in mylar. A quality copy. Book
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Garkin, Dmitri; Woodroffe, J. Froude; Patterson, Walter G.; Browne, J.E.; Godsell, P.H.; Prichard, Katharine; Comstock, Edith I.; Et al
The Wide World - The Magazine For Men, January [Jan.] 1915, Vol. 34, No. 201: Experiences in Keewatin
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: A Dead Man's Diary - Dmitri Garkin's body - and his diary - were discovered in the summer of 1913 on a desolate island in the Arctic Ocean; Three Thousand Miles On A Raft - an adventurous voyage down the Amazon from Central Ecuador to Northern Brazil; A Railway Race With Robbers - A Sheriff pursues three desperate bank robbers in New York State; The Mutiny of the "Ziba" - part II - Captain John Hart relates how he was eventually able to escape and see justice brought to the murderers; The Land of the North Wind - P.H. Godsell describes his experiences in Keewatin; A Christmas Crime - story from the Australian back-blocks; The Great Cook Problem - the amusing story of how a resourceful woman tackled one part of the "Yellow Peril" in Nevada's "Bean House"; Tight Corners - part I - E.Torday recounts some of his African big game hunting adventures; "Smut" (short story about a queer pet and some of his doings); The Tree Spirit (short story from the area near Singapore); Our Travels in Safari-Land - part II of Edith Cecil-Porch and her journey through the wilds of British East Africa travelling with a wagon pulled by six oxen; Cupid and the "Wireless" - Sidney Lehre recounts a telegraphic affair while he was in the wireless service; Wonderful one-page photo of "An Eastern Venice", the town of Brunei, Borneo, once the headquarters of the dreaded Borneo pirates. Photo of a Kikuyu warrior buying a wife, paying with goats. pp. 8 [ads], 197-292, 9-32 [ads]. Tight, clean and unmarked with light wear. A high-quality copy. Book
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Dalton, Emmett; Freeman, Lewis R.; Temple, Alan; Jordan, Eva J.; Paterson, George W.; Lean, L.C.; Rose, C.; Workman, Fanny B. And William H.; Lees, George F.; Et al
The Wide World, The Magazine for Men, May 1918, Vol. 41, No. 241: The Dalton Gang
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Beyond the Law - Part I of the First True Account of the Exploits of the World's Most Noted Outlaws, by Emmett Dalton, the only survivor of the "Dalton Gang" - article with photos and great cover illustration; Wonders of the Teleferica - an interesting account of the remarkable aerial lines/cableways used by the Italians to transport men, guns, and provisions in the high Alps - article with many photos; The Youngest Soldier in the French Army - photo of 11-year-old Charles Meux of the French Army; Tales of the Service - Part I - A Night in a Vat; A Woman's Journey Across Africa - Part II - Eva J. Jordan, F.R.G.S. travelled with her husband for four-thousand miles through the great Equatorial Forest of Central Africa, becoming the first woman to penetrate this area - article with photos; A Night of Terror - an associate of Izaak Walton sinks into quicksand while fishing; Buried in a Snowdrift - a mining engineer is caught in an avalanche in the Andes; "Hooshta!" - the Tragedy of an Australian camel race - a stirring story from the West Australian goldfields; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part I - Fanny and William Workman describe their Himalayan mountaineering exploits - article with map and great photos; Thrice Through the Jaws of Death - Sergeant J. Harte of the Inland Water Transport relates hair-breadth escapes at sea and on land; How We Built the Bridge - War story related by a corporal of the canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps; Crossing the Canal - A despatch orderly attempts to cross the Suez Canal at night; Some Adventures of a Newspaper Woman - Marie Harrison provides a graphic and thrilling account of her startling adventures in search of 'copy'; The Railway Conquest of the Bay - a photo-illustrated account of the building of the Hudson Bay Railway; A Happy Family - humorous account of the antics of a number of strange pets belonging to a party of colonials in Singapore; A Modern Grace Darling - Miss Ella Trout rescues a sailor from a torpedoed ship off the coast of Devon - article with nice photos of Miss Trout; Photo of a group of Solomon Islands head-hunters reading The Wide World Magazine; Interesting four-page illustrated stock offering by Guaranteed Tractors, Inc., Edmund G. Soward, President; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [3], 4-88, 9-24 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
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Wees, Frances Shelley; Gillen, Mollie; Frum, Barbara; Ferron, Madeleine; Laurence, Margaret; Collett, Elaine; beattie, Gwen; Taylor, Carol; Abrahamson, Una; Wilcox, Vivian; Dollery, Eveleen; Nelles, Wanda; Bentzon, Dr. Johanne
Chatelaine Magazine - Souvenir Canadian Centennial Issue, July 1967, Vol. 40, No. 7
112 pages. Features: How to Trace Your Family Tree; 50 Experts Predict Your Future; Image of Canada; Women on the Go - Past; Women on the Go - Present; 200 Years of Canadian Art. Fiction: Napika; Horses of the Night. Food/Homes: A Centennial Feast; The Way We Lived; The Way We Ate; Shopping with Chatelaine; Meals of the Month; Homemaker's Diary. Other Articles: The Way We Looked; Centennial Sampler to Cross-Stitch; When Your Baby is Premature. Nice colour-photo ads for: Avon, Miss Clairol, World Book Encyclopedia, Wabasso, Nivea, St. Moritz cigarettes, Kraft salad dressings, Miracle Whip, Dole Boutique Desserts, Tampax, Northern Electric phones, Red Rose tea, McVitie's Biscuits, Smirnov Vodka (feature Phil Silvers), Clover Leaf tinned fish, Chun King foods, E.D. Smith Ketchup, Canada Dry ginger ale, Modess. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this fun and informative memento of Canada's Centennial in 1967. Book
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Blue, Allan G.; Robinson, Douglas H.; Sloan, James J.; Pritchard, J. Raymond; Letzter, George J.; Mandrake, Charles G.; Rust, Kenn C.; Buffington, H. Glenn; Jefferies, Walter M. Jr.; Bulban, Erwin J.
American Aviation Historical Society [A.A.H.S.] Journal, Summer [Second Quarter] 1964, Volume 9, Number 2 - A History of the 491st Bombardment Group (H)
Pages 79-150. Features: Ringmasters - A History of the 401st Bombardment Group (H); Mystery of the Dixmude (French navy rigid airship disaster in December 1923); The Old Rifle Range Airport - A field near Kitty Hawk now all but forgotten; Crusader De-Tails - Part II; Mortality in Army Aviation - from a 1914 War Department document describing in detail the 11 fatal aviation accidents which occurred since the initiation of Army aviation in 1908; Wedell-Williams "We Will Jr." - Wedell-Williams Air Service, Inc. resulted after one-eyed Texas flyer James Wedell met Louisiana lumber baron Harry P. Williams in 1928; Last of the Red-Hot Pilots - Flight Officer Ralph K. Hofer and his action over the English Channel in 1943; Mustangs of the Eighth - The NA-73, later renamed the Mustang I, was ordered by the Royal Air Force while the Battle of Britain reached its climax; Spirit of American Youth - The epic coast-to-coast flight of Richard [Dick] E. James, only 17, of Flushing, NY, in 1930; Waco's Military "Ds" - During 1937-38 the Waco Aircraft Company of Troy, Ohio manufactured and exported a number of Model D biplanes to Latin American countries, the WHD, S2HD, and JHD; Governor's Island Aviation School; Bibliography; Cover photo of a Douglas sleeper transport over Manhattan; and more. Profusely illustrated with informative black and white reproductions of archival photos. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this extremely informative issue. Book
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Larkins, William T.; Morehouse, Harold E.; Sloan, James J.; Rust, Kenn C.; Shamburger, Page; Blue, Allan G.; Buffington, H. Glenn
American Aviation Historical [A.A.H.S.] Society Journal, Fall [3rd Quarter] 1964, Volume 9, Number 3 - Forest Fire Attack System / Glen Curtiss / First Women's Air Derby
Features: Forest Fire Air Attack System - The California-developed system of massive air drops of chemical fire retardants, popularly identified by the newspapers as "borate bombing" is now in its eighth year of operation; Flight From the Water - Glen Curtiss and his pioneering work in the development of flying from the water (float planes); The 12th Aero Squadron Observation (A.R. 2 & Salmsons) - Part I; The 313th Bombardment Wing; All American Aviation - Dr. Lytle S. Adams and his Tri-State Aviation; Ringmasters - A History of the 491st Bombardment Group (H) (Part II); Grumman Guardians - Developed from the XTB3F-1 (a torpedo bomber with the composite power sources of a reciprocating and jet engine which first flew on 1 December 1945); The First Women's Air Derby - Fascinating coverage of this 1929 race won by Louise Thaden, including group photo of some of the competitors which includes Amelia Earhart, who finished third; Bibliography; and more. Exceptionally well illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Pages 155-234. Cover illustration of Consolidated PBY-5A Water Scooper unloading over a forest fire. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this very informative vintage issue. Book
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Seely, Victor D.; Morehouse, Harold E.; Rust, Kenn C.; Plehinger, Russell; Weeks, E.D. "Hud"; Bibee, A.J.; Reed, C.
American Aviation Historical [A.A.H.S.] Society Journal, Winter [4th Quarter] 1964, Volume 9, Number 4 - Boeing's Pacesetting 247
Features: Boeing's Pacesetting 247 - A very detailed and profusely illustrated feature article on this historic plane; Flying Pioneers - Chriss J. Peterson and Albert Elton; 9th Air Force in the Desert; Endurance Flying - The Pilots and Planes - Charles Lindbergh, Charles E. Kingsford-Smith, and others; Bleriot Models II to XII; The Long Flying Corsair - The 17 hour 1946 flight of First Lieutenant J.J. Bibee, USMC, in a standard Navy Corsair; Bibliography Section; We Fly the Curtiss Robin - Journal Flight Test Report #1; and more. Exceptionally well illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Pages 239-310. Cover illustration of United Air Lines Boeing 247 transport in hangar. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this very informative vintage issue. Bonus: includes separate 8-page Index to Volume 9 (1964) of this publication. Book
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Olmsted, MSgt Merle; Davis, L.W.; Mayer, Charles B.; Howard, Frederic; Cuny, J.; Ezquerro, Felipe E.; Sloan, James J.; Beerens, Ronald
Journal of the American Aviation Historical Society [A.A.H.S.], Spring [1st Quarter] 1965, Volume 10, Number 1 - Langley Field 1917-1945 / Charles Earl Hess
Features: Langley Field 1917-1945; Adventures of an Early Aeronaut - Charles Earl Hess; Mustang Pilot - 352nd Fighter Group - 1st Lt. Harry H. Barnes; Safe Aircraft Competition, 1929; Martin 167 in French Service; Bellanca's History Making Aircraft; The 12th Aero Squadron Observation (A.R.2 & Salmsons) - part 2; Ike, Mike and Pete - The most famous triplets in the history of American air racing, flown by Benjamin O. "Benny" Howard; Photos from the Album of Rear Admiral Aaron Putnam "Put" Storrs; Ageless - The Douglas DC-3; Bibliography; and more. Exceptionally well-illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. 74 pages. Cover features early aerial photo of Langley Field. Unmarked with above-average wear. A sound copy of this very informative vintage issue. Book
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