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Trent, Bill; O'Brien, Andy; Smith, Philip; Cowley, Mike
Weekend Magazine, 15 June 1968 (Newspaper Insert) - Nicole Deslauriers Cover Photo
28 pages. Features: Alberta is Manning Country - Excellent article on Ernest Manning who took over as head of government in Alberta twenty-five years ago - colour photo of E.C. Manning and black and white photo of his son Preston Manning; Interview with Montreal Model Nicole Deslauriers - article with photos; Interview with golfer Billy Casper - article and photos; Nice colour ad for the CCM Firebird bicycle which has a 'banana' seat and endorsement by Bobby Hull; Article on Lasers; "The Fool" - Barry Finch and his group of designers lead London in way-out fashions - article with colour photos; Hires Root Beer ad; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Please note: 3"x 8" clipping from page 23 only affects recipe and preview of next issue. A quality vintage copy. Book
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Quig, James; Trent, Bill
Weekend Magazine, 24 June 1967 (Newspaper Insert) - Drag Racer Scott Wilson Cover Photo
32 pages. Features: Religion and Rebellion in the Roman Catholic Church - speaking with five priests; Nice large colour ad for Neilson's chocolate bars; Time Machine vs. Jet - Drag Racer Scott Wilson hits 215 mph - article with great colour photos; World's Sexiest Barber Shop in Beverly Hills - article and photos; The Trans Canada Centennial square-dance train; Half-page ad for the Plymouth Barracuda features three models; Nice colour photo ad for Honda generators; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Book
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Nagle, Patrick; Welbourn, Patricia
Weekend Magazine, 29 July 1967 (Newspaper Insert) - Expo Hostess Ann Stephenson Cover Photo
28 pages. Features: Seven Months to the Sonic Boom - Air Canada has four Concordes on order - article with great illustrations; The Feminine Evolution - Part 3 of 3 - Judy Lamarsh doesn't think there is any sexual revolution - article with photos; Saskatchewan Roughriders' Coach Eagle Keys - The Man from Turkey Neck Bend - article with photos; Nanaimo's Great Bathtub Race - article with photos; Photo-illustrated article on the lovely female hostesses at Expo '67; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. This copy was printed with only one staple. Book
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Hillen, Ernest; Nagle, Patrick
Weekend Magazine, 12 August 1967 (Newspaper Insert) - Dalton Camp Cover Photo
32 pages. Features: Dalton Camp explains how he defied John Diefenbaker and forced a new look at the upcoming Progressive Conservative Party convention - with photos of many major PC players; The Crazy, Unbelievable world of Salvador Dali - article with great photos of Dali and Donyale Luna; Navies By Night - The biggest peacetime naval assembly in Canada's history is lit up in Halifax Harbour - article and great colour photos; Huge colour photo centerfold image of Queen Elizabeth in Ottawa on June 30th; Interview with golfer Tom Weiskopf - with nice colour photos which also include Arnold Palmer and Mrs. Weiskopf; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Book
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Hutchison, Bruce; Stollery, Peter; Mitchell, W.O.; Allen, Ralph; MacDermot, Anne; Moore, Jacqueline; Ouvrard, Jacques; Allen Ralph
Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, 3 June 1961
68 pages. Features: Jack Shadbolt cover art; Old Vienna beer ad inside front cover; Piece by Grace Lane about the victories of the church; BA ad features statement and photo of its President, E.D. Loughney; Nice full-page colour ad for the 1961 Oldsmobile Dramatic 98 convertible coupe; When a Retarded Child is Born; Burglary by License - the work of commercial bailiffs; The Great Columbia River Foul-Up - B.C. vetoes deal between Canada and the U.S. to harness this mighty river; Outcast in the Horn of Africa - the fourth and final part of Peter Stollery's African diary; The shocking truth about the undefended border (humour); The Misfortunes of War - extract from Ralph Allen's new book "Ordeal by Fire"; Summer Attractions in Montreal; Dan Petrie and the "underground railway" from Canada to Broadway; Fantastic Labatt's 50 Ale ad with water-skiing theme; Photos of Mutual Life of Canada's top selling agents; Colour photo ad for Viyella shirts; The Metis Today - a cruel price for mixed blood - article and photos describe their poverty; Ralph Allen criticizes the government of South Africa, with focus on Sir de Villiers Graaff and Prime Minister Verwoerd; Profile of Omri J. Silverthorne, chairman of the Ontario Board of Censors of Motion Pictures. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Newman, Peter C.; Mowat, Farley; Katz, Sidney; Stein, David Lewis; Keats, John; Murray, Dr. Gordon; Richler, Mordecai; Gzowski, Peter
Maclean's Magazine, November 16, 1963 - Hydro Development at Hamilton Falls, Labrador
Features: Nice full-page colour ad for Viyella; Canada's Next Boom - Robert Winters' Hydro-Power development at Hamilton Falls, Labrador - by Peter C. Newman; Getting to know wolves on a personal basis, by Farley Mowat; My Colleagues, the Witch Doctors - Dr. Raymond Prince, a Canadian psychiatrist's African journal; The triumph and troubles of Place des Arts; The great communist scare of the Thirties in Canada - a Maclean's flashback; To the Little Red (Canadian) School House; My long search for a cancer serum, by Dr. Gordon Murray; The Social Side of the Cold War, by Mordecai Richler; Journey down the railway that couldn't be built - the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Line; Colour Coke photo ad on back cover features many guys reaching from bus for Cokes from a girl outside. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Crowdy, Michael (Editor); Coleman, R.J.; Squarey, C.M.; Menzies, Colin D.L.; Tripp, G.W.
Marine News - Journal of the World Ship Society, September 1963
Pages 227-251. Features: Photo of the ACCRA, the first passenger liner to use the new Langton River Entrance at Liverpool; Introducting the W.S.S. Negative Bank; Branch News; Naval Craft; A Day with the First Submarine Squadron; Merchant Ships; Passenger Liners Today; Photos of new bulk carriers - The Simandou, Orion, Polarvik and Tank Princess; Perth Harbour; Warship Quiz; Echoes of the Past; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Crowdy, Michael (Editor); Pryde, Richard; Ransome, George
Marine News - Journal of the World Ship Society, June 1965
Pages 155-180. Features: Photo of the Shahristan inside front cover; Naval Craft; Shipbuilding; Merchant Ships; Photos of the Magleby Maersk and the Priboj; Austro-Hungarian Sisters; Technical Topics No. 8 - Tonnage; The German Auxiliary Cruisers - Part 8; Ships sold for demolition; Sales, Transfers and Renamings; Photo of the Ayrshire; Casualties; Photo of the Yousufbaksh ablaze; Launches - April 1965; Orders. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Willen, Michele; Kwitny, Jonathan; Davies, Charles; Laidlaw, Suzan; Lennox, Gary; Oliver, Margo
Weekend Magazine, November 12, 1977 (Canadian Newspaper Supplement) - How "The Godfather" Changed Careers
22 pages. Features: How "The Godfather" transformed the careers of Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, James Caan, Rober De Niro, Robert Duvall and Talia Shire - article with photos; The Franzese Papers - What is the Mafia Really Like?; Loto Mania - What lies behind Canada's favourite obsession?; Nice colour-photo full-page ad for the all-new 1978 Ford Bronco; Christmas Vocation - Five department store Santas reveal what their job is like; The Legacy of War - Photos of Canadian Wounded War Veterans - with haunting brief write-ups - Leslie Miller, William Caswell, George Skilton, Jack Lyons, Neil Buchanan, William Dodd, Gertrude Beere, John Birse, George Burleigh, John Logan, Aubrey Winch; Michel Vaillancourt - one of Canada's few equestrians of international stature; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
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Rossiter, Sean; Young, Catherine; Parry, David; Enright, Janet; Oliver, Margo
Weekend Magazine, December 24 1977 (Canadian Newspaper Supplement) - K-Tel Products
20 pages. Features: The Sally Ann in Suburbia - Lieutenant Ken Chapman wages the Salvation Army's battle in North Vancouver - with great colour photo of Ken and Brenda Chapman of London, Ontario; K-Tel's Greatest Hits - fantastic kitschy article - with great colour photos - about the firm's hit products, and it's leader Philip Kives, a former Saskatchewan farm boy - products include the Miracle Brush, Hair Magician, Multi-Sharpener, Feather-Touch Knife, Record Selector, Frypans, Veg-o-matic, Patty Stacker, Multi-Exerciser, Super-Bond glue - a cool article!; Comparing the lot of a department store sales lady in 1907 with the modern version - a fascinating study plus archival photos; How to win at the most popular board games - Othello, Scrabble, Monopoly, Mastermind, Risk, Organized Crime; A fascinating short history of Christmas carols; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Book
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Robinson, Jill; Rohmer, Richard; Rabkin, Brenda; Langdon, Steven; Zwarum, Suzanne; Oliver, Margo
Weekend Magazine, February 25 1978 (Canadian Newspaper Supplement)
26 pages. Features: The Oscars (Academy Awards) - article with photos of Louise Fletcher, John Wayne, Barbara Streisand, Jack Lemmon, Faye Dunnaway, Art Carney, Jack Nicholson, Shasheen Littlefeather and Rod Steiger; E.P. Taylor - article with photos; Saturday Morning Fever - Canada has more figures skaters per capita than anywhere else - great full-page colour photo of Tim and Tracy Teeple of Winnipeg; Ford centrefold ad features the 1978 Mercury Zephyr Z-7 and 1978 Thunderbird; A Who's Who of the Federal Liberal party - organizational chart with photos and brief write-ups for each person; Graphology - the study of handwriting; Show Motion - snowmobile manufacturers are spending $5 million to make snowmobile racing a spectator sport - several colour photos including one of Ski-Doo driver Doug Hayes of Crandon, Wisconsin in action; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
Weekend Magazine, November 11 1978 (Canadian Newspaper Supplement)
28 pages. Features: Would you die for your country?; Dancer Ann Ditchburn - article with colour photo; Colour ad for the Eddie Bauer Snap-Jac; Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau - article with photos; Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales at age 30; The story of Hollywood - article with colour photos; A day in the life of Pierre Cardin; Mud and Blood - Passchendaele in WWI; Fighting for Peace - Canadian Peacekeepers (The Princess Pats) in Cyprus; Job Description of Windsor Mayor Bert Weeks - short article with photo; A Wonderful Time - A wonderful sampling of the collection of over 35,000 Canadian postcards owned by Allan Anderson and Betty Tomlinson; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Walker, Ian; Janos, Leo; Weil, Andrew
Weekend Magazine, February 24, 1979 (Canadian Newspaper Supplement) - Jan Fonda Cover Photo
24 pages. Features: 1 of of 3 Francophontes has never visited another province; The Sterling Qualities of Henry Birks - Founded in Montreal 100 years ago Birks caters to everyone but its product is still prestige - history of the famous Jewellery business with archival photos; New uses for Canada's depreciating money; Massive fold-out centerfold mountain lake scene sponsored by Player's cigarettes; A Day in the Life of Craig Russell - Outrageous!; Citizen Jan Fonda - article with colour photos; Darkness at Noon - total eclipse of the sun; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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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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Roberts, Glenys; Bayin, Anne; Gordon, Allison; Acks, Daniel
Weekend Magazine, December 23, 1978 (Canadian Newspaper Supplement) - Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog Cover Photo
20 pages. Features: Only 31% of Canadians live in the town where they were born; The Muppets - article with colour photos of Miss Piggy, Kermit, Gonzo, Fozzie Bear, Rowlf, Scooter, Waldorf and Statler; Job description of Father Fred Olds of Winnipeg's Blessed Sacrament Church - photo and article; Three pages of photos and brief bios of notable people who dies in 1978 - including Will Geer, Robert Shaw, Garfield Weston, Bob Crane, and dozens more; Christmas Chestnuts - tracing the history of 11 yuletide standards including The Nutcracker, The Christmas Carol, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Gift ot the Magi, etc.; A Day in the life of Santa Claus; Bethlehem - since the six day war it has become a city of shopping centres and souvenir shops and a mecca for busloads of tourists; Christmas recipes by Margo Oliver (with colour photo); and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Haas, Charlie; Miller, Russell; Parry, David; Oliver, Margo
Weekend Magazine, January 6, 1979 (Canadian Newspaper Supplement) - Helen Shaver Cover Photo
20 pages. Features: 45% of Canadians own 3 or more credit cards; Helen Shaver in Hollywood - article and great colour photo; Job descroption of J.B. Priestly - article with colour photo; Poster show at the Art Gallery of Ontario - brief article with 5 wonderful colour reproductions of the 61featured posters in the show; The credit card game - article with an interesting colour collage of 72 of the most commonly used cards; A Capital Affair - excerpt from "A Very Political Lady" by Judy LaMarsh; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Collins, Winston; Gladstone, Bill; Uteck, Barbara; Mona, Dave; Oliver, Margo
Weekend Magazine, February 3, 1979 (Canadian Newspaper Supplement) - Sally Rand - 50 Years of Striptease
20 pages. Features: 68% of Canadians believe the unemployed don't want work; 74-year-old Sally Rand has been an exotic dancer for 50 years! - article with great colour photos by Annie Leibovitz; 50 Years of Striptease - 5-page article with many wonderful vintage illustrations; Allan Blakeney's New Deal - article with two colour photos; A day in the life of singer Rene Simard - article with colour photo; University of Minnesota basketball player Leo Rautins - Big Man on Campus - article with two colour photos; and more. Average wear. Some creasing. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Nash, Jay Robert; Scobie, Stephen; Gray, Charlotte; Hammersmith, Don; Oliver, Margo; Szulc, Tad
Weekend Magazine, February 10, 1979 (Canadian Newspaper Supplement) - 20 Years of Fidel Castro
24 pages. Features: 42% of Canadians favour legal betting shops; Bloody Thursday - it has been 50 years since the St. Valentine's Day massacre when Al Capone's gang killed 7 of Bugs Moran's gang - article with many small photos; The Long Goodbye - Gangster movies grew in popularity after the St. Valentine's Day massacre - article with colour photos of actor George Raft and others; A day in the life of Iona Campagnolo - article with colour photo; Fear of Loving - where will self-love leave us?; Numero Uno - Fidel Castro - article with black and white photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Hoffmann, Banesh; Duffield, George; Gross, Colleen; Richler, Mordecai; Goodman, Mark; Gladstone, Bill; Heald, Tim; Hammersmith, Don; Roberts, Glenys; Oliver, Margo
Weekend Magazine, March 10, 1979 (Canadian Newspaper Supplement) - Einstein's Universe
28 pages. Features: 1 out of 8 Canadians has been injured in a car accident; Einstein's 100th Birthday - article with photo; A day in the life of downhill ski racer (Crazy Canuck) Ken Read - article with photo; Job description of a model - article and photo of Jane Fellowes; A Jew in Germany - article by Mordecai Richler; Bright Lights of Broadway - Ulf Nilsson and Anders Hedberg of the New York Rangers - article with photos; The Mystery of Pain; Sonic Bust - the British and French governments are scrapping the Concorde after 10 years, 16 planes and $2.5 billion; The evolving designs of food processors; Neil Simon - the good humour man - article with colour photo; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Lawrenson, Helen; Gross, Colleen; Charney, Ann; Abley, Mark; Batten, Jack; Oliver, Margo
Weekend Magazine, September 1, 1979 (Canadian Newspaper Supplement) - Margaret Thatcher - The Iron Maiden
20 pages. Features: Great tabloid-style Maggie Thatcher front cover; Canadians dubious about the 4-day week; Daughter of the Empire - Margaret Thatcher - article with colour caricature illustration; A day in the life of John Kenneth Galbraith - article with colour photo; CUPW (Canadian Union of Postal Workers) president Jean-Claude Parrot - article with colour photo; New kid on the tennis court - John McEnroe - article and colour photo; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Taylor, Charles; Clarkson, Adrienne
Weekend Magazine, September 29, 1979 (Canadian Newspaper Supplement) - China at 30
40 pages. Features: Inside the new Republic of China - major article with colour photos; Colour pictorial history of the Republic of China; Understanding Hearts - Adrienne Clarkson goes home to her ancestral village in China - article with photos; Uncommon - and attractive - full-page colour photo for Woolco ladies fashions; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
The Typographical Journal, July 1962
64 pages. Contents: Truth easier to find than the lie which was told; Delegates to 104th ITU convention; Photo progress report - new ITU Administration Building; Delegates to participate in important discussions; Compulsory arbitration ever-increasing danger; Trend toward monopolistic press continues unabated; ITU convention will again reflect union's democracy; Two recordings made of convention proceedings; Myth of immensely wealthy labor unions shattered; Training center topics; Home news and notes; Report of Board of Electors; Official matters; Financial section; Officer's reports (Annual) - Supplement; plus many ads, including a nice ad for Cincinnati's Sheraton-Gibson hotel on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Borlase, Skip; Tregarron, Yate; Mugford, Rev. J. Trounsell; et al
The Mint - A Money Making Journal For All Who Need It & Read It, No. 11, Vol. 1, January 1907
36 pages. Contents: Details and illustrations of various merchandise offered; Details of an offer to Subscribers; Two-pages of photos of various departments in the Mint House; Various articles; Careers for Lads and Lasses; Stock and Share information; List of grocery items and prices. Above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. An interesting vintage item which presents an engaging snapshot of England in the early 1900s. Book
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Balfour, Philip; Campbell, R.N. "Rusty"; Campbell, Nellie R.; Simpson, George; Lindsay, Fred W.; Cumming, R.D.; Hickling, E.
Northwest Digest Magazine, August 1951
24 pages. Features: The Perfect System Myth - an argument against Russia's alleged peaceful intentions; Old Inn by the Roadside - The Clinton Hotel - article with photos; Camp Cookery - Game Recipes; Small Business League; The Rooster's Eye; Pioneer Ashcroft Author is Custodian of Archives - The Journal Museum and Archives; Sam Slade's Dream (poem); Finning ad on back cover with sawmill illustration; Dozens of nostalgic ads for local businesses. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Martin, E.S.; Bass, John F.; Hale, Edward Everett; Benson, E.F.; Whitney, Caspar; Chambers, Robert W.; Johnson, Robert Underwood
Harper's Weekly (Magazine) - A Journal of Civilization, Saturday, June 24, 1899 - The Philippine Revolt
Pages 612-634. Features: Cover illustration at Herreshoff's Yard, Bristol, Rhode Island, of the launching of "Columbia," built to defend "America's" Cup against "Shamrock"; Our Opportunities; This Busy World; Photos of Men of the Day - A.J. Cassatt of the Pennsylvania Railroad, W.W. Keen of the American Medical Association, and Henry O. Havemeyer; Photos and brief obituaries for "Waltz King" Johann Strauss and Richard Parks Bland; Photo of Captain H.E. Nichols, U.S.N. who commanded the U.S.S. "Monadnock"; Photos from the Philippines of - General Lawton at the Battle of Baliuag, General MacArthur on the Skirmish Line, Colonel Summers and staff leaving Baliuag with six battalions, General Lawton in his field HQ at Angat, Colonel Summers's troops on the march, Colonel Summers's command advancing to the Battle of Moasin; The Philippine Revolt - The Santa Cruz Expedition; An English Mother (poem); The Fifth Annual Lake Mohonk Arbitration Conference; Image of the French cruiser "SFAX" bringing Captain Dreyfuss home for retrial; Full page illustration "A Faro Game at El Paso"; A Curious Coincidence; A Queen's Charity; London; Two-page centerfold illustration of the North Atlantic Squadron in the Harbor of Cape Haitien, Island of Haiti "A Visit From the Natives"; Hawaiian America - lengthy article with Oahu, Hawaii, Maui and Kauai; Amateur Sport - baseball article with many photos of college players; The Conspirators (continued); Illustration "Forced Inspiration" by Peter Newell on back cover. Great vintage ads. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality copy. Magazine
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Martin, E.S.; Bass, John F.; Leupp, Francis E.; Scollard, Clinton; Whitney, Caspar; Ralph, Julian; Chambers, Robert W.; Ross, Clinton; Bangs, John Kendrick
Harper's Weekly (Magazine) - A Journal of Civilization, Saturday, June 17, 1899 - The Proposed Nicaragua Canal
Pages 588-610. Features: Cover illustration by Ernest L. Blumenschein entitled "Wards of the Nation - Their First Vacation From School" depicts a Native American scene; British Problems in Asia; This Busy World; The Passing of John Barrett, United States Minister to Siam; Photos from the Philippines - Admiral Dewey Going for a Drive Around Manila, Admiral Dewey at the Office of the Captain of the Port at Manila, Dakota and Montana Troops Crossing Wrecked Bridge over the Rio Grande; The Philippine Revolt - The Malolos Campaign; Photos and write-ups of these men in the news - Frank Thomson of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Major Arthur M. Diggles who was lost in the Malolos Campaign, Augustin Daly, Rev. W.H.P. Faunce of Brown University, and George K. Nash, Republican candidate for Governor of Ohio; Full-page illustration by W.A. Rogers entitled "Conquering a Desert in Southern Arizona"; A page of photos and illustrations along the route of the proposed Nicaragua Canal; The Nicaragua Canal in Sight - article by Francis E. Leupp; Ballad of Leiutenant Miles; Two-page centerfold compilation of photos and illustration depicting the proposed Nicaragua Canal, the country through which it will pass, and the people along the route; Hawaiian-America; An American Sovereign (continued); Amateur Sport - considerable text with six photos; Poem To Augustin Daly; The Conspirators (continued); Great vintage ads, including an illustrated one for the Columbia Bevel-Gear Chainless Bicycle from the Pope Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Conn. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality copy. Magazine
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Hiestand, L.A.
Western Canadian Motor - A Journal for the Automotive Trade - July 1930
32 pages. Features: Profitable Electric Service (conclusion) - the Layout of the Wilson Electric Service; Undercutting Mica on Armature Commutators; Correct Methods of Brake Relining - how to insure a satisfactory job; Wiring Diagrams - International Trucks; Shop and Showroom; Studebaker introduces Free Wheeling Principle - article with photos; Short Cuts for Handy Mechanics; Modern Equipment - Atlas makes new super service equipment; Modern Car Loading; Complete Mechanical Details of the American Austin; Passenger Car Prices F.O.B. Vancouver; Truck Prices F.O.B. Vancouver; Passenger Car Specifications for Engine, Pistons, Rings, Rods, Valves, Lubrication, Cooling, Clutch, Axles, Brakes, Steering, Springs, Crankshaft Bearings, Crankshaft Bearings, Camshaft, Electrical, Fuel; Photo of the Vernon Garage; Photo of the Beausejour Auto and Marine Shop; Nice Canada Cement Concrete ad inside back cover includes photos of the Fleet St. retaining wall near John St., Toronto and two other Toronto structures; Great vintage ads. Average wear and soiling. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Norley, Shelah; Zoretich, Mary: Editors
Shuswap Chronicles, 1990, Volume 3 - Second Edition, April 1994
52 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos in text. Numerous short articles on topics including: Shuswap Indian Fishery in the Squilax Area; Diary of Spencer Tuck; Granite Creek Fish Hatchery; Roderick Haig-Brown; The Leopold Family History; John Bischoff; Fur Farming in Celista; Red Cross Nurses; The Reedman Family of Blind Bay; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
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Runbeck, Margaret Lee; Seifert, Shirley; Bunce, Frank; Lee, Annabelle; White, Nelia Gardner; Addington, Sarah; Sangster, Margaret E.; Damon, Carolyn; Murphy, Kay; Campbell, Helen G.; Hucks, M. Frances; and More
Chatelaine - A Magazine For Canadian Women, August 1936
58 pages. Features: Nice Ipana photo ad inside front cover; To Girls Who Want to Get Married; - Lux ad; Candles Without Cake (fiction); Night Call (fiction); The Better Man (fictitious tale of a young pretty newspaper woman in Ethiopia - "From every side black men closed in, howling lustily, frothing themselves up..."; Shadowed Wedding (fiction); Look Your Best - tanning/makeup advice for the summer; Love Doesn't Last (fiction); 45 and Glad of It - middle age can make a woman a master or a slave; Nice full-page colour ad for Campbell's vegetable soup includes the Campbell kids; Full-page colour reproduction of a beautiful flower painting by Archibald Barnes, A.R.C.A.; Nice full-page Cream of Wheat ad features photo of cute little girl and small dog; I Nursed the Quintuplets - part 2 of Madame Louise de Kiriline's story of her work with Canada's famous Dionne quints - story with photo; Fashion photos; Photo of Bette Davis in Quaker cereal ad; The Movie Go-Round - a dependable monthly guide to good movie entertainment for the family; Honourary life membership in the Canadian Public Health Association awarded to Dr. McCullough, a columnist in this publication; Pie-making; The Weekend Guest - advice for hostesses; Meals of the Month; News Bits by Lotta Dempsey; Nice colour cartoon-style ads for Rinso and Lifebuoy inside back cover; Gorgeous colour ad for Buckingham cigarettes on back cover features young lady golfer. Address label atop front cover. Average wear. A nice vintage issue. Magazine
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MacDonald, George F.
Haida Monumental Art : Villages of the Queen Charlotte Islands
218 pages. 'A monument in itself... a sourcebook to which the scholar can return over and over again... a valuable companion to the museum visitor who wishes to learn more about the context of the Haida poles... pleasurable and informative reading for anyone interested in Northwest Coast culture... The historic photographs are stunning. To see the villages as the earliest photographers saw them is to recapture in part the wonder and majesty that was the Haida cultural heritage. At the same time the grief that was the destruction of the villages is all too apparent." - From back cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Moisture exposure to fore-edge of front cover and first fifty pages has resulted in light staining and mild undulations. A sound copy of this impressive work. Book
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Kelland, Clarence Budington; Shepherd, William G.; Gurnee, Odgers T.; Bird, Will R.; Ray, Marie Beynon; Oppenheim, E. Phillips; Woollcott, Alexander; Rohmer, Sax; LeMay, Alan; Rice, Grantland; Davenport, Walter; Skerry, Frederick; et al
Collier's Magazine - The National Weekly: April 11, 1931 - Classy Backgammon Cover
74 pages. Features: Nice color ad for Whitman's prestige chocolates inside front cover; Essex car ad; Mimeograph ad; Business is Business (short story); What's the Racket? - interesting article about rackets - what they are and how they work; Moonlight on the Water (short story); Beyond the War (a war short story); Position in Life - how a woman chooses her position in life; In the Strongroom (short story); A Ship Comes In - the dramatic story of Eugenie Leontovich, principal actress in Grand Hotel; - article with photo; Yuan Hee See Laughs (part VII); Gunsight Trail (part VI); Golf "Coarse" - how to make a smaller crop of divets; How Dry We Are - what is known about droughts and what measures for relief have been attempted i.e. photo of electrically-charged sand being discharged into the air; A Mere Detail (short story); Beautiful color full-page photo of a green car in Fisher Body ad; Wonderful two-page color ad for Dutch Boy paint shows Dutch Boy painting atop ladder; Full-page color ad for bananas by the United Fruit Company; Full-page Buick ad; Canada Dry full-page ad; Fleischmann's Yeast ad featuring Dr. Emil Fronz of Vienna; Two-page colour centerfold ad for General Electric refrigerators - very nostalgic!; Full-page ad for Chrysler Eights & Sixes; Nice two-color full-page ad for Williams shaving cream/Aqua Velva; Color ad for Seald-Sweet grapefruit; Two-page ad for Veedol oil - "so clear you can read a newspaper through it"; Full-page ad with photo for the Autogiro - an early helicopter!; Ad for True Temper step-down steel shafts for golf clubs with photo of the 6th Tee at Pebble Beach; Vintage ad for Wilson golf equipment inside back cover; Nice color Ford ad inside back cover shows policeman in car; Nice color Frigidaire refrigerator ad on back cover (soiled). Average external wear and soiling with a few peripheral chips/openings. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Dahl, Knut; Nobbs, Percy E.; Turing, Julius; Raymond, C.J.; Raitt, Dr. D.S.; Rushton, Dr. W.;
The Salmon and Trout Magazine - The Journal of the Salmon and Trout Association, Number 85, December 1936
Pages 308-412. Features: Frontispiece photo of Horace Brown; Salmon marking in Norway - the lessons of 1935; In Praise of Horsehair and How to Use it; ; Scotland's Salmon Season - a good year for grilse, but poor for autumn fish; A Book of Two Peoples - Norwegian trout fishing in the 1880's; In the Outer Isles - Trout Fishing in the Sandy and Peaty Lochs of Uist; ; How to Select and Preserve Sandeels - some suggestions for the salmon fisher; Freshwater Fisheries in North America - some notes of a tour in parts of Canada and teh U.S.A.; Biological Notes; Reviews of new books; The Jolly Angler (continued). Average wear. Few institutional library markings. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Calderwood, W.L.; Mottram, Dr. J.C.; Platts, W.Carter; Nobbs, Percy E.; Gerrish, C. Stratton; Simpson, Jajor R.C.; Mottram, Dr. J.C.; Parrott, A.W.; Harle, T.G.A.; Kemp, C.; Macintyre, Dugald
The Salmon and Trout Magazine - The Journal of the Salmon and Trout Association, Number 84, September 1936
Pages 209-308. Features: Frontispiece photo of George F. McCorquodale; Natural and artificial methods of salmon production - a short review of Canadian results; Salmon Fisheries of Norway; Defective Bones in Hand-reared Trout; The Grayling - part IV - bait fishing; Rod Joints and Whippings - how to recondition them for difficult climates; The Value of Hatchery Trout for Stocking Rivers; De Profundis - a tale of a fisherman's Dilemma; Experiments on the Starvation of Trout Fry; Artificial Propagation of Brown Trout - Hatchery Mortality; Reviews of new books; The Jolly Angler (continued); and more. Average wear. Few institutional library markings. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Fraser, Blair; Newman, Peter C.; Beattie, Earle; Sclanders, Ian; Frayne, Trent; Porter, McKenzie; Garner, Hugh; Clad, Noel; Thompson, Dorothy; Baxter, Beverley; Gilmour, Clyde; Callaghan, Morley
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, November 10, 1956 - Lionel Avard Forsyth is Canada's Biggest Employer
100 pages. Features: Cover illustration of office of the Oxbow (Saskatchewan) Herald newspaper showing Joe Pedlar, owner; Dorothy Thompson argues that "We've Earned the Arabs' Hatred"; Nice colour ad for Bluestone shirts of Montreal; Interesting full-page illustrated ad for B.C. Plywood boasts of how the Banff Chairlift Terminal Building survived an avalanche due to the strength of their product; Fantastic two-page colour-illustrated ad for the 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Club Victoria; The "Religious Crisis" in Quebec politics - two priests indict their province for "political immorality" - article wth many photos; Who Says Business Isn't Fun? - Lionel Avard Forsyth, the heavyweight boss of Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation is Canada's biggest employer - article by Peter C. Newman with photos; This is Why I Killed Them (short story); The Ryerson Institute of Technology - The versatile college with the concrete campus - article with photos; Colour photo feature on the Bay of Fundy with article; Hammering Herb Trawick - The Gentle Bone-Crusher of the Montreal Alouettes - article with photos; The Bizarre Mystery of B.C.'s "Champagne Safari" - Charles Bedaux squandered a quarter-million dollars on a Canadian wilderness trek mid-depression - article with photos; You Take the Suburbs - I Don't Want Them; Unmarked. Average wear. Ads clipped from page 67, 73, 81, 87 and 95 affecting only the end of the Trawick story and a small portion of the Forsyth article; A nice vintage issue. Book
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Malmignati, The Countess Guerrini; Mossman, Frank; Bowen, Patrick; Low, Captain John; Martyn, Frederic; Sprange, Grace; Clarke, Charles J.L.; Willard, Reta G.; Terry, Michael; Ingwersen, A.; Beaman, Sir Frank; Hawkes, Ernest W.; Stuart-Reid, G.E.
The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, August 1927 - Through Spain in Disguise
Features: Through Spain in Disguise - Part I of the story of an odd wager, by the Countess Guerrini Malmignati; The Tiger-Man of the Whynooche - locals of Chehalis and Mason counties in Washington state feared this killer; The Ghost of Ozwatini - a strange story from Natal; "Quarrelsome Mac" - a nautical story; The "Hell-On-Earth" Legion - five years with the French Foreign Legion; Starting Life Afresh in South Africa - Our experiment in orange-growing (with wonderful photos) - part II; Nature's Nightmares - ugly animals; Nurse Warburton's Ordeal - she became lost while tramping from Hope to Princeton, British Columbia; Hunting the Australian Buffalo - article with super photos; The Big Voyage of the Little "Shanghai" - Part III of a trip from Shanghai to Copenhagen in a forty-foot yacht; Trial by Jury - an awkward trial in India; Tuk-Took - a little Eskimo girl, her step-mother, and her dog - with nice photos; A Dead Man's Diary - an unknown white man perishes in the African wilds, but leaves his diary; The Mystery of "Dutch Henry" who was wanted "dead or alive" by two governments; nice vintage ads. Multiple pieces of red, clear and brown tape securing covers. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Morgan, Henry J.: Editor
The Dominion Annual Register and Review for the Sixteenth Year of the Canadian Union, 1882
504 pages. Contents include: Political and Parliamentary History for 1882; Journal of Remarkable Occurrences; Accidental Deaths, Suicides, Etc.; List of Fires, with Amount of Losses and Insurance; Progress of Education in the Dominion; review of Literature, Science and Art; Promotions and Appointments in the Public Service; Obituary; Misc. Stats and Info. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Usual library markings. A sound reference copy. Book
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Ross, Charles G.; Tupper, Elsie and Harmon; Hartwell, Dickson; Whitney, Leon F.; Bishop, Col. Robert; Velie, Lester; Frank, Stanley; Chase, Margaret; Brandon, William; Steinbeck, John; Merriam, Eve; Carson, Robert; Taylor, Charles E.; Ball, Neely, F. R.
Collier's Magazine, December 25, 1948 - Special Wright Brothers/Aviation Issue
94 pages. Articles: How Truman Did It; The Barbizon Hotel - For Women Only - article with nice photos; Dogs are Big Business; I Saw the Reds Taste Freedom - Col. Robert Bishop's dramatic recollection of Bucharest, Rumania's brief taste of liberty in 1944, with great photo; How to Give Money Away; My Life in a Cooking School. Fiction: You Can't Win 'em All!; Girl With a Horse for Sale; The Miracle of Tepayac; Make Something Happen; Passage to Panama (part 6 of 7). Aviation Features: My Story of the Wright Brothers; Cavalcade of Trnasportation; The Collier Trophy - for flight beyond the speed of sound - won by John Stack, Lawrence D. Bell and Captain Charles "Chuck" E. Yeager, USAF; Diary of the First Flight; Our Aerial Arsenal - great compilation of color illustrations of US military aircraft; ; The World the Kitty Hawk Made; Super color aerial photo of Niagara Falls with Rainbow Bridge in backbround. Illustration of basketball player George Mikan of the Minneapolis Lakers; Ads include: Nice color Canada Dry ad inside front cover; Martin 2-0-2 Airliner; Pan American World Airlines; American Airlines;; B.F. Goodrich; Plymouth cars; International Trucks; Douglas Aircraft - attractive military theme; Good Year's Cross -Wind Landing Wheel; TWA Airlines; Nice two-page color-photo ad for Hiram Walker's liquor; The 1949 Frazer car; Pabst beer features color photo of Mrs. Winston Guest; "Enchantment" movie starring David Niven; Bell Aircraft ad features illustrations of their helicopters and X-1 jet; Nice Coke ad on back cover shows Santa reaching into a fridge for a quick drink. Covers pulling from staples. Unmarked. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Cornwall, George M.: Editor; Koroleff, A.
The Timberman, An International Lumber Journal, November, 1937, Volume XXXIX, Number 1
96 pages. Index of advertisers. Features: Cover photo of the vessel 'Orient City' fully loaded with lumber; Two-color ad for Broderick yellow-strand wire rope inside front cover; Nicely logging-theme illustrated Timken bearing full-page ad; American Tiger Brand Wire Rope ad features great photo (circa 1885) of steam (bull) donkey and many loggers; R.G. LeTourneau ad features photo of their bulldozer and a Willamette-Hyster arch at work; Full-page two-color photo ad for Caterpillar features A.E. Baker of Fruit Growers Supply, Susanville, CA; Durable Douglas Fir Cross Arms used on telephone poles by the British Columbia Telephone Company - article with photo; Hand Methods Must Give Way to Mechanization in Eastern Canada - article; Photos of sawmill scenes in Sweden and Finland; Novel Effects in Wood at Paris Exposition - article with photos; Unique Power Plant of Vancouver Island Lumber Operation - Nootka Wood Products, Ltd. mill at Port Tasis (Tahsis) is driven by wood gas - article with photos - including photo of John P. Blenkinsop and Harry Smith and another photo of plant manager Lute D. Rogers with George M. Cornwall of this publication; Fantastic two-page two-color illustrated ad for the Ross Lumber Carrier, Model 90; S.A. Woods Machine Company ad features their new 412 planer and matcher; Magnificent full-page ad for Disston precision ground cross-cut saws includes photos of fallers at work with this two-man saw; Distinct saving shown to be possible with two-man bucking crews - article; Plywood's outdoor uses are increasing - photo-illustrated article; Meeting of the Wooden Box Association at San Francisco; Mark Markkula and his logging Bunks and Chunks - article with photos of products and Mr. Markkula; Nicely illustrated one-page ad for Hercules Engines of Canton, Ohio; Logging in Tillamook - article with photos; Super one-page photo ad for Feenaughty Machinery Co.'s FWD trucks - with photo showing a massive load being hauled; Nice truck-logging themed photo ad for Waukesha engines; Awesome photos of Allis-Chalmers tractors at work for the Big Lakes Box Company in Klamath Basin; Fantastic full-page ad with photos of the Washington Diesel Yarder made by Washington Iron Works; Crazy photo of trucks driving 132' logs across the Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mills' narrow old logging bridge above Skykomish, WA; Photo of a Dow low stump power saw at work; Small illustrated ad for P. Sharkey & Son Horse Collars; Photo of an FWD truck at work for Mr. W.S. Jeans of Culp Creek, OR; Superheaters - their use on Donkeys and Locomotives - article; Oriental strife affects Pacific Lumber Trade - article; France decides between steel and wood rail cars; Foreign Lumber Fleet - list of lumber vessels visiting Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia - and their capacities; Three Bamfiled, B.C. photos accompany brief article about Pacific Cable and Wireless, Ltd. and their cable which extends from Bamfield to New Zealand; Photo of G.L. Graiff with redwood charcoal experimental wood gas-powered truck - Hammond Redwood Co. of Samoa, CA; Reunion of pioneer members of the Southwestern Washington Lumber Manufacturers Association - with photos of T.H. MacLafferty, C.A. Doty, Charles Gilchrist, W.C. Miles, Jerry Startup, S.S. Somerville; Obituary of August K. Berter; Nice illustrated ad for the Warren Axe and Tool Co. of Warren, PA.; and more. Unmarked. Above-average but not excessive wear. Chips missing from backstrip. Binding intact. A rare surviving issue of this highly informative vintage lumber periodical. Magazine
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Gard, Robert E.: Editor; MacDonald, J.K.; Adam, Francois; Pearson, Robert P.; Soars, Norman
Alberta Folklore Quarterly, March 1945, Vol. 1, No. 1
This publication "aims to print authentic first hand accounts interpretative of the region and its people; to encourage the collection and preservation of the traditional materials of Alberta; and to help foster a literature indigenous to this part of the Canadian West." - from inside front cover. Contents: The Chinook Yark; Sayings heard in Alberta Ukrainian Homes; Klondikers; A Famous Alberta Yarn - told by Oliver Aldridge, son of Mountaineer Bill Aldridge; Potato Bugs; The Edmonton Overland Route to the Yukon; Duhamel (Battle River Crossing); Ghosts - Gus Erickson of the Westlock district had problems with them; Bob Edward's version of how Medicine Hat got its name; Bob Edwards and I; A Bob Edwards Yarn about the "Eye-Opener" race of 1906; Some Northern Trails; A Famous Alberta Yarn about a Russian settler who made his own harnesses from rawhide; A Fast Runner - fanciful tale of a young Englishman and his sheep roundup; Attention Alberta Writers - information about the Alberta Folklore and Local History Project; Interesting details of "The Outlaw", an Alberta newspaper in 1896. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. The first issue of this wonderful publication. Book
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Schmidt, Walter Roeber; Paterson, Neil; Nafziger, Agnes & Ray; Gallun, Raymond Z.; Williams, Nick Boddie; Christie, Agatha; Gaeth, Arthur; The Earl of Halifax; Anderson, Clinton; Baugh, Charles; Crichton, Kyle; Hutton, Bud; et al
Collier's Magazine, May 18. 1946 - Benedict Bogeaus' Movies
98 pages. Fiction: See you in the movies; The black devil; Papa played the cello; Bright message; A drive through the country; The outraged heart (part 3 of 4). Articles: Trieste - Battleground for Peace - article with photos; Message to Americans; One Hungry World; I Am a Spastic; Call Them Mister; Brass Hats and Blue Pencils - the Stars & Stripes Army newspaper; Benedict Bogeaus' Movies; A Million Miles of Fishing - a vast tuna industry awaits development in the Pacific Islands; Nice color ad for GE radios; Great color ad for International diesel tractor pulling a scraper; Sweet color one-page ad for the Mercury (Woody) Station Wagon; Great color Coke ad shows magician at work; Union Pacific ad featuresYellowstone National Park; Nice color Chrysler ad; Wonderful photo ad for Columbia sun Glasses; Nice GMC truck ad features G.I. Joe in barber shop; Nice one-page Borden's ad featuring Elsie the Cow; Nice Lucky Strike cigarette ad on back cover features tobacco farmer; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Rudner, Jalmar and Ione: Translators and Editors
The Journal of Gustaf De Vylder - Naturalist in South-Western Africa 1873-1875, Second Series No. 28
292 pages. References. Index. Translated from the original Swedish. "De Vylder was a Swedish naturalist, who, after a year's stay in Cape Town, journeyed through present-day Namibia from 1873 to 1875 collecting insects and other natural-history specimens for institutions in his home country... His journal is a record of an adventurous journey, personal encounters and conditions in what was then considered to be a remote region... With this translation the historical travel literature of southern Africa has been enriched." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy. Book
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Lane, Jack; Lane, William (Editor)
The War Diary of Burgher Jack Lane, 16 November 1899 to 27 February 1900 - Second Series No. 32
161 pages. Bibliography. Index. "Lane, a born Ulsterman, a burgher of the South African Republic but still loyal to the British cause, a storekeeper in the hamlet of Hartbeesfontein in the Western Transvaal, faced dire penalties if he did not go to war with his commando. Refusing to bear arms against his mother country, he was placed in charge of the ammunition in the main laager of General Piet Cronje, Deputy Commandant General of the Republic. Not only was he opposed to Kruger and Krugerism but he was incensed at being commandeered. He criticizes much of what he sees and hears about Cronje. This viewpoint makes the work unique and unmatched by any other diarist in the camps of the Boers." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's ink stamp atop front free endpaper, otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy. Book
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Nekola, Vladimir; Kingman, Stu; Sagrillo, Mick; et al
Home Power - The Hands-On Journal of Home-Made Power, Issue #46, April / May 1995
112 pages. Features: Vladimir Nekola generates his own electric power in downtown Chicago using wind and sun; Stu Kingman and family install a home photovoltaic system; Wind Generators and Birds; Electric Cars - Toys or Reality?; EV Battery Chargers; Electric Vehicle Tires; A Graphic Guide to Solar Water Pumping; California 'Net Metering' legislation introduced; Mark Klein and the Gimme Shelter Crew; David Booth's straw bale home odyssey; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
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Buck, Risa; Nelson, Kurt; Whitaker, Mark; Hackleman, Michael; Prange, Shari; McCrea, Steve
Home Power - The Hands-On Journal of Home-Made Power, Issue #48, August / September 1995
112 pages. Features: Risa Buck went off the grid in Ashland; Kurt Nelson combines solar electricity and science education in a space station simulator for students in Wausau, WI; Mark Whitaker powers some of his appliances with solar electricity; Ely Schless's electric power bike; Electric Vehicle Charging and Maintenance; Visit to a lead recycling factory; The evolution of hot water heaters; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
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Ramsey, Dennis; Siebert, Robert; Ligtenberg, Allart; Hackleman, Michael; Prange, Shari;
Home Power - The Hands-On Journal of Home-Made Power, Issue #45, February / March 1995
96 pages. Features: Dennis Ramsey installed two photovoltaic-powered lighting systems in Nepal; Robert Siebert feeds solar electricity into the local grid from his 'patio cover'; Solar Cooking in Nepal; Upcoming production electric vehicles; Electric Voltsrabbit; Jonathan Tennyson's electric vehicles in Hawaii; Electric Vehicle Testing & Troubleshooting; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
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Otto, Shawn; Kinzel, terry; Kingsley, Sue Ellen; Haeme, Jon; Parthe, Mark; Prange, Shari
Home Power - The Hands-On Journal of Home-Made Power, Issue #47, June / July 1995
112 pages. Features: Windpower, Zoning and the '90s; Rules for surviving Micro Hydroelectric Power; Portable Solar-Powered Workshop; Electric Pickup Truck; Electric Vehicle Aerodynamics; Understanding the Lead-Acid cell; Survey of 14 wind generators; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
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McBroom, Leland A.; Eaton, F.T.; Babson, Roger W.; Hambidge, Gove; McLoud, N.C.; Robbins, Athena; Babson, Roger W.; et al;
Better Homes and Gardens Magazine, January, 1929 - What I Learned From The Gardens of England
76 pages. Features: Nice color ad for Standard plumbing fixtures inside front cover; Plymouth ad for their coupe; The diary of a plain dirt gardener; Nice two-color one-page ad for General Electric refrigerators; Nice color and for P and G soap is #16 in the series of visits to P&G homes; Remodeling a house before building it; What I learned from the gardens of England; An economist views the home - Roger W. Babson; What you buy when you buy - how rugs and carpets are made; Building beauty into highways; Evergreens for the south; Modern lamps lose bows and furbelows; How to make home reading serve a definite purpose; Minimizing garden work; Serving just the right dessert; Sour-Cream cookery comes back; Color enters the bedroom; A home inventory to start the year right; Selecting vegetables for your garden; *Great* one-page two-color ad for the Keith Brothers Nursery of Sawyer, Michigan features their new giant everbearing strawberry, the Keith Mastodon; One-page ad for Burpee's Seeds; Actress Pauline Lord is illustrated in an ad for Smith Brothers cough crops; Nice color ad inside back cover features the Stark Brothers' 95 Golden Delicious apple; and more. Covers loose but present. Above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Hankinson, Hazel; Doyle, Harry; Stupka, Arthur; Windsor, Roberta Earle; Sulzer, Marjorie N.; LeCron, Helen Cowles; et al
Better Homes and Gardens Magazine, June 1929 - Cartoonist J.N. (Ding) Darling in His Garden
106 pages. Features: Nice color ad for Capital Boilers inside front cover; One-page De Soto Six ad featuring the Cupe De Luzo; Nice one-page Nash 400 car ad; Poem - 'Pansies are for thoughts, but lilacs are for memories'; One-page ad for ATT features art deco illustration of woman with phone; Diary of a Plain Dirt Gardener; Nice one-page color ad for Armstrong's Linoleum Floors; One-page color ad for Chipso dish soap; The nature trail and its makers; Making cutflowers last longer; The magic of summer bouquets; Organization of the Junior Garden Clubs of America; We furnish the 'January' house; Cartoonist J.N. (Ding) Darling in his garden - article with photos; a house adapted to varying conditions; Summer bloom from bulbs; Five methods of house financing; Avoiding vacancies in rose beds; Comfortable closets displace old ones; smart summer things of oilcloth; Nice 2/3-page ad for the Maytag aluminum washer; Brides and budgets; Very nice one-page two-color ad for General Electric refrigerators; Delcious muffins and popovers; Jelly for your bread; Nice color one-page ad for Johns-Manville asbestos shingles; Two-page color ad for Sherwin-Williams house paint (with small clipping removed); The aroma from the trailside frying pan; One-page Simmons bed products ad features photos of Miss Anne Morgan and Mrs. W.K. Vanderbilt; aids to better housekeeping; Nice one-page two-color ad for Weyerhauser's 4 Square Lumber; interesting one-page ad for The Iron Fireman - automatic coal burner; Music takes off its high hat; Nice one-page two-color ad for Lowe Brothers paints and varnishes; The lure of other countries; The Lure of Other Countries - now the writing of travel books has become a fine art; nice one-page color ad for Cannon towels; Nice one-page color ad for Weatherbest stained shingles; The true value of tillage; Swings for children's play hours; The children's pleasure chest; The Hummingbird; Nice color ad for Mohawk rugs and carpets inside back cover; color ad for Old Dutch cleanser on back cover. Somewhat above-average external wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Doyle, Harry; Blair, Emily N.; Ehlert, Harold H.; Robinson, Francis A.; Windsor, Roberta E.; Parker, Ralph; Blackburn, Glen A.;
Better Homes and Gardens Magazine, October 1929 - Dr. David Starr Jordan
134 pages. Features: Nice color ad for Capital Boilers inside front cover; Nice one-page ad for Anaconda Copper and Brass features architect Dwight James Baum; The Mystery in an Autumn Leaf; The Diary of a Plain Dirt Gardener; Color one-page ad for Armstrong's Linoleum Floors; Nice color one-page ad for Chipso dish soap; The Creation of a Home Proportion; A well-gardened home of old Virginia; Treated in a typical English manner; American bulbs that beat the Dutch; Praiseworthy bulbs in the home; The schoolhouse that became a home; photo-illustrated article about Dr. David Starr Jordan; With the Junior Garden Clubs of America; Parents Should Know - what the college professor thinks of their children; Symbols of Home and Happiness - fourteen chimneys that picture to the houses from which they grow; There's magic in wallpaper - use it to conceal structural faults; Furniture periods that combine - Spanish and Italian; The parade of gay-colored lilies; Getting started right with baby - his mental health and well-being are dependent upon the establishment of definite physical habits; Putting variety into meals; Using the pressure cooker to advantage; The country's best cakes - winners in the cake recipe contest; Nice color one-page ad for Swift's Brookfield Butter; Nice color one-page ad for Weathermaster Stained Shingles; A chat about curtains; Maytage aluminum washing machine ad; New dresses for your bed; 2/3-page Kaffee Hag Coffee ad; Autumn suggests hostess aids; Nice two-color one-page ad for Chevrolet features the Chevrolet Six; uncommon 2/3-page ad for the portable Whirldry clothes washer from the Whirldry Corporation; 2/3-page ad for Monarch electric ranges; Nice 2/3-page Frigidaire refrigerator ad; Nice one-page color ad for General Electric Wiring Systems shows child's room with toys; Super one-page color art deco-style ad for Standard plumbing fixtures features black bathtub and toilet!; Seth Thomas Clocks ad; full-page Listerine ad; Nice one-page ad for Insulite insulating board; Choice shrubs for Southern California; Nice one-page two-color ad for Weyerhauser's 4 Square Lumber; Nice art-deco-style color one-page ad for Bigelow-Hartford Rugs and Carpets; Nice one-page color ad for Upson Board and Fibre Tile; Ad for Fairbanks-Morse home water systems; Wherever you live - Try Grapes!; Simmons mattress ad features photo of Mrs. John Sargent Pillsbury; unusual illustrated ad for the W.A. Case and Son one piece water closet; color one-page ad for Sherwin-Williams SWP House Paint; Nice one-page color ad for Knox gelatine; Chrysanthemums in a garden; Nice one-page ad for The Iron Fireman automatic coal burner; City water and sewer services are now available to the homeowner; Nice one-page illustrated ad for Eveready flashlights and batteries; One-page color ad for Cannon towels; Nice one-page two-color ad for General Electric refrigerators; Methods of storing surplus vegetables; Teach your community musical expression; Model airplanes your boy can build; A pergola of small price; Color ad for Congoleum inside back cover; Color ad for Old Dutch Cleanser on back cover. Above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Richthofen, Ferdinand Freiherr Von; Tiessen, E. (Editor)
Ferdinand Von Richthofen's Tagebucher Aus China: Volumes I and II (One and Two)
588 + 375 pages. Index. Colour fold-out map at back of volume I. All plates present. Text in German. Contents unmarked and moderately age-toned. Foxing to plates and some pages. Average overall wear. Narrow openings along both hinges of volume I. Documents von Richthofen's important travel and research in China. Book
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