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McMurtry, R. Gerald; Zerfas, L.G.; Trueblood, Lillie D.; Veach, Glen E.; Bartholomew, H.S.K.; Byerley, Mary; Coleman, Christopher B.; Flick, Oka Stanton; Leach, Elias; Macy, William M.
Indiana History Magazine, June 1934
Pages 116 - 211. Features: Indiana in the Douglas-Buchanan Contest of 1856; The Influence of Riley's Narrative Upon Abraham Lincoln; Medical Education in Indiana; The Story of John Williams, Colored; The Indiana Boyhood of the Poet of the Sierras; Colonel John Jackson; Song of the Portage; A Sketch of the Leach Family; The Civil War Diary of William M. Macy; and more. Prior owner's ink stamp atop first page otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
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King, Herbert R.
Following the Line of Duty
289 pages. Flight Lieutenant Herbert R. King, World War II Radar Officer presents the other side of the battle. "This life story of his travels will take you through the depression of the 1930's, and up to the end of the Second World War in 1945." - from back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy reading copy. Book
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Horrocks, Sir Brian; Essame, Hubert; Belfield, Eversley
Corps Commander - Sir Brian Horrocks
256 pages. Index. Many reproductions of black and white photos. "The story of a great campaign, from D-Day to VE Day, told from the standpoint of one of Britain's foremost fighting generals...The role of XXX Corps is presented in the context of the whole campaign. The book is a gripping narrative of the actions of a key fighting unit, combined with a vivid and authoritative account of how the Allies won final victory in the West." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's bookplate inside front board with name stroked out. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket. A quality copy. Book
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Anderson, Lewis; Welbourn, Patricia; Nagle, Patrick; Trueman, Stuart; Kly, Doyle; O'Brien, Andy
Weekend Magazine, 27 November 1965 (Newspaper Insert)
56 pages. Features: The Population Explosion; Christine Pattinson Holds the Canadian women's record for straight-distance gliding - article with photos; Electrohome ad shows fan at football game watching the game on his 'portable' TV; Photos of Inuit merriment at Coral Harbour in the central Canadian Arctic; The Viet Cong Soldiers are Hard to Track Down - and Harder to Kill - article with colour photos - a look at the Vietnam ground war; Beautiful colour photo ad for Heinz baby food, complete with tear-out coupon for one free bottle; Nice colour photo ad for Timex watches; Learning German; Ski Fashion Photo Feature; Two-page colour photo ad for Ronson products; E.P. Taylor's Horse Sale at Windfields Farm in Oshawa - article with photos; Jeweller with a Gem of a Car - Roger Lucas of Montreal owns 'the most beautiful Jaguar-D in the world; Rookie Gilles Marotte Dreams of playing in the N.H.L. for the Boston Bruins - colour photos and article; Nureyev and Fonteyn in Romeo and Juliet - article with three photos; 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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Edwards, Bob
Socialist Policy for Today
16 pages. "With facts and figures to help you understand 'The Crisis'" - subtitle. Author was Chairman of the I.L.P. Topics include: labour and the crisis; the export target, what should be done, economic tendencies in Britain, ineffectivenss of labour policy, increase profits, huge national incomes, fuel and power, apply science to coal, I.L.P. immediate plan of action. Numerous data sets include: balance of payment, sale of gold and assets, loss of national wealth, cost of the war in British human life, dwellings destroyed and built, how many rich and how rich are they?, capital levy - opinions of two experts, and more. Printing date unstated but appears to be circa 1948 based on data cited within this booklet. Average external wear and soiling. Handwritten price on front cover, otherwise unmarked. A sound vintage copy of this interesting work. Book
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Lefolii, Ken; Fraser, Blair; Storey, Red; Newman, Christina; Callwood, June; Sclanders, Ian; Berton, Pierre
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, March 9 1963 - Lou Fontinato Cover Photo
66 pages. Features: Nice full-page black and white photo ad for the Boeing 727; Canadian Club colour photo ad features "Sooke Day" on Vancouver Island; Nice colour ad for the 1963 Acadian; Canada's 1963 War Machine - the nuclear mess; The Hole in NATO's front wall; The Man-Eaters of the NHL - flamboyant referee Red Storey describes hockey's tough guys - article with photos of Carl Brewer, Reg Fleming, Howie Young and Lou Fontinato; June Callwood writes about Anger; The Kennedy Dynasty - Part 5 - the crowd around JFK - the loneliest man in the world; Confessions of a hotel fancier, by Pierre Berton; Nice cover photo of NHL tough guy Lou Fontinato; Nice colour photo Coke ad on back cover features cheerleader and three tall basketball players; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound 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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Graham, Captain Stuart; Clarke, A.H.; Ritchey, V.J.; Bradbrooke, Lymburner, J.H.
Canadian Aviation Magazine, June 1939
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of a T.C.A. Lockheed approaching Canada's National War Memorial in Ottawa; Full-page Lockheed ad on page one features Two T.C.A. photos and one illustration - full T.C.A. theme - excellent!; Just Twenty Years Ago - Captain Stuart Graham's memoirs of Canada's first post-war flying; Full-page Lycoming ad; Awesome full-page illustrated ad for the Pioneer Instrument Company shows a 74-passenger transatlantic Boeing Clipper skipping across the water; Airport and Airway Lighting - article with illustrations; Nice full-page Beechcraft ad promotes their Model 18; 1917 Combatants - 1939 Correspondents - Ernst W. Steinitz and Capt. A.C. Burt; Igor I. Sikorsky speaks to Toronto gathering about engineering developments in aviation; Hudson's Bay Company selects Beechcraft 18D for air operation - brief article with great photo; Nice Rotax ad; Fantastic full-page colour photo ad for Player's cigarettes looking back from the deck of H.M.S. "Royal Oak" tothe H.M.S. Revenge; Centrefold ad for the Cygnet; Kenyon Field at Lethbridge is officially opened - article with photo and map; Great full-page illustrated ad for Blackburn Aircraft shows fighters diving; Taylorcraft Aviation Corp full-page ad features three photos of Miss Mary Spearing and her plane; McKee Trophy awarded to Operating Personnel of T.C.A.; New Variable Pitch Propeller for Light Aircraft; Grand Old Lady Retires; R.C.A.F. assigned important duties during Royal visit; The candid camera goes to Birmingham, Alabama; News from the West Coast; Wing Tips from Edmonton; Old Country Gossip; Know Your Pilots - J.H. Lymburner of Canadian Airways, Montreal; Nice full-page photo ad for McLaughlin-Buick; News from Flying Clubs; M.A.L.C. News; Cub Aircraft ad for their Trainer; Nice full-page ad for Rec Cap Ale with illustration of Hops being harvested and a photo of company employees with a caption listing their generous company benefits; *Fantastic* full-page Junkers photo ad inside back boasts of their new international speed record - the Junkers-Bomber with JUMO 211 engines achieved 517 mph; Intava ad on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Gzowski, Peter; Sclanders, Ian; Allen, Robert Thomas; McLean, James W.; Boultbee, Jerry; Clausen, Oliver
Maclean's Magazine, 21 March 1964 *THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAF MONEY MACHINE*
64 pages. A wonderful memento for Toronto Maple Leafs fans! Features: Front cover colour photo shows Leaf bench with George Armstrong, Frank Mahovlich and Eddie Shack; Colour photo ad for the Ford Country Squire Station Wagon inside front cover; Maclean's Reports - How one obscure report inflamed both sides of the Fluoride debate all over again; Editorial on Hypocrisy in the Criminal Code - "preventing conception" is an offense; The Maple Leaf Money Machine - a report on how they play and pay, by Peter Gzowski - fantastic two-page-wide black and white candid photo of the team spread out along the boards, complete with their names and positions - the following pages feature a similar two-page-wide black and white photo of the players spread out along the boards in their street clothes, complete with their names and second job, perhaps the most interesting of which is Myles G. (Tim) Horton, "Restaurateur" - little did he know how big his name would become with the eventual growth of his donut business; The Birth-Control Explosion; Portrait of Toronto's Little Italy - its citizens are 160,000 Italian Canadians; The Intimate Record of Sigismund Zippel's Open Heart Operation - artificial leaves in his main heart valve; Report from Africa's unreported war - in Portuguese Angola -Holden Roberto's rebels attack from the Congo; The Taping of Hamlet, starring Christopher Plummer and Elsinore; Colour illustrated Chevrolet centrefold ad; Colour photo full-page ad for TCA, Trans-Canada Air Lines/Air Canada; Cool all-red full-page photo ad for the 1964 Buick Special - with three models shown; Sidney Katz makes the case for a sane look at drivers who drink. Contents gently tanned with age. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. Magazine
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Johnston, William
A War of Patrols: Canadian Army Operations in Korea
426 pages. Index. Bibliography. References. Reproductions of black and white photos. "The most valuable study of the Canadians in Korea." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Thoroughbred and Classic Cars Magazine, December 1974
72 pages. Features: The Racing Amilcars - interesting illustrated article, including great colour photos; BMW Turbo - road impressions; Early Motoring Experiences in 1902, by W. Gulliver; Re-Vitalized Astons; Juan Manuel Fangio; C Type Jaguar to Le Mans - including fantastic colour centerfold photo; The hazards of rust; The history of some Squire cars; Mini Manual - Triumph TR4 1961/65; History of the Post War Touring car; The Magic Magnette - son of the Humbug; Classic of the month - Aston Martin Project 212; and more. Average wear. Minor moisture exposure to top edge. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
Thoroughbred and Classic Cars Magazine, January 1975
72 pages. Features: Triumph TR6 Road Test; Le Mans MGA - Jonathan Wood recounts entries at Sarthe in 1959, 1960, and 1961; Studebaker Avanti; A Magnificent Seven; Classic Saloon Racing; Gull Wing Glamour; Project 212 - Full Bore - wonderful colour centerfold; CC is for Citroen Cloverleaf; Mike Hawthorn Feature; Rewiring Jonathan Woods' MGA; Mini Manual - Austin-Healey Sprite Mk II; History of the Post War Touring Car - Part 2; Classic of the Month - Austin-Healey '100'; and more. Average wear. Some moisture exposure to top edge. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
Thoroughbred and Classic Cars Magazine, February 1975
72 pages. Features: Ford Capri II - Ghia 3000; A Tale of Two Morgans; When Motorists take to Flying; Old Lamps for New at Lucas; Jim Clark Feature; Classic Car Care - Re-Spraying an MGA; Delage II - wonderful colour photos; A look at the AC Ace 21 years after its introduction; The Winning Stutz - the winning career of Harry Stutz; Mini-Manual Sunbeam Alpine (Series II); History of the Post War Touring Car - part 3; Classic of the Month - Delahaye V12; and more. Some moisture exposure to top edge. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
Thoroughbred and Classic Cars Magazine, April 1975
72 pages. Features: An Austin Healey Rejuvenated - Paul Skilleter strips-down and reconditions his staff car Austin Healey 3000's engine; A trip to Welshpool to look around the scrap yard that specialises in new parts for thirties and classic cars; One out of Three - To most Arnotts were 500s - Robin Rew tries one of the sports-racers - nice colour photo; Lightweight E-Type - a quick car from Jaguar's Browns Lane factory - an examination of its history and derivation, plus a Silverstone drive; R.G.S. Atalanta - Jonathan Wood tells the story of Dick Shatlock's post war specials based on the Atalanta sports car of the late thiries - article with great photos; On the Road - Triumph Stag and Rolls-Royce Camargue; Sir Henry (Time) Birkin; Dixon Riley; Historic Grand Prix Reunion in France - former Grand Prix drivers and cars gather for an unforgettable meeting - great colour photos; Model Mania; Mini Manual for the Lotus Elan; History of the Post war Touring Car - Part 5; Lancia Appia Zagato - article with nice photos including some in colour; The 1938 Lagonda LG6; and more. Moisture exposure to top edge. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
Thoroughbred and Classic Cars Magazine, May 1975 - Porsche Carrera
72 pages. Features: Audi 80 On the Road, plus a preview ride in the Wolseley 2200 and a run in a Bristol 403; History of the Post War Touring Car - Part 6; Coachwork? - Peter Stengel who has built bodies on both sides of the Atlantic makes some personal observations - article with photos including some in colour; Tudor Rees is an expert at fixing elderly car radios; Tony Rolt - a brilliant newcomer to motor racing before the war; New Oil in Older Cars - speaking with Castrol chemists about the way modern lubricants help us maintain our thoroughbred cars; R.G.S. Atalanta - Jonathan Wood concludes his account of the Specials Dick Shattock produced between 1952 and 1956 at a small garage at Winkfield, Berks; The Cars Called Carrera - tracing a story of Porsche development and testing the last word in production 911s; Continental Circus, 1974; Speed Merchants Classic Car Championship - Round 1; Mille Miglia 1940 - Michael Bowler looks back at a great race; De Tomaso Vallelunga - article with colour photos; Classic of the Month - Michelotti 'Jaguar Le Mans" and more. Moisture exposure to top edge. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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McClung, Nellie L.; Simmons, Private
Three Times Out - A Canadian Boy's Experience in Germany
247 pages. Recollections of a Canadian prisoner of war in the first world war, and his multiple escape attempts. Tissue-protected frontis portrait of Private Simmons. Several reproductions of black and white photos. Considerable lean to spine. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Author Not Stated
Official Program for Dedicatory and Opening Services of Canadian Memorial Chapel Erected at Vancouver, British Columbia in Memory of Those Who Made the Great Sacrifice 1914-1918
20 pages in string binding plus original mailing envelope in which this item was stored. Very informative with exhaustive details of multiple dedication ceremonies and their participants. Black and white photographic plates of Canadian Memorial Chapel, Lt.-Colonel G.O. Fallis, and Canadian Memorial Chapel. Envelope unmarked but soiled, worm and yellowed with age. Booklet clean and unmarked with light wear. A high-quality copy of this informative and solemn memento. Book
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Reid, P.R.
The Colditz Story
278 pages. Black and white illustrations. The story of Colditz camp for Allied POWs in WWII, as told by a man who was imprisoned there. Above-average wear. Modest lean to spine. Binding intact. Bit of foxing to endpapers. Prior owner's name atop first blank leaf, otherwise unmarked. A worthy reading copy. Book
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Gregory, F. Dickson; Bywater, Hector C.; Dean, F.E.; Howard, Sidney
Shipping Wonders of the World (Magazine) - The United States Navy - Part 44 (Forty-Four)
Pages 1381-1412. Many great black and white photos. Features: Captain Fryatt and the "Brussels" in the War of 1914-1918 (continued); Australia's Oldest Steamship - The "Edina"; The United States Navy; Luxury Cruising - The Arandora Star of the Blue Star Line; Sailing Ships in Collision - off Newcastle, New South Wales, April 1902 - photos with captions; By-Passing Niagara - the new Welland Canal; Youth at the Helm - William Albert Robinson sailed round the world from New York between June 1928 and November 1931 in a ketch only 32 feet 6 inches long. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Three-hole punched. A sound copy. Book
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Stolz, Robert; Bakshian, Aram Jr.; Stolz, Einzi
The Barbed Wire Waltz: The Memoirs of the Last Waltz King
324 pages. Index. Chronology. Black and white photos. Based on tapes, documents, and stories told by Robert and Einzi Stolz. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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Armaguac, Alden P.; Teale, Edwin; Boone, Andrew R.; Burton, Walter E.; Johnson, Gaylord; Martin, Robert E.
Popular Science Monthly Magazine, September 1933, Vol. 123, No. 3 - Queer Vehicles Inventors Produce
96 pages. Features: Nice Plymouth Six ad featuring interview with G.R. Stevens of Elgin, Illinois; ATT ad features woman using old-style phone; Buying automatic refrigerators; "Human-Eye" camera opens new way to television; Snakeskin and marble made by photography; Planes to dump rain on crops; Photo of tidal wave in the River Severn, in England; Queer jobs in the Arctic - Major L.T. Burwash in pursuit of the North Magnetic Pole; Two-passenger sailplane has closed cockpits; Rare Stamp Racketeers thwarted by black light; Human body gets machine tests; Freak vehicles for air, land, and water; Animal movie actors trained by strange tricks; Tires torn to pieces in safety tests; Homemade Sextant; Is Rudy Hofmeister the fastest wood carver?; War Waged on Insects with Lights and Odors; Microscope "Movies" on Screen; Newest Household Devices; Weird stunts with aluminum in the home laboratory; One-man show with a magic hat; Adding earphones to your radio; Radio sets now tuned by sight; New gears shift themselves; A simply built high striker; Tools and Materials Captain McCann uses to build ship models; Graceful stool built from coat hangers; Sport belt made of knotted string; Simple design for boy's auto (go-kart); Luggage Making on the kitchen table; Taking telephoto shots with your own camera; Helpful hints for motorists; plus dozens of other brief and interesting illustrated items. Great cartoon-style ad for Camel cigarettes on back cover features magic tricks. Somewhat above-average wear. Faint store stamp on back cover. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Konody, P.G.
Art and War: Canadian War Memorials - A Selection of the Works Executed for the Canadian War Memorials Fund to Form a Record of Canada's Part in the Great War and a Memorial to Those Canadians Who Have Made the Great Sacrifice
Approximately 120 pages. Undated but appears to be circa 1919. Presents forty-eight attractive colour plates (suitable for framing) accompanied by details of their artists and the scenes/personalities portrayed. Eight black and white plates at back. Prior owner's handwritten name and date atop front free endpaper and title page. Hinges starting. One inch opening mid-backstrip. Moisture-induced rippling to eight black and white plates at back. Takes readers on a wonderful yet haunting trip back to the days of the Great War. An impressive and important compilation of art representing Canada's WWI experience. Related Medici Modern Art Society advertisement laid-in. Book
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Traywick, Ben T.; Griffith, A. Kinney; Repp, Ed Earl; Whitehead, Ruth; Bundy, rex; Hammitt, Claud; Walker, Wayne T.; Messick, Mary Ann; Chapin, Earl V.
The West Magazine - True Stories of the Old West, December 1969 - The Guns of Fred Sutton
74 pages. Features: Man on a Steer - Nate Higgins and his wife Lucy ride steers - article with photos; Western Gunfight in Hula Hula Land - The Parker Ranch; Too Tough to Kill - Texas Ranger Henry Mims; That Bloody Fence-Cutting War - Lev (L.P.) Baugh of Texas; Star-Crossed Orphans of the Trail - weddings along the Oregon Trail; Peg Legs and Poultices - The Good Samaritan School of Nursing; Lawman Cape Willingham and the Taming of the Panhandle - involves John Adair and Charles Goodnight; The Guns of Fred Sutton - article and photos of his incredible collection; The Man Who Discovered a Mystery - Pierre Gaultier De Varennes, Sieur de la Verendreye. Faint date written atop front cover and two small markings to contents. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Taylor, Samuel W.; Chatfield Cheaster; Mayse, Arthur; Bunce, Frank; Baxter, A. Beverley; Bassett, John Jr.; Garden, Leslie; Roxborough; Ashbery, Henry; Campbell, Helen G.
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 1 Febrary, 1940 - Is Syl Apps Hockey's Greatest?
42 pages. Features: Nice colour DeSoto car ad inside front cover; Canada Dry ad; Good Enough (fiction); Hockey's Greatest? - the story of Syl Apps; Leslie Hore-Belisha discusses his resignation as British War Secretary; Feet with Wings (fiction); Canada's Fighting Forces - Part 3 - Royal Military College (R.M.C.) - article with photos; Day in Heaven (fiction); Junk - It's Big Business, and plays a big part in winning a war - photos and article about scrap steel, rags and paper; Wings of Hazard (fiction, part 3 of 5); Great two-colour full-page ad for Ford V-8 Trucks shows six models at work; Nice two-colour Chevrolet ad; Syl Apps, Turk Broda and Pep Kelly are featured in an Alka-Seltzer ad; Article on cakes, with recipes; Nice colour Chrysler ad inside back cover; Attractive colour ad for International Trucks on back cover features the 1.5 ton model D-30. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Sangster, Margaret E.; Craig, Lawrence; Tibbett, F.M.; Bunce, Frank; Edwards, Frederick; Baxter, A. Beverley; Roberts, Leslie; Woolfenden, John R.; Golden, L.L.L; Campbell, Helen G.
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 15 January, 1940 - Skiing Brings Business Success to the Laurentians
48 pages. Features: Nice colour photo ad for Oldsmobile cars inside front cover; Fargo truck ad; Canada's Fighting Forces - Part 2 - The New Army - particle with photos; Interesting comments on the war from London by Beverley Baxter; Road's End (fiction); The Pertinacious Pole - a short story about hockey involving a Polish fellow; White Gold - The grand business success skiiing has brought to the Laurentians - article with photos; The Stowaway (fiction); Moving Quebec to Idaho - article and photos of movie "Northwest Passage"; Frank Cyril James - new Principal at McGill University - photo and article; Wings of Hazard (fiction) part 2 of 5); Dodge car ad; Plymouth car ad; Ontario Premier M.F. Hepburn is pictured in a war solidarity ad sponsored by the Automotive Industries of Canada; Red Horner, Syl Apps and Gordie Drillon are featured in an Alka-Seltzer ad; Dodge Truck ad; Army Grub, New Style - interesting article and photos on cooking for the Canadian Army; colour ad inside back cover by the Department of Fisheries encourages Canadians to eat fish. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Please note: page 6/7 missing - It appears to have been an ad. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Freeman, Devery; Edwards, Frederick; Wetjen, Albert Richard; Jones, Stanley; Smith, I. Norman; Baxter, A. Beverley; Beamish, Royd E.; Moore, H. Napier
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 15 July 1939 - Governor-General Lord Tweedsmuir
40 pages. Features: So This is Susan (short story); Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada; Nothing, Not Out (short story); Major article with photos; Colonel Drew stands by charges - author of Bren gun article testifies before Public Accounts Committee; War update from London; Loyalty (short story); Sulfapyridine - Medicine's new weapon in the fight against pneumonia; Edward Johnson of Guelph - article with photos (conclusion); Net Results (short story); The Dionne Quints are featured in a Palmolive soap ad which promotes souvenir "Quin' Teaspoons". Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Duke, A. H.; Gray, W. M.
The Boatbuilders of Muskoka
152 pages. Oblong 10.5" x 9". Profusely illustrated with black and white photography. "Documents the story of the builders and craftsmen who produced the incomparable pleasure launches of Muskoka." - from Foreword. Decorated endpapers. Light overall wear. Unmarked. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. An excellent gift for any Muskoka boat afficionado. Book
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Snow, Edgar
War and Peace in Vietnam
32 pages. Reprinted from "The Other Side of the River" with a new introduction by the author. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound working copy. Book
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Sutton, Antony (Anthony) C.
The War on Gold - How to Profit from the Gold Crisis
238 pages including index. A definitive study of the past, present, and future of the metal that Keynesian economists and political schemers have denounced as a 'barbarous relic." The war on gold began several centuries ago, when politicians discovered they could print limitless amounts of paper currency for a small fraction of the cost of using gold as money. A particularly timely title as gold once again struggles to attain it's true market value. Author was a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution for War, Revolution and Peace from 1968 to 1973. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Pages gently age-toned. Binding intact. A clean and sound copy. Book
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Newman, Peter C.; Dickson, Doris; Moon, Barbara; Bodsworth, Fred; Robert, Marika; Allen, Robert Thomas; Goldbloom, Dr. Alton; Frayne, Trent; Richler, Mordecai
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 3 December 1960 - I Went Back Behind the Iron Curtain
80 pages. Features: The nuclear dilemma of the Western peoples - part I; My parents were deaf and dumb; The second coming of Morley Callaghan; An interim report on the next Ice Age - research on Heiberg Island; I went back behind the Iron Curtain - Marika Robert's account of her return to Czechoslovakia which she escaped 12 years ago - article with photos; Holiday weekend in San Francisco; The one doctor in four talks back - a warning about M.D.s flogging pills and cure-alls on TV; Montreal's grey-flannel hockey cartel - How Frank Selke's system has brought success to the Montreal Canadiens - with photo of Toe Blake, Selke and a group of players on the ice; You too can have a beautiful body - Ben Weider brings an International Federation of Body Builders' event to Montreal - article with great photos; Nice colour photo ad display's several Kodak cameras; The Spartacus movie receives a glowing review; Colour photo full-page ad for coloured phones - a big innovation back then!; Nice colour ad for the 1961 Dodge Dart; Beautiful colour photo ad for the 1961 Buick shoes a black Electra 225 4-door Riviera Sedan in front of a black office building - Gorgeous!; Foster Hewitt photo as part of ad for Swiss watches; Nice full-page colour photo ad for the1961 Chevrolet Impala Sedan including photos of the Nomad station wagon and the Biscayne; Nice two-page black and white photo ad for TCA (Trans-Canada Airlines) and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
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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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Hutton, Eric; Phillips, Alan; Jones, Catherine; Gardner, Ray; Porter, McKenzie; Bell, Joseph N.Baxter, Beverley; Gilmour, Clyde; Joudry, Patricia; Lindsay, Carol
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, August 3, 1957 - Montreal Artist Jean-Paul Riopelle
52 pages. Features: Beverley Baxter on Censorship and Sex; Nice one-page colour ad for Oldsmobile featuring a convertible and little flower girl in back seat; A look forward to the fall TV lineup - article with many photos; Theo Parker's One-Man War Against the State - hog farmer resists Hog Board - article with photos of Parker in barn and with his wife Laura; The Native Genius We've Never Discovered - Montreal artist Jean-Paul Riopelle - article with colour photos; Vancouver's Enchanted Evenings Under the Stars - Theatre Under the Stars - article with photos; The Canada Aerial Surveyor Douglas Kendall Sees From the Sky - article with photos; We Travel With Our Kids - And Like It! - article with photos of how Joseph N. Bell and his family vacation by car; Colour General Motors centrefold ad called "The Saturday Trip to the Moon" features grocery store scene with little boy in spaceship ride; Coke ad on back cover shows beach couple admiring their instant photos; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Koch, John W. (Signed)
No Escape: My Young Years Under Hitler's Shadow
293 pages. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of wonderful archival photos, primarily in black and white. Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. "Mr. Koch's tale of life under Germany's dictator, escape from a war-ravaged Europe, and renewal in Canada is truly inspiring." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A beautiful copy. Book
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Poats, Rutherford M.; Eliot, Major George Fielding (Introduction)
Decision in Korea
340 pages. Index. A thoughtful evaluation of the Korean conflict. Bit of sticker residue inside back board. Average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound copy. Edwards 2159, McFarland 177. Book
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Kettering, Charles F.; Wickware, Francis Sill; Fay, Bill; Johnson, Vance; Small, Collie; Howley, Frank; St. Johns, Adela Rogers; Neiman, Irving Gaynor; Sellers, Robert; Weaver, John D.; Grubb, Dave; Pearce, Dick
Collier's - The National Weekly Magazine, December 3, 1949 - Charlie Campbell is the King's Man
78 pages. Articles: Get Off Route 25 - Charles F. Kettering teaches that a great challenge lies off the traveled highway; Young Man; The Life and Times of Sears, Roebuck (part 1 of 4); Collier's Sectional All-Star Teams; The King's Man - Charlie Campbell is considered a top unofficial 'ambassador' to the US; West from Fifth Avenue - article with sensational photos of Collier's new Manhattan headquarters and their million-a-day Ohio press; Payoff in Berlin (conclusion of "My 4-years war with the reds). Fiction: Cinderella Rides Again (part 1 of 5); The Ward Heeler and the Lady; Shooting Party; Don't You Cry for Me; Fifty of the Blue; Valley of the Tyrant. Includes these nice ads: Studebaker trucks (inside front cover); Bell telephone; Congress Playing Cards - featuring Mme. Lilly Dache; Zenith tvs, radios and phonographs; Columbia motorcycles; Good Year; Elgin watches; 1950 Ford cars; Samsonite luggate (color centerfold); Pall Mall cigarettes; Movie "Prince of Foxes"; New York Central Railroad; Schlitz beer; Blatz beer - featuring Pat Harder, 1948's most valuable player/star fullback of the Chicago Cardinals; Budweiser; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features Fred Astaire. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Rayner, Commander D.A.; Roskill, Captain S.W. (Editor)
Escort: The Battle of the Atlantic
250 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates including frontispiece photo of author/subject. Map endpapers. "(Commander Rayner's) astonishing range of experience and endurance give him an authority speak on his subject which can hardly be questioned." - from Editor's Foreword. Somewhat above-average wear and soiling. Binding intact. A sound reading copy. Book
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Bart, Lionel
The Day After Tomorrow: Sheet Music of the Song from Lionel Bart's "Blitz!" - Includes Music for Piano and Voice
4 pages. Features wonderful full-page photo of Vera Lynn on back cover. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
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Rosanith, Olga L.; Wright, Julia Lee; Germaine, Juanita; Gould, Lawrence; Sutton, Sue; Pilgrim, Robert
The Family Circle Magazine, June 16, 1944, Vol. 24, No. 24 - Cover Photo of Fredric March and Alexis Smith
24 pages. Wartime theme runs through the content and ads of this issue. Features: Writing from Readers; What's The Use (fiction); Summer Desserts Recipes; Suzanna Pancake and Waffle Flour ad features sailor illustration; Ad for Nabisco Snow Flake Sodas (crackers); Photo ad for Gerber's baby food; Ducks for Dinner - an informative article with photos which teachers readers to grow ducks in their backyards - for their eggs, fat, meat and down; Babies Don't Forget - wise parents are careful of their baby's first impressions; Beverly Peanut Butter ad; Review of film "The Adventures of Mark Twain"; Two-color Philip Morris cigarette ad; Nice illustrated Airway Coffee ad; Food for Thought feature on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. This vintage issue provides nostalgic insight to American homelife during the second world war. Magazine
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Wartime Information Board, Government of Canada
Canada at War, No. 42, November - December 1944
63 pages. Numerous monotone reproductions of photos in text. "A factual, monthly reference booklet of basic information on Canadian war activities." - from inside front cover. Contents: Cover photo of H.M.C.S. Uganda; Precision instruments used in sighting and Canada's new optical glass industry; Canada's New Shipbuilding Industry - article with photo of launching of minesweeper H.M.S. Myrmidon at Toronto; Women in the Services; Canada Conquers Rubber Famine; Statistics of Canada's Armed Forces strength and casualties; Canada's Forces in action - lengthy article including centerfold map entitled "Antwerp - Strategic Key to Victory"; War Diary For October - 12 illustrations and a day-by-day itemization of events; Facts about N.R.M.A. Soldiers; Table of data entitled "Estimated Manpower Distribution (14 Years and Over"; Canada Welcomes Peace League Blueprint; Air Training in Canada; Price Control Defeats Inflation. Somewhat above-average wear. Small chip from lower corner of front cover. Binding intact. Prior owner's signature upon back cover, otherwise unmarked. Pages tanned with age. A sound reference copy. Magazine
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Morgenthau, Hans; Toynbee, Arnold J.; Teller, Edward; Dale, Edwin L. Jr.; Popkin, Henry; Streit, Pierre; Morris, James; Salzman, Eric; Canaday, John; Kahn, David; Sullivan, Frank
The New York Times Magazine, November 27, 1960 - Aaron Copland
148 pages. Features: JFK - Alone With Himself and History; The White House - Office, Shrine, Palace and Home - photos; The Wave of the Future - an argument that America must recapture her pioneering spirit to capture the imaginations of the uncommitted nations of the world; Perilous Illusion - Secrecy is Security - Edward Teller argues that free discussion in the nuclear field could strengthen the free world militarily and morally; Two Instincts Tug at Europe - unity vs. nationalism - article with hotos; ; Williams, Osborne, or Beckett? - each is a leader of drama in his nation - article with photos; Remote Views of Us - views of the American way from the 'man in the street' in Asia and the Middle East; Again the Timeless Flow of Ritual - photo-illustrated article on England's pomp and circumstance; Dean of Our Composers at 60 - Aaron Copland - article with photo; Portraits - Self and Other - the current Whistler Exhibition at Knoedler's; LGCN OTUU Willwqh Wl Etfown - how military codes can influence the cold war; Uncivil Thoughts on the Civil War - difficulties which may loom as the 100th anniversary of you know what nears; Official photos of Beijing (Peiping) welcoming foreign dignitaries recently - U Nu, Sekou Toure, Abbas Ferhat and Panchen Erdeni; Color-photo one-page ad for the SS President Polk which will be sailing 'round the world May 27th; Space age art show; Ladies' resort fashion photos (striking photos by Hiro) and sketches; Photo of Port Authority Bus Terminal contrasted with renderings of how it will appear after expansion; Vacations from Parenthood? - should parents leave children behind while taking vacations?; Cranberry recipes; Nice one-page color Christmas ad for the Red Carpet Fruit Club - boxed fruit gifts from Myron Foster's Hesperian Orchards, Wenatchee, WA; Color ad for MIssion Pak orchard-fresh Christmas gifts from California; Full-page ad for the s.s. United States (3 business days to Europe) featuring photo of Mr. W.S. Morrison, President, U.S. Steel Export Company, with Commodore John W. Anderson on the deck of the ship; Cobbs color ad for Christmas gifts (in poor condition) on back cover; Numerous gorgeous color-photo fashion ads, our favorite being the one for Surprise lingerie.. Front cover - featuring JFK and Jackie - in very poor condition. Lower corner of most pages nibbled away - some text affected. Uncommon, thus worth preserving. If you are concerned about condition, please do not order this item. Book
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Hutton, Eric; Sclanders, Ian; Moon, Barbara; Bruce, Harry; Fraser, Blair; Metcalfe, Robert; Birch, Myrna
Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, August 10, 1963 - Cover Photo of Dancer Lynn Seymour
48 pages. Features: Money - Suddenly everybody's owing it - Nine out of ten Canadian families are now living and playing with things they haven't paid for; Which Way Will Mexico Lead Latin America?; Lynn Seymour - what it takes to become an international star - many photos; The new assault on smoking; The anatomy of John Profumo's big lie - behind the greatest scandal of the century; I was shipwrecked on a coral reef - a girl sailor's log of a classic adventure at sea, by Myrna Birch; Great colour photo ad for Sterling London Dry Gin. 5"x4" clipping from Metropolitan Life ad on page 10 does not affect any meaningful content. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Dawydoff, Alexis; Winter, William; Boone, Andrew R.; Colby, C.B.; Ingells, Douglas, J.; Lazarus, William C.; Ross, Sidney; Landman, Gene; Schroder, Walter; Grant, Charles H.; Deschin, Jacob; Tyler, Bill
Air Trails Pictorial Magazine, November 1947
134 pages. Features: If War Comes Tomorrow?; We Fly the Piper Special; Speed Plus; New York's Winged Police; Roun-The-World Horsepower; State Supervised Flying; Alfalfa Airport; Supercruising the World; It's Fun on Floats; "Thimble Drome" Special; Plymouth's First International Model Meet; 1947 Nationals; Sky Bait; Make Your Exposures Count; The Air-O Mighty MIdget; Radio Control Stinson 150 - Part 2; Model Aero Club Directory; Many pages of great ads; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Some age-toning to pages. Front cover beginning to loosen, otherwise a sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Magazine
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Lennon, Mary. Jane.; Charendoff, Syd
On the Homefront : A Scrapbook of Canadian World War II (2) Memorabilia
128 pages. A marvelously nostalgic look back to life on the Canadian homefront during the second world war. "A unique and comprehensive look at what Canadians were reading, wearing, buying and doing during the years 1939-1945. Contains over 450 illustrations (in colour and black and white) of wartime memorabilia... There are excerpts from newspapers and periodicals; examples of wartime regulations, cartoons and advertising, plus much, much more." - from dust jacket. Colour illustrated endpapers. Printed upon glossy stock. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. This magnificent piece of Canadiana will make a wonderful gift. Book
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Walker, Robert: Editor
Canadian Forces Station Holberg - San Josef, British Columbia: 30th (Thirtieth) Anniversary
Unpaginated. Almost 5/8" thick. Excellent colour photographic endpapers. Black and white archival photographs throughout accompanied by substantial supporting text. Includes list of base personnel. At time of publication Canadian Forces Station Holberg had for 30 years stood as the western anchor of the Canadian radar chain. This copy was formally presented to Colonel L.G. Jenks. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
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Morrison Jr., J. Clinton (Signed)
Hell upon Earth: A Personal Account of Prince Edward Island Soldiers in the Great War, 1914-1918
359 pages. Bibliography. Index. PEI Roll of Honour. Signed and generically inscribed by author upon title page. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Tight and square. A quality copy of this important reference. Book
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Sayers, W.C. Berwick: Editor
Croydon and the Second World War: The Official History of the War Work of the Borough and Its Citizens from 1939 to 1945, Together with the Croydon Roll of Honour
581 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Fold-out map. Signed and inscribed by Mayoress of Croydon upon front free endpaper. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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Heal, S. C.
A Great Fleet of Ships: The Canadian Forts & Parks
312 pages. Index. Bibliography. Illustrated with black and white sketches and reproductions of photos. "Describes the technical factors involved in the design of these ships, their construction and operation... Explains how this potential merchant fleet was dispersed at the end of WWII, so that Canada's merchant marine all but vanished after 1950... Discusses the rationale involved in this disposal and provides an insightful look at the complex subjects of marine underwriting and chartering... Recalls wrecks, war losses, globe-girdling voyages and a variety of personal experiences by individuals who served aboard. Includes a complete Fleet List with concise details of builders, name changes, ownership changes and their fates... Large folded plan inside back board is taken from the original plan of the North Sands ship brought from England in 1940, from which the entire Canadian program for these 10,000 ton ships originated." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. An excellent copy of this impressive reference. Book
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Hogan, Kathy; Hart, Lucy (Signed); De Nevers, Klancy Clark
Cohassett Beach Chronicles: World War II in the Pacific Northwest
290 pages. Glossary. Index. Reproductions of black and white photos. Signed and inscribed by editor upon title page. "A collection of Kathy Hogan's columns from the war years... Offers a remarkable social history of the war at home." - from dust jacket. Clean and bright with negliglble wear. An excellent copy. Book
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