‎War 39/45‎

‎Schwartz, Sam: Editor‎

‎The Central Collegiate Outlook 1945 - Year Book (Yearbook): Of Central Collegiate, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Volume 36‎

‎72 pages. Abundantly illustrated with reproductions of black and white photos, Includes photo of and statement by R.G. Keenan, President of the student body, and oratory contest winner Ruby Newburg. Also includes a sombre list of 32 names of graduates killed in WWII during the prior year.. Many nice ads, our favourite being a one-page photo ad for Wong Brothers and their Exchange Cafe and Tea Garden. Contents clean and unmarked. Moderate external wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this wonderful Moose Jaw memento. Book‎

‎Nicholson, L.H.‎

‎Battle-dress Patrol: No. 1 Provost Company (R.C.M.P.) 1939-1945‎

‎56 pages. Reproductions of archival black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Prior owner's ink stamp atop first page. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book‎

‎Pullen, Newton F.; Editor; Matthews, Major J.S.‎

‎Telephone Talk, July - August 1945: Magazine of the British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel.) - Cover Photo of Staff Sgt. Robert Creech‎

‎28 pages. Features: Cover photo of Bronze Star winner Sgt. Robert Creech, son of A.L. Creech, Nelson wire chief; Photos of photographer Allan Evers, bathing beauty Stella Wintemute and dancer Donna Simpson; Beach party photos; Photo of dressmaker Cecilia Lillico; Three sister operators Inez, Florence and Lucille Stephan; How girls learn to be operators; photo of billboard explaining wartime shortages of phone equipment; Photo and article on Flt. Lieut. Gordon Heselton and his flying dog "Whisky"; Many photos of lady employees; Illustrated article on Robert Garnett Tatlow, Vancouver Pioneer; Article on Vancouver's first emergency phone call (pants torn by dog); In Memoriam - T.L. Lewis, Robert F. Bird and Dorothy Colk; Much company social information with photos. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book‎

‎Gernsback, H.; Skinner, E.; Straede, J.; Edmonds, D.; Pannill, C.; Keillor, Scotty; Hoefler, D.; Kearney, J.; Havenhill, R.; Altomare, R.; Queen, I.; Huff, R.; King, J.; Et al‎

‎Radio Craft, and Popular Electronics, Incorporating Short Wave Craft, Television News, Radio and Television, July 1945, Volume XVI, No. 10 - Alex Schomburg Cover Art‎

‎Pages 611-678. Features: Fantastic cover art by Alex Schomburg illustrates thousand-mile lifeboat radio being put to use; Microwaves - part I; Yesterday's Circuits; Parasitic Oscillations, Part I; New Lifeboat Radio; World's Biggest "Portable" Radio - U.S. Signal Corps H.Q. for the west front in Europe uses a 60 kilowatt radio housed in 17 large trailers - article with illustrations ; Battle Radio Tricks; Oscilloscopes for Trainees; Broadcast Equipment, Part X; Radio Filter Circuits; A "Jewell" Ohmeter; An Electronic Ohmichecker, Part II; Tube Replacements, Part I; Radio Repair in Bed - Self-taught Wesley A. Rushing of Laurel, Mississippi is one of the most expert radio repairmen in the south - even though he has been bed-ridden for seven years! - article with photo; Repairs with Resistors; A Pair of Useful Circuits; Power Supply Stabilizing Unit; Remote Control for your Receiver; Midget Amplifier; Photo-illustrated Meissner ad says "It's Fun to Live and Work in Mt. Carmel, Ill; War-themed Detrola Radio ad on back cover shows German swastika tarket shattered, and beside it a growling 'Jap' target above the word 'Next!'; and much more. List of World Stations has been clipped from page 644. Clipping from page 674 has removed part of the list of advertisers. Average wear. Writing atop front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine‎

‎Charlton, J.R.; Lands and Survey Department‎

‎Colony of Fiji Colour (Color) Map, 1939‎

‎Handsome colour-illustrated 1939 map of the Colony of Fiji with inset map of the Lau Group/Eastern District Islands. 19.5" x 15". Folds to 9.25" x 6.5". Clean and unmarked with light wear. Map‎

‎Healy, W.; Stewart, H.; Davis, D.; Bentley, E.; Roberts, T.; King, S.; Brown, J.; Drummond-Hay, Lady; Batley, Vera; Bayne, E.; Ardwyn, L.; Dutton, G.‎

‎National Home Monthly Magazine, August (Aug.) 1939 - Baseball's Centenary? / Wake Island / King of Yugoslavia‎

‎48 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for Canadian fish inside front cover; News digest topics include - dark influences at work, the anti-Russian case, An Alternative Pact, A policy of wreckage, One's own business, the plight of German churches, 90% heroic, and the problem of Palestine; Baseball's Centenary? - argument over whether or not baseball's centenary actually occured in June - article with photos of Honus Wagner, Eddie Collins, Joe Vosmik, Tony Lazzeri, Babe Ruth, Grover Cleveland, George Sisler, Walter Johnson, and others; Vernight Stop - photo-illustrated article of a trip to Wake Island; A Penny In Her Shoe (short story); The Genuine Tabard (short story); The Perdu (short story); Fairyland of the Boy-King Peter II of Yugoslavia - photo-illustrated article on his picturesque nation; If I Die Before I Wake (mystery); Half-page photo ad for the Canadian National Exhibition (C.N.E.) which offers 'a thousand thrilling things to see'; Hollywood news, with photos of Frank Lloyd, Cecil B. De Mille, N.S. Van Dyke, Arthur Nornblow Jr., Lubitsch, Anatole Litvak, Eugene Forde, Edward H. Griffith and William Wellman; Photo and bried write-up on Ellen Drew; Woodbury soap ad features photo of Miss Nadine Beardmore; Dare to Smile - article for ladies; Pond's cold cream ad features photos of Mrs. Robert W. Armstorng of Toronto, and Blanche Brewer of Clarksdale, Mississippi; Small photo ad for Ontario Ladies' College in Whitby, Ontario shows girls on horseback with school in background; Sayings from around the world; Back cover colour Coke ad features man in white double-breasted suite with lady, and inset black and white photo of soda jerk; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book‎

‎Healy, W.; Stewart, Dr. H.; Farley, E.; Hartman, W.; Greenwood, W.; Ashton, H.; Christie, Agatha; Pole, M.; Godsell, P.; Et al‎

‎National Home Monthly Magazine, February (Feb.) 1939 - Neville Chamberlain, "World Champion of Peace" / "Arctic Madness" on Baffin Island‎

‎64 pages. Features: Nice ad for the 1939 Oldsmobile Six inside front cover; News digest includes topics such as "Appeasement and its difficulties", "Why British Opinion in Changing", "Germany's Colonial Ambitions", "The Statecraft of Equivalents", and "Italy's Clash with France"; Met Life one-page photo ad entitled "A Day in the Life of (sales agent) Donald Martin"; Neville Chamberlain, World Champion of Peace - nicely photo-illustrated article (little did he know how wrong he would soon be proven to be); Reckless Lady (short story); With Fire (short story); What the Eye Doesn't See (short story); Arctic Madness - photo-illustrated article tells the Baffin Island tale of the death of a white fur trader - with photos of RCMP Staff Sergeant A.H. Joy, Loodloo, Innoyah, Petoot, Ahteetah, Nookudlah and Ooroorengnak; Babiche Walking - wonderful article on snowshoeing (snow-shoeing); The Garden Next Door (short story); The Mysterious Affair at Styles (part 4 of 5 of this Agatha Christie story); One-page Colgate ad features illustrations of the Dionne Quints; Vintage two-page Magic Baking Powder ad features the New York World's Fair; Kellogg's All-Bran ad features Mutt and Jeff comic; Movie news with photos of Virginia Bruce and Florence George; Photo of Miss Brenda Fraser in Woodbery soap ad; Scott's Emulsion ad features Uncle Dan comic; Fashion illustrations; Half-page Italy tourism ad, sponsored by Italian Line, Limited; Pond's cold cream ad features photo of Marjorie Fairchild; Are You a Man's Girl? - with helpful scorecard(!); It Isn't What You Say - advice for speaking better; Sport Suppers - recipes; Half-page colour ad for Canadian fish; Curve Control - corsets, foundation garments and the female shape; Photos of Barbara Stanwyck in Lux soap ad; Small St. Petersburg (Florida) photo-ad says '12,000 Canadians" choose it; World Quotes; Back cover colour Coke ad shows bottle beside open book and reading glasses, with inset illustration of vintage six-pack case; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book‎

‎Multiple Contributors‎

‎Streetscene (Street Scene) Magazine, July 1985 - Cover Photos of Bill Jones' 1939 Chevrolet and John Belford's 1940 Ford‎

‎94 pages. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine‎

‎Duncan, Dorothy; Shapiro, L.; Sanders, Wilfrid; Denison, Merrill; Sinclair, Gordon; Arnold, Lyn; Mitchell, W.O.; Et al‎

‎Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, 15 August (Aug.), 1945: Will There Be Enough To Eat?‎

‎52 pages. Features: Colour Studebaker ad inside front cover shows their Weasel tracked vehicle in action on a Pacific shore (it appears this vehicle or its engine was made in Windsor, ON); Not Enough To Eat - food shortages loom in the wake of WWII; My Author Husband - by Dorothy Duncan, wife of Hugh MacLennan; Hearts to Let (fiction); Test in Berlin - can Russian and Anglo-Saxons reach a common basis for the peace; What Canadians Don't Know (testing our general knowledge); Whopper! - New York Mayor La Guardia's 550 acre $42 million municipal airport; A Guest for Mary Ellen (fiction); The Liar Hunter, by W.O. Mitchell; Shoplifting in Canada; Snakes Alive!, by Gordon Sinclair on Ryerson Island in Lake Erie; Woodbury Soap ad features photos of Mary Elizabeth Graham of "Greenacres", Aylmer to Gustave Eduardo Leguizamon, Chancellor of the Legation of Argentina; Several lovely colour ads; and more. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book‎

‎Shipway, Ann; Philp, Peter, Sandon, John; et al‎

‎Antique Dealer and Collectors Guide Magazine, January / February (Jan. / Feb.) 2001 - The Majolica of George Jones‎

‎64 pages. Features: Tea and the Silversmith - the development of the tea equipage in English silver is a fascinating synthesis of practical needs and current stylistic trends; Price of Perfection - recent furniture sale of the collection of the late Sir Henry Price reveals prices paid for some of the pieces bought from Frank Partridge in 1939; Colourful collection of 'Dry Body' Stoneware by Wedgewood; The Majolica of George Jones; Underperforming antiques - market report; many attractive ads; and much more. Lavishly produced upon glossy stock. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book‎

‎Unknown Photographer‎

‎Photo of the S.S. General Mitchell Arriving San Francisco, December 11, 1945 with 5,224 Troops‎

‎6.75" x 8.5" photo. Average wear and soiling. Ownership stamp of Press Association, Inc. on back. Judging by how tightly-packed the men are on deck, they must have endured a very cozy trip home from the Pacific theatre! Book‎

‎Hart, Liddell; McStay, Angus; Craig, Lawrence; McKenzie, A.; Von Qualen, L.; Et al‎

‎Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, April (Apr.) 15, 1939, Vol. 52, No. 8 - Civilization in Danger / Successful Co-ops‎

‎72 pages. Nice cover illustration of the H.M.S. Repulse by Eric Aldwinckle. Articles: Civilization in Danger - Liddell Hart explains how France and Britain have been forced into a defensive position; This Way, Please - wonderfully nostalgic photo-illustrated article on the Motion-Picture Theatre Usher; Oil is Where You Take It - article on the 112,000 miles of pipeline in North America; Co-ops Sell Fish and Homes - informative article on the history of the North Island Trollers' Co-operative Association (Queen Charlotte Islands) and the the Tompkinsville co-operative housing project at Reserve Mines on Cape Breton Island; To Be Blind Like This - James McDonald of Alberta explains how blindness since age 6 has not kept him from a full and happy life; Streamlined Groceries - great vintage article on food merchandising circa 1939 and how it eases the burden on housekeepers. Fiction: Graven Image of a Boy; South Sea Saga; So Nicely Put; Deep Waters (serial). Great one-page photo ad for International industrial crawlers and tractors. Excellent two-colour (orange) one-page photo ad for Chevrolet trucks. Lovely one-page colour ad for the 1939 Dodge car (orange). Colour Studebaker centrefold ad. 1939 Dodge truck ad. Bromo-Seltzer ad includes photo of Bridge expert Ely Culbertson. Photo of 97-year-old twins Hettie Brenton and Rhoda Dartt, born in Brookfield, Nova Scotia. Vintage one-page ad for Chrysler vans and pickup trucks. Willys Overland photo ad. Nostalgic colour-photo ad for Canadian Pacific's Banff and Lake Louise tourism features poolside ladies in bathing caps. Nice colour back cover 1939 Plymouth ad features a red Custom four-door Streamline Sedan. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue from the ominous months preceeding WWII. Book‎

‎Geneja, Stephen Conrad [Signed]; Landymore, Rear-Admiral W.M.[Foreword]‎

‎The Cruiser Uganda: One War - Many Conflicts‎

‎Signed and dated by author, without inscription, upon title page. "The first documented and eyewitness account of Canada's only cruiser in World War Two and her part in the Pacific War." - subtitle. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos, illustrations and maps. Glossary, bibliography and index. xii, 282 pages. Includes list of crew members as of December 15, 1944. Map endpapers. Two custom bookmarks laid-in. Prior owner's armorial bookplate upon verso of front free endpaper otherwise unmarked with moderate wear and lean to spine. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. COOKE [3e] p.85. Book‎

‎Burrow, Len; Beaudoin, Emile‎

‎Unlucky Lady - The Life & Death of HMCS Athabaskan 1940-44 [1940 - 1944]‎

‎"A memorial - to a ship, to the men who served in her, and to Canadians who served at sea more than forty years ago. The Athabaskan was the second of the Canadian Tribal Class Destroyers, sister ship of the Haida. The story of the Athabaskan's life and death has been lovingly retrieved from forgotten archives and her daily log. In her short life she was pounded by the sea and battered by bombs, gunfire, and torpedoes. She spent her finest and final hours fighting alongside her sisters in the 10th Flotilla in 1944, helping to clear the English Channel of enemy ships prior to the D-Day invasion. First published in 1982. pp. [10], 198. Index. Oblong 11" x 9". Printed upon glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with maps and black and white reproductions of archival photos. The five Appendices include: Lieutenant-Commander Stubbs' Report, 27 April 1944; List of Athabaskan's Company Present on Her Last Patrol, 28/29 April 1944; List of Athabaskan's Company Who Served Prior to Her Last Patrol; Geographic Features in Canada Named for Athabaskan Casualties; Glossary of Naval Terms. Stamp and bits of writing atop half-title page, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this proud but sombre Canadian naval history. Cooke [3e] p.77. Book‎

‎Buhler, Kathryn C.; Born, Wolfgang; Fligman, Berenice Davis; Keith, Elmer; McClinton, Katharine M.‎

‎The Magazine Antiques, November 1945, Vol. XLVIII, No. 5: The Nathan Hale Houses‎

‎A magazine for collectors and others interested in times past and in articles of daily use and adornment devised by the forefathers. Features: Adaptation from Fifteenth-century Swedish textile (cover illustration); English Eighteenth-century Porcelain (frontispiece editorial); Some Engraved American Siliver - Part I - Prior to About 1740; The Furniture Collection of Mrs. John H. Harwood; Sources of American Romanticism; Living With Antiques - The Chicago Apartment of Mrs. Berenice Davis Fligman; The Nathan Hale Houses; American Engravings on Papier-Mache Snuffboxes; Tests on Cup Plates; and more. Many pages of nostalgic ads from a broad assortment of prominent dealers. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. pp. 245-308. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this informative issue. Book‎

‎Mac Millan, Donald D.; Spinney, Frank O.; Little, Nina Fletcher; Sweet, Fredcerick A.; Comstock, Helen; Kees, Ann; Harley, Robert L.‎

‎The Magazine Antiques, March [Mar.] 1945, Vol. XLVII, No. 3: Painters of the Hudson River School / On Dating New England Houses‎

‎A magazine for collectors and others interested in times past and in articles of daily use and adornment devised by the forefathers. Features: Frontispiece photo of English Delft in an American Setting; Some Notes on English Delft in the American Colonies; A Morse [painting] Puzzle; On Dating New England Houses - Part I - The 17th Century - Floor Plans and Framing; Painters of the Hudson River School; A Hudson Valley Portrait - The Moot Question of the "Master of the Stringy Hair"; Washington Square North; An Apartment on Washington Square - The Washington Square apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene E. Dressner; George Washington Lived Here - Some Early Prints of Mount Vernon, Part II; and more. Many pages of nostalgic ads from a broad assortment of prominent dealers. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. pp. 129-192. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with above-average wear. Covers detached but present. A worthy reference copy of this informative issue. Book‎

‎Bean, Reita I.; Campbell, Kay; Wiley, James M.; Campbell, Kay; Darbyshire, Martha B.; Sellon, John and Emily; Joyner, Julia Bliss; et al‎

‎The American Home [Magazine], November 1945, Vol. XXXIV, No. 6 - Yes, The Blind Can Garden!‎

‎Features: GE Dishwasher ad features photos of the Floyd Russell family of Macomb, Illinois; Lovely one-page color ad for the 1946 Ford (maroon); Whittle Life Down To Your Size - if you prefer your youthful days to life as an adult!; Yes - The Blind Can and Do Garden! - testimony of the Reverend Marinus James of MA; High Home Style on a $200 Budget; How Mirrors created the miracle of space in the home of the Joseffs in Burbank, CA; Mrs. John J. Beck Celebrates Her Own V-Day; Mrs. Raymond V. Ingersoll and her "fan garden," on Duck Island off Long Island; How to make comics less of a menace for kids; Rules for Good Behavior on Dates; What Will the Future American Home Be Like?; Rug Making - A Satisfying and Fascinating Hobby; Nice color one-page ad for Sonora radios; Joan Crawford is featured in an ad for Trimz wallpaper; Nice ad for Hammond organs; Tips for traveling by car with a Dog; Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving Recipes; American Meat Institute ad features photos of convalescent military men Pfc. Delbert Scott of Dover Delaware, andEdward M. Rose of Seminole, Oklahoma; What's New in Appliances?; Nice color ad for Norge ranges with humorous military theme; and more. 118 pages. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this charming vintage issue from the final days of WWII. Book‎

‎AA.VV‎

‎Il Ponte. Rivista mensile, aprile-maggio 1955. Liberazione‎

‎1 Vol. In-8 pag. da 465 a 785. Copt ill PROG 43321 CATT_ATT 57‎

‎CAVATERRA, Emilio‎

‎Salvate Milano! La mediazione del cardinale Schuster nel 1945‎

‎1 Vol. In-8 pag. 110 25 foto f. t. Copt. ill PROG 36253 CATT_ATT 48‎

‎MINISTERO DELLA GUERRA‎

‎Quinto corso per Ufficiali di complemento. Esercitazione conclusiva (5-14 dicembre 1939)‎

‎1 Vol. In-8 gr pag. 40 ca 20 cart.topogr. più vv.ripieg UNITO:"Grandi esercitazioni anno XVII" con 9 schizzi piu'vv. ripiegati PROG 24972 CATT_ATT 36‎

‎AA.VV‎

‎Belgique. La relation officielle des evenements 1939-1940. Publiee pour le Ministère des Affaires Etrangeres de Belgique‎

‎1 Vol. (1941)In-8 t.editoriale. Scritta al risg. Margine mancante all'occhiello pag. 114 5 cartine ripiegate e fac-sim. f.t PROG 25862 CATT_ATT 37‎

‎PREDA, G.-TEDESCHI, M‎

‎Il Ventennio della pacchia‎

‎1 Vol. In-8 pag. ca 300 21 ill.f.t.Cpt.ill PROG 9313 CATT_ATT 18‎

‎HACHIYA, Michihiko‎

‎Diario di Hiroshima 6 agosto-30 settembre 1945‎

‎1 Vol. In-8 pag. 279 alc.ill.f.t. Sovracpt.ill PROG 12755 CATT_ATT 59‎

‎ROSSI, Luigi‎

‎Un Tifone che si chiama Hanoi‎

‎1 Vol. In-8 pag. 425.Cpt.con foto di De Rosa PROG 18363 CATT_ATT 29‎

‎Livio Bacchi‎

‎L'arte a Casale Monferrato‎

‎Dal XI al XVIII secolo. Regia deputazione subalpina di Storia patria. Seguito alla biblioteca cdella Società storica Subalpina. CVLII. 283 illustrazioni fuori testo. Firma della proprietaria in prima pagina. Qualche lieve strappo nella legatura delle prime pagine.‎