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Maclean's Magazine, April 1, 1950 - How Women Smuggle
56 pages. Features: Cover art shows a lively neighbourhood roused by the spring weather; I Survived a Heart Attack - Fred J. Glover's story; Contest - $1,000 for a story by you and Somerset Maugham; Foster Hewitt - Play-by-Play Playboy - story with nice photo showing Hewitt looking up to the broadcast gondola; Caribbean Mutiny - story by Willis Lindquist - illustrated by Jack Bush; Giles - Britain's most popular cartoonist - article with photos; How to Live Without Wars and Wedding Rings - 2,000 Old Order Mennonites live without cars or radios, permanents or pianos, on farms near Kitchener, Ontario - article with colour photos; Confessions of a Lady Smuggler - a lady from Windsor, Ontario tells how she cheats the Revenuers; Lusty Lord of the Desert - Abdul Aziz Ibn Abdulrahman Ibn Faisal Ibn Saud is absolute ruler of 5 million Arabs; The Man Who Robs Davy Jones - Richard E. (Dick) Chadwick and the Foundation Company of Canada - article with photo; Nice colour photo ad for Kodak cameras; When the Blizzards hit Balmy B.C.- in January Vancouver's average temperature was 11 degrees colder than Toronto's - story with photos; Excellent colour centerfold ad for the 1950 Ford family of cars; Nice full-page colour ad for Ganong's chocolates; Nice colour Pontiac ad; Normal Rockwell-illustrated ad inside back cover for the Watchmakers of Switzerland. Covers detached but present.. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Book
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Newsweek Magazine, August 25, 1947 - Cover Photo of The Wildcatting McCrarys
84 pages. Cover: Tex McCrary and his wife, Jinx Falkenburg Contents: Politics and the Pointing Finger; Crime: Atlanta Nightmare; Communists: Tale From Trieste; Probe: Red Scenario - Un-American Activities Committee; Europe: Green Baize and the Red Tide - The Marshall Plan a.k.a. ERP (European Recovery Program); Britain: If (Clement Richard) Attlee Goes; Germany: Sentence for Ilse (Koch); India: Freedom at MIdnight; Canadian Affairs: Refreshing Individualists - Gerald Gerry McGeer; Down to Work - Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Continental Peace and Security; Woman With a Scalpel - Bertha Van Hoosen; Expanding for the Atom; Visual Hi Jinks - John Reagan (Tex) McCrary and his wife, Jinx Falkenburg; Press: (Howard) Brodie of The Chronicle; (Robert) Ruark's Rage; Oil: Drought in the Tanks; The Bankruptcy of "Planning"; Religion: Death on the Cross - "What Agonies Did Christ Suffer on the Cross?"; USO Smooth Sailtors - Joe and Jane McKenna; Flexible Freddy - Bandmaster Frederick Alfred (Freddy) Martin (1906 to 1983); A Yankee at LSU (Louisiana State University) - Harold W. Stoke; and Perspective: Hollywood's War With England. Full page colour vintage print advertising including Coca-Cola (Coke), Studebaker, Dodge Trucks (Pepsi-Cola Truck) and Budweiser. Full page colour ad with Bronc-Riding Champion Jerry Ambler promoting Camel Cigarettes. Binding intact. Small mailing label top left front cover. Average wear. Contents clean and unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Newsweek Magazine, July 11, 1949 - Tom Clark Color Cover Photo
72 pages. Cover: Tom Clark Contents: (Robert A.) Taft's Triumph; Fiscal: Who'll Dam the Red Ink?; Courts: Du Pont on the Carpet; Crime: Kluxers on the Prowl - Ku Klux Klan; Why We Need the B-36; Trials: Jug for Judy (Coplon); (Alger) Hiss and Mrs. (Priscilla) Hiss; Which Way Will (Harry S.) Truman Turn?; Mao (Tse-tung) Thumbs His Nose at the West; Red China: The U.S. Is in a Hole, and (Dean G.) Acheson is Worried; Germany: (John J.) McCloy's Three Hats; Britain: Saving the Pound - Sir Stafford Cripps; Canadian Affairs: Peace in Asbestos (Quebec); Medicine: TB (Tuberculosis) Personality; A Spot of Trouble - Columbia Broadcasting System; Tunnels From Germany - Supersonic Wind Tunnels from Peenemunde, Germany; Economy: Past Depressions, Present Dilemmas; Agriculture: Drought Here, Rain There; Oil: Why the Gas Hike?; Religion: 'The Greatest Christian' - Dr. Albert Schweitzer; The Man Who Was Next - Archbishop Joseph Beran; Joe (DiMaggio) Comes Home; (Johann Wolfgang von) Goethe in Colorado; and Perspective: The Coming Battle of Ohio. Monsanto ad on back cover features some of their products. Small mailing label bottom right front cover. Average wear. Contents clean and unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Newsweek Magazine, August 1, 1949
68 pages. Cover: General Dwight Eisenhower Contents: Our Frontier, the Iron Curtain; Politics: Getting the (Harry F.) Byrd; Ike, the Atom, and '52 - General Dwight Eisenhower; Crime: Slugs on Sunset Strip - Mickey Cohen and Dee David; The Cardinal (Spellman) and the Lady (Eleanor Roosevelt); Jackie Robinson Pitching; Flare-Up in Florida - Ku Klux Klan, Willie Padgett; China: Showdown Time for the U.S. - Dr. J. Leighton Stuart, U.S. Ambassador to China; Britain: (Winston) Churchill Speaking; Yugoslavia: Buttressing (Josip Broz) Tito; Trials: British Vampire - John George Haigh; Pacts: The Anglo-Russian Deal; Russia: 10 Million Slaves; Guatemala: Coup That Failied; Mexico: Oil and Dollars; Medicine: Penicillin Prophylaxis; Bedlam Subdued - Research and Development Board and Dr. Karl T. Compton; Business: Who Says Depression?; Civil Answers to Shrewd Questions; and Perspective: Feeding Hungry Horses. Binding intact. 4.5" X 1.5" piece missing fron front cover. Large clippings missing from pages 19 and 20. Some foxing to front cover. Two chips from back cover. A worthy reference copy. Book
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Newsweek Magazine, September 19, 1949 - Cover Photo of Robert A. Taft
88 pages. Cover: Robert A. Taft Contents: Of Steel, Rails, and the Economy - Philip Murray's C.I.O. (Congress of Industrial Organizations) and Benjamin F. Fairless's United States Steel Settlement; Politics: (Robert A.) Taft at Bat; Crime: Killer on a Rampage - Howard Unruh; The Navy's Spirit; The Monetary Crisis: We'll Share Britain's Troubles - Britain, Canada and United States; Britain: The Wringer Beckons - "Britain's only salvation lies in going through 'an economic Dunkerque'".; Germany: Dismantling, the New Political Key; Spain: The U.S. Fleet's In; Britain: Holding the Wage Line - British Trades Union Congress Convention; Yugoslavia: And Now It's Titler; The Thread From Rome to London; 'The Servant Problem': New Status for an Old Occupation; Medicine: Two-Eyed X-Rays - LeRoy J. Leishman and his three-dimensional fluoroscope; Television: Enter Sylvania (Electric Products, Inc.); Housing: Four Rooms by U.S. Steel; Industry: 'Save Boeing' for Seattle; The Case for Capitalism; Religion: Thomas Merton, Trappist (monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani, Kentucky); The (English) Channel: Final Summary - Shirley May France; The (Brooklyn) Dodgers' Problem - Branch Rickey; Education: For Navajo Knowledge - Dr. George A. Boyce; and Perspective: On American Highways. Full page colour vintage print advertising including De Soto, General Motors, "88" Oldsmobile and a Standard Oil Company ad with the Southern Pacific Lines "Lark" locomotive through Santa Susana Pass. Binding intact. Small mailing label bottom right front cover. Average wear. Contents clean and unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Newsweek Magazine, January 2, 1950
56 pages. Cover: Staff Sargeant Lawrie Bell. Contents: Presidency: The Lull Before the Congress Storm - Harry S. Truman; Defense: The Soft 'Upper Belly' - Alaska "America's soft upper belly"; Love: It's Wonderful!; Crime: War on the Reuthers - U.A.W. (United Automobile Workers)'s Walter and Victor Reuther; Foreign Policy - 1949 and 1950; Russia: New Cast But the Same Old Show; France: Again a Crisis - Vote of Confidence in National Assembly; Indonesia: Birth of a Union; Jamaica: (William Alexander Clarke) Bustamante Blues; Middle East: The Israel-Jordan Talks; The Soviet View of the Future; Canadian Affairs: Fight Over Films - National Film Board; Medicine: Important Records - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) Family Pedigree Help Chart Disease; Religion: Year of Pardon - Catholic Church, Pope Pius XII Marks "the year of the great return and the great pardon"; Business: The Experts Predict a Prosperous Year for 1950, a Continued Rise, With Moderate Decline Later; The Outlook for Industry in Perspective, Top Business Executives Give Their View; Bounceback of '49 - A Year-End Review; Science: (Albert) Einstein's Long-Awaited Field Theory; Basketball: (Bob) Cousy and the Crusaders; The Bullet-Biter - Leo Durocher; and Perspective: On Dissenting From Dissenters. Color Budweiser ad on back cover. Binding sound. Small mailing label bottom right front cover. Average wear. Contents clean and unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Trains Magazine, October 1968 - Ontario's GO Trains
58 pages. Features: News photos, including diesel headliners, fresh faces and names; Phots of B&M's beautiful Baldwins; Commuters on the Go Train - Southern Ontario's commuter service - feature extensive article with multiple photos; Photo section; Bivouac for World War II Railroaders - G.I. rails took their basic training on the Crime & Punishment - 711 Railway Operating Battalion at Fort Belvoir, Virginia - article with photos; K4 vs. J-1 in 1931 - Pacific and Hudson/New York Central; 8 Motors x 16 Drivers equals 1080 H.P. - Oregon Electric Railway's 123-mile Portland-Eugene main line. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Bryant, Arthur; Squire, Sir John; Falls, Cyril
The Illustrated London News (ILN) February 7, 1953 - Loss of the Car Ferry 'Princess Victoria' / Flooding in England and the Netherlands
Pages 181-220. Features: Cover photos of the loss of the car-ferry 'Princess Victoria' which went down on 31 January with a loss of 128 lives, plus two more pages of dramatic photos of the disaster; Simulating an atomic blast over Clapham Junction; 10 photos related to the murder of the Ruck family by Mau Mau terrorists in Kenya, a shocking crime redeemed only by the heroism of an African houseboy; Full-page photo of massive flooding on Canvey Island, Essex - the Thames estuary pleasure resort; Two more pages of photos of the Canvey Island flooding which killed 100; Photos of flood-related scenes in Norfolk, Sheerness Naval Dockyard, Southend; the East Coast, Lincolnshire, Essex, Kent, Felixstowe, Jaywick, Yarmouth and Salthouse; Photos of the worst Netherlands flooding in 400 years; Centerfold illustration of the last moments of the Princess Victoria; Nice colour-illustrated ad inside front cover for Number Seven cigarettes features a Hawaiian party scene; Photos of personalities of the week, including recently deceased James H. Scullin, Sir Reginald Wingate and Samuel A. Courtauld; The lesson of the coelacanth; Photos of the Monte Carlo Rally - great successes for British Cars; Photo of India's celebration of her 3rd anniversary of independence with President Dr. Rajendra Prasad taking the salute of a detachment of Indian camel troops; Tasteful colour back cover ad for Sanderson wallpapers and fabrics; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Metcalf, H.H.; Steel, F.M.; Wallace, W.A.; Linwood, Lizzie; Goss, O.W.; Browne, Geo. W.; Tullock, Thomas L.; Carr, Laura Garland; Culver, Mary M.; Nesmith, Geo. W.;
The Granite Monthly - A New Hampshire Magazine of Literature, History, and State Progress, September, 1881, Vol. IV, No. 12 - Hon. Hosea W. Parker
Pages 474-510. Features: Hon. Hosea A. Parker - article with one-page illustration of subject; Query; The Crime of Isaac Dole, and his Punishment; Cloud-land; Hon. William Henry Haile; Lake Village; Pleasant Pond; The Name and Family of Tulloch; Sketch of Keene; A Garden; New Hampshire Men in Michigan; A Slight Mistake in the History of New Hampshire; Letter of James Madison to Gen. John Stark, and his Answer; Record of Marriages and Births in the Town of Canterbury, N.H.; Book Notices. Back cover partly loose. Above-average external wear and soiling. Faint prior owner's name atop front cover. A worthy reference copy. Book
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Rasky, Frank; Alderman, Tom; Forbes, Mrs. Marjorie; Sinclair, Gordon; Down, Audrey; Marjoribanks, Robert; Hynd, Alan; Dunlop, Marilyn; Dalrymple, John; Stevens, Connie; Francis, Dr. E. Jackson
Liberty - Canada's Young Family Magazine, August 1961 - Connie Stevens Cover Photo
56 pages. Features: Strip-teaser Cupcake Cassidy; Are You a Romantic Match-Maker?; A Canadian Looks at Hiroshima; How to save $300 at the Supermarket; How Horse Trainers Beat the Races - Johnny Starr; Women Hollywood Stars Hate; Tales of Canada's Map-Maker - David Thompson; Murder by Winnipeg's Jilted Gigolo - "Amorous" Albert Victor Westgate; How Sewing Stretches Your Wardrobe; It's Normal to be a bit Neurotic; Connie Stevens - "Hawaiian Eye"; Plight of our Common-Law Wives; August is Sandwich Time; The Forbes Family of Windsor Camps for Fun; Gordon Sinclair hunts for Tiger in India; Fantastic photo of the Ontario Tug-of-War Team of 1893 from Zorra Township which won the world championship at the Chicago World Fair in 1893; and more. Ads: Confederation Life one-page ad showing poverty-stricken man who gambled he wouldn't live to 65; Half-page ad for the CNE; Beautiful young lady in one-page colour-photo ad for Pepsi; Nice one-page photo ad for General Motors in Canada features George Martin fly fishing; Nice colour photo Coke ad on back cover features young couple on beach being struck by wave. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound and complete copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
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Waldo, FrederickW.; Martin, Michael (Captain Lightfoot)
Captain Lightfoot - The Last of the New England Highwaymen: A Narrative of His Life and Adventures, with Some Account of the Notorious Captain Thunderbolt
162 pages. Black and white illustrations in text. "Captain Lightfoot, whose real name was Michael Martin, is believevd to have been the last person in Massachusetts to be hanged for highway robbery. Shortly before his execution he dictated an account of his life and adventures" (which is reprinted here) - from Preface. Prior owner's signature atop front free endpaper, otherwise contents surprisingly clean and bright. Moderate wear to book. Binding tight. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
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McArdle, K.J.; Beattie, K.; Cottrell, D; Enders, G.B.; Blackledge, W.J.; Fox;, Lyttleton; Adams, S.; Hopkins; A., ;Sullivan, Ed; Gilpatric, G.; Vancerbilt, C. Jr.; Kropotkin, A.;;Allhoff, F.; Hills, B.; Abbot, A.; Abdullah, A.
Liberty Magazine, July 3, 1937 - Night Raiders in China (Part 1)
54 pages. Features: Great colour cover art of Chinese battle scene by Clymer; The Good Old Days vs. The Good New Days; Ontario Premier Hepburn declares "...There will be no American dictatorship of our labour"; Hon. David A. Croll , former Ontario Labour Minister, argues in favour of industrial unionization; "I Hear You Calling Me" - short story; Night Raiders in China (part 1) - Gordon B. Enders' story of death in the yellow inferno; Mind over Mashie (short story); The Lady Who Blighted His Life (short story); Mr. Dunkle's Diary; Ed Sullivan's photos of 'Comers' - Anne Charpentier, Sam Snead, June Hart, Jack Holland and Thomas Thomas; Ulysses of Avenue A (short story); Family Scandal (part 4); To the Ladies; Mysterious Crime #5 - The Case of the Wisecracking "Uncle" of Broadway - who killed gambler Arnold Rothstein?; Review of movie "I Met Him in Paris"; Alias Emerald Annie (part 8 - table of contents says part 7); Forgotten Millions - unclaimed bank balances. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Address label. Back cover missing. Page 17-18 missing (contained Deanna Durbin article) Book
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Godwin, G.; Greenwood, A.G.; Farson, Negley; Goss, Anthony; Greenland, G.W.; Bradford, Dorothy; Wallace, Edgar; Wilkinson, T.W.
Pictorial Weekly Magazine, February 4, 1928, No. 1,496, Vol. CXV - Nursing Big Clocks / Forecasting the Weather
Pages 441-480. Features: Science - Super Detective - why not use universities to detect crime? - article with photo of Sir Bernard Spilsbury and Commissioner Enright, late of the New York Police; Lost & Found - short story; My Trip to a Whaler off the Shetlands, where 200 whales are killed every season - with six photos; The Looker On - a love story; Bizarre photo of golfing from the head of someone doing a handstand atop a 27-storey building; The Truth About Nerves - some simple causes of a mysterious malady by a Harley Street Doctor; Nursing Big Clocks - First Aid for the timepieces which "Tell the World"; - article with Big Ben photos; How Our Weather Forecasts are Obtained; Hidden Fires - a love story; More Zoo Secrets - article with animal photos; Angel Esquire (fiction); A Railwaymen's Triumph - photo-illustrated article on the splendid orphanage of the Railway Benevolent Institution at Derby; and more. Openings along coverfold. Staples disintegrated. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Heym, Stefan; Carter, Clark S.; Dugan, J.; Pickow, G.; Jacobs, B.; Fields, J.; Brennan, R.; Lockard, E.; Churchill, A.; Rooney, Andy; Mehling, H.; Byrne, H.; Flaherty, P.; Camp, C.; Gardner, E.; Wronker, R.; Seaton, L.; Paxton, J.; Sparrow, G.; Et al
Salute Magazine, October (Oct.) 1947, Vol. 2, No. 10 - Revolt in the Philippines / Magazine Mogul Bernarr Macfadden
50 pages. Great cover photo of Lila Leeds. Features: "Occupation" (fiction); Revolt in the Philippines - author who helped liberate the Philippines returns to learn more about the struggle between President Roxas and rebels - article with many great photos; What the Boys did for Damon - The Damon Runyon Memorial Cancer Fund - article with nice photos; City Girl at a Country Fair - Lorraine Davies at the Mineola Fair; Back on Top; "I'm Tired of My In-Laws" - Harry Harrison lived in a house with ten people as a publicity stunnt; Chicago's Bungling Cops - article on their poor rate of solving crime, with emotional photos; Colonel, We Loved You - true story of an officer whose career should be studied by all West Point grads; Muscles and Magazines - Photo-illustrated story of Bernarr Macfadden, founder of magazine "Physical Culture"; How Women Dress Men; Durable Dobbs - trying to stop passing quarterback Glenn Dobbs of Brooklyn; Canada's Vets Get a Break - article discusses the government benefits they received when they returned home; Sex Grows Up at Cafe Society - Singer Lucienne Boyer; Joltin' Joe DiMaggio is Back on Top; Catfight in Old Vienna - Viennese women put up fight for men with U.S. wives; Archie "Advices" the Lovelorn - Radio's famous bartender, Ed (Archie) Gardner, star of Duffy's Tavern; The King Who had a Diamond Tooth - photo-illustrated article on jazzman Jelly Roll (JellyRoll) Morton; Spam's Brave New World - have ex-GIs kept their word and refused to touch Spam (lunch meat) ever again?; Movie "Crossfire" Defied Hollywood Taboos - article with many photos; Movies of the Month; Country Editor Kicks Up a Fuss - Don Matchan of Valley Center, North Dakota; The South is Fightin' Mad - Forts Sumter and Moultrie go up for sale; Four Way Fight to take Pauline Betz' tennis crown; Two-page photo-section of gorgeous Ohio State University student Toni Bolling who was partially undressed in a Columbus department store window, resulting in jammed traffic for blocks; Lovely beauty contest photos of Virginia Harvester and Pat Geraghty; Fashionable color back cover ad for Hammonton Park clothes; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Small bit of peeling to front cover. Light age-toning to contents. A nice vintage copy. Book
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Louis, Joe; Manookian, S.; Henderson, B.; Hutton, B.; Dugan, J.; Neuberger, R.; Marshall, R.; Patricoff, M.; Keeley, J.; Orr, J.; Falconer, B.; Byrne, H.; Et al
Salute Magazine, December (Dec..) 1947, Vol. 2, No. 12 - Prejudice Was the Toughest Fight for Champion Boxer Joe Louis
50 pages. Great cover photo of Dusty Anderson; Features: My Toughest Fight - Boxer Joe Louis tells what it means to have a black skin and be champion of the world - major article with many great photos; No Wonder They Dropped Dead - modern marksmen say the old bad men of the saloon wars could only hit opponents at point-blank range; He Keeps Broadway On Its Feet - Dr. Horace Worrell takes care of the feet of dancers; We Almost Lost the Air War - photo-illustrated revelations of the handicaps our airmen had to overcome to make daylight bombing a success; New Yorkers are Nuts; Insurgent Senator - Republican Wayne Morse confounds his Oregon constituents by voting like a New Deal Democrat; How to Live with a Pregnant Woman; Colorado's "Atom-Proof" Canyon - great photo-illustrated article on Dr. M. Doreal and the Brotherhood of the White Temple, 35 miles southwest of Denver; If You Have To Get a Job - tips to help you get a job; Basketball's Babe Ruth - Super photo-illustrated article on Joe Fulks of Philadelphia; The Readjustment of Winnie - Vic Herman's cartoon cutie is now a civilian; Gertie (Gertrude Niesen) - Broadway's most fascinating fixture; London's Crime Wave - Eugene Messina is finally caught/London Police still refuse to carry gund; Sightless Swordsmen - photo-illustrated article on blind fencers; There's No Business Like Band Business - to become a singer with a name band you need a voice and a low-cut evening gown; Mr. Lewis' Miners; Movie of the Month - "Green Dolphin Street"; The Great Gibberisher - Tobacco Auctioneer Edgar A. Boone of Lexington, Kentucky; Frauleins as Cops - Germany trains female law-enforcement corps; Meet the Winner of Salute's Beauty Contest - 19-year-old Pat Geraghty of Houston, Texas; Coal miner cartoons by Tom Flannery; Speaking of Parties - photos from events organized by Atwater Kent and Earl Carroll; Gorgeous photo of Margaret Stohn, with zanies Vic Herman and Leisentritt in background; Handsome color back cover ad for Hammonton Park men's clothing; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Light age-toning to contents. A nice vintage copy. Book
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Fuchs, Victor R.; Crankshaw, Edward; Baker, Russell; O'Donnell, James; Lewis, Anthony; Russell, Bertrand; Schneider, P.E.; Humphrey, Hubert H.; Ashforth, Albert; Weston, Marybeth; Cook, Fred J.; Wechsberg, Joseph; Tabori, Paul
The New York Times Magazine, April (Apr.) 7, 1963 - Cover Photos of Charles De Gaulle
200 pages. Features: Cover photos of Charles de Gaulle; Attractive fashion ads; One-page RCA Victor ad for Sid Caesar's album "Little Me" says "Sex, Caesar and Song"; Peugeot 404 ad; Fallacies and Facts About Automation; Photos of scenes in France; A Long Look at Stalin Ten Years Later - remembered as 'a man who did dreadful things but built a great power'; Fourteen Clues to Washington News - article on Washington correspondents with nice photo of JFK at press conference; The Brave 'Buddelers' of Berlin - photo-illustrated article on the daring escapes by tunnel by refugees from Communist Germany; What Drives Bobby Kennedy (RFK)?; Is Communism a Menace? - Bertrand Russell's Answer; The Crime of Art-Napping - famous paintings around the world are being stolen; Hubert Humphrey's ideas for making legislators more effective; The Number of Special-Purpose Organixations (Clubs) is on the Upswing; Photos and illustrations from Victorian times; Beautiful one-page color-photo Monet Jewelry ad; Spokesman for Darwin, and for Science; General Tom Thumb's Fairy-Tale Wedding; Photo of Charles Sherwood Stratton (General Tom Thumb) at age 18; What Makes a Safer Driver Safe?; Quest for the Best Hotel in the World; Radiant color-photo centerfold ad for Wamsutta features five gorgeous models in dresses; Stiffel Lamps ad; Nice one-page ad for the 1963 Ford Mercury Comet Sportster hardtop - white two-door with sheepdog in front; Macy's Home Food Service; United States Lines ad features color photos of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald BAlcom with Mrs. Andre Embiricos plus Mr. Barry Bingham, Miss Carrie Anna Crockett, Mr. Richard Lewis and Miss Suzanne Francoeur; Sketches of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge under construction; Photos of Navy Seals in training; Fashion photos of women's exotic head wrappings; Plight of the brand new parent; Photos of fireplaces used as furniture; Crossword completed in pencil; Pfaff sewing machine ad entitled 'pfun'. Please note that page 113/14 is missing, otherwise this copy shows average wear and is unmarked. An interesting vintage copy Book
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Wicker, Tom; Cleveland, Harlan; Garrison, Lloyd; Commager, Henry S.; Carter, Hugh; Briggs, Ellis O.; Ball, Bernard B.; Rosenthal, A.M.; Apple, R.W. Jr.
The New York Times Magazine, May 3, 1964 - Portrait of Nkrumah as Dictator
120 pages. Features: Cover photo of fires raging in Cyprus; Nice color-photo Fortrel ad features auto racer Dan Gurney; The Men LBJ has added to his team - article with photos of LBJ, Bill Moyers, George Reedy, Horace Busby, Jack Valenti and Walter Jenkins; Two pages of photos of LBJ with the public; Must We Be the World's Policeman? - an argument that our responsibilities should be discharged through the U.N.; Portrait of Nkrumah as Dictator - photo-illustrated article on the man who led Ghana to freedom seven years ago, but has now declared that dissent is a crime against the state; The Ambiguous American; Eight Myths About Divorce - and the Facts; World's Fair Photos; Case Against a 'West Point' for diplomats; Dienbienphu - Battle to Remember - article with photos; Beautiful color-photo fashion ads; The Sickness called Apathy; Wild one-page color photo of gold/yellow-dressed lady in American Bemberg ad; Beautiful Lily of France ad features "Filly Lily" modeling foundation; Suddenly opposition to Britain's establishment is growing; 3/4-page Capital Records ad promotes Barbra Streisand's "Funny Girl" album; Lovely Maggie Lin is featured in a one-page color-photo ad for Springmaid; Uncommon one-page ad for the Tensor fold-a-Way Lamp (Tensor-lite); One-page Heritage Upholstery ad; Very cute one-page color-photo ad for Perma lift panties features mom and daughter in undergarments in window sun; Photos of Richard Bender's budget beach house on Long Island; An Now a Word From the Youngsters; Fashion photos of ladies' playsuits; Half-page color ad for Orgeon Tourism; One-page ad by State Mutual (Insurance) of American (SMA) promotes the fact that they are the First Major Insurance Company to offer lower rates for non-smokers. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy Book
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Garrity, John; Edmonds, Alan; Fraser, Blair; Harris, Marjorie; Allen, R.T.; Ruddy, Jon; Toynbee, Manson; et al
Maclean's Magazine, October (Oct.) 1, 1966 - John Garrity Spied for the Canadian Jewish Congress
56 pages. Features: We are running out of places to bury our garbage; Mental hospitals obsolete in Saskatchewan?; A farewell twitch by BC's Tories; My sixteen months as a Nazi - John Garrity got a 16 month look inside the Canadian Nazi Party - he bugged their meetings, photographed their files, and screened their membership - article with fascinating samples of handbills/tracts - curiously, this work was conducted just before related legislation was passed in Ottawa; The Synthetic Woman - or, how I put on fake hair, eyelashes, nails and a fake figure and found femininity, by Marjorie Harris; And Now... The Synthetic Male, or how I powdered my nose, donned my angora hairpiece and learned to smell more like a man, by Robert Thomas Allen; Is the world ready for Leonard Cohen? - article and great photo; what I learned in a Borneo Classroom, by Manson Toynbee - with many great colour photos; Canada's Kinsey - Dr. Ted Mann, an Anglican priest, began a study of premarital sex on the campus of the University of Western Ontario - when he finished, he was not longer a professor there, by request; Nice colour photo centerfold for Ford's 1967 auto lineup; Rockcliffe Park - the richest, toniest, newsiest village in Canada?, by Susan Dexter; Canadiana by Gerald Stevens; Full-page Crown Zellerbach black and white photo ad shows 50-ton log trailers at Nanaimo Lakes on Vancouver Island; Gerald (Gerry) Caplan says we shouldn't hesitate to threaten Rhodesia with force; and more. Average external wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Sutherland, H.M.; Rayne, H.; Hedstrom, Sir J.M.; Elliot, H.W.; Johnson, M.; Rane, Hugh; Mitchell-Hedges, F.A.; Burman, B.L.; Farmer, H.F.; Molesworth, D.; Fitzpatrick, J.; Grimshaw, B.; Murphy, C.C.R.; Layng, C.; Mix, Tom
The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, February (Feb.) 1925, Vol. LIV No. 322 - The Case for the Sea-Serpent / The Sea Villages of Humboldt's Bay
Pages 266-352 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Poll Chunk's Son - a story from the hills of Kentucky; The Ivory Raiders - part 1 of a tale fromm the Turkanaland district of Central Africa on the western shores of Lake Rudolf where Major H. Rayne deals with Swahili elephant poachers and Turkana warriors; The Case for the Sea-Serpent - a mysterious Fijian monster; In the Wilds with a Camera - Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson take photos in the interior of British East Africa; The Land Sharks - criminal buying and selling of land in Canada; In Quest of the Unknown - part 3 of F.A. Mitchell-Hedges' adventures amoung the Chucunaque Indians; James Watson - Human Tiger - a remarkable American crime; An Eviction in Patagonia - a rich man attempts to drive away the cattle of a squatter; My Jungle Jaunts - part 1 of an Englishwoman's experiences in Burma, with nice photos; The Blue Powder - bewitching a District Commissioner in Nigeria; The Sea-Villages of Humboldt's Bay - photo-illustrated article on this Dutch New Guinea area; The Mad Jackal - how a homesick Pathan soldier in Mesopotamia got himself sent back to India; Imprisoned in a hollow tree - Harry Comstock spent horrible days and nights inside a tree in Bexar County, Texas; The Tiger I didn't Get - Movie star Tom Mix recounts an adventure that befell him while tiger-shooting in Bengal; Nice one-page General Electric ad with illustration of new street lighting in Nagoya, Japan; One-page photo-illustrated ad for Hobart Bradstreet of Chicago. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
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Thompson, Huston; Dillon, Philip R.; Watson, K.; Dunn, H.H.; Neil, Dudge Henry; Ford, Henry; MacDonald, Paul; Black, F.L.; Lowdermilk, Inez M.; De Young, Dirk P.; Arnold, George
The Dearborn Independent - Chronicler of the Neglected Truth, April (Apr.) 10, 1926 - Open-Door Immigration?
32 pages. Features: Fascinating news bits inside front cover; Woodrow Wilson Was Best and Worst Copy - his passion for accuracy conflicted with newspapermen who ignored serious things to ask him 'what he ate for breakfast' - part 3; Housekeeping in Our Paris Flat - how two Americans fared in the French Capital and "Got to Love Passy"; ; Never Separated a Single Family - open-door immigration specialists slander the United States Government - Rabbi Stephen Wise, president of the American Jewish Congress, urges passage of the most liberal of all the liberalizing measures - the Perlman bill; Life and Death on the Screen - A.C. Pillsbury films bacteria and pollen in action - motion pictures of flower fertilization; What's the Matter With Jim? - the story of a boy who would only work when he thought it play; Mr. Ford's Page - interesting thoughts on the forces involved with prohibition; Editorials - major criticism of the World Court and claim that in Michigan a list of Americans targetted for assassination by communists has been found; Golf - Can You Pick the Champions? - Americans will attempt to capture leading British honors - article with photos of Glenna Collett, Francis Ouimet, Macdonald Smith, Walter Hagen, Watts Gunn, Long Jim Barnes, Bobby Jones and Robert Gardner; Lincoln's Murder - Amazing Man Hunt - John Surratt and Papal Zouave accused of the crime, who leaped for liberty over a hundred-foot precipice - article with photos of John Surratt, John Wilkes Booth and Mrs. Mary Surratt; What it Costs the Chinese to Worship Their Ancestors - wonderful photo-illustrated article; Is America a Nation of Coffee-Bibbers? - Its people drink upward of forty billions of cups of this seductive beverage each year, consuming more than half of World's Production; Union of Irish and Jews in recent 'propaganda' plays - Abie's Irish Rose, Kosher Kitty Kelly; Great Writers Who Have Failed as Novelists; Seeking to Know What the Earth is Made of - the work of Professor Stjepan Mohorovicic and others; When the Broker Breaks the Law; A Dance a Week - The Lancers, a graceful square dance - first two figures, with piano sheet music (to be continued); Oregon State Agricultural College at Corvallis, Oregon offers course in the guardianship of a real baby; The Jolly Old Pedagogue; Back cover features illustration of and quotation by Henry Thoreau. Small chip from fore-edge of front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Whiting, May B.; Watson, Kenneth; Laird, Donald A.; Thompson, Huston; Vose, Caroline E.; Finger, Charles J.; Hubbard, Samuel; Benson, Allan L.; Montgomery, A.J.; Waite, John B.; Mosnat, H.R.
The Dearborn Independent - Chronicler of the Neglected Truth, April 17, 1926: Letting in the Alien Flood - Why?
32 pages. Features: Fascinating news bits inside front cover; Merry Richmond, Virginia - Rich in Romance/The Rare Old Traditions are still Undimmed; Letting in the Alien (Immigration) Flood - Why? - Relatives have relatives and the Perlman Bill would admit them all; Two Dozen Ways to Keep Sane - ways of thinking and living cause mental breakdowns; Woodrow Wilson - Taker of Chances (part 4); The Drama of Our Youth - village theatricals when father and mother were characters in the play; Mr. (Henry) Ford's Page - he talks about the mirage of the 'saturation point' of a service; Editorials - foreigners involved in crime, prohibition, controversial reporting about Russia, the Mexican/US border, Mr. Trotsky (Braunstein) takes another fling at the U.S., Winston Churchill and the cancellation of war debt; Literary Fakers and Their Fakes - Wherein the delightful 'Spectra' Hoax is told and the Eulogists of Modern and Ultra-Modern Verse are engulfed in sorrow; A Dinosaur Breaks into History - if man drew a pictograph from life, it upsets many theories; What to do to make life worthwhile - many people consider that a college education and 'success' are synonymous, but here are some people who are of the opposite opinion; Paul Revere tells his own story - family archives furnish new light on Patriot's Famous Ride into Lexington; Chats with Office Callers;There is nothing new under the sea - how Robert Fulton Demonstrated Submarines Over a Hundred Years Ago; When Cliff House Went Really Dry - the once famous San Francisco Resort Sees Changed Days; How to Steal Apples - loopholes of law which enable fruit marauders to defy mantraps, spring guns and the farmer's bulldog; Co-operation Saves Workers From Death - employees of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company at Los Angeles fight Tuberculosis, the Great White Plague, at the Lone Wolf Colony; How the Indians Made Sugar; Beating the Grain of Mustard Seed - nurseryman George Klehm can grow a 35' elm tree in six years; A Dance a Week - The Lancers ("Oriental) with first violin sheet music (continued); Back cover quote from Benjamin Harrison about national expansion. Average wear. Unmarked. Middle page loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Ulm, Aaron Hardy; Lowdermilk, Inez Marks; Barton, William E.; Wier, M.Clyde; Barnet, Harry E.; Scott, Georgia Jackson; Clark, Maron Bruce; McConnell, Burt M.; Kumm, Dr. H.K.W.; Dunn, H.H.
The Dearborn Independent - Chronicler of the Neglected Truth, July 17, 1926 - San Francisco Says "Shoot to Kill"
32 pages. Features: Wee, Timorous Beasties at Home - in the realms of fur and feather tiney creatures show their skill in nest building; Delaware Uses the Whipping Post - Are lashes on the bare back effective as crime prevention?; New Phases of Changing China - photo-illustrated article on how sedan chairs and moth-eaten donkeys are giving way to modern things; Have We an Educated Ministry? - only a minority of present-day incombents are from reputable colleges; Housecleaning in the Treasury - in 4 years there were 300 cases in which attorneys and agents practising before the Treasury Department were respondents in Suspension or Disbarment Proceedings; Parentage of Attic Strads - fake Stradivarius violins; Mr. Henry Ford's Page - 'of all parasites, the human species is the least tolerable'; Editorials - are we advising our students to be jellyfish?, Babies as Armament, Michigan judge thinks more speed with increase road safety, the American Psychiatric Association and paid vs. impartial opinion, Goodl Old Songs (and who profits from them), and American tourists need to learn flag etiquette; Under the White Tops with 'Gil' - in this first instalment, veteran showman Gil Robinson takes you into a world where clowns, camels and wild beasts are the actors; He Takes Tin Tacks From Tiny Throats - Dr. Dhevalier Jackson of Philadelphia has saved thousands of children; Patting the Lion's Mane - American woman says English men of letters are more interesting than American; How U.S. Treats its Diplomats - present conditions prohibit any man from attaining the rank of United States Ambassador unless he can supply great wealth to maintain the social obligations of the post - article with embassies; Chats with Office Callers; Tragedy of the Franklin Expedition - the realized the old dream of a Northwest Passage; I Read in the Papers; Dying Africa Makes Her Appeal - our supply of Africa's rich products will be lost if we do not eradicate her deadly diseases; A Dance a Week - Some More Terms; San Francisco Says "Shoot to Kill" - Notable decrease in serious crime results; Nice circus photos. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Scott, C.W.; Malon, Winifred; Clark, Marian Bruce; Johns, E.B.; Lewis, James H.; Neil, Judge Henry; Finger, Charles J.; Hopp, William F.; Heurlaux, Captain Alfred; Barnet, Harry E.; Lowden, Carl Schurz; Whittier, John G.
The Dearborn Independent - Chronicler of the Neglected Truth, July 17, 1926 - Missionaries and Machine Guns
32 pages. Features: A Wasted Sugar Supply - Honey from Honeybees; Wild Youth Proves a Myth - 'girls and boys' between 35 and 45 are rolling up the crime wave; Making the Government Efficient - reorganization would cut 100,000 unnecessary employees from federal payrolls; The White House - a Mecca for Cranks - Secret Service men must be ever alert to guard the President from the Unbalanced; Missionaries and Machine Guns - many preachers of the gospel do not want the protection of bullets; Tom Learns to Play the Game - an American boy who on mastering himself was able to direct others; Henry Ford's Page - Lower price no longer means lower equality; Editorials - making the movies dry, the value of vulgarity, Mussolini forbids earthquake prophet,exams proposed for ministers of religion, Washington's inability to think in other than political terms; Writing Verse for Composite Readers - some versifiers cultivate eccentricity, others are themselves, and therefore poets; Sad Men Who Look So Wistfully at the Sky - author, William F. Hopp has been chaplain of the Michigan State Prison for over seven years - article with photos; Duelists (Fighter Pilots) of the Sky - a tale of knights-errant and their deeds - of their light-heartedness, and their gallant, tragic fate; Under the White Tops with 'Gil' - (part 3) The Big Snake and the Little Dog - and how a darky made millions from circus side shows; Chats with Office Callers - Christmas cards began with Jewish Adolph Tuck, controversy in Canada over union with the U.S., sighting of monster near Prince Rupert, B.C.; The Virginia Signers of the Declaration of Independence; Fascinating illustrated ad for homes which can be built for under $1k in materials; I Read In the Papers - article by Nathaniel Zalowitz in the 'Jewish Daily Forward' declares "...For the overwhelming majority of Jews in American assimilation in any true sense of the term is absolutely out of the question."; The Barefoot Boy - poetry by J.G. Whittier inside back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Benson, Allan L.; Richards, William C.; Ulm, Aaron Hardy; Walker, Hal; Whiting, May B.; Walpole, Hugh; Holmes, Fred L.; Karpinskik, Louis C.; Atkins, Gaius Glenn
The Dearborn Independent (Magazine) - Chronicler of the Neglected Truth, December (Dec.) 25, 1926 - The Rise of an American Race
32 pages. Features: Interesting photos of unusual work and play inside front cover; Public demands that Congress suppress (Radio) Pirates of the Air; The Divine Comedy of Newspapers; The Rise of an American Race - What Effect Will the 'Old Stock' Have on the People of the Future?; With General Gouraud in the Land of the Crusaders; The Birthplace of the Quaker Poet - the Whittier homestead; Henry Ford's Page - the American home, in its economic aspect, is a business proposition; Editorials - Merchant Mr. Nathan Strauss and his allegation of "the campaign of slander against the Jewish People", the Hall-Mills murder trial, Wooden houses in Britain; The Adventure of Mrs. Farbman; The Cheapest Thing in Europe - Human Beings; Fantastic photo-illustrated centerfold illustrates Where Santa Claus Lives and What He Does; The Boston Tea Party's Last Survivor - David Kennison died at the age of 115; Who Discovered America?; How Victoria Trained King Edward VII - the Queen thought Prince Albert the model of perfection, but Young Wales did not respond. Chats with Office Callers; Q & A; I Read in the Papers - Senator William E. Borah rated highly by Chinese, Iowa Women can now be Legislators, Newspapers train convicts in crime, Dayton, OH druggists rid their stores of salacious and suggestive magazines. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Rasky, Frank; Sinclair, Gordon; Marjoribanks, Robert; Davidson, Joyce; Carroll, Dink; Alderman, Tom; Garner, Hugh
Liberty Magazine - Canada's Young Family Magazine, February (Feb.) 1962: Boom-Boom Geoffrion Cover Photo
52 pages. Features: Sports and Showbiz news; Playtex ad features sepia-toned photo of snow-shoeing women; Gordon Sinclair describes backstage antics at TV's "Front Page Challenge"; Behind the Scenes of Canada's Zesty TV Season; Is Wife-Stealing Really a Crime? - over $250k has been paid for wooing other men's wives over the past 10 years in Canada; Liberty's Annual All-Canada TV Talen Awards; Boom-Boom Geoffrion - Hockey's Gay-Blade TV Troubador - photo-illustrated article; Joyce Davidson describes her splash into U.S. Television on CBS's 'PM East'; Showmanship stunts of Canada's Local TV Stations; What Makes TV's Tommy Ambrose Bounce?; Are Canada's Church Missionaries Obsolete Soul-Hunters?; Photos of Canada's 10 Best Dressed Women - Joan McCormick, Mrs. George Ibsen, Mrs. H.J. Spooner, Marie Hohtanz, Mrs. L.G. DesBrisay, Mrs. Mona Cozart, Geraldine Nelson, Mrs. Joy McGillawee, Helene Winston and Mrs. Lisa Taylor; Nice color one-page ad for the 1962 Chevrolet Impala 6-passenger station wagon (blue), pictured at a winter scuba-diving scene; Rare one-page colour-photo Molson's Canadian ad features large photo of new B.C. ferry, the 'City of Victoria'; Coke ad on back cover features young couple in Valentine's Day motif. Moderate wear. Some soiling to back cover. Small date stamp on front cover. One-inch opening to lower corner of front cover and first three pages. A quality vintage copy. Book
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Ashmead-Bartlett, E.; Jacobson, J.G.; Butler, F.H.; Lees, G.F.; Lindsay, L.; Mason, W.; Priestley, W.E.; Arnoult, P.C.;
The Wide World Magazine, February (Feb.) 1918 - The Arrest and Imprisonment of Ashmead Bartlett and Richard Harding Davis / Doctoring War Dogs
Pages 265-352 plus 24 pages of great vintage ads. Features: My Adventures in the World War - a startling and thrilling contribution upon the great conflict by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; The Vengeance of the "Stroapers' - exploring for gold in Guiana leads to adventure and death; In the Land of the Lapps - great photo-illustrated narrative of Frank Butler's travels throughout Lapland; The Secret Press of Belgium - how 'La Libre Belgique' had the courage to tell the Belgian people the truth and counteract the evil influence of their brutalizers; Trooping Cattle in Paraguay - taking 1,000 cattle from the ranch of Zanja Moroti to the ranch of San Antonio; The Strangest Republic in the World - interesting photo-illustrated account of a recent visit to the Mount Athos Peninsula; Historic Crime and Mysteries - The Iron Judge of Malt; My Firework Display in China; In the Jaws of the Alligator - woman is pulled from the arms of her husband in Papua; Doctoring War Dogs - touching photo-illustrated account of a visit to the Countess Yourkevitch's hospital for wounded dog soldiers at Neuilly/Paris; The State Documents - How a great german spy system was laid bare in Rome; A Man-Hunt in the Arctic - A Royal North-West Mounted Police patrol from Fort Norman up the Bear River was the longest in the history of that famous organization; The Tragedy at Ras Elka - Sudanese stevedores revolt and pay dearly; Moderate wear. Openings to backstrip. Binding intact. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy of this exquisite issue. Book
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Dunham, Jim; Frost, H. Gordon; Silva, Lee; Schreier, Konrad F.; Good, Clyde, et al
Guns & Ammo Guide to Guns of the Gunfighters
224 pages. Loaded with wonderful photos. Dozens of features on topics such as Wild Bill Hickok, the James Gang, Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kid, Bonnie & Clyde, The Wild Bunch, The Texas Rangers, Pat Garrett, and special features on gun trickery, frontier gun leather and test reports on original arms and modern replicas. Average wear. Binding intact. Small inkstamp atop back cover. A sound copy of this interesting work. Book
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Paterson, J.; Lorraine, A.; Hammerton, G.; Breyfogle, Wm.; Whyte, A.P. Luscombe; Albert, Harold A.; Thompson, Gwenda; Davidson, Dr. George F.; Et al
National Home Monthly Magazine, May 1945 - Emily Sprott of Ysabel Island / Crime Behind the Front in Italy / Front Line Padre
60 pages. Features: Ford ad inside front cover shows Canadian troop being welcomed home; On To Berlin - final days of the European war; Colour Canada Dry ad; Memorial photo of FDR; One-page GM ad features colour preproduction of rural fall leaf scene by Fred H. Brigden; They Stuck To Their Posts - article on Westerners who resisted the Japanese, including Emily Sprott of Ysabel Island and Archdeacon S.R. M. Gill of New Guinea; A Token for Tokyo (short story); Crime Behind the Front - photo-illustrated article on crime in Italy; Dog for Sale (short story); A Girl, A Bet and a Sailor (short story); Front Line Padre - wonderfully photo-illustrated article on Canada's men of the cloth who marched side-by-side with her troops - with photos of H/Major Cyril Stone of Vancouver, H/Capt. Rabbi Samuel Cass of Vancouver, H/Capt. E.C. Royle of Montreal, Captain George A. Harris (the only Canadian Jumping Padre) plus a group photo taken in Belgium of twenty-one Canadian Army Padres (too many names and ranks to list so please inquire for details); Adam Does a Job (short story); A Children's Charter - photo-illustrated article on Canada's new family allowance payments; Victory Bond ad; Victory Bond centrefold ad contrasts pastoral home scene with war-torn European scene; Health for Children - an ounce of prevention; Woodbury Soap ad features photos of newlyweds Mary Elizabeth Graham of "Greenacres", Aylmer and Gustave Eduardo Leguizamon, Chancellor of the Legation of Argentina; 1/3 Canadian Ice Foundation ad shows man carrying large block of ice; Colour Gold Seal Salmon ad features Walt Disney illustrations; Chase & Sanborn ad is colour Charlie McCarthy comic; Nice photo of Diana Barrymore in Arrid ad; Illustrations of Hollywood patterns; Should Women Return to the Home?; Nice colour illustration of Gloria De Haven in Woodbury Powder ad; Portrait of Mrs. Charles Boyer in Tangee ad; World Sayings; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A lovely vintage copy. Book
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Stewart, Dr. H.L.; Dague, B.; Bateman, A.; Scott, W.; Ewer, M.; raawlings, M.; Mosley, L.; Fitz-Gerald, W.; Brown, J.; Bayne, E.; Russell, G. Leslie
National Home Monthly Magazine, March (Mar.) 1940 - Between the Devil and the Zuider Zee
68 pages. Features: Nice colour-photo Oldsmobile ad inside front cover features yellow and blue models from 1940; Nice colour-photo ad for Singer sewing machines; News digest includes the Graf von Spee Affair, a new moral arithmetic, Nazi view of suicide, and United States of Europe?; Loafers' Loops (short story, part 1); The Perfect Crime (short story); Between the Devil and the Zuider Zee - photo-illustrated article - dispatch from the Dutch bordertown of Kerkrade; Lovers' Meeting (short story); In the Mother of Parliaments - photo-illustrated article on the pageantry of the people's rule in Britain for a thousand years; The Yearling (conclusion of story about a deer); Ice Age - nice article on figure skating which includes photo of Ralph McCreath and Norah McCarthy, king and queen of Canadian skaters; Great half-page blue and white Alka-Seltzer ad includes photos of Toronto Maple Leaf players Sweeney Schriner, "Turk" Broda, and Red Horner; Movie news and photos; Photos of Priscilla Lane in Lux soap ad; Photo of Miss Madeleine Hill in Woodbury soap ad; Corn Flakes ad includes photo of W.B. Cross, Tea Taster and Blender for Mellocup Tea; The House That Fancy Builds - interesting colour-photo-illustrated interior/home design article; Fashion illustrations; (Female) Figures Don't Lie; Excellent one-page photo-illustrated Pond's ad includes photos of Mrs. Robert L. Simpson of Unionville, and Air Hostess Miss June Rothe; Article on vitamins; Quotes from around the world; Gorgeous colour Coke ad inside back cover features server girl holding lunch tray; Back cover colour-illustrated ad for Graded Canadian Beef; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating wartime issue. Book
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Healy, W.; Stewart, Dr. H.; Scott, W.; Barnard, L.; Mason, L.; Fyfe-Robertson, F.; Diver, M.; Phayre, I.; Brown, J.; Bayne, E.; Catto, R.W.
National Home Monthly Magazine, April (Apr.) 1939 - Canada's King and Queen Come Home / Figure Skaters
76 pages. Features: Nice cover photo of the King and Queen with Princess Elizabeth; Fisher Body one-page ad features a McLaughlin-Buick; Wonderful colour one-page ad for Frigidaire fridges; News digest includes these headings - 'The Wild Geese', 'Politicians and Newspapers', 'Totalitarian Swapping', 'First Families', 'A Modern Napoleon', 'Mr. Bennett's Farewell', 'Dictatorship as a Refuge', 'Canada's Lesson from Europe', 'Dominion Unity', and 'Democracy's Frontier'; *Gorgeous* one-page colour ad for a dark blue 1939 Nash 4-Door Sedan; Canada's King and Queen Come Home - photo-illustrated article on their Canadian visit; The Iron Key (short story); Crime Comes to South Street (short story); All Our To-Morrows (short story); Historical Rhymes of Canada; Mr. Mayland Takes a Single (short story); Not in our Stars (short story); Strictly "Off the Record" - nice photo-illustrated article on Canadian figure skating with photos of Mary Rose Thacker of the Winnipeg Winter Club, Norah McCarthy, Canadiand Ladies' Junior Champion of 1938, and her 1939 Canadian Pair Champion partner Ralph McCreath, of the Toronto Skating Club; Nice one-page ad for the 1939 Pontiac; One-page Kodak ad with photos of six of their cameras, complete with prices and basic specs; The province of Saskatchewan is high-lighted in a one-page ad by the Automotive Industries of Canada; Banff and Alaska are featured in Canadian Pacific travel ad; Movie news with photos of Herbert Stothart, Bob Wright, Chet Forrest, pianist Stokowski, and Deanna Durbin; Fashion Illustrations; Canadian National ad features Jasper; Kellogg's All-Bran ad features "Fair Enough!" comic by C.A. Vought; Are You House Dreaming? - article on house design suggestions; Spring Magic - beauty article; Pond's ad features photos of The Lady Ursula Stewart and The Lady Bourke; Another Pond's ad features photo of Lady Harmsworth; Eating for Efficiency and Health; vintage Magic Baking Powder one-page ad features the New York World's Fair; Fabric Fundamentals; World Quotes; Nice colour Coke ad inside back cover features young man in tie and jacket drinking, with small inset colour photo of Coke cooler; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Hughes, E.; Stacey, B.; Peters, J.; Batten, H.; Roberts, T.; Jackson, M.; Billett, M.; Ives, M.; Mowery, W.; Brown, J.; Deachman, R.; Kennedy, R.
National Home Monthly Magazine, August (Aug.) 1936 - Lacrosse Comes Back! / The Future of Canadian Trade
56 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of diver; Heinz soup ad inside front cover says "Soups Must Be Coaxed"; One-page Sweet Caporal ad features large photo of "Whisky", a 5-year-old wire-haired Fox Terrier owned by Miss Nancy Shorey of Montreal; News digest includes Mr. Woodsworth and the cause of crime, Grand Forks, B.C. and its bonds, what next in Alberta with Mr. Aberhart and his new Social Credit government, the ambitions of Italy and Japan, Sir Norman Angell criticizes the League of Nations and, how musical and dramatic festivals eased the recent misfortunes of Saskatchewan; Bagataway (Lacrosse) is Back - rare vintage article on the resurgence of lacrosse with photos of the late Billy Fitzgerald, Fred Rowntree, Norman Harshaw, Neil Felker, the late Lawson Whitehead and and old-time mid-Victorian era player in uniform; Square Shooter (short story); The Man in the Empty Chair (short story); Man Proposes (short story); The Future of Canadian Trade - article explores the future of Canada's export trade, with graphs and photos; The Dark Trail (short story); The Pistol (short story); A Roll of Bills (short story); The Smooth Silence (short story); Movie news with many photos including Roland Young, Loretta Young, Franchot Tone, E.E. Clive, Jessie Ralph, Shirley Temple, Henry Armetta, Katharine Hepburn, Kay Francis, Victor Varconi, and many more; Economics in the Flesh - Ira Day and Independence; Scarlet Slippers (short story); Rifle Talk (short story); Summer Accessories Come Clean - beauty article; 1/4-page ad for the 1936 C.N.E.; Palmolive ad includes photo of Mrs. W.K. Davidson of Montreal and her 10-year-old daughter; Lux soap ad includes photo of Merle Oberon; Business News; Recipes for cool dishes; Ad for this magazines includes photo of English actor Paul Cavanaugh; Beauty article; World Sayings; Lovely back cover colour ad for Christie's Biscuits features packages of their many products; and more. Spine rolled. Average wear and soiling. A worthy copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
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Seifert, S.; Paxton, A.; Batten, H.; Moorhouse, A.; Billett, M.; Brown, E.; Rose, W.; Lorant, M.; Brown, J.
National Home Monthly Magazine, June 1936 - Scotland Yard vs. Crime / Golf Duds and Stars / The Debt Dilemma
72 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of boy celebrating summer vacation; Sisman's Scampers shoe ad inside front cover; Editorials deal with these topics - Partial Relief, A Doctor, Not a Nurse, Maintaining the Tradition, The Cooperatives, Farewell Toscanini, and Not Conquest but Murder; Trollop (short story); This Peace (short story); A Modern Odyssey - photo-illustrated article by Edgar N. Brown describes sea travel; Rough 'Un (short story); The Black Ace (short story); The Smooth Silence (short story); The Dilemma of Debt; Scotland Yard Versus Crime - photo-illustrated article on the system employed by this world famous organization to track down criminals, law breakers and lesser offenders; Golf Duds & Meteors - photo-illustrated golf article with photos of Charles A. Whitcome, Albert "Scotty" Campbell, Lex Robson, Tony Manero, Willie Lamb, and Tommy Armour; It's In the Bag - interesting article on the history of purses; Half-page Canadian Pacific ad features Banff; Palmolive ad features photo of Montreal stylist and designer Doris Preston; Nostalgic half-page ad for McClary Stoves; Vintage half-page photo ad for Eddy's Sterilized White Swan toilet paper shows fellow in bathing suit at the beach; Movie news with photos of Clark Gable, Francis Lederer, Ida Lupino, William Powell, Jean Chadburn, Alison Skipworth, Warren William, Conrad Veidt, Renee Ray, and more; Lux soap ad features photo of Joan Bennett; Photo of Dick Powell in Quaker Puffed Wheat ad; Pond's ad features photos of Miss Barbara Hebbard and Lady Daphne Straight; Unusual half-page ad for Blue-Jay Corn Plaster, by Bauer & Black Scientific; Nice half-page Canadian Pacific photo-ad features the Empress of Britain; Business News includes mention of the recent Alberta default; Cooking article; Lovely one-page colour Kraft ad features their cheese products; Nice one-page Heinz ad features their vinegar and Olive Oil; Vintage half-page Rice Krispies ad; Beauty article; Why Baby Cries; One-page Carnation Milk ad features five large photos of each of the individual Dionne Quints; World Sayings; Colour ads inside back cover for Lifebuoy and Rinso; Rare colour back cover ad for Red Indian oil and Marathon Blue gasoline features illustration of native elders in feathered headgear, painted by Winold Reiss; and more. Covers loose but present. Average wear and soiling. A worthy copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
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Hale, C.M.; Carpenter, H.; Field, W.; Watt, F.; McNaught, C.; Wray, D.; Brechin, M.; Henderson, I.; bayne, E.; Carver, J.
National Home Monthly Magazine, August (Aug.) 1934: Newfoundland -Canada's Economic Partner / Ceylon - Tea Garden of the World
56 pages. Features: Lovely cover illustration of blonde on boat; Great vintage colour Imperial (Oil) ad inside front cover features old-style gas pump; Editorial topics include Prison Rule, Support the Schools, The Cause of Crime, Who Lost the Election?, Success or Failure?, A Faulty System, World Trade, and Interest Rates; Nice one-page photo-illustrated ad for magazine "The Nor'-West Farmer"; A Policeman's Point of View (short story); Yellow on White (short story); Newfoundland - Canada's Economic Partner - great photo-illustrated article; Serg'int Luck (short story); Modern Eve - article illustrated with amazine photos of reptile skins used in fashion, our favourite being a model clad in 25' of python skin!; Hot Cargo (short story); Ceylone - Tea Garden of the World - nice photo-illustrated article; Pond's one-page ad includes photo of Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel III; Woodbury's one-page soap ad features photo of Baroness Ida Legan; Two-page General Motors (GM) of Canada ad highlights their design innovations; Movie news includes photos of Ruby Keeler, Dorothy Dell, Mary Carlisle, Muriel Evans, Ruth Channing, Gloria Stuart, Paul Kelly, and more; Business News discusses inflation and advertising trends; Young Man and his Problem; Legal Info.; Nice 1/4-page illustrated ad for Aylmer tomato catsup; Fashion illustrations; Heinz one-page ad includes illustrations of several of their products; Cooking article; World Sayings; Colour Lifebuoy and Rinso ads inside back cover; Nostalgic colour-photo ad for P and G naptha soap on back cover; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
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Cunningham, L.; Cave, H.; Howard-Burleigh, F.; Dickie, F.; Atlee, B.; Mosher, J.; Phayre, I.; Smith, W.
National Home Monthly Magazine, March 1934 - "The Incredible Romance of Adolph Hitler" / The Grand National Horse Race
72 pages. Features: Cover illustration of cats in knitting basket; Nicely illustrated one-page ad for the new Ford V-8 for 1934; Fleischmann's Yeast one-page ad features large photo of Dr. Edouard Agasse-Lafont with patient; Editorial topics include Whose Shoe Pinches?, Production and Revenue, Take Courage, The Cost of Crime, and Time for a Showdown; Nice one-page Ovaltine ad says Make Sure You Sleep Tonight; The Man Who Lived in Twilight (short story); Ill Wind (short story); A Castle in the Caribbees (Caribbean) - photo illustrated article explores the option of moving to a Caribbean island; The Strange Romance (short story); Mean People (short story); A Waif And a Workman Who Now Sways the World - incredible photo-illustrated article on Adolph Hitler - "The Incredible Romance of Adolph Hitler, Whom Germany Hails as a "Man-God!"; The Grand National - photo-illustrated article on this famous British horse race; Pond's one-page ad features photo of Eleanor Roosevelt; White Cargo (part 3 of this story); Nice one-page Pontiac ad features the 1934 Straight 8; Fantastic two-page Dodge photo-ad features car flying off a jump, plus photos of famous muckraker Ida M. Tarbell and Miss Mimi Elaine Richardson; Nice one-page illustrated Chevrolet ad; Page 30 features wonderful photos of the airflow Desoto 5-passenger coupe, Ford convertible cabriolet, Buick 5-passenger sedan with built-in trunk, Pontiac coupe, Chevrolet Master Six Coach, Hupmobile Aerodynamic Type Sedan, Hundson convertible coupe with rumble seat, and airflow Chrysler six-passenger four-door sedan; Movie news includes photos of Marlene Dietrich, Zasu Pitts, Charley Chase, Evelyn Venable, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., George Raft, Pepe Ortiz, and Spanky of the popular "Little Rascals" TV show, and more; Nice Lux soap ad features photo of Sally Eilers; More car photos include the Nash Ambassador Eight Brougham, the Graham Convertible Coupe, the Studebaker Commander St. Regis Brougham, and the new Reo Sedan; Wonderful two-page Chrysler ad features one-page photo-portrait of Walter P. Chrysler and his written statement that "I believe Plymouth is the Best Engineered Car in the Low-Priced Field."; Oxydol ad includes photo insert of Mrs. David Neary of Torrington, CT; Radioland - article on radio news; Lydia E. Pinkham's Tablets ad includes photo of Mrs. Frank P. Stone of Lacombe, Alberta; Young Man and His Problem; Investment News; Legal article; Cooking article; Fashion illustrations; One-page ad for Singer sewing machines; Colour Lifebuoy and Rinso ads inside back cover; Attractive but soiled and worn colour-photo Chipso ad on back cover features Mrs. T.M. Lay and daughters; and more. Above-average external wear and soiling. Covers detached but present. Pencil markings to back cover. A worthy copy of this historic issue. Book
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Segale, Sister Blandina
At the End of the Santa Fe Trail
298 pages. Index. Bibliography. Footnotes. Black and white photographic frontis portrait of Sister Segale. Three black and white photos in text. "Here, in the tersely recorded journal of Sister Blandina, a Sister of Charity, is a new and valuable picture of the Southwest from 1872 to 1892 - an authentic piece of Catholic Americana revealing twenty years of struggle against lawlessness, mob rule, Indian threats, bigotry, and violence of all sorts." - from dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight and square. Moderate wear to complete dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An attractive early copy of this important work. Book
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Dorman, Michael
(Robert L.) Vesco: The Infernal Money Making Machine (IOS / Investors Overseas Service)
248 pages. "The most fascinating true story of power, greed and corruption of our times - the story of Robert L. Vesco and his dirty millions!" - from front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Some external soiling. A worthy reading copy. Book
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Peters, J.C.; Winch, E.M.; Ives, M.; Swift, M.; Cunningham, L.A.; Roberts, L.; Porter, G.C.; Bayne, E.G.; Carver, J.; Elliott, G.
The National Home Monthly Magazine, October (Oct.) 1933 - Racketeering in the 1870's / Where Does the Tax Dollar Go?
68 pages. Features: Cute Twelvetrees cover illustration of turkey chasing toddler butcher; wonderful Aylmer Soups ad inside front cover features elegant photo of Canada's Governor-General and the Countess of Bessborough; One-page Fleischmann's ad features large photo of Prof. Dr. Franz Muller; Kid Angel (fiction); Luxury Lady (fiction); Where Does the Tax-Dollar Go? - an inquiry into the cost of government in Canada (part 5); The Criminal (fiction); How to Hold a Husband (fiction); Thou Art Peter (fiction); Racketeering in the Seventies (i.e. the 1870s); Quant two-page photo ad for Pond's cold cream; Little Rambles in Hollywood; One-page Ovaltine ad shows doctor and nurse weighing boys; Radioland - great photo-illustrated article on famous radio shows and stars; Nice one-page black and orange Chevrolet ad features the Master Six Touring Coupe at a country fair; Gorgeous one-page colour Palmolive Soap ad features illustration of beautiful young lady; Photo of Laurel and Hardy in handwriting analysis ad; Better Cookery; Rare half-page photo ad for the new Dual Harmony radio by Stewart-Warner Alemite of Belleville, Ontario; Fall fashion illustrations and article; Right Habits (for children); Excellent colour-photo ad for Winchester cigarettes inside back cover features young lady wearing purple fashion designed by Maison Mainbocher of Paris; Charming back cover P and G (Procter and Gamble) ad on back cover features Polly and George and Spot, plus girls building mud castle; Dozens of other great ads. Above-average external wear and soiling. 4"x3" clipping from page 3. 3"x3" clipping from Criticisms article on page 26. Small clippings from pages 51, 53 and 67. All pages and covers free from staples but present. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Wagley, Charles; Hunter, George; Greening, W.E.; Leechman; Jaques, F.; Stanley, G.; Woolgar, D.; Shave, H.; Douglas, G.
The Beaver, Magazine of the North, September 1953, Outfit 284 - Comte Henri De Puyjalon / The Tsimshian / The Radford and Street Murders
50 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Enter the European - II - Into Brazil - Half of South America; Photo study of an air flight between Fort McMurray and Fort Good Hope; North Shore Naturalist - Comte Henri de Puyjalon; The Tsimshian; The Radford and Street Murders - famous crime at York Factory over forty years ago; Little P.G.E. (Railway) Goes Somewhere - travel article by Florence and Francis Jaques; The Fur Trade Party - conflict between 'wintering partners' eighty years ago; Northern Wildflowers; The Bells of the Turrets Twain - the bells of St. Boniface were heard across Canada on the occasion of the present Queen's coronation; Calling the 'Columbia' - article on the floating hospital-chapel-theatre serving the people of B.C.'s rugged coast; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point Blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Siroux, G.; Patterson, W.; Pitcairn-Knowles, A.; Jordan, J.; Grondona, L.; Ausman, C.; Jackson, H.; Mason, W.; Gingell, W.; Et al
The Wide World, The Magazine For Everybody, November (Nov.) 1917, No. 235, Vol. XL - Burning of the Prisoners in the Punishment Hut
88 Pages plus 24 pages of ads. Features: The Burning of the Prisoners in the Punishment Hut - Germany's Dastardly Crime, as told by Pedro Dominguez, a Spanish seaman and eye-witness of the tragedy ; The Six Skulls - Part III of a sequel to "In the Grip of the Hip Sings" (Chinese Secret Society /Tong story); The Mast-Shooters of Belgium - how quaint and novel archery contests were conducted in Belgium and Northern France - with great photos; The Unlucky Motor-Boat - the "Jean"; Queer Fixes; The Seaplane Patrol - our narrow escape in the North Sea; Historic Crimes and Mysteries; The Port Elizabeth "Spook" - a very unusual ghost story; Strange Stories of the War - how we rescued the Commander/How a Dog Outwitted the Germans/Into the Hand of a Woman (a story of the invasion of Lithuania); The Death-Room - solving the mystery of how three men died in the same room in the same house; Pumping a Great Sea Dry - Holland's gallant attempt to reclaim the Zuider Zee (with photos); An Underground City of Salt - near Cracow, in Galicia - article with photos; Railway Building in the Wilderness - Part III - Construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific, the second great transcontinental line to pierce the Canadian Rockies - article with photos; The World's Smallest Railway, The Grand Island Railway (text with photos); and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
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Bryant, Arthur; Squire, Sir John; Falls, Cyril; et al
The Illustrated London News, Saturday, September (Sept.) 25, 1948: United Nations mediator Count Bernadotte Assassinated in Jerusalem
Pages 337-364. Features: Cover photo portrait of the victim of a shameful and dastardly crime, Count Bernadotte, the representative of the United Nations, seen with his wife, when beginning the mission of peace which ended in his murder at Jerusalem; Colour ad for the Dunlop Rubber Company inside front cover features the city of Lincoln; Conference discusses the future of the Italian colonies; Two photos of the UN Security Council as it discusses Hyderabad and Count Bernadotte's murder; Two pages of photos of huge crowds in Berlin illustrate a Communist demonstration and the funeral of a youthful victim of Communist police action, Wolfgang Scheunemann; Photos of personalities of the week include Lord Noel-Buxton, Maj. Gen. S. F. Irwin, Emile Ludwig, the right Hon. J. S. C. Reid, Adm. Sir Henry Bruce, Sir Sothern Holland, Lieut. Gen. Rajendrasinghji G, Sylvain Mayer, Sir Charles Eric Palmer, Dame Lillan Braithwaite, Field Marshall Lord Montgomery, Khwaja Nazimuddin, U Tin Tut of Burma, Sao Shwe Thaik, and Col. Serot of France; Photo of the funeral procession of Mr. Jinnah, first Gov. Gen. of Pakistan; Photo of French aircraft workers fighting police in Paris; Photo of Gen. DeGaulle speaking to huge crowd in Nice; Photo of Pakistan's new Gov. Gen., Khwaja Nazimuddin; Article with map discusses the invasion of Hyderabad; Two large photos illustrate Hyderabad's surrender to the Indian Union after a five-day war; Two pages of informative photos about the India Hyderabad war illustrate the auxiliary forces which opposed the entry of Indian troops - the Razakars; Photos of buildings in Britain today - ancient, modern, and for export; Photo of the royal arrival for a special session of Parliament; Book review of "The Journal Of Eugene Delacroix", translated from the French by Walter Pach; Four pages of beautiful colour illustrations/photos of flowers; Photos of ingenious British animal toys which earned dollars for this country; Four photos illustrate Britain's production of famous turbojets; One-page illustration of air screw turbines in production - the buld-line for Armstrong Siddeley "Mamba" turboprops at Coventry; Two pages of text and photos of the revival of tapestry weaving in Scotland at the Dovecote Studios; Five fascinating photos present scenes aboard the capsized battleship "Tirpitz" at Tromso, as she is being broken up by her new owner, Mr. Heovding; Photo of police investigating Mosquito crash scene at Manston on September 18 where 12 people were killed during an air display; Photo of Mr. James Wilson, seven times champion sheepdog handler, with his dog Glen, twice champion sheepdog, at Worcester; Five photos of Australian cricketers being welcomed by the king and queen at Balmoral Castle; Six photos in the Waitomo glow-worm Cave, New Zealand, where "Boletophila Luminosa" creates a wonder of the world; Fascinating colour-illustrated back cover de Havilland ad illustrates aircraft decompression chamber research. Unmarked with average wear. Archival tape repairs to coverfold. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Bryant, Arthur; Squire, Sir John; Falls, Cyril; et al
The Illustrated London News, August (Aug.) 17, 1946: Trouble in Palestine / Atomic Bom Photos from Bikini
Pages 170- 196. Features: Cover photo of huge illegal arms cache discovered in sealed cellars beneath a school in Tel Aviv; Two fascinating pages of photos of troubles in Palestine - curfew scenes, illegal arms, and illegal immigrants; A crime which shocked the world - photo of the King David Hotel explosion taken two seconds after the detonation of explosives laid in the basement by Jewish terrorists of the Irgun Zvai Leumi organization; Seven photos document the collision of the 'American Farmer' with the American steamer 'William J. Riddle', and the aftermath; Page of historic maps of Russia; Photos of personalities of the week include The King, the Princesses, Capt. Millers, chief officer J. E. Millers, M. Recep Peker, Lord Tedder, and Maj. Gen. H. E. Rance; Article entitled Norway and her Neighbours; Page of photos document H.M.S. Colossus being loaned to France; Two large aerial photos of Eastbourne - a target for Britain's postwar year holidaymakers; Amazing two page panoramic photo of the first Bikini atom bomb exploded in the air, showing many target warships blazing at their lagoon anchorage; Incredible centrefold photo of the underwater atomic bomb test at Bikini; Two pages of photos of Princess Elizabeth being invested as a Bard in Dufferin Park, Glamorgan; Photos of latest discoveries at the Low Ham Roman bath; Page of photos of personalities at the Paris peace conference; Two pages of Elizabethan silver gilt fruit dishes of unique beauty, acquired for the V. and A. Collection; Photo of Winston Churchill in his study at Chartwell; Fascinating and historic photo of wall map used by Gen. Eisenhower for the D-Day operations; Colour back cover add for the Lanchester 10 car. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
Time Magazine, August (Aug.) 22, 1969 - The Mafia Vs. America
78 pages. Features: Homage to the Apollo 11 astronauts; Green Berets Under Trial - 8 members of Special Forces Unit B-57 (Black Beard) charged after alleged Vietnamese double agent is killed; Ted Kennedy - living with the whispers after the death of Mary Jo Kopechne; Gory details of the murder of Sharon Tate; The Conglomerate of Crime - article with photos of Carlo Gambino, Sam Giancana and Meyer Lansky; Ulster engulfed in sectarian strife; Battle on thhe Sino-Soviet Border - Sinkiang; Israel - commanding the skies; Indonesia annexes West Irian; Billy Martin punches out Dave Boxwell; Mae West to join Raquel Welch in new movie; Jets vs. the everglades; Mormon records in Little Cottonwood Canyon; LA Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale; and much more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Fields, Dr. E.R.
Katyn (Massacre): The Crime of the Century
42 pages. "Presents new information not available in any other book about Katyn. Information is presented in three parts, the facts as known today, the photo evidence and the brazen lies made by the Soviet prosecutors against the Germans. Many grainy black and white reproductions of archival documents and morbid photos taken when the mass grave was exhumed. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Appears unread. Book
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Roosevelt, Theodore [Teddy]; Roosevelt, Archibald B. (Compiler)
Theodore [Teddy] Roosevelt on Race, Riots, Reds, Crime
Undated reprint with white illustrated covers. Possibly circa 1990. 76 pages. "Of this we can be certain; if any ppolitical figure today did try to implement the policies propounded by my father he would spend the rest of his life in prison as a political martyr sentenced on innumerable counts of violating Federal Law as laid down by our present United States Supreme Court. This book will come I am sure as a surprise to some, an inspiration to others and I hope be of interest to all." - Archibald B. Roosevelt. Unmarked with moderate wear and faint sticker shadow adopt front cover. A quality copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
U.S. News & (and) World Report, April (Apr.) 24, 1961 - Yuri Gagarin Cover Photo / Russia's Triumph in Space / Interview with the Dalia Lama
116 pages. Features: Cover photo of Russian Yuri Gagarin, the first human to travel to outer space and back; Nice one-page ad for the Volkswagen (VW) truck (microbus); Showdown nears for Castro in Cuba; JFK and how he runs the White House; One-page photo ad for GE's two-way radio; Russia's Triumph in Space - What Does It Mean? - photo-illustrated article; Why The U.S. Wasn't First; A Look at what the U.S. has - and plans - in space; Where U.S. Went Wrong - The Ways to Catch Up; JFK Learns About Personal Diplomacy; Why De Gaulle is a Growing Problem for U.S.; Kennedy's plan to deal with corn surplus; Up Front with U.S. Guerrillas in Southeast Asia - an eyewitness report; A Close New Look at Nehru's India; The Red Terror in Tibet - Interview with the Dalai Lama; Crime Wave Hits Washington, D.C. - with photo of Dallas O. Williams who has 59 convictions, including murder; Critical thinking about the "Show" trial of Adolf Eichmann in Israel; Nice small photo ad for Checker Motors Corp. of Kalamazoo; Nice two-page color-photo ad for (red) Chevy trucks with IFS (independent front suspension) on excavation site; How the United Mine Workers (UMW) under John L. Lewis uses its considerable investments, and why; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Hatch, Eric; Smith, Frank Leon; Wagner, Rob; Hopper, James; Ripley, H.A.; Benchley, Robert; Banks, Polan; et al
Liberty Magazine - America's Best Read Weekly, February [Feb.] 18, 1933, Vol. 10, No. 7: Mystery of the (Czar's?) Head in the Kremlin / Technocracy to the Rescue
62 pages. Features: Nice Valentine-theme color cover illustration of dancing couple by Norman Guthrie Rudolph; One-page photo of Governor General of Canada Lord Bessborough examining sheep at Toronto's Royal Winter Fair; The Mystery of the (Czar's?) Head in the Kremlin - an astounding revelation of a Soviet secret and why an imposter can never reclaim the throne of the murdered Czar - includes reproduction of affidavit by the author, Iliodor, and photo of Anatoly, purportedly one of the slayers of the Romanovs; Five Days (part 2); Fantastic Listerine Tooth Paste ad includes photo of man boasting "I Smoke Like a Chimney"; Technocracy to the Rescue - Rupert Hughes hails the technocrats vision of a happy world governed by engineering skill; The Flaming Lure - the story of a crime in a sealed room; Movie News, Reviews, and photos - Grand Slam, Tonight is Ours, Billion Dollar Scandal, Parachute Jumper; Along the Fire Escape - the story of a burglar's baptism and a girl who shrieked too soon; The Big Coal Problem; The Woman Accused (part 5); Hell Hounds! - The World's Worst Jail (part 11); White Shoes (short story); Vox Pop; To The Ladies; Nice vintage ad for Wrigley's gum on back cover. Above-average but not excessive wear. Unmarked. Middle page loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Hopkins, Ernest Jerome; Miller, Helen Topping; Prince, Dr. Walter Franklin; Perkins, Grace; Cohen, Octavus Roy; et al
Liberty Magazine, May 27, 1933, Vol. 10, No. 21: Anti-Hitler Editorial / Private Life of Marie Dressler
58 pages. Features: Nice color cover illustration of clown bottle-feeding baby pig; If Canada Can Curb Crime Why Not the U.S.?; Blind River - the story of a butterfly who said she'd take bananas; The Haunted House on Beacon Street - uncanny horrors baffle a Boston churchman and his cultured, aristocratic wife; Mike - the revealing story of a radio star's romance (part 2 of 2); Movie News, Reviews and Photos - The Little Giant, A Bedtime Story, The Devil's Brother, Phantom Broadcast; The Private Life of Marie Dressler - article with photos, including Charlie Chaplin; Scarlet Woman (part 6); Pa Potter Procudes a Miracle; Born to Raise Hell (part 9); Antidotes (short story); Vox Pop; To the Ladies; Classy color back cover ad for Beech-Nut Luster-Mint candies - Lemon, Orange and Lime. Above-average but not excessive wear. Moisture-induced rippling and moderate discoloration in places - all text clearly legible. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Alderman, Tom; Rasky, Frank; King, Paul; Grant, Maggie; Benoit, Jehane; Meyer, Helen
The Canadian Magazine, 2 January [Jan.] 1971 - Meet the Satan's Choice Motorcycle Gang, Whose Members include Actor Art Hindle!
24 pages. Colour photos. Features: Interviews with members of the Satan's Choice motorcycle gang, including Big Jack Olliffe, Howard Berry, Ted Anderson, David White, Doug MacDonald, and Art Hindle - yes, Art Hindle, the handsome Canadian actor you've seen in dozens of movies and TV shows, not to mention modeling clothing in department store catalogs - who knew?; What goes on inside a strike? - Canadian Longyear; Daytime TV - the men who entertain other men's wives - Graham Kerr, Elwood Glover, Max Ferguson, David Anson, Ed Reid, Paul Soles; Data Security Co. is the brainchild of J. Philip Humfrey and Polycom Systems, Ltd. - its vault stores sensitive data on computer tapes; Doug Wright's Family; Maggie Grant; Vaudeville in the Ring - Professional wrestling article with photo of Haystack Calhoun in the ring with The Sheik. Bit of writing atop front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Weber, Mark
The Zionist Terror Network - A Special Report
20 pages. Grainy black and white reproductions of photos and news clippings. Extensive footnotes. "Background and Operation of the Jewish Defense League and other Zionist Groups." - subtitle. A revised version of the 1985 first edition. Text divided into these sections: Meir Kahane and the JDL; Zionist Activities; Violence Against Holocaust Revisionists; Violence in Europe. Note: ISBN 0939484226 stated inside front cover may be incorrect. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Reed, Douglas
Far and Wide
[4], 5-398 pp. "The latest in the series of books about our times which this political pilgrim began with Insanity Fair in 1938, this is the story of a journey of discovery, geographical, social and political, in America. Readers know it is Douglas Reed's theory that the war which started in 1914 still goes on, embroiling all the Western world in a grand design for the reshaping of the globe, the final failure or success of which will determine the ultimate shape of the Twentieth Century." - dust jacket. Book unmarked with respectful wear to publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt. Slight lean to spine. Front free endpaper neatly removed. Above-average wear to price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound vintage copy of this fascinating study. 20 x 14cm. Singerman 845. Book
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