‎Russia‎

‎Multiple Contributors‎

‎McCall's Magazine, March 1963‎

‎192 pages. Cover photo of Jacqueline Kennedy and kids on horseback. Features: Lucille Ball - How I Got to Be President; More Wives Ask - Who Am I and What Should I Do With My Life?; Louis Nizer - How to Tell the Truth in Court; Gary Cooper - A Final Act of Courage; Perle Mesta - Seven First Ladies I Have Known; Nice full-page colour photo Coke ad featuring Clown and lady in dress; Many pages of great vintage colour photo ads; Child Care in Russia Better Than Ours?; Great colour ad for Carter's "French Doll" Clothes; The Fraud of Femininity, by Betty Friedan; The Girl Who Said No, by Mel Heimer; Donovan's Retreat, by James Robbins MIller; A Friend of a Friend, by Margaret Cousins; The Moonflower Vine, Jetta Carleton; Captain Kangaroo Play-Together Page; Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy. Book‎

‎Heptner, V.G.; Sludskii, A.A. (Editors)‎

‎Mammals of the Soviet Union, Volume II (2), Part Two (2)‎

‎784 pages. Extensively footnoted. Index of Latin names of Taxa. Reproductions of black and white photos. Colour plates. Many black and white illustrations. Reprint of the Russian first edition. Text in English. "Contains species descriptions of terrestrial carnivores and detailed information on their external morphology, skull, body measurements and other data, affinities with other species, geographic distribution in the historic past and today, geographic variation, practical significance, and biology. Descriptions are presented for orders, families, and genera, and keys given for their identification." - from page iv. Book clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Average wear to dust jacket which has number written atop front panel. A sound copy. Book‎

‎Multiple Contributors‎

‎The Daily Colonist, Thursday, June 17, 1937, Victoria, British Columbia Newspaper‎

‎This listing consists of pages 1-4 and 15-18 of this issue which measures 23.5"x17". Contents include: Chaotic dissension prevails in Russia as purge proceeds; Bilbao seized by terror; Tension mounts re: U.S. steel strikes; Police boat near wreck on Nitinat Bar; Nazis disallow church collections without government permission; Jack Fraser absolved by court in hearing of Hedley mine charges; Tainted head cheese causes multiple poisonings in Alberta; Excess profits tax planned as national defence contribution; Forest and Mines Camp schemes launched by B.C. for youths between 18 and 25 years of age; Price of gold will stay up; Editorial page; Cartoon page; two pages of classified ads; large ad for David Spencer Limited; Assorted additional vintage ads. Above-average wear and soiling. A great heirloom from earlier days in Victoria, B.C. Newspaper‎

‎Multiple Contributors‎

‎Trains - The Magazine of Railroading, June 1957 - Steam in History in Maine and Russia‎

‎64 pages. Features: Katy - Cause & Effect; "I'm Getting a Ticket"; "I'm a Railroad Fan - Alfred Edward Perlman - detailed article with photos"; Steam in Indian Summer - paying final respects to the beetle-browed power of Grand Trunk behind a snorting bone-shaker of a geared 0-2-2-0; Would You Believe it? - Synchromesh 0-12-2; Railroading As They See it - a peak at the world's most unknown railroading in Russia and China - article with many photos, including an INCREDIBLE black and white centerfold of a Chinese train surrounded by crowds; ; Nomad of the Nineties - Sam Vauclain, grand old man of steam and his compound Baldwins - includes amazing photos of twenty, (yes 20!) new Forney 0-4-4s in a column; This Device Spots Broken Wheel Flanges; All About Signals - 1 - John S. Armstrong explains in easy steps the progress from crude but effective manual-block safety to the speed insured by 1957's complexity of wires, relays, motors and lights - superb article with many helpful diagrams; and more. Great vintage ads. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine‎

‎Multiple Contributors‎

‎Harper's Bazar (Bazaar) Magazine, December 16, 1871 - A Repository of Fashion, Pleasure, and Instruction‎

‎16 pages plus 8 page supplement. Features: Ladies' and Children's Winter Suits; Mince-Pies, by Gail Hamilton; New York Fashions; ; humor; and more. Average wear. Top half of page 787 missing; Paris Modes; Ladies and Children's dresses; A Siberian Breakfast-Table; The Thanksgiving at Johnny Guptill's, by Harriet Prescott Spofford; Family life in a fashionable restaurant; useful recipes; Two illustrations of Thanksgiving-Day in the Northwest by W.L. Sheppard - "Dinner Waiting" and "No Dinner to Wait"; Full-page illustration "Family Life in a Fashionable Restaurant", by Sol Eytinge Jr.; The Lovels of Arden - continued; Love in the Winter Palace, or, the Czar Nicholas as match maker; Full page illustration "At Her Post", by Gaston Fay; The Grand Duke Alexis of Russia - illustration. Supplement contents: Blade-O'-Grass, by B.L. Farjeon - part I - with many illustrations. Small illustration clipped from first page of supplement. Average wear. Book‎

‎Multiple Contributors‎

‎Maclean's Magazine, October 1, 1954: Fred Varley and Eric Aldwinckle Visit Russia‎

‎88 pages. Features: What Two Canadian Artists Saw in Russia - Fred Varley and Eric Aldwinckle - includes illustrations by each; The Weird and Woolly War Against the Lobster Poachers - article with photos; The Richest Woman in Town - fiction by James McNamee; We Went La Verendreye's Way - West from Superior the adventurous six took the Voyageurs' Trail - Dr. Omond Solandt, Eric Morse, A.H.J. (Tony) Lovink, John Endemann and Sigurd Olson; The Surest Way to Get a Job - article by Robert Thomas Allen; How the Auto Beat the Horse - Part 2 of a feature on Col. R.S. (Sam) McLaughlin; The White and the Gold, part 14; How a Blind Saskatchewan Man Runs His Farm - Emil Strand - photos and article; A Cage for the Bird Man - story by David Stuart; Corn Flakes ad shows red-haired boy digging deep into the box; Nostalgic full-page colour ad for Sylvania TVs. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book‎

‎Krystyna (Zdzislawa Krystyna Kawecka)‎

‎Journey Without a Ticket - To England Through Siberia‎

‎196 pages. Reproductions of dozens of black and white photos. Author documents the dramatic trip which saw her ripped her from her comfortable Polish home on her sixteenth birthday in 1940 and took her thousands of miles, eventually settling in England. Unmarked. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact with some lean to spine. Small address labels inside each cover. A worthy copy of this important and unforgettable true story. Book‎

‎Golitsyn, Anatoliy‎

‎The Perestroika Deception: Memoranda to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)‎

‎247 pages. Index. "...Explains the devious secret intent behind the Leninist strategy which the 'former' Communists are pursuing under the fake 'reform' and 'progress towards democracy''. Author served in the KGB before defecting from the Soviet Union to the USA in 1961. Contents clean, bright and unmarked. Moderate external wear. Crease to front cover. Binding tight. A sound copy of this important work. Book‎

‎Hewitt, Foster; Hirshberg, J.; Kelley, T.; Henry, O.; Farrell, Cliff; Taylor, R.L.‎

‎New Liberty Magazine, November 15, 1947: Canadian Help for Poland / Foster Hewitt's Hockey Forecast‎

‎56 pages. Features: Hockey Forecast - article with sensational photos including Vic Lynn (full page), Turk Broda in action, Conn Smythe, Dick Irvin (Sr.), and Bill Durnan, ; Help For Poland; - Relief officials deny Russia grabbing Polish supplies as Canadians asked to donate $1.5 million - article with large photo of emaciated Polish child; Profile of America's top disk jockey, Al Jarvis of Winnipeg - article with photos including Abbott and Costello and Edward G. Robinson; Torture Murder of Mrs. Viola Jameson of Fort Frances, Ontario - Famous Canadian Crimes #12; Canadian Photo Exhibit; Dorothy Jane Goulding; Alice Caroline Clift; Gabrielle Roy; Teensters Jilt Frank Sinatra for Roy Roberts of Kitchener - photo with article; Mary Lou Dilworth; Veronica Lake and Kristine Miller's identical hair-doos cause a stir - write-up with photos; Red Skelton's favourite laugh. Stories: One Dollar's Worth; Ice Trap; Adrift in a Boneyard . Ads: nice colour ad for Chevrolet inside front cover; Great colour ad for Walt Disney's "Fun and Fancy Free" full-length cartoon feature inside back cover; Back cover colour Coke ad features illustration of lengthy row of Coke bottles freshly bottled. Average wear. Soiling to top of front cover. Bits of nibbling to coverfold. A worthy vintage copy. Book‎

‎Roberts, Steven V.; Boyd, James; Buckley, Tom; Kennedy, Eugene C.; Hemphill, Paul; Schonberg, Harold C.; Waltz, Jon R.; Schiro, Anne-Marie; Claiborne, C.; Skurka, N.‎

‎The New York Times Magazine, December (Dec.) 6, 1970 - Kris Kristofferson‎

‎192 pages. Features: Cover photo from 'Sanctum', a dance choreographed by Alwin Nikolais; Color Jade East ad; Many wonderful color fashion ads; Wittnauer watch ad; Omega Speedmaster watch ad on surface of the moon; Maximilian ad for Russian sable; Beautiful swimwear ad for Rose Marie Reid; Two-page Lan-Chile ad features gorgeous ladies; Steven Roberts returns to Bayonee High School for his tenth reunion with Arlyne Greenhill; Photo-illustrated article with Karl Hess - from Republican to Anarchist; The Testing of Pierre Trudeau - did he overreact to the FLQ crisis?; The Soma-Environmental Revolution, Pornography, Synergistic Consciousness, Sex with Patients - what was discussed at the American Psychological Association's convention; Kris Kristofferson - the new Nashville Sound; Choreography, Music, Costumes, Sets, etc. by Alwin Nikolas; The Burger/Blackmun (Supreme) Court; Nice color Seiko watch ad; Nice Patek Philippe watch ad; Nice color centerfold ad for Gradiaz Annis Cigars; Interesting two-page ad for "The New Miami Beach"; Very nice Elgin watch ad features Babe Ruth image; Fashion photos of ladies' party dresses; Lars-Eric Lindblad adventure travel ad for trips to the Seychelles and Russia in winter; Photo of the Richard and Marianne Koerner family as part of a Save the Children Federation ad; Average wear. Crossword completed in pencil. A sound vintage copy Book‎

‎Lippmann, Walter; et al‎

‎Newsweek Magazine, January (Jan.) 2, 1967 - Otis Chandler Cover Photo‎

‎68 pages. Features: Jacqueline Kennedy's 'Victory' re: William Manchester's "The Death of a President"; The FDR Memorial; R. Sargent Shriver's Last Stand?; Adam Clayton Powell; Clark McAdams Clifford - man for all Caesars; War of Ambush in Vietnam; Photo of Ho Chi Minh; Turkey's Premier meets Kosygin; How to Build a Publishing Empire - Otis and Norman Chandler of the Los Angeles Times; Fernand Petiot - the Bloody-Mary Man; Sensuous KDKA-TV ad; Buel Ray Wortham and Craddock M. Gilmour, Jr. in trouble in Russia; Charming Japan Airlines ad announces their new New York to Tokyo direct flight; The Reichstag fire and the Remagen Bridge capture are back in the news in Germany; Color-photo centerfold IBM ad features large image of astronomer Dr. Wallace J. Eckert; Photo of Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) with Marianne Moore; The Times-Mirror Co.; Edward (Zeke) Bratkowski; Rosemary Casals; Atomic test code-named Greeley; Father Charles Davis; How to Float on a Sea of Red Ink - The U.S. Post Office; Disney's Legacy - with photo of Roy Disney; Ravi Shankar; Lawrence Stehen Lowry; and much more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book‎

‎Purves, J.G.; West, D.A.: Editors‎

‎War and Society in the Nineteenth Century Russian Empire‎

‎188 pages plus 4 pages of ads. Footnotes. Selected papers presented in a seminar held at McGill University 1969-1971. Titles include: Finland's Military Significance for 19th Century Russia; The Russian Miliary Under Alexander; The Baltic During the Crimean War; The Russian Army in the Balkans 1877-1878; and eleven more. Light wear. Unmarked. Binding tight. A sound copy. Book‎

‎Stewart, Dr. H.L.; Patton, Willoughby; Trimble, Alberta C.; Roberts, T.G.; Kelley, Norman S.; Fisher, C.L.; Albert H.A.; Pettigrew, Helen; Galton, L.N.; Et al‎

‎National Home Monthly Magazine, March (Mar.) 1946 - The Soviet Union Votes‎

‎60 pages. Features: Lovely colour one-page Banff Springs Hotel/Canadian Pacific ad; On the Eve of the Peace Conference; Photo of Lt.-Col. Henry "Kit" Carson; Photo of C.W.A.C's Pat Lebbiter of Ottawa, Lillian Cairns of Winnipeg, and Marion O'Connor of Toronto; Colour Maxwell House Coffee ad features "Omar and the Gorgeous Coffee Bird"; One-page colour Seagram's ad features illustration of man using fanciful/futuristic disks which resemble electronic memory devices which came decades later; One-page ad for the Trans-Canada Telephone system; Hay in Her Hair (short story); Marrow to His Bones (short story); The Charm of Nova Scotia - article with nice colour photos; The Soviet Chooses - photo-illustrated article on the world's biggest General Election, with nearly 110,000,000 citizens electing the Supreme Soviet; Sweet Water Moon (short story); Nice one-page photo-illustrated Singer sewing machine ad; Photo of Gale Storm in Jergens Lotion ad; Woodbury soap ad features multiple photos of newlyweds June Graham of Ottawa and Flight Lieutenant Edward Carl Likeness RCAF; Advances in Science; One-page colour ad for Frigidaire fridges; Fantastic one-page colour-photo ad for Heinz condiments; Arrid ad features photo of lovely Ilona Massey; Sexy one-page colour-illustrated ad for NuBack undergarments features young blonde holding kitty; Style and cosmetics articles; Tangee ad features Mrs. Adolphe Menjou; Nice one-page colour ad for Waterman's Taperite pens features city skyline; Nice colourWabasso Cottons ad inside back cover features mother, daughter and cats; Fantastic colour-illustrated Coke ad on back cover features soda shop scene with young man singing into napkin container like it's a microphone; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book‎

‎Mullins, Eustace (Signed)‎

‎The World Order - A Study in the Hegemony of Parasitism‎

‎Signed by author on dedication page. 217 pages. "...The World Order, in its anxiety to maintain control of every aspect of our lives, has banned passion. As a poor substitute, it gives us drugs and degeneracy. There are many facts in this book which you, the reader, will not wish to accept. I ask you to accept nothing, but to make your own investigations. You may find even more astonishing true facts than I have managed to glean in thirty-five years of intensive and in-depth research." - from Foreword. Chapter titles include: The Rothschilds; Soviet Russia; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; The Business of America; The CIA; The Bechtel Complex; The Foundations; The Rule of the Order. Unread. Slight external wear. A superb copy, signed by possibly America's preeminent conspiracy researcher. Book‎

‎Regehr, T. D‎

‎For Everything A Season: A History of the Alexanderkrone Zentralschule‎

‎161 pages. Bibliography. Index. Reproductions of black and white photos. "A chapter of twentieth century late tsarist and early Soviet living and learning. Presents a facet of the Russian Mennonite experience previously unknown." - from dust jacket. Gift greetings atop front free endpaper, otherwise as new. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy. Book‎

‎Wallace, Garth‎

‎Don't Call Me a Legend: The Extraordinary Story of International Pilot Charlie Vaughn‎

‎234 pages. Black and white reproductions of photos. "The tale of how this farm boy ferry pilot has battled bad weather, mechanical failures, red tape, and exhaustion to survive where others have failed. Fly with Charlie as he delivers a Cessna Skyymaster to Botswana, a Twin Otter across the Pacific, and a Hawker Siddeley 748 through Russia. If you love adventure, you won't be disappointed." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy. Book‎

‎Varney, Harold L.; Oliver, Revilo P.; Muhlnbeck, Jack; Goff, Rev. Kenneth; Oyaas, Joann; Hearst, Allen L.‎

‎American Mercury Magazine, "To Bear Witness To The Truth", June 1960, Volume XC No. 437 - Castro's War on Cuban Capitalism / Is There Free Speech?‎

‎160 pages. Features: Castro's War on Capitalism in Cuba; Counting Heads - the first U.S. census was no easy job; Juvenile Integrity Starts in the Home; The Korean Myth - Misconceptions Americans have about Korea; 1960 Version of "The Little Red Hen"; Cold War in International Athletics - opposing Communist athletes intent on propaganda; The Tenth Man - baseball's most important player can be the groundskeeper; Facts Russia Does Not Tell; School Teaching Beats Working for a Living; The Truly Satisfying Life; The China Clipper; Who are the Metrocrats?; Listen to This; Honey - Nutritious Nostrum; Who Wants to Abolish the HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)?; They Tamed the Wild Missouri River; Is There Free Speech?; The greatest Train Robbery; Walter, The Adaptable Weasel; A Kentucky Political Education; Don't Let your Shoulder Freeze; This Is Christianity - Young Korean Joon Gon Kim's Ministry to Communists; You Can Do Something; Those Modern Eskimos; A Return to Common Sense in Education - Pennsylvania teacher shuns methods that produce illiterate blockheads; The Organization Mother; January-June 1960 Index. Back cover Flag Day coverage features lovely photo of youngsters Kay and Tony of the Dario Politella family of Lindenhurst, Long Island. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book‎

‎Canadian Intelligence Service; Bend, H. Katherine; Monsarrat, Alice E.; Bridges, Hon. Styles; Cvetic, Matt; et al‎

‎American Mercury Magazine, "To Bear Witness To The Truth", September (Sept.) 1961, Volume XCIII No. 451 - Greatest Subversive Plot in History / A Key to Communist Semantics‎

‎128 pages. Features: Greatest Subversive Plot in History - documented evidence of a malignant UNESCO plot against the future of this country's children and their children; Ruinous Public Debt - cannot exist for long with perpetual debt; Opposition to Law and Order - the ACLU and the establishment of Police Review Boards; America Exploited in the Name of Humanity; The Challenge of World Conflict - a reappraisal of America's future and manifest destiny; The American Dream; Oh! What a Night - prevent tossing and turning at night; Music - soothing, sedative, and savage - Science confirms certain music can be dangerous and may contribute to juvenile delinquency ; Bumper Crop of Trees - after 20 years tree farming is winning public appreciation; A Key to Communist Semantics - the Canadian Intelligence Service explains how Communists have a double-talk vocabulary designed to mislead and confuse; Worse than Chain Letters - the same principle underlies Urban Renewal; American Textiles in Trouble - suffering from weird policies of foreign aid and trade; Educational Hierarchies - public schools have almost as many administrators as teachers; Had TV Trouble Lately? - watch out for shifty TV repairmen; Sovit Oil - Fuel for the Fires of Communism; Economic Integrity - by Hon. Harry F. Byrd; Materialism - The Devil's Delusion; Theft by Confiscation - Communism is merely the takeover of government by a political oligarchy - as in Russia - or by a banking oligarchy; Your Voice Reveals Personality; Scientific Socialism - Bunk; and more. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy bearing the address label of noted Madison, WI architect William Kaeser. Book‎

‎Kizny, Tomasz; Lloyd-Jones, Antonia [Translator]; Davies, Norman [Introduction]‎

‎Gulag: Life and Death Inside the Soviet Concentration Camps‎

‎496 pages. Glossary. Index. Over five hundred black and white photos. A chilling historical photographic record of the Soviet Gulag and its legacy. "Kizny spent more than fifteen years researching this work by collecting eyewitness accounts from former Polish prisoners who had returned to their country after Stalin's death. The collapse of the Soviet Union allowed him to see for himself what remained of the dreaded Gulag, take photos and interview witnesses. Each chapter covers a key camp or work project and includes a detailed chronology of the camp, personal accounts of the survivors and formerly banned and previously unpublished archival photographs." - dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket preserved in mylar. Minor tape repair and slight loss to bottom corner of page 359, otherwise a high-quality copy of this massive, important and sobering tome. Lest we forget. Book‎

‎Bentley, Elizabeth‎

‎Out of Bondage‎

‎256 pages. "Author returned to America in 1934 after a year of studies in Italy, haunted by the possibility of a Fascist regime rising in her homeland. Befriended by a communist, she became one herself. Later, her horrified realisation of the true nature of her Russian masters led her to contact the F.B.I. and spy for them, while still working for the Soviets." - dust jacket. Bentley's story was serialized in McCall's magazine in 1951. Gift greetings atop front free endpaper, otherwise book unmarked with moderate external wear and soiling. Binding tight. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. SEIDMAN B170, HAZLITT p.43, CONSTANTINIDES p.79. Book‎

‎Koozma J Tarasoff‎

‎Plakun Trava: The Doukhobors‎

‎xv, 271 pages. Footnotes, glossary, bibliography, chronology, biographical list of names. "The first historical text on the Doukhobors to include an extensive selection of carefully annotated archival photos and original historical maps. A valuable new addition to the study of the Doukhobors which will be regarded as the definitive reference for years to come." - dust jacket. Former library copy with above-average wear, usual markings and taped hinges. Scattered underlining and marginalia to contents. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Not pretty but a worthy reference copy. Book‎

‎Wilton, Robert; Brandreth, C.; Ashmead-Bartlett, E.; Dalton, E.; Stock, R.; verrill, A.; Hindmarch, G.; Workman, W. & F.; Meade, A.; Bestow, J.; Martin, S.; Lees, G.‎

‎The Wide World Magazine, September (Sept.) 1918 - Cover Photo of Robert Wilton Who Provides Startling Disclosures of Russia's Collapse‎

‎85 pages plus six pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part I - Robert Wilton and his adventures as a British War Correspondent on the Eastern Front, with photos. (Wilton's book entitled 'Russia's Agony' was first published in 1918); The Man-Eating Tigers of Rengarih; My Bear Hunt in the British Columbia Rockies - Part II, by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; The Water-Wheels of Hama, Syria - with photo; Beyond the Law - part V - The Dalton Gang, the Condon Bank and the First National Bank at Coffeyville, Kansas; Fishing as a Vocation for War Heroes, by Ralph Stock; Photo of a fallen California Redwood - said to have been the largest tree in the world; In Unknown British Guiana - Part I - many nice photos; Tales of the Service - Part V - My Smuggle-Catching Adventures - by G.W. Hindmarch, a retired Customs and Excise officer in the Shetland Islands; Wonders of the Silver Spruce of British Columbia - in high demand for aircraft construction; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part V - by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman - with excellent photos; Our Seaplane Adventure - Captain Abbott Meade and his plane go down in the Indian Ocean; Photo of large pile of licorice root at Aleppo; The Revenge that went Wrong - James Bestow and his problem with a Yaqui Indian in Mexico; The Railway Conquest of the Australian Desert - construction of the thousand-mile transcontinental railway, from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta - with many excellent photos; The "War Wolf" - Serbia's war hero Colonel Voyin A. Popovich; Whale Flesh as Human Food - informative brief article on the growth of the whale processing industry in Canada, with photo; Doctoring War Horses - the personal experiences of Blue Cross worker Charles W. Forward in France and Italy. Nice ad for the Hudson Navigation Company's New York - Albany - Troy route. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book‎

‎Carr, William Guy‎

‎Pawns in the Game‎

‎xxi, [1], 193, [7], pages. Index. Glossary. This undated reprint of the 1955 first edition appears to be circa 1970. Includes a lengthy new Introduction by Carr dated 1958 and endorsements by prominent men on page 192. "... Published to expose the ramifications of the International Conspiracy which was originated by a small group of wealthy and influential men in 1773 for the purpose of ultimately obtaining undisputed control of the wealth, natural resources, and manpower of the entire world... Explains how the continuity of their Long Range Plan was assured by appointing their successors from their own entourage while still alive." - Foreword of the first edition. Commander Carr was a distinguished English-born Canadian naval officer who served in both world wars. Sombre cover illustration depicts Soviet chess pieces moving in for the kill. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality early copy of this highly controversial work. Singerman 921, Weems p.58. Book‎

‎Wilton, Robert; O'Brien, Pat; Gray, Nan; Dickie, Francis J.; Verrill, A. Hyatt;et al‎

‎The Wide World Magazine, November (Nov.) 1918 *Cover Photo of Lieut. Pat O'Brien, R.F.C.*‎

‎86, 16 [ads] pages. Features: My Fall into Germany from an Aeroplane (Airplane) - how I dropped 8,000 feet getting in - and crawled 400 miles getting out, by Lieut. Pat O'Brien, R.F.C.; The "Debil, Debil' of George's Gap - a snake story; Through Ireland with a "Fit-Up", by Nan Gray; Photo and short article on the Indian-built Hagwilget suspension bridge across the Bulkley River, British Columbia; Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part III - Robert Wilton reports on the war in Russia - article includes several good photos; The Greater Duty - A Corporal in the Royal North-West Mounted Police finds himself in a predicament; In Unknown British Guiana - part 3, with wonderful photos; Tales of the Service - VII - The Saccharine Smugglers (off the Irish coast); Trench Journals - documenting the irrepressible gaeity of French and English soldiers engaged in trench warfare; A Slow Revenge - a snake story from Zululand; The Romance of Fossil-Hunting - with great photos including horse-powered bone hauling out of Red Deer Canyon, Alberta; St. Patrick's Purgatory - with great photos; Photo and brief article on Robert W. Patten of Seattle; Leaping from trees in the New Hebrides - with photo. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this most interesting issue. Book‎

‎Smith, Albert E.; Knight, Mrs. Hubert G.; Mackie, Donald; Besley, J. Campbell; MacArthur, L.W.A.; Pitt-Kethley, Victor; Stevens, George, Waters, Thorold; Stock, Ralph; Vivian, Herbert; Innes, J.R.‎

‎The Wide World, The Magazine for Men, December [Dec.] 1915, Vol. 36, No. 212 - Down the Amazon From Source To Mouth‎

‎Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Retribution - how a worthless son was punished on a ship circa 1902; My Experiences in Uganda - Mrs. Hubert G. Knight describes housekeeping in the heart of Africa where she also accompanied her husband on hunting trips to wild parts of Uganda; The Lost "Luck" - an important family talisman is lost and finally recovered in White Russia; Down the Amazon from Source to Mouth - Part III - J. Campbell Besley continue their dangerous journey, with interesting photos; Pat Ryan's Eldorado - L.W.A. MacArthur, F.G.S., recounts how a gang of rogues imposed upon a credulous Irish farmer; The Wonder-Lake of Trinidad - Pitch Lake - a seemingly bottomless lake of asphalt - article with photos; A Tough Ten Minutes - un uncommonly nasty predicament in River Falls, Wisconsin in 1902 involving Harry Owen; A Pressed Man - an amusing story of the early days of the Australian Light Horse; In Search of Adventure - Part V - the story of a chequered cruise, including photo of ocean graveyard Middleton Reef and 2,000 tons of coal burned by the French to prevent their capture by the Germans; The Fishermen's Republic - a photo-illustrated visit to the tiny Republic of Noli, founded before Rome; "Ways That Are Dark" - Former Straits Settlements public official J.R. Innes describes the cunning and audacity of the Chinese criminal; Photo of a large "Kelek", a raft of inflated goatskins, on the Euphrates; Photo of members of the I.W.W. being water-cannoned in San Diego; and more. pp. 8 [ads], 99-190, 10-32 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book‎