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Tymos, A.H.
The Leading Hand
139 pages. Circa 1967. "This is a story of my experience during six years of war, and of miraculous deliverance and protection. Knowing not which way to turn myself, I put my trust in a Higher Power, and an unseen hand took me out from place to place. I lived under five different governments. Poland, my country, was occupied by Russia and later by the Nazis. I was moved to Germany which was later under American occupation, and finally emigrated to Canada, now my beloved home." - Author. Frontis illustration of author in her youth. Photo of author, her husband and daughter inside back cover. A challenging true story of mystery and adventure. Prior owner's name inside front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Soldier of Fortune Magazine - May 1995
98 pages. Features: SEAL's top secret - the untold story of Red Cel; SOF in Russia - to T & E new Bizon SMG; Backpack nukes for Vietnam - inside special forces A-bomb project; Mercs making big $ in Angola; Citizen militias - are they really legal?; US military involved in Waco raid - documented proof. Average wear. Solid unmarked copy. Book
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Gault, John
The Fans Go Wild - Paul Henderson's Miracle
141 pages. Biography of the hero of the 1972 hockey summit series between Canada and the Soviet Union. "Tells Henderson's story from his childhood in southern Ontario when his father, Garnet, had trained him and encouraged him to make the NHL. On his way up, Paul Henderson suffered from the inequities of the feudal farm-team system, and saw his best friend in junior hockey black-balled because he wanted an education. He was one of the first to fight the system and improve players' conditions. Few players in the game have given as much as Paul Henderson. This book tells how and why he did it." - from dust jacket. Black and white photographic plates. Book clean and unmarked with light to moderate wear. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart cover. Nice solid copy overall. (Hopefully Henderson will one day be named to the Hockey Hall of Fame for his exploits on behalf of Canada.) Book
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Sawatsky, John
Gouzenko: The Untold Story
316 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Paints a picture of a complex and contradictory man. Igor Gouzenko came from an ultra-structured society where all decisions, from what job to take, to where to live... were made by the state. Suddenly, he wrenched himself and his family from this environment." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Lean to spine. Useful reference copy. Ex-Library
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Berger, Joseph
Nothing But the Truth
286 pages. Index. Joseph Stalin's prison camps - a survivor's account of the victims he knew. Author was the founder and General Secretary of the Communist Part in Palestine. He, along with thousands of other patriotic Russians, found himself summarily arrested and imprisoned. He spent 21 years in a dozen now notorious prison and labor camps.... Berger is believed to be the highest ranking political figure to emerge alive from Stalin's camps. Because of his steadfast refusal to speak anything but the truth under interrogation, he was repeatedly subjected to both mental and physical torture. More than once he lay close to death. But with indomitable will, he has survived to bear witness to the suffering of innocent people and to point the way toward a saner world." - from dust jacket. Book
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Klassen, Frank
The Trill of a Meadowlark
103 pages. "Reading this book you will travel with me on about 75 years of my life, also my ancestry where we originated from about 1781. Their final escape from Russia to Freedom in Canada as well. Included are stories and five autobiographies as told by some very interesting people. Crease to front cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Solid copy. Book
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Khalsa, Dayal Kaur
Tales of a Gambling Grandma
32 pages. Reminiscences of a grandmother who came to the US from Russia, married a plumber, gambled to earn extra money, and formed a strong bond with her young granddaughter. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Price-clipped dust jacket bears light wear and is now preserved in an archival-grade Brodart cover. Very nice copy. Book
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Lorimer, George Horace: Editor
The Saturday Evening Post Magazine: Volume 203 June 20, 1931 Number 51
148 pages. Contributors include: Eve Garrette Grady, Wallace Irwin, Sophie Kerr, Paul Jones, Frank Condon, Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Robert Lansing. Wonderful period advertisements include: Whitman's Chocolates, Sheaffer's Pens, Hart Schaffner & Marx, Campbell's Pork and Beans, La Salle V-8, Oldsmobile, General Electric Refrigerator, Ford Motor Company, Brookfield Butter, Republic Steel, Packard, Willys-Knight (gorgeous 2 page colour ad), Reo-Royale (lovely colour ad), Dutch Boy Paint, White Trucks, Franklin Auto (Colour Ad Featuring Amelia Earhart!), Jantzen Swimwear, DeVaux 6-75, Middishade Clothes, Monarch Foods, RCA Victor Superette. Articles include: Is There Forced Labor in Russia?; When Wilson Failed as Peacemaker, Airport Groundsman, Lion Taming. Average wear. Solid, unmarked copy. Book
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Polevoi, Boris; Simonov, Konstantin; Trachmann, Michael; Pavlenko, N.G. (Editor)
Liberation - in Slipcase
Unpaginated. A substantial and sobering pictorial review of the Second World War through the eyes of those in the USSR. Significant accompanying text in English. Book approximately one inch thick. Contains many dozens of black and white photos from the USSR National Archives of Film and Photo Documents. Binding secured at spine by masking tape. Book clean and unmarked. Moderate wear to illustrated slipcase. Book
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Woelk, Heinrich; Woelk, Gerhard
A Wilderness Journey - Glimpses of the Mennonite Brethren Church in Russia, 1925-1980: Perspectives on Mennonite Life and Thought No. 4
169 pages. Translated into English from the German by Victor Doerksen. Chapters include: The M.B. Church in Russia in Historical Perspective; The Persecution and Dissolution of the Local M.B. Churches - 1925-1941; The M.B. Church on its Wilderness Journey; The M.B. Church and the Baptists in Russia; The Rebuilding of the M.B. Church; The M.B. Church of Russia Today. Occasional black and white maps and illustrations. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding sound. Sound copy. Book
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Brett-James, Antomy
1812: Eyewitness Accounts of Napoleon's Defeat in Russia
308 pages. Index. Bibliography. Black and white photographic plates. Moderate wear to unmarked book. Average wear to dust jacket now preserved in new archival-grade Brodart cover. Solid copy. Book
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Sjoblom, Paul
Finland from the Inside
205 pages. Index. Eyewitness reports of a Finnish-American journalist, 1938-1997. Author spent a lifetime bridging the linguistic and cultural gap between Finland and North America. Covers Sibelius, the Winter War, the Continuation War and Finnish identity. Clean, bright and unmarked but for discard stamp upon top edge of text. Negligible wear. Very nice copy. Book
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Various Contributors
The Illustrated London News: March 14, 1959
Features: The Martin P6M-2 Seamaster Jet Seaplane; The Duke in Sarawak and North Brunei; The Sweet and the bitter in Russia; The Planet Mars - Part IV of a science series; Mr. Macmillan speaks on Russian Television; Westminster School; Austin A40 colour full-page ad; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
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Gouzenko, Igor (Signed)
The Iron Curtain
280 pages. Signed and inscribed upon front free endpaper by author to Roman Fast in June of 1949. Gouzenko was the Soviet embassy cipher clerk whose defection in 1945 marked the beginning of the Cold War. His revelations resulted in major investigations and dozens of arrests. Above-average wear to red boards. Binding intact. Unmarked. What appears to be a clipping from the dust jacket of a Second Printing copy is neatly affixed at half-title page. Said clipping provides major contemporary media reviews of this work. A treasure for your Espionage or Cold War collection. Book
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The (Victoria, British Columbia) Daily Colonist Newspaper: Wednesday, November 23rd, 1904 Issue
8 pages. A wonderful snap shot of life as it was on Vancouver Island 100 years ago. News of the day includes: Zemstvos Gathering in Russia; Elections in the Interior; West Hastings Ballot Box Case; Fighting the White Plague - Enthusiastic Gathering and Sale of Work at Balmoral Hotel; Canadian Northern Track Layers Making Good Progress; Atlin Flourishing; and much more. Dozens of advertisements including: "Half-Acre Lots: Just off Gorge Road, For Sale at $200, $225 and $250. (A Good Speculation)" Significant chipping along fold. Some yellowing. Few edge tears. Fatigue crack to central portion of all pages. Book
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The (Victoria, British Columbia) Daily Colonist Newspaper: Thursday, October 27, 1904 Issue
8 pages. A wonderful snap shot of life as it was on Vancouver Island 100 years ago. News of the day includes: Britain demands apology from Russia; Tremendous activity at all British naval stations; Saanichton for Captain Wolley - Big Gathering in the Agricultural Hall Applauds fine speeches by Conservaties; Forestry Work in the Dominion; The Yukon is being Deserted - Hardy Miners driven out by the Scandalous Jobbery of the Officials; Latest Shipping intelligence of the Port, Coast and Ocean; and much more. Dozens of advertisements including: "...Swift's Celebrated... Fresh Pork Sausage - Free from Adulteration." Significant chipping along fold. Some yellowing. Few edge tears. Book
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Jordan, George Racey (Signed); Stokes, Richard L.
From Major Jordan's Diaries *Signed and Inscribed By Author to Radio Personality Mary Margaret McBride*
284 pages. Index. Photo illustrated endpapers. Black and white photographic plates. "This startling story, never revealed in its entiretly before, is told with full documentation by Major Jordan, who served as liaison officer with the Russians at Great Falls, Montana - the staging base for Russian Lend-Lease supplies... Documents the two known shipments of uranium; explains how engraving plates from the U.S. Treasury were made available to Russia with the help of Harry Dexter White... This book could well be titled 'How We Helped Russia and How the Russians Helped Themselves'." - from dust jacket. Unmarked book bears moderate wear and sound binding. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Quality copy of this important record. Book
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Author Not Stated
Map of Siberia - Circa 1902
Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5" Circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
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Gerol, Ilya
The Threat
97 pages. "A forceful life of Soviet life and policies as they *should* be viewed in the west... Author was the first of the Soviet dissidents to be published in the western press." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
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Maxwell, Ian: Editor and Compiler
And it Was My War Too
313 pages. Black and white illustrations. A companion to 'This Was My War'. "A book of recollections of the world conflict of 1939-45... not confined to military matters... almost half the stories are those of children or adolescents, and three quarters are by Jews, Poles or Russians; upon whom the war imposed far the greatest hardships." - from Foreward. Stories include: Good Luck - Even in Hell; Russian Veterans I Knew; Partisan - The Story of George Kartsaklis; An Unforgettable Chapter of My Life; H.M.S. Raleigh; Short and Savage; A Child's Memory of the Holocaust; Now Every Day is a Beautiful Day; My Far East Furlough. Unmarked with light wear and soiling. Tight and square. Sound copy. Book
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Correspondents of The Times
The Times History and Encyclopaedia of the War - Part 105, Vol. 9, August (Aug.) 22, 1916 - The Russian Offensive of 1916, First Phase
Numerous black and white photographs. "...Framed with the object of producing an account of the great contest now in progress, which shall be at once popular and authoritative... An account written by men of great experience in political, military, and naval matters... Will contain a great deal of first-hand material which will be really valuable to historians of the future." - From Preface. Contents: Chapter CXXXVII - The Russian Offensive of 1916, First Phase. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Magazine
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Schofield, Jack: Editor
BC (British Columbia) Aviator Magazine: September/October 1994
Features: 'Twas Ever So Good - The Famous 418 "City of Edmonton" Intruder Squadron of the RCAF; Stinson Reliant goes to Russia; Intergranular Corrosion - Part 3 of 6; In the Twyford Zone - Aircraft Washrooms; Hurry Up and Wait - tales from Jack Schofield. Nice copy. Magazine
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Gadney, Reg
Cry Hungary! : Uprising 1956
184 pages. Index. Abundantly illustrated with often graphic archival black and white photograph. "Takes us straight back to those thirteen days in October, 1956, when the Hungarian people rose up against the crushing Soviet occupation of their country." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Usual library markings. Worthy reference copy of this important history. Book
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Bradley, John
Allied Intervention in Russia
251 pages. Index of names. Bibliography. Maps. "Almost 50 years after the event, the Alliled intervention in Russia following the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917 remains a conroversial issue. For that reason, and because so much government documentary material has remained inaccessible, it has been badly neglected by professional historians... Provides a wealth of completely new material... The obscure beginnings of the intervention, November 1917 to August 1918, are thoroughly explained, and the role of Japan and Czechoslovakia Corps in the military strategy of the Allies is examined." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Front hinge open. Reading copy only. Book
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Wilson, H.W.: Editor
The Great War Magazine - Part 11: The Standard History of the All-Europe Conflict (World War 1/One)
Cover photo of Grand Duke Nicholas, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armies. Centerfold devoted to the contributions of New Zealand and Australia. Topics: How Germany Attached our Commerce, and 'Russia's Stupendous Task and her Stupendous Army." Photos and illustrations include: Interesting German Naval Units; With a British Cruiser in the North Sea; Austrian seige guns; Modern artillery practice; Cossacks; Russian Howitzer training; Russia rols west; The Tsar and his military chiefs (montage); Russian mobilisation; The 'Three Emperors' Corner'; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Front cover almost detached. Book
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Wilson, H.W.: Editor
The Great War Magazine - Part 112: The Standard History of the All-Europe Conflict (World War 1/One) October 7th, 1916
Cover portrait of General Alexei Burssiloff - the brilliant army leader on Russia's South-western front. Feature: Newfoundland's Heroic Part in the War. Photos of four members of one Newfoundland family who died in battle July 1st, 1916. Photos of the 'high-explosive express' rail mounted British gun. Russia Resurgent - The Summer Offensive of 1916 to the Fall of Stanislau. Centerfold photos of King George. Photos of German prisoners. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
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Katkov, George
Russia 1917: The Kornilov Affair - Kerensky and the Break-up of the Russian Army
210 pages. Index. "Examines the events surrounding the coup d'etat supposedly planned against the Provisional Government by General Kornilov, the supreme commander of the Russian armed forces." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Average wear. Front free endpaper removed. Sound working copy. Book
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Nork, Karl
Hell in Siberia
222 pages. The account of a German soldier held captive behind the Iron Curtain. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Sound copy. Book
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Dyson, George B.
Baidarka: The Kayak
215 pages. Index. Wonderfully illustrated in colour and black and white. "A grand, detailed book that will be a standard for years to come." - James A. Michener. "The history, development and redevelopment of the Aleut kayak" - from back cover. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Correspondents of The Times
The Times History and Encyclopaedia of the War - Part 159, September (Sept.) 4, 1917
Front cover illustration of the red flag at the gate of the Tsar's Palace. Abundantly illustrated in black and white with excellent contemporary photos. Contents: Chapter CXCVI - The Adbication of the Tsar... Russia in 1916, The Stuermer Premiership, Growth of Discontent, M. Protopopoff as Minister of the Interior, Meaning and history of the autocracy, character of the Tsar, why the revolution failed in 1905-7, The Empress Alexandra, Forces behind the throne, Rasputin, His Murder, Economic Chaos in Russia, Responsibility of M. Protopopoff, The Revolution, March 1917, Police Provocation, Diary of Events in Petrograd, Provisional Government under Prince Lvoff, The Duma, Recognition of the new government by the Allies. Very important history. Average wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
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Correspondents of The Times
The Times History and Encyclopaedia of the War - Part 169, November (Nov.) 13, 1917. The Disorganization of Russia, March-July 1917
Cover portrait of M. Kerensky. Abundantly illustrated with black and white photos. Contents: Rise of the Soviet; Bolsheviks and Maximalists; Jewish Influences; Indiscipline in the army; Kerensky abolishes the death penalty; Alexeieff as Generalissimo; German Propaganda; Lenin and his agents; Resignation of Miliukoff; Provisional government's note to the allies; replies of Great Britain and France; No annexations and no indemnity; Resignation of Gutchkoff; A coalition cabinet; the 'soldier's charter'; dismissal of generals; Kerensky's visit to the armies; chaos in Russia; confiscation of land; mutinees in the fleet and armies; The Sukhomlinoff Trial; All-Russian congress of Soviets; Drunkenness revived; Treatment of the Imperial family; The Revolution and the Church; Fraternization with the enemy; women solderis. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Please note: the following issues may be of interest: Part 13 - The History of the Russian Army/The Russian Army at the Outbreak of War; Part 32 - Russia's Problem - The First Invasion of East Prussia; Part 33 - The Russian Conquest of Galicia; Part 44 - The last phases of the Russian Winter Campaign (1914-15); Part 50 - The Russian Offensive in the Carpathians (1915); Part 55 - The Campaign against the Baltic Provinces/ The Austro-German Victory on the Dunajec; Part 56 - The Reconquest of Przemysl and Lemberg; Part 61 - The Fall of Warsaw; Part 65 - The Advance from Warsaw, Last stages of the summer campaign (1915); Part 97 - Russia at War; Part 105 - The Russian Offensive of 1916 - first phase; Part 110 - The Russian Offensive of 1916 - Second phase; Part 122 - The Russian Offensive of 1916 - last phase; Part 124 - The Russian Campaign in 1915-16 in Armenia; Part 159 - The Adbication of the Tsar. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
The Great War - The Standard History of the World-Wide Conflict: Part 193, April 27, 1918 - The Collapse of Russia
Cover portrait of Commander Locker-Lampson, with British Armoured Cars in Russia. Features: How Canada Won New Glory in 1916-17 (conclusion); The Collapse of Russia, including Bolshevik photos. Centerfold features four sepia images of British actions in Russia. Cover detached but present. Pages loose but present. Rusty around staples. Average wear. Book
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The Great War - The Standard History of the World-Wide Conflict: Part 194, May 4th, 1918 - The Breakup of Russia (cont'd)
Cover photo of "Fighting Britons showing Cossacks how to use machine-guns". Feature: The Collapse of Russia (conclusion), with many great photos. Centerfold features amazine photos of British women performing heavy industrial labour in support of the war effort. Cover detached but present. Rusty around staples. Average wear. Book
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The War Illustrated - Part 180: 26 January 1918 - The Vision of a New Europe
Features: The Story of the Growth of the Admiralty War Staff (story and photos); The Queen of the Adriatic and the Holy City; Venice Preserved and Jerusalem Delivered; Intervals of play in the wearying work of war; Duty and Piety from Dieppe to the Piave; American Ardour at home, abroad and afloat; The Vision of a New Europe (story); Vain German Rain of Bombs and shine of armour; Labour that paves the way for further progress; Theft and 'Protectsie' in Russia - Some Evils of the Old Regime as I saw them, by Hamilton Fyfe; Side Shows in the Panorama of War; Kaiser Wilhelm Gloats over Italy at Gorizia; Where Allies are Aiding the Intrepid Italians; Destroyers and their doings (story); New signs in the sky of coming air activity; U Boat Outrage on a Helpless Hospital Ship; Scarred Heroes Reach the Sanctuary of Home; The Somerset Light Infantry (story). Above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
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The War Illustrated - No. 182 - 9 February 1918 - Aerial Possibilities of 1918
Features: Aerial Possibilities of 1918 (story); Aerial activity from Flanders to the Adriatic; Physical fitness Guarded in Trench & Dug-out; Where Snowy Winter is called a temporary truce; With General Marshall's men in Mesopotamia; From the Field of Conflict to the Camp of Care; Brought to the fore by Revolution in Russia; New Light on the True Inwardness of Bolshevism (story by Hamilton Fyfe); Behind the lines in lands of Beauty and Romance; Protective Colouring and Pyrotechnics in War; Some thrilling episodes in the story of the Light Cruisers (story); Below-Deck Heroes Daily Brave unseen danger - photos of the 'black squad' feeding the boilers with coal; Aspects of Sir Edmund Allenby's Palestine Army; American Soldiers enter sternly into action; Emergencies in Frontier Fighting in the East; Mountain Climbing in the Mahsud Campaign; Active Women Wield the Woodman's Axe and saw; Keepting the ways clear with constant work; The 7th Canadian Infantry (story). Average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
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The Northern Mariner - The Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society: July 1995
Articles: The North Pacific Campaign in Perspective; The Origins of British Whaling - Pre-1750 English and Scottish Involvement in the Northern Whale Fishery; We Have Missed Another Great Opportunity - G.G. McGeer, Alaska, and the Politics of Failed Advocacy; plus numerous book reviews. Three book reviews circled in Table of Contents else clean with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The War Illustrated - December 29th, 1917
Features: The Hun's Last Hope - Gravity of the Coming German Offensive on the West; Photos of Railways and Waterways where war has passed by; Doughty Gurkhas and Punjabis in the Desert; Won from the Crescent by the New Crusaders - Allenby captures Jerusalem; Exit the Enemy from 'German' East Africa; With Marshall's Men in Mesopotamia; Booty of the 'Bonnets' on the way to Bourlon; The Rumbling of the Storm - how Russia entered the war in a spirit of Brooding Unrest; Gallantry at Guislain and Mercy at Masnieres; Inspiriting Incidents in the Cambrai conflict; The Kaiser's spies in England - how the system worked and failed in this country, by Tighe Hopkins; Where the 'Tanks' went forward towards Cambrai; Moving heavy guns to meet the Menace on the West; Various victims of vagrant and warring airmen; German ships used by United States Soldiers; Royal interest in the work of British inventors; St. George & Jerusalem - article (and full-page map) - End of Four Centuries of Turkish misrule in the Holy City. Average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. A sound copy. Book
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The War Illustrated - 12 January, 1918
Features: What really happened at Kut (article); Winter photos from the western front; Photos of massive guns in France; Cairns to the memory of Verdun; Why were we misled? - an article to shed some light upon the corruption and ineptitude in Russia; French allies who aided in Allenby's advance; Article - Meeting the Spy Menace - how Britain's counter-espionage was successfully carried out; Help for homeless Hun victims; Airplane caught in mast of wireless station!; article - dealing with the U-Boat - some wonderful episodes in the hunting of the Submarine Hun; Photo of Col. J.H. Patterson, D.S.O. inspecting the Jewish Battalion; glimpses of some warships in the American Navy; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. A sound copy. Book
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The War Illustrated, No. 187, 16 March 1918
Cover illustration of H.M. Field Pigeon Post. Illustration of a runner. "How Japan May Rescue Russia" by Lovat Fraser. Photos of Allenby's Anzacs reaching Jericho and the Jordan. Photos of Maple Leaf Heroes Who Hold the Line at Lens. Photos of Men of the Navy Active Mid Arctic Snow & Ice. Photos of Getting Ready for the Roaring of the Guns, including photo of a great dump/shell park along the French Western Front. Photos of Great Naval Ordnance that Awaits the Onset. "The Assembly Trench" by 'Sapper'. Photos along the Allied Line; Peaceful pursuits over classic battlefields. Illustration of Canadian narrow-gauge armoured engine supplying ammunition to the front. "F.O.O. in a Daylight Raid" - 20 minutes in an enemy trench. Wounded borne in barges by quiet waterways. Women's war work. Illustration of German observer post concealed behind an image of Christ on the cross. Safeguarding the Soldier - how Australia has taken thought for the future. Photos of Americans in France. Mascots and Pets share their masters' peril - photos. And more. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. Sound copy. Book
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The War Illustrated, No. 232 - 25 January 1919
Cover illustration of British soldier on skis in North Russia. Illustration of the French deliverers in Saverne (Zabert). War Reputations Lost and Won - article by Hamilton Fyfe. British Ships Against Bolshevism in the Baltic - 3 photos including the H.M.S. Calypso and Caradoc plus H.M.S. Angora and Wakeful. U Boat U44 Salvaged - 4 photos. Under the White Ensign in Kiel's Black Waters - 3 photos including the H.M.S. Hercules. Some of the Naval Inventions Employed in the War - article. Photos of the famous German Battle Cruiser Goeben. Two photos of Allenby and his men in Cairo. The Price in Blood and Treasure - article. Photo of earth removal at the base of the Vendome Monument in Paris. Several interesting photos of British mines and the mine-layer 'H.M.S. Wahine.' Four sensational photos of the Handley Page 'Giant'. How Paris & Dunkirk suffered by Bomb and Shell - two maps. Three photos of Holzminden, the worst camp of all. Hun Inhumanity to Helpless Men - some facts about German Prison Camps. Photos of Winners of the V.C. in the last weeks of the war. Demobilising the V.A.D.'s. Some soiling to covers. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. A sound copy. Book
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The Great War Magazine - Part 63 - 30 October 1915 *RUSSIA IN WAR TIME*
Cover portrait of Alexandra Feodorovna, Empress of Russia. Chapter LXXXII - An Inside View of Russia in War Time - Many photos. Centerfold photos from Gallipoli. Chapter LXXXIII - The Heroic Struggle on Gallipoli Peninsula and the Sulva Bay Battles - many great photos. Please note that this chapter is continued in the next issue. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. A sound copy. Book
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Schulz, Henry (Signed)
Snowborne - The Siberian Chronicles of Henry Schulz
229 pages. Author's signature upon first blank leaf. "A novelized history of one man's family and the travails of building a society in a barren land... Captures the hardships and fortunes of Czarist Russia, continuing through the throes of the Bolshevik Revolution, and on to a new life in Canada... A gathering of high adventure, folktales, history, emotion and tradition too valuable to be lost." - from back cover. Average wear. Tight and square. Unmarked. Black and white illustrations. A sound copy. Book
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Various Authors
India Centre Quarterly: The Russian Enigma - Summer/Monsoon 1994
298 pages. Occasional illustrations. Contributions include: Russia as the Alternative Universal; Russia and the Oriental Despot; The Russian Intelligentsia; What Russia Means to India; Russian Epiphany - Recreating the Sacred; Emancipated Cinderellas - Women in Russia; Idiocy and Civilisation - a study of the Idiot by Dostoevsky;; Neo-Hindu Movements and Orthodox Christianity in Post-Communist Russia; Time, Memory and History in the Work of Andrei Tarkovsky; India's Bollywood in Russia. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound working copy. Book
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Young, Scott
Canada Cup of Hockey / 76 - The Official History
160 pages. Superb colour photography throughout. "The official history of Canada Cup '76. It relives in word and picture the great moments of the tournament, the drama and the excitement... Game summaries, statistics and double-page colour portraits of each of the six teams are included. The story of the development of international hockey and of hockey in each of the six Canada Cup countries is told. Includes chapters on the 1972 and 1974 Canada-Soviet series and the 1976 NHL-Soviet exhibitions... A permanent souvenir." - from dust jacket. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper else clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket bears several closed tears and is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A sound copy of this sensational work. Hockey fans of they 1976 era will marvel at the many wonderful photos as they relive this memorable series. Book
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Beaty, John
The Iron Curtain Over America
207 pages. Index. "For more than a thousand years a fundamental problem of Europe, the source, seat, and historic guardian of Western civilization has been to save itself and its ideals from destruction by some temporary master of the men and resources of Asia." - opening sentence. A fascinating and disturbing read which remains most timely decades later. Author's qualifications are impeccable. Above-average wear and soiling. Binding intact. A quality reading copy. SEIDMAN B85, WEEMS p.58, SINGERMAN 829. Book
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Wertsch, James V. (Translator and Editor)
The Concept of Activity in Soviet Psychology
439 pages. Bibliographical references. Provides "A glimpse into an inclusive dynamic psychology that is one of the world's best examples of how a unified science of humankind might be constructed." - from Preface. Moderate wear. Usual library markings. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
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Friesen, P.M.
The Mennonite Brotherhood in Russia (1789-1910)
1065 pages. Footnotes. Subject Index. Name Index. Occasional black and white illustrations. Translated from the German. Originally published in German in 1911. "Clearly the most important single historical document to emerge from the Mennonite community in Russia." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this substantial tome. Book
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Robertson, Terence; O'Brien, Andy; Robinson, Cyril; Stainsby, Donald; Trent, Bill; Lake, Rhodi; Klyn, Doyle
Weekend Magazine, Vol. 12, No. 50 - December 15, 1962 - Toronto's Gaslight Girls - Robin Saloum Cover Photo
46 pages. Features: Can Russia Claim the Moon? - There's a red flag waiting for U.S. space men even if they are first on the planet; Classic full-page colour photo ad for Swanson TV Dinners (remember them!?); Crowds adore a Canadian Matadora - Carolyn Hawyard knows and revels in the dangers of the bull ring - article with photos; Nostalgic full-page colour photo ad by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau promoting use of the bean; Nice two-page colour photo ad for the various Christie's crackers/snacks; Toronto Restaurant the Gaslight Club employs beautiful female actresses, dancers and models to serve its patrons - article with many great colour photos of Shawna Wong, Agnes Simo, Eunice Beadle, Paula Jarvis, Yvonne Saunders, Lyn Chisham, singer Sonny Caulfield, Colleen Collins, Della Engen, Nina Prodon, Rochelle Ruland, Steffany Conwright, Heide Lamperstorfer, Jacqueline Gould, Paula Jarvis, and Kari Von Kantz; Hockey's Toughest Town - Mixing mayhem and money makes music in Chicago - article with photos in Chicago Stadium; Terror at the Carnival - Consuela Flores saves Randy Moore of Halifax from her 65lb African leopard - article with photos; Home Built on 2,000 Years of History - Michael and Elizabeth Moran of Beach Grove, BC discover native remains when building on their lot - article with photos; Centerfold advertisement for Ronson products; Montreal Lawye H. Carl Goldenberg - article with photos; Smitten with Knittin' - voluntary knitting classes after schooll at Capilano Elementary School in North Vancouver; Nice colour full-page ad for Shulton products; Du Maurier colour ad suggests giving cigarettes for Christmas(!); Cake recipes; Great colour photo and write-up on Montreal Canadiens player Gilles Tremblay; Santa visits Toronto's Firehall No. 7; Nipper comic. Printed by newspapers across Canada as a weekend supplement. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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MacLennan, Hugh; Moon, Barbara; Bannerman, James; Early, Marjorie; Hutchison, Bruce; Frayne, Trent; Eaton, Cyrus; Baxter, Beverley; Gilmour, Clyde; Allen, Robert Thomas
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, March 29, 1958 - Henri Richard is the "Pocket Rocket"
64 pages. Features:Nice one-page colour ad for the '58 Plymouth with "Torsion-Aire; We must come to terms with Russia - or perish; Britain is rocked by air crash of Manchester United; Nostalgic full-page colour-photo ad for Aquascutum short wool coats; The Private Side of Politics - a panel speaks informally with John Diefenbaker adn Mike Pearson; Margaret - sister of the Queen - great article with many photos; Bruce Hutchison explains "What Went Wrong with the Boom" - economic analysis; Colour photos by John de Visser; How Henri "The Pocket Rocket" Richard Beat His Kid-Brother Jinx - article with great photos; Nostalgic centrefold ad for Inglis appliances for 1958; Uncommon colour photo ad for Scott-Atwater outboard motors; Huge two-page ad for the Conservative Party of Canada features full-page black and white photo of John Diefenbaker; Snappa Cappa Red Cap Ale - colour one-page photo ad shows fisherman opening bottle; Nice B/A ad on back cover. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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St. Johns, Adela Rogers; Haycox, Ernest; Hough, Henry Beetle; Clark, Philip; Blochman, Lawrence G.; Bradshaw, George
Collier's Magazine, January 17, 1948 - Finland in Russia's Shadow / Fraternal Order of Eagles
74 pages. Articles: Your Ice-age ancestor - a geologist finds a new type of prehistoric American in Mexico; Under a Red Thumb - Finland's freedom is an illustion with a neighbor like Russia; Civil Rights Mean Good Business - so says Charles Luckman; Human Eagles - Analyzing the appeal of the F.O.E. (Fraternal Order of Eagles); The Coiffures are Not Comic - girls are getting ideas for hair-doos from the funnies; The Flying Bietilas - Six famous ski jumpers in one family! Fiction: The Third Money (part 1 of 4); Snow in the Canyon; The Kissing of Patricia; One More river to Cross; Cocktails at Blindman's Lake (conclusion); The Bedspread. Ads include: Pepsodent - featuring Nancy Ruhl; Western Electric; Sieberling tires; Freuhauf Trailers; Admiral phonographs (nice colour photo one-page ad); Milky Way chocolate bars (cute one-page color photo); Firestone "Super-Balloon" tires (two-pages); Frazer cars (attractive one-page in color); The New Hudson (color centerfold); Goebel beer; "I Remember Mama" movie; Squibb Dental Cream; "Cass Timberlane" movie; Blatz beer; Lucky Strike cigarettes (back cover). Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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