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Maclean's Magazine, 6 April 1998 - The Trudeau Phenomenon 30 Years Later
72 pages. Features: Trudeau cover photo; When We Were Young - looking at the Truedeau phenomenon 30 years later; Jean Charest leaves the Progressive Conservatives to seek the Quebec Liberal leadership and go head-to-head with former federal colleague Lucien Bouchard; Nova Scotia election ends in dead heat; RCMP kills two on Tsuu T'ina reserve near Calgary; School shooting at Jonesboro, Arkansas by Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden; Yeltsin's cabinet cleanout; Photo of Bill Clinton with Nelson Mandela in the latter's prison cell; Has Oil Hit Bottom? - price per barrel is US$16.76; Deidre McMurdy on Dual-Class share structures and how they allow families and senior managers to enrich themselves; Allan Gregg on what the future holds for Canada; Atom Egoyan's Oscar Diary; Review of Michael Ignatieff's book The Warrior's Honour, with photo; Ontario education funding feud between teachers and boards. Somewhat above-average wear. Prior owner's name stroked out on address label on front cover. A sound copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, December 27, 1982 - The Comic Triumph of SCTV - Andrea Martin Cover Photo / The Burzynski Cancer Cure?
Features: Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski of Houston and his expensive, unproven cancer cure; Who Said Canada was Dull?, by Charles Gordon; The economy - facing up to visions of 1930; Make-work jobs for the military; Yukon native land claims settlement; Huge Quebec power outage; Lech Walesa's joyless ride in Poland; Sentry Armoured Courier of New York is robbed; Earthquake in North Yeman; Risk of world economic breakdown; German politics; Peter C. Newman on high-tech pioneers in the west - Corvec Data Systems and Paul Daniell; Trent Frayne on money issues in sports; Cover Story - The Comic Triumph of SCTV with colour photos; Kerosene heaters - are they safe?; A defeat for the Garrison Diversioin project; New faces for kids with Down's Syndrome; Economy causes long, slow, squeeze in newsrooms and news coverage; The death of Aramaic; Canada's largest-ever foreign exhibit of Canadian culture, in Germany; Last Minute Vaction business. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, August 23, 1982: Lebanon - Flames and the Future
Features: Piece by Paul H. Robinson, US Ambassador to Canada; The Hard Politics of Bill Bennett's hard sell in B.C.; Resurrection of Robert Bourassa; Eric Akland dies in Aylmer, Quebec; Niagrary River pollution protesters; Cover Story - Lebanon - Flames and the future after Israelli invasion; Q&A with David Kimche, of the Israelli Foreign Ministry; Jews murdered in Paris - reaction to Lebanon invasion; British pound in decline - black mark for monetarism; Alexander Haig's calculated climb; South Africa - death in dark places; Canada's regional airlines fight for the skys - Nordair and Quebecair; End of economic miracle - AEG-Telefunken AG; BC's BCRIC; Steel and forestry industries hit very hard by economy; Jack Donohue and his unknown Canadian basketball team; Labor - unemployment and new despereation; Deely Bobbers; Drive-in theatres; United Church dares to tread; The Guardian Angels - citizen's call to arms; New Wave music toughs it out - photo of David Byrne/Talking Heads; Entertainment reviews. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, November 15, 1952 *Karsh Photos of Vancouver*
Features: Cover art by Franklin Arbuckle shows man selling flowers to Grey Cup lineup; Colour photo Parker Pen ad inside front cover; Editorial - 'Why Appease South Africa?'; Fantastic 4-page section of black and white photos of vintage toys plus descriptions - a list of Christmas toys provided by The Canadian Playthings Institute; Karsh Photographs the Face of Canada - beginning with Vancouver, 'A City Built on Timber - Water is a Secondary Theme' - the first of ten picture essays; Is the Liberal Party on the Ropes? - defeats of Liberal leaders in six provinces; They'll Keep the Pace - The New Pioneers of the Peace River Country, with colour photos; The Most Beautiful Girl on TV - Toby Robins - with 16 black and white photos; How to Bring Up an Only Child; The Spritely Czar of the CPR - William Van Horne; The City Where Dancing's A Crime - Trois Rivieres, Quebec - article with six black and white photos; Thoughts on Mackenzie King, by Bruce Hutchison; The Killer in the Snow - story by Will F. Jenkins, illustrated by Ben Turner; Granpa was a Freshman - at 52 Allan Hull enrolled at the University of British Columbia - with 3 photos; Lovely colour Kodak photo ad shows mother recording her son's height on doorframe; Great full-page colour illustrated Coke ad displays the four seasons; The Face that People Forget - Alec Guiness; *Fantastic* eight-page colour centerfold ad section for Chrysler, DeSoto, Dodge and Plymouth 1953 models; Colour photo ad for Heinz Soups; Colour-illustrated ads for Sunbeam Coffeemaster and Mixmaster; Two-colour ad for Austin cars; Colour ad for Waterman's Pens with Christmas theme; Ad for the General Electric Rotary Ironer; Colour full-page ad for Chevrolet; Nice colour Old Dutch ad on back cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, April 15, 1942: Italian Jet Aircraft
56 pages. Features: Colour cover photo of the lift locks at Peterborough, Ontario; Two photos of an Italian propellerless (jet) airplane above an editorial entitled "Weapons Win Wars"; Big Ben Westclox ad with military theme; RCA Victor ad explains how their transmitters and receivers are ready to warn Canada of surprise attack; Parker Vacumatic Pen ad; Bruce Hutchison writes about Canadians in light of his millionaire friend, Captain Archibald Maule Ramsay, and Marshal Petain, of Vichy; Spring Practice, a story illustrated by John Scott; They Were Prepared - the true story of an unnamed Nova Scotia coastal community which was organized to rescue survivors of a torpedoed boat; Japan's Cult of Death, by Morris C. Shumiatcher claims "Fanatic Jap soldiers welcome death because to die in battle is to be worshipped as a god."; Listen Boss, Now Listen! - story by Neill C. Wilson; Interesting short BC article reports on the evacuation of the Japanese and the provinces fear that it may come under Japanese attack; Bomber Ferry - The Royal Air Force Ferry Command delivers aircraft to Britain under the command of Sir Frederick Bowhill - article with photos; Toat to Tomorrow - story by Manning Coles; Pianist Ross Pratt - portrait of a Canadian whom U.S. critics have called one of the 'most gifted' younger pianists; Woodbury soap ad featuring photos of Claire Morin of St. Joseph de Beauce, Quebec; Ford Motor Company ad explains their Xray process for examining crankshafts to be used in fighting equipment; Two-colour ad for Hewetson Shoes of Brampton, Ontario. Address label atop front cover. Faint erasure to front cover. Moderate wear. A sound wartime issue. Book
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The Wide World Magazine, March 1917: The White "Maori"
91 pages plus 24 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Features: The Artificial Volcano - an incident of the Italian campaign in the Dolomites; Soko the Stanleyville Chimp - raised by the author J.A. Jordan - with many photos; Seven to One - a vendetta and Arkansas farmer Walter Ridgeley of the Texarkana area; A Lofty Ambition - Tom Needham of Cleveland, Ohio recounts how he tried to perform a high dive from a lofty bridge to become a famous actor - with photos; A Canadian Lumber Camp at Riviere aux Ecorces, Quebec - Part II - with photos; In the Casting Pit - a tale of one of the finest deeds of courage and self-sacrifice on record; On the Road in the country of Georgia, by R.Courtier-Forser - illustrated; The White "Maori" - Kimble Bent spent 50 years in the bush - with photos; The Old Firm - a remarkable mystery is recounted from the documents and personal narratives of W.H. Holloway; The Strength of Dan Dempster - this Canadian frontier railway track foreman saved the men of a work-train from destruction with a superhuman act of strength; Round Labrador and Hudson's Bay - Part 1 of E.W. Hawkes' 3,000 mile journey, with great photos; Finding a Wife - S.A. Beattie went hunting for Jaguars in the British Honduras... but ended up with a wife; Throssell's "V.C." - How Hugo Throssell won the Victoria Cross at Gallipoli; Photo of two Jewish street merchants in New York's east side. Lovely color ad for the Vose Player Piano on back cover. Above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this interesting vintage issue. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, August 15, 1937 *Rabbit Maranville - Manager of the Montreal Royals*
48 pages. Cover illustration by Eric Aldwinckle shows dapper tourist inspecting totem pole. Contents: Short article with photo on North American drought - photo shows sand drifts two to five feet high on the road allowance at Kisbey, Saskatchewan, 4 June, 1937; Uncommon full-page ad for Nesbitt, Thomson & Company - Gold Prospecting Theme; Parcker Vacumatic Pen Ad; The Man Who Was Careful - story by Elmer Davis; Via the North Pole - Air Commodore H. Hollick-Kenyon on what Russia's trans-polar flights mean to the future of aviation - with photos and map; The Road Never Dies, story by Bruce Hutchison; Television Broadcast, by Thomas Wayling - a layman's description of how the new wonder of the air works its miracle - with photos; Beverley Baxter on What's Happening in Europe; - with photos of Von Ribbentrop and The Leipzig; Yellow Cargo - story by Gordon Carroll; How's Your I.Q., by R.E. Knowles, Jr.; No More Bad Men - Dink Carroll writes about Rabbit Maranville, Manager of the Montreal Royals - with photo; Murder in Amber - story by Colver Harris; Animal Anecdotes - Fighting Turtles, by Phil H. Moore; Cigarettes, by Frederick Edwards - article with many great photos of cigarette production; Palmolive Soap ad features the Dionne Quintuplets; Full-page black and white Maxwell House Coffee ad bears the caption "What a Gay Dog You Are!" - as a woman dressed as Cleopatra chides her sullen husband dressed as a clown; Page of wonderful ads for thirteen private schools, including photo-illustrated ad for Ontario Ladies' College; Quarter-page photo ad for the Canadian National Exhibition's Coronation Year; Lovely half-page four-photo ad for Quaker Puffed Wheat featuring Shirley Temple; Article on How to Ice a Cake, by Helen G. Campbell; Lovely colour ad for Westinghouse radios on back cover features violin-maker Antonio Stradivari; Many more vintage ads. Moderately above-average wear. Address label atop front cover. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great issue. Book
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Canadian Collector Magazine, September/October, 1986, Vol. 21 No. 5 - Lorenz Biricz
76 pages. Features: Dealer Profile of Lorenz Biricz of Lorenz Antiques in Toronto; Sotheby's and Joyner's Spring Auctions; Collector Profile of Clair Stewart of Caledon - lithographic stones; Christopher Hartop of Christie's, New York; Stone for the Emperor - Song to Qing jades in the Royal Ontario Museum; Carving Nephrite and Jadeite in the Qing Dynasty; Miniature Delights - dollhouses; Caring for Works on Paper - Part 3 - Matting, Framing and Storage; Price Trends in English Pottery - interest surges in ironstone, Delftware, slipware and majolica; The Prints of Carl Schaefer Fellman; Mrs. Thrale Returns, by Paul A. Hachey; Cabinetmaker Thomas Nisbet of Saint John, New Brunswick; Travels from the hearth to the table in Montreal; Rural Quebec Table Setting; 18th Century French Table Setting; Victorian Table Setting; Seen at the shows; What's New. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Canadian Collector Magazine, November 1983, Volume 18, No. 6 - Joseph Schneider Home
78 pages. Features: Good Clear Cut Glass - Myths and misapprehensions cloud the Irish glass story; Mennonite Georgian - The Joseph Schneider Home, Kitchener, Ontario; Architectural Drawing in Quebec - Exhibition celebrates Quebec City's 375th anniversary; The Nation's Attic - The Smithsonian; The Potter's View of Canada - Canadian scenes on 19th century earthenware; Elizabeth and Jane - Their Work - Samplers; The Decoy in Canada; Horse Brasses - decorative pieces warded off the evil eye; The Weldon Collection - Specimens of China brought to the Colonies by the Early Settlers, Particularly the Loyalists - English Porcelain - Part III. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Canadian Collector Magazine - September/October 1982, Vol. 17 No. 5: Cape Spear Lighthouse
71 pages. Features: Boiserie de Nantes - 18th century Rococo panelling in the Chateau Ramezay; Cape Spear - Parks Canada restores Newfoundland's oldest existing lighthouse; Rags to Riches - the newsboy in 19th century American art; Painted Carpets - 19th century trompe l'oeil in rural Quebec; Restoration and Renovation III - Mechanical Systems; Barn-Framer and Farmer - Traditional Patterns govern the orderly world of Mennonite barns and farms; Not to be taken lightly - the many intriguing shapes of antique poison bottles; When Furniture Becomes Folk Art - Neustadt cabinetmaker John P. Klempp (1857-1914); Medalta's Art Wares; Odds and Ends and Ingenuity. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Goyens, Chrys; Orr, Frank; Duguay, Jean-Luc
Maurice (Rocket) Richard - Reluctant Hero
160 pages. Bibliography. Profusely illustrated with archival photographs. "How did a shy boy from North-End Montreal become an idol to millions and an enduring icon right up to his death, six decades later? This book provides the answers." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. A superior copy of this wonderful tribute to "The Rocket". Book
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Maclean's Magazine, 31 May 2010: Canada's Smartest Cities
66 pages. Features: Third Annual Rankings of Canada's Smartest Cities; Why the Bloc Quebecois has been good for Canada; Mark Steyn on the Rich and the Stupid; Alberta's biggest property developers - massive beaver dam discovered; Heather Reisman on her enemies; Editorial - deadly combination of cars and trucks with bicycles; Canadian Brain Gain; MP Spending; Ayaan Hirsi Ali - in conversation; The U.K. Tory Party Reborn; Southern Louisiana braces for oil spill to make landfall; How a group of nuns in Milan got caught up in the drug trade; WestJet's plans to conquer Air Canada and then the world; David Goldbloom writes about life as a psychiatrist; Heather Reisman and her critics - The Heseg Foundation; The stars at Cannes; Palestinian doctor Izzeldin Abuelaish; Cheese alternative food product; Japanese Rice-growing bra; The death of male lynx known as BC-03-M-02. Moderate wear. Address label on front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Ouellet, Fernand
Economic and Social History of Quebec 1760-1850, Structures and Conjonctures - Carleton Library Number 120
696 pages. "Argues that the cession of Canada to Great Britain had no significant influence on the colony's social, economic, or institutional structures - that, in fact, the 'trauma' of the conquest was a fabrication of the defensive psychology of later generations... Deflates a number of patent nationalist myths firmly embedded in the historical interpretation of the period." - from back cover. Above-average external wear. Former library copy with usual markings. Binding tight. A worthy working copy. Book
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Hailey, Arthur (Feature Article)
Maclean's Magazine, November 16, 1964 *Major Arthur Hailey Article on Alberta Premier Ernest Manning with Cover Photo*
82 pages. Features: Excellent cover photo of Premier Ernest Manning in front of the Alberta Legislature Building; Nice colour photo ad for 1965 Mercury Park Lane convertible; Big Canadian Push to Analyze Easter Island before civilization spoils the place; Why Canadians are practically the only diplomats that Washington trusts; How Sault Ste. Marie built the biggest little medicare scheme in Canada; Britain issues booklet "Treachery Is Their Trade" as required reading for civil servants vulnerable to attacks by Soviet spies; Editorial - Let's make friends, not enemies, with the mainland Chinese; How Arthur Hailey turned Reporter in Manning's Alberta; Ordeal by Rumor - The Skeletons in (Ernest) Manning's Cabinet, by Arthur Hailey - long, informative article including photos of cabinet ministers under clouds; Is the Family Doctor Vanishing?, by Claude P. Gendron, MD; How I Found Out the Toronto Argonauts Don't Really Lose Games on Purpose, by Peter N. Allison; Canada's 1967 Centennial celebration preparations - Will we be late for our own birthday parth? - a 'non'-progress report by Hal Tennant; When Mama Cooked Solomon Grundy, by Helen Wilson; The Killer That Could be Hiding in your car - Ray Stapley warns of the danger of metal fatigue in autos; The Many Worlds of Soviet Russia - Kenneth Bagnell reports on his five weeks in Russia, traveling from Moscow to Siberia to Central Asia; Nice colour-illustrated ad for the 1965 Ford Mustang Hardtop; Magnificent colour photo ad for the Lincoln Continental - featuring a white model with suicide doors; Nice colour-illustrated ad for the 1965 Ford Galaxie 500/XL Convertible (red); How Talk Show Host Pat Burns Won Fame and Fortune by Talking on the World's Biggest Party Line (CJOR) - article with photo; Quebec censor board censors La Terre a Boire; John Bradshaw - the man who got rich by making gardening sound easy; Colour photo ad for Coke on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, 28 April 2003 *Mike Weir Cover*
68 pages. Features: More for Mike Weir after his Masters victory?; The theft of Baghdad; Charest to lead Quebec; Clive Beddoe argues against Air Canada bailout; Oryx and Crake; The Frank Slide; Tribute to Ken McKenzie of the Hockey News; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Author Unknown
Arthur Guindon, Sulpicien: Artiste et Humaniste
Unpaginated. 0.3" thick. Text in French only. Illustrated in colour. Appears to be an exhibition catalogue. Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. An excellent copy. Book
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Little Things Magazine - The First Canadian Miniaturist Digest, Volume 1, Number 4, July 1982 - A Sip of Summer
48 pages. Black and white photos. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Pierre Ramet (part 1); How To - Wallhanging Project; Real Mini Roses for Real Mini Gardeners; Shelburne Museum; Show Report - M.E.Y.; Show Report - Quebec; The Doll Corner - Myra Barook; How to Project of a Different Kind - a Merry-Go-Round; Show Report - I.G.M.A.; How to Project - Building a box room on a budget (part 1); Whimsy-On-Why; Show Report - T.E.A.M.; Forst Canadian N.A.M.E. Get Together; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Nutshell News Magazine - For the Complete Miniatures Hobbyist, November 1987 - Etchings from a Canadian Vista / Minikins
Features: Maxine Smith - Miniaturist of the Month; Phyllis Sterbakov - Elegantly Victorian; J Designs - this British team has developed remarkable characters in period costume; Julia Keuttner shares her collection; Carolyn Kraft - miniature houseplants; Joe Burch - The Moore House; Eugene Martini's Wheels of Wonder - 1" scale carriages; Marti Barwick helps you decorate your dollhouse in country style; Jim Tidmore - Texas woodworker preserves his state's history; Martine Gingras-Hogue preserves the Quebec countryside in her inspired etchings; Carol Blake's mini-hats from yesteryear; DIY Carpet Sweeper in 1/2" or 1" scale; Kit Renderings - The Chippendale Chair; Joann's DIY Christmas Silhouettes - old-fasioned trees and holiday decorations; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, March 31, 1997 - RCMP Drug Bust Gone Wrong
64 pages. Features: The RCMP's handling of a drug case is marred by mishap and tragedy - Eugene and Michele Uyeyama murdered; Special report on Canada's federal opposition - The Reform Party/Preston Manning/Keith Martin/Gilles Duceppe; Alexa McDonough - the NDP's new leader needs a seat, a profile and more MPs; Jean Charest attempts to revive federal Tories; John Savage - Time to Bow Out; Burr, Saskatchewan - striptease fever; War on biker gangs in Saint-Nicholas, Quebec; John Major's Last Stand, with photo of scumbag Tony Blair holding Sun Paper bearing Rupert Murdoch's endorsement of him; Contentious developments in the EU; Vultures close in on the Eaton's Empire; SaskTel - Canada's last public phone firm may vanish; Upsetting Chretien's electoral applecart, by Peter C. Newman; The Blue Jays and the Expos - a tale of two budgets, with photo of Roger Clemens in Jays Uniform; Elvis Stojko Reigns Again; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Maclean's Magazine, 14 April 1997 - Anti-Smoking Laws Are Making Smoking Cool Again!
64 pages. Features: New poll finds Canadians are envied - happy; Too Many Tears - News about abused kids just keep getting worse - Patricia Johnson and her daughter Shanay; Letter from Beauce, Quebec; The Pearson Airport case may soon be resolved; Road to nowhere - Palestinians see home dimming for a real peace; Rise of Racism in Australia; Busang Mystery - Bre-X investors demand answers - geologist Mike de Guzman turns up dead; Misery on the markets - higher interest rates spell trouble for stocks and home buyers - Canadian dollar falling; Bre-X and the dark side of capitalism, by Peter C. Newman; The New Outlaws - Defiant smokers tell the government to butt out; Garfield Mahood makes no apologies for his aggressive tactics against Big Tobacco; Cigarette industry on defensive as pressure builds; Tiger Woods - ready to roar at the Masters in Augusta; Who should pay for ESL?; Breast cancer and the fat connection; Nova Scotia pays tribute to artist Maud Lewis; Lionizing athletes is a disservice to Blacks - so says Allan Fotheringham; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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McDonald, Kenneth
Keeping Canada Together
94 pages. Footnotes. Index. "Suggests there is a solution to Canada's political, economic and cultural problems that will lead to a better, freer, more workable country than the one we know now, without the need for any province to seek independence, or status as a "distinct society", or ano other condition that accords special privileges to some, but not to others." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, 6 December 2010 - Generation Screwed! - What Boomers are Leaving Their Children
82 pages. Features: Why should polygamy be a crime?; Beverley McLachlin in conversation; Paul Wells article on Jason Kenny; Airport Security - Don't Touch My Junk; Quebec - "A New Scandal All the Time"; Nancy Pelosi still talks tough despite mid-term loss; How Public Health Failed - HIV/AIDS; Brits are using credit like never before; Investing after the Great Recession; General Motors' 'comeback'; Feature Article - What the Boomers are Leaving Their Children; Teaching Swearing to ESL students; Keeping track of patients and their implants; Barbara Streisand's epic home reno; Canadian Garlic Types, once shunned, are a sought-after, and scarce, autumn staple; Oreste Mordini 1920-2010; and more. Average wear. Address label clipped from front cover. Book
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The Standard, 8 March 1947 - Weekly Montreal Pictorial Newspaper
16"x12.5" when folded in half. Features: The Alert and Progressive Civic Government of Arthur, Ontario - photos and nostalgic article; Glamorous Blonde - Lizabeth Scott - photos and article; Winnipeg Auditorium indispensable to City's Life - photos and story; Mary Matheson and her plans to bring books to Australian children; Anschluss - In Reverse - many Germans are seeking new citizenship; Major Article by Jacqueline Sirois - Gambling in Canada; Ottawa's aspirations as a city - with the rest of the country paying; Wonder pill offers hope for thousands of victims of anemia; Tuttle - story by Nicholas Scarlett; U.N. Trouble Shooters - Canadians use their service training to keep smooth the machinery of world piece - article with group photo of Lloyd Herman, Byron Wood and W. Murray Anderson; A Bird in the Hand - story by Gregory Clark; Cyrus Stephen Eaton and Charles Aubrey Eaton - They Represent Finance and Politics in US; Who is Sylvia? - story by Peter Carter-Page; Ontario's Gale Sherwood is Hollywood's newest star - photo and write-up; Pipe Down, You Guys - story by Doris Hedges; Large dramatic photo of tapping of the burning first oil gusher in Alberta's Leduc oil field; Oil Boom in (Leduc) Alberta - article with photos; Montreal police confused by Chinese men - who can't tell them apart!; Photo of man standing before a 108" saw blade in British Columbia; New Nickel find at Lynn Lake, Manitoba - story and photos; 20 page colour comic section; Red Morning - story by Ruby Frazier Frey; Natalie Bury of Vancouver; Leslie Bell - Conductor Extraordinaire - article and photos; SPEBSQSA - Society for the preservation and encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America; Tom Connors of Halifax - he's been collecting sports pictures for 50 years - photo and article; Snooker King - George Chenier - article; Peter Mews - mannequin creator explains how they are made for Clatworthy & Sons of Toronto - great photos and article; Whooping Cough tests in England show promise - photos and story; and more. Unmarked. Average wear and some moisture stains. A great vintage copy of this feature-oriented weekly which in later years became the Weekend Magazine. Newspaper
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The Standard, 22 March 1947 - Weekly Montreal Pictorial Newspaper
16"x12.5" when folded in half. Features: Fascinating photos and text present harsh life behind bars for Netherlands black market criminals; Beautiful large photo of Penny Edwards - discovered for movies because of her 'lovely legs'; Colour ad for Chase & Sanborn coffee; Armadillos on Texas Farm turned into lampshades by Mr. Apelt; King of Lumberjacks - Benoit Turcotte averages 3.5 cords a day - fantastic photos and text *Will be of considerable interest to anyone who has marvelled at William Kurelek's book "Lumberjack"; Icebreaker - opening of Stl Lawrence ship channel marks the first coming of spring - with photos of icebreaker the N.B. McLean at work in the St. Lawrence; Experiment in Socialism - A.J. Cummings reviews Labor's 20 months of office in London; Bulls and Banderilleros - Mexico ads new color to the traditional Spanish sport of bullfighting - photo and article; NHL Hockey Playoffs Are Here Again - Article and photos of (much smaller) Stanley Cup; Experts predict world mineral supplies will not last another war - major article by C. Fred Bodsworth; Big Business Comes to Ste. Marie - story by Eric Morris; Roy Thomson and Jack Kent Cooke - They Built a warehouse of radios into a gangling Canadian business empire - photo and article; Leave it to the Ladies - fiction by Gregory Clark; The Peer and the Pit-Lamp - fiction by Peter Carter-Page; A Lady to Dinner - fiction by Marsden Starkey; 20 page colour comics section; Prescription for Murder - fiction by Jane Layhew; Amazing photo of a "Snow Egg" on Plateau Mountain in northern B.C.; Pint-Size Pottery - Mrs. Trasey Bond lives near New Westminster, B.C. - photos and article; Isaac Kert creates crossword puzzles - photo and article; New Diamond Industry beginning in Montreal - Julius Gutwurcel and Hermann Good and their diamon cutting operation in the CNR's Bonaventure station - photos and article; Richard Pifer - leader of northwestern Ontario's Secession Movement - photo and article; Electronic Piano - Don L. Hings is in charge of the Vancouver Electronic Laboratories - great article and photos; Net Factory - The manufacture of fishing nets at Drummondville, Quebec - interesting article and photos; Photo of Canadian WREN Frances Conley - Canada's newest screen starlet; Randi Andersen - flew to northern Manitoba on a picture-taking assignment and stayed to become the region's most beautiful prospector - story with photo; Geophysics Expert Dr. John Tuzo Wilson; U.S. company General Analine and Film Corp. received secret patents from Hitler's scientific plotters; Fishwife Extraordinary - Margaret Chambers of Toronto manages four highly-successful fish shops; Streamline Your Bathroom - design article with illustrations; Dorothy Henzel Willis Paints Her Dreams - photo with article; Hope for the Blind - Canadian government seeks to help Canada's 14,000 blind persons; Sports News; Story and photo of "Knucker" Burns of Halifax - the Boston Bruins' number one long-distance fan; Roger Whynott of Mahone Bay, NS - Middleweight Champ - photo and article; First Canadian surgery to insert esophagus into baby at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children - illustration and story; Flying Fairies - Arthur Kirby Trains Aerial Ballets for England's Theatre Pantomimes - wonderful photos with brief write-up; Water Polo Revial in Montreal under the coaching of Jimmy Rose - write-up and photos; Barmen's School - Stan Owen and Pat Morell train 200 bartending students after 31 arid years in Toronto; Great colour ad for Horlicks Malted Milk on back page; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Unmarked. A great vintage copy of this feature-oriented weekly which in later years became the Weekend Magazine. Newspaper
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Knott, Leonard L.
The Children's Book of the Saguenay
28 pages. Lovely colour-illustrated boards. Illustrated endpapers. "This book was written to give some of the answers and tell some of the stories about the St. Lawrence and Saguenay Rivers and the little French Canadian towns and villages that the ship named The Saguenay) passes as she sails." - from page two. Illustrations throughout in a Richard Scarry-like fashion. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this thoroughly enjoyable and educational early Canadian children's title. Book
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McFarlane, Brian
Brian McFarlane's 1975 Hockey Annual - Featuring Rising Young Star Wayne Gretzky
160 pages. Many illustrations, some in colour. Prized for the story on pages 110-112 which introduces a young Wayne Gretzky (aged 9 in the year of publication), complete with reproductions of four early black and white photos of "The Great One" in action. Relates how the author first met Gretzky and looks to the future. Many other interesting articles. Moderate wear. Binding tight. Prior owner's name inside front board otherwise clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Book
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Trains - The Magazine of Railroading, August 1957 - Special Report on the Death of New York, Ontario & Western
66 pages. Features: Railroad news photos; Easy Does It - great photo of a wrecker and its crew at work; The Colorado Midland Story - 1 - 4'8.5" to the Narrow Gauge Country - informative article with photos; Big as B&O but not as busy - the New South Wales Government Railways - great article with photos; Fantastic 2-page photo in Philadelphia, August 4, 1933 showing two locomotives of the Reading Philadelphia to New York service; Photo Section; The Passenger - keep him happy! - article about the passenger service industry; Would You Believe it?; Tripmaster - details of a rail trip along California; Steam in Indian Summer - Steam still at work in Quebec - article with photos; Beware the Wrath of the Editor - a photo test - identify the railroad and wheel arrangement; When a Man Wishes he'd never left the farm - large super 1951 photo of a Southern Pacific (T&NO) local freight crossing the intracoastal Waterway at Houma, La.; and more. Great vintage ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Three-inch opening along bottom of coverfold, otherwise a sound copy. Book
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Le College Militaire Royal De Saint-Jean - Annual Review / Yearbook / Le Defile, 1959-1960
138 pages. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of black and white photos. Text in French and English. Includes photo portraits and write-ups of trainees. Unmarked. Binding intact. Average external wear. A sound copy. BONUS: Includes two original oversize black and white group photos, presumably of the young men appearing in this yearbook. Book
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Le College Militaire Royal De Saint-Jean - Annual Review / Yearbook / Le Defile, 1960-1961
155 pages. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of black and white photos. Text in French and English. Includes photo portraits and write-ups of trainees. Unmarked. Binding intact. Average external wear. A sound copy. Book
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Le College Militaire Royal De Saint-Jean - Annual Review / Yearbook / Le Defile, 1961-1962
160 pages. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of black and white photos. Text in French and English. Includes photo portraits and write-ups of trainees. Unmarked. Binding intact. Average external wear. A sound copy. Book
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Le College Militaire Royal De Saint-Jean - Annual Review / Yearbook / Le Defile, 1962-1963
137 pages. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of black and white photos. Text in French and English. Includes photo portraits and write-ups of trainees. Unmarked. Binding intact. Average external wear. A sound copy. Book
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Mesher, Dorothy; Woolam, Ray
Kuujjuaq : Memories and Musings
124 pages. Numerous nice photographic plates. "Intended to teach young Inuit how fast it has all happened, how very far we have already come, so they will better understand and appreciate their grandparents and parents, and how far we have all come so quickly." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, January 1, 1953: Quebec TV Censorship
48 pages. Features: Editorial about Maurice Duplessis' decision to censor all TV shows in Quebec; The Secret Nightmare of Europe - concern that the US might blunder into starting a world war itself; The Firing Squad - story by Colin McDougall - illustrated by Oscar Cahen; Karsh Photographs Canada's Melting Pot - Six pages of great photos; Is it True What They Say About Gordie Howe? - is he the greatest hockey player alive? - article with great photos, including a shot of Gordie in a hospital bed with a brain injury being visited by his mother and sister; Chinook - The Wind that brings June in January; The Erudite Jester of McGill - a Maclean's flashback to Stephen Leacock; Is the Male Really Necessary? - noted biologist Norman J. Berrill surveys the battle of the sexes among the lower species; The Ten Best and Ten Worst Movies of 1952 - with photos; Ad for Westinghouse Washers and Dryer on back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A high-quality copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, September 1, 1952 - How Social Credit (the Socreds) Took B.C.
60 pages. Features: Nice colour-photo ad for International Trucks inside front cover features a Model L-195 Roadliner; Full-page Parker Pen ad; Editorial - The CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) is not Canadian and not National; London Letter - Belgrade laughs at the Kremlin; How Social Credit Took B.C. - The astonishing story of how a group of rank amateurs suddenly found themselves forming a government - article with photos; Warrior - Sgt. George Thomas (Tommy) Prince, grandson of an Indian chief, won ten ribbons fighting Germans, Italians and Chinese, but now he must fight to prove a man's colour doesn't count on the warpath - article with great photos; Got two hours for dinner? - Le Bastogne restaurant in Quebec City - article with colour photos; Rhymes in a Ten-cent Scribbler - Edna Jaques is Canada's best-sellling poet - article with photos; Glen Dobbs - The Roughriding Mayor of Dobberville - a lanky and amiable American quarterback has set Saskatchewan on its ear; Guns are for Men - story by L. Johanne Stemo - illustrated by Oscar Cahen; Eva von Gencsy - the ballet star with the dishpan hands - article with photos; Put it Back, Lady! - how store detectives in the bustling supermarkets catch hundreds of food pilferers each year; Full-page Canadian Army recruiting ad; Nice colour ad for Aylmer canned peaches; Great Prest-o-lite battery ad features black and white photo of Detroit Red Wing star Red Kelly; Nice vintage colour La-Z-boy ad; Chevrolet ad; Colour Ford ad inside back cover; Massey-Harris colour ad on back cover shows their test track for power farming. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, April 15, 1952 - I Was a Prisoner of the Chinese Reds
68 pages. Features: Editorial - Our TV's Hamstrung Before it Starts; Nice 1952 Monarch car ad; Who is to Blame for the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Epidemic in the Regina Area? - article with photos; The Beautiful Black-and-White Pinto - story by Elizabeth Ann Cooper, illustrated by Jack Bush; The Hotel with the Elegant Air - Manoir Richelieu - article with photos of this hotel on the St. Lawrence at Murray Bay/La Malbaie in Quebec; I Was a Prisoner of the Chinese Reds - Bonus-length feature article with photos of Dr. A. Stewart Allen, a veteran Canadian miissionary who saw friends turn into foes as the poison of communism crept through the soul of a nation he served for 21 years; Sir James Douglas, The Mulatto King of B.C. - a Maclean's Flashback The Courting of Jenny - story by L. Johanne Stemo, illustrated by Bruce Johnson; Hard Rock Miner - Canadians like Dusty Miller blast out one seventh of the world's gols - article with photos; Mickey Spillane's Giving Murder a Bad Name - interview of the famous writer with photos; Nice vintage centerfold ad for Frigidaire refrigerators; O'Keefe's Brewing Company colour ad honouring the Governor General's Horse Guards; Vintage colour-photo ads for the Sunbeam Mixmaster and Sunbeam toaster; Nice Sweet Caps ad; Sisman Scampers shoe ad; Man and His Mate - cartoon by Peter Whalley; Outstanding two-page black and white Buick ad with huge illustration of a 1952 model; Nice Coke ad on back cover shows empty bottles and scattered caps. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, October (Oct.) 15, 1951: The Princess Patricias in Korea
88 pages. Features: Humourous cover art by Oscar Cahen; The Censorship that Helps the Enemy - The bad events of March 17, 1951 in the Korean War involving the Princess Patricias - Editorial; There'll Always Be a Massey - Canada's most famous family started on the road to wealth from a tiny implement forge near Port Hope, Ontario - article with photos; You Laughed at My Father - story by James Aldridge; The Hottest Square Mile in the World - under the humpland between Ace Lake and Beaverlodge lies an abundance of Uranium, and here Uranium City will be built - article with photos; The West Coast's Worst Disaster - The Tragedy of the Princess Sophia which disappeared off Vanderbilt Reef and took 343 people to their deaths in icy Alaskan waters - a Maclean's flashback; How to Raise Ten Kids in Six Rooms - Frank and Helen Teskey of Toronto have ten kids under fifteen and they'd welcome more; One-Man Powerhouse - John Deagle of Whitefish Falls, Ontario runs his own electric power company! - article with many photos of this incredible man; Sherbrooke, Quebec - where French and English share a city in harmony - nostalgic article with photos; The Battle to Beat Leukemia - doctors search for a cure; Footlights Round My Heart - story by Ronald R. Smith; Sensational full-page colour Coke ad features illustration of young lady and the caption "Want Something Good?"; Nice colour Chevrolet ad; DeSoto car ad; Full-page ad for Birks Jewellers features watches including the Challenger Eterna-matic; Plymouth car ad; Canada Savings Bond ad features James F. Johnston, Superintendant of Palm Dairies Limited in Regina; Great colour photo Caterpillar ad inside back cover shows horses pulling vintage auto through the mud. Light wear. Unmarked. Center page loose but present. A quality copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, February (Feb.) 1, 1951: The Independent Order of Foresters
52 pages. Delightful cover artwork of a neighbourhood winter scene. Features: Colour-photo ad for International Diesel Crawlers inside front cover; Watch Quebec's Smoke - Quebec is riding its torrents of power and avalances of ore into an industrial boom - article with photos; The Strangest Insurance Company in the World - The Independent Order of Foresters (IOF) - article with photos; Brigadier John Meredith Rockingham - Commanding Officer of our Special Force - article with photos; I Live With Six Women - Clif Greer and his wife have 5 daughters - colour photos with article; Nehru - Asia's Troubled Giant - article with huge photo portrait; A Hat for Billy Jim - story by Lesley Conger; The Hospital Prayer Built - Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children - article and photos; Hockey's Happy Scapegoat - Turk Broda is goaltender for the Toronto Maple Leafs - article with photos; Kodak colour-photo ad; What's a Home Without a Cat?; Full-page colour recruiting ad for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF); Fantastic Chevrolet centerfold ad shows their 1951 model and illustrates its new features; Avon Cosmetics ad featues photo and painted portrait of renowned figure skater Barbara Ann Scott; 1951 Ford Monarch ad; Full-page Mercury Truck ad; Back cover Carling's ad shows fox chasing birds in snow. Three-inch opening to fore-edge of front cover otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, April 15, 1950: Kate Aitken is the Busiest Woman in the World
72 pages. Features: Why We Are Loosing the Cold War - what does it profit America to have the world's biggest bomb if it has forgotten the ideals that made it great?; The Busiest Woman in the World - Kate Aitken keeps 21 secretaries punch drunk with 260,000 letters a year, she makes 600 broadcasts to 5 million listeners, takes tea with the Queen - but she can't knit - article by Gordon Sinclair with photos; Rendezvous in Riga - Part One of the tale of how Bill Cosgrove got his wife Anna from behind the Iron Curtain; The Mighty Saskatchewan River; Maverick Member from Fernie, B.C. - Tom Uphill has parlayed political pranks into a record eight-session term at Victoria; I Tried Suicide; Eggs Are What You Make Them - a fun article by Robert Elliott; The Girl in Stateroom 9 - story by Allan R. Bosworth - illustrated by Jack Bush; Pogo's Pal Kelly - Walt Kelly's swampland satire is the hottest newcomer in the comic strip parade; Tinned Meat and Old Masters - After being swept from Europe by the Nazis Fred Mendel brought jobs and glamour to a startled Saskatoon - article with photos; Exercise is the Bunk - Relax!; Dow Brewery ad honours bus driver Russell Millen of Huntingdon, Quebec who evacuated his school bus before it was struck by a train; Nice colour Chevrolet ad; Little Lulu featured in Kleenex ad; Nice Coke ad on back cover features Coke machine with caption "Host of the Highways". Average wear. Unmarked. Center page loose but present, otherwise a sound copy. Book
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Trudel, Marcel
Introduction to New France
300 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. Prior owner's name inside front board, otherwise clean and unmarked with average wear. Front free endpaper neatly removed. A sound copy. Book
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Moriset, Jean-Paul
Early Sculpture of Quebec
11 pages. Bilingual English/French text. Circa 1960. Large black and white photos. An early school of sculpture on Canadian soil. Former library copy with usual markings. Bound in protective card covers. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
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The Illustrated Canadian Forest and Outdoors Magazine, February 1931
Pages 60-108. Features: Bold red and black ad for C.I.L's Dominion Ammunition inside front cover; Wonderful full-page photo of a fashionable young couple in contemporary swimwear at the Radium Hot Springs drinking fountain; The Story of the Canadian Forestry Association; Photo of crowd at the Fairy Lake ski jump near Hull, Quebec; Winter Tenting has its compensations; Trees produce successive crops; Grey Owl's beloved beavers are killed; The Dogs of the Trails - sleigh dogs delight in hard work when well treated; Leaks in our Game Supply - Part 2 by Hamilton M. Laing; ; Doctor Forest - Wholesale Druggist - good medicine found in the forest - some of which is worth more than its weight in gold; This Game Warden has a Man's Job - Sergeant Rose enforces Canadian law over 190,000 square miles; Birds of the Bread Line - they bring drama and romance to the window sill; Stalking a Lynx - by Bonnycastle Dale, Jr.; The Tree Acrobat (the Squirrel) - part 2, by A. Brooker Klugh; Tree Shelter Belt in Manitoba; Tree Tips from Nature; The Relation of Wood and Bark - function of cambium in their origin and growth - trees as historians; When Winter Comes in the Woods; The Pioneer Fishermen of the North, by Mary Loretto Weekes; Forestry in Sweden - many valuable suggestions in forestry may be obtained; Fantastic photo ad inside front cover by Mussens Limited shows their Fordson tractor modified for winter logging; Wonderful colour ad on back cover for Victoria's Empress Hotel 'climate tempered by the Japan current'. Average wear and soiling. Binding intact. Minor nibbling to top of front cover - image unaffected. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Adams, Marian: Editor
Canadian Antiques Collector - a Journal of Antiques and Fine Arts: July 1968 - Parian Statuettes
31 pages Features: Parian Statuettes - Brief history of Parian Statuettes of the 19th Century and the Canadian makers; Maisons du Quebec - Quebec architecture of the late 18th Century; The Burlington Glass Site Part - Burlington Glass Co. in Hamilton, Ontario (circa 1874 - 1910) and articles unearthed at the old site 1967; Scottish Silverware - History of Scottish silverware between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries; Unusual Exhibits in a Handmade Country - A look at a few of the 400 museums and art galleries in the Netherlands; Dried Bouquets for you Antiques - The art of drying flowers; Canadian Woodenware - A look at household woodenwares (Treen) used in the early days of Upper and Lower Canada; and Guide to Canadian Woods: Part I - Hardwoods. Small mailing label top left back cover. Clean and unmarked. A worthy copy. Magazine
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Newsweek Magazine, November 22, 1937: Reds in Quebec
48 pages. Contents: The President and Congress - Recovery Legislation at Stake: Mr. Roosevelt Stresses Long-Range Plans; Hill Worries Over Immediate Problems; Capital Press: Do Correspondents Believe What They See in the Papers?; Thanksgiving: Uncle Toby (Wilbur L. Cross) Contemplates the Flight of the Season; Mail Racket: Mr. (Jennings B.) Momsen Fools 14,000 - at $5 a Head; Mabel Shea: Mark Sullivan and F.D.R. Glorify an American Girl; (General Hugh S.) Johnson Boomerang: 'Greatest Phrasemaker' Silenced by Himself; Tupelo Law: City Limits Union Organizers; NLRB (National Labor Relations Board) Has a New Problem; A.F. of L. (American Federation of Labor) Loses: Labor Board Rules Out Edison Employes' Union; B.M.T. (Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corp.) Workers Fail to Escape Closed Shop; Haiti Appeals: President (Stenio) Vincent Gets Promise From Washington; Getulio Vargas Makes Brazil First American Fascist State; Climax in China: Victories Encourage Japan to Defy the Soviet; Chancelleries: Nazi Imperialists Now Aim at Vienna, Not Prague; Reds in Quebec: Premier (Maurice Le Noblet) Duplessis Starts a Clean-Up; Socialized Medicine, an Ideal, Disturbs Organized Medicine; Jersey Woman (Dr. Jean Broadhurst) Finds the Secret of Detecting Measles; Nobel Prize: Man (Dr. Clinton J. Davis) Who Helped 1924 Winner (Prince Louis-Victor Pierre Raymond de Broglie) Is Rewarded; Beaverbrook (William Maxwell "Max" Aitken): Prince of Press Comes Here to Breathe; Education: 44 Millions Get Together on the Subject of Johnny; Book Review: "This is My Story" by Anna Eleanor Roosevelt; The Wind Blows, Blows, and Blows Some More in "The Hurricane"; Ills of Merchant Marine Aided by (Maritime) Commission's Report: Lower Foreign Costs Make Federal Subsidies Necessary for Shipping; Farm Progam Hits Snags; Corn Causing Most Trouble; Housewives Strike: Object to Rapid Advance of Retail Food Prices; Utilities Lose: Compulsory Registration Upheld by Federal Court; Gold Flow: U.S. Loses a Few Million for First Time in 20 Months; and Perspective: Housing at Last? Full page colour anti-war advertisement for World Peaceways with mother lifting baby boy in the air "He's going to grow up to go to war? To be killed in action". Half page black/white Ol' Judge Robbins Cartoon Ad for Prince Albert Pipe Smoke. Binding intact. Small mailing label bottom front cover. Average wear. Contents clean and unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Author Not Stated
Ontario & Quebec: Ottawa (Map) Sheet - Portions of Carleton, Renfrew, Lanark, Dundas, Grenville and Frontenac Counties, Ontario, and of Pontiac, Hull, Labelle and Papineau Counties, Quebec
Approx. 23" x 33" standard topographical map. Coloured. Library markings. Two-inch opening to bottom edge. Shorter openings to top and right edges. Somewhat above-average wear and soiling. Book
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Nottawy Sheet - Quebec: Map 190A
Approx. 42" x 36" coloured map. Average wear and soiling. Library markings. Book
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Brann, Esther; Barbeau, Marius; King, Rt. Hon. W.L. Mackenzie; Stone, John; Stokes, Charles W.; Seeley, Sylvia
Canadian Geographical Journal, June 1930, Vol. I, No. 2 - The People of the Skeena
Pages 103-188 plus 10 pages of wonderful vintage advertisements. Features: A Quebec Sketch book - article with colour plates of paintings by Esther Brann; Full-page colour plate of painting entitled "The Skeena River"; An Indian Paradise Lost - Abundantly photo-illustrated article on scenery and native peoples in the Skeena River, British Columbia, district; Writer James DeMille - photo and brief bio plus his poem The Maiden of Quoddy; Photo portrait and message from Prime Minister Mackenzie King; A Fragment of China - article with many wonderful photos from China by John Stone, with emphasis upon architectural features; A Look at London - photo-illustrated article; Dr. Henri Ami and the work of a Canadian school of prehistory in France; Black and white painting by F.G. Banting of a lonely outpost in the Arctic; Nice one-page Canada Steamship Lines ad features The Manoir Richilieu; Color Canadian National one-page ad for Jasper National Park features illustration of the lodge; Nice back cover ad by Canadian Pacific features A. Sherriff Scott colour painting of Mountie gazing down upon the Banff Springs Hotel. Average external wear and soiling. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage item. Book
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Gerin-Lajoie, Denyse; Guerra, Jorge; Martin, Claire; Vieira, Paula; et al
OVO Magazine - Photography and Literature, Double Issue, Vol. 11, Number 44/45, 1981
Approximately 100 glossy black and white pages gloriously illustrated with black and white photography and supporting text in English and French. This special issue presents the work of thirty-two photographers. Unmarked. Binding intact. Average wear. Book
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Lacey, A.; Munday, Don; Gaunt, Arthur; Howland, Goldwin W.; Corry, J.H.; Lee, Lieutenant Philip; Matthews, Peter
Canadian Geographical Journal, January 1944 - Newfoundland is Watchdog of the Atlantic
Pages 1-50 plus ten pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Newfoundland - the watchdog of the Atlantic - with many great military photos; In the Heart of British Columbia's Coast Range; The Watermills of Old England; Occupational Therapy Across Canada; Some Canadian Cities (meaning and origin of names); Canada's Postcard Commandos - using photos to identify and target assets of our military opponents; The Balkans; and more. Some of the best ads include: The Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario (with artillery illustration inside front cover); Quebec Liquor Commission ("Please Use Less"); Empress Hotel/Chateau Frontenac Hotel (combined photo ad on back cover). Moderate wear. Small name stamped inside front cover. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Cloutier, Michel; Leitch, Adelaide; Barnes, J.A.; Harrington, Lyn; Sinclair, Sylvia
Canadian Geographical Journal, January, 1964: An Alberta Sod Home
37 Pages plus ten pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Nice Royal Canadian Navy recruiting ad inside front cover; Quebec's Winter Carnival/Le Carnaval De Quebec - article with many photos; The Ship That Built Nancy Island in the Nottawasaga River; Home on a Canadian Rockpile - The Barnes sod house at Oyen, Alberta - great family history; The New Territories of Hong Kong; Vancouver, B.C. compared with Sydney, Australia; Nice one-page two-colour CBC ad features Michael Maclear, their man in Tokyo; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Carbyn, Ludwig N.: Editor
Wolves in Canada and Alaska: Their Status, Biology, and Management - Canadian Wildlife Service Report Series Number 45, Catalogue # CW65-8/45E
135 pages. Proceedings of the Wolf Symposium held in Edmonton, Alberta, 12-14 May, 1981. Includes submissions such as: A Perspective on the taxonomy of wolves in North America; Status and Management of wolves in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec; Historical and Present status of wolves in the NWT; Status and management of wolves in the Yukon Terrritory; Historical and present perspectives on wolf management in Alaska; Population dynamics of wolves; Social influence on reproduction in wolves; Considerations in wolf management related to genetic variability and adaptive change; An alternative view of genetic considerations in the management of the wolf and other large vertebrates; Wolf Howling in Algonquin Park; Wolf management and harvest patterns on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska; Wolf-related caribou mortality on a calving ground in North-central Canada; Wolf predation of livestock in Western Canada; Wolf predation of cattle on the Simonette River Pastures in west-central Alberta; Problem wolf management in B.C.; A method to aid in discrimination of traces from wolves and dogs. The two appendices include a summary of the status of wolves in Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador. Minimal markings. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
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