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The Northern Mariner - The Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society: January 1997
Articles: Ginseng, Otter Skins, and Sandalwood - The Conundrum of the China Trade; Management Response in British Coastal Shipping Companies to Railway Competition; Toponymie ancienne et origine des noms Saint-Pierre, Miquelon et Langlade; Death was Their Escort, and glory passed them by - Life in the Marine Convoys of World War II; plus several book reviews. 3 items high-lighted in table of contents and sunning to spine else a clean and lightly worn copy. Book
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The Northern Mariner - The Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society: April 1997
Articles: The First Generation of Marine Engineers in Central Canadian Steamers, 1809-1837; Spencer Baird and the Scientific Investigation of the Northwest Atlantic, 1871-1887; The Battle for Convoy ONS-154, 26-31 December 1942; Maritime Strength and the British Economy, 1840-1850; plus several book reviews. One item high-lighted in Table of Contents else clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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The Northern Mariner - The Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society: July 1997
Articles: The Advisory Committee on Trade Questions in Time of War; British Marine Industry and the Diesel Engine; Management and Finance in Nineteenth-Century Spanish Ports; The Development of Strategic Concepts and Shipbuilding Programmes for the Soviet Navy, 1922-1953 - Stalin's Battleships and Battlecruisers; plus several book reviews. One article high-lighted in Table of Contents, else clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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The Northern Mariner - The Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society: October 1997
Articles: The Impact of German Technology on the Royal Canadian Navy in the Battle of the Atlantic, 19442-1943; The Seamen's Union, the National Maritime Board and Firemen - Labour management in the British Mercantile Marine; The Defence of Alaska Must Remain a Primary Concern of the United States - Canada and the North Pacific, May-June 1942; Management of the Port of Saint Thomas, Danish West Indies, during the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries; Government and Port Administration in Japan in the aftermath of the Port and Harbour Law of 1950; plus several book reviews. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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The Northern Mariner - The Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society: October 1998
Articles: The Fortunes of War - Commercial Warfare and Maritime Risk in the War of 1812; Safe Home in Port? - Shipping Safety within the Port of Liverpool; The Decline of British Whaling in Arctic Canada, 1820-1850 - a case study of Newcastle upon Tyne; Letters from Halifax - Reliving the Halifax Explosion Through the Eyes of My Grandfather, a Sailor in the Royal Canadian Navy; plus several book reviews. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Nice copy. Book
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The Northern Mariner - The Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society: April 1999 - Mexican Navy 1846-1848
Articles: Too Few Ships, Too Few Guns, and Not Enough Money - The Mexican Navy, 1846-1848; Computer Simulations of Ancient Voyaging; Arctic Focus - the Royal Canadian Navy in Arctic Waters, 1946-1949; Muster Table for the Royal Navy's Establishment on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812; The Company of Women; plus book reviews. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
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The Northern Mariner - The Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society: October 1999
Articles: Women and Seamen Don't Mix - VD in Canada's Merchant Navy, 1943-1945; Home Ports and Destinations - English Shipping in the Baltic Trade, 1536-1547; The Living Conditions onboard UK Distant-Water Trawlers, 1945-1970; This Fraudulent Trade - Confederate Blockade-Running from Halifax During the American Civil War; plus several Book Reviews. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent 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 Wide World Magazine, May 1954
Features: A Tigress for Escort - an amazing story of Indian big-game hunting; Football Crazy - An amazing story of the merchant navy in South Africa; Seeking Sunken Gold - may be regarded as a long-delayed 'sequel' to "The Wreck of the General Grant", originally published as far back as 1899; Garcia - by Kerry Wood of Red Deer, Alberta; Saskatchewan "Snowplanes" - includes photo of the winner of the 1938 'Derby Cup' race; The Land of Wonders - a visit to a little-known region in the heart of Turkish Anatolia; Diamonds Cut Diamonds - a quaint story from Queensland involving beachcombers collecting loot from a wrecked steamer; Search and Rescue - stirring stories of rescues by the Royal Canadian Air Force; Alpine Killer - an unusual story from the Austrian Tyrol by a chamois hunter - involves a savage ibex; The Death-Track - a white man seeks to develop land considered sacred. Average wear. Clean and unmarked. Binding sound. A quality 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. 184 - 23 February 1918
Four photos of Canadians at work in the snow in France. Arms and Apparatus for Night-Flying Airmen - 5 photos plus inset photo of Lieut. Dostier, one of Germany's crack airmen. Remarkable photo of the raid by Gothas on Paris in January 30th. Avengers of Arras Advance Their Artillery - Two Photos. Pitiful Plight of the Little Country Places - 3 photos. 'Butoire' - how in fighting one foe he conquered another, by Henry Barbusse. Trench cookhouses. Valuable war-time village vegetable industry - 6 photos. Activity of shipways and gunworks in America - 6 photos including 2 of Hog Island. Wartime wastage of the navy - a heartening contrast with the Napoleonic war, by Percival A. Hislam. French contrivances and fortitude - 5 photos. Critique of the book 'Englishman, Kamerad!'. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. Still a worthy copy. Book
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The War Illustrated, No. 228 - 28 December 1918
The Old Times Come Again, by Max Pemberton who explains how Christmas is re-won. Photos of the 'Great Leaders Who Have Saved The World.". The First U.S. President to visit Europe - 3 photos including smiling shot of Woodrow Wilson. Photos of U.S. vessels which protected convoys, including the destroyer Warmington and the destroyer Shaw. The Wonderful Year, article by Sir Sidney Low. Portrait of Marshal Foch. Photo of the formal re-entry of the Belgians into Liege. Photos of British Cavalry entering Spa. My four war Christmases, by Hamilton Fyfe. Photos of mementoes gathered for the Great War Museum. Photo of General Maistre, commander of a French Army Group, distributing decorations in front of Rheims Cathedral. Photos of civilian prisoners trudging back to France from Germany. With the Editor by Air (aboard the Handley Page) to France & Back Again - article and photos. Photos of desecrated statues in Metz. New Names in our Old Navy, by Percival A. Hislam. Average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. A sound copy. Book
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The Great War Magazine - Part 127, January 20th, 1917 - The Effect of the Somme Offensive
Features: Cover portrait of Colonel Freyberg, V.C., D.S.O., the Hero of Beaumont-Hamel, Royal West Surrey Regiment and Royal Navy Division. Includes final portion of the chapter entitled "The Great British Battles of the Somme - V. - Check near Bapaume and Victory on the Ancre". Includes complete chapter CLV - "The Effect of the Somme Offensive on the German 'Will to Victory'". Many excellent photos, including one of captured German flame-throwers 'which the enemy, in defiance of civilised useage, introduced into warfare.' Graphic centerfold of a shell-shattered avenue of elms along the borders of the Yser Canal between Boesinghe and Lizerne. Also includes first portion of Chapter CLVI - Belgium Under Two Flags - The Homeland Under the German Heel and the Renaissance of the Army on the Yser. Many excellent black and white photos. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. A sound reference copy. Book
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The Great War Magazine - Part 241 - 29 March 1919 *COMPLETE WITH COLOUR PLATE PORTRAIT OF GENERAL BYNG*
Features: Cover portrait of Admiral Sir David Beatty, Commander-In-Chief of the Grand Fleet, watching the surrender of the German High Sea Fleet from his flagship the Queen Elizabeth. Chapter CCLXXXVII - The Surpassing Triumph of the British Navy - Failure of Germany's Submarine War and Surrender of her High Sea Fleet. Many great black and white photos. Super full-page photographic portrait of Admiral Beatty and Flag-Captain Chatfield, watching the surrender of the German Fleet. Includes photo of Admiral Beatty's historic message to the Admiralty announcing "the bloodless, most glorious triumph of the British Navy, the surrender of the seventy units of the German High Sea Fleet at the appointed rendezvous in the North Sea on November 21st, 1918, in obedience with the armistice terms." Many other historic photos. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. A worthy reference copy. Book
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The Great War Magazine - Part 242 - 5 April 1919 - The Roll of Honour, Concluding Survey
Features: Cover portrait of Vice-Admiral The Hon. Sir Somerset Gough-Calthorpe, G.C.M.G., Appointed High Commissioner, Constantinople, November, 1918, following upon the armistice with Turkey. Includes final installment of the chapter "Triumph of the British Navy". Great photos. Various nautical photos/illustrations on centerfold, including Britain's giant K class boats. Also includes Chapter CCLXXXVIII - "The Roll of Honour - Concluding Survey". Somewhat above-average wear. Some corners folded. Staples disintegrated. A worthy reference copy. Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January/February 1959 Through January/February 1960
Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Rate increase approval; explansion plans for 1959, including new purchasing, warehousing and repair centre to be built at Manitoba Street and Southeast Marine Drive in Vancouver; Operator Distance Dialing Nears Reality; B.C.'s Biggest Television Events in 1958 as covered by mobile television links, including the Ripple Rock blast, the visit of H.R.H. Princess Margaret, and the Grey Cup; Changes to Sales Organization; Automating Accounting; Expanding the Personnel Department; Conversion of manual systems to dial operation; Conversion of Glenburn to Cypress; New Long Distance Route to Kamloops; Dial phones come to Sidney, Keating and James Island; Pension Plan Personalized; Adoption of Irregular Base Rate Areas; Closing of two historic switchboards in Victoria and Vancouver; Teletype Sale Made to East Asiatic; R.W.J. Angus becomes new General Commercial Manager; The Birth of N.P.A. 604 (the 604 area code); High cost of workplace accidents; Long Distance Anniversary greetings to a New Westminster Rotary Club from around the Western Hemisphere; Removal of high-wire span that linked Agassiz and Chilliwack since 1910 (6 pnotos); Conversion jobs sparked romances; Maintenance men to match our mountains; The visit of the queen (14 photos); "Follow Me" - a child's-eye view of the telephone company through the medium of C.B.C. television; Vancouver General Hospital (3 photos); Electronic 'Detectives' Guard Microwave; The FW-1 intertoll switching installation in the William Farrell Building - the brain and heart of toll; Logging by Radio - New Switchboard serves radiotelephone subscribers; Laying cable in the Pitt River (2 photos); Opening of new headquarters in 700 block of Seymour Street in Vancouver (3 photos); A new approach to serving the public in the new addition; Activation of a new radiotelephone long distance system through the Cariboo - illustrated; Traffic Signs for Toll; New Woodland Central Office serves Whalley (photos); Phone fashion; Network Television reaches the Interior; 500,000th telephone installed; Night move of revenue accounting to 555 Seymour (photos); Terrace phones now automatic (photos); Traffic, Staff Metering - Instantly; Service at New Denver is Personalized; The Heave-Ho Boys - name your antenna and they'll put it up! (with great photos); new building for Gibsons, Sechelt; Kamloops Editorial salutes operators; Transmission Levesl - an FW-1 Problem; Plans for 1960, including completion of Burnaby centre; Graph of telephone growth in B.C. since 1880; History of the Alma Central Office; The Happy Islanders on Calvert, Trutch and Swindle Islands; Machines take over in the Accounting Field; Rough weather at Newcastle Ridge; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight and square. Marbled endpapers. Name of E.P. LaBelle stamped on bottom edge of text. A photo and announcement re: Mr. Labelle is found in the July/August 1959 issue. Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January/February 1945 Through November/December1946
Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: awarding of Distinguished Flying Cross to Flt.-Lieut. Gordon Smith; Excellent photo of Vancouver radiotelephone operators at work; Long Distance Load in '44 set new record - statistics; Radiotelephone saves 3 lives when tug sinks; Annie Gillman - never late for work in 38 years as operator; Telephone Trouble - by Francis Aldham of the Vancouver Daily Province; Forty Miles of Telephone Bills - reprinted from the December 1944 issue of Western Business and Industry; Harold Morse retires; A few lines from the front lines - portions of letters from telphone employees on active service; Large black and white reproduction of B.C. Tel. Victory Bond advertisement featuring Winston Churchill; Expansion Programme will fall short of needs - with drawing of new central office building at Tenth Ave. and Yew St.; Digits control names of new Central Offices; Report shows phone situation still serious - no prospect of relief in near future; Al Miller retires after 36 years of service; Popular chief operator, Edna Green, resigns; Farewell to Don (Mac) McAuley; Photo of the "Kamloops Kid" - Dave Wilkie; Photos of Sports Starlets; A Telephone Man in the Navy - a lengthy letter to the editor from Elect. Lieut. N.J. Dunlop, R.C.N.V.R.; Article - Two Million Wait for Phones in North America, and relevant B.C. Tel advertisement; Cover photo of U.S. Army Bronze Star recipient Staff Sgt. Robert Creech; Photos of the three Stephan sisters who are operators; Photo of war shortage billboard; Voices with smiles - article from the Vancouver Daily Province by Gordon McCallum; Article - $64 question in the telephone business; Plagued by Shortages - article from the National War Finance Committee; article and photo - Pup Flies Atlantic with Flt. Lt. Gordon Heselton; Article on Robert Garnett Tatlow, Vancouver Pioneer; B.C.'s First Emergency Phone Call - Pants torn by Dog; Construction photos of 'Cedar'; War's End Brings Record Long Distance Load; Heading Back to Normal - but still a long way to go; Death removes Ernest F. Helliwell; Radiotelephone service to the rescue; Photo of phone installer Charlie McAndrew, and the billboard which used the photo; Photos of North Vancouver staff and facilities; Secret of wartime 'what-is-it' building on Seymour finally revealed - photos and two-page article; 5 excellent pages of photos and article on the building of the Pacific Communications System, 'One of our Biggest War Jobs'; Daisy Bonde retires; Excellent photo of B.C. Telephone's 'Sky Riders', dangling 350 feet in the air over Rock Creek Canyon; 3 more billboard photos; We are establishing an F.M. Radio Network; We subscribed nearly $2,000,000 to the war effort; Farewell to Miss Mary Lloyd, Ernest Cole and William Silver; Many photos of employees knitting; Trail operators at work; Eighteen Thousand Calls a day - article; New record for telephone calls in 1945; Difficulties of supply situation again stressed in telephone company's annual report; Charlie McAndrew has installed 40,000 photos; Cupid is main cause of our traffic problems - article; Only photo available of Vancouver's first telephone exchange, established in 1885 in Tilley's book store, on the east side of Carrall St.; PNE float; Alma open house; Hastings Hay Ride; Better phone service to central B.C. points Book
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Melady, John
Korea, Canada's Forgotten War
219 pages. Footnotes, Bibliography, Index. Black and white photographic plates. Includes Honour Roll plus Canadian Navy, Air Force, and Army Honours and Awards, Korea. Map endpapers. "Contains first-hand accounts of men who endured torture in Chinese POW camps, of doctors whose experiences in battlefield medicine have the pathos and hilarity of a M*A*S*H episode, and of prominent Canadian journalists such as Blair Fraser, Larry Henderson, and Pierre Berton, who reported on the war from the front lines, as did Rene Levesque." - from dust jacket. Light wear to clean and unmarked book. Moderate wear to dust jacket. A quality copy. Edwards 433, McFarland 1377. Book
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Correspondents of The Times
The Times History and Encycloeaedia of the War: Part 213, 17 September (Sept.) 1918 *THE BOY SCOUTS*
Topics: preparedness of the Boy Scouts; Sir R. Baden-Powell as a Prophet; Holiday and War; The Boy Scout Organization; Work of a Wartime Camp; Lord Kitchener's View; The Public and the Scout; A Non-Military Movement; Opinions of the Press; The American Ambassador; Scout Law; Scout Badges; Gallantry in the Navy; Sea Scouts as Coast Guards; Gallantry in the Army; Influence of the Scout Spirit; War Emergency Work; Work for the Government; Agricultural Help; Boy Scout Tests of Citizenship; Recreation Huts and Collections; Helping the Police; In Air Raids and Bombardments; Work for Hospitals; Boy Scouts of the Empire; The Movement in Foreign Countries; Scouts of the Allies. Dozens of wonderful black and white photos. Average wear. Bit of writing on front cover else unmarked. Binding sound. A quality copy. Magazine
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Evans, Bob
HMS "Eaglet"
362 pages. The story of the Royal Naval Reserves on Merseyside. Gift greetings on title page and marginalia on several pages only. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Government of Canada
Canada: Her Natural Resources, Navigation, Principal Steamer Lines and Trans-Continental Railways - Prepared for The 12th Congress of the Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses
"Contains information published for the first time, of navigable distances of lakes and rivers in north-western Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Mackenzie Territory; the draught and number of steamers plying on thoses waters. Similar information is given of the inland waters of British Columbia for the first time. In the description of the Transcontinental and Intercolonial railways much new information appears... Original photographs of various localities were procured from the headquarters of the railways and steamboat lines. The book is copiously illustrated." - A. Johnston, Deputy Minister of Marine and Fisheries. "Intended as a sketch of Canada, for the use of representatives, delegates and members of the XIIth Congress of the Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses, to be held at Philadelphia. Contains information relating to Canada, important lines of communication on this continent, and ocean going steamers, that will be valuable to travellers engaged in business, tourists, sportsmen, yachtsmen, canoeists, surf bathers, and others who may find the means of satisfying any reasonable desire connected with travel, pastime or recreation." - from Introduction. Prior owner's name upon first blank leaf else unmarked. Average wear with the following exception: Affixed to the last leaf is a 35" x 21.5" fold-out map of the Dominion of Canada which shows national rail lines, resource locations, fog signals, lighthouses, wireless stations, and more. Through use, this leaf and the two which preceed it are loose but present. Two-inch opening at base of back cover and backstrip. Also included is a 21" x 17.5" fold-out map entitled "Chart of Radio-Telegraph Stations on the East Coast". Profusely illustrated with often enthralling black and white photography. Attractive gilt lettering upon embossed chocolate brown cover. A magnificent survey of Canada's natural resources and transportation infrastructure in the Pre- World War One era. Book
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Prim, Captain Joseph; McCarthy, Michael J.
Those in Peril: The U-Boat Menace to Allied Shipping in Newfoundland and Labrador Waters, World War I and World War II
176 pages. Index. Bibliography. Black and white illustrations. List of Some Canadian Merchant ships sunk by enemy action during World War II. List of some Newfoundland Sailing Vessels Sunk by U-Boats in World War I and II. "Author served 24 years as a master of various C.N. vessels including the William Carson and the Ambrose Shea. In 1985 he was appointed Assistant Marine Superintendant and then served as Marine Superintendant until his retirement in 1990." - from back cover. Book
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Wissmann, Rudolf Walter
The Maritime Industry: Federal Regulation in Establishing Labor and Safety Standards
386 pages. Bibliography. "Written as the result of several years' extensive and intensive study of the role of the Federal Government in establishing labor and safety standards in the maritime industry. The matters dealt with extend over a period of about 150 years... The present war, with its extraordinary need for an efficient merchant marine, and the recent transfer of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation from the Department of Commerce to the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard... clearly demonstrates the importance of Federal control over labor and safety standards in the merchant marine during the national emergency. Chapters include: Seamen's Need for Protection; Recruitment of Personnel, and Training Facilities for Seamen; Collective Bargaining and Seamen's Organization; Seamen's Right to Strike, and Settling Labor Disputes; Regulation of Seamen's Working and Living Conditions at Sea; Regulation for Seamen's Working and Living Conditions in Port; Safety of Life and Property at Sea; Inspection and Enforcement of Legal Standards; Past Achievements and Future Problems; Specific Conclusions; Appendices of statistics such as development of the American Merchant Marine as to Tonnage and Foreign Trade from 1789 to 1940, Nationality of Seamen, Strikes in Water Transportation, Average Seaman Wages, Casualties of the American Merchant Marine, and more. Top corner of front free endpaper neatly clipped. Prior owner's details neatly in pencil upon front free endpaper else unmarked. Notary Public's blind stamp atop half-title page. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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Grayson, Stan
Engines Afloat: From Early Days to D-Day - Volume I (One) - The Gasoline Era
211 pages. Index. Glossary. Wonderfully illustrated in black and white. "Here, for the first time is a comprehensively researched and dramatically told history of the American marine engine industry and the men who created it." - from back cover. Usual library markings. Somewhat above-average wear. Large dark stain to top edge - text unaffected. A worthy reference copy. Book
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Winters, Barbara
H.M.C.S. Discovery - A History of the Naval Reserve in Vancouver
Circa 1990s. Extensively footnoted. Appendices. Many black and white archival illustrations. Fold-out photo inside back cover. "The history of Canada's longest serving Naval Reserve Division from the days of 'yachting gentlemen' to the present day." - from back cover. Prior owner's details atop first page else clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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The Winnipeg Tribune - Weekend Magazine, October 29, 1960
55 pages. Features: The Dutchess of Kent Story - Princess Marina, child of destiny - and tragedy (part 1 of 3); Window on Jazz Street - Photographer Dennis Stock explores the music-maker's world to produce a book of memorable images; Math's a game to these kids - St. Mary's High School students match wits with a computer in Halifax; Irish-bred horses have a winning way; Debbie Reynolds on her day off; Conscription Crisis of 1944 - The Revolt of the Generals - Part 5 of 5; 69 hours of hell - Nova Scotia skipper Alden Locke of Jordan Bay survives the sinking of the 37 foot Caroline and Eric; A widow who was never a wife - france amends its civil code so Irene Jodart can marry her fiancee, killed in a flood; Coal miners in Doncaster, England visit the beauty parlour for facials; Colour photos of Jack-o'-lanterns; The Nipper by Doug Wright; Great colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Magazine
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Aviation and Marine International - Atlantic Edition: April 1977
Features: NATO Today Supplement; JMSDF (Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force) - long article with multiple photos; Future Trends in Fighter Aircraft - CCV and ECM gain prominence; Is the Super Cargo on the Way In? - by Claudius Dornier Jr.; Pocket Rama - Light Forces Today; Many additional illustrated stories. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Magazine
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Aviation and Marine International - Atlantic Edition: May 1977
Features: Civil Turbofan - the reasons for the success of turbofans with ever-higher by-pass ratio, Good results with bigger models and prospects for the 10T thrust class, future tendencies; Spruance Class - monorama special report with super colour fold-out illustration and much more; Shipboard Fire Control Systems - their characteristics and applications as adopted by the various navies; Japan's satellite program; The Mounties of the Sea - De Havilland DHC-7R; Aero-Caster used by Vancouver Shipyards; Ilyushin's Aircraft; Kaiten Guided Torpedoes (II); Many additional illustrated stories. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Magazine
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Aviation and Marine International - Atlantic Edition: June, 1977 *JAPANESE SHIPBUILDING*
Features: Salyut 5 - drawing a thermal image of the universe; Projects - the military jetfoil; Meeting at le Bourget - the 32nd Paris International Air Show; Japanese Shipbuilding Industry - a wide survey; Military Aircraft of Today - Pocket Rama with 41 models illustrated and described; Many additional illustrated stories. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Magazine
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Aviation and Marine International - Atlantic Edition: July (August), 1977 *WARSAW PACT - POLITICS AND ARMED FORCES*
Features: The MIG-Hunting School (part II); Invincible launced; Bourget '77 - pictures from a show; The USSR and the Warsaw Pact - the Soviet Union's post-war strategies, from defense of the national territory to world expansion; Survey of the air forces of the Warsaw Pact Countries - the ever-increasing power of these forces; The Navies of Warsaw Pact Countries - their strength and strategy, upperly subservient to Soviet strategy; Sabres in Korea; Kaiten Guided Torpedoes (Part III); Many additional illustrated stories. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
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Aviation and Marine International - Atlantic Edition: September, 1977 *MONORAMA - NITEROI CLASS*
Features: Farewell Pegasus; First AWACS delivered for operational use; Sagittario Launched; Kormorans on the Baltic - anti-ship missile; USA industry at the end of the 70's - 'No' to the B-1 signals the end of an era - long article; Greenwich '77; The Niteroi Class - Super fold-out colour illustration and much more; Surveillance Radar for air transport control and warning systems; Sabres in Korea (Part II); Kaiten Guided Torpedoes (Part IV); Many additional illustrated stories. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
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Aviation and Marine International - Atlantic Edition: February/March 1978 *SCHNELLBOOT 148*
Features: Merchant Marine Today - significant illustrated article; The Bundesmarine Today - substantial article; Tactical Transport Aircraft; Schnellboot 148 - article with great colour foldout; Electronic Warfare (part III); Additional illustrated stories. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
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Aviation and Marine International - Atlantic Edition: May 1978 *EXCLUSIVE MI-24*
Features: SSR.N4 MARK3 starts test program; Type 209 for Iran; Soviet SSNs in the Baltic; The Mil Mi-24 - Exclusive; Genoa 7 May 1978 - the Italian naval industry is on show - long article; Single-engined touring aircraft; Warships of Today - Pocket Rama with dozens of colour illustrations; Additional illustrated stories. Former price on front cover else clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
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Aviation and Marine International - Atlantic Edition: June 1978 * Oliver Hazard O.H PERRY*
Features: Merchant Fleet Today; Strengthening the Soviet Amphibious Forces; Thousandth Cosmos Launched; Kashin for India; Hypersonic USA - with hydrogen propulsion!; The Second Genoa Naval Show; Giuseppe Garibaldi - philosophy of a project; Hannover Air Show; Great article and colour fold-out of the O.H. Perry (FFG 7); Panama Canal Treaty Selected Documents (part II); Additional illustrated stories. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
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Aviation and Marine International - Atlantic Edition: July/August 1978 *THE 5000TH PHANTOM II*
Features: Airlines Today; F-15 Anatomy; The Israeli Lion - An outline of what will be the I.A.I. Arye (article with colour illustrations); The Phantom II Legend; Rotterdam Naval Technology Expo; The Pacific Ocean Today; Western Pacific Air Forces; 18 Navies to One Ocean; Additional illustrated stories. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
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Aviation and Marine International - Atlantic Edition: September 1978 *EUROPEAN POINT DEFENSE SYSTEMS*
Features: BHC (British Hovercraft Corporation) - a leader in the sector; Which frigates for Canada?; Project - Lamurs 40; European Point Defense Systems - naval Crotale, Sea Wolf, Albatros, Dardo, OE/OTO 35 mm, GDM-A, Sea Sparrow; Farnborough '78 Preview and Buyers Guide with specs and illustrations; Additional illustrated stories. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
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Friese, U. Erich
Sea Anemones...As a Hobby: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started
320 pages. Index. "Written primarily to tell marine aquarists how to select and care for sea anemones... Has great reading and educational value for freshwater hobbyists and students of natural history as well." - from back cover. Loaded with great colour photography. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Saturday Evening Post, February 16, 1963 *SID CAESAR / DAVID SARNOFF*
Features: Oceans of ignorance - by Dr. Milner B. Schaefer - how the US may lose the wet war unless it steps up marine research; Babies without Homes - for the first time in a generation, there are more children available than couples wanting to adopt; Mona Lisa - Leonardo's famed masterpiece keeps a wacky date with America; Hush-Hush Resort - Mexico's unspoiled Puerto Vallarta; ; Hail Caesar - Sid Caesar returns after two years in semi-hibernation; David Sarnoff's Vision - he dreams of how electronics will change our future; Wild World of European Sports; My Secret Swiss Stake; Jewish Cooking; Progress goes marching through Georgia - Gov. Carl Sanders and the advancement of racial integration. Colour Coke ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Youth's Companion, October 28, 1926
Features: The Gathering Storm - 1, how a brave and fascinating girl dared much in the slavery-torn Kansas of old to help her parents found a home, by Margaret Lynn; Pluck, by William MacHarg; Brotherly Love, by Beth B. Gilchrist; The Navy as a Career, by Lieutenant-Commander Walter Atlee Edwards; A Son of the Navahos, by James Willard Schultz; Walter Camp - IV, by Harford Powel, Jr; Etched Brass Design and Process, by Harry Irving Shumway; Caroline's Halloween, by Russell Gordon Carter. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Herzberger, F.W.
The Family Altar - Brief Daily Devotions Based on Selected Scripture Texts - Military Presentation Copy
Presented to Sidney Murray "In remembrance of your safe return after services overseas in World War II" by St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church, Seebach's Still, Ontario, on 19 January 1946, by Pastor Albert F. Pollex. Laid in is a handsome two-colour certificate to Mr. Murray from the Army and Navy Commission of the Lutheran Church. Church blindstamp upon front free endpaper. Book is otherwise unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A very special copy. Book
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Scott, Cameron: Editor
Nanaimo Magazine, February 1993
46 pages. Features: Page one features the old sign of Nanaimo's Castaway Motel; Jo Zlotnik on the city budget; Our Streets, Our Kids - Part 2 - major photo-illustrated article by J. McCleod Le Cheminant; Article on TBT-based marine paint by Iain Cuthbert; For Sale by Owner - John Wilson describes his family's homeselling adventure; Off Season Getaways - photo-illustrated article describes local attractions available to local off-season; Opposing views on the Nanoose Conversion Campaign; Great assortment of local ads; Lovely colour photo ad for Nanaimo's Old City Quarter on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Minor moisture exposure to upper portion of fore-edge of some pages. A sound copy. Book
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Scott, Cameron: Editor
Nanaimo Magazine, June 1993 - Gabriola Island Diving Photo on Cover
46 pages. Features: Nice photo of Harleys in front of the Queen's; Beachcombing - photo-illustrated article by Dave Drexhage; Hiking - photo-illustrated article by Jean Macleod le Cheminant - with maps of local hiking destinations; Sanctuary of the Sea - Gabriola Pass may harbour one of Canada's first Marine Reserves - photo-illustrated article by Iain Cuthbert; Nice photo ad for the ill-fated Pacliacchi's Restaurant in the old downtown firehall features photo outside the restaurant with dozens of supporters; Dozens of ads for local small businesses; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Star Weekly Magazine, 1 September 1951 *Baby Prince Charles Cover Photo*
32 pages. Prince Charles baby photos, including cover photo. Other royal family photos; Japanese police photos; Ostrich farming photos; photos of gathering eggs from seabirds on England's cliffs; Colour ad for the Studebaker Champion; Freda Shetler of Ferndale, WA - sulky driver; Ottawa suburban well baby clinic photos; Spectacular colour centerfold ad for Heinz ketchup; Missionary students at the Moody Bible institute learn to fly; Royal Canadian Air Force ad; Photos at Switzerland's Sanatorium Universitaire; Nice colour Waterman's pen ad; Photos of Wellesley college's doll collection; Plastic musical intruments prove practical; - Bill Glass; Colour Ivory Soap ad - Lovely Girls Love Ivory!; Motorcycle action photos; Navy underwater photogarphy; colour Community brand cutlery ad on back cover. Average wear. Prior owner's name atop front cover. A sound copy. Book
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Moore, Brian; Schroeder, Andreas; Michael Smith; Base, Ron; Morash, Gordon; Sturdza, Marina
Today Magazine, 11 October 1980 - Vancouver Island Lighthouse Keepers
28 pages. Features: Great colour photo ad inside front cover for Borg winter coat fashions for women; Brian Moore - We Were like the Jews in Nazi Germany; On the Rocks - the suburban lives of Vancouver Island lighthouse keepers - feature article with colour photos; 'Exiled' Author Norman Levine Comes Home after 20 years; The Royal Canadian Air Farce - article with great colour photo; Misadventure in the Jade Trade - Laurie Hughes has been fighting to stop the sellout of a rare and precious Canadian resource - article with colour photo of Hughes; Article on she fashion by Marina Sturdza; Howie Meeker appears in ad for Reed Career Service. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A high-quality copy. Book
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Tyson, Sylvia; Suzuki, David; De Santana, Hubert; McRae, Earl; Sturdza, Marina; Seiden, Howard
Today Magazine, 8 November 1980 - David Suzuki Cover
28 pages. Features: Sylvia Tyson describes her beginnings - with photos; Christine Marshall is featured in London Life ad inside front cover; Nice colour ad for theh Datsun 210; David Suzuki - A Scientist in China - article with photos; The Invisible Woman - Barbara Howard is one of our Finest Artists; Ottawa Roughrider Mike Raines is the best Defensive Tackle in Canada; Great colour centerfold displays the line of 1981 Pontiacs, including their MPG estimates; Freedom Army - flashback to the liberation of the Netherlands from the Nazis; Fashion article by Marina Sturdza; Legionnaire's Disease; Full-page colour photo ad for McDonald's Egg McMuffin; Co-operative Games for Children produced by Jim and Ruth Deacove; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A high-quality copy. Book
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McRae, Earl; Smith, Alexis; Hammond, Lois; Sturzda, Marina;
Today Magazine, 12 September 1981 - Vince Ferragamo Cover Photo
28 pages. Features: The Alouette's Sexy Superstar - Vince Ferragamo; Photo of the Gretzky family, sans Wayne; Alexis Smith writes about her beginnings; Monster Machines - article and colour photos of the mammoth machinery working Alberta's tar sands; Men's Fashion article by Marina Sturzda; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A high-quality copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Vogue Magazine (US), June 1972
156 pages. Features: The American Woman, Summer 1972; Gloria Cooper in Real Life - with her family, in her studio; Lena Horne wearing a new stretch of dress; Fashion for a Cool Summer - the wrapped head, the naked back at night, haltered checks, shirt checks, pale dresses for day, sharp yellow shorts, the brilliant-yellow caftan, shirtdress living, white cuffed pants, chalk-white pants, navy knit pants - and all so easy, the new bathing suits; Vogue Patterns - cut-out cotton knits, warn by Gwendolyn Warner; Naomi Sims - Supermodel - in real life; What Gentlemen Prefer; Fragrance is Communication - f4 new perfumes get the message across; The Sweeping Comeback of Dark Nails - wearing and caring for the new shades of polish; A Great Makeup - Betty Theodoracopulos shows you how; A Great De-Tenser - Betsy Theodoracopulos's exercise routine devised by Venizelos Antoniadis; Confessions of an American Wife, by Judith Moyers; Your New Self-Image - by Harriet Coffin and William Sloane Coffin Jr.; Lena Horne's New Love For Life; American Great - Lee Krasner; Warhol's Women Who are Men; What I Learned from Chinese Women - Pearl S. Buck Speaks; Are You a First Child, a Middle, or an only?, by Sally Shepphard; Disciplined Exoticism - the racy, modern life-style of Mary McFadden; Horoscope of Pearl S. Buck; and much more. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Back cover missing. Clear tape along spine. A worthy reference copy. Book
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Crowdy, Michael (Editor); Coleman, R.J.; Squarey, C.M.; Menzies, Colin D.L.; Tripp, G.W.
Marine News - Journal of the World Ship Society, September 1963
Pages 227-251. Features: Photo of the ACCRA, the first passenger liner to use the new Langton River Entrance at Liverpool; Introducting the W.S.S. Negative Bank; Branch News; Naval Craft; A Day with the First Submarine Squadron; Merchant Ships; Passenger Liners Today; Photos of new bulk carriers - The Simandou, Orion, Polarvik and Tank Princess; Perth Harbour; Warship Quiz; Echoes of the Past; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Crowdy, Michael (Editor); Pryde, Richard; Ransome, George
Marine News - Journal of the World Ship Society, June 1965
Pages 155-180. Features: Photo of the Shahristan inside front cover; Naval Craft; Shipbuilding; Merchant Ships; Photos of the Magleby Maersk and the Priboj; Austro-Hungarian Sisters; Technical Topics No. 8 - Tonnage; The German Auxiliary Cruisers - Part 8; Ships sold for demolition; Sales, Transfers and Renamings; Photo of the Ayrshire; Casualties; Photo of the Yousufbaksh ablaze; Launches - April 1965; Orders. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Scott, W. B.; Scott, M.G.
Atlantic Fishes of Canada
731 pages. Canada Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. Replaces "Fishes of the Atlantic Coast of Canada" as the authoritative reference in its field. It will be invaluable to all involved in the fisheries resource and its allied studies." - from dust jacket. Clean and bright with light wear. Prior owner's name in marker upon fore-edge of text. A quality copy. Book
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