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Mensing, Margo; Blausen, Whitney; Fielding, Amanda; Bleem, Jerry
Fiberarts Magazine, March / April (Mar. / Apr.) 1994, Vol. 20, No. 5 - Wearables
88 pages. Features: Finding a Niche - Ellen Hauptli, Judith Bird, and Tim Harding; A Costume Designer's Process - Patricia Zipprodt designs for 'My Fair Lady'; Neil Bottle Building Up Illusion; Body and Soul - The role of vesture in the Church; plus profiles of Janis Kanter, Margot Eiseman, Nancy Cook Smith, and Mary Catherine Lamb. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Benjamin, Betsy Sterling; Westphal, Katherine; Rivers, Victoria; Price, Sandra; Behrens, Ahn
Fiberarts Magazine, March / April (Mar. / Apr.) 1993, Vol. 19, No. 5 - Surface Processes Design and People
96 pages. Features: Kageo Miura - a master of Roketsu-Zome art; Surface Design - Redefining the Boundaries; Beetle Wings - Jewels of Nature; The Hidden Image - Photographic Processes in Surface Design; Silk Painting for Haute Couture - Sissi Siska; Donna Martin; Elizabeth Busch; Tamara Jaworska; Lenore Davis; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Glenn, Jeff; Frickle, Michele; Talley, Charles; Ziek, Bhakti; Janeiro, Jan
Fiberarts Magazine, March / April (Mar. / Apr.) 1992, Vol. 18, No. 5 - Surface Design Weaving
80 pages. Features: Integrating Image and Structure; Morgan Clifford - Making the Mark; "The Dyebath is my Real Inspiration"; Weaving Worlds Together; Textiles About Textiles; Julia Wolfe; Deborah J. Felix; Kenlyn Stewart; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Miller, Chelsea; Matlock, Ann; Holmes, Jacqui; Gedeon, Lucinda H.; Price, Sandra; Harris, Patricia; Lyon, David
Fiberarts - The Magazine of Textiles, March / April (Mar. / Apr.) 1991, Vol. 17, No. 5 - Special Fiber Education Issue
72 pages. Features: Fiber education in the 1990s; The Craft School experience; Travel as education; The master/apprentice relationship; The unseen made visible; Made in Japan; Gerhardt Knodel; Victoria Z. Rivers; Lida Gordon; Marla Brill; Jilli Blackwood; Pamela Studstill; Judy Hubbard; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Slavit, Ann; McCann, Kathleen; Caldwell, Rebecca; Hammel, Lisa; Heite, Louise B.
Fiberarts - The Magazine of Textiles, March / April (Mar. Apr.) 1990, Vol. 16, No. 5 - Ann Slavit
80 pages. Features: Out of Thin Air - a look at the inflatable fiber sculptures of Ann Slavit; Trends in Fiber Art - gallery owners discuss what's hot these days; Ed Rossbach - one man's influence on basket making and the entire fiber field; Textiles, The Gift of Kings - textile collection from three major museums; Working Outside Tradition - essay on contemporary fiber are from Iceland; Nancy Kozikowski; Helen Rumpel; Lia Cook; Ruth Kao; Geary Jones; Dominique Morel; Linda Perry; Rebecca Rubalcava; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Perry, Pamela; Itter, Diane; Goodman, Lerme; Hoskins, Nancy Arthur; Ventura, Carol; Miller, Dorothy; et al
Fiberarts - The Magazine of Textiles, March / April (Mar. / Apr.) 1987, Vol. 14, No. 2 - Working With Linen and Bast Fibers
76 pages. Features: Working with Linen - Shirley Ruth Elgot, Karen Jenson Rutherford, Barbara Eckhardt; Why I Work in Linen, a Portfolio - Lynda Monick-Isenberg, Barbara J. Allen; Marie Westerman, Laura Brody, Jodi Kanter, Francine Patti, Claire Westerink, and David H. Kaye; Linen - the enduring thread of history; Sisal production in Highland Guatemala; Banana, Ramie, and Hemp in Okinawa; Kudzu - the noxious week transformed; Linen undergarments - a proud Danish heritage; Kathryn Maxwell; Linda Levin; Belinda Raab; Laura Strand Mills; Hope and Phillip Holtzman; Molly Hart; Patricia T. Hetzler; Cameron Taylor-Brown; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Roberta Walters; Janet Koplos; et al
Fiberarts - The Magazine of Textiles, March / April (Mar. / Apr.) 1983, Vol. 10, No. 2 - Quilts
92 pages. Features: Amish Quilts by Judy Kellar Fox; The Quiltmakers Art - recent book by Joanne Mattera; Kate Woolsten-Hulme - a sense of place; Structure and Surface - the work of Barbara MacCallum; Peggy Vanbianchi; Emily Standley; Susan Sharpe; Jane McElroy; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Anna Dunwell; Marilyn Anderson; Jan Janeiro; et al
Fiberarts - The Magazine of Textiles, March / April (Mar. / Apr.) 1982, Vol. 9, No. 2 - Jacquard Weaving and Machine Knitting
100 pages. Features: Tromping through the ages - a Boston artist turned to the 18th century for design inspiration but he used 20th century technology to produce her woven coverlets; Jacquard Weaving in Huehuetenango - textiles woven on hand operated Jacquard looms have a distinctive place in the spectrum of Guatemalan weaving; Jacquard Weaving - a special report; Machine Knitting - the state-of-the-art; Rugs - for the floor, the wall and the imagination; A conversation with Lillian Elliott; Nancy Belfer; Maridadi West; Frank Gardner; Annie Dempsey; Lucille Landis; Kiyomi Iwata; Carol Mecagni; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributor
Rod Power Magazine, March (Mar.) 1980 - Special Ford Restoration Section
82 pages. Features: Carb and manifold lowdown; Ford Restoration Section - '33 Coupe and '30 Model 'A' roadster; 5-speed tranny for more power; mount your engine with precision; and much more. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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James, Richard; Drape, H.S.; Lewis, Harrison F.; Greenaway, W.G.; Stonehouse, D.; Et al
Hunting and Fishing in Canada - Canada's National Wildlife Magazine, March (Mar.), 1956 - The Moose That Was a Grizzly
26 pages. Features: Some facts about Atlantic Salmon; The Moose That Was a Grizzly - article with photo of Lloyd Stonehouse; Hunting & Summer Cabins; Chuck Ewart and his 1954 record Steelhead; 1955 Fishing Contest Results; Going, Going....; Nice ad inside back cover announces trophy winners in the Thomas Adams Ontario Deer Hunting Competition, with the names of winners including A.V. Burniston of Chatham, Marvin D. Shaw of IN, Walter Schmidthurst of OH, and eight others. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Clarke, Tom E.; Vincent, Leon S.; Bashford, James; Madenwald, Abbie; Nielsen, Dorothy Fay
The Alaska Sportsman Magazine, March (Mar.), 1948 - The Whistle Pig
42 pages. Many black and white photos. Features: Pounding Waves and Creaking Timbers - first of three chapters of "Master of the Moonrise"; The Whistle Pig - the marmot that scared the bear did not heed its own warning; Frontier Town - a Ketchikan old-timer who was there in 1898 presents some interesting recollections; No One at Home at Kulukak - Silence, complete, awful silence in a remote place can be a terrible thing; First Impressions - The first of two chapters of "Cannery Village"; and more. Unmarked. Moderate evidence of moisture exposure. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
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McWilliams, Al; Carr-Harris, Ian
Al McWilliams, February (Feb.) 8 - March (Mar.) 3, 1990, Catalogue for an Exhibition at the Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
24 pages. Biography. Bibliography. Printed on glossy stock. Illustrated in colour and black and white. "Your work for me pivots around an ironically disguised fascination with sexuality and its dangers." - from page 4. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Buckham, Robert
Forced March to Freedom: An Illustrated Diary of Two Forced Marches and the Interval Between, January to May, 1945
98 pages. "The prisoners of Stalag Luft III endured two forced marches across Germany in the final months of World War II. An illustrated diary recorded at the scene." - dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Very light wear and minor toning to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A high-quality copy. Book
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Wright, Henry; Klaber, E.H.; Sheehan, J. Eastman; Schnitman, L. Seth; et al
The Architectural Record (Magazine), March (Mar.) 1932, Vol 71, No. 3 - Apartment House Number
Pages 145-212 plus 90 pages of ads. Printed upon glossy stock. Black and white photography throughout. Features: Cover photo of 1301 Astor Street Apartments, Chicago; Frontis photo of the Van Tassel Apartments at North Tarrytown, NY; How Can Apartment Facilities be Provided For the Lower-Income Groups?; Low Rental Dwellings - how can building cost be reduced?; Reducing Apartment Costs by Economy of Planning, Construction and Operation; Chronology of Development of Garden Apartments and Group Row Homes; How Large-Scale Housing Projects are Developed; Portfolio of Apartment Houses; Price-Winning Apartments in New York - Plates; Colors to Relieve Eye Strain in the Surgical Operating Theater; The Need for a New Housing Economy; Dozens of sensational full-page illustrated ads; and much more. Minimal library markings. Average wear. External soiling. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Magazine
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Condit, William E.; Cuscaden, Rob; Miller, Nory; Dovilas, Henry
Inland Architect, Chicago Chapter, American Institute of Architects (AIA), March (Mar.) 1973 - What Happened to Union Station?
62 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Features: Directory of Architects Licensed in Illinois; Full-page photo ad for the Chicago Plastering Institute shows burned remains of McCormick Place; Memorial to William E. Dunlap; What Happened to Union Station? - article with photos, including its demolition; Architect Charles Edward Stade; Western Illinois Design Awards; Selling Chicago Architecture with Words and Music; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
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Grube, Oswald W.; DeHaan, Norman; Miller, Nory; Newman, M.W.; Chatain, Elizabeth
Inland Architect, Chicago Chapter, American Institute of Architects (AIA), March (Mar.) 1975 - The State Street Mall / Reevaluating Dan Burnham
58 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Features: The State Street Mall - what, where and why; Daniel (Dan) Hudson ("Make No Little Plans") Burnham - the man who got things done; Beneath the Planet is Where the Apes Are - Lincoln Park Zoo's new ape house will be built underground; Directory of Architects licensed in Illinois; Commonwealth Edison ad features photo of Ed Steeve and Carl Knutson with vacuum chamber weld tester; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
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Lownsbrough, John; Woodcock, George; Brady, James; Bene, Nota; et al
City and Country Home Magazine, March (Mar.) 1986 - Pug Collection / Phyllis Lambert / Vatican Splendour
180 pages. Features: A visit with Ambassador Stephen Lewis at the United Nations in New York; The masterpieces of baroque art on view at the National Gallery of Canada; The foods of France; Lapdog of Luxury - David Scott's collection of inanimate pugs; Cottage country retreat created by Al Wandich and Jim Strasman; Architect Andrew Bruce and interior designer Pam Todd turn an Oakville Cottage into a lakeside showcase; Men's business wear; Phyllis Lambert fulfills a philanthropic dream; Stephen Homer visits le cimetiere Pere-Lachaise in Paris; and much more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this wonderful issue. Magazine
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Shapiro, Robert; Zoosh; Mosley, Eric
Sedona Journal of Emergence!, March (Mar.) 2005 - The Secrets of Balance
112 pages. Features: Doctors and Parents - allow the diversity; The Tarot - Creating Conscious Relationships; A Gunshot, A Statue and a Coin; and much more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Streetscene (Street Scene) Magazine, March (Mar.) 1984 - Cover Photo of Gene and Donna Dickson's 1932 Dodge
78 pages. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Police; Sting
The Best of Police: Guitar Recorded Versions with Notes and Tab
112 pages. Includes guitar sheet music and lyrics for these great Police songs: Born in the Fifties; Canary in a Coalmine; Can't Stand Losing You; De Do Do Do; Don't Stand So Close To Me; Every Breath You Take; Every Little Thing She Does is Magic; Invisible Sun; King of Pain; Main in a Suitcase; Message in a Bottle; Omegaman; Roxanne; Secret Journey; Spirits in the Material World; Synchronicity II; Walking on the Moon; When the World is Running Down You Make the Best of What's Still Around; Wrapped Around Your Finger. Moderate wear. Minimal markings to contents. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great compilation. Book
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Caporale, Wende; et al
International Artist Magazine - The Magazine for Artists By Artists From Around the World, February / March (Feb. / Mar.) 2010, #71 - Painting the Exotic Places of Old China
144 pages. Features: David Jon Kassan; How to hire models; James Gurney Masterclass Part 3 & 4; What kind of artist are you?; Lissa Friedman; Barbara Pease; Gerald Hennessey; Dmitry Oivadis; Basin and Range; In search of controlled finish; Robert Lovett's China; Understanding color, Part 4; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Kennedy, W.P.M.; Mills, Colonel Dudley; Riddell, Hon. W.R.; Smith, William; Bovey, Wilfred; Holmden, H.R.
The Canadian Historical Review, March (Mar.) 1921, Vol. II, No. 1 - Confederate Agents in Canada During the Civil War
102, [10 ads], pages. Contents: Nationalism and Self-Determination; The Duke of Wellington and the Peace Negotiations at Ghent in 1814; Privy Council Appeals in Early Canada; Side-Lights on the Attempted Union (of Upper and Lower Canada) of 1822; Confederate Agents in Canada During the American Civil War; Baron De Gaugreben's Memoir on the Defence of Upper Canada; Correspondence; Review of Books; List of recent publications relating to Canada. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Parsons, Joe; et al
Turning Wheels - Official Publication of the Studebaker Drivers Club, March (Mar.) 2014, Vol. 46, No. 3: Cover Photo of 1957 Transtar Owned By Dennis and Lynne Ranger
66 pages. Features: 1963 Avanti at Pinehurst Concours d'Elegance; Cork float replacement; Nice color photos; and much more. Oblong 11"x 8.5". Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
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Collier, Dick; et al
Custom Cars Magazine, March (Mar.) 1958, Volume 1 Number 7: Custom Ideas for '52 - '54 Mercs
66 pages. Features: Cover photos and feature article on Ed Russell's '52 Mercury; Antenna Antics; Lyle Lake's chopped Riviera; "Scooping" the '57 Merc Skirt; Mario Ppirondini's swapped and chopped 1950 Ford; Stan Medeiros' Chev; Howard Clarkson and his '51 Chev Bel Aire; and more. Above-average but not excessive wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Johnson, T.C.; Darden, Ida L.; Paulsen, Stephen; Grey, Hilary; Lines, John
American Mercury Magazine, "To Bear Witness To The Truth", September (Sept.) 1960, Volume XCI No. 440 - California's Controversial Governor / Rothschilds and Rockefellers / Reinhard Gehlen
160 pages. Features: Our Silent Partner Against Communism - Reinhard Gehlen; Who'll Pay for Your College Education?; A Footnote to the Air Force Manual; The Enemy Whacks Away at The Family Bible; Pat Brown - California's Controversial Governor; The Swastika vs the Hammer and Sickle; The Money Changers - conclusion of a 10 March 1935 address by Father Charles Coughlin; Threat to Internationalize the Panama Canal; Magnetism! - man taps nature's invisible web of force; Kelp - Abundant Sea Harvest; Betrayal of South Korea; Cyrus Eaton "Honored" with Lenin Peace Prize; Your Amazing Blood; America's Youngest teachers - The Science Clubs of America; Congress Views UNESCO; Stop Pampering Sneak Intruders - counter-intelligence; Hot Dog!; A Salute to Helen Keller; Sharing America's Abundance; It's Never Too Late; Muscle in on Health; Freak Squeaks; Why Kentucky Colonels?; Rothschilds and Rockefellers, Part III - their interests penetrate all aspects of American life; The St. Lawrence Seaway; Does Russia Have the Earth's Stablest Currency?; Communist Swastikas - Pat Walsh of the RCMP says Communists used to paint swastikas on Montreal synagogues to scare local Jews into voting for and supporting them; executive Health; America Keeps a 165-Year Old Promise - payments to the Indians of the Six Nations; A Clue in the Missile Lag History - Five Years Ago Congress Could Not Stomach Joseph McCarthy's Censurable Truths - But Today...; Cigarette Smoking - major cause of lung cancer; Survival in Learning; Death of a Church - Holy Trinity Episcopal Protestant Church in Brooklyn; Parental Function; Adolph Eichmann and the Bitter Harvest of Hate - Voice of All Faiths Protest His Kidnapping by Israel in Argentina; Cowboy Talk; Who Are Our Rulers? - Fascinating article on the Rothschilds / International Bankers and their techniques for control; Lesson of Experience - Foreign Aid; Your Health - Two Factors for Longer Life; Maine Becomes a State of Mind. To Tranquilize or Not?. Minimal markings. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Walker, Lavinia-A.; Marx, Karl T.; Tench, C.V.; Cunningham, Hon. Glenn; Olsson, Norman V.; Goff, Kenneth; et al
American Mercury Magazine, "To Bear Witness To The Truth", December (Dec.) 1961, Volume XCIII No. 454 - The Theatre Is A Weapon of War / Why Johnny Won't Re-Enlist
128 pages. Features: Does it Really Matter What is True?; The Orphaned Beauty - strange story behind the song Silent Night; Why Johnny Won't Re-Enlist - communist strategy includes lowering the morale of U.S. fighting men; Red Fire From the Yellow Dragon - a new world power must be reckoned with since China's Dr. Tsien fled from the U.S.; Everybody Knows That; Floating Ghost Ship - The "Baychimo" used to call on Hudson Bay Company trading posts from her home port of Vancouver, B.C.; The Stomach - Turning Point - who is tampering with the soul of America?; Escape from Torture - how John Langdon outwitted Chief Walking Buffalo; The Theatre is a Weapon of War - Melville Burke tells the story of Red infiltration of the stage and screen; Secession Day - how the South missed a big chance to win the Civil War; Restored to Favor - the "Rehabilitation" of Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, whose security clearance was revoked by the Atomic Energy Commission in 1954; It's Your Money That's Being Squandered - Keynesian liberal theorists are more powerful than ever in Washington; "Save Me From the Trading Stamps" - premiums given by merchants cost more than customers realize; Our Political Health; Conspiracy in Foreign Affairs - a brillian expose of the influences at work in shaping U.S. foreign policy, by J.M. Shea; 47 Billion $ for Defense - a frank appraisal of our national defense theories; Setback at the U.N. after the death of Dag Hammarskjold; Christmas-card Winter; Volume 93 Index (July - December 1961); and more. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Kelland, Clarence Budington; Ratigan, William; et al
Country Gentleman Magazine - The Magazine for Better Farming, Better Living, March 1952 - Includes First Country Living Magazine Within a Magazine
180 pages. Features: What new soil conditioners mean to you; Should the government pay farmers to spread limestone?; What's the ceiling for butterfat in your herd?; New pasture profits in the west; Finding new profits with a pencil; Get a free start on egg quality from your hens; Watch that grain spoilage; These fencing ideas will save you time; Good news about legume seed supplies; Treated seed can boost your grass-legume yields; New implements for faster farmwork; Brooding without a hover; A Vocal Exercise (fiction); Gangway for tomorrow (part 2 of 5). Ads: New Ideas mowers (color photo inside front cover; Texaco ad features Mr. Kermit Noble of Noble Brothers and Sam E. Bray of the Rosegill Plantation; Vintage Rototiller brand tiller photo ad; General Motors cars; John Deere No. 5 power mower; Sheppard diesel tractors; Surge milkers; International Harvester McCormick Farmall Super C tractor (color photos); Simplicity utility tractor (nice color one-page); Allis-Chalmers forage harvester; V-C fertilizer; New Holland baler ad with Fred S. Larsen of Centuria, WI; Oliver QD (quick-detachable) cultivator; '52 Buick; Lee work wear; Champion spark plug ad featuresMr. Ernest Munter of the William Gehring Farm, Rensselaer, IN; Bolens garden tractors; De Laval milkers; Milwaukee rotary tillers; Massey-Harris tractors; Homelite chainsaws; Wisconsin motors; Springfield garden tractors; Minneapolis-Moline Model R tractor; Ford tractors (2 pages); Tide detergent; Gillette razor ad features baseballer Ned Garver; Kitchen Aid mixers; The Stow, MA garden club beautifies the village; 7up ad shows young boy downing a bottle; Noxzema ad with Paulette Hendrix of Savannah, GA; Chevrolet cars; Aunt Jemima pancake mix (color); American Petroleum Inst. ad shows oil pumping in Benton, IL; Pontiac car; Jergens ad features Mrs. Wilmer Mallard of Trenton, NC; Hudson cars (nice color); Nescafe instant coffee; Nice color Greyhound bus ad shows family boarding; Nice color photo Studebaker ad inside back cover includes father and son craftsman team; Fantastic color back cover Camel cigarette ad features Eva Gabor. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Athanas, Verne; Knox, Joe; Constiner, Merle; et al
Country Gentleman - The Magazine for Better Farming, Better Living - April (Apr.) 1950: I Farm in the Moon
188 pages. Features: Signposts toward super yields; Scrob cows good-bye - artificial insemination; "Like to Ride with Daddy" - farm safety; California's new Millions; Clover Seed Can be a Cash Crop; Dyed-In-The-Wool Ranchers - the John Norton's of Montana's Gallatin Valley; I Farm in the Moon; That Laborsaving Tractor Lift; Making good land better; Now the aminals tell us; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Toland, Stewart; Hall, Baird; Constiner, Merle; et al
Country Gentleman - The Magazine for Better Farming, Better Living - March (Mar.) 1950: Beef with Brahman Blood
192 pages. Features: Big government is in your county, too; They struck it rich with soil tests; Let's wipe out hog cholera; New life for old barns Ditching at $0.10 a foot; They took a holiday in the Rockies - the Harold Davises of Oklahoma; Range lambs with less risk; Headache and heartache for your heirs?; Beef with Brahman blood; More milk at less cost; New chemicals control old enemies of livestock; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features color photo of Rita Tennant; and more. Several closed openings and some soiling to back cover. Pencil writing on several pages, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Knox, Joe; Young, Ben T.; Et Al
Country Gentleman - America's Foremost Rural Magazine, March (Mar.) 1949 - The Newtons of Pleasant Hill Farm
200 pages. Features: Easing the farmer's oldest pain - rheumatism; The Newtons of Pleasant Hill Farm - nice color photos with article about the Park and Ruth Newton family farm near St. Albans, Vermont; Housing for big litters; Less feed, more chicken; Young settlers on the plains - eager veterans have begun farming at Mirage Flats in northwestern Nebraska; What is a good Angus?; Better plant a few nut trees; Mountain school that trains leaders - School of the Ozarks; Wagon ideas to save work; The war against Aftosa; Managing farm finances; Little Johnny Appleseed - Bob Anderson of Van Buren County, Michigan; Shell agricultural laboratory near Modesto, CA; You can help with the mail; Rural art center with over 400 members at Cheltenham Township, PA; and more. Ads: Texaco ad includes Mr. James West of Pomona, CA and his innovative orchard sprayer; B.F. Goodrich ad with large photo at the John and Joseph Mueller farm northeast of Belleville, IL; G.E. radios; Oldsmobile; Kaiser cars (color); Jeep; Chevrolet cars; Gibson Model "E" tractor; New Holland hay equipment (2 pages with photo of Irvin R. Yoder, Belleville, PA); Ford truck ad features Douglas Burden and Florida's Sea World; New York Stock Exchange one-page photo ad features the Louis B. Eckelkamp family of Villa Ridge, MO; Case tractors; Hudson cars (nice 2-page color ad); Hedy Lamarr in Auto-Lite ad; Nice color-photo 1-page John Deere tractor ad; Buick (2 pgs); Ford Tractor (2 pgs); Massey-Harris tractors; Life Insurance ad features the Hinton family of East Peoria, IL, with parents Don and Pauline; Allis-Chalmers Roto-Baler; Minneapolis-Moline Model "Z" tractor; Small photo ad for Harley-Davidson with the Hydra-Glide fork; 1949 Studebaker cars (color photos); Color-photo Camel cigaratte ad on back cover says "More doctors smoke Camel than any other cigarette". Unmarked with average wear. Several middle pages loose but present, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Owen, Jean Z.; Linford, Dee; Ball, Zachary; et al
Country Gentleman - America's Foremost Rural Magazine, March (Mar.) 1948: A Farmer Talks to General Marshall
184 pages. Features: Farmer Claude Pagles talks to General Marshall; How to choose a cow; We're inviting a foot-and-mouth disaster; A home for small flocks; Soil conservation needs a change; We're really saving soil today; Hunting our biggest cat; The Taylors of Walnut Hill - The Thomas R. Taylor family and their Walnut Hill Hereford Ranch of Barton County, KS; Greener grow their pastures; A bargain in cotton; Family story - J. Garrett Tolan Angus Cattle of Illinois; We need more meat; Plain talk; and more. Ads: Ipana ad features Frances Nalle and her kids Amanda and Bobo; Texaco ad features photo of invention at the Moore Brothers plantation near Navasota, TX; B.F. Goodrich ad features photo on the farm of Woody Doremus near Bakersfield, CA; ad for the Cessna 190 and 195; M-E rotary tillers; GE radio ad with illustration of Bea Wain; GMC trucks (color); Ford cars - with color photos in Italy, including the Leaning Tower of Pisa; International trucks; Jeep; Ford trucks; Case equipment; Futuramic Oldsmobile; New Dodge trucks; Minneapolis-Moline Universal "R" tractor - with color photos; Buick; Ford tractors (2 pages); Oliver 60 tractor; Sparton radio (color); True Temper tools; Stewart-Warner radios; Studebaker color ad inside back cover features W.K. Price Jr. of Orlando, FL; Camel cigarette color ad on back cover features Bronc rider Jerry Amber, fisher Mrs. Dorothy Allan Newstead, polo star Cecil Smith and table-tennis star Mary Reilly. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Cramond, Harold (Editor)
The Beano, No. 1338 - 9 March (Mar.), 1968 (Original British Comic)
16 pages. Includes: Biffo the Bear; The 3 Bears; Roger the Dodger; Danny on a Dolphin; Little Plum; Billy Whizz; The Bash Street Kids; Pup Parade with the Bash Street Dogs; Lord Snooty; Minnie the Minx; Here Come The Q-Bikes; Dennis the Menace. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Cochran, Bente Roed; Lang, Andrea; Tanasichuk, Janet E.; Et al
Arts West Magazine, Volume 6, Number 3, March (Mar.) 1981 - The Classical Leo Mol, "Sculptor Par Excellence"
44 pages. Features: Cover photo of "Bush Pilot" by Leo Mol; Recent Sculpture - Alan Reynolds; The Classical Leo Mol - "Sculptor par Excellence"; Murray MacDonald - Living to Enjoy; Leslie Poole; Joane Cardinal-Schubert - The Discovery of Heritage; Andre Bieler - Aware of Contemporary Trends; Oriental Carpets as Art and Investment; Rules for Buying Art - a Formula for Investment; Artistically Speaking - A Pose is a Pose is a Pose; Investing in Art - Auction Report; and more. Attractive colour ads include works by Norval Morrisseau, Andre Bieler, Graham Peacock, Geoffrey Armstrong, William Kurelek, Mannie Gonsalves, Murray MacDonald, Edith Eichner, Harold Lyon, Norman Kelly, George Buytendorp, Allan Thompson, Ron Finch, and Henri Masson (back cover). Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Lang, Andrea; Woods, Kay; Vincelli, Dianna T.; Whyte, Jon; Woods, Kay; Airey, Sandra; et al
Arts West Magazine, Volume 7, Number 3, March (Mar.) 1982 - Caroline Dukes / Henri Masson
52 pages. Features: Cover art by Caroline Dukes called "Unveiling"; Caroline Dukes - Mastering Transition; Henri Masson - A Celebration; Jack Campbell - Shape and Shadow; Patricia Askren - The Third Dimension; Gershon Iskowitz - Retrospective of Life; From British Columbia - a Regional Expression of Landscapes; Malcolm McTaggart - A Sculptural Transition; Tribute to Jim and Marion Nicoll; Implications of the New Federal Budget; Art in the Marketplace; A.C. Leighton - A Never-ending Quest; and more. Colour ads include works by Henri Masson, Goodridge Roberts; Deborah Lougheed Sinclair, Stanley Cosgrove, Ron Finch, Norman Kelly, Robert Sinclair, Hans Herold, and Dorothy Knowles (back cover). Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Brooks, Walter; Garner, Hugh; Dempsey, David; Duffy, Jack; McCoy, Doris; et al
Liberty - Canada's Young Family Magazine, March (Mar.) 1959 - Marilyn Monroe Cover
68 pages. Features: Marilyn Monroe cover photo; Don't Turn Your Son into a Housewife; How Manitoba Civilized its Barbaric Liquor Laws; How the Wives of Geniuses Suffer; Jack Duffy writes of "Me and My Shadow, Frank Sinatra"; Fascinating article on Czech and Balkan Canadians - "Over 250,000 have come here, fleeing Nazis & Reds - they feud over their Slavic republics, are volatile, hospitable and craftsmen" - with many interesting photos; My life as the wife of a Halifax sailor; Boyne Johnston and his $260,000 spree on pilfered bank money; How Referees Handle Hockey's Wildest Blowups - Red Storey and others endure stick-swinging players, gun-toting rinksiders - article with photos, Green Mansions (Part I) - Tony Perkins finds live with Audrey Hepburn (article with photos); Marilyn Monroe - "Why I Love My High-Brow Husband (Arthur Miller)" - article with three nice photos; The Eerie World of Deaf Canadians - science is bringing powerful new hearing aids; Why I Bless the Ten Commandments; How to Be Spectacular in Spectacles - interesting photo-illustrated article on fashion eyewear; Great one-page illustrated ad for Walker's whisky features inset photo of former hockey and lacrosse star "Newsy" Lalonde; and much more. Above-average but not excessive wear. Three-inch opening to bottom of coverfold. Address label remnant at bottom of front cover. A worthy vintage copy of this great issue. Book
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Nahayewsky, Rev. Isidore
History of the Modern Ukrainian State 1917-1923
317 pages. Black and white map and photographic plates. Sources and Bibliography. Index. Errata list. Chapters include: From Mazepa till the Ukrainian Revolution in 1917; From Autonomy to Independence; The Ukrainian Hetman State; The West Ukrainian National Republic; The Ukrainian National Republic at the Time of the Directorate; The Joint March on Kiev; The Second March on Kiev; Ukraine's International Relations; Spiritual and Cultural Life in the Ukrainian State. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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Khalje, Susan; et al
Threads Magazine - For People Who Love to Sew, March (Mar.) 2000, Number 87: Felted Wool - Pink to Finish Edges
90 pages. Features: Sewing Without Pins; Slipcover a Side Chair - Dressmaker-Style; Free-Mition Machine Embroidery - download practice designs; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Gzowski, Peter; Poy (Clarkson), Adrienne; Hedlin, Ralph; Acton, Colin; MacDermot, Anne; Sclanders, Ian
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, March (Mar.) 25, 1961: The Young Canadians - Four-Section Report
70 pages. Features: Fourteen young, successful, but not necessarily complacent people - Father Louis Laurendeau, Elaine Bedard, David Owen, Gordon Whitmore, Adrian Vilandre, Martin Lavut, Zubin Mehta, Lynn Seymour, David Ferguson, David Gauthier, Michel Gelinas; What six young politicians think and do about politics - Brian Mulroney, David Greenspan, John Brewin, Ted Rogers (later of Rogers media fame), Jean David, Jean-Pierre Fournier; Short Story by Adrienne Poy (Clarkson) - Ring Around October; A look at the Middle-Aged Young by a reporter their age who finds they are bored by easy success; Tony Gregson's getaway with two gold bricks - he vanished from Yellowknife in 1954 with $54,000; The Sea Diary of a Gay Dog - Colin Acton was entertainment officer of the Queen Elizabeth, the world's biggest ocean liner; Bouncing on a trampoline can teach a child to read - findings of Montreal psychologist Dr. M.S. Rabinovitch; The most powerful village in the world - Georgetown, D.C.; The hotheaded master of Moresby Island - Captain Horatio Robertson built a 1,600-acre Chinese empire in B.C. and ruled as stormily as an Eastern despot; Peter Martin; Dimitri Dimakopoulos; Stewart Fisher. How ironic that the story featuring prominent up-and-coming politicians includes a photo with Brian Mulroney seated at a table with Peter C. Newman, the man who would later write a book entitled "The Mulroney Secret Tapes", which feature the author's controversial taped conversations with Mr. Mulroney. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding sound. Please note: missing pages 65-66 which contained end of the Young Canadians article. Book
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Margolius, Sidney; Porter, M.; Hume, W.E.; Berton, Piere; Mowat, Farley; Dugan, James; et al
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, March (Mar.) 1, 1952 - Kenneth Dancy, The Other Hero of the SS Flying Enterprise
Features: Cover illustration inside Edmonton Airport control tower with C.P. Airlines plane on distant tarmac. Colour-photo ad for International Trucks inside front cover; Household Finance one-page ad features photo of A.D. MacLeod, Manager of their office at 805 First St. W. in Calgary; Seventy Minutes with General Douglas MacArthur - article with photo; Royal Roads and Royal Military College ad; Would You Live Better In the U.S.? - comparing prices and living standards of the Bieber family of Hamilton, ON with the Bigami family of Trenton, NJ; The Other Hero of the SS Flying Enterprise - photo-illustrated article on First Officer Kenneth Dancy; Are the Schools Ruining Your Child? - by veteran teacher William E. Hume; A Garden in Your Mailbox - photo-illustrated article on the Dominion Seed House with Bill Bradley, Phares Vannatter and Fred Fryer; What the West Thinks Russia Will Do; They Sometimes Murder But Never Steal - Photo-illustrated article by Farley Mowat on the vanishing Eskimos of the Hudson Bay hinterland; When Canasta Was the Craze - article with many photos of Wayne and Shuster; "I Grind Her Till She Bust" - photo-illustrated article on veteran organ grinder Joe Ferrari who lives in Toronto's Little Italy; Page 36 features a humourous one-third page two-colour "Torontonian's Map of Canada" which shows it as the hub of North America; Nice two-colour Beatty ad shows housewife carressing her automatic clothes washer; Nice back cover ad for the Irish Linen Guild. Please note: missing pages 25-28, and 49-52 (contained end of the Dancy article). Page 3 is secured with archival tape. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
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Fraser, B.; Porter, M.; gardner, R.; Allen, R.T.; Clare, J.; et al
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 1 March (Mar.), 1958: Inside Story of Maple Leaf Gardens / Vancouver's Hastings Street / James Bannerman
52 pages. Features: Rex Woods cover illustration of sailors and photo booth; Nice colour ad for the 1958 De Soto with push-button transmission; Where we really stand with the U.S.A.; Exactly Who is CBC Personality James Bannerman?; Vancouver's Hastings Street - great colour-photo-illustrated article; Why I Don't Like Speeches; Maple Leaf Gardens - Conn Smythe's Wondrous Pleasure Dome; RCAF recruiting ad; Canadian Pacifid Airlines ad; Colour Coke ad on back cover features ice skating young people at Rockefeller Center; and more. Please note: missing page 9-10, page 25-28 (fiction by Harris), otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
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Allen, R.; Fraser, B.; Anglin, G.; Neville, Charles; Bodsworth, F.; Robertson, George H.; Callwood, J.; Mayse, Arthur; et al
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 15 March (Mar.) 1951 - Toronto Maple Leafs Front Cover / Comrade Tim Buck of Canada's Communist Party
68 pages. Features: Great cover illustration of Toronto Maple Leaf locker room by Franklin Arbuckle shows button being sewn onto uniform of team captain Ted "Teeder" Kennedy by Tim Daly with Turk Broda in background; The Case History of Comrade Tim Buck - Leader of Canada's Communist Party for 21 years; You Too Can Be a Perfect Parent; The Hex-man of Croaker's Hole (fiction); Conscription! - How soon will it come?; Art Reaume - The Battered Boss of Windsor, Ontario; How to Pay Less Income Tax; Sir John Franklin's Folly; Regina's Always Starting Something; Whooping Cough - Number One Baby-Killer; Attractive colour Buick ad shows yellow Custom and red Roadmaster; Li'l Abner comic in Cream of Wheat ad; Noxzema ad features lovely Elaine Stewart; Jergens ad features four photos of Ginger Rogers; Nice colour La-Z-Boy ad shows officeman reclining on red chair; Dow Brewery ad honours Leo Doucet, 13, of Richibucto, N.B. who performed a heroic feat after a shotgun charge exploded while he and his father were two miles from shore; Auto-Lite ad features photo of Maureen O'Hara and her look-alike Jean Eyres of NYC; Molson's ad features tips for homeowners by Tom Gard; Nice colour Coke ad on back covers shows boy with blacksmith plus mechanic; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
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Klemin, Alex.; Reid, Lewis S.; Davis, E.G.; FitzGerald, F.J.; Hartson, J.T.; Coyner, Stratton
Aviation Engineering (Magazine) - The Technical Journal of the Aeronautical Industry, February (Feb.) 1930 - Selling the Airplane / Airport Management
48 pages. Features: Derivation of Induced Velocity at the Airfoil with Elliptical Loading; Aluminum Casting Alloys in Aircraft; Aircraft Dope and Finish Problems; Suggestions for Training Aircraft Welders; Selling the Airplane; Airport Management; Details about the International Aircraft Exposition, with list of exhibitors; Aeronautical Abstracts; New Aircraft; News of the Industry - with photos of J.T. Hartson, R.W. Fulton, and Lieut. James H. Doolittle; Airports and Airways; New Developments; Ad for the Cincinnati Aircraft Show, March 26 to April 1; Illustrated ad for "The World's Tallest Hotel", the Morrison Hotel in Chicago; Los Angeles County promotional ad; Ad for the St. Louis International Aircraft Exposition; Wright De Coster, Inc. ad for their "75" horn which 'can be heard for miles'; Stromberg-Carlson ad on back cover includes photo of George Wies, pilot, and Jack Peace, engineer, beside Pioneer Instrument Co. service plane; many more vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. Archival tape repair to back cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Klemin, Alex.; Niven, A.; Webb, L.; Friedrich, W.; Ross, L.; Smithowski, J.
Aviation Engineering (Magazine), With Which is Consolidated Aircraft Servicing - The Technical Journal of the Aeronautical Industry, March (Mar.) 1931 - The Merrill Movable Wing Stagger Decalage Biplane
50 pages. Features: Thompson Valve ad commemorates the first refueling endurance flight in history by Maj. Carl Spatz, Capt. Ira Eaker, Lieut. Elwood R. Quesada, Lieut. Harry A. Halverson and Staff Sgt. Roy Hooe, of the U.S. Army Air Corps; The Merrill Movable Wing Stagger Decalage Biplane; A Technical Description of the Continental Model A70 Second Series Engine; Propeller Materials and Airplane Safety; My Observations at the French Aero Show - with photo of the Dornier Do-S flying boat and the S.E.C.M. two-engined bomber; The Curtiss-Wright Junior and its Characteristics; The Month's Best from the Foreign Press - Junkers F.13 Disaster caused by Buffeting; Tips on Designing an Airplane; Reviews - with photo of Grover Loening at the controls of U.S. Navy submarine seaplane; Weights of Aluminum Alloy Floats and Hulls; Radio Shielding for Pratt and Whitney Engines; Servicing the Aerol Strut; Inspection, Maintenance and Repair of Aluminum Structural Parts; Airplane and Engine Repair Cost Accounting (part II); Servicing Problems; No Smoking; New Products; Nice ad for Detroit's Hotel Fort Shelby inside back cover; Back cover Packard-Diesel ad boasts of 9/10 of a cent per mile operating cost on 12,000 mile flight; many more nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Newell, J.; Huntington, D.; Wood, K.; Schaefer, E.; Doolittle, Major James H.; Froelich, M.; Insley, R.; Brown, L.; Stupar, M.; Schory, C.
Aviation Engineering and Aircraft Servicing (Magazine), With Which is Consolidated Airway Age - The Technical Journal of the Aeronautical Industry, March (Mar.) 1932 - The Stark System of Instrument Flying / The New Continental R-670
50 pages. Features: Front cover Thompson Valves ad commemorates Navy flyer Lieut. Soucek and his 1930 altitude record at 43,166 feet; Good Year ad features photos of American Airways planes; Data on the strength of Aircraft Materials; Improving the Control System; Weight Reduction Versus Drag Reduction in Design; The Stark System of Instrument Flying; A New Army Fighting Grade Anti-Knock Aviation Gasoline - article by Major James H. Doolittle; Engineering Deductions of a Flight Around the World - Charles Healy Day and his Errant (Martin); The New Continental R-670; Care and Construction of Metal Propellers; 1931 Aircraft Production; Century Airlines Hangar-Terminal Building; Brief personality profile - with photo - of Charles N. Monteith, Boeing's chief engineer; Obituary of C.T. Porter; Autogiro photo ad inside back cover shows Juan De La Cierva taking off from Pier 34, New York, December 23, 1931; Nice illustrated back cover ad for the new Stinson Model "R"; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Bruhn, E.; Medvedeff, N.; Smith, P.; Gassner, A.
Aviation Engineering (Magazine), March (Mar.) 1933 - World's Largest Autogiro / Army Lighter-Than-Air
32 pages. Features: Front cover Thompson Valves ad salutes Pan American Airways and their 107 airliners; The Moment Distribution Method for Solving Continuous Frameworks; Compound Floating Ailerons; Army Lighter-Than-Air; The Zap Flap; Effect of Controllable Pitch on Airplane Performance; The World's Largest Autogiro - ferries between two Florida country clubs; The Bryce Fuel-Injection Pump; A Radio Transmitter for the Itinerant Flyer; Symposium on Arctic and Winter Flying; Traffic Control at the Alleghany Airport; The Switlik Parachute Chair; Racon Electric Co. photo ad shows crowd at Cleveland Air Races; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Lenroot, K.; Powell, N.; Ellenwood, J.; Hill, A.; Shaw, H.; King, E.; Rothschild, L.; Livingston, M.; Green, Betty; et al
Parents' Magazine - On Rearing Children from Crib to College, March (Mar.) 1940 - When Boy Meets Girl / How to Deal with Jealousy
102 pages. Features: A Decade of Action for Children; Opening Doors for Children; When Boy Meets Girl; White House Conference on Children in a Democracy; How to Deal with Jealousy; Conquering Pneumonia; How to Nurse Your Baby; Sunshine to the Rescue; Family Fun; Family Home; Family Fashions; Feeding the Family; School Directory; Interesting one-page ad for GE sunlamps claims they will provide strong bones for babies; Nice (but soiled) color ad on back cover for Nestle's EverReady Sweet Milk Cocoa; and much more. Two small clippings from family fashions on page 33-35; Reader letters clipped from page 90. Small coupon clipped from page 94. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Lots of delightful reading and recollecting here! Book
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Sims, Marian; LaFarge, Oliver; O'Brien, Saliee; Perkins, Jeanne; Carnegie, Dale; et al
Today's Woman Magazine, March 1947 - The Most Accomplished Woman In the World / Dr. Karen Horney
152 pages. Features: Listen Hear, You Parents!- a schoolteacher sounds off; Why Not Plenty For All? - No child should go hungry in the U.S.A.; John and Estelle Ferrans - article with nice photos in color and black and white; Hollywood Beats the Drum; Nice fashion photos; On Guard with Inoculation; Story book hair styles - with photos; Margaret Woolverton - Chicago traffic engineer; Frances Buss - CBS TV Director in New York; Dr. Lore Rose David - the only woman micropaleichthyologist; Josi (Josephine) Cucinotto - designer for tots; Woman of the Month - Dr. Karen Horney; Nice colour-photo Maybelline ad on back cover; and much more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Tench, CV; Brockie, William; Walters, Charles; Nolan, John; Master Mariner; Fox, G. E.; Sharp, Sydney; Williams, Jan; Lourie, Leah; Mitchell, Eric Beatty, Bill
The Wide World - The Magazine For Men, March (Mar.) 1951 - The Death Patrol
xxiv, 256-320 pages. Features: Cover illustration of St. Lucia, Windward Islands; The Death-Patrol - strange R.C.M.P. manhunt in Canada's far north after a murder on Moskeet Island; The Tobacco Farmers - three youngsters put their combined savings into an abandoned farm in North Queensland - article with photos; The Jewelled Cross - a strange story of buried treasure; Photo of New Zealand's "Bottle House"; The Stowaway; The Tale of a Shirt - what happened when an African 'bush-boy' acquired a taste for European clothing; The Miracle of the Sacred Eagles - photo-illustrated article on a daily phenomenon at a hilltop temple in Tirrukalikundram in Southern India; The Landlord's Tale - a rousing sea story told by the host of a village inn on the south coast; The Wai Wai Indians of the interior of British Guiana - article with eight photos; The Delectable Island - the isle of Re lies in the Bay of Biscay; Jungle Magic - an inexplicable performance witnessed in Malaya; Australian Treasure Trove - the wealth awaiting lucky finders in the Australian wilds; and more, plus many vintage ads. Small name atop front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy. Book
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Sheppard, J. Mortimer; Hall, Peter; Rundle, Marjorie; Wharton, Bill; Burger, John F.; Dickie, Francis; Forrest, Bob; Demarest, R. William; Weir, Tom; Batham, Guy; Letheby, Jack; Tench, C.V.
The Wide World - The True Adventure Magazine for Men, May 1957 - Windsailing the Sahara / The Squaw's Curse
xxiv, 62 pages. Features: First to Sail the Sahara - article (with cover illustration) about the Sheppard family which attempted to windsail across the Sahara Desert - with map and photos; The Bull of Contention - melons of the Bhelwah plantation in north Bihar are being destroyed by a bull antelope which the Hindus consider a sacred nilgai; The Forest Glade Murders - photo-illustrated article from Northern Rhodesia; Captain Mitchell's Last Fight - his schooner spots a U-boat in 1942 (article with photo of the U-boat); The Incredible Snake Man - "Professor" Morrisey deliberately exposed himself to venomous snake bites in Africa; Black Death - a wolf terrorizes farmers and livestock near Kamloops, B.C.; Eggs for the Prisoner - the author was accused of smuggling and imprisoned without food or drink in a cabin of a stifling Pakistani river steamer; March Macabre - horrific ant attacks while obtaining WWII rubber in Ecuador; Britain's Unmapped Outpost - St. Kilda; Trouble at Thirty Fathoms - something goes wrong while welding underwater in a fast-flowing Papua, New Guinea river; Killer Turned Preacher - last instalment of "West to Adventure", the thrilling story of the life of "Jack" Letheby, trapper, prospector and professional gambler; The Squaw's Curse - Marie was the prettiest girl in the Spalumcheen tribe near Kamloops, British Columbia; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Clune, Frank; Redwood, Rosaline; Pitt-Kethley, Victor; Holiday, F.W.; Paine, G.E.P.; Ferry, R.H.; Illingworth, Frank; Chambers, Herbert; Brenton, Richard; Teigh, J.J.; Lloyd, J. Ivester;
The Wide World - The Magazine for Men, March (Mar.) 1948 - Tasmanian Robinson Crusoe / Woman Who Walked to Siberia
18 [ads], 313-374 pages. Features: A Diver Down a Gold Mine - an Italian worker stranded 1,000 feet down a flooded Australian mine is saved by deep-sea divers; The Forgotten Islands - The Chathams; A Tasmanian Robinson Crusoe - In 1904 the British barque Brier Holme went down and the only survivor lived three months on an uninhabited island; The Green Scarab; The Thief-Catcher - a holy man in India; Money to Burn - experiences while left in charge of a Transvaal farm; The Woman Who Walked to Siberia - Lillian Alling; Smugglers All; On the Edge of the World - final installment of Richard Brenton's adventures in Tierra del Fuego; Coin counterfeiters in Tanganyika; The Taking of Ventotene - a naval story in the Drake tradition; The Jinx - a man brings bad luck to others but escapes unscathed; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
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