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Wood, Kerry; Smith, Chipman H.; Martin, J. Lynton; McGillen, Pete; "The Skipper"; Frost, Rex; Morrow, Les; Gillese, J.P.; Landis, C.S.; Nicholson, H.P.
Rod & Gun in Canada Magazine, May 1957 - Quebec Holiday/Boating Equipment
Features: The Big Boom!; vintage ad for Ayers pure wool blankets, from Lachute Mills, Quebec; Old John Broadhurst Plans Larceny; Sportsmen can be wildlife managers; Photo of Edna Davis of Kettleby, Ontario being crowned "Outdoors Girl of Canada"; What You Need on Power Driven Pleasure Boats, by government regulation; Holiday for Fun in Quebec; Photo ad for a curious vessel called the Skeeter, manufactured by Cooke-Toledo Motors of Montreal; Two-page map and list of parks and fishing reserves in Quebec; Stop Moaning - Get Busy and Go!; Get Rid of Skunks; Maybe You Can Lease an Island!; Used Machine Gun Powder; Great vintage photo ad for Tapatco Marine Safety Products and Sleeping Bags; Winning Hunting Dog - "Tyson's Skyhill's Flash", owned by Richard Papa of Toronto; Photo of prize-winning dog "Craigend Rock", bred and owned by Jack Smyth of North Vancouver; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Hutton, Eric; Moon, Barbara; Hutchison, Bruce; Porter, McKenzie; Watt, Erik; Hughes, P.B.; Brockway, Robert
Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, March 15, 1958 - How Telephone Swindlers Operate
68 pages. Contents: Colour-photo Caterpillar ad inside front cover features construction of the 67-mile link between Calgary and Banff; Anticipating B.C.'s big blast at Ripple Rock; Article 1201 of the Customs Tariff makes Canadian Customs Officers Censors - in spite of themselves; Nice colour-photo ad for the 1958 Ford; The Large Family Isn't the Best Kind Now - so argues Dr. Robert Brockway; Humourous BMO full-page ad shows mad housewife, laughing daughter, and a hole where the stove sat... before mom threw it out the window!; Telephone Swindlers - how they operate and why they're seldom caught; Quebec scriptwriter Laurette Larocque-Auger - article with photos; The Coming Revolt Against Leisure; The Non-Taxable Loves of Mrs. Ollenberger (fiction); The Great Back-To-School Boom - the strongest surge in adult education the nation has ever seen; We Took Our Girls on an Arctic Vacation - Erik Watt and family attempt an eleven-hundred mile trip down the Mackenzie River to Aklavik in a 14' boat; Handsome full-page colour ad for the Buick Limited; Swiss Watch full-page ad features Norman Rockwell image of watchmaker at work; Nice one-page colour ad for Labatt's '50' Ale; Nice one-page colour ad for the 1958 Dodge features road construction scene; Colour ad for Beatty clothes washers; Colour-photo Coke ad on back cover features well-dressed couple in an elegant setting. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. A quality vintage copy. Book
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Bassett, Peta; Yee, Jennifer
Sawasdee, September 2004 - Thai Airways Magazine
76 pages. Lovely colour photography throughout. Text primarily in English. Features: Gisele photo in Jaspal ad; Excellent spas are plentiful around Thailand; Rock climbing in the stunning Krabi setting; World's top tennis stars stop off in Bangkok; Inflight service information; How to stay in good shape while in the sky; Royal Orchid Plus; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Kumar, S. Vinaya; et al
Jetwings, January 2004: Monthly Magazine of Jet Airways
216 pages. Colour photography throughout. Text in English. Features: The Mundanthurai sanctuaryis Tamil Nadu's haven for wildlife enthusiasts; The Unknown Lucknow; Bharatpur's Keoladeo Ghana Bird Sanctuary; Devil Rays off the coast of the Maldives; Nagpur and Indian aviation achievements; Suits that make the man; Jijoy Chowdhury's evocative images of a winter morning in Kolkata; Kurukshetra is steeped in mythological grandeur; Sakinalu packs a punch for the Telegus; Sri Lanka's capital; Bentota Beach; Sigiriya Rock; Buddhist art; Sri Lankan cuisine; Tea and golf in Nuwara Eliya's green hills; Baila; Sri Lankan writers; Tamilian tales; Geoffrey Bawa's architectural style; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Van Halen; Roth, David Lee;; Anthony, Michael; Alex Van Halen; Edward (Eddie) Van Halen
Van Halen - Women and Children First: Songbook for Voice and Piano with Guitar Chords
64 pages. Several pages of great colour photos of band members. Songs include: And the Cradle Will Rock; Everybody Wants Some!!; Fools; Romeo Delight; Loss of Control; Take Your Whiskey Home; In a Simple Rhyme; Could This Be Magic. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. An excellent vintage copy of this super Van Halen memento. Book
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Meade, Edward (Signed); Wilson, Duff
Indian Rock Carvings of the Pacific Northwest
96 pages. Bibliography. Signed by author upon title page. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of black and white photos. Binding intact. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. A sound copy. Book
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Alderman, Tom; Grescoe, Paul; Brown, Dick; Proudfoot, Dan; Williams, Peter; Benoit, Mme Jehane
The Canadian Magazine / Star Weekly, August 10 - August 17, 1968: Rock Group Cream
20 pages. Features: Life in an Ottawa old folks' home; Life on the Road Makes Rock Group Cream turn Sour; The Bank of Montreal's Ladies' Branch on Sherbrooke St. in Montreal; George Fejer, George Eaton, Bill Brack and Craig Fisher - Canadians in Auto Racing - article with colour photos; The Ocean-Going Spies - ships and submarines are used to listen in on emenies; Plum recipes; Doug Wright's Family. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Russell, Ken; Heston, Charlton; Fox, Julian
Films and Filming Magazine, May 1972: Stephanie Beacham Cover Photo from 'The Nightcomers'
90 pages. Contents: Major interview with Charlton Heston, with photos; Ken Russell writes on Raising Kane; 'The Omega Man' (photos); 'The Hot Rock' (photos); 'The Culpepper Cattle Co.' (photos); The Country Boys - an aspect of rural America in the Age of Innocence (article with photos); 'The Burglars' (photos); Cinema of Illusion - part 3 of an article; 'The Nightcomers' (photos); 'Time for Loving' (photos); 'Anne and Muriel' (photos); Pin-up photo of Carmen Miranda; 'Kidnapped' (photos); and more. Ads include: 'Time for Loving'; 'Harold and Maude'. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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De Palma, Brian; Parrish, Robert; Wlaschin, Ken; Gay, Ken
Films and Filming Magazine, December 1976 - Cover Photo of Francoise Fabian
50 pages. Features: Nice full-page ad for 'Survive'; Phantoms and Fantasies - interview with Brian De Palma; 'The Savage is Loose' - photos; Photo-illustrated article on motion picture cameraman James Wong Howe; The Berlin Film Festival; 'Marathon Man' - photos; Reviews - 'The Incredible Sarah', Obsession', 'Face to Face', 'Picnic at Hanging Rock', 'Lina Braake', 'Die Marquise Von O', 'The Bad News Bears', 'The Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday', 'The Scarlet Buccaneer', 'Futureworld', 'The Message', 'The Last Woman', 'The Stepford Wives', 'The Bingo Long Travelling All-Stars and Motor Kings; 'The Sentinel' - photos; 'Seizure' - photos; 'Chi dice donna dice donna' - photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Hudson, Rock; Gillett, John; Fox, Julian; Gay, Ken; Lambert, Gavin
Films and Filming Magazine, June 1976 - Cover Photo from 'Vampyres' / Rock Hudson Interview
50 pages. Features: Photo-illustrated interview of Rock Hudson; Los Angeles International Film Exposition 1976; Dangerous Games - Part One of 'The Golden Age of Terror' - some aspects of the Horror-Fantasy film from 1930 to 1936; 'Bobbie Gentry's Ode to Billy Joe' - photos; Reviews - 'Robin and Marian', 'Poachers', 'All the President's Men', 'Benji', 'The Travelling Players', 'Dunderklumpen', 'The Slipper and the Rose', 'Order to Kill', 'Sky Riders', 'Moses', 'The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox', 'Peeper', 'Diamonds', 'Shout at the Devil'; ad for 'Conduct Unbecoming'; Photos on location with George Cosmatos's 'The Cassandra Crossing'; Review of 'From A to B & Back Again, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol'; 'Vampyres' - photos; 'The Count of Monte Cristo' - photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Morris, Oswald; Day, Barry; Warner, Alan
Films and Filming Magazine, April 1977 - Cover Photo of Michael Berger and Laura Betti in 'Allonsanfan'
50 pages. Features: ads for 'Cross of Iron' and 'The Last Tycoon'; The Right Look - interview with Oswald Morris on the changing role of the cinematographer as truth competes with illusion; 'In Nome del padre' (In the Name of the Father) - photos; article entitled 'Italnoleggio'; Photo-illustrated article on the cult movie 'Singin' in the Rain'; 'Jabberwocky' - photos; Reviews - 'Joseph Andrews', 'The Story of Adele H', 'The Sentinel', 'Shadowman', 'A Star is Born', 'The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane', 'The Fate of Lee Khan', 'Charlotte', 'When the North Wind Blows', 'The Pink Telephone', 'Le Puritan', 'Exhibition', 'Le Baron Fantome', 'Sweeney', 'Les Violons Du Bal', 'Blue Belle', 'Black Moon'; 'East of Elephant Rock' - photos; 'The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane' - photos; 'The Brute' - photos; 'The Devil's Playground' - photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Crichton, Michael; Gow, Gordon; Warner, Alan
Films and Filming Magazine, January 1978 - Cover Photo of John Travolta in 'Saturday Night Fever'
50 pages. Features: Great 'Star Wars' ad inside front cover; 'The Duellists' - photos; Genetic Genocide - Author Michael Chrichton discusses the serious underlying dangers of the modern scientific world as dealt with in his latest work, 'Coma' - with photos; Magic film from Jean Cocteau - article with photos (part one); Films and Filming awards for 1977; Reviews - 'The Apple Game', 'Death Trap', 'The Duellists', 'East of Elephant Rock', 'The Intruder', 'Julia', 'Martin', 'My Nights with Susan, Sandra, Olga and Julie', 'Padre Padrone', 'Pumping Iron', 'Wizards'; 'First Love' - photos; Photo-illustrated article on an appreciation of the career of Bing Crosby; 'Saturday Night Fever' - photos; 'The Deep' - photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Dickenson, E.H.; Slager Jr., T.
Rock Drill Data
399 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Black and white photos. "...Designed primarily for the use of rock drill sales engineers - but its scope is so broad and it contains such a wealth of rock drilling information never before available in such a concise, easy-to-get fashion that we are sure almost everyone who has anything to do with rock drilling will find it invaluable as a reference book." - from Introduction. Prior owner's name on first page, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent reference. Book
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Marmur, Jacland; Curran, Dale; Katkov, Norman; MacHarg, William; Smith, Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell; et al
The Saturday Evening Post Magazine, November 26, 1949 - Why the Russian People Don't Rebel
120 pages. Features: Nice 1-page color ad for Cutler-Hammer motor controls; 1-page color ad for Old Gold cigarettes; color ad for Pitney-Bowes Postage Meters; Zippo Lighter color ad; My Wonderful Uncle, Levi Coombs Gould - article with photos; Challenge the Tempest (fiction); My Three Years in Moscow, Part 3 - Why the Russian People Don't Rebel - with photos; The Camouflaged Crime (fiction); Robert Jones of Ohio Refused to be Smeared by Drew Pearson - article with photos; The Rape of Albania - how this former paradise between Tito and the men in the Kremlin is being slowly bled to death - article with photos; One Divorce is Enough (fiction); Charley Callahan is the shrewd press agent for Notre Dame football - article with photos; The Odds on Murder (fiction); Training New Kinds of Methodist Pastors in Denver at the Iliff School of Theology - article with photos; The Doctor of Unkown Island (fiction - conclustion); Colour photos of the Arseneau family's home and birds on Great Bird Rock; Nice 1-page color Lucky Strike ad features Raymond W. Crutchfield of Reidsville, NC; The Innocent Buccaneer (fiction); RCA Victor TV ad; Nice half-page color ad for Fatima cigarettes features Mrs. Ralph Ellis of Chicago, Mrs. Mary C. Wurdeman of Los Angeles, Mr. James S. Winterhalter of Detroit, and Miss Pamel Hendricks Bookman of New York; Nice two-color Shelby bicycle ad features Donald Duck; Nice color centerfold ad features General Electric (GE) Christmas lights; Color ad for Winchester's glowing flashlight; Honeywell thermistat ad features black and white photos of Linda Darnell; La Choy Chinese Food color ad features interesting drawing of Chinese man in pigtail; Nice 1-page 2-color ad for Fruehauf Trailers features Frank Benitz of Dugan Brothers Baked Goods; Nice color ad for Sunkist oranges on back cover. Average external wear. Moderate external soiling. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Lemmon, Mrs. Robert S.; Wilcox, Uthai Vincent; Kains, M.G.; Martini, E.A.; Sherlock, Chesla C.; Et al
Better Homes and Gardens Magazine, October 1926 - Lockerbie Street - the Home of James Whitcomb Riley
100 pages. Features: Possibilities for planting wall gardens - rock walls; Showing civic pride with trees; The proper way to remove branches - photo-illustrated article on pruning trees; The third season in my garden; How shingles help in remodeling; Homes of famous Americans - part XLVI - Lockerbie Street, the home of James Whitcomb Riley; Let's have a fireplace; Nice one-page Johnson's Polishing Was ad features illustration of mother and child waxing floor; Preparing for your garden next year; Nice one-page color ad for Johns-Manville asbestos shingles features illustration of castle under attack; Nice one-page color Congoleum ad; Reader's letters; How proper insulation will help improve the home; Nice one-page ad for the Louisiana Red Cypress Bureau features the birth of New Orleans; A garden for a playmate; Nice one-page ad for 'Say it With Flowers' features George Washington and his mother; Poet Lew Sarrett's prescription for a tired world - with photo of Sarrett; Nice 2/3-page ad for True Temper yard tools; Nice vintage 2/3-page ad for Stanley Tools shows man installing bookrack; Nice 2/3-page ad for Yale door lock hardware; Poultry - a profitable hobby; Nice one-page Montgomery Ward & Co ad for their catalog; Nice 2/3-page ad for Sargent locks and hardware; Budgets for couples; Charming 2/3-page ad for the Wurlitzer Studio Grand piano; Beware of fake music publishers; Building healthy bodies - trees in the yard allow kids to exercise; One-page illustrated ad for the Kalamazoo Stove company; Attractive color ad for Sun-Maid raisins inside back cover; Soiled color ad for Mohawk Rugs on back cover. Above-average wear and soiling. Nibbling to upper corners. Covers detached but present. A worthy copy of this nice vintage issue. Magazine
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Gibson, D. W.; Geological Survey of Canada; Wall, J. H.;Sweet, A. R.
Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of the Lower Cretaceous Hulcross and Boulder Creek Formations, Northeastern British Columbia - Bulletin 440
105 pages. References. Reproductions of black and white photos. "Describes the geology of the Hulcross and Boulder Creek formations in northeastern British Columbia, and provides new detailed information on the lithofacies, lithofacies relationships, age, and depositional environments. The occurence and distribution of coal and the potential for hydrocarbon reservoirs in the Boulder Creek Formation are evaluated and discussed." - from Preface. All separate fold-up figures (9 through 14) present. Moderate wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Book
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Rotary Club, Portland, Oregon
Rotary Club, Portland, Oregon - Greetings to All Rotarians from the Portland Rotary Club
30 pages. Features full-page photos of natural and man-made scenes of wonder in the vicinity of Portland, Oregon. Undated but a date on the back page suggests a printing date circa 1917. Photos include: Downtown Portland with Mount Hood in background; Columbia Gorge; Vista House at Crown Point; Latourell Falls; Shepperd's Dell; Wahkeena Falls; Rotary Fountain; Eagle Creek Trail (carved into rock); Multnomah Falls; Oneonta Tunnel; Oneonta Gorge; Rock of Ages; Eagle's nest; Mitchell Point Tunnel; Mount Hood. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Boles, Paul Darcy; Sturdy, John Rhodes; Temple, Willard; Knapp, Daniel; Frank, Pat; Martin, Pete; Wessel, Milton R.; Niebuhr, Reinhold; Kelland, C.B.; Gardner, E.S.; Et al
The Saturday Evening Post, July 23, 1960 - Rock Hudson / Oral Polio Vaccine
92 pages. Short Stories: The Magic Lane; Captain Ashore; Girl in the Middle; The Boy and the Bear. Articles: Are We Safe From Our Own Bombs? - with amazing photo of downed C-124 Globemaster which crashed carrying three H-bombs, plus several other amazing crash photos; I Call on Rock Hudson - with nice color photos; How We Bagged the Mafia (conclusion); Oral Polio Vaccine - The Best Yet?; The Friendly Americans - Prakash C. Jain of India concludes we are very nice people; Adventures of the Mind - The Religious Traditions of Our Nation; The Face of America - Moving Day - great color photos of Mrs. Kathryn C. Sutton's home being moved from its original location in Bridgewater, PA; The Love Life of a Shy Bird - rare photo of a hen woodcock atop her egges. Serials: The Secret of Sidewinder Gulch (part 4 of 7); The Case of the Duplicate Daughter (conclusion). Ads: Hotpoint Fridges (inside front cover); Boeing 720; Acushnet Golf Balls; Firestone Tires; Bayer Aspirin; RCA Whirlpool Gass Appliances; Hamm's Beer; Morris 1000 car; 1960 Chevrolet Trucks - two-page color ad; Schlitz Beer - color centerfold; Shasta Soda; Two-page GM Diesel ad features great large photo of Euclid scraper at work; US Savings Bonds; B.F. Goodrich Tires - two color pages; Dial Soap; L&M Cigarettes (back cover). Above-average but not excessive wear. Some discoloration to back cover. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Author Not Stated
Mining Oil and Gas Explained
217 pages. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Prior owner's initials upon title-page, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this helpful guide. Book
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York, Annie; Daly, Richard; Arnett, Chris
They Write Their Dreams on the Rock Forever: Rock Writings of the Stein River Valley of British Columbia
300 pages. Index. Bibliography. Illustrated with colour photos, black and white photos and images of the petroglyphs discussed. "Describes, among many other things, the solitary spiritual meditations of young people in the mountains, a form of education once essential to all those who wished to succeed in life with their particular talents... Opens a discussion of some of the issues in rock research that relate to 'notating' and 'writing' on the landscape, around the world and through the millennia. This landmark publication presents a well-researched hypothesis to explain the evolution of symbolic or iconic writing from sign language, trail signs and from the geometric and iconic imagery of the dreams and visions of shamans and neophyte hunters." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A beautiful copy of this interesting work. Book
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Mulltiple Contributors
Frontier Times Magazine, July 1965
Features: Founder of the Cowboy Camp Meeting - William B. Bloys at Fort Davis, Texas in 1888; Shoot-out on Christmas Day, 1883 at McDade, Texas in Bastrop County - Thomas Bishop and George Milton; Boom Days at Ash Meadows, Nevada; Strawmen and Marshals - Ellensburg, WA and locality circa 1906; Greatest living hunter - Clell Lee; Riding the Shale Rock Trail; Paul P. Lawson and Idaho adventures; Victim of the "White Night" - unfortunate Joseph Hahn, after whom Hahn's Peak was named; Whipping Tree - primitive form of Seminole justice rarely suffered repeat offenders; John J. Tomlinson - Sawmill man of Yellowstone City in the Crow River Reservation; Oro, Arizona - most remote of the Bradshaw's Ghost Towns; The Wound that never healed - Mary Christofferson Anderson's chin was shot away by a cannonball at age 14 during the Morrisite Massacre of 1862; Rawhide times in Dakota - when it was open range from the White River to the Niobrara; I Cast My Lot With a Soldier - dedicated Army wives who followed their husbands to the American frontier in the 19th century; Appointment on Red Mountain - Emma Crawford was buried atop 7,200 foot-high Red Mountain where she said she had communed with an Indian brave; New Mexico's Mysterious Markers - many styles of Christian Cross; Flames of Starvation and Death - Cattlemen and nesters were comrades in arms when the sky warned of fire; King-sized nugget - found at the Willard Claim Mine in California's Sierra Nevadas; Uncle Milty's Legs - Milt Clements stood tall even though he only had one leg - Frank Lockert's personal museum at Coats, Kansas. Average wear. Some yellowing to pages. Occasional markings to contents. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Canadian (Magazine), 21 January 1978 - Cover Photo of Jean Chretien, Feature Article on Rock Group RUSH
Features: Jean Chretien - the Finance Minister as tough guy - with a weakness for one-liners; Rush Rock - feature article on rock group Rush, consisting of Geddy Lee, Neil Peart and Alex Lifeson; Name Game - an unusual exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery; Chowder recipes; Hockey's Roger Neilson - coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Somewhat above-average external wear. Small chip from front cover which bears a two-inch tear to fore-edge. Similar tear to first leaf. Center page holding by one staple. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Canadian Magazine (Star Weekly) 13 June 1970 - Remember Tupperware Parties?
Features: The Home Party Pitch - selling products through home sales parties - Tupperware and others; Paul Rimstead article on pool champion George Chenier, aged 63 - The loneliness of an old master, with great colour photo; Car Theft - wrecked Ontario cars morph with stolen Montreal cars - theft to order, theft by owner arrangement; theft for resale, theft for parts; Schussing the sands - in 1939 Robert Cote begain sand skiiing the north bank of the St. Lawrence at Tadoussac - the sport has taken off - colour photos; Maggie Grant column; Snake Charmers - fashion photos; Strawberry Recipes; Cybermedix is the greatest medical checkup ever; Art under pressure - colour photos of beautiful rock formations; Doug Wright's Family cartoon. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
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Mathews, W.H.; McCammon, J.W.
Calcareous Deposits of Southwestern British Columbia: Bulletin No. 40
105 pages including index. Black and white illustrations. "Surveys of most of the known commercial or potentially commercial, readily accessible calcareous (limestone) deposits of southwestern British Columbia. Limestone denotes a rock of sedimentary origin consisting mainly of calcium carbonate (calcite) or the double carbonate of calcium and magnesium (dolomite)." - from page 7. Table of contents include geology (origin, modifications, mineralogical composition), quarrying and processing (procedure, impure beds, topography, marketing - uses and specifications), stratigraphy (palaeozoic, triassic, jurassic), descriptions of deposits (Chilliwack River, Vancouver Island, Horne Lake). above-average wear. Spine taped. Usual library markings. A worthy working copy. Book
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Thompson, R.I.
Geology of the Akolkolex River Area: Bulletin No. 60
84 pages including appendix, and photos. Black and white photos and illustrations. Table of contents include stratigraphy (framework, granitoid gneiss, distribution and character of rock units), metamorphism (framework, mineral parageneses, pressure-temperature environment), structure (tectonic fabric, folds, structural geometry) and economic geology of the Wigwam Lead-Zinc Occurrence. Usual library markings. Binding Sound. A solid working copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Maclean's Magazine, 30 April 1955: R. Howard Webster
Features: Great colour Sweet Caps (Caporal) ad inside front cover; Editorial - how Gulf Oil vetoed Ottawa's pipeline plans; Gorgeous colour-photo two-page ad for General Motors four-door hard tops, Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight De Luxe Holiday Sedan and Buick Special 4-door Riviera; The Unknown Man who bought the Globe and Mail - who's R. Howard Webster? - sparked by Howard's financial wizardry, the five Webster brothers mushroomed the fur and fuel empire their father, Lorne Webster, left into a private trust that virtually blankets North America in the fields of Fuel, Stevedoring, Tankers, Hardware, The Imperial Trust, and more; Why I'm out of TV - Choir leader Dr. Leslie Bell bowed out when the singers became dancers and he was made to act; The Race to sell new cars - the market has been turned topsy-turvy by the hottest competition since the horseless carriage replaced the buggy - great black and white photos!; The blonde who leaps from the clouds - RCAF Para-nurse F/O Marion Macdonald; How they'll blow up Ripple Rock - for decades this underwater monster in the Strait of Georgia has been wrecking ships and drowning sailors; When a Canadian Ruled Oregon - Towering John McLoughlin from Riviere du Loup was king of Columbia - the Oregon and Washington of today; The doctors in overalls who've changed your life - the research done by Ontario Veterinary College; That Yellow Prairie Sky - Robert Kroetsch; Is there Really an Abominable Snowman?, by Willy Ley; Nostalgic full-page colour photo ad for Toro (fortieth anniversary) mowers; Colour Visking Weiners ad; nice colour full-page ad for the all-new 1955 Plymouth; Nice colour full-page ad for the Oldsmobile 88-98. Average wear. Binding sound. Address label on front. A quality copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Nature Magazine, September 1935
16 pages of nature pictures in rotogravure. Features: Animals of the Australian Bush; Meet the Grass Family - orchard grass; Nature makes an enchanted isle atop a rock in a garden pool; Our National Scenery in Travel Poster; Nature's Poet Laureate; A doubly floriferous Showy Orchis; Matthew Fontaine Maury's Work Goes On; Goldie, a Chinese Oriole; A life-saving thistle - Evert's thistle; Conservation - what of the closed season?; Conservation and use; Hawks - what they eat; Isle Royale National Park - threat of logging speeds move to preserve this island; A New Defender of the Wilderness - the C.C.C. - Civilian Conservation Corps; For the Duck Record; Cygnus and the Northern Cross. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Happy Motoring: A Publication of Esso/Imperial Oil, Volume 17, Number 2, 1956: The Champlain Trail
15 pages. Features: The Wonders of the Champlain Trail; New Tourist Wonderland in Alberta, thanks to the completion of the last section of the Bow River-Nordegg Forestry Road; The Glamour of St. Andrews by-the-Sea; Roll back the years with a Roadmap; International Opera House of Rock Island, Quebec. Happy Motoring (on a budget) with the Little Woman. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Explorer's Journal, September 1978
Features: The Aviaries of Edward Marshall Boehm; Nomads of the Gabra - wanderers of the wasteland; Photogrammetry Breakthrough - formulas bring honors to an amateur, John P. Snyder; The Space Oblique Mercator Projection; Marine fish in a Freshwater Lake - the enigma of Lake Nicaragua; Photos of rock carvings by Harrison Forman; Sonic Exploration for Subterranean Resources - seismic reflections probe the earth; Ankh linked to Supernova - ancient Egyptian symbol records astronomical event; The Wrangel Island Affair - Vilhalmur Stefansson's expedition; Pampas, Gulls and Gauchos - life on the Argentine Plain. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Kelly, H.M.
Pillar Rock and Neighbourhood
121 pages. Average wear. Modest external soiling. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Explorer's Journal, March 1985
Features: Mysteries of the Mexican Codices; A Primary Paleolithic Site - The Deccan College Campus, Pune India; The Viking Expedition - Searching for life in the sands of Mars; Underwater Classroom for Young Aquanauts; On Christopher Columbus's "Great Mistake"; Caribou, Reindeer and snow; Papua New Guinea Tribal Payback; In search of the Rock Vole. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Explorer's Journal, Fall 1992
Features: In the Wake of Columbus; West Through the Northeast Passage; Stone Age Mysteries in Irian Jaya, Indonesia - Part I, Journey to a remote stone age rock quarry center and discovery of a unique fire starting tool; Did the Norsemen sail from Greenland to Ungava Bay for Lumber?. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
The Explorer's Journal, Winter 1992
Features: Mountains of the Jinn; Volcano Magic - Photographing an Eruption at Night; Cuzco-Tuyo - The search for a lost Inca fortress; Culture and Spirituality in Majorca; Angkor Wat Conservation Debate Erupts; Stone Age Mysteries in Irian Jaya, Part II - the Yeineri Rock Quarries; The Sea's Last Refuge; Explorer Earns Honor from Nobel Institute; Celebrating a Tradition of Exploration - The Explorer's Club Space Dinner. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Explorer's Journal, Summer 1996
Features: A future for zoos?; On Eagle's Wings - spacecraft for the 21st century; Challenging a dragon - descending the mighty Mekong; Spiritual Summits - Mountainscapes; Expedition Mongolia - A window on the past; Graven Images - The Rock art of the Helan Shan; Sheep Domestication on the roof of the world. Light wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
The Explorer's Journal, December 1988
Features: Capturing Satellites in Space looking back at earth; Waiting for a Vision; Exploring Earth's Life Support System; Hunting Wildlife with Pen and Palette; Ecuador's Forest Refuge; The Rock Art of Cape York Peninsula; Indian Sites of the Alaskan Islands; Why we do it; The Great Horned Owl. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Numerous Contributors
Platinum '81 (1981) - Songbook of the Superstars: Sheet Music and Guitar Chords for Dozens of the Best Hits from the 1980s
399 pages of dozens of great hits from the early 80s. A brief sampling of the songs includes: Against the Wind, All My Love, And the Cradle Will Rock, Boulevard, Could I Have This Dance; Fade Away, Fame, Hey Nineteen, Hungry Heart, I'm Coming Out, Keep on Loving You, Little Jeannie, Lonely Together, Look What You've Done to Me, Miss Sun, Never Be The Same, One Step Closer, Passion, Sailing, Upside Down, Woman, and dozens more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding tight. A sound copy of this fantastic compilation. If you are wondering about a particular song please let us know. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Maclean's Magazine: Bound Issues July 1, 1985 Through September 30, 1985
Over one inch thick. Some of the many topics include: Beirut Hostages; American Protectionism; Sting; Closing the Levesque Era; Air India Flight 182 is blown up; Peter Loughheed's Legacy; Office Politics; Jenilee Harrison; Judy Chicago; Paul Desmarais (?) stalks Southam Inc.; Forty Years after Hiroshima; Nagasaki then and now; Fighting the fires of Summer; Boris Becker wins Wimbledon; Tina Turner; Reagan's surgery; Tears are not enough - starvation in Africa - Live Aid; Prairie Drought; Moves to buy Gulf Canada; South Africa Under Seige - the world debates sanctions; Bryan Adams - Superstar; Rock Hudson and AIDS; Toyota announces plans for Canadian plant; Debating Star Wars; Whale Watching; New Terror of AIDS; Paul Reichmann and his brothers buy Gulf Canada; Recovery in Tibet; The Race to Dominate the Arctic - the Polar Sea in Canada's north; Pierre Marc Johnson; Maple Leaf coins gain in popularity vs. the Krugerrand; Apartheid inferno in South Africa; Two-day Major League Baseball Strike; The Crisis of Canada's Water; Mulroney's first visit to B.C.; Year of the Dragon - Movie by Michael Cimino; The Takeover Frenzy; Botha's defiant stand; Cover photo of The Boss - Bruce Springsteen; Mulroney Cabinet Shuffle; War in Afghanistan; Pressure on Canada's wheat industry; Hard days for Canada's Navy; Special Report on Mulroney's Second Year; Pia Zadora; South Africa - a nation on the brink; Beer Battle; Quebec's garish crime press; Free Trade - climax to a historic debate; Swedes prepare to elect a new government; Canada's rapidly vanishing wilderness; Agnes of God - film; Joshua - Canada's costliest movie; Travels of Joseph Savimbi in Angola; Collapse of the Canadian Commercial Bank; Marcel Masse; Cover Photo - The Blue Jays race to the World Series; Mexico's week of death; The Tainted Tuna Scandal; TV Shows; Fishing Treasures of the Bow River. Light wear. Firmly bound. Former library copy with usual markings. Book
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Dillon, Gordon W.: Editor
American Orchid Society Bulletin Vol. 28 October, 1959 No. 10
Features include: Development of Phalaenopsis in Hawaii; The Orchidist in Southern Mexico (Pt I): The Nizanda "Rock Gardens" of Oaxaca; Vandas in Central Florida; How Does Your Greenhouse Grow?; Collectors' Item: Rodriguezia rigida; Growing Orchids in the Home (Pt VI): Orchids on a Windowsill in Wales; Oncidium Cavenlur; Evolutionary Trends in the Sarcanthine Orchids; Pleiones, Orchids for Everyone; Cryptocentrum jamesonii, a Rare Ecuadorian Orchid; How Do Your Orchids Grow?; and Orchid Classics (Pt V): On the Identity of Three Supposed Genera of Orchideous Epiphytes. Light wear. Unmarked. A clean copy. Book
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Joplin, Janis
(Janice) Joplin in Concert - Songbook with Lyrics, Music and Guitar Chords
63 pages. Includes two-page black and white illustration of Janis. Songs include: All is Loneliness; By, Bye Baby; Down on Me; Ego Rock; Flower in the Sun; Half Moon (Seven Song); Kozmic Blues; Move Over; Road Block; Summertime; Try (Just a Little Bit Harder). Somewhat above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage compilation. Book
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Author Not Stated
Sights and Scenes of the World: A Series of Magnificent Photographic Views Embracing the World of Nature and Art, People's Series, No. 3, 11 November 1893
16 pages. 13" x 10.5" oblong. Full-page black and white photos of: The Casino at Monte Carlo; The Kremlin in Moscow; Houses of Congress, Santiago, Chili (Chile); Place de la Concorde, Paris; The Rock of Gibraltar; The River Jordan - lovely country image; Unter-den-Linden, Berlin; Royal Palace at Charlottenburg, Near Berlin; Castle of Heidelberg; Imperial Opera House, Ringe Strasse, Vienna; Correggio's "Holy Night" (Painting); The Roman Pantheon; City of Palermo, Sicily; Panorama of Pompeii; The Leaning Tower of Pisa; The Champs-Elysses, Paris. Moderate staining/soiling. Unmarked. Chips from rust brown covers. Book
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Kenyon, Ron
Lone Rock to Marshall: Old Lone Rock, Lone Rock, Strathmore, Fartown, South Marshall and Marshall Area (Saskatchewan)
521 pages. Dozens of wonderful black and white archival photographs. Prior owner's name upon front free endpaper. Average wear. Soiling to back cover. Binding intact. A sound copy of this pleasing local history. Book
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Haig-Brown, Roderick; et al
Maclean's Magazine, June 15, 1951 - Haig-Brown Feature and "If The Russians Attack Canada"
Cover Painting by William Winter shows a joyous last day of school. Features: Colour photo Studebaker Commander V-8 ad inside front cover; Nice colour ad for George Weston Limited shows bride-to-be with family; Spyglass on Sweden - the Welfare State; If the Russians Attack Canada - article with photos and interesting map of likeliest Canadian targets; Wide Open, Excellency, by Lesley Holmes; How the Stock Crooks Operate, by Fred Bodsworth - how the 'blower boys' peddle worthless stocks via long-distance phone; The Long Ordeal of Mrs. Tak Sook Kyun - the Korean War has taken her home near the Manchrian border, her husband, her baby, and tossed her up like driftwood on the crowded Pusan hills - article by Pierre Berton with sad photos; Banff - a paradise for Sultans and Stenos - article with great colour photos; The Ups and Downs of Alan Young - originally from West Vancouver, he fought his way to the top in radio and movies; What it's Like to Live in the Dark - Larry Bartlett was blinded by a German shell; Boswell of the Brooks - Writer Roderick Haig-Brown milks a cow every day and gets called "Your Worship" - article with photos; The Secret Behind The Fiery Phantom that Sails Bay Chaleur; Nice colour illustrated ad for Allis-Chalmers Rumely, Ltd showing a grader levelling a country road; Attractive colour ad for the Hillman Minx Convertible; Colour illustrated Coke centerfold shows store display and picnic lunch packed and ready to eat; Colour Chevrolet ad featuring a 2-door Bel Air; Nice colour photo ad for Snyder's Fine Furniture; Colour illustrated ad for the Ford Custom Deluxe Convertible; Nice 2-colour ad for the Austin A-40 Devon auto; Nice colour Parker Pen ad inside back cover features endorsement by Mazo De La Roche; Colour Margene ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. A sound copy of this particularly wonderful issue. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
Maclean's Magazine, July 11, 1983 *COVER PHOTOS OF PITCHERS DAVE STEIB AND STEVE ROGERS*
Contents: Commodore 64 computer ad inside front cover; Legacy of massacre at Sabra and Shatila camps; Can we Afford Public Enterprise, by Dian Cohen; Trudeau delivers ultimatum - greedy wage and salary demands not to be tolerated; Rene Levesque in Paris with Mitterand; Ottawa and Alberta sign energy pact; Western Canada Concept (WCC) in tatters - leader Gordon Kesler sent packing; Italy's search for stability; Poland - dealing with the Vatican; Debategate; Arafat wins a respite; War in Chad; Expos and Blue Jays in first place - feature article; Minor league baseball in Canada; Leo Rautins goes to the NBA; TD Bank ventures toward discount brokerage; Belzberg's First City Trust takes over Pocklington's Fidelity Trust Co.; Simpson's Sears fined $1 million over diamond promotion; Japan in the 21st century, by Peter C. Newman; Growing Canadian AIDS alarm; Legal Heroin in Holland?; Pain of the Triathalon; Women inch toward equality in the workplace; Phil Edmonston and the squeeze on lemon cars; Proposals for dealing with illegals in Canada; Newfoundland's Wonderful Grand Band offers a raunchy combination of satire, slapstick and rock; The annual Stampede Art Auction in Calgary; Alden Nowlan - obituary. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Maclean's Magazine, June 6, 1983 *INSIDE CANADA'S PRISONS*
Contents: Pittston battles for New Brunswick refinery in Eastport; Explosive student woes in France; Can we trust our spies?, by Barbara Amiel; Joe Clark searching for second ballot support; Robert Kaplan under attack for his new CSIS; Dave Barrett bows out leaving no heir; Militant Nova Scotia lobster fishermen; The trial of Gilles Gregoire; Inside Canada's Prisons - cover story with photos; Texas Instruments PC ad; British national election campaign; Scandal in Somalia; Congress approves the MX missile; Deadly new phase of warfare in South Africa; Canadian shipyards fighting to survive on government contracts; On the Nissan Assembly Line in Japan, by Peter C. Newman; NHL faces anti-trust challenge after refusing to allow the sale of the St. Louis Blues to a Saskatoon group - Bill Hunter; Commodore 64 computer ad; Into the tomb of HMS Breadalbane - interesting underwater photos; Bruce Allen - the most successful manager in the history of Canadian rock; Fotheringham on the Hitler diaries hoax. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Atlant Rhythm Section (A.R.S.)
Atlanta Rhythm Section (A.R.S.) - Double Deluxe Songbook: Piano/Vocal/Chords
80 pages. Features all songs from two great ARS albums: A Rock and Roll Alternative, and Champagne Jam. Songs include: Don't Miss the Message; Everybody Gotta Go; Georgia Rhythm; Hitch Hiker's Hero; Neon Nites; Outside Woman Blues; Sky High; So Into You; (The) Ballad of Lois Malone; Champagne Jam; Evileen; (The) Great Escape; I'm not Gonna Let it Bother Me Tonight; Imaginary Lover; Large Time; Normal Love. Includes seven pages of photos of the band and its members. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Binding sound. A high-quality copy of this vintage original songbook. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Down Beat - Music '69 (1969) 14th Yearbook - Jazz, Blues, Soul, Folk, Rock
98 pages. Wonderful full-page Guild amplifier ad on page 2 featues George Benson playiing. Gary Burton is featured in a full-page ad for Musser Vibes; 1968 - the year that was; The Roots of Rock, Rhythm and Blues, by John Gabree; The Joe Marsala Story - article with photos; Duke Ellington Travelogue - his Latin American photo album, with article; Notes and Memories of the New Music, by Larry Kart; The Blues as Poetry, by Rod Gruver; Combined Fender and Rogers Drums ad features Jimi Hendrix and Louie Bellson; Bud Powell - a complete discography, by Jorgen G. Jepsen; The Cream of the 1968 Record Crop; Jazz Humor, by Ira Gitler; Arrangement for Mercy, Mercy, Mercy by Joe Zawinul - as recorded by Buddy Rich and his band; Tonic Drum ad featuring Max Roach; Blues and the Abstract Truth, by Oliver Nelson - composed and arranged for 7-piece combo; Slingerland Drum ad inside back cover featuring Buddy Rich. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this most enjoyable and informative publication. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Western Horseman - The Magazine for Admirers of Stock Horses, September 1953 *Special E.B. Quigley Feature*
64 pages. Features: Navajo Tribal Fair at Window Rock, Arizona; E.B. Quigley - Painter of Horses; Bronc Breaking; Vet's Corner; Down the Straightaway; Quarter Racing at Centennial; Arab Blood in Today's Ponies; Jubilee Days in Laramie; Cow Cuttin'; That Record Pushing Sister - Little Sister W; Picked Up in the Rodeo Arena; The Stallion as a Stock Horse; It Could Happen to You; Western Paul Revere - Joe Rankin; Tips from Tyler. Nice color ad for Tem-Tex Arizona - Western shirts. Full-page Stetson ad on page 1. Blue Bell jeans ad on page 3. Circle Bar - A Ranch Quarter Horse dispersal sale ad inside back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
Trains Magazine, September 1944, Vol. 4, No. 8
48 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railroad; A Railroad Plans for Tomorrow - operating after the war; Do You Know These Railroads?; New York Central 4-8-2; Main Line of the Narrow Gauge - Rio Grande three-foot rails over Cumbres Pass, with super photo centerfold of a Denver & Rio Grande Western train beginning its run from Alamosa to Durango; Beyond Ellicott's Mills - oldest main line sees few passenger trains but its two tracks shorten B&O freight route 15 miles; Yugoslav Railroads - Pathway to the Orient; Great full-page ad for Rock Island Lines; Case History with which Attorney Louis F. Meyer Jr. illustrates an important railroad legal point. Small date stamp atop front cover. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
Trains Magazine, August 1942, Vol. 2, No. 10
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Nine prize-winning photos from Railroadians' salon; The 6:57 - The Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast; Silverton Branch - Denver & Rio Grande Western's most remote train squeeze up the gorge of Rio de Las Animas Perdidas twice a week; World's Biggest (in 1883) - El Gobernador - Nineteenth-century Mastodon; The NYO&W - built new merchandise traffic to replace collapsed hard-coal trade; The Track Circuit - this simple electrical detector tells when a train is on the track, and is used in all types of signaling; Below the Mason & Dixon Line - Medium-sized railroads abound in the south; Bill Moore's Trip - aa first-class railroad vacation trip - across Canada on Canadian Pacific is the first lap; The Ubiquitous Rock Island - a photo spread. Average wear and soiling. Small address stamp atop front cover. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
Trains Magazine, April 1941, Vol. 1, No. 6
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Colorado Railroads - Why the railroads built into a wilderness of rock and snow, railroad operation, and notes for the traveler; Rich Road, Poor Road - Florida, East Coast Railway is unique among bankrupt roads of the nation; Mail-Key Railroaders - The sort the mail as speeding trains whisk the nation's letters on their way; Railfans' Utopia - If New England men have their way, fans will have a private road of their very own; SP Articulateds - Siamese twins of the rails, sired by Mallet type, are themselves simple articulateds; Hiawatha 4-4-2's. Small date stamp atop front cover. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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