O'Neil, Tom: EditorMareMagnum
195616 pages. Features: Akron victory for Ed Furgol; North wins at Sheridan, WY; Ruthie Jessen becomes Proette; Sam Snead's game gone?; Photo of Mary Ruth (Ruthie) Jessen; Photos of Jim Bishop, Jim English and Fred Marble; Photo of Patty Berg who was honored at Interlachen CC, Minneapolis; Photo of Henry P. Cowen of MacGregor; Obituaries for Homer S. Cummings, Arthur J. Chapman, Albert Crissy Wheeler, William G. Curtis, Sr., A. Linde Fowler, and Fred Hutchinson; Photo of Marine Don Albert in action - he won the inter-service title at Eglin AFB; Photo of Dick Lundahl; Photo of Lloyd Mangrum in Golfcraft Inc. ad; Large photo of Anne Quast on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
192910-1/4 by 7-1/2 by 1-1/4 inches. Topics include: Domestic Animals, Stock Brands, Maintenance of Children of Unmarried Parents; Coroners; Deserted Wives' Maintenance; Evidence; Prevention of Minors Carrying Firearms; Fires and Fire-escapes; Game; Highways; Industrial Home for Girls; Industrial Home for Boys; Infants; Trade Licences; Liquor Control; Magistrates; Mental Hospitals; Parents' Maintenance; Provincial Police and Prisons; Pool-rooms; Sheep Protection; Summary Convictions; Trespass; Noxious Weeds; Women's and Girls' Protection. Binding intact. Average wear. Unmarked. Age-toning to contents. Laid-in are chapters 50, 31, 11, and 5, plus Amendments to Statutes compiled for the use of Magistrates, Police, etc. passed by the Legislative Assembly, 1930 and 1931 sessions. A fascinating shapshot of these B.C. laws early last century. Times have definitely changed. Book
1919Pages 266-352 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: Flying in Central Africa (part I) - adventures from the flying log-book of an R.A.F. officer during ther campaign in German East Africa; My Adventures in Bolivia - Frank Rose was arrested as a dangerous revolutionary but managed to escape; Relief Worker's Adventures (part I) - thrilling adventures among the war victims of Armenia, Syria, and Persia, with photos; Hunting Big Game by Motor-Car - Captain F.A.M. Webster describes how he does it, with photos; The Adventures of a Newspaper-man (part III) - Frederic Martyn's adventures - with photos; Pukalofa's Tragic Revenge - Captain Samuel Randall recounts the brutal behavior of a whaling captain towards his crew in 1868, and what followed; In the Wilds of Siberia (Part I) - great photo-illustrated article by Harry Somerset-Lister describes his adventures; The Theft of the Zuni God - in New Mexico three U.S. Cavalry troopers stole the idols of the Indians, thus incurring their wrath; "The Surf Deer" - Reminiscences of the Dover Destroyer Patrol by Captain E.R.G.R. Evans, the Commander of the destroyer Viking; Shooting Elephants in the Middle of a Battle - what happened during the German East African Campaign; Hunting an Elephant During War - another thrilling incident of an elephant hunt during stern fighting in German East Africa, related by a Rhodesian soldier; Our Life at Holzminden - Lieut. J. Whale describes his life in this German POW camp in Brunswick, and provides his own illustrations; The Making of a Mandarin - photo-illustrated explanation of the curious and picturesque examinations which are held every three years in China and Indo-China for the coveted diploma of Chu-Jen, which entitles the holder to call himself a full-fledged Mandarin; Smugglers' Strategy Unveiled - photo-illustrated article explaining the many ingenious methods used by German and Swiss smugglers to get food and other things into enemy territory; The Tragedy of the Sling-Chain - Miner Bill Burton is killed in Australia; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1920Pages 178-264 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Mysterious Heart of Asia (part I) - Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes gives an account of his adventures during a war-time expedition, with photos; The Murder Ship - the Russian schooner Johannis and one of the most tragic narratives in the annals of the sea; The Lifted Veil (part I) - POWs in Turkey concoct a 'spook' and create an amazing deception for their captors; The Largest Camera in the World - constructed by George Lawrence of Chicago - fantastic photo-illustrated article; 'Twixt Earth and Sky - the story of a German's vengeance and the terrible ordeal that resulted for a timber-getter in the New Zealand kauri forests; The Great Zeebrugge Raid - And After (part II) - a Royal Marine captured on the Mole describes the full story of the historic landing (in part I) and curious adventures during subsequent captivity; The Bullet-Hole Cross - Guatemalan estate manager Mr. Dellplain incurs the wrath of an Indian who swears to have his life; The Mystery of the Missing Nun (part II) - Sister Janina disappeared from a peaceful little village in Michigan; Timber-Cruising in California - Terence H. Lambert describes interesting experiences among the big trees of California; Pirate Gold - The Buried Treasure of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia; After Big Game in East Africa - advice on the fitting out of expeditions, cost, and the game available; Photo of amazing bamboo scaffold structure over the great Ch'ien Men Gate, Peking as it was being rebuilt; A Two-Days' Battle with a Baboon - it escaped aboard a ship!; A Night With a Madman in India; The Sheriff's Bad Day - this story hinges on a very odd connection with this publication; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1945Pages 975- 1022. Features: Nice One-page photo-illustrated travel add for Czechoslovakia; Vintage half-page photo-illustrated ad for the French Riviera and Basque Coast; Cover photo of the king and queen and Princess Elizabeth going aboard the Royal yacht "Victoria and Albert" in Portsmouth Harbour; Photos of Portsmouth welcoming the king; Dramatic photo of assembled warships firing royal salute; Two pages of photos of the fleet illuminated at night; Photo of the king leaving 6 inch gun turret in HMS "Southampton"; Illustrated article discusses the riddle of the markings on Mars; Nice one-page photo of the king and queen returning from St. Paul's in an open landau with princesses Elizabeth and Margaret; Page of nice photos of attendees at the Empire day and coronation Thanksgiving service in St. Paul's; Nice one-page photo of the king and queen with their daughters in their horse-drawn landau before a huge crowd; Two-page illustration of the Empire day and coronation Thanksgiving at St. Paul's; One-page photo of the king and queen at Chelsea; Photos of personalities of the week include Sir Alexander Grant, Marshall Voroshilov, Gen. Ismet Inonu, the Duchess of Kent, the Maharajah of Alwar, Dr. S. H. Langdon, the late John D. Rockefeller, who died on May 23, the Duke of Kent, Queen Mary, and Lord Aberconway; Two-page illustration of celebration of the honourable artillery Company's (H.A.C.) 400th anniversary at Olympia; Three photos of the Paris exhibition which has officially opened; Photo of Donald Bain leading crowd of bushmen in Cape Town as he seeks permission from the government to kill game for food; Photo of the shattered deck of HMS "Hunter" after it struck a mine off the coast of Spain, killing eight; Five photos of refugee Basque children brought to England in the "Habana"; Classy one-page Harrods ad features a dining set; Nice one-page ad for Humber's seven passenger Pullman Limousine; One-page ad for Austin Reed men's clothing; One-page photo-illustrated ad for the Hudson Eight Tickford Foursome Coupe; Two wedding fashion photos for women; Classy half-page photo ad for Bentley cars; One-page photo ad for King's College Hospital appeals for financial help; Travel ads for Switzerland, Australia, Bermuda, and more; Colour back page ad for Douglas Stuart (Stuart House of London); and more. Please note: half of centrefold missing, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great issue. Magazine
195748 pages. Features: Cover photo of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan with Chief Justice Earl Warren; Where does the liberal go now? - A challenge to focus on spiritual and cultural, rather than economic issues; Legal pilgrimage to London for American Bar Association's 80th annual meeting; A defence of bigness in business - an argument that it promotes research and competition; What the aged need in homes - they require special safety features and should be where their occupants can join fully into community life; Europe, too, runs into a traffic jam; The passing parade at Lindy's - for 36 years it mirrored Broadway; Haircuts in review; Festival of the Parks; Curriculum for tomorrow's world; Jersey fashion photos; The Pajama Game. Ads include: Lord & Taylor, Cranston, Ban-Lon; Cone; nice colour photo centrefold ad for Judy Bond; Springmaid Fabrics; B. Altman & Co.; Leotard Scandale; Wamsutta Mills; and Fruit of the Loom. Pages somewhat brittle with age and moderately yellowed at periphery. Covers loose but present. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
195638 pages. Features: 1956 Fishing Regulations for Canada's 10 provinces, 2 territories and national parks; 1956 Watercraft Preview; Salmon Fishing; Birth of a Monarch (moose) - article; All-'Round Rifle; Moss of 1,000 Uses; Public Relations of Provincial Game Departments; Nice one-page photo-illustrated ad for the Jeep CJ-6; Back cover Brading's Ale ad features photo of TV-watching couple by Karsh; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
197796 pages. Includes several pages of photos in color and black and white. Includes sheet music for piano and voice with guitar chords for these songs: Hope You Feel Good; Passing Thing; Do Wah Diddy; Learning the Game; Angel Woman; Must Be Crazy; Lonely Boy; Firefly; Stay; Go Back Home Again; One of Them is Me; That's Why I Love You; Heartaches in Heartaches; Love Hurts; A Note From You; Resting in Your Arms; I'm a Gambler; Endless Flight; Hang My Picture Straight; Ten Years Behind Me; I'm Coming Home. Unmarked. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average external wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
198844 pages. Text in English. Features: Focometer 2; In the sign of the Dragon - "Les rencontres Internationales de la Photographie" in Arles; The sharpness game - Werner Kohler - a master of the Leica; The new Leica R6; New 35-70 mm f/3.5 zoom lens for Leica R; 28 mm f/2.8 PC Super-Angulon-R; Winners of the still-life tabletop contest; "Magic" tripod system; Elcovision; Photokina 1988; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
1969114 pages. Features: Outrage after North Korea shoots down American EC-121 piloted by Lieut. Commander James Overstreet; The Sirhan Sirhan verdict; Crookston, MN flood; Strike leader Mary Moultrie in SC; Fascinating photo-illustrated article on North Korea - What is Behind Their Belligerence?; End of the Dubcek era in Czechoslovakia; Vietnam war news; A visit to the home of RFK's family in Virginia; Montreal Expos and St. Louis Cardinals play first major league baseball game outside the U.S.; Great color-photo ads for the Kingswood Estate station wagon, Ford Maverick (centerfold), Chrysler Newport and Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado; Police death squads in Rio; and much more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1969104 pages. Features: Spiro Agnew - The King's Taster - feature illustrated article; Apollo 12 - off to the moon again; John Lindsay win's New York Mayor's election; The Haynsworth Showdown; Relief in Saigon after Nixon speech; Skyjacker Raffaele Minichiello becomes instant folk hero in Italy, the country of his birth; Joint Arab Defense Council meets in Cairo; The Polaroid 360 camera - two-page color-photo ad; The Rockefeller Report on Latin America; Color ad for the 1970 Ford Thunderbird with jets in background; What makes a city great?; Violence against teachers; Private Schools - the last refuge; IBM two-page color-photo ad features oceanographer Ed Coughran; Fascinating photo-illustrated article on electric cars shows awkward looking vehicles by Westinghouse (the 'Lotus Europa"), Ford (the 'Lead Wedge'), and G.E. (the 'Delta'); Artist Christo Javacheff; Bob Dylan Speaks - article with photo of him and wife Sarah in London; Big game hunter Fred Bear; Press Ethics - Carl Gilman; Nice color ad for the 1970 Mercury Cougar; Trial of Bobby Seale in Chicago - from the embarassing to the outrageous; Color photo of Al Hirt in Miller Beer ad; Color ad for the 1970 Olds (Oldsmobile) Delta 88 Royale; Northwest Orient airlines ad; Rev. Carl McIntire; The economy at the turning point; Glaciology article; Ornithologist Stephen T. Emlen studies migration of the indigo bunting; The first segment of Sesame Street runs on TV - article of Ernie and Bert with Joan Ganz Cooney; and much more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
200574 pages. Features: Our Prettiest Silk Ribbon Cushion; A Unique Tickling Game; Hilarious Duck Blanket; and much more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
1989xv, 225 pages. Black and white reproductions of photos. The ultimate source book on elk and elk hunting from past to present, for the beginner and expert alike. - subtitle. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. A sound reference copy. Book
1960158 pages. Features: The "Lady Chatterley's Lover" Case - a legal left-wing softening of public morality; S.M.U. Pampers Leftism; Franco and Spain 1939-1959 - Spain may yet become our most effective ally; 1313's Mail Order Laws - we are letting collectivists take over our government through planted legislation; One-page photo of Ukrainian protesters against Khrushchev outside the UN building in New York; Front Men Ike and Khrushchev - fascinating article on why both may have been working for the Zionists; Subversion and the Warren Court - shattering legal victories for communists; Mercury Warned You; UN's Socialist Plan for Latin America; Termites of the Cross, Part V - "Communists and their co-conspirators, the World Zionists, concentrate their greatest efforts on destroying the religious beliefs which are the strength and hope of those who oppose the forces of evil - includes an expose of the ADL; Night Train to Bucharest; Bible Truths, Part IV; Charge Accounts Anonymous; Los Angeles' Smog Pot; Salk-Serum-Saddled Americans Still Get Polio - In Epidemics!; Putting Sound to Work; Bura! - Brutal New Game of Russian Youth; Armed Forces Manpower Wastage; Reprint of statement by William Zukerman in the Jewish Newsletter contesting the equation of criticism of Zionism with anti-Semitism, and defending former Senator Ralph E. Flanders who is presently being 'smeared every week' for questioning the philanthropic character of some activities of the United Jewish Appeal; Arnold Bennett's 24 Hour Day; Try Soil Feed-Back Mr. Benson!; Old Glory vs. Fairless Hills - battle to fly American flag over the local post office; More About Earthquakes, Part II; A Requiem for Reading; Americans, Speak Out! - excerpts of a speech by Dr. Revilo P. Oliver to the Illinois Daughters of the Revolution Convention; The Twenty-Second Amendment in Danger; The Old Wild West - Gone Forever?; Coloring Language Red - Let's Start a Propaganda Revolution and Call the Soviets by Their True Names; The Red-Headedest Mule Ever; The Age of 40; The Midget Car Neurosis; and more. Minimal markings. Moderate wear. Bottom half of page 57 missing, affecting Warren Court article. Lacking back cover and, possibly, back advertising page. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1961128 pages. First issue by new owners, Defenders of the Faith. Features: A New Year's Meditation; The Key to Greatness; Nobel Prizes and International Communism - do these awards advance a one-world super state?; Lady - Are You the Man of the House?; The Gifted Child - how to develop the special child; The U.N. "Gatt" at America's Heart... and Unemployment; Education and Freedom; Monkey Business; The Teacher Shortage That Isn't There; Panmunjom - Six Years After - in an ex-Korean game preserve, International Communism is frustrated (temporarily) and Freedom Village thrives; The Day Our House Died, by Ewart A. Autry; Europe on $1k; Power from Below - geothermal energy; American Mercury Acquired by Defenders of the Faith; Prayer Can Change Your Life; Management's Right to Manage; My World Stood Still, by Charles E. Kaufman of a Pennsylvania Dutch family; The Professional Type; The great Pigeon War; Beethoven - Humanitarian and "Physician"; Old Glory and the Flag of Necessity - tax dodgers on the high seas discredit our flag; My Eleven Self-Congratulations; Let's "Protire"; The Problem of Communism - will our inaction defeat us?; We Can Win the Cold War; The Man Who Makes Weeks; The Spirit of Love Day; A Campaign Promise To Break - right-to-work laws; Adult Delinquency; and more. Minimal markings. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
194572 pages. Features: Gambling in Montreal - "operating wide open and crowded with civilians and servicemen"; A General Comes Home - General H.D.G. Crerar - short article with photo; When Memory Blacks Out - article on amnesia; John Mulloy Comes Home (fiction); Rockets are Coming - Prof. A.M. Low, president of the Interplanetary Society, predicts passenger rockets within twenty years; Manhunter's Moon (fiction); Why Not Pro Football? - by Lew Hayman; Latin America - Whose Customer?; "His Majesty From Sioux City" (fiction); Russian "Wireless" Car at Work - brief article with first photos to reach Canada; One-page Westinghouse ad features fascinating photo and details of a 100-ton cycloton they constructed in 1938; and more. Includes many nice ads in colour and black and white, our favourite being the colour back cover Coke ad which shows servicement engaged in a chess game. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
195180 pages. Features: Coverage of the Royal Visit; Nice Westclox ad; The Edinburghs - eight pages on the Royal Family - text with numerous photos, including young Prince Charles; How I Photographed the Royal Couple - by Karsh - illustrated with his colour photos, including the Queen with Princess Ann; When a Queen Ruled Britain - article with photos from the Victorian era; The Runaways - story by Ware Torrey Budlong; The Butcher with a Poet's Soul - Canada Packers President James Stanley McLean - article with photos; Let's Abolish Homework, by Sidney Katz; Charlottetown Likes to Laugh - article and photos on the capital of Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.); Humor by Robert Thomas Allen and William Frederick Miksch - "Shopping's a game women play but men don't know the score"; Confessions of a Big-Town (Toronto) Cabbie - by John Rowland - article with photo; Nice Kodak colour-photo ad; Vintage Massey-Harris ad shows corn cobs being harvested by a man on an implement with no cab; Cartoon by Peter Whalley; Colour centerfold for Snyder's fine furniture of Waterloo, Ontario features their Dynavista sectional designs; Full-page ad for Imperial Furniture manufacturing of Stratford, Ontario; Nice Chrysler ad; Rare full-page colour Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Recruiting Poster - very nice!; Dodge car ad; The Hargreaves Quads - Joan, Janice, Jennifer and Joyce - are featured in a nice colour ad for Aylmer strained peaches; Betty Grable is featured in a Auto-Lite battery ad; Colour Karsh Portrait of Prince Philip in full-page ad for O'Keefe's Brewing Company; Nice vintage ad for GMC heavy trucks; Babe Didrikson Zaharias - world's greatest woman athlete - featured in Prest-o-lite battery ad. Several short external archival tape repairs. Bits of writing on front and back covers. Much writing on Westclox ad on page 1. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
197056 pages. Includes three gorgeous one-page color photos of Joni. Includes sheet music for Piano, Voice and Organ, plus guitar chords, for these songs: Ladies of the Canyon; Big Yellow Taxi; Woodstock; The Arrangement; Rainy Night House; He Played Real Good for Free; Blue Boy; Willie; Morning Morgantown; The Circle Game; He Comes for Conversation; The Priest Song. Moisture marks to covers. Above-average wear. Minimal markings. Binding intact. Not pretty but a worthy copy of this uncommon and wonderful Joni Mitchell collectible. Book
197486 pages. Features: Puppets - Dance and Drama of the Orient; Hands & Heart - New York's Lower East Side; The Tapestries of June Wayne; The Sullen Art and Craft of Portraiture; Fantasy at Kohler - Jack Earl and Tom LaDousa bring hijinks and new vision to the bathroom; The Fiber Game; Jack Lenor Larsen; Shoji Hamada; Furniture by Stephen Robin; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1957142 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Introduction mentions how increased hunting has led to increased posting of lands which will likely result in more private shooting preserves. Prior owner's name and date atop first blank leaf. Short tape repairs to spine ends. Binding intact. Contents moderately tanned with age. A sound vintage copy. Book
1993viii, 104 pages. Many black and white reproductions of photos. Biography of the founder of Winnipeg's Independent Credit Jewellers. Epp was also a big game hunter who developed a considerable collection of stuffed and mounted specimens. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear to blue leatherette covered boards. A nice copy. Book
199246 pages. Abundantly illustrated with colour and black and white archival photos. Features: Bill Maximick - Profile of a Western Artist - one of British Columbia's most respected marine artists; When Whales Were Fair Game - Between 1910 and 1943 Rose Harbour and other whaling stations whaled the Pacific; Amur, Danube & Tees - Three Pioneer West Coast Steamers that carried gold-seekers to the Klondike; Blue-Coated Mounties - The Alberta Provincial Police; Klondike Joe Boyle. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
198472 pages. Includes lyrics, piano sheet music and guitar chords for these songs: Falling Out of Love, Flight (The Higher We Fly), Hold on Tightly; I Remember Romance; It's About Time; On the Wings of a Dream; Something' About; Thought of You; The Way I Am; Wild Montana Skies; World Game. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding fragile. Contents clean and unmarked. A worthy example of this nice John Denver memento. Book
193324 pages. Features: Tinkering with our Game Laws; A New Deal for America's Wild Water-Fowl; New Hampshire Field Trials; Vitamin A Deficiency in Dogs; Dog breeding information; Veterinary Q & A; Dog ads; Classy one-page photo ad for Radium Springs (near Albany in South Georgia) shows hunters and dog at work; Half-page illustrated ad for Lewis' Lye on front cover (keeps dogs free from disease); and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Back cover loose but present, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Book
193324 pages. Features: Vintage photo-illustrated ad for Peters ammo on front cover; Game and Shooting - In the Fog; Quail Revervoirs Planned in Oklahoma; Excellent Flight of Mallards on the Illinois River; Fish and Fishing - The Second Chapter of Genesis; Miami Valley Amateur Trials; The Connecticutt Trials; Sedalia Field Trials; St. Lucie County Trials; West Virginia Amateur Trials; Photo of T.M. Lunsford and C.T. Carney with Adventurer; Field Dog Stud Book Registrations; Veterinary Q & A; Classy one-page ad for Radium Springs (near Albany in South Georgia) features hunters and dog at work; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
