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194714 pages. Illustrated with black and white photos. Features: Flame conditioning paper mill machinery; The welding of process piping; Broken rock drills can be salvaged; Leaks in boiler feed system permanently stopped; Impeller casing saved by bronze welding; hardfacing auto tire chains with stellite; fire and explosion wrongly attributed to acetylene cylinders - Joseph Dewasha, an Indian war veteran and apprentice auto mechanic, was killed in a garage fire and explosion in Bala, Ontario; back cover ad for Canadian Liquid Air features photo of Niagara's Rainbow Bridge which was flame-conditioned prior to being painted, with great results. Index for volume 21 of this publication laid-in. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
1914Pages 281-320. Chapters include "Lord Kitchener" and "The German Invasion of Luxemburg and Belgium". Photos include: Lord Roberts, Lord Wolseley, Hubert I.W. Hamilton, Earl Kitchener, Sir Evelyn Wood, Lord Charles Beresford, Sir F.R. Wingate, The Earl of Cromer, George W. Steevens, Sir Percy Girouard, Lord Grenfell, General De Wet, General Cronje, Lord Kitchener in Japan, Grand Duchess Marie Adelaide of Luxemburg, M. Eyschen, Belgian soldiers sniping from a bridge. Also included are an illustration of Gordon's last stand at Khartum, January 26, 1885, a one-page map illustrating British campaigns in Egypt, and several additonal battle-scene illustrations. Somewhat above-average external wear. Ink stamp to front cover, otherwise unmarked. Three-inch opening to bottom of coverfold. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1995458 pages. Footnotes. Index. Reproductions of black and white photos. "Chronicles an often overlooked contribution to Allied victory and aviation history. By war's end the ferry service, through its various incarnations, had created the basis for the network of international air routes and procedures that commercial travellers now take for granted." - from dust jacket. Unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade cover. A lovely copy. Book
196424 pages. Features: Conrad Hilton's Code for Success; LBJ's D.C. - a practical guide to what's in and what's out in hats, food, color schemes and does in the nation's capital now that Texas has moved in; The Loveliest Girl in the World (fiction); Billion-Dollar Hat War - who's winning the battle of milliners vs. hair stylists?; Peter Sellers - Brilliant, Unhappy Star - story with photo of Sellers and his two children - the most successful actor in films is a tortured man who finds his happiness in his chilren; Cooking is a Girl's Best Friend - story with photo of Carol Channing cooking with her son, Channing Lowe. Color ads include: Hush Puppies shoes; Fortrel - featuring three boys in Syntrel slacks; Natural Bridge shoes; Sunkist Oranges (very nice photo of woman holding orange); Centerfold two-color nostalgic Rexall ad; Miss Clairol; Bermuda; Golden Star Ham; Florida O.J. (orange juice). Average wear. Considerable soiling to front cover. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
194068 pages. Features: Nice Dodge Truck ad inside front cover; Nice one-page Mercury 8 ad; Birthday of Jane Withers, juvenile movie star; George Jessel marries Lois Andrew; Obituaries for actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Jean Cardinal Verdier, Honore Willsie Morrow, and James Francis Smith; Nice photo one-page ad for Plymouth cars; British leap to meet challenge of Nazi onslaught in the North - considerable war coverage with photos; Hints of Italy's entry to war; Holland and Belgium jittery; Scandinavian Coup - Military and Naval Critiques; US Politics; Very nice one-page color ad for the LaSalle Special Sedan in a spring gardening scene; Unusual one-page Coke ad "Flick a Switch or Lift This Glass"; Great Chevrolet Truck ad with seven photos documents how they tested one of their trucks over 100,00 miles around North America; Contract Bridge - Capt. Gruenther is again Czar as Vanderbilt team wins cup; Interesting one-page ad for the New York World-Telegram explains how it is loved by Manhattanites; Early ad for Titleist / Acushnet golf balls includes illustrations of club pro teaching young golfer what balls to buy; Jacob Epstein's pink sculpture 'Adam'; Eugene Goossens and his Symphony Number 1; Nice two-color Schlitz beer ad; Grumman's speedy Skyrocket aircraft; Walter Hoving; Production of Tung oil from trees; Classy color ad for Schenley's Gin inside back cover; Back cover color-photo ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes features tobacco buyer H.H. Scott and a tobacco field at Willow Springs, NC; and much more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
195936 pages. Contents: Company Revamps Sales Organization - with photos of R.B. Murphy, N.C. Millidge, R.L. Auld and A.B. Evers; Accounting Geared for Automation - with photos of Allan Bryce, L.A.D. Battrum, M.G. Butler, Robert Sutherland, Kenneth Crowter, J.D. Johnston, Curtis Rice and David Cameron; Personnel Expands Scope - with photos of T.H. Halford, W.E. Wain, O.E. Snead, Dr. J.A. MacMillan, H.L. Brown, A.J. D'Ath and F.G. Fredrickson; Excellent two-page photo and text feature on the closing of the Kerrisdale office, after 38 years, to make way for the more automated Amherst office - the biggest telephone number change in Canada's history - with photos of the operators and some of the new technology - and the old; Details of conversions which took place in March; Venerable Glenburn Yields to Cypress - Another great two-page photo and information feature on a major Burnaby upgrade on Glenburn which, grew from six operators to 155 over the past 35 years; Fascinationg one-page photo feature on new microwave equipment providing long distance service between Vancouver and Kamloops - features a novel 20 x 24-foot passive reflector; 1959 telephone directories issued in Vancouver; Retirement news; Dial phones come to residents of Sidney and Keating on Vancouver Island - with several photos, including Lew Millin, Art Ensor, Gordon Cooper, Harry Potter, and others; Photo and map-illustrated article by Mrs. J.W. Bond explains the impact of improved telephone service to James Island, just off the Saanich Peninsula; Two-page feature on Junior Achievement with photos; Pension plan personalized; One-page map extending from the Lion's Gate Bridge to Horseshoe Bay indicates historical circular (mileage) boundaries formerly used to figure mileage charges; Two historic switchboards now Silent - the old Victoria and Vancouver long distance switchboards - article iwth photos; Teletype sale to East Asiatic Company - article with photo of Robert Turner of this wholesale lumber company; Retirees - Mrs. Minnie Doggett, G.A. Einerson, Edmond McKim, Miss Mary S. Duncan; In Memoriam - John E. Carlile, Mrs. Lily Rollings, James A. Murray, James L. Ward, Arthur Mills.and more. Clean with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
195736 pages. Features: Christmas greetings from President Farrell inside front cover; Feedback on Kitimat service; Two pages of great photos of installation of cable between the Pattullo Bridge and Chilliwack features work above the Vedder Canal - Pete Meehan's gang are featured; Photos of plant men boosting sales of extension phones - Norman Bowman of Cedar is tops; First counterless office in North Vancouver; Photos of Ladner's conversion to new automatic phone system; Photos of workers in the Terrace district; Retirees; Great centerfold illustrations of radiotelephones in use on sea-going craft; Dawson Creek Cut photos; Photo of Miss Sharon Buck, Vanderhoof operator and Stampede Queen; Photo of Earl Cleland and Jim Wilson working above the Nechako River; East Kootenay personalities; In Memoriam - William D. Denholm, Percy Allen; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
195736 pages. Features: B.C. hosts 'biggest' telephone convention; Article on new Dog Mountain Tramway with great photos; Photo of George Forsythe and Floyd Adams repairing damaged Squamish cable; two pages of photos of employees who work at night; Howe Sound Line Rebuilt - with great photos of Foreman Davie McKinnon and his men at work; Photos of unique features of phone company buildings; new intra-system teletype system is inaugurated; Squamish Exchange - with five nice photos; Norman Fisher rescues girls near Spanish Banks; Great centrefold photos show how radiotelephones are used at the Eburne Saw Mills Division of Canadian Forest Products Ltd. in Vancouver; Phone personalities in Merritt - Myrna Petrie and Frank Shepherd; Before and after demolition photos of the east side of the 700 block of Seymore St. in Vancouver, making room for the new William Farrell Building; Interesting article on company paycheques - and all the deductions from it; Bowen Island Cutover; Retirees; Photo of cable-laying under the Fraser River at the Marpole Bridge; Passing of Charlie McAndrew; company baseball photos; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1963200 pages. Features: Cover photos of Charles de Gaulle; Attractive fashion ads; One-page RCA Victor ad for Sid Caesar's album "Little Me" says "Sex, Caesar and Song"; Peugeot 404 ad; Fallacies and Facts About Automation; Photos of scenes in France; A Long Look at Stalin Ten Years Later - remembered as 'a man who did dreadful things but built a great power'; Fourteen Clues to Washington News - article on Washington correspondents with nice photo of JFK at press conference; The Brave 'Buddelers' of Berlin - photo-illustrated article on the daring escapes by tunnel by refugees from Communist Germany; What Drives Bobby Kennedy (RFK)?; Is Communism a Menace? - Bertrand Russell's Answer; The Crime of Art-Napping - famous paintings around the world are being stolen; Hubert Humphrey's ideas for making legislators more effective; The Number of Special-Purpose Organixations (Clubs) is on the Upswing; Photos and illustrations from Victorian times; Beautiful one-page color-photo Monet Jewelry ad; Spokesman for Darwin, and for Science; General Tom Thumb's Fairy-Tale Wedding; Photo of Charles Sherwood Stratton (General Tom Thumb) at age 18; What Makes a Safer Driver Safe?; Quest for the Best Hotel in the World; Radiant color-photo centerfold ad for Wamsutta features five gorgeous models in dresses; Stiffel Lamps ad; Nice one-page ad for the 1963 Ford Mercury Comet Sportster hardtop - white two-door with sheepdog in front; Macy's Home Food Service; United States Lines ad features color photos of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald BAlcom with Mrs. Andre Embiricos plus Mr. Barry Bingham, Miss Carrie Anna Crockett, Mr. Richard Lewis and Miss Suzanne Francoeur; Sketches of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge under construction; Photos of Navy Seals in training; Fashion photos of women's exotic head wrappings; Plight of the brand new parent; Photos of fireplaces used as furniture; Crossword completed in pencil; Pfaff sewing machine ad entitled 'pfun'. Please note that page 113/14 is missing, otherwise this copy shows average wear and is unmarked. An interesting vintage copy Book
197056 pages. Features: Cover photo of Japanese Renaissance Man Yukio Mishima who took his life three months later; Dear Prince - a letter to Norodom (Prince) Sihanouk on the situation in his native Cambodia since he moved to Peking (Beijing) and US troops came and went; Photo-illustrated feature article on Yukio Mishima; How to Lose the Bermuda (Yacht) Race (from Newport, RI to the Onion Patch); Beautiful color fashion ads; Portrait of a Decade - what the census shows about the turbulent 60's; Fashion photos entitled 'Cop-out Clothes; Photos of Robert T. Snyders' home in Brooklyn; Bridge article; No-Cal Cola ad on back cover says "We Ain't Got No Sugar." Above-average external wear. Crossword completed in pencil. A worthy vintage copy of this rare Mishima memento. Book
1923Pages 353-440, plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The Magician's Curse - a vendetta on Sardinia; With a Motion-Picture Camera Under the Sea - using the ingenious technology invented by Mr. J. Ernest Williamson - article with wonderful photos; Three Asses In the Pyrenees - part 3 of a fun pursuit of adventure travel in Europe; The Soul of Burma - Part 2 of 2 - nice photo-illustrated article on a trip to Irawadi; "Sugar" - ; The Tragedy of "Miss Miami" - this flying boad crashed on a trip to Bimini from Miami; On the Spoor of the Elephant - J. Morewood Dowsett describes his escape from elephants, and recounts stories of his companion John Deacon - article with photos; My Boa-Constrictor - Sir Curtis Lampson and a snake which escaped in a crowded hotel; Paper Money - a quick tale from West Africa; Caught in a Death-Trap - Part 2 of 2 of the remarkable tribulations of two motorcyclists crossing the Mojave desert in California; The Odyssey of Humbert Rulliere - Part 3 of 3 of this incredible biography; Millions in Oil - the marvels of Mexia, America's latest field - article with photos; Luck - a story from Alaska. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
196768 pages. Features: Jacqueline Kennedy's 'Victory' re: William Manchester's "The Death of a President"; The FDR Memorial; R. Sargent Shriver's Last Stand?; Adam Clayton Powell; Clark McAdams Clifford - man for all Caesars; War of Ambush in Vietnam; Photo of Ho Chi Minh; Turkey's Premier meets Kosygin; How to Build a Publishing Empire - Otis and Norman Chandler of the Los Angeles Times; Fernand Petiot - the Bloody-Mary Man; Sensuous KDKA-TV ad; Buel Ray Wortham and Craddock M. Gilmour, Jr. in trouble in Russia; Charming Japan Airlines ad announces their new New York to Tokyo direct flight; The Reichstag fire and the Remagen Bridge capture are back in the news in Germany; Color-photo centerfold IBM ad features large image of astronomer Dr. Wallace J. Eckert; Photo of Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) with Marianne Moore; The Times-Mirror Co.; Edward (Zeke) Bratkowski; Rosemary Casals; Atomic test code-named Greeley; Father Charles Davis; How to Float on a Sea of Red Ink - The U.S. Post Office; Disney's Legacy - with photo of Roy Disney; Ravi Shankar; Lawrence Stehen Lowry; and much more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
192732 pages. Features: Noise the Destroyer - ; Lincoln's Friend at Court - the girl across the river; Are We Scrapping the Whole Navy? - article with statistics and photo of the U.S.S.'West Virginia' and photo of the U.S.S. 'Detroit' in drydock; Lincoln in Marble and Bronze - article with illustrations of the Brenner Medal, J.E. Roine Medal, and more; A Letter and a Reply - The Opening of the Civil War; Henry Ford's Page - the 'crush my rival' kind of competition is bound to come to grief; Editorials - Judge Landis protected from facing Ban Johnson, Civil War is On in China, the bonded indebtedness of the U.S.A., Chief Justice Taft suggests Grand Juries by abolished; Julia Taft Bayne Recalls Good Times in the White House; The Great Anneke Jans Delusion - most remarkable lawsuit in American History, as described by noted economic author Charles Albert Collman; Little Lost Speeches and Anecdotes of Lincoln; The New Salem of Abraham Lincoln -how he clerked in a store and whipped a bully; Chats with Office Callers; Q & A; I Read in the Papers - Aaron Sapiro and money losing Tri-State Tobacco Growers' Association prove there is no magic in agricultrual co-operatives, Auto Thief displaces Horse Thief in Middletown, NY; News Bits; Wonderful photos of the perils and problems of bridge building. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1941Pages 725-756. Features: Cover photo-portrait of FDR; Photo of Admiral Sir John Cronyn Tovey being piped on board H.M.S. "Prince of Wales"; One-page photo of coastal command station armourers getting ready to bomb up; Eight photos of the vigils of the coastal command - bomb preparation, photo-processing, anti-aircraft stations, operations room and telegraphy section; Two pages of explanatory illustrations show how aircraft carriers, fighter and reconnaissance planes have revolutionised naval warfare and influenced naval architecture; Photos of recen Nazi vandalism - damage to Gray's Inn, the wrecked Canterbury Music Hall, Serjeants Inn, Queen Victoria St., and Dublin; Two pages with fifteen photos of bomb damage to the destroyed Church of the Knights Templar; The Fleet and its Air Arm (article); Air photo of Mannheim-on-the-Rhine shows destroyed western span of Autobahn bridge; Dramatic two-page illustration of "Catalina" under heavy fire as it spots the Bismarck in a heavy sea; Two-page illustration of the last of the "Bismarck", shelled, bombed and on fire as the Nazi mammoth is torpedoed by H.M.S. "Dorsetshire"; Thre photos of the last of the "Bismarck", including dozens of heads of bobbing survivors floating in the sea; Scene in "Petticoat Lane" where, on June 1st, rationing of clothing, cloth and footwear came into force; Photo of Averill Harriman welcoming the first of four million eggs to Britain from the U.S.; Photo of some of the few "Bismarck" survivors being landed at a British port; Photo of H.M.S. "York" which was lost; Photos of personalities of the week include the pilot of the "Catalina" which discovered the fleeing "Bismarck", Lieut. B. Stubbs, Dr. Kurt Heinrich Reith, Max Schmeling, King Victor Emanuel of Italy, Sir Hugh Walpole, Prajadhipok - Prince of Sukhodaya, Lord Cadman, and Admiral Boehm; Photos of Ilkley, which won War Weapons Week; Photos of Haile Selassie's Return to Addis Adaba; Illustratins of bombed Wren Churches - Christ's, St. Mildred's, St. Andrew's, St. James's, Piccadilly, and St. Anne; Interesting one-page Guiness ad entitled "Guiness at Waterloo - and Guinness today". Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
1956120 pages. Features: Cover painting of Okanagan apple harvest by James Hill; Great macho colour ad for GWG workwear inside front cover features hardy men building pipeline; Don't damn the U.S. for facing up to segregation; Let's stop leaving our future to old men; We're not so smart about the U.S.; Nice one-page colour Canadian Pacific ad features the luxurious new Empress of England; Nostalgic one-page colour ad for the GE pushbutton range (yellow); Your stake in teh U.S. Election between Eisenhower and Stevenson; The Next Ten Years of TV - amazing article foretells remote control, recorded programs (i.e. VHS), and TV in cars; Our Hidden Canadian Art Treasure - a new National Gallery promises to give breathing space to it - article with six pages of colour illustrations; They're Building a Vest-Pocket Empire on the Fraser - the Duke of Westminster bought agricultural Annacis Island in the Fraser River and plans to turn it into an industrial colossus - article with great photos, including aerial photo of the island before work started on industrial sites; From the Notebook of Dr. Hans Selye - this famous Canadian doctor, whose theories on stress inspired a new approach to medicine, looks at our ills, worries, hopes and failures and offers fascinating findings; The Killing Ground - complete novelette; Photo-illustrated article on young Canadian actress Jacqueline Ellis; The spectacular farewell of Wellington Axminster; The Black Day the Quebec Bridge Fell - on August 29, 1907, 75 people were killed when the world's biggest cantilever bridge collapsed while under construction - photo-illustrated article; Bill Dawe transports 740 mink 4,000 miles from Vancouver to Newfoundland in pursuit of cheap whalemeat - photo-illustrated article; Nice colour ad for the Omega Sapphette ladies' watch; Attractive lady featured in one-page colour ad for Philips TVs with 'Focalite' tuning eye; One-page colour ad for Massey-Harris-Ferguson features painting of pastoral farm scene with Holsteins in the field and farmer driving seed drill back to barn; Nice one-page Hammond Chord Organ ad; Nice one-page photo ad for the Schick '25' electric razor features red-headed man in suit and tie; Rexall centerfold ad features dozens of sale items at 1950s prices; One-page ad for GE's Ultra-Vision TVs; Vintage Allied Van Lines ad; Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) recruiting ad for women; Nice colour ad for O'Keefe's Ale features man hanging from end of train swinging yellow lantern; One-page ad for Birks Silversmiths advertises their Birks Sterling; Colour Wiser's Whisky ad features elegant couple; Champion Spark Plug ad features inset photo of Alick S. Dick, Managing Director of the Standard Motor Company; Colour-photo one-page ad for Canadian Club features condor catching in Peru's Andes; Dr. Heinz Unger recalls a birthday feast during the Russian Famine; Crane heating ad features illustration of men sitting around comfortable pot-bellied stove in country store; Sidney Katz' system of writing; Funky one-page colour ad for Simmons Hide-a-Beds features lady in orange dress on green hide-a-bed; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
195664 pages. Features: Cover art by John Little features Grey Cup final game at Vancouver's Empire Stadium between the Edmonton Eskimos and the Montreal Alouettes; The revolution that's changing your shopping habits - topsy-turvy trends produced by the frenzied battle for the consumer's dollar; Will they ever beat the Eskimos? - with their baffling split-T the Edmonton Eskimos have won the CFL's Grey Cup twice in a row - the task they pose is not to stop them but to find the ball; We adopted a family of criminals - Rev. Gordon Phillips and Bluebell Stewart Phillips took in prostitutes, murderers aand gunmen, and rejoiced when they went straight; Remember when we raved about the radio? - in the depression thirties, when there was little to laugh about, the comedians on radio convulsed a continent and made the radio in the parlor the centre of every family's life - many great photos; The Secret War of Charles Goodeve, Part Two - How they opened the door for D-day - with photos, including his floating bridge and rocket-propelled grapnel inventions; What would Carrie Nation do?, by Vernon Hockley; Amazing General Motors colour centerfold featuring a kitchen completely finished in pink; Canadian Club ad features colour photos of white water skiing in Austria's Salzach River, a sport (first called skiyaking) invented by Austrian champ Harald Strohmeier; Painter A.Y. Jackson recalls his most memorable meals - one in Tom Thomson's shack on Severn St. in Toronto, the other given by Lord Beaverbrook; Great colour vintage ad for Labatt's Chrystal lager beer shows man relaxing with smoke being served by his wife in front of the tv after he has been cutting grass; Expensive Sunbeam Bread promotion was Canada's biggest; Nice colour photo Coke ad on back cover features old man in white rocking chair. Average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy of this excellent issue. Magazine
194348 pages. Features: Cover portrait illustration of female member of the military; Ford ad inside front cover features action photo of troops constructing bridge under fire; Nice half-page colour Pepsi ad features naval officer in uniform and illustration of boys swimming; News of the month includes Dissolution of the Third International (Comintern), and Closing Ranks Against Japan; Editorial on Black Markets and Summer Vacations; Jet Black (short story); The Pacific Coast Rangers - photo-illustrated article includes photos of Lieut.-Col. T.A.H. Taylor, O.B.E., M.C., and Col. M.E. Dopping-Hepenstal; Matilda and the Wolf (short story); Key Men of War - an enormous directory of over 200,000 names is relied upon for expertise which has saved hundreds of lives and brought success to major campaigns; Garfield Weston - article with Karsh photo-portrait; Old-Style Cop (short story); Hollywood news - article with photos including Lenore Aubert; Northern Electric one-page ad features illustration of tank; Five to One (short story); Rare one-page two-colour illustrated ad for General Motors and their "Victory Service; R.C.A.F. half-page recruiting ad features lady in uniform having tea with civilians; Wings on Her Feet - first part of a series on AW2 Heck's experiences in the Air Force; One-page Westinghouse ad entitled "After Victory" includes photo of airman using bombsight and large illustration of large artillery piece in use; Woodbury Powder ad includes photo of beautiful Linda Darnell; "What's In My Lunch Box?" - wartime photo-illustrated article on home food tips; Colour Ritz cracker ad features illustration of naval personnel; Canadian Women Take to the Block Plan - photo-illustrated article explains the Women's Voluntary Service and the block leaders they assign, with particular attention to Mrs. Jack Wilson of Rochester Ave. in Lawrence Park in Toronto; Colour Orange Crush ad; World Sayings; Canadian Pacific Air Lines ad inside back cover includes large illustration of much of the northern hemisphere and heading "Wings over the North... and Beyond!"; Nice Kodak black and white photo ad on back cover shows air crew enjoying photos; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage wartime issue. Book
193948 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for Canadian fish inside front cover; News digest topics include - dark influences at work, the anti-Russian case, An Alternative Pact, A policy of wreckage, One's own business, the plight of German churches, 90% heroic, and the problem of Palestine; Baseball's Centenary? - argument over whether or not baseball's centenary actually occured in June - article with photos of Honus Wagner, Eddie Collins, Joe Vosmik, Tony Lazzeri, Babe Ruth, Grover Cleveland, George Sisler, Walter Johnson, and others; Vernight Stop - photo-illustrated article of a trip to Wake Island; A Penny In Her Shoe (short story); The Genuine Tabard (short story); The Perdu (short story); Fairyland of the Boy-King Peter II of Yugoslavia - photo-illustrated article on his picturesque nation; If I Die Before I Wake (mystery); Half-page photo ad for the Canadian National Exhibition (C.N.E.) which offers 'a thousand thrilling things to see'; Hollywood news, with photos of Frank Lloyd, Cecil B. De Mille, N.S. Van Dyke, Arthur Nornblow Jr., Lubitsch, Anatole Litvak, Eugene Forde, Edward H. Griffith and William Wellman; Photo and bried write-up on Ellen Drew; Woodbury soap ad features photo of Miss Nadine Beardmore; Dare to Smile - article for ladies; Pond's cold cream ad features photos of Mrs. Robert W. Armstorng of Toronto, and Blanche Brewer of Clarksdale, Mississippi; Small photo ad for Ontario Ladies' College in Whitby, Ontario shows girls on horseback with school in background; Sayings from around the world; Back cover colour Coke ad features man in white double-breasted suite with lady, and inset black and white photo of soda jerk; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
192132 pages. Above-average wear and soiling. A worthy vintage copy of this charming card game reference. Book
1922120 pages plus 6 pages of ads. Above-average wear and soiling. Binding intact. Faint doodle upon front cover. A worthy copy of this charming vintage auction bridge booklet. Book
194860 pages. Features: Cover photo of young lady with three kittens; Great colour GWG (Great West Garment ad inside front cover features farmer with pitchfork in his Red Strap overalls; Half-page colour Canada Dry ad shows happy kids with mom; Massy-Harris one-page colour ad shows combine harvester at work; Fascinating post WWII article considers Liberty, Imperialism, Food Controls, and Cost of Living; Nice one-page colour B-A ad shows four happy motoring scenes; Colour half-page V-8 veggie drink ad; Vintage one-page colour-photo ad for Sunworthy Wallpapers shows elegant lady and wallpaper photos; Great one-page colour Coke ad shows high school kids at lunch time and a large Coke ice chest full of bottles; What's Wrong with Canada-U.S. Relations?; Partners in Fact (short story); The Boy Who Stopped Niagara - children Jeff Martin and Norah McFarlane made a very successful movie; In Post-War Italy - photo-illustrated article discusses the 'black market mind', and the intriguing story of the Monks and the hand grenades; The Blonde Baby (short story); Professionals (short story); The Tug with a History - photo-illustrated article on London's Tower Bridge Tug; , with photos of John Sumpter, Roy Evans, Richard Dominy Hollingum and William Adie; One-page ad for the 1948 Chevrolet features red 2-door Fleetmaster with black background; Watch Your Laundry (short story); Article on records with photo of Johnny Long; One-page Champion Spark Plug ad features illustration of racer Ted Horn, national AAA champion; Fashion illustrations; Spalding ad shows lady hockey player sprawled on ice beneath caption "Hockey for Housewives? NO!"; Beauty article; One-page colour-photo ad for Nabisco Shredded Wheat; Fashion article with photos; Classy half-page colour-photo ad for Monarch's debutante hosiery includes photo of lady with stocking lines up the back of her legs; Easter recipes; Uncommon half-page colour ad for Sovereign Potters of Hamilton, Ontario features their Montcalm Pattern, Number 718 Maroon; Nice mother and daughter colour ad for Wabasso Cottons inside back cover; Back cover O'Keefe's colour ad features reproduction of painting "The Miner" by Rex Woods; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
20021466 pages in two volumes. Index. A compilation of papers presented at the conference. Unread. Soiling to top of Volume II, otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Book
1937Magnificant piece of vintage G.E. Radiotron tube ephemera. Printed upon sturdy card stock in blue and white, this 7.25" x 3.4" three-panel item folds out to 7.25" x 10.1". Inside of first panel explains bridge scoring, complete with insert which slides vertically to reveal scoring for various tricks. Inside of panel two is a (complete) bridge scorepad bearing a few light pencil notes. Inside of third panel lists dozens of international short wave stations. Insert in third panel slides vertically to display the frequency, call letters and location of many Canadian radio stations. Back of third panel lists dozens of additional international short wave stations and the vertically sliding insert displays the call letters, frequency and location of many U.S. radio stations. Rubber stamp of dealer upon front panel and at bottom of second panel. A wonderful gift idea for your special vintage radio fan. Book
1958104 pages. Fiction: Miss Carlsen is Mine; The Girl Who Had Accidents; Disaster oin the Outback; Botts Takes the Bait; Frame-up for Murder (part 1 of 3); The Chains of Fear (part 5 of 8). Articles: Our First Man in Outer Space - great photos of Scotty Crossfield who will be aboard the X-15; The Man Who Talks to Tapirs - Harry Gillmore in Sumatra - with photos; Our Houseboat Vacation; The Post Reports on Health Insurance - Part III - Is This the pattern of the future?; The Face of America - The Perfect Month - sensational large color photo of dozens of youths jumping from and swimming at the North Cove Bridge over the North Fork Catawba River; I Call on Lawrence Welk - great photos; Gold Rush Every Weekend.in California - great color photos of gold seekers in action. Ads: Very nostalgic color-photo two-page ad for Frigidaire's frost-proof refrigerator-freezer (blue); 1958 Ford cars; Chevrolet cars; Old Gold cigarettes; L&M cigarettes; Johnson & Johhson first aid ad shows boy diving into water beside lobster; Johnson Sea Horse outboard motor color-photo ad; Koppers ad includes large color photo of Ice Capades 18th Edition/1958; Lucky Strike color-photo ad on back cover shows young smokers playing golf, tennis and sunning. Slight loss to fore-edge of front cover. Moderate wear. Bit of writing atop front cover. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
194548 pages. Features: Cover photo of Clement Atlee; RCA ad inside front cover with photo of RCA Laboratories at Princeton, NJ; Nice color ad for Dubonnet wine; Fairchild ad includes illustration of their Flying Boxcar in use by Western Union; The Atomic Bomb - problems confronting statesmen; FDR's Home, Hyde Park, becomes a new shrine; Teaching democratic ABC's to Nazi PW's (POWs) - a first-hand report; Four Million Families want ti build or buy a home; New Highways for a better New York - article with artist's renderings of the Cross-Bronx Expressway near Parkchester, the Cross-Bronx Expressway at the Washington Bridge, the Bayonne Bridge in Richmond, and an intersection of the Van Wyck Expressway in Queens; One-page color ad for Virginia Rounds cigarettes; Dean Margaret Pickel challenges women to face the responsibilities of their full citizenship; Photo-illustrated article on what goes on in cow country when beef cattle are shipped to market; Interview with Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne; Nice color-photo one-page ad for Revlon's 'Fatal Apple' nail color; Five photos of New York-area Girl Guides in action; Eight gorgeous photos of dresses for dancing dates; One-page color ad for Gemey perfume; Bold red Schaefer beer ad features checkers board; One-page color ad for Croix Royale California wines; Nice color back-page ad features Cobbs Florida fruit gifts; and more. Moderate external wear and soiling. Unmarked. Mild age-toning to paper. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Book
