Melady, JohnMareMagnum
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1982This is a paperback copy. x, 210 pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Numerous black and white photographic plates. "25,000 German officers and other ranks were sent to prisoner-of-war camps across Canada to live out the duration of WWII behind barbed wire. Their fascinating story makes for exciting and provocative reading." - from back cover. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this little-known history. Book
189698 pages plus ads. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos; Features: Newport - a model New England year; The American and English Sanbornes, with a notice of Rev. Stephen Bachiler (concluded); A Trip to Western Texas; Orphean Music; Dr. J. Alonzo Greene; Rest; The Legend of John Levin and Mary Glasse; Esther's Defense; The Sunset Land; The Doctor's Thanksgiving Story; "Wahlspruche" for the New Year (from the German); Educational Department; New Hampshire Necrology; The Prize Stories. Chipping to periphery of covers and some pages. Back cover loose but present. Contents in quality condition. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
196018 pages. Features: Mailbag; Nice Old Vienna ad inside front cover features hunter with huge B.C. moose he has just shot; Snow Storm Ducks - Doug. Mitchie describes his hunting success - with photo; Brief article on how money should be used for conservation; Nature's Way With a Moose - a story by Alan Fry to illustrate basic principles in game herd management; Photos of Victoria Fish & Game Club members Cliff Bate, Tom Zaccarelli, Dennis Hagar, and "Bud" Bond; Photo of Doug Michie; Photo of Don Agnew; Photo of Art Arnold, Gordie Ezert and Jake Paetkau of the Marpole-Richmond club; Clay Chips - with photo of trophy winner Jim (Reliable) Mathieson; Photos of Dr. Jim Hatter, Joe Bush, R. "Dib" Noble and Rudy Wiley; Boats; It Takes Fortitude and Formula to Beat the Tyee in his Pool, including photo of "Jerry" with huge salmon; Knappen Zak (knapsack) means you eat; Back cover Pilsener ad features B.C. fisherman; Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
194950 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Centenary of Diocese - the Anglican Diocese of Rupert's Land was created in 1849; Thelewey-Aza-Yeth - Guy H. Blanchet searches the headwaters of the Thelon River; Committee's Punch Bowl - the little lake at the top of Athabaska Pass, which Simpson named after the Company's London Board, 125 years ago; Frail American Elizabeth Taylor braves the rigours of wilderness travel 60 years ago, just to see how she can take it; Woodland table manners; New York to Nome and Back - in 1920, eight fliers of the United States Air Service flew from New York to Nome and return - photo-illustrated article; Mistassinia Calendar - a year in the life of a Mistassini Indian - photo-illustrated article; HBC and Vancouver's Island - behind the establishment of Vancouver Island as a Crown Colony lay a tense international drama, and a great story of loyalty; Letters Outward 1679-94 - a review of the 11th volume of the Hudson's Bay Record Society; Expeditions to the Arctic - 3rd of 3 instalments listing the various expeditions to the Canadian Arctic from the year 1004 A.D., this part covering the years 1860-1918; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
193996 pages. Features: Squadron of the High Born - Revenge on the Far-famed Squadron of the Highborn Horsemen; Phantom of the Parachute - a clue to the mysterious Banshee of Arbrithie; Half-Day Excursion - Alone in a Storm-filled World; True Story - Airmen at War - an enthralling personal narrative of the Great War in the Air from First to Last; Power Dive - a story from the South American Skies; The Come-Back Trail - A warbird rises again on new-won Wings as a Pilot of the Canadian North; and more. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Book
193996 pages. Features: Bats Fly Too - 'Bats' Trevor came within an Ace of Death before a flaming raider in the NIght Skies of London showed that Bats fly best at night; Battlefleet in Blue - A short moment of intense fright upon an Aircraft-Carrier; The Colonel Remembers - A Dramatic Story of Warfare in the Desert; Thunderbirds Fly Fast - Dick Reynolds was almost the Perfect Pilot of the Canadian North; The Gas Cow - Down from the clouds above the western front fell a strange derelect of the skies; Behind the Lines - An R.F.C. Officer experiences the Dark Labyringhts of Espionage; and more. Above-average wear. Small doodle upon front cover else unmarked. Binding intact. Book
198378 pages. Features: Good Clear Cut Glass - Myths and misapprehensions cloud the Irish glass story; Mennonite Georgian - The Joseph Schneider Home, Kitchener, Ontario; Architectural Drawing in Quebec - Exhibition celebrates Quebec City's 375th anniversary; The Nation's Attic - The Smithsonian; The Potter's View of Canada - Canadian scenes on 19th century earthenware; Elizabeth and Jane - Their Work - Samplers; The Decoy in Canada; Horse Brasses - decorative pieces warded off the evil eye; The Weldon Collection - Specimens of China brought to the Colonies by the Early Settlers, Particularly the Loyalists - English Porcelain - Part III. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
193534 pages. Stories: Commuters by the Million - in London; The Snake Indian went Wild - operating trains up and down the centre of a rapidly-flowing river bed near Devona;Letters of a Sea Cadet - the second of a series of letters written by a cadet in the Canadian National Steamship service to his chum, a railroad man in Canada; The Railways and Development in Canada; Telegraphy - Past and Present; Through Canada's Provinces; Out of the Night (a story); 'Rotten Bologna Sausage' - recollections of a veteran of the Northwest Rebellion; Grand Trunk Agents in Session; the '84-mile Bridges - Car ferries on Lake Michigan; With the staff across Canada; Woman's Section; and much more. Please note that 3"x 4" clipping has been removed from page 34. Great 'Ford V8' ad inside back cover. Above-average wear but still intact. A great keepsake from the glory days of rail transportation in Canada. Book
195650 pages. Features: Full-page ad for movie The Benny Goodman Story with photo of Steve Allen and Donna Reed; Full-page ad for Slingerland Drums with photo of Gene Krupa; Brief article with headline "Buddy Rich Quits Drums to be Song and Dancer" (?????); Part I of the Benny Goodman story - the man who turned music upside down; 'Voice of America' interviews Benny Goodman; Photo ad for the Deagan Vibraharp featuring Lionel Hampton; Meet Mr. Yaged; Frank Holton & Co. Trombone ad featuring photo of Ralph Marterie and his All Holton Trombone Section; Guild Guitar ad featuring photo of Johhny Smith; Buescher sax ad featuring photo of Danny Ludovici, Shep Fields, Buck Thompson and Bernis Hatch; Jimmy Giuffre "Gazelle' Solo sheet music; John Lewis Shows Piano Style - sheet music; Lotus Bud sheet music; Martin trumpet ad inside back cover features photo of Leonard B. Smith; Benny Goodman image featured in backpage ad for Selmer clarinets; and more. Ink stamp to front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
194036 pages. Features: Ad for Simmonds Corsey Controls on front cover; Large ad for Leytonstone Jig & Tool; Desoutter Bros. Ltd. ad; Lacy-Hulbert ad for their portable compressor plants; Balfalloy Tools and Tips ad; Nice ad for Turner Manufacturing Companty, Limited; Illustrated R.A.F. Recruitment ad; Lyle & Scott ad for their underwear for men in service; Nice photo ad for Short Brothers and their Short Sunderland shown in flight; Nice illustrated Fairey ad; Photo of Leading Aircraftman Fuller who brought a plane down after a midair collision in Australia; War in the Air - The War in Greece - Successes in Africa; Chart of Air losses during the week ended November 23; Ad for Cheetah Engines - made by Armstrong Siddeley; A Tricycle Trainer - all-metal 'owlet' equipped for night flying and blind flying - many features of successful 'Cygnet' retained - many great photos and article; Excellent photo ad for J.R. Bramah & Co. Ltd.; Fantastic two-page ad for the Owlet Trainer manufactured by General Aircraft Ltd.; Wonderful centerfold ad for de Havilland's Hydromatic airscrew; Airspeed Oxford - for training aircraft crews - article and photos; Nice ad for Irwin parachutes; Men of the month - with inset photo of Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, Commander-In-Chief, Far East; nice photo ad for Constant Speed Airscrews Ltd.; The Army Co-op Command - The Vicious Principle of "Operational Control" - article with photo of Air Marshal Sir Arthur S. Barratt; Italy as a Target - a Mussolini story by Captain Norman Macmillan; Here and There - bits of news; Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm News and Announcements; Correspondence; Two-colour ad for Parnall Aircraft Ltd inside back cover; Back cover ad for Bristol Sleeve-Valve Aero Engines. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage WWII copy. Magazine
1964Features: Charlevoix - Une Grande Paroisse - nice photos; La Pomme - Fruit Defendu, Gaspille; L'Amour... L'amour... Ils ont Peur De L'Amour!; L'amour... "Epouse la Fille du Voisin"; Une Minorite Irreductible - la secte des Fils de la Liberte, en Columbie-Britannique; La Douceur De La Vie En Nouvelle-France. Text in French. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
192032 pages. Features: Harding and Cox in Business and Finance - a study of the two candidates in their practical relations to their respective communities; A New Tune in Old St. Louis - Sixth of a Series on Mixing with Americans; Palestine Receives its High Commissioner - Sir Herbert Samuel - 4 photos; the Bolsheviks attack the Poles at Rovno - 2 large photos; Pictorial digest of the world's news; article - 'Why Farming Does Not Pay' - by Charles A. Eaton; Story entitle 'Lasses; Cantu starts something in Mexico; Knocking the hell out of Helgoland - 8 photos - destroying the extraordinary German fortifications upon this island; Lovely contemporary advertisements by Camel Cigarettes, Michelin, Good Year 'Cord Tires'; Chesterfield Cigarettes; Colour Whistle Soda advert upon back cover. Above-average wear but still intact. Worthy reference copy. Book
1960100 pages. Cover: Adolf Hitler. Special Features: Adolf Hitler: A Personal Story written by William L. Shirer (also wrote The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich) and J. Paul Getty: The Strange, Lonely Life of the Richest American. Other features include: The Changing American Family - George and Edith Bull; Chicago's Kup: The World of the Whisper - Irv Kupcinet; Where Does Your Charity Dollar Go?; Beauty Under Wraps - Capucine (Germaine Lefebvre); Jerry West Slicker from Cabin Creek and Everybody's Favorite Nurse - Barbara Lloyd. Full page colour vintage print advertising including 1960 Studebaker V-8 Lark, Coca-Cola and 1960 Chevrolet Impala Convertible. Above-average wear. Pg. 52-53 loose but present. Small mailing label front cover bottom left. Binding sound. Magazine
1960Features: Gisele Mackenzie Tells Her Story - with photos, one in colour; Can we keep the Japanese on our side?; "We're wrecking our children with too much love" - according to Rabby Stuart E. Rosenberg; Karsh photos of Cardinal Leger celebrating The Mass; The Horrid Scandal at Tranby Croft - a Maclean's flashback by James Bannerman; How to Keep on being Mayor of the World's Greatest City - Toronto's Nathan Phillips; Above-average soiling and wear with moisture-induced undulations. Several yellowed tape repairs to covers. Middle two pages loose but present. A rough but worthy copy. Magazine
1962Features: The unfolding tragedy of drug-deformed babies - side effects of a new drug called thalidomide are causing tragic deformities in newborn Canadian babies; The Slapstick Saga of the S.S. Tropic Sea - she'd been a virtuous lady on the Great Lakes, but she was a notorious tramp in the Caribbean and sailed into piracy, gunplay and mutiny, or so the rumours went; How the NAACP Plots the Negro Revolution; The only Canadian the Chinese ever heard of - Dr. Norman Bethune is one of China's five national heroes; How John Bassett, businessman, became a celebrity; Ask the name of the lion - part 2 of Ralph Allen's novel of the new Congo; The Bankruptcy Racket - many of Canada's 1,500 bankruptcies a year are deliberate, planned frauds in which everybody is bilked but the bankrupt and his friends; The New Wave in Canadian Music - Ronald Turini, Marek Jablonski, Richard Gresko, Zubin Mehta and Boris Brott. Additional story: Japanese join Canadian whalers off B.C.'s coast. Nice colour Pepsi ad on page 49. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
1982Features: Pakistan - from a smuggler's paradise comes hell; William Shatner in ad for Kero-Sun heaters; Nice Schenley Awards ad; War Machines do not bring Peace, by John F. Godfrey; Cover Story - Marc Lalonde's New Deal; Unsuspecting victims of a collapsed economy; Marc Lalonde's Board of Economic advisors; Ocean Ranger disaster inquest begins; Manitoba doctors' strike; Painting 'The Tribute Money' - not a Rembrandt?; The Socialists conquer Spain; $25 Billion MX missile decsion; Shake-up in the espionage trade - death of Kevin Mulcahy; Guatemalan terror; Canada confronts the Robotis age; K-Tel enters the publishing business; Dan Colussy to take over CP Air; Peter C. Newman on Dome Petroleum; NFL players association; Normand Leveille of the Boston Bruins almost dies of bleeding in his brain during game in Vancouver; Canada's leaking immigration lifeboat - our 'remarkable openness' may come to an end; The amazing recovery of Lise Gauthier; Education - the return of the strap - corporal punishment; Halley's comet returns to earth; Fallibility in the computer; Cash register kickbacks; Challenges to WCB in Ontario; Too few organs available to be transplanted; Nice ad for the 1983 Ford Mustang GT; Rough Trade - Carole Pope and Kevan Staples - article with colour photo; Movie reviews. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
1982Features: Cover photo Lebanese horror - bodies being dug up; Pontiac 2000 ad; Pontiac 6000 ad; Pontiac Phoenix ad; Signs of strain in the Libyan revolution - Ghadaffi/Khadafy; B.C. Hydro substation bombed on Vancouver Island; Charles Baird of Inco replies to the call for his company to be nationalized; Bill Davis and Ontario jump onto the 6 and 5 retraint bandwagon; New Brunswick election; Cover story - Anguish in the Diaspora - the aftermath of Sabra and Shatila; Khmer Rouge forces prepare for teh Vietnamese dry season offensive - Kampuchea and Prince Norodom Sihanouk; Centerfold ad for the Oldsmobile Firenza; Cutlass Cierra ad; Olof Palme election victory in Sweden; Ed Koch defeated in New York; Costly plan for the deliverance of Dome Petroleum; The lights go out on the NFL - labour strife; Painful defeat for the Montreal Expos - once-again runners-up; Looking ahead to the new EPCOT Center; A revisionist view of insulin's birth - Banting and Best; Parents neglect regular immunization; Machines that talk back, by Suzanne Zwarun; The economy makes it tough for young academics - Bruce Walton; Decision to form one Lutheran church; Entertainment reviews. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
194758 pages. Features: Plymouth ad; Are Sane Patients Held in Canadian Asylums? - illustrated feature article by R.M. LeBourdais; The Leader of the People - by John Steinbeck; Photo-illustrated article on Dolores Moran; Paris Finishing School Re-Opens - Bouffemont College - photo-illustrated article; Vincent Massey - Personality of the week - photo-illustrated article; Hate - story by James Robert; Toronto issues newspaper box ban against the left-leaning Toronto Tribune - story and photo; The Crimes of Reginald Birchall - Famous Canadian Crimes #8; How to Raise $100,000 - Toronto's Variety Club stages show - photos and story, including full-page photo of Miss Canada, Margaret Marshall, with Billy De Wolfe; Making the most of a 9 x 12 room; Eddie Cantor finds U.K. leadership lacking - story and photo; What's Happened to Lionel Conacher?; Movie news and photos; Nice two-colour ad for Aunt Jemima pancakes; Sensuous two-colour illustrated ad for Nemo foundations/girdles; Jean Hinds - My Favourite Laugh; Report to the Nation, by Harold Dingman. Very nice Coke ad on back cover shows four young people in a restaurant booth - unfortunately there is writing on this ad. Writing on front cover. Average external wear and soiling. A sound copy. Magazine
1913Pages 433-472. Features: From Chorus Girl to Star - Being the Real Life Story of Gwen Rae (part one); Big Fights with Nature Number Ten - Lighting the Coasts - with great photos of lighthouse construction; "Weather Permitting" - a football article with photo of Newcastle v. Bradford City game which was stopped by the awful blizzard of January 11th; Nameless Island - The Thing in the Pool, another adventure of the Specimen Hunters; Land of Luck - article Number Four - Fire-Fighting in Canada - describes the terrible danger of forest fires, and tells how they are fought, with photos; Jerry Gray - Soldier, a Clockmaker's Romance; The Shadow - A Tale of Mystery (part one); When Greek Meets Greek - a Sexton Blake adventure. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
1949Features: Cover illustration of the Beachhead Flying Boat; Deep Sea Mystery Story; The Hospital Comes to the Patient; Korean radiant floor heating; Panorama on a giant screen - Vitarama; Dust bowl laboratory; First of the 1950 cars; High Voltage Magic; Hospital for sick cars - John P. 'Jack' Snyder and Snyder-Lynch Motors in Burbank, California; The Contour Saw; Full-page Harley Davidson Hydra-Glide advertisement; Intersting Camel cigarette ad on back cover urges readers to take a 30-day test 'in your T-zone' - includes endorsements from Cole Porter and others. Average wear. Unmarked. Chips from spine. Binding intact. Please note: First leaf appears to be missing. This was part of an ad regarding television static caused by spark plugs. Magazine
1969Features: Cover photo of Alan Hinton (Derby County); Bobby Moore writes - 'it all happens on match day'; black and white photo of an airborne John Hickton (Middlesbrough); The Best Everton?; Black and white photos of Rodney Johnson (Doncaster Rovers) and Jimmy Greenhoff (Stoke City); What I hate about the game! - five soccer personalities comment; Colour photos of Alan Macdonald (Hearts) and Charlie Cooke; Our most thrilling match, by Mike Bailey and Dave Wagstaffe; Black and white photos of Henry Hall (St. Johnstone), Willie McCallum (Motherwell) and Geoff Hurst (West Ham and England); The penalty of being a spot-kicker!; Colour centerfold of the Claret and Blues of Aston Villa; Can City Break United's 10-year Run?; Colour photos of Joe Corrigan (Man. City) and Peter Thompson (Liverpool); Are Captains really necessary; The modest match-winner with dynamite in his boots - Bobby Charlton; Britain in Europe Part Four - Northern Ireland have always had brilliant players to call on - but they've never had enough; Colour photos of Alan Skirton (Bristol City) on back cover; and more. Unmarked. Modest wear. A quality copy. Book
1970Features: What Canadians don't like about each other; Wives who live with fear - some men aren't happy unless they're risking their lves... but for their wives, it's a different story - Monique Ouellet, Sheila Roberts, Beverly Lancaster, Krysia Reid, Lana Dodds, Annie Vallis, Margaret Ion; My name is Rosemary Radcliffe - and I'm not making faces just for the fun of it; Bill Cole will jump off the highest building in Canada for $20,000; When you see the same movie 1,045 times - Projectionists Sam Bowes and Wally Brown will miss "2001- A Space Odyssey" when it moves on from Toronto's Glendale Cinerama; The Problems of Being Establishment - if you're one of Nova Scotia's Olands, you're 'expected' to make beer - The Oland Family; Maggie Grant; Doug Wright's Family. Clean and unmarked with average wear. A quality copy. Book
1970Features: The Moonlighters - who they are and what they do, and why they need the money; Facts for Fatties - and for thinnies who don't want to become Fatties; The Now Dictionary - new cool words; The ten best fishing lures and why they work so well - Rapala, Arbo-Gaster, Johnson's Silver Minnow, The Mepps, Williams Whitefish, Eppinger Daredevle,Arbogast Jitterbug, Canadian Wiggler, Panther Martin, Jig-Fly; The Manhunt Ends - Part 2 of a 3 part story of the murder of Gerry MacDonald and Ken Vallee on the Almonte Road not far from Ottawa; The fastest brush in the East - Montreal's Claude Langevin can finish three paintings in a day; Maggie Grant; Doug Wright's Family. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Centerfold held by one staple else a sound copy. Book
1970Features: The fashion industry has you under heel; The RCMP - Why the mounties have red faces - their image has been slipping; Onward to Alaska - up the Alaska Highway to the Yukon; The Road to Murder - Part 3 of 3 of the story of the murders of Gerry MacDonald and Ken Vallee on a road near Almonte; Stop killing Canada - letters from Canadians about their environment; Maggie Grant; Doug Wright's Family. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Please note that page 19 is missing - it appears to have been a story about a New York Met baseball player. Nice colour International pickup ad on back cover. Book
193932 pages. Contents: Wang Ching-Wei - Real Story - Wang's proposal, Dec 29, Mr. Wang's Letter, Dec. 28, Prince Konoye's Statment, Dec 22; Canton - What is the Truth; China War Takes on New Phase; Far East New Budget - China, Japan, Manchuokuo, International, etc. Soiled, well-worn and fragile copy. Former owner's name neatly atop front cover. Magazine
