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1928Pages 401-440. Features: The Truth About Those "Undress" Shows - where is the modern stage fashion leading us? - argues for stricter censorship over stage 'fashions' - with reproductions of scandalous photos; The Man Who Hadn't a Chance (story); What Did Christ Mean? - who are the meek and how can they inherit the earth?; Mother Love - an appealing little story; How the Cup is Won - secrets of the great vitory final by the Captain of Cardiff's winning team last season - article with photo; A Stranger in the Wild - a January nature story; Making the "Stars" Twinkle - some facts about filmland's unseen army, the people who do the behind-the-scenes work - article with photos, including "Our Gang" kids and an aerial photo of the MGM lot; Photo of 'land yacht' (early RV); Photo of world champion unicyclist Walter Nilsson riding on top of the Cheops pyramid; Adventure - a short story; Wit of the Week; Fishing With a Kite! - Photo-illustrated article about queer ways of catching the ocean's finny monsters, including photo of Rex Ingram with a huge fish he caught off Florida; Angel Esquire (continued); The World's Largest Building Society - The Halifax Building Society - started in a coffee house and now has capital of 40 million pounds. Openings along coverfold. Clean six-inch opening to central portion of front cover and following several pages, apparently by an errant knife cut. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1928Pages 281-320. Features: Bad Luck or Fate? - photo-illustrated article about the ill-fated east-to-west Atlantic flight of Hon. Elsie Mackay and Captain Hinchliffe - with photos of female flyers ; Lady Carbery, Ruth Elder, Princess Loewenstein-Wertheim and Mrs. Grayson; The Dead Hand - a Foreign Legion story; London's Lonely Girls - photo illustrated article by Mrs. Stanley Baldwin explains how they are saved from being 'stranded'; Singing 210 "Hits" a Week - Photo illustrated article on entertainers Layton Turner and Clarence Johnstone (Layton and Johnstone); Shop'uns - a tale of eggs at Easter; Banning Our Beauty Spots - photo-illustrated article on how people are being denied access to the sea, seashore and cliffs; The Rolling Penny - a case of X. Crook, Detective; Getting the World's Goat - an article about how to get on people's nerves; Shadowed Love (continued); and more. Staples disintegrated. Writing on covers. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
192840 pages. Features: The Cost of Living Mystery - Why the index figure today is unfair Perilous Island - a story of the eternal triangle in the tropics; Keeping the Zoo Fit - the latest medical aids for aiding birds and beasts; Under Cover - a new adventure of Detective X. Crook; "Stop and Look" Interesting pictures, including a 'mobile home' carved from a huge tree trunk; Spook Ships of Britain - ghostly vessels that haunt our shores; British Boys in Slavery! - no greater scandal exists today than the practice of sending British orphan boys and 'first offenders' to Canada and Ireland to be 'apprenticed to farm work, for which they are wretchedly paid and poorly looked after; Love is Blind; Air Wonders of Today - article with great photos; Angel Esquire (fiction); All About Old Age Pensions; Unmarked. Coverfold half open. Several middle pages loose but present. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1988185 pages. A history in photographs and documents of the first century of one of Canada's oldest and most distinguished independent schools. Traces the story of Ridley's evolution, from its early days in a former spa in St. Catherines, Ontario, to its present status as a leading co-educational institution, whose academic and athletic achievements are known around the world. Gift greetings upon front endpaper else clean and unmarked with very light wear. Slight warp to book. Very nice copy. Book
1978170 pages including index. A study of the development and use of money in Wales from its early origins - through the cattle drovers and the first private banks. Discusses counterfeiting, tokens, private notes, the truck system, and more. Black and white illustrations. Bookplate inside front board else clean, bright and unmarked. Very light wear to book. Light wear to dust jacket. Lovely copy. Book
1928Pages 241-280. Features: 2L0 Today - article with photos - a tour of the studios, how programmes are arranged, wonders of the control room; Belzebuth - a fine story of the Foreign Legion in Algeria; Variety Star of Today - Will Fyffe - photo-illustrated article; Rich Little Poor Girl (short story); What Will Petticoat Government Mean? - Will Britain be any better whan all women have votes? - article with photo of arrested Suffragette; Lucky Little 'Uns of the Turf - photo-illustrated article on how horse jockeys are made; Shadowed Love (continued); Interesting article on soap - with great photo of acres of soap at Port Sunlight; Ghost Towns of Western USA - great photo-illustrated article of the ghost town of Rhyolte; In the Spring (fiction); Infamies of the Third Degree - the official 'torture system' which disgraces civilization; and more. Staples disintegrated. Bit of writing on back cover. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1959Features: History of License Plates - Part II; The 1902 Hansen Car; 1907 the Hansen-Whitman Car; The Auburn - Cord - Duesenberg Club Story; Your Roving Reporter; Canada's First Automobile Inventor Found - George Foote Moss in Sherbrooke, Quebec; 1909 Sterling restored; Our White Steamer Man in South Africa 50 Years ago - V.A. Root; Photos of White Steamers; 1908 Sharp Arrow Racer - photos; The Case of the Disappearing Pierce-Arrows - photos/article about their alternate uses on rail in Colorado; Nice color ad for Antique Kentucky Straight Bourbon on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1984Features include: Deep Thoughts; True Section; Nick Palomar, D.D.S., in The Case of the Star's Choppers; Bestsellers Illustrated - In Search of Excellence; The New Order; The Mystery of the Ghostwriter; Sunbelt Gags Fall 1984 Catalog; A Story of New York, or Where Does David Letterman get his Guests?; A Semester at Barker Prep.; TF - The Bean Report; Miss Poland; NatLamp Contest #36. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1983Features: Sixguns on the Diamond - a story of athletics as played on the frontier; Murder at Escondido; The Strangulation of Damian Romero - it was Sheriff Mason Bowman's first hanging and he wanted everything to go right... of course it didn't; Photographer with Custer - William H. Illingworth; Samuel Kyburz - the forgotten man who helped Sutter settle California; Cowboy Mutiny - the Nefsey Brothers; Bad Blood - The True Story of Harry Tracey - the first complete account of the Notorious Pacific Northwest Outlaw - long article with many photos; Erastus 'Deaf' Smith - he gave one momentous year to the Texas Revolution; Horse and Buggy Doctor - Dr. C. Dana Carter Served the Wilds of Wyoming; Old West Cookery - Foods of Early California, with recipes; Alf Bolin's Reign of Terror. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
1975Features: A series of photos from San Francisco Bay; S.O.R.C.; A Memoire from Maine - sailing story and pictures by Mary J. Finke; Young Salts; 26-foot Sloop designed by Allton Dunsford to further the art of gunkholing - CAROLINA; No-Nonsense Rogger from Holland is capable 50-50 motorsailer; Surprise! - a Richard Carlson motorsailer that sails well to weather; Modified Ericson shows impressive comfort gains - the 39-B; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1975Features: Florida sailor designs 19-foot coastwise, gaff-rigged cruiser - the Salt 19; Seidelmann designed Palmer 550 enrolls in Quarter Ton Fleet; Traditional cruising design finds speed, responsiveness with new rig - the enlarged version of the SERAFFYN; Aesthetics and comfort remembered in the Norlin 37 Mark II; Great gaffed mains, barn door rudders and plump hulls; Sailing for winter sports enthusiasts; in search of Spain - pictures and story by Dorothy I. Crossley; A ton of heavy racing; One by One - one last old Conway schooner survives to carry a fragment of the sail driven 19th century toward the last quarter of the 20th; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Please note: middle page loose but present. Book
1917Features: Ruins of the Cloth Hall at Ypres; 2 page illustration of a steamer's Smoke-Box Defence against a U-boat; "Standard Ships" - 4 photos; The Menin Road Battle - 3 photos; nice 2-page photo of a YMCA catering hut in action with German shell range; The Canadian Artillery Regiment - one page story with 2 photos; Laying a rail line during the battle for Lens; Menin Road battle - many photos; Destruction in Ypres; Great 2-page photo with caption "During a Bombardment on the Flanders front - Artillerymen (wearing gas masks) with a heavy Gun in Action". Staples disintegrating. Average wear. Book
1917Features: On the British front in Flanders; The Italian advance on the Julian front; On the Belgian front along the Yser; German Prisoners' Parcels - at an internment camp; 2-page photo of some of Russia's 37,000 prisoners in Galicia; The Guards Regiment (one page story with 2 photos); German prisoners at work in England (4 photos); The August 'Gotha' day-time raid on the Kent coast; Centerfold photo of the Italian pontoon bridge across the Isonzo on the Julian front; 2-page photo of wounded British prisoners returning to London from Switzerland; The training of British naval cadets (4 photos); A funeral with naval honours in Tokyo (Tokio); Indian soldiers where the Prussian Guard was beaten; 2 photos of the Messenger-pigeon service; Great 2-page photo of a captured German Gun-Emplacement at Lens. Above-average wear. Staples disintegrating. Book
1918Illustration of horses pulling British soldiers in boats across the River Scarps. What a Bolshevist 'Peace' Means, by Lovat Fraser. 5 photos of Canadians homeward bound, their duty done. Quaint Quarters of the Fighting Men in France - 4 photos. 2 Photos of Shell-Smother Caught by the Camera. Trifles picked up on the blazed trail of war - 5 photos. Waiting for the opening offensive on the West. The True Story of Henry - by 'Vedette'. Illustration of an early version of the caterpillar tractor at work in Palestine. British mouth organ band in Palestine. Canine helpers in battle. A Serbian Supper-Party - some lively memories from the Lower Danube, by Hamilton Fyfe. Builders of the fleet that flies - 5 photos. Six great photos of Britannia, the Tank that rules the trenches. Photos of concrete vessels - can be built in a third of the time. Australia's Great Achievement - Heroic doings on land and sea, article with 6 photos. The Royal Fleet Auxiliaries, article by John S. Margerison. Average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. Sound copy. Book
1944Stories: Grizzly Gold; The Jewelled Buddha; Burly's Plug; Eyes of the R.A.F.; Chinese Valley; Broken Journey; The Prime Minister's Story; Fifty Days; All Square at Batura; The Affair at Nilakere; Crossing the Busu; The Return of a Celebrity. Average wear. Book
197147 pages. Contents: Cover photo of Gaylord Carter, artist of the Seattle Paramount 4/20 Wurlitzer; Chicago's Senate Theatre 3/19 Kimball consumed by fire - article with photos; Theatre Organ - Texas Style - the Robert Morton Series 210 of the Jefferson Theatre in Beaumont, Texas has been played by Al Sacker for the past 22 years; Presenting Mrs. Melody - The Story of Irma Glen - article with photos; Billy Nalle Thrills AGO at Kline 4/28 Wurlitzer; Musical accompaniment for Motion Pictures, by Edith Lang and George West; Detroit Organist F. Donald Miller - reprint of a 1927 article; The Saga of the Wiltern Orgoblo - the mammoth 4/37 Kimball; The Humorous sidelights of the world of theatre organ as seen through the eyes of Dinny Timmins (Del Castillo); High School Organ Speaks Again - The 2/13 Rosary Hour Organ at St. Francis High School in Athol Springs, New York; Ken Ensele and his adventures to save a Wurlitzer Opus 1334, Style F - article with photos; Ray Brubacker - Man of Many Talents; Chapter news. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
197764 pages. Features: Jimmy Carter's Report Card; Rosalynn - Jimmy Carter's closest emissary; Color-photo ad for the Chrysler LeBaron; Robert McCarney - king of the referendum in North Dakota; Anita Bryant and gay rights showdown in Miami; Ian Smith's dangerous new gamble in Rhodesia; Decade of occupation in the West Bank - article with color photos; Spanish campaign between Suarez and Gonzalez; Japanese venerate their WWII war dead; The the best and brightest of the class of '77 see ahead for themselves - with photos of Judy King, David Bryan, Catherine Burke, Ron Ridgeway, Cady Perkins, and more; New Cardinal Giovanni Benelli; Bill Moyers and Fidel Castro; Environment - Prescription for World Survival; Employment - court strikes blow for seniority; Illegal TV set rebates; Cracking down on the payoffs for amateur athletes; Diagnosing Lyme's Malady; Sumptuous Robes from Japan; Passing of Paul Desmond, Goddard Lieberson, Ben Grauer, Roberto Rossellini and Bruce Bliven; The Hot New Rich - cover story article with color photos of Famous Amos, Peter Frampton, Marc Howard, Alan Silverstone, Steve Cauthen, Joe Morgan, Colleen McCullough, Robin Cook, Nolan Bushnell, Fred Furth, and Rick Byers; Nice one-page photo-illustrated article on ELP (Emerson, Lake and Palmer) - with the photo showing their entire crew assembled at Cobo Hall; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
196986 pages. Features: Photos of dozens of young Americans killed in Vietnam; Guerilla Summer? - article on black violence with photo of raided Black Panther H.Q. in Sacramento; Dilemma of Chemical Warfare; Pompidou takes power in France; Britain's Prince Charles - the apprentic King; Johnny Carson photo in Smirnoff ad; Story and article on Suharto in Indonesia; Article on Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) with photo of them performing at Fillmore East; Four pages of color photos of abstract art; Advertising directed at the Negro consumer; and much more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
195466 pages. Features: News Photos; Is the Pennsylvania Railroad Coming Back?; The greatest of All Railroad Builders - James J. Hill; Photo Section, including centerfold image of 'Grade Crossing at Dawn"; When Steam Ruled the Blue Mountains - Union Pacific; Helpers out of Hilgard - Union Pacific's 2-8-8-0's; Trains Do Make Music; Lima Reclaims Her Own - The story of the Shay that came home for good; Ore Hauler - Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Magazine
1956Features: Railroad News Photos; Tales of a Ten Wheeler - the biography of Northern Pacific 1356, a Baldwin 4-6-0 that served half a century of mountain railroading - amazing photos; Of Black Upholstery and Commanding Exhaust - Cessation of Virginian (VGN) passenger service provokes warm memories of orange cars, shoebox lunches, and Teddy Roosevelt regaling the riders with tales of San Juan Hill; Illustrated article on locomotive faces, with parts identified; Steam in Indian Summer - 3 - Little Railroads in faraway places; Super steam photo section, including centerfold of a P-4a in full stride (the 3713); The Story of a Pacific - the world's greatest - K.4.s - Super article with many excellent photos; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1962Pages 85-132. Features: Colour cover photo of a VX 4/90 being loaded into the nose of a Carvair (Channel Air Bridge); The 100th course of the R.A.C. Junior Driver Scheme - article with photos; You Must Give Way - animals on the road take precedence over motor traffic; Pressure Group - the 800 ton Schuler press at the Luton factory; Fuel Consumption Test; Photos and story of a motor trip to Italy in a Velox; Page of photos of vintage accessories for your Vauxhall; The Mountains Move Nearer - A VX 4/90 helps make history on the inaugural flight of the new Channel Air Bridge car ferry services to Switzerland - article with photos; Brinton's View; Ladies' Maid - A New Zealand trip - article and photos; Photos of interesting parking signs; "Your Name and Address Please" - how to deal with the police when stopped. Many pages of great vintage ads. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
195558 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Glamorous colour photo of woman wearing arctic fox evening cloak inside front cover; The Mad Giant and the Mountie - a huge Swede who worked on a section gang makes a sudden divorce from sanity; Frank Oliver - Spokesman for the West; Cold War on the Fraser River - the Yucultas near Fort Langley were dreaded by all the tribes along the river - until the day when the cold war became a hot war; The Simple Men; First Lady of the Rails - "The Countess of Dufferin"; On Board the M.V. Fort Hearne - great photo study; Robert (Bob) Chambers Edwards (Eye-Opener Bob); Trapping the Big Horn - there was lots of action when some California Bighorn sheep were corralled in the Chilcotin country for shipment to Oregon; The Formative Years - II - part 2 of an article on the early settlement of the area which, 50 years ago, became Saskatchewan and Alberta; The Story of The Sault - on the centenary of the first American locks at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, Dr. Clever Bald sketches the history of the two towns - Canadian and American - beside the rapids; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point Blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1951140 pages. Features: How to keep young families on the land; Get that big crop right away; Nitrogen is a magic tool; Beef feeding goes west; Stupid villain of the fields - the groundhog / woodchuck; Tools to save your time; Birthplace of the breeds; Profits from floodwater; A plan for better teeth - what's happening in Askov, MN; ; Christmas Story (fiction); Trail East (conclusion); Christmas on a holly farm in northwestern Oregon. Ads: Lane Cedar Chests (lovely color-photo ad inside front cover); B.F. Goodrich ad features Mr. & Mrs. Ray Heitzman of Winnebago, NB; Oldsmobile Rocket '98'; Studebaker trucks (color); Ball Brand boots; McCulloch two-man chainsaw; New Holland '77' baler ad with William G. Fox of RR1 Guilford, IN; Massey-Harris Tractors - with mini-illustrations of all 6 sizes and 31 models; International Harvester McCormick Farmall (color photo); W.E. Wedemeyer of Donahue, IA in Firestone ad; John Deere Models A, M, MT and track-type tractor (color photos); Oliver OC-3 crawler tractor; Camel cigarettes (with Santa); Lee work clothing; Buick cars; Chevrolet trucks; Purina dog chow; MoorMan's ad features Jerome Rollgen of Sheboygan County, WI; Auto racer Al Rogers in Champion spark plug ad; 1952 Dodge car; Homelite chainsaws; Allis-Chalmers roto-baler (great color photo - way ahead of its time!); GMC pickups; Ben-Gay ad features 'Peter Pain' beating on the knee of a young lady!; Natural Rubber Burea ad with photos of typical Malaysian scenes; Chrysler ad features the work of photographer Jerry Cooke, including subjects Frank Foley, Bill Dougherty and W.R. Rodger; AC fuel pump ad features Eddie Rickenbacker; Gehl forage equpment; Wolverine horsehide boots; Plumb axes; Tide detergent; Aunt Jemima pancake mix; Jergens ad with Evelyn Danser of Cranbury, NJ; Toni ad features twins Eleanor and Jeanne Fulstone plus Lillian Marcusen and Skye Patrick; Noxzema ad features Marilyn Lavis of Toronto; Prize-winner Mrs. Mary Pattee of Condon, OR: Nostalgic color ad inside back cover for Morton's meat-curing products illustrates butchered hogs hanging outside barn with soaking barrel and fire-heated cauldron. Tape repair to ends of cover fold. Small clipping from birthplace of the breeds article on page 30. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1994267 pages including references and black and white illustrations. Chapters include: The Heritage; The Royal Navy and its Medical Services in Canada; R.C.N. Beginnings; World War I (1914-1918); Hiatus - Between Wars; A Growing Naval Medical Service; Teh Working Milieu Ashore; War at Sea; Experiences, Commendations and Deaths; As Told By Eyewitnesses; After War Horizons; The Post War - A Time of Change. Liquid paper has been applied to front endpaper else contents unmarked. Adhesives have been mostly removed from spine and front board. Library stamp is upon top edge of text. Light wear to blue boards with gilt lettering. Contents tight and square. Remains a nice copy. Book
1928Pages 81-120. Features: How Britain Prepares For Her Royal Guests - article with photos (King Amanullah of Afghanistan will soon visit Buckingham Palace) - includes photo of King Fuad of Egypt inspecting troops, and King Alfonso at Oxford; Destiny - a complete story; Photo of African woman with huge plates in her lips; Article on Dreams - what do they mean?; Two photos of the Rove Tunnel; Pity the Poor M.P.; Chang! - a film masterpiece and how two men made it - article with photos; Wit of the Week; Circunstantial Evidence - Science and Detective X. Crook Solve Another Mystery; One-page ad for Germolene to treat septic ankle; John Bull's Breakfast - photo-illustrated article on everyday heroes of the fishing fleet; Angel Esquire (continued); The History of The Civil Services Supply Association (C.S.S.A.) - article with photos; and more. Staples disintegrated. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
