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1947118 pages. Many great black and white photos. Features: Airlines Safety; Northrop's Pioneer; Across the Top of the World - Epic story of Dreamboat's 10,000 mile flight over the top of the world, as told by its navigator - article with super photos; Meet Your Instruments; Microwave Radio Bandwagon; The Farmer Takes a Plane - the airplane is definitely proving itself to be an agricultural and farming implement; Aviation Insurance; Alaska - Air Freight Yardstick; Learn to Fly - part 8; Behind the Beam - the radio range system of navigation; National Soaring Contest; The Ryan XF2R-1; Many pages of great ads; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Some age-toning to pages. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Magazine
194054 pages. Features: France Guards Her Coasts - great photos; Japanese Battle of the Snow - The Annual Snow Fight of the boys of Sapporo High School on Hokkaido - super photos; The Last of the Punt-Gunners - William Richardson concocts his own ammunition; Moving House - The Dowley Family of Charleston floats their home three miles down the Kanawha River; But It's All the Same Beatrice Lillie - photos of her in many costumes, with article; The Panda's Stolen My Rocking-Horse (humorous photo sequence); Diary of the War - No. 22, The Twentieth Week; The Story of New Zealand (1840-1940); No. 3 in the Series - "How I Would Run the War" - How I Would Pay for the War; Cartoon - Arrival of Spring, 1940; The History of Weapons, No. 5 - The Rifle; The History of 1943-1960. Many wonderfully nostalgic ads including a lovely Bird's Custard two-colour ad on back cover. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. A lovely vintage copy. Magazine
194818 [ads], 189-250 pages. Features: On the Edge of the World (part 1) - adventures of a Wolverhampton office worker who travels to Tierra del Fuego to hunt and pirate furs; The Australian Stockman - photo-illustrated article; Picturesque Portugal - photo-illustrated article; Buster Brown's Brain-Wave - delightful yarn of the old sailing-ship days involving the crew of the 'Pride of London'; The Baker and the Bears - photo-illustrated article of the bears which feed from the cooks at Stevens' Gulch Road Camp on Mount Rainier in Washington state; The "Rockologist" - photo-illustrated article on "Chuckawalla Slim", otherwise known as Edwin H. Vose; Wardens of the Marches - deals with the wild Afghan border where blood feuds last generations; Ju-Ju C.I.D. - a curious story from West Africa; The Big Eel - fish-spearing at night near Mauritius; Abdul the Impeccable - getting even with a young rogue in northern India; "Lucky Tremaine" - An R.C.M.P. member is promoted due to a fluke of fortune; Great photo shows men of Hallaton and Medbury competing to get mini-beer barrel over the brook between the villages; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
1951xxiv, 193-254 pages. Features: Cover illustration in the Hoggar Mountains, Sahara Desert; Norfleet's Quest (part 1 of 2) - the adventures of a Texas cattleman who tracked down the swindler gang which conned him; The Broken Pick - a prospector's account of an eventful search for a lost Australian gold mine; The Ambush-a gripping story from the vast cattle country of the South American interior; Photo of man standing on one of the devil's marbles in Australia; "People of The Veil" - a most interesting photo illustrated account of a visit to the Tuaregs, the strange masked nomads of the Sahara; Two of a Kind; The Tuskless Elephant -a tragic incident in the Tanganyika Highlands in 1946; The "Killer" Wolves of British Columbia -these shaggy covered brutes have become a terrible menace and the provincial government and ranchers are hard put to keep them in check; When the Fire Came - big brush fire in the Matawai district of New Zealand in 1925; "Mariposa" -as ship is visited by many butterflies in South America; Photo of kangaroo caught in snare; Small pencilled name atop front cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy. Book
1915306 pages. Index. With portraits, illustrations and fold-out map of China. Gilt and black decoration upon red front board. Light pencil markings and marginalia to first half of book. Few internal library markings. Moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
1951Pages 925 - 964. Features: Political protests in Cape Town; Photos of commemoration of "The Epic of Calais" - unveiling of the Green Jacket's War Memorial; Photos of her majesty the Queen and Princess Margaret in Northern Ireland; Neasham Belle winning photo; G. Farina wins the Ulster Trophy Race; Field Marshall Montgomery addresses units of the 16th independent Parachute Brigade Group at Aldershot; Royal visit to celebrate the centenary of Manchester University; Photos of the Festival Gardens at Battersea; General Mark Clark's Story - photo-illustrated article; Photos of the anti-communist force in Indo-China - the army and religion of "Cao Dai"; Photo of Arctic Prince winning the 1951 Derby with royalty in attendance; Centerfold illustrations deal with England's weather and the wettest February for 110 years; Soberinig photos of the National Coal Board's (NCB's) greatest mine disaster at Easington Colliery where 81 died; Samples of Victoria photos at the V.and A. Museum; Photos of Atlantic seal calves; Scenes from the Korean War including communist POWs; Photos of personalities of the week, including Presiident Truman's daughter Margaret and Captain Charles Blair after he set a new record for a flight over the North Pole; Aerial photo of the H.M.S. Theseus at sea with crew spelling out her name on the flight deck; Two Swedish warships, the cruiser Gota Lejon and the destroyer Uppland; Photos from Rome; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
1956Pages: 281-320. Features: Cover photos of Adlai Stevenson's triumph in Chicago; Photo ad for Grants Stand Fast Whisky inside front cover features Alan Melville; One-page Ford car ad; Esso Petrol one-page ad features tigers; South African Airlines ad; Large photo portrait of Adlai Stevenson; Turning Point in Cyprus? - The Eoka Cease-fire Declaration - six photos including Archbishop Makarios and Dighenis; Two pages of photos of the delegations which attended the London Conference on Suez; Prince Charles and Princess Anne help sailors pull a rope; Photo portraits of Princess Margaret; Photos of the Queen in Oban, Mull, Skye, Barra and South Uist; Photo of nine heads of the Arab League; Story and eight photos of newly oil-rich Saudi Arabia; Great centerfold photo of delegates at the opening session of the Suez Conference in London (holding by one staple); 14 photos of personalities of the week, including Lake Ontario swimmer Brenda Fisher, Sir Otto Lund, Cardinal Griffin, Archbishop of Westminster, Baron Von Neurath and Admiral Lynde D. McCormick; Miss Pat Smythe at the Brighton horse show; Thousand-year-old trees a few inches high - the astonishing welwitschia, from the deserts of Angola; One-page aerial photo of raft L'Egare which had just finished an 87-day voyage on the Atlantic; Police raid Communist H.Q. in West Germany; Nice colour-photo ad inside back cover for the Illustrated London News encourages subscriptions for those flying to Australia; Nice colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover features cricket theme; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. 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
1981283 pages. Index. Dozens of wonderful black and white photos. "The UNITED STATES represents the fulfillment of a lifetime dream. Her design, her financing, her construction, her trials, her capturing the world's speed supremacy - all these were the crowning achievements of an amazingly successful life - the life of William Francis Gibbs... Tells the story of The Big Ship, as she was known at 21 West Street, the offices of Gibbs & Cox, where she was designed... She was drydocked in 1980 and passed with flying colours... So here's to the safest liner ever built, the fastest big ship ever and one of the world's masterpieces!" - from dust jacket. Prior owner's ink stamp inside front board else book clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear and some spine sunning to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Book
1934Pages 449-512. Features: In Peril Among the Riffs - How Sir Malcolm Campbell and Flight-Lieut. Don nearly lost their lives in North Africa - article with photos; With the Seal Hunters - photo-illustrated article on the heroic and arduous labours of the gallant fishermen for seals amongst the ice-floes of the coast of Labrador; Famous Figures in Football - G. (Geoffrey) N. Foster and Dr. R. Cove-Smith - article with photo; Sixty Years of Soccer - article with photos of William McCracken, Fanny Walden, G.O. Smith, Victor Watson, and Clifford Bastin; The Secret of Druid's Cross (mystery story); Why Keep a Log Book?; Field Hockey Tactics - article with photos; Making Morris Motors - photo-illustrated article on the manufacture of Morris cars; The Poacher's Wirelss (fiction); The Reversed Watermark (fiction); The Hooghly River - the World's Worst (article); The Story of Stamp Collecting. No table of contents. Covers loose but present. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
195136 pages. Features: British Columbians All; Can We Learn From History?; Letters; Pioneer Pilots of the Skeena - article with great photos; Our We Slaves to Our Clocks?; 210 Miles on Horseback - in 55 degrees below - to attend the funeral of Charlie Fortier, Chief of the Chu Chua Indians; Nature Oddities; Wonder-Weed Ramie Grass Would Revolutionize Textile Industry; B.C. History - Finance and Early Vancouver Island Events; Some Observations of a Rambling Angler; The Monument - poem by an unknown author; Frontal Attack - From the Rear! - a skunk story; The Mighty Hunter; "Pacific Pete" in Big Program - Westcoast's ammended all-Canadian natural gas pipeline route to Vancouver and cities of the U.S. pacific coast; Stewart, B.C. - article with photos; Nice ads on covers include Finning, the Yukon Brewery Syndicate, Port Hope Garage Ltd., and The Charles Hotel; Dozens of nostalgic local ads, some with photos. Unmarked. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
194816 [ads], 63-118 pages. Features: Rogue Elephant Herd of the Sabi Valley - article with photos; Two Stowaways did not determine the destination of the ship they boarded, and problems resulted; Meeting the Wife - tragedy strikes as Mr. Barker journeys to meet his wife at a remote Tanganyika plantation; Land of Giraffe-Necked Women - the Mon-Khmer Padaungs of Burma - one-page article with great photo of Padaung beauty playing cards; Island Watchers of Koro Koro, New Zealand - one of the loneliest jobs in the world; A Night With Pirates - a man's small boat is taken over by pirates in Singapore waters and used to attack a junk; The Kwapa Diamond Chase - a curious development in the development of Nigerian mining; The Stone of Evil - story recounted by a missionary to Melanesia in 1928; Derby Commentary; "In the Bag" - interesting stories from P.O.W.s of the Japanese; Eight Thousand Dollars - South Seas silver robbery; Cattle-Droving in Australia - article with photos; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
1969368 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. "The colorful story of a dynamic, eccentric journalist, who started off as a $5-a-week reporter and became a publishing giant, by happening to be in the right place at the right time - with the right idea." - from dust jacket. Includes interesting chapter entitled "Battling the Bolshevists" which describes Maclean's part in attempting to restrain Trotsky at Halifax so he could not return to Russia.News clipping laid-in provides 1993 obituary of the author, who rose from reporter to editor of the Financial Post before becoming honorary chairman of Maclean Hunter Ltd. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Average wear to book which is clean and unmarked. Binding tight. A sound copy of this important Canadian biography. Book
196664 pages. Contains dozens of glorious archival black and white photographs, maps, and facsimiles of local time-cards and fare lists. "All M&SC operations came to an end in 1956... This book has been published to record some of the events in the line's 47-year history, and to preserve details of the system's operations for the future." - page 4. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight and square. Nice copy. Book
194818 [ads], 313-374 pages. Features: A Diver Down a Gold Mine - an Italian worker stranded 1,000 feet down a flooded Australian mine is saved by deep-sea divers; The Forgotten Islands - The Chathams; A Tasmanian Robinson Crusoe - In 1904 the British barque Brier Holme went down and the only survivor lived three months on an uninhabited island; The Green Scarab; The Thief-Catcher - a holy man in India; Money to Burn - experiences while left in charge of a Transvaal farm; The Woman Who Walked to Siberia - Lillian Alling; Smugglers All; On the Edge of the World - final installment of Richard Brenton's adventures in Tierra del Fuego; Coin counterfeiters in Tanganyika; The Taking of Ventotene - a naval story in the Drake tradition; The Jinx - a man brings bad luck to others but escapes unscathed; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
1979285 pages including notes, references and index. Tells the full statistical story of trends in Russian fertility since the first census in 1897 by examining the conditions - social, economic, cultural, and demographic - that existed at the beginning of and during the decline in human fertility. Among the characteristics considered are level of mortality, ethnic composition, literacy and educational attainment, proportion urban, and occupational composition. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding sound. Average wear to dust jacket. Nice copy. Book
196096 pages. Short Stories: Fair Warning; Swindler in the Family; Night Marshal; A Sentimental Subject. Articles: The Night Our Town Blew Up - photo-illustrated article of Roseburg, Oregon, scene of a massive explosion in 1959; The Animals Come First; They Called Us "The Law" - recollections of the wife of District Attorney W.A. (Bill) Morrison in Milam County, Texas; The Fight to Save the "Preemies" (premature babies); Speediest Kids Afloat - Australian swimmers John and Ilsa Konrads of Australia; They Killed Heydrich (Conclusion) - Seven Against a Regiment - story with many photos of the aftermath of the murder of SS Gen. reinhard Heydrich; The Face of America - The Well-Trained Angels; Beloved Bandits of the Skyways - a seagull story. Serials: The Secret of Sidewinder Gulch (part 1 of 7); The Case of the Duplicate Daughter (part 5 of 8). Ads: Caterpillar ad features photo of Philadelphia demolition scene; Dodge Trucks - with U-Haul theme; Nice one-page Pepsi ad with beach scene illustration; Campbell's Tomato Soup - used in BBQ sauce; Very nice one-page color-photo ad for the 1960 Turbine Drive Buick, featuring a black Electra 225 four-door sedan with yacht in background; Salem cigarettes - nice creekside scene; Dutch Boy Nalplex paint; Nostalgic color-photo centerfold ad for the 1960 Chevrolet Impala Convertible features white car and white horses; The Taylor family is featured in a two-page ad for the Insured Savings and Loan Association; Fisher Body; One-page color photo of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN; Lennox ad inside back cover; Great back cover color-photo Coke ad features bottle and glass floating on iceberg. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1949The special issue is extra large and contains 122 pages. Dozens of fantastic vintage photo-illustrated ads. Features: Fantastic Shorts one-page ad includes photos of their massive flying boats; Illustrated article on the first rocket motor built in Britain, the De Havilland Sprite; J.W. Dunne - Obituary; Rocket Fighters for Home Defense; Indian Ocean Survey - The first full story, told by J. Cowan, of a long-range survey flight from Australia to South Africa undertaiken by a Quantas Empire Airways' Lancastrian which left Sydney on November 14, 1948; Air Transport Affairs; Nice 4-page color ad for the Hawker Siddeley Group; Great color ad for the Apollo passenger aircraft; Nice one-page color ad for the Fairey Gyrodyne; The War Against Winter; Nice photo-illustraed Handley Page ad presents aircraft they have produced, past to present; For the Aeronautical Engineer; Flight Assessments During 1948-9; Magnificent 8-page colour illustrated ad for De Havilland's planes; A Review of Britain's Aircraft Industry; and much, much more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this extraordinary issue. Magazine
2012216 pages. Index. Bilingual English/Italian. Illustrated primarily in black and white. "The very sensitive story of BC's Italians classified as enemy aliens during World War II. Raymond Culos' documented research and prose provide an enlightened analysis of the Government of Canada's rationale for arresting and incarcerating Italians suspected of being members of a local fascist organization. He also presents testimony of the suffering of family members of the POWs. Culos further illustrates the sense of frustration, anger and yes, sheer mortification felt by hundreds of loyal citizens required to report monthly to the RCMP. In the midst of this incredible chapter in Canada's wartime history the reader becomes aware of the BC Italian Canadians who publicly swore allegiance to King and Country and those who served in the defence of Canada. A number of these servicemen were on active duty while members of their families were being scrutinized by the RCMP." - from dust jacket. An unread copy. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A beautiful copy. Gift quality. Book
196376 pages. Features: Doctor's Diary - Colitis; Sweet Scatterbrain (short story); Adventure is Our Business - colour-photo illustrated of Pat and Glen Cottar and family in Kenya; Faraway Isle - short story; Monica Dickens article on originality includes photo of the Beatles; One-page colour ad for New Zealand butter; I'm So Happy Just to Be Alive - Paralysed Diane Thompson faced an empty future until she met a man whose love gave her the courage to live - photo-illustrated article; Song in Her Heart (serial); Photo of John Wayne with daughter Alissa; My Best Buy - colour-photo fashion feature with Venessa Denze, Jane Merrow, Mrs. Ted Dexter and Joanna Wallace; The Sultan's Daughtere (serial); Two-page colour-photo ad for Lion brand eggs (hard-boiled); Many lovely ads; and more. Tape repair to front cover. Chip fron top corner of back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
196250 pages. Features: Gibson Guitar ad features photo of Hank Garland; One-page Fender ad features the Jaguar guitar (lying on a Fender amp); Zildjian ad features photo of Max Roach; Monterey Jazz Festival Report; Jazz in Latin America; Vamp Till Ready - Terry Gibb's Big Band; Rolf Ericson - still waiting, still hoping; The Real Story of Bossa Nova; Gretsch trumpet ad features photo of Kenny Dorham; Two-page photo-ad for Ludwig drums features Joe Morello; Blindfold Test - Don Ellis, Part 1; Pianist Luis Carl Russell; Singerland drum ad features photo of Don MacLean of the Billy Maxted Band; Why Jazz Clubs Come and Go; Gretsch drum ad inside back cover features Chico Hamilton; and more. Unmarked. Above-average wear. Some moisture exposure. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
1989Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. 208 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "Describes the experiences of two young Australians, Kenneth Linford and the author. Linford was captured by the Japanese in Timor, the author in Java. This work describes the ordeal of these two men and and absorbing account of how Linford and two others escaped from a camp in Thailand - a very rare occurence." - dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear. dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A nice copy. Book
196268 pages. Features: Two-page photo ad for the Lockheed GV-1 refueling a fighter; Small Unit Operations - Conterguerrilla War - Part 3 of a series; Great illustrated two-page ad for the M113 troop carrier by FMC illustrates seven of their fascinating military vehicles; "Red Mide" Edson and his story from Tulagi Island in 1942 - photo-illustrated article; Paper Tigers Cost Money; Tips on how an LPH delivers machines, men and gear - with photos; Pacific Strategy 1792-1945 - Part 1 - major article by Samuel Eliot MOrison, Rear Admiral USNR (Ret.); Vo Nguyen Giap on Guerrilla War - Tactics, Soldiers and People - Part 5 of 5; Keep Strong - Keep Fighting; SOPAC Revisited - nostalgic photos from the South Pacific where action took place in WWII; Transfers and Promotions; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
194750 pages. Features: Cover art by Oscar Cahen featues sleeping hobo surrounded by birds and little girl; Could the Reds Cripple Canadian Industry? - photo-illustrated article on the threat posed by Communist Canadian labour leaders; Lady Who Has Lived - the extraordinary story of pianist Maryla Jonas, who crossed hell and high water to Carnegie Hall - and sudden fame, riches, and glory; Good News for Ulcer Sufferers - relief may be two years off; Personality - Old Camper - Taylor Statten uses his top-flight Ontario summer camps to train a new school of boys' workers - and even to finance a camp for street boys in far-off India; Why Not Build a Mud House? - author describes the amazing experience of living in her Indian mud house; Tricks of the Baseball Trade - article with photos of Jim Tabor, Clint Hartung and Carden Gillenwater; In Darkest Mexico - in filming 'The Macomber Affair', Gregory Peck, Joan Bennett, and Robert Preston outsuffered the original Hemingway characters; Esther Williams provides her favourite laugh; Movie Reviews - with photos. Stories: Iron Man; Silent Partner; Party Line. Condensed Book - Mr. Adam (part 2 of 2) and more. Ads: Uncommon two-colour photo-illustrated ad inside front cover recruits student nurses across the country; Polaroid Visors; Vaseline Hair Tonic for women; Colour Carling's ad inside back cover promotes conservation of the small-mouthed black bass; Great vintage colour Coke ad on back cover features young lovely beckoning readers to join her on her patio for a cool drink. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound and pleasing vintage copy. Book
195140 pages. Features: Cover photo of the upper Fraser sternwheeler "Quesnel" arriving at South Fort George in 1910; 1950 in Review and Forecast for 1951; Somebody Loves Them (Tourists) - But Why?; Photos of placer miners working on ice with diver near Lillooet in 1926; Historic Pavilion Mountain; Yukon Dog Tales - article with photos, including three photos of recoving a 3-ton truck which had sunk into 400' of water in Atlin Lake; $20,000 Reward - a true story about one of the northwest's most notorious bandits - Bill Miner and his accomplices; Saga of the Upper Fraser Sternwheelers - feature article with many great photos; Back cover photo Finning ad for Caterpillar diesel engines which power sawmills; Dozens of nostalgic local ads, many with photos. Name and faint date stamp upon front cover. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
