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193466 pages. Features: What the Future Has in Store For Us - Henry Ford; A Good Rememberer (fiction); A Machine With a Soul - Norman B. Krim and his Thinking Machine; Faboulous one-page photo of street-scene on Toronto's Yonge St. circa 1904 - great snapshot of fashions and horse-drawn conveyances; The Private Life of Rudy Vallee - article with photos; Movie news and photos; Every Other Inch a Gentleman - an anonymous Hollywood Saga; Great two-page Chevrolet ad features the new standard series Chevrolet Six; Destroyer - a love novel; To the Ladies; It's the Split Second Flash That Makes the Champion - how the nick of time and knack of timing rule the world in sport; Mutiny in a 3-C Camp! - photo-illustrated chronicle of the ups and downs of 300,000 young Americans who are learning to be men; Old-Fashioned Love Story; Rendezvous - amazing true adventures of an American fighter (part 5 of 5); Vox Pop; Nice color ad for Chesterfield cigarettes on back cover features elegant redhead in brown dress. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
1977364 pages. 194 illustrations, including 173 in full color. "The text of this great picture-story is taken almost entirely from the King James Version of the Bible... A glorious representation of our great Old Testament legacy." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with slightest wear. Tight and square. An excellent copy. Book
197650 pages. Features: Ads for 'Farewell My Lovely' and 'Conversation Piece'; Photo-illustrated interview with Peter Chatel; 'Inserts' - photos; 'Catherine & Co' - photos; Photo-illustrated interview with Nicky Henson; 'Conversation Piece' - photos; Reviews - 'A Delicate Balance', 'Elektreia', 'Hustle', 'The Lords of Flatbush', 'The Sunshine Boys', 'The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones', 'Great Expectations', 'The Magic Flute', 'Marjoe', 'The Twelve Chairs', 'The Firefighters', 'The Miraculous Mandarin'; 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' - photos; 'The Story of O' - photos; 'The Killer Elite' - photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1996378 pages. "Covers the Philadelphia Flyers like no other sports franchise has ever been covered before. Gives you the whole story: on the ice, in the dressing room and behind the scenes. From the campaign to gain an NHL franchise in 1965, through the building of a hard-hitting Stanley Cup Championship roster that performed at its best after Kate Smith's thundering rendition of "God Bless America"... from the tragic loss of Pelle Lindbergh to the controversy-strewn signing of Eric Lindros... from the first shovel in the ground to build the Spectrum to the complex negotiations that resulted in the construction of the new CoreStates Center... from the Leach-Barber-Clarke line to the Legion of Doom... sets new standards for contemporary sports history." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked. Negligible wear. Dust jacket preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A beautiful copy of one of the finest hockey works we have seen. An absolute must for the serious Flyer fan. Book
1980289 pages. Black and white photographic plates. "Follow in the footsteps of the young man from Denhoff, North Dakota, as he matures, serves in the U.S. Army, becomes a musician, an electronics engineer, then a chela (student) of ECKANKAR under the guidance of his predecessor Sri Paul Twitchell, the 971st Living ECK Master." - from dust jacket. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
1941Pages 287-352, 14 ads. Features: My Adventures in "German South-West" (I) - a bicycle trip through south-west Africa; The Blue Powder - a story of bewitching from Nigeria; Among the Yahgans - a sailor's story from the waters of Tierra del Fuego; The Queen Side of Things - My Chinese Crystal - the events which came with a curio believed to have been stolen from a Chinese temple; The Devil-Panther - two British sportsmen seek to kill this beast; An Errand of Mercy - the difficulties of travel in rural Paraguay; "Hoodlum" - Roger Berry was a fireman aboard a Lake Erie tug; The Talking Crow - a tale from autumn 1922; Outlaws at Bay - a tale from North-west India; Rescuing the Doctor - a tale from the Peruvian jungle; Malayan Gang-Robbers; The Yacca-Gummers; Anstruther Gets a Job; Man and His Needs. Heavily worn. Covers nearly detached. Bit of writing atop first page of advertising and page 339. A worthy reading copy. Book
195880 pages. Contents: The Apprentice Assassin; The Well-Adjusted Husband; The Girl Who Did Everything Wrong; Showdown in Death Canyon; I'm Always Surprising Myself; The Face of America - The Young Rocketeers (2 page colour photo); I Played (Baseball) Without Eating - Bob Cerv of the Kansas City Athletics played 28 games with a broken jaw!; Mr. Astor Outfits the Army - with several old black and white photos; Colossus on Broadway - The Story behind the $75 million effort to establish New York's new Lincoln Center project; This Dirt is Worth Millions - Powerful U.S. aluminum companies encountered many problems when they undertook to mine the valuable bauxite on the racially complex island of Jamaica; I Married Murder;. Above-average but not excessive wear. One by two inch chip from bottom edge of back cover which features colour ad for Camel cigarettes. Binding intact. Worthy copy. Book
1951226 pages. Features: Mum deodorant ad shows couple on beach blanket; Listerine ad shows smooching couple; Town of the Month - Trevose, Pennsylvania (PA); Woodbury soap ad features photo of beautiful Metropolitan Opera star Jarmila Novotna with her daughter; Color-photo Ivory Snow ad; Color-photo Avon ad features Teresa Wright with her rep. Mrs. Virginia Stevens; Color Duz detergent ad; Article on arthritis; Assignment in Hollywood; Color photo of Ava Gardner in Lustre-Creme ad; Color Lady Pepperell sheets ad shows ghastly-colored bedroom with lady in pink on bed chatting on copper-colored phone; Nice color Jell-O ad; Roofs that last; Gallery of Gadgets includes knee pads and suitcase with wheels; Color ads for Heinz soups and pickes; Color Tide ad; Keep up with Medicine; The Thrifty Driver; Toni ad features photos of beautiful Eloise Sahlen, Susie Parker, and twins Ann and Roxie Schumaker; Career Girl - Kathleen Boyce of Charlotte, NC; Color Woolworth ad features nothing but dolls; Color Ivory soap ad features photo of Vera Miles; I'm a Homely Woman; The Face in the Mirror - story by Elden La Mar; The Heart Line and the Lucky Star - story by Lucia Mason; Women and the New War; Dover - story by Margaret Cousins; Mrs. Anderson's Daughter Gets Married - story by Faith Baldwin; Fashion Photos of young Constance Adams; Photos of plaid fashions for girls; 42 page article with photos of living room designs; Zozo ad features Curious George; Enrico Caruso - the world's most popular singer; When You Buy a Dog; Make Your Hair behave; Serve it Jellied; Never a better time to buy a refrigerator; Cold Drinks; Shopping for school clothes; Yankee pizza recipe; Dione Lucas photo in Cut-Rite wax paper ad; Charming color McCormick & Co. ad shows lady with her shelves of preserves; Vintage color Sundaettes ad; Campus life fashion illustrations; U.S. Savings Bonds ad features portrait of Master Sergeant Travis Watkins of Gladewater, Texas - a Medal of Honor recipient who sacrified his life in the Korean War to cover his squad after being wounded and paralyzed from the waist down; Color Coke ad on back cover shows sailor taking bottle from fridge; and much, much more. fAverage wear with some openings along spine. A worthy vintage copy of this charming issue. Magazine
1913362 pages. Index. Glossary. Black and white plates. Above-average wear and soiling. Binding open at title page. Gilt lettering legible upon front board but worn on backstrip. A worthy reading copy of this important and informative vintage work on soil science. Book
195580 pages. Features: I was a daughter of the Gold Rush - the exciting story of Klondy Nelson; The Face of America - Song of Old (photo); Rebirth of the Ohio River; This is My Story - Arthur Godfrey (part 8 of 8); Exiles of the Wasteland - Red Shaw and Lou Kley run an isolated Utah railroad outpost for the Southern Pacific Railroad; What Happened to These Children - fascinating explanation of the 700-year-old mystery of the Pied Piper of Hamelin; Cities of the world (#15) - Guatemala City; How to Handle $100,000,000 - The Philadelphia Board of City Trusts. Fiction: A Candle of the Lord; The Lady Hated Jazz; The Warmhearted Polar Bear; Kiss Me, Sergeant; The case of the Mission Poison (part 3 of 8); The Burning Hills (conclusion). Above-average wear. Centerfold loose but present. Long tear to back cover with related puncture/tear to last few pages. Unmarked. Not pretty but a worthy reference copy of this great issue. Magazine
196356 pages. Features: Doctor's Diary - Typhoid Fever; Cast a Tender Spell (short story); "I Cooked For The Queen" - colour-photo-illustrated article by Mrs. Alma McKee includes recipes; We've Learned to Live With Fear - colour-photo-illustrated article by Mrs. Graham Hill about her race car driver Graham Hill; Forever is a Long Time (short story); The Right Way to a Beautiful Neckline; Photo of Brigitte Bardot before many cameramen; Always in Fashion - three pages of clever, datelss clothes picked for you to buy now and love for years - article with lovely colour photos; One-page colour ad for John Moores high fashion for women; Design for Murder (serial); Photo of the Lancashire Hot-Pops "The Hollies"; Many nice ads; and more. Pages 5/6 missing. Page 51 loose but present. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1957148 pages. Features: Color cover photo of QE II; Nice one-page color ad for Pfaff sewing machines; Wonderful two-color one-page ad for film "Funny Face" starring Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire; 4-page Rexall ad; Great color ad for Sealtest fudge ice cream with illustration of Hawaiian girl; Large color photo of gorgeous redhead in two-page ad for Revlon's 'Satin-Set' hair spray; Candy that makes you thin; Color ad for Aqua Velva's Blue Ice; Nice color-photo ad for Gleem toothpaste shows young baseball team eating hot dogs; Six Reasons why Israel will survive - photo-illustrated article by Jacob Javits; The Personal Crisis of Queen Elizabeth; Sam and Kathy Roberts raise their interracial family - photo-illustrated article; Color-photo one-page ad for Campbell's soup shows Mrs. Nellie Reagan hand-picking rice for use in soups; A Visit with Pablo Casals; Color-photo Cadillac ad shows yellow four-door picking up attendees of a formal evening Two-page color Greyhound bus ad; Vintage color ad for Motorola TV shows portable blue 'Americana' model; Eight Klans bring new Terror to the South - article with photo of The Rev. Alvin Horn in uniform, large burning cross on Gobbler's Knob in Cleveland, TN, hooded Klanswomen, plus photos of Klansmen The Rev. Perry E. Strickland, Elmo C. barnard, Eldon L. Edwards, M. Wesley Morgan, James H. Bickley, and Robert E. Hodges, plus photo of Asa Carter and Harold McBride wrestling with police; Nice color ad for Pep O Mint Life Savers; Wild two-page colour-photo ad for RCA Whirlpool features pink - yes pink - fridges; The Apostles - an initmate story of the 12 who sat with Jesus; Nice colour-photo ad for 1957 Chrysler cars; Two-page Pall Mall cigarette ad features cowboy scene with horse and cat; Ballet at First Base - color photos of Gil Hodges in action at first base; Two-page Wheaties ad; Appetizers article and nice photo; Why I Am Not a Communist, by Bertrand Russell; Two-page color-illustrated Schlitz beer ad shows pleasant backyard scene in "Schlitzerland, U.S.A."; Wilmington College encourages students to work in factory; Photos of fair weather raincoats; Great color photos of Elizabeth Taylor swimming in Paradise Lake with Montgomery Clift, plus honeymoon photo of her with Mike Todd; Color-photo Ford ad features a peach and white 1957 Fairlane 500 Town Victoria; How the Queen Anne area of Seattle stays bright, with photos of the Hinch Family; Vintage one-page color ad for Trix cerial; Photos of Dinah Shore and her family; Color Cheerios ad inside back cover; Color-photo Chesterfield cigarette ad on back cover shows wild 'redneck' party scene with gang on shaded 'deck' atop a bizarre articulating orange and greay RV... with a diving board off the back!; Canada tourism ad; and more. Above-average external wear. Bit of writing atop front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
197564 pages. Features: Doctors? And Art?; Doctors as Collectors; Calling Dr. Kildare; Medicos, Monsters, and Mountebanks; Music and Medicine; The New Curriculum for the Faculty of Medicine; I've Been Sex-Educated; Wisdom and Cleverness; Melissa (story); Some Ethical Dilemmas posed by Advances in Medical Genetics; Humanism and Tokenism; Medical Nemesis (Book Review); A Way of Life; Departure; (poem); The Good Medicine of Christianity; Should the Patient be Allowed to Die?; On Being Explicit - Sex Education for Professionals. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
1961128 pages. Features: The Personal Practice of Patriotism; Are We ,a Nation of Timid People?; New Drive Against the Anti-Communist Program - condensed testimony of Edward Hunter, the man who originated the term brainwashing; Paperback Perfidy - Hon. Francis E. Walter trashes a recent book entitled "The Un-Americans" by probable Communist Frank Donner, which claims to be the first fully documented account of the notorious House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC); And So We Negotiated - American should learn that negotiations with barbarians (the Soviets) is futile; American Money Bolsters Castro's Dictatorship; Made-In-Russia Forgeries - how Russia plants fake news in the foreign press; Federal Income Tax - Captain Eddie Rickenbacker explains how this Communist Cancer was blueprinted by Karl Marx; Man in Gray - Jefferson Finis Davis and a story of his tragic humiliation; They're Headin' for the Hills - the civilian thinks he'll be the casualty in the next war; My Summer with the Sore Knuckle Crew - youths and their desire to show they can survive away from home; Needed - New Vigilantes; How We Plan to Explore Outer Space; A Clergyman Reconsiders Free Enterprise; The Incredible "Mad Anthony" Wayne - an unforgettable American hero; and more. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1995295 pages including index and lists of sources. Author's signature upon half-title page. "Fifty years after a defecting Ottawa Soviet embassy cipher clerk (Igor Gouzenko) brought the RCMP a shirtful of incriminating documents about an espionage ring operating in Canada, this book provides us with the first insider's account of the incidents which many feel triggered the Cold War." - from back cover. Author was a Captain in the Canadian Armed Forces and speechwriter for Paul Martin Sr. His story differs in many respects from the officially sanctioned version. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
193754 pages. Features: Great colour cover art of Chinese battle scene by Clymer; The Good Old Days vs. The Good New Days; Ontario Premier Hepburn declares "...There will be no American dictatorship of our labour"; Hon. David A. Croll , former Ontario Labour Minister, argues in favour of industrial unionization; "I Hear You Calling Me" - short story; Night Raiders in China (part 1) - Gordon B. Enders' story of death in the yellow inferno; Mind over Mashie (short story); The Lady Who Blighted His Life (short story); Mr. Dunkle's Diary; Ed Sullivan's photos of 'Comers' - Anne Charpentier, Sam Snead, June Hart, Jack Holland and Thomas Thomas; Ulysses of Avenue A (short story); Family Scandal (part 4); To the Ladies; Mysterious Crime #5 - The Case of the Wisecracking "Uncle" of Broadway - who killed gambler Arnold Rothstein?; Review of movie "I Met Him in Paris"; Alias Emerald Annie (part 8 - table of contents says part 7); Forgotten Millions - unclaimed bank balances. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Address label. Back cover missing. Page 17-18 missing (contained Deanna Durbin article) Book
195938 pages. Features: Nice illustrated ad inside front cover for Western Fishing Line company shows gorgeous mermaid witting with fisherman underwater; Photo of Henry Christenson of Richmond holding poem; Save our Salmon - article with photos of Neville Mayer of North Vancouver studying fry in dried up creek beds; Unusual photo-ad for the Northern Seed Potato Company includes photo of Charlie Bradbury with two large Spring salmon he caught not far from Vancouver; 3/4 page map of Howe Sound; Knots for Nylon Lines; Illustrations show how to get results from your Herring Bait; Silver Salmon - illustrated page of information; Nice one-page illustrated ad for Gibbs tackle; Fantastic one-page photo ad for Edward Lipsett Ltd. features the story of Bob Gilmour who won the 1958 B.C. Centennial Derby with a 41-lb spring salmon and won $10,000; The Coho - "Ballerina of the Sea"; Photo of Ian Kennedy with Tom Brown and Joe Meraw; Photo of Jack Wiley of New West; Photo of Carl Aos of Bellingham; Photo of trophy winner Frank Turner; Photo of George Crossley, Ross Duncan, Mrs. Veronica Savage and Mrs. George Crossley; Photo of Jim Zavitz on winning the Major McNeill Trophy; Photo of members of the winning Seattle Police team, Ray Carroll, Warren Meece, John Steele, and Jack Orewiler; Photo of Ray Coll, Jim Zavitz and Tom Cocking at the Ottawa Shoot; Keep That Head Down - shooting advice; Fishing in Wells Gray; Boats; It's Fun to Water Ski; Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
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
