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1982Features: Malevolent Mountain - The Western Hemisphere's Highest Peak Challenges Canada's Himilaya-Bound Mountaineers; The Quiet Famine - Biologists Protest and Bureaucrats Ponder as Hunger Decimates Canada's Seabird Colonies; Reflections in an Orbiting Eye - Canada from Space, Beauty and Science in the Images of Landsat; Leduc - A Legacy of Eclectic Excellence from a Quebecois Painter Undiscovered in his own time; Caribbean Backwaters - Riding the Ebb Tides of Colonialism in the Turks and Caicos. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
200244 pages. Features: Beauty, Spirituality and Practicality; The Early Art of Emily Carr; When the Flowers Talked; China Painting in Victoria and the Arts and Crafts Movement; The Needle Art of Kathleen O'Reilly; The St. Ann's Academy Art Studio; Yale's Ecclesiastical Textiles; and more. Average wear. Few markings by prior owner. Sound copy. Book
1918Features: Aerial Possibilities of 1918 (story); Aerial activity from Flanders to the Adriatic; Physical fitness Guarded in Trench & Dug-out; Where Snowy Winter is called a temporary truce; With General Marshall's men in Mesopotamia; From the Field of Conflict to the Camp of Care; Brought to the fore by Revolution in Russia; New Light on the True Inwardness of Bolshevism (story by Hamilton Fyfe); Behind the lines in lands of Beauty and Romance; Protective Colouring and Pyrotechnics in War; Some thrilling episodes in the story of the Light Cruisers (story); Below-Deck Heroes Daily Brave unseen danger - photos of the 'black squad' feeding the boilers with coal; Aspects of Sir Edmund Allenby's Palestine Army; American Soldiers enter sternly into action; Emergencies in Frontier Fighting in the East; Mountain Climbing in the Mahsud Campaign; Active Women Wield the Woodman's Axe and saw; Keepting the ways clear with constant work; The 7th Canadian Infantry (story). Average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
1981Features: Portfolio in Praise of Parks; The Early Years of the Parks; Kouchibouguac - River of the Long Tides; Dave Cardinal - warden in Banff National Park; Concise Guide to Parks; Why Parks - a personal essay; The National Park System - aiming for representation in the country's 48 natural regions; The Last Native Grassland - proposed national park site in southwest Saskatchewan; Auyuittuq - Beauty on a Grand Scale; The West Coast Lifesaving Trail - five days of backpacking along a historic coastline. Few library markings. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
192015 pages. Appears to be circa early 1900s. "Lovely new designs and styles in filet and fancy crochet with complete instructions and illustrations shown over 1/2 actual size" - from front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound original copy of this lovely publication. Book
196247 pages. Features: How the tiny St. Roch sailed into fame - with a crew of eight mounties she navigated the Northwest Passage - Skipper Henry Larsen; Mom's A Ballerina - Toronto-born Melissa-Hayden deftly runs home and career; Marsh where the shy swans rest - the peace of Lake Erie beckons to whistlers after their long trip; Camp of Despair in the Congo - UN Soldiers patrol the camp which houses 50,000 Balubas at Elisabethville - graphic photos; Susannah York - a star in the making; Swedes fight to stay neutral - their plan for survival calls for compulsory military training and enormous blast shelters; Beauty and the Beasts - English gals volunteer for amazing stunts with elephants; Major League Baseball in Canada - Walter O'Malley of the Los Angeles Dodgers tells us how to get it (colour photo of O'Malley shows him with Emil "Buzzie" Bavasi, father of Peter Bavasi who later became the first G.M. of the Toronto Blue Jays); Nipper by Doug Wright. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
196039 pages. Features: Berlin's Girl Spies trade Allure for Secrets - Ernst "Jellyroll" Wollweber's Red Mata Haris keep Allied spy catchers busy - Ermgard Schmidt; Margarete Pfeiffer, 'Gardy' Schmidt, Ursula Schmidt; Trappers hit the Convention Trail to discuss Saskatchewan't oldest industry, trapping; Their Sound of Music Carries Far - Les Jeunesses Musicales; Lively sketches by the talented pen of Queen Victoria (part 2 of 2); Madame Butterfly's New Look - western influence has revolutionized the Japanese idea of feminine beauty (with photos); House party with a purpose - six California women (led by Mrs. Harold Collins) get together to clean each other's homes; Colour photo and feature of Boston Bruins star Leo Boivin; Ladder you can roll up; Marlene and Margaret Meldrum of Saskatoon perform in the Ice Follies; Great colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
196055 pages. Features: The Dutchess of Kent Story - Princess Marina, child of destiny - and tragedy (part 1 of 3); Window on Jazz Street - Photographer Dennis Stock explores the music-maker's world to produce a book of memorable images; Math's a game to these kids - St. Mary's High School students match wits with a computer in Halifax; Irish-bred horses have a winning way; Debbie Reynolds on her day off; Conscription Crisis of 1944 - The Revolt of the Generals - Part 5 of 5; 69 hours of hell - Nova Scotia skipper Alden Locke of Jordan Bay survives the sinking of the 37 foot Caroline and Eric; A widow who was never a wife - france amends its civil code so Irene Jodart can marry her fiancee, killed in a flood; Coal miners in Doncaster, England visit the beauty parlour for facials; Colour photos of Jack-o'-lanterns; The Nipper by Doug Wright; Great colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Magazine
1936110 pages. Features: Peter B. Kyne - Home is the Sailor - Stormy weather in the home office; George Creel - The Young Man Went West - William Orville Douglas, of the SEC; John T. Flynn - Men out of work - The unemployed, in a body, enter politics; Leland Jamieson - Favor for a Friend - Melodrama on High; George Agnew Chamberlain - Under Pressure, Part V - Standing Siege; Sidney Herschel Small - Gold Lacquer - History saves the hero - another adventure of young Richard Bartlett in Japan; Roard Bradford - The Gimme Woman - Two women too many for Bugaboo Jones; Jim Marshall - Some Like it Wild - They're Your Parks, have a look at them; Sax Rohmer - The Invisible President, Part XI - The Genius of Fu Manchu; T.R. Ybarra - The Oxford Manner - The accomplished and imperturbable Mr. Eden; Quentin Reynolds - She Took Up Golf - Patty Berg - she had to give up football; Margaret Case Harriman - Shock-proof lady - Beauty of the sea; Frank Condon - Before the Wedding - Compliments of a Friend; The Short Short Story - Love Story - by Henri Duvernois; Kyle Crichton - Horse-Opera Star - Buck Jones, riding high, wide and handsome; William MacHarg - The Vanishing Man - a very suspicious character; Freling Foster - keep up with the world - fugitive facts; Editorial - don't drink and drive. Super full-page colour ad for International Trucks on page 23. Nice 2-page black and white ad for Nash and LaFayette. Great two-page colour ad for Oldsmobile 6 & 8. Full-page colour Johnnie Walker ad. Colour Camel cigarette ad on back cover bears the title "For Digestion's Sake - Smoke Camels". Covers almost detached. Soiling to top edge. Somewhat average wear. Address label on front cover. Unmarked. Still a sound copy of this nostalgic issue. Book
1936Features: You've got to be human - a girl who improved herself, too much (Frederick Hazlitt Brennan); Camera Shy - Madeleine Carroll in pretty confusion (Kyle Crichton); The Heart has Wings, Part II - Dangerous Ground (Faith Baldwin); There's Magic in the air - heroism alow and aloft at Langley Field, the new 500 mph NACA wind tunnel is the largest high-speed tunnel in the world (W.B. Courtney); The Baron's Lady - She had a flair for success (Gouverneur Morris); Million Dollar Contract - They asked for it (Lucian Cary); Head First - Win or lose before the whistle (C.E. "Tiny" Thornhill with Frank J. Taylor; Dark Tropic Sea, Part IV - a sharp instrument (Alan LeMay); Nocturne - a busy evening at home (Dorothy Bennett); Beauty Treatment, by Dana Burnet; Duck Bills - the mallards take heart (Ray Benson); You Need a Change - Habits to get rid of (Dr. Victor G. Heiser); Keep up with the world - Odd ones (Freling Foster). Fantastic colour centerfold (loose but present) features Bendix auto parts. Nice colour Glenmore Whiskey ad inside back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1949Features: The Battle of the St. Lawrence - for five tragic months of 1942 U-Boats hunted in St. Lawrence waters, scoring 23 kills... Here's a story that's never been told; Straight talk from Mike Pearson - 'we won't be anybody's satellite"; Those Middle-Age Blues - how men can avoid a crackup; Carnival in the Classroom; London Letter - Mid-Atlantic Logbook; Backstage at Ottawa; Beauty Contests are the Bunk - here's the lowdown on the pin-ups - after his 20 years on the judge's bench, Gordon Sinclair confesses it's mostly phoney; Halfbacks, Greenbacks and Red Ink - ledgers, not linemen, rule big league football (photo of Annis Stukus with Al Marshall; Hot-Water Skipper - Captain Norman Reach is at the wheel of the world's greatest fresh-water fleet (Canada Steamship Lines/CSL); I went to a Nudist Camp (a few miles south of Seattle) - in clothes at Camp Forestia, columnist Scott was covered with confusion - the next day he took them both off. Nice colour Coke ad on page 39. Reo Truck ad on page 5. Abundant tears. Some water stains. Reading copy only. Book
1977Features: Greenhouse flowers from seed for winter and spring colour; around the garden in summer; the beauty of stone; Roses, roses all the way; Silver Jubilee Casket; Long life to roses; Roses for beauty; silver jubilee; flowers through the ages; florafood; this is our island in the sun; floral art in Australia; colour it white; floralore; summer flowers to preserve for winter; the Queen's Flower's; Summer and bonsai; floral furniture for the garden; personal colours of flowers of the Zodiac; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1977Features: Florafood; beginners please!; personal colours of flowers of the Zodiac; the greenhouse and its accessories; how to make a miniature flower arrangement; Flowers at Penshurst Place; Early Chinese flower arranging; Unusual bulbs for flower arrangers; Debbie Thompson's carnations in the modern manner; floralore; wild flowers in the Holy Land; Colour it gold; Living Ivy Wreaths; Know your Onions; Julia Clements meets Katie Boyle; Orchids from Singapore; flowers through the ages; the floral beauty of South Africa collage; Eucryphias at Nymans; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1977Features: Beginner's please!; winter garden; gardening indoors; growing unusual plants indoors; making a Christmas cone; the romance of Christmas greenery; Candle light; flowers through the ages; berried Treasure; Beech nut flowers; new flower seeds for 1978; colour it red; a flower arranger visits Japan; A Desert Beauty; Shell Magic; Flower Arranging and Gardening in Peru; Flowers for a Royal occasion; Personal colours of flowers of the Zodiac; Chinese Brush Painting; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1979Features: Florapuzzle; in your garden - Frances Perry; A third dimension; new flower seeds for 1979; fine garden plants from greenhouse-grown seeds; Brunch - or a lazy Sunday; Julia Clements visits Beryl Grey; Flowers at Hovingham Hall; Instant Arrangements - New Zealand style; Capture the beauty of the 'Wild Ones'; Flowers through the ages; Springtime flower holidays in Britain; "The Walkers'; Living arrangements; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1970Features: The Road to Murder - why were Gerry MacDonald and Ken Vallee killed 24 miles out of Ottawa on Highway 44?; What makes your car go?; Are we getting enough protection against the chemicals in our food? - Why doesn't the Canadian Food and Drug Directorate ban CMC (Carboxymethyl Cellulose)?; Phenacetin - a drug some authorities suspect may damage your kidneys; The brief beauty of wild flowers; Great full-page colour ad for International pickups; Doug Wright's Family; Maggie Grant. Nice colour ad for the line of Welch's grape juice products. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Please note: page 23/24 is missing and part of page 25 has been clipped, affecting ads only. Page 24 was the first page of an article on basketball star Bobby Croft. Book
1976Unpaginated. Author/Photographer's signature upon half-title page. "This is my Northwest - the pictorial interpretations I wish to share with you." - from introduction. Many large wonderful black and white photos plus several in colour. Moderate wear. Some soiling to black faux leather boards. Binding tight. A sound copy. Book
1963Features: The case against federalized medicine by Dr. George M. Fister, head of the AMA; Twin Scandals - Dumping and Recruiting - the basketball mess - throwing games, payoffs; The Favoured Sport of Jacqueline - colour photos; "She's just one of the Fox Hunters; Why Women go Wig-Happy - wigs may become a standard beauty aid like jewelry, lipstick and contact lenses; The Danish Jews - how their countrymen saved them from the Nazis; The High-Flying Robert Six - Continental Airlines' president sees a new mass market for jet travel; The Ecumenical Council - a progress report. Colour 1963 Rambler car ad inside front cover. Nice colour Pepsi ad. Three nice colour pages of Ford car ads. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Book
1961Features: How City Planners Hurt Cities - by Jane Jacobs; Oregon Dilemma - can this green and timbered state keep its natural beauty - and prosper too?; People on the way up - Harold Brown (Brillian Weaponeer), Timothea Schneider (Racing Skipper), Johnny Sellers (Top Jockey); My Life on the Blacklist - Ring Lardner Jr. was once a Communist; Photos of the Hollywood Ten; Casey Stengel - My Own Story (Conclusion); Nice Colour centerfold ad for Rambler cars; You are Nobody Here - New Cadets at the Air Force Academy get a Rugged Welcom - great photos; Backstage with Bob Newhart - the 'button-down-mind' comedian thinks most television fare is only mental baby food - he shares what he plans to do about the matter. Nice colour Coke ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
1926Features: Uncle Timothy's Circus, by Ray Stannard Baker; Jack Farrington's Beanstalk, by David Loraine and Arthur Floyd Henderson; A Living Gale, by Thomas J. Partridge; The Church-Makers, by C.A. Stephens; The Wonder Story of Steinmetz - (his discovery of hysteresis made possible electric motors of gigantic size and marvelous efficiency), by John Winthrop Hammond; Chrysler "60" ad; Model Airplanes - 4. Propellers, by F. Alexander Magoun; Finding the hidden beauty in your room. Great Dodge Brothers Motor Car ad on back cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1989Special Features: 6 doll projects in color; Sculpting - the bones beneath the beauty; Gallery of Leprechaun Dolls; Anthony of Solvang - Father of Barbie; Desiree, the Pierrette (and Yvette, her Marotte); and more. Light wear. A nice copy. Book
1987Features: Chuckles - a wonderful doll auction find; A Neglected Beauty - only an Armand Marseille No. 390; Barbie - the little girls and doll collectors dream come true!; Madame Alexander's 'So Big" baby doll original sleeper and pinafore; Carolee Creation's 12" Jody doll; A glimpse of doll collecting in the past; Barbara Peterson Comley - Original doll artisan; Restoring Collectable Composition Dolls; Rubber Molds; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1996Features: From the Kenzan; Metropolitan Open-Air Ikebana Exhibition; Face to Face - Have you Heard Semba's Latest Ikebana; Floral Focus - Tulip; Ikebana Portfolio - gorgeous color photos; No 'Lacq' of Beauty - Japan's Lacquer Ware Tradition; The Sound of Incense; Hana Kagami. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
1995Features: In memory of Houn Ohara, Headmaster of the Ohara School; The end of a Great Era - an interview with Headmaster Kasen Yoshimura; In Living Color - the Beauty of Japan's Natural Dyes; Floral Focus - Delightful Delphinium (Larkspur); Ikebana Portfolio; On Exhibition - Contemporary Glass and Ryusei-Ha Ikebana; Flower Power - An Uncommon History of Garden Blossoms; Dateline Japan - Ikebana in the park in central Tokyo; Hana Kagami - Master's Workshop, Ichiyo School. Unmarked with light wear. Beautifully illustrated cover. A nice copy. Book
1971Features: Rugged North American Series put Lighting Sailors to the Test - Bill Shore wins title; Schooner Days relived at Gloucester, Massachusetts; Finn - class close-up; The Columbia 52; Tartan 26; Invictus - a Trimaran; First to the Mark at Little Pidgeon Cay, Bahamas; One-sided duel on San Francisco Bay - Blackfin vs. Windward Passage; Ragtime Sails to La Paz; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
