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1914100 pages plus 28 pages of vintage ads. Features: Real-Life Romances - six narratives of travel in Italy; Captain Thompson's 'Catch' - Captain Thompson of Knight's Key, Florida catches a huge bizarre 'whale/shark' - article with photos; Drifting Through Mesopotamia - Russian M. Dutkevitch and his photo-illustrated account of floating down the mighty Tigris to Bagdad; A Naturalist in the Arctic - Mr. Koren, a Norwegian naturalist, becomes a castaway in Siberia after his vessel is wrecked in the ice; The "Phantom Brigands" of Pegomas - how the puzzle of these these French criminals (described in the March, 1912 issue) was finally solved; Our Trip to the Kolahoi Glacier - a journey by two officers of the Indian Army to the source of the Jhelum River - with great photos; My Adventures in Sarawak (part II) - Her Highness the Ranee of Sarawak describes her time as the Rajah's bride; Two Years in Guatemala - Alfred R. Lamb describes his eventful time organizing the police force of Guatemala; The Bishop's Visit - what happened when a Bishop visited the bungalow of an Indian planter; The Fur-Buyer's Peril - Frank J. Scheider nearly froze to death in the wilds of Ontario; Moose-Hunting in New Brunswick; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1915Pages 294-388 pages plus 32 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Captain's Baby - a respected officer of the Australian Steam Navigation Company takes a little urchin under his protection, leading to humorous difficulties; A Journey into Arabistan - photo-illustrated account of a journey through a little-known part of Persia; The Quest of the Peso-La-Ki - the romantic story of a hidden Western Navajo silver mine, sought for vainly by daring prospectors for over a century; Tight Corners (part II) - photo-illustrated adventures from West and Central Africa; The Girl-Man - a young woman aged 23 tires of an unhappy marriage and sinks her identity and sex to reappear as a man named Frank Duffy and wander the United States for three years - until she is discovered by a policeman and a court orders her to 'go back to the skirts'; Icebergs - interesting photo-illustrated article by Lacey Amy; Dodging Death - in Australia, Sydney Wright falls from a building under construction, only to be saved by landing on telegraph wires (per cover illustration); A wife on an Indian coffee plantation cures her husband of constantly 'talking shop'; Milly's Hobby; Europe's "Wild West" - photo-illustrated article on the great Hungarian Hortobagy; "The Doctor" - in Ceylon Gunner Duncan is tragically burned to death; Our Travels in Safari-Land (part III) - Mrs. Fred Maturin (Edith Cecil-Porch) describes her ambitious journey through British East Africa; The Missing Ship - in 1897 the American clipper T.F. Oakes and her crew were considered lost, but miraculously saved by the crew of the "Kasbek"; Interesting photo of the grave of a British Columbia Indian chief in a hit above stumps; Photo of a Burmese boy 'undergoing the operation of tattooing', with brief write-up; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1928Pages 422-504 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: Ten Months Overdue - a stirring account of the luckless voyage of the Liverpool ship Denbigh Castle, which finally reached her point nearly a year overdue; Hunting the Tapir; Imam Baksh's Escape - a murder story from India; Sanna's Eagle - the strange fate that befell a South African lammarfanger, or lamb-eating eagle, which attacked a little Boer girl and caused her death; The Death Circle - two men wander in a Canadian prairie blizzard - one finds shelter, the other dies; In Quest of Gold - gold-seekers from San Francisco on their way to the land of the Yaqui Indians are forced to turn back; Levenson's Ordeal - Albert S. Levenson, a prominent California merchant, goes missing for five days while on a mountain holiday; Life in a Land of Death (part II) - adventures among the head-hunters and other picturesque inhabitants of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea - article with great photos; The Way of the East - a curious story from Vancouver's Chinatown; The Mitimoni Man-Eaters - two white men get involved with African native witchcraft, resulting in their responsibility for fatalities caused by two man-eating lions; "Square Pegs" (part II) - This absorbing tale will teach prospective immigrants more about Canadian prairie life than stacks of guide-books and official pamphlets; Wind - a tale told at the Roscoe Hotel in Campbell River, B.C. which explained why a man dreaded wind; The Yellow Box - a missing box sets a whole West Africa colony seething; The Smallest Park in the World. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Back cover loose but present. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
195792 pages. Features: The Penalty Worse Than Death - Douglas C. Rigg, Warden of Stillwater Prison in Minnesota describes the life of the 110 lifers under his supervision; I Rode Detroit's Mystery Car - photo-illustrated article on Ford's new Edsel; Buckskin and Blanket Days (2 of 3) - young Tibbles' prowess astounded the Indians during a desperate hunt for buffalo, then a scene of human massacre stirred the warriors to vengeance; Town with a Homemade Lake - color-photo-illustrated article on Bloominton, Indiana; A Crooner Comes Back - photo-illustrated article on singer Gene Austin; Does Sweden Dare Stay Neutral - fascinating photo-illustrated article discusses their military and civil defenses in the shadow of their historic enemy, Russia; Secrets of the Unkown War (last of 5 articles) - Greenland's valiant little 'army' raced to ambush the Germans before the spring thaw, but they desperately needed American help; The Face of America - Callow Cowboys - branding on the W.R. Wooten Y7 Red River Ranch; Listen, Doctor! - Medical doctors listen to audio tapes to keep up with new discoveries. Fiction: The Boy Who Didn't Belong; Marry for Love; Challenge the River; The Everglaces Blonde; The Case of the Dead Man's Daughter (part 4 of 8). Ads: Vintage Homellite chainsaw ad features the EZ 6 and 6 22; Great color-photo ad for RCA Victor TV features several of their Hathaway, Socialite and Nassau models; Fantastic one-page color-photo ad for the Plymouth Station Wagon (white on blue) on the beach; L&M Cigarette ad features photo of speedboat racer Joe Schoenith. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy of this great issue. Magazine
1954144 pages. Features: Best-Mannered Children in the World - Eskimo children - nice color-photo-illustrated article; The Army's Tower of Babel - the new language-intelligence school at the Presidio in Monterey, California; They Came to See Him Clobbered - Boxer Art Aragon was the boxer fans loved to hate; The Truth About the "Sonic Boom" - photo-illustrated article how it's 'less dangerous than you might think"; I would Not Murder for the Soviets (part 3 of 4) - Ex-Captain Nikolai E. Khokhlov discloses the exact circumstances surrounding the downfall of his boss, Lavrenti Beria, after Stalin's death; The Wilderness Cure for Delinquents - Twin Pines Ranch in California; Cold Can Save Your Life - fascinating medical article describes how ordinary ice water can be used in a process called hypothermia for better patient outcomes; Daintiest Beaneries in Town - great photo-illustrated article on Schrafft's restaurants; He'll Eat Anything That Swims - Food Scientist Edward Harvey manages Oregon's Seafoods Laboratory at Astoria. Fiction: Haunted Hotel; Salesman's Homecoming; Inexperienced Male; The Lady's Bodyguard; Hollywood Calling! (part 2 of 8); The Avenging Texans (conclusion). Ads: Sensational two-page color 1955 Mercury car ad; Nice one-page color ad for Chevrolet Trucks shows tanker in refinery; Fantastic two-page color-photo ad for Rambler cars; Nice two-page color ad for 1955 Ford cars; Dennis the Menace cartoon is featured in a Cream of Wheat ad; Great two-page color-photo ad for 1955 Plymouth cars; Back cover color-photo ad for Old Gold cigarettes features St. Bernard dog. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Center page loose but present. A worthy reference copy of this great issue. Magazine
1953100 pages. Features: Cover illustration of breakfast in a kitchen being repainted; We Met Death on K2 (part 1 of 2) - color-photo illustrated article about the American expedition which met tragic defeat; I Flew With the Stratojets - great photo-illustrated article about life aboard a nuclear bomber, B-47 jet flying from Tampa to England, including mid-air refueling; It's Never Too Late to Go to College - each year 12,000 inquisitive adults attend New York University; The Dog That Trained Me - Sally Carrighar and her Husky dog Bobo; Professor in a Hot Spot - amateur diplomat James B. Conant, ex-president of Harvard, is the new U.S. High Commissioner to Germany; The AEC - The Life History of an Atomic (A-bomb) (part 2 of 2) - the ore-to-stockpile story of the most expensive and complex industrial operation the world has evern known; His Time is Worth $10,000 a Day - great photo-illustrated article on Boston millionaire Johnny Fox; Things You Never Knew About Pencils; Editorial - Red Rule Detested by Russion Millions. Nile Kinnick, Jr. - the best player I ever coached. Fiction: The Beautiful Hitchhiker; First Holdup; Botts and the Impossible Mountain; The Babe in Toyland; The Coward; They Double Agent (conclusion); Cry Murder (part 4 of 7). Ads: Interesting color ad for Howard Zink seat covers; Color Frigidaire ad with Christmas theme; Color Estabrook pen ad; Nice color two-page ad for Chevrolet trucks shows a range of models; Great color-photo ad for Van Heusen features Jeff Chandler and Anthony Quinn; Attractive color-photo ad for the 1954 DeSoto Automatic cars; Lowell Thomas is featured in a Kaiser car ad; Champion spark plug ad features photos of car racers Bill Blair, Dick Rathman, Fonty Flock, and Buck Baker; Nostalgic two-page color American Airlines ad features Christmas theme; Northwest Pacific ad features photo of horse named "Nig" which pulled a rail car 750 miles; Color ad for Webcor turntables; Great vintage color-photo ad for Stromberg-Carlson TVs. Somewhat above-average wear. Centerfold loose but present. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
1948Pages 593-620. Features: Cover photo of Mr. J. W. Belcher, a leading figure at the tribunal of inquiry into allegations of irregularities involving ministers; Karsh photo portrait of Mr. Louis St. Laurent, Canada's new Prime Minister; Book review of "The Life and Death of Benjamin Robert Hayden", by Eric George; Several photos of Princess Margaret in Sheffield at the opening of an industrial exhibition; Two pages of photos of people connected with click close tribunal, including Mr. Gerald Upjohn, Mr. Justice Lynskey, Mr. Russell Vick, Mr. Charles Key, Mr. Francis Cecil Price, Mr. George Gibson, Mr. James R Cross, Mr. Henry Saft, Arthur Thorpe, Alfred Bieber, Joseph Kennedy, Sidney Stanley, Harry Sherman, Sir Hartley Shawcross, William Glanville Hall, Mrs. John Belcher, David Rufus Williams, and Mr. Jacob Harris; Photo of new airfield at Tegel in Berlin; Photo of collapsed road, tunnel on the Riviera; Photo of two Royal couples whose marriages have been dissolved - King Farouk of Egypt and Queen Farida, and the Shah of Iran and Empress Fazia; Uranium discovered on the shores of Lake Superior Ontario; Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth immobilized at Southampton after crew walks off in sympathy with American dock strikers; Two pages of fascinating photos of Kalgan, a front-line city in war-torn China; The Civil War reaches Shanghai - page of dramatic photos from the city as the communists advance; Sensational four-panel centrefold cutaway drawing of the new 28,000 ton Orient liner Orcades, which is expected to leave on her maiden voyage to Australia on December 14; Five photos of the glories of Wimborne Minster; Photos of personalities of the week include Victor Csornoky, Air-Comm. H.G. Brackley, Lord Winster, Sir Sidney Caine, Capt. G.E. Cove, Mr. W.V. Gibson, Len Beyers, H.E. Khwaja Nazimuddin, M. Sophoulis, A. E.W. Mason, Air Commodore E.H. Fielden, Wing Commander E.W. Tacon; Opening the new tube line extension at Greenford Station; Photo of homemade midget submarine seized in the Italian part of Lake Lugano; Page of drawings of a secret US naval weapon, the "Salamander" in action [an early drone tank]; Two large photos of the "Salamander" in action. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1948Pages 533-560. Features: Cover photo of Remembrance Day ceremonies at the Whitehall cenotaph, November 7; Photos on the eve of the Royal birth, include nurse Miss Helen Maud Row, and Sir William Gilliatt; Photo of wrecked French tanker St. Guenole, aground near Land's End; Photo of crashed American Superfortress on Shelf Moss, near Glossup; Photo of Churchill With Attlee at the cenotaph; Photo of huge crowd at Earl's Court Motor Show; Retrospection on Armistice Day; Page of photos of forklift truck in action - use of this device in England is causing labour upset; One page Karsh photo portrait of Harry Truman; Six photos illustrate Mr. Harry Truman's personal triumph in the US presidential elections; Book review of "The Life of Chiang Kai-Shek", by S. I. Hsiung; Page of photos of men behind the Communist drive in China, and scenes in "Red" areas; Two pages plus centrefold illustration of Ashridge House; Five photos of the sport of goldfish racing in the USA; Two pages of photos of fascinating plants of the high Andes; Two large photos and illustration of the first piloted aircraft to fly by ramjet power alone, the Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star; Photo of General Electric research scientist using fire as an agent to produce rain by burning charcoal impregnated with a silver iodide solution; Photo of smog over Donora, PA which caused the death of 18 old people and much illness; Photos of personalities of the week include Dr. Walter Campbell Smith, Mr. Alistair Sim, Dr. M. Burton, Dr. John Lowe, Lord Ashfield, David Western, R. G. Menzies, T. S. Eliot, Prof. P. M. S. Blackett, W. H. Wild, Dr. Paul Muller, Prof. Arne Tiselius, Korean president Rhee with Gen. MacArthur in Tokyo; Two pages of photos of rock drawings by Sudanese artists of 7000 years ago. Coverfold of outer advertising pages mended with archival tape, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1937Pages 77- 116. Features: One-page ad for 'Ski Paradise' Austria; Photo of Egypt popular young Monarch King Farouk; Photos of a royal wedding in the Dutch Indies; Photo of the Bavarian Frey brothers being rescued from the Watzmann; Photo of first airmail plane leaving Ratmalana, Ceylon; Photo of Toscanini receiving Orange Grove from grateful Jews after he conducted pioneer concerts in Palestine; Photo of Hitler receiving traditional gift of salt from representatives of the Halle salt mines; One-page photo of Hitler greeting diplomats in Berlin, an occasion at which he assured the French ambassador that Germany had no designs on Spanish Morocco; Book review of "The Conquest Of Morocco", by vice Adm. C. V. Usborne, with photos; One-page pictorial map of the Straits of Gibraltar, looking east - showing Spanish Morocco, the object of alleged German penetration, and possibly to be protected by a Franco-German agreement; Nice one-page photo of Royal wedding at the Hague, showing Princess Juliana and the Prince of the Netherlands in their gold coach driving through the city; Two page photo of crowd in church to witness the royal wedding; Two pages of text and photos describe ingenious tests for German drivers aimed at preventing death on the roads; Two pages of photos of Hellenistic panels in the Al-Aqsa mosque; Centrefold illustration of Britain's two largest battleships, HMS "Nelson" and "Rodney" firing their 16 inch guns at towed targets with deadly precision; Two fascinating pages of text and photos of skull groves on the Burmese border - headhunting trophies for harvest luck; Peking man's food - the first diet records of Pleistocene date - text with photos; Photos of personalities of the week include Gilbert Holliday, Frank Hodges, Lt. Col. R. S. Stafford, Arthur G. Pite, Prof. Henry Tonks, Lord Wakehurst, Basil S. Long, Sir Edward Ellington, the Duke of Kent, the grand Duchess of Mecklenburg, the Earl of Athlone; One-page illustrated Egyptian travel ad; and more. Several interior pages loose but present. Name atop front cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1962Double-sided three-panel tract measuring 10" x 6" when unfolded. Explains how if JFK achieves his 'disarmament plot' described in State Department Publication 7277, September 1961, it will lead to the U.S. becoming the People's Republic of North America by 1970. Calls for JFK's impeachment to save the nation. Considerable fine-print text. Unmarked with light wear. Book
196784 pages. Features: John Gerald Benson - Banana Doctor; China's handmade "Red Flag" luxury auto - only 400 exist; Mistaseni Rock is blown to bits behind the future site of the Gardiner Dam; The Caribbean - our sunny new frontier; Canadians in the Caribbean - they've found their own personal paradise; The pleasures of paradise in the Caribbean; Dalton Camp - the man who finally belled the cat; Big-Money Cattle - Holsteins have been taken over by the jet set; Comeback for the one-room school?; Could India Feed Us?; The Lonely death of Charlie Wenjack; Edna - where are you?; The Eccentric oracle of Barrett's Landing, Nova Scotia; Full-page Volvo car ad; Canadiana - Gerald Stevens' column; Great full-page colour photo ad for the '67 Buick Skylark; Wonderful colour ad for Smirnoff Vodka featuring Zsa-Zsa Gabor wearing lots of diamonds. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1969114 pages. Features: Outrage after North Korea shoots down American EC-121 piloted by Lieut. Commander James Overstreet; The Sirhan Sirhan verdict; Crookston, MN flood; Strike leader Mary Moultrie in SC; Fascinating photo-illustrated article on North Korea - What is Behind Their Belligerence?; End of the Dubcek era in Czechoslovakia; Vietnam war news; A visit to the home of RFK's family in Virginia; Montreal Expos and St. Louis Cardinals play first major league baseball game outside the U.S.; Great color-photo ads for the Kingswood Estate station wagon, Ford Maverick (centerfold), Chrysler Newport and Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado; Police death squads in Rio; and much more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
196978 pages. Features: Homage to the Apollo 11 astronauts; Green Berets Under Trial - 8 members of Special Forces Unit B-57 (Black Beard) charged after alleged Vietnamese double agent is killed; Ted Kennedy - living with the whispers after the death of Mary Jo Kopechne; Gory details of the murder of Sharon Tate; The Conglomerate of Crime - article with photos of Carlo Gambino, Sam Giancana and Meyer Lansky; Ulster engulfed in sectarian strife; Battle on thhe Sino-Soviet Border - Sinkiang; Israel - commanding the skies; Indonesia annexes West Irian; Billy Martin punches out Dave Boxwell; Mae West to join Raquel Welch in new movie; Jets vs. the everglades; Mormon records in Little Cottonwood Canyon; LA Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale; and much more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
197426 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Features: Chicago's Battle of the Landmarks; 50 Years after the death of Louis H. Sullivan; The sturdy old Pere Marquette Building - next target in the demo derby; Dearborn St. - what and when is a landmark?; Teaming new with old on Astor Street; Woodstock Courthouse - a success story; Preservations Agencies - an instant guide; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
2004112 pages. Features: Let the flow be the guide; The Venus Transit Gift; A Global Mind; Overcoming Death; and much more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
197332 pages. Dedication. Composer's Notes. Songs include: Watch With Me; Dying You Destroyed Our Death; And Then It Dawns On Me; Doxology - Amen; For Tommy - Thanks for the Chance; Jesus, In Our Hands; You Are The Way; Re-Member Me; Go Now in Peace. First published in 1972. Above-average but not excessive wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy working copy. Book
197648 pages. Black and white reproductions of many photos from popular films of the day, particularly Last Tango in Paris. Features: The Father Figure in the Conformist and in Last Tango in Paris; "Mort Sahl Called Me a 1939 American" - an interview with Director Sam Peckinpay; Promised Land (Ziemia Obiecana); Book Reviews; Film Reviews; Dark Passage - A Confessional Poem by Mark Rudman. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
1960160 pages. Features: Our Silent Partner Against Communism - Reinhard Gehlen; Who'll Pay for Your College Education?; A Footnote to the Air Force Manual; The Enemy Whacks Away at The Family Bible; Pat Brown - California's Controversial Governor; The Swastika vs the Hammer and Sickle; The Money Changers - conclusion of a 10 March 1935 address by Father Charles Coughlin; Threat to Internationalize the Panama Canal; Magnetism! - man taps nature's invisible web of force; Kelp - Abundant Sea Harvest; Betrayal of South Korea; Cyrus Eaton "Honored" with Lenin Peace Prize; Your Amazing Blood; America's Youngest teachers - The Science Clubs of America; Congress Views UNESCO; Stop Pampering Sneak Intruders - counter-intelligence; Hot Dog!; A Salute to Helen Keller; Sharing America's Abundance; It's Never Too Late; Muscle in on Health; Freak Squeaks; Why Kentucky Colonels?; Rothschilds and Rockefellers, Part III - their interests penetrate all aspects of American life; The St. Lawrence Seaway; Does Russia Have the Earth's Stablest Currency?; Communist Swastikas - Pat Walsh of the RCMP says Communists used to paint swastikas on Montreal synagogues to scare local Jews into voting for and supporting them; executive Health; America Keeps a 165-Year Old Promise - payments to the Indians of the Six Nations; A Clue in the Missile Lag History - Five Years Ago Congress Could Not Stomach Joseph McCarthy's Censurable Truths - But Today...; Cigarette Smoking - major cause of lung cancer; Survival in Learning; Death of a Church - Holy Trinity Episcopal Protestant Church in Brooklyn; Parental Function; Adolph Eichmann and the Bitter Harvest of Hate - Voice of All Faiths Protest His Kidnapping by Israel in Argentina; Cowboy Talk; Who Are Our Rulers? - Fascinating article on the Rothschilds / International Bankers and their techniques for control; Lesson of Experience - Foreign Aid; Your Health - Two Factors for Longer Life; Maine Becomes a State of Mind. To Tranquilize or Not?. Minimal markings. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1961110 pages. Features: Prudential ad inside front cover features fantastic one-page illustration of Lionel Conacher being carried by his Toronto Argonaut teammates after they beat the Edmonton Eskimos to win the Grey Cup in 1921; Four Canadians plan a trip to mountain climb in the Himalayas - Sev Heiberg et al; Editorial discusses propaganda vis-a-vis the Berlin Crisis; Nuclear Researcher Louis Slotin - A Tiny Slip, A Terrible Death; Falconry in the Suburbs - Frank Beebe of Vancouver Island; It's Harder to Be Anybody - novella by Mordechai Richler; For ten days Eva Szulner was den mother to 24 child geniuses from Oak Park Junior High School in East York; Judson Lowther kills his wife Alice and the hired man, Brandon Isaacs, he found her with near Cremona, Alberta; Prime Minister R.B. Bennett was almost as an important event in Canadian history as the Great Depression itself; Japan's Tragic Solution to the Population Crisis - two milliion abortions per year; How Seven Families Really Got Away From it All - a handful of Americans, mostly Quakers, raise their families in Argenta in the Lardeau Valley of B.C.'s West Kootenays; The License to Defraud in Charity's Name - the 6,800 tax-exempt corporations in Canada are scantily investigated; Colour-photo B.O.A.C. one-page ad shows Bhikku (priest) near the Emerald Buddha Temple in Bangkok; Photos of the dust-blow 1930s; One-page black and white photo ad for Trans-Canada Airlines features cute young girl Karen; Howard Green - Vancouver Lawyer and parliamentary veteran; and more. Please note: missing pages 9-12 and 67-70, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
1951Pages xxiv, 257-320. Features: Cover illustration of Sugar-Loaf, Rio de Janeiro; The Haunted Mine - 1927 tale of a haunted goldmine in the Township of Timmins, Ontario, Canada; The Rest Cure - a sea captain's story of an unusual Atlantic voyage with a party of cowboys; Norfleet's Quest (part 2 of 2) - for three years Texas cattleman Frank Norfleet pursued a gang of confidence tricksters; Death of British Columbia lighthouse keeper Lawrence Dupuis; The Living Death - as strange 1925 a story from Mexico; The Sky-Riders - photo illustrated article about adventures of RCMP airmen maintaining law and order in Canada's vast Northern Territory; The Lawra Lion - a lion visits the Gold Coast; The Forbidden Path - two British officers in the Himalayan foothills; "Grey" - a close-up of manners and customs prevailing in the Northwest Territories of Canada near Yellowknife; First-Trippers; A Matter of Witchcraft - the strange story of a distinguished visitor who contrived to offend one of the wild tribes in the Territory of New Guinea; many nostalgic ads; The Australian Stockman - life of the drovers of Australia's vast Outback - article with photos and map; and more. Bit of pencil writing atop front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Covers beginning to loosen. Binding sound. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1957xxiv, 62 pages. Features: First to Sail the Sahara - article (with cover illustration) about the Sheppard family which attempted to windsail across the Sahara Desert - with map and photos; The Bull of Contention - melons of the Bhelwah plantation in north Bihar are being destroyed by a bull antelope which the Hindus consider a sacred nilgai; The Forest Glade Murders - photo-illustrated article from Northern Rhodesia; Captain Mitchell's Last Fight - his schooner spots a U-boat in 1942 (article with photo of the U-boat); The Incredible Snake Man - "Professor" Morrisey deliberately exposed himself to venomous snake bites in Africa; Black Death - a wolf terrorizes farmers and livestock near Kamloops, B.C.; Eggs for the Prisoner - the author was accused of smuggling and imprisoned without food or drink in a cabin of a stifling Pakistani river steamer; March Macabre - horrific ant attacks while obtaining WWII rubber in Ecuador; Britain's Unmapped Outpost - St. Kilda; Trouble at Thirty Fathoms - something goes wrong while welding underwater in a fast-flowing Papua, New Guinea river; Killer Turned Preacher - last instalment of "West to Adventure", the thrilling story of the life of "Jack" Letheby, trapper, prospector and professional gambler; The Squaw's Curse - Marie was the prettiest girl in the Spalumcheen tribe near Kamloops, British Columbia; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
1957xxiv, 65-126 pages. Features: Return from the Dead - three fishermen face hell adrift for months in the Atlantic - with map and photo; Awakening to Nightmare (on Elephant Island); The Train Jumpers - Francis Dickie recalls a nightmare journey jumping a train from Portland to San Francisco - with photos of the author; The White Rhino Hated Cars - article with photos; 50 Tons of Gold - the ongoing search for "Valverde's" Inca gold - article with photos and map; Terrorists On My Tail - A reporter under attack in Morocco - article with photos; Ringing Gannets off the coast of Scotland; Men of Site "X" - the ice and blizzard-ridden existence of men on the DEW line across northern Canada and Alaska; The Terrible Carpet of Bones - the terrible slaughter of the buffalo herds; The Curse of Pulo Jehat - the evil of a witch doctor survives his death; The End of the Hoodoo 'Bambo'; Pirates Aboard! - China Sea pirates board the s.s. Hong Bee - article with map and photo of the ship; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
197664 pages. Fantastic photos of the band and its members in colour and black and white. Includes piano sheet music, lyrics and guitar chords for these songs: Death on Two Legs; Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon; I'm in Love With My Car; You're My Best Friend; '39; Sweet Lady; Seaside Rendezvous; The Prophet's Song; Love of My Life; Good Company; and the timeless Bohemian Rhapsody. Somewhat above-average external wear and soiling. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding intact. Songbook for one of the most popular and impactful albums of the 1970s. Book
194980 pages. Features: Painting by David Lax; Tempura painting by Jo Mielziner; Death of a Painter; Elmer Jacobs; Leslie Saalburg; Thinking versus Erasing; In Defense of Canaries; Introducing Richard Haines; Watercolor by Richard Haines; The Weathervane - art in the country; Illusians of the Newly-Exhibiting Artist; Style versus Fashion; "Portrait of Glasys Swarthout"; Vanishing Problems (III); Guy Rowe illustrates the old testament; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1945Pages 169-196. Features : Cover photo of Field-Marshal Montgomery with General Crerar of the Canadian First Army and General Dempsey of the British Second Army; The Battle of the Roer Dams - photos of the Urftstausee - a German defense key-point; Twelve great photos at various locations on the Western Front, including the capture of Colmar; Eighteen fantastic photos of the Reichswald Offensive where German towns were smashed by Allied bombing and infantry and armour moved through mud and flood; Article 'Prospects on the Western Front' by Cyril Falls; Two-page illustration of the victory over the Roer Triangle by the British 2nd Army - the crossing of the Vloed Beek; Two-page illustration of the victory of the Roer Triangle by the British Second Army - the gallant fight in Susteren; Two-page illustration of the victory of the Roer Triangle by the British Second Army - the critical Schilberg Cross-Roads; Seven photos of cities in the path of the Russian advance; Three photos of Royal inspection of the "Indefatigable"; Three photos of victory celebration in Colmar; Photos of personalities of the week include Captain J.R.O. Thompson, G.C., Guy Byam, The Northern Sudan Advisory Council, Sir Edward Bridges, Sir Ernest Bird, Lord Fairfield, General McNaughton of Canada, P.N. Loxley, Sir Gordon Nairne, Captain John Henry Brutn, V.C., and Sir Walter Citrine (addressing paratroops in Greece); Six photos of the Crimea conference - which sounded the death knell of Nazism - with FDR, Stalin and Churchill in five photos; Photo of official disbandment of the R.A.F. Balloon Command, with Sir Archibald Sinclair addressing members; Photo of part of 500 Dutch children arriving by boat on their way to Coventry; Photo of Bristol's Colston Hall which has just burned to the ground; Photos of damage to the Compo Santo of Pisa, and protective measures; Two pages of art from Bali - village scenes; nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Coverfold taped. A sound vintage copy. Book
