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1936This listing consists of pages 1 through 16 of this issue which measures 23.5"x17". Contents include: Ethiopa on alert for new Italian air bombardment; U.S. Freighter Iowa goes down in Oregon claiming 34 lives; Wilfred Hattie and Ellen Jenkinson feared drowned near Arbutus Point; Howard Hughes sets record for U.S. crossing by air; Photo of Empress of Ethiopa in Jerusalem where she sought refuge from Italian bombing; Editorial page; Travel page; City and District news briefs; Social pages; Sports pages with head photo of Aurel Joliat in story about how his Canadiens defeated Chicago, plus photo and brief write-up of Howard McPhee, UBC sprint ace; Business page; Cartoon page. two pages of classified ads; fashion ad for David Spencer Limited; Assorted additional vintage ads. Average wear. Somewhat above-average soiling. A great heirloom from earlier days in Victoria, B.C. Newspaper
1937This listing consists of pages 1-4 and 15-18 of this issue which measures 23.5"x17". Contents include: Chaotic dissension prevails in Russia as purge proceeds; Bilbao seized by terror; Tension mounts re: U.S. steel strikes; Police boat near wreck on Nitinat Bar; Nazis disallow church collections without government permission; Jack Fraser absolved by court in hearing of Hedley mine charges; Tainted head cheese causes multiple poisonings in Alberta; Excess profits tax planned as national defence contribution; Forest and Mines Camp schemes launched by B.C. for youths between 18 and 25 years of age; Price of gold will stay up; Editorial page; Cartoon page; two pages of classified ads; large ad for David Spencer Limited; Assorted additional vintage ads. Above-average wear and soiling. A great heirloom from earlier days in Victoria, B.C. Newspaper
199298 pages. Great magazine spoofs include: The New Yorker (March '75); Interluude (Dec. '81); National Inspirer (March '73); Negligent Mother (Jan. '75); Rolling Tombstone (Nov.'82); Me (Dec. '73); PBS Concordance (Apr. '77); Old Ladies' Home Journal (Sept '74); Steve Allen Magazine (Nov. '81); Specialty Sports Magazines (Nov. '73). Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
194716"x12.5" when folded in half. Features: Photo-illustrated article on Venezuela and its oil industry; Large photo of "Bustle Beauty" Marilyn Munroe in bustled bikini, wearing outrageous platform shoes; Large colour full-page ad for Waterman's pens; Student Strike at Toronto's Malvern Collegiate after Principal Lorne H. Clarke Dismissed - article with three great pages of photos; Nice full-page colour ad for Tooke shirts; Two amazing pages of photos and text entitled "Troubled Palestine" - Lifting of Martial Law after 15 days brings no end to Terrorist Incidents - Mea Shearim district of Jerusalem; 104th Running of the Grand National - Caughoo, an unknown 100-1 long shot wins; Readers' Letters; We Need to Speed Exports, by Gerald Waring; Bellingham, Washington is fast becoming the centre of entertainment for BC'ers - photo with article; Do Women love Weaklings?; Leonard (Len) Wookey of Callander, Ontario - Successor to the Dionne Quints- photos and article; Some Day - short story by Beth Balcom; What's Doing on Mars? - Sydney Cooper on Rocket Travel; Spanish Maquis - 100,000 strong, they strike at Franco's government - photos and article; Bell the Cat, by Gregory Clark; Come Spring - short story by Eric Cameron; 20-page Colour Comic Section; He Who Whispers, fiction by John Dickson Carr; Devil-Charming Ritual in Vancouver; Bootleg Fur - contraband fox pelts in Ontario; Cancer research at the newly-organized National Cancer Institute of Canada; Pigeon Timber Company's "luxurious" lumber camps in Ontario's Black Sturgeon area north of Lake Superior; Alberta deer being relocated to preserve farmers' crops; Earthquake Man - Edward Mantle of Hamilton; Van Treel and an international Dope Ring Roundup on the West Coast; Sports news; Super colour full-page ad for Northern Electric radios; Photos of romantic hats; Colour ad for the Trans-Canada Telephone System; Photo-illustrated article on fencing in Canada; Back page colour ad for Lux soap featuring great photo of Betty Grable; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A great vintage copy of this feature-oriented weekly which in later years became the Weekend Magazine. Book
194716"x12.5" when folded in half. Features: The Alert and Progressive Civic Government of Arthur, Ontario - photos and nostalgic article; Glamorous Blonde - Lizabeth Scott - photos and article; Winnipeg Auditorium indispensable to City's Life - photos and story; Mary Matheson and her plans to bring books to Australian children; Anschluss - In Reverse - many Germans are seeking new citizenship; Major Article by Jacqueline Sirois - Gambling in Canada; Ottawa's aspirations as a city - with the rest of the country paying; Wonder pill offers hope for thousands of victims of anemia; Tuttle - story by Nicholas Scarlett; U.N. Trouble Shooters - Canadians use their service training to keep smooth the machinery of world piece - article with group photo of Lloyd Herman, Byron Wood and W. Murray Anderson; A Bird in the Hand - story by Gregory Clark; Cyrus Stephen Eaton and Charles Aubrey Eaton - They Represent Finance and Politics in US; Who is Sylvia? - story by Peter Carter-Page; Ontario's Gale Sherwood is Hollywood's newest star - photo and write-up; Pipe Down, You Guys - story by Doris Hedges; Large dramatic photo of tapping of the burning first oil gusher in Alberta's Leduc oil field; Oil Boom in (Leduc) Alberta - article with photos; Montreal police confused by Chinese men - who can't tell them apart!; Photo of man standing before a 108" saw blade in British Columbia; New Nickel find at Lynn Lake, Manitoba - story and photos; 20 page colour comic section; Red Morning - story by Ruby Frazier Frey; Natalie Bury of Vancouver; Leslie Bell - Conductor Extraordinaire - article and photos; SPEBSQSA - Society for the preservation and encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America; Tom Connors of Halifax - he's been collecting sports pictures for 50 years - photo and article; Snooker King - George Chenier - article; Peter Mews - mannequin creator explains how they are made for Clatworthy & Sons of Toronto - great photos and article; Whooping Cough tests in England show promise - photos and story; and more. Unmarked. Average wear and some moisture stains. A great vintage copy of this feature-oriented weekly which in later years became the Weekend Magazine. Newspaper
194716"x12.5" when folded in half. Features: Fascinating photos and text present harsh life behind bars for Netherlands black market criminals; Beautiful large photo of Penny Edwards - discovered for movies because of her 'lovely legs'; Colour ad for Chase & Sanborn coffee; Armadillos on Texas Farm turned into lampshades by Mr. Apelt; King of Lumberjacks - Benoit Turcotte averages 3.5 cords a day - fantastic photos and text *Will be of considerable interest to anyone who has marvelled at William Kurelek's book "Lumberjack"; Icebreaker - opening of Stl Lawrence ship channel marks the first coming of spring - with photos of icebreaker the N.B. McLean at work in the St. Lawrence; Experiment in Socialism - A.J. Cummings reviews Labor's 20 months of office in London; Bulls and Banderilleros - Mexico ads new color to the traditional Spanish sport of bullfighting - photo and article; NHL Hockey Playoffs Are Here Again - Article and photos of (much smaller) Stanley Cup; Experts predict world mineral supplies will not last another war - major article by C. Fred Bodsworth; Big Business Comes to Ste. Marie - story by Eric Morris; Roy Thomson and Jack Kent Cooke - They Built a warehouse of radios into a gangling Canadian business empire - photo and article; Leave it to the Ladies - fiction by Gregory Clark; The Peer and the Pit-Lamp - fiction by Peter Carter-Page; A Lady to Dinner - fiction by Marsden Starkey; 20 page colour comics section; Prescription for Murder - fiction by Jane Layhew; Amazing photo of a "Snow Egg" on Plateau Mountain in northern B.C.; Pint-Size Pottery - Mrs. Trasey Bond lives near New Westminster, B.C. - photos and article; Isaac Kert creates crossword puzzles - photo and article; New Diamond Industry beginning in Montreal - Julius Gutwurcel and Hermann Good and their diamon cutting operation in the CNR's Bonaventure station - photos and article; Richard Pifer - leader of northwestern Ontario's Secession Movement - photo and article; Electronic Piano - Don L. Hings is in charge of the Vancouver Electronic Laboratories - great article and photos; Net Factory - The manufacture of fishing nets at Drummondville, Quebec - interesting article and photos; Photo of Canadian WREN Frances Conley - Canada's newest screen starlet; Randi Andersen - flew to northern Manitoba on a picture-taking assignment and stayed to become the region's most beautiful prospector - story with photo; Geophysics Expert Dr. John Tuzo Wilson; U.S. company General Analine and Film Corp. received secret patents from Hitler's scientific plotters; Fishwife Extraordinary - Margaret Chambers of Toronto manages four highly-successful fish shops; Streamline Your Bathroom - design article with illustrations; Dorothy Henzel Willis Paints Her Dreams - photo with article; Hope for the Blind - Canadian government seeks to help Canada's 14,000 blind persons; Sports News; Story and photo of "Knucker" Burns of Halifax - the Boston Bruins' number one long-distance fan; Roger Whynott of Mahone Bay, NS - Middleweight Champ - photo and article; First Canadian surgery to insert esophagus into baby at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children - illustration and story; Flying Fairies - Arthur Kirby Trains Aerial Ballets for England's Theatre Pantomimes - wonderful photos with brief write-up; Water Polo Revial in Montreal under the coaching of Jimmy Rose - write-up and photos; Barmen's School - Stan Owen and Pat Morell train 200 bartending students after 31 arid years in Toronto; Great colour ad for Horlicks Malted Milk on back page; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Unmarked. A great vintage copy of this feature-oriented weekly which in later years became the Weekend Magazine. Newspaper
199186 pages. Reproductions of many black and white photos. An annual journal published at the home station and devoted to the interest of all serving and former members of the regiment. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
1945Pages 337-376. Black and white photos. Features: Radar Proved Miracle Development of WWII; Radio in Freight Yard Service on the B.&O.; Survey of Union Members' Interest in Publications; Trades and Labor Congress Meeting; The Atomic Bomb is no Secret - Decisive discovery which led to the building of the atomic bomb was made by Germans in 1938 - with photos, by Dr. Edward U. Condon; Signal Changes on Milwaukee, Rock Island and Kansas City Southern near Kansas City, Mo.; The Fall and Rise of Manila - after more than three years of Japanese rule little was left of the once great "Fool's Paradise" - with photos, by E.H. Jacoby; Head-end collision on the Missouri Pacific; and more. Average wear. Fold-mark down middle. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
1929382 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Undated - circa 1929. "The letters were written while the events described were fresh in mind - often actually on the battlefield or in the trenches. That is their claim to interest, coupled with the extraordinary luck which permitted an individual to survive so long in the front line." - from Preface. Poignant gift greetings in pencil, dated 1929, across from half-title page, otherwise unmarked. Binding intact. Slight lean to spine. Average external wear. Gilt lettering upon backstrip clearly legible. A quality copy of this treasured Great War memoir. Book
1998112 pages. Beautiful colour photography throughout. Features: California and the Brothers Greene; Charles and Henry Greene - Life and Craft; The John C. Bentz House, Pasadena, 1906 - Living with Greene and Greene I; The Robert R. Blacker House, Pasadena, 1907/1997; The Charles M. Pratt House - Casa Barranca; The Charles S. Greene House, Passadena, 1902/1997 - the Restoration; The Theodore M. Irwin House, Pasadena, 1906 - Living Greene and Greene II; The Public Face of Greene and Greene; The D.L. James House, Carmel, 1921 - Of Building and Belief. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Magazine
196871 Pages. Features: Guest Editorial from Kanzo Uchimura's English Journal; A New Year Garland - a collection of verses on Japan; The Meiji Centennial; Cigarette Brands and Japanese History; William Axling and the War Years (part 2); Thoughts on the Missionary and the Japanese Church; Hither, Whither the F.C.M.; Studying Luther in Japan; The Church and the World; Japanese Views on T.S. Eliot; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound vintage copy. Book
1916Pages 65-80 (16 pages in this issue). Features: Leaves from a Lost Portfolio - papers purporting to be the report of an English Secret Service Agent designated by the cipher L.P. 33, to Sir Edward Grey - the document suggests an uncanny familiarity with the aims and methods of the British Intelligence Service in the United States; The Armed Merchantman "Baralong", by Herbert B. Mayer (formerly Editor of the New Orleans American); The Dual Monarchy in War-Time - By Dr. Adolph von Schierbrand; Behind the Scenes at the Capital; Germans to Honor Shakespeare's Memory; Great Britain Bars Christianity - Lutheran Missionaries Vilely Persecuted by Latest English Ruling; Thoughts of a "Gently Hazed" American; The Triumph of Representative Government; Verdun; American Rights Under the Wilson Regime; Is Rudyard Kipling Insane?; Hall Caine's Indictment of England; Honor the Irish; The Financial Forum; War Bond Ads; Back cover ad shows home and lot donated by Deutsches Journal; and more. Openings along coverfold. Unmarked. Average wear. A worthy copy. Magazine
1893400 pages. Index. Three maps in pocket at back. Three fold-out maps, the first of these "Modern Chart of South Pacific Ocean" has been cut in half with each half bound separately at page 32. A portion of this map is detached but present. Two fascimile pages of portions from Cook's original journal. Two plates. Frontispiece illustration of Cook. Sturdily rebound in forest green buckram with covers of the original boards affixed to new boards. Library call number gilt stamped to backstrip. Card pocket adhesive inside front board. Minor bit of peeling to new front free endpaper. Moderate overall wear. Book
1976204 pages. Features: Meet the Real Valerie Harper; Leon Uris' New Novel; Eunice Kennedy; Can This Marriage Be Saved?; Who's to Blame for the Troubles in Our Schools?; Rosemary Clooney's Saddest Song; Flammable Fabrics; Sex and the Working Woman; Needless Hysterectomies; England's Royal "Roughneck"; Mothering; and more. Moderate wear. Details on address label stroked out. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
1990520 pages. Index. Many black and white illustrations. Chapters include: Early History, The Fishing Industry, Lumbering, Agriculture, The War Years, Education, Winnipegosis News Reports from the Dauphin Herald; Local Government, Sports, Churches, Organizations, Family Histories, Mini Histories, Reminiscences and Diary Excerpt. Attractive silver decoration and lettering upon dark blue front board. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. An attractive copy of this substantial work. Book
198618 pages. Features: Chapter news from across the country; Seminar '86 Report - Diary of a Seminar 'Novice'; Seminar - "Teachers" Input; The Leonida Leatherdale Award; The Joy of Innocence - Part II - The Learning Circle; and more. Clean with light wear. Magazine
195334 pages. Cover: Rita Hayworth Features include: Now Starring: Joni James; Juke-Box Dynamite; "Mr. Rhythm" Frankie Laine; Calendar Show; Hit Parader Presents: Fran Warren; Aces High; Picture Parade: Billy Silbert Show; Radio Diary; Disc Jockey Platter Patter; Opening Night: Pearl Bailey and Lou Bellson; Spotlight: Billy May; and Stories Behind the Songs. Collection of lyrics to the popular songs of that era including: Seven Lonely Days; Yes Sir, That's My Baby; When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along; and many more. Binding sound. Unmarked. A very small opening front cover fore-edge. A clean, bright copy. Magazine
195334 pages. Cover: Eddie Fisher Features include: A Lesson in French from Eartha Kitt: C'est Si Bon; Juke-Box Dynamite; The Ballroom: Ray Anthony; Back to Back; Radio Diary; Disc Jockey Platter Patter; Story Behind the Song "Crying in the Chapel"; Close Up of Eddie Fisher; and Cavalcade of Stars. Collection of lyrics to the popular songs of that era including: The Tennessee Wig-Walk; P.S. I Love You; What Happened to the Music; and many more. Binding sound. 1.5" openings page 3 and 5. Front cover clean and bright with little wear. A worthy copy. Magazine
197788 pages. Includes full-pages colour illustrations of each band member. Songs include: Aubrey; Baby I'm-A Want You; Been Too Long on the Road; Diary; Down on My Knees; Everything I Own; (The) Guitar Man; Hooked on You; If; It Don't Matter To Me; Let Your Love Go; Lost Without Your Love; Make it With You; Mother Freedom; Mother Freedom; (The) Other Side of Life; Sweet Surrender; Too Much Love; Truckin'. Somewhat above-average wear. Covers beginning to loosen. A worthy working copy of this magical 1970s compilation of heart-melting music. Book
1979194 pages. Features: Early Motoring - in 1913 Hiram Kneedler packed his family into a Studebaker EMF 30 and headed from Iowa to Los Angeles - his day-to-day diary makes a classic story for car buffs; Morgan Sports Car - the 'flat radiator' Morgan is the classic model of an equally classic marque; The Cars & Parts Story - the story of this magazine; The Chevrolet Story - Part III - Ford, the champion - is challenged by Chevrolet; The Dodge Brothers Four; In the Rear View Mirror; Hudson Jet - brought its producer to its knees; Cover Car - 1926 Chandler Comrade Roadster; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1918268 + 308 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos in text. Presents a most informative cross-section of the state of agriculture across the province of British Columbia early last century. Includes Subject Index for volumes I, II and III. Begins with Volume 2, Number 1, March, 1917 and ends with the February, 1919 issue which is Volume 3, Number 12. We cannot verify that a complete run is included but this would appear to be the case. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Usual library markings. A very informative, nostalgic and uncommon set of issues. Book
1966Pages 133-198. Text in Danish and English. Index laid in. Contents: Saxbo; A new carpet for Denmark's Parliament; Yrjo Kukkapuro; Gunnar Cyren; The Carpet Biennale in Lausanne 1967; The Metropol Restaurant in Copenhagen; Glazed Tiles in Lions Park; A Few Appendices to Copenhagen's 800-year jubilee; Kristi Skintveit; Erik Magnussen; Den Permanente; and more. Average wear. Binding intact. Trifle of writing atop front cover. A sound copy. Magazine
2001Pages 91-154. Reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: The design competitions for Swords of Honour presented by the corporation of the City of London between 168 and 1901; Warner Pin - A Question of Attribution; nice ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
1930102 pages plus 10 pages of wonderful illustrated vintage advertisements. First issue of this prestigious publication. Printed upon glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations plus several colour illustrations of birds. Features: Wonderful one-page photo ad for the Royal Bank features a photo looking down a busy city street; Canada's Viceroy in the West Indies, The Right Hon. Viscount Willingdon - article with photo portrait of subject and many photos of West Indies locations; With the (1927) Arctic Patrol - F.G. Banting and artist A.Y. Jackson accompany the expedition of 1927, which was under the command of Mr. G.P. MacKenzie - article and fourteen illustrations by Banting; Some Canadian Birds - notes on a selection of four-colour plates reproduced from paintings of feathered friends by Allan Brooks; Dr. Charles Camsell - bio with photo portrait; Article on the Canadian Geographical Society; Excellent one-page photo portrait of Sir Francis Younghusband; In the Heart of Asia - A Summary of the Record of the Expedition to the Forbidden City of Lhasa, Tibet - article with photos; The Camera Takes To The Air - Exploration and Surveying Revolutionized by Flying in Canada and Elsewhere - article with many great photos; Inaugural meeting of the Canadian Geographical Society - article with photos; Lady Kitty Ritson describes her winter time in a shack at Metagama, Ontario - article with photos; Arctic wild flowers - article with photos; Titled Farmers of the Canadian West - The Prince of Wales and a number of other representatives of British and other nobilities in the Back-To-The Land Movement - article with photo of the Prince of Wales' ranch near High River, Alberta and Lord and Lady Rodney; Great one-page Canadian National ad for tourism in Jasper, Alberta; Nice photo-illustrated ad for Westinghouse of Hamilton, Ontario; Back cover Canadian Pacific ad promotes Banff tourism. Average external wear and soiling. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound copy of this historic item. Book
1930Pages 103-188 plus 10 pages of wonderful vintage advertisements. Features: A Quebec Sketch book - article with colour plates of paintings by Esther Brann; Full-page colour plate of painting entitled "The Skeena River"; An Indian Paradise Lost - Abundantly photo-illustrated article on scenery and native peoples in the Skeena River, British Columbia, district; Writer James DeMille - photo and brief bio plus his poem The Maiden of Quoddy; Photo portrait and message from Prime Minister Mackenzie King; A Fragment of China - article with many wonderful photos from China by John Stone, with emphasis upon architectural features; A Look at London - photo-illustrated article; Dr. Henri Ami and the work of a Canadian school of prehistory in France; Black and white painting by F.G. Banting of a lonely outpost in the Arctic; Nice one-page Canada Steamship Lines ad features The Manoir Richilieu; Color Canadian National one-page ad for Jasper National Park features illustration of the lodge; Nice back cover ad by Canadian Pacific features A. Sherriff Scott colour painting of Mountie gazing down upon the Banff Springs Hotel. Average external wear and soiling. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage item. Book
