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193844 pages. Features: Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford on their 50th wedding anniversary; Nice one-page color ad for Packard cars features the new 1938 Packard Eight Touring Sedan; Building reports sustain hope of early recovery; Labor Board blasts 'Little Steel' on two fronts; Theatre Week - George Jean Nathan; The 'Holy Reich' - Hitler is 99.08% right; Japan's First Great Defeat; FDR takes a licking with good grace; Ohio Governor Davey craves a bumper crop of wallflowers; Nice one-page ad for International Trucks features the new 2-Ton D-40 with utility stake body; Defeat of Reorganization Bill beclouds President's future; Photo of Gabby Hartnett; Nice one-page photo ad for the Chrysler Royal; Nice one-page photo ad for the Studebaker Commander Club Sedan; 2/3-page Pabst beer ad features black bellhop delivering liquid room service beneath the caption "These sho am quality foks"; Back cover features nice color ad for the Marchant electric calculator; and much more. Small clipping from page 9. Large clipping from page 19. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy Book
198796 pages. Features: An 1880 Pharmacy - article with fantastic photos; Mary Merritt Doll Museum; Charles M. Crandall's Toys - photo-illustrated article with Chronological list of Crandall toys as found in published lists; Tindeco - the tin decoration company of Baltimore; Profile of comic toy collector Robert Lesser; Museum News; Perelman Antique Toy Museum; UFDC National Convention, Chicago 1986 - Part II; Auction Preview and Reports; Jacqueline Beaulieu; Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this gorgeously illustrated issue. Book
1967120 pages. Features: Robert McNamara Cover Photo; Many gorgeous color-photo fashion ads; One-page ad for soundtrack to movie "I Do! I Do!", starring Mary Martin and Robert Preston; Great ad for Sony Superscope tape recorders in children's birthday party scene; The Myths That Divide India and Us; The Prevalence of Hobbits - thirty years after they were invented by a bored Oxford don, the hobbits - "a benevolent, furry-footed people" - have taken a new generation by storm - illustrated article with photo of Tolkien; Are We On the Brink of Another Arms Race? - photo-illustrated article; The Two Extremes of Avant-Garde Music - Milton Babbitt and John Cage; Sauvage of Seventh Avenue - Jacques Tiffeau Understands Today - photo-illustrated article; Judge Botein - a Judge with 'Disciplined Indignation'; Lovely color-photo centerfold of Springmaid's Miss January, Martha Branch; Great nostalgic one-page color-photo ad for General Motors features photos of eight of their station wagons; A High School Principal Reports "The young... are going for uglification and unlovableness faster and faster"; Uncommone one-page color-photo ad for Mott's Figure Control Meals which are a 'wicked way to lose weight'; and more. Above-average external wear. Faint library stamp on first page. Covers almost loose. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1964160 pages. Features: Cover photos of RFK and Kenneth Keating; Nice color-photo fashion photos; Close-up of the Vietcong in their Jungle - a French reporter held captive by guerrillas in South Vietnam reports on what he saw of the Vietcong; Barry Goldwater's Nine - photos and write-ups of Denison Kitchel, Dean Burch, F. Clifton White, Edward A. McCabe, John Grenier, Wayne J. Hood, Karl Hess, Tony Smith and Stephen Shadegg; An 'Ombudsman' for America; Uncle Sam is Really Needed - growing Federal role in local affairs; The More the Congo Changes - military photos; If 'Creeping Inflation' Begins to Run; Government as Patron of the Arts - there are dangers in official sponsorship and uncritical goodwill; The Flowering of a Campus Hybrid - the two-year community college; Sihanouk - Prince Under Pressure - article with photos, including his ballerina daughter Bopha Devi; Robert Goulet is featured in a color-photo fashion ad for The House of Worsted-Tex; K7UGA Will Get the Ham Vote - Senator Barry Goldwater may get votes from the 266,000 U.S. amateur radio operators; Thirty Years Ago - The Morro Castle burned off the New Jersey shore with a loss of 134 lives; The Basuto Enclave (Basutoland) in South Africa; 2/3-page color ad for movie 'Mary Poppins'; Some sports are 'in' and some are 'out' - a guide to the chic seven; Jokes LBJ has been telling lately; Fashion photos of French designs; When Children Discover Money; Designed for privacy - The New Haven home of Serge Chermayeff and Christopher Alexander; The movie 'Three Coins in the Fountain' has led to millions of dollars pelted into fountains and pools; Chesterfield cigarette ad features photos of J.W. Richards, Joan Lakow and Nelson Reed; Zero Mostel - Rome to Russia; and more. Average wear. Faint library stamp on front cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
1925Pages 265-352 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Hunting the Giant Crocodiles of the Bayano, Central America - with amazing photos; The Radio Man's Adventure - terrible experience for Ross Knight in the High Sierras of California; The Golden River - The Kawarau River in New Zealand is to be dammed so its bed may be mined for gold - photo-illustrated article; The Missing Necklace - a tale from the Malay Peninsula; The Lady and the Python - photo-illustrated story from Port Elizabeth; My Novel Holiday - Mercer Sherwood Maloney works as a 'messman' on a cargo-steamer in order to visit Europe; My Search for the King's Treasure, by Lieut. Colonel K.M. Foss, Late Indian Army; The Case for the Sea-Serpent - the log of the "St. Francois Xavier" reports a sighting, according to a 1903 news clipping from the 'Vancouver Province'; Where Cannibals Roam - part 3 - wonderfully photo-illustrated article from Papua; The Looker-on - how card sharks on an Atlantic liner were unmasked; Saved by "The Wide World Magazine" - how reader Hubert H. Arthur benefitted from a 1922 article on a Japanese science called 'Katsu'; Johnny Mackay's Last Hand - a half-breed card player in Canada's northland; Man Versus Lion - South African game ranger is forced to kill lion with sheath knife; Remains of man found in hollow tree - news clipping from the World Herald of Omaha, NE; Two Years in Borneo - part 2 - a strange story of love potion; Some Adventures with Bears - bear stories from Alberta and British Columbia; One-page General Electric ad features 'electric logger' in the Washington woods; One-page Lionel Strongfort ad entitled "When Marriage is Fatal". Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1950120 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos. Index of advertisers. Features: Sell Your Customer Service Economy and Not Just First Cost; On the Job Service Record; Newly Devised Drier-Graph Matches Drier to Job; Mind Your Own Business Figures; New Components for Beverage Dispensing; This Business of Service; Let's Look the Gift Horse in the Mouth; Ashley of Carrier Reports on Carrene-7; How the 59 cent dollar got that way; and much more. Many vintage ads. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this uncommon vintage trade journal. Nice gift idea for a modern refrigeration technician. Magazine
195748 pages. Features: Column - Grammar is snobbish nonsense; London Letter column explains political fallout of Nasser's nationalization of the Suez Canal; Blair Fraser recounts what he saw in Gaza refugee camps; Colourful Allied Van Lines ad; Great one-page colour ad for the 1957 Dodge (with push-button transmission); Blair Fraser Reports from the 'seething cauldron' of Israel - article with photos; Mr. Benturian and the Beautiful Palimpsest; What's it like being married to a genius - Canadian Suzanne Cloutier married Peter Ustinov three years ago - article with photos; Frank McMahon's Five Lucky Lives - great photo-illustrated article on the owner of Pacific Petroleums Limited, of Calgary, backer of "The Pajama Game", and founder of Alberta Distillers Ltd.; Photo-illustrated article on Father Bernard Brown of Aklavik; Clyde Gilmour picks the best and worst movies of 1956; Rexall centrefold ad presents dozens of products at 1950s prices; Nice colour ad for Maxwell House coffee; Nice colour ad for the 1957 Monarch car (yellow and white)Richelieu Phaeton Sedan); John Norman Harris describes his most memorable meal; Half-page farewell to Maclean's illustrator Oscar Cahen who was killed in an auto accident on November 26, 1956; Striking Chrysler ad inside back cover features purple 1957 New Yorker; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
195760 pages. Features: Cover painting by James Hill depicts a pleasant scene in Victoria's Crystal Garden; Nice Colour ad for the Tea Council of Canada inside front cover; One-page Bank of Montreal (BMO) presents bankbook as a 'passport to better living'; Editorial about Mr. Pickersgill and Canada's policy re: Hungarian refugees; One page 1957 DeSeto car ad (yellow with white trim); Rev. William Jenkins explains why he is against the United Fund; One-page ad for Gilson appliances; Careers in Canada - there are more jobs than people to fill them; Gretta Graffin's Grueling Pilgrimage on foot across Europe; Pierre Radisson - Canada's answer to Davy Crockett - he'll soon be featured on Canadian TV; Blair Fraser Reports from Cairo - article with photo of Colonel Nasser and General Burns; A Gift From El Presidente (short story); Is Howie (Howard William) Meeker Tough Enough to Lick the NHL? - the Maple Leafs hire a rough-and-tumble coach - photo-illustrated article; Your amiable cousin, the sea gull; Nice one-page colour ad for 1957 Pontiac cars (white car shown); One-page colour-photo Canadian Club ad features photos of Portuguese tuna trapping; BOAC ad features black and white photo of gourmet meal being served onboard; O'Keefe Ale ad features colour photo of CF-100 jet fighter beside knight on horse; Colour photo ad for the Sheraton-Carlton Hotel in Washington; Vintage colour-photo ad for Heinz spaghetti shows daughter dumping pot onto dad's plate; Dow Ale features colour hockey illustration; Nice one-page colour ad features pink 1957 Chevrolet ('57 Chevy); Doris Hedges describes her most memorable meal; Colour-photo ad for the 1957 Studebaker-Packard; Attractive colour-photo 1957 Plymouth ad inside back cover; Back cover colour-photo Coke ad features young couple with portable record player (phonograph); and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Small chip from bottom corner of front cover. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
194268 pages. Features: Ford Motor Company ad inside front cover illustrates their manufacture of war materials; News digest includes the war in the air, an aerial 'second front', the Wendell Willkie Reports, and no 'fifth column' in Moscow; Editorial on the overseas cigarette muddle; Lew Hayman Looks at Football Stars - photo-illustrated article documents the outstanding players of the last decade; Fantastic Tomorrow - futuristic illustrated article on designs/architecture of tomorrow; Swan Song in Satin (short story); He Would Know About Beezy (short story); I Once Had a Heart (short story); Canada's Airlined Youth - photo-illustrated article on the training of Canadian Air Cadets, including photos of Air Marshal W.A. Bishop and Wing Commander D.R. (Don) MacLaren; A Man's Castle (short story); Hollywood news and photos; Land of Wish-It-Were (poem by a grasshopper); Prestone anti-freeze one-page ad includes nice illustration of horse-drawn sleigh; Canadian General Electric ad says "Eat Right... Keep Right"; Royal Canadian Air Force (R.C.A.F.) Air Crew one-page recruiting ad shows "A Veteran at 20!"; Rare one-page Canada Starch company one-page ad features article of saluting housewife in apron and title "Canada's Housoldiers are Serving the Nation"; Woodbury Soap one-page ad features photos of Betty Cordon; Pepsodent ad features photos of drum majorettes Charlene and Shirley; Beautiful one-page colour-photo-illustrated Woodbury Cold Cream ad features Ilona Massey in bed; Article on beauty and fashions; Woodbury Powder one-page ad features nice colour photo of Georgia Carroll; Fashion illustrations; Quotes from around the world; Colour Victory Bond ad inside back cover with title "Mother Budgets Our Future Now"; Nice back cover colour ad for Wabasso Cottons. and more. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
194944 pages. Features: Gorgeous cover illustration of Newfoundland outport by John Phillips; Morley Callaghan asks "Which Myth Do You Follow?"; Half-page colour ad for Swift's Prem tinned meat; Handsome one-page ad for Snyder's Furniture of Waterloo, Ontario; Newfoundland (is welcomed to Confederation) - Photo-illustrated article by Prime Minister Joseph R. Smallwood; Quicksand (short story); Girl Overboard! (short story); Nice one-page colour O'Keefe's ad includes large reproduction of John Worsley painting of boy watching construction of new high school; Hot From the Cold War - Austin Cross reports from Europe; Half-page two-colour ad for Canadian Admiral Corp features their AC-DC-Battery "Personal" portable radio and Model 5R12 Mahogany radio; 3/4-page two-colour (black and blue) Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) recruiting ad; Cats, Cats, Cats! - photo-illustrated article; Half-page ad for the 1949 C.N.E.; Uncommon half-page ad for Burgess batteries; Half-page Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) ad shows paperboy visiting accountant in branch; Charming half-page colour ad for Canada Dry; Photo-illustrated article on swimwear fashions for ladies; Half-page colour ad for Heinz baby foods; Attractive half-page colour ad for Aylmer Tomato juice, catsup and soup; Great vintage one-page colour-photo ad for Burns tinned meat balls, bologna and hamburgers; Cooking article with recipe for blueberry jelly; Small photo ad for Kranich & Bach pianos of Toronto; Tips for keeping your home cool; Half-page Javex ad; Half-page ad for Frigidaire ranges; Nice one-page Frigidaire fridge ad; Magnificent back cover colour Coke ad shows aerial image of busy supermarket with enormous Coke cooler on its roof; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A nice copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
197020 page magazine. 9 x 6". Reproductions of black and white photos. A monthly publication intended as a medium of information concerning the Jews, Israel and the work of the American Board of Missions to the Jews, Inc. Features: Salutation by Daniel Fuchs; Jewish Notes; Action at North Beach, San Francisco (re: topless/bottomless craze); Incidents from the Field; Los Angeles Missionary Team Reports - photo-illustrated article by Rev. Harold A. Sevener; Q & A; Israel in the Spotlight - Chapter VIII; and more. Printed upon glossy stock. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
197220 page magazine. 9 x 6". Reproductions of black and white photos. A monthly publication intended as a medium of information concerning the Jews, Israel and the work of the American Board of Missions to the Jews, Inc. Features: Salutation by Daniel Fuchs discusses reaction of Jewish media to Christian Hebrews; Summer Camp in Jerusalem; "Jacob's Well" at First Baptist Church, Dallas; Long Island Missionary Team Reports - photo-illustrated article; Incidents from the Field; Why not acknowledge Christianity's debt to Judaism?; and more. Printed upon glossy stock. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
197322 page magazine. 9 x 6". Reproductions of black and white photos. A monthly publication intended as a medium of information concerning the Jews, Israel and the work of the American Board of Missions to the Jews, Inc. Features: Welcome by Daniel Fuchs; Children's Work - the formula behind a successful Jewish education; Campus Ministries; Report from the Executive Director, with financial statements; Mass Communications; Conference Ministry; Les Crane Reports on Jews for Jesus; Harold Sevener discusses personnel issues; Staff listing; and more. Printed upon glossy stock. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1958104 pages. Fiction: Miss Carlsen is Mine; The Girl Who Had Accidents; Disaster oin the Outback; Botts Takes the Bait; Frame-up for Murder (part 1 of 3); The Chains of Fear (part 5 of 8). Articles: Our First Man in Outer Space - great photos of Scotty Crossfield who will be aboard the X-15; The Man Who Talks to Tapirs - Harry Gillmore in Sumatra - with photos; Our Houseboat Vacation; The Post Reports on Health Insurance - Part III - Is This the pattern of the future?; The Face of America - The Perfect Month - sensational large color photo of dozens of youths jumping from and swimming at the North Cove Bridge over the North Fork Catawba River; I Call on Lawrence Welk - great photos; Gold Rush Every Weekend.in California - great color photos of gold seekers in action. Ads: Very nostalgic color-photo two-page ad for Frigidaire's frost-proof refrigerator-freezer (blue); 1958 Ford cars; Chevrolet cars; Old Gold cigarettes; L&M cigarettes; Johnson & Johhson first aid ad shows boy diving into water beside lobster; Johnson Sea Horse outboard motor color-photo ad; Koppers ad includes large color photo of Ice Capades 18th Edition/1958; Lucky Strike color-photo ad on back cover shows young smokers playing golf, tennis and sunning. Slight loss to fore-edge of front cover. Moderate wear. Bit of writing atop front cover. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
194934 pages. Many black and white photos. Features: Editorial on those who support elimination of the brown bear; Seldovia - the fascinating history of this little town on the Kenai Peninsula, from prehistoric times down through the Russian occupation and the Gold-rush; Two Moose - a settler's wife reports on the work required to harvest moose meat; Fly-By-Nighters - a successful experiment in night fly-fishing; The Lost Hunters - Hans Lindberg recalls the trapping of a mink, an exciting deer hunt, and his experiments with new vegetables and flowers for Alaskan settlers; and more. Unmarked. Moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
1988Pages 81-398. Includes 25 articles with title such as: Status of the Aurora Trout; Status of the Squanga Whitefish; Status of the redside Dace; Status of the Sea Mink; Status of the Stellar Sea Lion; Status of the Fin Whale; and many more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
1949180 pages. Features: Cover photo of the Richard L. Stevensen farm in Hunterdon County, NJ; Undulant Fever - a menace to farm families; Don't lose dollars with dirty milk; Legumes are in trouble; Azalea Man; They Tamed the Desert - The Thain family farm of Cache Valley, Utah; What is a good hereford?; How do you market your livestock?; Making the most of the farm shop; Lumps in the stomach of the Russian bear - interesting photo-illustrated article reports "a hard core of farmer resistance blocks communist moves toward a collectivized agriculture in satellite Poland and Czechoslovakia; Pioneer for rural health - Doctor George F. Bond helps bring a modern health center to Hickory Nut Valley, NC; When insects go berserk; Hybrid onions come of age; and more. Ads: Texaco ad features novel plow invented by Mr. Selden G. Washburn of Goodwin, SD; B.F. Goodrich ad features Lew Wildin of Winterset, IA; GE radios; Oldsmobile; GMC trucks (color); Farmall Cub (color photos); Chesterfield cigaratte ad with prominent photo of Joan Fontaine plus tobacco grower Van W. Daniel of Ruffin, NC; 1949 Ford cars (color); Oliver crawler tractors; Studebaker trucks (color); Buick; Lee work wear; Jeep; Case equipment; Ford Trucks ad features trout farmer Horace Frantz of Colorado Springs and Salida, CO; Ferguson tractors; Nice one-page Massey Harris tractor ad; New Holland hay rake - 2 pages; Oshkosh B'gosh; Gibson tractors; Minneapolis-Moline "Z" tractor; Harley-Davidson with Hydra-Glide Fork; Greyhound bus (color). Tape repairs to covers which are pulling from staples, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
198144 pages. Features: Cover art by John K. Esler entitled "Summer House II"; Alberta's Visual Art Celebration; Watercolour Painting in Saskatchewan 1905 - 1980; On the Comfort and Security of Realism; Sculptural Forms in Miniature - Creativity within Convention; Adeline Rockett - Celebrate Alberta; Artistically Speaking; Tending Toward Realism; Geoffrey Rock - The Art of Total Concentration; Investing in Art - Auction Reports; Insuring for Inflation; and more. Colour ads include works by F.H. Varley, Ken Christopher, Marc Aurele Fortin, Francine Gravel, Norval Morrisseau, Allan Allen; Mary White; Daniel Izzard, Harold L. Lyon, and Jack Bush (back cover). Light coffee stains to several pages, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
194374 pages. Features: Cover illustration of smiling sailor on phone holding wedding ring; What the Nazis Leave Behind - Maurice Hindus reports on the peasant Russian village of Pohoreloye, and the condition it was left in after German occupation (with color illustration of looting Nazi by Arthur Szyk); "Dear Mrs. Klepper" - fiction by Isabella Holt; Gabriel in Jive - photo-illustrated article on trumpet player and band leader Harry James; Fire and Blood in the Jungle - Herman Bottcher's Jap-killing feats earned him a captain's commission in one 17-day battle- article with photo; Shutter Bug (fiction by Robert S. Mansfield); New Warps and Strange Woofs - coal, wood, iron, and glass will be the ingredients of milady's clothing in the future; There Was an Old Woman (fiction); Our Army Gets Ready to Take Over Axis Territory - article with photos including Brig. General C.W. Wickersham, commandant of the Army's School of Military Government; Black Plague (fiction by Hugh Pentecost); Stalk the Hunter (fiction by Mitchell Wilson); Movie reviews; Interesting back page article by Paul Hunter pays tribute to Russia on the second anniversary of its invasion by Germany, with excellent photo of massive military parade through Moscow; Nice color-photo back cover ad for Chesterfield cigarettes features dashing young U.S.N. flyboy leaning on his plane while his mate paints another Japanese kill onto it; and more. Middle page loose but present, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
197138 pages. Features: Theft reports; World wakes to the value of prints; Reputations crash as the bold Gerald sums up the sixties; Gordon Savage writes of automata he has handled over the years; The trend toward large and solid furniture; The age of gold for children - and their 19th century toys; 2200 GBP bid for continental commode at Welsh sale; 'Song of Songs' selss for 900 GBP; Fifty years of ephemera brings solid cash surprises - sale of the Ernest J. Tyrell collection; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. (Laid-in is article on toys of antiquity, also by David Moss) Book
197138 pages. Features: Infra-red code could foil book thieves; Theft reports; Painter Sir John Lavery; Focus on America - they dominate the export trade; Bulk buying is the way to cover high export costs; Edgar Hunt - last of the great animal painters; Collecting Photographs; Auction news; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
197138 pages. Features: 4.2 million GBP in sales for the Phillips auction house last year; John Letts achieves public relations victory as Christie's sells antiques from the Hove Museum; Theft reports; Sir Edwin Landseer; Costa del Fakes; Coaching Days; Brighton Antiques Fair; How News (Newspapers) of the Past can make Fascinating Reading Today; With Prejudice - column by Charles Rose; Auction news; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
194248 pages. Cover photo of convoy watcher. Features: Arctic Convoy - photo-illustrated article describing the adventure and danger of escorting munitions to North Russia in a destroyer north of the Arctic Circle; Listen, Soldier! - a sergeant provides some army humour; Can the Conservatives Come Back? - at Winnipeg Canada's Conservative Party can resume its historic mission or write its obituary; All Are for the State - Canadian Editors tour Britain's military production facilities and are impressed - article with photos; London Letter - Should We Hate the Germans?; "The Crucial Moment" - Douglas Reed reports that war hope centres on a major victory in North Africa; He Saved Fundy's Eider - Taxidermist Allan Moses saved the American eider ducks from extinction; No Lady of Leisure - Elissa Landi, actress, author, ballet dancer, singer and lecturer will have a Broadway play produced. Fiction; Wimmen is Humans (by W.O. Mitchell); A Kind of Magic. Nice one-page recruiting ad for the Royal Canadian Air Force Air Crew ("Women Too"). Half-page "Del Maiz" brand corn appears to be a predecessor to the Green Giant brand(?). Nice half-page ad for Waterman's pens includes illustration of Billy Bishop, a WWII airman, and a small photo of the company's plant in St. Lambert, PQ. Back cover colour G.M. of Canada ad shows brown armoured vehicles in action. Unmarked with moderate wear. Two neat vertical creases to front cover. Ads on half of page 3/4 missing. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this vintage wartime issue. Book
1949160 pages. Features: Lovely color-photo ad for General Electric televisions; Great 1-page color-photo ad for the Kaiser Traveler car; *Gorgeous* full-page color 7up (Seven Up) ad features huge illustration of bottle; Nice 1-page color ad for White Trucks features the new super power 3000; Very cute 1-page color ad for Monarch peas features classroom scene; *Magnificent* two-page color ad for movie 'She Wore a Yellow Ribbon' with large illustration of John Wayne in cavalry gear; Nice 1-page color-photo ad for Whitman's Chocolates; What's Happening to Germany's Jews? - photo-illustrated article reports on how Germany's Jews are trying to pick up the threads of normal everyday life; Malice Aforethought (fiction); I'll Gyp You Every Time - double-length photo-illustrated article in which a carnival sharpie explains how he clips the chumps on midway games of 'skill'; Where are we now on Polio? - photo-illustrated article on what we know, and don't know, about the most dreaded of youthful afflictions; Perfect Secretary (fiction); Nobody but the People Liked it - it's been 162 years since the American Constitution was written; Pigskin Preview; Color-photo illustrated article on Rockefeller Center; It's Never Too Late for Romance (fiction); Digging the Japanese Out of the Philippines - part 6 of 'Our Bloody Jungle Road to Tokyo' - photo-illustrated article; Bright Inferno (fiction); Feature color-photo illustrated article on the Isle o' Pines Resort operated by the Hadley family of Minnesota; Wanted for Murder (fiction); Glorious 1-page color Cadillac ad features green 2-door convertible and Harry Winston jewels; Renegade Canyon (fiction); Nice 1-page color-photo ad for Old Gold cigarettes features smiling lady; 1-page color ad for Plymouth cars; 1-page color Borden's ad features Elsie the Cow; Nice 1-page color ad for Packard cars features a green Golden Anniversary Packard Eight, 135 HP Club Sedan; Two-page Philco television ad; Nice color half-page color ad for Fatima cigarettes; 1-page 2-color Ford ad promotes their $100k car-safety contest; 1-page color-photo ad for Caterpillar illustrates a primitive form of landfilling next to a golf course; Beautiful color-photo 2-page ad for the new 1950 Studebaker features a red car with night city skyline in background; Nice 1-page color ad for International Trucks; 1-page photo ad for the Eaton 2-speed axle features Mr. Kevah Konner of Kevah Konner, Inc., bus operators of Pine Brook, NJ; Attractive color-illustrated 1-page ad for American Airlines features young lady and older man at airport; Nice 1-page color ad for Rice Krispies; Handsome 1-page color ad for Stetson hats features actor Dana Andrews wearing the Flagship in Cadet Blue with passenger aircraft in background; Nice 1-page Dodge Truck color ad features scene at boxing tournament; Nice 1-page color ad for Ritz Crackers; Beautiful one-page color-illustrated ad for Libbey-Owens-Ford Plate Glass shows picture window of character home being replaced; Nice 1-page color-illustrated ad for Kaywoodie pipes shows Colorado River scene in the Grand Canyon; Investors Diversified Services Inc. ad features photos of their successful salesmen Lewis Hunsaker of Utah, Arnold T. Baland of Minnesota, W.H. Walton of Georgia and Herbert G. Elsinger of New York; Nice color-photo 1-page ad for Allis-Chalmers shows corn cob harvesting scene; Nice Statler Hotel ad features cartoon by Tony Barlow; Color ad for Jeep trucks inside back cover; Wheaties 'Breakfast of Champions' ad on back cover features the Philadelphia A's Eddie Joost and members of his family. Several middle pages free from staples but present. Small clipping from page 108 affects Rice Krispies ad. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this interesting issue. Magazine
19581958 reprint of the 1950 second edition. xxxii, 1151 pages including index and several fold-outs. Black and white photos. Numerous detailed line drawings. Presents a compendium of all phases of modern hydroelectric practice. Chapters include: Rainfall; Evaporation; Factors affecting Runoff; River Gaging; Float Measurements; Estimating Stream Flow; Flood Flows; Investigation of Sites; Hydraulics; Head, Power and Efficiency; Pondage and Storage; Types of Hydro Plants; Cost of Steam Power; Cost of Hydro Power; Market Requirements and Load Studies; Capacity and Development and Economic Advisability of Hydro; Reports; Solid Gravity Concrete Dams; Arch Dams; Buttressed Concrete Dams; Earth Dams - General Design Principles; Earth Dam Stability; Details of Earth Dams; Rock-Fill Dams; Timber Dams and Stell Dams; Preparation and Protection of Foundations for Dams; Spillways and Headwater Control; Intakes; Conduits; Canals; Flumes; Steel Pipe; Wood-Stave Pipe and Concrete Pipe; Tunnels; Water Hamer; Surge Tanks; Powerhouse Substructure; Powerhouse Superstructure; Hydraulic Turbines; Parts and Auxiliaries for Hydraulics; Electrical Design; Generators, Exciters, and Transformers; Switching, Wiring and Auxiliary Power and Lighting; Transmission Lines; Plant Operation. Above-average wear to publisher's maroon cloth lettered in gilt upon backstrip. Narrow opening in binding after half-title page. Binding slack but intact. Minimal markings. A worthy reference copy of this superlative reference. Book
