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189932 pages of illustrations and summary of recent events. Extensive Boer War coverage. Covers detached but present. Above-average wear and soiling. 1.5" of upper right corner removed by mouse. Still a worthy early issue of this interesting publication. Circa 1899. Bit of an 'old' odour to this copy. Book
189932 pages of illustrations and summary of recent events. Extensive Boer War coverage. Above-average wear and soiling externally. Still a worthy early issue of this interesting publication. Circa 1899. Book
189932 pages of illustrations and summary of recent events. Extensive Boer War coverage. Average wear and soiling externally. A worthy early issue of this interesting publication. Circa 1899. Book
190530 pages. Topics include: Kent v. Rest of England at Blackheath; Ice Gymkhana at Grindelwald; The Maple Sugar Industry in Canada; Prospects of Peace in the Russo-Japanese War; Russo-Japanese War Pictures; Racing Celebrities; Famous Football Goalkeepers - Hemmings and Harris; Unmarked. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
2001208 pages including notes. Documents the near-demolition of British Columbia by the NDP during the 1990s. "A must for the thoughtful, and a stimulus for the forgetful." - Trevor Lautens, Vancouver Sun. Moderate wear. Gift greetings atop opening page else unmarked. A sound copy. Lest we forget. Book
196239 pages. Features: My holiday ended in a red jail - Milorad Cop went to see his son in Prague and was accused of spying; Marie St. Laurent at the Florida Message Centre helps Canadians down south; Skiing for Eight - On a Budget: Fun-filled weekends are a way of life for the Moore Family (son Tim went on to great success with AMJ Campbell Van Lines); Arlene Phillips Braves the Heights - goes atop buildings with her high-steel worker father Joey Phillips, one of the hereditary chiefs of the Caughnawaga Indian reservation near Montreal; I live for work and love says Melina Mercouri - the star of Never on Sunday; Seat of Trouble - comic; Great colour photos with story about NHL goalies Gump Worsely and Jacques Plante; The Rockefellers Change with the Times - the fourth generation of the family has a different approach to wealth - inclues 8 interesting black and white photos; The Fleet Nobody Wanted - British Columbia's government-owned ferry service (B.C. Ferries); Nipper by Doug Wright. Many great colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Magazine
1965Features: Haiti - land of the 'Big Tontons'; Vietcong's 'Shadow Government' in the South; Lie Detectors Don't Lie... But...; When will it be safe to balance the (federal) budget? - this question shows how things have changed since the days we thought it unsafe not to; What Russian Girls are Like; A double standard for murder? - never in Mississippi's history has a white man been found guilty of first-degree murder when the slain person was black. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1962Features: Let's keep the filibuster, by Hodding Carter; The Kremlin's Persecution of Jews - a firsthand report on the newest campaign inside Russia to stamp out an age-old religion and way of life; The Mutiny of Marlon Brando - how the petulant superstar broke the budget in a marathon remake of Mutiny on the Bounty; Famous people who don't remember me - a veteran Government official's amusing encounters with Winston Churchill and other celebrated figures; People on the way up - Seena Hamilton, discus champ Dave Weill, Nancy Schoonover, bus magnate George Sage; On Trial - Jimmy Hoffa and Adam Clayton Powell, part 2 of 3; How to get along with the Bees; Dinner with the Kennedys - what to expect when you receive Washington's most sought-after invitation, a bid to spend a gala evening at the White House; Radio's Pill Pusher - Carlton Fredericks, self-styled 'foremost nutritionist' has amassed a fortune endorsing vitamins and wonder foods. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1964100 pages. Features: Fold-out front cover reveals a 3-panel colour ad for Ford cars; How Montreal's favourite cop chased away a persistent ghost - the Payfer familiy's apartment; Nice full-page colour-photo ad for the 1965 Beaumont; Our Double Image of Canada's North, by Blair Fraser; How Wealthy Sportsmen are plundering Tree River - the hottest spot in North America for the angler with an unlimited budget - article with photos; The Girl in the Forest - from novel by Fred Bodsworth; Arctic Hunt - a cruel contest where the prize is survival - great photos; An open letter to the French Canadian Nationalists, by Peter Gzowski; Sidney Katz argues that female spouses have the best of the marriage bargain; Montreal's fifth International Film Festival - article with nice photos; Quentin Reynolds describes how he went from smoking 4 packs per day to zero in five days; Nice two-page colour ad for the 1965 Pontiac Parisienne; Norman Ward tells father Five Ways to Raise a Champion Non-Athlete; Nice two-page photo ad for Pilkington glass products; Sweet colour photo full-page ad for the 1965 Lincoln Continental; Nice two-page colour ad for the new 1965 Oldsmobiles; Don Francks - Canada's next big name on Broadway; Rita Ubriaco says Canada needs less birth control and more self-control; Nice colour photo Coke ad on back cover features guy, girl and Jack-O-Lantern. Average wear. Address label on front cover otherwise unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
199346 pages. Features: Page one features the old sign of Nanaimo's Castaway Motel; Jo Zlotnik on the city budget; Our Streets, Our Kids - Part 2 - major photo-illustrated article by J. McCleod Le Cheminant; Article on TBT-based marine paint by Iain Cuthbert; For Sale by Owner - John Wilson describes his family's homeselling adventure; Off Season Getaways - photo-illustrated article describes local attractions available to local off-season; Opposing views on the Nanoose Conversion Campaign; Great assortment of local ads; Lovely colour photo ad for Nanaimo's Old City Quarter on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Minor moisture exposure to upper portion of fore-edge of some pages. A sound copy. Book
193724 pages. Features: Nice Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover; The Trans-Canada situation; Cold weather tests; Increase in budget for the R.C.A.F. for next year; High octane fuels increase performance; Marvelous full-page photo ad for Gold Flake cigarettes features photo of Gertrude Lawrence; Radio Compasses for the Airways; Early Aeronautical Research in Canada - Part II - with photo of the famous "Red Wing" just prior to its first flight, plus a photo of a tetrahedral kite on floats built at Baddeck, Nova Scotia in 1906; New York's National Aviation Show - article; Nice half-page photo ad for the DH90 Dragonfly; A "Flying Wing" - unique oxwelded construction - article with photos; War-Time Reminiscences by Flight Commander A.H. Sandwell; Photo ad for the Fairchild "82"; Formation of United Air Services, Limited with photos of A. Roy Brown, W. Leigh Brintnell and M.E. Ashton; News from the West Coast; Model Aircraft League news; Old Country (Britain) Gossip - article; The St. Catharines Flying Club - full page article with photos of Morley Gain and Fred Gillies; Cub Aircraft ad; Bristol engine ad; Nice photo ad on back cover for Imperial Oil's Stanavo products; and more. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1957Features: New York to Paris - around the world in one hundred and seventy days - from the files of George Schuster; 1957 Glidden Tour; World's Largest Antique Auto Meet - the national fall meet at Hershey; The "One Car" Club - Road Testing a 1913 Merz Cyclecar; The Eastbourne Battle of Flowers in May, 1896; Basket Case on a Budget - or - Who Needs Money When He Has a Friend? - a three-year restoration of a Ford Town Car - article with photos; Self-Propelled Vehicles from 1400 to 1900 - today's automobile got its start in the dark ages - article with photos; 7th annual "Old Car Festival" at Ford's Greenfield Village; America's Fastest Antique Car - Thomas J. Lester's 1913 LozierIn Duster and Veil; Opel and Vauxhall celebrate anniversaries with introduction to American Market - article with photos; Memories of a DuPont Special; Sixtieth Anniversary for Olds; Ford Facts - Black Radiator Restorations; Index for November, 1945, Volume 9, No. 3-4 to Fall, 1957, Volume 21, No. 3 *39 Pages*; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
193724 pages. Features: Coronation - Crusty Tradition, Blazing Color, Sacred Ritual - with photos; The National Scene; Daughters of the American Revolution - 46th Annual Congress; News from Austria and Belgium; Article with photo on Leon Blum, Premier of France; High Treason - 21-year-old Jewish art student Helmuth Hirsch awaits death penalty in Germany after he is assumed to have intended to bomb Hitler; British Budget and Debts; Science and Medicine; Photo of Jackson Whitlow of Stooping Oak, TN who is 45 days into a fast; Photo and brief article on Negro singer Marian Anderson; Photo and brief write-up of Mrs. Harriette Gray, of Omaha; Editorial; Feature article and photo of "Father Divine"; Capital Chat; The Movie World; Vintage ads; and more. Average wear. Yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
192554 pages. Features: We Build Grandfather's House; Making the most of the backyard; Amateur water gardening; Furnishing the small house; Gunston Hall - The Home of George Mason - article with photos; Firing Your Garbage - brief article with photo of incinerator and incinerator chute; Does your budget budge much?; The charm of decorative iron; Making a small lot productive; A little house of English type; Landscape planning service; Salads ad interest to winter meals; One-page ad for Dodge Brothers cars, featuring their new Coach; My forty years with plants - D.W. Coolidge; Nice one-page ad for Montgomery Ward & Co. advertises their catalog; Ad for the Davenport bed; 2/3-page "Come to Canada" ad features Mr. Henry C. Wallace, former U.S. Agriculture Secretary; Folks not afraid of an idea - Charles Lathrop Pack; Where to put chickens on a city lot; 25 ways to improve the old home; Buckwheat cakes and sausage; The Music of the American Indians; Fascinating embroideries; Color ad inside back cover features photo inset of Earl E. May and color illustrations of his Zinnias; Two-color ad on back cover for Stark Bros. features their Delicious variety of apple. Above-average wear and soiling. Peripheral nibbles. Middle page loose but present. First two pages loose but present. Two-inch x two-inch piece missing from corner of page 16. A worthy copy of this nice vintage issue. Magazine
1997Features: Progress and Perils fo Preserving Heritage Districts - Ontario's Experience in Perspective; Creating a Decorative Heritage in Canada's Official's Residences; St. George's Round Church in Halifax - on time and under budget; St. Ann's Celebrates Official Opening in Victoria; An architectural education program for the B.C. school system; The Architecture of Francis C. Sullivan. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
195615 pages. Features: The Wonders of the Champlain Trail; New Tourist Wonderland in Alberta, thanks to the completion of the last section of the Bow River-Nordegg Forestry Road; The Glamour of St. Andrews by-the-Sea; Roll back the years with a Roadmap; International Opera House of Rock Island, Quebec. Happy Motoring (on a budget) with the Little Woman. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1981Over one inch thick. Some of the many topics include: the powers that be decide Canadians can handle high mortgage rates; Haig and Gromyko agree to arms talks; Carole Laure; Applied Research is threatening free discovery; Fiction's Triumph; Bora Laskin story and cover illustration; Trudeau pushes Candus in South Korea; Solidarity re-elects Lech Welesa in Poland; Shannon Tweed; Glorious Crete; David Steinberg; Murder of Anwar Sadat; Appalachia struggles through coal's booms and busts; Gouzenko's case revisited; Jeff Conaway; The Montreal Expos were one game from the World Series; Birth of a new social order in Spain; Europe's New Left; New Leader in Poland; Jean Wadds; Peter Hodgson; Joanne Curran; Cancun Summit falls short of success; Via Rail; Poland's ruler tightens his grip; St. Jean Baptiste Day parade is back; Canada's national soccer team; Scott Hylands; Cutbacks loom for Canada's universities; Federal agreement - less Quebec; Evelyn Hart; the threatened caribou; Saudi peace plan makes headway; Dome Petroleum; Conchata Ferrell; Budget '81 - the gathering storm; Space Shuttle Columbia's safe return; Rene Levesque talks tough, but so does Trudeau; Martha and the Muffins; Sylvia Tyson; Robert Bateman; Howard Pawley's upset victory in Manitoba; Ulster's days of rage; Angie Dickinson; Canada's soccer team falls short to Cuba; Women and native groups fight for inclusion in the charter of rights; Edith Butler; Victoria Snow; Arab Summit Fez fell apart; Allan Gotlieb becomes ambassador to U.S.; Levesque plays for time; Special report on the Constitution; Barbara Amiel; Urban problem in Connecticut; Peter Munk; Poland's hour of agony; Deborah Harry; Trevor Berbick; Images of 1981; Grab for the Golan; Last stand at Szczecin; MacEachen gives in to screams about the budget; and many more. Light wear. Firmly bound. Former library copy with few associated markings. Book
1983Features: On the brink of Calamity - the Philippines under Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos; Barbara Amiel on Feminism; Canada's lobby in Washington; Will Bill Davis seek the Federal Tory leadership?; Norwalk virus in Drumheller; Costly fight over agent orange in Cape Breton; Will Reagan run again?; Austria's Emperoro Bruno Kreisky steps down; Doubts over alleged Hitler diary; Rout of the White Panthers; Peter C. Newman on Marc Lalonde's federal budget; Cleaning up Canada's hockey image; Medicine - Lessons from the heart - The War on Strokes - cover story; Colour ad for the new TI Professional computer; The high price of candor - Mr. Justice Thomas Berger. Average wear. Book
1983Features: Krugerrand advertisement; Belgium - a flourishing hub of illicit trade in endangered species; Q and A with Alvin Toffler; Arafat leaves Beirut for Greece, ending 12 years of PLO activity in Lebanon; Marc Lalonde's federal budget - big for business; Is Canada's Tax System Fair? - by Linda McQuaig; Questions about Bryce Mackasey's Finances; Peter Blaikie leaves the federal PC leadership contest; Politics and property rights in Canada; Central American dilemmas; Bombing at U.S. embassy in Beirut - with photo; Vintage colour ad for Radio Shack TRS-80 computer family; Poland - heading back to the brink?; Ontario's great Trust Affair - Leonard Rosenberg; Brazil's struggle with debt; Peter C. Newman on Walter Gordon; Carling Bassett scores a big breakthrough; Canada's field hockey future; The new bad nuclear news - with photo of a B-52 on the 'Trestle' - shielding electronic circuitry from the EMP threat; Acid Rain controversy; Allan King's controversial documentary on the effects of unemployment; Great vintage colour ad for the Apple personal computer; the University of Waterloo has quietly become one of North America's leading training grounds for computer scientists; Canal to connect the Danube with the Rhine; Fine tuning for Canadian pay TV. Average wear. Book
198248 pages. Black and white photos. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Pierre Ramet (part 1); How To - Wallhanging Project; Real Mini Roses for Real Mini Gardeners; Shelburne Museum; Show Report - M.E.Y.; Show Report - Quebec; The Doll Corner - Myra Barook; How to Project of a Different Kind - a Merry-Go-Round; Show Report - I.G.M.A.; How to Project - Building a box room on a budget (part 1); Whimsy-On-Why; Show Report - T.E.A.M.; Forst Canadian N.A.M.E. Get Together; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
1991Features: Eye-openers from the shows; Photography and Miniatures - Revisited; A Cocoanut House; Eric Lansdown's elaborate aviaries; Thyllis Sirota's needle is her magic wand; Tiny Theatre; Elegance on a Budget; Stoves of Christmas Past; Eugene Kupjack celebrates Washdays!; Claycrafting miniature baby blocks; Microcrafting the versatile sofa; - a 1/4" scale camel back; An Office Chair; Joann's Baby Shop in the Mall; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Magazine
194430 pages. Author's were representatives of the Vancouver Centre riding, apparently representing the C.C.F. party. Average soiling and wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
195372 pages. Features: The Caustic Genius of Sir Thomas Beecham; Christianity - Revival or Decline?; The Polish Art Treasures - colour Karsh photos of ancient and priceless heirlooms rushed from Poland at the outbreak of WWII; A Gift from the Princess - story by Mary E. Grannan - illustrated by Oscar Cahen; A Winter Vacation on a Summer-Cottage Budget - a cheap holiday for a family of four in hot Florida; Two-page colour-illustrated "Christmas Shopping Game" by Peter Whalley; An Excursion into Canada by Charles Dickens - a Maclean's flashback; The Alien - story by W.O. Mitchell - chapter 7. Average wear. External soiling. Coverfold partly open. Center page holding by one staple. Fore-edge opening to back cover which is missing 7"x2" chunk from bottom edge. Book
193844 pages. Contents: Direction of New Deal's Course Remains President's Secret: Question of Trust Busting Versus Regulation Unanswered as Oratory Continues; The Supreme Court: Justice (George) Sutherland Quits and West Offers Candidates; Congress Toil: Filibuster, Budget, War, Taxes, Economy; Relief: (James F.) Byrnes Committee Sentiment Leans Toward Dole; (Martin L.) Davey and Politics: Hatchet Men Again Swing on the Governor; White and Taxes: Mississippi's Home Owners Offered a Glimpse of Paradise; (Sol) Bloom's Boomerang: New York Congressman Gets Some Unwelcome Publicity; 'North Pole Weather': Russians Stay on Drifting Ice Despite Danger Signs; Rumania: 'It is My Government,' Says Royal Dictator (King Carol II); For Sale: 874 Sketches of American Birds (by Rex Brasher), $250,000 and Will Not Divide; Easier British Divorce: People Rejoice in the Luxury of Simplified Home-Breaking; (John) Donna the Fox: Veteran of Bobsledding Runs Leaves for New World Test; Economists See Wishful Thinking in 1939 Budget - They Claim President Bases Figures on Higher Revenue and Quick Recovery; The Recession: Who or What Is to Blame?; '112': Hudson (Motor Car Co.) Builds a Car 'to Lead Way Out of the Slump'; Erie (Railroad) Bonds: Chairman of RFC (Reconstruction Finance Corp.) Criticizes C. & O.'s (Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.) Attitude; and White House Finally Solves the Riddle of Federal Air-Line Control - Maybe. Binding intact. Small mailing label bottom front cover. Contents clean and unmarked. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
195296 pages. Cover: Katy Rodolph Contents: Squabbling Taft and Ike Chiefs Elate Democrats, Dark Horses; Murder Will Out - Harold Glen Chase; Plane Output Slowdown: Is It Necessary or Politics?; The New Budget (by Gen. Carl Spaatz); Diplomacy: (Winston) Churchill to Congress; Appointments: Volume vs. Vatican - Protesting Harry S. Truman's Appointment of Gen. Mark W. Clark as Ambassador to Vatican City; The Budget: Biggest Billions; Notes on the New Budget; The Korean War: What U.N. (United Nations) Allies Plan to Do If Reds Try a Double-Cross; West Discovers a New Unity in Tribute to a Fallen Hero (Jean Joseph Marie Gabriel de Lattre de Tassigny); France: The Youngest Premier (Edgar Faure); Suez: No Yanks in Canal Zone; Japan: (Shigeru) Yoshida's China Policy; Malaya: Knight (Sir Gerald W.R.) Templer; Commonwealth: Sterling-Area Crisis; Diplomacy: The (Winston) Churchill Charm; European Aid: Soldiers or Technicians?; Medicine: For Fewer Indians - Control of Human Fertility in India; Biggest U.S. Year in Skiing; Fun but Few Olympic Hopes; The Nation's Latest Scandal: 'Case of the Missing Grain' - Commodity Credit Corp (CCC); Railroads: Freezing Out Losses; Lost Leaders - Walter Briggs; The Press: Indiana Warfare - Eugene C. Pulliam (The Indianapolis Star) and Frank McHale; and Perspective: Political Coueism. Full page colour vintage print advertising including Super "88" Oldsmobile, Early Times Kentucky Bourbon, and Hudson Hornet. Back cover colour ad with Maureen O'Hara promoting Camel Cigarettes. Binding intact. Small mailing label bottom right front cover. Minimal soiling to contents. Piece missing from lower corner of back cover, otherwise average wear. A quality copy. Book
