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1912Features: Puget Sound Branch a Good Investment for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul's; Rumors of Graft in Puget Sound Extension; New Station at Kelso Opened; Robert Dollar's Views; What a Big Terminal Plant Means to a Port - by R.F. Ayers, President Pacific Terminals Company (with photo of Mr. Ayers); Ten Reasons Why There Should Be Free Tolls (through the Panama Canal); The Panama Canal and the West Indies; Coaling Light Vessels at Sea Hazardous Work - article with photo of light vessel stationed on Swiftsure Bank; Anti-Rolling Tanks Death to Seasickness - article with two diagrams illustrating tank arrangements; Jury Decides for Underwriters; Water Grades a Large Factor in Commerce; Repairs, Drydocking and Other Work; Photo of steel stern frame made by the Scullin-Gallagher Iron & Steel Company; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
1912Features: The Present Railway Situation in the United States; B.F. Bush becomes president of the Denver & Rio Grand (with photo of Bush); Railway Mileage in 1911; Interstate Commerce Commission Decisions; Coast Shipbuilding Companies Rushed With Work - feature article with photo of submarine F.3 immediately after launching, apparently at the Seattle Construction & Drydock Co.; Representative of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Line inspects the northwest for business opportunities which will open with the Panama Canal; Economy of the [Seattle] Municipal Plan (part 3); Free Ships and Revised Navigation Laws - discussion of the rehabilitation of the merchant marine; Free [Panama Canal] Tolls To American Ships Would Solve Problem; What Is The Merchant's Exchange of Seattle? - an explanatory article by R.C. Hill, whose photo accompanies the article; Seattle People Honor Captain "Buck" Bailey; Port Commission Plan for Grays Harbor; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Bogue Plans for Tacoma Harbor Are Extensive - article with map; Tacoma Will Be Ready When Panama Canal Opened - brief article includes nice birdseye view illustration of the harbor and environs showing present developments and developments under way; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
193848 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of lady on red background; Nice colour-photo ad for Swift's Premium bacon inside front cover; Brief news items include The Ledger of Life, A Good Resolution, The Glow of True Happiness, We are Mostly All Strangers, and Improved Seeing and Knowing; Nice one-page ad for two new Ford V-8 cars for 1938, the Standard Ford V-8 Tudor and the De Luxe Ford V-8 Fordor; Editorials touch on - The Farmer and the Income Tax, Fascist Influence in the New World, Sources of Wealth, and World Trade; Attractively illustrated one-page McLaughlin Buick ad features a blue Series 46-19, Five-Passenger Sedan with Trunk; London's Famous Underground - photo-illustrated article; The Batley Inheritance (short story); Liberal Reward (short story); The Vagabonds (short story); Junior G-Men - photo-illustrated article on Vancouver Police Constable Ronald Eveleigh and his initiative to reduce juvenile delinquency; Strange Achievement - Charles E. Jones is founder of the world bird sanctuary at Collingwood East, a suburb of Vancouver, B.C.; The Murder on the Links (part III/3 of this Agatha Christie story); Mystery Man of Golf - Laverne Moore, alias Johnny Montague - article with photos; Sweet Caporals ad features photo of dog 'Rathlin Roundalay', owned by Miss Katherine Savage of Montreal West, Quebec; Hollywood news with photos of Andrea Leeds, Nita NAldi, Lily Pons, Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, Douglass Montgomery, Jean Parker, and more; Photo of Alice Faye in Woodbury Cold Cream ad; Scott's Emulsion ad includes Old Scottie comic; Article on Curling; Beauty article; Cooking article; Recipes; How to make a dinner mat; World Sayings; Nice colour ads inside back cover for Lifebuoy (lady in tub), and Rinso (lady on cliff); Canadian fish ad on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
194556 Pages. Features: Cover photo of "Russia's Winter Army on the March" showing soldiers on skis; United States Lines ad inside front cover features Eliot Wadsworth of the Chamber of Commerce; Color-photo one-page ad for The Commercial Travelers Mutual Accident Association of America; One-page ad for Dumont televisions; Japan is Still a Dangerous Enemy - article with naval battle photos including a dramatic one-page photo of a U.S. rocket assault on Peleliu Island; The Delicate Balance to be Kept in Europe Demands Statesmanship; Poem to the leaders of the Allied Nations; Wonderfully illustrated article on Idlewild Airport (New York International Airport, later renamed in honor of JFK) by Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia; Nice color one-page Celanese ad advertises their Lumarith plastic car parts; Harry Truman article on his new job as Vice-President; Article on music composer Richard Rodgers (with photo) explains that he writes musical amid office confusion; Lovely one-page color ad for Richelieu Pearls features lady in strapless top; Inside story of a Handbag - casing new light on the ways of womankind!; Nice color ad for Valliant Vineyards; Al Smith - a friend looks at the record - great photo-illustrated article on the life of Governor Alfred E. Smith; One-page ad for Congress Playing Cards; The Story of Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Nostalgic ad for the defoe Shipbuilding Company of Bay City, Michigan; Color photo ad for Thomas' Protein Bread features attractive lady in yellow dress; Color ad fo Presto Cake Flour; Photo-illustrated recipe for Coffee Cake Without Sugar; Wonderful one-page colour ad for Sand W Fine Apple Juice features two lovely young ladies; Article on tomorrow's refrigerators; Teen-Age Decalogue; Wheatena ad shows bride carrying groom over the threshold; Lovely two pages of photo of formal hat fashions for ladies; Chow for the Wacs - they don't need as much food as they've been receiving; Gorgeous one-page color-photo fashion ad for Donnybrook Classic; Color ad for Oxydol soap; Dr. Lyon's Tooth Powder ad features sensuous scene; ad for Scott fine radio receivers; Color ad for Jackson & Perkins Co. flowers on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage wartime issue. Book
193664 pages. Features: Cover illustration of female skier by Jules Erbit; Ad for the Dodge "D2" (four-door) Touring Sedan inside front cover; Editorial discusses King Edward VIII succeeding King George V; Lucky Cumsie Jones (fiction); Everything Went Well Until (fiction); Japan's Amazing "War" on World Trade - fascinating photo-illustrated article discusses Japan's quick development as an exporting nation; The Spongers (fiction); The Fire Brand (fiction); The Kiss (fiction); The Sudbury Basin - Where Nickel is King - photo-illustrated article; Photo-illustrated article on the bobsleigh (bobsled) run at Lucerne-in-Quebec; Nice one-page Plymouth car photo ad; Nice one-page ad for Mutual Life of Canada features photos of sixteen children from across Canada including William Cruikshank of Lacombe, Alberta, Jaques Tremblay of Loretteville, Quebec, and Roma and Jack Porter of Sudbury; Classy colour GM centrefold ad features the "New Chevrolet"; Lysol half-page ad includes photo of the Dionne Quints; Hollywood News; Illustrated ad for Jaffa oranges and grapefruit from Palestine; Classy colour-illustrated ad for the new Ford V-8 for 1936 inside back cover; and more. Above-average external wear, primarily to coverfold. Covers detached by present. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
1911"Get Ready For the Panama Canal". Features: Over $25 million invested in Harriman Terminals; Kenneth C. Kerr describes Washington and Alaska's attendance at big New York land show; Editorial discusses the early opening of the Panama Canal and describes it as the "Greatest Epoch in American History"; Martin A. Knapp discusses Interstate Commerce Regulations; O.-W.R. & N. Co. News; G.W. Luce of the Southern Pacific discusses Panama Canal; Brief business biography of Frank W. Parker of the Northwestern Line, including photo of Parker; Appointments, Changes, Personals, etc.; Article by J.H. Bloedel, President of the Larsen Lumber Co., about the Panama Canal with reference to its influence on Pacific Coast Forest Products; Economy of the Commission Plan; Port of Vancouver Drydock and Shipbuilding Company plans big steel drydock for Vancouver; American-Hawaiian S.S. Co. Enters Bids for Carrying Mail; Big Coal Depots for Panama Canal; Missouri River Preparing for Panama Canal; Modern Fireboat Badly Needed for Tacoma's Harbor (article with photo of the harbor); Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Pacific Coast Casualties; "The Chester" - The World's Lightest Draft Steamer - article with photo; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, for local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A sound copy of this highly-informative memento of the rail and marine businesses of the Pacific Northwest over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
1986208 pages. Index. References. Maps. Tables. "Seeks to elucidate the historical and geographical development of the fur trade in the Little North... Based primarily on the archival documents of the Hudson's Bay Company." - from Preface. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding tight and square. Minor fading to blue card covers. A quality copy of this scholarly work. Book
193836 pages. Features: Cover photo of Bishop G. Breynat's Waco inspection plane being refuled on the beach at Chesterfield, Hudson Bay; Repercussions of an Old Case - the 1933 crash and death of Archie McDougall at Sanford, Manitoba; Nice full-page ad for Gold Flake cigarettes; The Percival Q6 - article and photo, plus photos, in flight and on the ground, of the first Pou-du-Ciel, constructed by Oscar Demine of Montreal, to receive a license in Canada; Full-page photo collage of many of the best-known flying people at the Miami Air Manoeuvres in early December - including Rudy Kling and Frank Haines who were killed in the first minute of the first race; New De Havilland Tiger Moth ready for delivery; Nice full-page cutaway illustrated ad for the De Havilland Dragon Rapide; Siam Soars - Reginald Jackson operates Aerial Transport Company of Bangkok, Siam; Full-page Stinson ad with photo of a Model SR-9FM; Saskatchewan Good-will Tour; New Test House for Aircraft Engines - Pratt & Whitney facility at East Hartford, CT - article with photos; Nice illustrated full-page ad for the BG Corporation and its spark plugs; Arctic Sky Pilots - Bishop G. Breynat, Vicar Apostolic of the Mackenzie; Nice two-colour full-page ad for the new 1938 Canadian Custom Waco by Fleet Aircraft; Regina Flying Club Highlights; Junkers Introduces the Ju 90 - interesting article with photos; Nice McLaughlin Buick ad shows the Series 46-19 5-passenger sedan with trunk; Great full-page photo ad for Canadian Marconi Company with photo of Pilot G.R. Spradbrow who rescued missing Quebec surveyors; How the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce Reports on Accident Investigations; New 50-h.p. Continental Engines; Full-page ad for Cub Aircraft features photo of Glenn White of Hamilton, aged 14, who soloed in a Cub after 7 hours and 20 minutes dual; New Marconi appointments - with photos; Sensational photo ad for Imperial Airways inside back cover features a great shot of the Canopus, and an endorsement by Mrs. Martin Johnson, the famous American explorer and air traveller; Who Wants a Transport License?; News from the West Coast; M.A.L.C. news; Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover boasts of their 3 December 1937 flight from New York to Havana in just over 5 hours - pilot Major Alexander P. deSeverskey, while on the same date Jacqueline Cochran flew from New York to Miami in just over four hours; Super full-page illustrated ad for the Junkers JU 90; Three-colour Imperial Oil Asphalt ad on back cover shows the new hangar apron at Rockliffe Airport; and more. Average wear. Lower corner missing from page 21 - no material affect to contents. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
1945Features: Nice Ford ad inside front cover features colour illustration of an old-time barn raising; Man From Missouri - A vivid close-up of Harry S. Truman, the onetime plowboy who was pitchforked into the White House; Here's a Fine Stymie! - humorous article about golf and the impact upon it by WWII; To Chuck - With Love (short story); "They're Full of Love and Mozart" - Maclean's War Correspondent L.S.B. Shapiro tours Eisenhower's Germany; Sissy Fish? No Sir! - Charley Hartman and his Ontario Government Trout Rearing Station (fish hatchery) at Cold Water Creek take care of almost 3 million trout (with photos); 25,000 Miles to Battle - Lieut. Stuart Keate, an officer of Canada's new cruiser, the H.M.C.S. Uganda, describes why war in the Pacific is different than War in the Atlantic; Well, Good Night (short story); Charles H. Scott, Director of the Vancouver School of Art, chastises Vancouver's art patrons of not supporting Canadian artists; Stage set for an election in England; Ottawa political report; On the Corner in the Sun (short story); What About Russia? - Will the men of the Kremlin enter the family of nations or erect a Russian Great Wall?; Music By Adaskins, Canada's most musical family - Murray, Naomi, Yanova, Frances Marr, John, Frances James and Harry; Three-Way X-Ray - LeRoy J. Leishman, a Los Angeles inventor, solves the problem of bringing depth perception to the fluoroscope with his stereofluoroscope; Nice colour half-page Orange Crush ad shows girl with dog; Additional ads for Canada Dry, Kotex, Palmolive soap, Castoria, Lysol, Absorbine Jr., Vaseline hair tonic, and many more; One-page ad for the Wartime Prices and Trade Board encourages readers to use sugar sparingly; Back cover Coke ad features colour painting of a happy scene in Brussels where Canadian troops imbibe with friendly locals. 50 pages. Unmarked with average wear. Faint discoloration to back cover. Please note: missing first page. Last page loose but present. A worthy copy of this vintage issue from the tail end of WWII, printed mere days before Truman, featured in this issue, authorized atomic bombs to fall upon Japan. Book
1911Features: First Annual Report of American Express Companies; John F. Stevens Retires From Hill Lines; B.F. Bush Succeeds George Gould as president of the Missouri Pacific Railway (with photo of Mr. Bush); Causes for Trade Depression; Development of Alaska Fisheries; Hearing Regarding Pacific Coast Rate Cases; Larger Terminal Yards Planned for Tacoma; The Railroads and the Panama Canal; Sixty-Seven Steamships in Canadian Pacific's Great Fleet - article with nice illustration; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Three Sailors of the British Steamer Benedick convicted of mutiny by Edinburgh court; Captain David Baird to take charge of the Victoria and Vancouver Stevedore Co.'s Vancouver Branch - with photo of Mr. Baird; Suspension of Capt. Alfred Croskey Reduced; Tacoma News; Captain Fred Warner to command the famous steamer Corwin (brief article with photo); Nice illustrated one-page ad for The Shasta Limited, "The Finest Train in the West", which connects Seattle to San Francisco; Nice one-page illustrated ad for the Vulcan Iron Works of Seattle features an aerial view of their plant; Willamette Iron & Steel Works ad features nice photo of fireboat "Geo. H. Williams" belching black smoke and pumping water in the air; Canadian-Pacific Railway Steamships ad features schedule for their connections between Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver; and more. 40 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
1911Features: John F. Stevens, president of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway, discusses what the Panama Canal means to Pacific commerce, with illustration of Mr. Stevens; Fine Passenger Engines in Service on W.-O.R. & N. Line - article with photo of new locomotive; Alaska Syndicate Concentrates Attention on Transportation - The Sale of the Northwestern Fisheries Co. will widen the scope of the Alaska Steamship Co. and the Copper River & Northwestern Railway; Outline of Navy Department's Attitude Towards the Pacific Coast - An Address by Engineer-in-Chief Hutch I. Cone, U.S.N.; Classy Stern-Wheeler Launched - the W.H. Bancroft; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law - article with photo of the four-masted Schooner Willis A. Holden, as she appeared after being disabled in a storm on 12 February; Alaska Oil Will Furnish New Traffic; Tacoma News; One page illustrated ad for The Shasta Limited, "The Finest Train in the West"; One-page ad for Seattle's Vulcan Iron Works features an aerial illustration of the plant; Half-page ad for the Willamette Iron & Steel Works features photo of fireboat "Geo. H. Williams" belching black smoke and spraying water; and more. 40 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. 6" x 1" piece missing from back cover - text unaffected. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
194960 pages. Features and Articles: Chairman David Lilienthal of the Atomic Energy Commission is questioned about Government-financed scholarships for Communists, and more; U.S. Foreign Aid is whacked to save money; U.S. Military in-fighting involving the Consolidated B-36 and more; Louis Johnson - Master of the Pentagon; The Angels of the Truman Campaign; Victor Reuther; Ralph Bunche; Berlin Rail Strike"; Communist Gerhart Eisler is freed in London on a technicality; Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan are engaged - with photo; China - "The Communists Have Come"; Japan's Emperor Hirohito shifts from divinity to human monarch; Kis Tarcsa concentration camp in Hungary opened again to hold 8,000, 90% of whom are Jews; Willy Messerschmidt mass produces homes of steel and 'foam concrete' in Germany - with photos; Colour ad for DeSoto automobiles; Colour ad for Woodwind suits for men; Grasshoppers in Saskatchewan; Quebec City's Maison du Bucheron provides 55 rooms for loggers; Full page election ad for "Canada's Great Leader", Louis St. Laurent; Railroad construction in Latin America; Soccer contest - Scotland vs. St. Louis; Archibald Henderson of North Carolina; Acne misery; Bill Stern of NBC's Sports Newsreel; Dow Brewery ad features the train engine heroics of 58-year-old Fred Ryan; Pope Pius XII delivers manuscript of Papal Bull - with photo; Pastor Salau; V-2's rival - the U.S. Navy's Viking rocket; Eddie Rickenbacker on the Airlines; Rudy Fah Tongg showed the people of Hawaii how to get rich - early in the second world war he formed a hui which bought up properties of fleeing Caucasions; Sir William Stevenson and the World Commerce Corp.; Colour Chevrolet ad inside back cover; Bruck Mills colour ad on back cover. Editorial content identical with U.S. edition except for added Canadian news" - from page 4. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Staining and occasional related damage to top one of two inches of many pages. A worthy copy. Book
1912Features: Northern Pacific Railway Co. Making Big Improvements in the State of Washington; Julius Kruttschnitt an Optimist; Mobilization and the Railways - article from the Army & Navy Journal; Amending Our Shipping Laws; George G. Gould Retains His Position; Railway News in Brief; Noted Engineer E.C. Hawkins - Obituary with photo; Interstate Commerce Decisions; San Francisco Will Be Ready for the Panama Canal and the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915 - article with photos of "San Francisco's Two Big Men", James Rolph Jr., Mayor, and C.C. Moore; Statutory Regulation of Ocean Traffic; Pacific Coast S.S. Co. Places Order for 10,000-Ton Steamer - article with diagram of outboard profile of the vessel; Comprehensive Review of Far Eastern Shipping Situation by U.S. Consul General at Hong Kong, George E. Anderson; Astoria Getting Ready for Panama Canal; Panama Canal Rates - The Big Issue; Captain John Truebridge - Obituary; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Some Perils of the Deck Load - Feature article includes photo of a leaning steamer Cuzco; The Advantages of the Water-Tube Boiler; Record of a Ballin Water Tube Boiler - article with photo; The International Navigation Congress; Boiler Inspection for [Panama] Canal Zone; General Shipping News; Oil Engined Barges to Revolutionize Shipping; and much more. 40 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
1911Features: 40,000 People Visit New Oregon-Washington Passenger Terminal - Over two pages of informative content including illustration of the new Seattle passenger terminal of the O.W. R. & N. Co. on opening day, May 20, 1911; C.M. & P.S. Ry. Co. Inaugurates Through Passenger Service; Former Seattle Mayor Robert Moran sees the Panama Canal causing trouble ahead for Seattle unless a change in system is effected; Professional biography of E.J. Pearson who, for the past five years, was chief engineer of the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound (with photo of Mr. Pearson); The Lumber Trade and the Railways; "Railophone" tests in England allow phone calls from one moving train to another; Canadian Pacific to burn Oil; Government Must Act Now on Alaska Coal Cases! - major article; Description of the Pace Oil Engine - including photo; Influence of the Panama Canal on the World's Commerce; Death of Capt. Franz S. Moore - brief article and photo of "one of the best known, most experienced and skillful navigators on the North Pacific"; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Description of the largest-ever Air Reversing Propeller designed by L.H. Coolidge of Seattle for the barkentine Archer - article with photo; News of Tacoma; Prospects Are Promising for the Bering Sea Season; Casualties to Pacific Coast Shipping; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
1958Features: Cover photo on deck of U.S. destroyer in Taiwan (Formosa) Strait; There is No News From Auschwitz - Now nothing happens at Konzentrationslager Auschwitz, which fourteen years ago was a place of unutterable horror; Photos of famous people of the day; Captain of our Economic Campaign - banker-politician Douglas Dillon deals with foreign trade and foreign aid; Q. & A. With an American Tourist on a Moscow Street Corner; Professor in the Political Maze - Williams College Professor Jim Burns is a candidate for Congress in MA; Great Cliche Debate (continued); Golfer's Real Handicap - Pride; Glories of Versailles; Virtues of Veal; (Ladies') Paris Fashion Report - photos; Photo feature on a glass-walled home designed by Ladislav L. Rado; Teen-Age Tastes - Good, Bad or Inevitable?; Five photos of Elizabeth Taylor in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"; Three photos of Jerome Robbins' new ballet "N.Y. Export, op. Jazz"; and more. 44 pages. Many fascinating black and white reproductions of photos plus lovely illustrated ads, some of which are in color. Small clipping from ad on page 39 - text unaffected. Doodling on ad on page 33, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1911Features: Extensive Terminals at Vancouver, B.C. for Great Northern; Work begins on long bridge at San Pedro Harbor, CA; Interstate Commerce Commission Decides Spokane-Reno Rates Case; Scathing Editorial against an article by Teddy Roosevelt regarding the development of Alaska; Professional biography of Charles M. Levy of the Western Pacific, with photo; Interstate Commerce Decisions; Railway Personals; Growth of the Modern Ocean Liner - article with photo of the Olympic entering New York Harbor on her first voyage; Port Expenses of Puget Sound Make Favorable Comparison; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Photo and brief article on the Sovereign, fastest yacht in the world; Local Shipping Interests Opposed to Railroad Ave. (Seattle) Viaduct Over Waterways; Steamer Nisqually Develops Great Speed - article with photo; Scientific Discussion of the Tides by J.F. Ruthven; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
194584 pages. Features: Lovely cover photo of red fall leaves, lady in red sweater, and Irish setter; Colour Parker Pen ad inside front cover with illustration of man holding his Canadian military jacket; Is "Imperialism" Extinct?; photo of Mackenzie King welcoming General H.D.G. Crerar home at Ottawa Union Station; Photo of troopship and British liner "Stratheden" at Quebec City, with Chateau Frontenac in background; Colour country illustration for GSW kitchen appliances ad; Trans-Canada Telephone System one-page ad shows utility poles being installed; Outlook from Parliament Hill - jobs, housing, Dominion-Provincial Relations, Social Legislation, Canadian Flag, Trade; And the Heart Knows (short story); Glamour in Sheep's Clothing - photo-illustrated fashion article on sheepskin plastic; The Ram Remembers (short story); What's Ahead for the Veteran? - photo-illustrated article with photos of Manitoba farmer George Cowan, Norman Bowles, Bruce Gold, Gunner P.S. Burd and Petty Officer E. Buchle; Table for One (short story); The Hunt Ball Murder (short story); Man of the Month - Ernest Campbell MacMillan; Two-page two-colour ad for Victory bonds shows children Betty and Jim with lots of flags; One-page C-I-L ad illustrates their technical achievements; What Happened to the 50 old destroyers?; Nostalgic one-page ad for movie "Night in Paradise" starring Merle Oberon and Turhan Bey; Nice photo of Yvonne DeCarlo in Jergens Lotion ad; One-page colour ad announcing Waterman's Taperite pens; One-page post-war text ad by H.J. Heinz ad explains "How To Make Your Meet Supply Go Further";Two-colour Chevrolet centrefold ad features the Chevy logo; Portrait of Mrs. Ronald Colman in Tangee ad; Charming one-page colour Maxwell House coffee ad with illustration fall scene and dad installing storm windows; Signposts to Victory - when Canadian troops return home there will be a vigorous boost in the sign-writing industry - after all, they were so eager to practice that profession in Europe! (fun article); Half-page Westinghouse ad will illustration of Canada's largest radio and appliance plant in Hamilton; The Fraternity of the Wooden Leg - a support organization for amputees; One-page two-colour ad by the Wartime Prices and Trade Board entitled "Miracles of Make-Do" encourages Canadain women to conserve textiles by making baby clothes from discarded underwear and other unused woollen clothing; Arrid ad features photo of Gertrude Niesen; Colour-comic half-page Chase & Sanforn ad features Charlie McCarthy; Fashion illustrations; Singer Sewing Machine ad; Colour photo of Maria Montez in Woodbury Powder ad; Article on how to make new clothes from old; Nice colour ad for the 1946 Ford Sup;er Deluxe (maroone) inside back cover; Colour Marboleum floors ad on back cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A lovely vintage copy. Book
194572 pages. Features: Quink ink ad inside front cover; Seagram ad shows man of the future listening to self-reading book (like a computer disk of the future); Repair work on a shattered world; photo of camp of Manitoba Indian muskrat trapper Lewis Head; Nice colour ads for Maxwell House coffee and Waterman's Taperite pens; Sombre one-page two-colour ad by the National War Finance Committee shows the burial at sea of an 18-year-old ordinary seaman, on board H.M.C.S. Assiniboine, killed by U-boat fire; Why Germany's V-Weapons Failed - fascinating photo-illustrated article; "Per Andrea" (short story); Wilderness Suburb - photo-illustrated article on Ocean Falls, B.C.; The High Side (short story); Golf Swings to the Left - photo-illustrated article on Byron Nelson, with photo of him putting out on the 18th green at Thornhill, Ontario where he won the Canadian Open (also included is a photo of B.C. golfer Stan Leonard); Tiny Fingers (short story); So the Captain Stopped Smiling (short story); Man of the Month - Jackson Dodds, C.B.E.; Vintage one-page C-I-L ad illustrates the range of their products; Half-page Champion Spark Plug ad promotes Victory Bonds with illustration of Pan American Flying Clipper; Fascinating one-page two-colour ad entitled "Miracles of Make-Do" by Canada's Wartime Prices and Trade Board encourages Canadian women to conserve textiles (#2 in a series of ads); Jergens Lotion ad features photo of Elyse Knox; Half-page ad for Blachford Shoes of Toronto; Woodbury Soap ad features newlywed photos of Ann Elizabeth Bowman of Montreal and her RCAF husband Hugh Basil Heath; Glo-Coat floor polish ad features Molly McGee; Is it Measles? - health article for juniors; Mexico's Public Enemy - illiteracy; Rolex ad; Advances in Science; Nice one-page colour ad for the 1946 Ford Super Deluxe (red); Fashion illustrations; One-page photo-illustrated Singer sewing machine ad; Colourful Chase & Sanborn ad features Charlie McCarthy comic; Colour Frigidaire fridge ad shows birthday party scene; Colour Shredded Wheat ad shows boy in old-style football helmet; Photo of Jean Parker in Arrid ad; Portrait of Mrs. Randolph Scott in Tangee ad; Nice colour half-page ad for Clark's cream of mushroom soup shows chef; One-page illustrated ad for Helena Rubinstein White Flame perfume; Lovely colour illustration of Ava Gardner in Woodbury Powder ad; World Sayings; Fantastic colour-illustrated Canadian Pacific ad inside back cover celebrates their sixty years of progress; Back cover colour-photo ad for Jordan grape juice features lady at harvest; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A lovely vintage copy. Book
195976 pages. Features: Five Basic Problems of Education, by Fred M. Hechinger; Where Airmen Become Missle Men - Vandenberg Air Force Base - with many photos; Somerset Maugham - "Free Man" at 85 - article with photos; Organization Man, Russian-Style - the 21st Communist Party Congress; First Line of Defence For Israel - pioneers of the kibbutzim guard the nation - article with photos; They Still Acclaim Puccini and Melody - on his centenary, audiences are still moved by the intensely human operas of Giacomo Puccini; Medico (Medical International Co-operation) at work with Palestinian refugees; From Adam to T.R. - Currier & Ives Exhibition; Sidney Poitier - a "Defiant One" Becomes a Star; Angels of Anzio - Fifteen years ago, the U.S. Army nurses proved their volor on the Italian beachhead; Nice color centerfold ad for Lord & Taylor; Nice full-page color-photo ad for Macy's; One Equals Two - flipping clothing inside out to create a second costume; Striking the Right Note - home fashion; Nostalgic color-photo ad for Libby's tomato juice is definitely from the 1950s!; Israel Government Tourist Office full-page color photo ad features Gen. Yigael Yadin, Director of the James A. de Rothschild Archaeological Expedition; Gwen Verdon; Domingo's Hideaway - Trujillo's Dominical Republic draws a large share of the ex-dictator trade - Juan Peron, Gen. Fulgencio Batista, etc.; Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Six-inch opening atop front cover. Some yellowing with age. A sound vintage copy. Book
196062 pages. Features: Inside View of the Big Political Powwow - an analysis by a delegate - of the performers and the ritual; "The Men Who" - A look back at dramatic highlights of the twelve most recent conventions of the major parties over twenty years; 'Co-Existence'? and 'Peaceful'? - Russia's challenge in international trade; The Student - a Key Man in Asia - upon him rests the future of the emerging nations; Tangled Problem of the Gang Girl - she is a major factor in triggering many tean-gang outbreaks; The Men Around "Fat Man" - Samuel K. Allison, et al; His Law Transforms Parkinson - C. Northcote Parkinson; Hammerstein - Words by Rodgers - the composer takes a plunge into prose to wish his partner well on his birthday; Monastery by 'Corbu' - French monastery designed by Le Corbusier is nearing completion; Hat Fashion Photos by Louis Faurer; Pepsi Ad "The Sociables Prefer Pepsi"; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Gently yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Book
1915Pages 77-92 (16 in this issue). Features: Why the Money Trust Wants War - The Curtain Raised on Wall Street's Underworld, by Charles A. Collman - includes charts linking large American companies and industrialists with munitions production; The Case of F.X. Weinschenk, by J.X. Resch - Mr. Weinschenk was sent to an insane asylum after sending letters to the White House; England's Interference with Our Trade - Upward of 2,000 American cargoes, involving millions of dollars, held up or confiscated - includes an extensive list of ships; German Sympathizers, Roosevelt and Others, by Frederick Franklin Schrader; The Friends of Peace Make History, by Rutledge Rutherford; England's Growing Financial Decline; Mr. Hearst's Paper Pleads for Real Americanism - "Are we an independent nation, or an English colony?"; Napoleon Bonaparte's Indictment of England; Bryan and Roosevelt; The Resignation of the English Naval Board in Greece; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Opening to bottom end of coverfold otherwise a sound copy. Magazine
1912Features: New Transcontinental Railroad is Planned; Railroad Construction Work in Western Canada; A Study of Railroad Accidents; Grand Trunk Pacific Completes Fine Dock at Vancouver - article with photo of the new structure; Proposed Improvements for the Port of Seattle - Smith's Cove, Salmon Bay, East Waterway, Central Waterfront District, Harbor Island; San Francisco Preparing for Panama Canal Trade - major article with graph, table and photo of one of San Francisco's new concrete piers; Control of Freight Rates Through Panama Canal; Professional Biography of Marcus Talbot, Manager of the Port of Portland (with photo of Mr. Talbot); Provisions of New Visual Rule; Death of Noted Admiralty Lawyer Charles Page - major article; That Olympic-Hawke Collision; Legal Decisions; High-Class Salvage job of the fishing steamer Independent - article with photo of the vessel being held up by two barges; Captain William Kidston - obituary; Veteran Shipmaster Albert H. Laffin - Obituary; Veteran Tug Boat Captain William Gove - Obituary; Hong Kong Harbor Needs Deepening - after visit by the big American Steamer Minnesota; New Invention for Calming Big Seas; and much more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
1937réf. 2092902143901258Not Available 1937. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Not Available paperback
1937réf. 2092902143801257Not Available 1937. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Not Available paperback
1979réf. 2092902143900697Trade and Industry Conference 1979. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 book Trade and Industry Conference paperback
