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195732 pages. Ffeatures: St. Lawrence Seaway; From Festive Rocket to Nuclear Rocket; Science Fair; Tennis Anyone; Competition Instructions; General Competition Instructions; Province of Quebec; Canada's Fur Trade. Includes several wonderful vintage colour ads intended for younger readers by such companies as: The Bank of Nova Scotia; Orange Crush; The Book of Knowledge; Gold Seal canned Salmon; General Motors of Canada; Face-elle tissues; Mil-Ko powdered milk; Shredded Wheat; Oxo products; Texaco; St. Lawrence Starch Company products; Toastmaster baked goods; Southam Newspapers; Rose Brand pickles (back cover). Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this interesting and unusual education publication for younger readers. Book
196380 pages. Provides colour maps and information on accommodation, entertainment, bush pilots, fishing regulations, and more. Dozens of great vintage ads for related local businesses. Nice colour photo ad for Thitfield Lodge, Hotel & Motel inside front cover. Back cover ad for Sudbury sponsored by their Chamber of Commerce features colour photo of molten slag being poured with belching smokestacks in background (Say what?). Other nice ads for Caswell Motor Hotels, Rusty Myers Flying Service, Camp Beaverhead, Camp Manitou, Dalseg's Shopping Centre, Swenson's Camp, Sabourin Lake Lodge (in colour), Barney's Ball Lake and God's Lake Lodges, Doug Hook's Separation Lake Camp, Sault Airways, Wawa's Lakeview Hotel, The Kitchener Hotel in Parry Sound, Moose Lake Lodge, Eden Roc Motel, Larry's Tavern in Pointe Au Baril, Red Pines Lodge, and dozens more. Somewhat above-average wear. Bit of writing atop front cover and small bookseller's stamp inside back cover. A great vintage item sure to help readers recount happy vacation times spent in Northern Ontario many moons ago. Book
196372 pages. Features: Conversations with Quebec's Revolutionaries, by Peter Gzowski; One Man's Intimate Picture of the FLQ; The Savage Legacy of Columbia's Civil War; The Life and Times of Wheeler-Dealer Ralph Farris - nice photos; The Wild Trade in new and used animals, by Robert Thomas Allen; The Gold-Braid Mind is Destroying our Navy - so says James Plomer; What Jack McClelland has done to book publishing in Canada; Portrait of a great modern shrine - Saint Joseph's Oratory in Montreal; Artistic full-page ad for TCA (Trans-Canada Airlines); Funky full-page colour photo ad for Martini & Rossi shows man and woman with dog at ice machine; Colour photo Coke ad on back cover shows rows of empty bottles on picnic table with smiling couple at far end. Somewhat above-average wear. Coverfold partially open and tender. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1918Pages 635-666 plus many additional pages of wonderful vintage ads. Contents: Nice full-page ad for Whitehead Aircraft; Nice full-page illustrated ad for The Regent Carriage Co.; The work of our seaplanes; Air raid insurance claims; The Supreme War Council and the crisis; Great full-page illustrated ad for the Sopwith Aviation Company, Ltd; Aerial photo of the Oise-Aisne Canal - blown up by the French; Details of war-induced paper rationing (re: this publication); Birthday honours for war workers; Notices to members of the Royal Aero Club of the U.K.; The A.E.G. Bomber, G. 105 - a very detailed article with numerous photos and diagrams; The 240 H.P. (8-Cylinder) Mercedes (conclusion) - article with photos, diagrams and charts; The Roll of Honour - lengthy list of war casualties; The facts about the Liberty Motor; The Flight of an Aeroplane at Different Altitudes - detailed analytical and graphical approaches; A Full Day III - being some more ordinary incidents in the ordinary lives of pilots of No. X Squadron; Airisms from the Four Winds; Photo of Major Raoul Lufberry, the American 'Ace' of the American Expeditionary Force in France, who was shot down on May 19th; Answers to Correspondents; Trade Parliaments and their work - part VIII; Personals; The British Air Services - Announcements; Aircraft work at the front; Aviation in Parliament; Photos of the Humber Company's annual Sports Day; Buyer's Guide/Trade Directory; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A nice vintage issue. Magazine
1918Pages 551-578 plus many additional pages of wonderful vintage ads. Contents: Whitehead Aircraft ad; Martinsyde ad; Saunders of Cowes ad; Boulton & Paul ad; Glendower Aircraft ad; The Loch Doon Scandal; How Manpower is Wasted; Control of engine experiments; Nice Sopwith ad; Propaganda in Aeroplane Factories; Allied Aid for Russia; Military Honours; The Austrian Berg Single-Seater Fighter - 200 H.P. Austri-Daimler Engine - article with full-page illustration; List of British machines Germany claims to have captured; Palmer Tyre ad; full-page with two photos of the 240 H.P. Mercedes aero engine and detailed text; Full-page drawing of the same engine; Attractive full-page ad for Westland Aircraft; Roll of Honour; Trade Parliaments and their work - part V; New Compass Deviation Card for Aircraft; The Fokker Triplane - article with diagrams and photo; Part II of "Being an Ordinary Incident in the Ordinary Life of an Ordinary Pilot"; "X" Aircraft Raids; The "German" mystery Biplane; The British Air Services - Appointments/Announcements; Aircraft Worker At the Front - Official Information; Personals; Photos of German engine components; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality vintage issue. Magazine
1918Pages 217-244 plus many additional pages of wonderful vintage ads. Contents: Ad for Whitehead Aircraft; Martinsyde ad; S.E. Saunders ad; Palladium Commercial Vehicles photo ad; The Question of Reprisals; Sopwith ad; Page of six photos of aeroplanes of the Fifth Army of France; The Medical Aspects of Flying; The Gentle Art of Propaganda; Honours for the R.N.A.S.; An Albatross Fighting Biplane - informative article with photos and diagrams; Westland Aircraft ad; The Roll of Honour; International Aircraft Standards (continued); half-page photo of observation balloon to watch enemy movements on the British western front in France; Personals; The Air Force Debate; Aviation in Parliament; The British Air Services - announcements and appointments; Flight Buyer's Guide and Trade Directory; and more. Unmarked. Covers tender. A worthy vintage issue. Magazine
1918Pages 137-162 plus many additional pages of wonderful vintage ads. Contents: Whitehead Aircraft ad; Curtiss Aircraft ad; Intensive Aircraft Production; The Control of the Metal Trade; Aerial Activity in the West; Sopwith ad; Full-page illustration by Black of the stranded "Goeben" being bombed in the Dardanelles; Savage Hun Sentence on British Officers; The Attitude of the A.S.E.; German Dreams of Conquest; "Clouds and Rain Hindered the Work of Our Airmen"; The Italian S.V.A. Fighting Scout - article with photos and drawings; Air Fighting in Janaury; The Roll of Honour; "X" Aircraft Raids; The Raid on Paris; A Post-War Aeroplane - design by F. W. Halliwell; Photo of a British night bombing plane in France; Details of British Air Raids; Armchair Reflections by "The Dreamer"; The British Air Services - announcements and appointments; Aircraft work at the front; Personals; International Aircraft Standards; Army Club cigaratte ad on back cover; Flight Buyers' Guide and Trade Directory; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound vintage issue. Magazine
1918Pages 111-136 plus many additional pages of wonderful vintage ads. Contents: S.E. Saunders ad; Palladium commercial vehicle photo ad; Reform in the French Air Service; Sopwith ad; Large aerial photo of the air raid on Karlsruhe on January 14th, 1918; The first fruits of reprisals; Photo of British planes lined up on the British Western Front - a scouting squadron; Avro ad; Great photo of explosion after bomb dropped from 1,500 feet; The United Eastern Tractor Biplane - article with photos and diagrams; The Roll of Honour; Airscrew Analysis (conclusion); The 260 H.P. Mercedes Aero Engine; Photo of a Gotha strafer on the British Western Front in France; Westland Aircraft ad; Photo of British planes lined up in Italy - the squadron that has accounted for many Hun planes; Aerial view of Mannheim during raid 24 December 1917; The "X" Aircraft Raids; International Aircraft Standards; British Air Services - announcements and appointments; Aircraft work at the Front; Personals; Russell screw driving attachment (photo with text); Flight Buyers' Guide and Trade Directory; and more. Unmarked. Front cover loose but present. A worthy vintage issue. Magazine
193656 Pages. Features: John Gamble Kirkwood - a personality in science; Breeding machine brains; The Road to Empire - II - an archeological discovery of unusual interest was made during the excavation of a sacred well in Minturnae; Science at the scene of the crime - J. Edgar Hoover with the inside story of how his special agents operate; New high-efficiency fluorescent mercury lamps; Are We Inside a Dark Nebula?; High-Speed Paving for California Aqueduct - fantastic photos; The operation of the human brain; Tracking down your trade mark title; Polar Molecules; Cutting metal underwater using pressurized oxygen; The senses of sight and taste vary greatly between individuals; The amateur telescope maker; World-wide radio; and more. Three-inch opening along top of front cover at spine. Above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
196792 pages. Features: Torado Iwasaki was cheated out of his 640 acres on Salt Spring Island; Ernest Manning's offer to merge the Alberta Social Credit Party with the federal Conservatives; Egyptian travel posters in West Germany include swastika; How We've Come to Love the Car - a 10-page exploration of this surprising cultural shift - Peterborough's Superblock and architect Gerald Robindon, Monteal's new Place Bonaventure-Canada Trade Centre (cutaway view) - with photos and brief write-ups of the following people and their vehicles - Rompin' Ronnie Hawkins, Al Hamel, Dr. Morton Shulman, Harley Neilson (of the chocolate business), Dorothee Hebert and Kenneth Jarvis; Does Canada Need the Tories?; Wonderful photographic celebration of Orillia, Ontario's Centennial - with text by Jack Batten; Expose '67 - the unpredictable other half of Expo '67; Alan Eagleson and the formation of the NHL players' union (NHLPA) - article with great full-page photo of Eagleson with Carl Brewer - who later became an implacable opponent of Eagleson and his misdeeds - amazing NHL history, some of it from the dark side; Spiritualist James Wilkie of Vancouver - is his body taken over by timeless spirit Rama?; Lotta Hitschmanova helps the starving, sick and homeless in foreign lands - article with photo; Nice colour photo ad for Hollandia pipe tobacco; Colour photo centrefold ad for Eskilon winterwear; Nice full-page colour photo ad for Ski-doo; The Investigation Service of the Post Office Department - the secret watchers who guard your mail; Fantastic two-page colour photo ad for CBC-TV with photos of 17 of their shows/personalities; Photo ad for GM's short-lived Epic car; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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
193324 pages. Contents: Openings for Return of Industrial Prosperity Reduced to Simple ABC Proposition; Muscle Shoals Bill Signed, with photo of Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska; Trade Contro-Public Works Bill to Put Millions to Work; Illustration of James A. and Amy Johnson Mollison - The Lindberghs of England; Japanese troops occupy Peiping (Beijing); Hitler Accepts Roosevelt Peace Plan; Photo of Rep. Louis T. McFadden who is out gunning for tax evaders, and wants to impeach nearly everybody, including Secretary Woodin and 24 past and present Federal Reserve officials; Photo of President Robert M. Hutchins of the University of Chicago; Circuses and Carnivals Still have attractions - article with illustration of Jimmy Campana, Los Angeles strongman, actually being catapulted through the air from a modern crossbow; Aviation - with illustration of Commodore Alger H. Dresel with regard to the Akron disaster; Capital Chat; Before and after photos of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetary; Broadcasting; St. Lawrence Project Favored and Opposed; Illustrations of Viscount Kikujiro Ishii and Mrs. Woodin, wife of the Treasury Secretary; "Sunken Dollars" - a real old-time thriller story of th esea - with a guaranteed love interest (to be continued); Alcohol in Gasoline - pros and cons; and more. Average wear. Yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
193724 pages. Contents: Battle over control of the nation's electrical power - with photo of TVA Director David E. Lilienthal; Photo of Walter Runciman, President of the British Board of Trade; Photo of Robert L. Doughton of North Carolina; Conflict between General Motors and the United Automotive Workers of America - with photo of Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.; Terrible Ohio River Flood; Rise of Militarism in Japan - with photo of Osami Nagano; Photo of Trotzky (Trotsky) who, from Mexico, claims the Moscow trial against him is "A giant frame-up"; Terror in Lisbon; Spanish Havoc - with photo of rebels praying; "Mirror Writing" - reversed writing; Old Turk exhibits his third set of natural teeth while Edmonton youth develops his fourth set!; Photo of Wendell Wilkie; Women in the News - Miss Mary Anderson; "Jane Bull"; Movie World - with photo of Martha Raye; Photo of Mrs. Molly TicklePitcher of Turnit Top Ridge, TN; Two-page article on Benito Mussolini - with photos; Photo of 'Little Corporal' J. Toussaint Bernard; Vintage ads; and more. Average wear. Most of back page missing. Yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1971Pages 39-80.. Features: Hurricane Insurance for Metropolitan Toronto - article with photos of Hurricane Hazel damage; Coastal Scenes - Prince Edward Island; Wascana Centre; Trading Posts of the Moose-Michipicoten trade route; Samarkand, Jewel of Central Soviet Asia. Nice back cover colour ad for the 1971 Cadillac Eldorado Coupe and Convertible featuring gold-coloured models. Somewhat above-average wear. Soiling to upper corner of some pages. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
2000595 pages. An unused copy. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. "Describes new scenarios of the future, and predicts greenhouse gas emissions associated with such developments." - from back cover. Book
198286 pages. Features: Nice color-photo ad for the Ruger Blackhawk or Single-Six revolver - advises of a free improvement to these guns; ad for the ithica 'bear stopper' model 37 handgrip shotgun; Carver Dean K. Otteson of Kenai; Nice color one-page ad for the Ruger M-77 rifle; Bernie, the 12-pound Bow; Saint Elias Lake - Jewel of Kluane; Herbie Nayokpuk (conclusion); Winging It! - the story of Jack Jefford; photos of totem preservation; Trade secrets to finding that elusive empty berth on an Alaska fishing vessel; Memories of a fishing trip - Eldo Miller; A Home in the Willows - Jeff Hartman; Alaskana-Canadiana Book Collecting - Dee Longenbaugh of 'The Observatory" in Sitka; Toyota 4x4 ad on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
193648 pages. This glamorous publication brought New York women important information including: news of the choicest fashion, entertainment, current happenings, where to go, what to see, and how much to pay. Features: Three-page photo-illustrated feature article on Gypsy Rose Lee "She Undressed Her Way to Fame!"; Full-page ad for the new Lastex Vassarette Girdle, featuring photo of designer Helen Wills; Nice one-page illustrated ad for Du Barry beauty preparations by Richard Hudnut; Letters; Fantastic one-page illustrated Macy's ad shows chef throwing knives at Thanksgiving turkey; Soundings - opinions of the New York Woman; Nice one-page illustrated fashion ad for Stern Brothers; Nice one-page illustrated fashion ad for Franklin Simon & Co. features upper half fashions; Seven fantastic photos of "Curb Commerce" in New York - radios, wart cures, picture postcards, socks, neckties, shoe shines, and photos; These Girls From Out of Town - fiction about 'those panting, galloping creatures - the lady buyers and how they wear down man; Romance Around Town - five photos of New York romance; Unfair to Organized Women - a man's complaint against the women of the world; Nice one-page color fashion photo of model in a glamorous Betty Wales ball gown; How to Collect Butlers; A Fashion Editor's Diary; What not to do to yourself - unfortunate accidents in the choice of clothes, cosmetics and behavior; Photos of the 'Best Dressed Women" from cities around the world; Attractive evening fashion centerfold features large black and white photo with color illustrations; So Much To Buy - and So Much to Spend!; Head to Toe - photos of fashionable hats and shoes; Cosmetics page; Two Quick and Easy Dinners Men Will Like; Photos of dinner table place settings; A Look at Our Medicine Chest; New About Food - a new thought on birthday cakes; "The Plough and the Stars" - Eight photos from the making of this movie which starred Barbara Stanwyck and Erin O'Brien Moore; "Valiant is the Word for Carrie" - photo-illustrated article about this movie; John Gielgud as Hamlet; Helen Hayes takes time to talk about backstage life as Queen Victoria; One page of color humorous illustrations by Dr. Suess illustrating how to attain social publicity!; One-page Schaefer beer ad - in cans!; Half-page photo ad for Best & Co. features pastel wool house coat; Manhattan Date Book; Glossy color cover photos feature woman attempting to install drapes which pipe-smoking husband reads paper; and more. Unmarked with modest wear. A quality copy of this great vintage depression-era item. Magazine
1973Features: Prairie Country Estates - Cannington Manor; N.W.M.P. Come to Regina; Notable People of Saskatchewan; Printing; Architecture; Sitting Bull's Chair? - made with Buffalo Horns; Stanley Mission; Indian Crafts; The Fur Trade; Early Furniture; Ethnic Settlement; RCMP; Small Museums; Inglis Sheldon-Williams; Agriculture; Musket and Carbine; Ukranian Crafts; RCMP Chapel; RCMP Museum; The Sod House. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
1993292 pages. Reference notes. Index. Author's signature upon title page. "Examines the early invasions of Canada, the U.S. annexation movements, and the various trade proposals, including the 1911 free trade election that prompted Rudyard Kipling to write, 'It is her own soul Canada risks today'". Ink stamp upon title page else unmarked. Light wear. Bit of soiling to bottom edge. A quality copy. Book
198386 pages. Index. Topics include: The Founding of Fort Langley; Fort Rupert, Its Coal and its Spar Trade; Miners and Managers - The Organization of Coal Production on Vancouver Island by the Hudson's Bay Company, 1848-1862; James Douglas - The Gold Governor in the Context of His Times. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
1984421 pages. "Provides the information and analysis necessary for understanding the impact of the Tokyo Round of the Multilateral Trade Negotiations (MTN). Presents the background leading up to the negotiations, analyzes the negotiations themselves, and discusses the implementation of their results. The GATT negotiations of 1982 are discussed, and there is an evaluation of the current situation. Extensive appendices provide a wealth of original source material, much of which is not otherwise readily available." - from half-title page. Average wear and soiling. Bit of underlining else unmarked. Binding intact. A sound reference copy. Book
1923369 pages. Index. "The present volume is the third of a group, the main purpose of which is to study the direction of man's efforts for the attainment of material ends: and to search for possibilities of improvements in that procedure which may increase the command of the peoples of the world over their resources; and enable them to develop their higher faculties." - from Preface. Bright gilt lettering upon backstrip. Usual internal library markings, externally unmarked. Above-average external wear. Binding and hinges intact. A worthy first edition copy of this important work. Book
1906A massive Japanese commercial reference from the early 1900s. Approximately 2,000 pages. Text primarily in Japanese, other than the 18-page bilingual (Japanese/English) index and an intriguing bilingual fold-out sample of various contemporary export documents. Two items laid inside front board include a double-sided bilingual glossary of commonly used trade terms and a wonderful 22" wide by 16" high colour map of the world with trade routes to/from Japan indicated in red. Most text on the map is Japanese with some place names in both English and Japanese. Please note that library name is stamped through the blank upper right corner of the map. Elaborately gilt-decorated backstrip with title in Japanese and English bears considerable wear but is still handsome and, dare we say, mysterious. Per a handwritten inscription inside back board, this copy was presented to representatives of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce in Tokyo on 24 October, 1908 by Mr. Shonojo Moriyama, Proprietor of the Dobun_____. Edges adorned with partially-faded marbling. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A marvelously unique item. Book
1944Contents: Ford ad (color) inside front cover; Boeing B-29 ad; Plymouth car ad; Nice color Borden's ad featuring Elsie the cow and family; International Trucks ad; War election proves to world America's faith in democracy - campaign hottest in years but politics stop at the borders of nation united in arms; Wehrmacht wages bitter fight to prolong war through winter - but British storm Walcheren, opening way to use of Antwerp as supply base for Allies; Photo of Red Army soldiers parading through Belgrade; One man's fight against corruption - the story behind the Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell Incident; Risque ad for Samson card tables features stripper (?) standing on table while soldiers look on with pleasure!; Heavy Going - Japs fight hard in Leyte Caves but defense lacks organization; De Gaulle's sway over France challenged by turbulent reds; Lucky Strike - nice color ad; Goodyear color centerfold ad shows the 'Rubber Railroad'; photo of soldiers outside an Italian showing of Charlie Chaplain's "The Dictator"; Photo of Greek money changer - inflation forces him to carry a literal armload of paper drachmae - with text; Mackenzie King names McNaughton to Cabinet - may avert showdown over Zombies; Jack Miner passes away - Canadian Goose man; Britain asks a helping hand to regain vital export trade - wants modified lend-lease and joint reconversion timing after victory in Europe; Kuppenheimer clothing ad - in color; Horse racing and betting popular; Homer P. Rainey booted out of the University of Texas; Brooks Atkinson's Chinese Drama; A.J. Cronin - doctor and craftsman; Great Northern Railway ad shows refrigerator cars for apples being pre-cooled with large blocks of ice; embarassing ad for Kreml Hair Tonic; Chesterfield cigarette color ad (nice) on back cover. Average wear. Address label atop front cover. Unmarked. 2" X 1" chip from lower corner of front cover. A sound copy. Book
1944Contents: Caterpillar Diesel ad - They pushed back the sea at Port Moresby; drawing of a very primitive snowmobile as part of an electric power company ad; Photo of JFK - he returned to Los Angeles for a leave after 11 months of fighting in the Pacific; Greatest battle of air weighs U.S. Bombers vs. Nazi industry - but Germans still produce - meanwhile Eisenhower begins speeding D Day preparations; Mustang, aviation's ugly duckling, becomes a top long-range fighter; The outlook in the Battle of Russia - by Maj. Gen. Paul B. Malone; Bid for Burma; Nazis seem to plan Ukraine stand despite red encirclement tactics; Why our Italian campaign is so tough; Enveloping Rabaul; Reds keep Curzon Line the issue in rejecting Polish conference - Pravda story of British offer of separate German peace injects new note in Allied relations; Lucky Strike cigarettes - attractive color ad; chart showing FDR's 12 budgets - reflect massive spending increases of WW II; Riddles of contract termination hold key to postwar prosperity; Nice military Oldsmobile/GM ad; Hereford T.Royal Rupert sells for record $38,000; A harbinger of things to come - photo of 5 Mexicans, wearing native hats and panchos (!), brought to New Haven to shovel snow due to manpower shortage; Photos and article on Bronko Nagurski; Kinsey Whiskey - nice color ad; Leadership in Merchant Shipping presents U.S. with big problem - is subsidy war inevitable or can world powers co-operate to ease trade competition. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Book
