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192048 pages. Features: Lovely full-page ad for Benger's Food; Front page photo of the King - Chief Mourner of the Unknown British Warrior; Article by G.K. Chesterton; Photos of notable world events in the news; Sport and Earnest - photos of notable events at home and abroad; Photos of personalities of the week; Illustrations and photos of the famous pall-bearers for the unknown warrior; Full-page photo of the H.M.S. Verdun; Gassing the Gassed - photos of Paris Doctor Arnold's apparatus for curing victims of Germany's poison gas weapons; Colour centerfold (loose but present) illustrates the burial place of the unknown warrior in Westminster Abbey; Excellent colour full-page ad for Treloar Carpets; Rare photo of doubl-column of fume and incandescent gas 40,000 feet high rising from the Hawaiian volcano, Mauna Loa; The Greatest Poison Trial of Modern Times - The Greenwood Case at Carmarthen - with illustrations of the dramatis personae and a view of the court in session; Full page ads for Johnny Walker Scotch Whisky, Cadillac automobiles, Rolls-Royce, Ltd., and smaller ads for other auto manufacturers. Full-page Michelin ad inside back cover missing chips, as is two-colour ad for McClinton's Colleen Toilet Cream on back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Faint ink stamps on front cover. External advertorial coverfold mostly open. A worthy copy. Book
197282 pages. Features: ad for Triton Tally Ho; ad for Orcland Donlendon; Emerald's King John, MHR 19657; Article - Thoughts on Developing Impulsion, Rhythm, Suppleness and Obedience... the the walk, trot and canter - Lateral Work at the Trot and Center, by Mrs. Bruce Ferguson; Hi Mist Moon Dancer ad; The Side-Check Harness Bridle - illustrated article by David LaSalle and Fred Herrick; ads for Tiger Allen and Royal Crest Parader; Beware - Novice on the Trial - photo-illustrated article by Alison B. Mears; Moving Cross-Country with a Morgan, by Sandra Smith; "Justin Morgan Had a Horse"; 50-mile Competitive Trail Ride - Counsel and Promises, by P.A. Mack; Color ad for Applevale Gaiety; Centerfold ad for E.F. Sam 15772; Gallant Lee ad; Report of the Judging Standards Committee, Part III; Back cover ad for Syndicates Anastasia 09783 of Green Meads Farm. Average wear. Subscription form removed from page 26 which partially affects photo on page 25. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
194992 pages. Cover: Harold R. Medina Contents: Pork and Politics: "Arkansas Switch" Four Votes Switch to Beat a Labor Bill; New Jersey:The Boot for the Boss - Frank Hague; Trial: His Honor, Judge Patience - Federal Judge Harold R. Medina; Navy: Man With a Rowboat; Tides in the 81st Congress; Hong Kong: Still the Show Place; Japan: Easing the Burden; Britain: The Export Gap; Big Four: Opening Bids - How Russia Sees Benelux, (M. Robert) Schuman, (Ernest) Bevin, and the Atlantic Pact; Monaco: New Prince, New Problem - Prince Rainier III; China: The Communists Make Plans; Canadian Affairs: Head Cracking at Asbestos (Quebec); Medicine: Insulin Sub-Shock; 'Oldest Choirboy' - Morton Downey; Commercials Critic - Horace Schwerin; and Perspective: Bonn and Weimar. Full page colour vintage print advertising including Morris Cars, Chrysler, 1949 Hudson and Old Crow Whiskey. Nice color-photo ad on back cover features fencers Jane Gilbert and Hugo Castello promoting Camel cigarettes. Binding sound. Small mailing label bottom right front cover. Some soiling to upper portion of front cover. Contents clean and unmarked. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1953Pages 105-140. Features: Nice cover photo-portrait of Dwight Eisenhower; Photos of America's new first lady - Mrs. Eisenhower, and Mrs. Richard Nixon, wife of the new Vice-President, both wearing their inaugural ball gowns; Photo of six German's tried with murder and other atrocities at the Schirmeck concentration camp during the occupation of France; Photos of the Red Hat Ceremony in Rome where new Catholic Cardinals receive their hats; Photo of the Dutch liner' Klipfontein just before she went under; Photo of horrible accident at Washington's Union station where train lost braking and crashed into buffers; Photos from Egypt and Sudan - Abdel Rahman Hakki, Sheikh Ahmed Al Bakury, Major Saley Salim and General Neguib; Photos of M. Rene Mayer, France's new Prime Minister; Two pages of photos and information about Oradour-Sur-Glane - a case which revives a terrible war memory - the trial of 21 S.S. soldiers charged with the murder of a French community; Photo and article on the tree-climbing goats of Morocco; Photos of the end of the Second Swiss attempt on Everest; Two pages of photos and information on the war in Indo-China - French Union troops in the Red River Delta, plus an amphibious operation against the Viet Minh - a phase of 'Operation Bretagne'; Two-page photo of the summit and southern wall of Everest, taken from the Ramparts of Pumori; Two pages of photos and information about the British-trained Sudan Defense Force; Photos from the first performance of Vaughan Williams' "Sinfonia Antartica"; Photos of the personalities of the week, including recently deceased Sir Edward Marsh and artist Douglas Chandor, as well as squash champion A. Fairbairn and a group photo of Sherpas who helped with the recent Swiss Everest attempt; Photo of the marriage of Sir William Slim's daughter to Peter Nigel Stewart Frazer; Nice colour-illustrated ad for King George IV old Scotch whisky on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
194492 pages. Features: Great photo-illustrated Cleaver-Brooks ad features the L.S.T. landing craft their steam generators are used in; "Weird' Kreml Hair Tonic illustrated ad; One-page photo-illustrated Boeing ad entitled Schweinfurt Story shows horrendous bomb damage and boasts of their Flying Fortress aircraft; Rare one-page color ad illustrated by Walt Disney shows a Flying Fish alongside a Mars aircraft - sponsored by ADEL Precision Products; Rep. Albert Gore of Tennessee becomes first Congressman to enter the armed forces as a private; Brief obituaries for Art Young, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Leon Gordon, Frederick Hill Wood and Hobart Bosworth; Nice one-page photo-illustrated ad for Beech Aircarft shows their AT-11 bombing trainers in flight; New Allied Chiefs Confident This is Our Year of Victory; Major war coverage including organizational charts for the Allied High Command for European invasion and Mediterranean Operations; Article on the Air War of 1943 - with dramatic photo of Flying Fortresses over Europe, with one of them crashing to earth in flames; Defending convoys against surface raiders; Plane-supported Chinese troops give Japanese a real fight - Changteh; War photos from Sicily; Problems of restoring France epitomized by Algiers troubles; Plan for the trial of Adolph Hitler and his lieutenants; Manpower and the Draft; Letter mystery involving Harry Hopkins; Dramatic letter and photo from POW Lt. Col. James Patrick Devereux to his son, Patrick; Nice color Lucky Strike ad shows farmer holding large tobacco leaf; Color centerfold ad for Good Year industrial belting - showing mine/ore installation; Photo-illustrated article on Dr. Vannevar Bush; Labor unrest threatens our invasion production; Nice one-page military Plymouth ad; Interesting article on wartime censorship; Photo of runner Gil Dodds; Color photo Canadian Club ad inside back cover features Mexico's state fo Michoacan; *Fantasti* color back cover ad for Chesterfield cigarettes features WWII pin-up queen Betty Grable; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding sound. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1946104 pages. Features: Nice one-page ad for Hilton Hotels features the Palmer House of Chicagp; Superb one-page color ad for Ford Trucks features green pickup in pleasant farm scene; Dow Chemical ad features illustration of kettle and steam inventor James Watt; (Labor) Strike Wave Threatens Essential U.S. Needs; Sam Rayburn - Texan; Joan Bennett's "Scarlet Street" is censored for 'tending to corrupt morals'; Photo of Jane Russell in low-cut blouse posing for painting; Fantastic color one-page Coke ad features crowded soda shop scene with boy singing into napkin holder microphone; Classic one-page color-photo ad for Camel cigarettes titled "More Doctors Smoke Camels Than Any Other Cigarette"; World Watches First Assembly of UNO; Photo of Mickey Rooney shaking hands with De Gaulle; Classic color ad for White Trucks features soda factory and happy end-user; Trial of Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma in Manila; Religious Emancipation is the Jap's by MacArthur's Grace; Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick Morgan, chief of UNRRA's activities in Germany, states that the movement of Jews from Poland into Germany looked like a "second Exodus... a well-organized, positive plan to get out of Europe" to Palestine, and that he had seen Jews arriving in Berlin "well-dressed, well-fed, rosy-cheeked and (with) plenty of money..They certainly do not look like persecuted people."; U.S. Need to keep peace pledges slows homeward trek of troops; A Safe American Must be founded on Strength; Nice Firestone Tire color centerfold features race car; Nice Old Thompson whiskey ad features piano keyboard; Photo of ex-POW Pvt. Cleo Brown and his bride in Milwaukee hotel; Photos of changing Navy fashions; Doukhobor article with stripping photo; Oil strike in Chile; Color photo ad for Chrysler features Andre Kostelanetz leading orchestra; Classy one-page color ad for the Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation; Brief obituaries for William Joyce (Lord Haw Haw); Hector Charlesworth; William T. Dewart Jr., Slim Summerville; Germ Warfare Article with photo of Major Merck inspecting Camp (Fort) Dietrich laboratories - US was set for biological war more terrible than enemy knew; Rare Great Northern Railway ad features the opening of modern China (very prescient); SN 7618 for Malaria; photo of Lt. Col. Margaret Craighill; Great photo ad by the Cuban National Tobacco Commission features Edward G. Robinson lighting up; Article on Branch Rickey; Jockey Woolf, 1909-1946; Sensational one-page color ad for Grace Line features illustrations of their new fleet of twenty "Santa" ships; Rare one-page ad for Cuba Mail Line entitled "Ice Cubes for Cuba" shows happy family table; Curious ad for National Company's Radios features small illustration of 'slant-eyed' Chinaman above text "Gung Ho"; The Press, the Radio, and Mr. La Guardia; Color-photo ad for Canadian Club features mountain climbing on Mexico's Popocatepetl; and more. Average wear and soiling. A worthy vintage copy. Book
194696 pages. Features: Nice color ad for Mercury cars inside front cover; Photo of Dr. Bertha Lutz of Brazil; Nice early one-page ad for Northwest Airlines includes large table of their new flights and low fares; Great color-photo ad for Caterpillar called "Grand Canyon of the Mesabi" features massive iron ore excavation; Nice one-page ad for International Trucks; Food - that a hungry world may eat; Photo of fire at Barrett plant of Allied Chemical in Philadelphia; Photo of baby Betty Lou Hall kissing President Truman; Juvenile delinquency; Is 1946 another 1920?; Great one-page Boeing ad for their Stratocruiser shows cute little boy in cabin gazing out window; The Lichfield trial over brutality to prisoners; Nice Kaiser-Frazer car ad; Great one-page color Cadillac ad shows imposing red grill; Conflict in China; Prince Morimasa Nashimoto leaves Sugamo Prison; Photo of General Douglas MacArthur inspecting honor guard in Tokyo; Nice one-page ad for Good Housekeeping Magazine shows fashionable lady reading; Before and after photos of the hanging of Hungarian police major Laszlo Baky; The controversy of the Anglo-American command; Nice one-page color ad for TWA announces they are the first to put the Constellation in the air; Photo of blind war bride Mary Martin who married Sgt. George Alkenbrack and now lives in Napanee, Ontario; One-page ad for the Country Gentleman Magazine shows crop-duster in action; brief obituaries for Harlan Fiske Stone, Arthur Chevrolet, Walter E. Dandy, and John Maynard Keynes; Creepy photo of soldier wearing night vision equipment called snooperscope; Superman article features photo of Clayton Collyer, the radio actor-announcer who plays Superman; Gold - the South African find and the world's wealth; Stocking - leg bootleg; Color ad for National City Bank of New York features paingint of rubber tappers in Malaya plus photo of Raymond G. Hill, Singapore Supervisor; Nice ad for Trav-Ler radio; The OPA reaps the whirlwind; One-page ad for Redbook Magazine; New York Yankee Pitcher Spurgeon Chandler; Legend for Canadians - photo of Coulter and Willan who used folklore for Canada's first opera; Photo of Beverly Anne Cort performing a risque dance in the Detroit suburb of Van Kyke; Nice one-page color Budweiser ad features young boy returning from fishing with his catch, while envious adults look on; Nice color-photo ad for Canadian National features Jasper, Alberta and its lodge (with small inset color photo of Minaki Lodge in Ontario); Vindictive treatment of Stalin by Trotsky; The Faith of Harold Stassen; Nice color-photo Canadian Club ad inside back cover features Juan Belmonte, Spain's great bullfighter; Nice back cover color ad for Chesterfield cigarettes features man in suit who learned his ABCs (Always Buy Chesterfields); and more. Somewhat above-average wear and soiling. A worthy vintage copy. Book
197772 pages. Features: The More We Spend, The Less Children Learn - How Schools Fail Our Children; The Selling of Soccer-Mania - The N.A.S.L. (North American Soccer League) is picking up - with photos of Pele and Franz Beckenbauer; A Murder in Morningside Park - the murder of Charles (Charlie) Houston is reviewed by a juror who worked the murder trial; The Odyssey of Erstwhile Journalist Osborn Elliott; John Weitz ad features large photo of Gary Cooper; Heading for the Top - photos and write-ups of haberdasher Carl Davis, sportswear designer Charles Suppon and clothing designer Jeffrey Banks; Renaissance of a Villa - architecture project of Eleanora Peduzzi Riva of Milan; The Second Coming of Leon Jaworski. Small library stamp on back cover. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
196380 pages. Features:. Withdrawal from Europe "An Illustion" - we must have close co-operation with West Germany; Lest Us Reason Together - photo feature on LBJ; Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson (Lady Bird) - article with photo about the public servant without pay; The Muddled Problem of Presidential Succession - which was brought home by the death of JFK; After Five Years, de Gaulle Still Towers; The average height of Americans is increasing; A Master Builder at 75 - photo feature on the works of New York's Robert Moses; When a Negro is on Trial in the South - is the picture painted by novels and films correct?; Crosswords - the most popular game; Christmas Wraps - fashion photos; Photos of tapestries in the apartment of Allen Porter; and more.. Ads: Selchow & Righter Company board games in color; Pepperidge Farm Devil's Food Cake; Ella Fitzgerald albums by Verve; Thomas Date Nut Loaf; and more. Four-inch opening to back cover, otherwise average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy Book
1963136 pages. Features: Can the new President (LBJ) overcome standpattism in Congress; LBJ Program in Action - photo feature; Unless We Lead We Will Falter; What Kind of Nation Are We? - thoughts in the wake of JFK's murder; Do White Men Have a Future in Africa? - T.J. Mboya of Kenya says yes, as long as they do their part in nation building; Visit to a Russian Village - photo-illustrated article on a trip to the Russian countryside, where few Westerners are permitted; The Importance of Angel Investors to Broadway Producers; Should it Take 34 Months for a Trial?; Today's American Ex-Pats are often businessmen, nor rebels; By 1966 Half of Us Will Be Under 25; The New York City Center of Music and Drama turns 20; Photos of Manhattan town home redone by architect James Stewart Polshek;On Human Rights - thoughts, new and old, as Human Rights Week begins; and more. Ads: one-page ad for Henry Mancini's soundtrack to the movie 'Charade"; Nice fashion ads; Bulova Accutron; 2-page ad for Look Magazine; Color ad for Sony consumer electronics; Cuesta-Rey Cigars; Wilkinson Sword Pruners; Loft's Little Fruit Cakes; Beautiful one-page color-photo ad for E.J. Korvette ladies' fashions - nautical theme; Unox Ham. First few pages rumpled, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy Book
1925Pages 353-440 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: What Happened to Mary Clark near Indianapolis - her car was hit by a train and she ended up on the front of the train which thundered on through the night!; The Haunted Bungalow - extraordinary story from South Africa; A Thousand Miles From Anywhere - Reverend Martyn Rogers and his family spent three years on the island of Tristan da Cunha - where mail came only once per year!; The Living Death - an eccentric chemist marries an Aztec girl in the hope of discovering the secrets of ancient Aztec dyes; Sands of Destruction - the fierce Atlantic is destroying the coast of Donegal in the north-west of Ireland - article with graphic photos; How I Lost My Job - the author worked as a teamster in British Columbia, until he lost a wagonload of explosives near Burns Lake; Two Years in Borneo - part 3 - the exciting outbreak at the Lubuk Estate; Trial by Ordeal in Africa; A Woman in Unknown Morocco - Fay Sutton's photo-illustrated narrative; Where Cannibals Roam - part 4 of 4 of this photo-illustrated article on a trip to the interior of Papua; The Stolen Telluride - A West Australian gold-miner's story; A Double Event - members of the South African Constabulary gets involved with horse racing; The Montreal Hold-Up - Canada's most daring armoured car robbery in broad daylight; The Downfall of "The Colonel" - a very clever American crook; Anderson's Pole-Cat - an exhausted British Columbia prospector stumbles upon a fortune in a trackless wilderness. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
197164 pages. Features: Fantastic 2-page colour-photo ad for CP Rail features winter coal train; Canada's North - Articulating the Native Voice; Quackser (movie); Canadian English; Man of the Year - Willy Brandt - major article with photos; Four Pages of Famous photos from 1970; Issue of the Year - The Environment; Angela Davis Trial; Integrated by Unequal in Coosa County, Alabana; Welfare Hotels in New York; Seattle Under Siege - the troubles of a company town; D.P. Moynihan; Poland's New Regime - Gierek; Israel's new border after the 1967 war; Cambodia - battle in a forgotten war; Map illustrating Russian bases in the Indian Ocean; Dewi Sukarno; Constance (Connie) Cornell Stuart; Methadone programs; Passing of Mimi Benzell, Arnold Heeney, Max Lincoln Schuster and Charles Ruggles; Controversial Glenn Seaborg; Chile Starts Chasing the Capitalists - article with photo of Salvadore Allende; Bank Security; The Athlete as Peacock - article with one-page color photo of Jockey Eddie Belmonte, plus nice color photos of Derek Sanderson (with Judy Martin), Walt Frazier, Ken Harrelson, and Kick Gordon with Kitty Jones; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
198064 pages. Features: Nice color-photo ad for the Fiat 2000 Brava; Toshiba Aurex color-photo ad; Cuban Refugees in the U.S. Getting Restless; Billy Carter Questioned about his Libyan Friends and their loan; ABSCAM's First Trial - article with photo of Weinberg; Why the Iran Rescue Failed; Feature Article on Poland's Angry Workers - with color photos; Poland - A Three Class Society; Israeli Raids and Internal Feuds Raise Fears of a New Blowup in Lebanon; Dirty political campaign in Germany; Lieutenant. General Walls and Zimbabwe; Four-page advertising feature for Sheraton Hotels; Interview with Sadegh Ghotbzadeh of Iran; David Rockefeller succeeded by Willard C. Butcher at Chase Manhattan Bank; Abercrombie & Fitch is back, under new boss Alvin Lubetkin; Clowning for Jesus - color-photo-illustrated article; Cancer - Nitrite link questioned; Ray Davies and "The Kinks" - article with color photos; Gotham's War of Tabloids; George Brett and the Kansas City Royals are tearing up the opposition; Smalltown USA - growing and groaning; Passing of James B. Longley, William J. Sebald, James S. McDonnell and Otto Frank; and more. Average wear. Bit of soiling to front cover. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
192632 pages. Features: Interesting photos of unusual work and play inside front cover; Public demands that Congress suppress (Radio) Pirates of the Air; The Divine Comedy of Newspapers; The Rise of an American Race - What Effect Will the 'Old Stock' Have on the People of the Future?; With General Gouraud in the Land of the Crusaders; The Birthplace of the Quaker Poet - the Whittier homestead; Henry Ford's Page - the American home, in its economic aspect, is a business proposition; Editorials - Merchant Mr. Nathan Strauss and his allegation of "the campaign of slander against the Jewish People", the Hall-Mills murder trial, Wooden houses in Britain; The Adventure of Mrs. Farbman; The Cheapest Thing in Europe - Human Beings; Fantastic photo-illustrated centerfold illustrates Where Santa Claus Lives and What He Does; The Boston Tea Party's Last Survivor - David Kennison died at the age of 115; Who Discovered America?; How Victoria Trained King Edward VII - the Queen thought Prince Albert the model of perfection, but Young Wales did not respond. Chats with Office Callers; Q & A; I Read in the Papers - Senator William E. Borah rated highly by Chinese, Iowa Women can now be Legislators, Newspapers train convicts in crime, Dayton, OH druggists rid their stores of salacious and suggestive magazines. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
192732 pages. Features: Fun photos of children inside front cover; Debt - Our Biggest National Industry/Money - Our Most Costly Commodity - Can the Price of Money Be Decreased?; The Backstage Story of the Marion Talley Drama - article with photo; Morality That Was First Military - army commanders long ago discovered principles now claimed by pacifists; Where the People of the British Isles Came From; Books That Started the Bells Ringing; Henry Ford's Page - Businessmen are leaders of social movements; Editorials - the McNary-Haugen Bill is vetoed, Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver advocates trial marriage, Madame Schumann-Heink denies endorsing a cigarette (being aimed at women); Skiing in the Bavarian Alps; Paid - A Billion Dollars for Beauty - Sleuths of Science Still on the Trail of Elixir of Youth; Benjamin Franklin as an Abolitionist - fascinating article; Intimate Glimpses of Elbert Hubbard - photo-illustrated article; Chats with Office Callers; I Read in the Papers; News Bits; Nice dog/puppy photos inside back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Middle page loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Bonus: Blank 8.5" x 5.5" subscription renewal form laid-in. Book
197072 pages. Features: Photo of Pierre Trudeau dating Barbra Streisand; Yukon's Anvil gold mine; Lloyd Percival's Fitness Institute of Toronto; Nice ad for gold 1970 Cadillac Coupe deVille; Nixon's Budget; Mystery involving Professor Thomas Riha and Mrs. Galya Tannenbaum; Feature article on "The Angry American Indian"; Vietnamization - Policy Under Fire; Israeli air force attacks Egyptian Army camp at Dahshur; General Yakabu Gowon of Nigeria; Purge in Prague - Alexander Dubcek; Walter H. Annenberg; Le Corbusier's design in Chandigarh; End of trial in Japan - 17 years after protest outside Tokyo's Imperial Palace results in two deaths; Photo of Picasso and his wife; Thalimomide Sequel; Chlormadinone; Abortion without Surgery?; Photo of Black Panther Hilliard; Bear Stock Market; Hollywood - Will there ever be a 21st Century Fox?; Passing of Lady Thelma Furness, military writer Basil Liddell Hart, Mary Caresse Crosby and Lawren Stewart Harris of the Group of Seven; Review of Saul Bellow's Mr. Sammler's Planet; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
197084 pages. Features: M.P. Mark Smerchanski; Brooklyn Swamp Sniper; Photo of Philadelphia Black Panthers with hands up against wall, surrounded by police; Jess Unruh; One-page article on American trucking; Mid-east crisis; Buildup on the Suez; Victory for Buddhists in South Vietnam; Cutting the pay of India's Princes; Pitney-Bowes ad feafures photo of resort operator Bob Eirich; Pursuit of the Poppy - article on the fight against drug trafficking; French author Francois Mauriac; Celebrity photos of Grace Slick, Jane Fonda and Cassius Clay; Desegregation - The South's Tense Truce; Nice color centerfold ad for RCA AccuColor TVs; One-page color-photo ad for the Hotel Vancouver features dining room scene; Passing of Vince (Vincent) Lombardi - Proud Father, Proud Son; Animal polluters - manure from factory farms; Lead in the Air - the conversion to lead-free gasoline; Healer Kathryn Kuhlman - veritable one-woman shrine of Lourdes; IBM ad features photo of John T. Drayton, Controller, Atlantic Richfield Canada Ltd.; Feature article - Out on a Limb with the Midi (Midiskirt) - not since Christian Dior's 1947 New Look has a descending hemline raised such a furor; Passing of Abraham Zapruder - who recorded the famous footage of the JFK assassination, General Pierre Koenig, The Rev. Dr. Ralph W. Sockman; Agnes Ernst Meyer; Britain's struggle with stagflation; New Haven trial of Lonnie McLucas - article with photos; Physicist-Astronomer James C. Kemp and J.B. Swedlund discover a white dwarf in the constellation Draco; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1946431 pages. Index. Bibliographical Notes. Enables readers to view world events from a Soviet perspective from the time of the Russian Revolution and moving forward. "The authors, who take the Stalinist treason trials and purges at face value, conclude that illusions about the Soviet Union were not shattered until she proved her strength during World War II". - Joel Seidman. Somewhat above-average external wear and soiling. Front hinge tender but intact. Prior owner's signature and small vintage bookseller tag upon front free endpaper. A worthy reference copy of this fascinating work. Kolarz [2] p.153, Seidman S22. Book
1975x + 102 pages. Black and white reproduction of one-page photo-montage entitled Editorial Staff, Jewish Canadian Eagle & Canadian Jewish Chronicle. "We believe that these pages constitute an addition to the small shelf of Canadian Jewish histories, a supplement to Sack's volume which is the premier book of Jewish Canadiana." - from v. Chapters include: Unmarked with moderate wear. Staining to edges of textblock. Binding intact. A sound copy of this important work. Book
1955225 pages. Index of incidents. "Presents the complicated issues, unravels the tangled skeins of charge and countercharge with mastery and skill; and always makes the reader aware of the sombre background - terrorism and colour-prejudice, atrocities, fear and fury - against which the trial was enacted." Gift greetings atop front free endpaper. Contents significantly tanned with age. Spine leaning. Binding intact. Above-average overall wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A worthy reading copy. Book
194540 pages. Features: Nice one-page color-photo ad for Revlon "Sheer Dynamite" face powder; From Guadalcanal to the Shores of Japan - General A.A. Vandegrift pictures the thrust of the amphibious wave that began three years ago; Photos of France's Marshal Petain, his trial and his accusers; The British election as seen by a strategist of the victorious Labor Party; Article on Clement Atlee, "Portrait of a Shy Man"; The British Election as seen by a Conservative M.P. who Survived; Letters from Soldiers overseas describe their vision for a better America; General Spaatz, Master of Our B-29 Superfortresses, will use in the Pacific the deadly tactics he applied in Europe; Wendell Berge argues that cartels should be outlawed; One-page photo ad for Boeing shows eight B-29s flying by Mount Fuji, presumably on their way to blast Tokyo; Growing crop of homicidal films poses questions for psychologists and producers - article with photo of Bogart and Bacall in scene from "The Big Sleep"; Britain is told that her boys need 'hangouts' like American drugstores; One-page color ad for Myron Foster's Hesperian Orchards of Wenatchee, Washington; Two pages of college casual fashions for young ladies; Fantastic back cover color ad for the Electric Boat Company presents cutaway illustration of submarine in action near blazing naval craft; and more. Moderate external soiling and wear. Unmarked. Moderate age-toning to paper. A sound copy of this vintage WWII issue. Book
1969272 pages. Glossary. "Dr. Loebl, as a member of the Czechoslovakian government in 1952, was chosen by Moscow to be scapegoated due to the nation's faltering economy. In 1968 he was rehabilitated by the Dubcek regime and became president of the Czechoslovak State Bank." - from dust jacket. Faint bit of writing atop front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Dust jacket now protected in Brodart. A sound copy. Book
1949Pages 193-224. Features: Cover photo of Cardinal Mindszenty, Prince Primate of Hungary, during his trial for treason; Nice one-page colour ad for Number Seven cigarettes; Article on sea rescue; One-page photo of the light fleet aircraft carrier Vengeance at Portland, with an air sea rescue helicopter hovering over her flight deck; Four excellent aerial photos of New York City, with emphasis upon Manhattan; One-page illustration of Generalissimo Stalin; Three photos of Indians remembering Gandhi's assassination; Three photos of the Pan-American airliner "Monarch Of The Skies" and its passengers after they survived a midair collision; One-page photo of H.M.S. Royal Sovereign, returning home after five years' service with the Russian Navy; Photo of Tokyo crowd listening to Kyuichi Tokudo, the Communist Party Sec.; Photos of devastation in Berlin - materials from Hitler's destroyed Reich Chancellery are used to rebuild a Russian sponsored building; Naval manoeuvres in the Mediterranean; Photos of personalities of the week include Mr. A.K. Helm, Capt. John Terry, Mr. Kingsbury Smith, Lord Baldwin, Mr. L.J. Edwards, Prof. Reuter, Cardinal Mindszenty, Sir David Keir, and others; The Kravchenko libel action; Churchill receives the Grotius Medal; Centrefold illustrations show new bypass for the Suez Canal; Photo of Boeing XB-47 test landing with new parachute- brake; Two-page illustration of dozens of animals at the London zoo, and their monetary values; Photos of guided missile testing at Holloman US Air Force Base in New Mexico; Photos of what was Derby House and is now Hutchinson House; Photos of Gloucester Cathedral tomb effigies; one-page colour ad for Lotus boots and shoes; Colour Schweppes ad on back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1945Pages 617- 644. Features: Page of six photos document Japan's Emperor Hirohito informing his ancestors that World War II has ended; Two pages of photos and illustrations explain the complicated machinery used to transform coal into household gas and valuable byproducts; Eight interesting photos present the vessel "Empire Victory" which, along with nine whale catching ships, will spend seven months catching and processing whales near Antarctica; Two-page illustration shows German U-boats making their last voyage and tow, and the demolition of U-2321 at sea; Two pages of photos present a pictorial survey of British troops' thankless task in the Netherlands East Indies - Surabaya and Batavia; Illustrations from Nuremberg show court proceedings and prison life of the war criminals; Centrefold illustration of Nuremberg's central courtroom during the hearing of evidence by general Lahousen, with Goering and a German counsel interrupting the witness; Article entitled "Record of the Sixth Airborne Division" includes photos of Maj. Gen. R. N. Gale and Maj. Gen. E. Bols, plus a photo of their men clearing the streets of Tel Aviv after riots during which they were stoned; Photos of the Nuremberg trial include general Lahousen, Hess, Ribbentrop, and Goering; the British prosecuting body, and a rare moment of levity with the Nazi accused, surrounded by their guards, all laughing; Photos of personalities of the week include John Amery, John Pearce, Eric Boal, the captains of the Oxford and Cambridge football teams, Mr. and Mrs. Churchill with their grandson, the deposed ruler of Yugoslavia, King Peter II and his queen, formerly Princess Alexandra of Greece, Justice Bucknill, Domingo De Las Barcenis, William Grimes, Dwight Filley Davis, Sir Robert Robinson, Maj. Gen. Patrick Hurley, and Lieut. Gen. Sir Archibald E. Nye; Photo of troops of the British sixth Airborne Division clearing a Tel Aviv St. during the recent revival of Jewish-Arab unrest and rioting; Photo of the headquarters of the controller of light industries in Tel Aviv, badly damaged by rioters; Nice photo of the HMS "Indomitable" arriving to a waving crowd at Portsmouth, after a Far East mission; Photo of the King of Thailand speaking with Prof. SiriBhada before leaving Switzerland in a British military aircraft; Photo of Swedes demonstrating against their government's decision to deport Baltic refugees; Photo of Benedictine monks and reconstruction work amongst the ruins of Monte Cassino; Photo of the new French cabinet; Photo of farewell ceremony as Russian troops leave Prague; Photo of large crowd of Dutch re-burying 17-year-old Hanni Schaft, whose body was discovered in sand dunes near Harlem after she was killed by the Nazis; Interesting photo of competing political posters in Vienna; Photo of American soldiers viewing the ruined and dismantled Nazi Hall of Fame at Munich; Photo of the blazing ruins of British airliner "Hermes" which crashed on it trial flight; Interesting photo of large granite bust of Hitler, sold for 500 pounds at German Embassy sale. Outer advertising pages not included. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1935Pages 1077-1116. Features: Cover photo of the five-power conference to negotiate a new international treaty for the limitation of naval armaments; Illustration of the great Finnish composer M. Jean Sibelius on the occasion of his 70th birthday; Page of illustrations of naval cruisers of Britain, Japan, Germany and Italy - a reduction problem for the five-power naval conference; Page of reproductions of archival illustrations of historic precedents for Lord De Clifford's trial; Photos of air raids on Dessie - Italian bonds damaged the palace of the Crown Prince just after the Emperor of Abyssinia had left it to me: Article discusses "What is Electricity?"; Page of illustrations present electricity as a "new servant"of man; Oil - the diplomatic problem of the hour - three pages of photos of the modern oil industry; A unique complex of bronze age Irish ring-forts - new discoveries of unusual interest, at Cush, in the County Limerick; Page of photos of newly found relics of Celtic Ireland in the Bronze Age; a 12th-century Irish reliquary - the shrine of St. Manchan - text and photos; Page of photos of anteaters Map of the present Abyssinian Empire; Two-page illustration of the boiler furnaces of the "Queen Mary" being lit; Photo of rioting in Lahore; Photo of a large band of Sikhs overlooked by mounted police during a pause in their march to Lahore for Shahidi day; One page colour ad says Guinness is good for oysters - good for you; Colour centrefold illustration of the "Silver Jubilee Procession"; Nice colour one-page ad for Craven 'A' cigarettes with Christmas motif; Photos of personalities of the week include: the Oxford and Cambridge rugby teams, E. O. W. Hunt, George A Strasser, his Majesty Haile Selassie, Señor Manuel Quezon, the Bishop of Salisbury, Lord De Clifford, Thomas Marlowe, C. Hayden Coffin, and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester in Ulster with their hostess, Lady Brooke; Photos of survivors of the "Silverhazel" being rescued near the US destroyer "Bulmer"; Photo of the new Commonwealth of the Philippines being inaugurated at the legislative building in Manila; Photo of Signor Mussolini reading a restrained speech in the Italian chamber on the sanctions situation; Photo of saluting Italian war widows and mothers at the unknown warrior's tomb; Photo of Miss Jean Batten's damaged airplane on Araruama Beach, Brazil; Photo of the Wiley Post and Will Rogers aviation beacon recently placed on the George Washington Bridge in New York; Photo of wrecked Belgian airliner in Kent which crashed killing 11; Photos of Sir John Carden and Capt. Jean Schoonbroodt; Photo of Mr. S. V. Appleby crossing the channel in a "Flying flea"; One-page South Africa travel ad features illustration of native Village scene; One-page illustrated ad for Booth's matured dry gin; One page ad for the Vauxhall big six saloon; Review of "Steel of Empire", by John Murray Gibbon; Halfpage illustrated Estorial (Portugal) travel ad; One-page ad promotes Austria as the 'ski paradise'; article discusses economic 'stabilization' and it's difficulties; and more. Centrefold loose but present. Outer advertising pages not included. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
