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1988Features: Prairie Roots - 'My ancestors ran from the Ukraine so they could keep their beliefs. I intend to keep the culture alive.'; Embattled Giant - Pollution threatens to destroy British Columbia's mighty Fraser River; The Golden Alphabet - Deciphering the architecture of the avian empire; At Home in Every Country - A Canadian comes calling on the world's richest families; Art of the State - after 108 years of neglect, Canada's national art collection finds a handsome high-tech home; Sandman's Surprise - Once considered a state akin to death, sleep may in fact hold the key to our most creative moments. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
196258 pages. Features: News photos; Steam News photos; Four for the NRHS; West Side Lumber - last run out of Tuolumne, California; On its Second Attempt the EJ&S Finally Quit; - Crossing over Jordan; The Graham County Railroad - past and present; Deciphering what's doing these days in dieseldom - DL-721, GP30, KM 4000, U25B, etc.; Firelight on the Sky - My Experience as a Fireman (1); Camelback Classics - from the camera and collection of George M. Heart; Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1952Pages 1057-1092. Features: Colour ad inside front cover by Dunlop Rubber features illustration of St. Mary's Cathedral in Iona; Five photos of the moon and planets from the Palomar Observatory; Nice one-page photo portrait of Admiral Lord Mountbatten; Six photos of the Circus at Olympia - with the Queen and Prince Phillip present; The Private papers of Douglas Haig, 1914-1919; Photos of Lake Eyre's transformation from desert to lake to desert; A Canadian Fighter Wing for N.A.T.O. - three photos of the handing-over of the R.C.A.F. fighter base at Grostenquin, in France, with men and aircraft, to the command of N.A.T.O.; Two photos of America's latest eight-jet stratofortress, the Boeing YB-B52 Stratofortress; Eisenhower's visit to Korea; Photo of Eisenhower carving his Thanksgiving turkey; Six photos of West Africa's first waterborne "Petrol Train", the 'Adama' and her barges' 1,200-mile voyage; Centerfold illustration of Canterbury as it was in Roman times; Deciphering the palimpset of Canterbury (courtesy of excavations made possible by the blitz); Seven photos of the presentation of the Noble prizes by King Gustaf, and the Nobel banquet; Photos of personalities of the week, including Sir William Dampier and Sir William Goscombe John; Photo of the new President of Israel, Mr. Itzhak Ben-Zvi, taking the oath in the Knesset; Six photos of an automatic mail sorting machine in use in a Belgian post office; Photos and brief write-ups of the regular contributors to the publication - Frank Davis, J.C. Trewin, Baruch H. Wood, Clarence Elliott, Cyril Falls, Arthur Bryant, Sir John Squire, E.D. O'Brien, Mrs. Romilly John, Dr. Maurice Burton and Alan Dent; Nice colour ad on back cover for Imperial Leather's toilet powder; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
197948 pages. Features: Safire on No-Name Nomenclature; Black & White Scotch ad features photos of championship backgammon players Paul Magriel, Herb Roman, Laurie Arnold, Joe Dwek, Jan Goldberg, Lord Rennell of Rodd, Ms. Demerdjian, W. McClintock, and more; The Lucky 1970's; The Threatening Economy - with comments by twenty economists, including Milton Friedman, John Kenneth Galbraith, Murray Rothbard, etc.; How to Snow the Voters in New Hampshire - Eugene McCarthy offers tips to the hopefuls; Jack Kerouac - The Beat Goes On - Ten years after his death, his myth is being recycled for a new generation - article with great photos; TV Director Bob Giraldi is featured in a Phoenix Mutual ad; Great photo-illustrated article "Decoding the Styles of the 70's"; All About Champagne; Souffle Recipes; Fleeting Fads of 70's Decor - color-photo illustrated article - Peter Andes, Ruben de Saavedra, Mimi London, Seymour Avigdor, Alan Buchsbaum; Real estate and Camp ads; and more. Small library stamp on front cover. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
