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193836 pages. Wonderful vintage depression-era hardware/farm catalogue from the Canadian prairies. Marvel at how much a dollar used to be worth. Macleod's had locations from Manitoba to Alberta so the goods presented truly offer an accurate glimpse of prairie life in those days. Items of particular interest include: radios, bob sleds, wheels, horse harnesses and collars, wagon parts, grain grinders, tools, fasteners, cream separators, dairy equipment, auto parts, tires, lighting plants (generators), work clothing, long underwear, breeches, gloves, winter wear, overshoes, boots, coats, a wind-powered electrical generator(!), radio batteries, and more. Lots of wear but binding still intact. Unmarked. A truly amazing keepsake from simpler times. Would make a great gift for someone who still remembers those days. Book
1930120 pages. Each page illustrated, most in colour. Both free endpapers neatly removed. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average external wear. Several openings to early pages. Still a sound working copy of this rare vintage reader. Book
1953100 pages. Features: Our Two Toughest Allies - Greece and Turkey, the two poorest countries in NATO, kick in 40% of their budgets for defense; A Soldier's Farewell (part 2 of 2) - General Omar N. Bradley; The Things You Can Make in Your Cellar - basement woodworkers; Why Ike Had to Draft Fathers - 13,000 'students' a month were turning temporary deferments into permanent exemptions; The Most Expensive City in the World - great photo-illustrated article on Robert Sherrod and his family who live in Tokyo; The Mystery of the Mayan Temple - secret stairway in the temple of Palenque may suggest an ancient link between Egypt and America; They Sell People to Pets - San Francisco's "House of Pets"; Fiction: Midnight Mike; Love Has No Sense; The Bully of Uvada; The Betrayal of Tio; Spy and Counterspy (part 2 of 8); Young Captain Hornblower (part 6 of 8). Ads: Nice color-photo ad for RCA Victor TVs; Creepy two-page Kent cigarette ad says "If You'd Like the greatest health protection in cigarette history... these facts can help you..."; Color-photo ad for American-Standard bathroom fixtures features garish blue, pink and green examples; Nice color ad for Grehound bus lines; Color ad for the Oldsmobile Super '88' 4-door sedan, red with white roof; Mobiloil color ad features the 1953 Indianapolis 500; Nice color-photo ad for Lincoln cars; Nice two-page color-photo ad for Frigidaire Electric Ranges; Nostalgic Texaco Sky Chief cas ad features large red boxing glove; One-page elegant color-photo ad for Packard cars; Webcor tape recorders; Vintage ad for the new Homelite 5.5 HP chainsaw; Color-photo ad for Ford cars features the A.M. Brown family of Westchester County, NY; Dayton Rubber Tire ad features H.O. Vincent, Secretary of Service Lines, Inc. of Nashville; Gulfpride oil ad features nice color photo of Ralph J. Cahall of Annandale, VA, and William P. Snyder, III, of Sewickley, PA; Nice color Convair ad features shapely lady in purple dress; Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
1922108 pages. Index. Colour and black and white photographic plates. Attractive embossed and decorated front cover. "In compiling this volume it has been our earnest desire to produce a book which would lighten the labors of every housewife."- from inside front cover. Published by an early Canadian manufacturer of household stoves. Moderate wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A quality copy of this lovely vintage combination cookbook and household tip manual.. Book
1992141 pages including bibliography and index. "The magnificent Bigwin Inn once stood as North America's largest and most luxurious summer resort. With an unprecedented collection of historical documents, vintage photographs and vivid colour plates, this book takes you back in time to the fabulous Gatsby-like era of the resort's heyday, a golden age when sleek mahogany launches plied sparkling lake waters, glittering masquerade balls were held in the Pavillion, chamber trios played to Hollywood stars in the Tea House, and royalty lounged beside crackling fires in the Rotunda. Discover the magical secrets of this summer place. Its unforgettable story is a colourful chapter in Canadian history and an important part of our Canadian heritage." - from dust jacket. Light overall wear. Tight and square. Two short scratches to mid-fore-edge of front panel of dust jacket - please see our photo. Half-inch opening to dust jacket back panel near top of spine. Faint erasure atop maroon front free endpaper where prior owner's details removed. A quality copy of this treasured work. Book
193752 pages. Features: Supreme Court gives its blessing to Labor Relations Act and hands Roosevelt a victorious defeat - with photo of sit-downers and many related officials; Labor - Murphy medicine heals Chrysler strike - Ford and Vermont also prescribe for Sit-Downers - includes photo of Henry Ford, several photos of Hershey, PA - including a bloody-nosed John Loy - the aftermath of a riot at the American Gas Machine Co.'s Albert Lea, MN plant, and more; Photo-illustrated article on Britain's Stanley Baldwin, First Earl Baldwin of Bewdley; A brief article on Germany presciently declares that Germany requires at least two more years before it wil be ready for total war - it also foreshadows Hitler's secret agreement with Stalin; Interesting brief updates with photos from Spain, China and Japan; Prodigy Mary Christine Dunn; Great article with five photos on the Johns Hopkins lacrosse team; The first commercial radio show using an all-Negro cast goes to air - with photo of Louis (Satchmo) Armstrong; Federal Reserve supports market as institutions reduce their U.S. bond holdings; Hart Schaffner & Marx Celebrates its Golden Jubilee; Book revies; small news bits; and more. Many great vintage ads including a full-page ad for International half-ton trucks (vans), a full-page Chevrolet ad featuring two ladies, a luxurious full-page ad for the new Studebaker State President, and a lovely color ad for Chesterfield cigarettes on the back cover which features a lady driving a gas-powered scooter. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1974Features: We shall never surrender - a look at the vintage planes flown by the RAF and FAA; The RAF's first jet fighter - a close look at the Gloster Meteor - in service for nearly thirty years!; De Havilland's Vampire - was England's first single engine jet fighter; Sea Hawk - the FAA's first modern jet fighter; The Hunter - Hawker's Classic Jet Fighter; The Delta Javelin; Blackburn's Battling Buccaneer; Two for the Sea - the venom and the vixen, protectors of the fleet; Twin-Engine Lightning - one of the first interceptors ever built; Phantom - the F-4K and F-4M help modernize the FAA and RAF; Harrier - the world's only operational VTOL aircraft; the early machines flown by the American military; the idea of a small easily stored fighter fascinated early designers; the Fledglings - the early Boeing fighters led the way to more modern warplanes; The elegant Curtiss Hawks - Curtiss kept its Hawk series of fighters in action for 20 years; Boeing's Battling Biplanes - a close look at the famous F4B/P-12 series of bi-winged fighters; XF7B-1 - Boeing's Model 273 boasted many new features; The fighters of Berliner Joyce - a company that is now almost unknown produced a number of reliable fighters; Grumman's Flying Barrels - Grumman's early biplanes firmly established their lead with naval fighters; P-26 Peashooter, first of the modern fighters; Some little-known fighters; Rumblings of Mars - surviving examples of the P-35, P-36, and P-64 are rare; P-38 Lightning; The Cobras - the unusual Bell P-39 and P-63 are virtually extinct types; Warbird Color Portfolio, Part One; P-40 Hawks; P-47 Thunderbolt; P-51 Mustang; Wildcat; Corsair; Warbird Color Portfolio, Part Two; Hellcat; Tigercat; Bearcat; Joe McConnell - Top Korea Ace; Thunderjet over Korea; The Last Thunderstreak; Lost at Sea - dramatic naval aircraft accident photos on the high seas; Skyraider - the best all-around airplane of the bloody Korean War; Korean Invaders; Leatherneck Corsairs over Korea - a pictorial essay; 'Mayday, I've been hit!" - a young naval pilot's experiences during the Korean War; Sea Fury MiG Tangler - the Hawker Sea Fury distinguished itself vs. the MiG; Flying the F-82 in Combat; Project Firefly - the Gooney Bird; The Mustang's Last Stand - the (P)F-51 Mustang reached the twilight of its combat career above Korea; The Sabre Saga; The Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star's Short-Lived Glory - it was no match for the MiG-15 over Korea; Flying the F-82 in Combat; and more. Moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
1971180 pages. Features: Great vintage ad for Polaroid cameras shows six of their products; Nice color-photo ad for the Chrysler Royal features yellow model outside white church and newly Christened baby; Color-photo for Buick's Opel 1900; Harry Gallagher's Paris Revolution - a major episode from James Jones' The Merry Month of May; The Feminine Mistake - Helen Lawrenson writes there are now two kinds of women - liberated and the other kind; Famous People I Have Known, by Ed McClanahan; Up the Cerebral Cortex, by Ivan Morris; Dylan's Boathouse, by Brock Brower; The Overturning of Two School Buses in Lamar, South Carolina, by William F. McIlwain; Esquire's Dubious Achievement Awards for 1970 - with many nostalgic photos over 10 wonderful pages; Super color photo section of fashion resort wear featuring Sally Kellerman; Interesting gift ideas; The interrogation of the Prisoner Bung by Mister Hawkins and Sergeant Tree; A Holiday feast at the Forsytes'; Guido Orlando - Cosa Sua - Public Relations guru extraordinaire - great article with numerous photo of him with celebrities; Amazing vintage two-page color-photo ad for Florsheim Shoes; Many other great vintage color ads. Average wear. Few chips from spine. A sound copy. Magazine
1970232 pages. Features: Great color photo ad for the Chrysler Cordoba; Great 2-page color photo ad for the American Motors Gremlin featuring Uncle Sam; Nice 2-page Jules Jurgensen ad; A Memoir in the Form of a Novel, by Gore Vidal; The Brilliance of Spiro Agnew, by Martin Meyer; Muhammad Ali tells what he would do were he white - and President; Raquel Welch - Retrospective Exhibition, 1964-70; Remember Bomb Shelters?; A Little Treasury of Nonnegotiable Verse; A Weekend of Incredible Gluttony in Lyons, France; The art at heaven's gate sings; If the Silent Majority could talk, what would it say? - Paul Harvey, S.L.A. Marshall, George Putnam, M. Stanton Evans; The Memory Expert - Fiction by Stanley Elkin; Rocks of Ages - beautiful/expensive stones; Miss Nude America (part of this story missing as most of page 185/87 is missing; Fashion photos; *Fantastic* color photo ad for the 1970 Dodge Charger on back cover. Many other great vintage photo ads. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
1970236 pages. Features: The Confessions of First Lieutenant William J. Calley; The People Inside Peter Sellers; Kicking the Habit - Priests of the Roman Catholic Church reconsidering celibacy; Paranoia - story by Thomas Williams; The Sirhan B. Sirhan Literary Negotiations, Etc., Inc.; Oh! Hillard Elkins! - presenting the man who brought you Oh! Calcutta; Is it Too Late for you to be Pals with a Black Panther?; Saturday at Lee ----ing Marvin's; Short Visits with Five Writers and One Friend - Russell Edson, James Purdy, Grace Paley, J.B. Singer, Frank Conroy, and friend Maurice; Photo-illustrated skiing article; Cappital Punishment - or, whompin' hippies, Dogpatch style; The Soul of the Navajo ; Great 2-page color photo ad for three Mustang car models; Color photo ad for Lincoln Continental cars; Dozens of other fantastic vintage ads - many with color photography; Average wear. Unmarked. Top third of page 105/106 missing, affecting an ad and a minor portion of an article about wine. Quarter of page 209/210 missing, affecting portion of the Sirhan Sirhan article and a credit card ad. Covers beginning to separate front textblock, otherwise a worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
193680 pages. Special Features: Presidents and First Ladies; What Do You Expect of College for Your Daughter? Many articles on domesticity, fashion, decorating, food and homemaking, short stories and poetry. Full page colour vintage print advertising including DuPont Cellophane, Ivory Snow and Ivory Flakes (cartoons), Campbell's Soup w/ Kid, and Listerine Toothpaste. Above-average wear. 4 inch opening pg 1. Small openings front/back cover. Small mailing label top right corner. A sound copy. Magazine
1937100 pages. Front Cover: Al Parker illustration. Special Features: The Dilemma of a Pacifist; Star Factory; This Is My Story by Eleanor Roosevelt; Spots and Stains; and I Bring 'Em Up Alive. Many articles on domesticity, fashion, decorating, food and homemaking, short stories and poetry. Full page colour vintage print advertising including Ivory Snow, Campbells' Soup, and Coca-Cola. Full page black/white ad with Ginger Rogers promoting Lux Toilet Soap. Full page black/white Lysol Disinfectant print ad with Dionne Quintuplets. Quarter page black/white "Shirley Temple Goes Fishing" Quaker Puffed Wheat ad. Above-average wear. Back hinge starting. Some yellowing to front cover and pages. Small mailing label top right corner. A sound copy. Magazine
1938118 pages. Special Features: Government By Gangs; What Do the Women of America Think About Religion? and Vitamins. Many articles on domesticity, fashion, decorating, food and homemaking, short stories and poetry. Full page colour vintage print advertising including DuPont Cellophane, Wrigley's Double Mint Gum, and Oxydol. Above-average wear. Few short openings front cover top and fore-dge. Front/Back cover partially loose from binding but present. Back hinge starting. Small mailing label top right corner. A sound working copy. Magazine
1968112 pages. Features: du Maurier colour photo cigarette ad inside front cover; Short article on the Yippies with small photo of Rubin; Dispute between Simon Wiesenthal and the West German Red Cross; Short article on W.A.C. Bennett of B.C.; Heward Grafftey's assessment of Quebec Premier Jean-Jacques Bertrand; Editorial on Student Power; Vintage full-page colour ad for Scotiabank's cheque guarantee card; Sensational two-page colour photo ad for the 1969 Pontiacs - Grand Prix, GTO and Firebird; Nice 2-page colour photo ad for the Oldsmobile Delta 88; Pauline Jewett's plan for new independent parties within parties - outside Parliament; Student Discontent; Toronto the Cool - article with nice colour photos; They Chose Toronto as the place to do 'Their Thing' - Jim Mercer, Sylvia Feigel, Jack Bidnik, Irene Bashuk, Jan Kuypers, Terry O'Malley; Two pages of great colour photos of fashion on Toronto's streetcars; Bessie Hart's move to Toronto from Newfoundland; Status Guide to Toronto; Are You Psychologically Equipped to Live in Toronto?; Jake Gaudaur - head of the CFL; Penman's underwear ad filmed at Niagara Falls; Where Can Ben Ginter Make His Next $30 Million? - Unions and Politics are plaguing the former cat driver; Timy Time - God Bless Him - article with photos; Great vintage colour photo ad for Polaris snowmobiles; Excellent two-page colour photo ad for Massey-Ferguson's Ski Whiz snowmobiles; Full-page black and white photo ad for Volvo cars; Full-page black and white photo ad for milk sponsored by the Ontario Milk Marketing Board; Gorgeous colour photo ad for the Ford LTD; Nice full-page colour ad for Canada Savings Bonds; Nice colour photo ad for the Chrysler New Yorker, 300 and Newport; Nice full-page colour photo ad for the 1969 Mercury Cougar; Full-page colour photo ad for the 1969 Mercury Montego; How Nancy Greene is Becoming a Money Machine; Nice Triple Crown Whisky ad inside back cover; Dunhill cigarette ad on back cover. Average wear. Address label on front cover otherwise unmarked. A sound copy. Book
194260 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Undated. Appears to be circa 1942 as ad atop page 4 indicates a printing date during WWII. Offers recipes for: Soups; Meats, Fish & Supper Dishes; Salads and Dressings; Quick Breads; Pies and Tarts; Puddings and Desserts; Cakes and Icings; Small Cakes and Cookies; Pickles and Preserves; Beerages; and Candy. Blue card covers. Vintage Neilson's Cocoa ad on back cover. Interesting ad for Camp Tapawingo inside front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Nibbling to top corner of all covers and pages. Tanning to contents. A worthy copy of this uncommon work. (Driver 099.1) Book
1831This copy includes pages 11 through 160 so is missing the first few pages plus title page, etc. It appears that a page or more are missing from the end as well. Very heavily worn and soiled. Despite these glaring defects, this very old reader remains an absolute treat to hold as you imagine the many generations which have benefitted from it for over a century and a half. Possibly a first edition but we are describing this copy as a reprint until we can prove otherwise. Book
196828 pages. Features: Charles Wilson is no Hero - Great Train Robbery participant is responsible for what happened to the train driver Jack Adams who is pictured and quoted in this interesting article; Vintage full-page colour ad for Kentucky Fried Chicken (now KFC) with Colonel Sanders; The Campers are coming - new RVs - article with photos including one of a mini driving into a bus/RV; Canada's Ambassador to Japan, Herbert O. Moran opened the embassy so Japanese kids would have room to play baseball - article with photos; Easter Eggs $1,800 per Dozen - The Paris Glove Collection created by artists Harold Town, Marken Joslin, Bruce Parsons, Tobie Steinhouse, Iain Baxter, Claude Tousignant, Jacques de Tonnancour, Gita Caiserman-Roth, Jori Smith, Greg Curnoe, George Swinton and Alfred Pinsky; Marathon Swimmer Hedy Schmidt - article with nice photos; Nice full-page colour photo ad for the Five Roses Flour fan club, junior division (5 kids on photo); Expo's Atlantica (six-sail schooner) goes to sea - article with nice photos. Printed by newspapers across Canada as a weekend supplement. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
195664 pages. Features: Cover art by John Little features Grey Cup final game at Vancouver's Empire Stadium between the Edmonton Eskimos and the Montreal Alouettes; The revolution that's changing your shopping habits - topsy-turvy trends produced by the frenzied battle for the consumer's dollar; Will they ever beat the Eskimos? - with their baffling split-T the Edmonton Eskimos have won the CFL's Grey Cup twice in a row - the task they pose is not to stop them but to find the ball; We adopted a family of criminals - Rev. Gordon Phillips and Bluebell Stewart Phillips took in prostitutes, murderers aand gunmen, and rejoiced when they went straight; Remember when we raved about the radio? - in the depression thirties, when there was little to laugh about, the comedians on radio convulsed a continent and made the radio in the parlor the centre of every family's life - many great photos; The Secret War of Charles Goodeve, Part Two - How they opened the door for D-day - with photos, including his floating bridge and rocket-propelled grapnel inventions; What would Carrie Nation do?, by Vernon Hockley; Amazing General Motors colour centerfold featuring a kitchen completely finished in pink; Canadian Club ad features colour photos of white water skiing in Austria's Salzach River, a sport (first called skiyaking) invented by Austrian champ Harald Strohmeier; Painter A.Y. Jackson recalls his most memorable meals - one in Tom Thomson's shack on Severn St. in Toronto, the other given by Lord Beaverbrook; Great colour vintage ad for Labatt's Chrystal lager beer shows man relaxing with smoke being served by his wife in front of the tv after he has been cutting grass; Expensive Sunbeam Bread promotion was Canada's biggest; Nice colour photo Coke ad on back cover features old man in white rocking chair. Average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy of this excellent issue. Magazine
1934100 pages. Features: The Road to The Left (part I); Visiting Man; Salute! - There Goes Romance; Plain Nice; Quite Happily Married; From This Day Forward; Nice one-page color ad for Campbell's soup shows 21 cans of their various flavours; Classy one-page color Camay soap ad features lady sought by gents on horse farm; Ponds cold cream ad features photos of Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel III; Vintage one-page color ad for Camel cigarettes features illustrations of Mrs. J. Gardner Coolidge, 2nd, Mrs. Thomas M. Carnegie, Jr., and Mrs. James Russell Lowell, plus endorsements by Miss Mary Byrd, Miss Alice Byrd, Mrs. Powell Cabot, Miss Anne Gould and Mrs. Potter d'Orsay Palmer; Photo of Miss Ruth Linton of St. Paul, MN as she endorses Nujol; One-page ad for Listerine toothpaste features photos of illustrator Dan Content and Betty Cook; Fascinating half-page photo ad sponsored by the California Fruit Growers Exchange proclaims "Tooth decay reduced 57% with fresh orange and lemon juice"; One-page illustrated ad for the new Ford V-8; Vintage one-page color ad for Sunkist oranges; Berry Shortcake recipe; Interior design article; Certo ad features photo of Iowa jelly and jam champion Mrs. C. Osborne; Very attractive one-page color-illustrated ad for Wesson Oil (to be used in mayonnaise) features pastel country scene; Bisquick ad features photo of Eleanor H. Dewey of Minneapolis; One-page Pond's face powder ad features color illustrations of Miss Whitney Bourne, Miss Charlotte Young, Miss Lilla Fiskk, Miss Mary Weld, Mrs. Edward Burns and Mrs. Frederic Bellinger; Several pages of lovely color illustrations of ladies' dress fashions; Photo of Edna Wallace Hopper in ad for her "Special Restorative (skin) Cream"; Vintage color comic-format ad for Lifebuoy and Rinso inside back cover cover topics such as B.O. and clothes boiling; Nice color-photo ad for Ivory Soap on back cover; and much more. Small faint date stamp atop back cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Openings at each end of backstrip. A sound copy of this delightful vintage issue. Magazine
192746 pages. Not connected with the Ford Motor Company. Interesting cover illustration claims "Half the country frozen, the other half mud holes". Main article discusses "The Used Car Problem". Article on the successful use of Fordson tractors to move 30,000 yards of dirt during construction of the State of Washington Administration Building. High cost of liability insurance in Massachusetts results in horses being brought back into service. Fordson Equipment News - article with nine great illustrations of vintage equipment; Eight New Jersey dealers experiment with radio advertising; Four samples of direct mail pieces promoting Ford dealer service; Logging contractor E.S. Friend & Son of Columbus, Ohio explains the savings Fordson brought to his operation by eliminating the use of horses; Fascinating illustration and article describe large saw blade which may be attached to the front of Fordson tractors courtesy of V.L. Holt & Co. of Portland, Oregon. Two-pages of "Used Car Appraisals for February 1927"; Many great vintage ads for equipment and parts, our favorite being the Rex Rumble Seat ad on the back cover which shows a couple of spunky young couples in car being addressed by a cop. Average wear. Minimal markings. A worthy copy of this nice Ford collectible. 13.5" x 10.2" Magazine
194450 pages. Features: Morale - and the Mails; Are We Running Out of Oil? - by a V.P. of Standard Oil; Air Service for Every Canadian Community? - interesting article with photos from Watson Lake and Whitehorse; The Bazooka is Born - workroom to warfront in thirty days - photo illustrated article provides the behind-the-scenes account of the workers who got the Bazooka to the front - and on time; Russia's Children - caring for 15 million orphans; Science attacks loneliness. Fiction: Wind in the Valley; Without Motive; Professor Pyro - part 5; Condensed Book - Der Fuehrer (part 1). Ads: Amazing Kinsmen Fund ad inside front cover raises funds for milk for British children - with photo; Nice vintage one-page ad for Trans-Canada Air Lines (T.C.A.); Calvert Distillers ad promotes partnership between Canada, the US and Britain; Ipana tooth paste; Canada Dry ginger ale; Skintite Swim Suits (with photo); Kreml Hair Tonic; John Labbatt Limited - comic-style ad #43 supports price ceilings to curb inflation; Band-Aid; Heinz Baby Foods; Alka-Seltzer; Cutex nail colours; McBrine Baggage; Brier Pipes; Don Juan Lipstick; Nice colour Coke ad on back cover depicts scene in soda shop with wartime flier describing an adventure to young boy and ladies. Average wear. Unmarked. Center page loose but present. A worthy copy of this vintage wartime issue. Book
1942228 pages. Features: Unified Command - examing the war cabinets of America, Britain, and Germany; Andre Cheradame's Plan for the UN to arm the enslaved people of Europe; The Hard Facts of Air Cargo - it can deliver a quick punch but is limited by raw materials and fuel; Making the best use of our limited steel; Housing for War - Billeting and Requisitioning are necessary for war workers - with emphasis upon Mobile, Alabama; War on the Western Ocean - a personal account of two Atlantic crossings by Stoyan Pribichevich; Machine-Tool Maker's Dilemma - Warner & Swasey has boosted turret-lathe production 700% and will be faced with no demand after the war; Lend-Lease To Date - how and how well it works; Hero - Edwim M. Stanton, Lincoln's Secretary of War; The New Age of Wood - describing its many untapped possible uses; Washington Fiscal Policy; The Edge of the Abyss - by Alfed Noyes; and more. Dozens of great vintage ads in color and black and white, including a very attractive military-themed color ad for Harrisburg Steel. Great color ad for Gruen watches on back cover offers Melbourne Brindle-illustrated cockpit view of bombers over Tokyo and caption "How To Get Home From Tokyo!" Unmarked with average wear. A quality vintage copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
197524 pages. Features: Vitaly Uspinov's Mission - For 50 Years he has watched in helpless rage from Montreal as the Soviets destroy his Church - but he believes one day the faithful will return to Moscow; King Tyee and the Salmon Princess - Al Purdy writes a fishing story about the ones that will always get away - with colour photo; The Bubble Gum Kid - article on Expo Catcher Gary Carter - with nice colour photos; Nice half-page vintage colour ad for 1975 Dodge Vans; The Food Co-Operative Revolution, by Wayne Ellwood; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
1912Pages 147-246 plus approximately 50 pages of ads, front and back. Contents: The Church and the People; The Adventure of Being Human; The Passing of a Brigadier; Judson Harmon - His Record and His Views; Savings or Efficiency? - second article on home making series; The Woman Spoke - article on native americans with quote by Chief Iron Eye of the Omahas; Art and the Average Man; Teaching Our Soldiers to Shoot - photo-illustrated article; The Story of Karl Witte - first of a series of articles on the progress and training of the child; Yankee Doodle in the style of the classical composers; From Stage Coach to Motor Car - great photo-illustrated article on early motoring. Many wonderful vintage ads including a great one-page ad for Rexall "93" Hair Tonic; Heinz Soup, Post Toasties, 2-page ad for R.M. Owen & Co. / Reo Motor Car Co. featuring Reo the Fifth, Quaker Oats - with photo of Prof. A.P. Anderson "The Man Who Invented Foods Shot From Guns", Educator Crackers, Van Camp's Pork and Beans, Dioxogen, Cheney Silks, Strathmore Paper, Hotel Chamberlin (Virginia), Santa Fe California Limited, Hamburg American Line ad for West Indies Cruise, Pebeco Toothpaste, Ostermoor Mattresses, Mott's Plumbing, The Columbia Buggy Company - featuring the self-starting 1912 Model 68-D, The Buick Model 35, Diamond Tires, American Woolen Company, and many more. Two library ink stamps to front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
194650 pages. Features: Back of Russia's Poker Face; Opera on the Upbeat; Actor on the Diplomatic Stage - Douglas Fairbanks; Profile of Arthur MacNamara. Fiction: Retreaded Wolf; The Old Stand; The Professor Plans a Haul; Watt Holly and teh City Lady. Part 2 of condensed book "The Birthday Murder". Two-page Thropp Family comic by Lawrence Lariar. Ads: Colour ad for Carling's Breweries features pheasant conservation; Vintage one-page ad for the MGM movie "Adventure" with illustration of Clark Gable and Greer Garson; Hinds for Hands; Elizabeth Arden; YWCA (inside back cover); Colour Coke ad on back cover features illustration of four young well-dressed people preparing snacks and music in someone's home. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book