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1953Vintage advertisements. Features: A survey of coniferous forest succession in the Eastern Rockies; Decay in White Spruce at the Kananaskis Forest Experiment Station; 'Selective Cutting' and the all-aged stand; Relative efficiency of some specific plot-sizes in estimating timber volumes in some specific timber types; the Saskatchewan Forest Inventory; Studies on White Pine Blister Rust in Nova Scotia; The Hatchet Planimeter; Forest sites - a discussion; seeding of cutovers and mechanical logging; and more. Prior owner's name atop front cover else clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
1904158 pages. Copyright 1904. Undated. Black and white illustrations. Nice old elementary-level school text which begins with the words "This is a story of long ago. It will tell you of the first people we know anything about. It will tell you how they lived before they had fire. It will tell you how they worked before they had tools..." Includes student activities and Suggestions for teachers. Unmarked externally. School markings upon endpapers else unmarked. Above-average but not excessive wear. Book
1991Features: The Oriental Textile Mill Tower Clock; Henry Warren and His Master Clocks; Vintage Wristwatches - Their History and Appeal; Aaron Dodd Crane Revisited - 1991 Update; The Connecticut Apprentice; Peter Cooper's Clock; The Watch and Clock Museum of the NAWCC; Making a Lux Cat's Tail or Necktie Pendulum for the Pendulette; and more. Aside from a tiny ink mark in upper corner of front cover, clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
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
1997Features: Steam Travel and Photography Forty Years ago - 1957, a vintage year, Part I - Germany and Austria; Golden Snake Bites the Dust - the last Chilean State Railways (FFCCE) type 29 2-Co-Co-2 electric locomotive; Narrow Gauge Railways in the Ukraine - Part 2; Swiss Railways 150; The World's Southernmost Railway - in Argentina; Preserved Steam Locomotives of Ontario; Vintage Steam in Denmark; Back Track; K1 Garratt Restoration. Small date stamp atop front cover else clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1972Features: Fort Langley - restocking a fur trading post; Canadian Art - a growing awareness in the U.S.; T. Mower Martin - Grand Old Man of Canadian Art; Irish glass; Decorating with antiques; Mourning Rings; Glass paperweights; Down under vintage cars; Hester Bateman Silver; Cotswold Inns; Old Tin; Vaudreuil Glass Industry. Average wear. Unmarked. No tears. Address label upon front cover. Sound copy. Magazine
1934163 pages. Occasional line drawings. Delightful and educational geographical stories and games for students at the grade three level. May be a reprint - stated printing date is 1934 but date of author's introduction is 1928. Prior owner's details inside front board. Binding sound. Average wear. A sound copy of of this rare and precious item. Book
1994Features: Earthly Treasure - Join a harrowing and humbling raft trip through B.C.'s Kitlope rainforest - cradle of native culture and a global ecological gem; Designer of Do's and Don'ts - pictogram pioneer Paul Arthur gives orders to the planet - without using a single word; Last Call? - are we silencing the loon's classic cry?; The Reel Thing - could the modern evils of TV and rock 'n' roll kill the vintage art of Celtic fiddling? - not in Cape Breton; Doctored by DNA - scientists are on the edge of engineering cures fro the deadliest diseases of our time. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
1911Features: The House in the Woods - the author made a 1908 car journey along a large portion of the Trans-Siberian Railway; Through the Wilds of Persia - by Major P.M. Sykes; A Game of Chess - a remarkable story from South Dakota about how a young chess enthusiast was compelled to play a game, with his own life for the stakes; Among the Gaddis - Nomad shepherds of the Central Himalayans; Our Trek Beyond the Zambesi - Part II of a story by Mrs. Fred Maturin; A Holiday in Japan - by Mrs. Ellen Beadnell (lovely photos); Across Unknown Labrador, The Land Where Hubbard Died - H. Hesketh Prichard relates how he attempted to do what no white man had ever done before, to cross this desolate wilderness from the Atlantic to the George River - great photos (part I); The Bandits of the Argentine - the 'Nort Americanos'; The Mysterious Senoussiland - part II of a Saharan adventure; The King of the Sticks - how Connie Chambers of Boston, a solitary white prospector, constituted himself as monarch of a tribe of Alaskan Indians, cleverly turning the tables on a policeman who was sent to arrest him; Lost in an underground lake - the appalling adventure which befell three prominent citizens of Joplin, Missouri at the Hero zinc mine in the spring of 1908; "Baching"; A Mexican Elopement; and more. Fascinating two-page illustrated stock offering by the American Automobile Manufacturing Company of Louisville, Kentucky. Nice Vose Piano advertisement on back cover. Great vintage Budweiser advertisement inside back cover. Lower two inches of front cover open at spine. Average wear. Magazine
1972746 pages. Index. Mini-skirts, hot pants, polyester men's wear and psychadellic beddings are but a few of the highlights in this vintage catalogue. Bit of writing on back cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Guaranteed amusement. A great gift for anyone born in 1972! Book
1938429 pages. Index. Authorized by the Departments of Education for Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Prior owner details upon front free endpaper. Staining to front board and part of backstrip. A worthy reading copy. Book
191815 pages. A very well-used original copy of this lovely booklet. All pages present but many loose. Above-average wear. Unmarked. 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
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
1948283 pages. Prior owner's details neatly upon front free endpaper. Minimal light pencil markings to contents. Binding intact. A sound vintage working copy. 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
196056 pages. Features: Credit Cards are Making Cash Old-Fashioned - article with photo of Alfred Ritchie, founder of the Master Credit service; Goma - the second gorilla born in captivity - article with great photos; Jump For Joy - Teaching Ukrainian Dance at the Ukrainian Centre in Edmonton - great photo-illustrated article; Full page ad for Jack the Ripper movie starring Lee Patterson; Vintage two-page colour ad for Jell-O pudding and pie filling; Dorothy Dent Describes Her Battle with Parkinson's Disease - article with photos; Two Italian Nuns Learn to Fly so then can service remote areas - short story with four photos - Sisters Maria Cleofe and Maria Innocenza; Nice two-page colour photo ad for Kroehler furniture; Sermons are Short in the Skier's Church - Rev. Horace G. Baugh preaches in Quebec's Laurentian Mountains - article with photos; I Was a Member of the Ghost Squad - More Cases of an Undercover Cop (Part 2 of 2) - Ex-Det.-Supt. John Gosling of Scotland Yard describes his battle of wits with some notable forgers and an elusive receiver; A Visit to Martha Hyer's Home Overlooking Los Angeles - article with many great photos; Andy O'Brien Describes how Russians may win the Stanley Cup! - article with photo; Robert Abels collects miniature replica's of antique firearms - brief article with five photos; Nice colour-photo ad for Old Tyme Syrup; Colour ad for People's Credit Jewellers on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Few minor clear tape repairs. A sound vintage copy. Book
196640 pages. Features: Dr. George D. Scott of Kingston is proud of his don who dropped out of grade 10 to enlist in the U.S. Army - photos and article; Hockey's Biggest Reshuffle - looking ahead to the doubling of NHL teams in the 1967-68 season - article by Andy O'Brien; Gail Ross and her Horse Hobby - article with photos; Roloff Beny - a rather enviable reputation has been forced upon me; Nice full-page colour photo ad for Arrow shirts; Aylmer Tomato Product colour centerfold; How to Spend $12 million - that's how much Mickey Rooney spend during his rise, fall and long haul back (Part 3 of 3); Great vintage colour photo full-page ad for the Honda S90; Dr. Hamendra Banerjee is trying to discover if twins Jennifer and Gillian Pollock are the reincarnation of twins Joanna and Jacqueline who were killed in an auto accident 17 months before they were born; The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) at Sanctuary Wood; Laid in is a large colour BP chart which indicates which of their gasolines should be used for which car; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
193632 pages. Vintage programme for a fundraiser in aid of the New Sussex Hospital for Women and Children, Windlesham Road, Brighton, which was held at the Corn Exchange. Features: Many nice vintage ads; illustration of H.R.H. The Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, President of the Hospital; List of Patrons; Photo of the John Howard Wing and Nurses' Home; List of Officers of the hospital; Names of General Appeal Committee members, including Young Committee; Photo portrait of Madame Marguerite Couperus, the famous Dutch singer who sang at the benefit; Names of vendors and their stalls. Average wear. Unmarked. Small coupon neatly clipped from upper corner of back cover. A sound and charming copy. Book
195392 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for the 1953 Ford Customline Fordor Sedan; Magnificent full-page photo ad for Allis-Chalmers Tractor Division features Montreal's Miron & Freres Ltd. using an HD-20G, the world's largest tractor shovel with a 4-yard bucket; Very colourful full-page ad for BA service stations; Great colour photo full-page ad for the General Electric Twin-System refrigerator; The fight over Vitamin E - a bonus length feature on how Dr. Evan Shute and Dr. Wilfred Shute claim to be using Vitamin E to improve major health problems of their patients - with photos; Response to the Vitamin E article by the Canadian Medical Association; The corpse that hoaxed the Axis - Part One of the amazing story of how "Major Bill Martin" was part of a British Secret Service plot to mislead the Nazis into thinking the Allies would invade Sardinia, not Sicily; Anna had to be a clown - Claudia Anna Russell-Brown is a funny lady! - with large photo; The Duke of Edinburgh - the man behind the Queen - part 7 and final instalment of series "The Family in the Palace"; Can the West Stand Peace? - will Malenkov's peace offensive increase the danger of a slump and turn it into a propaganda victory for the Communists?; Louis Hemon - Vagabond Genius - article with photos; The Strange Death of Daddy Daniels (fiction); Henry Morgan and Company Limited, of Montreal, are the holdest and most courtly department store keepersin Canada - article with great photos; Never tell a woman anything (humour); The fastest man on four legs - Horse Jockey Johnny Longden - article with photos; Colour ad for the Chevrolet Bel Air 4-Door Sedan; Nice vintage colur ad for Cycla-matic Frigidaire refrigerators; Nice full-page two-colour ad for 1953 GMC trucks; Electrohome television and radio ad; Excellent colour photo Caterpillar ad inside back cover shows 1953 scraper in action plus a rare 1923 photo of a tractor pulling a scraper which is loading a horse-drawn wagon with earth; Great Coke ad on back cover shows smiling woman at gas station; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
197920 pages. Features: 68% of Canadians believe the unemployed don't want work; 74-year-old Sally Rand has been an exotic dancer for 50 years! - article with great colour photos by Annie Leibovitz; 50 Years of Striptease - 5-page article with many wonderful vintage illustrations; Allan Blakeney's New Deal - article with two colour photos; A day in the life of singer Rene Simard - article with colour photo; University of Minnesota basketball player Leo Rautins - Big Man on Campus - article with two colour photos; and more. Average wear. Some creasing. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1929Splendid cover illustration of planes in spotlights by W. Gord. Wallace. 40 pages. Features: Nice Fairchild ad with photos of their Wasp, 21 and 41 models; Great photo ad for Canadian Vickers Limited showing their Vedette; Canadian Pacific Express photo ad shows packages beinng loaded into plane from a truck - super vintage ad for Canada's first air express service; Photo ad for Armstrong-Siddeley's Jaguar 455 H.P. air-cooled static radial engine; Great article with five photos discusses Industrial Photography in aviation - with aerial photos of American Falls at Niagara, Industrial Hamilton, General Motors of Canada's Oshawa Plant, and Ontario Hospital at Hamilton; The National Aeronautic Association of the United States - article by Senator Hiram Bingham; Saskatoon Aero Club - article with two photos including R. Randall, C. Yule, R. Schwinghammer, Dr. L. McConnell, T. Sigsworth, J.F. Bythell, S. McClelland and R. Mayson; News from the flying clubs; Expansion announced by Canadian Vickers, Limited; Photo of the inauguration of Canadian Pacific Express bi-weekly air service; Formation of the Canadian Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company; New metal Gipsy Moth passes strict government tests - article with photos; Helioplane developed by John E. Hess of New Westminster, B.C. - article; Great full-page photo ad for the Gipsy Moth by De Havilland; Short-wave wireless transmitter devised by R.N. Johnston and Charles Ward, two young engineers of the Ontario Forestry Branch; Ad for Montreal's Continental School of Flying with photo of Capt. J.H. St. Martein; Principles of Aeroplane Construction - article; Super vintage full-page photo ad for the rotary "Snow King" plow by J.S. Innes Limited; Full-page ad for the Wright Whirlwind engine; Nice full-page ad for the Woods Manufacturing Company of Ottawa shows their flying suits; Ad for the Monocoupe inside back cover; Rambler ad on back cover promotes their all-metal lighte aeroplanes. Average wear. Binding intact. One-inch opening to top of coverfold. A sound vintage copy of this excellent early issue. Book
1947132 pages. "These lessons cover all the brances of cookery that are considered most important by the majority of Canadian women. The 'why' and 'how' of everything are explained as clearly as possible" - from page one. Above-average but not excessive wear and soiling - as is typical for cookbooks of this vintage. A sound copy. Book
196240 pages. Features: Exercise in Space - interesting article with photos explains how the company seeks to minimize the space of the shipping boxes it uses to transport its vehicles by ship; Vintage Ride - a wonderful 2856-mile trip that was made in a Vauxhaull 30/98 at Luton over 40 years ago; Garden Guests; Dressed in White - photos of a trip to St. Moritz by Douglas Dickins in his Vauxhall; Major Roads Ahead - some of the many road building projects presently under construction; "Motor" road-tests the Victor Super - detailed review article; Alan Brinton's View; Fishiology - An Gilmour's fishing trip in her Dormobile caravan; Art in Iron - photos of signs; 65 m.p.h. in a speed-limit area - not 'dangerous'; Readers letters; Many pages of great ads; Nice colour photo ad on back cover for the VX4/90. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1962Pages 85-132. Features: Colour cover photo of a VX 4/90 being loaded into the nose of a Carvair (Channel Air Bridge); The 100th course of the R.A.C. Junior Driver Scheme - article with photos; You Must Give Way - animals on the road take precedence over motor traffic; Pressure Group - the 800 ton Schuler press at the Luton factory; Fuel Consumption Test; Photos and story of a motor trip to Italy in a Velox; Page of photos of vintage accessories for your Vauxhall; The Mountains Move Nearer - A VX 4/90 helps make history on the inaugural flight of the new Channel Air Bridge car ferry services to Switzerland - article with photos; Brinton's View; Ladies' Maid - A New Zealand trip - article and photos; Photos of interesting parking signs; "Your Name and Address Please" - how to deal with the police when stopped. Many pages of great vintage ads. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
