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199264 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Nice vintage ads on covers. Features: Photos and details of glass powder horns; The Magic of Metamorphic Trade Cards - Part II - Beyond Patent Medicines - fantastic vintage ads; Hair Raising Stories - Circassian Hair Oil and Restorative - A.L. Scoville & Co.; Bryan's Top Shelf - his tall and short bottles; Embalming Bottles - informative and wonderfully illustrated article by Adrienne S. Escoe; Jar Talk in Fredericksburg, Texas; Dr. Pepper's Mountain Herbs; "Dr. Pepper's Phos-Ferrates"; Extra Special Deliveries; Bottle Network News; British Bottle Bits; Auction Directory; The Label Space - The Bunker Hill Monument is popular on labels - Bunker Hill Pickles; Up-Dates; "Nyal" - a Poison Bottle story by Ben and Mirriam Glassman. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
199264 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Nice vintage ads on covers. Features: Patent Medicine Horror - Their manufacturers recognized the appeal of the morbid to the American Public - great article with vintage morbid ads; Ants Interred - a Garry Owen Strengthening Bitters tale; Political Trade Cards - buying the votes and selling the goods - great vintage ads; Jar Talk; Extra Special Deliveries; Bottle Network News; British Bottle Bits - tinder boxes and other items which predate the modern friction match; Expo '92; Auction Directory; The Label Space - picked Pigs Feet Bottles, and other bottles probably marketed through the Sears-Roebuck catalog; Up-Dates; Dispensing Tablets - Ben and Miriam Glassman examine their newly acquired poison bottles; Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
199264 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Nice vintage ads on covers. Features: H. Kennedy Pottery of Glasgow - Scottish Potter for the World - good article with photos; Holston Bottling Company - an earlyDr.Pepper bottler; Political Trade Cards II - article with reproductions of super vintage ads; Jar Talk; Extra-Special Deliveries; Bottle Network News; The Owl of Munsey - Scott Grandstaff dislikes stain!; British Bottle Bits; The Label Space - Weyman & Bros. Jars; Auction Directory; Up-Dates; Digging Around. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
199264 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Nice vintage ads on covers. Features: A Dream Come True - Jim and Barb Sinsley and their trip to New England for Bottlemania; Strangers in a Strange Land - the exclusion of Chinese immigrants from the American Dream - article and many fantastic vintage ads and illustrations; His Crown Caused a Revolution - William Painter of Baltimore invented the crown cork; Jar Talk; Extra Special Deliveries; Bottle Network News; British Bottle Bits - Fairy Lights; Pretty, Strange, and Poisonous - the garden of Ben and Miriam Glassman; The Label Space - Raymond's Best Pickles, a Canadian bottle - Labelled embossed Putnam Lightning jars - Labeled Phoenix Surgical Dressing Jar; American Seals; Up-Dates; Auction Directory; Super Digger. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
199164 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Collecting Glass Knives - long article with great photos; Moore's Revealed Remedy - Luther L. Moore's concoction of roots and bark peculiar to Puget Sound; Jar Talk; Trade Cards While You Can - article with great vintage illustrations; British Bottle Bits - Poisonous Ammonia Bottles; Extra Special Deliveries; B.N.N.; Auctions; Researching Envelopes Without Dates; Up-Dates; Irish Whiskey - article with photos. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
199180 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Schramm Glass Manufacturing Company of St. Louis, 1905-1925; Jar Talk - Killer Fruit Jars; Hair Raising Stories - Tricopherous for the Hair; British Bottle Bits - Unlisted Poison Bottle - John Southerst Patent, fantastic ads for vintage machines; Great illustrated two-page ad for a Western Glass Auctions event; Extra Special Deliveries; S.L.O.B.S. - The San Louis Obisbo Bottle Society; Bottle Network News - The Pioneer Drug Store, by David Bethman; Auctions; Bottle Displays welcome new collectors; Up-Dates; Golden Gate Show; My Little Brown Jug - Charlie Horn digs up a M.& M.Co. Island City, Oregon jug; Extraordinaire - Potomac Show & Slick's Auction, including photo of Vaseline jar collection. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
199048 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Nice vintage illustration on front cover. Features: Come Tour the National Bottle Museum - illustrated article with photos; Jar Talk - several wonderful vintage ads; The Dairy Supply Co., London & the Show Churn - with illustrations of some of their vintage advertising items; Messages; The Slop Hole - a Marc Lutsco about a California digging site; Extra Special Deliveries; Golden Gate Show Report; Up-Dates; News Notes; Speaking of Stoneware; Bottle Digger's Days and Rain, by Scott Leiter. Writing on pages 28 and 30. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
199060 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Akro Agate Co. made Marbles - article with photos; The Grand Old Hotel Del Monte - informative article with photos; Jar Talk - great vintage canning ads and more; British Bottle Bits - internal screw threads, the crown cap, the "Beehive" top, the "Chisel Stopper"; Ninety Years Ago - story continued from last month; Auction Directory; Extra Special Deliveries; 1990 Southeastern Show and Sale -article with nice photos; Up-Dates; Messages; "The Pontil" February, 1965. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
199064 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Palmer Story - Palmer Perfumer, the First American Perfumer; Trade Cards - article with reprints of amazing vintage cards; Jar Talk - fruit jar wrenches and more canning information; Bottle-Dose - The Heckler - Skinner - Keene Show; British Bottle Bits - What was in those tooth pastes? - a fascinating article!; Extra Special Deliveries; Northwestern Show; Up-Dates; Messages; Auction Directory; Miniature Bottle Show - San Francisco Bay area; Chinese Gold Mining Camp - an account of our find during the drought of '76-'77, by Seth Simpson. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
1969230 pages. "With hundreds of classic (and crazy) advertisements, covers in full color, and howling articles from America's favorite family magazine of the 20's, 30's & 40's." - from dust jacket. Former library copy with minimal library markings. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this entertaining and nostalgic compilation. Book
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
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
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
196216 pages. Features: Funding for the Kinsmen Club's new health unit; Doukhobor women denounce Stefan Sorokin and the Fraternal Council in preference to John Lebedoff; E.C. (Terry) Whitelock - His paintings of Napoleonic era uniforms win world respect - nice photo with article; Renovating the Nelson Canadian Legion; Palm Dairy gets rid of milk bottles in favour of Pure-Pak cartons; Kootenay Cadets - with photos of Mike Molloy, Harry James, Vic Young, and others; Continuing sabotage by Doukhobor radicals; Should Nelson sell the North Shore Power Line?; Dozens of wonderful local vintage ads, our favourite being the Gala Opening of Totem Burger. Average wear. Yellowed with age. Moisture markings. Bit of writing on front cover. A worthy copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Newspaper
1982180 pages. Features: Migration between the core and the periphery; radar images of the earth from space; the development of maps and stripes in the brain; personal computers; samples of the Milky Way; the interaction of moving water and sessile organisms; the search for prime numbers; the lamps of Cosa; and more. Bit of writing to front cover and page 3. Covers partially detached from staples. Many nostalgic color photo ads, including an early Microsoft ad which incorporates their early green logo. Moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
1962318 pages. Cover painting entitled "Mount Robson and Emperor Falls" by Jack L. MacLean. Great back cover colour photo ad for various models and colours of phones. Includes 192 pages of vintage local yellow pages ads plus several pages of ads for contemporary phone products. Average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful 1962 snapshot of Victoria, B.C. Book
199464 pages. Features: A Selection of Label Only Bottles - lovely photos with article; Pets and Patent Medicines - many great vintage illustrations with article; Irish Whisky Bottles - photos and article; Many ads; Indy Fruit Jar Show; Bottle Network News; British Bottle Bits - Winternational 1994; Kaukauna Klub Cheese Crocks; Commercial Packing Jars - Canton Domestic Fruit Jar; My First Outhouse Dig, by Tony Charlton. Some soiling to front cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
1945176 pages. Vocabulary. Notes for teachers. Many charming color illustrations. Originally published in 1935 - this copy may be a 1945 reprint. Chapters include: Weather; Living Things; Land and Water; Sun, Moon, and Stars; Making Work Easy. Average wear - few markings, tears, etc. Binding intact. A sound working copy of this excellent homeschooling text. Book
195622 pages. Features: Nice Simpson's fashion ad inside front cover; List of entertainment events in Toronto this week; Many vintage ads for Toronto businesses; List of local places of interest for guests of the hotel; Full-page ad for the Imperial Room featuring the romantic rhythms of Johnny Lindon and his Orchestra, with Betty Jean Ferguson; List of amenities offered by the hotel; Phone numbers for various Toronto services of use to travellers; Centrefold map of Toronto with list of places of interest plus location key for advertisers; Two-page promotion for shipping on Canada's "Fifth Avenue" - the Yonge, Bloor, Bay district; Holt Renfrew and Bank of Nova Scotia (with photo) ads inside back cover; Nice Eaton's ad on back cover features illustrations of their Main and College St. stores with written details for each. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. A wonderful vintage piece of Toronto ephemera. Magazine
193180 pages. Features: Buhl Aircraft Company ad inside front cover; America's Fortress of the Sky - photo-illustrated article on construction of the U.S.S. Akron; Building and Flying the Amphibian Glider - article with detailed drawings; Great Britain's Flying Giants - photo-illustrated article; The Airplane of Tomorrow Now Being Perfected - photo-illustrated article on technical innovations by the N.A.C.A. at Langley Field; Flying Beyond the Twilight Zone - photo-illustrated article on lighting to permit night flight; How to Build the Rhon Ranger - photo illustrated article with detailed drawings; Meteorology and Navigation; New Radio Transmitter for Airway Application - The 8A and 9A; The Bleriot 110 - illustrated article on this new long-distance high-wing monoplane; Training Transport Pilots - photo-illustrated article on Parks Air College; Article on diesel engines with photo of Packard diesel aircraft engine; Solving the problem of Radio Shielding on Airplaine Engines; and more. Average wear. Openings at each end of covers along spine. Binding intact. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Book
1998Features: Celestial bedroom in 1/4" scale; CJ's - miniaturists successful in business; Learn the secrets of soldering fine metal; Make a Boston fern; Dramatic depression-era tenement room; charming '50s vintage roombox; frontier barbershop; The sunbonnet; crochet an old-fashioned shawl; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Moisture exposure to top edge of pages. A worthy copy. Magazine
1934This listing consists of pages 1-4, 7-14 of this issue which measures 23.5"x17". Contents: Interesting stories about Japan's intentions in the far east, Negro suspects held re: Bremerton murders, rough trip on Manitoba lake ice, and many more; photo ads for the new Ford V-8 and the Graham auto sold by Thos. Plimley, Ltd.; Weird story of Wolf Man of B.C. Coast is denied; editorial page; Safeway ad; Large Hudson's Bay Company ad; Social pages; Assorted additional vintage ads. Above-average wear and soiling. Chipping to bottom edge of some pages with minor loss of text. A great heirloom from earlier days in Victoria, B.C. Newspaper
1934This listing consists of pages 1-6 and 15-20 of this issue which measures 23.5"x17". Contents: Interesting stories about Alberni mill fire, new move to get Germany back into league, research institute suggested for B.C. by Dr. J.A. Harris, Rev. Robert Connell says communism not part of C.C.F. and many more; nice photo ad for the new 'bigger' Dodge car - available at Begg Motor Col, Ltd.; editorial page; local news; business page, cartoons; two pages of Classified ads; David Spencer Limited ads; Assorted additional vintage ads. Average wear and soiling. A great heirloom from earlier days in Victoria, B.C. Newspaper
1934This listing consists of pages 1-12 of this issue which measures 23.5"x17". Contents: Hitler smashes revolt; Death of mountaineer Alex H. Dalgleish; Pioneer and Bralorne mines in B.C. may rival famous South African workings; Bones of Cougar Ike found near Nitnat?; White fishermen push seven Japanese fish boats out of Bull Harbor and warn them not to return; Merrit Indians sentenced to hang for Murder of Indian department constable F.H. Gisborne - with photos of Richardson George, Eneas George and Alex George; Editorial page; City and District News page; Social pages; Entertainment page; Assorted additional vintage ads. Average wear and soiling. A great heirloom from earlier days in Victoria, B.C. Newspaper
1934This listing consists of pages 1-4, 7-8, and 13-18 of this issue which measures 23.5"x17". Contents: Communists pelt police upon release of communist Sam Carr; Slayings by firing squad ended in Germany; San Francisco waterfront brawl between strikers and police; large illustrated ad for McLaughlin-Buick Straight Eights, available through H.A. Davie, Ltd.; Editorial page; Social pages; Sports page; Business page; Cartoon page; Classified ads page; B.C. Mining News feature; large ad for David Spencer Limited; Assorted additional vintage ads. Average wear and soiling. A great heirloom from earlier days in Victoria, B.C. Newspaper
