196620 pages. Features: Dr. Frederick J. Gaudet of the the Stevens Institute of Technology is interviewed, and says we will soon cut our auto accident rate in half; Fidel Castro and the Ex-nurse - photo-illustrated article on Pepita Riera - whose Miami-based broadcasts are such a threat to the Cuban dictator that he's tried to kill her 15 times; A Grain of Mustard Seed (fiction); Those Crazy Computers! - do you think they are infallible, or are you one of thousands of Americans who know they screw up? - with great cartoon illustration of people protesting beside a huge computer; One-page color ad for miniature fruit-bearing trees - orange, lemon and lime; Letters from kids to the FBI; Half-page ad for country music record features photo of Don Wilson; Meat loaf recipes; Half-page color-photo ad for special grapefruit spoon features 'groovy' sixties colored lettering; Zipcodes USA - teen Q&A featuring photo of model Colette Bablon; Great 1/4-page black and white retro ad for "Strange Prophecies" includes photo of Marguerite Carter; Great article on hidden qualifications of celebrities - for example, Winston Churchill held a union card in a British bricklayer's local!; Super back cover color ad for the detective mystery books of Erle Stanley. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
196920 pages. Features: The Bad and the Beautiful - Topless opera photo of Joanna Simon in "Bomarzo" and intimate photo of Vanessa Redrave with Franco Nero from "A Quiet Place in the Country"; Great one-page retro color-photo ad for the Hostess electric Hot Tray; Death Row is Crowded with Waiting Men - it seems only the poor are executed; Young World features content on Kyle Johnson (son of Lt. Uhura of the Star Trek series) with photo, as well as Cathi Krisiloff, a cowgirl from Parsippany, NJ - with photo of her riding horse; Teach Your Preschool Child Yourself; Super retro color 3/4 centerfold Libby's ad promotes their "Bucko" contest; Quaint half-page ad for E.A. Carey tobacco pipes offers a 30-day no-risk purchase - with photo of Mr. Carey; Mushroom recipes; Fantastic 2/3-page retro color-photo ad for Bates Floaters shoes; Hunting the Great Boar - former Harper's Bazaar editor Joie McGrail describes the hunt with her husband Bill McGrail; Nostalgic back cover ad features "Archie"-style cartoons to promote free color photo film offered by Famous Brand of Philadelphia. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
1949192 pages. Surely one of the most delightful vintage/retro cookbooks we have ever had the pleasure to lay eyes on! Open the mundane front cover and immediately inside you will find a glorious colour vintage ad for Salter cooker scales. Other colour ads are to be found within. And what of the contents? They are presented exclusively in colour comic format with literally hundreds of illustrations. Far out! Undated but appears to be circa 1949. Average wear. Prior owner's discrete signature upon both covers and first page. Average wear and soiling. Binding intact. A sound copy. Place this on your kitchen table, sit back and watch your guests gasp with pleasure. :-) Book
2001216 pages. Features: Swaths of colour and pattern bathe a traditional family home; Jane Hess mixes period and place, modern with antique; Bringing a refined air to a Florida vacation home; Designer Michelle Crowley-Crawford and rustic living; Hotel Chick checks into the bath; Three professional stylist homes on display; Mary Janigan's shady city plot; Sheer fabric projects; 5 recipes go buffet-style; and more. Small clipping from lower corner of first few pages. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
2000176 pages. Features: Year's top design trends and hot new paint colours; Ian Hylton turns his Toronto apartment into a haven; Retailer Stephen Sutch adds bold colours to his Vancouver apartment; Art and books in Calgary designer's home; Ideas to brighten your home during long winter nights; Sharon Mimran uses retro glamour in her own second-floor lounge; Modular coffee table; Cookbook passion and signature recipes; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
2013140 pages. Features: Cover photo of Brian Williams' daughter, Allison; Ivy League Sirens Take Hollywood! - 19 brainy beauties study their way to stardom; Beatles Farm Girl - a MacCartney memoir of recipes and rock 'n' roll; Jackie O's Tower of Power - the strange story of a very expensive apartment building; Travel the T&C way; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
196870 pages. Features: Priests Shouldn't Marry; Draft Resisters - "Hell no, we won't go!"; Deserters go Underground; Gertrude Crum's Recipes for Success; Death in a Far Place - four men climb an Alaskan mountain and one loses his life; The Tragedy of Thomas Dodd (part 2); A Comedian's Life - maybe tomorrow, maybe the next day - Jeremy Vernon; ""I Want to Smoke Pot"; The Great Auk; Trip Out on Red Lizzie; and more. Ads: Fantastic one-page color-photo ad for the 440 Dodge Coronet, featuring a blue two-door hardtop with white roof; Nice one-page color ad for the 1968 Wide Track Pontiacs - featuring a maroon 2-door 1968 Benneville; Great one-page color-photo Campbell's Soup ad features Campbell's kid, smiling butcher and a large assortment of meat; Nice one-page Oldsmobile ad features color photo of family with goldish-colored Vista-Cruiser station wagon; Nice one-page color-photo ad for the (baby blue with dark roof) 1968 Plymouth Fury III saying "Luxury isn't expensive anymore."; Cover held by two of the three staples. Four-inch opening to bottom of coverfold. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1980104 pages. Features: Great color-photo Jordache ad featuring topless lady with two men; Toyota Celica ad (blue); William Safire on Census Vocabulary; That Electric Feeling; The Selling of the President - Robert Strauss is Chairman of the campaign to re-elect Jimmy Carter; Marshall Brickman, Woody Allen's Collaborator, Strikes a blow for brainy humor in 'Simon', a film all his own - article with color photos; Great color photo ad for Maidenform shows model in undergarments passing by a Queen's Foot Guard; The Wide World of ABC's Roone Arledge - article with photos; The Divided Youth of Israel - differences on the direction Israel should take; Nice two-page color ad for Carlsberg beer; Two-page color-photo centerfold ad for Stanley Blacker for Women, Inc.; A Case Against Slamming the Schoolhouse Door; Photo of Walter Cronkite with Dan Rather; Fashion - The Provocative Peekaboos - bits of bare skin are being exposed in many new designs; Leek recipes; The Pueblo-style home of painter Forrest Moses in New Mexico; Makeup beyond the Hairline; Camp ads. Small library stamps on each cover. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
198088 pages. Features:; Cover photo of Roberta Newman with her divorced parents, Richard and Judith. Nice ad for the 1980 Cadillac; One-page color photo ad for Singapore Airlines features three lovely flight attendants; Safire on 'Spookspeak'; Looking through an old address book; Lauren Bacall is featured in a Fortunoff ad; New Voices in American Poetry - article with one-page color photo of Lawrence Ferlinghetti reading to a group; Ad for the 1980 Malibu Classic Sedan; China's Long March into the Future - individual initiative is being spurred by the promise of higher living standards, not Maoist revolutionary romanticism; Is Joint Custody Good for Children?; Toyota Celica ad (blue); Einstein Moomjy Carpet ad features color photo of Albert Moomjy and the 'Great Floor of China'; Ted Kennedy - Haunted by the Past; Fashion - Fabrics that Stretch; The Best-Dressed Beds in Town - sultry color photos of exquisite European linens; Pancake recipes; Chivas Regal ad on back cover with Valentine's Day theme; Real estate and Camp ads. Small library stamp on each cover. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
198072 pages. Features:; Great color-photo Sasson Jeans ad inside front cover features New York Rangers players Phil Esposito, Ron Duguay, Anders Hedberg, and Captain Dave Maloney; Nice ad for the Lancia Coupe (blue); Safire on coffee vocabulary; The Vanishing Political Mentor; Archeology's New Frontier - underwater in the barren cove of Serce Liman on the coast of Turkey; Russia's Power Strategy - What next after it invaded Afghanistan?; What will they do for New York? - Presidential hopefuls Jerry Brown, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan; Color-photo centerfold ad for the Honda Accord; Color photos of "The New Pants"; Eileen Gray - The Dark Lady of High Tech; Chicken recipes; Real estate and Camp ads; and more. Small library stamp on front cover. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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
1970116 pages. Features: Beaunit Bemberg color-photo fashion ad features the President of Eagle Clothes, Stanley Goldman; Nice Jade East ad; The Equal Rights Amendment - What, Exactly, Does it Mean?; Many gorgeous fashion ads; The Way Egyptians See Israel, Uncle Sam, The SAMS - photo-illustrated article; Can Fascism Happen Here? Is it Already Happening?; Whitney Young - Black Leader or 'Oreo Cookie'?; F. Lee Bailey - Headhunter; Learning the Political Facts of Life; Tomato Marmalade Recipes; Two-page Maxwell House Coffee ad features Mrs. William Cosgrove of Oakland, NJ; Stephen Rubin's Duplex in a former storage attic in the Dakota overlooking Central Park was designed by William Machado; Great one-page ad for the Village Voice bears title "Dissatisfaction Guaranteed Or Your Money Back"; Color fashion photos 'For the Young and Daring"; Plymouth Gin ad features photos of Ernest Dichter, President of the Institute for Motivational Research, and E.H. Demby, President of Psychographics, Inc.; Unusual full-page color photo of a spectrum of colors of toilet seats by Magnolia; and more. Above-average wear to covers which are all but loose from staples. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1963116 pages. Features: Cover photo of stolid East German woman working on construction project in East Berlin; One-page Loew's Hotel ad features the Americana of New York; Lovely fashion ads; Germany Give Rise to Vast Uncertainties - can we be sure how the Bonn Republic will use its capacity to tip the scales?; Five photos of street scenes in East Berlin; Q's and A's About Presidential Press Conferences - with photos of JFK; Suggestions to Improve Congress; The Laser Lights Up the Future - article on its great potential; Enchanted Centenary of the Brothers Grimm; Photo-illustrated article on the Dominican Republic's President Juan Bosch, successor to the late dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo; The Theories of John Maynard Keynes are now seen in the main line of Economic Thought - with widespread social consequences; Interesting Dan River color fashion ad features lady in path of wrecking ball; Feature photo-illustrated article on Maurice Chevalier; Photo of Ray Conniff in one-page Columbia Records ad; The Student Princess - photos of Princess Ann and her soon-to-be school Benenden; The Lincoln Center - The Art of the Film - with seven photos from films; Great 'Fantasy' fashion photos; Cheesecake recipes; Sandler Shoes; Photos of incorporating hi-fi equipment into home design; Kenwood Stereo ad; Fascinating four photos of Korean lady divers who retreive fish life and vegetation from the sea floor - for $1.50 per day. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy Book
192864 pages. "This little book will help you keep out of the kitchen in summer." - subtitle. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A high-quality copy of this charming vintage summer cookbook. Book
1956116 pages. Index. Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this nostalgic Canadian cookbook. Book
1934544 pages. Sixteen pages of vintage ads at back. A large compilation of recipes, with the names of their contributors, organized into dozens of categories. "The name Wimodausis is taken from the first syllables of the words wives, mothers, daughters and sisters, and was adopted in 1906... The Club stressed the value of personal service and responsibility and, since 1915, its main interest centred around the Earlscourt Children's Home." - from verso of title page. Heavy wear. Moderate internal soiling. Bottom half of backstrip taped in place. Binding shaken but intact. Ads were stuck together at bottom. Spine slant. A worthy copy of this early Toronto cooking heirloom. Book
195548 pages. Nice colour illustrations. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this charming vintage cookbook by the Carnation company which highlights the use of its milk products in recipes for younger readers. Book
1955Originally issued with 18 pages, this copy missing title page. Undated. Appears to be circa 1955. Four pages of colour photos. Ten pages of recipes for such treats as Puree Mongole, Scalloped Finnan Haddie and Peas, Pork Chops Creole, and Plum Batter Pudding. Last page taped in place. Above-average wear and soiling. A worthy copy of this vintage Canadian cookbook. Not listed in Driver. Book
1905128 pages. Index. Occasional black and white photos of Ogilvie mills in Eastern Canada. The first cookbook issued by a Canadian milling company to be distributed nationally. Average wear. Binding sound. One-inch piece missing from upper corner of title page and page 117. Bit of writing on back of last page. Pages 123-24 missing - may have contained household tips or order form, otherwise a sound first edition copy of this historic Canadian cookbook. (Driver Q55.1) Book
194256 pages. Features: News digest includes 'Invasion Prospects', 'The Fuehrer's Necessity', Setting the Far East Ablaze', and more; Nice photo-illustrated ad by the Department of Munitions and Supply for Canada shows woman pondering joining the workforce; Science - Secret Weapon of the Soviets - article with photo of the Dickstein sisters at the Medical Institute at Rostove-on-Don, and Professor Lepeshinskaya; Jungle Flight (short story); Master Mariner (short story); Hockey's Maple Leafs Didn't Grow on Trees - article in the Toronto Maple Leafs with photos of Conn Smythe, Hank Goldup, goalie Bastien, and a Leafs-Bruins 1941 playoff game; Gracie Fields - The Highest Paid Artist in the World - photo-illustrated article; The Peace and the Quiet; A Man Comes Home; Salute to Seventy - article with photos of C. Aubrey Smith, Donald Meek, May Robson, Frank Morgan, Edward Everett Horton, Anne Bauchens, Hobart Bosworth, Wallace Beery and Lewis Stone; Fleischmann's Yeast one-page ad features illustration of pathetic Europeans lined up for food, in contrast to Canadian family eating feast; Dominion Textile ad includes illustrations of servicemen; Colgate ad includes illustration of the Dionne Quintuplets marching in military style, with inset illustration of their doctor, Allan R. Dafoe; Woodbury Cold Cream ad features photo of Ilona Massey; Excellent Victory Bonds centrefold ad features world map with silhouettes of Japanese and German soldiers menacing North America from west and east respectively, and states 'The War is at our Door"; Article "On the Kitchen Front" covers tea time entertaining, inexpensive meat recipes, lesser-known pickles, an overseas recipe and the roast of the month; Rare colour ad for Canadian canned lobster, sponsored by the Canadian Department of Fisheries; Fashion article and illustrations; Photo of girl who ate too many chocolates, submitted by W.R. Wilson of Sudbury, Ontario; Quotes from around the world; H.J. Heinz ad inside back cover features illustration of hand-logging scene and horses hauling huge logs; Back cover colour Coke ad shows bottle in one hand and wrench in the other; and more. Unmarked with heavy external wear and archival-tape repairs to coverfold. Not pretty but a worthy reading copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
194172 pages. Features: "Canada is Strong", one-page ad shows Canadian farmer tilling land; One-page Singer sewing machine ad features Mrs. S. Armstrong of Montreal; News Digest discusses Yugolsavia's 'purge', Slav vs. Teuton again, Washington News, and an 'inside job' for Hitler; Frigidaire ad; We Blockade the Continent - article with fascinating map explains wartime trade complications; Slave Labour Under the Nazi Scourge - Fascinating photo-illustrated article written by Oskar Lutze, a former trade-union official of Berlin; The Slide on Short Mountain (short story); War and Canada's Golden Age - article explains how Canada will benefit from WWII; The Designing Wench (short story); The Running Man (short story); Inside the Gestapo - conclusion of fascinating article about a strange and fatal bunch of documents, with photos of Franz von Papen and Countess Vera Fugger; Bluff by Holloway Horn (short story); The Woes of Wives; Longines watch ad includes photo of Sir Hubert Wilkins; Gay Garden Gadgets; Half-page Canadian Pacific ad for the Banff Springs Hotel; Hollywood news and photos; Photo of Norma Shearer in Woodbury cold cream ad; Nostalgic 1941 Chevrolet centrefold ad encourages readers to be "Feature-Wise", with illustrations of dozens of features available in their cars; Men and Their Wardrobes; Treasure in Strange Places; With Love from the Luftwaffe - article on German bombing of Britain; Birth of a Lipstick; Maple Leaf Fund - article with photo of Victor T. Goggin, President of the Fund; Department of National War Services half-page ad says "Save Scrap Metals, Rags, Paper and Bones"; Norway Fights On - one year after the Germans invaded; Watch Your Step; The Small Room (short story); Swimming and Health; Serve Them, They Serve You - cooking article with recipes; Fashion illustrations; Classy War Savings Certificates ad inside back cover shows mother with kids on hilltop and her 'pledge to them - and to Canada'; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this extraordinary wartime issue. Book
194052 pages. Features: Lovely photo-illustrated RCA Victor radio ad inside front cover; News digest includes 'Petain and Hindenburg', 'The Franco-British Naval Clash', 'Our Glorious Air Force', and 'Third Term for President Roosevelt?"; Oil Will Win the War - prophetic article on WWII; "Great-Souled Mahatma Gandhi - wonderful photo-illustrated article asks if his vow of non-violence will settle our empire's hugest problem; The Wicker Chair (short story); Best of Breed (short story); An Evening in Town (short story); Miracle Man of Australian Never-Never - photo-illustrated article on Australia, with photo of John Flynn; Beyond the Circle (short story); Tek Tooth Brush half-page two-colour ad; Photo-illustrated article on Hollywood mothers; Brief write-up with photo of Victor Mature; Colour fashion illustrations; I Like Her Because - article on female style; Pickling recipes; Nice one-page Magic Baking Powder ad; Interesting orange and black Kellogg's Corn Flakes ad features photo of M. Maurice Aquarone, Chef-de-Cuisine of the Connaught Hotel, Hamilton; Back cover ad for Heinz Ketchup and more. Unmarked with average wear and external soiling. Top corner clipped from front cover. Binding sound. A sound copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
193964 pages. Features: Nice ad for the 1939 Oldsmobile Six inside front cover; News digest includes topics such as "Appeasement and its difficulties", "Why British Opinion in Changing", "Germany's Colonial Ambitions", "The Statecraft of Equivalents", and "Italy's Clash with France"; Met Life one-page photo ad entitled "A Day in the Life of (sales agent) Donald Martin"; Neville Chamberlain, World Champion of Peace - nicely photo-illustrated article (little did he know how wrong he would soon be proven to be); Reckless Lady (short story); With Fire (short story); What the Eye Doesn't See (short story); Arctic Madness - photo-illustrated article tells the Baffin Island tale of the death of a white fur trader - with photos of RCMP Staff Sergeant A.H. Joy, Loodloo, Innoyah, Petoot, Ahteetah, Nookudlah and Ooroorengnak; Babiche Walking - wonderful article on snowshoeing (snow-shoeing); The Garden Next Door (short story); The Mysterious Affair at Styles (part 4 of 5 of this Agatha Christie story); One-page Colgate ad features illustrations of the Dionne Quints; Vintage two-page Magic Baking Powder ad features the New York World's Fair; Kellogg's All-Bran ad features Mutt and Jeff comic; Movie news with photos of Virginia Bruce and Florence George; Photo of Miss Brenda Fraser in Woodbery soap ad; Scott's Emulsion ad features Uncle Dan comic; Fashion illustrations; Half-page Italy tourism ad, sponsored by Italian Line, Limited; Pond's cold cream ad features photo of Marjorie Fairchild; Are You a Man's Girl? - with helpful scorecard(!); It Isn't What You Say - advice for speaking better; Sport Suppers - recipes; Half-page colour ad for Canadian fish; Curve Control - corsets, foundation garments and the female shape; Photos of Barbara Stanwyck in Lux soap ad; Small St. Petersburg (Florida) photo-ad says '12,000 Canadians" choose it; World Quotes; Back cover colour Coke ad shows bottle beside open book and reading glasses, with inset illustration of vintage six-pack case; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
193848 pages. Features: Cute colour cover illustration by Joachim Gauthier; Dignified colour ad inside front cover presents the new 1939 Ford cars, showing a dark green De Luxe V-8 Fordor Sedan and a blue V-8 Tudor Sedan; News digest includes these headings - For a Cool Head, What Happened at Munich, Two Different Problems, The Belgian Parallel, Keep the Home Fires Burning, and Books of the Season; One-page ad for Parker Vacumatic Pens; "The Bells of Bethlehem" - Photo-illustrated Christmas article on the Holy Land; Before St. Mihiel and All That (short story); Mrs. Scodger's Husband (short story); Letters to a Former Husband (short story); Britain's Army Road Scouts - great photo-illustrated article on the British Automobile Association (A.A.); The Man Who Was Lucky (short story); The Mysterious Affair at Styles (part 2 of 5) by Agatha Christie; Salute to Winter Sport - article with photos of ski jumper, bob-sledders and the honourable rite of 'bouncing' (in front of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec); Nice Kodak one-page ad; Hollywood news includes photos of Shirley Temple, Loretta Young, Maureen O'Sullivan, Mickey Rooney, Hedy Lamarr, Robert Donat, Rosalind Russell, Jane Withers, Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Edward G. Robertson with his wife; Scott's Emulsion ad features Uncle Dan comic; Personal Finance article; Christmas dinner suggestions and recipes; Gorgeous colour ad inside back cover for this magazine features formal couple and many front cover images on jet black background; Handsome colour Nash car ad on back cover features an orange 1939 four-door; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1944177 pages. Index. "Intended for the use of the students of Home Economics in elementary and junior high school classes." - from foreword. Above-average wear and soiling, consistent with a well-used cookbook/textbook of this vintage. Prior owner's details in pencil atop first blank page. Binding shaken but intact. A worthy vintage copy. (Driver B59.11) Book
