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194464 pages. Features: Parker pen inside front cover features colour illustration of composer Henry Purcell; Colour Canada Dry ad; How the War Looks after Five Years; Editorial on Canadian inflation and Community Chest issues; Bright one-page GM ad features illustration of anti-aircraft crew in battle; Mr. Pemberton's Commission (short story); Hell Passage (short story); The Scientists Made it Possible - photo-illustrated article on military advances such as the Piat projector, which can penetrate the turrets of German tanks, and Britain's "Human Torpedoes"; Ghosts Don't Talk (short story); The Millionth Guest (short story); Canada's massive newsprint industry - article with wonderful photos; Roads rule the war - article with photos of roads being manually constructed in Northern Ireland and Burma; One-page ad by the Government of Canada entitled "One Man's Income is Another Man's Outgo" encourages wartime price stability; One-page black and white photo ad for Kodak features Sgt. F.L. "Bill" Perry of 58 King St., Summerside, P.E.I. with W)2 A.M. Casey of Peterborough, Ontario; Very militaristic one-page Gooderham & Worts, Limited ad explains their war alcohol production and shows air raid in progress; Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) ad shows prospector and proclaims "Free Enterprise Made Canada's Mines"; Anaconda Copper & Brass ad features photo of Johnnie Religa, machine operator who came to Canada in 1909 from Piotrkow, Poland and now owns a home in New Toronto; Nice two-colour Cutex ad promotes their Honor Bright nail polish; Kitchen article on Pickling; Nice colour half-page ad for Clark's Governor Sauce; Reviving the age-old art of wine-making; Colour photo of Mary Sieburth's very popular Golliwogg doll; Fashion illustrations; One-page Singer sewing machine photo ad; Women of Canada and the cost of clothing; Charlie McCarthy colour-comic featured in Chase & Sanborn ad; World Sayings; Excellent colour Fort Truck/Military Vehicle ad shows war and farm applications of their products; Rare back cover colour ad for the Canadian Women's Army Corps says "The Canadian Army Needs More Women!", and requests questions to Lt. Dora Sweet of Ottawa; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
194364 pages. Features: Great cover illustration by John Phillips shows lady munitions worker in pants looking at serviceman in kilt; Nice colour ad for Parker Vacumatic pens inside front cover is illustrated by Franklin Arbuckle with pastoral water pond scene; War News includes the exit of Mussolini, Marshal Badoglio's Record, and more; One-page Northern Electric ad shows fighting ship and explains their contributions to it; Wonderful half-page Pepsi ad illustrated by Frise shows kids outside shops and lovely lady; The Nazis Plan a Getaway - fascinating article on how Axis leaders plan to escape with their booty - and their lives; They Deliver the Goods - photo-illustrated article on the Services of Supply which keep fighting troops fed and equipped, with photo of Lt.-Gen. Sir W.G. Lindsell, K.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., in charge of Administration in the Middle-East; The Shibboleth of Von Eisenbaum (short story); "Hast Seen the White Whale?" (short nautical story); My Father and Culture (short story); Know Your Navy! - article with photos of Vice-Admiral P.W. Nelles, R.C.N., and Hon. Angus L. Macdonald, Minister of National Defense for Naval Services - explains Canada's various naval vessels; "East Block Handles That" - photo-illustrated article explains how men such as Norman Alexander Robertson, A.D.P. Heeney, Walter J. Turnbull, Dr. H.L. Keenleyside and Hume Wrong (all shown in photos) control much of Canada's important federal government policy; Home is the Sailor (short story); Little Miss Linnet - colour-illustrated poem by Phyllis Coulter; Nice one-page colour ad for GSW shows military scene and housewife in kitchen; Hollywood News; Sort article on increasing juvenile delinquency; One-page Ford Motor company shows action scene of Canada's mechanized army; Bold, Militaristic one-page ad by Hiram Walker-Dooderham & Worts shows bombs and heading "The 'Rain of Death' is deadlier because of alcohol"; One-page ad encourages readers to write letters to their loved ones fighting overseas; Canadian General Electric half-page ad says "A War Job Every Woman Can Do 'AVOID FOOD WASTE'; Woodbury Powder ad features photo of Maureen O'Hara; Nice colour Orange Crush ad; Nice one-page colour recruiting ad for the Canadian Women's Army Corps (C.W.A.C.) shows uniformed lady driving Jeep beneath caption "This is Our Battle, Too!"; Attractive half-page colour Nabisco Shredded Wheat ad features rosey-cheeked lady saying "I keep my Jim fit and on his job", above bowl of cereal with peaches; Co-ed entertaining; Very attractive half-page colour ad for Fry's Cocoa shows well-dressed mother and daughter in grocery store; Fashion illustrations; How Parents Can Help the Schoo; Tangee Lipsticks ad features lovely colour portrait of Constance Luft Huhn; 3/4-page black and white ad for Helena Rubinstein fragrances; World Sayings; Nice colour Wabasso Cottons ad inside back cover; Old Dutch Cleanser colour ad on back cover shows long row of clean bathtubs; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
1908Pages 375-414 plus xvi pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: Seeking Shelter in the Water (one-page photo of cattle in lake); Notable American Homes - The Seaside Home of Philip Lehman, Esq., Deal, New Jersey - built of gray stucco with roof of green Spanish tiles; A Speculation in Abandoned Farms - the story of how a man accumulated farms and developed a successful business in rural Massachusetts; A Novel Scheme for a Suburban House Proposition - a new grouping of houses and stables for Dr. H.C. Register at Haverford, PA; Indoor Bulb Culture; "Beinhurst" - The Summer Home of William A. Bein, Esq., at "Still Wood Park," in the Woodbridge Hills, near New Haven, CT; Miss Tower's Garden at Lexington, MA; "Sunnyside," - a Home and Shrine - the home of Washington Irving, which stands on the northern edge of Irvington-on-the-Hudson, NY; Springhouses Old and New - article with wonderful photos of springhouses used to cool farm milk and butter; The Residence of Henry G. Lord, Esq., Brookline, MA; Heating and Lighting with Alcohol - fascinating article with photos of various now antique appliances; The Craft of Block Printing; Ad for Hampton's Brodway Magazine features photo of "Fighting Bob" Rear-Admiral Robley D. Evans regarding his series of patriotic naval articles; and more. Printed on glossy stock. Complete and unmarked with average wear. Some pages loose but all present. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
1945Features: Color cover photo of lovely Jinx Falkenburg; Full-page black and white photos of Elaine Shepard of MGM's Ziegfeld Follies, Dolores Moran, Arthur M. Danchuk, Evelyn Keyes, Ted Keppler of Beverly NJ, Mrs. Ted Kepper, Maria Montez, Adele Mara, Louise Allbritton, Ava Gardner, Three men of 15th Air Force (Hugh Bayless, James R. Barry and Earl L. Ballinger), The large Bernarr Macfadden family in 1924 at the White House, Helen Hayden, and Dorothy Van Nuys; Back cover photo of 'young Hercules' Jack Thruman of Elgin, IL; Half-page black and white photos of Robert E. Hitchcock of Jackson MI, Capt. Douglas S. Schnell, Major James Edward Monroe of Jacksonville Beach, and John L. Bogert of New York City. Feature articles include: Greatest Crime of This Horrible War - White Flour Curse; Simple Appendicitis Remedy; Warning! - Sulfa Drugs Dangerous; At Age 87 John L. Bogert is Active and Ambitious!; Do Your Eyes Need Crutches?; Cancer Controversy - X-Ray Experience - by Stanford Burney; 57-Day Fast Overcame Ten Ailments!; Nervous Wreck Passes Flying Tests; Douglas S. Schnell Wins Battle Against Varicose Veins; Cripple Dancer Maxine Wolfe Tries Exercise - Now She's a WAC; Eugene Bock lost his bulges and high blood pressure; Win Beauty - Nature's Way; Joseph Martini - Journey to Health; Marcelline E. Sylvester Improved Her Hearing; Alcohol and Tobacco - 9th instalment of the Superb Womanhood Series; Mermaid Finds Success - Helen Hayden Howard; Confessions of a Prize Fight Champion - part 3; Astonishing Benefits of [Wartime] Food Rationing; Fasting and Fruit Juices Kill Tapeworm; William Clinton's Defective Heart Now Powerful; Barbara E. Andrus was Anemic and Fat - Tried Country Life; Marguerite Walsh Overcomes Arthritis of the Spine; Can Prunes Prevent Infantile Paralysis?; Robert E. Hitchcock Gained 40lb and Lost Respiratory Ills; Skin Cancer - A Diet Cure; Mae Sampson lost 35lb and Married Her Boss!; Major James Edward Monroe of Jacksonville Beach turns 130 this Month!; College Athlete Improves His Fallen Arches; Paralyzed Liver Causes Death; Finger Massage for Bleeding Gums; Spindle-Legs Made Lovely; The Physical Culture [P.C.] Creed; The Appalling Waste of Manhood - Too Much Comfort Invites Loss of Virility. 112 pages. 7.5 x 5.3 inches. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A well-preserved copy of this excellent vintage wartime issue. Book
2004Ex-Lib sticker to spine and inside cover. Stamp to FEP and pageblock. Laminated covers. Text is clean, bright and tight Ex-Library
1994Paperback. Stamp on head of page block. Small sticker on inside front cover. Contents are clean and clear. Ex - Library
2000Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Jacket lightly scuffed along upper edges and slightly shelf-worn. Pages clean and clear throughout. AD Used
1991Library sticker to spine, inside cover and FEP, stamp on FEP, library name written on page block. Ex-Library
1948200 illustrations, slightly worn cover, previous owner's name on the FEP, white spill on the back cover. Scarce Used
1980White cover looks a bit grubby with a crease at the front and a light brown stain at the back. Contents in very good clean condition. Library sticker on tail of spine. Library plate on front inside cover. Library stamp on page block. Ex-Library
1993Paperback. Very good condition. Spine ends are bumped and nicked and creases to spine. Leading corners of covers are a little dog-eared, affecting slightly leading corners of the pages. Nicks to side edges of a couple of pages. Pages remain sound and contents are clear. TA Used
1986"Withdrawn" written in red marker on FEP, mild green underlining pages 188-89 Ex-Library
2002SOme wear and flat creasing to cover, pages clean bright and tight. Used
2003No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Appears unread. 256pp. A voyage round the world's great beer styles by that master of beer Roger Protz.
2006Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions to contents. Very light creasing to upper corner of all pages, none to spine. Very clean pages in a very tight binding with a little marking to rear cover. 128pp. Eight feature articles on various aspects of beer and brewing.
1977Inscription inside front board. No other marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tiny bump to spine foot and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn with slight creasing to spine foot and upper edge. 250pp.
1997No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with tiny water mark to spine foot and traces of storage. 256pp. The story of how America's attempt to enforce the illegality of alcohol did in fact have the opposite effect and led to its undercover production and import on a vast scale and the rise of gangsters and how that has changed America to this day .
1977No marks or inscriptions. Small crease to upper corner of rear cover, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards, very slight marking to front and no bumping to corners. 129pp. How to make your own 'champagne' by two experts in the home winemaking business. Quite scarce in the UK.
1963No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased, with very minor point indenting to upper front corner. Now protected in fully-removable transparent sleeve. Maps plus 191pp. This book describes the splendid richness and variety of German wines. Good and bad vintages are discussed and there is a comprehensive survey of Germany's wine-producing villages and vineyards from Koblenz to the Swiss border.
1998No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage. 304pp. A lavishly illustrated study of mainly European beer with over 800 descriptions of beer brands.
2007No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 288pp. The story of beer and beer types with descriptions of very many beers listed by country or geographical area.
1979No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and small bump to upper front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 256pp. A very comprehensive well illustrated study on wines and wine making designed for the person who is seeking practical guidance on buying from the myriad of wines available world-wide.
2008Hardcover; first printing. Two small staple-like punctures on unclipped jacket (effect minor); otherwise very good throughout. TS Used
1963Hardcover. Bound in brown leather showing only minor wear. Label on spine; bookplate on pastedown; return slip on FEP; ink stamps on edges of page block, endpapers, indicia. Contents otherwise clean and sound throughout. Ex-Library
1962Hardcover without jacket. Bound in brown leather showing only minor wear. Label on spine; bookplate on pastedown; return slip on FEP; ink stamps on edges of page block, endpapers, indicia. Contents otherwise clean and sound throughout. Ex-Library
