194676 pages. Features: Politics in Khaki - The Inside of the Canadian Army High Command - McNaughton and Crerar stepped on Monty's toes - here's the record, revealed for the first time; Childhood's No. 1 Enemy - rheumatic fever; Battle of the Peacemakers - meeting at Paris; Witch of Endor - fiction; Kate Holliday gets a Hollywood makeup makeover; It rained poison after Bikini Islands' fifth atom bomb test - with photo; Hard rock miners; Honor of the Company - fiction; Flivvers in the Sky - fly your own plane; The Good Catch - fiction; Golfing Cop - Henry Martell - article with photo; Hell's Gate is open - upgrades allow Fraser River salmon to get further upstream - article with three photos; Nice ad for Waterman's pens with cheerleader theme; Fantastic full-page colour photo ad for Good Year tires features Mountie helping young lady in mountain valley; Superb Caterpillar bulldozer ad - "Boss of the Bulldozers"; Nice Fleet Aircraft ad; Nice colour photo Studebaker ad inside back cover; Fantastic painted Coke ad on back cover features partying group of young people at table; and more. Above-average wear. Covers present but detached. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1948168pages. Features: Attractive Christmas-theme 1-page color-photo ad for General Electric (GE) TVs and Radios; Half-page 2-color ad for movie 'Enchantment' starring David Niven and Teresa Wright; Nice 1-page color photo ad by Pinsley for Prince Gardner wallets features young couple; Half-page color ad for Seaforth shaving products; Nice 1-page color ad for the Pan-American Coffee Bureau features young girl leaving cup of coffee for Santa; I Prowled Russia's Forbidden Zone - Werner Krop provides the first eyewitness testimony of what the Russians are doing in Soviet Germany, and how the Germans feel about it; Military Secret (fiction); SESP, a Joint US-Brazilian enterprise seeks to defeat the disease-ridden jungles of the Amazon - article with color photos; Ladies' Choice (fiction); Feature story on the city of Los Alamos, New Mexico - with photos; Half Your Brain is a Spare - a recent medical discovery is helping victims made speechless by apoplectic strokes and head injuries; How We Caught Spies in WWII - conclusion of an article on how German spies Mario Martinelli and Carla Costa were captured - with photo; The Man Who Said He Would Quit (fiction); What Can We Do About Sex Crimes? - photo-illustrated double-length article; Robber's Rendezvous (fiction); Hollywood's Ballyhoo Boys - How Hollywood gets more publicity than any other industry - with photos; Searching for Oil off Southern Californa - article with nice color photos; Sporting Blood (fiction); Nice 1-page color ad for Dodge 'Route-Vans"; Murder for Millions (fiction); 1-page color ad for Oldsmobile's new 'Rocket' engine; Stick-up Man - Richard G. Drew invented transparent (Scotch) tape - with photo; Nice 1-page color-photo ad for Telechron electric clocks; Half-page 2-color ad for Prince Albert smoking tobacco in Christmas motif; Nice 1-page color ad for International Trucks features their six-cylinder vans; 1-page photo ad for Philco tvs and radios; 2-page Buick ad; 1-page color Christmas light ad for Maxwell House coffee; Nice 2-page color ad for RCA Victor entertainment products; Nice 1-page color ad for Studebaker trucks features load of Christmas trees; Vitalis ad features Sammy Baugh, quarterback of the Washington Redskins; Nice 1-page color ad for 1949 Frazer cars; Great color centerfold ad for Nash Airflyte cars; Nice 1-page color ad for Pontiac cars; Kreml Hair Tonic ad advises how to avoid 'Scalp Scum'; Nice 1-page Motorola entertainment products Christmas-themed ad; 2-page color ad for Bulova watches; Half-page ad for televisions made by The Hallicrafters Co.; Fantastic colorful two-page ad for Florida Citrus Fruits and Juices; Nice 1-page color ad for Hotpoint automatic electric ranges; Sexy ad for Mojud hosiery; Dunhill lighter ad; 1-page color Servel Gas Refrigerator ad - endorsed by Mary Margaret McBride; Nice 1-page color ad for Kaywoodie Pipes features illustration of whalers at work in the 1850s; Nice 1-page color Christmas-themed ad for the Pennsylvania Railroad; 1-page color ad for American Airlines shows grandparents bringing gifts for Christmas; Half-page color ad for Spam; Elegant color-photo 1-page ad for Gruen watches; 1-page color ad for Interwoven socks; Very nostalgic 1-page color ad for Noma Christmas lights; Nice 1-page color-photo ad for Sparton radio-televisions; Full-page color ad for Perfect Circle piston rings; Grizzly Brake Lining ad features illustrations of Gerald Yudkin and Adolph Perlroth II of Eastern Automotive Parts, of New Haven CT; Nice 1-page color ad for Westminster Socks; Quarter-page photo ad for Disston one-man chainsaws; Statler Hotel ad features cartoon by Tony Barlow; Nice color-photo ad for A&P Coffee inside back cover; Sunkist oranges ad on back cover. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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
1936Features: Listen, Mr. Landon (Governor Landon of Kansas) - Pilgrims to Topeka (Walter Davenport); Little Giant - Short-wave mix-up (Frank Condon); Bread into Roses, Part III - Second romance (Kathleen Norris); Coming and Going - Drama in the jury room (David Hoadley Munroe); Racers in Harness - the running of the Hambletonian (Quentin Reynolds); Perfect Hostess - Explorer afoot in a department store (Edward Shenton); Trouble Shooter, Part IX - Nan gets ready to go (Ernext Haycox); Singing for a Living - personal appearances that babbled Hollywood - Mr. Nelson Eddy (Kyle Crichton); A Change of Face - Beauty's crowning appanage, or what to do about your hair (Ruth Seinfel); Double Play - John Paine; Track and Field Marshal - Bill Bingham of Harvard (Bill Cunningham); Dames are Funny - love rides the China Sea (Jacland Marmur); Keep up with the world - what do you think of this?(Freling Foster); Pirate Patrol - Submarines on the last pirate main, from Hong Kong to Amoy (Jim Marshall). Nice colour ad for RCA Victor Radios inside front cover. Colour Camel cigarette ad. Fantastic colour Lucky Strike cigarette ad on back cover. Average wear. Address label on front cover else unmarked. A sound copy. Book
193958 pages. Contents: Full-page ad for Romeo and Juliet, starring Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard; Editorial by Wilbur M. Philpott calls for more Co-operative Credit Unions; Ad for Good Year G3 tires; The Loves of John Barrymore - Part I, by Frederick L. Collins - with black and white photos; Nice ad for Birks Jewellers featuring Olivia de Havilland; "None So Bline" - story by Hurd Barrett; Star Dust, story by Barbara Aldrich; Youth at Bay, by Beverly Hills; Superstitions on the Tennis Court, by Helen Wills Moody; Nemesis in Hollywood - story by Walter de Steiguer; To the Ladies, by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin; Bivouac in Hell, by Captain W.J. Blackledge; Beeman's Pepsin Gum ad; Any Woman Can be Beautiful, by Madame Sylvia; Wife Trouble, by Wallace Irwin; Attractive two-colour ad for Lushus Jelly dessert; Sex for School Children - John Erskine makes an eloquent plea for an end to half-truths; The Strangler of the Bronx - Secrets of New York's Homicide Squad as told by a headquarters old-timer; Godiva was a Lady, by Lawrence Saunders (part 6); Nice colour comic-style ad for Rinso inside back cover; Super colour ad for British Consols (cigarettes) features the same Scottish lass later featured in the advertising for Export A; Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
1956Features: What will Robert Fowler say about TV? - a report on the head of the Royal Commission on Broadcasting and what he's likely to suggest; Karsh visits Hollywood; How Harry Orchard murdered twenty men - a Maclean's flashback in two parts; Why we're getting more disastrous hurricanes; The secret war of Charles Goodeve (conclusion - The weapons of tomorrow) - the Panjandrum, the Alligator, and Lily the floating airport... these revolutionary inventions created under the guidance of a little-known Canadian have yet to be tested in combat; The life and death mystery of our liver; Frank Merrill's winning way with horses; She didn't care what people thought - fiction by Ronald R. Smith; Does more money than brains go to collete? - Dr. Sidney Smith; Ross Thatcher's glum conversion; My most memorable meal - Maj.-Gen. J.M. Rockingham. Somewhat above-average wear. Small chunk missing from front cover which bears two closed tears ***PLEASE NOTE*** pages 15-20 are missing. They contained the Karsh story plus the first page of the Harry Orchard story. Two-page Chysler ad for PowerFlite pushbutton automatic transmission (missing 3"x 2" chunk from upper left corner. Cartoon clipped from page 82 has removed part of the Harry Orchard story. Magazine
195268 pages. Features: Great colour-photo ad for International Trucks inside front cover; Rab Butler's Bid for Power - in London Letter; Biggest Man on the Biggest Campus - Dr. Sidney Smith is President of the University of Toronto - article with photos; We Live in the World's Most Famous House - William Levitt of Levitt and Sons has built thousands of houses since the war in Levittown, NY and Levittown, PA - he is the Henry Ford of housing - article with photos; Billy Sunday of the Birds - a Maclean's flashback to Jack Miner and his legacy of caring for wild birds - article with photos in colour and black and white; The Farmer Who Makes Movies - Osmond Borradaile, the veteran Canadian cameraman has returned to his Chilliwack farm and has no intention of ever returning to the Hollywood rat race he once knew - article with photos; The Champ Still Baby Sits - Marline Stewart (Streit) of Fonthill, Ontario hasn't let all her trophies dazzle her - young gifted golfer article with photos; For 3 Nights Only - story by Joseph Schull illustrated by Marray Smith; Hero of the Hunted Men - Yaroslav Stetzko leads an army of underground fighters in a crusade to crush Russian imperialism - the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations (ABN) - photos and article; Our Passport was a Dishrag - Johnny Cochrane and and Lenny Burton, two Canadian girls, describe their wonderful low-budget world travels - article with photos; Never Bet With Your Wife - humour by Robert Thomas Allen, illustrated by Duncan MacPherson; Cartoons by Peter Whalley - The Income Inquisition; Nice colour photos ad for Massey-Harris says "Power Farming Makes Canada a Land of Plenty"; Great centerfold ad for the 1952 Ford; Household Finance (HFC) full-page ad; Nice half-page ad for movie Macao, starring Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell; Full-page colour REO truck ad; 1952 Mercury car ad; Nice colour ad for Champion spark plugs inside back cover features young baseball player at bat; Sweet two-page colour ad for 1952 General Motors cars; Altas Tire ad features Byron, Michigan. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
1954132 pages. Features: Amos Sewell cover illustration; Editorial - The Dixon-Yates row was a TVA diversion; Great 2-page color ad for Motorola TV; Colour Pontiac ad featuring the 1955 station wagon with the 180 HP Strato-Streak V8; A Farewell to my Newborn Son - A.E. Hotchner lost his infant son through a medical blunder; Frankie Laine - Screaming Troubadour - with photos; Carnival of Fear, by Kay Boyle; The Restaurants that Nickels Built (Part 1 of 2) - Horn and Hardart restaurants - the 'Automat' - article with photos; The Lady and the Lash, by Hal G. Evart; Women Talk Too Much, by Sophie Kerr Let's not waste our Fighting Man Power, by Lt. Gen. Robert W. Harper USAF; Leave my Daughter Alone, by Wyatt Blassingame; I Would Not Murder for the Soviets, by Nikolai E. Khokhlov (conclusion); The Passionate Policeman, by William Fay; Kyoto - article with colour photos; Never Get Another Dog, by Jean Heavey; They May Be Rich - or Widows - The wives of shrimpers (shrimp fishermen) in the Gulf of Mexico; Hollywood colling, by Clarence Budington Kelland; Nice colour Campbell's soup ad; Colour photo ad for the 1955 Plymoth with wrap-around windshield; Great two-page colour Chevrolet ad featuring a red Bel Air Sport Coupe; Nice colour Old Gold cigarette ad; 1955 Chrysler colour photo ad - with lots of gleaming chrome!; Two-page colour ad for Admiral TVs - they sure mad'em ugly back then!; Ann Sothern is featured in a lovely Christmas color photo ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes; Color ad for the Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight; Crazylegs Hirsch featured in Employers Mutuals of Wausau ad; Glamorous color photo ad for Philip Morris' new 'snap-open' cigarette pack; Page and Shaw Chocolates - color ad; Color ad for Parker Pens; Magnavox TV ad; Zippo lighter color ad; Color ad for Rolf's billfolds; Color Christmas ad for Chesterfield cigarettes on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1962Features: A Catalogue of Boors - a story about road rage (before the term was coined) by Corey Ford; pages 11-14 loose but present - they contain a wonderful two-page color ad for 'Jet-Smooth' Chevrolet; The Menningers of Kansas - the life and work of the men who have devoted themselves to the fight for better understanding and effective treatment of the mentally ill, part 1 of 4; People on the Way Up - Joan Lakow, John Cassavetes, LaBonnie Bianchi, Willard Scott (Scotty) Thompson; Hollywood Throwback - Natalie Wood is a screen queen in the old flamboyant tradition; Casey Stengel - after a year's layoff, the 'Ol Professor, now manager of the New York Mets, begins his second half-century in baseball; Color pages of Ford car ads; Noah would approve - Roland Lindemann's Catskill Game Farm gives dwindling species room and safety to breed; My 36 hours with Khrushchev - Drew Pearson's wife reports on her visit to the inner sanctum of Russia's 'ruling class'; Have we lost Southeast Asia? - a report on this troubled region whose principle defense against red-Chinese invasion is the almost-powerless South East Asia Treaty Organization. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
1962Features: Nice color Rambler car ad inside front cover; Who Says I'm Uncultured, by Frederick Breitenfeld Jr.; Confessions of a Block-Buster - Norris Vitchek is a Chicago real-estate agent who moves Negro families into all-white blocks - he reveals how he reaps enormous profits from racial prejudice; Riding the World's Wild Giants Waves - Great Color Photos; Brash and Rumpled Star - newcomer Warren Beatty demands superstar treatment from Hollywood; People on the Way Up - TV Emcee Nancy Clark, Grace Kelleher, Neal Williams of Go-Power Corporation; Tempest in a Riviera Teapot - a feud between De Gaulle and Prince Rainier threatens the continued independence of Monaco, the world's loveliest tax haven; How Your Children Grow - Wilton M. Krogman reveals new methods of predicting growth rates and warns parents against needless fears; Magic's Merry Mecca - avid conjurers throng to Colon, Michigan, America's capital of magic-making; Nice color Pepsi ad on page 61; Sandy Koufax, the Strikeout King; Farmer Khrushchev - ideology and climate snarl Russia's farm program. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
196131 pages. Features: Canada's first long-distance car rally - Heather Wilson and Margaret Taylor travel 4,098.2 miles; Jack Lemmon went from from Harvard to Hollywood; Milkweed - the Swee-Scented Killer - a common Canadian flower traps many of the insects that pollinate it; Learning how to fall - Judo lessons; Son who sings his mother's songs - Ernie McCulloch of Calgary; Dramatic Canadian Soccer Gamble - $1 million spent to import big-time play - Stanley Mathews, Tony Macedo; Nipper by Doug Wright. Nice colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
196055 pages. Features: Archbishop Howard H. Clark, Anglican Primate of All Canada; Miami - City of Intrigue in the Sun - plotters, counter-plotters, gun-runners and exiles from a half-dozen Latin-American lands keep U.S. lawmen busy; How to Improve Your Luck; Colour photos of sweater fashions; Under the Knife - comic; Dog with a Soft Spot for Orphans - a motherly French Bulldog; These Men Are Almost Dead of Thirst - French Hunters Die of Thirst in Sahara; Quebec Novelist Marie-Claire Blais Takes New York in her Stride; Stars on Ice - Stars turn out for the 25th anniversary of the Ice Follies in Hollywood; Patron Saint of the Hot-Rod Set - Gordon Taylor, Transportation Minister of Alberta; Dean Griffing and Frankie Filchock say it is time for Canadian football to go American; A boy's best friend is his duck; Nipper by Doug Wright. Colour ads for: Sun-Up; Crown Royal Syrup; Lady Galt Towels; Heinz Spaghetti; Robin Hood Cake Mix; Philishave Speed-Flex; Salada Tea; Five Roses Flour; Canadian General Electric Appliances; Lux Soaps; Coffee; Birds-Eye frozen dinners; Pepsi-Cola; Christie's Premium Crackers; Maple Leaf Sausages; Aylmer Soups; Cadbury's Choco; Betty Crocker; Simon's Cigars; Electrohome Stereos; SOS pads; Cadbury's Dairy Milk. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
1969Nice Wurlitzer theatre organ ad inside front cover. Contents: Lovely photo of the interior of the Carthay Circle Theatre, Los Angeles. Theatre Organ on Campus - Indiana University. Miss Rose Diamond at the Console - as told to Peg Nielsen - nice 2-page article with photos. Syracuse Keith's Theatre Organ Finds a New Home with the Empire State Theatre and Musical Instruments Museum - interesting 3-page illustrated article. A report on theatre organ activity in the Utica-Rome, New York area. Music of the Silents - Furioso No. 1 - the third in a series on silent film cue music arranged by Col. Harry J. Jenkins (composed by Harry Norton in 1919) - with sheet music. Nuggets from Golden Days. Pipe Dreams, Chicago, USA - the last of two instalments on Chicago's Radio Pipe Organs - great illustrated 4-page article. Coverage of the Chicago conference and artists who performed there. Accidents will Happen - wonderfully nostalgic recollections of accidents in the heyday theatre days of the 1920s by John Muri. Technical article - Repairing and Rewinding Wurlitzer Magnets. Classified ads. Chapter news. Hollywood Cavalcade. Record Reviews. Reader submissions. Very impressive Rodgers Theatre Organ ad on back cover. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1969Nice Wurlitzer theatre organ ad inside front cover. Contents: Lovely photo of the interior of the Paradise Theatre, Chicago. The Second Age of Theatre Organ - The Grande Barton Pipe Organ in the Virginia Theatre - nice illustrated 3-page article. Vincennes University in Vincennes, Indiana is probably the first Junior College in the United States to have a Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ installed on its campus - illustrated article. Technical Article - Repairing and Rewinding Wurlitzer Magnets (part 2). The Ashley Miller Story - nice two-page article with photos. Mark Del Castillo concert for L.A. Chapter. Chicago 1926 - Article on Henri A. Keates. Chicago's Radio Theatre Pipe Organs - Pipe Dreams, Chicago, USA (part 1 of 2) - fantastic article with photos, including Al Melgard. John Muri on different syles of playing. Billy Nalle at Longwood Gardens. Welcome to the Hoosier Theatre - Dick Smith plays in Whiting, Indiana. Lee Erwin Captivates Rochester. Gaylord Carter Presides at San Diego Morton Organ Rededication Show. The Fabulous 'Beer Can' Organ and Art Stopes. Obituaries of James Allen Orcutt and Frank D. Rogers. Nuggets from the Golden Days. Reader contributions. Classified ads. Chapter news. Hollywood Cavalcade. Record Reviews. Nice Rodgers Theatre Organ ad on back cover. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
195984 pages. Features: Farewell to Sir Thomas Beecham; Colourful one-page ad for Libby's juices; Crocus got its Seaway - by W.O. Mitchell; George Hees - Ottawa's Biggest Surprise Package; The Strange and Savage World of Hollywood, by Bruce Hutchison; Sir William Macdonald - the strangest millionaire who ever drew breath; Does your face reveal your character?; Two-page colour-photo ad for Kodak movie cameras; One-page photo ad for Esther Williams swimming pools; Two-color half-page ad for film "Say One For Me"; Photo of Mickey Mantle in small Bantron ad; Canadian Club ad with colour photos features Gilbert Winfield in Sherwood Forest; What the New Pope Means for Canada; Back cover ad for Crane plumbing fixtures features designer Henry Dreyfuss; and more. Please note: missing page 7-8, 13-17, 39-40, and 69-74, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
195284 pages. Features: Mexico clamps down on Stalin - fascinating photo-illustrated article explains how Mexico was once Moscow's secret entrance to the U.S.A., until President Aleman proved that Mexico is no easy mark for Stalin; Helen Hayes tries Hollywood again - nice photo-illustrated article; California's weird overflowing Salton Sea - photo-illustrated article; Are all women crazy?; What has John L. Lewis done with his $400,000,000? - fascinating photo-illustrated article about the miners' welfare fund; The World's Worst Department Store - H.O. Kaufhous in Alexanderplatz, East Berlin is Soviet Germany's largest department store; I'm a Gyppo Logger's Wife - Margaret Elley Felt hauls dynamite, drives a truck, raises kids, keeps books, and lives in an all-male lumber camp in Washington State; May the better half win; Editorial - Britons Discover That China's Reds Are Communists!. Fiction: Mountain Massacre; The Doctor Wants a Wife; Welcome Back, Soldier; The Old Pro; Father Came Home (part 1 of 7); House of Fear (part 5 of 6). Ads: Color ad for Mercury cars; Boeing Stratocruiser ad features large photo of Pan Am plane over the Eiffel Tower; Prest-O-Lite battery ad features nice photo of footballer Otto Graham, quarterback of the Cleveland Browns; Nice two-page GMC truck ad shows a 470 pulling trailer. Above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
1949140 pages. Features: Nice one-page color ad for Kraft Cocoa Mix; 1-page color ad for Emery 'Magic Candle Bars'; Nice 1-page color ad for Pan American Airlines featuring Rio; The Truth About the Klan (KKK) Today - article with three photos including Dr. Lycurgus Spinks and Sam Roper; Stop That Shoplifter - article on shoplifters - mostly women - who steal $75 million per year; My Unsuspecting Bride (fiction); Kids Will Swallow Anything - the bronchoscope is used to safe children who swallow many strange objects - photo-illustrated article; It's a Man's World After All (fiction); Massive Foul-up - Our Planes, Tires, Tractors and Clothing - meant for the Nationalists - end up with China's Communist forces - article with photo; Mr. Technicolor - article on Dr. Herbert T. Kalmus with six color photos; The Hairbreadth Escapes of the USS Barb - article and photos of this US submarine which attacked Jap factories, made cities black out - and even blew a railroad train sky-high; The Du Ponts - part 3 of a photo-illustrated article on this family of industrial wizards; The Failure (fiction); Photo-illustrated feature article on Concord, New Hampshire; The Woman Who Wouldn't Run (fiction); Jack of Swords (fiction); Very attractive 1-page color ad for Campbell's soup; 1-page color ad for Ford cars; Homicide House (fiction); 1-page color Birds Eye Lima Beans ad featuring Carrie; 2-page black and white ad for Silver Star shaving blades features photos of Gene Cavallero, Wallis Rigby, Dr. A.W. Lindberg, Armand Denis, H. George Petrie, Rockwell Gardiner and Captain Arthur W. Pierce; Gorgeous colour 1-page Cadillac ad; Webster Cigar ad featuring large illustration of H.D. Hover, owner of Ciro's of Hollywood; Crosley television ad; Beautiful 1-page color ad for Studebaker trucks; 1-page 2-color ad for Frigidaire electric ranges; Borden's cheese ad features Elsie the Cow; 1-page color photo ad for Simmons hide-a-beds; 1-page color-photo ad for International Trucks mentions James Melton and the 'Harvest of Stars' radio show; 1-page color ad for Johnson & Johnson surgical dressings features reproduction of painting by Gladys Rockmore Davis showing boy tending to a girl's leg; Upjohn ad features reproduction of painting of young boy by Lawrence Beall Smith; 1/2 page color ad for Pixie cameras; 1-page Dumont tv ad; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features photo of Aqua-skiing stars Martha Mitchell and Margie Fletcher plus a photo of ace bowler Joe Wilman. Moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
193368 pages. Features: Cute Twelvetrees cover illustration of turkey chasing toddler butcher; wonderful Aylmer Soups ad inside front cover features elegant photo of Canada's Governor-General and the Countess of Bessborough; One-page Fleischmann's ad features large photo of Prof. Dr. Franz Muller; Kid Angel (fiction); Luxury Lady (fiction); Where Does the Tax-Dollar Go? - an inquiry into the cost of government in Canada (part 5); The Criminal (fiction); How to Hold a Husband (fiction); Thou Art Peter (fiction); Racketeering in the Seventies (i.e. the 1870s); Quant two-page photo ad for Pond's cold cream; Little Rambles in Hollywood; One-page Ovaltine ad shows doctor and nurse weighing boys; Radioland - great photo-illustrated article on famous radio shows and stars; Nice one-page black and orange Chevrolet ad features the Master Six Touring Coupe at a country fair; Gorgeous one-page colour Palmolive Soap ad features illustration of beautiful young lady; Photo of Laurel and Hardy in handwriting analysis ad; Better Cookery; Rare half-page photo ad for the new Dual Harmony radio by Stewart-Warner Alemite of Belleville, Ontario; Fall fashion illustrations and article; Right Habits (for children); Excellent colour-photo ad for Winchester cigarettes inside back cover features young lady wearing purple fashion designed by Maison Mainbocher of Paris; Charming back cover P and G (Procter and Gamble) ad on back cover features Polly and George and Spot, plus girls building mud castle; Dozens of other great ads. Above-average external wear and soiling. 4"x3" clipping from page 3. 3"x3" clipping from Criticisms article on page 26. Small clippings from pages 51, 53 and 67. All pages and covers free from staples but present. A worthy vintage copy. Book
193352 pages. Features: Nice colour Ethyl ad inside front cover shows fashionable motoring couple; Nice one-page photo ad for Swift's premium ham features chef Louis of the Chateau Frontenac Hotel; Where does the tax dollar go? - an inquiry into the cost of government in Canada; Attractive colour one-page Veedol motor oil features family in blue convertible; Beautiful one-page colour-photo Chipso ad features photo of Mrs. L.H. Roche and her children Corinne, Lester, Joseph, Mary and Peggy; The Virgin of the Mountain (fiction); The Lady of the Gardenia; The Thoroughbred Industry and "The Sport of Kings" - great photo-illustrated article; Little Rambles in Hollywood - nice photo-illustrated movie news article; Rendezvous (short story); The Shrieking Death (fiction); Movie Criticisms; Fashion article with illustrations; Vintage one-page illustrated Northern Electric ad for their model 800 Gurney Range with automatic oven; Beauty article; Nice one-page Lux Toilet Soap ad features photo fo Loretta Young, Polly Ann Young and Sally Blane at the Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles; Cookery article with cool recipes for hot days; Wonderful full-page colour Shredded Wheat ad features inset photo of two girls swimming; World Sayings; Lovely colour Palmolive soap ad inside back cover features illustration of lovely lady; Back cover Kodak Verichrome film ad features photo of man with kids in vintage car; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
194448 pages. Songs include: Address Unknown; All or Nothing At All; Down in the Valley (Hear that Train Blow); Hollywood Cinderella; If Anything Happened to You; I'll Remember April; I Love You Much Too Much; Is That The Way to Treat a Sweetheart; It's Like Old Times; My Heart Isn't In It; Sleep, Come on and Take Me; Tangleweed 'Round My Heart; That's My Affair; Tico-Tico; Under Your Window; We Speak of You Often; You Don't Know What Love Is. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
194758 pages. Features: When Were You Born? - Astrologer Frederick A. Jackson; Anna Swan - the Nova Scotia Giantess; The Delorme Murder Case in Montreal - Famous Canadian Crimes #7; King of the Waxworks - Charles Pearson MacGregor - known in Hollywood as High Fidelity Mac - article with photos of the man with a gold-plated toilet; Burbank of the Double Razzbery - photo-illustrated article on radio star Arthur Godfrey; ; Friend of King Salmon - how Herb Allan of Dennyville, Maine gave the almost extinct North Atlantic Salmon a new lease on life; New Cure for Mental Illness; The Tragedy of the Unwanted Child - how Children's Aid Society finds new parents perfectly suited to offspring of unmarried mother - major photo-illustrated article show the actual step as a youngster is transfered from her mother to new parents with the aid of Mary Speers; Bilingual Singer Gisele La Fleche - article with photo. Woman of the Week - Mrs. Syl Apps; News bits on Count Bassie and Louis Armstrong; Stories: The Standard of Living; The Lure. Condensed Book - Between Us and the Dark (part 2 of 2). Ads: Erven Lucas Bols; Old Dutch Cleanser; WintOGreen Lifesavers; Carling's ad inside back cover features the Muskrat; Super bold colour ad for Wrigley's spearment gum on back cover. Book
194350 pages. Articles: We Can Thank Tojo! - documenting wartime infrastructure development in the northwest, with photos; Beware the Black Market - in the US, gangs of criminals have organized illicit marketing of rationed goods; Barney Ross's Biggest Boat - photo-illustrated article on the boxer who permanently kayoed 22 Japs on Guadalcnal; Boom-Town Boarding house - "Maw" Stanbery's Hollywood Home for Young People - article with great photos; It's Time to Say Good-bye - Part 1; Strategy on Ice; Lady with Wings - Conclusion; Woman-Talk; Liberty Goes to the Movies; Vox Pop; Just Between Ourselves. Ads:"Food Will Build a New Canada" - war-themed ad inside front cover by the Government of Canada; Unique Canadian National / Canadian Pacific one-page ad entitled "War Whoop - 1943 Model" likens the horn of a train hauling war goods to the whoop of a native fighter; Nostalgic one-page ad for Heinz Foods; Interesting ad by Gooderham & Worts (distillery) is military in nature and explains how their alcohol has many military applications; Uncommon one-page two-colour ad by GM and Ford promotes "Victory Service" on all makes and cars of trucks; Wonderful two-colour centrefold ad for Victory Bonds shows Canadians from many walks of life; Listerine; All-Bran; Old Dutch Cleanser (with wartime wives illustration); Ritz Crackers - military-themed illustration; Nice back cover colour ad for Mercury socks for men shows sailor on bench with gal. Inside back cover is an utterly unique two-colour ad promoting better nutrition for better health to support the war effort - with an illustration of Hitler's head being stabbed and hammered by four figures representing calories, minerals, proteins and vitamins. Cover photo of flyboy who has sunk a U-boat. Somewhat above-average wear. Moderate external soiling. A sound vintage copy. Book
197328 pages. Features: Mounties are Fun - article which includes full-page colour photo of their gear; Article on RCMP Commissioner William Leonard Higgitt - with colour photo; 250 Arrests in One Day - Drug bust after months of undercover work; The RCMP's Hollywood history; Proposals for new uniforms for RCMP officers by Jack Warden, Paul Minichiello and David Simons; Nikki the 2-year-old drug-sniffing Labrador retriever; Colour illustration and description of RCMP badges, ribbons, epaulets, aiguillettes; Full-page colour ad for the ill-fated Pontiac Astre; Doug Wright's Family; Patricia Jackson - Director of Intercollegiate Sports at the University of Saskatchewan; Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
1983218 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with 190 marvelous black and white photographs. "Depicts the work, techniques, and, of course, the actors and actresses involved in the Hurrell style." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival Brodart cover. A quality copy. Book
194750 pages. Cover photo of blonde Adele Jergens. Fiction: Got the Suits Straight? Articles: Beautiful Tyrant - Evita Duarte of Argentina - great photo-illustrated feature article; San Quentin - fascinating photo-illustrated article on this famous prison; For Beer Drinkers Only - the joys and dangers of downing America's favorite drink; The Black Seven - the dark seventh son of a seventh son was China's most ruthless bandit; Thirty-Year Girls - today's servicewomen enjoy their jobs, but they have a hard time getting dates; Murder on the Waterfront; - twenty odd unsolved murders have made the International Longshoremen's Union famous as an organization that breeds sudden death - photo illustrated article; Back Door to Broadway - summer shows are on in the Catskills, and new stars are being made - article with photos of Danny Kaye, Jimmy Durante, Al Jolson, Garrett, Paul Draper, Jerry Lester, Robert Alda, Jules Munshin and Judy Holliday; Special Features: Kids are Their Business - artist Howard Sparber and gag writer Raymond Abrashkin produce winning kid cartoons; Freud Goes to the Dogs - Hollywood pet psychiatrist Dr. Eugene Jones; The War's Greatest Book - "Yank - The GI Story of the War"; Swimming - with lovely photos of America's favorite summer sport; "Living in a Big Way" - photos from Salute's movie of the month, starring Marie McDonald and Gene Kelly ; Movies of the Month; Me, I Just Sing - Al Jolson's comeback launches a new trend; Blackburn Hits Pay Dirt - Lena Blackburn sells mud to major league ball teams!; Great one-page ad for book "Bachelor's Quarters"; Editoria inside back cover features large photo of crowd welcoming new city administration to Hoboken, NJ and title "A City Comes Back"; and more. Center page holding by one staple. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Light age-toning to contents. A nice vintage copy. Book
