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1982Features: Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski of Houston and his expensive, unproven cancer cure; Who Said Canada was Dull?, by Charles Gordon; The economy - facing up to visions of 1930; Make-work jobs for the military; Yukon native land claims settlement; Huge Quebec power outage; Lech Walesa's joyless ride in Poland; Sentry Armoured Courier of New York is robbed; Earthquake in North Yeman; Risk of world economic breakdown; German politics; Peter C. Newman on high-tech pioneers in the west - Corvec Data Systems and Paul Daniell; Trent Frayne on money issues in sports; Cover Story - The Comic Triumph of SCTV with colour photos; Kerosene heaters - are they safe?; A defeat for the Garrison Diversioin project; New faces for kids with Down's Syndrome; Economy causes long, slow, squeeze in newsrooms and news coverage; The death of Aramaic; Canada's largest-ever foreign exhibit of Canadian culture, in Germany; Last Minute Vaction business. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
1962An early men's publication in the model of Playboy. 74 pages with color and black and white photos. Features: Status is a Very Prolix Thing - sature by Charles H. King; The Cash Syndrome - humor by Charles Miron; "A Death in the Family" - fiction by Miriam Allen deFord; Ebon - Photo essay of raven-haired Lorna Lane; Stegopholy Anyone? - article on Masonry Mountaineers/Roof Climbers by Paul Brock; The Cure - fiction by Paul Jacobs; Photo essay on the Tri-State (Sky) Divers; The Vamp - or what happened to the bad old days in Babylon-on-the-Pacific - satire by Stan Cornyn; Chaste, Chasing, Chastened - satire by Robert G. Elliott - a modern discussion of a medieval custom; Ulysses in Beat Town - humor by Earle Schell; Profile of comedian Jackie Kannon; Fashion photos of men's rainwear; Baby Doll! - photo feature of Marie Barry; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1916Numerous black and white photographs. "...Framed with the object of producing an account of the great contest now in progress, which shall be at once popular and authoritative... An account written by men of great experience in political, military, and naval matters... Will contain a great deal of first-hand material which will be really valuable to historians of the future." - From Preface. Contents: Chapter CXXXII - The Churches and the Armies. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Sound copy. Magazine
1942148 pages. Charming cover illustration by Al Parker depicts mother and daughter arranging their WWII-era ration stickers. Features: War and the Standard of Living; If You Ask Me (by Eleanor Roosevelt); There Never Was a Marriage Like Yours; How America Lives: Meet Reverend & Mrs. Sanborn - Arthayer Russell and Ruth Sanborn, Jr.; "The Church Just Doesn't Think"; and "Catching" Diseases. Many articles on domesticity, fashion, decorating, food and homemaking (including recipes), short stories and poetry. Full page colour vintage print advertising for Campbell's Soup, Coca-Cola, and French's Mustard. Full page colour vintage Lucky Strike Cigarette print advertising with American Artist James O. Chapin (1887-1975) painting. Full page colour ad with Rosalind Russell promoting Lux Toilet Soap. Short stories illustrated by Roy F. Spreter and Al Parker. Complete, clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy of this wartime issue. Magazine
1977310 pages. The shocking devastating truth about the Medical Monster and the cancer racket. Proof that radiation, surgery, and chemo-therapy is real quackery. Then read the real cancer cures being supressed by the Medical Monster. Originally published in 1956. Includes dozens of graphic black and white photos of cancer victims plus rare black and white photographs of the infamous George H. 'Doc' Simmons, founder of the American Medical Association (A.M.A.)., and his successor Morris Fishbein. Documents an important part of American medical history. Small piece of clear tape at foot of spine. Shows evidence of ample but respectful use. Rubbing to illustrated covers. Book
191894 pages. "Some of these poems were printed at my request and gained great popularity amongst all ranks in the B.E.F. I feel sure that through these homely verses many a man has come to realise for the first time some deep truth of the Sorrow of God in this world's greatest agony. The author has had experience in all parts of this battle as a chaplain and knows and loves the men for whom he writes." - Llewellyn H. Gwynne, Deputy Chaplain General, France, 1918. Dedicated to the officers and men of the 46th and 24th Infantry Divisions. Proceeds of this volume went to St. Dunstan's Hostel for Blinded Soldiers. Pencil and ink writing atop Table of Contents. Light pencil writing upon back cover. Minimal markings to contents. Covers protected by aged clear plastic laminate. Yellowed tape repairs to backstrip and inside front cover. This copy appears to have been frequently relied upon, thus it bears considerable wear which, we feel, adds to its character. A worthy copy of this important WWI memento. Book
1985184 pages. Features: Reverend Jack Adam; Fortnum & Mason, London's other department store; Gift giving among the wealthy friends of Stuart E. Jacobson; Identifying ivory carvings from China and Berlin; Open Studio - Ontario's oldest printmaking studio celebrates its fifteenth birthday; A visit to Antigua; Mortal fascination with earth's treasure; Designer Burt Manion creates true grandeur; rafaell Cabrera and his apartment; Toronto's Massey Hall still going strong; Visit with sculptor and quilt-maker Viktor and Judith Tinkl; Doris Rotenberg's conservatory; and much more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding sound. Faint cup ring on front cover. Small archival-tape repair to bottom of spine. A quality copy of this wonderful issue. Book
1912295 pages. "Cell-Matter is the only Cure-Matter - Mind is not Cell-Matter, therefore, Mind does not cure Matter. As Time and Space are mere conveniences of Cosmic Matter, so Mind and Thought are mere incidences of Cell-Matter." - from forward to first edition in 1903. The author was unseccessful in convincing his 'rutty' medical colleagues to accept his theory so took it directly to the public in this book. Tissue-protected sepia-tone frontispiece portrait of author. Suede exterior adorned with gilt. Unmarked. Average external wear with a half-inch of loss to bottom of backstrip. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this interesting alternative medical theory. Book
1938Vintage French-language magazine. Cover photo shows a smiling Chinese man with drugs hidden inside a dead rat with the caption 'Les Contrebandiers de la Drogue". Contents: Le Capitaine Phoebus (fin); Le Circuit de Minuit (Acte II); Le Jubile de la Reine Wilhelmine; La Vie des Dames de Pierre; Un Drame Des Journees de Juin (fin); Bidon v Ouvre la Chasse; Les Contrebandiers de la Drogue; Coiffes et Recettes; Pages Oubliees - Le Cure de Vireloup; Cote <Cours>; Marie-Antoinette a Versailles; Le M'Zab Pays du Mystere; Payes Vos Gages!; Trois Minutes avec les Humoristes en vacances. Photos: La Famille Royale; La petie princesse Beatrice de Hollande; La reine et la princesse Juliana; A-F Goachetti dans le role de Verdi. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Pieces of red tape at top and bottom of backstrip. Book
1969Articles: Pauline Jewett - a department of peace?; William F. Buckley offers a cure for U.S. Disorder; Tenat Power - the high-rise people of Canada's cities complain they are harried by their landlords under antiquated laws; Canadian recreational nautical feature; In Praise of Older Horses - Ian Tyson tells why saddle sores can be fun - his account of a 130-mile prairie trail ride, with photos; The Ann Spiller Case - the bank manager responds; Hands off my Door Knobs - Robert Thomas Allen complains about things that are 'new and improved'; The Great Nutrition Game; The All Canadian Fabrication - fashion feature with colour photos; Robert Weaver - CBC Radio's top literary scout and buyer, an editor, critic, anthologist and best friend Canadian writers ever had; Robert Freedman has brought the ultimate in discotheques to Canada - The Electric Circus. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
195252 pages. Features: Nice cover art depicts an active school gym; Bagdad on the Thames - London Report by Beverley Baxter; Cigarette Smugglers Beware - Ottawa Report; Li'l Abner-themed Cream of Wheat ad; The Riddle of Louis Riel - Maclean's flashback - article with photos, part 1 of 2; South Africa's Ku Klux Klan - the Broederbond believes God made the white man to be boss - article with photos; Blizzard in the Banana Belt, by Farley Mowat - illustrated by Oscar Cahen; Vancouver Takes to the Hills - Skiiing in Vancouver - article with colour photos atop Mount Garibaldi and Grouse Mountain; Why I Work for God - The Reverend David S. Duncombe of Holy Trinity Church, Hicksville, Long Island - article with photos; The Shy Midas Behind the Ungava Iron Development - Julles Timmins- article with photos; She Cooked Dinner for the Princess - Maria Colquhoun - she is probably one of Canada's best cooks at Eagle Crest Lodge near Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island - article with photos; How to Catch an Eagle - Winnipeg's Charles Broley is an international authority on banding eagles - article with amazing photos; "All Aboard..." - humor by Eric Nicol, illustrated by l'Amare; Bold colour centerfold ad for the 1952 Pontiac; Classy ad for the 1952 Chrysler cars; 1952 Studebaker ad inside back cover; Book
193432 pages. Features: The War on Religion - with an anti-religious quote by Max Epstein, Vice-Commissar for Education; Notes of the Week; New Year Notes by Lady Houston, D.B.E.; A Conservative Leader?, by Kim; The Case of Patrick O'Malley, life-long trade unionist; Satirical full-page ad for the public auction of the nations of the Commonwealth; A Hair of the Dog that Bit You!; Air Progress Abroad, by Major Oliver Stewart; The Monstrous Shadow of 1934, by Robert Machray; More Grave Changes - British Legion Affiars; Eve in Paris; Political Madness - Conservative Party Heads for Suicide, by Colonel Sir Thomas A. Polson; Lord Dalhousie - Creator of Modern India - article plus full-page portrait on glossy stock; India - the Frost Continues, by Hamish Blair; Across a Century (Charles Lamb died December 27, 1834); New book news; News snippets from the empire; The Expensive Mr. Baldwin; Music reviews; Theatre notes; The Gamekeeper's Dog, by Eric Hardy; Broadcasting notes; Lady Houston's Cold Cure; Interesting back cover reproduction of a letter dated 23 May, 1917 signed by Ramsay MacDonald (and others) in support of the Russian Revolution, plus one of his more recent quotes, plus the suggestion that it was his intent that the British people pay for goods ordered by Russia from Britain. Faint libray stamps to front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this interesting vintage issue. Book
197164 pages. Features: CBC The National colour-photo ad features Lloyd Robertson and George Finstad; We Can Keeep Vancouver Livable; Shirley Chan of Strathcona beat back bulldozers and scared City Hall; Gastown developer Larry Killam brought swingers into the slum; SPEC's Robin Harger confronts 'the extinction of the human race'; Mike Harcourt and the law squad; Intermedia's Barry Cramer and media technology; Albert Turnbull, Arthur Erickson, Dr. George Gray, William Graham, and Dr. Walter Harswick draw guidelines to keep Vancouver livable; Nice two-page colour-photo ad for the Lockheed 1011 Tristar; From Bruce Cockburn to Youth - A Very Private Message; How Jasper Park is moving into the 1970s; The Real Poor in Canada and why we don't know who they are; Contest to design trophy for the air race of the century; How Kings County, NS found the cure for despair; How to spot the danger point in drinking; Bilingualism and Biculturalism; Crossword partly completed in light pencil; Great color photo ad for CBC Sports includes group of athletes including Mel Profit of the Argos and boxer Clyde Grey; and more. Average wear. Damage to fore-edge of back cover. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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
1949Pages 1009-1048. Features. Amazing cover-page photo of 10% of South Africa's white population gathered for the inauguration of the Voortrekker Memorial at Pretoria on December 16th (plus two more photos inside); Five photos of the 30-hour Covent Gardens blaze where firefighter Station Officer Fisher lost his life; Two photos of the funeral procession of the late Governor of Sarawak, Mr. Duncan Stewart, in Singapore; Photos of Princess Elizabeth's tour of H.M. Dockyard, Malta; One-page photo of the consecration of the New Roman Catholic Bishop of Southwark, the Right Reverend Monsignor Cyril Cowderoy; Two-page illustrated chart showing the cost of some imported commodities and the proportion obtained from the dollar area, and the volume of British imports and exports in 1948; In the hands of the Gestapo for six years - Mr. Hugh W.A. Oloff De Wet; Six illustrations show the House of Commons new Annunciator system which keeps members informed when absent from the chamber; Six photos of construction of the new House of Commons; Six nice photos of food galore in 'Dublin's Fair City', in contrast to Britain's food shortages; Fantastic two-page spread of eight photos illustrates "One of Tokyo's Most Westernised Aspects - Shopping in the Japanese Capital's Great Department Stores"; The Russian Theatre of the Second World War - a review of 'La Guerre Germano-Sovietique, 1941-1945, by General A. Guillaume; Page with large photo and smaller photos and text entitled "Seventy Years Old - The World's Most Powerful Dictator and Least-Known Ruler - Joseph Stalin"; Five fascinating large photos illustrate the mining and production of clay which is used to make porcelain - with one-page photo of a deep Cornish China stone quarry; Two-page photo-spread illustrates Bertram Mills' Christmas Show (Circus) at Olympia, including elephants, The Seven Ashtons, the great Arturos Troop, and drinking polar bears, all under the "Big Top"; Two pages of photos of Wyoming Rancher Frank Robbins and the round-up of wild horses using aircraft; Two pages of photos of fashions worn by well-dressed women and children from 1770-1927; 600th Anniversary of Trinity Hall, Cambridge; American excavations on the Athenian Agora in Greece; Photo s of personalities of the week included Mr. Albert Toft, Dr. George De Hevesy, Field Marshal Von Manstein, Mr. George H. Lloyd Jacob, Mr. Richard G. Casey, Dame Enid Lyons, Dr. J.P.S. Jamieson, Vice-Admiral R. Ivelaw-Chapman and Minister of Food, Mr. Strachey; and more. Taped repairs to outer advertising pages which are lacking back page. Contents complete, intact and unmarked. A sound reference copy. Magazine
1957112 pages. Fiction: Love Wasn't Enough; Rage on the Mountain; First Proposal; Young and Scared; The Girl He Remembered (conclusion); The Artless Heiress (part 4 of 8). Articles: Beware Those Phony Stock Salesmen! - Boiler room operators; The Actor in Me - Kirk Douglas (part 1 of 2) - with many photos; The High Price of Haste - Photo of hideous crash scene on highway 25-70 near Marshall, North Carolina in which an asphalt truck collided with an oncoming car cilling several people including the Reverend and Mrs. T.H. Shackelford, their missionary daughter, the Reverend and Mrs. Robert N. Barefoot and their seven-year-old niece; They Rescue the Mail - how dogged postal sleuths find and deliver letters that have been lost, stolen, burned drowned or macerated by catastrophe or crime; Bargain Bonanza - Hoss Monday in Canton, Texas is the day for swapping lies, knives, horses, dogs and any kind of livestock you can name; Let's Be Sensible About Foreign Aid; The Deep South Says "Never!" (part 2 of 5) - a report from Summerton, South Carolina on how the people have reacted to the Federal integration order; Cruising the Cool Coast - great color photos of the unspoiled Maine coast; . Ads: Nice color American Motors ad inside front cover shows several of their models and features; Nice GE color-photo ad for their pink kitchen appliances; Nice two-page ad for United Aircraft Corporation shows their C-133, Convair F-102As, plus a great color air cargo illustration; Nice color Oldsmobile ad for their Golden Rocket 88 Holiday Coupe; Chevrolet ad in mountain setting; Nice color Imperial car ad shows a light blue model; Winston cigarettes; Pream coffee; International trucks; Douglas DC-7; Spud cigarettes; Buick Roadmaster 75; Great one-page black and white photo ad for Jeep; Louisa May Alcott is features in a U.S. Savings Bond ad; Chesterfield cigarette ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
194750 pages. Photos of lovely Wanda Ridgeway inside front cover. Short Stories: "For Five Grand"; The Pie Card. Articles: I Was a Georgia Nazi - Lanier Waller tells his story; The Return of Chaplain Smith - Reverend Meredith Patrick Smith adapts to life as a New England village pastor; Hope for the Childless; George Raft's Gangster Friend - Bugsy Siegel; Stone Cold Dead in the Stork Club - article with photos of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mrs. Clark H. Minor, Henry Cushing IV, Georgette Windsor; Lady Iris Mountbatten, Gordon Michler, Lana Turner, Greg Bautzer, Tilak Raj, Marguerite Skoda and Bruce Cabot; Most Veterans are Suckers - 10 million vets have deprived themselves of an insurance deal no commercial outfit can match; Hirohito Beats the Rap - photo-illustrated article on how Hirohito is being rebranded to the Japanese people; Eisenhower for President? - photo-illustrated article; First in War; Are Umpires Human? - article with photos including Frankie Frisch, Lee Ballanfant, and George Magerkurth; Congress Should See Me. Special Features: Speaking of Girls; Life with Ingrid Bergman - photo-illustrated article about Sam Wanamaker; Heavenly Body - Several photos of lovely Rita Hayworth who stars in this film; ; report from Hollywood; College Life - 1947; Inside the Glamour Business - article with great photos of how photographers such as Murray Korman, James Kriegsman and Bruno of Hollywood snap glamourous photos of gorgeous women; Generals are Lousy Historians - their books emphasize the role of the brass, and each general's outfit individually won the war; Photo salute to Bishop Bernard Sheil, the Most Reverend Auxilliary Bishop of Chicago; "It Depends on the Breaks" - photo-illustrated article on Congressional Medal winner Russell Dunham, his wife Mary, and their baby, who have found postwar life to be no snap; and more. Salute's Pin-up is a beautiful one-page photo of Lena Horne. Light wear. Unmarked. Light age-toning to contents. A nice vintage copy. Book
1891In-8 p. (mm. 226x153), brossura editoriale figurata (picc. manc. al dorso), pp. 72, con 3 belle tavv. in b.n. che raffigurano il sanatorio di Schoneck, “das Kohltahl” e “die Schluckt”, oltre a 1 “Routen-Karte” a colori, f.t. Contiene: “Lage und Aussicht - Klima - Geschichte und Beschreibung der Anstalt - Kurmittel, Kurmethoden und deren Anzeigen - Wasserkur - Spaziergange in der Nahe und Ausfluge in die Ferne, etc., etc.”. Ben conservato.
1841Mm 135x225 Rilegatura coeva in mezza pelle verde con titolo oro al dorso, 892 pagine con 14 tavole ripiegate e apposte su singolo foglio in chiusura del volume. Tenui fioriture in alcune carte, peraltro il libro è in ottime condizioni nelle sue legature ben salde. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
195384 pages. Features: The Very Reverend Hewlett Johnson, "Red Dean" of Canterbury, visits Canada; How to Fix a Horse Race - Swabby Swartz, thief turned mastermind, is caught at Fort Erie - article with many photos; The Shadow of the Duke of Windsor - part 2 of a series on the family in the palace by Pierre Berton; Karsh photographs Ottawa - including rare photo of Canadian Cabinet in session; The Bolshevik and the Wicked Witch, story by J.N. Harris - illustrated by Oscar Cahen; Where's the Money Coming From? - the Crisis in Education; Nova Scotia's Strangest Son - A Maclean's flashback to Joseph Howe; Never Never Trust a Bull, by Thomas Walsh - many Canadians are injured by bulls - the killer with the poets eyes; Soups You Can Cut with a Knife - with cartoon illustrations by Oscar Cahen, Duncan MacPherson, George Feyer, Desmond English, Peter Whalley, and William Winter; You Can't Beat Kelly's Bear Grease - Kelly Chamandy is Canada's leading distiller of bear grease and the country's only licensed butcher of bear meat, beaver meat, muskrat meat, and raccoon meat; Nice ad for Allis-Chalmers excavating equipment; Nice full-page colour ad for Ganong's chocolates; Nice GM of Canada ad says "12,176 pairs of hands work on every car and truck..."; 1953 Meteor car ad; 1953 Chevrolet ad; REO truck ad; Elegant full-page ad for the Packard automobile; GE Push-Button Range ad; 1953 Ford Monarch V-8 ad; Nice colour 1953 Studebaker ad inside back cover. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A high-quality copy. Book
1946100 pages. Features: Attractive one-page color ad for Dodge Trucks features bright yellow moving van; Seattle's worst earthquake in history; Mrs. Helen Douglas Mankin wins Atlanta's Negro vote; Color ad for General Tire features well-dressed lady with lots of luggage being helped by black porter; Classy color ad for the Farnsworth Television and radio Corporation; Two-page poem commemorates the first anniversary of the Iwo Jima battle; Canadian exposure of spy ring turns doubting eyes on Russia - major article with photo; Nice one-page ad for the Banff Springs Hotel; Attractive color ad for Ford cars features ski scene; Young UNO closes first session with hope, suspicion, and a veto; Photos of Francisco Franco; Field Marshal von Paulus; Sir Sholto Douglas; Photo of Mohammed Ali Jinnah; The bravest padre - Maj. John Weir Foote, Presbyterian chaplain of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry is awarded the VC; Brief obituaries for Dr. William Allan Neilson, Cornelius Johnson and Adolph Lorenz; Army posters to help soldiers adapt to civilian life; Tuberculosis germ killer; Photo and article of artist Alberto Vargas; Nice color-photo ad for the Boeing Stratocruiser; American Cyanamid color ad shows smiling coal delivery man iun bomber jacket; Dr. Henry A. Jones experiments with onions; Uneasy Swedes wonder what future holds; Photos of the lightweight Bobbi car; Aerial photo of downtown Chicago promotes the area for industrial development; Hotel New Yorker ad features photo of John H. Sienold, Banquet Manager; Photos of American Cardinals; The Secret of "Huff-Duff" (radio direction finder) can be told - as part of ITT ad; Picasso of the Camera - Edward Weston; ad for Dr. Grabow pipes; and more. Covers holding by one staple. Average wear and soiling. A worthy vintage copy. Book
2002242 pages. Bibliography. Index. Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. "Chronicles the history of radiation treatment used in British Columbia throughout the twentieth century... Liberally referenced with source material and contains 123 black and white illustrations, personal remembrances, biographical sketches of significant individuals and Author's Notes to help guide those less familiar with the scientific aspects of the treatment." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. An excellent copy. Book
1961Feature articles include: The Pressures Against Air Safety; My Other Books, by James Michener; The Baffled Young Men of Japan, by Peter Drucker; Senator Dodd vs. Kenneth Tynan; New Start in Foreign Policy; The Dangerous Road Before Martin Luther King - James Baldwin; Can de Gaulle Avoid Civil War?; Hoodlum Priest and Respectable Convicts; Mr. Justice Black, the Supreme Court, and the Bill of Rights; Surgery for Strokes; The Tyranny of Multiple-Choice Tests; Writing the "Inside" Books; How to Talk to People, If Any, on Other Planets; California's $2 Billion Thirst; "Anti-Americanism" in Canada; Trial by Combat in American Courts; Adenaurer and McCloy; The Good Slum Schools; The Happiest Creatures on Earth?; John Gunther; Adam Yarmolinsky; Special Supplement - the mood of the Russian People; Secret Angola; Portrait of Bevin; Up-to-date Texas; Nobel Prizes; Apocalypse; A cure for bewitchment; The Pitchman; America's Wandering Scholars; The Coming Bust in the Real Estate Boom; The American Negro's New Comedy Act; William Carlos Williams; A Small Atomic Accident; Riesman and his Readers; and more. Light wear. Tightly bound. Usual library markings. Book
193856 pages. Features: The Guy With the Face, by Charles L. Shaw - Any dolt could see Igar's face was his future; Out of Torment - Peace!, by Beverley Baxter, who is optimistic about the future of Europe after the Munich conference; You're Driving Me Crazy, by Elmin Sproule - never call your wife a nincompoop; Canon Scott, by Hubert Evans - he was a padre who babbled poetry and ate potatoes out of his hat, but the First Division still remembers him as a hero who deserved a halo; The General Died In..., by Benge Atlee - Kent Power in the puzzling case of the General who thought he had no enemies; Drama the Crowd Misses - by Dink Carroll - the inside story of many a football battle is even more thrilling than the game itself; Medicine Man, by George Edward Allen - in which white man's magic dices with death and probes the secret of the Wild Wa's shrine; Nostalgic photos of a fall fair; They Knew Joy Boyle, by Flora Alexander Boyle; Fantastic two-page colour ad for the 1939 Dodge Custom; Great two-page colour centerfold ad for the new 1939 DeSoto (held by one staple), followed by another beautiful colour two-page ad for the 1939 Chrysler - this ad missing a 3" x 3" clipping from its right margin; Great colour ad for International trucks on back cover shows the range of their products from light delivery unit through dump trucks. Above-average wear. Pages 5-8 loose but present. Pages 49-52 missing. Address label atop front cover. Book
1965Features: nice colour photo ad for the 1965 Beaumont inside front cover; Can we succeed in NATO without really trying?; How to survive in the CBC jungle - and other TV Tribal secrets - Percy Saltzman interviews Patrick Watson and Douglas Leiterman; Madman on the Bridge, by Kenneth Walker, MD; Churchman Reverend A.C. Forrest talks back to critic Pierre Berton, author of "The Comfortable Pew"; Toronto - Canada's high-rising, high-living, heady new sophistocate, by Ian Sclanders; When little Tommy Burns outslugged the biggest brutes in boxing - a Maclean's flashback to the stridently Canadian boxer who barnstormed around the world in 1908 - with photos; How Canada Lives - the winter Samaritan of Ile-aux-grues - Albert Vezina wrestles a freight-laden boat over Canada's toughest delivery route to keep a St. Lawrence island alive; Now we know why C.D. Howe had Churchill screaming 'sellout' regarding uranium in the second world war. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
