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1959Features include: Flowering Nobile-Type Dendrobiums in South Florida; Some Orchids with Lasting Flowers; Dendrobiums of the Australian Temperate Zone; The Equipment and Technique of Close-up Orchid Photography; Collectors' Item: Two Small Costa Rican Masdevallias; The Culture of Cypripediums in the Home; Experiment in Mountain Breezes at Sea Level; Growing Orchids in the Home (Pt V): Orchids in a Florida Apartment; Dendrobiums for Cut-flower Use; Dendrobium hookerianum Lindl.; An Easy Method of Transplanting Seedlings in Flasks; and A Note on Dendrobium bigibbum forma compactum. Light wear. Few marking in ink on page 663 and 664. A clean copy. Book
1959Features include: Development of Phalaenopsis in Hawaii; The Orchidist in Southern Mexico (Pt I): The Nizanda "Rock Gardens" of Oaxaca; Vandas in Central Florida; How Does Your Greenhouse Grow?; Collectors' Item: Rodriguezia rigida; Growing Orchids in the Home (Pt VI): Orchids on a Windowsill in Wales; Oncidium Cavenlur; Evolutionary Trends in the Sarcanthine Orchids; Pleiones, Orchids for Everyone; Cryptocentrum jamesonii, a Rare Ecuadorian Orchid; How Do Your Orchids Grow?; and Orchid Classics (Pt V): On the Identity of Three Supposed Genera of Orchideous Epiphytes. Light wear. Unmarked. A clean copy. Book
1960Features include: Name Changes in Orchids; Growing Cypripediums in Florida; The Cyps and I; A Primer on Orchid Growing: Cypripediums for the Beginner; The Genus Caladenia; The Cytology of the White Cypripediums; Starting to Grow Cypripediums in Hawaii; Harvesting Orchid Seed; Orchid Hall of Fame: Cymbidium Lillian Stewart; Japanese Species of Cypripedium; and Collectors' Item: Plectrophora Cultrifolia. Light wear. Unmarked. A clean copy. Book
1960Features include: Lycastes and Their Bigeneric Hybrids; Cattleya dormaniana, a Valid Species; Sarcochilus falcatus; Some Second Thoughts on Fibreglas; New Apparatus for Sowing and Transplanting; Epidendrum mariae in Hybridization; Cymbidiums in Florida; An Automatic Feeding Device; Ecology Notes: Observations on Jamaica; Orchid Hall of Fame (Pt V): Cypripedium Milmoore; and Collectors' Item: Scaphosepalum endresianum. Water stain throughout, top of page at hinge. A sound copy. Book
1962Features include: Epidendrums for the Sub-Tropics - and Elsewhere; Orchid Cultural Calendar for March: What to Do in Mid-America; What to Do in the Southwest; What to Do in the Pacific Northwest; What to Do in California; What to Do in Florida; What to Do in the Northeast; What to Do in Hawaii; Orchid Under Lights; Barkerias; Famous Orchid Collectors (Pt 2): The Rev. Charles Samuel Parish; An Oddity in Cymbidium Behavior; Thoughts on Growing Reed-stemmed Epidendrums; How I Grow Cyps in Michigan; Pots to Fit the Orchids; Orchids in a New Synthetic Growth Medium; and Collectors' Item: Epidendrum purpurascens and Epidendrum polychlamys. Little Wear. Unmarked. A clean copy. Book
189316 pages. 13" x 10.5" oblong. Full-page black and white photos of: Warwick Castle; Washington Irving's Room in Red Horse Hotel, Stratford-on-Avon, England; Dickens' House at Rochester, England; Stokepoges Church; The Celebrated Bridge at the Frith of Forth, Scotland; St. George's Square, Glasgow; Melrose Abbey; The Cathedral in Strasburg; The Famous Strasburg Clock; The Church of the Madeleine, Paris; Tower of St. Jacques, Paris; The City Hall, Delft, Holland; Palace of Justice, or Court House in BrusselsGeirangerfjord, Norway; Jaffa Gate at JerusalemThe Ponce de Leon Hotel, St. Augustine, Florida. Moderate staining/soiling. Unmarked. Chips from rust brown covers. Book
1954178 pages. Features: Colour Parker Pen ad inside front cover; Douglas aircraft ad featuring the Skyrocket; Nice colour Brach's candy ad; Colour 2-page ad for Studebaker featuring the new 1955 models; Nice 20-page colour ad for Sun-Maid Sunsweet dried fruit products; The Mysterious Doings of CIA - America's Secret Agents - an exclusive report on its methods, how it recruits, how it is funded, and its accomplishments in Guatemala, Iran and behind the Iron Curtain - with photos; Frontier Frenzy, by John Reese; Will China Stay Red? - Joseph Alsop reports some curious and little-known truths about China - article with photos; The Man-Handler, by Williams Forrest; The Luckiest Girl in Hollywood - Grace Kelly - article with wonderful colour photos; Outcast of the Florida Keys, by Frank Skipp; The Truth About Congressmen - by Martin Dies, Congressman at Large, Texas; Confessions of a Football Recruiter - the hilarious adventures of Herman Hickman while hunting athletes - with photos; Tugboat Annie's Long Shot, by Norman Reilly Raine; My Old Man Groucho (Marx), by Arthur Marx (Part 7); The Zone of Sudden Death, by William Chamberlain; A Ten-Day Tiger Hunt costs $1,000 - with a kill guaranteed - Tigers are so plentiful in Central India that there is no limit on the bag! - with photos; Howard Morris has taught over 7,400 tourists to hula aboard the Lurline - with many great colour photos; House of Hate, by Storm Jameson; The Case of the Restless Redhead, by Erle Stanley Gardner - Perry Mason's informant learned the hard way that you can't make deals with criminals; Black and white photo ad by Chrysler Corp. shows their auto stylists at work; Nice colour 2-page photo ad for Admiral televisions; Two-colour ad for Pendleton shirts; Nice two-colour ad for Oliver tractors; Stromberg-Carlson television ad; Interesting 2-page Borg-Warner ad in 'Ripley's Believe it or Not' format; Glamorous colour Philip Morris ad; Two-page ad by REO Motors featuring the new mighty REO V-8 Gold Comet Truck Engine; Buck Skein Joe sport fasion ad; Colour ad by the Philadelphia Electric Company; Nice color Cream of Wheat ad features cartoon characters by Al Capp; Frank Thomas on "The Best Player I Ever Coached" - Dixie Howell; Colour ad for Dictaphone; Coke ad on back cover promotes Eddie Fisher on "Coke Time" NBC television twice each week. Average wear. Ink drops to top edge of last few pages. A sound copy. Book
1982Features: Why Inco must be nationalized, by Nick Lowe; Canada - inflation problems; Post office fights to maintain monopoly powers; Whycocomagh reserve natives protest against chemical spraying they say will pollute their water supply; Chaotic search for a solution in Lebanon; Mexico - land of sinking hopes; Ahmed Shah Masoud - the Che Guevara of Afghanistan - feared by the Soviets; Untangling the scandal fo God's Banker, Roberto Calvi; Breaking up Chirac's Paris; Bulent Ecevit on trial; War on firearms in the US; Sheikh Mohammed charged in Florida; Contrad Black and an 'honourable settlement' to a war - Norcen and Hanna Mining; Ratings of Canadian banks lowered by DBRS; People section contains news and colour photos of Susan Jacks, Princess Anne, Trevor Berbick and The Ducklings; Italy wins the World Cup of Soccer - Paolo Rossi; The fight against MS (Multiple Sclerosis); Canadian Jews oppose Lebanon invasion - Bob Kellermann; Home offices gain in popularity due to technology and desire to stay in touch with family - Kent Harding; Cover Story - movie special effects - Tron, Yoda, The Thing, Poltergeist, Wrath of Khan, etc.; Flashback to King Kong's special effects in 1933. Entertainment reviews. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
1936291 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1972126 pages. Features: Seven IRA men escape from prison ship The Maidstone; Leo Durocher; Noah Dietrich recalls the day they jailed Howard Hughes; Alan Gibbs - Hollywood stuntman; Handsome Marlborough centerfold loose but present; Eva Cropp - she swims with dangerous fish; The Uncensored adventures of Lewis and Clark; The Mad Marlin (fish) of Punta Carnero; Golf fashion photos; Five on a Raft - and then there were Three - Juan Puga, Richard Antonio and Tom Rash were rescued from Elliott Key, Florida. Above-average but not excessive wear. Unmarked. Address label on front cover. Book
194150 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Colorado Railroads - Why the railroads built into a wilderness of rock and snow, railroad operation, and notes for the traveler; Rich Road, Poor Road - Florida, East Coast Railway is unique among bankrupt roads of the nation; Mail-Key Railroaders - The sort the mail as speeding trains whisk the nation's letters on their way; Railfans' Utopia - If New England men have their way, fans will have a private road of their very own; SP Articulateds - Siamese twins of the rails, sired by Mallet type, are themselves simple articulateds; Hiawatha 4-4-2's. Small date stamp atop front cover. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1958112 pages. Features: Nice color 7up ad with Fiesta theme; Great color full-page ad for the 1958 Chevrolet; Color photo ad for Johnson outboard motors - the new "V" Sea Horse; Actual case histories from the files of the Marriage Council in Philadelphia; Hornblower's Hurricane - Part 1 of 3 by C.S. Forester; Those Amazing Island Medics - article and color photos of native physicians of the Pacific Islands, by Milton and Margaret Silverman; Shock Treatment - story by Allan Seager; The Greek Americans - two-page color photo of their January 6 gala version of Epiphany at Tarpon Springs, Florida; Maverick Boy - story by Prentiss Combs; Why Russia Has Poland Problems - for generations the Poles have hated the Russians, and they still do - photos; Private Life of Marshall Matt Dillon aka James Arness - great article and photos; House of Illusion - National Historical Waxworks Museum; Frank Malzone of the Boston Red Sox; The Man Who Wouldn't Fall - story by Richard Stern; The Flaming River - story by Dion Henderson; Beautiful colour Cadillac ad shows high class couple stepping out of the Del Monte Lodge to their blue coupe; Death Stalks the Bride - story by Nancy Rutledge; Two-page Pall Mall cigarette ad; Color photo ad for 1958 Ford cars; Sweet color photo ad for Gulf service stations; Sensational color photo Oldsmobile Super 88 ad features Patti Page outside CBS TV Studio 50; Great Caterpillar ad illustrates and describes massive interstate development and tax generation spinoffs in Needham, Mass.; Nice color photo ad for Delco radios - auto and portable; Great Viceroy cigarette ad features large photo of Cary Middlecoff; Harrison Air Conditioning color ad; Front cover essentially detached and heavily worn. Back cover missing. Occasional underlining and notes. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
2000224 pages. Features: Novel take for a creative couple in Beverly Hills; Spinning the Bahamian colonial cottage of old into a design of its own place and time; Author Barbara Goldsmith's Park Avenue home; The 98-room Carolands is finally a home; The art of deco in Florida - invoking the jazz age in a dramatically redesigned Palm Beach residence; Neoclassical edge for an Austrian retreat; Modernizing a waterfront home in Greenwich, Connecticut; Jewels on the go; Outside the box in Vancouver, BC; Carleton Varney gives his son's New York apartment an infusion of color; A West Palm beach pool and theatre make it worth staying home to watch a movie. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
199264 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Nice vintage ads on covers. Features: Weekend "Diggins" - The Antique Bottle Collectors of North Florida, by Arlene. Caruso, Jackie McRae & Michael Skie; Tips on buying British Isles Whisky Ceramics, by Jack Sullivan; Jar Talk - Unique colored half-gallon Mason Jars, by Jack La Baume; Hair Raising Stories - "Perry's Hungarian Balm", by Don Fadely; Extra Special Deliveries; Bottle Network News; Auction Directory; Polishing My Onion Bottles from the late 17th century - many photos, by David W. Barker; The Label Space - Richelieu Preserves, Meyer's Closure Patent, Hayward Brothers Bottled Foods from London - by Tom Caniff; Las Vegas Show - nice photos, by Steve Bava; Up-Dates; Texas Dr. Pepper, by Jack La Baume; Dublin, Texas Dr. Pepper Plant Turns 100, by Larry Zelisko. Bits of writing on first page. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
198854 pages. Features: The Alki Railroad; British Garden Railways; A Seasonal Railway in Florida - Santa's Trains; The Loma Linda Branch - Lionel 027 in the garden setting. Moderate wear. A sound copy.. Book
1999259 pages. Excellent black and white photographic plates. List of Bure's hockey statistics. List of sources. "...Paints a vivid portrait of Bure that not only captures his electrifying hockey abilities but fills in the blanks of his intriguing personality... This in-depth, unauthorized biography takes us behind the scenes to Bure's origins in his native country and re-creates the fascinating machinations that brought him to the West... Sheds light on the obscure hockey world of the former Soviet Union and delivers what may be the most thorough investigation to date of the impact Russian players have had on the North American game." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy of this biography of the most exciting player to ever suit up for the Vancouver Canucks. Book
1998Features: Miniatures Online - the Internet and the World Wide Web offer a wealth of resources; Share the Whitledge experience in the life of one collector; English Miniature China - toy china sets are as highly collectible and as in demand as ever; My 'Second Life" with Dollhouses - Shigemichi Hayashi; Ron's Miniature Shop and Museum in Orlando, Florida - Ron Mummert and Richard Laferriere, and their Eclectic, Oriental Museum; Luxury Line Launches - a new line of authentically detailed Chinese furniture is available from Imperial Pleasures; Miniature toys made in Japan by Hiromu Morine; Create a Mizuhiki Basket; Slip into Shoemaking - 1" scale ruby slippers; and more Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
199686 pages. Features: Garden Scenes; The Decorative Accents of Marcy Jaffe; The Wood Carving of Don Shaw; Wardrobes and Whatsits; Maynard Manor Revisited IV; The hows and why's of Noel Thomas's Miniature Paintings; Pat Tierney tells several favorite stories in her own Fairy Tale Castle in Florida; Christmas in July; The Show Scene - Chicago; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
1996Features: Small accomplishments - 'Tis the Season; The Happy Merchants - Our resident architect takes a holiday behind the counter; For GJ's Every Day is Christmas Day - These tree-makers have a gift for you, too - a acrystal angel; Brian McGlynn - Part-Time Miniaturist - Santa could use an elf with this businessman's skills!; Christmas Medley - Meredith Person takes a Christmas open house literally; They Retired to Miller Farm - a retirement project became a museum's holiday showpiece; Mother Goose Land - a dream bedroom with more than visions of sugarplums; The Show Scene - the South Florida Miniatures Show & Sale in Fort Lauderdale; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
1995Features: Fascinating facts from the Guild School; Adding gutter to a dollhouse; Pittsburgh Miniature Society brings sparkle to city skyscrapers; Judy Kafka; Willie Wiswell; Harry Smith; Northern California's T.A.M.S. show; Holidays in Florida; Holiday Angels; A Barn Loft a la Nic Nichols; Christmas in a Nutshell; A Park Ave. Christmas; And Not a Creature Was Stirring - a 1/2" scale wall-hung mouse nest; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
196974 pages. Features: Savage's new lineup of .22's; Latest Products; The 50-year old Thompson is still the one they turn to; Light gauge lightweights from Remington - models 1100 and 870 now come in 28 and .410 gauges; Single shot hunting for Florida boars; Trail Guns; Take a Camera with you; The All-Around .25; Cook yourself some French Crick Ham; Hot .22 Wildcat; A Sporterized military rifle can cost you double; The Evolution of the holster; Potshots; Portfolio of hunting dogs; and more. Prior owner's stamp atop first page. Book
1945pages 575-538. Features: All-Relay Interlocking at Manchester, N.H. on the B.& M. - two plants installed in 1898 are replaced; Electronics Laboratory Car on the Rock Island; Automatic Block Signals Installed on the Kansas City Southern; Train Communication tested on T. & N.O. Lines of the S.P. - inductive carrier system; Railroad Radio Laboratory Car; Dual-Frequency Yard Communication - Jacksonville Terminal, Jacksonville, Florida; New Devices; and more. Many great illustrated contemporary ads. Average wear. Fold-mark down middle. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
195666 pages. Features: News Photos; 4 to 12 Shift - ; 1,000,000,000 Commuters - Illinois Central Suburban was build to carry commuters - extensive coverage; Steam in Indian Summer; Photo Section; Super centerfold photo of an eastbound coal train crossing the New River at Glen Lynn, Va behind a million-pound 6,800 horsepower electric; Trains Turntable - opinion; Casey Called it a Cabin - in steam days they were hot, dirty and always ornamental; Trains Tripmaster - through the mountains... to Florida!; John Walker Barriger's Bible for Railroading; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Magazine
195158 pages. Features: Florida Woodburners - Lumber railroads still use scrap-burning locomotives - article and many great photos; Today's Monon - the story of what the new president has done since the CI&L came out of receivership - article with photos; The Busy Beeliners - After several months trial in actual service, it appears the Budd-built RDC-1 has a solid rail future - photos with article; Photo Section includes dramatic centerfold photo of the Cumberland-Pittsburgh line at the top of the hill at Sand Patch Tunnel; Night ride on the El Capitan - board Santa Fe's biggest money-maker in Kansas City and ride to Chicago - article with photos; The Evolution of Railroad - fascinating article with great historic illustrations; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
195372 pages. Features: The Caustic Genius of Sir Thomas Beecham; Christianity - Revival or Decline?; The Polish Art Treasures - colour Karsh photos of ancient and priceless heirlooms rushed from Poland at the outbreak of WWII; A Gift from the Princess - story by Mary E. Grannan - illustrated by Oscar Cahen; A Winter Vacation on a Summer-Cottage Budget - a cheap holiday for a family of four in hot Florida; Two-page colour-illustrated "Christmas Shopping Game" by Peter Whalley; An Excursion into Canada by Charles Dickens - a Maclean's flashback; The Alien - story by W.O. Mitchell - chapter 7. Average wear. External soiling. Coverfold partly open. Center page holding by one staple. Fore-edge opening to back cover which is missing 7"x2" chunk from bottom edge. Book
