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194696 pages. Features: Nice one-page ad for the Lockheed Constellation features illustration of cabin scene in-flight; Attractive color Ford ad features Green car being loaded with luggage; photo of Robert Moses of Chicago wins bubble-blowing contest; Ku Klux Klan article with photo of burning cross and shrouded members; Russian Spy - Nicolai Gregorovich Redin; New Gropings with the Atom; Cordell Hull prepares memoirs; Nice color-photo Camel cigarette ad says "More Doctors Smoke Camels"; Very nice color one-page Coke ad features spring cleaning scene; Gromyko walks out of UNO; Ad for the Town House Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles; Very cute color Schlitz beer ad features bear in nighshirt raiding fridge at night; Guns over Trieste; The Austrian Larder; Arthur Axmann - article with photo; Famine news from Europe; Possible trouble in India - with photo of Gandhi; Trouble for Jewish sports team in Vienna; Shanghai - inflation and theft; Kendo photo from Japan - it has been outlawed by the Allies; Very nice color centerfold ad for the Pennsylvania Railroad; Nice one-page color-portrait of Mr. Mervyn Le Roy in Calvert Whiskey ad; Ontario liberalizes liquor laws; Five more persons accused of Russian spying in Canada; The Capitolio Diamond Mystery; Argentina fears Yankee 'Nazi' threat; Brief obituaries for Noah Beery Sr., Charles F. Hurley, Martin L. Davey, George Washington, Field Marshal Viscount Gort; Shirley Jane Vetter regains sight after her baby is born; Oil - the big three tangle in the middle east; Color Union Pacific ad features Utah's Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks; Yellow Bole Pipe ad; Mr. Baruch on the Extension of OPA; Billiard article and photo on Willie Mosconi; Attractive one-page color ad for the Martin 2-0-2 aircraft; Gerald Kersh lifts veil on sordid side of London; Color-photo Studebaker ad shows Don Wyman and his father grinding metal while J.F. Rogers and son Peter perform heat-treating; and more. Above-average wear and soiling. A worthy vintage copy. Book
194698 pages. Features: Nice color Nash car ad inside front cover; What became of swimmer Trudy Ederle; Rare one-page photo ad for Sikorsky Aircraft featuresS-51; Classy color ad for Lincoln cars - "Nothing Could Be Finer"; Color ad for Borden's instant coffee features 'dumb' husband serving wife in twin bed; Neat Jeep ad shows Jeep on side with arrows indicating design features such as PTO (power take off) at front and back; Fifteen photos of Harry Truman accompany article on him; Tony Doto - a soldier trained to kill has trouble in civilian life; Mr. Truman's plan for the Middle East; What price Soviet-Iranian Accord? - with photo of Dr. Ali-Akbar Daftary and his daughter, Iran Ala; Middle East - Bevin, Pashas, and Peoples; Herbert Hoover pleads for food for children; Manchurian scramble in China; Photo of Hirohito; Nice color-photo Kodachrome ad; Nice color centerfold ad for Jones & Laughlin Steel features over the road freighting illustration - before steel; The New France watches the Rhine; Velasco Ibarra loses friends in Ecuador; Brief obituaries for C. Oscar Strand, Thomas Dixon, and composer Vincent Youmans; Photo of 13-year-old Jerry Mullen of Los Angeles having glass removed from his backside - the 15th trip to hospital for this accident-prone boy; Nice one-page ad for Western Air Lines - America's Pioneer Airline; National black market in lumber - 'peckerwood' sawmills; The town of Arlington, MO is sold by Fred Pillman for $10,000 - with photo; Nice Delta Airlines ad; Nice one-page color ad for the Gilbert Paper Company of Menasha, Wisconsin, provides aerial illustration of their snow-bound plant; Nice ad for Gaylord Boxes; and more. Above-average wear and soiling. Clear tape along coverfold. Back cover missing. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1946108 pages. Features: Nice color Chrysler ad inside front cover shows prosperous family and emphasizes imagination and safety; Classic one-page Bell Telephone ad shows pretty switchboard operator holding wire; Kelly Springfield Tire ad shows fashionable sidewalk scene; Nice Hilton ad features The Stevens Hotel in Chicago; Classy one-page color ad for Florsheim two-tone shoes; Nice color Ford car ad presents the (red) 1946 convertible; Intriguing one-page ad by Warner & Swasey called "Did Hitler Win the War?" provides text explaining how a lack of co-operation between France's labor, management and government led to the fall of that nation, thus co-operation is required for victory; Nice one-page photo-illustrated Pan American World Airways ad promotes their worldwide cargo service; Food - scarcer and scarcer; Beautiful photos of the many daughters of Daniel O'Neil in Boston with Mgr. Francis A. Burke; Mr. Truman and the Navy; Great one-page color ad for General Tire features golf theme; How tomorrow's war will be fought; Photos of UN offices in Sperry building and New York World's Fair building; Japanese women vote for first time; China - Civil War; Photos of beatings in Italy; Russian General Vassily D. Sokolovsky; News of the world in Russian; Tractors of gold on the Canadian prairies; Genuinely unique one-page two-color ad entitled "Mad dog!" by the America Fore insurance company shows angry dog and photo of car, the interior of which has been torn to shreds by a dog which was locked in it; Brief obituaries for George Ernest May, Lyle Saxon and Viscount Southwood; Photo of German V-2 rocket on launch pad in White Sands, NM where it wll soon be launched to conduct upper atmosphere research; Nice one-page ad for Fruehauf Trailers features Creighton Bros. leghorn chicken breeders; Article and photo of Theodore (Ted) Samuel Williams; Photo of Boston Red Sox Manager Joe Cronin; Tasteful one-page ad for McCall's Magazine features painting by John Koch; Great photo of Arthur Callenstein of Chicago playing marbles; Milller High Life Beer ad shows black many in white jacket holding ttray of beer; Weird Kreml Hair Tonic illustrated ad; A New Socialist International?; and more. Average wear and soiling. Please note: centerfold ad missing, otherwise a worthy vintage copy. Book
193948 pages. Features: Great Studebaker photo ad inside front cover highlights their Climatizer and 7,300 master craftsmen of South Bend; Fantastic one-page color-illustrated ad for the Cadillac Sixty Special in a desert scene; One-page Hartford Fire Insurance photo ad shows massive tree which has fallen on a large home; The widening rift in the auto workers' union; Ralph Robey; End of the Spanish War - and trouble in sight; The meaning of Adolph Hitler's Reichstag speech; French plane deal starts foreign-policy row; The vote on relief - victory for Garner forces; Photo of Frank and Theresa Mauler who returned to Pinkaute in Europe to visit Mr. Mauler's father; Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Jules Brulatour; Capture of Barcelona points to end of Spanish War - major coverage with photos; A short article reviews the amount of US press coverage Hitler has received since he came to media attention over six years ago; Gehrig's $34,500 tops Baseball pay; photo of American skating record setter Eddie Schroeder; Photo of squash players Anne Page and Elizabeth Pearson; Fencing winner Barbara Cochrane; "One Man's Family" Radio Show - article with photo of cast and family tree diagram; Nice one page ad for the Mercury 8 car; Attractive color ad for Monsanto plastics inside back cover shows lady holding baby shoes in clear plastic container; Nice color ad on back cover for Grace Line Caribbean-South American cruises features male tourist with monkey and lots of luggage. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy Book
1946112 pages. Features: Nice color Nash car ad inside front cover; Nice one-page Lockheed ad features cutaway illustration of their Constellation aircraft; Great one-page photo ad for Jeep shows its unique applications; Nice color Borden's ad features Elsie the Cow; *Sweet* one-page color 1946 Lincoln car ad; 10,000 tons of horsemeat will be sent to Europe in 1946; Should Japan be annexed or put under U.N. trusteeship; One-page color ad for National City Bank features painting by Rockwell Kent and photo of John Willett; Famine Specter Stalks Old World in footsteps of war and crop failure; German fashion photos; Photo of Rudolf Hess and review of his (alleged) offer to the British; Photo of election rally in Russia; Nice color Kodachrome ad; Attractive color TWA ad; Palestine - Wrong Raid - Jewish terrorists raid the King's African Rifles camp near Tel Aviv; The Ainu Comes Back; Canada tests its icebound barrens with column of mechanized troops - "The Musk-Ox Trail"; Air Force finds danger in peace that takes its most skilled men; Attractive color-illustrated Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. ad shows train stopped by snow; How Bikini became the Bomb-Testing Ground; British war brides arrive stateside; Housing program latest answer to inflation -strike - shortage riddle; Nice color Kinsey whiskey ad; Behncke guides pilots' union; Nice one-page ad for Porto Rico Line "Who Made Rosita's New Dress?"; Nice New Haven Railroad ad; The Army's Eniac Computer - a roomful of brain (with photo); Color one-page ad for Seiberling Tires; Lord Calvert Whiskey ad features color portrait of actor John Boles; Cute one-page Dixie Cup ad features young boy with soda; Classy 2/3-page two-color ad for Gaylord Boxes; Boxing's Nat Fleisher; Hoopster Red Rolfe - photo; Photo-illustrated article on composer Bartok; Nice color Schlitz Beer ad shows charming outdoor gathering; George Arliss, 1868-1946; Japs escape to movies for Love and no Kisses; Metro. Oakland, California ad shows large tracts of land awaiting development; Ad for New Hampshire encourages industrial development; and more. Clear tape along spine. Average wear and soiling. A worthy vintage copy. Book
194796 pages. Features: Nice color ad for Pan American World Airways inside front cover features travel to Guatemala; B.F. Goodrich ad features photo of huge articulated bus owned by Santa Fe Trailways; Gillette shaving blade ad features speedskater Irving Jaffee; Nice color ad for Ford cars; Former Soviet official Kiril M. Alexeieff; Russian shortwave broadcasts to America; Nice color General Tire ad; What Stalin said to Montgomery; Plymouth car ad; Photo of Kelly the Clown; Poland harassed by 170,000 Russian-trained security police; Behind the Japanese Purge - American Military Rivalries; Britain's postwar moral climate; Brief obituaries for Jean-Marie Cardinal Villeneuve, James T. (Jimmy) Sheckard, Lt. Gen. Daniel I. Sultan, and Pedro Leao Velloso; Nice International Truck ad features oil drilling scene; Accused murderer William Heirens, University of Chicago student; Photo of Polio virus isolators Drs. Hubert S. Loring and C.E. Schwerdt; Father of Radio - Lee de Forest; Color ad for the Lockheed Constellation aircraft features Rio party scene; Henry Hazlitt writes on "Stabilizing" the Economy; New York Yankee article with photo of Trippe who spurned them for Charles Bidwill of the Cardinals; Nice color-photo ad for McCall's Magazine; Freeze the RFC; and more. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
193840 pages. Features: Nice two-color addressograph ad inside front cover; AT&T charged with waste and extravagance; Gargantua the gorilla leads a streamlined new Ringling circus to town - article with photos; George Jean Nathan; Franco's offensive rolls forward; Ontario's Premier Mitchell Hepburn defies clergy and puts over sweepstakes bill; Francis William Rickett and Ben Smith - mystery men of Mexican oil; Photo of smiling FDR with Marvin McIntyre; Photo of Father Charles Coughlin of Detroit; Negro politician Nathaniel Brewer, of Cambridge, MA; Squaws riot in Northern Minnesota; Interesting article on Key West, Florida; Nazis put their Nordic paganism into print - rules for marriage ceremonies in the Temples of Blood; Photo of the Prince of Liechtenstein and his wife; The Soviet Union's NSRA (Northern Sea Route Administration) is one of the few government agencies to escape the Stalin purge; Tsung Tsai Chiang becomes Stalin of China; Egyptian feud between Farouk I and Nahas Pasha; Fantastic hockey photo shows American goalie Earl Robertson playing against the Chicago Black Hawks; Nice photo of Joan Blondell with police; Burial announcement of Col. Edward M. House - and picture of him with Woodrow Wilson; Nice one-page photo ad for the Cine-Kodak Eight movie camera; Interesting photo of black children at Milk Bar - Rev. Amos H. Carnegie; Interesting picket outside Boyles Furniture Store in Utah; Labor Racketeers Still Flourishing; Nice photo ad for Warner & Swasey turret lathes of Cleveland; C.I.O. seamen picket Maritime Commission offices in Washington; Leonor F. Loree leaves the D.& H. (with photo); Nice color ad inside back cover for San Francisco tourism features illustration of rotating street car; Back cover color photo ad for Four Roses whiskey features letter from John Chapman. Average wear. Unmarked. Small clipping from page 7. A worthy vintage copy Book
1945Contents: Oldsmobile Hydra-Matic drive color ad inside front cover. GM Electro-Motive Division color ad; V-E Day eases some controls but nation has no ready chart covering next few months; Great War Bond ad in color; Fisher Body color ad; the U-249 'sails against England' under British escort (photo and story); The Wehrmacht Plot - could keep General Staff alive as nucleus of next German Army; Photos of victory celebrations in Europe; Fat, Satisfied, Vulgar - photo and story of Goering's surrender; Kesselring - soft soap; Quaking Quisling; Photo of the firing squad execution of Mussolini's friend Lt. Gen. Achille Starace; Our Jap Enemy - he is fanatical and capable of long resistance; Delegates face some pitfalls despite wide area of agreement in writing world charter; V-E Day rioters smash the business district of Halifax; Emil Rieve in reverse; Photo of a Northrop XP-56; Amazing photo of Army Capt. Desmond E. Carrig dangling from power lines after his car hit a telegraph pole; An improving reporter in wartime radio must interpret coming peace; Horse racing ban lifted; Douglas aircraft color ad; Interesting color ad for McCall's, extolling the virtues of rationing paper; Interesting story and photos of large military hydroponics farming operation on Ascension Island; Laister-Kauffmann aircraft ad. Average wear. Address label at top of front cover. Unmarked. Covers attached by one staple else a sound copy. Book
1945108 pages. Features: Nice color Nash car ad inside front cover; Fiberglas ad shows military water tank in Pacific war theatre; Nice photo ad for the National Dairy Products Corp. features sailors doing laundry in South Pacific; United States Rubber ad features tractor tires from 1941 and tank tires from 1945; Uncommon E.H. Scott Radio ad features photo of E.H. Scott; Nice one-page two-color ad for Baldwin diesel locomotives; AiResearch ad features photo of Eddie Rickenbacker; Nice photo ad for Bristol Brass of Bristol, CT features snarly executive; Japs Lose Hope - Nazis Hide Away - Major war coverage; Amazing photos of Third Army rolling two columns along an autobahn while a massive column of prisoners marches the other way; Down Together - Wehrmacht and People; Photos of emaciated US POWs from near Limburg; Nazis killed Vienna's Spirit - Now they doom its beauty to ruin; Sea Blockade by Air - The Modern Way; Nice one-page color ad for Borden's features Elsie the Cow; Dodge Truck ad features nice photo of milkman; Veterans' Administration Under Fire - Hospitals said to be mismanaged; The Crumbling Reich; Nice one-page color ad for Johnson's Wax features photo of Fibber McGee and Molly; Ann Mealer of the Army Nurse Corps; Hunger in Manila; Photo of Billy Hamilton of Brooklyn who is the champion paper collector of his neighborhood; Really nice one-page ad for New York Central shows many jobs/services provided on their passenger trains; Futuristic lawn mower on one-page ad for Bohn; 1941 photo of Japan's Matsuoka signing neutrality pact with Stalin and many others; Lost battles and slap from Moscow shake props of Jap ruling clique; While Holland Starves; Nice color-photo Kokak ad; Photo of L/Cpl. James Howe and his mother Pvt. Minnie Howe of Collingwood, Ontario; Great one-page photo ad for Speed Nuts shows B-29 over Tokyo; Battle against Pellagra in Deep South; Photo of Babe Ruth as wrestling referee; Nice one-page two-color ad encourages people to move to Seattle; A planned economy for Germany; and more. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1944104 pages. Features: Ethyl Corp. ad features color illustration of PT boat in action; Fantastic Chrysler photo ad shows many labourers working on Helldiver wing sections; Photo of Olympic ski-jump champ Birger Ruud; Traitor - Pvt. Dale H. Maple; Brief obituaries for Arthur H. Kudner, Ralph Henry Barbour, Ben Riley, Charles Bedaux, Capt. John T. Randall; Major Truk and Eniwetok Coverage; We can hit anywhere, any time; Reds exterminate encircled Germans at Dnieper; The Battle of Italy; Bombing of Monte Cassino; Dramatic aerial bombing photos of Alife, Italy; Nazis may quit Scandinavia; Helsinki's mothers and children leave - photos; Argentine President almost unseated; Nice color-illustrated General Tire ad has military theme; Nice color Seagram's V.O. ad; GMC Truck ad features Muslim theme; Fascinating one-page color Cadillac ad with military theme; Jerry Geisler - photos and article; Suicide of Charles E. Bedaux; Photo of Mrs. Myra Westray, Sheriff of De Witt County, Illionois; Finnish diplomate Hjalmar Procope - article with photo; Baruch-Hancock Report; Nice one-page color patriotic ad by American Airlines; Nice De Soto car photo ad; Very nostalgic photos of 'rink-dink' signs promoting tax return services offered by small merchants; Excellent one-page color ad for Allison (division of GM) aircraft engines features air battle scene; Alan Ford - Yale's Man of the Century (article with photo); Captain Harry E. Stark is featured in a Great White Fleet ad; Photo of boxer Al (Bummy) Davis and knocked-out opponent; Article and photos of troop entertainer Joe Brown in Asia; Nice one-page two-color ad for Davidson Duplicators features illustration of German prisoners giving up; Interesting photo ad for Smith Corona typewriters features military theme; One-page ad for film "In Our Time" starring Ida Lupino; War Against Lice - article with photos of DDT being used; and more. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
194596 pages. Features: Ominous one-page photo ad shows Boeing B-29s being assembled in huge factory; Japs say bombardment of Luzon was terrible - major coverage; Why Nazis caught Allies Off Base on the Ardennes Front; General Ernest N. Harmon; Reproduction of German propaganda piece which shows battle-weary Allied troops on the Saar front that draft dodgers at home are living it up with the lady-folk; Great GM color ad features firing tank and Hydra-Matic transmissions; Sweet one-page ad for the Blue Radio Network features Alan Young - 1944's most promising star; Nice color Schlitz beer ad; Eyewitness to starvation in Italy (with photos); Archibald MacLeish; Photo of Polish government in exile; Australina drought; Nice color-illustrated military ad for Borg-Warner; Firestone Tire color centerfold ad; King Boris III of Bulgaria; Incredible Warsaw photos shows skeletons of horses from which residents have stripped every bit of meat; Packard car ad features letter from Mustang pilot overseas; Photo of Hitler walking through bomb damage; Photos of Betty Morrissey who tends lighthouse at the Northern tip of Prince Edward Island (PEI); Great one-page color ad for White Trucks shows freight being loaded; US domestic manpower push; Photo/ad shows John B. Kennedy of the American Society of Refrigerating Engineers; One-page *FANTASTIC* color-photo ad for Kodak will thrill silver-bugs! - shows dozens of huge silver bars being stacked for photographic use behind watchful armed guard; Nice one-page color Ford ad; Brief obituaries for Dr. John F. Condon, Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, Romain Rolland; Army study of Marihuana (Marijuana) smokers points to better ways of treatment; GI Surgeon Sgt. Frank Palco of Roth, VA; Photos of US propaganda being loaded into shells to be dropped over Germany; Photo of swimmer Ann Curtis; Nice one-page color ad for American Airlines features the new DC-6 flagship; Nice color ad for Chrysler's fluid drive; Nice photo ad for Bitumous cole features military theme; Anglo-American relations; Nice color military ad for Studebaker; and more. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
194052 pages. Features: Classy color Nash car ad inside front cover features a ski scene; Nostalgic one-page Memeograph ad; Photo of recently married Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman; Obituaries of Blanche Douglass Leathers and Edward S. Harkness; 1/3-page Cuba tourism ad; Nice one-page H.J. Heinz ad shows happy family dinner; U.S. Has Japan Over Barrel With Lapse of 1911 Trade Treaty; Mr. and Mrs. Roi Osborne sue the Pullman Co. for being forced to sit in the Negro day coach of their train to Georgia - with photo; Allied Scheme to Bar Rumanian Oil to Hitler; Poland's Ignace Jan Paderewski and Poland's troubles; Finland - Stake in the War at Sea; Why the Russians are Taking a Licking from the Finns; The White Rajah of Sarawak - Sir Charles Vyner Brooke - writeup with photo of his family; Russian menace scouted in India; New German High Seas Fleet Taking Shape; Edmund Ironside; Birth Control Centers now in 42 States; Family life of Brigham Young; James B. Schafer heads prosperous cult The Royal Fraternity of Master Metaphysicians - article with photo; Electronic Orchestra; Boxer Lee Savold; Photo of moose with locked antlers; Three Beauty Queens - Miss Janet Austin, Miss Leone Johnson and Miss Ruth Nunn; 2/3-page General Electric (GE) ad features photo of Karl McEachron who chases lightning; Interesting color ad inside back cover for the 16 major US airlines features silhouette of plane over cowboy and his herd on a snow-covered plain; Nice back cover color ad for Grace Line South American Cruises features evening gala party; and much more. Middle page loose but present. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy Book
194494 pages. Nice one-page Diebold ad promotes War Bond purchases and their Cardineer product; Nice one-page color GM ad shows tanks being offloaded from ship by soldiers; Interesting TWA ad shows illustration of native American looking up at plane; Draft dodger Grover Cleveland Bergdoll is released from prison (with photo); Photo of boxer Joe Louis with his wife, Marva; Timken Bearing ad features Admiral Nimitz portrait; Brief obituaries for Raymond Clapper, Yvette Guilbert, Dr. Arthur Eugene Bestor, Will B. Johnstone and Janet R. Aiken; One-page military-theme Chevrolet ad; Ferocity of Nazi Defense shows importance of Rome Beachheads - with aerial photo of military train in Italy; Major war coverage; Battle of Kwajalein; The Marshall Islands - another stop on the road to Tokyo; Donald Bennett's Elite Forces use fireworks to Light Targets; Push toward Finland; The Battle for Rome; Russia's 16 for 1 split shows drift to regional setups; Photo of Aga Khan taking sleigh ride with lady friend in Switzerland; Photos of 'deserter's passport' to be used by Croats to give themselves up to the Germans; Soldier vote problem; Nice one-page color Camel cigarette ad features soldier home on furlough; US Steel color ad shows steel car and steel helmet; Victory garden stats and seeds; Nice wartime Trailmobile ad; Nice one-page United Airlines ad; Fantastic one-page two-color ad for REO trucks features logging and loggers; Styrene centerfold ad loose but present; Milwaukee Road military-themed ad; Lighters, Irons and Bathtubs returning to American Scene; Reproductions of Japa atrocity posters which were posted in war production plants to boost production; Nice photo ad for Dodge Trucks features photos of troops in action and heavy snow removal at home; Reporter Raymond Clapper is killed - article with photos; Nice photo of Army show in New Guinea with Phyllis Brooks onstage; Photo of 'sex rejuvenator' Serge Voronoff with his younger wife; Nice promotional ad for the Metropolitan Oakland area has nice aerial photo; Classy one-page color-illustrated ad for McCall's Magazine features mother reading to son; Daniel Fosdick Parker; Color Studebaker ad inside back cover features military equipment; Back cover ad for Seagram's 7 Crown; and more. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
194168 pages. Features: Nice color-photo Nash car ad inside front cover; Nice one-page two-color ad for the April 5, 1941 issue of the Saturday Evening Post features articles on the U.S. Navy and occupied Poland; Marriage of Ilona Massey to Alan Curtis; Brief obituaries for Dr. Eugene Dubois and Lawrence Hills; Nice one-page black and white photo ad for H.J. Heinz soups features happy photo scenes of soup being served; US takes dozens of foreign ships into 'protective custody' - discovery of Axis sabotage, Nazi nationals rush home; Crackdown on former Communist leaders Earl R. Browder and Richard J.H. Krebs, alias Jan Valtin; Dr. John Romulus Brinkley - radios' goateed medicine man; White Slavery on Cow Island, MS - Mrs. Cora Lee Davis and her family were held for two years by sharecropper Joseph Walker; Yugoslav Stand Against the Nazis - Belgrade closes border and Bulgarian Army mobilizes; Grainy photo of Ribbentrop welcoming Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka; Color Good Year tire ad; Color-photo Canadian Club whiskey ad features photo of rowboat approaching iceberg to await rescue; Cine-Kodak movie camera ad; Strike tidal wave; Nice color Cadillac ad features front grill and Hydra-Matic Drive; Classy color-photo ad for Fisher Body shows lady holding flowers; Last run for 10th Avenue cowboy in New York - with photo of him leading freight train down street; Photo of bank in New Rochelle station waiting room includes partial view of classic 1941 magazine rack; Photos of boxers Lou Nova and Max Baer; John Kieran; Emiliano Zapata - Prince of the Peasants - with photo; Book review of "Chemical Warfare" by Dr. Curt Wachtel, including photo of author; Nice color ad for Grace Line Cruises on back cover shows older man lounging on deck; and much more. Middle page holding by one staple. Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
194160 pages. Features: Great color-photo ad for Fisher Body inside front cover features young lady with horse; Nice one-page ad for Long Distance with close-up image of young man; Photo and brief write-up of 72-year-old pancake-eating champion Charles Sharp of Iowa; Eye-catching one-page two-color ad for the February 1st issue of the Saturday Evening Post leads off with a profile of American Airlines President "C.R."Smith; Plymouth car ad; Debate on Lend-Lease - article with photos including Charles A. Lindbergh and Joseph P. Kennedy; British Drive Against Italy rescues lifeline of empire - new losses force Fascists to accept German domination; Amazing photo of a large (freight) trainload of Italian prisoners being moved to the rear; Blow-up in Rumania - failure of Iron Guard Revolt Strengthens Antonescu - article with photo of Horia Sima; Japan's Strong Men - Konoye strips Diet of powers as Matsuoka praises Axis goal; Nice color ad for Seagram's V.O. shows Canadian server crossing the border into the U.S.; Negroes in Uniform - article with photo of part of Uncle Sam's ninth cavalry Regiment; Nice ad for the 1941 De Soto which features Fluid Drive with Simplimatic Transmission; Great photo of 7 year-old Barbara Schulz of Evanston, IL who is chief taster for the Reed candy plant in Chicago; Nice photo ad for the Edison Voicewriter/Ediphone includes NBC's Bill Stern and "Ellen Randolph" (Gertrude Warner); Photo of basketball player Stanley "Stutz" Modzelewski; Photos of Bob Feller and Bobo Newson; Radio sensation Martin Block; ad promoting air travel shows plane flying over old-timer pouring hot water into the radiator of his snowbound car; Nice color-photo ad on back cover for Lucky Strike cigarettes features Connor Aycock, tobacco warehouse owner of Durham, NC; and much more. Center page holding by one staple. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
194160 pages. Features: Nice Nash car ad inside front cover; Brief obituaries for William Gibbs McAdoo, Matthew J. McGrath, Mohammed Mahmoud Pasha, and Sir William Llewellyn; Nice one-page two-color ad for the February 8th, 1941 issue of the Saturday Evening Post which features photo of New Zealander Rewi Alley, "China's Blitzbuilder"; Nostalgic one-page photo ad for H.J. Heinz soups features scenes at cozy lunch counters across the country, including The Salad Bowl in Detroit, Harry W. Knoelke in Roxborough, PA, and others; Lend Lease developments in Washington; Photos of 'Goat Castle' occupied by Richard H.C. Dana and Octavia Dockery of Natchez, MS; Italy Becomes German Puppet - substantial war coverage; Nice color ad for Good Year ties; Fantastic color-photo one-page ad for Canadian Club whiskey features Easter Island photo; Charming one-page color ad for 1941 Ford cars shows green car in snow with little girl and her Scottie dog; One-page color American Airlines ad shows snow-shoeing man carrying luggage while plane zooms above him; Photos and write-ups of two new planes - the Navy's new air-cooled Vought-Sikorsky and the Army's liquid-cooled Bell Pursuit; Nice color-photo ad for 1941 Packard cars; Great one-page color ad for Beech-Nut Gum features Quantico Marine; Fantastic article about NHL hockey's penalty leaders with great photo of Detroit's Jim Orlando; Boxers Tony Galento and Max and Jacob Baer; Photo of the Don Lee television tower in Los Angeles; Iron Fireman coal stoker ad features G. Moseley, President of Family Service Laundry in Birmingham, AL; Back cover color ad for Grace Line Sunshine Cruises features couple suffering the winter doldrums; and much more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
194172 pages. Features: 1941 Ford car ad inside front cover shows food market scene and mentions their amazing Rouge Plant; Jones & Laughlin Steel ad; Douglas Aircraft ad presents the world's largest bomber, the B-19; Nice one-page two color ad promotes the February 22, 1941 issue of the Saturday Evening Post, including photo of Leta Cromwell who purchased a large island in the Bahamas; Brief obituaries for Donna Damerel, Swagar Sherley and Lady Chamberlain; War among Republicans over Willkie's Stand; Great one-page two-color ad for New International Trucks features a yellow and grey model; Lend-Lease Debate; Everett Scott's dog dies after he is called to the Army; Hitler Corrals Balkan States; Nice one-page color-photo ad for American Cyanamid features black lady picking cotton; Lots of war news; Fantastic one-page color Cadillac ad with large image of front grill; Edwin Ezell Orbison of Sacramento killed in action; Nice one-page ad for Vultee Aircraft, Inc.; America's Machine-Tool Industry; Nice Buick ad features the Special 4-dr Sedan, Model 47; Fantastic Oldsmobile color-photo ad features lady driving car with Hydra-Matic Drive - no clutch!; Nice color ad for Calvert Whiskey features the Cinnamon Bear; Great coverage of the construction of Fort Leonard Wood in the Ozarks - with photos; The Snuff business - with photos of how to sneeze or daub it (gross); Photo of Date Queen, Jacqueline Lambert; Nice one-page Pullman ad shows businessman waking up in his spacious bed aboard a train; Billiard Wizard Willie Hoppe; Nice photo ad for Briggs pipe tobacco shows grandchild asleep in Grandpa's lap; "Belgium has a worm interest in Negroes"; Photo of Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick; Very attractive color-photo ad for Monsanto Plastics inside back cover promotes their Opalon plastic and a bright red radio made of the material; and much more. Average wear and external soiling. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
194158 pages. Features: Two-color Ford ad inside front cover targets the young man looking for his first car; Nice two-page Budd railcar ad speaks of their safety; Nice one-page 1941 Chevrolet Truck ad; Eye-catching one-page, two-color ad for the January 18th issue of the Saturday Evening Post highlights its many interesting highlights; Stan Laurel marries Virginia Ruth Rogers Laurel; Obituaries/death notices for comedian Joe Penner, James Joyce, Dr. Emanuel Lasker and Lord Baden-Powell; Nice one-page two color ad for the New International Trucks features a red delivery van; US Politics; Photo of 'Nazi in a pen somewhere in the US; Hitler - Yugosloavia invasion hint on heels of Russian pact; Weak-winged Italy; Large photo of terrible bomb damage to London's old Paternoster Row after December 29th; Article on London's Volunteer Firefighters and how they foil the Nazis; Increasing French opposition to occupation forces; Wavell's Wave Sweeps over Libya; Peaceful Portugal - article with photo of Premier Salazar; Photos of Lt. Gen. Van Voorhis and Admiral Kimmel; Chrysler "Fluid Drive" one-page ad; Article and photo of the Martin B-26 Flying Torpedo; Nice Fruehauf Trailer ad "From Soup to Nuts"; Boxing article with large photo of Pat Comiskey in ring with Lou Nova; Fantastic color-photo ad for the 1941 Studebaker Land Cruiser features Mrs. Priscilla St. George Duke; Great back cover ad for Chesterfield cigarettes features color illustration of Marion Hutton; and much more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
194056 pages. Features: Nice color Bermuda tourism ad inside front cover features golf scene with young black caddy; Nice one-page photo ad for Plymouth cars; 1/3-page ad for United Air Lines with photos; Mercury 8 one-page illustrated car ad; Lawrence Olivier and Jill Esmond divorce; Orson Welles and Virginia Nicolson divorce; Novelist Adela Rogers St. Johns is jailed; Brief obituary for Dr. George De Bothezat, builder of the first successful helicopter; Nice one-page photo ad for Dodge cars; The work of Martin Dies; Rev. Charles Coughlin under attack by the Jewish People's Committee; Census Revolt; Photo of tent city build for Californai Okies; Punxsutawney, PA groundhog predicts weather; The Convoy System - Britain depends on it; A look at the Finnish situation; Poultney Bigelow reveals ex-Kaiser Wilhelm wants the Nazis to turn on the Bolsheviks; Swedish volunteers help Finns resist Russia; Bombers supplanting U-Boats and Mines in Blockade Duel; Eddie Arcaro Rides Winners; Photo of basketball being played on skaes!; "Grapes of Wrath" hits movie screen as powerful social drama - with photo of Henry Fonda and his movie parents; Nice one-page color ad for the Good Year Double Eagle Air Wheel (tire); James Jefferson Davis Hall is the Bishop of Wall St.; Photo and write-up on the Air Corps' new 400 mph Airacobra; Nice 2/3-page two-color ad for Beech-Nut Gum features young lady reading mystery book; Neutrality Dodge - photo of big Lockheed bomber, destined for Allied war service, crossing the North Dakota/Canada border behind a team of horses; Big Pepsi-Cola skywriting contract; Nice color-photo ad for Four Roses Whiskey on back cover; and much more. Middle page holding by one staple. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
194060 pages. Features: One-page photo ad for Goodrich Silvertown tires shows huge 100-ton transformer on large flatbed trailer; Babe Ruth's birthday (with small photo); Marriage of Dorris Bowdon to Nunnally Johnson (with small photo); Obituary for Capt. Wilford H. (Captain Billy) Fawcett; Obituary for Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor General of Canada; Absolutely gorgeous one-page full-color ad for Diamond T Super-Service Trucks; Nice one-page photo ad for International Trucks illustrates work on huge aquaduct to bring water to Rio de Janeiro; Photo of Maurice Wrixon with his unique animal - half cat, half monkey?; George R. Hart performed marriages wholesale before being shut down; Census Storm - maze of "Prying Questions"; American Youth Congress (AYC) Blasts War; War Rumblings in Near East mark Anzac arrival in Suez; Allies provide guns for Finland; Photo of German soldiers at Essen Krupp works scanning skies for bombers; How the Finnish War Affects the Western Front; IRA Bombers' Hanging Brings Riots in Dublin and Belfast; Censor woes in France; Four war photos from Finland; Lord Haw-Haw; Britain's new fighter, the Boulton & Paul Defiant; Walt Disney - illustrated Pinocchio movie article; Intimate view of Hitler by Hermann Rauschning; Joe Louis fights Arturo Godoy - with photos; Nice one-page photo ad for Chrysler features the 6-passenger New Yorker sedan; Photo of figures skaters Eugene Turner and Joan Tozzer; Nice one-page Chevrolet ad features the Special De Luxe Sport Sedan; Fast photo captures runners William Fritz, Charles Beetham and Charles Quigley in the Boston Garden; Weird 2/3-page photo ad for Kreml Shampoo and Hair Tonic; Alcoholics Anonymous; Fashionable one-page ad for Mallory hats; Fashion designers Elizabeth Hawes and Muriel King; GM shareholder Charles S. Mott; Nice color-photo ad for the new 1940 Studebaker Commander features an orange car surrounded by a well-heeled group; Back cover features nice ad for Old Overholt Whiskey with an illustration of the Falstaff Inn of Pennsylvania. And much more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Book
2024réf. x-3031620976Springer Nature 2024. Hardcover. New. 214 pages. 9.25x6.10x9.25 inches. Springer Nature hardcover
2023réf. 2-03239911142023. Paperback. New. 350 pages. 9.25x7.50x1.06 inches. paperback
1966réf. 75340Chicago: National Bus Trafffic Association 1966. First edition. Folio 11 78 x 15 3/4 inches. 2 90 pp. of which 86 are full page maps for long distance passenger buses every state and parts of Canada. Each map with detailed key stating every stop. Publishers' buff printed wrappers. A couple of old and small oil stains to front cover but in very good condition otherwise.OCLC locates 5 copies of this 1966 edition as well as 2 copies of the 1953 edition 2 copies of the 1956 edition and 1 copy of the 1959 edition. The drivers likely threw older edition away as the new ones were published. National Bus Trafffic Association unknown
1888réf. 221661888. Original patent documentation for Edmond Verstraete's innovative 1888 railway car design an uncommon surviving artifact from the era of rapid industrial expansion and technological advancement in American rail transport. Verstraete Edmond. Railway Car. Washington D.C.: U.S. Patent Office July 24 1888. Patent No. 386512. First edition. 2 printed lithograph sheets measuring 9" x 7". Signed by inventor and witnesses. Includes two detailed mechanical drawings by Verstraete with formal submission details signed by the inventor and his attorney. This patent filed during a period when the U.S. railroad network was transforming American commerce and mobility documents Verstraete's reconfiguration of the passenger car interior and structural layout. The diagrams show side and overhead views of a self-contained passenger railcar marked by articulated platform entries segmented internal seating and a defined vestibule region. Of note are the annotated elements marked "x" in red ink labeled as "Lower entries" and "Passengers" likely indicating areas of operational focus or examiner queries. The first sheet offers a longitudinal cross-section while the second presents a plan and elevation revealing design emphasis on safety comfort and structural balance. The late 19th century witnessed a proliferation of railway car patents as inventors sought to enhance efficiency passenger experience and operational safety in the context of growing urban transit systems and long-haul travel routes. Verstraete's work fits within this inventive surge paralleling the emergence of Pullman cars electric trolleys and elevated rail networks. As cities like New York Chicago and San Francisco expanded rail-based infrastructure designs such as this laid the groundwork for more integrated mass transit and intercity rail travel. Light toning minor smudge at lower margin of first sheet archival notations in red and pencil at margin; "EXAMINER" hand-stamped at top. Overall very good condition. A scarce and compelling primary document reflecting the ingenuity and regulatory mechanics of the Gilded Age railroad boom ideal for researchers in industrial history transportation technology and the evolution of public transit. unknown
1888réf. 221661888. Original patent documentation for Edmond Verstraete's innovative 1888 railway car design an uncommon surviving artifact from the era of rapid industrial expansion and technological advancement in American rail transport. Verstraete Edmond. Railway Car. Washington D.C.: U.S. Patent Office July 24 1888. Patent No. 386512. First edition. 2 printed lithograph sheets measuring 9" x 7". Signed by inventor and witnesses. Includes two detailed mechanical drawings by Verstraete with formal submission details signed by the inventor and his attorney. This patent filed during a period when the U.S. railroad network was transforming American commerce and mobility documents Verstraete's reconfiguration of the passenger car interior and structural layout. The diagrams show side and overhead views of a self-contained passenger railcar marked by articulated platform entries segmented internal seating and a defined vestibule region. Of note are the annotated elements marked "x" in red ink labeled as "Lower entries" and "Passengers" likely indicating areas of operational focus or examiner queries. The first sheet offers a longitudinal cross-section while the second presents a plan and elevation revealing design emphasis on safety comfort and structural balance. The late 19th century witnessed a proliferation of railway car patents as inventors sought to enhance efficiency passenger experience and operational safety in the context of growing urban transit systems and long-haul travel routes. Verstraete's work fits within this inventive surge paralleling the emergence of Pullman cars electric trolleys and elevated rail networks. As cities like New York Chicago and San Francisco expanded rail-based infrastructure designs such as this laid the groundwork for more integrated mass transit and intercity rail travel. Light toning minor smudge at lower margin of first sheet archival notations in red and pencil at margin; "EXAMINER" hand-stamped at top. Overall very good condition. A scarce and compelling primary document reflecting the ingenuity and regulatory mechanics of the Gilded Age railroad boom ideal for researchers in industrial history transportation technology and the evolution of public transit. unknown books
