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1959Features: In colour - his holiness the pope, new-found Nimrod Ivories; Victorious Castro in Cuba; De Gaulle Inauguration; Malta and the role of nationalism; Life in a leading boarding school for African girls at Tabora, Tanganyika; Construction of tunnel under Mont Blanc between Italy and France; London-Yorks Motorway Construction; The Swiss Cross-Country Metrac - a vehicle which climbs walls; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
198266 pages. Features: Cuba - steam and more; Tidewater 251s; The Kaylor Chronicles - The PRR Era; The Kaylro Chronicles - The B & LE today; The Blue Dragon of Golden Valley; and more. Moderate wear. Small date stamp upon front cover else unmarked. Sound copy Magazine
1958Features: Trapped in the Ice -continuing the saga of his 2,150 miles across the antarctic, Sir Vivian Fuchs relates a fateful moment - with photos; The Lost Wealth of Tortuga Bay, Cuba; The Tokolosi's Victim - a mis-shapen fiend and witchcraft in Africa; Give Me Canvas - the s.s. Helderus - using sails to propel broken down vessels; Monkeys in business - harvesting coconuts!; Entangled with Death - a hunter is caught up the the antlers of a moose!; Devil-Devil in the Boiler - an Australian fishing excursion goes wrong as a man is trapped in a boiler; Phantom of the Pampas - Andrew Lang; I saw the secrets of the Mafia - the writer smuggled herself into a guarded arena and became the first outsider to witness the initiation of a new member into the ranks of the dreaded organization - photos; Adventures of the Cod Fishers of Aldeburgh; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1975195 pages. Alternate pages include full-page historical illustrations. Moderate wear. Prior owner's name upon front free endpaper. Sound copy. Book
1901Pages 1-58. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: Nice Prescott Pianos ad inside front cover; The Woman's Club of Penacook; The First American Colony in Cuba - Neuvitas - great article with photos; Bygones - Some Things not Generally known in the history of Northfield; The English Guild System; The Statement of Adam More; Harry Bingham as a Schoolmaster; Poems; Nice full-page photo ad for the First National Bank in Concord, N.H.; New Hampshire Necrology. Moderate wear. Piece missing from lower corner of page one - contents unaffected. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1936Pages 1445-1476. Many great black and white photos. Features: The Battle of Tsushima (conclusion); Survey Ships at Work; Scotland's Premier Shipping Centre - along the banks of the River Clyde from Glasgow to Greenock are situated some of the biggest shipbuilding yards in the world; Menace of Fire at Sea - stricter regulations and preventative devices have almost eliminated the risk of serious fire in a modern vessel; Marine Measurements - the principles on which the various tonnages and other standards of capacity or water displacement are based are clearly outlined in this review of the subject; H.M. Coastguard Service; Raising the "Maine" from the bottom of Havana Harbour, Cuba, on February 15, 1898 (first part); Moderate wear. Unmarked. Three-hole punched. A sound copy. Book
196272 pages. Features: Girl Who Married a Family - Joan Beaulieu was wed at 21 - to a husband and six lively boys! - article with nice photos; Full-page colour photo ad for an apparently short-lived product from the Campbell's soup people - Red Kettle Chicken Noodle Soup; We Waste Too Much Time Sleeping - So says Dr. Mangalore Narasimha Pai - who sleeps only three hours each night - article with photos; Using Television in Education at Queen Elizabeth High School in Nova Scotia - article with photos; Photos of amazing oversized typwriter and people; Welsh girl Valerie Gearon stars in film about Gandhi - article with colour photos; Mouth-watering colour photo ad for Lowney's Bridge Mixture candies; Photos of Polar bear and her cub; How to Make Kids' Sports Safer - article with colour photos of (now antiquated) hockey equipment; Nice two-page colour ad for Arrow shirts; Why Soviet Aid Failed to Stave Off Chaos - Understanding Cuba - part 2 of 2 - article with photos; Colour centerfold ad for Parker pens; Edie Adams goes it alone - article with photo about Ernie Kovacs' widow who is now back on the stage; Fantastic colour photo and write-up of Toronto Maple Leaf star Frank Mahovlich; Ottawa's Tudor Singers - article and cover photo; Handicapped Artists Who Help Themselves; Harold Lloyd Rediscovered - his zany comedy stil draw laughs - article with photos; Flying Santa from the Lakehead - Orville Wieben flies north from Fort William each Christmas to distribute clothing, toys, etc. to needy native kids - article with nice colour photo of native babies strapped onto colourful boards; Fashion photos of "Frivolous Nothings"; Nipper comic.Westclox colour ad on back cover. Printed by newspapers across Canada as a weekend supplement. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
194790 pages. Articles: From Rags to Riches - Chaplin in a Bluebeard role; America's Number One Mystery Man (part 1 of 2) - the career of Frank Costello and his strange empire - great photos; John Bull Sees Red, White and Blue - Britain's privations give rise to bitter criticism of America; Dem Bums Abroad - Brooklyn Dodgers did their spring training in Havana, Cuba; Mr. Secretary Marshall (conclusiont) - his military background can help him achieve diplomatic victories; The Happy Gentleman - Frank Crowninshield - article with photo. Fiction: The Blast (part 1 of 2); The Blond Hairpin; Promise in the earth; The Flexible Mind; The Curse of the Krebils; White Man in the White Land. Includes these ads: "The Man Out" - great full-page movie ad - starring James Mason; Canadian Pacific Vacations; Santa Fe Railroad; The National Guard (two pages); Dubonnet; Oldsmobile cars (nice); Great full-page color-photo ad for Fortune shoes for men; Schick Electric Shaver "Fits Your Face" - full-page color-photo; Packard cars (classy); Washington State Tourism (color-photos); Chevrolet; Life Savers; Timely Clothes; Red Cap Ale; Hickok Belts; Canadian National Railways - travel; Red Top Ale; Queen Anne Pecan Roll; Puritan Sportswear; United Jewish Appeal full-page ad features photo of General Eisenhower and lengthy excerpt of his speech to the U.J.A. in Washington, D.C.; Eversharp pens; Coke ad on back over features three young office ladies. Average wear. Center page loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1935318 pages. Seven black and white cartoon illustrations. One-page chronology of Cuban history. "The Cuban Revolution can hardly be classed as terminated. In fact, it appears that "revolution" is likely to become a permanent institution of the Island. However, I shall confine myself to the events which occurred during 1933 and the first part of 1934. Most of what I write here is from a diary, with insertions from memory of days when we hardly ate or slept, much less noted daily happenings." - from Introduction. Prior owner's details atop yellowed front free endpaper. Somewhat above-average external wear. Diagonal gash across backstrip. Binding intact. Book
193516 pages of nature pictures in rotogravure. Features: Wild Brother's Secret homes; The Mollusk and Art - through the centuries it has inspired the greatest artists; Wol, the Sweet - the tiny owl native to Cuba; Attitudes of Birds - the song sparrow's individual characteristics; The weather man looks up - the stratosphere; Conservation - the 1935 waterfolw regulations; What Price... Fish?; Land use planning; Bay State Billboards - Massachusetts legislature rejects move of industry and Governor to ruin landscape; Buy who pays? - another row between the Forest Service and the Park Service; Through the Telescope. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
1955Features include: Rancho Pilila - An Orchidophile's Mecca in Cuba; Miltonia roezlii; Ovule Culture and Growth of Vanilla Seedlings; On the Judging of Miltonias; Collectors' Item: Brassia keiliana Rchb. f.; Judging Miltonias; What Makes a Fine Miltonia?; and Beginners' Handbook: Growing Orchids Out-of-Doors. Light wear. Unmarked. A clean copy. Book
192516 pages. Article: Studies in Polychromy. Large black and white photos of: Puerta del Carvario, Cathedral, Seville; Gate of Santa Paula, Seville; La Vergine Annunziata Andrea della Robbia; Maddison Square Presbyterian Church, New York City; Sculpture of Roger Williams, Sculpture of John the Baptist and relief of Jesus at Euclid Avenue Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio; Residence of Don Manuel Diaz, Havana, Cuba. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
200372 pages. Features: 10 questions for Rudy Giuliani; Hamas' French Funds?; Chief Justice Rehnquist; How U.S. forces grabbed Saddam's right-hand man and launched a dragnet for the dictator and his loyalists; Iyman Faris and the triple-life of an al Qaeda man; China lectures Cuba on human rights; Whale conservationalists win big round in Japan; Tony Blair - downhill from here; Christian missionaries undercover in Muslim lands; Canada's acceptance of gay marriage; The globalization of the David Beckham brand; Architect Zaha Hadid - Busting the Box. Average wear. Unmarked. Magazine
1934This listing consists of pages 1-4, 7-8, and 13-18 of this issue which measures 23.5"x17". Contents include: Plans to move 40,000 from drought areas of prairies; Court-martials in Cuba; Tension in Arizona re. Japanese agriculturists; Editorial page; Social pages; large share offering ad by Glenora Gold Mines; Vacation page; cartoon page; two pages of classified ads; large ad for David Spencer Limited. Assorted additional vintage ads. Average wear and soiling. A great heirloom from earlier days in Victoria, B.C. Newspaper
1960136 pages. Features: Nice color photo Lord & Taylor ad; Cuba - Profile of a Revolution - the old order has been swept away forever - many photos; Lament for the Rocking Chair; The Bantu Listens to a Louder Drum - the South African Negro call to freedom frightens the ruling whites; America's 500,000 Migrant Farm Workers; 'Marxist Mandarin' on Another Sales Trip - China's Premier Chou En-lai Revisits his South Asian Neighbors; Long-Run Plays - The Top Ten; photos of ice-breaking in the Great Lakes; Photos of interesting Senatorial Doors; Nice color photo ad for B. Altman & Co.; Photos of excavation in New York City; Peter M. Dawkins compares the attitudes toward collegiate sports in the United States and Great Britain - he was captain of the West Point Football Team and a unanimous All-America choice at halfback; 'April in Paris' for New York - Joseph Wechsberg is excited at the prospect of bringing Gallic imports to NYC; First Night Party for "Bye Bye Birdie" sponsored by L. Slade Brown; Let the Native Indian Be the Hero, by Stanley Walker; Rudolph Valentino was born 65 years ago - 5 nice photos; Restless Ports for the City's Food - Washington and Fulton Markets are colorful, obsolete, and about to be moved - article with photos; Golf Fever in Japan; Cut Out for Leisure - sexy photos by Gleb Derujinsky; Color photo ad for Knickerbocker Beer; Nice color Pepsi ad "The Sociables Prefer Pepsi"; About Polygamy - a fading practice in Africa; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Some yellowing with age. A sound vintage copy. Book
1981367 pages. Index. List of Abbreviations. "The narrative and memoranda of the Taylor Committee are presented here with minimal editorial changes from the actual declassified documents. Average wear. Binding intact. Usual library markings. Front free endpaper neatly removed. A sound copy of this important work. Book
194556 Pages. Features: Dramatic front cover photo of dozens of German POWs being marched through urban destruction; Commercial Travelers ad with color photo of man at green mailbox; One-page ad for General Electric medical products; Europe, The New Dark Continent - the task of restoration is formidable, but there is the old vital spirit; Large photos of German citizens in a captured town; Large photo of the utter destruction of Cologne, Germany; Inside a front-line hospital - a doctor's story as told in letters home from the Western Front; Goebbels is now a prophet without honor is his home town of Muenchen-Gladrach-Rheydt - article with photos; Britain's House of Commons is a Cockpit, Not a Forum; Old Jobs or New Ones for the Veterans?; Wonderful one-page color illustrated ad for the Electric Boat Company (EBCo) features submarine surfacing; Cuba Mail Line ad; There the Impossible is Done - photo-illustrated article on the strange planes which fly at Wright Field; Nice one-page color ad for Celanese shows ship being painted; Excellent color-photo one-page ad for McGregor Sportswear features golfers and dog with ball; The life and times of the Oscar award - article with many photos of stars receiving their awards over the years; Dmitri Shostakovich Listens for Victory - photo-illustrated article on how Russia's greatest living composer's ninth symphony, voicing Russia's joy, will complete a trilogy born of the war; Rinso ad features young John (Johhny) Craig of Arlington, MA who has appeared in War Bond ads and Treasury Department movies; Ceiling Price Court; Barmaids come back; Movie photos of Tallulah Bankhead; Presto Cake Flour color ad; Nice ad for Chantilly Bath Tablets; Fish recipes; Care of the neck; Nice color Crisco ad shows cake; Without a Rug; Aids to Family Life; Wheatena ad; Two pages of lovely fashion photos inspired by the Metropolitan Museum; Ad for Revere Ware copper-clad stainless steel pots; Nice one-page color-photo ad for new Chen Yu Sea Shell nail products; Andrea Radio ad for 'Sharp-Focus' Televisioin shows basketball game; Gem Razors and Blads ad shows intimate golf couple; Color ad for Sheaffer's Pens on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage wartime issue. Book
197262 pages. Features: Archie Bunker cover illustration by Robert Grossman; Spooking the Spooks - The Victor Marchetti Story; Women; The Good Fortune of the Franklin Mint (critical article); Poor Derek's Almanac; Bankamerilib - Can Lynda Bird by Liberated?; Marcos and the Philippines; Conversations with Steel Mill Rebels; Who Goes Begging in America; Racism in the Counterculture; Kissinger - the Swinging Sphinx; Alcatraz is not an Island; The Only Good Indian...; Gerald Hanley - An Irishman in Africa; Consciousness as a Commodity; Munich on $40 Million a day; back cover ad for Solzhenitsyn's "August 1914". Average wear. Unmarked. Covers beginning to pull from staples. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
192268 pages. Student publication with the following features: Dorothy's Disappointment; Life in Cuba; Principal's Page; Learning by Doing; Brain and Backbone; Staff Page; Editorial Page; Student Council; Spring Fever; An Appreciation; School News; Exchanges; Athletics; Ruthless Rimes; Jokes. Many nice ads for local businesses. Pencilled name atop first page. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
196072 pages. Features: Camp Pendleton cover illustration; Bell Telephone ad features photo of award-winner Dr. James W. McRae; Democratic Control in a Totalitarian Age; Sovite Amphibious Analysis; Ready to Fight, Part I - report from the ready forces, The 1st (First) Marine Division (REINF); Part 2 - Programs to Improve Readiness; How Castro Won - the eyewitness story of small unit actions - excellent photo-illustrated article; The Marine Reserve; Someone Inspects You Every Day; The Salty Skipper Says....; Support by Fire - Part VIII - Targets; The Commandant's Policies; Unofficial digest of orders and news of Marine leaders; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
196172 pages. Features: One-page photo ad for the Vertol 107 helicopter; Rig Your Sword Right; One-page illustrated ad for the Grumman A2F-1 Intruder attack aircraft; JFK writes about para-military operations and guerilla warfare; Sticks, Stones & Atoms - interesting article describes how firepower is not the answer in a war of ideologies; Erwin Rommel - Fox or Fake? - interesting feature article; The Case for Jet CAS - jet close air support is here to stay, so the pro-driven AD and F4U are on the way out; La Guerra de Guerrillas - part 1 of 3; Waller of Samar (part 2) - Maj Littleton Waller Tazewell Waller fought natives and a court martial; Marine Corps Reserve; 1st Marine Division; Marine Air Reserve; That Direction's North - Capt. P.R. Clapper in Korea; Baseplate McGurk; Promotions and Transfers; Back cover color ad for the Kaman HU2K-1 Seassprite helicopter; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1961128 pages. Features: Civil Defense Needs the Veterans; The Fulbright Memorandum - a shocking document that attacks military leaders for their efforts to enlighten their personnel and the public about Communism; He Makes the Reds Look Ridiculous - West German publisher Heinrich Baer jabs the Commies with cartoons; Sarah Hale and Thanskgiving; U.S. Taxpayers Financing Communism - money poured into Red Poland being used to bolster Red Cuba; A Creed for Conservaties; American speech - Its Color and variety; The Care and Feeding of Intellectuals - a look at a hothouse species spawned by higher education in the semantics of dialectic materialism; The American guilt Complex - are we being pressured into spending millions on 'conscience' money?; British Guiana - New Red Beachhead after the election of Jagan's Communist oriented P.P.P. to power; The case for Saying No; The Kremlin's Cultural Exchange Fraud - a counterspy views Communist subversion; New York's Role in the Civil War; Seattle World's Fair; Higher Auto Insurance Rates; Country Living for the Younger Set - Kiddies Country Club (KCC); Prophet of the Ozarks - W.H. "Coin" Harvey predicted world disaster... in 1910; Stop the Free Delivery of Communist Propaganda inflow of Communist mail involving the Universal Postal Union; and more. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1961116 pages. Features: Cover photo of Russian Yuri Gagarin, the first human to travel to outer space and back; Nice one-page ad for the Volkswagen (VW) truck (microbus); Showdown nears for Castro in Cuba; JFK and how he runs the White House; One-page photo ad for GE's two-way radio; Russia's Triumph in Space - What Does It Mean? - photo-illustrated article; Why The U.S. Wasn't First; A Look at what the U.S. has - and plans - in space; Where U.S. Went Wrong - The Ways to Catch Up; JFK Learns About Personal Diplomacy; Why De Gaulle is a Growing Problem for U.S.; Kennedy's plan to deal with corn surplus; Up Front with U.S. Guerrillas in Southeast Asia - an eyewitness report; A Close New Look at Nehru's India; The Red Terror in Tibet - Interview with the Dalai Lama; Crime Wave Hits Washington, D.C. - with photo of Dallas O. Williams who has 59 convictions, including murder; Critical thinking about the "Show" trial of Adolf Eichmann in Israel; Nice small photo ad for Checker Motors Corp. of Kalamazoo; Nice two-page color-photo ad for (red) Chevy trucks with IFS (independent front suspension) on excavation site; How the United Mine Workers (UMW) under John L. Lewis uses its considerable investments, and why; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
199849 pages. Oblong 8.5 x 11". Printed upon glossy stock. Map. Generously illustrated with reproductions of archival black and white photos of locomotives and the trains they pulled, accompanied by very informative text. "The selection of photos which follows is not meant to be a comprehensive overview of steam in Cuba as this would be impossible in this size of book. However, it is intended to be representative, with record shots and shed shots mixed with action photos and scenic views, all illustrating locomitives at work or at rest on the four different gauges still in use. With one exception, no mill is featured on more than two pages." - Introduction. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this excellent reference. Book
194148p., illus. New World Neighbors series for children. Pictorial endpapers w/ map. Three stories of Cuba, Columbia, & El Salvador. Hardcover Very good condition w/ pictorial paste-on label.
