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1983Features: Commodore 64 ad inside front cover; Israel's peace crusaders; Carol Goar on the results of the 1981 census; Ice-berg problems off the east coast; Bill Davis and Adrienne Clarkson in Paris; Ottawa rewires the TV World; The Pontiff's turbulent pilgrimmage to warring Central America; Bob Hawke wins in Australia; Argentina - lifting the veil on democracy; Cover Story on Queen Elizabeth II - nice colour photos; Governor-General Ed Schreyer article; OPEC's ordeal and Canada's dilemma; Brazil borrows time and relief - economic crisis; Peter C. Newman on the impending move of the Toronto Stock Exchange; Grand finale to a troubled season for Canada's women skiers - Laurie Graham; Designing a stylish recovery in Detroit/Motor City; Challenge to Judaic Tradition - which children are Jewish? Average wear. Book
1983Features: Singapore - a paradise haunted by dark fears; Haitians dying in exodus; Giovanni Vigliotto claims to have married 105 women; The Gillespie-Lalonde Affair; Herb Gray and the federal government's blue books; Trudeau the the Belize case; Sick Kids baby deaths - who did it?; German election campaign; Brutal tragedy in Assam, India - Hindu/Moslem violence; The world according to Saudi Arabian oil minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani; Jack Gallagher's farewell to Dome Petroleum - with additional coverage by Peter C. Newman; Controversial National Film Board films on Acid Rain; Troubled Central America hosts the Pope; Bargain-hunting by Canadian tourists; Herschel Walker and the USFL; Cover story - John le Carre's trail of terror - with colour photos. Average wear. Soiling to front cover. Book
193876 pages. Please note: Covers not included. Contents: nice ad for International Harvester Industrial Power Equipment; Leg of Gold, by James Francis Dwyer; The Barr Colony, by Captain C. Tweedale; Jury Rig, by Jay Wilson; Who'll Succeed Chamberlain?; The Splendid Prodigal, by Margaret Nyren Hoffman; Let Go of those (Golf) Clubs - Dink Carroll writes about the new 14 club rule; Our Future Population - C.M. Campbell's interesting examination of the population B.C. and Alberta are capable of supporting; Old Ugly Face, Talbot Mundy; An American's Letter to Beverley Baxter, by Archibald Douglas Turnbull; Wonderful colour full-page photo ad for Sweet Caporal cigarettes features two women walking their dog; Plymouth car ad; Ad for Westinghouse appliances, including their 10-tube all-wave Superheterodyne radio; Nice ad for Chrysler cars; Frigidaire refrigerator ad; Great full-page black and white ad for Sisman's Scampers shoes - with patented cork insulators; Nice Dodge truck ad with photos emphasizes they are made of Better Steel; Gifts go Electric - practical suggestions for pleasing a June bride. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Covers not included. Book
1982Features: Turkish Military attache murdered in Ottawa by Armenians - Atilla Altikat; Harnessing the mighty Slave River; Takla Lake, B.C. shooting; Days of danger at Friendship Pass - China and Vietnam; Lebanon - moving into a a perilous vacuum; The Nugan Hand scandal; Soviet Union losing the long battle for bread; Looking into Amway's empire; The bull markets march on; Olympian Calgary task for David Leighton; Ricky Henderson keeps stealing bases; Cover Story - the new medicine's grave risks - PET machine, colour-enhanced X-ray, etc.; Learning the joys of the Logo language; Sackloth adversity - Winnipeg nuns go door-to-door for money; Zoot Capri; Canadian War Museum commemorates Dieppe tragedy; Entertainment reviews. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
199298 pages. Great magazine spoofs include: The New Yorker (March '75); Interluude (Dec. '81); National Inspirer (March '73); Negligent Mother (Jan. '75); Rolling Tombstone (Nov.'82); Me (Dec. '73); PBS Concordance (Apr. '77); Old Ladies' Home Journal (Sept '74); Steve Allen Magazine (Nov. '81); Specialty Sports Magazines (Nov. '73). Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
198396 pages. Light cigarette odor. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
193516 pages of nature pictures in rotogravure. Features: Scenic Highway Policy - too little thought given to Road Programs; Big and Little Storms - the how, where and why of sundry dusty doings in the air; Burro Language; Irises from Bulbs - there is a wider range than most gardeners seem to realize; Andy's last chapter - a Florida sandhill crane - how he helped to dissolve the barriers between his own kind and man; The carriers of Death - the microscope reveals how insects transport disease; The Giant Water Bug - a picture story of a strange insect; The Story of the Red Giants; A Unique Nature Club - The Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences celebrates its fiftieth anniversary; Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
1984Contents: "No first use" of nuclear weapons; The dynamic abyss - cold currents in the deep ocean; How genes control an innate behavior; The descent of hominoids and hominids; Excitonic matter; Muscle sounds; the adaptability of the house mouse; Florence Nightingale. Average wear. Two-inch opening at base of coverfold. Book
1987Contents: Dyslexia and its remedy; The structure of poliovirus - 3D detail should aid in battling other viruses; Cooling and trapping atoms - revealing basic physical principles; Monoculture - there are some advantages to growing the same crop on the same ground repeatedly; Optical neural computers; The rifting of continents; Thermoregulation in winter moths - some can exist in near-freezing temperatures; A mesolithic camp in Denmark. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1981176 pages. Features: the service sector of the US economy; the ground substance of the living cell; the eruptions of Mount St. Helens; The Milky Way galaxy; Submarine pollination; anorthoscopic perception; the biochemistry of resistance to malaria; Newton's discovery of gravity; and more. Nostalgic colour photo ads. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
1983148 pages. Features: The law of the sea; microprogramming; the script of the Indus Valley civilization; mitochondrial DNA; the future of the universe; memory in food-hoarding birds; oscillating chemical reactions; autopsy; and more. Small initials atop front cover. Many nostalgic color photo ads. Moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
199398 pages. Expanded issue. Features: Exclusive - BBC Producer and con man ruined Ross Perot?; Exclusive - FN's amazing Bullpup 21st Century Personal Defense Weapon; Randy Weaver Idaho Shoot-out - the real story; Banned in the U.S.A. - Clinton's surprises for gun owners; Saddam's revenge - American soldiers poisoned by oilfield arson. Average wear. Solid unmarked copy. Book
1969Features: The True Father of English Clockmaking; Sulgrave Manor - The Northamptonshire Home of the Washingtons; 18th Century Soap-Boxes; Genius, Conformity and Eccentricity - The Bicentenary Exhibition at the Royal Academy; The Fromanteels - an Exhibition Illustrating the first Twelve Years of the Pendulum Clock; 16th and 17th century Swiss Stained Glass Painting; Opaque Twist Soda Glasses - are they of English or continental provenance?; English 18th century Furniture at Kenwood; Thoughts about Hallmarks on Silver; Interpreting Classic Landscapes by Old Masters; Paintings by Paul Huet (Exhibition at the Heim Gallery); New V. and A. Gallery for Musical Instruments; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Magazine
1970Features: Taxing historic houses; A Nation that Saved its Art - Polish Art Treasures at the Royal Academy covering 1,000 years; Packwood House - a National Trust Mansion in the Forest of Arden; Roman Domestic Glass; Pick of the Furniture Market; A Galaxy of Teapots - The Shand Kydd Collection, Part II; Prints made from Silhouettes; Hieratic Art of the Elizabethans - Exhibition at the Tate Gallery; The Case for Dr. Wall - has a pioneer of English Porcelain been unjustly discredited; and more. Minimal markings. Average wear. Pages in the back half are loose but present. Magazine
1971Features: The United Service Club, Pall Mall; Five Water-Colourists - H.B. Brabazon, George Cattermole, H.B. Carter; E.W. Cooke, W.J. Muller; A Cool look at Hertford House; Some Uncommon Examples of Old English Pewter; "Stevengraphs" - the other side of the picture; Jewellery made in steel and iron; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Magazine
1972Features: Violet M. White - a Personal Remembrance; Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire - The Historic Home of the Vernon Family; The Beginnings of Furnishing with Antiques; Jacobus Houbraken - the Master Engraver - Second Series; The Regency Screen Desk; The Rise of the Suffolk School; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Some pages loose but present. Book
194580 pages. Features: The Origin of the Two- Tower Facade in Romanesque Architecture; Esteban March, Baroque Battle and Portrait Painter; Milan and Savoldo; and more. Contents clean and unmarked. Average external wear. A sound copy. Book
1988Features: The Xinjiang - Tibet Mountain Bike Expedition; The Dyaks of Borneo; Walking to Cape Londonderry, Western Australia; Time and Tide; The Flight of the Arctic Tern; The Chariot Animals of Queen Shub-Ad at Ur; Henry S. Evans - Profile of Accomplishment. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1961Features: .41 Smith & Wesson; Civil War Centennial; Waters Gunmaking Family - Part II (Elijah Waters and the Second Asa); More on the Iron-Strapped '51 Navy. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
1972Features: Rochus Heinrich American Cutler; A Sharps Pinfire Rifle; The Smith & Wesson Baby Russian; The Colt of Capt. DeGee; The Japanese Arisaka. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
1973Features: A "New" Confederate Carbine; The Copper Queen Colt. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
1917How America in Making War - article be Hamilton Fyfe; America's Advance Army Nearying the Trenches; Canadians in contrast with their Hun Captures; More Prized Positions wrested from the Foe; Hun murders of the helpless in hospital; Ruin wrought and suffered by the Hun; Royal visits to the Scottish centres of war work; The Badge of the Bonnet; English Soldier's Deeds of Dash and Daring; Winning the Coveted Cross for Valour's Wear; Heroes decorated for valour and devotion; What Happened at Loos - article by Lovat Fraser; Home Scenes of Sentiment and Support; How East is Helping West Against the Hun; Our Navy's Huge Post-Bag - how letters reach our sailors at sea - article; On Board a Ship of Letters - H.M.S. 'G.P.O.'; Locating the Line of March of the Human Mole; The 1st (first) (Royal) Dragoons (one page article with photo). Somewhat above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
199268 pages. Contents: The Sedgwick Saga - a 3/19 Deluxe Moller, opus 5230 - article with photos; The Golden Frame - Presenting the Silent Film, by Jeff Weiler; The Granada Theatre, San Francisco (Paramount) - article with archival photos; Toward Higher Standards in Theatre Organ Installations; The Vintage Morton - The Rest of the Story - the original 2/11 Robert-Morton installed in the San Francisco Castro Theatre in 1922; An Enchanted Evening - Twirling at Turner's Musical Merry-Go-Round in Northampton; Obituaries for Al Bollington, Garo W. Ray, Harold A. Roque and Bob R. Burkhart; Considerable chapter news. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
1967Contents: Photos of Frank Sinatra in great Garrard turntable ad; The Vietnam War - with photo of B-52 and 750-lb bombs at Guam's Andersen Air Force Base; Redwood Park plans on Pacific coast; Crime and the Great Society - Time Essay; Air photos of Quang Khe ferry point and Hanoi; Dead Huks in Pampanga, Philippines; Photo of Onassis and Maria Callas; Leontyne Price; Super two-page color photo ad for the Volkswagen (VW) Van/Station Wagon; Tar and Nicotine ratings for dozens of cigarette brands; Martin Luther - feature article; and much more. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
1967Contents: Nice color-photo ad for the 1967 Chevelle; Dumping milk in Kansas; Puerto Rico Governor Roberto Sanchez Vilella to marry Jeannette Ramos Buonomo; Time Essay - Congressional Ethics; Photo of many dead Viet Cong at Suoi Tre; U.S. Advisors and Thau Trainees at Pak Chong - photo; The Shah of Iran and his family; Riots in Djibouti; Photo of Twiggy; Nice color-photo ad for the Pontiac Firebird; Sodium Pentathal - Jim Garrison; Nice color-photo ad for the Lincoln Continental; Great colour photo sequence illustrates the flight of TWA 740 from L.A. to New York; Fascinating two-page illustration of "The New York Bird Cage" - flight paths around the city; James Smith McDonnell - feature article; Photo of signing of the Treaty of Rome; and much more. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
