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2009Huge 510 page issue. Features: The First Lady the world's been waiting for; Special Spring Fashions; Queen Rania of Jordan; Carla Bruni-Sarkozy; Melinda Gates; and much more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
1961102 pages. Text in French. Features: Le drame de l'homme de quarante ans; Mon premier voyage interplanetaire (III); "Comme mes eleves travaillent bien a l'ecole des Quatr Jeudis!"; Gare Saint-Lazare, leve-toi et marche!; Le feu d'artifice du baroque allemand; Il epie le petit monde bruissant de la foret; Une vie de photographe; Jean Larteguy vous parle; Histoire de rire au "Machine". Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated in colour and black and white. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
198824 pages. Oblong 12" x 9". Illustrated in colour and black and white. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
1942Pages 111-158 plus sixteen pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Canada's Aircraft Industry - dozens of excellent photos of manufacturing and the key people behind it; Against the Dutch East Indian Backdrop - a look at Borneo - article with nice photos; Flying and the Telephone; and more. Some of the best ads include: Lovely Ontario Wines two-color ad inside front cover; General Electric (instruments for Canadian bombers); Malton's National Steel Car; The Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario (features illustration of military aviator). Bit of writing atop front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
1943Pages 105-155 plus nine pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Northwest Passage By Air - many super photos; Canadian Handicraft Old and New; Canada's Million and More Needlecraft Workers; and more. Some of the best ads include: Canadian Pacific Airline (two-color ad inside front cover), Northern Electric (Red Cross Features); Westinghouse Electronics "Where a speck of dust could hide a Nazi airdrome". Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1958Pages 83-119 pages plus thirteen pages of nice vintage ads. Features: The Richilieu, Historic Water-Way of Eastern Canada; Some Wild Animals of Canada, Part II; Agriculture in Alberta; Canot du Maitre or Montreal Canoe; and more. Nice one-page RCAF recruiting ad. Colour-photo BOAC ad inside back cover shows lobster and liquor being served on-board. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
1962Pages 75-112 plus ten pages of nice vintage ads. Features: The Klonkike Legend; The Ancient Sites of Lake Abitibi; The Champlain Waterway (includes fantastic one-page aerial view of Manhattan and environs; St. Albans - Ancient and Modern; The Many Battles of Stoney Creek; Nice two-color ROTP (Regular Officer Training Plan) recruiting ad for the Canadian military on back cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
198076 pages. Features: Sheila Wallace - artist in wax; The Marque Doll; The Door of Hope Reopened; Mid-Victorian China-Headed Infant Dolls; Comic Strip "Pillow" Dolls from the 1920's period; Compo Corner; Preview of Collectors History of Teddy Bears, Part II; The New Baby; The Dolls with the Contagious Smile - a photographic essay; A House Full of Dolls; Ask the Doll's Dressmaker; Dressing an 11.5" China Head Doll; Eugenia, A Lady of Quality; What is Restoring a Doll?; Schoenhut Restoration; Supplement to Advertising Paper Dolls, Part III; A Miniature Round-up Down Texas Way; From Elspeth's Inkpot. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
1991304 pages. Features: Rotraut Schrott; Sonja Hartmann; Patterns; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
1992256 pages. Features: From English Theatrical Sheets to Tinseled Portrait; Blotched Bisques and Waffled Waxes, Part 1; Ives, Blakeslee & Co. Walking Figures Patented by Arthur Hotchkiss; "Black Dolls: 1840-1990" - Sojourns at the Wenham Museum, Part 1; The Donnie and Marie Osmond Story; Advertising Dolls; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
198356 pages. Features: Zaloga on the M-1 Abrams Tank; Paine on the Sophisticated Art of Boxed Dioramas; Stearns on the Washington, Boston & Chicago Shows; Origins and Development of the Field Marshall's Baton; An Historical Look at the Confederate Navy; and more. Address label on front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
194154 pages. Articles: The U-Boat Menace - by Winston Churchill; The Private Life of One of the Prettiest Things on Legs - Carol Bruce from Brooklyn; My Old Kentucky Horse - some gay indiscretions by Bob Hope; What a Young Woman's Love Means to an Old Man - Renee Dahon is 40 years younger than her husband Maurice Maeterlinck; I Saw War's Hell in the Mountains of Albania; I Fought Joe Lewis with One Hand - This Time I'll Win! - Jewish Boxer Abe Simon. Short Stories: I Love You and Good-bye; Mr. Winters and the $10,000 Baby; Dear Ol' Deadline; Painless Extraction. Serials: War Girl - Part II; The Unobstructed Universe - Life Beyond the Grave- Part 4; Footloose - part 6. Ads: Great photo ad for Canadian War Savings Certificates features photo of dozens of kilted troops on the march; Mutual Life of Canada; Pepsodent Tooth Powder; Castoria laxative; Cameo Cigarettes; All-Bran Cereal; Colgate's Ribbon Dental Cream; Mum sanitary napkins; Grape-Nuts; Nabisco Shredded Wheat; Stetson hats for men; Champion Spark Plugs; Sani-Flush; Nostalgic Three-colour back cover ad for Lifebuoy Soap. Nice cover illustration by John Murphy shows wealthy lady with mountain of luggage - and her exasperated porter. Average wear. Minor moisture exposure. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
194258 pages. Articles: Lessons From Inside London; The Real General MacArthur; Grand Curtain Lines; That Mythical 4-Minute Mile - article with photos of Les MacMitchell; Mickey Mouse's Biggest Moments - article with nice comic strips. Short Stories: The Way Things Are; Here's $800; No One's Obscure. Serials: The Private Life of the New York Yankees (part II) - the Roaring 20's; A Gallant Lady - Carole Lombard (conclusion); From This Day Forward (part 5). Ads: Victory Bonds; *Fascinating* one-page photo ad by Canada's Department of Munitions and Supply is called "Please Don't Stare at My Pants", showing a lady in pants who is involved in war production; Nice colour Coke ad on back cover shows young couple at party table with iced bottles in bowl. Average wear. Moderate external soiling. A sound vintage copy. Book
1979110 pages. Features: Grammatocymbidium William Kirch; Tepui-Top Hopping by Helicopter; A Trip to the Ninth World Orchid Conference, with the Accent on Dendrobium species; a Note on the Native Microstylis of India; Orchid Genera, Illustrated - 68 - aspasia; John Ewing Orchids - Creating a Commercial Orchid Venture; aspasia; Encyclia inaguensis Nash ex.Britton and Millspaugh - A Rare Orchid from the Bahama Islands and the caicos Group; Roots. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
193362 pages. Features: Science articles; Four works of literature; School athletic news; Alumni and College News; Humour; Nice vintage ads; and more. Older clear tape repair to bottom of backstrip. Somewhat above-average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
196066 pages. Features: Mr. America's Big Chest Course; Barbells on Campus - Stanford University; Good Nutrition and Your Health; Win a Trophy!; Weightlifting News; World Championships Report - Warszaw; Lifting People is Fun - article with photos; Durable Superman - Coverman Ellwood Holbrook; Artistic Posing - article with photos; Exercise for the Career Girl; Nice back cover ad for York Barbells; and more. Covers detached but present. Middle page loose but present. Somewhat above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
195936 pages. Contents: Company Revamps Sales Organization - with photos of R.B. Murphy, N.C. Millidge, R.L. Auld and A.B. Evers; Accounting Geared for Automation - with photos of Allan Bryce, L.A.D. Battrum, M.G. Butler, Robert Sutherland, Kenneth Crowter, J.D. Johnston, Curtis Rice and David Cameron; Personnel Expands Scope - with photos of T.H. Halford, W.E. Wain, O.E. Snead, Dr. J.A. MacMillan, H.L. Brown, A.J. D'Ath and F.G. Fredrickson; Excellent two-page photo and text feature on the closing of the Kerrisdale office, after 38 years, to make way for the more automated Amherst office - the biggest telephone number change in Canada's history - with photos of the operators and some of the new technology - and the old; Details of conversions which took place in March; Venerable Glenburn Yields to Cypress - Another great two-page photo and information feature on a major Burnaby upgrade on Glenburn which, grew from six operators to 155 over the past 35 years; Fascinationg one-page photo feature on new microwave equipment providing long distance service between Vancouver and Kamloops - features a novel 20 x 24-foot passive reflector; 1959 telephone directories issued in Vancouver; Retirement news; Dial phones come to residents of Sidney and Keating on Vancouver Island - with several photos, including Lew Millin, Art Ensor, Gordon Cooper, Harry Potter, and others; Photo and map-illustrated article by Mrs. J.W. Bond explains the impact of improved telephone service to James Island, just off the Saanich Peninsula; Two-page feature on Junior Achievement with photos; Pension plan personalized; One-page map extending from the Lion's Gate Bridge to Horseshoe Bay indicates historical circular (mileage) boundaries formerly used to figure mileage charges; Two historic switchboards now Silent - the old Victoria and Vancouver long distance switchboards - article iwth photos; Teletype sale to East Asiatic Company - article with photo of Robert Turner of this wholesale lumber company; Retirees - Mrs. Minnie Doggett, G.A. Einerson, Edmond McKim, Miss Mary S. Duncan; In Memoriam - John E. Carlile, Mrs. Lily Rollings, James A. Murray, James L. Ward, Arthur Mills.and more. Clean with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
195836 pages. Features: Gordon Farrell now Board Chairman; C.H. McLean becomes President; Review of 1957; Interesting one-page of cartoon illustrations showing how the company's money is spent; Gigantic effort for March 2 conversions; Photos of conversion of old Dexter to new Hemlock system; Photos of nostalgic phone answering services; Photos of Port Coquitlam, Port Moody and Ladner switchovers; Rate Hearing Update; Great photos of B.C. Microwave service to open July 1st; Retirements; Fashion photos of B.C. Tel ladies - Chapter 53 Annual Spring Show; Artist's conception of new building in Nanaimo (on Fitzwilliam St.); In Memoriam - William J. Agnew, John R. Bell, Ralph Smith, William G. Thomson; Super forty-year-old photo of Port Moody operator; and more. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
195532 pages. Features: Amazing one-page photo of Fred Einarson working 100 feet above Fisherman's Cove as he repars a cable to Eagle Island; Nice Aerial photo of downtown Vancouver looking from the south-southwest; Six photos of Kamloops staff at work; Photos of installation of New Westminster automatic equipment; Photos of company services being used inside Vancouver's new Public Safety Building; Photos of Cranbrook Staff - at work and at their public ball!; Photos relating to the installation of new automatic equipment for Cloverdale; Photos of dancing and skating employees; Photo of Fred (Mickey) Sharp who helped police capture bank robbers; 1954 Annual Report Highlights; Record expansion this year; Short article on pay phones; Retirees; In Memoriam - Frank C. Paterson and Robert B. Smith; social news; and much more. Lower corner of covers and pages bumped/worn, otherwise average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
194628 pages. Features: Nice photo of Iris Steeves with photo of post-war 'shortages' company ad; Two pages of photos of lovely young lady employees; One-page photo of operator and swimming star Miss Mary Baggaley; Photo of the Trail switchboard at work with related article - 18,000 calls a day; Welcoming employees back from the armed forces; Article on the supply difficulty situation (result of war); Photo of Charlie McAndrew who has installed 40,000 phones!; Article on new Air-Sea-Land phone service; Fascinating article on page 19 requests female operators - either single or widowed; In Memoriam - James H.H. Nelson and David H. Charles; Much company ocial information. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
192880 pages. Features: They All Quit Cold - photo illustrated article on the 1928 Canadian National Exhibition Swim, in which none of the 199 contestants finished, but Georges Michel was the last man to quit - and he attempted to claim the prize of $25k - article with photos of George Michel, Ethel Hertle, George Young and Ernst Vierkoetter; Canadian V.C.'s (winners of the Victoria Cross) - article with illustrations of Captain F.A.C. Scrimger and Lance-Corporal Fred Fisher; Naught Broken Save This Body (short story about air battle); The Gatineau (River's) Taming - great photo-illustrated article on how the Gatineau River was developed for hydro power generation - with photos of Olivier Lefebvre, Major Walter Blue, the great Baskatong Dam, and more; Coyote Joe (fiction); Grains of Destiny - the romantic story of how Canada's wheat wealth sprang from a stray kernel in a shipload - with photos of Dr. Charles E. Saunders and L.H. Newman; When I Acted with Terry - recollections by actor Arthur Stringer; The Lordly Vagabond - fiction concerning a trussed king, a rogue unmasked and Beauty riding to the aid of Valor; Canada's Concern in the Pacific - article in the future relationship of the British Empire and the United States as affected by their affairs in China and Japan - with photos of Port of Yokohama and photo of "The Empress of Canada" in Shanghai Harbor; Finn - short story of a shrewd Saint John skipper; The World's Toughest - photo-illustrated article on Al Young, who drove six-horse stage coaches in B.C.'s Cariboo in temperatures as low as -74 degrees; With a Nonino! - legal short story; Photo of Mackennzie King and Hon. P.C. Larking inspecting a figure for the Canadian War Memorial at the March Studios, Farnborough, England; The Victoria Order of Nurses - they nurse 3,000 patients every day - article with photos of Miss Elizabeth Smellie and Right Honorable George P. Graham; Color and More in the Bedroom - interior design article with photos. Ads: Nice one-page ad for the Essex Super Six car; The Marquise De Polignac is illustrated in a one-page photo ad for Pond's skin products; Nice one-page ad for Barrett Roofings shows roofer at work; One-page Northern Electric ad explains how they transmit power and sound; One-page Canada Dry ad shows family Christmas scene dated Dec. 25, 1928; One-page Canadian Marconi Company ad features their 6-tube battery operated receiver (radio), with cabinet by McLagan; One-page Arrow Shirt ad features pipe-smoking gent in suit; Splitdorf Radio ad; Nostalgic one-page contest announcement offers prize to the person who can create the largest list of words from the letters in the name of author L.A. Cunningham (whose photos appears in the ad); "Ceetee" underwear ad; Appleford-brand heavy waxed paper; Dodge New Senior Six car ad; Nice illustrated ad for Langmuir Luggage - with Yale pin-tumbler locks; Kotex; Stromberg-Carlson Radios; Tillson's Natural Bran; Squibb's Dental Cream; Royal Yeast Cakes; No-Mar furniture - manufactured by Malcolm & Hill, Limited, of Kitchener; One-page Ovaltine features lady on bed with nerves which need soothing; Moirs Chocolates; Weed tire chains by the Dominion Chain Company; Handsome one-page red and black ad for Rogers brushing lacquer; Seaman-Kent Hardwood Flooring; Westclox; Heinz Cream of Tomato Soup; The "Mona Lisa" doll by the Reliable Toy Company (with photo); Vintage one-page orange and black illustrated ad for "The Makers of Canada" book series is entitled "The Campbells Are Coming" and talks of the history of Scotchmen in settling Canada's west; Willard Batteries - one page in red and black; The United Bond Company of Toronto; Please note: back cover missing. Pages 17-18 missing - contained colour plates of war paintings. Pages 67-68 missing.(probably contained ads). A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1934Pages 449-512. Features: In Peril Among the Riffs - How Sir Malcolm Campbell and Flight-Lieut. Don nearly lost their lives in North Africa - article with photos; With the Seal Hunters - photo-illustrated article on the heroic and arduous labours of the gallant fishermen for seals amongst the ice-floes of the coast of Labrador; Famous Figures in Football - G. (Geoffrey) N. Foster and Dr. R. Cove-Smith - article with photo; Sixty Years of Soccer - article with photos of William McCracken, Fanny Walden, G.O. Smith, Victor Watson, and Clifford Bastin; The Secret of Druid's Cross (mystery story); Why Keep a Log Book?; Field Hockey Tactics - article with photos; Making Morris Motors - photo-illustrated article on the manufacture of Morris cars; The Poacher's Wirelss (fiction); The Reversed Watermark (fiction); The Hooghly River - the World's Worst (article); The Story of Stamp Collecting. No table of contents. Covers loose but present. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1928Pages 81-120. Features: How Britain Prepares For Her Royal Guests - article with photos (King Amanullah of Afghanistan will soon visit Buckingham Palace) - includes photo of King Fuad of Egypt inspecting troops, and King Alfonso at Oxford; Destiny - a complete story; Photo of African woman with huge plates in her lips; Article on Dreams - what do they mean?; Two photos of the Rove Tunnel; Pity the Poor M.P.; Chang! - a film masterpiece and how two men made it - article with photos; Wit of the Week; Circunstantial Evidence - Science and Detective X. Crook Solve Another Mystery; One-page ad for Germolene to treat septic ankle; John Bull's Breakfast - photo-illustrated article on everyday heroes of the fishing fleet; Angel Esquire (continued); The History of The Civil Services Supply Association (C.S.S.A.) - article with photos; and more. Staples disintegrated. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1928Pages 201-240. Features: Tales of the Flying Squad - Crook Catching on Wheels - photo illustrated article; The Quest - another fine story of the Foreign Legion; Jealousy Between Lovers - a necessity, otherwise, a curse; The Gramophone - an appealing short story; The Struggle of the Giants - a wonderful (Football Association Challenge) cup season - article with photos; The Otter's Inn - a popular nature story; When Parliament Gasped! - great illustrated article of drama on the floor of the House; How to get your garden going; Shadowed Love - a man's love for two women; Illustrated Amami Shampoos ad; The Real Swanee - photo-illustrated article about the film 'Uncle Tim's Cabin"; The Uninvited Guest - short story; and more. Staples disintegrated. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1928Pages 241-280. Features: 2L0 Today - article with photos - a tour of the studios, how programmes are arranged, wonders of the control room; Belzebuth - a fine story of the Foreign Legion in Algeria; Variety Star of Today - Will Fyffe - photo-illustrated article; Rich Little Poor Girl (short story); What Will Petticoat Government Mean? - Will Britain be any better whan all women have votes? - article with photo of arrested Suffragette; Lucky Little 'Uns of the Turf - photo-illustrated article on how horse jockeys are made; Shadowed Love (continued); Interesting article on soap - with great photo of acres of soap at Port Sunlight; Ghost Towns of Western USA - great photo-illustrated article of the ghost town of Rhyolte; In the Spring (fiction); Infamies of the Third Degree - the official 'torture system' which disgraces civilization; and more. Staples disintegrated. Bit of writing on back cover. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
