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195448 pages. Features: Magnificent cover art by Winter depicts a rural pond hockey game and locale - quintessential Canadiana!; Backstate at Ottawa - Igor Gouzenko, White and Pearson; Superb two-page colour photo ad for Admiral's line of televisions; Roy Thomson has bought more newspapers than any other Canadian in history... now he has broken into Britain by buying Edinburgh's famous Scotsman - article with photos; It's No Fun Being Funny - Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster are Canada's top comedians; How We Fought Polio in the Arctic - the story of the 'mystery disease' which caused the quarantine of a vast Arctic area in 1949, told by the doctor who struggled almost singlehanded to stem it - Dr. Joseph P. Moody; Karsh photos of Calgary during Stampede Week; The Alien - Chapter 8 of W.O. Mitchell's work; Clyde Gilmour Picks the Best and Worst Movies of 1953 - with photos; The Last Run of the I'm Alone - on 22 March 1929 rumrunner John Randell had his vessel blown out of the water by the Coast Guard; Nice colour photo ad for Jordan Challenge Sherry features photo of Mrs. Lomer Gouin, the wife of a Montreal Lawyer; and more. Large piece missing from back cover. Name on address label stroked out. Average wear. A great vintage issue. Magazine
193664 pages. Includes black and white photos and many detailed drawings. Features: A Narrow Gauge Engine; A Harbor Tug; Modelmaking - Past and Present; "Royal Blue" $1,150.00 Prize Model Building Contest; Wall Sconce; A 17' Sailboat; Automatic Signals; The Fireplace Shovel (cont'd from last month); "Signals - And How' - part 2; How Gas Engines Work; A Gasoline Powered Model Airplane; The Dockyard - marine matters; A Hanging Lamp; A Bow Lathe; What the Clubs are Doing; Tinplate Topics; "O" Steam Locomotive - completing the engine and raising steam; So You're Going to the Model Show; Average external wear and soiling. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage issue of this eminently practical and very informative publication. Book
194068 pages. Features: Fantastic two-colour full-page photo ad for International Trac-Tractor roadbuilding equipment; Wakeville Awake! - Part 1 of a serial by Leslie McFarlane; Parker Pen ad; The Stars Hang High (fiction); Lord Tweedsmuir's Vision of a New World; Mackenzie King, R.J. Manion, J.S. Woodsworth and John Blackmore comment on the nation's war effort; Five Wee Wimmen - another Donald Mackellen story (fiction); Canada's Fighting Forces - Part 6 - Pay and Records - article with photos; Bats in the Belfry - Dr. Harold B. Hitchcock studies bats - photo sequence; Feud on High Plateau (fiction); Gordon Dunstan's Quiz #12; Hudson Six ad; Frigidaire Fridge ad; War on the Parasite - the new institute of Parasitology at Ste Anne de Bellevue, Quebec; Rare article and photos of hockey on Cape Breton - the Glace Bay Miners, North Sydney Vics and Sydney Millionaires - with photos of McGibbon,k Squarebriggs, Larabie, Clifton, Craig and Bill Hannon, Van Daele, Langille and Bill Gill - very rare!; GMC Truck (van) ad; Plymouth ad; Dodge car ad; Dodge truck ad; Sensational colour photo centerfold ad for Studebaker cars; Interesting drawn ad for Kleenex attempts to convince readers to adopt the Kleenex habit (it seems to have worked); Photo ad for Tangee make-up "Will He Kiss You Tonight?"; Cartoon strip-style ad for Hinds hand cream featuring beauty advisor "Honey"; Nice Fargo truck ad features photo of a Charlottetown, P.E.I. unit with snowplow mounted on front; Skis for Planes - the Elliott brothers' workshop in Sioux Lookoutk, Ontario - article with photo; *Fantastic* two-page election ad for "Fighting Bob" Manion takes aim at Mackenzie King; Ford V-8 ad inside back cover; Nice colour ad for canned lobster on back cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A wonderful vintage issue. Book
194052 pages. Features: Outstanding colour ad for International Trucks inside front cover shows their products being used on a gigantic Rio de Janeiro water conductor project; Nice ad for the Ford V-8 Truck (van); Canada Dry ad; "By the Lovely Dove" (fiction); Beverley Baxter reports on his trip to the war front; Sneed and the Loud Suit (fiction); An Industry with a Creed - The story of the world's biggest asbestos mine at Asbestos, Quebec - article with photos (no breathing protection in sight); A Menace to Navigation (fiction); Canada's Fighting Forces - Part 5 - The Servicing Units - article with photos; Wings of Hazard (fiction); Mary Rose Thacker - Winnipeg's North American figure skating champion - article with nice photo; Great colour full-page ad for DeSoto cars says "Enjoy Life!"; Nice highbrow colour full-page ad for Chrysler cars; Gordon Dunstan's Quiz; Nice Pontiac car ad; Nice colour ad for Nash cars on back cover. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A very pleasing copy. Book
197472 pages. Features: Colour photo of Bobby Orr in Yardley ad inside front cover; Interview with Yvan Cournoyer; Can the Canadiens with the Stanley Cup this year?; Canucks Quiz; NHL History; Photos of Canucks staff and management; Photos of Montreal Canadiens players; B.C. Sports Hall of Fame; Nice Barry Wilkins photo feature; Article on goal judges; Frank Mahovlich is featured in a VanCity ad; Dave Dunn - player of the week; Some names from past seasons; Ads for the Irish Rovers and George Carlin; plus many other great vintage ads. Umarked with light wear. Please note: pages 35-38 missing. They contained the team rosters. Otherwise, a nice vintage copy. Magazine
197772 pages. Features: Never a Dull Moment when Derek Sanderson is in Town; Detroit team roster and photos; Canuck management, executive and player photos; Photos of Canuck trophy winners 1975/76; Colour photo of Don Lever in Drapeshire Clothes Ltd. ad; Nice full-page BCTV colour ad features Canuck players in action and broadcast schedule for Canuck games; Denny Boyd writes about the Red Wings; Great full-page colour photo fashion ad for Woodward's features Rick Blight in dark brown leisure suit; Player of the Week - Dennis Ververgaert; Tony Gallagher writes about Ron Sedlbauer; Canuck and Detroit game rosters; Nice full-page colour photo ad for the Westin Bayshore Hotel, HQ for the 1977 NHL All-Star Game; J. Paul McConnell is featured prominently in a full-page black and white photo ad for CKWX 1130; Nice colour photo ad for Cooper sticks and their NHL belt buckle promotion; Labatt's Blue colour photo ad - stubby bottles; Excellent full-page colour photo ad for CCM's total head protection package - mouthguard, visor and helmet; Wolfe Chev-Olds ad features Canuck-Detroit game action photo; BCTV ad for "Diamonds are Forever" James Bond movie; Photo of goalie Curt Ridley in action; Detroit has suffered a Draught in the Draft; Molson Cup Standings; NHL scoring leaders; Al Cameron - a solid step to respectability; Great full-page photo Levis ad featuring Gerry O'Flaherty and family; plus many other great vintage ads. Light wear. Unmarked. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
1935Iconic cover photo of Albert Einstein at blackboard proving the principle of Equivalence. 56 pages. Features: Exploring Prehistoric Georgia; Radio Facsimile (early fax machine development) - article with great photos; Building the World's Deepest-Water Bridge - connecting San Francisco and Oakland; Preserving rose bushes with paraffin for shipping; Nova Herculis recently discovered; Amazing growth in the packaging industry; Sundials and their construction - part IX - the principle and construction of the armillary sphere; The Oddest Thing About the Jews - Why Jews have some diseases more and others less than Gentiles - they often are first-class insurance risks; Stout "Scarab" auto photos and write-up; Photo of Einstein with Leo J. Scanlon; Tiny race cars - a developing sport; Astounding facts about American homes and sanitary conditions; Creative photo enlargement; Rapidly growing hybrid poplars; Frederick H. Ecker on progress in this age of science; Photo of harvesting American-grown rubber in California - Guayule; and more. Above-average external wear and soiling. Openings at each end of coverfold. Chip from lower corner of back cover. An uncommon Einstein collectible. Please note that large faint text appearing on image is not on magazine. Magazine
1925Pages 78-111. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Features: The art of the scriptorium of Einsiedeln; Turkish "bird" rugs and their design; A lost cartoon for Leonardo's Madonna with St. Anne; Average wear. Exterior partially darkened with age. Binding intact. Gift greetings upon title page. A sound vintage copy. Book
195982 pages. Features: Metropolitan Malaise; "Wozzeck" in the Wings; Home of the Hunter; Luchino Visconti - Composer's Director; Caruso, Go Home!; Boris Godunov, by Modest Mussorgsky - English text of this play; Theatre, U.S.A.; Chicago - Orbit Routine - With Flares; New York's Own Volksoper; Farrell and San Francisco; Callas and Dallas; Boston - Home-Grown, Short Supply; Three pages of photos of Maria Callas. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
196928 pages. Features: Quebec - the battle lines are drawn - photos with article about the challenge of Separatists; Gaudy colourful bridesmaids' dresses - colour photo fashion feature; The Care and Coddling of Dolphins - the stars of Expo need special attention to stay well; Nobody Told Her to Shut Up - Article on young singer Anne Murray with photo of her on the CBC-TV show Let's Go; Emptying the Dustbins at Gordonstoun - Prince Charles - part 2 of 3 - article with photos; A day in the life of a candidate for the federal Liberal leadership. Printed by newspapers across Canada as a weekend supplement. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
195864 pages. Features:Nice one-page colour ad for the '58 Plymouth with "Torsion-Aire; We must come to terms with Russia - or perish; Britain is rocked by air crash of Manchester United; Nostalgic full-page colour-photo ad for Aquascutum short wool coats; The Private Side of Politics - a panel speaks informally with John Diefenbaker adn Mike Pearson; Margaret - sister of the Queen - great article with many photos; Bruce Hutchison explains "What Went Wrong with the Boom" - economic analysis; Colour photos by John de Visser; How Henri "The Pocket Rocket" Richard Beat His Kid-Brother Jinx - article with great photos; Nostalgic centrefold ad for Inglis appliances for 1958; Uncommon colour photo ad for Scott-Atwater outboard motors; Huge two-page ad for the Conservative Party of Canada features full-page black and white photo of John Diefenbaker; Snappa Cappa Red Cap Ale - colour one-page photo ad shows fisherman opening bottle; Nice B/A ad on back cover. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1927Features: The Derelict; The Vengeance of Devi Chand - the revenge of a bereaved father in India; A Donkey in Spain - the author planned to take a walking trip through Spain with a donkey carrying his baggage; An Arctic Outpost - what happened to three members of the RCMP's Craig Harbour Detachment - article with photos; Through France with "Sylvabelle" - I - a yachting voyage from Brittany to the Riviera - article with great photos; The Netik - native 'magic' on a south sea island; Aerial photo of dozens of log booms at Vancouver, B.C.; "The White Man's Great War-Game" - II - amazing photo-illustrated article of the savages of Sura, Angas and other primitive tribes of northern Nigeria; Truffle-Hunting - a description of the industry in Italy and France - and a description of the manner in which the pigs and dogs are trained to search for them - with photos; The One-Legged Kea - a tale from the South Island of New Zealand; Behind the scenes in American crime - "a veritable hell-brew of wickedness and intrigue that has no counterpart in Europe - article with photos of Mrs. Margaret Whittemore and Richard Whittemore; Besieged by Crocodiles; The Lost Safe - a detective story; Lee Sum's Lucky Day - a 'gang-robbery' in the state of Pahang in Malaysia. Multiple pieces of red and clear tape holding covers in place. Brown tape securing fore-edges of each cover. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1971Features: Great cover illustration of an ice-fishing scene; "First-day feathers"; Recpies from our old files; The seasons; 1970 Fishing contest winners; Springer Spaniel Fall Trials; Skeet Shooting; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
1968Features: Hunters' Tales; A Report to Canadians on Wolves in Quebec - amazing photos; An Old Lady's Stories; Fisherman's Quiz; 1967 Fishing Contest Winners; The Winners' Pictures; Canadian Champion Fish; A New Dog; A Permanent Expo; Canadian Sportsmen's Corner; On Directness of Statement in the Bush; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
1958Features: Bare Hands & Fury - Man Against Cougar on Vancouver Island; Sportsmen's Shows in Toronto and Montreal; It's March - Be Kind; .22 Semi-Automatic; The English Setter; J.B. Crucq's Target of the Year; Nice ad on back cover announces winners in the Third Annual Thomas Adams Ontario Deer Hunting Competition; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1957Features: What Should Be Done About Predator Control? - editorial; Muzzle Loaders Boom on Special Range of the Canadian Muzzle Loading Club near Bothwell, Ontario - article with photos; Largemouth Bass - No Poor Relation!; Old John Picks a Tree - Old John Broadhurst's Bear Story, as related by Chipman H. Smith of Bedford, N.S.; The Muskey, The Doodler and Me; Tale of an American 'hunter' in Alberta; Let's Stop Getting Stuck; What's on the Hunting Dog Market?; Spinning has limitations; New and Outstanding Russian Hand Gun - the Russian Rapid Fire automatic pistol; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
194878 pages. Articles: Between the bear and the dragon - Chiang Kai-shek's power in China has faded - article with great photos; Collier's Sports - the low-down on baseball salaries; Hollywood Goes to Rome - shooting the Cagliostro movie in Rome; Toward Peace in Labor - how the Labor-Management relations Act has worked so far; John N. Garner's Story (part 3) - reveals the former Vice-Presidents's attitude toward the Roosevelt lend-spend policy and the third term; Whether Man - New York's Blizzard of '47 put the forecasters on a spot; Hard Times Come To Wall Street - why the nation's money center is in the red in this boom era. Fiction: Jeff Coongate and the Stolen Crony; The Day Before Sunday; The Mysterious Way (part 5 of 6); Blessed are the Merciful; Dark Red for Love; Meet My Family. Nice ads include: The 1948 Studebaker (inside front cover); RKO movies of the month; nice diamond ad featuring portrait of Mrs. Lewis McCracken, the former Miss Francine Whitten, of Washington, D.C.; Philco radio-phonographs; Ford Cars (nice color photo one-page ad in Europe; Lucky Strike cigarettes; Rummy soft drink; Ballantine Ale - nice color one-page ad with cowboy theme; Great two-page color-phot ad for Heinz soups (they offered turtle soup back then!); Hamm's Beer; Stewart-Warner radio-phonographs; Brewer's Best beer; Bicycle playing cards; Emerson radios; National Guard recruiting ad; Miller High Life beer; Trav-ler radios; Clark's Tendermint chewing gun; Chesterfield cigarette ad on back cover features Charles Coburn, Ann Todd, Ethel Barrymore, Louis Jourdan, VAlli and Gregory Peck. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
1946114 pages. Articles: Rampageous Reuther - an intimate appraisal of the United Auto Workers' (UAW) Walter Reuther; Heels Among the Heroes - there are too many Peck's bad boys in our occupation forces - article with nice photos of Americans serving in Germany; Stop, Look and Live! - Detroit's successful campaign to reduce auto casualties; Lady Killers - Lady Roller Derby participants - article with great color photos of Gerry Murray, Evalyn Karran and others; Circus Opera - Elephants trumpet and horses galumph when Salmaggi stages Aida; Lethal Lullaby - facts to know if you take sleeping pills; Big Tin God - the saga of Simon Patino of Bolivia and his vast Gold and Tin mining empire; Interesting back page editorial on Britain's Palestine problem. Fiction: The Hard Way Home; A Sense of Echelon; Clock Without Hands; What a Man Wants; Love is Kind of Fragile; Trouble on the Autobahn. Ads include: Studebaker trucks; Listerine; Ethyl; Shell agricultural research; Admiral phonographs; Philco phonographs - with Bing Crosby photo; Life Savers; Buick (nice 2-page photo Ford cars; Anso film; Camel cigarettes with photo of hospital intern and caption "More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette; Gillette razor ad features caricature of footbal player Steve Van-Buren ad); Rare full-page color ad for Wurlitzer Juke Boxes; GE light bulbs - with photo of George Burns and Gracie Allen; Clicquot Club sparkling water; Good Year (color centerfold); Garod radios; Mission Orange beverage; Carole Landis is featured for Dupont; Spertt Portable Sunlamps - with color photos; Dodge cars; Schlitz beer; "The Best Years of Our Lives" movie starring Fredric March and Myrna Loy; RCA Victor phonographs; Oregon tourism - with photos; Lucky Strike cigarette ad on back cover shows farmer holding huge golden leaf. Somewhat above-average external wear. Cover pulling from one staple. A worthy vintage copy. Book
2010136 pages. Features: Sawyer "Duke" Besozzi; Mr. Natural Perseveres; Tern, L. Francis Herreshoff, and Bill; Iain Oughtred's Double-Enders; Pegasus; Cocktail Class Runabouts; Exploring America's Oldest Marine Engine; Truscott Boat Manufacturing Company; and more. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. A worthy reference copy. Book
2009136 pages. Features: How Jim Moores Became Florida's Go-To Guy for Restoration; '55 Downeast Dory Adventure; Painting New Wooden Boats; The Renaissance of Duckboat Racing on Barnegat Bay; Falcon II and the enduring Legacy of the Universal Rule; Beyond Formica; The PocketShip from Chesapeake Light Craft; and more. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. A worthy reference copy. Book
195224 pages. Features: Soapy Smith - Scourge of the Klondyke - article with photos; The Case of the Frozen Brides - Conclusion; Pioneer Judge's Wife - Part 5; Found - The Lost Gold Mine of Dragon Mountain... Maybe; Dozens of great nostalgic ads. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
194424 pages. Wartime theme runs through the content and ads of this issue. Features: Writing from Readers; What's The Use (fiction); Summer Desserts Recipes; Suzanna Pancake and Waffle Flour ad features sailor illustration; Ad for Nabisco Snow Flake Sodas (crackers); Photo ad for Gerber's baby food; Ducks for Dinner - an informative article with photos which teachers readers to grow ducks in their backyards - for their eggs, fat, meat and down; Babies Don't Forget - wise parents are careful of their baby's first impressions; Beverly Peanut Butter ad; Review of film "The Adventures of Mark Twain"; Two-color Philip Morris cigarette ad; Nice illustrated Airway Coffee ad; Food for Thought feature on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. This vintage issue provides nostalgic insight to American homelife during the second world war. Magazine
1945This publication "aims to print authentic first hand accounts interpretative of the region and its people; to encourage the collection and preservation of the traditional materials of Alberta; and to help foster a literature indigenous to this part of the Canadian West." - from inside front cover. Contents: The Chinook Yark; Sayings heard in Alberta Ukrainian Homes; Klondikers; A Famous Alberta Yarn - told by Oliver Aldridge, son of Mountaineer Bill Aldridge; Potato Bugs; The Edmonton Overland Route to the Yukon; Duhamel (Battle River Crossing); Ghosts - Gus Erickson of the Westlock district had problems with them; Bob Edward's version of how Medicine Hat got its name; Bob Edwards and I; A Bob Edwards Yarn about the "Eye-Opener" race of 1906; Some Northern Trails; A Famous Alberta Yarn about a Russian settler who made his own harnesses from rawhide; A Fast Runner - fanciful tale of a young Englishman and his sheep roundup; Attention Alberta Writers - information about the Alberta Folklore and Local History Project; Interesting details of "The Outlaw", an Alberta newspaper in 1896. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. The first issue of this wonderful publication. Book
195868 pages. Contents: Colour-photo Caterpillar ad inside front cover features construction of the 67-mile link between Calgary and Banff; Anticipating B.C.'s big blast at Ripple Rock; Article 1201 of the Customs Tariff makes Canadian Customs Officers Censors - in spite of themselves; Nice colour-photo ad for the 1958 Ford; The Large Family Isn't the Best Kind Now - so argues Dr. Robert Brockway; Humourous BMO full-page ad shows mad housewife, laughing daughter, and a hole where the stove sat... before mom threw it out the window!; Telephone Swindlers - how they operate and why they're seldom caught; Quebec scriptwriter Laurette Larocque-Auger - article with photos; The Coming Revolt Against Leisure; The Non-Taxable Loves of Mrs. Ollenberger (fiction); The Great Back-To-School Boom - the strongest surge in adult education the nation has ever seen; We Took Our Girls on an Arctic Vacation - Erik Watt and family attempt an eleven-hundred mile trip down the Mackenzie River to Aklavik in a 14' boat; Handsome full-page colour ad for the Buick Limited; Swiss Watch full-page ad features Norman Rockwell image of watchmaker at work; Nice one-page colour ad for Labatt's '50' Ale; Nice one-page colour ad for the 1958 Dodge features road construction scene; Colour ad for Beatty clothes washers; Colour-photo Coke ad on back cover features well-dressed couple in an elegant setting. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. A quality vintage copy. Book
194846 pages. Black and white drawings upon each page. Nice color cover illustration of cat speeding down hill on sleigh. Stories include: The Little Boy That Was Lonesome; The Curious Star; Fraidy Lion; Wawa, The Wild Goose; The Circus Parade; Getting-Ready Time; Jane's Party; The Butterfly Fairy; Mr. Lincoln on a Penny; Robin's Red Dress; The Surprise; Family Out for a Walk; Mr. March Wind's Fun; Little Pine Waited; Skippy and the Flowers; No Trespassing; Old Gramps; Something New; I Know Them Now; The Bunny in the Hat; Jack-in-the-Pulpit's Sermon; Butch, The Sailor Doll; Mister Augustus; Tommy Has a Nap; Chatter and Scold; Sleepy Charley; Twilly and the Lovely Bottle; A Big Adventure; Silly Goat Meets a Bee; Benny Badger's Breakfast; The Little Cabbage; Harry Hippo Had a Headache; Toto's Bones; The Guinea Pig; A Beloved Tree; Betty's Valentine; Westerprester Grog, The Creaking Frog; Happiness; The Cloud That Got Lost; I Would Be a Skipper; Angels - A Wee Little Girl Story; Anton Does an Errand; The Star Fairy's Mistake; The Swans Have Visitors. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Pages age-toned. Binding tender but intact. A charming vintage copy. Book
