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60 pages. Features: Nice colour-photo ad for International Trucks inside front cover features a Model L-195 Roadliner; Full-page Parker Pen ad; Editorial - The CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) is not Canadian and not National; London Letter - Belgrade laughs at the Kremlin; How Social Credit Took B.C. - The astonishing story of how a group of rank amateurs suddenly found themselves forming a government - article with photos; Warrior - Sgt. George Thomas (Tommy) Prince, grandson of an Indian chief, won ten ribbons fighting Germans, Italians and Chinese, but now he must fight to prove a man's colour doesn't count on the warpath - article with great photos; Got two hours for dinner? - Le Bastogne restaurant in Quebec City - article with colour photos; Rhymes in a Ten-cent Scribbler - Edna Jaques is Canada's best-sellling poet - article with photos; Glen Dobbs - The Roughriding Mayor of Dobberville - a lanky and amiable American quarterback has set Saskatchewan on its ear; Guns are for Men - story by L. Johanne Stemo - illustrated by Oscar Cahen; Eva von Gencsy - the ballet star with the dishpan hands - article with photos; Put it Back, Lady! - how store detectives in the bustling supermarkets catch hundreds of food pilferers each year; Full-page Canadian Army recruiting ad; Nice colour ad for Aylmer canned peaches; Great Prest-o-lite battery ad features black and white photo of Detroit Red Wing star Red Kelly; Nice vintage colour La-Z-boy ad; Chevrolet ad; Colour Ford ad inside back cover; Massey-Harris colour ad on back cover shows their test track for power farming. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
80 pages. Cover art shows football star Fred Doty and his fiancee Beverly Brown. Features: The Greatest Danger is Europe - a searching analysis which shows the peril in Europe where fear is stronger than the will to fight - by Matthew Halton; Don't Call Me Baby Face - Part two of the story of Vancouver Boxer Jimmy McLarnin - article with photos, including a shot of Jimmy golfing with Fred Astaire, Joe Louis and Bob Hope; I Saw the Chinese Reds Take Over - Norman McLaren explains how the 'new order' came to the country town of Pehpei - with photos; Never a Dull Moment at the Larches - Elizabeth Armstrong relates tales from her Victoria, B.C. boarding house; A License to Murder? - driver's licenses are handed out like dog tags; Lena Horne - Glamour C.O.D. - article with photos including a large colour full-page shot; Giants of Golgotha - story by Fred Delano; How We Massacred the Passenger Pigeon - a Maclean's flashback - once these birds blotted out the sun in Eastern Canada, but the last one died in 1914; Recipe - Take One Steamboat - Tony Didier, the chef of the CPR's Algonquin Hotel at St. Andrews, New Brunswick, serves up a shore dinner - article with photo; Fantastic full-page Coke ad shows Coke Cooler, glass, and soda jerk above a thirsty city - very nice!; The People Only Death Will Touch - The Rev. Aurthur Payton and Lawrence Earl travelled to Nigeria to help Lepers -article and photo; Massey-Harris ad focuses on how their products help farmers step-up meat-making nutrients in the crops they grow; Li'l Abner Cream of Wheat ad; Dow Brewery ad honours Auguste Prenovost of Montreal who tacked a galloping horse to prevent disaster on a traffic-laden street; Barbara Ann Scott is featured in Prest-o-lite battery ad. Center pages loose but present. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
56 pages. Features: Nice CNE cover illustration; Colour International Crawler ad inside front cover; Unusual Molson ad presents small projects for around the house; Mackenzie King as I Knew Him - article with photos, including a full-page colour portrait; Unwanted Guest - story by Paul Ernst, illustrated by Mike Mitchell; The Murdered Midas of Lake Shore -a Maclean's flashback to the murder of gold discoverer Sir Harry Oakes in Nassau, the Bahamas; Two Million Dollars on the Dotted Line - S. Hume Crawford and W.E.N. (Bill) Bell sell lots of life insurance - article with photo; That Glamorous Goldeye - Manitoba's famous Winnipeg Goldeye fish has turned up again - 750 miles away in Alberta!; Danny Kaye; Just Call Me the Gadget King - Bernie Abbott sells gizmos at the CNE; Full-page Len Norris illustration "On the Midway" humourously illustrates the CNE; The Strange Death of Sam Fletcher - story by John Clare - illustrated by Jack Bush; Shes' the Only One of Her Kind - Speaker Nancy Hodges rules the B.C. Legislature with a gracious gavel - photos with story; Great full-page colour ad for movie 'The Black Rose' which stars Tyrone Power and Orson Welles; 1950 Plymouth ad; Sam Snead appears in Prest-o-lite battery ad; Colour ad for Canada Dry; Celeste Holm is featured in a colour ad for Avon Cosmetics; Nice colour ad inside back cover for the Watchmakers of Switzerland. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
514 pages. List of abbreviations, Bibliography, Index. Four colour plates. Several black and white illustrations. "A thumb-nail sketch of Royal Canadian Artillery batteries mobilized for service during the 1939 to 1945 conflict." - from Preface. "D.W. (Wilf) Falconer, who served the Guns from Dieppe to The Dollart has, through his dedication and untiring efforts, produced a reference work ensuring the units and details of their histories will always be remembered. The degree of accuracy and attention to detail... are second to none. It is my pleasure to recommend this book as a reference source to all students of military history and to all collectors of memorabilia of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery." - J.P. Beer, MBE, CD, Colonel, R.C.A. (Ret'd). An unread copy. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
88 pages. Songs include: Squonk; The Carpet Crawl; Robbery Assault and Battery; Afterglow; Firth of Fifth; I Know What I Like; The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway; The Musical Box; Supper's Ready; Cinema Show. Above-average wear and soiling. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy of this timeless Genesis compilation. Book
48 pages. An advanced course of study designed to follow up any of the various elementary and intermediate methods. Average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
132 pages. The following only touches upon the highlights of the considerable fascinating photos and text in this issue. Features: Cover illustration of mobile deep-sea floor device of J.E. Williamson; Fire at sea - a challenge to science; Lone fingerprints trap master criminals; Wins worldwife fame with microscope hobby; Earth's last drop of oil sought by new discoveries; Flying Battleships; How to Build a Sky Globe; Stalk Sea Monsters in Odd Craft; How Shotgun Champions battle for their crowns. Ads: Very nostalgic illustrated General Electric ad inside front cover features their home battery charger; RCA Victor ad illustrates the Table Model 123 "Magic Brain" radio; Midwest Radio Corp. ad inside back cover features inset photos of W.C. Geiser of Springfield, Illinois, Mrs. M.C. Mondy of Conneaut, Ohio, and R.T. Pursley of Hammond, Louisianna; Lovely color back cover ad for Chesterfield features their cigarettes in color superimposed over black and white photos from Asia and Europe. Average wear. Signature upon front covers. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 537-564. Features: Cover photo-portrait of the King with General Henri Giraud (in 1940); Burial of Lieut.-Commander E. Esmonde, V.C.; King welcomes fighter pilots back after daylight sweep over northern France; Photo of dozens of gas producer units to be fitted into lorries to save petrol; Photo of Australia's Dr. H.V. Evatt with Churchill; Photo of U.S. Admiral H.R. Stark in London; Photo of POW German Generals Von Ravenstein, Arthur Schmidt, and I.P. de Villiers at South African port; Photo of A.T.A. platoon marching; Seven photos of Madagascar plus one-page relief map indicating its strategic importance and why it has been occupied by British forces; Photos of bomb damage in York, Norwich, and Hazebrouck Railway Station; Photos of King and Queen surveying Bath bomb damage; The Spring Air Offensive - article with maps of Burma and Mandalay vicinity; Six interesting photos of Mandalay and Lashio; Fascinating two-page map illustrates "The Riddle of the Middle East as viewed from Berchtesgaden" - a map looking towards the oilfields; Wonderful photos of Marshal Chiang Kai-Shek and his wife meeting Gandhi and Nehru - scenes at Calcutta, including photo of Madame Chiang Kai-Shek wearing Sari presented to her by the Birla family; Air photos of Grim aftermath of R.A.F. attacks in Rostock and Augsburg; Dramatic centerfold action illustration of Beaufighter long-range fighter downing enemy aircraft; Polish troops march in Edinburgh; Photos of Royal Artillery Mountain Battery excercises in Wales; One page of illustrations of Luftwaffe Developments - Germany's new fighters and bombers; Nine great photos explain how $millions in gold was recovered from mine-infested waters - salvage ship 'Claymore' recovers booty from sunken liner 'Niagara'; Photos of thirteen personalities of the week include W.P. Pycraft, Rear-Admiral H.J. Ruser-Larsen, Mr. Patrick Munro, M.P., Third Officer Agnes McLennan Traynor, Mr. Thorvald Stauning, Brig.-Gen. H.H. George, Staff Sergeant J.L. Lockhard, and General MacArthur with Mr. Curtin in Canberra; Fascinating one page of illustrations introduce stereoscopic television pictures - a notable British achievement; Eight high-resolution photos illustrated the world's diamond trade, now centred in London as experts from the low countries help the Allies; Classy B.S.A. colour back cover ad shows Egyptian scene with caption "The ever-turning wheel", by F. Matania; more nice vintage ads. This copy was never stapled. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this vintage issue. Book
78 pages. Features: Shooting Your Interest; What's New Smith & Wesson; Tuning the Black Powder Revolver; African Safari Battery; Custom Muzzleloading Rifles; Shotgun Pistols; Airgun Roundup for 1984; The Springfield Armor M1A; Gun of the Month - Michigan Arms Wolverine; New Airgun Products; Navy Arms Rolling Block Pistol. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
96 pages. Features: Cover Photo of Elizabeth Taylor with son; Old Gold cigarette ad inside front cover features hound dog; Bell Telephone ad illustrates their solar battery which generates electricity from sunlight; Wonderful color Texaco ad shows dalmation puppies being towed behind boat; Nice Elgin watch ad; Great color ad for Ford's 1954 Sunliner, Skyliner and staton wagons; Totally awesome one-page color-photo ad for Fisher Body shows fashionable dame in Palm Springs with red Chevrolet convertible; Nice one-page color ad for movie "The Black Shield of Falworth"; Edward R. Murrow - the man, the myth and the McCarthy Fighter; A vacation is what you make it; Should we support an attack in Red China?; Nice one-page ad for Campbell's chicken with rice soup; Two-page color ad for Cheez Whiz; Nice color Pepsi ad shows couple on beach; Finns love pesapallo - in Finland this is baseball; Color photos of Hollywood mothers - June Allyson, Elizabeth Taylor, Jeanne Crain, and Lauren Bacall; My Years with Herbert Hoover; Nice fashion photos; Country Doctor in New York - Dr. J. Jerome Steinfelder; Lovely one-page Kleenex ad with Little Lulu illustrations on beach; How close are we to space travel?; Photos of Bob Hope in Catalina sweaters ad; The Mighty (Ted) Theodore Bernard Kluszewski of the Cincinnati Reds - article with photo of Jim Greengrass, Gus Bell and Ted Kluszewski shirtless in batting stance; American Art and Tradition Go Abroad; Nice color Schenley whiskey ad inside back cover; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features photos of John W. Fincher of Cairo, GA, A.R. Schneidewind of Upper Montclair, NJ, J. Russell Fraser of Detroit, Mrs. Katharine B. Coelsch of The Dalles, OR, W.C. Fowler of Dallas, TX, and Mrs. B. Collins Edgar of Lookout Mountain, TN, and Evelyn Terjesen of New York; and more. Loss/nibbling to periphery of front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
84 pages. Features: Mexico clamps down on Stalin - fascinating photo-illustrated article explains how Mexico was once Moscow's secret entrance to the U.S.A., until President Aleman proved that Mexico is no easy mark for Stalin; Helen Hayes tries Hollywood again - nice photo-illustrated article; California's weird overflowing Salton Sea - photo-illustrated article; Are all women crazy?; What has John L. Lewis done with his $400,000,000? - fascinating photo-illustrated article about the miners' welfare fund; The World's Worst Department Store - H.O. Kaufhous in Alexanderplatz, East Berlin is Soviet Germany's largest department store; I'm a Gyppo Logger's Wife - Margaret Elley Felt hauls dynamite, drives a truck, raises kids, keeps books, and lives in an all-male lumber camp in Washington State; May the better half win; Editorial - Britons Discover That China's Reds Are Communists!. Fiction: Mountain Massacre; The Doctor Wants a Wife; Welcome Back, Soldier; The Old Pro; Father Came Home (part 1 of 7); House of Fear (part 5 of 6). Ads: Color ad for Mercury cars; Boeing Stratocruiser ad features large photo of Pan Am plane over the Eiffel Tower; Prest-O-Lite battery ad features nice photo of footballer Otto Graham, quarterback of the Cleveland Browns; Nice two-page GMC truck ad shows a 470 pulling trailer. Above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
54 pages. Features: Nice one-page Gretsch drums ad features Jimmie Cobb; Olds trombone ad features George Roberts; H.N. White Company trombone ad features Kai Winding; One-page ad for the Fender Jaguar guitar; Singer Gene McDaniels claims his record company, Liberty, cheated him; Blues singer, Scrapper Blackwell, slain at 65; False alarm about Ella Fitzgerald concert at Lincoln Centre; Chet Baker making movie in Britain; Sinatra pictures and records banned in Lebanon and Iraq after his visit to Israel; Rough year for James C. Petrillo, president of Chicago's AFM Local 10; Jazz in Southeast Asia; Bud Powell, Paris and a night to remember; Spoon (Jimmy Witherspoon) - an informal portrait; Inside the new Bill Evans Trio; record reviews; Ad for Bud Shank and his new album 'Bossa Nova Jazz Samba'; Small photo ad for Richards Music Corp. features Dizzy Gillespie; Don Ellis - part 2; Dixieland at Disneyland; Slingerland drums ad features photo of Walt Thomas of the Si Zentner Orchestra; Small photo add for Richards Music Corp. features Miles Davis; Score for Iqbal by Yusef Lateef; Jazz on Campus; Photo ad for Ludwig drums features Jo Jones; Zildjian cymbal ad on back cover. Unmarked with above average wear. Binding intact. Bottom corner of front cover clipped. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
46 pages. Features: Lovely cover photo of Carmen McRae; Small photo ad for Selmer saxophones features John Coltrane; Pacific Jazz ad features Carmell Jones; Sinatra sues Capital; AFM sues Republic Pictures; Confusion reigns in wake of MCA breakup; Ellington sues and is sued in return; Elegy for Eddie Costa who died in car crash July 28; Something Rockin' in Denmark; Carmell Jones - Trumpet in a Hurry; The agonies of exploration - Jeanne Lee and Ran Blake; On the Threshold - feature article on the singer's singer, Carmen McRae; Sketches of the Rollins quartet by George Roth; Focus on Vi Redd - alto saxophonist, soprano saxophonist, and vocalist; Centrefold ad for Gretsch drums features Philly Joe Jones, Elvin Jones, Max Roach, and Art Blakey; Record reviews; Large ad for Jimmy Smith and his Fats Waller album; Ad for Dodo Greene and her album 'My Hour of Need'; Art Blakey - Blindfold Test; Caught in the Act - Woody Herman and Leandro Barbieri; Fender Accordio-Organ ad features photo of Buddy De Franco and Tommy Gumina; Slingerland drum company ad features photo of Rufus Jones of the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra; Small ad for Martin Trumpets features Al Hirt; Zildjian cymbal ad on back cover features photos of Mr. Zildjian and dozens of prominent drummers. Unmarked with somewhat average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
168 pages. Features: Cover photo of Maurice Lawson of Warren County, Indiana; You can earn more of the food dollar; The case for Eisenhower; The case for Stevenson; Do broilers fet your farm?; Farming for Insoak keeps water where it belongs - Jess Dewees of Clinton, Oklahoma; They shorten dairy chores; The wild and free mustangs; Urea helps stalks and cobs make low-cost beef; A laborsaving crib; Moving corn with power; Winter Oats move northward; Improved rambouillet best for U.S.; Better nests - cleaner eggs; Tractors with superpower - great photo of Elmer Horn of Kirby, Ohio,and his articulating four-wheel-drive tractor; Safe farrowing at low cost; Nice photo of huge crowd of troops in Korea enjoying USO headliner Betty Hutton; Ads include: 1952 Buick; 1952 "Rocket" Oldsmobile Super 88; Lee work clothes; Texaco ad features W.E. (Bill) Stephens (inventor of a tree pulller), co-inventor A.A. (Cotton) Zogg, and Texaco driver T.I. Trahan; Very nice Ford truck color photo ad features cranberry grower Russell Makepeace of Cape Cod; The Massey-Harris "55" tractor; Robert Schaller of Onalaska, WI is shown in a USS Steel ad; Nice color-photo B.F. Goodrich ad features John O. Pickens and son Dick of Hoytville, Ohio; International Trucks (color photo at Brook Farm); John Deere Model 50 and 60 tractors (color); Chevrolet; Plymoth; Homelite chainsaws; Photo of Groucho Marx in Auto-Lite battery ad; Ferguson tractor; Champion spark plug ad features Gene Wakeland of Huntertown, Indiana; Sheppard Diesel tractor; Wolverine work shoes; Dodge truck ad features Bowater Pearson of Attica, Indiana; Tide detergent; '52 Ford car; Jell-O pudding; Brer Rabbit molasses; Blue Bell work clothes; Peters ammo ad features shooter Don Westwater of San Francisco; Great color back cover ad for Camel cigarettes features stage and screen star Richard Carlson. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
80 pages. Features: Coverage of the Royal Visit; Nice Westclox ad; The Edinburghs - eight pages on the Royal Family - text with numerous photos, including young Prince Charles; How I Photographed the Royal Couple - by Karsh - illustrated with his colour photos, including the Queen with Princess Ann; When a Queen Ruled Britain - article with photos from the Victorian era; The Runaways - story by Ware Torrey Budlong; The Butcher with a Poet's Soul - Canada Packers President James Stanley McLean - article with photos; Let's Abolish Homework, by Sidney Katz; Charlottetown Likes to Laugh - article and photos on the capital of Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.); Humor by Robert Thomas Allen and William Frederick Miksch - "Shopping's a game women play but men don't know the score"; Confessions of a Big-Town (Toronto) Cabbie - by John Rowland - article with photo; Nice Kodak colour-photo ad; Vintage Massey-Harris ad shows corn cobs being harvested by a man on an implement with no cab; Cartoon by Peter Whalley; Colour centerfold for Snyder's fine furniture of Waterloo, Ontario features their Dynavista sectional designs; Full-page ad for Imperial Furniture manufacturing of Stratford, Ontario; Nice Chrysler ad; Rare full-page colour Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Recruiting Poster - very nice!; Dodge car ad; The Hargreaves Quads - Joan, Janice, Jennifer and Joyce - are featured in a nice colour ad for Aylmer strained peaches; Betty Grable is featured in a Auto-Lite battery ad; Colour Karsh Portrait of Prince Philip in full-page ad for O'Keefe's Brewing Company; Nice vintage ad for GMC heavy trucks; Babe Didrikson Zaharias - world's greatest woman athlete - featured in Prest-o-lite battery ad. Several short external archival tape repairs. Bits of writing on front and back covers. Much writing on Westclox ad on page 1. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
80 pages. Features: Karsh cover photo-portrait of Jean Sibelius; One-page Canadian General Electric radio ad shows the Models C122, C602, C352, C400 and C751; Moffat appliance ad features photo of Ted "Teeder" Kennedy, his wife and dog, plus photos of their kitchen and home; Where the Yanks Rule a Part of Canada - Americans at their Newfoundland base can flout our courts, even seize our citizens - and it's all quite legal; How Karsh Photographed Europe's Great; Ordeal By Snow (fiction); Taming the mighty Ottawa River with the Des Joachims dam project - article with photo; Is There a Killer in the Crowd? - Canada has at least 300 who have not been caught; Fortune in a Million Figures - Rose Starkman came to Canada in 1937 with $20, married Hy Marx, and they now sell $1 Million annually of Rose Marx Braz, the only Canadian brassiere sold in bulk in the U.S.; Stop This Fire Death Sacrifice! - firey death of 139 on pleasure steamer Noronic at Toronto's Pier 9; My Papooses Got Pyjamas - life in a Red Cross outpost at Armstrong, 100 miles north of Fort William; Beauty and the Brakeman (fiction); A Firsthand account on the new Britain under Socialism, by John W. Vandercook; TCA (Trans-Canada-Airlines) one-page ad with piggy bank; How to Retire and Like It; Nice colour Coke ad shows youth lunch scene and ice chest stocked with Coke; Bold one-page colour ad for Champion spark plugs features dog with ear muffs; Plymouth car ad; Westinghouse radio colour ad features the Rideau; Kleenex ad features Little Lulu and Tubby; Half-page Eveready battery ad features policeman Joseph Moreau of St. Lambert, Quebec; Photo of load of diesel from Moose Jaw Refineries crossing into the U.S.; Great back cover colour ad for B.C. Apples; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Photo of General Georges Catroux; Six photos of Home Guard members protecting Buckingham Palace; Illustrations show how wireless communication provides the eyes for a field battery; Four charming photos of Princess Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, and the Queen; Photo at Kirkuk pre-refinery which pipelines oil to a Haifa refinery; Photos of oil wells in Iraq - the focal point of the Nazi "Drang Nach Osten"; Photos of and related to the 620-mile pipeline to Haifa; Map of South America with article entitled "Nazi Threat to U.S. and Panama - Lufthansa Air Lines in Latin America; Article entitled "The Attitude of the Vichy"; Photos of Dakar entitled "Germany's Infiltration to Dakar - It's Menace to America"; Six photos from Addis Ababa where Imperial forces enter and the Union Jack is hoisted; Six photos entitled "The Return of Haile Selassie - The Negus Welcomed by His People" includes a photo of Miss Banichyzgu Kidani, the only woman soldier in the forces of the Negus; Photos of new bombing raid damage in London - The Queen's Hall, Lambeth Palace, Salvation Army HQ, St. Andrew's Church, Holborn, St. Olave's, St. James's Palace, and the Old Bailey; Two pages of photos from enemy sources include: German soldiers exercising in Africa to the sound of an accordion, German troops resting after capturing El Agheila, Libya, British POWs waiting at an African airport; General Von Kleist saluting panzer unit in Belgrade, Photo of hundreds (thousands?) of Yugoslavian soldiers crowded into German POW camp, swastika flag hoisted over the Acropolis, and General Tsolakoglu signing final capitulation; Photo of ship the 'Zamzam', reported sunk; Photo of German POWs in the western desert receiving food; Two photos of booty taken when the British captured Kismayu; Seven photos from Canada beneath caption "Nazi Prisoners in Canadian Camps - Dodges Used for Escaping" - includes photos of mail checking, improvised tool and weapon, etc.; Photo of Air Chief-Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore arriving in Egypt; Photo of destroyed parish church of St. Peter and Paul, Bromley, Kent; Photo of Mr. Kenneth Riddle, President of the Oxford Union; Photo of five British POWs released from camp in Italian Somaliland; Photo of massive celebration for Portuguese Prime Minister; Photo of De Gaulle with Longmore in Cairo; Photo of Viscount Gort with Sir Clive Liddell whom he succeeds at Gibraltar; Photo of U.S. battleship "Washington" which is nearing completion; Photo of the King and Queen inspecting bomb damage at Westminster Abbey; Photos of personalities of the week include: General Sir R.H. Haining, Maj.-Gen. H.C.B. Wemyss, Lieut.-Gen. Sir H.R. Pownall, Brig. Viscount Bridgeman, General Dentz, Miss Agnes Keyser, The Duke of Aosta, Queen of Croatia, The Duke of Spoleto, The Duke of Hamilton, Mr. Ivone Kirkpatrick, E.M.B. Ingram, Lieut.-Gen. Sir W. Pulteney, Grig.-Gen. Sir C. Champion De Crespigny and The Earl of Suffolk; Dunlop one-page ad shows bombs being loaded into the belly of a plane; and more. Staples removed. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy of this informative WWII issue. Book
59 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Author relates his experience as a signaller in the 21st Battery C.F.A., 4th Div. C. E. F. from 1916-1919 during WWI. He went to France in the summer of 1917 and saw action at Passchendaele and the major battles of 1918. Armorial bookplate upon half-title page otherwise unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy reading copy. Lengel 251, Cooke (2) p.140. Book
Footnotes, Glossary of Creole terms referring to Voudoun, References, Index. Black and white photographic plates. Diagrams. Voudoun is the religion, primarily African in origin, of the vast majority of the inhabitants of the Republic of Haiti. This work "Delineates this cult as an experienced and comprehended initiation into the mysteries of man's harmony within himself and with the cosmic process." - Editor's Foreword. Average wear to publisher's blue cloth decorated with gilt upon front board. Unnmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating reference. Book
226 pages. Features: V-8 S-10; It Ain't Ugly; S-10 Contest Winner; Pro-Flare Ford (cover photo); Renegade Ranger - custom '70s Ford; Ranger Splash - Ford's new youth truck for the '90s; WYBUYNU - Brandon Murrill's cool classic; Attention Getter; Dave Hill's alternate Scout; Pro-Faction pro-street Slantcab; Fully restored GMC Suburban; Pacific Coast Suburban; Post War Panel; Mini-Addiction; Battery operated Nissan pickups?; Late Start - Mom's mini Isuzu; and much more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
Originally printed in 1938 in Britain, this copy reprinted with permission in Canada in 1940 with amendments Nos. 1 and 2. Quite a detailed treatise with chapters entitled: Organization of a Coast Fortress in Peace; Responsibility for Training; Annual Training; Charts and Maps; Range-Finders and Other Instruments; Misc. Instruments; Laying; Ballistics; Gunnery Calculations; Gunnery Calculations - Automatic Sights; Range Tables and Initial Corrections; Calibration; Battery Drill and Fire Discipline; Instructions for Training and Examination in Range-Finding; Instructions for Training Examination in x, 224 pages. Plotting Room Duties; Instructions for Training and Examination in Laying; Instructions for Training and Examination in Telephony; Instructions for the Examination for Skill-At-Arms Badges for Gunnery; plus appendices on probability and the slide rule. Several fold-outs. Black and white diagrams. Unmarked with average wear. Binding tight. A sound copy of this vintage WWII reference. Book
52 pages. Features: Cover photo of Holland America Line's Rotterdam and Nieuw Amsterdam; On the Waterfront; Ships Pictorial - official photos of the Royal New Zealand Navy's 50th Anniversary Fleet Review; A Captain and his Ship - Vincenzo Barbera is master of the Repubblica di Genova; Cargo Ship to Kirkenes - Fred Thompson travelled aboard Norway's famous coastal express service beyond the Arctic Circle; From Ocean to Ocean - Stephen M. Payne describes a memorable cruise through the Panama Canal aboard Holland America Line's cruise ship Rotterdam; Butter Boat Voyage - Keith Goss sails between Grimsby and Esbjerg in the DFDS freight ro-ros Dana Maxima and Dana Cimbria; Cruise Ship Review; Naval Occasions - colour photofeature; Twenty-five Years of container ships - part 2; 'T' Class Conversions - Roger Fry describes the conversion of eight WWII submarines into Fast Battery Drive boats between 1948-56; The Loss of the Empress of Asia - Neil McCart recalls the final days of the Canadian Pacific liner sunk by Japanese aircraft fifty years ago this month; Ports of Call; Ferry Fleets Update; Ferry Focus - Color Line; Signals; Large colour photo of the Nordnorge inside front cover; and more. Above-average wear to covers, with part of back cover missing. A worthy reference copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of HMS Hecate; Great photo of Canadian Pacific`s Empress of England berthed at Liverpool inside front cover; Nice photo of Bugsier`s tug Simson towing drilling rig through Dover Strait; On the Waterfront; Where to See the Cruise Ships; Naval Review; Shipping of the North East Coast Ports - A review of current activity from Blyth to Seaham Harbour; Part 1; Still in Steam on the Clyde - Lennox II and Hopper No 25; Falklands Fleet`s Royal Finale - photo feature; The Lovely Ketch ``Irene``; Ships of the `Cardiff` Class - a review of the development of the standard design bulk carrier which has gained a reputation for reliability and economy; Guardians of the Dover Strait - a report on the work of the HM Coastguard Station at Langdon Battery, Dover; Letters, European Ferry Commentary; Fleet List 1982 - pennant numbers of warships of the Royal Navy and Vessels of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service - part 2 - K to Y; Letters; Nice photo of the HMS Oribi in 1946 inside back cover; and more. Ad clipped from last page. Covers detached but present, otherwise average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
Features: Seattle's Public Utilities Department and the Railroads - major article; Southern Pacific announces fast excess-fare train between New Orleans and San Francisco; Promotion for T.B. Degnan of the Great Northern Railway Co.; No Time To Lose - Editorial discusses how representatives of eight Puget Sound cities oppose tolls being charged through the Panama Canal to vessels flying the U.S. flag and engaged in U.S. coastwise traffic; Handsome New Union Passenger Station for Aberdeen, WA - article with artist's rendering of the future station; Foreign Capital in Railways of the United States - major article by Harvard Professor of Economics William Z. Ripley; Business biography of J.E. Dalrymple, recently elected vice-president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Co.; Railway News in Brief; Battery Truck Crane the Latest Invention in Freight Handling - major article with wonderful illustration of a mobile electric crane invented by General Electric of Schenectady, NY to be used for loading rail cars (who knew Elon Musk was so old!); How Should Tacoma Prepare for the Opening of the Panama Canal? - major article with excellent photo of the busy Tacoma waterfront; Statement Concerning Panama Canal by George S. Dearborn, president of the American-Hawaiian S.S. Co.; British View of Panama Canal; High Honor for W.D. Wells of the Alaska-Pacific Steamship Co.; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Repair bill for the White Star liner Olympic; Submarine Motor Salvage Boat invented by Mr. E.H. Crossley; New Steamer Solduck will be an All-steel Modern Vessel - major article including diagram of its outboard profile; Article on Steam Cannery Tender for the Northwestern Fisheries Company - article with diagram of the outboard profile of this vessel; Pacific Coast Casualties; Steamboat Fairhaven Sinks in Harbor; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Paperback Light wear with fold/scruff marks on cover. Pages clean with no w ritings, no tear and n highlights.
