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1957126 pages. Fiction: Problem Mother; The Face of Death; First Baby; The Forbidden Island; Kiowa Moon (part 2 of 7); The Golden Shadow (conclusion). Articles: How an Amblance Chaser Works - other people's accidents make him money; If a President Collapses - proposed solutions to the problem of what to do if/when a President falls ill; The Face of America - The Golden Triangle - large color photo of the Monongahela meeting the Allegheny River; We are on the Spot in Spain - Franco's dictatorship rests on a powder keg; Premature Births Can Be Prevented - Releasin is used to delay labor - with photo of Mrs. Lorraine Yarsinsky and her triplets; Everybody Laughs at Me - Victor Borge - par 6 of 7 - his feud with Rudy Vallee, and the day he was arrested as a spy; We Flew Operation Sharkbait - Col. Charles F. Blair, Jr., USAF Res. recounts the harrowing tension-filled hoursin a jet fighter that spanned the Atlantic on a hush-hush test flight - the first Great Circle Route flight to Europe in a Thunderstreak Interceptor; Fishing at its Fanciest - article and great color photos from Palm Beach; My Ware with the Army - W.H. Von Rosenstiel got no mail for three months so went over his colonel's head - with astounding results; Should your child be a Librarian? Ads: Winston cigarettes (taste good); Pream coffee; Amana fridges (very nostalgic); Hart Schaffner & Marx clothing - with color photos of Dr. Joyce Brothers and Hal March of the $64,000 Question; 'Eggs Belong in Breakfast'; Presto appliances; Nice 1-page color ad for Boeing's 707; Ford cars - two-page color photo; Westinghouse washer - the famous 'sand test'; Tareyton; Pontiac cars - nice yellow Super Chief two-door hardtop; Baldwin Organs; GMC Air Suspension Tractors - two color pages; Union Pacific Railroad Vacations; RCA TV Service; Underwood Typewriters (golden gloves); Allis-Chalmers - 2-page ad showing their cement plant; USS United States Steel with illustration of futuristic bridge; GMAC color photo ad with old ladies telling young mom what to do; Nice two-page Borg-Warner ad in 'believe-it-or-not' format; Nice one-page color Pepsi adshows young painting couple; Magnavox High Fidelity TVs; MacGregor baseball gloves - featuring Red Schoendienst; GM two-page photo ad features Amanda, Ohio, home of GM supplier Mid-West Fabricating - with photos of Stanton Johns, Francis and Helen Crago, Dick Young, and L.E. Conrad; Evinrude outboard motors - nice color-photo ad; Ponderosa Pine Windows; Anchor Fence; IBM Selectric Typewriters; Santa Fe Super Chief; Briggs & Stratton engines; Nice Viceroy cigarette ad features bowler Don Carter; Chrysler 4-door hardtop Windsor - color photo; Betty Crocker Li'l Angel Food Cake Mix ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1957112 pages. Fiction: Summer Affair; The Selfish Kind of Love; Tugboat Annie and the Hoard of Heroin; Street of Fear; The Lady (part 1 of 4); Kiowa Moon (part 3 of 7). Features: Memo to the Hungarian Patriots; This Place Can Save Your Life - the modern hospital's 'recovery room'; Religion Hits the Road - old camp-meeting methods are being used again; Is Yankee Pitcher Don Larsen a One-Game Wonder?; Rugged Bachelors of Okinawa - great photos and story; Everybody Laughs at Me - Victor Borge - part 7 of 7) - he flopped as a movie star but smashed all records with his one-man show; American Sundown - beautiful photo of the Sundown Ranch in Slaughterhouse Canoy, California - home of the Lee Brooks family; The Lady Cops of the Dope Squad in Philadelphia - with photos of Gorothy Ferrabee, Dorothy Garvin, Geraldine Galcik, Margaret Logan, Lt. Glasgow Driscoll, Capt. Clarence Ferguson and Doris Fanning.. Ads: Nice color American Motors ad inside front cover features George Romney; GE pink appliances; Ford Fairlane 500 Town Victoria and Del Rio Ranch Wagon; Wonderful one-page two-color ad for movie 'Designing Woman' starring Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall; Florsheim Shoes - one page in color; 1957 Pontiac Strato-Streak; Lucky Strike cigarettes - inside diner; *Fantastic* two-page color Mack Truck ad shows illustrations of several models in color; Hertz Rent a car; GoodYear Tires; Nice two-page Chevrolet ad displays 20 of their models in color; Sweet Oldsmobile ad shows the Starfire 98 Holiday Coupe in a swank color waterfront scene; Totally wild color-photo one-page ad for National Cash Register (NCR) shows woman sitted in front of a massive Post-Tronic "The First Electronic Bank Posting Machine"; Colgate - romanti scene; Photo of Don Larssen with luscious Diana Dors; Nice color photo ad for Johnson outboard motors; Tasteful color photo ad for Hunt catsup; A&P Coffee; Cushman Road King; Great vintage one-page black and white photo ad for the new Jeep FC-150; Nostalgic color ad for Sunbeam electric lawn mowers inside back cover; Chesterfield cigarette ad on back cover features cartoon artists Al Capp, W. Steig and Richter. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1971Pages 39-80.. Features: Hurricane Insurance for Metropolitan Toronto - article with photos of Hurricane Hazel damage; Coastal Scenes - Prince Edward Island; Wascana Centre; Trading Posts of the Moose-Michipicoten trade route; Samarkand, Jewel of Central Soviet Asia. Nice back cover colour ad for the 1971 Cadillac Eldorado Coupe and Convertible featuring gold-coloured models. Somewhat above-average wear. Soiling to upper corner of some pages. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
19349" x 4" map folds out to 24" x 18". Printed in two colours - the traditional Gulf blue and orange. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy of this wonderful vintage road map. Map
1963192 pages. A very informative vintage driving travel guide to the entire province of British Columbia and parts beyond, complete with black and white photos and dozens of sensational ads for tourist-related service businesses. Unmarked with average wear. Binding sound. Take a wonderful step back in time! Book
1994234 pages. Bibliography. Maps and black and white illustrations. Index. Chronology. "A history of the building of trails and roads between British Columbia's interior and its lower mainland from the Cariboo Road to the Coquihalla Highway." - subtitle. Usual library markings. Somewhat above-average wear. A sound copy. Book
1986160 pages. Commissioned by HongkongBank to commemorate the official opening of its new headquarters at One Queen's Road Central on April 7, 1986. "I congratulate (the authors) for having produced such a readable and attractively illustrated book. In tracing the history of the Bank's headquarters they have also managed to convey something of the colourful history of Hong Kong itself in which the Bank has played such an important part." - From Foreward. Dozens of excellent colour illustrations. Oblong book measures 9" x 11". Clean and unmarked with light wear. Complete with handsome embossed slipcase. A nice copy of this fascinating work. Book
1969Contains piano music, chords and lyrics for the following songs: A Rich Man I Am; Jesus is His Name; A God of Miracles; Broken Pieces; Each Step I Take; Till There Was Jesus; That Golden Stair; Remind me, Dear Lord; Lonely Road up Calvary's Way; It's In Your Hands; That's What Jesus Said; Burdens are Lifted. "Exciting gospel songs as sung by Doug Oldham with four part harmony guitar chords." - from front cover. Some writing to contents. Above-average wear to covers which have openings along fold. A worthy working copy. Book
1978159 pages. Index. Glossary. Bibliography. Many black and white archival illustrations. Chapters include: Migration West; The West Coast; Skid Road; Axe and Haywire; Deep Timber Camp; Man Bites Bear; The Spar; Million Dollar Trestle; Log Rustlers; Booze, Brawls, Bawds; Shanghia; The I.W.W.; The Aberdeen Wobblies; The Everett Massacre; Criminal Syndicalism; Centralia Incident; Seattle General Strike; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Pages have yellowed with age. A quality copy. Book
196119 pages. Features: Cover photo - CNR class U-2-e 4-8-4 No. 6153 at work; 125 years of steam excursion; 75 Years of Transcontinental Service; Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) - A Sensible Road; Vicinal Museum for Belgium; Montreal Park & Island Railway Steel Car - diagram and specifications; Notes and news. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
1958Features: Up and down the Laurentians; the dramatic Deas Island Tunnel - article with great photos; Through the Annapolis Valley; Take your children to Storybook Gardens, a project of the London Public Utilities Commission (PUC); History with a high fence - Fort Macleod has captured much of southern Alberta's history and put a stockade around it; Time for all - public clocks in Canada; Imperial has already printed 25 million road maps!. Illustrated with black and white photos. Average wear. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Book
1958Features: British Columbia - a century of progress - with story and photos; Canada's cradle of celtic culture - St. Ann's, The Gaelic College in Nova Scotia; Rocky Mountain Motorcade - 100-car, 300-man motorcade pioneers 125-mile route from Rocky Mountain House to the Banff-Jasper highway - super photos!; Quebec City's 350th Birthday; Motoring at Fort Churchill; Echoes from an old coach road - highway 33 between Trenton and Kingston. Illustrated with black and white photos. Average wear. Bit of writing on back cover. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Book
1957Features: Elora Gorge on the Grand River; Sunny Okanagan; Crafts on the River Route - the shore road along the St. Lawrence River; Newfoundlanders' harvest of the sea - with photos of the good old fishing days; From Orchids to Horned Toads in the Cypress Hills of Alberta; Something different in Nova Scotia - changes to Citadel Hill and 'The Ovens". Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
2002Features: Reusing our industrial heritage; Stronger and more secure - protecting Prince of Wales Fort on Hudson Bay; The Spy's Castle in Port Kells, B.C.; Repointing Masonry; Rehabilitating Qingdao's Zhongshan Road Neighbourhood - set on the Yellow Sea in China; Doors Open Spreads from Europe to Toronto; Heritage as an engine for Economic Development; Essaim Pharmacy and La Marquisette Clothes Shop of Saint-Raymond De Portneuf; Historic Lunenberg Church burned by vandals. Bilingual English/French. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Minor moisture exposure to upper corner, otherwise an excellent copy. Book
193048 pages. Includes: Ta-ra-ra boom de-ay; The Dandy Coloured Coon; Where did you get that Hat?; For Old Time's Sake; Looking for a Coon Like Me; The Midnight Sun; The Idler; A little Bit off the Top; Bid me Good-bye for ever; Algy, the Piccadilly Johnny; If It Wasn't for the 'ouses in Between; In the Twi-Twi-Twilight; Glorious Beer; If Those Lips Could Only Speak; We all go the same way home; Down the Road. Average wear. Pages yellowed. A sound working copy. Circa 1930? Book
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
195615 pages. Features: The Wonders of the Champlain Trail; New Tourist Wonderland in Alberta, thanks to the completion of the last section of the Bow River-Nordegg Forestry Road; The Glamour of St. Andrews by-the-Sea; Roll back the years with a Roadmap; International Opera House of Rock Island, Quebec. Happy Motoring (on a budget) with the Little Woman. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1955Features: Highway to Canoe Country - one of Ontario's newest roads leads to the well-established town of Atikokan and Steeprock Mine in Northwestern Ontario; Five Ways to 'Do' the Rockies; The Woodcarvers of Port Joli - Route 2 on the south shore of the St. Lawrence; Twin Brothers, Twin Trucks - The Robertson brothers, Dave and Phil, from near Niagara Falls and their 1948 1/2-ton pickup trucks customized with early truck caps for storage and sleeping, all for less than $50.00!; Those Road Maps, by Lillian Allison. Two-inch opening at bottom of cover fold. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1954Features: Time Gun in Ottawa; Cape Breton - an island of contrasts; Winter comes to British Columbia; Pack Knacks - A very nostalgic look at luggage sets; Your Carburetor is a Refrigerator; Bonanza in Bones - Cypress Hills of southwestern Saskatchewan; Fairies and Artistry in Muskoka - Fairy Garden at Pine Ridge Road in Bala, Ontario. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1950Features: Who says pioneering is a thing of the past? - Imperial Oil agent L.M. Fortin and his truck supply road contractors near Beattyville and Senneterre in Northwestern Quebec; Yukon's Highway to the Sea - taking the Haines Cutoff to the sea from the Alaska Highway; The Devil's Hills - Manitoba's desert, about 100 miles west of Winnipeg and 40 miles east of Brandon; Rollin' Along, Singin' A Song - Songs sung across Canada; Logging in the Gatineau - great photos - trucks on the frozen river; Muskoka Pioneers, by Anne Smyth; On to Peggy's Cove (continued from last issue); The Carillon across Canada. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1906Features: Frontis photo of the "Daily Telegraph" Cup Team, with names of members in photo; Company notes; Our Regimental Plate - No. IV - "The Anson Cup" - with photo and article by Ian Bhreatannaich; Shooting results; Notes by the C.O.; The Route March in Scotland; Chaps are saying; The Regimental Canteen; Smoking Concert; Intelligence and Information in War - Part III of a lecture by Col. R.N. R. Reade; and more. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
1906Features: Frontis portrait and write-up about Captain Walter Edward Webb; Company Notes; Presentation to the late Q.M.S. Mr. R.S. Darling; Regimental Athletic Supports; The Route March in Scotland (continued from a prior issue); Shooting results; Notes by the C.O.; Editorial, including photo of inspection day at the saluting base; The late Major David Laing, V.D.; Whitsuntide Signalling; Company Lectures - concentrated notes which must be diluted when used; Blair Castle; and more. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
1906Features: Frontis photo portrait and writeup on Captain Francis Howard Lindsay; Company Notes; The Bisley Meeting, with photo of the King's Prize Winner; The Route March in Scotland - continued from prior issue); The Clan Chattan; and more. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
1906Features: Frontis photo portrait and writeup on The Marquess of Tullibardine (John George Stewart Murray); Company Notes; The Route March in Scotland, story with photos and cartoons; Great full-page photo of Major Malcolm atop the Cumberland Stone, Culloden, explaining to all assembled how he intended fighting his way to Inverness; Impressions of the March; Chronicles of the Cookhouse - Scotland, August, 1906; Notes by the Commanding Officer; Chaps are Saying; Shooting - K Company prize meeting; Private Denis Kelly of the "Michaels" - his observations on military matters; and more. Faint pencil erasure atop front cover. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. Please note: a quarter of the first page of advertisements has been removed. Book
1965Features: nice colour photo ad for the 1965 Beaumont inside front cover; Can we succeed in NATO without really trying?; How to survive in the CBC jungle - and other TV Tribal secrets - Percy Saltzman interviews Patrick Watson and Douglas Leiterman; Madman on the Bridge, by Kenneth Walker, MD; Churchman Reverend A.C. Forrest talks back to critic Pierre Berton, author of "The Comfortable Pew"; Toronto - Canada's high-rising, high-living, heady new sophistocate, by Ian Sclanders; When little Tommy Burns outslugged the biggest brutes in boxing - a Maclean's flashback to the stridently Canadian boxer who barnstormed around the world in 1908 - with photos; How Canada Lives - the winter Samaritan of Ile-aux-grues - Albert Vezina wrestles a freight-laden boat over Canada's toughest delivery route to keep a St. Lawrence island alive; Now we know why C.D. Howe had Churchill screaming 'sellout' regarding uranium in the second world war. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
