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197890 pages. Wonderful colour and black and white photography. Features: Nice one-page colour photo of Lin Ching Hsia and Charles Chin walking on beach; Two pages of colour photos of Lin Fung Chaio; The Spring Lake - colour photos; Witty Hand, Witty Sword - colour photos; Hua Chia Ta - one-page colour photo; Shaolin Revengers - foldout colour photos; Eva Ling - beautiful colour fold-out photo; Chung Yao; Lee Hseing; Calcutta Airport adventures; Wang Tao's view of marriage; Yang Fei Fei; San Hsuan Min Lang; Eva Lin; Shaw Yin Yin; Visit Pao Hsueh Li in Taiwan; Everlasting Love; For Whom to be Murdered; Dual Flying Kicks; Gee and Jor; The Guy with Secret Kung-Fu; Nice colour-photo Rado watch ad on back cover; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
193148 pages. Features: Lovely photo cover of the Empress Hotel Gardens, Victoria, B.C.; Dominion ammunition ad inside front cover; Great full-page photo of old-timer in hip-waders cleaning his gun; Photo of an amazing and successful tree surgery of a majestic elm on the estate of J.A. Turner in Hamilton, Ontario; Nice full-page ad for Canadian General Electric radios - the 9-tube popular console and the 10-tube de luxe lowboy; A Saga of the Moose - intimate facts of life habits - suggestions to photographers; October in the Outdoors; Watch that Match - true story of Jack Wainrwright's missing match, by Alwin Gissing; Photo of yound doe reared by motherly cow; photo of Mrs. C.W. Gafvert of Tonasket, WI holding her 32-lb winning fish!; Junior Fire Wardens Study the Ways of the Woods; A New Conservation - That of Hunters - safe handling of firearms; North America's Game Bird Problem - by Jack Miner - a plea for consideration, justice and prevention; Indian Legends and Lore, by Grey Owl; ; Panther Hunting with "Cougar" Smith; The Cowboy's Friend; - the working of rawhide is still an art in the west; Dogs of the Labrador Indians, by Frank G. Speck - article with photos; A Boss with a Bird's-eye View - F.A. MacDougall, Superintendant of Algonquin Park, spends much time in the air over his park; What Trees are Doing for Prairie Folk; As Dry as Tinder - a forest fire experience; Park Plans in Western Canada - ambitious scheme under consideration in Alberta; ; Hunting the Lordly Woodcock; Junior Fire Wardens in Word and Deed; Forest and Outdoors in the Classroom; Many nice small ads; Western Super-X Shotgun Shell ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
193660 pages. Features: Russell Sambrook cover illustration of boy in pajamas sneaking his dog upstairs; Dominion Linoleum colour ad inside front cover features yellow and maroon interior design of a 'very lucky' young person's bedroom; AC spark plug ad features horse talking to man cleaning his shotgun; Premier Aberhart of Alberta ponders 'licensing' newspapers; Fantastic one-page photo-illustrated ad for Marconi radios includes photos of newscaster Christopher Ellis and Frances James, plus photos of the model 79 A.C., 81 A.C. and 85 A.C. radios; One-page ad for the Parker Vacumatic pen features marathon theme; The Red Boar (short story from Rajputana); Revolt in Quebec - The English-Canadian View - article with photos of C.E. Gault, Maurice Duplessis and Camillien Houde; A Matter of Business (short story); Forward-Pass Time - article explaining how the aerial attack has made a new game of Canadian football - with photo of Rosso of the Argos in 1935; Beverley Baxter shares interesting new from London, plus he explains how Hitler saw propaganda used against Germany in WWI and vowed to use that same weapon to avenge his nation; Finished Picture (short story about the marriage trap); J. Bull, Customer - article on Canadian exports to Britain; The Thin Woman (short story); Photo-illustrated article on the settlers of King Ridges, 25 miles north of Toronto, where 41 families formerly on relief are plowing, sowing and reaping to earn their own living from the land; The General Died at Dawn (short story); Vintage one-page colour-photo ad for Green Giant Fine Foods of Canada features their canned vegetables; Very nice one-page colour-photo Westinghouse Air-pilot radio ad; Charming one-page colour Kraft ad features their cheese products; Prestone anti-freeze one-page ad features illustrations of (now) classy vintage cars; Half-page Palmolive Soap ad features two photos of the Dionne Quints, plus Dr. Dafoe who helped birth them; Stanfield's ad features illustration of man proudly strutting in his long underwear; Ponds Cold Cream ad features photo of Mrs. William Jay Iselin; One-page ad for the Singer "Make-It-Yourself" Wardrobe Plan; Fantastic colour photo/colour comic ads inside back cover for Lifebuoy and Rinso soaps feature "True B.O. Experience No. 127"; Back cover colour ad by the federal Department of Fisheries encourages readers to eat fish often; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this marvelous depression-era issue. Book
1960108 pages. Features: Nice color-photo leopard-skin pattern dress ad for Lord & Taylor; Harmon Killebrew featured in Vycron/Vycott fabric ad; Polly Bergen fashion ad; Full-page ad for Velcro; Vicky Vaughan Junior fashion ad; Students of Japan - an intimate glimpse, by John D. Rockefeller 4th; Japan and Turkey - centers of conflict - with great photos; Blueprint for Communist Conquest - foreign aid; The Key Issue - U.S. Foreign and Defense Policy, by Paul H. Nitze; Alcoholics Anonymous - Their 25 Year Struggle; Advice to Breathless Thespians, by Moss Hart; Where Fame Waxes - and Wanes - Madame Tussaud's; 'Sheets of Fire, Wind and Rain' - photo of Peruvian volcanoe and Japanese tsunami damage at Ofunato; The U.S. Supreme Court Debated - Another View; Their Heart Belongs to Dada - photos of unusual art; Nice color-photo ad for Knickerbocker beer; Applause for Composer Robert Schumann; Photos from the movie "The Apartment"; Lovely color-photo ad for Piper-Heidsieck Champagne; Classy color-photo ad for Mumm's Champagne; Three photos of some of the 550 Brits who will perform in the British Tournament and Tattoo; Nice color-photo Cointreau ad; Mr. Khrushchev's Favorite Reporter - John Reed; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Gently yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Book
1960120 pages. Features: The One Test for the Presidency; Herzl's Dream - and the Reality, by David Ben-Gurion - a tribute to Theodor Herzl on his hundredth birthday; The Young Negro is a New Negro, by Hodding Carter; Royal Brides of Britain - illustrations; Liberty, Equality - and Parity - France's 5 million farmers want relief from rising costs; "Mai Fer Ledi" - 'My Fair Lady' is loved in Russia; Franz Josef Strauss - West Germany's Hard-Driving Defense Minister; House of Brotherhood - International House is located close to Columbia University - article and photos; Outside-Inside India - An tongue-in-cheek view of India; Accent on English Secretaries - why do so many American bosses prefer them?; Tomorrow's Forecasts - weather predication may be revolutionized by satellites; Lovely color-photo ad for Kay Windsor/Cranston; Arsenal of Delinquency - weapons used by juvenile delinquents; He Who Pitches Last - baseball managers rely more and more upon the relief hurler - article with photos of Fred Mayberry, Johnny Murphy, Joe Page, Kim Konstanty, Elray Face and Larry Sherry; Directing Themselves - with photos of Marlon Brando and John Wayne; Photo of Nashville students marching to protest the bombing of a Negro resident's home; and more; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Gently yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Book
1961100 pages. Features: Fulbright Becomes a National Issue - Internationalism; On and Off Stage at the 16th U.N. Assembly - Eight photos including JFK addressing the assembly; Close View of the 'Nonaligned' - an analysis of the deeds and omissions of the Belgrade group of nations; Russia - What We Don't Know, by Leon Goure; West Berlin Waits, uncertainly; On Patrol with the Seventh Fleet - roving the reaches of the Pacific under conditions of 'special readiness'; How to Lose an Election; Hurricane and Hunters; The Actor's 'Method' - His Life, by Lewis Funke and John E. Booth; Why Men Race with Death - Robert Daley explains the homage some pay to 'the voracious god of fast cars' - article with photo of the Von Tripps crash which killed 13 spectators at Monza; Diamonds are a Boy's Best Friend - Business Agent Frank Scott helps baseball players maximize their income from endorsements - article with photo of Frank Scott between Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris; Fashion Photos - Taking Cover from the Weather; The State Department's Operations/Crisis Center; Conductor Aaron Copland - five photos; Art out of Anything; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Gently yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Book
196364 pages. Features: Lovely color fashion ads; Anatomy of the Goldwater Boom - great photo-illustrated article; Once More - The K.K.K. - photo-illustrated article, including burning cross and Robert M. Shelton, Imperial Wizard of the United Klans of America; Hopeful Dialogue of the Races - Whites and Negroes set a bright example in Knoxville, TN; Britain's brilliant Minister for Science, Viscount Hailsham; Drama at the House of Morgan - Dramatic photos taken at the corner of Broad and Wall Streets, including the aftermath of a bomb which exploded in 1920 killing 30; The Titles attached to our Rulers' Names - Fhurer, Renovator of the Nation, Duce, Maximum Leader, etc.; Our teen-agers are suffering from 'Automania' - an overobsession with the automobile as a status symbol, as a means of getting someplace in a hurry, as a vehicle for a flight from tensions, or to indulge in a craving to show off; Cose View of Kremlin Boss Premier Nikita Khrushchev; Lovely color-photo ad for Helen Harper features Susie King of San Gabriel, California; Now the Earlier, Earlier Show - more and more movies are being shown on TV - even in prime time - article with photos; Motorola ad highlights their new 18-Amp silicon controlled rectifier used in home appliances; Fantastic color photo centerfold Rheingold Beer ad features contestants in the Miss Rheingold 1964 competition, Joyce DeHardt, Kay Hughes, Sondra Kates, Sheri Rice, Barbara Julian and Celeste Yarnall; Nice photos of college fashions; Nice color-photo Milk ad called "Milk Has Staying Power"; and more. Four ink stamps on Peugeot ad on page 25. Above-average external wear. Library stamp on front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Book
ref. 52923Paris: Daumont c.1760. Overall sheet size 33.5 x 47cm. Plate mark 27 x 38cm. Original hand-coloured engraving. Very good. Vues d'optiques or perspective view prints were a fashionable entertainment in the elite drawing rooms of the eighteenth century and also a popular street entertainment at fairs and markets. Publishing houses in London Paris Augsburg and Bassano competed in their production. In total about 5000 vues d'optiques were produced. Paris: Daumont, [c.1760] unknown
ref. 52920London Published according to Act of Parliament. 1751. Overall sheet size 35.5 x 50cm. Plate mark 24.5 x 39.5cm. Original hand-coloured engraving. Light water stain to upper and right margin otherwise very good. Vues d'optiques or perspective view prints were a fashionable entertainment in the elite drawing rooms of the eighteenth century and also a popular street entertainment at fairs and markets. Publishing houses in London Paris Augsburg and Bassano competed in their production. In total about 5000 vues d'optiques were produced. [London] Published according to Act of Parliament. 1751. unknown
ref. 52921Paris: Daumont. c.1760. Overall sheet size 35.5 x 53.5cm. Plate mark 29.5 x 43cm. Original hand-coloured engraving. Vues d'optiques or perspective view prints were a fashionable entertainment in the elite drawing rooms of the eighteenth century and also a popular street entertainment at fairs and markets. Publishing houses in London Paris Augsburg and Bassano competed in their production. In total about 5000 vues d'optiques were produced. Paris: Daumont. [c.1760] unknown
ref. 52918Paris: Daumont. c.1760. Overall sheet size 34.5 x 50cm. Plate mark 30 x 44cm. Original hand-coloured engraving. c.1760 Trivial spotting to bottom margin but image itself very good. Vues d'optiques or perspective view prints were a fashionable entertainment in the elite drawing rooms of the eighteenth century and also a popular street entertainment at fairs and markets. Publishing houses in London Paris Augsburg and Bassano competed in their production. In total about 5000 vues d'optiques were produced. Paris: Daumont. [c.1760] unknown
ref. 51257Paris: chés Charpentier ruë S. Jacques au coq 1750. Image size 31.5 x 51cm. Original copper engraving with contemporary hand colouring. Some small loss to upper corners and upper left margin neatly repaired. Vues d'optiques or perspective view prints were a fashionable entertainment in the elite drawing rooms of the eighteenth century and also a popular street entertainment at fairs and markets. Publishing houses in London Paris Augsburg and Bassano competed in their production. In total about 5000 vues d'optiques were produced. Paris: chés Charpentier ruë S. Jacques au coq [1750]. unknown
ref. 51256Paris: chés Charpentier ruë S. Jacques au coq 1750. Image size 35 x 51.5cm. Original copper engraving with contemporary hand colouring. With a numbered key detailing the principal buildings in Vincenes. Some small loss to lower left corner and bottom margin neatly repaired. Vues d'optiques or perspective view prints were a fashionable entertainment in the elite drawing rooms of the eighteenth century and also a popular street entertainment at fairs and markets. Publishing houses in London Paris Augsburg and Bassano competed in their production. In total about 5000 vues d'optiques were produced. Paris: chés Charpentier ruë S. Jacques au coq [1750]. unknown
ref. 52104Paris c.1760. Original hand-coloured landscape engraving 23 x 42 cm overall sheet size 32 x 49.5 cm. Vues d'optiques or perspective view prints were a fashionable entertainment in the elite drawing rooms of the eighteenth century and also a popular street entertainment at fairs and markets. Publishing houses in London Paris Augsburg and Bassano competed in their production. In total about 5000 vues d'optiques were produced. [Paris c.1760] unknown
ref. 52922Paris: Jacques Chereau. c.1750. Overall sheet size 33.5 x 47cm. Plate mark 27 x 38cm. Original hand-coloured engraving. Small water stain to middle of top margin. Image itself very good. Vues d'optiques or perspective view prints were a fashionable entertainment in the elite drawing rooms of the eighteenth century and also a popular street entertainment at fairs and markets. Publishing houses in London Paris Augsburg and Bassano competed in their production. In total about 5000 vues d'optiques were produced. Paris: Jacques Chereau. [c.1750] unknown
ref. 52925Paris: Daumont. c.1750. Overall sheet size 32.5 x 50cm. Plate mark 27 x 41cm. Original hand-coloured engraving. Small brown spot centre left otherwise very good. Vues d'optiques or perspective view prints were a fashionable entertainment in the elite drawing rooms of the eighteenth century and also a popular street entertainment at fairs and markets. Publishing houses in London Paris Augsburg and Bassano competed in their production. In total about 5000 vues d'optiques were produced. Paris: Daumont. [c.1750] unknown
1760ref. 5888London c. 1760. Copper engraving 25 x 40 cms bilingual title in English and French with Dutch translation in a contemporary hand beneath original hand-colour copyright date given under Hogarths Act as 1760 trivial soiling blank verso. Print unknown
194228 pages plus advertorial covers. Extensive WWII coverage including: Karsh cover photo of Churchill and Mackenzie King; Five photos of "Huge Military Convoy Reaching India Without Losing a Ship or Man - Disembarkation Scenes"; Two-page illustration of "The Relative Size, Velocity and Weight of Shell Used in the Latest North African Battles - General Grant Tanks, The Mark IV, and the German 88-m.m. anti-tank gun"; Ten Photos of devastation in Malta, "The Heroic Island, continuously battered from the air, unfailing courage of the most bombed place in the world"; Article on the Threat to Egypt; Eight photos of bomb damage to Canterbury and other historic sites; Photo-illustrated review of "Last Train From Berlin" by Howard K. Smith; One-page photo of 'starboard vista' view of British aircraft carrier; Six illustrations of the fighting in Africa by Captain McIntyre of New Zealand; Six aerial photos of Mersa Matruh, Libya, now in the hands of Rommel; Centerfold illustration of Senior army officers being trained to fix trucks; Photos of scorched earth in Sollum, Libya; Aerial photo of bomb damage to 'Gneisenau' at Brest; Photo of King Feisal II of Iraq on his 7th birthday; Photo of emblems of Yugoslavia's guerilla army - featuring skull and crossbones; Photo of U.S. sailor being trained to swim in a sea of buring oil!; Excellent photo illustrates the 56 personnel needed to maintain, service and fly a heavy bomber of the 'Sterling' type, including plane, fuel truck, bomb trailers, etc.; Photo of King George of the Hellenes addressing joint session in Washtington; Royal Visit to Ulster; Excellent one-page photos of dozens of 'General Grant' tanks, used in the Battle of Libya, under construction at the giant Chrysler tank arsenal in Detroit; Photo-illustrated article on Sir James Dewar and his pursuit of liquid air and liquid hydrogen; Five photos of the British Army training in troop-carrier gliders; Twelve excellent photos illustrating "Sebastapol's heroic defence against overwhelming odds in Crimea - scenes from the Russian battlefronts opposing Germany's gathering offensive; Photos of personalities of the week including Mervyn Haigh, Dwight Eisenhower, C.S. Staniland, Elinor Mordaunt, parents of Kenneth Campbell, V.C., Churchill with Attlee, Eden and Sinclair, Churchill with wife and daughter, Wife of able seaman Savage, V.C., Sir Edwin Cooper, V.A. Crutchley, V.C., Lord Glanely, Tom Driberg, and parents of Petty Officer Sephton, V.C. Unmarked with average wear. Spine taped. A sound vintage copy. Book
194132 pages. Features: Cover photo of The Right Hon. Viscount Halifax at his desk; Photos of The Right Hon. Anthony Eden, The Right Hon. Viscount Cranborne, M.P., and Captain the Right Hon. David Margesson; Twp pages of illustrations of R.A.F. badges of bomber squadrons; Two pages of photos of the recent visit of 84-year-old Marshal Petain to Lyons; Photos of the destroyed Middle Temple and its Library; Iconic one-page photo of St. Paul's amidst smoke and wreckage of Nazi onslaught; Photos of damage to Guildhall and Wren churches by London's fire of 1940; One-page photo-portrait supplement of Churchill at his desk with cigar laid-in; One-page photo of destroyed Guildhall; Photos of H.M.S. 'Swordfish' and H.M.S. 'Acheron', both lost at sea; Photos and map of 'Domed Bardia' - Italy's Libyan port besieged by land, sea and air; Photos of the war-damaged former ocean liner 'Carnarvon Castle'; Page of photos of captured Italian Generals in Cairo; Dramatic centrefold photo of Italian prisoners marching as they quit the ruins of Sidi Barrani on December 11; Ten photos of Italian prisoners and war material captured by Wavell's 'Brilliant Stroke' at Sidi Barrani; Two-page illustration of tank battle at Sidi Barrani; Photos of retreating Italians and victorious Greek and British soldiers; Two aerial photos of R.A.F. bombing of Valona, Albania's key port; Photos of personalities of the week include D.O. Finlay, Admiral Darlan, Sir Nevile Wilkinson, Sir R. Dorman-Smith, C.D. Howe with E.P. Taylor, W.C. Woodward, and other survivors of the torpedoed 'Western Prince', Churchill and his wife inspecting London damage, the new Maharaja of Mysore, Rev. A.C. Don, Dr. Risto Ryti, M. Kyosti Kallio, and William Knudsen; Three sensational large photos of construction of the world's biggest plane, the Douglas B-19 under construction at Santa Monica, including dozens of the men who built it; Two pages of illustrations of the Nazi 'Lotfe 7 B' bomb sight; and more. Staples disintegrated. Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating wartime issue. Book
194132 pages. Features: Cover photo of five airmen being rescued after nearly a day adrift; Two-page photo of German airmen in liferaft floating in water they have dyed to aid in their recovery; Photo of Frederick James Leathers; Page of photos and illustrations explain new Middle East "Airgraph Service" which transmits 4500 letters in 16-mm films which weigh only 1lb; Page of photos show "Sky Doughboys" - paratroops training at Fort Benning; Series of illustrations explain how a tank is controlled and shows details of the Carden-Vickers Bren-Gun carrier; Full-page photo of British soldiers safely evacuated from Greece; Article entitled "The Withdrawal From Greece"; The Pro-Axis Uprising in Iraq - photo of Habbaniyeh, the R.A.F. base which was shelled by Iraqi artillery, the infant King Feisal II, aged six, with his uncle, the regent Emir Abdul Ilah, Raschid Ali Gailani (who seized power on April 3), Basra's fine airport; Two more photos of the R.A.F. Station at Habbaniyeh; Two pages of R.A.F. troops in training at a secret R.A.F. station; Centrefold illustration of cockpit view from Westland "lysander" diving to attack enemy paratroops; Two dramatic photos of the sinking "Rajputana" after it was torpedoed in mid-Atlantic; Three photos of the Italian destroyer "Artigliere" and its most explosive end after being hit by the H.M.S. "Ajax" and the H.M.S. "York" the following day; Photos of personalities of the week include Polish President Raczkiewicz, Col. Moore-Brabazon, Lord Beaverbrook, Churchill at a luncheon to celebrate Sir Emsley Carr, Queen Wilhelmina with U.S. Ambassador Biddle and his wife, Maj.-Gen. B.C. Freyberg, The Rt. Hon. R.H. Cross, Col. J.J. Llewellin, Ramsay Muir, Ethel Mayne, Lord Aitchison, U-Boat Commdr. Prien, and French Corporal Du Fretay; Photos illustrate how Junkers planes are adaptable to carrying heavy war loads - including photos of huge dredges flown, part-by-part to Bulolo, Papua; Photo of the Focke-Wulf '189,' the first aeroplane of its type to be put into service with the Luftwaffe; Photo of German tanks entering Belgrade; Photos of Flight Lieut. J.G. Fleming, D.F.C. and Flying Officer J.J. Meikle who successfully flew a Catalina flying boat from Bermuda despite broken ailerons; Illustration and photo of the "North Carolina," America's new and mighty battleship; Photos of U.S. Aircraft, Tanks and Helmets; Photo of a Douglas "B-19", Dreadnought of the Air, nearing completion at Santa Monica; and more. Staples removed. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this informative WWII issue. Book
1945Pages 113-140. Features: Cover photo of smiling Churchill leaving Downing St. for Buckingham Palace to tender his resignation; Four photos of France's Marshall Petain in court, and two photos of the crowded courtroom; One page Karsh photo portrait of Mr. Attlee; Photos of Ernest Bevin, Herbert Morrison, Sir Stafford Cripps, and Hugh Dalton; Nice page of head-shot photos of 23 women members of the new Parliament; One-page descriptive map of the general election shows results at a glance; One-page illustration depicts the rise of the Labour Party in Parliament during 45 years; Photo of rear admiral E. J. B. Brind hoisted between ships by a breaches buoy; Six photos of new prime minister Attlee at the palace and in Potsdam; Mitchell bomber strikes Empire State Building - photo of smoke pouring from the building plus excellent photo of gaping hole in the 78th and 79th floors; Amazing aerial photo of many dozens of Flying Fortresses on airfield near Munich; Two-page monotone reproduction of long-lost painting,"A night at the old Vauxhall Gardens in 1784" by Thomas Rowlandson - found in village shop and sold for 2600 guineas; Photos of personalities of the week include Arthur Greenwood, Alfred Dobbs, Lady Oxford and Asquith, Mr. A. E. Hemming, Sir William Jowitt, and Yugoslavia's King Peter with his newborn son; Excellent two-page aerial photo entitled "The first permitted aerial view of the City of London's immense devastated areas - St. Paul's Cathedral largely isolated by huge ruined sectors on three sides"; Photo of Gen. DeGaulle addressing crowds at the French port of Brittany; Photo of E. J. S. Woolley, commanding officer of the lonely island of Tristan Da Kunha in the South Atlantic, commissioning a small craft; Photo of living room scene inside massive flying boat "Hawaii Mars"; Unusual photo of Japanese prisoners lined up for roll-call on Okinawa (unusual in that Japanese soldiers rarely surrendered); Photo of German POWs observing atrocities of German torture camps at film showing in a New York hospital; Too large photos of US battleships on their way to bombard Japanese installations; Three photos of Field Marshal Montgomery being honoured; Three photos of the Guards Armoured Division, the liberators of Brussels, being honoured by the city; Amazing one-page photo of the liner "Queen Elizabeth" stuffed with thousands of servicemen being repatriated to North America; Colour back cover add for Kia-Ora drink; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1945Pages 57- 84. Features: Nice colour Dunlop ad inside front cover features Charles Wood painting of naval plane spotter at work; Cover photo of the famous Sphinx gate of the Hittite period at Alaca Huyuk; One-page Karsh photo portrait of China's prime minister, T. V. Soong; Two-page artist's rendition of an aerial view of Japan's homeland; Two large photos of Allied warships struggling in mountainous seas; The City of the Dead - Berlin, the modern Pompeii - two pages of photos present horrific bomb damage; Article entitled "The British soldier in Germany"; Powerful display of Britain's armed might in Berlin - 5 photos; Two pages of fascinating illustrations show how British science and ingenuity contributed to defeat the Germans on sea, on land, and in the air; Dramatic centrefold illustration of "Glowworm" ramming the German cruiser "Hipper"; Seven photos of Potsdam, venue of the latest "big three" conference; Photos of personalities of the week include Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault, Signor Parri, Gen. William J. Slim, J. B. Chifley, Lt. Col. Sir Francis Shelmerdine, Lieut. Cmdr. G. B. Roope, the Regent of Iraq with the king and queen, Cpl. E. T. Chapman, the newly formed Council of Berlin, Marshall Rokossovsky, Marshall Zhukov, and Field Marshal Montgomery; Photo of Pres. Truman being cheered in Antwerp; Photo of US cruiser "Augusta" with Truman aboard, steaming through the English Channel, escorted by British warships; Photos of French liberated prisoners carrying a large wooden crucifix memorial to victims of brutality; Interior and exterior photos of Goering's private plane, now to be used to the benefit of sick French children; Three photos of the now peaceful beaches of Dunkirk; Three photos of the R. A. F. Jet propelled fighter, the Gloster Meteor, developed from the prototype E.28/39; photos of English silver and Chinese porcelain of great price; Article on "The bronze age in Anatolia"; Two pages of photos of artifacts from pre-Hittite Anatolia - proof of the high level of civilization 3500 years ago; Photo illustrated article on British production of the airman's octane fuel; Colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover shows farmers loading horse- drawn wagon. Discrete archival tape repairs to Coverfold of outer advertising pages, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
193456 pages. Features: Lovely cover illustration of blonde on boat; Great vintage colour Imperial (Oil) ad inside front cover features old-style gas pump; Editorial topics include Prison Rule, Support the Schools, The Cause of Crime, Who Lost the Election?, Success or Failure?, A Faulty System, World Trade, and Interest Rates; Nice one-page photo-illustrated ad for magazine "The Nor'-West Farmer"; A Policeman's Point of View (short story); Yellow on White (short story); Newfoundland - Canada's Economic Partner - great photo-illustrated article; Serg'int Luck (short story); Modern Eve - article illustrated with amazine photos of reptile skins used in fashion, our favourite being a model clad in 25' of python skin!; Hot Cargo (short story); Ceylone - Tea Garden of the World - nice photo-illustrated article; Pond's one-page ad includes photo of Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel III; Woodbury's one-page soap ad features photo of Baroness Ida Legan; Two-page General Motors (GM) of Canada ad highlights their design innovations; Movie news includes photos of Ruby Keeler, Dorothy Dell, Mary Carlisle, Muriel Evans, Ruth Channing, Gloria Stuart, Paul Kelly, and more; Business News discusses inflation and advertising trends; Young Man and his Problem; Legal Info.; Nice 1/4-page illustrated ad for Aylmer tomato catsup; Fashion illustrations; Heinz one-page ad includes illustrations of several of their products; Cooking article; World Sayings; Colour Lifebuoy and Rinso ads inside back cover; Nostalgic colour-photo ad for P and G naptha soap on back cover; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
194576 pages. Features: Colour ads for Parker Pens (Fit for a King!), and Canada Dry; What is to be Settled at San Francisco United Nations Meeting?; One-page Trans-Canada Telephone System shows smiling Canadian soldier with crutch using payphone; Editorial on Postmaster's call that mail be more carefully addressed; Great one-page ad for movie National Velvet, starring Mickey Rooney and Elizabeth Taylor; Can Science Bring Back the Dead?; A Jump to Conclusions (short story); Let's Give Away A Million Square Miles! - proposal to give away a huge chunk of the North-West Territories to the U.S. who can then finance its settlement; The Flying Tiger of Tuttle Hollow (short story); Will We Want International Sport? - photo-illustrated article on international sport and its future after WWII (with photo of Canada's Percy Williams winning the 100m at the Amsterdam Olympiad in 1938; The Affair at Saltover Priory (short story); The "So-Creds" (Social Credit) Come to Town - interview with federal party leader Solon Low with photos of him and Alberta Premier Ernest Manning; Love at Second Sight (short story); One-page Kodak ad features photo of Cpl. A. Romeike of Medicine Hat and his sister Lieut. Amy Smith of Vancouver, taken at a Canadian hospital in northwest Europe; Ventures in Victory Gardening; Classy one-page "Buy Victory Bonds" ad sponsored by Northern Electric features the Soldier's Creed and the Civilian's Creed; Photo of Joan Davis in Arrid ad; 1/3-page ad for the Canadian Ice Foundation features photo of bayonet; Preventing colds in children; Interesting centrefold ad by the National War Finance Committee describes the eight types of Canadians; Article entitled "A Letter From Home" about Canadian seamen includes photo of Leading Seaman James M. Baxter, of New Westminster, B.C. distributing mail to his mates; Photo and description of newly discovered German landmine made mostly of glass to avoid detaction; One-page ad by the Department of Veterans Affairs explains that War Veterans Insurance is now available; Jergens Lotion ad features photo of Marguerite Chapman; Nice one-page colour-illustrated Singer sewing machine ad; Colour Charlie McCarthy comic in Chase & Sanborn ad; Cooking article on the skillet; Conservation tips; Fashion illustrations; Charming colour illustration of Shirley Temple in Woodbury Powder ad; World Sayings; One-page ad by the Department of Veterans Affairs inside back cover explains government credits for education or land settlement available to returning veterans; Excellent colour back cover Coke ad features sailor in soda shop with two lovelies; and more. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Lower seven inches of coverfold secured with archival tape. A worthy vintage copy. Book
194672 pages. Features: Lovely cover illustration of nautical scene by John Phillips; Lovely colour Canada Dry ad; Nostalgic one-page colour-photo Canadian National features roadside view in Jasper, Alberta; Will 'Secret Service' Split the U.N.O.?; Austin F. Cross becomes Ottawa correspondent; Lovely Swift's Premium one-page colour ad features Easter ham; Quink ink colour ad; One-page Canadian Pacific ad features dining car view of east coast lighthouse; London to Rome - photo-illustrated article on the first civilian drive across Europe since the war; The Shortest Week End (fiction); The Next Time You See Paris - photo-illustrated article in the Folies Bergere; Even If Forever (fiction); Operation Muskox - photo-illustrated article on postwar geographical, military and, possibly, political plotting for Canada's north; Goody Rosen - The Kid Who Wouldn't Quit - photo-illustrated article on this Canadian who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers; The Great West Raid (fiction); In the Garden (fiction); Ottawa Roundup; Man of the Month - Charles Luther Burton, C.B.E., President of Robert Simpson Company Limited; Jergens Lotion ad features photo of Virginia Mayo; Arrid ad features photo of Jessica Dragonette; Baby's First Days; Advances in Science; Nice one-page colour Waterman's pen ad features dancing lovelies; Be Nice to Your Nylons; Blue Top Brewing Co. one-page ad features "The Economical Home"; Page of Hollywood fashion patterns; Nice Singer Sewing Macine one-page photo ad; Charming colour ad for Heinz Baby Foods inside back cover shows doctor with stethoscope and infant; One-page TAngee ad features illustration of Mrs. Joseph Cotten; Attractive half page colour Lux and Woodbury ads feature illustrations of Gene Tierney and Marsha Hunt respectively; Colour Ovaltine ad inside back cover with heavy emphasis on nutrition; Nice colour back cover ad for McClary/GSW kitchen applilances features young housewife in blue dress; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
