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1897Pages 65-134. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: History of the sixteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers (part 2); The town of Canaan - feature article with many interesting photos; To a Chickadee; After Many Years; Two Quatrains; Representative Agriculturists - Alfred J. Gould of Newport, Philip C. Clough of Canterbury; The Winter tenants of an old well; On the stair; Polly Tucker (continued); Point of View; Educational department; New Hampshire Necrology. Some peripheral chipping. Contents in quality condition. A worthy copy. Magazine
196240 pages. Features: Exercise in Space - interesting article with photos explains how the company seeks to minimize the space of the shipping boxes it uses to transport its vehicles by ship; Vintage Ride - a wonderful 2856-mile trip that was made in a Vauxhaull 30/98 at Luton over 40 years ago; Garden Guests; Dressed in White - photos of a trip to St. Moritz by Douglas Dickins in his Vauxhall; Major Roads Ahead - some of the many road building projects presently under construction; "Motor" road-tests the Victor Super - detailed review article; Alan Brinton's View; Fishiology - An Gilmour's fishing trip in her Dormobile caravan; Art in Iron - photos of signs; 65 m.p.h. in a speed-limit area - not 'dangerous'; Readers letters; Many pages of great ads; Nice colour photo ad on back cover for the VX4/90. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1962Pages 85-132. Features: Colour cover photo of a VX 4/90 being loaded into the nose of a Carvair (Channel Air Bridge); The 100th course of the R.A.C. Junior Driver Scheme - article with photos; You Must Give Way - animals on the road take precedence over motor traffic; Pressure Group - the 800 ton Schuler press at the Luton factory; Fuel Consumption Test; Photos and story of a motor trip to Italy in a Velox; Page of photos of vintage accessories for your Vauxhall; The Mountains Move Nearer - A VX 4/90 helps make history on the inaugural flight of the new Channel Air Bridge car ferry services to Switzerland - article with photos; Brinton's View; Ladies' Maid - A New Zealand trip - article and photos; Photos of interesting parking signs; "Your Name and Address Please" - how to deal with the police when stopped. Many pages of great vintage ads. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1963Pages 89-136. Features: Photos of accessories for your Vauxhall; Converting Britain's Railways into Roads? - interesting article; Vauxhall's Policy of Expansion - a brief picture report of the growth of the new Ellesmere Port Factory; Scramble - Article and great photos of the early days of the sport which had not yet been named Motocross; You Could Hear a Feather Fall - article and photos of General Motors' search for still greater silence and smoothness in motor vehicles; The Mobil (Fuel) Economy Run - photos of cars which attained in the 30-40 mpg range; Thoughts about car telephone systems; Alan Brinton's View; Testing the vision of drivers; Hasta la vista - a trip to Spain - article with photos; Test of the VX 4/90 - detailed article with photos; Keep that gear change clean and slick; Legal article; Readers' letters; Velox ad inside back cover; Many pages of great vintage ads. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1899Pages 588-610. Features: Cover illustration by Ernest L. Blumenschein entitled "Wards of the Nation - Their First Vacation From School" depicts a Native American scene; British Problems in Asia; This Busy World; The Passing of John Barrett, United States Minister to Siam; Photos from the Philippines - Admiral Dewey Going for a Drive Around Manila, Admiral Dewey at the Office of the Captain of the Port at Manila, Dakota and Montana Troops Crossing Wrecked Bridge over the Rio Grande; The Philippine Revolt - The Malolos Campaign; Photos and write-ups of these men in the news - Frank Thomson of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Major Arthur M. Diggles who was lost in the Malolos Campaign, Augustin Daly, Rev. W.H.P. Faunce of Brown University, and George K. Nash, Republican candidate for Governor of Ohio; Full-page illustration by W.A. Rogers entitled "Conquering a Desert in Southern Arizona"; A page of photos and illustrations along the route of the proposed Nicaragua Canal; The Nicaragua Canal in Sight - article by Francis E. Leupp; Ballad of Leiutenant Miles; Two-page centerfold compilation of photos and illustration depicting the proposed Nicaragua Canal, the country through which it will pass, and the people along the route; Hawaiian-America; An American Sovereign (continued); Amateur Sport - considerable text with six photos; Poem To Augustin Daly; The Conspirators (continued); Great vintage ads, including an illustrated one for the Columbia Bevel-Gear Chainless Bicycle from the Pope Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Conn. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality copy. Magazine
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
193656 Pages. Features: John Gamble Kirkwood - a personality in science; Breeding machine brains; The Road to Empire - II - an archeological discovery of unusual interest was made during the excavation of a sacred well in Minturnae; Science at the scene of the crime - J. Edgar Hoover with the inside story of how his special agents operate; New high-efficiency fluorescent mercury lamps; Are We Inside a Dark Nebula?; High-Speed Paving for California Aqueduct - fantastic photos; The operation of the human brain; Tracking down your trade mark title; Polar Molecules; Cutting metal underwater using pressurized oxygen; The senses of sight and taste vary greatly between individuals; The amateur telescope maker; World-wide radio; and more. Three-inch opening along top of front cover at spine. Above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
196792 pages. Features: Torado Iwasaki was cheated out of his 640 acres on Salt Spring Island; Ernest Manning's offer to merge the Alberta Social Credit Party with the federal Conservatives; Egyptian travel posters in West Germany include swastika; How We've Come to Love the Car - a 10-page exploration of this surprising cultural shift - Peterborough's Superblock and architect Gerald Robindon, Monteal's new Place Bonaventure-Canada Trade Centre (cutaway view) - with photos and brief write-ups of the following people and their vehicles - Rompin' Ronnie Hawkins, Al Hamel, Dr. Morton Shulman, Harley Neilson (of the chocolate business), Dorothee Hebert and Kenneth Jarvis; Does Canada Need the Tories?; Wonderful photographic celebration of Orillia, Ontario's Centennial - with text by Jack Batten; Expose '67 - the unpredictable other half of Expo '67; Alan Eagleson and the formation of the NHL players' union (NHLPA) - article with great full-page photo of Eagleson with Carl Brewer - who later became an implacable opponent of Eagleson and his misdeeds - amazing NHL history, some of it from the dark side; Spiritualist James Wilkie of Vancouver - is his body taken over by timeless spirit Rama?; Lotta Hitschmanova helps the starving, sick and homeless in foreign lands - article with photo; Nice colour photo ad for Hollandia pipe tobacco; Colour photo centrefold ad for Eskilon winterwear; Nice full-page colour photo ad for Ski-doo; The Investigation Service of the Post Office Department - the secret watchers who guard your mail; Fantastic two-page colour photo ad for CBC-TV with photos of 17 of their shows/personalities; Photo ad for GM's short-lived Epic car; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
194894 pages. Articles:.The House at Hyde Park - the home FDR loved; Spare-Time Statesman - President of General Electric, Charles E. Wilson; Does the Army Want the Reserves? - its brass hats view civilian soldiers with mixed feelings; Sketches in Sawdust - Paintings of Circus folk; Why Atoms Don't Fly - obstacles to atomic-powered aircraft; The Fat of the Land - a new theory of obesity and its cure. Fiction: I'm a Stronger in Town Myself (part 1 of 3); The Half-Shot Hereford; A Very Funny Guy; Bride and Room; A Sure Thing; Madam President (conclusion). Includes ads for: Parker pens 1951; Pepsodent - featuring Marjorie Groats; Lifebuoy soap; RCA Victor radios and phonographs; Milky Way Chocolate Bars; Diamond Trucks - great color photo; Willys-Overland Motors "Jeep"; Drewry's Old Stock Ale - featuring Mountie; Argus cameras (twin lens); Pontiac - centerfold; Stewart-Warner radios; Oldsmobile; Foot Pals; Walt Disney's "Melody Time" movie; Templeform hats; DeSoto cars; GM Electro-motive division; Solovox; Dutch Boy Paint; Frazer cars; Santa Fe Railroad; National Guard; United Jewish Appeal - full page showing hoards behind barbed wire; Back cover Coke ad shows young lady who has stopped for a break from driving. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
1979100 pages. Features: Flying the Winged Missile - the Starfighter; The B-25 Mitchell medium bomber; Burt Rutan's Quickie; BD-5 - Another View; Christen's Elegant Eagle; Confessions of a PBM Pilot; Dog Sabre - North America's all-weather version of their famous Sabre jet was a real handful for its pilot; Gordon Plaskett's TF-51D; Mustang Versus Bearcat - can a P-51 outfight an F8F?; The Beech Staggerwing; The McDonnell-Douglas DC-10; Flying the Twin MustangThe XR-12; The Northrop F5-E; The CG-4 combat glider. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
197382 pages. Features: Stimulation - Don Siegel discusses his elevation to a cult figure - article with photos; Don Siegel's 'Drabble' - photos; Decay of an American Dream - illustrated article which takes the view that perhaps the Walt Disney dream machine should pause for a minute's silence to mourn the passing of its original spirit and creativity; Walt Disney's 'Robin Hood' - illustrations; Robert Fuest's 'The Final Programme' - photos; Images in a Chocolate Box - part 3 of the changin patterns in stardom on the British Screen; Photo review of Pier Paulo Pasolini's 'A Thousand and One Nights'; The Venice Film Festival - the 'Woodstock' of Italy's Leftists; Full-page pin-up photo of Zarah Leander; 'Day for NIght' - photos. Ads include: 'The Final Programme'; Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan'; 'The Adventures of Barry McKenzie'. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. Center page loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
197466 pages. Features: Interview with Richard Lester, including photos; 'Juggernaut' - photos; 'The Last Fifites Picture Show' - photos; Article - A Light-Hearted Look at the Cinema of the Fifties; 'Stardust' - photos; Reviews; 'Murder on the Orient Express' - photos; 'The Parallax View' - photos; Article on 'North by Northwest' with photos; 'That's Entertanment' - photos; Interview with Monte Hellman; 'Adam & Yves' - photos. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1985144 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous high-quality reproductions of archival black and white photos. "Born from the amalgamation of a series of small lines in mid-Wales, the Cambrian Railway holds a special place in the affection of railway enthusiasts. In this volume the author recalls a lifetime of personal observation of the company's lines and presents a unique view of the running practices, changes during Great Western days and the staff who worked on the line. The company's routes, including those from Oswestry to Machynlleth and Aberystwyth along the Welsh Coast line to Pwllheli, are recalled from both the lineside and footplate, to create an evocative reminder of the Cambrian system." - from dust jacket. Gift greetings neatly upon front free endpaper otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. An excellent copy. Book
193624 pages. Contents: Illinois - now a puzzle-problem; New York's New Charter;Safety Drive Cuts Fatalities; Coal Pay Talks Continued; How Bonus Will Be Spent; Illustration of Dr. Jjalmar Schact; Addis Adaba in Chaos after Selassie Flees, Taken by Italians - Ethiopia Doomed; Current Events; Congress; National News; More Money Needed?; Marketing; Photo of Rep. Bertrand Snell, permanent Chairman of the G.O.P. convention at Cleveland; Small photo of Senator Joseph Taylor Robinson of Arkansas; Science News; Aviation - testing new optical gun sight at Wright Field, near Dayton; Is Independence or Statehood Sought by Puerto Rico?; The Bee - an asset to industry; Vintage ads; and much more. Average wear. Yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
2005460 pages. Index. Map endpapers. "In this very special collection of excerpts from the finest journalism produced by the Ottawa Citizen over 160 years, you will be taken on a journey from 1845 to the present day, from the flowery prose of the earliest editions, to the leaner writing of modern times. Illustrations, editorials, feature stories and advertisements will bring back fond memories, broaden understanding of Ottawa's roots and provide plenty of food for thought and fodder for conversation." - from dust jacket. Numerous reproductions of illustrations, primarily in black and white. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A beautiful copy. Gift quality. Book
191730 pages. Features full-page photos of natural and man-made scenes of wonder in the vicinity of Portland, Oregon. Undated but a date on the back page suggests a printing date circa 1917. Photos include: Downtown Portland with Mount Hood in background; Columbia Gorge; Vista House at Crown Point; Latourell Falls; Shepperd's Dell; Wahkeena Falls; Rotary Fountain; Eagle Creek Trail (carved into rock); Multnomah Falls; Oneonta Tunnel; Oneonta Gorge; Rock of Ages; Eagle's nest; Mitchell Point Tunnel; Mount Hood. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
1970184 pages. Features: Vogue's Eye View - It's Fit to be Fit; Swinging Coats, Capes and Ponchos worn by Joan Whitney Meyer, Shawn Ryan, Penelope Tree, Cecile de Forey and Sharon Harts; The Fashion for mixing prints, textures, color; The Beautiful People of Hawaii - Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lionel Warner, Princess Ira Furstenberg, Mr. and Mrs. John Carl Warnecke, Duc and Duchess de Crussol d'Uzes, Geraldine Chaplin and Tina Chen; Jean Shrimpton and Penelope Tree dress for the beautiful life in Hawaii; Long, languorous jerseys for evening; Lauren Hutton - hooked on crochet; The Enticers, 1970 - On TV; The Band... The Best?; Moroccan Wake-Up - the John Paul Getty, Junior, House in Marrakesh; Twexercises - new fitness routine for husbands and wives with Leigh Taylor-Young and Ryan O'Neal; Dozens of gorgeous ads; and much more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
1999Features: A view from St. John's - heritage conservation and cultural landscape; Fogo Island - last chance for authentic outport culture; Bonavista; Heritage Precinct or Parking Lot - options for a gateway to Canada's National Captain; Fund-Raising for Heritage Buildings - The Saint George's Experience; The Henry Ruckle Farm on Saltspring Island; U.S. introduces Historic Homeownership Assistance Act; Nova Scotians want lighthouses protected by legislation; Gabrielle Roy's House needs donations; Curtain rises again on Montreal's Corona Theatre. Bilingual English/French. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy. Book
2004178 pages. "... the author has not pulled any punches in his condemnation of Jean Chretien's record. But he reserves a special contempt for Chretien's cabinet and Liberal caucus, who could have stopped Chretien in his tracks at any time, but ttook the dishonourable path of clinging to their comfortable offices and fat pensions and vaporous celebrity." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked but for gift greetings on page iii. Negligible wear. An excellent copy. Book
197480 pages. Profusely illustrated with archival black and white photos of breweries, bottles, labels, etc. Provides an impressive alphabetical list of breweries and whatever additional details the authors were able to glean about them. Also included are bottle details and contemporary pricing information. Pages mildly age-toned at periphery. Large hand-written gift greetings upon front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Moderate wear to book. Binding sound. Average wear and two short closed openings to handsomely illustrated dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this excellent reference. Book
1997360 pages. A comprehensive review of 100 years of soccer on Vancouver Island including many archival photographs of past teams. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
193516 pages of nature pictures in rotogravure. Features: At the Ice King's Board; Nature rolls her own - snow rollers - fascinating photo!; What kind of Christmas tree is yours?; Trailing the Woodfolk - tracking; A Builder of Aerial Tunnels; Partridge Berry - plant of Christmas Cheer; The Roc (Rukh) of Ages; Conservation - Logic and Convervation; Conseration and the Boy - building a sane, intelligent, sympathetic view of wildlife; A Christmas green conservation project; Accidents and highway billboards; The Royal Group in Northern Skies; Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
1962Features: Can George Nowlan and M.W. McCutcheon run Canada better?; The Richest Barnyard Philosopher in Show Business - Pere Gedeon a.k.a. Doris Lussier; Walter Soroka provides a Russian's-eye view of Russia - by a Canadian; The Private Life of Yousuf Karsh; The Diary of an operation - for the first time, a surgeon and a photographer together record the drama that builds up every time one human invades another with a scalpel; The Gold Prospecting Obsession of Albert Faille of Headless Valley; Notes from a summer on a Russian collective farm, by Walter Soroka. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1965Features: Monique Miller cover photo; Photo of Pierre Laporte on page 1; Nice colour photo ad for the 1965 GM Beaumont; Que se passe-t-il dans les hopitaux?; Septieme Nord - un teleroman de Guy Dufresne penetre dans l'intimite d l'hopital; Les Medicins de Famille se syndiquent; Des Avocats "Pas Comme Les Autres", par Adele Lauzon; Le Vol 831 - le 29 novembre 1963, 118 personnes trouvent la mort dans l'ecrasement d'un DC-8, a Sainte-Therese de Blainville - Qu'est-il advenu des familles des victimes?; Pierre Saint-Jean, Halterophile - il etait a Tokyo, en octobre 1964 - depuis son jeune age, il s'entraine en vue de l'obtention d'une medaille olympique; Nos Cuisiniers a L'ecole - objectif - accueillir convenablement les visiteurs de l'Expo dans TOUS les restaurants. Text in French. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1995Features: On Wildlife - messages for a New Millennium; Death of a Comet - The discovery and Demise of Shoemaker-Levy 9; A Bridge to the Stars - Tethered Satellites in Space; Strange New Worlds - The Quest for Extra-Solar Planets; A View from Space - NASA's new generation of Satellites. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
