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192268 pages. Student publication with the following features: Dorothy's Disappointment; Life in Cuba; Principal's Page; Learning by Doing; Brain and Backbone; Staff Page; Editorial Page; Student Council; Spring Fever; An Appreciation; School News; Exchanges; Athletics; Ruthless Rimes; Jokes. Many nice ads for local businesses. Pencilled name atop first page. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
195764 pages. Features: U.S. Ideals vs. Nuclear Concepts; Ten Best; Transfer the Unit; FMF Organization and Composition Board Report; Service Elements (part 4 of 4); How the Allies Let Victory Slip in 1944; Seaborne Striking Force - great photos; Operation Musketeer - the Royal Marine Commandos executed their first brigade-sized landing since WWII - unrehearsed; Nice photo-ad for Sikorsky helicopters - theS-56, S-58 and H-19; Planning Future Medical Support; Tito's Army - the strongest military force in the Balkans; The Brain Pickers of Barrett Hall; Bell Telephone ad features photos of award winners Walter H. Brattain, H.F. Dodge, H.T. Friis, Axel G. Jensen, R. Kompfner, Warren A. Marrison, W.G. Pfann and Claude E. Shannon; and more. Average wear. Bits of writing on front cover. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
195684 pages. Features: Cover illustration of children returning to home from school in Trail, B.C., with smelter in background; Wonderful one-page photo-illustrated ad by the Plywood Manufacturers Association shows construction of the Stanley Park Zoo's otter pool in Vancouver, as designed by Underwood, McKinley, Cameron; Editorial discusses the forbidding of Paul Robeson's proposed Canadian concert tour; Frank Tumpane says "Stop Pampering our Smart-Aleck Teen-agers; Why Does the British Press ban MRA (Moral Re-Armament)?; Attractive one-page colour Mercury car ad features red and black Montclair 4-door Phaeton hardtop; The Future of the Canadian Family - a Maclean's Report; Will Dewline cost Canada its northland? - photo-illustrated article wonders if, by allowing the US to cover much of the dewline's cost, if we've also handed over part of our national independence; The Magic Brain of Sigismund Gantzoff (short story); Can You Live to be 100?; Part 13 of Bruce Hutchison's series on Canada - The B.C. Interior - article with great colour photo of log sorting in Quesnel; Barbara Chilcott - The Girl Who Learned to be a Tempest - photo-illustrated article; The World's Biggest Fire Department - colour-photo-illustrated article on the work of the 2,000 men with Ontario's Department of Lands and Forests who battle thousands of fires annually over 223,000 square miles of bush; One-page colour-photo ad for the 1956 Dodge Mayfair, V-8, 2-door hardtop (two-tone pink); Crown Zellerbach ad; Pilkington Glass ad features colour photos in home of Mr. F.S. Hogarth in North York; One-page colour ad for 1956 Buick features white Roadmaster 2-door convertible druving by camels in zoo; Nice colour Stelco ad features canned goods being taken to Cottage; Nice colour Cinci ad features gent feeding pretzels to attractive lady; Royal Standard typewriter ad features large illustration of kissing couple in rowboat; Black Label beer ad features photo of Mabel; Nice one-page ad for Chevrolet Trucks; One-Page colour-photo-illustrated Canadian Club ad features Wendy Hilty and Balkan lancers competing at Sinj in their sport of Alka; Canadian Wine Institute ad features colour photo of Lorne Greene; Interesting half-page write-up about this issue's cover artist and how the illustration evolved; Labatt's IPA ale ad features photo of Toronto labourer Albert Chilcott; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
194360 pages. Features: Cover photo of baby gnawing on huge Easter egg; Canadian National - Canadian Pacific ad inside front cover called "War Whoop" shows speeding night train and illustration of native warrier to explain how the night-time whistle of a locomotive means men and materiel are being rushed to the front; News digest discusses German propaganda efforts to incur western suspicion against Russia; One-page Trans-Canada Telephone System ad implores long distance users to "Be Brief!", given wartime restrictions on their ability to increase capacity; Editorial comments on support for Russia and the need for those unable to fight in person to contribute financially to the war effort; Brain Waves For Winning the War - photo-illustrated article on technical innovations used in the war effort; Excellent photo-illustrated article on the new Canadian Pacific Airlines includes photos of Stewardess Ethel Hailes, Air Commodore H. Hollick-Kenyon, Grant W.G. McConachie, C.H. Dickins, and veteran parachutist Jack McGovern (at No.l 2 Air Observer School); Earthbound (short story); The Pomander Walk Myster (short story); Alterations (short story); The Royal Engineers - The Army's Pathfinders - nice photo-illustrated article; Sight Unseen (short story); Hollywood news and photos; GM one-page ad highlights their "Victory Service"; One-page Ford ad features illustrations of some of their 1943 military vehicles; The United Service Centre, located in the Eaton Annex, Winnipeg; Centrefold Victory Bonds ad sponsored by the National War Finance Committee illustrates seven Canadians from various walks of life and explains their financial contributions to the war effort; Woodbury Soap ad includes photos of Barbara Sellers of Winnipeg; Woodbury Cold Cream ad includes photo of film star Janet Blair; Food article on "Russia's Nutrition" explains how Russia is tightening its belt to support the Red Army - with photos; Fashion illustrations; Photo-illustrated article on the women of Russia; Quotes from around the world; H.J. Heinz ad inside back cover explains how "To Make Plain Foods Taste Like Banquet Fare"; Fantastic colour-illustrated back cover Coke ad shows soldier proudly walking in great coat, with smaller images of additional members of the military; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
194964 pages. Features: Funny cover illustration of ditzy blonde beating table of men at poker; Nice colour GWG (Great Western Garment) ad inside front cover for their Drillers Drill work clothes for men; One-page blue and black recruiting ad for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF); One-page colour ad for the 1949 'futuramic' Oldsmobile; One-page colour ad for Waterman's pens features the new Crusader Trioset; Are We Governed by Bureaucrats? - an examination of the brain trust alleged to run Canada from the back room; Seventeen Lotus Blossoms - early appearance of this Sax Rohmer story, illustrated by Oscar Cahen; Quebec City - photo-illustrated article; McCarthy's Last Affair - short story involving hockey; Television - The New Monster - 'a cultural bomb is being thrown into Canadian homes', by Morley Callaghan; Eyes in the Dark (short story); Canada's New Statesman - Louis St. Laurent; Champion spark plugs ad features illustration of man pouring sap from maple tree; Handsome colour centerfold Chevrolet ad features a 1949 Fleetline four-door sedan with Fisher Body; A Dime for God - photo-illustrated article about the good works of Frere (Brother) Sauvageau, the Quebec Brother who, by his beggin, has fed, clothed, and educated hundreds of boys, and cured souls by asking them to have faith; "Going Steady" and the Sex Problem; One-page colour-photo ad for Heinz canned soup, spaghetti and baked beans; Colour half-page Canada Dry ad; Canadian General Electric (CGE) ad for their radios, including the Models C122, C751 and C545; Quarter-page ad for the Thistle 'minipak' baby stroller and 'nibs' chariot; Rare one-page two-colour (red and black) Canadian Red Cross ad features illustration of plaintive woman (nurse?) at top; Fashion article on hats includes photos; Nice half-page colour Quick Quaker Oats ad features illustration of young boy dreaming of growing to be a basketball star; Housecleaning Can Be Fun (?); Half-page colour-photo ad for Sovereign Potters features Mornglo ware; Wabasso Cottons ad inside back cover features colour photo of two girls in bonnets feeding ducks; Nice back cover Coke ad features illustration of nervous young man visiting young girl's home; and more. Average wear. Four-inch opening to bottom of coverfold. Address hand-corrected on address label, otherwise unmarked. A nice copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
1995307 pages. Index. Reproductions of several black and white photos. "Traces the life of Frank Turnbull from his boyhood in Vancouver to the 1930s when neurosurgeons used celluloid Ivory soap boxes to repair holes in the skull, to the many years of treating people with sciatica, brain tumour, epilepsy, etc., to his work as an instructor in neurosurgery and his service in medical and neurological associations." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Tight and square. A nice copy. Book
198636 pages. Contents: Life in Water; The Origin of Cetaceans; Cetacean Social Organization and Behaviour; Aquatic Adaptations; New Ideas and Research on Cetaceans; Do Whales Navigate using the Earth's Magnetism?; The Cetacean Brain and Intelligence; Prey Capture by Toothed Whales - a stunning new idea; A closer look at the Cetacean stomach; About Cetacean hearing; The H.R. MacMillan Gallery of Whales. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
195332 pages. Includes full-page calendars, weather forecasts, horoscopes, signs of the zodiac, farm and household helps, first aid and puzzles and brain teasers. Alternate pages include ads for various Vicks cold remedies. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy of this unusual item which, perhaps not surprisingly, came to us via Winnipeg. :-) Book
193458 pages. Features: Nice color cover illustration of Maestro at work; To the Ladies; Editorial discusses how the world is being reborn - for the better; Nostalgic comic-style one-page ad for Ingram's Shaving Cream; Destroyer - part 1 of a novel of love deeper than the sea; Movie Reviews - "Racketeers, Redskins, Romance"; The Brain Trust - Eminent idol-smasher H.L. Mencken wonders if it will do better today than it has in the past; Lux Toilet Soap photo ad features RKO-Radio stare Irene Dunne; On One Wheel - a revolution, a girl, and a perilous landing; Vox Pop; Twelve Months in the White House - by Anna Roosevelt Dall; Did John Jacob Astor Find Capt. Kidd's Riches? - a true story of pirate gold and the birth of a famous fortune; The Case of the Howling Dog (part 8) - Perry Mason stages a phantom murder; 10,000 families going back to the land; Transient Lady (part 11) - dangerous days and a girl's devotion; An Elephant Never Forgets - hilarious tale of an exile from Georgia and 5 tons of pachyderm wisdom; Rookies That Bloom in the Spring - tales of some colorful baseball players; Snake Dance (short story). Nice color back cover Coke ad features men in suits and soda fountain. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
1997Hardcover without jacket; spine is rather faded. Few superficial marks on boards; very minor wear on leading corners and spine ends. One or two minor marks on page block. All content is clear, and pages are clean and sound throughout. TS Used
1966Hardcover. Good condition. Item is a 1968 reprint. Dust jacket is faded and grubby, with several scores and one or two nicks and bumps. Lower leading corner of front flap is clipped. Some paper damage on lower part of front flap. Small bumps on upper edges of boards. Hardcover spine ends are a little worn and bumped. Binding is sound, pages are clean, and the contents are clear. AF Used
1979347 p. Hardcover Very good condition good
1988318pp. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
2007292pp. 25 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
2003249pp. 28 cm. Paperback Very good condition, comb binding
2004No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 261pp. This book explains why computers are not intelligent, how the human brain works and how it stores experiences reflecting the world in order to create intelligence, perception, creativity and consciousness.
1993printed boards. Ex-library: plastic cover; label on spine; remnants of return slip and barcode on FEP; ink stamps on top edge of page block and title page. Contents clean, sound, bright throughout; minor wear to cover. Ex Library
1995sound publication with clean pages and clear content. Slight edge wear to cover. Ex-Library
1969Previous owner's notes in green pen on title page, underlining or lines to margins on page 7, 9, 13, 14, 17 and 18. 263 pages with Index and Errata page.
1962Spine cover is chipped in several places, back cover is beginning to detach. Articles (as listed on front cover) Clinico-EEG Study of 128 Gliomas and 50 Itracranial Metastatic Tumours (Fischer-Williams, Last, Lyberi & Northfield); A Study of Finger Agnosia (Kinsbourne & Warrington); Dissociation of Cold and Warm Sensibility in Experimental Blocks of the Ulnar Nerve (Glasgow & Sinclair); Musicogenic Epilepsy Caused Only by a Discrete Frequency Band of Church Bells (Poskanzer, Brown & Miller); Seizures Induced by Movement (Lishman, Symonds, Whitty & Willison); Histopathological Features of Muscle in the Preclinical Stages of Muscular Dystrophy (Pearson); The Prevelance of Multiple Sclerosis in Australia (Sutherland, Tyrer & Eadie) and Notices of Recent Publications. All text clean and bright
1962Articles (as listed on front cover) Periodic Hypersomnia and Megaphagia in Adolescent Males (Critchley); Peripheral Neuropathy and the Diagnosis of Acute Porphyria (Richards & Brinton); The Token Test: A sensitive Test to Detect Receptive Disturbances in Aphasics (de Renzi & Vignolo); An experimental study of Verbal Association in Dysphasic Subjects (Wyke); On Disturbance of the Body Image in Paraplegia (evans); Descending Ocular Myopathy (Lees & Liversedge); Endocrine Aspects of Dystrophia Myotonica (Caughey & Saucier); Congenital Muopathy - A Fifty-Year Follow-Up (Turner & Lees); The Diagnosis of the Major and Minor Syndromes of Basilar Insufficiency (Williams & Wilson); Right Hemisphere Dominance for Certain Non-Verbal Intellectual Skills (Piercy & Smyth); Dissociation of Thermal Sensibility in Procaine Nerve Block (Glasgow & Sinclair); An Electron Microscope Study of Degeneration and Regeneration of Nerve (Barton) plus Notices of Recent Publicans and Index
1999Paperback. Very good condition. Signed and dedicated in pen by author on inside front cover. Spine and upper edges of covers are sunned, and a couple of minor marks to front and rear covers. Faint crease to front cover at upper leading corner. Pages are clean and sound, contents are clear. TA Used
1996No marks or inscriptions to contents. Tiny crease to lower corner of rear cover, none to front or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked faintly indented laminated boards, tiny marks to top of page edges, traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 691pp. Comprehensive study of the medical science of brain function including work on non-human primates and on vision. Fourth edition.
1992Hardcover. No jacket. Boards have some light superficial scuffing and scoring. Spine ends are slightly bumped. Minor wear on rear lower edge and upper leading corners. Page block has a few light marks. Faint staining on FEP. Contents are sound, clean, clear, in excellent condition. BW Used
