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1962Features: "Peace" gets a friendlier hearing - a new force in US politics is making the word peace respectable again; Old Age at Eleven - a boy's last brave days may help science save other boys from dying of old age - Arthur Balidoy had the rare disease progeria; How to spot the marrying kind - some of Canada's champion bigamists explain their addiction to wife-hunting; Ordeal at Stratford - Chris Plummer and Kate Reid, off stage, show why they're Canada's best on stage; The Pictures most people buy - art's real best sellers - reproductions by 'famous unknown'; A Fond Farewell to Toronto - Blair Fraser; Why Canadians go south in summer - a livelier, cheaper Florida than they'll find in winter; This year in Jerusalem - Mordecai Richler explores his other homeland for the first time; B.C.'s high-flying bucket brigade - Mars water bombers. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
1956Features: Banff tea house survives roaring avalanche (ad); Leon Koerner's one-man giveaway program - Canada's happiest spender is this Czech millionaire who arrived here 17 years ago; A blueprint to stop our cities' decay - one in every 8 Canadian homes is slowly falling apart, soon to become part of a slum with its by-products of disease and distress - here's what Baltimore, Maryland found; Can science beat the virus diseases?; We're wasting millions on an obsolete air force - Guy Simonds charges that in this atomic age of guided missiles we're still committed to a costly, outdated concept of military strategy based on the airplane; We gambled our love on freedom - James Pegg, a British soldier, met Olga, a Ukrainian slave worker in a German prison camp - they had to choose... stay and be parted, or escape together into unknown dangers; The town that wants to stay old fashioned - Niagara-on-the-Lake; The secondhand love letter, by Edward Kaylin; The private lives of Byng Whitteker; Throw out our cruel divorce law - Kent Power, QC. Nice colour Chevrolet ad on page 5. Front cover heavily torn with chunks missing - it illustrated the construction of the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. Colour Coke ad on back cover. Magazine
197030 pages. Features: How to Actually Enjoy Winter; The Moosemeat Special - the train that runs from Sault Ste. Marie and stops for two liquor stores, whenever a hunter wants on or off - and whenever it hits a timber wolf; How to actually enjoy skiing; Southern exposure - fashion feature; Maggie Grant; The Granddaddy of Draft Dodgers - Jim Blake and his brothers fled into the mountains to escape from Prime minister Borden's conscription law at the time of the first world war; Myrna Lorrie - getting back on track at age 29; Everything about cats with Dr. Robert Williams; Doug Wright's Family. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1972Features: More Mustangs - the classic fighter, with many rare photos; The Riverside Penguin - the trainer that flew too well!; Winged Can Opener - the Henschel 129 (long article, well-illustrated); B-10 - Baltimore's Best - the bomber that took Martin and the Air Corps out of the stone age - rare photos and great 2-page colour illustration; The Boeing 307 Skyliner. Moderate wear. Tight, clean and unmarked. A quality copy of this extraordinary issue. Book
1985727 pages. Index. "Never before has there been a collection of critical essays of this magnitude, nor have so many scholars been gathered together in one volume." - from back cover. Prior owner's name else unmarked. Moderate wear. A tight copy. Book
1963Features: A vote against motherhood - Gael Greene; Danger from Within - Dwight D. Eisenhower writes that Indolence and lack of moral principle present a greater threat to America than the armed might of Communism; Perils of Pauline - America's highest-paid femail TV commentator, Pauline Frederick, fights skeptical bosses, prettier rivals and video's glamour code; "We Sailed the Columbus Ship" - Robert Marx relates how nine men in a forty-two foot boat braved wind and wave to recreate the first conquest of the Atlantic - many colour photos; Golf-Ball Goof - retrieving lost golf balls; Last Stop Alcatraz - Mickey Cohen and the inside story of how Federal agents put him behind iron bars at long last; Ice Hockey's Geriatric Marvel - 38 year of age, going on 45, goalie Johnny Bower of the Toronto Maple Leafs seems to have found the secret of perennial youth; Nuclear-age School - New Mexico students pursue knowledge under a 21 inch concrete slab in Artesia, New Mexico - Abo Public Elementary School is the only one in the nation underground - it doubles as a fully equipped fallout shelter; Black Merchants of Hate - fanatic and well-disciplined, Negro 'Muslims' threaten to turn resentment against racial discrimination into open rebellion - photo of Malcolm X. Nice colour Pepsi ad on back cover. Great two-page colour ad for Chevrolet trucks. Nice full-page ad for a blue 1963 Dodge Wagon; Colour Ford Auto centerfold features the Fairlane. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1960Features: Chesapeake Bay's Delightful Eastern Shore; The Long Journey of Matthew Page - a distinguished Southern newspaperman tells of the staggering obstacles this young Negro overcame in his quest to become a doctor; The Untold Stories of the Civil War, I - Who Fired the First Shot?; Hockey's Masked Marvel - Jacques Plante, the goalie who introduced the protective face mask; My Mother Laurette - Dwight Taylor recalls his backstage childhood as the son of a famous actress who fell from stardom to the depths of alcoholism - and made an amazing comeback at the age of sixty; Jetport shutdown in Jersey - an aroused citizenry fights against an airport in New Jersey's Morris County. *Great* Coke Santa color ad on back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Lower four inches of coverfold open. A worthy copy. Book
1962Features: What happened to Common Sense? - Calvin D. Linton says not only do we live in the best-educated age in history, it may well also be the most gullible; Doomsday Merchant of the Far Right - Billy James Hargis leads a witch-hunt in pursuit of Communists; People on the Way Up - Comic Dick Shawn, Ross Pritchard, Charlene Curry, Janet Ades, Rochelle Hood; Czar of the Bunny Empire - Hugh Hefner, with color photos; The Bridge of Hope - Topeka's effort to help mental patients return to regular life; Me and my mixed up trees - Frank J. Taylor and 'the confessions of a compulsive grafter who tells backyard (Luther) Burbanks how to turn the tables on nature; Irrepressible Egoist - Dick Stuart, the Pittsburgh Pirates cocky slugger; Hot Weapon in the Cold War - at President Kennedy's urging, the Army is beefing up its Special Forces, who are trained to combat Red guerillas around the globe. Nice color Pepsi ad inside back cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1962Features: Nice color Pepsi ad on page 3; Merrily we Probe Along - Ralph Schoenstein talks about the analysis fad and a nation of psychic Peeping Toms; The World Needs the Truth about America - RFK proposes a plan to sell U.S. Ideals on an open market; Water-Hole Wonderland - man-made Lake Texoma; Hawaii's Hustling Shepherd - Rev. Abraham Akaka of Hawaii infuses new vigor into the Christian ministry; Don't Tell Me About Diets - Jockey Eric Guerin reveals the dieting truths he has learned during a 15-year struggle to avoid eating himself out of business; The Many Moods of Robert Mitchum - an exclusive account of the turbulent career and times of Hollywood's rugged nonconformist - many great black and white photos; Luxurious Mountaintop - the Burgenstock in Switzerland; Frank Robinson Comes of Age; Grand Tour for a College Combo - the Route 2 Tooters junket through Europe bartering their jazz music for a summer's fun. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1962Features: You Yanks are Hypocrites, by Prakash C. Jain; New Case-History facts on Birth Control Pills - nearly a million American women are now using oral contraceptives; My War with Sharks - a Navy frogman, armed only with a special gun and his own lungs, battles sharks at arm's-length range; Safeguarding our Atomic Secrets - Lewis Strauss points up the urgent need to maintain security in the nuclear age; People on the Way up - Delores (Dee) O'Hara, Theresa Howard Carter, Dick Ruedebusch; Landing on Easy Street - in 25 words or less - Deborah Schneider won $500/month for life for her blurb for Plymouth cars; My Old Army Carries On - Bernard Asbell, a World War II dogface inspects his old basic-training camp and discovers some changes; The Beanball - Myth or Menace? - 5 big-leaguers argue their views on baseballs biggest troublemaker; The Winds of Freedom - Dean Rusk writes on the ideas which inspired our Revolution and are still the world's most potent force; The Bouncy World of a Breezy Blonde - Brooke Bundy. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1974149 pages. "Consists of extracts derived from readings for individuals, and topics of discussion are varied enough that everyone will find something of interest." - from page i. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper else unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
2006501 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Colour illustrations throughout. Section 1 features nearly 500 Golden Age comics from the collection of Harold Curtis. In all, the six sections include over 1100 art lots! Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A nice copy of this huge and magnificent catalogue. Book
1963Features: The New Cities - a national report on the downtown revolution - what it means to the people; For the Sake of Argument - public 'inquiries' often abuse justice - a lawyer says stop legal smears - Aubrey Golden; Our Schools are Loaded Against Boys - a school principal shows how the system is weighted unfairly in favor of girls; The Carnies on the Picture Tube - a lighthearted look at junk TV and the people who make money making it; The Kennedy Dynasty, Part IV - how the family opened the blitz that was to elect the first Catholic president; My first 50 years in medicine - Dr. Alton Goldbloom's testament to the pleasures and pains of treating the young; The Great Balloon Voyage - How the air age reached Canada in 1859, but the aeronauts ended up hoofing it; Last chance for the Deer People - as the caribou goes, so go the Eskimos - trying to save both; A report on Canada's secret John Birchers (JBS / John Birch Society), by Pierre Berton; Nice colour photo ad for Canadian Club whiskey inside back cover features B.C. "High-Riggers" race of Gordie Eve; Back cover ad for the 1963 Chevrolet Impala Convertible on a ski hill. Some age-toning to pages at edges. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
1995337 pages. Index. Signed by Adrian Gilbert upon front free endpaper. "The present world will end on December 22, 2012 - so prophesied the Maya 5,000 years ago... Offers controversial answers that the establishment 'experts' refuse to accept... Shows that we are standing on the threshold of a new world age." - from dust jacket. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Book
197124 pages. Features: C-I-L Dynawad shotgun shell ad inside front cover; Canada's 11th Province Has Palm Trees - some 600,000 Canadians live in California; What it's Like to have a Heart Attack - Doug Palk helps readers understand; The Age of Chivalry is Alive - Colour Photo Fashion Feature; Canada's Cruel Treasure Chest - The Canadian Shield; The Millionaire and the 25-cent Piece - Gregory Clark recalls the special magic of found money; Great full-page colour photo ad for A&W features Albert and Walter; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
196840 pages. Features: Can Olympic Organizers Keep the Competitors in and the Consumerism Out? - article with great photos of Canadian Olympians at Grenoble; Middle age can be good for you; Sunbeam auto ad shows their Imp, Alpine and Arrow; Nice colour Fashion '68 feature; Prince Charles - Preparation of a Prince - article and nice colour family photo; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Please note: pages 27-28 and right half of page 21 missing. It appears to have contained an ad by Celanese and some fashion illustrations. Otherwise, this is a quality vintage copy. Book
195948 pages. Features: The front cover illustration of this issue will bring a smile to any red-blooded Canadian! The night scene depicts an extended family happily drinking beer while watching hockey on TV by their woodstove in a snug ice fishing hut - pure Canadian magic!; Why pass a useless Bill of Rights?; Going Steady - Is it ruining our teen-agers?; Holiday Weekend in Toronto - Jim and Ruth Dugan return to discover an exploding metropolis; Bedford's three-ring dukedom - The thirteenth Duke of Bedford - article with photos; Famous Families at Home - The Dr. William Blatzes - article with family photos; Is it really possible to see your own ghost? - the answer seems to be yes; Clyde Gilmour picks the best and worst movies of 1958; How Ernest Rutherford launched the atomic age - article with photos; John S.T. Gibson and his family have been fishing the B.C. coast for 10 years - photos with article; Nice colour photo ad for Red Cap Ale; Uncommon colour ad for the Renault Dauphine on back cover; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
197828 pages. Features: Would you die for your country?; Dancer Ann Ditchburn - article with colour photo; Colour ad for the Eddie Bauer Snap-Jac; Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau - article with photos; Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales at age 30; The story of Hollywood - article with colour photos; A day in the life of Pierre Cardin; Mud and Blood - Passchendaele in WWI; Fighting for Peace - Canadian Peacekeepers (The Princess Pats) in Cyprus; Job Description of Windsor Mayor Bert Weeks - short article with photo; A Wonderful Time - A wonderful sampling of the collection of over 35,000 Canadian postcards owned by Allan Anderson and Betty Tomlinson; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
192848 pages. Second issue of this marvelous publication. Features: Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation ad inside front cover; Nice photo-illustrated Fairchild ad on page 1 features the Vickers-Fairchild Cabin Monoplane; Photo-ad for Canadian Vickers Limited shows the Vicers Vedette; Goodyear airplane tire ad; Armstrong Siddleley ad for their Lynx radial engine; Wakefield Castrol Motor Oil ad; Editorial comments on why the achievements of Canadian aviators are not 'ballyhoo-ed' across the world, and why insurance companies must act to service the rapidly developing aviation industry in Canada; Great article explains how E.W.G. Moore (shown in photo inset) and other public-spirited citizens secured an airport for London, Ontario after the electorate refused to approve the expense; Photos of the Prince of Wales in flying kit, Sir Alan Cobham after his 22,000-mile flight, Amelia Earhart in group photo at Southampton after crossing the Atlantic for the first time, and Miss Earhart's seaplaine "Friendship" afloat at Southampton; Inauguration of the Winnipeg Flying Club - article with photos of Manitoba Premier John Bracken and his wife, Major Ray Miller, Lieut. Palmer, and W.A. Major, Attorney-General of Manitoba, plus a photo of Captain H.A. Oaks who was awared the McKee trophy for the most valuable contribution to aviation in Canada; Progress of Civil Aviation in Canada - article; Photo memorializing Captain Emilio Carranza, Mexico's "Lone Eagle" flying ambassador to the United States who died at age 22 in a crash; Photo of the Trans Canada trophy won by Capt. H.A. Oaks; Canadian Aviation and the University of Toronto - article with five photos which document the University's aerodynamic laboratory which was established ten years ago and is now being used for undergraduate instruction; First aircraft show opened at Montreal - article with photos of officials E.F. Peacock and Capt. W. S. Lighthall; Photo of Joaquim Pacheco and Fritz Bieler, the first aviators to make the flight from Canada to Mexico; Canada leads in Aerial Photography - article with photos; Is Your Life Insurance Policy Affected? - Part II - article deals with confusion over insurance coverage of aviation risk; Nice aerial photos of Gaspe and the Royal Military College; Detroit Air Olympics Draw Mammoth Crowds - article with nine photos; News from flying clubs; Nice ad for the De Havilland Moth; Pioneer Altimeter ad; Numerous press comments on the first issue of Canadian Aviation; Fantastic photo full-page ad for Canadian Pacific Express - World Wide Service - photos shows truck backed up to plane; Toronto Boys Compete at Detroit Model Aircraft Contest - article with photos of Edward Adams, H.H. McKinnon, Richard Hiscocks, Ford Grant, Aram Abgarian, Jack Loughner and Thomas Hill; Fantastic full-page photo ad for International Airways of Canada (Hamilton, Ontario) shows their Loening Amphibian plane; Model Aircraft flights are helpful - article; Air Services in Canada - Part II - information about the R.C.A.F. with three photos; Marvelube ad on back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Three-inch opening to base of coverfold. A sound vintage copy of this early issue. Book
1993111pp. "With this small book I share my heart. It is a compilation of philosophical thought and spiritual essence. I have included descriptions of some fo the visions I have experienced and healings I have seen happen. It is my hope that they will provide food for reflection as you travel along the Road of Reason in your life." Highly readable text written by someone who has travelled widely, not only on the earth but in dimensions beyond the earth. The author bridges the gap between the earth and spiritual reality. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. An excellent copy. Book
1957110 pages. Features: Nice photo ad for the de Havilland Sea Vixen; Photo ad for the Fairey Fireflash - the first British guided weapon; The Short S.C.I. - article and full-page colour photo of this unusual craft; Nice photo ad for the Beverley, made by Blackburn and General Aircraft; Ouragan - article and colour illustrations of this French jet fighter; Farnborough Preview; The P.1 - article with photos; Shot from a Flying Wing (AW 52) - article and photo of "Jo" Lancaster; I Tested Focke-Wulfs; Thwarted Fighters - the delayed success of James Marton; Crash Landing in France (part 2); The Hawker Hunter F.6 - British Jet Fighter; The Missile Age - a special directory of rockets and missiles; Air Intelligence; Russia's Flying Wagon - The YAK-24 - article with photos; Test Flight to Freedom!; I Got My Sausage!; The Luftwaffe's Workhorse - the Ju 52/3m; Captain Ray Salute to the Spitfire; Ad for the Reliant three-wheeled car; Milland Flies Again; Colour ad for Senior Service cigarettes on back cover features helicopter at sea; and more. Binding intact. Above-average wear. Pages age-toned. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
19971106 pages. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Handsome maroon boards adorned with gilt lettering. A high-quality copy. Book
193658 pages. Features: Nice Ipana photo ad inside front cover; To Girls Who Want to Get Married; - Lux ad; Candles Without Cake (fiction); Night Call (fiction); The Better Man (fictitious tale of a young pretty newspaper woman in Ethiopia - "From every side black men closed in, howling lustily, frothing themselves up..."; Shadowed Wedding (fiction); Look Your Best - tanning/makeup advice for the summer; Love Doesn't Last (fiction); 45 and Glad of It - middle age can make a woman a master or a slave; Nice full-page colour ad for Campbell's vegetable soup includes the Campbell kids; Full-page colour reproduction of a beautiful flower painting by Archibald Barnes, A.R.C.A.; Nice full-page Cream of Wheat ad features photo of cute little girl and small dog; I Nursed the Quintuplets - part 2 of Madame Louise de Kiriline's story of her work with Canada's famous Dionne quints - story with photo; Fashion photos; Photo of Bette Davis in Quaker cereal ad; The Movie Go-Round - a dependable monthly guide to good movie entertainment for the family; Honourary life membership in the Canadian Public Health Association awarded to Dr. McCullough, a columnist in this publication; Pie-making; The Weekend Guest - advice for hostesses; Meals of the Month; News Bits by Lotta Dempsey; Nice colour cartoon-style ads for Rinso and Lifebuoy inside back cover; Gorgeous colour ad for Buckingham cigarettes on back cover features young lady golfer. Address label atop front cover. Average wear. A nice vintage issue. Magazine
1935Iconic cover photo of Albert Einstein at blackboard proving the principle of Equivalence. 56 pages. Features: Exploring Prehistoric Georgia; Radio Facsimile (early fax machine development) - article with great photos; Building the World's Deepest-Water Bridge - connecting San Francisco and Oakland; Preserving rose bushes with paraffin for shipping; Nova Herculis recently discovered; Amazing growth in the packaging industry; Sundials and their construction - part IX - the principle and construction of the armillary sphere; The Oddest Thing About the Jews - Why Jews have some diseases more and others less than Gentiles - they often are first-class insurance risks; Stout "Scarab" auto photos and write-up; Photo of Einstein with Leo J. Scanlon; Tiny race cars - a developing sport; Astounding facts about American homes and sanitary conditions; Creative photo enlargement; Rapidly growing hybrid poplars; Frederick H. Ecker on progress in this age of science; Photo of harvesting American-grown rubber in California - Guayule; and more. Above-average external wear and soiling. Openings at each end of coverfold. Chip from lower corner of back cover. An uncommon Einstein collectible. Please note that large faint text appearing on image is not on magazine. Magazine
196080 pages. Features: The nuclear dilemma of the Western peoples - part I; My parents were deaf and dumb; The second coming of Morley Callaghan; An interim report on the next Ice Age - research on Heiberg Island; I went back behind the Iron Curtain - Marika Robert's account of her return to Czechoslovakia which she escaped 12 years ago - article with photos; Holiday weekend in San Francisco; The one doctor in four talks back - a warning about M.D.s flogging pills and cure-alls on TV; Montreal's grey-flannel hockey cartel - How Frank Selke's system has brought success to the Montreal Canadiens - with photo of Toe Blake, Selke and a group of players on the ice; You too can have a beautiful body - Ben Weider brings an International Federation of Body Builders' event to Montreal - article with great photos; Nice colour photo ad display's several Kodak cameras; The Spartacus movie receives a glowing review; Colour photo full-page ad for coloured phones - a big innovation back then!; Nice colour ad for the 1961 Dodge Dart; Beautiful colour photo ad for the 1961 Buick shoes a black Electra 225 4-door Riviera Sedan in front of a black office building - Gorgeous!; Foster Hewitt photo as part of ad for Swiss watches; Nice full-page colour photo ad for the1961 Chevrolet Impala Sedan including photos of the Nomad station wagon and the Biscayne; Nice two-page black and white photo ad for TCA (Trans-Canada Airlines) and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
