194068 pages. Features: Nice colour-photo Oldsmobile ad inside front cover features yellow and blue models from 1940; Nice colour-photo ad for Singer sewing machines; News digest includes the Graf von Spee Affair, a new moral arithmetic, Nazi view of suicide, and United States of Europe?; Loafers' Loops (short story, part 1); The Perfect Crime (short story); Between the Devil and the Zuider Zee - photo-illustrated article - dispatch from the Dutch bordertown of Kerkrade; Lovers' Meeting (short story); In the Mother of Parliaments - photo-illustrated article on the pageantry of the people's rule in Britain for a thousand years; The Yearling (conclusion of story about a deer); Ice Age - nice article on figure skating which includes photo of Ralph McCreath and Norah McCarthy, king and queen of Canadian skaters; Great half-page blue and white Alka-Seltzer ad includes photos of Toronto Maple Leaf players Sweeney Schriner, "Turk" Broda, and Red Horner; Movie news and photos; Photos of Priscilla Lane in Lux soap ad; Photo of Miss Madeleine Hill in Woodbury soap ad; Corn Flakes ad includes photo of W.B. Cross, Tea Taster and Blender for Mellocup Tea; The House That Fancy Builds - interesting colour-photo-illustrated interior/home design article; Fashion illustrations; (Female) Figures Don't Lie; Excellent one-page photo-illustrated Pond's ad includes photos of Mrs. Robert L. Simpson of Unionville, and Air Hostess Miss June Rothe; Article on vitamins; Quotes from around the world; Gorgeous colour Coke ad inside back cover features server girl holding lunch tray; Back cover colour-illustrated ad for Graded Canadian Beef; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating wartime issue. Book
1918128 pages. Presents information presented before the Krotona Lodge of the Theosophical Society in 1915. The only date printed in this book is 1918 but this copy appears too fresh to have been printed then so we offer it as a reprint. Binding tight. Moderate wear. Decorative rubber stamp upon front free endpaper, otherwise contents clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Book
1955Pages 41-82 Illustrated in colour and black and white. Features: An artist reflects on trees in spring; The search for vitality in Ontario; A climate for the arts; A Re-Union of Painting and Architecture; Albert H. Robinson; The Story Behind Our Cover; Paris Honours Alfred Pellan; Dutch Painting - The Golden Age; H.O. McCurry, Servant of the Arts; Do Canadians want Modern Furniture?; and more. Printed on glossy stock. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1957Pages 83-134. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Features: Box-car days in Algoma 1919-20, by A.Y. Jackson; The Second Biennial of Canadian Art; Poets and Painters - rivals or partners; Jock MacDonald, Painter-Explorer; Canadian artists in Paris; Faces of the Forest; The arts come of age in Windsor; Emanuel Hahn 1881-1957; and more. Printed on glossy stock. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
201348 pages. Features: Democracy and the digital revolution; Closer to home with racism; Dissent and the digital age; The Life and Death of CIDA, 1968-2018; The Extradition case of Dr. Hassan Diab; and more. Average wear. Couple of library markings. A sound copy. Book
197166 pages. Features: Along the Iron Pike (pictorial); The Old Cincinnati & Lake Erie; Passenger Train Survey; Interesting Railfans No. 101- C. Grattan Price, Jr.; A Gift for Steamtown; The Death of a Depot; Rosters of Shortlines of Canada; Rosters of Wisconsin Shortlines; Private Car (fiction); Photo of beautiful Barbara Bartholomew (age 19) holding her calendar illustration in the 1956 Chessie calendar (drawn by Francis Chaney); Great photo of Canadian National's busy engine terminal on Spadina St., Toronto; and more. Above-average external wear. Contents unmarked. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
197584 pages. 24 x 18cm. Many black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Cover photo of Queen and King in pasture with cattle; Gaelic Names of Highland Cattle; Opportunity for Cattle in the West Highlands; Balmoral Highland Fold Comes of Age; The Lindsays of Greenstreet; and much more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
1960102 pages. Features: Nice ad for Kraft ice cream toppings; Two-page 1960 Chrysler ad; Vintage one-page ad for Zenith pocket (transistor) radios; Oasis cigarette ad; Color Pontiac ad features a seaside blue 1960 Bonneville convertible; Our New Hospital Crisis - many unqualified foreigners are serving in US hospitals as interns and resident physicians; The Training of a Good Doctor - Susan Cook studies at the University of Chicago - major photo coverage; The Age of Payola - have our moral standards been destroyed by the pursuit of the dollar?; Vintage two-page color ad for the new 1960 Ford Falcon Wagons (both white); Pepsi ad features scene in horse barn with dalmation; Walter Lippmann explains Why We Accept Cheating; Nice photos of Connie Stevens with hunk Bill Troy, Mike McKee, and Jerry Eagle; Farley Granger in "The Third Season" - color photos; Sanka coffee ad features illustration of lady holding humongous coffee cup; article on pancakes; Modern fake flowers are very realistic; Marlboro ad features skin diver slouching in director-style chair - no wonder they adopted the Marlboro man a few years later; The Short-sleeved suit - tasteful fashion photos; Great two-page color ad for the (cream-colored) 1960 Buick Invicta Three-Seat Estate Wagon features Navajo people and a Monument Valley driving scene; The Quakers - religions in America; Basketball All America - with photos of Walt Bellamy, Terry Dischinger, Roger Kaiser, Darrall Imhoff, Jerry Lucas, Oscar Robertson, Tom Stith, Lee Shaffer, Jerry West and Len Wilkins; Hitler's Bloody Drive to Power - the inside story, with great photos; Photo Quiz; Color ad for "Man-Tan" product which tans white skin without sun (creepy); Two Young Friends Named Ellen - Ellen Erwitt and cripple Ellen Kalman of New Rochelle, N.Y. - touching photos; Back cover color-photo Lucky Strike ad shows smiling blonde injecting tar into her lungs; and more. Average wear. Nibble and short opening at bottom of coverfold. Small piece from bottom corner of back cover. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1914Pages 207-312 plus 6 pages of ads. Maps. Black and white photos. Contents include: An Expedition to the Coral Reefs of Torres Straits; The Cellular basis of Heredity and Development (II); The Decreasing Population of France; The Rise of a New Profession - The Age of Administration; The Place of Illustration in Book-making; Determining Educational Values; A League of Peace; Nice one-page illustrated ads for Thomas Dunham Company sidecars for motorcycles, and Reading Standard (RS) Motorcyles. Front cover missing. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Some pages unopened. A sound working copy. Magazine
193364 page booklet with two pages of illustrations. Applies economic science to current problems: how to make money circulate; how to abolish usury; how to start consumer buying; how to extend markets; how to raise prices; how to terminate unemployment; how to increase wages; how to secure cheap money; how to reduce business overhead; how to do business on a spot cash basis; how to slash taxation; how to pay off public debts; how to nationalize natural resources; how to provide for old age. Unmarked with moderate wear. Toning to card covers. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating work aimed at helping Canada escape the depths of the Great Depression. Book
1969"The writings in this book were chosen to be read one page at a time, each night before going to sleep, or at any time you wish to be quiet and look within." - from Foreword. Unpaginated. 9" x 6" x 0.5". White leatherette-covered boards adorned with gilt decoration and lettering upon front. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A nice copy. Book
1985Undated but possibly circa 1960. Includes booklets titled: The Beginning of Matter; Sensory Impressions; The Human Being as a Center; The Human Personality; It is Dangerous to Be Born; Masters and Their Association with Students; The Path; The Origin of Matter; The Long Way Around; Healing; Man's Adventure Into Space; Where Do We Go From Here?; Psycho-Somatics; Meditation - States of Consciousness. Probert was an American trance medium and mental medium who acted as a channel of the Inner Circle. This set was carefully studied by its prior owner who carefully wrote the details of each booklet atop front cover, again atop first page, then added regular light pencil markings and annotations to contents. Average wear. A sound copy of this fascinating set. Book
196664 pages. Features: The U.S.S.R. and I - colour-photo-illustrated article describes what it's like to be a tourist in the Soviet Union; Fantastic one-page colour-photo ad for the 1967 Dodge Dart, red - convertible and black hardtop; When the Cable Came to Heart's Content - one hundred years ago the ship 'Great Eastern' linked Newfoundland with Europe; Snow Cruiser snowmobile half-page colour-photo ad; Let's Give The All Assists - a discussion of how assists are awarded in the NHL; Nice one-page colour-photo ad for the line of C.C.M. sports products; Lt.-Gen. E.L.M. Burns discusses what hope he sees for peace in the nuclear age; Vintage one-page colour toy ad for Eldon Road Racing Sets and new Eldon Tinyrooms; Centrefold colour ad for Parker Pens; My Pet Tarantula - Robert Scarlett describes his pet, one of 2,500 insects, butterflies and spiders in his collection; Safe Driving Week - A Sad Report on how Canadian motorists die; Great one-page colour-photo ad for Aylmer Soup features two photos of Phyllis Diller; How to Build a Candy House; Nice photo-illustrated article on Brampton radio station CHIC's all-girl team of disk jockeys, Jan Campbell, Marilyn Macdonnell, Penny Machtell and Febby Barnard; (Toy) Dolls Come Alive with Personality; Great photo-illustrated article on Beatle John Lennon going to war as Gripweed in making of the film 'How I Won The War'. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1916Pages 194-286 plus 16 pages of ads. Features: The Floating Death - a North Sea trawler skipper's heroic battle with a mine entangled in the trawler's nets; The Darkest Hour - Part II - experiences in the great Serbian (WWI) retreat to Albania (with photo of the Serbian Cavalry fording the River Drin and more); The Snake-Hunter - John Rolliston's terrible fight; The Sheriff's Ruse - how the Sheriff of Deadwood tricked three desperadoes; Real-Life Romances of the War (WWI) - Part II; A Year In Arctic Siberia - Part III - amazing article and photos taken by Polish authoress M.A. Czaplicka as she travelled 6,000 miles researching the nomadic Yenisei tribes; Baiting the "Boche" - the people of Brussels turn their humour upon the humourless huns who have taken possession of their city; Remarkable Rocks - photo-illustrated article of remarkable rocks around the world; The Girl Sergeant - young Zoe Smirnova joined the Russian Army at age 15 and fought in the battlefields of Galicia; From Job to Job Around the World - Part V - two young Americans spend time in India, with great photos; A Theatre in Cannibal-Land - Papuan savages entertain themselves with amateur theatricals! (article with great photos); A Black Outlaw - a native desperado gives Natal Police much trouble; On the Way to War - the adventures of two young Americans, Herbert H. Hope and Jack Heward, who struggle to make their way to England to fight the Germans; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
195620 pages. Features: Littler takes Palm Beach; U.S. Loses Curtis Cup; Dahlbender on top; Julius Boros explains swing fundamentals; U.S. Rubber ad for their Royal Special golf balls inside front cover; Nice one-page Spalding ad features Marilynn Smith and her Kro-Flite clubs; One-page illustrated ad for the International Golf Championship Trophy and the Canada Cup at the Wentworth Club, Surrey, England; 10 photos of stars at the Sunnehanna, including Frank Souchak, Sonny Tinney, Johnny Pott, Don Bisplinghoff, Hugh Wagner, Adele Dovey, Mrs. Glenn Johnson, Harry Manning, Peter Nisselson, Billy Booe, Jack Nicklaus (at age 15!), Eddie Merrins, Gene Dahlbender, Lief Larson, Bob Rankin, and Bob Gutwien; Half-page Stroke-Master ad features Byron Nelson photo endorsement; Eight nice photos from the Triangle at the Cavalier; Great photo of Myron Barrett teaching 28 young ladies at Wheeling CC, WV; Photo of young Daphne Dutton with Bobby Brownell, Max Elbin, Frank Emmet, Gen. Floyd L. Parks, Joe Gambatese and George Diffenbaugh; Photo of John R. Van Kleek with Mrs. Sybil Noble and John Cranford as they review plans for new golf course for the Paradise Point CC; Photo of Sam Snead signing to become pro at the Boca Raton Club in Florida; Photos of Jack Harkins, John R. Chappell Jr., C.G. Crockett, and Chester I. Williams; Etonic shoe ad on back cover shows the models 7180x and 7520; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
195616 pages. Features: USGA and PGA changes; Preferred Lies at times; System of fines adopted for tour; Wiffi Smith and Doug Sanders become pros; Besselink and Serafin win at Havana and Lakewood; Armour's golf secrets analyzed by Chapman; Photo of golfing financier Mrs. Charles Ulrick Bay (Josephine Holt Perfect), president of A.M. Kidder & Co., Inc., the first woman ever to head a member concern of the New York Stock Exchange; Photo of West Palm Beach Mayor Maurice E. Holley with Bing Crosby and Phil Harris; Presentation to West Palm Beach open winner Gardner Dickinson, Jr.; Photo of Ralph K. Ebling, who has been a pro for 31 years; Photo of Charley Thom, age 76, who has been a pro for 50 years at Shinnecock Hills, Southampton, NY; Pictorial review of the year features women amateurs; Photo of Paul C. Grant who has joined the Shawnee Inn staff; Photo of self-taught Mrs. Marley Spearman; Photo of Worplesdon foursome finalists Major W. Dalton Henderson, Mrs. Luisa Abrahams, Mlle. Odile Semilaigne of France and Gerald Micklem; and more. Some soiling and mended opening to front cover, otherwise average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
200358 pages. Features: The Hejia Village Hoard - a snapshot of China's silk road trade; The Burial location and dating of the Hejia Village treasures; Three Textiles from Turfan; The Illustrative Sequence on An Jia's Screen - a depiction of the Daily Life of a Sabao; 'Divine Presence' at Casa Asia in Barcelona; 'Ming - The Golden Age of Chinese Furniture' at the Musee Guimet; Blanc de Chine at the China Institute Gallery; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. An excellent copy of this beautiful issue. Magazine
1958112 pages. Features: He Works in God's Back Pastures - Young Minister Sam Varnell chose to work in the "knob country" of eastern Tennessee; The Horse That Was Hard to Believe; The Story Behind Quemoy - How this small island on the coast of China has led America to the brink of War; They Can't Wait to Grow Old - tricks used to illegally receive Social Security payments; Adventures of the Mind, 16 - The Power Holders of the American economy; Battle Against the Lake - great photo-illustrated article on how the Southern Pacific Railroad is laying a roadbed across the Great Salt Lake. Fiction: The Swindler's LIfe; Hopeless Case; Marriageable Age; Ambitious Cop; The Midtown Bomber (part 2 of 5); The case of the Greedy Grandpa (conclusion). Ads: Nice color-photo Ronson lighter ad inside front cover; Fantastic one-page photo-ad for the Philco Predicta TV (which looks like something out of the Jetson's); Nice one-page color-photo ad for the 1959 Studebaker Lark station wagon (blue); Nostalgic one-page color-photo ad for Gulf shows snow white Cadillac with back seat loaded with Christmas gifts in service station; Nice color one-page ad for the Ford Edsel (yellow); Whitman's Chocolates color-photo ad features Santa; One-page black and white photo ad for Motorola TVs; One-page color ad for the 1959 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Holiday Sportsedan and Dynamic 88 Holiday Scenicoupe; AC Oil Filter ad features color photo of Dale Robertson of the "Wells Fargo" TV show; Wonderful two-page color-photo ad for 1959 Lincoln cars (white) and Helen Hayes; Idyllic three-color-page wedding-themed ad for the new for Ford Galaxie; Color-photo ad inside back cover for the 1959 De Soto station wagon (yellow) filled with dalmatians has some discolorations. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy of this great issue. 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
1935Pages 1077-1116. Features: Cover photo of the five-power conference to negotiate a new international treaty for the limitation of naval armaments; Illustration of the great Finnish composer M. Jean Sibelius on the occasion of his 70th birthday; Page of illustrations of naval cruisers of Britain, Japan, Germany and Italy - a reduction problem for the five-power naval conference; Page of reproductions of archival illustrations of historic precedents for Lord De Clifford's trial; Photos of air raids on Dessie - Italian bonds damaged the palace of the Crown Prince just after the Emperor of Abyssinia had left it to me: Article discusses "What is Electricity?"; Page of illustrations present electricity as a "new servant"of man; Oil - the diplomatic problem of the hour - three pages of photos of the modern oil industry; A unique complex of bronze age Irish ring-forts - new discoveries of unusual interest, at Cush, in the County Limerick; Page of photos of newly found relics of Celtic Ireland in the Bronze Age; a 12th-century Irish reliquary - the shrine of St. Manchan - text and photos; Page of photos of anteaters Map of the present Abyssinian Empire; Two-page illustration of the boiler furnaces of the "Queen Mary" being lit; Photo of rioting in Lahore; Photo of a large band of Sikhs overlooked by mounted police during a pause in their march to Lahore for Shahidi day; One page colour ad says Guinness is good for oysters - good for you; Colour centrefold illustration of the "Silver Jubilee Procession"; Nice colour one-page ad for Craven 'A' cigarettes with Christmas motif; Photos of personalities of the week include: the Oxford and Cambridge rugby teams, E. O. W. Hunt, George A Strasser, his Majesty Haile Selassie, Señor Manuel Quezon, the Bishop of Salisbury, Lord De Clifford, Thomas Marlowe, C. Hayden Coffin, and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester in Ulster with their hostess, Lady Brooke; Photos of survivors of the "Silverhazel" being rescued near the US destroyer "Bulmer"; Photo of the new Commonwealth of the Philippines being inaugurated at the legislative building in Manila; Photo of Signor Mussolini reading a restrained speech in the Italian chamber on the sanctions situation; Photo of saluting Italian war widows and mothers at the unknown warrior's tomb; Photo of Miss Jean Batten's damaged airplane on Araruama Beach, Brazil; Photo of the Wiley Post and Will Rogers aviation beacon recently placed on the George Washington Bridge in New York; Photo of wrecked Belgian airliner in Kent which crashed killing 11; Photos of Sir John Carden and Capt. Jean Schoonbroodt; Photo of Mr. S. V. Appleby crossing the channel in a "Flying flea"; One-page South Africa travel ad features illustration of native Village scene; One-page illustrated ad for Booth's matured dry gin; One page ad for the Vauxhall big six saloon; Review of "Steel of Empire", by John Murray Gibbon; Halfpage illustrated Estorial (Portugal) travel ad; One-page ad promotes Austria as the 'ski paradise'; article discusses economic 'stabilization' and it's difficulties; and more. Centrefold loose but present. Outer advertising pages not included. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1963148 pages. "An explanation of vital Bible truths as taught by the perfect spiritual masters of the east. An introduction to the Yoga or spiritual science of the true masters, who teach the path of spiritual attainment that is based upon the Word or Logos of the Bible. Those who have been seeking a real master will here learn how to find him; and those who do not know if real masters exist on earth will here find evidence of interest to every sincere enquirer." - from title page. Hand-writing upon front and back fixed endpapers, otherwise contents clean and unmarked. Light external wear. Binding tight. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
2005512 pages. Illustrated in black and white. "Tells the story of the almost 5,000 Saskatchewan men and women who gave their lives for Canada in WWII, in Korea and on peacetime operations since the war. Details are provided on each casualty's military service, on their families, and on the geographic features in Saskatchewan's north that have been named in their honour. Includes photos of approximately a third of the casualties." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
195548 pages. "Reflections on 'The Quiet Way' tract, attributed to a saintly recluse who took the religious name Wen Ch'ang, who flourished during the Tang dynasty." - pg. 3. Prior owner's stamp atop title page. Considerable marginalia and underlining in pencil and ink. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1975231 pages. Index. "The ECK-Vidya is part of the teachings of ECKANKAR, and must be studied by every chela who wishes to have the true knowledge of the SUGMAD and ECK." - from page 18. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A nice copy. Book
1973170 pages. Unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A nice copy. Book
