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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
1958Features: According to the Law - Lieut.-Col. G.H. Keighley-Bell recalls his adventures with Kurds around 1919; Cut Out and Get Out - Tom H. Inkster recalls logging on Vancouver Island - photos; A Pint for the Man Who Breaks his Oar - fishermen at Aldeburgh, "The Wild Amphibious Race"; A Witch Doctor and the Bride - a Zulu Tale; The Sea Arab - a white man becomes a man of the sea in the tropical islands; Death to the Whites - Lolo St. Paul of the Shuswap Indians in British Columbia taught the law of the White man to the Indians, but to the pioneer-settlers he represented the law of the Redskin - excellent and little-known B.C. history with photos; Outcast of the Silent City - An Indian Adventure; I Lived in the Stone Age - studying aborigines of Australia; The Lost World of Jimmy Angel - a tale of gold, diamonds and Angel Falls, a mile-high waterfall in Venezuela; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding beginning to open at bottom but everything still holding together. Book
1969Nice Wurlitzer theatre organ ad inside front cover. Contents: Lovely photo of the interior of the Paradise Theatre, Chicago. The Second Age of Theatre Organ - The Grande Barton Pipe Organ in the Virginia Theatre - nice illustrated 3-page article. Vincennes University in Vincennes, Indiana is probably the first Junior College in the United States to have a Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ installed on its campus - illustrated article. Technical Article - Repairing and Rewinding Wurlitzer Magnets (part 2). The Ashley Miller Story - nice two-page article with photos. Mark Del Castillo concert for L.A. Chapter. Chicago 1926 - Article on Henri A. Keates. Chicago's Radio Theatre Pipe Organs - Pipe Dreams, Chicago, USA (part 1 of 2) - fantastic article with photos, including Al Melgard. John Muri on different syles of playing. Billy Nalle at Longwood Gardens. Welcome to the Hoosier Theatre - Dick Smith plays in Whiting, Indiana. Lee Erwin Captivates Rochester. Gaylord Carter Presides at San Diego Morton Organ Rededication Show. The Fabulous 'Beer Can' Organ and Art Stopes. Obituaries of James Allen Orcutt and Frank D. Rogers. Nuggets from the Golden Days. Reader contributions. Classified ads. Chapter news. Hollywood Cavalcade. Record Reviews. Nice Rodgers Theatre Organ ad on back cover. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound 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
1931Features: Chemistry may become the important post-depression factor; Editorials - extreme naval economy; farm by-products - one dollar for ducks - no dole for us - pilotless plane of the future; Cows fed irradiated yeast give ricket-preventive milk; Space as yet unfathomed - man's report is - "no bottom"; Better engines for navy planes; Speeding rail freight - new merchandise containers carry less than carload lots; Man-made oases in American deserts; Poland becomes a maritime nation - denied use of Danzig, Poland builds her own seaport; Has forest conservation created a false alarm?; Modern coal for modern markets - coal is now washed and thoroughly cleaned; Trademarks in disguise - the secret of a good trademark is its arbitrary nature; How stable is the earth's crust?; Masterpiece of Minoan Art; Babylonian brick reliefs; a link between Hellenistic and Roman painting; Butterfly faking - a new industry - rare and costly species "manufactured" from common varieties; Stone age man's world-wide culture. Back cover boasts colour Lucky Strike advertisement featuring illustration of a sultry Jean Harlow. She is quoted as saying "It's a delight to find a celophane wrapper that opens without an ice pick." Average wear. Unmarked. Two very small tears to fore-edge of back cover. Book
193250 pages. Features: Front cover Thompson Valves ad commemorates Navy flyer Lieut. Soucek and his 1930 altitude record at 43,166 feet; Good Year ad features photos of American Airways planes; Data on the strength of Aircraft Materials; Improving the Control System; Weight Reduction Versus Drag Reduction in Design; The Stark System of Instrument Flying; A New Army Fighting Grade Anti-Knock Aviation Gasoline - article by Major James H. Doolittle; Engineering Deductions of a Flight Around the World - Charles Healy Day and his Errant (Martin); The New Continental R-670; Care and Construction of Metal Propellers; 1931 Aircraft Production; Century Airlines Hangar-Terminal Building; Brief personality profile - with photo - of Charles N. Monteith, Boeing's chief engineer; Obituary of C.T. Porter; Autogiro photo ad inside back cover shows Juan De La Cierva taking off from Pier 34, New York, December 23, 1931; Nice illustrated back cover ad for the new Stinson Model "R"; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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
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
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
1942228 pages. Features: Unified Command - examing the war cabinets of America, Britain, and Germany; Andre Cheradame's Plan for the UN to arm the enslaved people of Europe; The Hard Facts of Air Cargo - it can deliver a quick punch but is limited by raw materials and fuel; Making the best use of our limited steel; Housing for War - Billeting and Requisitioning are necessary for war workers - with emphasis upon Mobile, Alabama; War on the Western Ocean - a personal account of two Atlantic crossings by Stoyan Pribichevich; Machine-Tool Maker's Dilemma - Warner & Swasey has boosted turret-lathe production 700% and will be faced with no demand after the war; Lend-Lease To Date - how and how well it works; Hero - Edwim M. Stanton, Lincoln's Secretary of War; The New Age of Wood - describing its many untapped possible uses; Washington Fiscal Policy; The Edge of the Abyss - by Alfed Noyes; and more. Dozens of great vintage ads in color and black and white, including a very attractive military-themed color ad for Harrisburg Steel. Great color ad for Gruen watches on back cover offers Melbourne Brindle-illustrated cockpit view of bombers over Tokyo and caption "How To Get Home From Tokyo!" Unmarked with average wear. A quality vintage copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
196624 pages. Features: Nelson Rockefelller explains how things are different since both his grandfathers quit school early to take jobs; Nice one-page color photo ad for Hunt's Catsup; The Last Basket - Wayne Estes of the Utah State basketball team had a strange premonition just before he died - article with nice photo of Estes at the basket; They Chose Paris - Six American career girls who moved there, and stayed - article with photos of Dorian Leigh, Janice Wells, Vicki Howard, Elmore Carruthers Richmond, Florence Gilliam and Rita Johnson; Nice 1/3-page color ad for Sophie Mae Peanut Brittle; The Baker's Art - recipes; Magic sciene tricks for kids; Diam "M" For Help - fictional story about when to tell your troubles to your Minister - and when not to; Zipcode USA - Teen Q&A - with photos of Lesley and Michael Gore; Inca Gold - historic items loaned to the U.S. by the government of Peru; Sensational color back cover ad for James Bond thriller books features action photos - including Pussy Galore pointing gun at James - a super Bond collectible! Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
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
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
1995308 pages. References. Glossary. List of species. "...Intensive clearcut logging of Alberta's aspen-dominated boreal mixedwood forests at 60-70 year rotations may alter the age class structure of the forest landscape and result in a change in forest structure and biota... The information in this study will serve as a reference against which structure and biota in harvested forests can be compared." - from Executive Summary. Prior owner's name atop title page, otherwise tight, clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
1803ref. 7243Bourg, Bottier, an XII - 1803 ; in-18 ; bradel demi-percaline vert kaki, pièce de titre vert sapin, non rogné (L. Guétant) ; 319, (1), VI tt. (table), (2) ff. bl.
ref. 8870P., Daumont,1760.
ref. 8877Sans lieu ni date, (fin du XVIIIème).
ref. 8853P., Basset, (fin du XVIIIème).
ref. 8854Sans lieu ni date, (fin du XVIIIème). (Gravures d’un moulin contrecollées au dos).
1855Paris, Furne & Cie, 1855; in-8, 490 pp. + 482 pp. + catalogue d’éditeur, reliures demi-veau rouge, dos orné à nerfs. Les 2 volumes. Très bon état.
1948ref. 520861948 Sans lieu, Editions du Galion, 1948, grand in 4° en feuilles sous couverture rempliée illustrée en couelurs, sous double emboitage de toile de jutte (petite tache d'encre rouge en queue du dos).
1746ref. 840981746 La Haye, Pierre Gosse, 1746, 2 volumes in 12 reliés plein veau ancien, dos lisses ornés, étiquettes de titre maroquin rouge et de tomaison maroquin vert ; minuscules frottis.
ref. 8885P., Basset (mi XVIIIème). (Petit trou de ver).
ref. 8867P., Beauvais, (fin du XVIIIème). (Deux petits trous de ver).
1883ref. DZN-235Paris Hachette 1883, 4 volumes grand in-4, 797+765+795+701 pages 36 planches hors-texte en chromolithographie (manque la planche "Adoration des mages , et présentation au temple" de la 2ème série), 187 gravures pleine-page en noir et 1256 gravures in-texte d'après les documents et les manuscrits de l'époque.. En feuillets libres, sous chemises cartonnées à lacets, plats imprimés; les dos ont été refaits avec une percaline bleue muette, un mors fendu, plusieurs lacets manquants. Un des 100 exemplaires (n°8) numérotés sur papier Vélin de cuve.
