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18 pages. Features: Life - A Million Miracles; Mailbag; Photo of Earle C. Westwood, Minister of Recreation & Conservation; Announcement of Chilliwack Steelhead Derby; Plastic Aids for Fishermen - second in a series about plastics, their properties and their use in the outdoors; Clay Chips; Centrefold map of the Englishman River, including small photo and some text; Basic Fishing Knots; New World Record - photo of Heinz Wichmann of Terrace, B.C., and his 92-lb Tyee!; Ahead of the Game - how to prepare your trophies; Do You See Red? - vision issues for hunters; Nice back cover Old Vienna ad features photo of B.C. hunter with huge moose he just bagged; Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Pages 433-472. Features: From Chorus Girl to Star - Being the Real Life Story of Gwen Rae (part one); Big Fights with Nature Number Ten - Lighting the Coasts - with great photos of lighthouse construction; "Weather Permitting" - a football article with photo of Newcastle v. Bradford City game which was stopped by the awful blizzard of January 11th; Nameless Island - The Thing in the Pool, another adventure of the Specimen Hunters; Land of Luck - article Number Four - Fire-Fighting in Canada - describes the terrible danger of forest fires, and tells how they are fought, with photos; Jerry Gray - Soldier, a Clockmaker's Romance; The Shadow - A Tale of Mystery (part one); When Greek Meets Greek - a Sexton Blake adventure. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: The case against federalized medicine by Dr. George M. Fister, head of the AMA; Twin Scandals - Dumping and Recruiting - the basketball mess - throwing games, payoffs; The Favoured Sport of Jacqueline - colour photos; "She's just one of the Fox Hunters; Why Women go Wig-Happy - wigs may become a standard beauty aid like jewelry, lipstick and contact lenses; The Danish Jews - how their countrymen saved them from the Nazis; The High-Flying Robert Six - Continental Airlines' president sees a new mass market for jet travel; The Ecumenical Council - a progress report. Colour 1963 Rambler car ad inside front cover. Nice colour Pepsi ad. Three nice colour pages of Ford car ads. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Book
Features: The Tragedy of the "Ouida" - a pearling lugger disappears along with three members of her crew; That Night in Shanghai - Mr. and Mrs. Aitchison no longer sleep with a tree close to their window; African Nights - a young family is relocated to a home in the middle of the African wilds; A Fool Afoot in France - the amusing narrative of an economy traveller in France; Deadline Hitch-hike - the author, new to America, hitch-hiked from Arkansas to Colorado in 10 days; High Seas Murder - the new Malay fireman was a trouble-maker; Moroccan Location - a breezy account of the adventures of the people engaged in making the well-known "Black Rose" film among the Berber hillmen of Morocco - many photos; Frozen Terrow - Paddy Brennan was as tough as a youngster could be; The Rubber Hunters; Mediterranean Pirates - Recent happenings in Tangiers - photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. Nice copy. Book
Features include: Sunken Treasure - In 1799 the British frigate Lutine sand off the Dutch coast and in 1933 a new method of salvage was attempted; A Burmese Houdini; Tiger's Teeth - An English Adventure; The Major's Panther - Amateur big-game hunters get lucky; #20,000 - the eventful life of a banker; On the Trail in Wonderland - Travels through Navajo Indian country; Three Queer Mysteries from Malaya; Our Trip to the Buffalo Country - An Australian Journey; Looking Down the Devil's Throat - A trip to Iguassu Falls in Brazil; The Naga Head-Hunters of Assam; Where Water Burns - An Alberta Story; Passed with Honours - by Lieut.-Col. M.C.A. Henniker. Illustrated in black and white. Somewhat above average wear. Openings at each spine end. One inch tear to fore-edge of back cover. Magazine
34 pages. Many black and white photos. Features: Editorial on those who support elimination of the brown bear; Seldovia - the fascinating history of this little town on the Kenai Peninsula, from prehistoric times down through the Russian occupation and the Gold-rush; Two Moose - a settler's wife reports on the work required to harvest moose meat; Fly-By-Nighters - a successful experiment in night fly-fishing; The Lost Hunters - Hans Lindberg recalls the trapping of a mink, an exciting deer hunt, and his experiments with new vegetables and flowers for Alaskan settlers; and more. Unmarked. Moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
46 pages. Features: Mailbag; Photo of Dr.l G.W. Robertson of Bralorne, B.C., Dusty Young of Williams, CA, and Al Elsy, owner of Talchako Lodge on teh Atnarko River - each with a huge fish; Photo of Ken Walmsley and his friend Tony from Kamloops with a 34-lb spring salmon; 1958-59 Hunting Regulations and Game Management Maps (Quick Reference); Binocular Alignment; Ad for Boat, Rod & Gun, located at Seventh (near Kingsway) in Vancouver features photo of Bill Jagoe, "known to thousands of hunters in B.C. as a man who knows what he is talking about when it comes to guns."; Photo of C. Cope of Osoyoos with a nice catch of rainbows from Osoyoos Lake; Clay Chips - includes photos of Bert Whelan, Jim Turner, Vic Reinders and wife 'Tommy', Mrs. Sharen Pilkington and her hubby Ralph with Bert Whelan; One-page ad for the Calgary Brewing and Malting Co. announces their arrival in B.C.; Photo of Ed Meade with E.L. (Ted) Barsby of the B.C. Federation of Fish and Game Clubs; Boy's First Gun - photo illustrated article; The Humour and Truth About Duck Hunting; Ad inside back cover by the Department of Recreation and conservation entitled "Ready For The Field" reminds hunters of good practices; Nice back cover photo ad for the International Travelall includes photo of the vehicle in an idyllic camping scene; Many additional nostalgic ads. Writing on front cover otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
18 pages. Features: Mailbag; Frankly Speaking - loaded guns in cars, Fraser River Steelhead, Industry's Place in the community, Horseshoe Bay (Blackball wants more ferry slips), Club Announcements; Clay Chips; Steelhead Report - the Lower Mainland's fisheries biologist, George Dibble, graduated from U.B.C. and joined the Game Department in 1953 - article with photo of Dibble; Shooting with both eyes open; Photos of the month include Norman Towe of Abbotsford, Frank Andrews of New West, engineer Charlie K. Harman, Bert Holyoaks, Ken Wilson with Hike Richmond, and Spencer Pallot of Haney; Camera! Action! - photography article for hunters; Photo of Tats Gatley holding two cutthroat; Boating content and ads; Ad inside back cover for the B.C. Game Commission presents the ABC's of Sportsmen (suitable for framing); Many additional nostalgic ads. Bits of writing on front cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
46 pages. Features: Nice C-I-L ammunition ad inside front cover features illustration of Emerson Clark of Preston, Ontario, Winner of the 1958 Grand American Handicap (trapshooting) - first Canadian winner of this competition in 59 years; Mailbag; 1959-60 Hunting Regulations and Game Management Maps; Game Outlook by J. Hatter; Old Vienna one-page ad features photo of successful duck hunter; Photo of Swedish Sharpshooter and world heavyweight champ Ingemar Johansson in boxing trunks holding Husqvarna rifle; Clay Chips - includes photos of W.A.(Bill) Judge and Frank Cooper; Hunter or Hunted - don't shoot your fellow hunters!; An Extra Duck in Your Bag - how sportsmen can reduce the crippling loss of waterfowl; Nice one-page illustrated ad for new Browning shotguns, the 12 gauge automatic - 5 and 20 gauge automatic 5; Watch Your Sporting Manners; Backyard Fishing - Lloyd Purdy lives in Ocean Falls - article with photo of Purdy holding Steelhead from the Martin River; Boats; One-page ad for the Department of Recreation and Conservation inside back cover gives advice for hunting on private lands; Back cover ad for the new International Travelall station wagon; Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Cover portrait of Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert C.O. Plumer, K.C.B. The fighting around the Persian Gulf. Centerfold shows two wide photos of first the British Cyclist Section, then the Regiment of chasseurs Alpins, marching past General Joffre and others. Botha's Victorious Campaign in German South-West Africa. Photos and illustrations: The first territorial V.C. - Second-Lieutenant Geoffrey Harold Woolley, of the Queen Victoria Rifles; Three Highlanders who defeated fifty Huns; Poison gas; Camera pictures of the campaign in the Persian Gulf; Full-page photo of General Joffre with Sir John French and Sir Douglas Haig at the front; Indian Cavalry; 10th Mule Corps; Map of German South-West Africa; Map of Mesopotamia; General Smuts; and much more. Covers secured by tape. Above-average wear. Book
24 pages. Features: Tinkering with our Game Laws; A New Deal for America's Wild Water-Fowl; New Hampshire Field Trials; Vitamin A Deficiency in Dogs; Dog breeding information; Veterinary Q & A; Dog ads; Classy one-page photo ad for Radium Springs (near Albany in South Georgia) shows hunters and dog at work; Half-page illustrated ad for Lewis' Lye on front cover (keeps dogs free from disease); and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Back cover loose but present, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Book
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with cartoons throughout, some light age-soiling as usual; original pictorial boards, ivory cloth backstrip lettered in black, very neatly recased with lower board reinforced, a very good, bright, firm copy. Featuring 'Sergeant Tombs, whose Passion for Experiment led him to Destruction'. A wonderful example of sardonic 'Tommy' humour from the trenches, somewhere between Belloc's 'Cautionary Tales' and Graham's 'Ruthless Rhymes'. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
Pages 443-482. Features: Cover photo and two additional pages of photos of destruction in Orleansville, Algeria caused by earthquake; Page of photos of diplomatic and political events; Dramatic photo-sequence of fatal collision between the liner Italia with the tug Fairplay 1 at Cuxhaven; Photos of Royal occasions in Scotland, Canada and the Netherlands; Four aerial photos of Formosa - a danger spot in the world today; Two pages of photos of training recruits of the Chinese Nationalist Army in Formosa - learning how to use weapons from the U.S. to ward off Communist attack; Excellent aerial photo of aircraft carrier Philippine Sea and destroyer Erben being refueled by fleet oiler Chemung; Photos of works of art by the Aurignacian hunters of Spain; Seven photos of the Farnborough Air Show; Full-page photos of the De Havilland low-speed and high-speed wind tunnels; Photos of personalities of the week include R. Bierwirth, Charles Geddes, Sir Frank Gibbs, Anthony Eden with Dr. J.W. Beyen and M.P. Bech, M. Andre Derain, Sir Francis Evans, Chiang Ching-Kuo, Sir Alan Hartley, Channel swimmer Edward May, Paul Mason, and General De Castries and his wife; Photo of Lake Ontario swimmer Marilyn Bell, Roger Bannister; photos of balloon flyer Mr. Garrett Cashman and his wife; Classy colour-photo ad for United States Lines inside back cover; other nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
24 pages. Features: Tiger, The Bookie - article on Bookies in Canada and the $250 million in business they do annually; The Day the French invaded Lethbridge - hunters from France come to hunt pheasant - article with colour photos; Dig These Rocks - John Hillen has brought new life to the Royal Ontario Museum's (ROM's) new mineralogy gallery; Return of the Nonsuch - article and photos of replica ship to that which first opened Hudson Bay - nice colour photos; CBC Radio Show "Funny You Should Say That!' - article with photo of cast members Barrie Baldaro, Ted Zeigler, Peter Cullen and Joan Stuart; Nice full-page colour photo ad for the 1969 Plymouth Valiant; Walter Marat builds things from broken hockey sticks; Gorgeous colour swimwear photography. Printed by newspapers across Canada as a weekend supplement. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 449-512. Features: In Peril Among the Riffs - How Sir Malcolm Campbell and Flight-Lieut. Don nearly lost their lives in North Africa - article with photos; With the Seal Hunters - photo-illustrated article on the heroic and arduous labours of the gallant fishermen for seals amongst the ice-floes of the coast of Labrador; Famous Figures in Football - G. (Geoffrey) N. Foster and Dr. R. Cove-Smith - article with photo; Sixty Years of Soccer - article with photos of William McCracken, Fanny Walden, G.O. Smith, Victor Watson, and Clifford Bastin; The Secret of Druid's Cross (mystery story); Why Keep a Log Book?; Field Hockey Tactics - article with photos; Making Morris Motors - photo-illustrated article on the manufacture of Morris cars; The Poacher's Wirelss (fiction); The Reversed Watermark (fiction); The Hooghly River - the World's Worst (article); The Story of Stamp Collecting. No table of contents. Covers loose but present. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 487-530. Features: Cover page photo of state funeral of Adm. of the Fleet Earl Beatty; Major coverage of the funeral of Lord Beatty; Photo illustrated article entitled Flightless Birds in Three Continents; Lovely one page photo portrait of Queen Mary with three of her grandchildren; Two-page pictorial map entitled "Germany re-occupies the demilitarized Rhineland - a breach of the Versailles and Locarno treaties; Photo illustrated article entitled "A Vast Prehistoric Pompeii" revisited - further discoveries in Moravia, at Vestoice and the Pekarna cave; Two pages of photos of products of the paleolithic bone industry - weapons recalling Samson's "jawbone of an ass" and a big spoon; Page of photos and text describe mammoth hunters' cosmetics - dye-making utensils and other relics; Two pages of colour illustrations of animal art of 30,000 years ago - the earliest known sculpture; Page of seven photos document a trail of arson through Spain - the destruction of churches and convents; Photo of crowds surging to see the liner "Queen Mary" before she leaves her birthplace; Aerial photo of London Film Productions studio at Denham aflame; Photo of whales defeating Ireland in rugby championship at Cardiff, with crowds surging onto field of play; Photo of Hitler taking the salute at torch lit procession of 200,000 Nazis on the Theresienweise at Munich; Centrefold photo of the League of Nations Council meeting in London - the most vital for the peace of Europe ever held; Photos of Italian bombing of lava in Abyssinia; Photos of personalities of the week include Gen. Sir David Campell, Lord Dartmouth, Canon Nairne, Lieut. Col. R. S. Rait Kerr, Registrar A.Stiebel; the late Prof. J. S. Haldane, Sir Thomas Inskip, Sir Donald Somervell, Guila Bustabo, Ali Irfan, and the late Sir Dillon Bell; Nice one-page colour ad for the Ford V-8 car; One page Harrods ad features sports woollies for men; Nice illustrated one-page ad for the Hillman "Hawk" "Sixteen" "80" with "Evenkeel" Suspension; Classy halfpage photo ad for Bentley cars; Nostalgic one-page illustrated ad for Castrol oil features famed aviator Tommy Rose; and more. Coverfold holding by one staple. Archival tape repairs along coverfold. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Features include: The Tropic Seas for Trochus - author's experience with the hunters of these sea-molluscs; The Cleaning-Up of Williamson County - Part I of the rise and fall of Charlie Birger in Southern Illinois; Born Lucky; South Sea Solomon - The disastrous tale of a man with big ideas in the South Seas; The Runaway Steamer - The illegal voyage of a New Zealand river-steamer, the Ruawai, from Helensville to Auckland; Amazon Wonderland - author's experiences with Amazonian wildlife; Corporal Garaba's Return - A remarkable story from West Africa; Bushed - Lost in the Australian outback; Magic or Moonshine - A veteran inspector's puzzling stories of 'black magic' in Africa; Giuliano - Bandit Extraordinary; Close-Up - Peacock's Feathers; The Beehive. Illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Unmarked. Binding sound. Moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. 234 pages. Index. Extensive footnotes. Black and white photographic plates. Laing "was a long lived, widely published, notable Canadian naturalist. His love was birds but his writing and his collecting expeditions ranged further... After living around North America he settled in the bird paradise of Comox, BC. This biography explores a man and a philosophy of conservation that insisted the naturalist be a good man with a gun." - from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. An excellent copy. Book
64 pages. Features: Sidney Katz reports on the RCMP's controversial spy hunters - the S&I men of the Directorate of Security and Intelligence - includes great photo of Commissioner C.W. Harvison with Assistant Commissioner J.R. W. Bordeleau; A cool look at the hot race into space - many rocket photos; Austin Clark - a Black Man - talks about Race Prejudice in White Canada; What Americans really think about us; Life in Eaton's Catalogue, or, How I wrestled my Uncle Ernest in my medium-weight thermal underwear, by Peter N. Allison; Farmer A.A. Kingscote's article complaining about how hunters cause annual problems; Pierre Berton on the grave flaws in private medicare. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Abortion (part 1 of 3) - the full story of one of our most shocking social evils; The Tornado Hunters - pilots of the new storm-warning center in Kansas City spot oncoming twisters; The Report the President Wanted Published - the free people of Binh Hung Village in Vietnam; A Visit with Willie Mays - he talks about his stormy marriage and the reasons behind his team's 5th-place finish in 1960; The Untold Stories of the Civil War, V - How we marched through Georgia - a Union soldier's unvarnished account of the march through the Confederacy to Atlanta and the sea; Secretary of Things in General - Arizona's Stewart Udall is a rugged ex-athlete and now head of the Interior Department. Nice 2-page colour Ford station wagon ad. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
55 pages. Features: Archbishop Howard H. Clark, Anglican Primate of All Canada; Miami - City of Intrigue in the Sun - plotters, counter-plotters, gun-runners and exiles from a half-dozen Latin-American lands keep U.S. lawmen busy; How to Improve Your Luck; Colour photos of sweater fashions; Under the Knife - comic; Dog with a Soft Spot for Orphans - a motherly French Bulldog; These Men Are Almost Dead of Thirst - French Hunters Die of Thirst in Sahara; Quebec Novelist Marie-Claire Blais Takes New York in her Stride; Stars on Ice - Stars turn out for the 25th anniversary of the Ice Follies in Hollywood; Patron Saint of the Hot-Rod Set - Gordon Taylor, Transportation Minister of Alberta; Dean Griffing and Frankie Filchock say it is time for Canadian football to go American; A boy's best friend is his duck; Nipper by Doug Wright. Colour ads for: Sun-Up; Crown Royal Syrup; Lady Galt Towels; Heinz Spaghetti; Robin Hood Cake Mix; Philishave Speed-Flex; Salada Tea; Five Roses Flour; Canadian General Electric Appliances; Lux Soaps; Coffee; Birds-Eye frozen dinners; Pepsi-Cola; Christie's Premium Crackers; Maple Leaf Sausages; Aylmer Soups; Cadbury's Choco; Betty Crocker; Simon's Cigars; Electrohome Stereos; SOS pads; Cadbury's Dairy Milk. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
Cover portrait of Peter I., King of Serbia. Centerfold photo montage entitled "With the Men of the First Canadian Contingent on Salisbury Plain.' Contains best accounts of Battles of the Aisne. Battles and bombardments of the Aisne and Suippes. Photos and illustrations include: under and above ground along the Aisne; French Alpine Chasseurs; President Poincare's Bombarded Villa at Sampigny; Fugitives at Senlis Station; Desolation in Senlis; and more. Covers secured by tape. Somewhat above-average wear. Worthy reference copy. Book
24 pages. Features: Vintage illustrated ad for Peters shotgun shells on front cover; Publich Shooting Grounds; The American Jack Snipe Society; Advocating Game as a Replacement Crop; Canada Orders Buffalo Hunts; U.S. Sleuthing for Data to Aid "Duck Come-Back"; The Southwestern Club's Trials - article with photos of President Carl E. Duffield, Secretary Dr. Felix M. Adams and several dogs; Virginia Amateur Field Trials - article with photos of President Ernest C. Mead and Secretary J. Wiley King; Illustrated ad for Western Xpert shotgun shells; Field Dog Stud Book Registrations; Veterinary Q & A; Classy one-page ad for Radium Springs (near Albany in South Georgia) features hunters and dog at work; Nostalgic photo ad for Purina Dog Chow shows truckload of sacks of dog chow being manually loaded onto ship the Jacob Ruppert, Admiral Byrd's ship, before it set off for the Arctic in 1933 with 50 tons of food, enough for 153 huskies for two years; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Nice two-color illustrated Valspar ad inside front cover; Taxes, Taxes, Taxes! - they are always with us but often we do not know it; Cashing in on the 'Blue Sky' - a study of the methods used by Wily 'Aviation' and real estate promoters in separating the sucker from his dollar; The Principles that guided George W. Hays in Exercising the Pardoning Power; The Genesis of the Constitution - reflections on what Washington and 38 of his countrymen did one summer; Bringing the Human Boat to Port Under Its Own Steam - advice on healthy living; What Would Izaak Walton Have Said? - the author of 'The Compleat Angler' in his wildest dreams could naver have visualized a 1,500-pound mackerel; Henry Ford's Page - struggle between industry and finance for control of business; Editorials - shaming the U.S. into canceling war debts, anti-prohibition propaganda, The County Fair, Dictators and the dictated; The Gold Hunters - being the story of a party of young men from Michigan in their search for fortune in California in 1850-1851; Bathing, Begging and Buring in Benares - strange scenes on the banks of the Ganges, India's sacred stream - article with photos; The Voyage of the Victoria (part 11)- Death of Magellan; Chats with Office Callers - ; Can You Tell Me?; I Read in the Papers - Japan turns from rice as sole diet; The Village Blacksmith. Moderate moisture exposure. Center pages holding by one staple. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
214 pages. Index. Selected bibliography. Footnotes. Black and white illustrations. "... Deals with the history of the Alaska Boundary from its definition in the Anglo-Russian Treaty of 1825 up to 1920 when the main surveys were completed... Balances an account of the purely political issues involved with the stirring first-hand reports of surveyors in the field." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's small name inkstamp upon front free endpaper else book clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket, now preserved in archival-grade Brodart, bears moderate wear with small chip from and short opening to upper corner of front panel. A quality copy. Book
