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78 pages. Cover photo of Sue Laurence and Jackie Vargas of the Athen Water Follies, Oakland, California. Includes 1960 official synchronized swimming rules, national summaries, and list of champions. Many diagrams and great black and white photos of prize-winning swimmers. Heavy wear and soiling. Tape along spine. Not pretty but a worthy reading copy of this vintage work. Book
197 Pages including index. This was the first complete book about Canadian sports. Now a historical reference at thirty years old, readers are sure to be surprised when the turn a page to see a once loved but now forgotten sports hero. It celebrates the achievements of Canada's great athletes and catches the excitement of their triumphs. At the same time it points out the failings, disasters and injustices of sports in this country. Complete with 120 black and white photographs, 20 colour plates, index, and list of winners of the Grey Cup, Brier and the Stanley Cup from their inception. Includes hockey, lacrosse, baseball, auto and motorcycle racing, skiing, golf, table tennis, badminton, tennis, rowing, horse racing, boxing, figure skating, football, curling, swimming, wrestling, track and field, and more. Dust jacket shows wear at edtes and has an assortment of small tears with several small chips missing. Covers have surprisingly little bumping. Book
Unpaginated. Illustrated hockey story for young readers. From the Bungalo Books series. Zero wear or markings. Super copy in glossy illustrated covers. Book
80 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for Dominion Inlaid Linoleum inside front cover; Editorial topics include - Advertising our country, Typical problems in the western provinces, The Return of Employment, and The Cost of Sickness; The Smooth Silence (short story); The Carpenter (short story); Peiping (Beijing/Peking) Under Martial Law - photo-illustrated article of events in troubled China; Not a Case for the Jury (short story); The Girl Who Wouldn't Get Up (short story); The Spongers (short story); First Easter Among the Godless - photo-illustrated article told by Alexander Welikotny describes his experiences in Russia; Heil Summer, Heil Sport, All Heil! - article looks forward to the Olympics, with photos of Canadian Crew Champions, The Leanders "Eight" of Hamilton, broad jumper "Sammy" Richardson, and walker "Hank" Cieman of Toronto; Nice one-page Plymouth ad features a four-Door Touring Sedan and photo of A.B. Ellis, Radio Engineer of station CKLW; Parker pen one-page ad features photo of Princess Rostislav; Nice one-page Dodge care ad includes photo of a Model "D2" four-door Touring Sedan, and photo of Mr. F. Lyle Kelly, of Windsor, Ontario; First report of the Bank of Canada; Great two-page Easter Chevrolet ad features a green two-door; Movie news includes photos of Warner Baxter, Charlie Chaplin, Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale, Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, Billy Lee, and Shirley Temple; Great one-page Lux soap ad features photo of Grace Moore; Pond's ad includes photo of Eleanor Roosevelt, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Latrobe Roosevelt of Washington, D.C.; Blue Jay Corn Plaster ad entitled "Corn Demon Killed"; Half-page Canadian National Railways ad features Jasper National Park; Cooking article; Nice one-page ad for Magic Baking Powder; features Miss Lillian Loughton; Spring Cleaning article; Nice one-page Heinz ad features photo of Josephine Gibson; Canadian Pacific half-page ad features photo of the Empress of Britain; Uncommon half-page ad for Ingram's Milkweed Cream; Beauty article; Tangee ad features photo of Lyle Talbot who picked the most appealing lips in an interesting test; World Sayings; Ad inside back cover protests preferential treatment of foreign periodicals in Canada; Wonderful colour back-cover ad for Tea features a Ripley's Believe it or Not theme and says "Drink More Tea for Vitality!"; and more. Average wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
150 pages. Features: Nice one-page photo ad for Easton metal hockey sticks features Tim Kerr; New Initiatives a Positive Force in Minor Hockey; Canada's Olympic Hockey Challenge - with photo of Zarley Zalapski in action and partial (?) team photo including Joe Nieuwendyk, Sean Burke, Cliff Ronning, and many others; Some '84 Olympic Memories - with photo of Russ Courtnall (in Leaf gear); Nice color team photo of Canada's 1984 Olympic hockey team; Vintage one-page colour Pepsi ad features their classic "The Choice of a New Generation" tagline; Officiating in the 1990's; Great one-page color-photo ad for Koho sticks features Larry Robinson and Jari Kurri; Prescription for healthier, happier hockey; Nice one-page colour-photo ad for McCormicks Crackers features Jean Beliveau; Mario Lemieux Has Arrived! - inspired by the Great Gretzky, and challenged by the Supreme Soviets, Mario turned Canada Cup '87 into his coming out party! - with photos; *Classic* one-page photo ad for Titan/Jofa sticks features Mike Bossy standing beside suit of armour holding stick; Ray Bourque colour photo in Micron skates ad; New CAHA Chairman, Clair Sudsbury, Speaks Out; Nice one-page colour-illustrated ad for Sher-Wood sticks; Minor Hockey Week; Dave Chambers will coach the Canadian Junior team in Moscow at Christmas; Nice group photo of attendees of the 1987 National uner 18 Selection camp in Calgary; Colour photo of award-winner Rob Brown in Transamarica Life ad; Photo of Allan Cup winners, Brantford Mott's Clamatos; Colour photos of 1987 CAHA Champions the Miramichi Packers, the Stoney Plains Eagles, the Memorial Cup winning Medicine Hat Tigers, the Centennial Cup winning Richmond Sockeyes, the Air Canada Cup winning Richelieu Riverains, the Purolator Challenge Cup winning Pictou County Scotsburn Dairy, Toronto Red Wings and Winnipeg Saints, and the Abby Hoffman Cup winning Hamilton Golden Hawks; CIBC colour-photo one-page ad features Patrick Roy; Women's Hockey on World Sport Map - article with colour photo of the Hamilton Golden Hawks; Vintage Bee Hive Corn Syrup ad features colour photo of Frank Mahovlich; The International Hockey Centre of Excellence; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Minor bit of moisture exposure near back. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
Roma, 1965, 13 giugno, copertina illustrata a colori in fascicolo originale completo di pp. 48 de "La Tribuna illustrata” .
297 pages. "Takes an inside look at the Blue Jays' road to the World Series title. And at the men who made it happen. Told through the eyes of the 1992 players and coaches, author Rosie Dimanno provides a personal view of this championship team that has not yet been told." - from just jacket. Black and white illustrations. Book clean, bright and unmarked with zero wear... Beautiful! Ever-so-slight signs of handling to bright glossy dust jacket. Excellent gift-quality copy. Book
247 pages. Index. Contains: biographies of every Grandmaster and all major figures; accounts and tables of the greatest tournaments in history; Explanations of all technical terms; Over 100 of the greatest games ever played; Photos of all the great players." - from dust jacket. Somewhat above-average wear with usual library markings. Binding intact. A sound reference copy of this interesting and informative work. Book
Pages 253-296. Black and white photos. Features: The month in New Hampshire; Senator William E. Borah - an interview; The highest path in New England - a tramping trip along the Range Walk - article with great photos; Three opinions on the legislature of 1923 - the Democratic viewpoint, the Republican viewpoint, an Independent viewpoint; Along came Mary Ann - how home demonstration work helps a community - article with nice photos; The Northeastern Forest Experiment Station; An Anthology of One Poem Poets; The Bunga Road - an exciting controversy at Landaff; Guernseys that Pay - some champions at the Rockingham Farm; Ships (poem); How the House was Adjourned; Books of New Hampshire Interest; The Editor Stops to Talk; Current Opinion in New Hampshire; New Hampshire Necrology. Above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
112 pages. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of photos ot teams and players. Includes nostalgic illustrated ads. 18 x 12.5 cm. Includes coverage of the Edmonton Mercurys, World Champions for 1949-50. Cover photo of Lorne Lussier and Larry Dunville in action. Few faint random pen marks inside front cover and upon first page otherwise unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Soiling to back cover. Contents moderately tanned with age. PLEASE NOTE: Lacking pages 55-58 which appear to have contained information about Junior teams, otherwise a worthy copy of this wonderful vintage British hockey memento. Book
VHS video tape in case. Featuring: Elizaveta Stekolnikova and Dmitri Kazarlyga. Will assist viewers at all levels of ability in attaining the power, speed, and control typified by world-class skaters. Dubova is the world-renowned coach of Olympic medal winners Usova and Zhulin, Klimova and Ponomarenko, and Gritschuk and Platov. "I have seen Natalia in action, teaching her stroking exercises to skaters at all levels... her video will be a great asset to any skating program." - Louis Stong, Coach of World Champions Underhill and Martini and Kurt Browning. Length of tape not stated. Appears to be at least 30 minutes and quite possibly one hour. Tape and case clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor indenting. 160pp. In 1999, Manchester United achieved the unthinkable - they won the Premier League Championship, The FA Cup and the European Cup. Alex Ferguson gives his own compelling account of how Manchester United planned and scored the goals in that incredible season. The ultimate tribute book to a sensational Manchester United.
129 pages. Tips from the Australian Davis Cup Captain whose coaching made champions of Rosewall, Emerson, Hoad, Newcombe, and Laver. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Price-clipped dust jacket is chipped at edges and bears somewhat above-average wear. Book
210 pages. Glossy photo-illustrated boards. Colour photos throughout. Documents the illustrious first twenty years of the Edmonton Oilers. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A beautiful copy of this superb Edmonton Oilers collectible. An ideal gift for any Oilers fan. Book
132 pages. The following only touches upon the highlights of the considerable fascinating photos and text in this issue. Features: Cover illustration of mobile deep-sea floor device of J.E. Williamson; Fire at sea - a challenge to science; Lone fingerprints trap master criminals; Wins worldwife fame with microscope hobby; Earth's last drop of oil sought by new discoveries; Flying Battleships; How to Build a Sky Globe; Stalk Sea Monsters in Odd Craft; How Shotgun Champions battle for their crowns. Ads: Very nostalgic illustrated General Electric ad inside front cover features their home battery charger; RCA Victor ad illustrates the Table Model 123 "Magic Brain" radio; Midwest Radio Corp. ad inside back cover features inset photos of W.C. Geiser of Springfield, Illinois, Mrs. M.C. Mondy of Conneaut, Ohio, and R.T. Pursley of Hammond, Louisianna; Lovely color back cover ad for Chesterfield features their cigarettes in color superimposed over black and white photos from Asia and Europe. Average wear. Signature upon front covers. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
356 pages including index. Recounts the history of hockey in Edmonton from its inception in 1894, through the ups and downs of its first Golden Era and finally the big time. The complete, dynamic chronicle of the team that Gretzky helped to propel to greatness, told from the point of view of Gretzky's roommate and teammate (and current Oiler General Manager) Kevin Lowe. Gift greetings upon front endpaper. Tiny chips from spine bottom of dust jacket. Very light wear overall. Very nice copy. Book
Pages 301-346. Black and white photos. Features: The month in New Hampshire; As the road unrolls - some impressions of an early summer motor trip - feature article with great photos; Future policies of the Republican Party - Three New Hampshire leaders analyze the situation - a revival of party loyalty wanted, A party program, a forward-looking party; Polar caves - short article with photos; The day old chick industry in New Hampshire; The Road to Lariat; Three women who lead New Hampshire club work - Mrs. Clara Fellows, Mrs. G.E. Speare and Mrs. George H. Morris; An anthology of one poem poets; Gould Hill Farm - How a fine apple orchard grew from small beginnings - article with great photos; A gold mine in Jerseys - George M. Putnam's Herd of Champions - great article with photos; New Hampshire Necrology; Great full-page photo ad for Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. showing their No. 11 mill - the largest textile manufacturing plant in the world; Full-page photo ad for the Polar Caves; and more. Average wear. External soiling. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Features: Long Journey of a Mormon Girl - Ann Willden Johnson; Lost Singer Sewing Machine Treasure - one of the true treasure tales of Padre Island; Tiger of the Wild Bunch - Knoxville Jail Break by Harvey Logan; Ponca City's Arcade - Homeof Instant Millionaires; Games and Schemes of Deception; Princess Angeline of Seattle - pawn of two worlds; The got back with the gold - in spite of six-toed Pete; Silver Stars - the Baseball Champions of Nevada. Above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Magazine
Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: North Vancouver feature - 5 pages with photos; Activity in Plant Department - construction of many apartments in Victoria and Vancouver causing new conditions; Abbottsford exchange burned; Year's Business Shows Fine Increase; Monthly traffic record; New island route; Photo of the company's Victoria hockey team; New Westminster switchboard in action; Organisation Chart of the Traffic Department; Table showing 'Exchanges in order of per cent good toll calls'; Statement of Development - showing the number of operating phones in each exchange in the province; 7-page Feature on the Bayview area with several large photos of prominent home; Early spring construction; Traffic department conference; Full-page photo of the Western Fuel Company (Coal) Number One Mine at Nanaimo; New Central Building on Seymour; 5-page feature on Nanaimo with photos of salteries, the herring fishery, Mayor Shaw, the Nanaimo Exchange, and a great shot overlooking downtown Nanaimo and its harbour; Timing Conversations with a Calculagraph; Large photo of the Eburne sawmills; Fire damage at New Westminster Exchange; 4-page feature on Eburne with photos; Company bowling team - Victoria Commercial League Champions; Photo montage of operator's telephone sets; Great full-page photo of a commercial corner building in Duncan, Cowichan Merchants, Ltd.; 5-page feature on Duncan with several photos including one of the highly successful Duncan Creamery; photo of yachting on Cowichan Bay; Many gangs busy in the field; Weighing service; photos of telephone men at work in the field; photo of Comox and the wharf; 6-page feature article on Comox, including excellent photo of 'Flying Machine' logging in progress; Many extensions to outside plant; How telephone cable is made, 3 pages with photos; Full page photo of the Tug Dola with her tow the Princess Louise, at anchor off Port Grey; Super photo of Dozens of notable men aboard cable ship; Steveston Feature article with 3 pages and photos; 11-page major feature article on the consummation of the cable project connecting Vancouver to Nanaimo - great photos including erection of the highest telephone poles in the province at Brechin Mine, near Nanaimo, several nautical shots, cross-section of the Gulf cable, and more; Saanich Inlet cable installation; photo of the visit of H.M.S. New Zealand showing Hon. J.D. Hazen, minister of marine, Commander Halsey, Sir Richard McBride and Hon. H.E. Young, provincial secretary; Five-page feature on Nelson and area with photos; New Zealand's gift to the Imperial Navy - 2 page illustrated feature on the visit of the H.M.S. New Zealand to Vancouver, including shot of two of the monster eight 12" guns; Full-page displaing the 6 chief (lady) operators in Vancouver; 5-page feature on the Saanich Peninsula with photos of subjects including the Brentwood Bay power house, Mr. Luke Pither's model poultry ranch, the Holland Bulb Farm and more; Growth demands more outside plant; Photo of company baseball team; Illustrations of railway telephone device; Photos of the 3 chief operators of Victoria; The Growing of Hops at Agassiz - several pages and photos; Phones for Forest Protection; Manufacturing Protector Micas - raw material obtained from India; Photo of the City of Rossland; 4-page illustrated feature Book
151 pages. Provincial Basketball Championship issue! Only a few markings. Light wear. In black boards. Book
44 pages. Contents: Labor: John Lewis' Little-Steel Engine Stalls: Unions and the People Take Their Bruises to Court; Court: Champions of the Senate Wage Wordy War Over President's Plan; Agriculture: (Edward Asbury) O'Neal Prods Congress Toward New AAA (Agriculture Adjustment Act); Palestine: Might Again is Right - Jews, Arabs Divided and Told to Like It; U.S.S.R.: A Grand Inquisitor (Andrey Vyshinsky) Disappointed in U.S. Equality; Britain: Earl (Francis Douglas Stuart, Earl of Moray) Smokes Self Out of the House of Lords; China: Blanks Shoot Bullets in Japanese Summer War Games; Spain: One Year of Fighting (Civil War) - And Both Sides Only Beginning; Episcopalians: Bitter Feud Looms Over New Divorce Laws; Oxford Group: An Actress And a Parish 'Share' Opinions (Buchmanism); Pleasure and Profit in Stamps; Aviation: Warships and Planes Sweep Pacific for Lost Flyers (Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan); Soviet Russia on Top of the World; Golf: Mysterious Montague Caught in Bunker of the Law (Laverne Moore alias John Montague); British Open: (Henry) Cotton Thrives; Baseball: Ruthless Yankees Glitter in All-Star Spotlight; Banking: Balance Sheets for Laymen and Increased Trade Loans for Recovery; Hotel McCurdy Employees Take Baths and Guests Receive Roses; Radio 'Charlie' Starts a New Boom in Ventriloquism; Pros and Amateurs Busy in Electric-Light (meter tampering) Racket; Screen: Russian and Polish Spies Mix Their Love with Politics in "The Emperor's Candlesticks"; Writers: New Talent is Sought For New Deal in Air Programs; Features: Dead Editor (Morrill Goddard) Still Dictates Big Weekly's Policy; Jaundice: Manhattan Surgeon Reports on Man Turning Green; and Today in America: Golf Balls and Cement (Federal Trade Commission). Color Packard Automobile ad. Full Page Vintage Color Print Ad with Gary Cooper Promoting Lucky Strike Cigarettes. Half page black/white Ol' Judge Robbins Cartoon Ad for Prince Albert Pipe Smoke. Binding intact. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Features: Cover photo of Gerry Queen and John Talbut; Bobby Moore looks ahead six months to the World Cup; Black and white photo of Bobby Lennox (Celtic) and Paul Jonquin (Airdrie); Leeds United's bid for Double Glory in 1970 - Champions of England and Europe, Too!; Jim Montgomery writes about Jimmy Greaves; Colour photos of Chris Chilton (Hull City) and Bobby Charlton (Manchester United); Fulham's Jimmy Conway; Black and white photo of Eamonn Rogers (Blackburn Rovers); Portugal plans revenge against England!; Colour centerfold photo of West Ham - The Hammers of Upton Park; Focus on Glyn Pardoe (Manchester City); Tall, Terrific Players - six-footers; Lancashire's Likely Lads! - chances are that one of their four teams will get promotion; Kaj Johansen - Rangers' Great Dane; Colour photo of Mike Travers (Portsmouth); Amazing stories from first division Nottingham Forest and fourth division Notts County; back cover colour photo of Neil Martion (Coventry City); and more. Unmarked. Modest wear. A quality copy. Book
16"x12.5" when folded in half. Features: Farm Clubs - PEI children learn stock care under government program - article and photos; Nice full-page colour ad for Kellogg's All-Bran features attractive female model on cover of weight control menu book; Cairndania - Canadian kennels produce international champions - Cairndania Kennels and Betty Hyslop of the Brockville area - photos and story; Nice full-page colour ad for '47 Ford cars; Dean of Ottawa - Paul "Daffy" Dean is the newly appointed manager of Ottawa's Nationals in the Border Baseball League - photos and story; Red Man's Burden - the state of Canada's Native Peoples, by Chief Teddy Yellowfly; The Great Air Robbery - fiction by Peter Carter-Page; Painless Childbirth? - Major article by June McFeely examines new anesthesias; Communism over France, by Joachim Joesten; Miss Letitia's Profession - fiction by Lupton A. Wilkinson; Television - "High Costs are Keeping it a Novelty for the Social Club and Public Gathering Place" - major article by Vince Lunny... Fascinating!; Laying down the Law - fiction by Gregory Clark; Humourous Yachting Story by Ken Johnstone; Book Reviews; Judas is Harriet - fiction by Jacqueline Sirois; 20 page colour comics section; Joy in the Morning - story by P.G. Wodehouse; Wonderful large photo of 2 year-old James W. Hurston in kilt; B.C.'s depressed Whale Industry - photos and article; "Baby Farm - Adoption Racket" libel suit against The Standard fails - brought by the Ideal Maternity Home of East Chester, NS; How Hamilton, Ontario is promoting itself - story and photos; Canada's top fighter pilot ace "Buzz" Beurling can't find a flying job! - story and photo; Edgar Simons kills the wife and child of his best friend, Frederick Rupert at Pancake Bay, Ontario; California Fashions; Careers in Nursing; Sports News; Highly informative article (with photos) of what Toronto Maple Leaf players do in the summer; Pool Train - Crack Montreal-Toronto Flyer resumes pre-war schedule - super photos with text; Monsieur Verdoux - First Charlie Chaplin movie since "The Great Dictator" creates controversy among critics - many photos and write-up; Colour Chevrolet ad on back page; and more. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A great vintage copy of this feature-oriented weekly which in later years became the Weekend Magazine. Newspaper
Feature Photos: An American Submarine Chaser; Hustling the Hun on the Hindenburg Line; Why Peaceful America Declared for War (one page article); America joins the champions of freedom; Horse, Foot and Artillery of the U.S. Army; The War Against Piracy; Typical Western Fighting Ships; Devastation - one page article by Max Pemberton; British Soldiers making friends in villages they free from Prussian Terror; Ousting the Turk from the Holy Land - article; With Red Crescent through Arabia and Syria; The Middlesex Regiment - article. Above-average wear. Staples disintegrating. Book
47 pages. Features: Prince Philip - Royal Patron of Science; Do-it-Yourself Broadway Musicals - twice a year a part-time Hamilton group stages a glamorous and glittering show - the Hamilton Theatre, Inc.; Winnipeg girl who belongs to Paris - Elaine Kennedy Gombault; Grasstronaut - an old space suit relieves a circulatory ailment and a man once bedridden can now walk again - John Pastor of Santa Monica; Raymond Massey Triumphs as a Doctor; Strong Arm Men - a wrist-wrestling contest held in Quebec produces two champions - O'Neil Corriveau and Andre Desbiens; A New Way with Glass - Artist Eric Wesselow creates stained glass with depth and dimension; Campaigning for Laughs - a cross-section of candidates tells about politics' lighter side - stories and pictures from eight political figures; Warren Spahn shows us baseball's $80,000 screwball; Britain brightens up - improving the appearance of buildings; Nipper by Doug Wright. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
