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Book is in excellent condition with deep brown cloth HB covers, silver print at spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 308 pages with color photos throughout, mechanical drawngs, architectural drawings, engineered drawings, models, sketches, arial photos, measured, structural diagrams, etc. Bridges of all types: pedestrian, train, auto, aquaducts, and of all kinds of materials: stone, steel, reinforced concrete etc. and of all type of design: suspension, cable stayed, haunched beam, beam, truss, arched, etc. Contents include: How is a bridge designed, Guidelines for the aesthetic design of bridges, Influence of alignment, Building materials, Old stone bridges, Pedestrian bridges, Bridges at grade separated junctions, Elevated street, Large beam bridges, Large arch and frame bridges, etc. Dual language in English and German. copyright Pistil Books, 2011
1466 pages in two volumes. Index. A compilation of papers presented at the conference. Unread. Soiling to top of Volume II, otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Book
Pages 197-224 plus advertorial covers. Features: Cover portrait of General The Hon. Sir Harold Alexander; Eight photos of Churchill's North African commanders - Sir Henry Harwood, Sir H. Maitland Wilson, Air Vice-Marshal Coningham, Leiut.-General K. Anderson, Dwight Eisenhower, Sir A. Cunningham, Sir Harold Alexander, and Sir A.W. Tedder; Two pages of photos of the final attack on Tripoli and Churchill's visit after the fall; One-page map illustrates twelve weeks of Russian reconquest of enemy-occupied territory; Photos of personalities of the week inlcude Major-General H. Willans, General Leclerc with General Montgomery, W.G. Holmes, Lord Nuffield, crew members of Flight Sergeant R.H. Middleton, V.C., American women war correspondents in London, Bruce Kingsbury, V.C., Captain H. Mulzac - first negro commander of a U.S. ship, on the bridge of liberty ship "Booker T. Washington", Col.-Gen. Rokossovsky, and M. Kalinin; Five photos of Soviet airmen preparing for raid on Berlin; Photo-illustrated book review of "They Were Expendable", by W.L. White; Photos of Rostov recaptured and Kharkov enveloped by fighting; Photo of Goering taking salute at Air Ministry on January 30; Searching the bombed remains of a British restaurant; Photos of Churchill and troops he inspected in Tripoli; Sensational centrefold photo of General Montgomery explaining his plans to staff and senior commanders at an open-air conference; Amazing two-page eleven-photo spread of warships Hitler has lost; Nine photos of scenes on Guadalcanal, including captured Japanese booty; Nine photos of Malta's submarine base; The Apparel of a Sumerian woman of about 2800 B.C.; Four photos of young King Feisal of Iraq with his personal model General Grant tank; One-page cutaway illustration of the Messerschmitt Me. 210 A1; Back page colour ad by Dunlop illustrates how to recognize rank in the United States Army; nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy of this excellent WWII issue. Book
Pages 281-308. Features: Great cover photo of Patton, Eisenhower, Hodges and Bradley standing side-by-side in uniform; Nice full-page colour Guiness ad illustrated by H.M. Bateman inside advertising front cover shows men unloading boat; Captured Cologne - photos of devastation near the Cathedral; Twelve photos of scenes in Cologne after its fall to the American First Army, under General Hodges; Photo of General Crerar assisting Churchill into captured German caravan now used for guests at First Canadian Army Tactical H.Q.; Three photos of the latest German Tiger Tank which fires a 14.5" shell; Photos inside and outside the Cologne Cathedral show it largely unharmed; Two pages of photos of Remagen and its now-famous bridge - the first Rhine crossing - with U.S. First Army troops advancing across it; Article 'Double Offensive Against Germany' includes map and photo of Leonard T. Gerow; One-page map of the Western Front indicates the terrain and the various commands under Eisenhower; Photos of destruction in Germany, including Bonn University, a street in Xanten, the (formerly) beautiful old gate of Xanten, and the south bridge over the Moselle at Trier; Six photos of new Rocket Barrage and its ammunition - a devastating British infantry and tank weapon; Centrefold illustration of General Crerar's surprise night assault which smashed the important fortress town of Goch; Photos with the Red Army as it drives toward Berlin; Great page of eight photos of Heroines of the U.S.S.R. - combatant members of the Red Air Force, including Major Yevdokia Bershanskaya, Leiut. Natalia Meklina, Major Yevdokia Mikulina,Irina Sebrova, Lieut. Rufina Gasheva and Flight Commander Yevgenia Zhigulenko; Photos of personalities of the week include Carl Timmerman, W.D. Morgan, Lance-Corporal Henry Harden, V.C., Field-Marshal Alexander with Marshal Tito in Belgrade, F.A.B. Fasson, Dr. Janet Vaughan, Peter Lawless, Viscount Dawson of Penn, and Lieut.-General Mario Roatta in the Rome High Court of Justice (his subsequent escape caused rioting); Naval photos including H.M.S. "Implacable," Admiral Somerville boarding the battleship H.M.S. "Queen Elizabeth," German U-Boat crewmembers floating after their vessel was sunk by the Canadian corvette "St. Thomas," and a gaping hole in a British submarine which, remarkably, survived; Photos and illustrations of Mandalay and its relief; Six interesting photos of camouflaged pill-boxes in Britain; Nice colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover shows shipbuilders at work; nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Coverfold taped. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 197-224 plus advertorial covers. Features: Cover photo of North African sand storm; Two photos of H.M. aircraft-carrier "Formidable" at sea; Two pages of photos of American bomber crews training in Britain; Two pages of photos of Caucasus landmarks; Five photos from the El Alamein front; Page of photos of the "Do.217e" Bomber and its tail-brake controls - diving speed to 500 mph; Photos of Churchill in Cairo, Moscow (with Stalin and Molotov), and the Alamein area with Aussie troops; Five photos of the Solomon Islands - now mainly taken from Japan by U.S. Forces; Centrefold artist's rendering of the new Waterloo Bridge as it will appear when completed; Photos of personalities of the week include E.N. Syfret, Sir W. Welsh, Air Marshal P. Babington, Dr. A.P. Newton, Capt. C. Bain-Marais, Canadian air chiefs Breadner, Power and Edwards in London; Princess Margaret, A.C.G. Mars, Harold Drew, Admiral Vian, Sir George Philip Langton, Vincent Harris, Lord Loch, and G. Kingsley Sheils; Page of photos of the Shah of Iran with Queen Fawzieh and baby princess Chahnaz; Photos of Polish submarine "Sokol" returning home after daring Mediterranean exploits; Illustration of blitzed Guildhall in York with charred timbers still standing; Photos of H.M.S. "Manchester" and "Eaglle", both of which are now sunk; Photos of the U.S. Mustang aircraft and the Lancaster bomber under construction; Photo of Aussie female 'picketers' greeting U.S. soldiers with signs warning them not to reveal troop movements with innocent talk; Seven excllent illustrations depict duties of a Merlin bomber crew of seven; Twelve excellent photos show the life of coal miners at a large Midland group of collieries; nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Cover photos of Churchill and Viscount Halifax approaching battleship 'King George V'; Excellent two-page illustration of sappers throwing a box-girder bridge with nose union across an enemy tank trap; Photo of Carl J. Hambro with M. Carton De Wiart; Photo of King Haakon with Polish President M. Raczkiewicz; One-page photo of General Wavell with Maj.-Gen. O'Connor outside doomed Bardia; Eight pages of fantastic photos of the fall of Bardia - first views; Magnificant centrefold photo of Britain's latest and greatest battleship, H.M.S. 'King George V'; Eight photos of patriot Abyssinians training for battle against Italian tyrants; Six photos of Greek heroism in arctic cold - latest pictures from Albania; Two pages of photos of Wendell Willkie, supporter of the aid for Britain policy, at work; Photos of personalities of the week include General De Gaulle, Count Ciano, Marshal Griziani, Count Csaky, Commander Roger Bureau, P.D. Willeringhaus, John Oxenham, Daniel Hopkin, L.F. Sinclair, and David Lloyd George at his wife's funeral; Five photos of the Chinese military which stands undaunted after four years' heroic resistance; Four photos of Chiang Kai-Shek and his wife, plus a photo of her Pekinese dog; Photo of amazing Italian 'Land Yacht' (captured from Commander Gatti) presented to Britain as a symbol of the resistance by the Belgian Congo; and more. Staples disintegrated. Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this important wartime issue. Book
32 pages. Features: Photos of Churchill inspecting American mechanized squadron of the home guard; One page illustration of Lord Baden-Powell who passed away January 8th; Two pages of illustrations of badges and devices of various squadrons; Two-page illustration of America's colossal sea power; Five photos of the Blackburn 'Botha', our new general reconaissance plane; The War with Nazi Germany - article discusses the victories in North Africa; Two pages of photos relating to the fall of the Italian 'Bastion' of Bardia on January 5; Five photos of Free French forces battling at Bardia; Six photos of the trail of Italian flight from Bardia; Two-page illustration of the Bangalore Torpedo in use - it was successfully used against the barbed wire defenses of Bardia; Photo of General Smuts inspecting his South African Army in Kenya; Five photos of scenes of Greek successes; Before and after photos of Wren glories after fire attack on London; Photos of the personalities of the week include Joan Hearn-Avis, Captain H.J. Horsey, James Joyce (who died on Jan. 13th), Sir Lohn Lavery, Sir Archibald Sinclair, Alan Cunningham, Frank Bridge, Sir Henry Steele, Edward Colin Ryder Richardson, Ubaldo Soddu, William D. Leahy, and Sir Frank Spencer Spriggs; and more. Staples disintegrated. Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this important wartime issue. Book
Pages 725-756. Features: Cover photo-portrait of FDR; Photo of Admiral Sir John Cronyn Tovey being piped on board H.M.S. "Prince of Wales"; One-page photo of coastal command station armourers getting ready to bomb up; Eight photos of the vigils of the coastal command - bomb preparation, photo-processing, anti-aircraft stations, operations room and telegraphy section; Two pages of explanatory illustrations show how aircraft carriers, fighter and reconnaissance planes have revolutionised naval warfare and influenced naval architecture; Photos of recen Nazi vandalism - damage to Gray's Inn, the wrecked Canterbury Music Hall, Serjeants Inn, Queen Victoria St., and Dublin; Two pages with fifteen photos of bomb damage to the destroyed Church of the Knights Templar; The Fleet and its Air Arm (article); Air photo of Mannheim-on-the-Rhine shows destroyed western span of Autobahn bridge; Dramatic two-page illustration of "Catalina" under heavy fire as it spots the Bismarck in a heavy sea; Two-page illustration of the last of the "Bismarck", shelled, bombed and on fire as the Nazi mammoth is torpedoed by H.M.S. "Dorsetshire"; Thre photos of the last of the "Bismarck", including dozens of heads of bobbing survivors floating in the sea; Scene in "Petticoat Lane" where, on June 1st, rationing of clothing, cloth and footwear came into force; Photo of Averill Harriman welcoming the first of four million eggs to Britain from the U.S.; Photo of some of the few "Bismarck" survivors being landed at a British port; Photo of H.M.S. "York" which was lost; Photos of personalities of the week include the pilot of the "Catalina" which discovered the fleeing "Bismarck", Lieut. B. Stubbs, Dr. Kurt Heinrich Reith, Max Schmeling, King Victor Emanuel of Italy, Sir Hugh Walpole, Prajadhipok - Prince of Sukhodaya, Lord Cadman, and Admiral Boehm; Photos of Ilkley, which won War Weapons Week; Photos of Haile Selassie's Return to Addis Adaba; Illustratins of bombed Wren Churches - Christ's, St. Mildred's, St. Andrew's, St. James's, Piccadilly, and St. Anne; Interesting one-page Guiness ad entitled "Guiness at Waterloo - and Guinness today". Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 659-702. Features: Cover photo of the Victor of Ashangi, Marshall Badoglio, commander-in-chief of the Italian forces in Abyssinia; Photo of Gen. Smuts appealing for peace in Europe; Photo of the Kadir Cup "pig sticking"event in India, with photo of winner, Capt. P. H. J. Tuck with his horse Manifest; Two-page pictorial map of the Franco-German and Belgo-German frontiers - of world interest since the Rhineland was reoccupied; Two pages of photo of massive Burmese Leogriff (Cinthe) under construction as the funeral pyre for the cremation of a dead priest; Photo illustrated article on Brazil nuts - a minor mystery; Six photos from filming of "Kliou", the first Technicolor film to be photographed entirely in the jungle; Two pages of photos of the "Alps" of South Africa; Page of fascinating photos illustrating the world's greatest telescopic "eye", this great 200 inch telescope disc is twice the diameter of the disc in the Hooker telescope at the Mount Wilson Observatory, the biggest at present in use; Page of photos of medieval ship carvings in a Devonshire church - sculpted 16th-century three-masters; Page of photos illustrate the coldest Easter of the century; Page of photos of the king personally bestowing the Royal Maundy to aged men and women; Magnificent centrefold aerial photo of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia - before construction of the Lion's Gate Bridge - as she celebrates her Golden Jubilee; Two pages of text and photos present a mysterious 12th Dynasty hoard - Treasures of Asiatic origin found at Toud, near Luxor; Photos of personalities of the week include Herr Leopold von Hoesch, Señor Alcala Zamora, Dr. Constantine Demerjis, Señor Martinez Barrio, and the king inspecting the Grenadier guards; Photo illustrated article on Galapagos wildlife; One-page photo illustrated Harrods ad presents pocket watches; One-page Johnnie Walker ad shows him inspecting barrels by flashlight; Interesting photo shows crowd gathered around an Imperial Airways airmail service plane at Kai Tak aerodrome, Hong Kong, after it arrived from Penang for the first time; Photos of Lt. Col. F. J. Popham, and Mr. Francis A. L. Would; Nice one-page illustrated ad for the Humber Twelve car; Back cover two-colour ad promotes The Sphere, The Tatler, The Sketch, Sporting and Dramatic News, and the Illustrated London News. Please note: pages 685-686 missing. Several interior pages loose but present. Faint store ink stamp to front cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy vintage issue. Magazine
48 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for Canadian fish inside front cover; News digest topics include - dark influences at work, the anti-Russian case, An Alternative Pact, A policy of wreckage, One's own business, the plight of German churches, 90% heroic, and the problem of Palestine; Baseball's Centenary? - argument over whether or not baseball's centenary actually occured in June - article with photos of Honus Wagner, Eddie Collins, Joe Vosmik, Tony Lazzeri, Babe Ruth, Grover Cleveland, George Sisler, Walter Johnson, and others; Vernight Stop - photo-illustrated article of a trip to Wake Island; A Penny In Her Shoe (short story); The Genuine Tabard (short story); The Perdu (short story); Fairyland of the Boy-King Peter II of Yugoslavia - photo-illustrated article on his picturesque nation; If I Die Before I Wake (mystery); Half-page photo ad for the Canadian National Exhibition (C.N.E.) which offers 'a thousand thrilling things to see'; Hollywood news, with photos of Frank Lloyd, Cecil B. De Mille, N.S. Van Dyke, Arthur Nornblow Jr., Lubitsch, Anatole Litvak, Eugene Forde, Edward H. Griffith and William Wellman; Photo and bried write-up on Ellen Drew; Woodbury soap ad features photo of Miss Nadine Beardmore; Dare to Smile - article for ladies; Pond's cold cream ad features photos of Mrs. Robert W. Armstorng of Toronto, and Blanche Brewer of Clarksdale, Mississippi; Small photo ad for Ontario Ladies' College in Whitby, Ontario shows girls on horseback with school in background; Sayings from around the world; Back cover colour Coke ad features man in white double-breasted suite with lady, and inset black and white photo of soda jerk; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
50 pages. Features: Silent Cities - Photo-illustrated article on Canadian military cemeteries abroad; Our Air Heroes - excerpt from play "Target for Peace" which was broadcast on the CBC; Photo of the 48th Highlanders of Canada pipe band playing in Italy; Top Priority on Homes for Heroes is Legion Demand; How the Town of Renfrew Solved its Housing Problem - article with photo; Education for Citizenship - Lieut. - Col. the Hon. Wilfred Bovey flays those who would throw away Canadian democracy for the way of the Russians; Photo and brief write-up of 93-year-old Sgt. Daniel Byrd Hoskins Power of the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company of Boston, who explains the secret to his long life; Canada's Veterans in the U.S.A.; The Second V.C. of the R.C.A.F. - The Late Pilot Officer Andrew Charles Mynarski; Photo of Bailey Bridge inventor Sir Donald Bailey in Ottawa; Update Colonel Percy J. Philpott, Adviser to the Deputy Minister concerning Veterans of both wars; Review of book "Detour" which describes the life of Prisoners-of-war in Germany; Article on Legion Policies and Activities; Monthly notes on the great humanitarian work of the Dominion Service Bureau of the Canadian Legion; The World in Review - Part 12 - September 11 to October 10, 1946; The Small Holdings Plan; Photo of Victoria Legion's undefeated lacrosse team; Photo of the Jewish legionaires' basketball team of the Fredric Kisch Branch in Montreal; The Canadian Army at War - The Canadians in Britain, 1939-1944, 3rd part; Nice one-page cartoon-illustrated ad for Dawes Black Horse Brewery features hunter being chased by bear; Nostalgic colour ad inside back cover for Blue Top Brewing of Kitchener, Ontario features illustration and floor-plan diagram of an economical home. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Front cover partially faded with mild undulations. Contents moderately toned with age. A sound vintage copy. Book
430 pages. Index of names. Many black and white illustrations. Gift greetings inside front board. Somewhat above-average wear. Modest warp to gilt-decorated front board. Binding intact. A sound copy of this detailed local history. Book
56 pages. Features: Colour cover illustration of young couple and their noisy puppy by John Newton Taylor; Nice colour Palmolive ad inside front cover; Chevrolet Six ad; Nice ad for Magic Baking Powder; Men Don't Do Such Things - story by Addison Simmons; No Sense of Humor - story by Louis Arthur Cunningham; Senator Arthur Meighen - article by R.T.L.; The *Real* War-Debt Hoax, by Lieut.-Colonel George A. Drew who reflects on how the world watches anxiously while the Government of the United States remains in a state of suspended animation imposed by a constitution that it has long outgrown; The Ishmaelite - story by Leslie Roberts; Yes! I'm a Wrestling Fan, by Edgar March; What I Hope to Do with Radio, by Hector Charlesworth, Chairman of the Canadian Radio Commission; Water Under The Bridge - story by Martha Banning Thomas; Shacked! - Nationality laws lead to hardship and heartache as some people are refused permission to cross borders and join their families; Death at the Bath - story by Benge Atlee; Avalanche - story by Robert E. Pinkerton; The Waning Herds - Norbert Welsh on the decline of the buffalo; Lovely colour Campbell's Soup ad with illustration by Jessie Willcox Smith; Photo ad for Ponds creams featuring Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt; Vintage full-page black and white Maxwell House Coffee featuring Dixie; Full-page colour ad for Chiipso laundry soap; Full-age black and white photo ad for Walter P. Chrysler's new Plymouth Six; Uncommon black and white partial-page ad for Spud cigarettes; Fireside Accessories, by F.L. deN. Scott; Very stylish two-colour illustrated ad for 1933 Oldsmobile cars inside back cover; Wow! - Lovely colour photo ad on back cover for Kodak's new $39.50 Cine-Kodak movie camera!; Address label atop front cover. Faint erasure to front cover. Moderate wear. Small chip from bottom of back cover. A sound copy of this lovely vintage issue. Book
56 pages. Features: The Winter the Atlantic Went Berserk - men and strong ships are killed by multiple storms; Madeline Kronby - versatile Toronto actress speaks French - article with photos; George Plumb and his House of Bottles at Duncan, B.C. on Vancouver Island - Short article with great photos; Our Three-Year Drive Round the Americas - Hilary Dunsterville and Lou-Bette Herrick make a 55,000-mile adventure safari in a second-hand station wagon - article with great colour photos; Lovely full-page colour photo ad for Canadian Pacific Travel features good-looking couple enjoying a luxury meal aboard a train; Wow! - Full-page colour photo ad for the new Ford Mustang!; How Sandy Koufax and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Yankees four-straight in the 1963 World Series - article with photos of Koufax; Photos of child Kathy Bloom with her French bulldog Corki; Full-page colour ad for the Pepsi-Cola Shoppers' Sweepstakes; Gorgeous colour fashion photos in France; Two-page colour-photo ad for Simmons mattresses; Barbara Streisand portrays Fanny Brice - photos and article; University of Alberta Zoologist Dr. Stuart Altmann and his family are studying animals on the Amboseli game reserve in Kenya for a year - article with photos; Belvedere cigarette ad features with Ford Galaxie 500/XL convertible as a prize; Colour photo ad for Christie's cookies; Nice colour photo ad for Lowney's Glosette Raisins in the red box with the window; Canada's Team May Top the Bridge World - article with photos of Joyce Phillips, Louise Mark, Ruth Easto, Mary Bowden, Frances Pielsticker, Helen Smith, Sam Gold, Ralph Cohen, Ronald Forbes, Jack Howell, Eric Murray, Sam Kehela; Three great photos of Beba Loncar, now starring in the making of the movie The Long Ships; Colour ad for Lyons Furniture on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Cover portrait illustration of female member of the military; Ford ad inside front cover features action photo of troops constructing bridge under fire; Nice half-page colour Pepsi ad features naval officer in uniform and illustration of boys swimming; News of the month includes Dissolution of the Third International (Comintern), and Closing Ranks Against Japan; Editorial on Black Markets and Summer Vacations; Jet Black (short story); The Pacific Coast Rangers - photo-illustrated article includes photos of Lieut.-Col. T.A.H. Taylor, O.B.E., M.C., and Col. M.E. Dopping-Hepenstal; Matilda and the Wolf (short story); Key Men of War - an enormous directory of over 200,000 names is relied upon for expertise which has saved hundreds of lives and brought success to major campaigns; Garfield Weston - article with Karsh photo-portrait; Old-Style Cop (short story); Hollywood news - article with photos including Lenore Aubert; Northern Electric one-page ad features illustration of tank; Five to One (short story); Rare one-page two-colour illustrated ad for General Motors and their "Victory Service; R.C.A.F. half-page recruiting ad features lady in uniform having tea with civilians; Wings on Her Feet - first part of a series on AW2 Heck's experiences in the Air Force; One-page Westinghouse ad entitled "After Victory" includes photo of airman using bombsight and large illustration of large artillery piece in use; Woodbury Powder ad includes photo of beautiful Linda Darnell; "What's In My Lunch Box?" - wartime photo-illustrated article on home food tips; Colour Ritz cracker ad features illustration of naval personnel; Canadian Women Take to the Block Plan - photo-illustrated article explains the Women's Voluntary Service and the block leaders they assign, with particular attention to Mrs. Jack Wilson of Rochester Ave. in Lawrence Park in Toronto; Colour Orange Crush ad; World Sayings; Canadian Pacific Air Lines ad inside back cover includes large illustration of much of the northern hemisphere and heading "Wings over the North... and Beyond!"; Nice Kodak black and white photo ad on back cover shows air crew enjoying photos; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage wartime issue. Book
60 pages. Features: Cover photo of young lady with three kittens; Great colour GWG (Great West Garment ad inside front cover features farmer with pitchfork in his Red Strap overalls; Half-page colour Canada Dry ad shows happy kids with mom; Massy-Harris one-page colour ad shows combine harvester at work; Fascinating post WWII article considers Liberty, Imperialism, Food Controls, and Cost of Living; Nice one-page colour B-A ad shows four happy motoring scenes; Colour half-page V-8 veggie drink ad; Vintage one-page colour-photo ad for Sunworthy Wallpapers shows elegant lady and wallpaper photos; Great one-page colour Coke ad shows high school kids at lunch time and a large Coke ice chest full of bottles; What's Wrong with Canada-U.S. Relations?; Partners in Fact (short story); The Boy Who Stopped Niagara - children Jeff Martin and Norah McFarlane made a very successful movie; In Post-War Italy - photo-illustrated article discusses the 'black market mind', and the intriguing story of the Monks and the hand grenades; The Blonde Baby (short story); Professionals (short story); The Tug with a History - photo-illustrated article on London's Tower Bridge Tug; , with photos of John Sumpter, Roy Evans, Richard Dominy Hollingum and William Adie; One-page ad for the 1948 Chevrolet features red 2-door Fleetmaster with black background; Watch Your Laundry (short story); Article on records with photo of Johnny Long; One-page Champion Spark Plug ad features illustration of racer Ted Horn, national AAA champion; Fashion illustrations; Spalding ad shows lady hockey player sprawled on ice beneath caption "Hockey for Housewives? NO!"; Beauty article; One-page colour-photo ad for Nabisco Shredded Wheat; Fashion article with photos; Classy half-page colour-photo ad for Monarch's debutante hosiery includes photo of lady with stocking lines up the back of her legs; Easter recipes; Uncommon half-page colour ad for Sovereign Potters of Hamilton, Ontario features their Montcalm Pattern, Number 718 Maroon; Nice mother and daughter colour ad for Wabasso Cottons inside back cover; Back cover O'Keefe's colour ad features reproduction of painting "The Miner" by Rex Woods; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
Pages 353-440, plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The Magician's Curse - a vendetta on Sardinia; With a Motion-Picture Camera Under the Sea - using the ingenious technology invented by Mr. J. Ernest Williamson - article with wonderful photos; Three Asses In the Pyrenees - part 3 of a fun pursuit of adventure travel in Europe; The Soul of Burma - Part 2 of 2 - nice photo-illustrated article on a trip to Irawadi; "Sugar" - ; The Tragedy of "Miss Miami" - this flying boad crashed on a trip to Bimini from Miami; On the Spoor of the Elephant - J. Morewood Dowsett describes his escape from elephants, and recounts stories of his companion John Deacon - article with photos; My Boa-Constrictor - Sir Curtis Lampson and a snake which escaped in a crowded hotel; Paper Money - a quick tale from West Africa; Caught in a Death-Trap - Part 2 of 2 of the remarkable tribulations of two motorcyclists crossing the Mojave desert in California; The Odyssey of Humbert Rulliere - Part 3 of 3 of this incredible biography; Millions in Oil - the marvels of Mexia, America's latest field - article with photos; Luck - a story from Alaska. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Pages 505-532. Features: Cover photo portrait of Anthony Eden; Three pages of illustrations of life aboard H.M.S. "Indomitable"; Book review of "Head-Hunting in the Solomon Islands" by Caroline Mytinger; Photos of the Fifth and Eighth Armies advancing in Italy; Two pages of photos illustrate Allied crossings of the Volturno by bridge and water in Italy; Two pages of photos of troops in action in the Volturno River battle and a service for three war correspondents killed in action on September 28; Article on our far eastern theatre of the war; Photos of war in the far east - bombing Marcus Island, wrecked landscape at Lae, New Guinea, the destroyed Japanese base at Salamaua, Hansa Bay shipping being attacked, and parachute bombs being dropped on a Japanese anti-aircraft unit in the Wewak area of New Guinea; Two-page illustration of E-Boats attacking a North Sea convoy being routed; One-page map shows Russia's mighty victories against Germany; Eight photos illustrate the great summer Soviet offensive continuing apace; Aerial photo of night attack on Hanover, plus daylight photo of the resulting destruction; Early photo of the Avro York; Photos and details of U.S. and Canadian awards and medals; Six photos of the Fifth Army rehearsing how to cross the Volturno; Three impressive photos of Britain's anti-aircraft guns on parade; Page of illustrations explain the new British all-steel fireproof lifeboat designed for oil tankers; Photos of personalities of the week include Sayid Daourd Al Haidari, L.V.L. Whateley, The Marquis and Marchioness of Linlithgow, Louis Mountbatten in China, General Konev, General Feodor Tolbukhin, Sir Henry Strakosch, Professor Max Reinhardt, Dr. F.J. Poynton, Sir Aurel Stein, Lt. Mark Bonham-Carter, Major T.P. Butler, Leiut. J.M. Marshall, and Lt.-Com. J. Cortland-Simpson; Page of photos of the funeral of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound; Photos of artifacts discovered at Point Hope, Alaska; Seven photos of joyous repatriated POWs arriving in Leith aboard three ships; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Spine taped. A sound vintage copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Cover photo from deck of battleship "North Carolina" with guns firing; Two pages of photos from the Russian front include an armoured Russian train about to be blown up, a Soviet armoured car ablaze, German troops occupying the city of Dniepropetrovsk, a crippled panzer unit, terrified horses as shells explode nearby, large Soviet motorized gun, and bridge blown up by the Soviets on their retreat from Narva; photo of De Gaulle inspecting Free French troops in Surrey; Photo of Averill Harriman with Lord Beaverbrook, Mr. Eden and M. Maisky; Photo of rail crash wreckage in Cheshire where nine died; Photos of the Shah of Iran and the former Crown Prince of Iran, Shahpoor Mohammed Riza; Two pages of photos showing Russia's women at war - determined to take over men's jobs and hold key positions in U.S.S. R. workshops; Detailed illustrations explain the Acoustic Mine - a new terror of the under-sea war; Photo of HItler and Mussolini strolling through a devastated Russian village; Six photos of Russia's industrial might; Photos of Lieut.-Comdr. G.A. Thring and Squad.-Leader J.H. Thompson; Photo of Captain Margesson presenting award to Sandhurst cadet N.B. Erskine; Illustrated article explains the life of a sailor with a corvette on convoy escort duty; Centredold illustration of convoy at sea; Seven intimate photos of the Royal family at home; Wow! photos of thousands of tanks inspected by the King - the greatest concentration of armoured land forces that has ever been witnessed in Great Britain; Photos of the new Handley Page "Halifax" bomber; Photos of the latest cannon-firing "Spitfire"; Photos of scorched earth to infrastructure and coal in Spitzbergen before the residents are removed to Britain - including photo of Canadian officers Brigadier Potts of Saskatoon and Major Geoffrey Walsh of Oakville; Photos illustrated "Luftwaffe Life-Boats" - pneumatic craft carried as small packs; Two pages with nine *fascinating* photos of the primitive people of Tierra Del Fuego; and more. Staples removed. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy of this extraordinary WWII issue. Book
34 pages. Features: Cover illustration of USMC men firing anti-aircraft gun; Hurlburt Motor Truck Co. ad inside front cover says their trucks are first in New York City; Oliver Typewriter ad; Nice Victrola ad includes photos of Martinelli, Alda, DeLuca and Zimbalist; Title page illustration by F.G. Cooper depicts rivetman in pose of attacking soldier with bayonet; The 343 Stays Up (after submarine attack); Adventures with the Crumbling Russian Army (part 2) - great photo-illustrated article; Editorials discuss apprehension about France, the high cost of sailoring, Milwaukee's War-Aid subscriptions, what the enemy knows, and more; The Man Who Cost $50,000; Mobilizing Noah's Ark - two pages of photos illustrating the many animals used in the war effort; Conquering Wound Infection - Some remarkable achievements in surgery and chemiotherapy - article with photo of U.S. Army surgeons at the War Demonstration Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute, with Dr. Carrel in center; Fantastic two-color centerfold ad for the new REO light four car; The Secret of the Frame House; Ad for Toliver puncture-proof tire tubes; Half-page illustrated ad for Selden Trucks at a bridge construction scene; Nice illustrated quarter-page ad for Stewart Motor Trucks; Full-page ad inside back cover for the American Tobacco Company features letter, signed by its President, Percival S. Hill, which explains how the company's entire output of "Bull Durham" tobacco has been put at the disposal of the war effort; Nostalgic back cover two-color ad for Ever-Ready Safety Razors explains how they've been adopted by Uncle Sam for use by the Army and Navy. Average wear. Binding intact. Bits of writing on front cover. A sound vintage copy of this excellent WWI issue. Book
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of Clement Atlee; RCA ad inside front cover with photo of RCA Laboratories at Princeton, NJ; Nice color ad for Dubonnet wine; Fairchild ad includes illustration of their Flying Boxcar in use by Western Union; The Atomic Bomb - problems confronting statesmen; FDR's Home, Hyde Park, becomes a new shrine; Teaching democratic ABC's to Nazi PW's (POWs) - a first-hand report; Four Million Families want ti build or buy a home; New Highways for a better New York - article with artist's renderings of the Cross-Bronx Expressway near Parkchester, the Cross-Bronx Expressway at the Washington Bridge, the Bayonne Bridge in Richmond, and an intersection of the Van Wyck Expressway in Queens; One-page color ad for Virginia Rounds cigarettes; Dean Margaret Pickel challenges women to face the responsibilities of their full citizenship; Photo-illustrated article on what goes on in cow country when beef cattle are shipped to market; Interview with Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne; Nice color-photo one-page ad for Revlon's 'Fatal Apple' nail color; Five photos of New York-area Girl Guides in action; Eight gorgeous photos of dresses for dancing dates; One-page color ad for Gemey perfume; Bold red Schaefer beer ad features checkers board; One-page color ad for Croix Royale California wines; Nice color back-page ad features Cobbs Florida fruit gifts; and more. Moderate external wear and soiling. Unmarked. Mild age-toning to paper. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Book
48 pages. Features: Rheingold lager beer ad features color photos of Jean Welch, Jill Darnley, Maggie Long, Helen Riickert, Dorothy Hart and Rita Daigle, the Miss Rheingold 1946 candidates; Illustrated ad for the Fairchild "Flying Boxcar"; We Enter the Atomic Age - the momentous story of the atom whose energy science has now unleashed; Two pages of fantastic photos illustrating the dramatic story of the atom - from radium to the atomic bomb, including the Curies, Einstein, Niels Bohr, Dr. E.O. Lawrence with a cyclotron, and the great factory at Oak Ridge, TN; Ernest Bevin - a new kind of statesman; When do we abolish (wartime) business controls: Germany is Not Yet Defeated - Senator Harley M. Kilgore argues her industrial power must be destroyed; China - Unless we preserve her full integrity we shall face still another war - Nathaniel Peffer's formula for peace in the Far East; One-page ad for Drene shampoo features three color photos of beautiful Bettina Bolegard, New York fashion model; Veterans storm the academic beachhead; Our music-loving Presidents; Benjamin ('Ben') Victor Cohen is expected to be a bridge from the President to Byrnes and Vinson; Jones & Laughline Steel ad includes sketches of Donald Gortner and Ralph Ardary; Vice Admiral Ben Moreell of the Seabees looks forward to moving his bulldozers into Japan; Boom in New Yorkers studying foreign languages; Interesting half-page ad for The American Mercury features heading "Can We Do Business With Stalin", with illustration of Stalin; Nice one-page Chicken of the Sea and White Star tuna ad; Two pages of photos of ladies in fashionable coats; and more. Average external soiling and wear. Unmarked. Opening to central portion of front cover mended with archival tape. Moderate age-toning to paper. A sound copy of this vintage WWII issue. Book
120 pages. Features: Cover painting of Okanagan apple harvest by James Hill; Great macho colour ad for GWG workwear inside front cover features hardy men building pipeline; Don't damn the U.S. for facing up to segregation; Let's stop leaving our future to old men; We're not so smart about the U.S.; Nice one-page colour Canadian Pacific ad features the luxurious new Empress of England; Nostalgic one-page colour ad for the GE pushbutton range (yellow); Your stake in teh U.S. Election between Eisenhower and Stevenson; The Next Ten Years of TV - amazing article foretells remote control, recorded programs (i.e. VHS), and TV in cars; Our Hidden Canadian Art Treasure - a new National Gallery promises to give breathing space to it - article with six pages of colour illustrations; They're Building a Vest-Pocket Empire on the Fraser - the Duke of Westminster bought agricultural Annacis Island in the Fraser River and plans to turn it into an industrial colossus - article with great photos, including aerial photo of the island before work started on industrial sites; From the Notebook of Dr. Hans Selye - this famous Canadian doctor, whose theories on stress inspired a new approach to medicine, looks at our ills, worries, hopes and failures and offers fascinating findings; The Killing Ground - complete novelette; Photo-illustrated article on young Canadian actress Jacqueline Ellis; The spectacular farewell of Wellington Axminster; The Black Day the Quebec Bridge Fell - on August 29, 1907, 75 people were killed when the world's biggest cantilever bridge collapsed while under construction - photo-illustrated article; Bill Dawe transports 740 mink 4,000 miles from Vancouver to Newfoundland in pursuit of cheap whalemeat - photo-illustrated article; Nice colour ad for the Omega Sapphette ladies' watch; Attractive lady featured in one-page colour ad for Philips TVs with 'Focalite' tuning eye; One-page colour ad for Massey-Harris-Ferguson features painting of pastoral farm scene with Holsteins in the field and farmer driving seed drill back to barn; Nice one-page Hammond Chord Organ ad; Nice one-page photo ad for the Schick '25' electric razor features red-headed man in suit and tie; Rexall centerfold ad features dozens of sale items at 1950s prices; One-page ad for GE's Ultra-Vision TVs; Vintage Allied Van Lines ad; Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) recruiting ad for women; Nice colour ad for O'Keefe's Ale features man hanging from end of train swinging yellow lantern; One-page ad for Birks Silversmiths advertises their Birks Sterling; Colour Wiser's Whisky ad features elegant couple; Champion Spark Plug ad features inset photo of Alick S. Dick, Managing Director of the Standard Motor Company; Colour-photo one-page ad for Canadian Club features condor catching in Peru's Andes; Dr. Heinz Unger recalls a birthday feast during the Russian Famine; Crane heating ad features illustration of men sitting around comfortable pot-bellied stove in country store; Sidney Katz' system of writing; Funky one-page colour ad for Simmons Hide-a-Beds features lady in orange dress on green hide-a-bed; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
92 pages. Contents: Cover illustration by Don Anderson of high school football final - view of field from beneath bleachers; Is our youth equipped to face the future? - by Sidney Katz; Will Germany's Krupp become Canada's biggest mining man?; The World According to Duddy Kravitz - conclusion of excerpts from the new and major Canadian novel by Mordecai Richler; Why I'm Through with Sports, by Red Storey; Holiday Weekend in Victoria; The Beothuck Indians of Newfoundland - They are extinct today because, for more than two centuries a favourite sport of the island's whites was hunting the natives like big game; What are you afraid of; How Innocent card players become bridge fiends. Many nice ads, often in colour. Great colour GWG (Great Western Garment) ad inside front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Sound copy. Please note: Table of Contents has been removed and is not included. Book
Pages 588-610. Features: Cover illustration by Ernest L. Blumenschein entitled "Wards of the Nation - Their First Vacation From School" depicts a Native American scene; British Problems in Asia; This Busy World; The Passing of John Barrett, United States Minister to Siam; Photos from the Philippines - Admiral Dewey Going for a Drive Around Manila, Admiral Dewey at the Office of the Captain of the Port at Manila, Dakota and Montana Troops Crossing Wrecked Bridge over the Rio Grande; The Philippine Revolt - The Malolos Campaign; Photos and write-ups of these men in the news - Frank Thomson of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Major Arthur M. Diggles who was lost in the Malolos Campaign, Augustin Daly, Rev. W.H.P. Faunce of Brown University, and George K. Nash, Republican candidate for Governor of Ohio; Full-page illustration by W.A. Rogers entitled "Conquering a Desert in Southern Arizona"; A page of photos and illustrations along the route of the proposed Nicaragua Canal; The Nicaragua Canal in Sight - article by Francis E. Leupp; Ballad of Leiutenant Miles; Two-page centerfold compilation of photos and illustration depicting the proposed Nicaragua Canal, the country through which it will pass, and the people along the route; Hawaiian-America; An American Sovereign (continued); Amateur Sport - considerable text with six photos; Poem To Augustin Daly; The Conspirators (continued); Great vintage ads, including an illustrated one for the Columbia Bevel-Gear Chainless Bicycle from the Pope Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Conn. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality copy. Magazine
