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32mo. 96 pages. In Finnish. SUBJECT (S) : Calendar. OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (Univ of Minnesota -- Minneapolis) . Good condition; covers detached, occasional pencil. (FIN-5-58)
8vo. 38 pages. In Finnish. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Very good condition. (FIN-5-70)
12mo. 167 pages. In Finnish. SUBJECT (S) : Finnish language; Communism Finland; Authors, Finnish biography. OCLC lists one copy worldwide (Helsinki Univ. ) . Very good condition, with some wrinkles on the spine and a blank sticker on the fly leaf. (FIN-1-9)
Features: The Deserted Farm - an amazing story from a holiday cycling tour in Northern France; That Night in Singapore - reprint of a 1932 story of an exciting nocturnal adventure connected with opium-smuggling; Saharan Adventure - A memorable trip through little-known regions; Doing a Perish - the grim search for water by a mounted constable and his prisoner in Western Australia; A Day with Ostriches - a trip to the Ostrich Breeding district in the Cape Province of South Africa; Magic Books - passport issues and Jugoslav frontier officials; Arctic sparks - the world's northernmost radio station at King's Bay, Spitzbergen; "Wee Eck" - a quaint tale of British Army life in India during the late war; Escape by Sea - Marooned in Somaliland, the author charters a native dhow; Bad Neighbours - A Finnish immigrant, Helles Forsman, in British Columbia brings over his family... and they meet up with bears at their logging camp; and more. Backstrip almost entirely missing. Binding intact. Clean and unmarked. Decent copy. Book
Features: The Deserted Farm - an amazing story from a holiday cycling tour in Northern France; That Night in Singapore - reprint of a 1932 story of an exciting nocturnal adventure connected with opium-smuggling; Saharan Adventure - A memorable trip through little-known regions; Doing a Perish - the grim search for water by a mounted constable and his prisoner in Western Australia; A Day with Ostriches - a trip to the Ostrich Breeding district in the Cape Province of South Africa; Magic Books - passport issues and Jugoslav frontier officials; Arctic sparks - the world's northernmost radio station at King's Bay, Spitzbergen; "Wee Eck" - a quaint tale of British Army life in India during the late war; Escape by Sea - Marooned in Somaliland, the author charters a native dhow; Bad Neighbours - A Finnish immigrant, Helles Forsman, in British Columbia brings over his family... and they meet up with bears at their logging camp; and more. Average wear. Binding intact. Clean and unmarked. Sound copy. Book
8vo. 64 pages. In Finnish. SUBJECT (S) : Finnish-Americans; Cooperatives. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Covers detached, otherwise very good condition. (FIN-5-72)
12mo. 124 pages. In Finnish. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Covers loose and torn along spine, edgeworn, pages yellowed but clean, pen writing and moisture stain on front cover, good condition. (FIN-14-28)
Small 8vo. 88, 66, 64, 57, 67, 59, 50 pages. In Finnish. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Lincoln Presidential Library, National Library of Finland) . Edgeworn, back hinge split, shaken, good condition. (FIN-15-6)
12mo. 186 pages. In Finnish. SUBJECT (S) : Fiction. OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (National Library of Finland) . Ex library. Spine faded, good+ condition. (FIN-15-39)
12mo. 186 pages. In Finnish. SUBJECT (S) : Fiction. OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (National Library of Finland) . Large water stain on cover and endpapers, otherwise good condition. (FIN-15-40)
16mo. 48 pages. In Finnish. OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (National Library of Finland) . Covers are detached, front cover has a 1.5 inch long tear, otherwise good condition. (FIN-15-37)
8vo. 256 pages. In Finnish. Volume 1 (of 2) only. SUBJECT(S) : Finns - United States. OCLC lists 23 copies worldwide. Moisture spots on cover, otherwise very good condition. (FIN-15-38)
Signed by author upon title page. 124 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos. "A true saga of the north and a white man, who found the peace and contentment there that civilization had denied him." - Foreword. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
Pages 194-256. Features: The Passing of the Maine Wilderness - article with photos of destruction by John C. Phillips; An Anchor to Forestward - How America Tried to Grow Trees for Sail of the line on Santa Rosa Island; Naming the Sequoia - article by Cristel Hastings; Robins and Ruminations - article by Guy W. von Schriltz; How Dierks Lumber and Coal Company is Placing one of the largest bodies of controlled timber in the world uner forest management; Wilderness Classroom - article with great animal photos by R.W. Hiestand; Bankers Join Forest Converts - realization that florests are 'flood insurance' arouses financial interests; American Forest Week - proclamation by President Calvin Coolidge; The Paradise of the Cedars - The Park of the Cedars in Algeria - great photos; Fireproofing the Georgia Woods, by I.F. Eldridge; Centerfold contains 8 amazing photos of unique trees; Chief Forester Greeley's Retirement; The Chinese Elm - a Valuable Tree; The Raindrop Family - a story for children; Shirley W. Allen Takes Up New Work; Snapshots of European Forests by an American Forester - Part IV - Finnish Forestry Pays, by John D. Guthrie - with photos; Boy Foresters Serve Denver - by David W. Thomas; Nice illustrated ad for the American KampKook gas range for the outdoor chef; A nice assortment of vintage ads; Pacific Pumpers ad on back cover. Centerfold loose but present. Cover holding by one staple. Somewhat above-average wear. Pencil markings to back cover. Magazine
Pages 1077-1116. Features: Cover photo of the five-power conference to negotiate a new international treaty for the limitation of naval armaments; Illustration of the great Finnish composer M. Jean Sibelius on the occasion of his 70th birthday; Page of illustrations of naval cruisers of Britain, Japan, Germany and Italy - a reduction problem for the five-power naval conference; Page of reproductions of archival illustrations of historic precedents for Lord De Clifford's trial; Photos of air raids on Dessie - Italian bonds damaged the palace of the Crown Prince just after the Emperor of Abyssinia had left it to me: Article discusses "What is Electricity?"; Page of illustrations present electricity as a "new servant"of man; Oil - the diplomatic problem of the hour - three pages of photos of the modern oil industry; A unique complex of bronze age Irish ring-forts - new discoveries of unusual interest, at Cush, in the County Limerick; Page of photos of newly found relics of Celtic Ireland in the Bronze Age; a 12th-century Irish reliquary - the shrine of St. Manchan - text and photos; Page of photos of anteaters Map of the present Abyssinian Empire; Two-page illustration of the boiler furnaces of the "Queen Mary" being lit; Photo of rioting in Lahore; Photo of a large band of Sikhs overlooked by mounted police during a pause in their march to Lahore for Shahidi day; One page colour ad says Guinness is good for oysters - good for you; Colour centrefold illustration of the "Silver Jubilee Procession"; Nice colour one-page ad for Craven 'A' cigarettes with Christmas motif; Photos of personalities of the week include: the Oxford and Cambridge rugby teams, E. O. W. Hunt, George A Strasser, his Majesty Haile Selassie, Señor Manuel Quezon, the Bishop of Salisbury, Lord De Clifford, Thomas Marlowe, C. Hayden Coffin, and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester in Ulster with their hostess, Lady Brooke; Photos of survivors of the "Silverhazel" being rescued near the US destroyer "Bulmer"; Photo of the new Commonwealth of the Philippines being inaugurated at the legislative building in Manila; Photo of Signor Mussolini reading a restrained speech in the Italian chamber on the sanctions situation; Photo of saluting Italian war widows and mothers at the unknown warrior's tomb; Photo of Miss Jean Batten's damaged airplane on Araruama Beach, Brazil; Photo of the Wiley Post and Will Rogers aviation beacon recently placed on the George Washington Bridge in New York; Photo of wrecked Belgian airliner in Kent which crashed killing 11; Photos of Sir John Carden and Capt. Jean Schoonbroodt; Photo of Mr. S. V. Appleby crossing the channel in a "Flying flea"; One-page South Africa travel ad features illustration of native Village scene; One-page illustrated ad for Booth's matured dry gin; One page ad for the Vauxhall big six saloon; Review of "Steel of Empire", by John Murray Gibbon; Halfpage illustrated Estorial (Portugal) travel ad; One-page ad promotes Austria as the 'ski paradise'; article discusses economic 'stabilization' and it's difficulties; and more. Centrefold loose but present. Outer advertising pages not included. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
4to. 49 issues. Most are about 4 pages. Title changes to Finnish American Cultural Activities, Inc. After May, 1984. SUBJECT (S) : Finnish American - Minnesota - Twin Cities Metropolitan Area - periodicals. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Minneapolis Public Library, Univ of Minnesota-Minneapolis, Minnesota Historical Society) . ISSN: 0734-5925. Good condition. (FIN-13-27)
96 pages. Features: Nice one-page color ad for Lincoln cars features a red four-door with suicide doors; One-page color ad promotes Florida vacations; Classy color one-page ad for Mallory Hats; One-page photo ad for North American Aviation Inc. features their Navion 4-passenger plane; Hoover - "U.S. Communists are better organized than any fifth column Hitler had."; Senator Claude Pepper; Hawaii - struggle for control; Centralia Coal Co. Mine disaster at Wamac, Illinois; Attractive Coke ad shows three young office ladies eating their lunches in office; Color Camel cigarette ad features champion fisher Mrs. Dorothy Allan Newstead of Georgia; British prepare to turn Palestine over to the United Nations; Awesome one-page color Chevrolet ad features big chrome grill over flat black background; The French Four-Year Plan; Where are the POWS? - Two million missing Germans captured by the Soviets; Disastrous food situation in the Ruhr; Finnish physiotherapist Dr. Felix Kersten releases his analysis and observations of Himmler's personality; Color ad for 1947 Ford cars; Violence in Formosa; Photos of Australian girls bidding farewell to American sailors on the Wooloomooloo wharf in Sydney; Communism in Franc - illusions and realities; Jeep ad shows it doing utility jobs; Brief obituaries for Johnny Evers, Charles S. Whitman and Edith Craig; Examining Hiroshima victims 16 months later; Uranium 233; Barbara Ward - First Lady of the Economist; Airlines - Eddie Rickenbacker of Eastern; Photo of Horace T. Pentecost and his one-man "Hoppi-Copter" helicopter; Glorious color ad for Chrysler cars at apple blossom time; Henry Hazlitt writes on High Taxes vs. Incentive and Revenue; Photo of world record swimmer Joe Verdeur; Wonderfully-illustrated Fruehauf Trailers ad features the Minnehaha natural spring water and their loading docks on wheels; Erich Leinsdorf; Nice two-page ad for Newsweek; Nice color ad for Venus drawing pencils; Color-photo ad for Corby's whiskey; Nostalgic ad for P.I.E. - Pacific Intermountain Express (truck lines); Color-photo Studebaker ad inside back cover; and more. Above-average wear and soiling. Age-toning to contents. A worthy vintage copy. Book
305 pages plus 319 pages. This work is "a result of an extraordinary conference that took place in Toronto, Canada in November 1979. The Multicultural History Society of Ontario drew Finnish scholars from throughout the world to present papers on Finnish migration and about the life of the ethnic group, especially in North America, but everywhere it had dispersed throughout the world." - from Preface. Usual library markings. Average wear. Bindings somewhat fragile. Worthy reference copy. Book
104 pages. Features: Ethyl Corp. ad features color illustration of PT boat in action; Fantastic Chrysler photo ad shows many labourers working on Helldiver wing sections; Photo of Olympic ski-jump champ Birger Ruud; Traitor - Pvt. Dale H. Maple; Brief obituaries for Arthur H. Kudner, Ralph Henry Barbour, Ben Riley, Charles Bedaux, Capt. John T. Randall; Major Truk and Eniwetok Coverage; We can hit anywhere, any time; Reds exterminate encircled Germans at Dnieper; The Battle of Italy; Bombing of Monte Cassino; Dramatic aerial bombing photos of Alife, Italy; Nazis may quit Scandinavia; Helsinki's mothers and children leave - photos; Argentine President almost unseated; Nice color-illustrated General Tire ad has military theme; Nice color Seagram's V.O. ad; GMC Truck ad features Muslim theme; Fascinating one-page color Cadillac ad with military theme; Jerry Geisler - photos and article; Suicide of Charles E. Bedaux; Photo of Mrs. Myra Westray, Sheriff of De Witt County, Illionois; Finnish diplomate Hjalmar Procope - article with photo; Baruch-Hancock Report; Nice one-page color patriotic ad by American Airlines; Nice De Soto car photo ad; Very nostalgic photos of 'rink-dink' signs promoting tax return services offered by small merchants; Excellent one-page color ad for Allison (division of GM) aircraft engines features air battle scene; Alan Ford - Yale's Man of the Century (article with photo); Captain Harry E. Stark is featured in a Great White Fleet ad; Photo of boxer Al (Bummy) Davis and knocked-out opponent; Article and photos of troop entertainer Joe Brown in Asia; Nice one-page two-color ad for Davidson Duplicators features illustration of German prisoners giving up; Interesting photo ad for Smith Corona typewriters features military theme; One-page ad for film "In Our Time" starring Ida Lupino; War Against Lice - article with photos of DDT being used; and more. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
56 pages. Features: Nice color Bermuda tourism ad inside front cover features golf scene with young black caddy; Nice one-page photo ad for Plymouth cars; 1/3-page ad for United Air Lines with photos; Mercury 8 one-page illustrated car ad; Lawrence Olivier and Jill Esmond divorce; Orson Welles and Virginia Nicolson divorce; Novelist Adela Rogers St. Johns is jailed; Brief obituary for Dr. George De Bothezat, builder of the first successful helicopter; Nice one-page photo ad for Dodge cars; The work of Martin Dies; Rev. Charles Coughlin under attack by the Jewish People's Committee; Census Revolt; Photo of tent city build for Californai Okies; Punxsutawney, PA groundhog predicts weather; The Convoy System - Britain depends on it; A look at the Finnish situation; Poultney Bigelow reveals ex-Kaiser Wilhelm wants the Nazis to turn on the Bolsheviks; Swedish volunteers help Finns resist Russia; Bombers supplanting U-Boats and Mines in Blockade Duel; Eddie Arcaro Rides Winners; Photo of basketball being played on skaes!; "Grapes of Wrath" hits movie screen as powerful social drama - with photo of Henry Fonda and his movie parents; Nice one-page color ad for the Good Year Double Eagle Air Wheel (tire); James Jefferson Davis Hall is the Bishop of Wall St.; Photo and write-up on the Air Corps' new 400 mph Airacobra; Nice 2/3-page two-color ad for Beech-Nut Gum features young lady reading mystery book; Neutrality Dodge - photo of big Lockheed bomber, destined for Allied war service, crossing the North Dakota/Canada border behind a team of horses; Big Pepsi-Cola skywriting contract; Nice color-photo ad for Four Roses Whiskey on back cover; and much more. Middle page holding by one staple. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
60 pages. Features: One-page photo ad for Goodrich Silvertown tires shows huge 100-ton transformer on large flatbed trailer; Babe Ruth's birthday (with small photo); Marriage of Dorris Bowdon to Nunnally Johnson (with small photo); Obituary for Capt. Wilford H. (Captain Billy) Fawcett; Obituary for Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor General of Canada; Absolutely gorgeous one-page full-color ad for Diamond T Super-Service Trucks; Nice one-page photo ad for International Trucks illustrates work on huge aquaduct to bring water to Rio de Janeiro; Photo of Maurice Wrixon with his unique animal - half cat, half monkey?; George R. Hart performed marriages wholesale before being shut down; Census Storm - maze of "Prying Questions"; American Youth Congress (AYC) Blasts War; War Rumblings in Near East mark Anzac arrival in Suez; Allies provide guns for Finland; Photo of German soldiers at Essen Krupp works scanning skies for bombers; How the Finnish War Affects the Western Front; IRA Bombers' Hanging Brings Riots in Dublin and Belfast; Censor woes in France; Four war photos from Finland; Lord Haw-Haw; Britain's new fighter, the Boulton & Paul Defiant; Walt Disney - illustrated Pinocchio movie article; Intimate view of Hitler by Hermann Rauschning; Joe Louis fights Arturo Godoy - with photos; Nice one-page photo ad for Chrysler features the 6-passenger New Yorker sedan; Photo of figures skaters Eugene Turner and Joan Tozzer; Nice one-page Chevrolet ad features the Special De Luxe Sport Sedan; Fast photo captures runners William Fritz, Charles Beetham and Charles Quigley in the Boston Garden; Weird 2/3-page photo ad for Kreml Shampoo and Hair Tonic; Alcoholics Anonymous; Fashionable one-page ad for Mallory hats; Fashion designers Elizabeth Hawes and Muriel King; GM shareholder Charles S. Mott; Nice color-photo ad for the new 1940 Studebaker Commander features an orange car surrounded by a well-heeled group; Back cover features nice ad for Old Overholt Whiskey with an illustration of the Falstaff Inn of Pennsylvania. And much more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Book
8vo. 256, 238 pages. In Finnish. Complete in two volumes. SUBJECT (S) : Finns - United States. OCLC lists 19 copies worldwide. Very good condition. (FIN-15-3)
48 pages. Features: Color cover photo of artist Edward Hopper; One and a Half Cheers for Progress - article by James Michener; How a Supersoldier Was Fired From His Command - Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Herbert tried to go by the book in Vietnam; A Report from the Majority of the World - article with many photos from Begadjah, Indonesia; The World of Edward Hopper - The drama of light, the artificiality of nature, the remorseless human comedy; Plaid fashion photos; Many gorgeous fashion ads; Finnish instant vacation home - designed by architect Matti Suuronen; and more. Small library stamp atop front cover. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
64 pages. Features: Nice ad for Dodge Trucks inside front cover shows eight of their models; 2/3-page two-color ad for Heublein's Club Cocktails; Birthday photo of boxer Max Baer; Marriage of Artie Shaw to Lana Turner; Vivien Leigh divorce; Annie Lyon Howe, the mother of Christian Kindergarten in Japan, is honored; Obituaries for Col. R.E.B. Crompton, Frederick E. Murphy and Rudy Wiedoeft; Nice color ad for the La Salle Special 5-Passenger 4-Door Touring Sedan (Green) with white wall tires; Pullman ad shows men getting productive work done while on train; Nice one-page photo ad for 1940 Plymouth cars; Communists muscling into Peace Groups; War in Finland - Mass vs. Morale; Swedes Balk at Finnish Aid; When Spring Comes to Finland Mobility will be Difficult; British Seizure of Altmark stirs furious war of words; Germany relies on roundabout routes to get war supplies; Canada's new three-symbol battle flag; Japanese blocked in effort to shut off the war in China; Murals in Linoleum for the new S.S. America; Runner Charles (Chuck) Fenske; Joe DiMaggio ranks among the best-dressed; Al Capp and his Li'l Abner comic strip; One-page ad for the Cine-Kodak movie camera; Photo and article on Peanut scientist George Washington Carver; 2/3-page ad promotes Metropolitan Oakland, California; Mgr. Fulton J. Sheen; Plastic furniture made by Kodak; Fluorescent carpet; Nice color ad for Packard cars inside back cover; Great color ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes on back cover features tobacco buyer James Walker and farmer A.B. Mize of North Carolina; And much more. Center page loose but present. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
76 pages. Features: Wonderful cover illustration of ice fishing huts by Macpherson; Quebec Board of Cinema Censors bans film Martin Luther as it shows the Pope in a bad light; Should White Marry Black? - Interracial Marriage; Dulles Battles an Uneasy Europe; Colour Plymouth ad; John Tunney's Stubborn Fight for Justice - this pro-union Winnipeg milkman spent seven years and thousands of dollars battling the union leaders who cost him his job - bonus-length feature article with photos; Do You Know How Old You Really Are? - new atom-age tests make a liar of the calendar; The Lakehead-core of Canada - Karsh photo feature on Fort William-Port Arthur (Thunder Bay) - with interesting emphasis on the huge Finnish labour force; The Memory of a Sentimental Morning - story by Ronald R. Smith - illustrated by Oscar Cahen; People Won't Believe the Colonel's Blind - Col. Eddie Baker and the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB); He Tried to Create the Perfect Wife - story by Robert Olson; There'll Never Be Another Model T - a Maclean's flashback to 1922 when Henry Ford's 'car for the multitude' became almost a way of life; Lovely colour ad for the 1954 DeSoto; My Adventures in Basic English, by Steve Laszkiewicz, a displace person (DP) from Poland; Unusual colour centerfold "Do I Have To Grow Old?" shows fashionable woman - sponsored by the Canadian Banana Company; Nice colour-photo Coke ad on back cover "After the Prom... it's Coke Time". Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book