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Pages viii + 256-352. Two fold-out maps at back: Rhodesia - Congo Boundary, Peake, Libyan Desert - Routes of Capt. Orde Wingate, 1933 and previous explorers. Map of The Old and New Rhodesia-Congo Boundaries near Elisabethville at page 266. Features: Douglas Freshfield, 1845-1934, by Dr. T.G. Longstaff; Northern Rhodesia-Belgian Congo Boundary - with fourteen black and white photos, by Lieut.-Colonel E.R. L. Peake; In Search of Zerzura - with six black and white photos, by Lieutenant Orde Wingate; Saxton's Survey of Northern England, by Gordon Manley; The First Sighting of Australia by the English, by Ida Lee; Moving Swamps in Ceylon - with two black and white photos, by W.G. Adam; The Carte Du Monde Au Millionieme, by Colonel Sir Charles Close; Obituary of Francis Henry Hill Guillemard; and more. Only external mark is a library stamp upon front cover. Similar stamps to back of fold-out Rhodesia map, upon photo at page 286, atop pages 295 and 311, and upon photo at page 322, Small bar code sticker atop page i. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A quality copy. Book
95 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Features: The Oxford University Expedition to Sarawak, 1932; The Japanese South Polar Expedition of 1911-1912; The Administration of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea; A Roman Bridge in the Fens; Geodesy and Geophysics at Lisbon; The Empty Quarter of Arabia; Air Survey by Multiple Lens Cameras. University library bar code upon first page of advertisements, otherwise unmarked with average wear. One-inch chip hanging from backstrip. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
Nice Wurlitzer theatre organ ad inside front cover. Contents: Lovely photo of the interior of the Carthay Circle Theatre, Los Angeles. Theatre Organ on Campus - Indiana University. Miss Rose Diamond at the Console - as told to Peg Nielsen - nice 2-page article with photos. Syracuse Keith's Theatre Organ Finds a New Home with the Empire State Theatre and Musical Instruments Museum - interesting 3-page illustrated article. A report on theatre organ activity in the Utica-Rome, New York area. Music of the Silents - Furioso No. 1 - the third in a series on silent film cue music arranged by Col. Harry J. Jenkins (composed by Harry Norton in 1919) - with sheet music. Nuggets from Golden Days. Pipe Dreams, Chicago, USA - the last of two instalments on Chicago's Radio Pipe Organs - great illustrated 4-page article. Coverage of the Chicago conference and artists who performed there. Accidents will Happen - wonderfully nostalgic recollections of accidents in the heyday theatre days of the 1920s by John Muri. Technical article - Repairing and Rewinding Wurlitzer Magnets. Classified ads. Chapter news. Hollywood Cavalcade. Record Reviews. Reader submissions. Very impressive Rodgers Theatre Organ ad on back cover. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Nice Wurlitzer theatre organ ad inside front cover. Contents: Lovely photo of the interior of the Paradise Theatre, Chicago. The Second Age of Theatre Organ - The Grande Barton Pipe Organ in the Virginia Theatre - nice illustrated 3-page article. Vincennes University in Vincennes, Indiana is probably the first Junior College in the United States to have a Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ installed on its campus - illustrated article. Technical Article - Repairing and Rewinding Wurlitzer Magnets (part 2). The Ashley Miller Story - nice two-page article with photos. Mark Del Castillo concert for L.A. Chapter. Chicago 1926 - Article on Henri A. Keates. Chicago's Radio Theatre Pipe Organs - Pipe Dreams, Chicago, USA (part 1 of 2) - fantastic article with photos, including Al Melgard. John Muri on different syles of playing. Billy Nalle at Longwood Gardens. Welcome to the Hoosier Theatre - Dick Smith plays in Whiting, Indiana. Lee Erwin Captivates Rochester. Gaylord Carter Presides at San Diego Morton Organ Rededication Show. The Fabulous 'Beer Can' Organ and Art Stopes. Obituaries of James Allen Orcutt and Frank D. Rogers. Nuggets from the Golden Days. Reader contributions. Classified ads. Chapter news. Hollywood Cavalcade. Record Reviews. Nice Rodgers Theatre Organ ad on back cover. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
28 pages. Features: Juliette is featured in an Burgess Battery ad; By God, There Aint' Many of us Left - The Orangemen of Ontario / Orange Association in Canada; Pro Golfer Doug Sanders - He'd Be Poor on $38,000 a Year; Who Needs Ottawa - BC Premier W.A.C. Bennett has plans to split Canada into five regions and describes himself as a co-operative federalist; Full-page ad for Sony radios; Automobile Skid Control School in Oakville, Ontario run by Henk de Vries; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
28 pages. Features: The Irony of a Free-Enterprise Nation with a No-Choice School System (Part 2 of 3); Nice two-page colour photo ad for Benson & Hedges cigarettes features four people on one bike; Crying Wolf - For the Record, by Gregory Clark; Excellent full-page colour photo ad for Ski-Doo snowmobiles; Enigmatic Shadow - Quebec Federalist Gerard Pelletier; Death in the Arctic - Dorothy McDonald accepts a one-year nursing assignment at Lake Harbour on Baffin Island; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
24 pages. Features: A Letter From India - Allan Hodgson and Patricia Welbourn learn to live with Calcutta; Sevearl pages of beautiful photos of Canada's northlands; How Mexican Police Unearthed the Truth About Two Canadian Archaeologists - Elizabeth F. Snow describes the experience she shared with her husband while on a dig in Mexico; The Girl with the Iron Gut - Karen Magnussen has earned a world championship and a contract of $100,000 a year as a professional figure skater - article with colour photos; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
24 pages. Features: C-I-L Dynawad shotgun shell ad inside front cover; Canada's 11th Province Has Palm Trees - some 600,000 Canadians live in California; What it's Like to have a Heart Attack - Doug Palk helps readers understand; The Age of Chivalry is Alive - Colour Photo Fashion Feature; Canada's Cruel Treasure Chest - The Canadian Shield; The Millionaire and the 25-cent Piece - Gregory Clark recalls the special magic of found money; Great full-page colour photo ad for A&W features Albert and Walter; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
32 pages. Features: The C.N.R. gambles on passenger service - article with photos; Rita Tushingham - article and colour photos - filming of "The Trap"; Blair Richardson - The Hard-Punching Bible-Belter - article with photos of Canada's middleweight boxing champion; First Came the Vikings; When Our Parliament Buildings Burned - on a winter night fifty years ago a dreadful fire broke out - article with photos; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Features: Ivory - the pearl of the forest - the age-old industry built around the teeth of elephants; Editorials - blindness and false shame - help needed - too fat? - international affairs; Testing the astronomical yardstick - when Eros approaches the earth, Astronomers will study him further; A stone dam greater than Cheops' pyramid - novel methods of construction on World's largest rock-filled dam; Has living matter been produced in the laboratory? - Mexican scientist produces what resembles low forms of life; The volcanic birth of a new island - an eruption in hte bay that was Krakatoa's crater; Mining the sky for scientific knowledge - problems and questions that may be solved by the exploring rocket; Modern 'alchemy' in iron and steel - scientists are making iron almost a noble metal; Preserving newspaper files - tissue coating adds to strength of wood pulp paper; An actor turns inventor - safety oven shelf spells financial success; Practical X-ray crystal analysis in engineering - inner characteristics of materials can now be ascertained; Pre-constructed pip-line hauled out to sea - launching a huge pipe to make an ocean filling station for tankers; Giant Tortoises - they are now being propagated in the U.S.; From the archeologist's notebook - Petra - Chinese pottery dogs - a venus from the sea; Landscaping with fully-grown trees - difficult procedure in moving large trees; On the track of the Mayas - modern Mayas mix Christianity with their old paganism. Back cover features interesting advertisement by Southern California Edison with photo of enormous new transmission tower supplying Los Angeles. Uncommon Auburn Automobile advertisement inside front cover features their Cord Front Drive feature. One inch opening between top of spine and front cover. Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. Book
59 pages. Features: Black-Out By-Election in Central Southwark; Women's Army for Britain - many great photos with article; How to Photograph a Beauty - photo-illustrated tips by Angus McBean; The Happy Knitters - Keswick women knit for troops; I Was a Worker in a German Arms Factory - article with photos of German war production; Match Fishing; A Girl Goes Cycling - nice photo feature on how ladies can cycle fashionably given the petrol shortage; Sweden's Gold - article with photos of mining in the town of Boliden; Diary of the War - No. 23 - The Twenty-First Week; No. 4 in the Series "How I Would Run the War" - How I would Use the Navy; Cartoon "Hungry Mouths" shows Goring feeding the mouths of heavy artillery while families look on; Where Are Our Leaders?; Match Fishing - photos of competitive fishermen; The History of Weapons, No. 6 - The Machine Gun. Nice Shredded Wheat ad on back cover. Many other wonderfully nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy. Magazine
50 pages. Features: Thompson Valve ad commemorates the round the world trip of Mears and Collyer in 1928; Design and Construction of Aluminum Alloy Floats - article with photo of Keystone Commuter; Air-Cooled Cylinder Head Design; The Privateer Amphibian - A Low Wing Pusher Monoplane; Wind Tunnel Testts on Airplane Wheel Cowlings; Improvement and Economy in Carburetor Control; Vortex Theory and the Tapered Wing (part II); Effectiveness and Balance of Horizontal Control Surface; The Month's best from the Foreign Press; Assembly Instructions of the Fairchild Cabin Monoplane 71; Method of Making the Navy Type Cable Splice; How to Design and Build and Aircraft Finishing Room; Airplane and Engine Repair Cost Accounting; Puti It Up to Parker; How Fast Do They Fly?; New Products; Nice ad inside back cover Detroit's Hotel Fort Shelby; many more nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
50 pages. Features: Front cover Thompson Valves ad commemorates Navy flyer Lieut. Soucek and his 1930 altitude record at 43,166 feet; Good Year ad features photos of American Airways planes; Data on the strength of Aircraft Materials; Improving the Control System; Weight Reduction Versus Drag Reduction in Design; The Stark System of Instrument Flying; A New Army Fighting Grade Anti-Knock Aviation Gasoline - article by Major James H. Doolittle; Engineering Deductions of a Flight Around the World - Charles Healy Day and his Errant (Martin); The New Continental R-670; Care and Construction of Metal Propellers; 1931 Aircraft Production; Century Airlines Hangar-Terminal Building; Brief personality profile - with photo - of Charles N. Monteith, Boeing's chief engineer; Obituary of C.T. Porter; Autogiro photo ad inside back cover shows Juan De La Cierva taking off from Pier 34, New York, December 23, 1931; Nice illustrated back cover ad for the new Stinson Model "R"; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
104 pages. Features: Nice one-page photo ad for All detergent features housewife giving thumbs-down to high suds; One-page colour-photo ad for Northern Electric shows a variety of their phones; Volunteers help the Teismaki family of Banff; Dorothy Stronach of London, Ontario helps boys with hockey; Nice two-page colour-illlustrated ad for Swift's Premium Ham shows lady with platter holding off two gents in suits; Sexy colour-photo ad for Tex-Made sheets; Are Old Maids a Vanishing Breed?; Prince Charles - The Loneliest Boy in the World - article with photos; Keep Supper Warm (story); The Best and Worst TV Shows for Children; Edge of the Circle (story); 70 Best Jobs for Homemakers Returning to Work; The New Approach to Entertaining; Spectacular Party Foods; Romantic At-Home Clothes; Get the best results from Home Perms (Permanents); Nice one-page two-colour ad for Cream of Wheat; Nice colour-photo ad on back cover for Red Roase tea shows smiling couple watching tea pour. Covers loose but present. Chips from backstrip. Above-average but not excessive wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Features: Nice full-page colour ad for Viyella; Canada's Next Boom - Robert Winters' Hydro-Power development at Hamilton Falls, Labrador - by Peter C. Newman; Getting to know wolves on a personal basis, by Farley Mowat; My Colleagues, the Witch Doctors - Dr. Raymond Prince, a Canadian psychiatrist's African journal; The triumph and troubles of Place des Arts; The great communist scare of the Thirties in Canada - a Maclean's flashback; To the Little Red (Canadian) School House; My long search for a cancer serum, by Dr. Gordon Murray; The Social Side of the Cold War, by Mordecai Richler; Journey down the railway that couldn't be built - the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Line; Colour Coke photo ad on back cover features many guys reaching from bus for Cokes from a girl outside. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Pages 88-128. Features: Hon. Dexter Richards - article with excellent one-page engraving of Mr. Richards; Reminiscences of Distinguished Men; Rev. Leander S. Coan; Sonnet; Diary of rev. Timothy Walker of Concord, N.H. for the year 1780; Slavery in New Hampshire in the Olden Time; Major Frank; It Rains; Mary Teviotdale - or Athyne's Heir; Reminiscences of Daniel Webster, No. 3 . Above-average external wear and soiling. Chips and openings to backstrip. Faint prior owner's name atop front cover. Moisture stains throughout. A worthy reference copy. Book
24 pages. Features: Vitaly Uspinov's Mission - For 50 Years he has watched in helpless rage from Montreal as the Soviets destroy his Church - but he believes one day the faithful will return to Moscow; King Tyee and the Salmon Princess - Al Purdy writes a fishing story about the ones that will always get away - with colour photo; The Bubble Gum Kid - article on Expo Catcher Gary Carter - with nice colour photos; Nice half-page vintage colour ad for 1975 Dodge Vans; The Food Co-Operative Revolution, by Wayne Ellwood; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Pages 193-224. Features: The first church in Dover, and its Pastor - with illustration of Rev. George B. Spalding; Ancient institutions in Concord - The New Hampshire Patriot, The New Hampshire Statesman, The New Hampshire Historical Society; Did John Lovewell of Old Dunstable live to be 120 years old?; Hydrophobia, or Rabies; The Old Farm - a story in three chapters; New Hampshire men at Bunker Hill and Bennington; Chohass - the name of the great invervals on the Connecticut River at Haverhill, New Hampshire, and vicinity - with journal entries of Deacon robert Walker's and Matthew Patten's journey from Bedford to up Peezumsuch River in October and November 1764; The rationale of free government; History of Education in Nashua; Ad inside back cover for the patented Standard Broiler for beefsteak, made by D.Arthur Brown & Co. in Fisherville, NH. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this early issue. Magazine
69 pages. Author's signature upon title page. "World War II finished in 1945; a book about it in 1991 might seem unnecessary, but friends who have read the diary I kept in Germany, and know that I was taken prisoner four times, have encouraged me to put this book together." - from Foreward. Nine black and white illustrations. Chapters include: Early Days; Egypt and "The Blue"; P.O.W. Number 2 and 3; Bricks and Soap Powder - P.O.W. Number 4; Peace at Last!; Italy Re-visited; Poems written in Captivity. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
58 pages. Features: Nice Ipana photo ad inside front cover; To Girls Who Want to Get Married; - Lux ad; Candles Without Cake (fiction); Night Call (fiction); The Better Man (fictitious tale of a young pretty newspaper woman in Ethiopia - "From every side black men closed in, howling lustily, frothing themselves up..."; Shadowed Wedding (fiction); Look Your Best - tanning/makeup advice for the summer; Love Doesn't Last (fiction); 45 and Glad of It - middle age can make a woman a master or a slave; Nice full-page colour ad for Campbell's vegetable soup includes the Campbell kids; Full-page colour reproduction of a beautiful flower painting by Archibald Barnes, A.R.C.A.; Nice full-page Cream of Wheat ad features photo of cute little girl and small dog; I Nursed the Quintuplets - part 2 of Madame Louise de Kiriline's story of her work with Canada's famous Dionne quints - story with photo; Fashion photos; Photo of Bette Davis in Quaker cereal ad; The Movie Go-Round - a dependable monthly guide to good movie entertainment for the family; Honourary life membership in the Canadian Public Health Association awarded to Dr. McCullough, a columnist in this publication; Pie-making; The Weekend Guest - advice for hostesses; Meals of the Month; News Bits by Lotta Dempsey; Nice colour cartoon-style ads for Rinso and Lifebuoy inside back cover; Gorgeous colour ad for Buckingham cigarettes on back cover features young lady golfer. Address label atop front cover. Average wear. A nice vintage issue. Magazine
40 pages. Features: Effect of Fillets Between Wings and Fuselage; Cabin Interiors; Magnesium and its Alloys in Motors and Aircraft; The Packard Diesel Aircraft Engine; Automatic Viscometer; Los Angeles County promotional ad; News of the Industry; New Developments - with photo of Chevrolet aircraft motor; Back cover Stromberg-Carlson ad includes photo of their Fokker Super-Universal research plane; many more vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
74 pages. Features: College fashion cover illustration; Bright red Canada brand Lobster ad inside front cover; Salute to a People, by Margaret Lawrence; Nice one-page photo ad for RCA Victor radios features the Model A-32; Come to the Fair (fiction); Two pages of black and white photos of college fashions for ladies; By Design - watch out when a pretty girl starts studying model trains!; Ugly Duckling - Jan worries about blonde Judith; Light Was Her Laughter (continued); "I'm glad we're friends with Canada", said FDR's mother to S.G. Moyer; Nice color ad for Campbell's Soups; Woodbury soap ad features photo of 'noted societal commentator' Cholly Knickerbocker; Women Face the Second Year of WWII; One-page ad for Fleischmann's Yeast features photos of locomotive cleaning and manually loading a horse-drawn wagon; Woodbury cold cream ad features photo of Andrea Leeds; One-page photo ad for Magic Baking Powder features young girl at chalkboard; The Bath Through the Ages; Teach the Children Music; Beauty News; Half-page ad for Mercury sportswear features photo of U.B.C. (UBC) outstanding woman athlete Ruth Wilson wearing her UBC top and Mercury campus stockings; Nice bright colourful ad for Hewetson Shoes inside back cover; Fantastic colour-photo ad for Crown Brand Corn Syrup on back cover features young man in necktie gobbling pancakes, plus an endorsement by Mrs. Percy Bone of Thornhill, Ontario, and a small colour photo of Kate Aitken; and much more. Moderate wear. Small address label upon front cover. A quality vintage copy. Book
42 pages. Features: Interesting Packard-Diesel photo ad inside front cover explains how their engine gains revs when going over mountain tops; Thompson Valve ad commemorates the "Southern Cross", piloted by Wing Commander Charles Kingford-Smith, which completed the first successful east-west Atlantic crossing in a heavier-than-air craft in 1930; New Features of Engines Exhibited at the National Aircraft Show; Wind Tunnel Tests and Performance Calculations on the Medvedeff Monobiplane; The Month's Best from the Foreign Press - The Development of Deck Flying (to/from aircraft carriers) with photo of Squadron Commander Dunning's first successful landing on the H.M.S. Furious, and three photos of the fatal second attempt; Airplane Motor Radio Shielding; Aircraft Servicing Solutions; Compensating the Compass - Periodic Inspection and Servicing; many more nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
40 pages. Features: Dr. George D. Scott of Kingston is proud of his don who dropped out of grade 10 to enlist in the U.S. Army - photos and article; Hockey's Biggest Reshuffle - looking ahead to the doubling of NHL teams in the 1967-68 season - article by Andy O'Brien; Gail Ross and her Horse Hobby - article with photos; Roloff Beny - a rather enviable reputation has been forced upon me; Nice full-page colour photo ad for Arrow shirts; Aylmer Tomato Product colour centerfold; How to Spend $12 million - that's how much Mickey Rooney spend during his rise, fall and long haul back (Part 3 of 3); Great vintage colour photo full-page ad for the Honda S90; Dr. Hamendra Banerjee is trying to discover if twins Jennifer and Gillian Pollock are the reincarnation of twins Joanna and Jacqueline who were killed in an auto accident 17 months before they were born; The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) at Sanctuary Wood; Laid in is a large colour BP chart which indicates which of their gasolines should be used for which car; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
60 pages. Features: Sven Hedin - The Go-Between; Can Nazi Ersatz Win? - great photos of material collection and innovative products borne of necessity; The Last Thirty Seconds before the Curtain's Up - photos of show-girls as they prepare to go on-stage; A Plea for Mothers - they fight for higher allowances while their men are away; Marineland in Florida - Porpoises' Paradise; Indoor Flying - R.A.F. Flight Simulators (the Visual Link Trainer); The Red Cross - interesting information and photos of this organization; Prison A.R.P. - French women prisoners of La Petite Roquette are provided with gas masks and other preparations in the event of German attack; Diary of the War, No. 29 - The Twenty-Seventh Week; Cartoon by Low mocks Goering; We Shall Win; Nice ad for the Bush Radio on back cover features Christopher Stone. Many other wonderfully nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy. Magazine
