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In folio, 216 cc, manca la prima carta bianca, lievi gore, antiche note, restauri alla carte del colophon, legatura in pergamena, titolo al dorso in oro, importante xilografia, una delle prime rappresentante la città di Roma al recto della carta M1. Il corpus antiquario di Nanni si compone di testi contraffatti, presentati come sensazionali riscoperte, corredati di fitti commentari dove risiede l’ideologia dell’intera costruzione. In folio, 216 cc, the first white leaf is missing, some waterstains, some notes, restored the colophon,vellum binding, title on the spine in gold, one of the first xilographies representing the city of Rome on the recto of the M1 paper. Nanni's antiquarian corpus is made up of counterfeit texts, presented as sensational rediscoveries, accompanied by dense commentaries where the ideology of the entire building resides.
<p>2 volumi, 17 cm, rilegatura dell'epoca in cartone ricoperto con carta marmorizzata, tagli spruzzati. p. 246, 1 cb; 280, 1 cb. Doppio rontespizio calcografico all'inizio dei volumi, con vignetta (uomo che con una lente scruta il mappamondo); Rara prima edizione italiana curata dall'autore (prima edizione: Amsterdam 1761). Romanzo utopico che racconta del viaggio fantastico di un uomo partito dalle cascate del Niagara su una strana nave volante diretta a Selenopoli, città ideale sulla luna. Fresco esemplare, mimimo lavoro di tarlo alle copertine che si ferma alle risguardie.</p>
<p>4 volumi, 15,5 cm, rilegature in mezza pelle, piatti marmorizzati, titolo e fregi in oro al dorso. Vol. 1: p. XXI, (1), 472, (2) con 9 tavole compresa l'antiporta incisa con ritratto di Enricus Wanton; Vol. 2: p. 619, (1) con 8 tavole f.t; Vol. 3: p. 648 con 9 tavole f.t. di cui una carta geografica ripiegata "Provincia de filosofi" (rifilata alla base) Vol. 4: p. 646 con 8 tavole fuori testo. Curiosa opera fantastica che cita gli scritti di Swift sia nel itolo "manoscritto inglese" che nello stile narrativo che con il pretesto di un naufragio descrive i viaggi in luoghi misteriosi abitati filosofi e di società utopiche di creature antropomorfe dalle sembianze canine e scimmiesche. <span>cfr. Melzi III, 216 </span>Esemplare in ottimo stato, completo di tutte le tavole.</p>
140 pages. Features: Iconic Benito cover illustration welcomes visitors to New York and the World's Fair; Welcome to New York; Invitation to the Fair; Dress Sense of a Queen; From Queen Alexandra's Day; The Queenly Figure; Mrs. Vincent Astor; Coats for the "Yankee Clipper"; World's Fair in the "Nineties"; Fruit from Paris - colour illustrations of fruity headwear; Polynesia in Print; Summer Preview in New Orleans; Southern Innocents; Land of Cotton; Vogue's Spot-Light; 5 PM to 2 AM - at the Fair; Photos of French doll Madeleine de Baine, purchased in Paris in 1868; A Wardrobe for visiting the Fair; Town Ginghams; Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Miller's house; and more. Ads include: Wamsutta Supercale sheets color photo inside front cover; Tiffany & Co; Fromm Bros. silver pedigreed fox fur fashions; Best & Co; Bergdorf Goodman; International Silk Guild; Henry Bendel; McCallum Stockings; Fantastic one-page color ad for Shalimar perfume; Luxite Pantie-girdles; Bonwit Teller; Jaeckel; Van Raalte undergarments; Lord & Taylor; Stetson Tailorite Shoes; Nice one-page color illustrated ad for SeaMolds swimsuits by Flexees; Wallace Silversmiths; One-page color ad for Red Cross Shoes; S.H. Camp & Company - featuring large illustration of the Camp Transparent Woman; Macy's - Parade of Pants and Petticoats; "Lastex" Yarn; Dupont's Scuffless "Pyraheel" for shoes; Biberman Bros. - feminine frocks; Gansborough Snoodets hair nets; Vanity Fair Silk Mills; Pacific Mills; Enka Rayon; Laros Undergarments - lovely one-page color-illustrated; Everfast - one-page color-photo of model in Guatemalan print; Jacqueline Shoes; Pakables Hats; Vassarette foundations - nice one-page two-color ad; Kedettes Shoes - nice one-page color ad; Talon Placket Fasteners - featuring motorcycle cop photo; Saks Fifth Avenue; Frances Denney Make-up; Elizabeth Arden - nice one-page, two-color ad; Max Factor; Heel Latch Shoes; Daniel Green Comfy Slippers; Grace Ashley; Dobbs Hats; Jane Engel; Gorgeous color-illustrated Italian Line ad inside back cover shows charming passengers on deck; Back cover color-photo ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes features tobacco auctioneer Joe Cuthrell - plus dozens of additional smaller ads. Complete and unmarked with no address label. Moderate wear. Binding sound. Short openings at each end of backstrip. A quality copy of this magnificent vintage issue. Book
Pages 81- 120 plus xx pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: Ad for the Clinton Fireproofing System includes great photo of the mansion of Mr. Spreckles under construction in San Francisco; "Overloch" - The fountain of the formal garden; "Overloch," The Country Home of John A. Burnham, Esq., Wenham, MA; The Disposal of Bric-A-Brac; Residence of Van Wyck Rossiter, Esq., Nyack, NY; Fences in Towns and Villages; Illumination at Mount Vernon; The Summer Home of Spencer Hall, Esq., Water Witch, NJ - Built in the Mission style of Architecture; Planning a Country Home; The House Roof and It's Garden - a neglected opportunity / a successful house-top garden; The Historic Wentworth House at Little Harbor, NH, owned by Mr. J. Templeman Coolidge, Jr., of Boston, MA; Three Pennsylvania Houses designed by Mr. D. Knickerbacker Boyd, of Philadelphia; The Plant and the Season; Fantastic back cover ad for Pacific Mail S.S. Co. of San Francisco promotes their boat service from San Francisco to Hawaii, Yokohama, Nagasaki, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Manila; and more. Printed on glossy stock. From a bound volume. Complete and unmarked with Average wear. Binding intact. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
76 pages. "At the end of 1975, Elton John and Bernie Taupin made rock history when "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" made number one in America's three major trade charts (Cashbox, Billboard and Record World) on its first week of entry. Nobody, not even the Beatles, had ever done that before." - from page 2. Contains four pages of text plus twenty-five pages of great black and white photos. Includes music, chords and lyrics for: Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy; Tower of Babel; Bitter Fingers; Tell me When the Whistle Blows; Someone Saved My Life Tonight; (Gotta Get a) Meal Ticket; Better Off Dead; Writing; We all fall in Love Sometimes; Curtains; Dogs in the Kitchen (lyrics only). Unmarked. Binding intact. Average wear. Narrow openings along backstrip. A sound copy. Book
92 pages. A.J. Casson cover illustration depicts 'The Great Gardening Game' on a checkerboard. Contents: Colour ad for Kyanize Lustaquik Finish inside front cover; Fantastic multi-photo ad for International Harvester trucks features photos of trucks belonging to Hendrie & Co., Ltd., of Hamilton and Deskin Brothers of Montreal; Nice photo ad for Cream of Wheat; Canada's Fighting Airmen - Part 5 - Lt.-Col. Barker, V.C. wins his first decoration; Racing Needs a Cleanup - Douglas Eppes argues that government control of Canadian horseracing tracks is an imperative necessity - with photos; The Red Sport Cabriolet, by Martha Banning Thomas; Hon. John Babington Macaulay Baxter, Premier of New Brunswick - an intimate sketch; Vanderdassen, by Maurice Inskipp; The Parking Puzzle - James A. Cowan sheds a little lighht on the question of what a motorist can do with his car once he's bought it - with cartoons and photo; Private Elemental, by Will R. Bird; The Centenarian, by Fred Jacob; Before British Columbia Was Born - first of a series of articles narrating the romantic experiences of Jason O. Allard, including super photo of downtown Nanaimo in 1858 when it was called Colvilletown, plus a photo of the grounded "Beaver", the first steamship to churn the waters of the Pacific, wrecked near the mouth of Vancouver Harbour; Full-page colour reproduction of "Over the Top", a WWI painting by Alfred Bastein; Kindred, by Archie P. McKishnie; The Pilot, by J.H. Power; Comments on the book "Memoirs of Prince Max of Baden"; Ultra-violet rays successfully used to treat King George V; Major H.O.D. Segrave relates the thrills of being the world's fastest motorist; Canadian General Electric ad for the 3897 Refrigerator; Gorgeous full-page colour ad for Packard automobiles features James Monroe; Congoleum Rugs colour ad; Brickbats and Bouquets - Letters to the Editor; Review of New York Times article by Edwin L. James which criticizes U.S. foreign policy and envisions an International Bank; Nice Plymouth car ad featuring the full-size Four-door sedan; Monroe Doctrine Explained; Nice two-colour ad by Red Indian motor oil; Full-page ad for Pepsodent; Great colour ad for Frididaire Refrigerators; Very bold Firestone Tire colour centerfold ad; Wonderful vintage ad for the Wallglow shower manufactured by Wallaceburg Brass & Iron Mfg. Co.; Full-page Chevrolet ad; Ford photo ad promotes two cars per household; Happy Valleys - The Okanagan and Annapois Valleys; Very nice colour ad for Crane plumbing fittings shows a lovely contemporary kitchen scene; *Magnificent* full-page pastel colour ad for Canadian Pacific boats of the high level of service offered by their network of railways, steamships and hotels - includes layout of a luxury railcar with solarium, observation lounge, buffet, etc.; Half-page Kellogg's corn flakes ad features black waiter holding breakfast tray; Gutta Percha & Rubber, Limited ad for their Gum Cushioned Tires; Nice full-page ad for Willys Knight cars; Full-page Listerine ad; Great full-page colour ad celebrates 50 years of Woolworth; Lux Toilet Soap features 16 head-shot photos of lovely ladies and includes their names; As the Twig is Bent - Parents must build the characters of their children, by Mabel Crews Ringland; Edith Louise Paterson - Canada's Youngest Woman Judge; Design Feature - The Breakfast Nook; Financial Article - Security Markets Reflect Acute Credit Stringency (hmmm... this was months before the stock crash of October 1929); Handsmome ad for the new Nash '400' car; Colour ad for Palmolive soap inside back cover; Colour ad for Parker Duofold pens on back cover. Address label upon front cover. Crossword completed. Above-average wear to covers which are loose in one piece but present. Textblock sound. A worthy copy of this very informative and attractive issue. Book
80 pages. Beautiful cover illustration of Canada Geese by A.J. Casson. Features: Colour photo ad for Eversharp pens and pencils inside front cover; Beautiful Toronto model Betty Syme featured with her son 3-year old son Paddy in a multi-photo ad for Ipana toothpaste; The Last Delegate, fiction by Margaret Lewerth; Stuttering Can Be Cured, by George W. Kisker; Big Larry of U.B.C. - Norman Archibald MacRae MacKenzie is President, by Clyde Gilmour; Hut Scene, fiction by Ralph Allen; Stries Without Strife, by Clarence H. Curtis; They Won't Go Home - Homeless, hopeless, buffeted by propaganda, a quarter million world war II Displaced Persons (DP's) rot in exile rather than face the real or fancied terrors of home, by Blair Fraser; Fall of the Sparrow, fiction by Robert Fontaine; Full-page Karsh colour photo of Field Marshall Viscount Alexander of Tunis, 17th Governor-General of Canada; Ballerina Tamara Toumanova - article with six photos; The Gift - fiction by Louis Kaye; Are The Russians Mad?, by Eddy Gilmore; Happy Island - Tancook Island, Nova Scotia, with photos; Nice full-page colour ad for Bulova; Colour photo ad for Caterpillar Diesel; Fantastic colour full-page ad for the Oldsmobile Series 66 Club Sedan with Hydra-Matic Drive; Colour Northern Electric ad displays their range of radios, waching machines, refrigerators and electric ranges; Beautiful full-page colour Pontiac ad features a 4-door model; 2-page black and white Buick ad; Full-page colour ad by Erven Lucas Bols, a Dutch Distiller, thanks Canada for liberating their country from the Nazis; Full-page ad for Fleet Aircraft featuring the Canuck; Interesting ad by Blue Top Brewing Company of Kitchener, Ontario presents details of 'The Expanding Home'; Colour ad by O'Keefe's Brewing Company on back cover features Southern Ontario - Canada's Industrial Province; plus many more wonderful ads and short articles. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Address label atop front cover. A superior copy of this magnificent vintage issue. Book
<p>24 cm, 2 opere in un volume, rilegatura coeva in tutta tela con fregi a secco e titoli in oro al dorso, tutte le copertine originali conservate, p. 93 (3) ; 95 (1). Brossure editoriali illustrate a colori e numerose illustrazioni nel testo di Albert Robida. In copertina al secondo volume il titolo varia in "Voyage aux Etats du Soeil" Le due brossure sono leggermente rifilate nel margine altro con un piccolo appunto a matita, altrimenti ottimo esemplare perfettamente conservato. Primo volume su carta patinata, secondo volume su carta vergata. Rare edizioni originali con i disegni di Robida. </p>
Pages 281-364 plus 80 pages of ads. Printed upon glossy stock. Black and white photography throughout. Features: Veteran's Memorial Bridge at Rochester, NY; What Has Happened to Architects?; Portfolio of Current Architecture; Drafting and Design Problems - Neighborhood Shopping Centers; Entrance Grille Studies; Westinghouse Electric Elevator Company ad inside back cover features fantastic photo of the Old Colony Building in Chicago; Dozens of sensational full-page illustrated ads; and much more. Minimal library markings. Average wear. External soiling. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Magazine
68 pages. Features: Schools should teach religion as a subject, not a faith; Macmillan's 30 fateful minutes in Moscow; *Fantastic* two-page colour ad for International trucks shows five different models; Gorgeous colour photo ad for the 1959 Buick Le Sabre convertible; How Dangerous is Natural Gas? - some people are concerned; Can the University of Toronto (U of T) survive sheer size? - article with photos; The hectic scramble for the class of 1959 - courted by hundreds of company recruiters; Canada needs a lobby in Washington; The Sleuths who probe our air disasters - with photo of the remains of a DC-4 which crashed in Quebec in 1957, killing 79 people; James Wilson Morrice - the painter we weren't ready for - article with colour illustrations; Nice Canadian Pacific centrefold ad for Canadian Pacific shows a large map of the world and their various transporations services; Nice Black Label beer ad shows massive glass of beer in the wilderness; Two-page black and white photo ad for Toro lawn mowers; Nice colour photo ad for Old Vienna beer inside back cover; Colour ad on back cover for S.O.S. pads and how they can be used to clean white wall tires; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
92 pages. Features: Torado Iwasaki was cheated out of his 640 acres on Salt Spring Island; Ernest Manning's offer to merge the Alberta Social Credit Party with the federal Conservatives; Egyptian travel posters in West Germany include swastika; How We've Come to Love the Car - a 10-page exploration of this surprising cultural shift - Peterborough's Superblock and architect Gerald Robindon, Monteal's new Place Bonaventure-Canada Trade Centre (cutaway view) - with photos and brief write-ups of the following people and their vehicles - Rompin' Ronnie Hawkins, Al Hamel, Dr. Morton Shulman, Harley Neilson (of the chocolate business), Dorothee Hebert and Kenneth Jarvis; Does Canada Need the Tories?; Wonderful photographic celebration of Orillia, Ontario's Centennial - with text by Jack Batten; Expose '67 - the unpredictable other half of Expo '67; Alan Eagleson and the formation of the NHL players' union (NHLPA) - article with great full-page photo of Eagleson with Carl Brewer - who later became an implacable opponent of Eagleson and his misdeeds - amazing NHL history, some of it from the dark side; Spiritualist James Wilkie of Vancouver - is his body taken over by timeless spirit Rama?; Lotta Hitschmanova helps the starving, sick and homeless in foreign lands - article with photo; Nice colour photo ad for Hollandia pipe tobacco; Colour photo centrefold ad for Eskilon winterwear; Nice full-page colour photo ad for Ski-doo; The Investigation Service of the Post Office Department - the secret watchers who guard your mail; Fantastic two-page colour photo ad for CBC-TV with photos of 17 of their shows/personalities; Photo ad for GM's short-lived Epic car; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
In-8, IX-152p. Très belle édition limitée à 575 exemplaires sur vergé d'Arches. Illustré de 6 gravures hors texte et de 6 vignettes dans le texte de J.-E. Laboureur, ainsi que d'une page de musique gravée. Ex-libris collé en deuxième de couverture. En parfaite condition.
24 pages. Features: Lester (Mike) Pearson wins Liberal Leadership - brief article with twelve photos, including one-page photo of Paul Martin Sr. celebrating with Pearson; Nice one-page colour ad for Neilson's "Nutty" chocolate bar; Fantastic brief article on nineteen-year-old Bobby Hull, the youngest player in the NHL, illlustrated with eight photos, including his new wife, Judie; Photo and brief write-up on U.S.-born entertainer Josephine Baker who has been made a Knight of the Legion of Honour in France - photo shows her with her nine adopted children; Wedding photo of Eydie Gorme and Steve Lawrence; Alberta boy Jerry Leiske crowned "King of Wheat" for third consecutiv year at Chicago's great exposition - brief article with six photos, including a large colour shot; Two pages of nice fashion photography entitled "The Chemise Makes a Comeback; Photo-illustrated brief article on young Sal Mineo; Nice one-page colour-photo ad for Robin Hood cake mixes; Canadian photo album includes members of the National Ballet of Canada who are performing "The Nutcracker", Ernest Kay of Victoria; Singer Vanda King of Oshawa who already has a contract for records and a film, and wedding photo of Stuart Cruickshands and Lorna Haren; Classy one-page colour Pepsi ad shows people on spiral staircase; Photos of Vancouver's annual "Polar Bear" dip, won by Amy Brown; Fantastic one-page colour-photo pin-up of Bing Crosby's new 24-year-old wife, Kathy Grant; Fantastic one-page colour team photo of the Detroit Red Wings, 1957-8. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
96 pages. Features: Frank Tumpane's views on book censorship; Nice one-page Canadair ad; Bill Zeckendorf's Big Real Estate Development Plans for Canada - article with great photos; Nice two-page color ad for the 1957 Plymouth; William Notman's irreplacable collection of half a million portraits and views - twelve pages of sample photos with captions; Why the Conservatives are swinging to Diefenbaker; The Junior League - exclusive women's service club; How Percy Williams Swect the Olympic Sprints - fantastic photos and flashback article to Canada's 1928 track sensation; Central Canada's wild rice - the weed that gourmets go for; Cinci beer ad; Philips TV ad - one page in color; Jasper cartoon; Fantastic colour centerfold ad for the 1957 Dodge - featuring a red two-door Mayfair; Marconi TV ad; Nice one-page two-color ad for Chevrolet trucks on the Alcan Highway; Foster Hewitt's most memorable meal; Ballerina Melissa Hayden is featured in a Canadian Wine Institute ad; Attractive photo ad for Warner's Corselettes; Nice color ad for 1957 Studebaker cars; Nice colour-photo Coke ad on back cover features two ladies lunching at soda counter. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Some dampstains. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 29-56 plus advertorial covers. Features: Cover photo-portrait of Churchill, now an honorary Freeman of the City of London; Two pages of actual-size illustrations of shells and bullets in use by the warring nations; Two photos of some of the 18,000 African wounded being being flown out to hospital; Page of 22 photos and brief write-ups of recipients of the V.C. since last September; Three photos of the sinking of a U-Boat by an American B.24 Liberator; Three photos of the Typhoon fighter-bomber; Killing the U-Boat - five photos of executioners at work on sea and in the air; One-page photo of Canadian destroyers leading convoy; Photo of U-Boat sole survivor Lieut. H. Schauffel; Photo of blindfolded U-boat prisoner on board destroyer "Escapade"; Photos of U-Boat survivors after encounters with "Archer" and "Woolworth Carrier"; Five illustrations show how the escort carrier "Archer" made her U-boat kill in the "Gap"; Two-page centrefold illustration of air battle above the clouds and under the northern lights; Six photos document a fully-laden glider being towed from Montreal to Britain, providing vaccines for Russia, radio, aircraft and motor parts; One-page photo of General Sikorski and daughter in Cairo, with inset photos of Maj.-Gen. Klimecki and Colonel Victor Cazalet, all killed in Liberator crash near Gibraltar; Six Allied aerial photos document bombing carnage in Messina, Holland, Brest, and Spezia; Two-page illustration of German aircraft - latest products for the Luftwaffe; Photo of Madame Chiang Kai-Shek addressing both houses of Parliament; Photo of the Duchess of Kent and her children in garden; Photo of Madame Chiang Kai-Shek chatting with Queen Wilhelmina and Princess Juliana of the Netherlands; One page illustration of the electron microscope and its fantastic performance; nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. A sound vintage copy of this excellent WWII issue. Book
Pages 253-280. Features: Cover photo of coffin of H.R.H. The Duke of Kent being taken to Windsor; Seven photos illustrated the Russian Soldier - a good friend, but a fierce foe; Two pages of photos from Russia, highlighted by a large photo of Stalingrad's massive Tractor Works, now converted to the production of tanks and heavy guns; Aerial photos of tank factory at Gien before and after R.A.F. raid; Air photos of U.S. attack on Abbeville Aerodrome; Aerial photos of devastating bomb damage to Mainz and Osnabruck; The Russian Achievement (article); Six informative illustrations on one page present 'The Best Field Gun in the Worls" - the British 25-Pounder; Five photos of the Army'snew six-pounder in action in the desert; Two photos of British forces in North Africa; Eleven fascinating photos illustrated "The Vigil of the Desert Patrol and the Qattara Depression - Problems of the Arid Region Which Lies South of El Alamein; Fantastic centerfold illustration of the Short "Sunderland" Flying Boat of the R.A.F. Coastal Command - skimming along the water; Seven illustrations of the extraordinary exploits of the "V.C. Submarine" H.M.S. "Torbay" during her Mediterranean cruise; Five photos of the Dieppe debacle - 'according to German propaganda photographs'; Page of great photos of the "Flying Fortress" and its guns; Photos of Egypt's Natural Defence Zone - The Qattara Depression; Photos of eleven personalities of the week include Leiut. J. Lowther, P.O. The Hon. M. Strutt, Mr. L. Hannen, Hitler meeting Raschid Ali El Gailini, Ilya Ehrenburg, and Lieut.-General Montgomery; Interesting page of illustrations explain "When a German Fighter-Pilot Bales out of an "F.W.190" - i.e. how his parachute pack is harnessed, and how it and his rubber dinghy are operated; Vintage ads including a nice colour one for Johnnie Walker on back cover which shows horses pulling plough in field outside window. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 677-728. Features: Twelve photos (over 4 pages) of Nazi Parachutists in training - falling and rolling, landing and fighting; Three illustrations of the British local defence volunteer force and how it confronts invading parachutists; Dramatic two-page aerial photo of R.A.F. operating against a Nazi motorized column between St. Menges and Floing, north of Sedan (a huge crater at a fork in the road forces Nazis to detour); Air photo of R.A.F. bombing on Dinant; Air photo of demolished bridges at Sedan; Sketch of destroyed Church of St. Pierre at Lessines, west of Brussels; Four sketches from Belgium show downed Heinkel near Waterloo, British troops shooting at German planes, bomb damage in Tournai, and Refugees fleeing Brussels; The War with Nazi Germany - The Great German Offensive (article); Flanders again devastated - six pictures from war-ravaged Belgium; Six photos of refugees from Belgium and the Netherlands receiving sanctuary in England; Centerfold illustration of the second martyrdom of Belgium - a swarm of German planes bombing Tournai, while a British roadside post with Bren gun waits for low-flying attacks; Nine excellent photos of Nazi mechanized units - heavy, medium and light tanks, armoured cars, motor-cyclists, and motorised guns; Photos of personalities of the week include Turkish delegation in London, Nazi prisoner in London, Class 'B' enemy aliens being marched through Liverpool, and Dutch Premier Jonkheer de Geer with four colleagues in London; One-page illustration of Nazi 'Blitzkrieg' offensive combining air and tank attacks; Photo-illustrated article on the vanishing American Bison; Photo of Hitler with his Army leaders; Illustrations of General Von Brauchitsch and Halder; Two-page world map illustrates 66 items which are still available to Great Britain via world trade; Weather Predition (article); Many nice vintage ads including a fantastic one-page photo ad for "Staybrite" steel by Firth-Vickers of Sheffield which shows large-scale production in their mill; Two photos of troops on the Faroe Islands (The Faroes) at Thorshavn; Photos of Bedford, Ford, and Fordson tractors being exported from Britain; Photo of General H. G. Winkelman, Commander-in-Chief of the Netherlands Army. Please note: Brown discolouration of unknown origin to bottom 0.75" of all pages. All text legible. Average wear and a minor nibble from foot of spine. A sound copy of this dramatic wartime issue. Book
Pages 1191-1234. Features: In the wake of VE day, this issue features several vintage ads promoting tourism to such European destinations as France, Rome, Düsseldorf, Baden-Baden, Austria, Bad Nauheim, Czechoslovakia, Zürich, Bermuda and more; Great cover photo of the fall of Bilbao - a peaceful street scene after the bloodless occupation of the city by Gen. Franco's troops and tanks; Group photo of members of the Imperial Conference at St. James's Palace; The passing of Sir James Barrie, author of Peter Pan - page of photos and text; Two pages of photos of floodlit pavilions at the Great International Exhibition in Paris; Two pages of fantastic photos of Wimbledon's 1937 seeded men and women players, including D. Budge, G. Von Cramm, H. Henkel, Miss H. Jacobs, Fru S. Sperling, A. Lizana, and 10 others; Page of nine photos illustrates stages in the growth of Amorphophallus Titanum; Article entitled "Headhunters never before visited by Europeans" - among the wild Naga tribes in a hitherto unexplored region on the Assam-Burma border - adventures with a British expedition sent to suppress slave trading and human sacrifice, with aerial photo of the burning of Pansha, a powerful village of the Kalyo Kengyu Nagas, destroyed by a British punitive expedition as retribution for slave trading and terrorism; Two intriguing large photos show the "radio" (huge log drum) used by headhunters to broadcast news; Two pages of great photos illustrate a Naga war dance and how they use headhunting to stimulate successful crops; Two pages of illustrations depict the havoc of Civil War in the countryside near Bilbao; Photos of the Lord Mayor of London in Paris; Photos of the 25th International Horse Show at Olympia; Two pages of text and photos document the fall of Bilbao - street scenes in the much-tried city after the entry of Gen. Franco's forces; Too large photos of the "Pommern" as it raced from Australia to England; sombre photo of large crowd watching the German battleship "Deutschland" landing her dead at Wilhelmshaven; Photo of Bedouin Arabs welcoming the Emir Abdullah on his return from the coronation; Photo of Bulgarian King Boris with his daughter, acknowledging cheers of his people upon the birth of his son Simeon; Two nice photos of the first Garden party given by King George and Queen Elizabeth; Photos of personalities of the week include T. S. Furmore-Hesketh, Bishop Welldon, Col. Henry Guest, P. G. Fairfield, Prof. J. H. Hutton, Lord and Lady Salisbury, M. Chautemps, M. Blum, Sir Squire Sprigge, Soviet airmen Chkaloff, GBaidukoff, and Byelyakoff, and M. Gaston Doumergue; Photo a beautiful sculpture unearthed by plowing French farmer M. Jean Gonon, of Estrat; Photo illustrated article on polecats; Women's fashion photos; Colour back page ad for Douglas Stuart (Stuart House, of London) and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this excellent issue. Magazine
62 pages. Features: Cover illustration by Franklin Arbuckle of young boy in horse-drawn cart; Brooke Claxton - The Cabinet Minister Who Never Sleeps; Troubles of a Royal Dress Designer - Hardy Amies; Victor - headwaiter at Montreal's famous Normandie Room; Angel (fiction by Albert Lefevre); The Strike That Terrified All Canada - Winnipeg's General Strike and Bloody Sunday, June 21, 1919; North America's Oldest Boomtown - St. John's, Newfoundland; The Biggest Twins in History - Jack and Leo Leavy of Vancouver are 6 feet 10 inches tall and weigh 300lb; The Caterpillars are Coming - major enemy of forests; Uncommon one-page colour ad for BA and their 88 & 98 gasolines with illustration of car racing up mountain past eagle's next; Fantastic "Vancouverites Map of Canada" by Len Norris radically emphasizes B.C. whilst Toronto is not even mentioned; Nice colour-photo vintage ad for Snyder's Dynavista sectional furniture; Uncommon Molson's ad includes only illustrated home-improvement tips by Tom Gard; Nice colour-illustrated one-page Chevrolet ad shows the 1952 Styleline De Luxe 4-Door; Half-page Bank of Toronto ad with photo of welder; Nice colour Aylmer canned peas ad; Austin A-40 one-page two-colour ad; Nostalgic one-page colour Tex-made fabric ad shows three well-dressed ladies; Half-page colour ad for Valentine shoes for men; One-page colour ad for Ford cars; One-page colour REO truck ad shows truck hauling head of the Sphinx!; Colour 2/3-page ad for Johns-Manville Lifetime asbestos roofing shingles shows blowtorch trying to burn roof; One-page colour Massey-Harris ad explains how 84 million baby chicks must be fed in Canada each year; Half-page colour ad for Champion spark plugs features sports car maker Briggs S. Cunningham; One-page colour ad for the 1952 Studebaker Starliner (teale Commander V-8 Starliner) inside back cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A very nice vintage copy. Book
52 pages. Features: Cover photo onboard a new Douglas Sleeper shows mother, son and stewardess; Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover; Reproduction of an amazing 1883 circust poster drawn by Emil Roe which shows Prof. Harriman's Steam Air Ship; The Turn of the Tide - a review of tremendous aviation progress in 1936; News and Views of the Month; Fantastic full-page photo ad for Gold Flake cigarettes features Antoinette Cellier and Richard Arlen who star in the film "The Great Barrier"; The Trans-Canada Airway - Progress Report - major article with photos and interesting graphic; Full-page ad for Richards-Wilcox with photo of their doors installed on the seaplane hangar at R.C.A.F. station Trenton; List of notable flights made during 1936; Monospar ad with photo; Early Aeronautical Research in Canada - Part III - the work of W.R. Turnbull - article with photos - airscrew research; Review of Air Mail Services; Fantastic photo Douglas ad shows comfortable passengers in flight; Great photo full-page ad for the Fairchild "Sekani"; Technical Achievements in Review; Great photo full-page ad for the Tiger Moth universal trainer; A.M. "Matt" Berry awarded McKee trophy for 1936 - brief article with photo; Vintage photo Learadio ad by Lear Developments, Inc. of New York; Stats on light aeroplane clubs from 1928 through 1936; Sensational Noorduyn Aircraft Limited four-page centrefold ad features photos of R.B.C. Noorduyn, D.M. Martin, Leigh Capreol, and "Pete" Vachon, as well as photos of the "Norseman" as a skiplane, seaplane, and landplane; Great half-page ad with map from Edmonton north to Cameron Bay for Mackenzie Air Service of Edmonton; Old Country Gossip; Photo of the Bristol Blenheim Bomber; Nice full-page photo ad for the Siddeley Cheetah; Commercial Air Services in Review; Canadian Vickers ad features photo of a Northrop Delta Mark I built for the R.C.A.F.; M.A.L.C. News; Photos and details of new Beechcraft Model 18; Photo of Amelia Earhart with W.C. Tinus of Bell Labs as he installs remote control for a plane's Western Electric radio equipment at Newark Airport shortly before her takeoff; Nice ad for Northern Electric Aircraft Radio; The Students' Forum; Condensed news from clubs; Nice Cub Aircraft ad; Nice Canadian Airways ad inside back cover; Imperial Oil Stanavo ad on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
96 pages. Features: Nice Royal Winter Fair cover illustration; China may soon be *the* world power; Behind China's Smile - a troubled people; Fantastic colour ad for Hertz features the 1959 Chevrolet; Is the body its own best doctor? - fresh discoveries of the body's natural defenses; If war comes by sea or land (part 2); A better world for retarded children; Is Alan Jarvis mis-spending our art $ millions at the National Gallery; Confessions of a fellow traveler - Mordecai Richler lays bare an unsuspected aspect of underground communism - its lighter side; Wonderful historic William Notman photos of An Era of Ships and Timber, plus skills and crafts that are no more; The Royal Winter Fair - biggest of them all; The On- and Offstage life of boy wonder Marcel Dube - the hottest playwright in French Canada; Nice colour ad for Rambler's 1959 cars; Great two-page colour ad for the 1959 Fairlane 500 Club Victoria; Colour ad for Fleetwood televisions; Colour photo Coke ad on back cover "Making Happy Music Together"; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
80 pages. Features: Great cover photo of Monreal Alouette Johnny Rodgers; Interview with Germaine Greer; Balking at Trudeau's wage and price controls; J.R. Superstar - feature article on Johnny Rodgers with *fantastic* colour photos; Superb full-page Timex colour photo ad beautifully displays 18 of their watches; Ron Basford feature article with photos; The Royal Canadian Legion - article with great photo; Dave Barrett at the Premier's Desk; Sports Journalists Dick Beddoes and Christie Blatchford; Will France bring back Film Censorship?; Murray Chercover and CTV's 'Woes'; Lorne Michaels leaves the CBC for NBC; Rene Simard - short article with photo; Roy Payne - short orticle with photo; Moderate wear. Three inch opening to top of back cover is neatly taped. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy of this superlative issue - a magnificent shapshot of Canada in the mid-70s. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Cover photo looking up the Yukon River from the wheelhouse of a sternwheeler; Why Not From Krupps to Japan - an anti-Japan rant by Sahonovitch; And Why Not Join the U.S.?; "Delate Klush Muck-A-Muck" - article with fantastic photos of the native eulachon (oolichan) industry; There's Gougers in Them Thar Hills; From Montana to the Klondyke - Part 1 of 3 - The Stikine Trail to Telegraph Creek and Dawson City (1897); Now is the time to join the Registered Trappers Association; The Hospital Insurance Act; politically incorrect African cartoon; Great New Natural Gas Wells Favor Westcoast Line (with map of the Northwest Alberta and B.C. Natural Gas Field); Nice photo Finning ad shows a Caterpillar bulldozer dragging a scraper; Dozens of nostalgic local ads. Faint date stamp atop front cover otherwise unmarked. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Your Health and the almighty Pill - overmedication (part 1); Will the Killers Come Here? - a report on the pieds noirs of Algeria, who may soon look to French-speaking Canada for refuge; Canada's role in attempting to discover how David took Jerusalem and where Christ rose again; Paul Anka - a new look at our besn-known export - a 21-year-old singer, composer, and tycoon - with photos; Your passport is suspect - any red spy, international crook or alien smuggler can get one by mail; Indian - a new TV play to read and see - CBC's half-hour George Ryga play; Ton Smits cartoons; Fantastic colour centerfold ad for International Trucks. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
