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68 pages. Features: Jack Shadbolt cover art; Old Vienna beer ad inside front cover; Piece by Grace Lane about the victories of the church; BA ad features statement and photo of its President, E.D. Loughney; Nice full-page colour ad for the 1961 Oldsmobile Dramatic 98 convertible coupe; When a Retarded Child is Born; Burglary by License - the work of commercial bailiffs; The Great Columbia River Foul-Up - B.C. vetoes deal between Canada and the U.S. to harness this mighty river; Outcast in the Horn of Africa - the fourth and final part of Peter Stollery's African diary; The shocking truth about the undefended border (humour); The Misfortunes of War - extract from Ralph Allen's new book "Ordeal by Fire"; Summer Attractions in Montreal; Dan Petrie and the "underground railway" from Canada to Broadway; Fantastic Labatt's 50 Ale ad with water-skiing theme; Photos of Mutual Life of Canada's top selling agents; Colour photo ad for Viyella shirts; The Metis Today - a cruel price for mixed blood - article and photos describe their poverty; Ralph Allen criticizes the government of South Africa, with focus on Sir de Villiers Graaff and Prime Minister Verwoerd; Profile of Omri J. Silverthorne, chairman of the Ontario Board of Censors of Motion Pictures. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
60 pages. Features: Cover painting by James Hill depicts a pleasant scene in Victoria's Crystal Garden; Nice Colour ad for the Tea Council of Canada inside front cover; One-page Bank of Montreal (BMO) presents bankbook as a 'passport to better living'; Editorial about Mr. Pickersgill and Canada's policy re: Hungarian refugees; One page 1957 DeSeto car ad (yellow with white trim); Rev. William Jenkins explains why he is against the United Fund; One-page ad for Gilson appliances; Careers in Canada - there are more jobs than people to fill them; Gretta Graffin's Grueling Pilgrimage on foot across Europe; Pierre Radisson - Canada's answer to Davy Crockett - he'll soon be featured on Canadian TV; Blair Fraser Reports from Cairo - article with photo of Colonel Nasser and General Burns; A Gift From El Presidente (short story); Is Howie (Howard William) Meeker Tough Enough to Lick the NHL? - the Maple Leafs hire a rough-and-tumble coach - photo-illustrated article; Your amiable cousin, the sea gull; Nice one-page colour ad for 1957 Pontiac cars (white car shown); One-page colour-photo Canadian Club ad features photos of Portuguese tuna trapping; BOAC ad features black and white photo of gourmet meal being served onboard; O'Keefe Ale ad features colour photo of CF-100 jet fighter beside knight on horse; Colour photo ad for the Sheraton-Carlton Hotel in Washington; Vintage colour-photo ad for Heinz spaghetti shows daughter dumping pot onto dad's plate; Dow Ale features colour hockey illustration; Nice one-page colour ad features pink 1957 Chevrolet ('57 Chevy); Doris Hedges describes her most memorable meal; Colour-photo ad for the 1957 Studebaker-Packard; Attractive colour-photo 1957 Plymouth ad inside back cover; Back cover colour-photo Coke ad features young couple with portable record player (phonograph); and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Small chip from bottom corner of front cover. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
60 pages. Features: Cover illustration by Oscar Cahen of wedding scene; Nice colour-photo ad for International Trucks inside front cover; Austin car ad; Richard Keith Van Sickle - this oilman from Petrolia, Ontario ducked out of Austria in 1939 and the Russians grabbed his oil wells; The Girl with the Gingham Heart (fiction); But the Red Men (Indians) Didn't Vanish! - Canada's policy of cruelty and neglect toward native peoples is on the mend (large photo of Chief Joseph Abel of Yellowknife); An Island to Share (fiction); Country Minister - as the United Church celebrates its 25th anniversary modern young ministers like Elridge Currey of Victoria Square, Ontario, carry on with the great task; The Pacific Great Eastern (PGE) Railway of British Columbia - colour-photo-illustrated article; Mermaids made to measure - Archie Johnston of Toronto makes fake mermaids, mummies, etc. for carnivals; Why Don't Adults Grow Up?; The Vigilante Massacre - on Feb. 4, 1880 about 20 men attached the Donnelly home near Lucan, Ontario; Man's Last Enemy is Himself - political news from Britain with Churchill content; Nice colour (red) Meteor car ad; The Spoof That Swept a Continent - Lewis Gorin, Jr. and friends demanded soldier bonuses - while alive to spend them!; Nice colour White Road ad with Lake Louise motif; Nice colour-photo Canadian National ad shows family having luxury meal in dining car; 1950 Chevrolet truck ad; Back cover O'Keefe's ad features wonderful colour illustration of picnic scene by William Winter; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
84 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for GWG womens' slacks inside front cover; Nostalgic full-page colour ad for GE fridges; Brief write-ups and photos of two very successful Canadians - prospector Franc. Joubin who discovered Uranium at Blind River, and Claude Bissell who will soon become the U of T's youngest ever president; Full-page Royal Bank of Canada promotes their savings and personal chequing accounts; Photo of British Rock 'N' Roll King Tommy Steele; Fantastic colour photo full-page ad for the 1958 Chrysler Windsor; Is There a Drug to Cure Cancer?; The Eisenhower Tragedy - the president is a broken man and the west is leaderless; James Couzens of Chatham - The Canadian Behind Henry Ford - article with photos; Why They Won't Publish Your Song; I Married a Wrestler - by Leah Layton, wife of Lord Athol Layton - article with photos; The Best Fishing Hole in B.C.- short story; Franc. R. Joubin and Dr. Claude Bissell offer their views on what should be done about the education crisis; Are Our Children Growing Up Too Fast?; Don Harron and his losing battle to sidestep stardom - article with six photos; Nice full-page colour ad for Labatt's Pilsener beer; Colour centerfold ad for Canadian Pacific Air, Sea and Land travel services; Superb full-page colour ad for the 1958 Chevrolet's features a black convertible with red interior - what sets this ad apart is the black background - awesome!; CNR rail travel ad; Nice Coke ad on back cover shows a Bermuda waterfront scene; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
70 pages. Features: Lovely colour ad for British Consols cigarettes inside front cover; Nice Birks-sponsored ad for Challenger Watches features photo of British film star Anna Neagle; Editorial - Money and the Christmas Spirit - an argument for people to spend liberally; Should Canada Increase Her Navy? - an urgent plea for greater protection of our merchant ships; Rah, Rah, Russia! - America's communist "Commonwealth College" (near Mena, Arksnsas) - article with photos, including Dr. Lucien Koch; Nice one-page colour ad for Good Year studded tires shows car plowing through mud; When That Day Comes (short story); Peaking Under the Mat - wrestler Norton B. Jackson reveals some piquant secrets behind the groans and grimaces of a gay and goofy game; The Fourth Bride (short story); For the Ladies - with content and photo of Belinda Jelliffe; He Learned About Women (short story); Glimpses of the Canadian Scene; Music in His Feet (part 1 of 2); Nice one-page two-colour ad for Philip Morris cigarettes; Fantastic two-colour centerfold ad for the line of 1937 Chevrolet cars includes eight illustrations; Underworld Nights - new revelations from Mildred Harris and "Cokey" Flo who helped clinch the case against "Lucky" Luciano; Wise Virgin (part 2); Thank-you, Thank-you, So Much! - a chronicle of the storm-tossed way of a maid at 17; More Private Flying - article on the future of aviation with photo of Eugene L. Vidal; Fantastic one-page colour ad for Sheaffer's Lifetime Feathertouch pen; Paul H. Wendel Tells All - "My 44 days of kidnapping, torture and hell in the Lindbergh case" - article with photos (part 4); Handsome colour one-page ad for the 1937 Ford V-8; Lovely Christmas-themed colour ad for Arrow Shirts inside back cover; Classy colour ad for Community Plate cutlery on back cover. Front cover nearly detached due to nibbling along coverfold, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Magazine
76 pages. Features: Colour ads for Parker Pens (Fit for a King!), and Canada Dry; What is to be Settled at San Francisco United Nations Meeting?; One-page Trans-Canada Telephone System shows smiling Canadian soldier with crutch using payphone; Editorial on Postmaster's call that mail be more carefully addressed; Great one-page ad for movie National Velvet, starring Mickey Rooney and Elizabeth Taylor; Can Science Bring Back the Dead?; A Jump to Conclusions (short story); Let's Give Away A Million Square Miles! - proposal to give away a huge chunk of the North-West Territories to the U.S. who can then finance its settlement; The Flying Tiger of Tuttle Hollow (short story); Will We Want International Sport? - photo-illustrated article on international sport and its future after WWII (with photo of Canada's Percy Williams winning the 100m at the Amsterdam Olympiad in 1938; The Affair at Saltover Priory (short story); The "So-Creds" (Social Credit) Come to Town - interview with federal party leader Solon Low with photos of him and Alberta Premier Ernest Manning; Love at Second Sight (short story); One-page Kodak ad features photo of Cpl. A. Romeike of Medicine Hat and his sister Lieut. Amy Smith of Vancouver, taken at a Canadian hospital in northwest Europe; Ventures in Victory Gardening; Classy one-page "Buy Victory Bonds" ad sponsored by Northern Electric features the Soldier's Creed and the Civilian's Creed; Photo of Joan Davis in Arrid ad; 1/3-page ad for the Canadian Ice Foundation features photo of bayonet; Preventing colds in children; Interesting centrefold ad by the National War Finance Committee describes the eight types of Canadians; Article entitled "A Letter From Home" about Canadian seamen includes photo of Leading Seaman James M. Baxter, of New Westminster, B.C. distributing mail to his mates; Photo and description of newly discovered German landmine made mostly of glass to avoid detaction; One-page ad by the Department of Veterans Affairs explains that War Veterans Insurance is now available; Jergens Lotion ad features photo of Marguerite Chapman; Nice one-page colour-illustrated Singer sewing machine ad; Colour Charlie McCarthy comic in Chase & Sanborn ad; Cooking article on the skillet; Conservation tips; Fashion illustrations; Charming colour illustration of Shirley Temple in Woodbury Powder ad; World Sayings; One-page ad by the Department of Veterans Affairs inside back cover explains government credits for education or land settlement available to returning veterans; Excellent colour back cover Coke ad features sailor in soda shop with two lovelies; and more. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Lower seven inches of coverfold secured with archival tape. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Features: Some of Johnny's Best Teachers are Machines - startling changes in our classrooms, by Sidney Katz; How the 1,500 man OAS is warring on France - l'Organisation de l'Armee Secrete/The Secret Army Organization of Algeria; Grand Prix - colour photos of auto racing on Canada's first major-league track at Mosport; We're still wrong about the Russians, by Michael Barkway; The War Against (Werner) Von Braun - Douglas Kendall now tells how his aerial photographic unit fought history's first battle against missile attack - with great photos; Around the world on a package tour, by Marika Robert; The Last Tyrant of Taste - S. Morgan-Powell of Montreal; Great colour full-page ad for the Seattle World's Fair; Nice colour photographic full-page Pepsi ad; Great full-page colour photo ad for a white 1962 Buick convertible; Colour photographic Molson's Canadian ad featuring a shot of the newly launched "City of Victoria" ferry which will soon service Vancouver Island and the mainland; Paris, February 8, 1962 - a murderous march; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Contents: Consolidated Vultee Aircraft - interesting 2-page ad; McDonnell Aircraft Corporation - color ad; Gathered 'somewhere in London,' chiefs map course of invasion; photo of Japanese and Nazi officers watching German maneuvers ; Sir Oliver Leese - New Eighth Commander; Preparing to soften up the Marshall Islands; Poland's stormy history repeats in boundary dispute with Russia - Soviet's proposal for return to Curzon Line and her attack on Willkie tax Allied amity; Danish Martyr - Rev. Kaj Munk spoke his mind, then paid the dread Nazi price; Photo of Hitler with Bulgarian leaders; Camel cigarettes - great color ad!; Behind Pravda's attack on Willkie; Kodak film - military color ad; Firestone - color centerfold; Freya Stark - British Agent; Allies have secret weapon too - mysterious Jay-Pee Superplane - article with cutaway drawing; Grumman Trinity - Navy's ace combat plane makers build a colossus from $17,000 start; Surprise U.S. suit against 'cartels' baffles both British and Americans; Photo and story about Howie Morenz Jr.; Schlitz Beer - color ad; Great War Bonds ad featuring General MacArthur. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Over one inch thick. Many black and white photos. Features include: Through the Fields of Chukchi - a report of a Russian icebreaker's trip through a frozen sea; Along the Walnut Run - an N.F.B. story of the Nodwell Transporters, all-Canadian mechanical monsters; Tin Can Line is a Mighty Fine Line - a fast trip along a fantastic railway; Pioneering Arctic Air Services in Greenland - Scheduled Helicopter Flights; Transportation and the Settlement Frontier in the Mackenzie Valley Area; 175 Years after Mackenzie - a trip along the route of the great explorer; Beasts of Burden - a chapter from a book by Eskimo children of Chesterfield Inlet; Television in the North; Blow Spirit - Irene Baird's strange rescue from a storm; Yukon Pattern - a total approach to the problem of development of the Yukon; Fossil Harvest in the Far North; Tundra Trading - the fox fur trade; The Fur Auction - an exciting business; Canadian Fur Overseas - Canadian fur promotion; Fur Industry - the old and new of the industry; The Trapping Profession in the Northwest Territories - Father Brown of Colville Lake presents his case for a new approach to trapping; Walrus Galore! - Chesley Russell reminisces about walrus hunts he has been on; Neighbours - an Eskimo famly enlivens an Arctic campout; Turnabout - an African couple brings light to the dark north; Yukon Paperback - A. A. Wright browses through a 1909 publication; How to cook a Polar Bear; The Port Burwell Co-operative; From the Journal of Baron Munchausen - the great travel-liar visits Russia; Yukon tourist calendar; N.W.T. Tourist Calendar; A Tour of the better spots in the North; Cathay Revisited; Eskimo Art from Holman; Comment Est-ce Dans Le Nord; A Fair Trade - his freedom for a mug of tea - excerpt from a novel by Robert Kroetsch; Bicultural Ookpik - a pin-up designed by Eric Wilson; Yukon Mining Survey - 1965; Flowers of the Forest - Indian crafts from Fort Franklin, N.W.T.; The Tukcoat - an example of Eskimo handiwork; The Co-operative movement in the Arctic (2nd part in a series); The Return - a story of the occult; Northern Health Service - a picture story of the people it serves; Transportation at the top of the world; Indian Giver - short story by Fortesque McKay; Manuel - short story by Alf Copland; The Romance of Northern Names; The Bronze Cross - Scouting's Highest Honour; Early Geographical Concepts of the Northwest Passage; Pine Point Revisited; Growth of NWT Government; But Eskimo Children don't cry!; Bewildered Hunters in the 20th Century - N.W.T councillor Abe Okpik recounts a modern dilemma; Mountain Climbing in the Arctic, by P.D. Baird; A Daughter of the Midnight Sun; Women in Soviet Arctic Regions; Ma Courte Carriere de Vice-Reine; Memories of a Whaling Town; Transport by Submarine in Arctic Waters; Inukshooks and Itigaseemautes - mysterious beacons of the North; High School Drop-ins; Who will Be I; Community Health Workers at Hobbema; Wrangel Island Wrangle; Murder Trial in Spence Bay; Christmas on the Trapline; You only take the First Trip Once; Penny's Polar Probe, 1850-51; Tea and Bannock; Ookpik; The reindeer Journey; The Seal Hunt; An Indian Tale of Birch Bark, Musk-rat Tails and Rabbits' Ears; Since the Days of Barter; Still Life in a Tent; Eskimo Wife. Moderate wear. Tightly bound. Minimal library markings. Book
Features: Presidential Party - Great colour photos of JFK's visit to Canada; James Coyne and the great debate - is Canada possible - the embattled governor of the Bank of Canada; What the music monopoly does to - and sometimes for - young Canadians - two New York management agencies have most of the say about which Canadian musicians are going to make it on the concert circuit, and what kind of music Canadian concertgoers are going to hear - a report on how Americans won a near monopoly of our concert platforms; The man who got everytthing by sending away for it - an article by Mordecai Richler; Why both sides will lose the white/black struggle for Africa; How Intelligence tests score today - the strengths and weaknesses of IQ tests; Ten hours alone with a time bomb - when Canadian George Cook volunteered for wartime special duty, he became a one-man suicide squad - good photos accompany article; Women are cowards about clothes - a fashion expert, Jane Harris, speaks out; Joan Allen and a Gentile Girl's life in Israel - she learned that Jews and Israelis are not the same people. Rev. Ray Goodall says - Let's disqualify adultery as grounds for divorce; Nice colour Pepsi ad on page 5. Colourful Labatt's 50 Ale ad on page 39. Colour Coke ad on back cover. Four inch by one inch chip from bottom corner of front cover else average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
166 pages including index. Signature of A.G. Davis Philip upon front endpaper. In 1988 D. Philip and K. Philip started on a program of investigating the major features of the Mandelbrot set. One of their investigations concerned the Midgets found on the Spike of the set. This volume describes the results of their studies as the magnifications were pushed to ever higher numbers. Includes 132 figures. Clean, bright and unmarked. Faintest traces of handling else As New. Splendid copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Nice colour Oldsmobile ad inside front cover; Join CUSO and spend a weekend with a real live duck-hunting maharajah; The West grows by Moose Jaw just sits and watches the trains go by; The Ship that Died of Shame - the HMCS Inch Arran; Bill Edwards of Oakville and his "Truth Paste" toothpaste; The Battle for the Warrendale Children; Harold Town Creates the Connoisseur's Christmas Tree - article with many colour photos; New Hustle in the Holy Land - it is polishing itself up to boost tourism; Nicholos Monsarrat - an interview before he left after living for fourteen years in Canada; Nightcap - it's TV with a leer and a plunging neckline, a busty, bawdy baby that nobody loves... just the viewers - article with photos; A Second Look at the "Facts" about Cancer and Smoking by the author of "You May Smoke"; George Feyer and his Comic Art (with a postage stamp theme); Eric Levinson claims Harry Houdini speaks to him from the grave - article with photos; Nice colour photo ad for Botany 500; What's New in Medicine; Nice ad for the 1967 Chrysler Newport; Bolens Diablo Rouge snowmobile ad; GM ad for their new energy absorving steering column; Code ad with Christmas theme on back cover. Average wear. 2"x2" piece missing from fore-edge of back cover. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
56 pages. Features: Cover photo of young lady with bike; Nice Ford ad inside front cover with painting of barn raising by W.A. Winter; Colour Ritz Cracker ad; What will follow the peace in Europe?; Photo of Royal Canadian Engineers in Holland locating searching with mine detector for $25,000 in jewels hidden by Dutch family for Jewish couple who escaped from Poland; Photo of a C.W.A.C. in a valo-taxi, the Parisian version of a rickshaw; Great editorial with photo of Miss Francis Langford, whose "pin up" in the wartime issue of this publication was most popular with Canadian troops; Nice colour Orange Crush features young lady holding brown glass bottle; Horation Alger in the White House - photo-illustrated article on Harry S. Truman; The Eternal Balance (short story); The Wife of a Hero (short story); The Knight is Young - photo-illustrated article on Alan Young of New York's Radio City; Too Many Cookies (short story); The East Coast Sardine Industry - photo-illustrated article; Evinrude ad shows military rafts powered by their outboards; The Cop's Horse - interesting article on New York's police horses; The Great Bullion Mystery - James Dye of Pinkerton's is called to the Seattle National Bank when $85k in gold goes missing on a boat named the 'Sarah' steaming from Tanana to Dawson; Children and Sunburn; Family Relations in B.C. - U.B.C. launches course on marriage and family life; Centrefold Frigidaire ad called "3000 Miles of Frigidaire" shows map of Canada; ad in which Schiaparelli interprets new Proud Pink Cutex nail polish; Short article called "War Worker" about Margaret Strachan who worked at Toronto's Royal York Hotel; Great one-page colour GM ad entitled 'Victory Parade' includes 15 illustrations of military products they made to support the war effort; Great photos of newlywed couple Kathleen Cuninghame and Tommy Hull, both of Toronto, in Woodbury soap ad; Colour ads for Canada Dry, Savoy Custard Powder, Clark's Mushroom Soup and Nabisco Shredded Wheat; Arrid ad features nice photo of Ilona Massey; New science developments; World Sayings; Intersting ad inside back cover by the Wartime Prices and Trade Board entitled "What Every Housewife Should Know About Sugar For Canning", with illustration of sugar ration coupons; Lovely colour White Rose ad on back cover encourages post-war readers to 'Look forward to the better things in Life!"; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A lovely vintage copy. Book
68 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of lady with horse; One-page Parker Pen ad with military theme; Colour Marboleum ad inside front cover shows vintage kitchen; One-page Singer sewing machine ad includes three photos of their ornate furniture; Wonderful one-page ad for the RCA Victor Globe Trotter Model A-31 radio includes airman; The General's Big Bull (short story); Known to Nobody (short story); Secrets of the German (Nazi) Air-Armadas - fascinating photo-illustrated article; The Ghost of Captain Renny (short story); Where the War Dollar Goes; Canada'a Forgotten Back Door - Will the Nazis Bomb Canada through Hudson Bay?; Beyond the Circle (short story); Carry On - football article includes photo of Squadron Leader Dave Harding at the Malton Airport with new military recruits asking him questions about his days with the Ottawa Rough Riders; Movie news and photos; One-page photo ad for Fleischmann's Yeast features great photos of man cleaning massive locomotive and horse-drawn wagon being loaded with sheaves; Woodbury ad features photo of Annabella; Anothe Woodbury ad features photo of Miss Nancy Weir of Toronto; Small ad for the Chesley Chair Company of Chesley, Ontario; The Ten Bob Note (short story); Homes of Tomorrow - photos of interior design ideas; Saturday Night Bath - tips on how to have a good bath; Fantastic one-page colour-photo ad for Lux soap features three photos of Carole Lombard; Illustrated instruction how to knit soldier and sailor dolls; Win the War in Your Kitchen - cooking article; Nice one-page Magic Baking Powder ad entitled "As Sure as the Sun Rises"; World Sayings; Magnificent red and black Canadian Red Cross ad inside back cover shows nurse with arms outstretched over servicemen and refugees; Great vintage colour Coke ad on back cover shows lovely young lady holding six-pack; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
44 pages. Features: Trans-Canada Telephone System ad inside front cover encourages the use of 'station-to-station' rather than 'person-to-person' calls to preserve wartime bandwidth; News digest includes 'Hitler gambles with all he has', 'Our weeks of bad news', and 'Egypts Crisis'; Soldier from the Wars Returning (short story); Air Aces - photo-illustrated article with photos of Wing Commanders John Kent, Paul Davoud, A.G. Malan, and N.R. Timmerman, plus Flt.-Lieut. H.T. Legge; Lucky He Looked In (short story); Weaving is Back - article on this resurgent art with photos of Miss Germaine Chaput and Miss Renee Beriau; What About Sport in Wartime? - article with photos of Flying Officer Duthie and Jack Dempsey with R.C.A.F. boxers in Toronto; Her Sister Had Everything (short story); Daughter of a Daughter (short story); Hollywood news and photos; Great one page orange and blue ad by the National Cash Register Company (NCR) encourages readers to purchase War Savings Stamps, with military illustration; This Man's World (short story); Odo-Ro-Do ad includes photo of Jane Macdonald; Kitchen Front article on food preserving "to help seal their doom"; Half-page Woodbury Powder ad includes photo of Rita Hayworth; So You Are Going to College - article for young ladies with photos of Marion Henry at McGill, Ruth Moxley of the U. of Manitoba, Lois Baker at the U. of Alberta, Pat Quinn at the U. of Toronto, and Jean McKinley of Queen's University; Quotes from around the world; Great National War Finance Committe ad inside back cover encourages readers to "Be a Thrift Columnist" by avoiding purchase of new clothes by combinding odd coats and trousers; Back cover colour Coke ad features hot soldier; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
68 pages. Features: Nice colour-photo Oldsmobile ad inside front cover features yellow and blue models from 1940; Nice colour-photo ad for Singer sewing machines; News digest includes the Graf von Spee Affair, a new moral arithmetic, Nazi view of suicide, and United States of Europe?; Loafers' Loops (short story, part 1); The Perfect Crime (short story); Between the Devil and the Zuider Zee - photo-illustrated article - dispatch from the Dutch bordertown of Kerkrade; Lovers' Meeting (short story); In the Mother of Parliaments - photo-illustrated article on the pageantry of the people's rule in Britain for a thousand years; The Yearling (conclusion of story about a deer); Ice Age - nice article on figure skating which includes photo of Ralph McCreath and Norah McCarthy, king and queen of Canadian skaters; Great half-page blue and white Alka-Seltzer ad includes photos of Toronto Maple Leaf players Sweeney Schriner, "Turk" Broda, and Red Horner; Movie news and photos; Photos of Priscilla Lane in Lux soap ad; Photo of Miss Madeleine Hill in Woodbury soap ad; Corn Flakes ad includes photo of W.B. Cross, Tea Taster and Blender for Mellocup Tea; The House That Fancy Builds - interesting colour-photo-illustrated interior/home design article; Fashion illustrations; (Female) Figures Don't Lie; Excellent one-page photo-illustrated Pond's ad includes photos of Mrs. Robert L. Simpson of Unionville, and Air Hostess Miss June Rothe; Article on vitamins; Quotes from around the world; Gorgeous colour Coke ad inside back cover features server girl holding lunch tray; Back cover colour-illustrated ad for Graded Canadian Beef; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating wartime issue. Book
40 pages. Features: Colour Canada Dry ad features playing cards; Canada's Cabinet Crisis - and After; Photo of F/L Art 'Birt' Birtwhistle of Ottawa chatting with Dutch girls about wooden shoes; Sugar-Snow Slalom (short story); Knocking the World About - article with photos of massive world infrastructure projects; The Vertical Line (short story); Will Anthony Eden be Britain's Next Prime Minister?; Lovely Laboratory - brief photo-illustrated article on Kew Gardens mentions Winnipeg's Palm House at Assiniboine Park; The Reluctant Tutor; Jergens Lotion ad features photo of Maria Montez; Anaconda Copper and Brass ad features photo of employee Lou Weller of Port Credit, Ontario; Very colourful illustrated centrefold ad for General Motors of Canada entitled "Enterprise - and the Challenge of Tomorrow" includes text mentioning founder Robert McLaughlin; Recipe article; Chase & Sanborn ad with colour Charlie McCarthy comic; The Canadian Mothercraft Society; Newlywed photos of Lynette Emelyn Diedrick of Kingston, Jamaice, and Frank Leonard MacIntosh of the RCAF appear in Woodbury soap ad; Wartime conservation tips; nostalgic ad for the Wartime Prices and Trade Board inside back cover uses traffic lights to explain it will take time for all wartime goods restrictions to be lifted; Great back cover colour ad for Good Year features very futuristic auto/highway scene; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
72 pages. Features: "Canada is Strong", one-page ad shows Canadian farmer tilling land; One-page Singer sewing machine ad features Mrs. S. Armstrong of Montreal; News Digest discusses Yugolsavia's 'purge', Slav vs. Teuton again, Washington News, and an 'inside job' for Hitler; Frigidaire ad; We Blockade the Continent - article with fascinating map explains wartime trade complications; Slave Labour Under the Nazi Scourge - Fascinating photo-illustrated article written by Oskar Lutze, a former trade-union official of Berlin; The Slide on Short Mountain (short story); War and Canada's Golden Age - article explains how Canada will benefit from WWII; The Designing Wench (short story); The Running Man (short story); Inside the Gestapo - conclusion of fascinating article about a strange and fatal bunch of documents, with photos of Franz von Papen and Countess Vera Fugger; Bluff by Holloway Horn (short story); The Woes of Wives; Longines watch ad includes photo of Sir Hubert Wilkins; Gay Garden Gadgets; Half-page Canadian Pacific ad for the Banff Springs Hotel; Hollywood news and photos; Photo of Norma Shearer in Woodbury cold cream ad; Nostalgic 1941 Chevrolet centrefold ad encourages readers to be "Feature-Wise", with illustrations of dozens of features available in their cars; Men and Their Wardrobes; Treasure in Strange Places; With Love from the Luftwaffe - article on German bombing of Britain; Birth of a Lipstick; Maple Leaf Fund - article with photo of Victor T. Goggin, President of the Fund; Department of National War Services half-page ad says "Save Scrap Metals, Rags, Paper and Bones"; Norway Fights On - one year after the Germans invaded; Watch Your Step; The Small Room (short story); Swimming and Health; Serve Them, They Serve You - cooking article with recipes; Fashion illustrations; Classy War Savings Certificates ad inside back cover shows mother with kids on hilltop and her 'pledge to them - and to Canada'; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this extraordinary wartime issue. Book
60 pages. Features: Marvelous colour ad for the Banff Springs Hotel inside front cover; Nice Anaconda ad shows factory worker with lunch bucket heading to work beneath caption "Night Fighter"; News digest includes 'Failure of Sir Stafford Cripps', 'India is like old Eire', 'Next step in India', 'Arch-traitor Pierry Laval returns to Vichy'; Trans-Canada Telephone System one-page ad encourages readers to call 'station-to-station' rather than 'person-to-person' to preserve wartime bandwidth; Editorial discusses cutting frills; One-page ad sponsored by Canadian Industry spells out their contribution to the Canadian war effort; Love Comes to the Wedding; Hounds in Harness - great photo-illustrated article explains many uses of dogs for man's service; Green Cedars (short story); The War of Axis Lies - great article on war disinformation, with samples of doctored photos used to mislead viewers; Anything but Backward (short story); The Body in the Box (short story); Motors on the Warpath - photo-illustrated article on General Motors and its huge contribution to Canada's war effort, including photo of General McNaughton inspecting vehicle at Oshawa plant; Great one-page illustrated ad for the Department of Munitions and Supply for Canada shows brave pioneer farmers reaching for their muskets to defend against enemies (whereas current governments would probably refer to such men as terrorists); One-page Westinghouse ad oultines ways to save energy in the home, leaving more for war production; "What's Cookin' in Hollywood' - article with photos of Hedy La Marr, Judy Garland, Ruth Hussey, Tyrone Power and Marsha Hunt cooking in their kitchens; Ads featuring photos of Miss Betty Cordon and Paulette Goddard; Photo and write-up of Rise Stevens; Preparing for Parenthood - article; On the Kitchen Front - article about open air meals, long cool drinks, eggs and what you can do with them, bread, and the roast of the month; Beauty and Fashions article; Canadian General Electric ad features "A Victory Diet"; Quotes from around the world; National War Finance Committee ad for War Savings Stamps inside back cover features lady 'loading a rifle by licking a stamp'; *Sensational* wartime colour Coke ad on back cover shows bottle being held by muscular arm with sleeve rolled up and coveralls; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
52 pages. Features: Ad inside front cover says "Canada is Strong" above illustration of man pouring molten steel; News digest considers a separate Italian Armistice, will France rejoin Britain, and more; Bold red and black photo ad for the 1941 Chevrolet; Famine Haunts Hitler's Europe - article illustrated with sombre photos; Something About Her (short story); Nightmare Next Door (short story); Mariana (short story); Motors on the March - photo-illustrated article on Canada's production of military vehicles, including photo of Col. R.S. McLaughlin, President of General Motors of Canada (with V.P. J.E. Johnson) presenting diplomas to a row of V.A.D.C. graduates - young ladies in GM coveralls; The Industrial West - article with photos of Western Canada's industrial infrastructure; Sixty Days to Live (short story, part 4 of 6); Movie news and photos; Woodbury ad features Paulette Goddard; Leather furniture fashions; Article on Hair Dye; Article on foods with calcium; Nice fashion illustrations; World Sayings; War Savings Certificates ad inside back cover shows family budgeting to buy them; Nice colour back cover Coke ad shows smiling man in fedora at soda fountain; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
216 pages. A detailed history of the Luscombe Airplane Corporation, its products and its people. Profusely illustrated with 200 black and white photos plus many drawings intended for the Luscombe purist desiring to restore his/her aircraft to its original lustre. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this exceptional reference. Book
Features: Nuffield Organization ad inside front cover; Photos of U.S. Shipping Aid, Wing Commander John Gillan; Anzac Lumbermen; Brooklyn USA Dockland Fire - great aerial view; Great large photo of a long line of "Valentine" tanks in use with the Polish tank corps; Photos of Pierre Laval and Marcel Deat - shot by Paul Collette on August 27th; 10 wonderful aerial photos of Ancient Persia's Ruined Cities - the Palace at Persepolis, etc.; Article on the situation in Thailand today; When Oil Fails - illustration of German tanks used as fortified posts; Super war photos from the Soviet Untion; Article - The War with Nazi Germany - Russia and Iran; Photo of Iran's peacock throne; Four awesome large photos of the Low-level R.A.F. attack on Rotterdam on August 28th; Centerfold painting of British Aircraft No. 6-A "Swordfish" swinging away from H.M. Aircraft-Carrier "Illustrious"; 10 interesting photos illustrate made-to-measure lifeboats and other equipment for imperilled R.A.F. pilots; Photo of Queen Wihhelmina inspecting Dutch troops in the Midlands; Variable-Pitch air screw education by de Havilland; Article about Sea Cucumbers, with illustrations; Colour Dewar's "White Label" Scotch ad on back cover shows men playing darts. Minor inkstamp to front cover and twice to contents. Clear tape inside each cover along spine and externally along spine. A sound copy. Magazine
Front cover sketches of Tamatave, Madagascar, Surgeon-General W.G. Hunter - Government Medical Advisor in Egypt, and Mr. John Marshall, New President of the Royal College of Surgeons. Topics: Mr. Waddington appointed French Ambassador to England. Cholera in Egypt. Echoes of the week. Opening of the Homes for Little Boys at Swanley by the Prince and Princess of Wales - 7 sketches on one page. The Prince of Wales at Work - 10 sketches on one page. Presentation of Regimental Colours. City Echoes. The Playhouses. Music. Evening Fete at the Fisheries Exhibition - several sketches on one page. Sketches in Cairo - 3 sketches on one page. Round about Paris. Uproar about plan for a second Suez Canal - Sketches of personalities involved on page 88. Education. Benevolence and Self-Help. 7 sketches of Nidderdale, Yorkshire. Chinese manufacture of great guns. General Home News. Classified ads. Supplement includes Chapters VII and VIII of The Canon's Ward, by James Payn. The Wimbledon meeting. Our fishing industries - with splendid 2-page engraving entitled 'Shrimping at the Mouth of the Thames'. Obituary. Chess. Wills and Bequests. Classifieds ads. 9 sketches of various fishing boats from the International Fisheries Exhibition. Engraving of Captain Matthew Webb - the celebrated swimmer who drowned last Tuesday in his attempt to swim the whirlpool rapids below Niagara Falls. *Excellent* 2-page engraving entitled "War Preparations in China - Welding a Coil for a Great Gun at the Arsenal, Shanghai". The Church. Sonnets. The Inland Parcels Post. Perforations along spine indicate this copy from a disbound volume. Average wear. Magazine
Pages 177-264 plus 16 pages of wonderfully nostalgic ads. Features: Three Asses in the Pyrenees - Part 1 of the amusing account of the travels of a husband and wife with their donkey; The Diamond Smuggler; The Man Who Turned Thief - Part 6 of 6; Five Thousand Miles on Foot in Central Africa - Part 4 of 4 of an important cinematograph expedition to the interior of Africa to film wild animals - article with many great photos; Two Robinson Crusoes - surviving three months on a desert island; Sorcery and Spiritualism in Papua - restoring the dead to life, table-rapping and curses that kill - photo-illustrated article; The Little Brass God - a planter's odd experience in India; Poaching on a King's Preserves; Through the East by Air - Part 6 of 6 of a wonderfully photo-illustrated article about a ten-month expedition to view middle-eastern cities by air; The Odyssey of Humbert Rulliere - Part 1- the amazing life story of a man who was once banished to Guiana; Afloat with a Madman - a fireman goes mad aboard the "Algerian Prince" in the Bay of Biscay; Capturing 'Coperhead' - the story of a murderous Kentucky feudist in the mountains near the Kentucky - West Virginia border; photo of man standing in front of the largest saw blade in the world, a 108" diameter product made by Henry Disston and Sons, of Philadelphia. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Features: reproductions of two short articles from 'The Pierce-Arrow Salesman'; Organizational Chart of the Pierce-Arrow Company, circa 1918; Evaluating the 'Dymaxion' car, by Maurice A. Thorne (Pierce-Arrow Experimental Engineer, 1929-34); reproduction of an interesting "Alemite Equipment Sheet" circa 1920, which was mailed to a customer by his Pierce-Arrow dealer; Reproduction of a 1973 news story about the renovation of a 1924 Pierce Arrow Truck at Burlington County Votech - many photos; Large original factory photo of a 1914 Pierce-Arrow runabout; Six-page article entitled "Old Days Service Garage Experiences", by John M. Powers - includes chassis diagram of a 1915 48-B-3 Pierce-Arrow which shows 93 (!) greasing points; Service Section - New Haven Station is Model - nicely illustrated 2-page article about a P-A dealership in New Haven; Three *great* pages of photos and text about the Clarke-Leu Company, the P-A dealer in Albany, NY; Recollections about the Famous Pierce-Arrow Cars, by A.C. May; Pierce-Arrow Epigrams, circa 1916, are reproduced inside back cover; On back cover is a reproduction of a 1920 dealer's quote for a five-ton dual valve Pierce-Arrow dump with four-yard steel body ($7242.40). Moderate wear. Bit of writing atop front cover. A sound copy. Book
