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54 pages. Articles: The U-Boat Menace - by Winston Churchill; The Private Life of One of the Prettiest Things on Legs - Carol Bruce from Brooklyn; My Old Kentucky Horse - some gay indiscretions by Bob Hope; What a Young Woman's Love Means to an Old Man - Renee Dahon is 40 years younger than her husband Maurice Maeterlinck; I Saw War's Hell in the Mountains of Albania; I Fought Joe Lewis with One Hand - This Time I'll Win! - Jewish Boxer Abe Simon. Short Stories: I Love You and Good-bye; Mr. Winters and the $10,000 Baby; Dear Ol' Deadline; Painless Extraction. Serials: War Girl - Part II; The Unobstructed Universe - Life Beyond the Grave- Part 4; Footloose - part 6. Ads: Great photo ad for Canadian War Savings Certificates features photo of dozens of kilted troops on the march; Mutual Life of Canada; Pepsodent Tooth Powder; Castoria laxative; Cameo Cigarettes; All-Bran Cereal; Colgate's Ribbon Dental Cream; Mum sanitary napkins; Grape-Nuts; Nabisco Shredded Wheat; Stetson hats for men; Champion Spark Plugs; Sani-Flush; Nostalgic Three-colour back cover ad for Lifebuoy Soap. Nice cover illustration by John Murphy shows wealthy lady with mountain of luggage - and her exasperated porter. Average wear. Minor moisture exposure. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
96 pages. Short Stories: Fair Warning; Swindler in the Family; Night Marshal; A Sentimental Subject. Articles: The Night Our Town Blew Up - photo-illustrated article of Roseburg, Oregon, scene of a massive explosion in 1959; The Animals Come First; They Called Us "The Law" - recollections of the wife of District Attorney W.A. (Bill) Morrison in Milam County, Texas; The Fight to Save the "Preemies" (premature babies); Speediest Kids Afloat - Australian swimmers John and Ilsa Konrads of Australia; They Killed Heydrich (Conclusion) - Seven Against a Regiment - story with many photos of the aftermath of the murder of SS Gen. reinhard Heydrich; The Face of America - The Well-Trained Angels; Beloved Bandits of the Skyways - a seagull story. Serials: The Secret of Sidewinder Gulch (part 1 of 7); The Case of the Duplicate Daughter (part 5 of 8). Ads: Caterpillar ad features photo of Philadelphia demolition scene; Dodge Trucks - with U-Haul theme; Nice one-page Pepsi ad with beach scene illustration; Campbell's Tomato Soup - used in BBQ sauce; Very nice one-page color-photo ad for the 1960 Turbine Drive Buick, featuring a black Electra 225 four-door sedan with yacht in background; Salem cigarettes - nice creekside scene; Dutch Boy Nalplex paint; Nostalgic color-photo centerfold ad for the 1960 Chevrolet Impala Convertible features white car and white horses; The Taylor family is featured in a two-page ad for the Insured Savings and Loan Association; Fisher Body; One-page color photo of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN; Lennox ad inside back cover; Great back cover color-photo Coke ad features bottle and glass floating on iceberg. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Numerous black and white photographs. "...Framed with the object of producing an account of the great contest now in progress, which shall be at once popular and authoritative... An account written by men of great experience in political, military, and naval matters... Will contain a great deal of first-hand material which will be really valuable to historians of the future." - From Preface. Contents: Chapter CXXIV - British Administration in War-Time. Fading to periphery of front and back covers. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Sound copy. Magazine
96 pages. Features: Cover illustration by William Winter depicts nervous invitation at youth dance; Movie censorship by province (brief article); Young business man Stephen William Garber; Finance Minister Fleming making enemies with his tight pursestrings; Fort William's censorious mayor Catherine Seppala - Lady Chatterley's Lover; Editorial says "If we burn Lady Chatterley, why not the Bobbsey Twins?"; The Grey Cup - and football - "are for the birds" says Frank Fredrickson; One-page colour ad for Orient & Pacific ocean liners; My Part in the Stratford Adventure - Tyrone Guthrie is the great director who guided the beginnings of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival; A Plan to Protect Our Savings Against Inflation, by H. Scott Gordon of Carleton University; Monty vs. Ike - a new report on the war's most successful and turbulent military partnership - article with photos from the memoirs of Viscount Alanbrooke; The Fraser River - six hundred miles of savage force; How I Sell Pretty Nearly Everything - Clifford V. French manages a Steinberg's supermarket in Dorval; The Mystery of the "Mice From the Sky" - Sally Carrighar studied lemmings for an arctic winter; The 'Secret Society" that saves marriages - the one thousand unpaid counselors of Britain's National Marriage Guidance Council; How to Lie Your Way to the Grey Cup - article on how CFL coaches lie about the health of their teams; I Watched the Titanic Rescue - Sir James Bisset was second officer of the Carpathia and recalls the rescue dash through icebergs and the grief of the survivors - article with photos; Canadian Club colour-photo ad features treasure divers Art McKee and Jim Thorne; Nice colour-photo one-page ad for Philips Sterio Hi-Fi (model F882); Colour-photo ad for Tooke shirts shows curling scene; Molson's Canadian one-page colour-photo ad features the tall clear bottles they used before converting to stubbies; One-page colour ad for the 1960 Chevrolet Bel Air 2-door sedan (red); One-page ad for "Canada's Own" Electrohome range of products; Zenith TV ad; Colour-photo Coke ad on back cover features couple in flower garden; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 353-402. Black and white photos. Features: Full-page photo ad for Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.'s No. 11 mill - the largest textile plant in the world; Full-page photo ad for the Polar Caves; Full-page photo of the observatory on Garrison Hill; The Month in New Hampshire; What shall we do with our railroads - consolidate or sell out - with map of New England railroads and connections?; How Dover Grew - the development of her factories; The Savings Bank Centennial - the one hundredth birthday of New Hampshire savings banks; An anthology of one poem poets; An orchard and a college education - apples from the French farm were sold to pay for education; Where the past lives still - Portsmouth - article with photos; Farmers' and Home-makers' week; A New Hampshire crusader; The high school essay contest; A kitchen of 1825 in a thriving New England town - the heart of our ancestors' house; What qualities make for success?; New Hampshire Necrology; and more. Average wear. Some external soiling. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
92 pages. Short Stories: The Love Potion; Above & Beyond; Nightmare Beach; Big Joe's Dilemma. Novelette - Bannigan's War. Articles: Brazil's Own Wild West - with photo of Texas-born Alex Henry who planted coffee trees in Parana; The Innocent and the Guilty - Who Killed Susan Hansen? (part 2 of 5); The Face of America - Natural Scoop; TV's Rebellious Cowboy - feature article on Richard Boone of 'Have Gun Will Travel'; Who Needs Jets? - these die-hard aeronauts restore old flying machines; They Tried to Teach Me Charm - the author joined Government secretaries and politicians' wives at charm schools to learn what secrets aid in holding a man, a conversation, or a job; Doctor of the Big U - Dr. John Edward Sheedy is chief surgeon of the S.S. United States, the world's fastest passenger liner; Adventures of the Mind - The Small World. Serial - The Secret of Sidewinder Gulch (part 6 of 7). Ads: General Electric Frost-Free Freezers; DeBeers (featuring painting of lady by Colleen Browning; Dial Soap; Nostalgic color-photo one-page ad for the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp. features red-haired kid eating huge slab of watermelon; Excellent Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup ad featuires smiling young boy at the lunch table; Employers Mutuals of Wausau ad features Red Owl Stores, Inc. of Hopkins, MN, with photo of President Alf L. Bergerud and employees at work; Nice two-page color-photo ad for US Steel features chef and housewife cooking lobster; Nice color Schlitz Beer ad inside back cover features party food; Color-photo Cheerios ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
112 pages. Features: du Maurier colour photo cigarette ad inside front cover; Short article on the Yippies with small photo of Rubin; Dispute between Simon Wiesenthal and the West German Red Cross; Short article on W.A.C. Bennett of B.C.; Heward Grafftey's assessment of Quebec Premier Jean-Jacques Bertrand; Editorial on Student Power; Vintage full-page colour ad for Scotiabank's cheque guarantee card; Sensational two-page colour photo ad for the 1969 Pontiacs - Grand Prix, GTO and Firebird; Nice 2-page colour photo ad for the Oldsmobile Delta 88; Pauline Jewett's plan for new independent parties within parties - outside Parliament; Student Discontent; Toronto the Cool - article with nice colour photos; They Chose Toronto as the place to do 'Their Thing' - Jim Mercer, Sylvia Feigel, Jack Bidnik, Irene Bashuk, Jan Kuypers, Terry O'Malley; Two pages of great colour photos of fashion on Toronto's streetcars; Bessie Hart's move to Toronto from Newfoundland; Status Guide to Toronto; Are You Psychologically Equipped to Live in Toronto?; Jake Gaudaur - head of the CFL; Penman's underwear ad filmed at Niagara Falls; Where Can Ben Ginter Make His Next $30 Million? - Unions and Politics are plaguing the former cat driver; Timy Time - God Bless Him - article with photos; Great vintage colour photo ad for Polaris snowmobiles; Excellent two-page colour photo ad for Massey-Ferguson's Ski Whiz snowmobiles; Full-page black and white photo ad for Volvo cars; Full-page black and white photo ad for milk sponsored by the Ontario Milk Marketing Board; Gorgeous colour photo ad for the Ford LTD; Nice full-page colour ad for Canada Savings Bonds; Nice colour photo ad for the Chrysler New Yorker, 300 and Newport; Nice full-page colour photo ad for the 1969 Mercury Cougar; Full-page colour photo ad for the 1969 Mercury Montego; How Nancy Greene is Becoming a Money Machine; Nice Triple Crown Whisky ad inside back cover; Dunhill cigarette ad on back cover. Average wear. Address label on front cover otherwise unmarked. A sound copy. Book
46 pages. Not connected with the Ford Motor Company. Interesting cover illustration claims "Half the country frozen, the other half mud holes". Main article discusses "The Used Car Problem". Article on the successful use of Fordson tractors to move 30,000 yards of dirt during construction of the State of Washington Administration Building. High cost of liability insurance in Massachusetts results in horses being brought back into service. Fordson Equipment News - article with nine great illustrations of vintage equipment; Eight New Jersey dealers experiment with radio advertising; Four samples of direct mail pieces promoting Ford dealer service; Logging contractor E.S. Friend & Son of Columbus, Ohio explains the savings Fordson brought to his operation by eliminating the use of horses; Fascinating illustration and article describe large saw blade which may be attached to the front of Fordson tractors courtesy of V.L. Holt & Co. of Portland, Oregon. Two-pages of "Used Car Appraisals for February 1927"; Many great vintage ads for equipment and parts, our favorite being the Rex Rumble Seat ad on the back cover which shows a couple of spunky young couples in car being addressed by a cop. Average wear. Minimal markings. A worthy copy of this nice Ford collectible. 13.5" x 10.2" Magazine
52 pages. Contents: Fantastic colour illustrated ad for Heavy-Duty K-Line International Harvester Trucks - built at Chatham, Ontario; Spy Against the Reich - Part 1 of 8, by Michael Annesley; The Decisive Year, by Douglas Reed who comments on the progress of the war and how it may turn out; They're "Naturals" - Kim Beattie writes about the stream of young, well-trained airmen now suring to Britainn's battle sky from scores of Empire training stations in Canada; The Wedding Day, by Eve Burkhardt; The South American Way - Ronald McEachern reports on the living mosaic of peoples and customs, wealth and poverty, new and old, that is South America - with photos; The Last Trick, by Will R. Bird; Beverley Baxter writes about exiled leaders now living in London; He's in the Navy Now (part 2) - from an Eastern Canadian port Naval Volunteer Bill Caskie - now a stoker - puts to sea - with 5 photos; A Farmer Writes to his Son - and the Son replies - a moving answer to what's the matter with farming; Nice 2-colour full-page Pontiac ad; Dodge 'Job-Rated' Truck ad; Canada 1827 - a letter from the past which paints a fascinating picture of the Ontario of more than a century ago; Ad for Vaseline Hair Tonic!; Sweeney Schriner is featured in a small Alka-Seltzer ad; Fargo Truck ad; Canadian War Savings Committee ad for War Savings Certificates; Average wear to textblock. Front cover loose and soiled but present - features photo of Mountie on horseback. Back cover missing. A worthy reference copy. Book
Pages 147-246 plus approximately 50 pages of ads, front and back. Contents: The Church and the People; The Adventure of Being Human; The Passing of a Brigadier; Judson Harmon - His Record and His Views; Savings or Efficiency? - second article on home making series; The Woman Spoke - article on native americans with quote by Chief Iron Eye of the Omahas; Art and the Average Man; Teaching Our Soldiers to Shoot - photo-illustrated article; The Story of Karl Witte - first of a series of articles on the progress and training of the child; Yankee Doodle in the style of the classical composers; From Stage Coach to Motor Car - great photo-illustrated article on early motoring. Many wonderful vintage ads including a great one-page ad for Rexall "93" Hair Tonic; Heinz Soup, Post Toasties, 2-page ad for R.M. Owen & Co. / Reo Motor Car Co. featuring Reo the Fifth, Quaker Oats - with photo of Prof. A.P. Anderson "The Man Who Invented Foods Shot From Guns", Educator Crackers, Van Camp's Pork and Beans, Dioxogen, Cheney Silks, Strathmore Paper, Hotel Chamberlin (Virginia), Santa Fe California Limited, Hamburg American Line ad for West Indies Cruise, Pebeco Toothpaste, Ostermoor Mattresses, Mott's Plumbing, The Columbia Buggy Company - featuring the self-starting 1912 Model 68-D, The Buick Model 35, Diamond Tires, American Woolen Company, and many more. Two library ink stamps to front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
132 pages. Fiction: Double Homicide; Lady With a Lure; The Date for the Wedding; Foreign Wife; The Magnificent Phony ( part 2 of 5); Fool's Treasure (conclusion). Articles: Crisis in North Africa - Fez, Morocco - with several photos including shot of assassination attempt on Sultan Sidi Mohammed ben Arafa; ; The Face of America - Log Drive; I'll Stay in the Air Force - Maybe; The Rugged John Foster Dulles; Big Brave from Milwaukee - Gene Conley; He Makes His Living Whittling - article and great color photos of John Lacey; Trypsin - Mysterious New Drug; They Gamble on Offshore Oil - drilling in the Gulf of Mexico; Incredible Railroad - the Long Island Rail Road; Ads: Nice American Motors ad features a yellow Hornet Custom Sedan; American Blower ad features nice photo of the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan; Two-page TWA ad compares air and rail times/prices; Chevrolet ad features salmon-colored Bel Air Convertible; Whitman's Chocolates; Oldsmobile Holiday Sedan (nice); Republic Steel; Mercury cars (color photos); Lucky Strike - tennis theme; Studebaker trucks; Thor Impact Wrenches; Frigidaire fridges; Champion spark plug ad features driver Jim Bryan; Fantastic color-photo two-page ad for General Motors features the Nomad and Safari; Life Savers; Douglas DC-7 (wedding scene); Allis-Chalmers tractors; Saginaw power steering ad features nice large photo of Mauri Rose, famous race and test driver; Santa Fe passenger rail ad; Jayson shirts; Ray-Ban sun glasses - great one-page color-photo ad; Captain Eddie Rickenbacker is featured in a U.S. Savings Bond ad; Chesterfield cigarette ad on back cover. Above-average but not excessive wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
xxiv, 256-320 pages. Features: Cover illustration of St. Lucia, Windward Islands; The Death-Patrol - strange R.C.M.P. manhunt in Canada's far north after a murder on Moskeet Island; The Tobacco Farmers - three youngsters put their combined savings into an abandoned farm in North Queensland - article with photos; The Jewelled Cross - a strange story of buried treasure; Photo of New Zealand's "Bottle House"; The Stowaway; The Tale of a Shirt - what happened when an African 'bush-boy' acquired a taste for European clothing; The Miracle of the Sacred Eagles - photo-illustrated article on a daily phenomenon at a hilltop temple in Tirrukalikundram in Southern India; The Landlord's Tale - a rousing sea story told by the host of a village inn on the south coast; The Wai Wai Indians of the interior of British Guiana - article with eight photos; The Delectable Island - the isle of Re lies in the Bay of Biscay; Jungle Magic - an inexplicable performance witnessed in Malaya; Australian Treasure Trove - the wealth awaiting lucky finders in the Australian wilds; and more, plus many vintage ads. Small name atop front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy. Book
112 pages. Fiction: Love Wasn't Enough; Rage on the Mountain; First Proposal; Young and Scared; The Girl He Remembered (conclusion); The Artless Heiress (part 4 of 8). Articles: Beware Those Phony Stock Salesmen! - Boiler room operators; The Actor in Me - Kirk Douglas (part 1 of 2) - with many photos; The High Price of Haste - Photo of hideous crash scene on highway 25-70 near Marshall, North Carolina in which an asphalt truck collided with an oncoming car cilling several people including the Reverend and Mrs. T.H. Shackelford, their missionary daughter, the Reverend and Mrs. Robert N. Barefoot and their seven-year-old niece; They Rescue the Mail - how dogged postal sleuths find and deliver letters that have been lost, stolen, burned drowned or macerated by catastrophe or crime; Bargain Bonanza - Hoss Monday in Canton, Texas is the day for swapping lies, knives, horses, dogs and any kind of livestock you can name; Let's Be Sensible About Foreign Aid; The Deep South Says "Never!" (part 2 of 5) - a report from Summerton, South Carolina on how the people have reacted to the Federal integration order; Cruising the Cool Coast - great color photos of the unspoiled Maine coast; . Ads: Nice color American Motors ad inside front cover shows several of their models and features; Nice GE color-photo ad for their pink kitchen appliances; Nice two-page ad for United Aircraft Corporation shows their C-133, Convair F-102As, plus a great color air cargo illustration; Nice color Oldsmobile ad for their Golden Rocket 88 Holiday Coupe; Chevrolet ad in mountain setting; Nice color Imperial car ad shows a light blue model; Winston cigarettes; Pream coffee; International trucks; Douglas DC-7; Spud cigarettes; Buick Roadmaster 75; Great one-page black and white photo ad for Jeep; Louisa May Alcott is features in a U.S. Savings Bond ad; Chesterfield cigarette ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
68 pages. Features: Editorial - Why are We Afraid to Grow (i.e. why are we afraid of immigration); Mr. Gromyko is welcomed to London, England; The Last Days of Dr. Harry Cassidy, Canada's outstanding authority in the field of social welfare - He knew he would die within three weeks - How he tied together the loose ends of his life - with portrait by Charles Comfort, RCA; She Leads the Housewives Crusade - Dorothy Walton, once the world's best badminton player, is fast becoming our best-known housewife as she spearheads half a million women on in a campaign to make shopping easier, cheaper and better; How To Live Through an Auto Crash - this article could save your life; Father Thomas Coughlin - The Holy Terror from Hamilton - a Maclean's flashback - article with photos of the 1930s radio priest who held millions spellbound; The Hottest Spot in Canada - Point Pelee National Park - article with colour photos; The Happily Married Cities of Kitchener and Waterloo, Ontario - article with photos; They'll Move Anything - George Hill and Hill the Mover, Canada's largest moving company - article with photos; Leo, the Moth-Eaten Lion - Jack May saved the life of Leo the Lion at Toronto's Riverdale Zoo; What Every Young Bridegroom Should Know - humour by Barry Mather, illustrated by James Hill; Large colour ad for Canada Savings Bonds (CSBs); Chevrolet ad; Massey-Harris colour-photo ad displays their new Electro-Forging process for making crankshafts; Full-page RCAF Recruiting ad; Full-page ad for Household Finance "I Rent Money"; Nice colour half-page ad for Aylmer canned peas; Great vintage ad for Pres-o-lite batteries features black and white photo of Toronto Maple Leaf Captain Ted (Teeder) Kennedy; Bold colour ad for Snyder's Fine Furniture of Waterloo, Ontario inside back cover; Colour ad for Gyproc on back cover. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A nice vintage copy. Book
78 pages. Articles:Campus Crusader - Harold Taylor of Sarah Lawrence College; Designs for Touring 5 - a trip to New York's Finger Lakes; No Miracle in the Marshall Plan - we must wage a war of education in Europe; High Prices Make Cheap Living - the effects of inflation on America's middle class; Brothers in Crime - The Notorious Renos, train robbers of the 1860s; Bob Taft's Martha - she's a veteran politcal campaigner. Fiction: A Cross for Urdia; Fair Exchange; A Penny For Your Thoughts; Madam President; The April Load; The Gracious Senor. Includes the following ads: Studebaker (inside front cover); Listerine antiseptic - featuring black porter; RKO movies of the month; American Kitchens; De Beers Diamonds - with portrait of Miss Virginia H. Palfrey of Boston; Heinz Ketchup; Philco radio-phonographs; International Harvester TD-24 bulldozer (great color photo); "Frontier-Buck" shoes by Fortune; Talon slide fasteners; Ballantines Ale; Old Thompson Whiskey; Life Savers; Emerson Radios; Prince Albert pipe tobacco; MontaMower; Dromedary Corn Muffin Mix; Spam; United Jewish Appeal full-page fundraising ad featuring crying Israelli infant in crate; Interesting US Savings Bond ad shows large wolf with teeth bared and caption "Wolf Poison" (they equate bond purchasing with keeping the wolf away from your door); Rutland Patching Plaster; Lucky Strike cigarettes (back cover). Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
481-560, [12] index, 178 ads, pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and drawings. Printed upon glossy stock. The many pages of ads include an abundance of nostalgic photos and illustrations. Features: Some Principles of Small House Design, Part VIII - Interiors (continued); The Model for the Bahai Temple, Chicago - Louis J. Bourgeois, Architect; The Argonne Cemetery of the A.E.F. at Romagne-sous-Mont-faucon, France; The Guardian Savings and Trust Company's Building, Cleveland, Ohio - Walker & Weeks, Architects; English Interior Decoration, Part XV - The Adam Period; Portfolio of Current Architecture; Notes and Comments. Somewhat above-average external wear. Very faint library stamp to front cover. Binding intact. Two small binding holes near spine. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
Features: Title page photo of German prisoner being interrogated by French officer; Photo of Brazilian airmen newly arrived in England for training; Photo of crowd and smoke rising from distant stand at Hong Kong racecourse where over 600 lives were lost; Photo of Mr. Marcus M. Marks and others as they advance clocks one hour across the U.S.; The Heroism of the Stokehold (article); Will America Produce a Great General? (article); The Harvest of Hedgerow and Meadow(article); Photos of scenes near Es Salt (since evacuated); Article by G.K. Chesterton includes photos of The Right Hon. Lord Justice Sir Charles Swinfen Eady, Sir William Weir, and Edward Shortt, K.C. M.P.; One-page illustration of German POWs at work on British farm under guard; Two-page illustration of French and British Artillery co-operating before Amiens; America and the Air Problem (article); Five photos of the sinking of a German mine-laying trawler and her survivors; Article discusses how aliens, naturalised or otherwise, are taking jobs from British people; Great photo of British destroyer arriving in port with its deck full of survivors of a U-boat attack; Eight before and after photos show the devastation caused by an earthquake in Guatemala, particularly to the Guatemala City Central Railway Station and the cities fine cathedral; Centrefold reproductions (black and white) of notable pictures in this year's Royal Academy Exhibition (plus two additional pages of images from the Exhibition); Roll of Honour - photos of 18 officers including Brig.-Gen. Robert Gore, C.B., C.M.G., KIA; Wonderful illustrated quarter-page ad for very long Aviation boots, "The "Charfor" designed and sold by Harrods Ltd.; Fantastic two-colour back cover ad for "Erasmic" Shaving Stick shows fashionable young man and woman in bathrobes meeting on balcony as they water their plants; and more. 36 pages including several pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
84 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: An Elephant-Hunt in Canada - a six-week hunt results when seven valuable elephants escaped from a circus and took to the British Columbia woods - article with photos; A Fugitive in Thirstland - A former German officer who became a adventurer is South Africa is continually chased by the police; Trekking in Unknown Abyssinia - great photo-illustrated article; The Friendly Mosquito - how a mosquito saved the life of T.A. Shields; Our Salvage Job - a plucky attempt to salvage the crippled vessel Stiklestadt; The Decree of the Wild - a grim tale of the Canadian Far North, 1,200 miles north of Edmonton; "The White Man's Great War-Game" (part III) - amongst the savages of the Sura, Angas, and other primitive tribes of Northern Nigeria, Geoffrey Barkas produced a film founded upon the history of British Administration - article with great photos; Gulbaz Khan's Revenge - the story of a long-delayed vengeance for a trifling action that had far-reaching consequences; Where Everybody Plays "Cat's Cradle" - photo-illustrated article on the people of the Pelews (Pelew Islands); Fur-Getting in Australia - Australian men make a good living hunting rabbits and foxes for their furs; The Partnership That Went Wrong - four U.S. Army soldiers pool their savings to run a sawmill; What Happened to Wilson - struggle for life with an enraged tiger in the heart of a big city; Through France with "Sylvabelle" (part II) - Mr. Leslie Richardson's yachting voyage from Brittany to the Riviera; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
54 pages. Articles: What Hitler Told (Otto Strasser) About Peace; Up North - There's Mystery! - Intriguing photo-illustrated article of a mystery village on Canada's arctic front where men labour to produce power to produce warplanes; William S. Knudsen - Master Mechanic of Democracy's Defense - U.S. Arms production and the man behind it; I Start All Over Again - Alice Foote MacDougall opens a restaurant in Grand Central Station; How Clark Gable Created a New Hedy Lamarr; Baseball's Topsy Grows Up - Softball has risen from zero to 20,000,000 players; Arctic Eagle - Squadron Leader C.M.G. Farrell of the R.C.A.F. Serials: The Unobstructed Universe - life beyond the grave, part II; Footloose! - part 4; In Action with the R.A.F. - Conclusion; Short Stories: I'll Never Leave You; The Bell That Sang for Love; Rich Man. Ads: Nice photo ad inside front cover features large photo of Windsor's Norton Palmer Hotel, with inset photo of its CEO Preston D. Norton; Nice three-color, two-page ad for Chevrolet;; Frigidaire fridges; Eveready batteries; Brain Flakes; Canadian Pacific's Banff. Fantastic back cover photo ad for War Savings Certificates features dozens of kilted troops on the march. Cover photo of boy pulling girl's ponytail in classroom. Average wear. Crossword lcompleted in light pencil. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Pages 565-592. Features: Photo and major article celebrating the 100th Anniversary of this publication; Two-pages of illustration of London 100 years ago; Two pages of dramatic photos of bomb damage in present-day London; Page of interesting illustrations from the first issue, 100 years ago; One Hundred Years of Warfare (article); Photos of nine personalities of the week, including Dr. Felix Weingartner, Lord Amulree, Admiral Leahy with Marshal Petain, the Duke of Gloucester on the Libyan battlefront, and Major-General Sir William Dobbie with is wife; Article on the great writer contributors to this publication over the last century - with 17 photos/illustrations; Seven photos of convoy drama in the Mediterranean - Two-page photo spread entitled "Russia, 1942 - the melting snows herald the opening of gargantuan battles with the German invaders; Photos of Germany's new fighter, the Focke-Wulf F.W. "190"; Air photo of bombs exploding on Zeebrugge; Air photo of bombs falling on Dunkirk dock area; Three photos and map of Madagascar beneath caption 'Vichy French Surrender in Madagascar after Severe Fighting'; H.M.S. "Edinburgh" sunk; Free Dutch gather in London; Return of H.M.S. "Upright"; Battle of the Coral Sea - photos of the U.S.S. "Saratoga" and "Lexington", plus Douglas "SBD-1" dive-bombers and map; Interesting one page of illustrations explain American warship design, considerations of speed and range in relation to naval strategy; One page of illustrations explain how Allied pilots recognize Japanese warships from the air; Photos of King an Queen making 1,000-mile tour of the West Country; Half-page ad for War Savings Groups highlights Mrs. Venning of Crouch House, Rickmansworth, Herts.; more vintage ads. Minor nibble from foot of spine. This copy was never stapled. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this vintage issue. 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
48 pages. Featues: Waste on the Waters - story by Bertrand W. Sinclair; Hats! - readers' opinions in response to an article on hats by Dora Sanders in the June 1 issue of this publication; In the Queen's Pantry - story by George Lash, from a book of his experiences; No Personal Calls, by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding; My Four Years in Russia - photo-illustrated article by illustrious Canadian engineer J.K. Calder, born at Ingersoll, Ontario, who, prior to this trip, had erected the Henry Ford's sprawling River Rouge Plant; Gone Native, by James Clifton Peters; The Brothers of Mademoiselle, by Leslie McFarlane (famous author of many Hardy Boys novels); Mr. (James Henry?) Gundy - appears to be a one page illustrated biography of one of the founders of Wood, Gundy & Company; Teachers in Politics, by Gwen Cash; Czar's Gold, Robert Welles Ritchie; Summer Hospitality, by Mona Vale Parr; Your Savings - Earning Trend of Gold Stocks, by B.F. Townsley; Lovely colour Palmolive soap ad inside back cover. Nice back cover photo ad for Chipso soap shows a young smiling family in clean clothes. Average wear. Binding intact. Small clipping from horoscope on page 40 means a few lines are missing from the last page of the story entitled Waste on the Waters. Centerfold missing - it appears to only have contained advertising content. Address label atop front cover.l 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
64 pages. Features: One-page Parker Pen ad shows 'active service set' which complies with military regulations; "Canada is Strong" - one page illustration of man harvesting grain, sponsored by Fleischmann's yeast; News digest includes 'Defining War Aims', A Roosevelt - Churchill Message to Europe'; Sombre one-page War Savings Certificates ad by the War Savings Committe features photo of British tots being led into bomb shelter; The Marquis of Medicine Hat, part 1 of 4; The Hitch-Hiking Trojan Horse (short story); The Battle of the Atlantic - great photo-illustrated article; Expert Touch (short story); Aid to Russia Through the Arctic; "Jack is a Prisoner of War" - great photo-illustrated article explains how the International Red Cross supports POWs, with photos of volunteers at Chorley Park, Toronto; Superfluous Murder (short story); What Happens in World Series Baseball, by J. Robert Shawkey; Colgate ad features illustration of the Dionne Quintuplets; Woodbury soap ad features photos of Miss Monique Jobin of Montreal and Eleanor Frothingham; The Oriental Box Office - photo-illustrated movie news; Woodbury Cold Cream ad features photo of Loretta Young; Kaaren Verne - photo and write-up; Rare 1/4-page Longines ad features photo of Walt Disney; The Plastics Era - how they are being used for home products; Beauty article; Wives without Husbands - how one English wife copes with wartime separation; Article on food storage; Nice one-page colour Nabisco shredded wheat ad shows military officer walking with his lady; Colour ad for Canadian Canned Lobster; Fashion illustrations; Photo shows ladies wearing Hudson's Bay 'Point' blanket cloth adapted to fall coats; Quotes from around the world; Nice colour Coke ad inside back cover shows smiling man in suit aboard train; Colour Ritz cracker ad on back cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this excellent wartime issue. 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
