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58 pages. Features: Nice color ad for Pontiac cars inside front cover; Tipping - Million Dollar Racket - interesting article with photos; 'The Lovely Lady' (fiction); Who Killed Ethel Kinrade? - Famous Canadian Crimes No. 6; 'Scared to Life' (fiction); Personality of the Week - Alexander Knox - photo illustrated article; Tiny Terror - the piranha kills for fun!; 'Blind Trail in Burma' (part 2 of 2); Job-finding tips for military veterans; 'Between Us and the Dark' - an article which gives hope to the mentally ill; Paris plays the horses again - great photo-illustrated article; Jazz King "Pops" Whiteman becomes a disc jockey - photo of him with Mel Torme; Movie Review - 'Dear Ruth'; One-page two-color ad for Canada Savings Bonds; Photos and brief write-ups o Ann Campbell and Kay Armstrong (who are building their own home), Rudolf Funke (the first German with special skill to be admitted to Canada since 1939), and Yvonne Taylor (directress of the International Cinema Theatre, Toronto); Woman of the Week - Ethel Stark; Where are They Now? - Jack Mulhall. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. 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
186pp Binding has cracked at page 96 otherwise only moderate wear and soiling. "Slash your meat costs by 20 to 50%. Professional butcher reveals tricks of the trade that show you how. 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
128 pages. Will be of great appeal to those who have read "The Creature From Jekyll Island", and similar works. Chapters include: Money - its origins; Banks - the beginnings; The new world; The First Bank of the United States; "Wild-Cat" Banking; The Second Bank of the United States; A Period of Confusion; The National Bank Act; The Federal Reserve Act; Experience Under the Reserve Act; Labor Banking; The Bank Act of 1933; Credit Unions; Savings and Loan Associations; The Gold Standard. Moderate wear to navy blue boards. Contents very clean, bright and unmarked . The exception is 3 tiny faint markings in text which appear to be inkstamps of the initials "D.W." Excellent copy. Book
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
Vintage eight-page stapled booklet. Colour cover illustration of smiling serviceman. Message from Minister of Finance James Ralson inside front cover. Describes the benefits of investing in the Dominion of Canada's War Savings Certificates. Average wear. Unmarked. Moderate external soiling. Bit of nibbling to upper corner of last two leaves. A worthy copy. Book
Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Many photos of the Ocean Falls mill, the plant and townsite of the Powell River mill, the Woodfibre mill, the Port Mellon mill, and Port Alice; Next Vancouver Dial Cut-Over on Saturday, April 12; Seymour's last 'Number Please' will be uttered April 12; 1886 photo of Tilley's bookstore which housed Vancouver's first telephone switchboard; photo of the Empire Building which housed Vancouver's telephone eschange from 1890 until 1907; Edward (Big Ed) William Singer passes away; Trinity operating room; Statement of Development (# of telephones in various exchanges) as at 1 January, 1941; Savings and Government Loans - article by President of the RBOC; War Bonds Appeal; Telephone operator Marion L. Davis writes of war-time Britain; Pioneer Mission Phone man John A. Catherwood passes away; Notes and photos from Eddie Esson, braving the blitz in England; Employees form credit unions; 6 samples of Canada's first telephone advertising, used in 1877 to promote Bell Telephone usage; artistic full-page war bond advert. with a Churchillian quote and silhouette, complete with cigar; Several pages of nice photos from the Courtenay/Comox region, including the Cumberland Mine; Courtenay and Comox receive new and improved phone service; All of downtown Vancouver now served by dial - multi-page article with photos; John Hough - The Comox Argus; Recycling phone books; Norman J. Dunlop retires; Many photos of Trail and vicinity; New dial unit for Victoria - text and photos; "Buck" Telephone advertisements - promoting the safety benefits of phones; Lauchie McMillan; Many great photos of Port Albernia and area, including a more heavily treed Cathedral Grove; PNE phone exhibit promotion; Peter Grant, Superintendant of switchboard construction, retires; Alan C. Irvine - new Marine Wire Chief; each issue concludes with the number of phones in each exchange; Many photos of Kamloops and area; 'Shortage of Telephone Supplies is a Wartime Problem'; Earl Squire; Fraser telphones now served by dial system - significant text and many photos; War Bond advert.; Elizabeth Teague retires as Victoria Toll Chief; 12 year growth chart of company's system with accompanying bar graph intended to show 'why forecasting is difficult'; Fascinating and substantial text and photos emphasizing conservation due to, among other things, a tin and rubber shortage due to Japanese attacks on Malaya; Photos and text of facility wartime blackout preparations; Jean Peard retires; Name of Highland office to be changed to Hastings; Photos of executives; photos of operator school; A.R.P. (Air Raid Protection?) meetings; Ship-to-shore service saves valuable log tows; Allan Wood Hunter recounts developing phone services in Venezuela; Many photos of drills to prepare for air attacks; Government puts restrictions on telephone installations; Did you use your phone during the Blackout? - article; James Cruickshank retires; Many photos of lovely young operators from across the province; Air Raid Sirens - photos and captions; Article on Norman MacDonald; William Sherry killed in Libya; Hugh D. Simpson; photo of 93' pole being escorted by policeman on motorcycle; Many ARP photos with captions; photo of tabulators at 'information'; two awesome photos from the Marine-Pacific facility; "Watch the Clock Wh Book
Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Great cover photo of Duncan operating room; Several photos of new interior plant equipment at Duncan; Sensational 9-page feature on Duncan and district with great photos of the area including Duncan Station, Maple Bay, Genoa Bay, and an aerial view; Fire deprives downtown Vancouver of service - photos and text; Grand Forks office and staff; Table showing "Exchanges in order of Per Cent Good Calls Out"; Statement of Development as of 1 January 1924 showing number of phones per community; Cover photo of steamer Jacques Cartier; Nice full-page showing two views of Vancouver Harbour with many ships in port; 7 page feature on the Port of Vancouver with several great photos; Possibilities of both radio and wire telephony; Exchanges in order of percent good out calls; Excellent full-page photo of Ballantyne pier, Burrard Inlet; Take advantage of company's new savings plan; Fine addition to shipping facilities on Burrard Inlet - Ballantyne Pier - 5 great photos with text; Greater Vancouver will benefit by reduced telephone rate; Repair shop has greatly expanded in recent years - 6 pages with nice photos; nice full-page photo of the Empress of Australia in port; Greater Vancouver Inter-Exchange Telephone Service; Fold-out map of Vancouver area exchanges, complet with great statistics; Telephone extenstion to Campbell River; 8 page feature on the flow of commerce through Canada's western port with many absolutely smashing photos; Cover photo of Glenburn office; 6-page feature on the B.C. Herring fishery with excellent photos (re: sea lions, contains the following quote "The government is undertaking to greatly lessen the numbers of this prey animal"); archival photo of laying the first underground cable in Vancouver; Statement of Development - # of phones operating in each community; Cover photo of Milner office; photo mosaic of 5 lower valley exchange offices; Wonderful 8 page feature on the great supply district (i.e. the lower Fraser Valley) of BC coastal cities - excellent photos including a shot of the only remaining original Hudson's Bay Company building at Langley; New Gordon Head Exchange cut over; New Point Grey office under way; new observation office aids efficiency; Electrical Communication Development; Full-page photo of sailors from the battleship H.M.S. Repulse marching through Vancouver; Multiple photos of British warships docked at Victoria; Article and photos of the visit of the Royal Navy to Vancouver; The Traffic Department and the Public it serves; Tennis Tournaments; Printing a phone directory; Great feature on Ship Salvors (Salvagers) with many photos; A motoring trip through the U.S., with photos; Biggest cable will cross False Creek; Oxygen Farms; Cornelius Vanderbilt writes of his long distance call from Alberni to Los Angeles; P.B.X. serves interesting purposes - 5 pages with photos; Early motor tourists to B.C., with photos; Full-page photo of the Empress of Canada; 5 page illustrated article on the reclamation of the Sumas; The switchboard as a newspaper; Health secrets of the telephone pole - 3 illustrated pages; new Victoria equipment; Bayview library proves popular; cover photo of a long-distance operator timing a call with a calculagraph; Billing toll and inter-exchange calls keeps eight clerks busy - 3 pages with photos; 7 page a Book
22 pages. Contents: Your Washington Reporter; President Green Denounces Taft-Hartley Act; Labor's Next Great Advance, by Tom Gillespie, Labour Correspondent in Europe; The Grim Reaper Strikes Again - Obituary of W.F. Donaldson, one of the organization's oldest members; Battle Over Health Insurance - foes bribe press and raise huge war chest; Columns by Robert Hewitt and J.T. Powell; News from various lodges; Know your rights - how much will you get when you retire?; Trade Education - the chilled car wheel - historical information about the development of rail wheels by the Griffin Wheel Company; Ad inside back cover for U.S. Savings Bonds; Ad on back cover for a special railman offering of zippered wallet, pencil-type flashlight, ball point pen, and monogram initialled key holder by Illinois Merchandise Mart of Chicago. Average wear. Address label on front cover. A sound 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
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
88 pages. Features: Humourous cover art by Oscar Cahen; The Censorship that Helps the Enemy - The bad events of March 17, 1951 in the Korean War involving the Princess Patricias - Editorial; There'll Always Be a Massey - Canada's most famous family started on the road to wealth from a tiny implement forge near Port Hope, Ontario - article with photos; You Laughed at My Father - story by James Aldridge; The Hottest Square Mile in the World - under the humpland between Ace Lake and Beaverlodge lies an abundance of Uranium, and here Uranium City will be built - article with photos; The West Coast's Worst Disaster - The Tragedy of the Princess Sophia which disappeared off Vanderbilt Reef and took 343 people to their deaths in icy Alaskan waters - a Maclean's flashback; How to Raise Ten Kids in Six Rooms - Frank and Helen Teskey of Toronto have ten kids under fifteen and they'd welcome more; One-Man Powerhouse - John Deagle of Whitefish Falls, Ontario runs his own electric power company! - article with many photos of this incredible man; Sherbrooke, Quebec - where French and English share a city in harmony - nostalgic article with photos; The Battle to Beat Leukemia - doctors search for a cure; Footlights Round My Heart - story by Ronald R. Smith; Sensational full-page colour Coke ad features illustration of young lady and the caption "Want Something Good?"; Nice colour Chevrolet ad; DeSoto car ad; Full-page ad for Birks Jewellers features watches including the Challenger Eterna-matic; Plymouth car ad; Canada Savings Bond ad features James F. Johnston, Superintendant of Palm Dairies Limited in Regina; Great colour photo Caterpillar ad inside back cover shows horses pulling vintage auto through the mud. Light wear. Unmarked. Center page loose but present. A quality copy. Book
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
28 pages. Articles: Savings and Government Loans, by Morris W. Wilson; B.C. Telephone Employees Rally to War Savings Appeal; Teleophone Operator Writes of War-Time Britain; Pioneer Mission, B.C. Telephone Man Passes Away - John A Catherwood; Eddie Esson is Braving the "Blitz" Somewhere in England; Employees for Credit Unions; Samples of Canada's first telephone advertising, used in 1877 to promote Bell Telephone usage. War savings certificate advertisement on back cover features quote by and silhouette of Winston Churchill. Average wear. Considerable pencil annotations, particularly to back cover and last page. Middle page loose but present. A worthy copy. Book
96 pages. Features: Reports on Indonesia, Washington and Rio, and Australia; The Decline of Western Democracy, by Walter Lippmann; The Portrait ( a story) by Wolf Mankowitz; Textbooks Under Fire, by Virgil M. Rogers; The Poet as Playwright, by Archibald MacLeish; By Slow Degrees, by Catherine Drinker Bowen; The Young Poets - Leah Bodine Drake, Irving Feldman, Claire McAllister, R.G. Everson, Erick Barker, H.F. Ellis, Oscar Handlin; Alberto Moravia, by Charles J. Rolo; German Hotel, by Jeseph Wechsberg; Interesting anti-communist ad by Radio Free Europe inside back cover seeks to raise 'Truth Dollars'. U.S. Savings Bonds ad inside front cover features American sailor Richmond Hobson Above-average wear. Unmarked. Some soiling. Book
96 pages. Features: Reports on Germany, Africa and the Middle East; Inside Red China - Peking, by James Cameron; I Don't Wanna Be No Mate - story by Richard Bissell; The Control of Energy, by George R. Harrison; Campaigning with La Guardia, by Ernest Cuneo; Orpheus and his Little Lute - a poem by Louis Untermeyer; Michelangelo - The Titan and the Crisis, by Francis Henry Taylor; Appetite and Obesity, by Jean Mayer; The Old Soldiers' Home - a poem by Howard Nemerov; Labor's New Victory - Threat or Promise?, by Sumner H. Sclichter; The Sea in Literature, by Samuel Eliot Morison; Tuners, Aerials, and FM, by John M. Conly. Black and white photo ad inside front cover features pianist Rudolph Serkin; U.S. Savings Bond ad inside back cover features General Billy Mitchell. Back cover features nice colour ad for Old Charter Straight Bourbon Whisky. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
12mo, 145 pages, graphs and tables. eng
Sm., folio, 2 leaves, with fine woodcut royal arms of Victoria on front cover; disbound, (extracted from bound volume), a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy. 26 Victoriae Cap 25, receiving Royal Assent on 8 June 1863.
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
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage. 168pp. The story of the Britannia Building Society which began its life in the town of Leek in Staffordshire.
PUF Que Sais Je ? 1981 In-12 broché. 128 p. Bon état.
89 pages. This wonderful association copy was presented to one of it's compilers, Ina Clement, by Milton W. Harrison, Secretary of the American Bankers Association, Savings Bank Section. On the front free endpaper Mr. Harrison has glowingly inscribed this copy to Mrs. Clement and added his stamp and signature below, dated 4/18/17. Mr. Harrison wrote the Preface and his name is included on the title page as Publisher, representing the American Banker's Association. The bibliography lists references in the following categories: Thrift and Savings; Individual Thrift; Domestic Thrift; Evidences of Thriftlessness; Economics of Thrift; National Thrift; International Thrift; Thrift Agencies. Average wear. Black cloth binding intact, but for a hairline opening at page 33. Gilt lettering upon backstrip and front board clearly legible. A special copy of this antiquarian American banking reference. 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
