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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
68 pages. Features: One-page colour Eaton's ad features the logos of many of the brands which have helped in their success; Dr. W.E. Mann of the Anglican Church of Canada says the church should meddle in politics; Dictaphone one-page ad shows gruff executive at work; Fantastic one-page colour ad for the '57 Chevy (1957 Chevroley) features large illustration of aqua tail fin; Long Diistance telephone ad lists prices per minute, such as Toronto to Vancouver for $2.95 per minute; One-page colour-ad for Confederation Life features painting of Jacques Cartier by J.D. Kelly; One-page colour-photo ad for GE's floor cleaner and polisher shows housewife in high heels at work; The Changing Face of Canada - five pages of colour photos of Canada's new architecture and art/design; She's TV's First Atlantic commuter - photo-illustrated article on Elaine Grand; What I Saw on Red Election Day - photo-illustrated article of Election Day in Poland; The Story of the Conachers (part 3) - article featuring one-page photo of Charlie Conacher shaking hands with Stafford Smythe in 1929 on the day he signed with the Leafs; History's Biggest Quiz Show; Why Don't We Brag About Maple Syrup? - photo-illustrated article; Their Job is Other People's Business - photo-illustrated article on the girls of the telephone answering services who answer the phone for 30,000 Canadians; Thomas Radall describes his most memorable meal, December 6, 1917, after the massive Halifax explosion; and more. One-page colour-photo Canadian Club ad features pearl diving in Mexico; Crown & Anchor beer ad features colour photo of adults gathered around the record player; Dramatic one-page colour Buick ad features pink and white car and huge lettering; Colour ad for Philadelphia's Sheraton Hotel; Colour ad for the Tea Council of Canada inside back cover shows adults watching home movies on reel-to-reel projector; Back cover colour Coke ad features Snow Valley winter scene; and more. Page 27/28 missing (we believe they contained an ad and movie reviews). Page 41 loose but present. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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
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
36 pages. Features: News digest includes the purging of North Africa, strategic value of the 'purge', and hoodwinking Hitler; Editorial titled 'Canada Needs Your Food-Power"; Without a Mask (short story); Toys Train These Men - photo-illustrated article explains troop training; Thirty Days in Jail (short story); Britain Goes to Earth - photo illustrated article explains how Brits are living and manufacturing underground; The Lake (short story); Hollywood news and photos; Jergens Lotion ad includes photos of Corinne MacLennan of Short Hills, New Jersey; Quarter-page black and white photo ad for the Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C.; Woodbury Powder ad includes photo of Hedy Lamarr; On the Kitchen Front Line - Are Canada's Livestock Better Fed than Canada's People?; Good Resolutions - article on self-improvement for ladies; Quotes from around the world; Pepsi ad inside back cover shows family with man in uniform around the fireplace; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this excellent 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
60 pages. Features: Lovely colour one-page Banff Springs Hotel/Canadian Pacific ad; On the Eve of the Peace Conference; Photo of Lt.-Col. Henry "Kit" Carson; Photo of C.W.A.C's Pat Lebbiter of Ottawa, Lillian Cairns of Winnipeg, and Marion O'Connor of Toronto; Colour Maxwell House Coffee ad features "Omar and the Gorgeous Coffee Bird"; One-page colour Seagram's ad features illustration of man using fanciful/futuristic disks which resemble electronic memory devices which came decades later; One-page ad for the Trans-Canada Telephone system; Hay in Her Hair (short story); Marrow to His Bones (short story); The Charm of Nova Scotia - article with nice colour photos; The Soviet Chooses - photo-illustrated article on the world's biggest General Election, with nearly 110,000,000 citizens electing the Supreme Soviet; Sweet Water Moon (short story); Nice one-page photo-illustrated Singer sewing machine ad; Photo of Gale Storm in Jergens Lotion ad; Woodbury soap ad features multiple photos of newlyweds June Graham of Ottawa and Flight Lieutenant Edward Carl Likeness RCAF; Advances in Science; One-page colour ad for Frigidaire fridges; Fantastic one-page colour-photo ad for Heinz condiments; Arrid ad features photo of lovely Ilona Massey; Sexy one-page colour-illustrated ad for NuBack undergarments features young blonde holding kitty; Style and cosmetics articles; Tangee ad features Mrs. Adolphe Menjou; Nice one-page colour ad for Waterman's Taperite pens features city skyline; Nice colourWabasso Cottons ad inside back cover features mother, daughter and cats; Fantastic colour-illustrated Coke ad on back cover features soda shop scene with young man singing into napkin container like it's a microphone; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
52 pages. Features: Lovely photo-illustrated RCA Victor radio ad inside front cover; News digest includes 'Petain and Hindenburg', 'The Franco-British Naval Clash', 'Our Glorious Air Force', and 'Third Term for President Roosevelt?"; Oil Will Win the War - prophetic article on WWII; "Great-Souled Mahatma Gandhi - wonderful photo-illustrated article asks if his vow of non-violence will settle our empire's hugest problem; The Wicker Chair (short story); Best of Breed (short story); An Evening in Town (short story); Miracle Man of Australian Never-Never - photo-illustrated article on Australia, with photo of John Flynn; Beyond the Circle (short story); Tek Tooth Brush half-page two-colour ad; Photo-illustrated article on Hollywood mothers; Brief write-up with photo of Victor Mature; Colour fashion illustrations; I Like Her Because - article on female style; Pickling recipes; Nice one-page Magic Baking Powder ad; Interesting orange and black Kellogg's Corn Flakes ad features photo of M. Maurice Aquarone, Chef-de-Cuisine of the Connaught Hotel, Hamilton; Back cover ad for Heinz Ketchup and more. Unmarked with average wear and external soiling. Top corner clipped from front cover. Binding sound. A sound copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
pp. [42]. "Commemorating the visit to Victoria [B.C.] of their majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth." - front cover. This visit took place in May 1939 as part of a major North American tour at a time when another major war in Europe seemed imminent. Queen Elizabeth II took part in the tour and is said to have 'lost her heart to Canada and Canadians' as a result. Oblong 9" x 12". Each page contains a black and white reproduction of a photo of a noteworthy site in the Victoria region or up-island. Some noteworthy details include angle parking on Douglas and Yates, jaunty men's golf fashions of the day, a marvelous view of Saanich farm lands from Mount Douglas, the Italian gardens and residence of Mr. Butchart, tall timber along Cowichan Bay Road, the Malahat Drive alongside Goldstream, and a day's catch of huge fish near Victoria. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent memento and snapshop of life in Victoria and on Vancouver Island in 1939. Not listed in Edwards & Lort. Book
Features: Classy ad for Halston men's belts and billfolds inside front cover; Nice color-photo ad for the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow at The Hopewell, New Jersey John Hart Farmstead; Uncommon two-page ad for platinum rings sponsored by PLATINUM, 420 Lexington Ave, NYC; Harry Winston ad features the Star of Independence diamond, 75.52 carats; Saudi Arabia's epidemic of money - the new oil billions are eroding the puritanical rigor on which the country was founded; Making New York Smaller - Roger Starr argues that the city's grim economic outlook means it should plan to shrink; Post-Watergate Morality, by Irving Kristol; The Miracle of Chateau Gloria - Henri Martin created a great wine in Bordeaux in 30 years; Nice Lakeland Coat color-photo ad features Milwaukee Bucks forward and NBA All-Star Bob Dandridge; Uncommon one-page color ad for Big Yank jeans; Half-page black and white photo ad for The Barclay Hotel; The Extinction of obscure species, such as the riffle shell, by pollution and commercial exploitation; Nice one-page color-photo ad for Mademoiselle Magazine; Houston Real Estate Developer Gerald D. Hines; Tennis star John Newcombe appears in ad for Interwoven tennis clothing; Fashion Designer Kenzo Grows Up - article with photos of the opening of his Jungle Jap boutique in Paris, including photo of model Grace Jones; Recipes for dormitory life; Richard Condon describes his personal Guinness records; and more. 140 pages. Excellent color and black and white photo reproductions including fabulous fashion ads, and more. Faint school stamp upon front cover. Moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Features: Color ad for International Harvester inside front cover features smoky combat scene and speaks of Canadian soldiers anxious for a crack at Japan as payback for Hong Kong in 1941; Editorial - Long-Service Men Should Get Home; Why Britain Went Left - Clement Attlee defeats Winston Churchill; What Price Shelter? - Four out of five families can't afford the favorite NHA home - labour and materias are in short supply; Meals Without Meat - Marcel Thomas, noted Chef-Steward of the Mount Royal Hotel, shows how he plans tasy menus on meatless days (resulting from rationing); The Amazing Mr. Rank - Arthur Rank put Britain's movie industry into the money; Russia's Quarrel With Japan - She needs an ice-free port, security for Siberia, and she has an old score to settle; How Hitler Lost the War - L.S.B. Shapiro claims German documents and witnesses make it clear that the Fuhrer's intuition upset long-term plans; Backstage Ottawa - Pearkes vs. Gardiner; Washington Memo - astonishment at Churchill's defeat; Howe Sound Salmon Derby!; Lie Trap - Photo-illustrated article on lie detection with what appears to be an early version of the polygraph; Hear No Evil (short story); Aunt Em (short story); Sawdust In Their Eyes (short story); School Lunches; and more. Nice ads for: Thor washing machines, Colgate dental cream (with sailor theme); Eveready Flashlight Batteries - featuring photo of radio singer Flora Montgomery, General Steel Wares, B.C. Pears, B.C. Peaches, Rolex watches (for returning troops), Pepto-Besmal (with illustration of little boy), Kreml, Vitalis, Caterpillar Diesel - featuring colour photo of dozer at work in a remote location, nice colour illustrated back cover ad by Mac Sheppard for Pep O Mint Life Savers features young pirates discovering hidden treasure. 52 pages. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
Features: Currier & Ives color cover illustration; The Challenge of the Next Decade - Our foreign policy must convince the Kremlin that its hope of expansion is a mirage; Algeria is France's Anguish; Cairo-s Mood - A word and photo report; That Fad From Trinidad - Calypso, a joyous, sorrowful, scandalous music here defined by Geoffrey Holder, a man who first heard it from his mother; As Billy Graham Sees His Role - Bringing his crusade to New York, the controversial, crowd-drawing evangelist says "My job is simply to proclaim the Gospel"; Plea for the Public Defender - William Rogers describes a way to insure competent legal representation for all; Fatigue and Age - A Doctor's Prescription; Sentiment as Seen by Currier & Ives; Anne Frank's Friend - Lies Goosens is now a housewife in Israel (includes two photos of her with Anne Frank when they were children; New Age of Anxiety - Pre-College; Photo feature on the Santa Fe, NM home of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Girard; Photos of summer fashions for women; Great one-page color ad for French Line is well-suited for framing; Great one-page color-illustrated ad for the Hotel Nacional de Cuba in Havana; About - Comets; and more. 80 pages. Many fascinating black and white reproductions of photos. Dozens of lovely illustrated ads, some of which are in color. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
52 pages. Cute cover illustration of black and white dog crying due to onions. Features: Me - Athlete? - a doctor argues in support of sports; Have We a Canadian Dreyfus? - former Ontario Premier E.C. Drury recalls the 1924 conspiracy charge against Aemilius Jarvis; The War Problem? - debating international munitions traffic; Cattle Kings - Photo-illustrated article by Guy Weadick, founder of the Calgary Stampede in 1912; Solid for Saint John; House of Hate - tales from a prison librarian. Fiction: Mate of the Wild Goose; The Equivalent; Pour L'Amour; An Affair of Horses; Single to Sicily (serial). One-page photo-illustrated Swift's bacon ad features Chef Maurice Vane of the Fort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg; Chipso ad features charming colour photo of Mrs. George J. O'Brien and her three girls; Nice one-page illustrated Waterman's pens ad; Very nostalgic illustrated Dentyne gum ad; Gorgeous one-page colour-illustrated Palmolive soap ad features lady with beautiful 'Schoolgirl Complexion'. Please note: pages 3-4 missing. It appears to have contained ads. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
108 pages. Cover photo of Italy's Isola dei Pescatori. Features: Many beautiful photo fashion ads in black and white and color; Five photos of the Moonlight Mist Ball include Vivian Goodman, Prince and Princess Artchil Gourielli, Nina Foch, Mrs. John Leib, Martha Crawford, Mary Elliman, Mrs. John Hilson, Minnie CassattMrs. Edward F. Hutton, Maurice Moore, Prince Serge Belosselsky-Belozersky, Mrs. Alfred L. Loomis, Jr., and W.E. Hutton; Herbert Tareyton cigarette ad features color illustration of Mrs. James "Monty" Waterbury fishing; Wedding photos include Hugh Montgomery Adams with the former Leta Margaret Nichols, Francis Arthur Carmody and the former Stalla Marie Carvin, Mr. and Mrs. William Barker Pattison (she the former Charlotte Preble Cabrera), Ensign Robert Woodhull Hopkins, the former Joan Elizabeth Dreher, Martin Hopkins Potter, Jean Drake Dreher, Robert C. Hopkins, and James Bovaird; Article on travel between Paris and Venice; Fur fashion photos with Rosalind Russell; Fashion photos of Mrs. Amory S. Carhart, Jr., Mrs. Dmitri Negroponte, Mrs. Winston Frost, Elinor Patricia Jones, Mrs. R. Thornton Wilson, Jr., Mrs. Joseph A. Meehan, Mrs. Charles H. Hornburg, Jr. (formerly Gwenn Welter), Mrs. Robert Hare (formerly Martha Michalis), Mrs. Bertrand Taylor III outside the Hotel Pierre, Mrs. James Averell Clark, Jr., Cornelia Lyman, Mrs. James F. Donovan, Mrs. Daniel G. Tenney, Jr., Mrs. Francis C. Lawrance, Catherine Campbell, Mrs. John S. Radway, Elaine Reed, Mrs. Robert P. Gibb, Mrs. William G. McKnight (formerly Le Brun Rhinelander), Mrs. Fletcher Godfrey (formerly Paulette Bragg), Mrs. Herman Harjes (formerly Tauni de Lesseps), Marguerite Higgins, Geraldine Page, Mrs. Thomas W. Phipps (exiting car at the Waldorf-Astoria), Susan Sexton (at the Drake Hotel), and Mrs. John R. McDonnell (formerly Dorothy Root), at the Lombardy Hotel; Jet vs. Prop - the new concept of jet air transportation, by Henri J. Lesieur, General Manager of Air France for North America; Misia Sert and the Muses (part II) - article with photos of Marcel Proust, Bone de Castellane, Princess "Dolly" Radziwill, Mrs. Eugene Kelly, Jr., Sergei Diaghilev, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Caruso; Photo feature on the farmlands home of Mr. and Mrs. Webster Tilton in Cooperstown; Photos of the Watch Hill residence of Ambassador to Cuba and Mrs. Arthur Gardner; Happy Birthday Oscar (Hammerstein) - a wonderful one-page photo-illustrated note from Richard Rodgers; United States Lines ad includes photos of Mr. and Mrs. Kingman Douglass, Hildegarde (famous chanteuse), Helen Hayes, and Messrs. Burnet, Grant and Vaughan; Half-page phot ad for the Waldorf-Astoria features Los Chavales who will be performing on the Starlight Roof; Color Nash car ad includes black and white photo of Miss Margaret Sullavan; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this charming issue. Book
68 pages. Features: Colour cover illustration blonde beauty clutching her list of suitors; Lovely one-page colour-photo ad for McLaughlin-Buick features green car and flower saleslady; News digest includes 'President Roosevelt intervenes', 'The Washington Proposal', The 'Halt-Hitler' movement; 'Parallel Perfidies', and 'Albania and Poland'; If I Die Before I Wake (part I); Thank-you Too Much (short story); Wings Over Britain - photo-illustrated article on the balloon barrages and fighter squadrons defending against hostile bombers; The Sweet Shot (short story); Behind the Goose Step - photo-illustrated article examines whether the people of Italy and Germany desire war or peace; Not in Our Stars (short story); Golf article includes photo of Henry Cotton, Sam Snead, Mrs. P.J. Mulqueen, Canadian Ladies' Open Champion, and Ralph Guldahl; One-page Palmolive soap ad includes photo inset of Dorothy Phelan of 24 Prince Arthur St., St. Lambert, Quebec; Automotive Industries of Canada-sponsored one-page feature on the province of Manitoba, with map and text; Cecille Has a Birthday (short story); Personal finance article; Movie News - with photos of Jeffrey Lynn, Paul Lucas, Victory Jory, Shirley Temple, Barbara Stanwyck, Alexander Hall, Zazu Pitts, and George Raft; Half-page Canadian Pacific ad for the Banff Springs Hotel; Woodbury soap ad features photo of Miss Gloria Armstrong of New York; Fashion illustrations; Vintage Craven "A" cigarette ad includes small photo of couple smoking up; Classy one-page colour ad for Crane kitchen and bath plumbing fixtures; Interesting Hair-Dos - article with photos; Pond's ad includes photos of The Lady Rosemary Gresham, Mrs. Robert Armstrong, of Toronto, and The Hon. Ann Shaughnessy; Photo of The Lady Patricia French in skin-vitamin ad; Article on the health impact of sugar; Nice half-page colour ad for Sisman's Scampers shoes; Canaries (half-page article); Cooking article with Bridge Luncheon suggestions; Frigidaire one-page fridge ad; Weed control in lawns; Quotes from around the world; Very nice colour back cover Coke ad features young man with tie blowing in breeze, and inset photo of Coke machine at gas station; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
74 pages. Features: Nice color ad for Whitman's prestige chocolates inside front cover; Essex car ad; Mimeograph ad; Business is Business (short story); What's the Racket? - interesting article about rackets - what they are and how they work; Moonlight on the Water (short story); Beyond the War (a war short story); Position in Life - how a woman chooses her position in life; In the Strongroom (short story); A Ship Comes In - the dramatic story of Eugenie Leontovich, principal actress in Grand Hotel; - article with photo; Yuan Hee See Laughs (part VII); Gunsight Trail (part VI); Golf "Coarse" - how to make a smaller crop of divets; How Dry We Are - what is known about droughts and what measures for relief have been attempted i.e. photo of electrically-charged sand being discharged into the air; A Mere Detail (short story); Beautiful color full-page photo of a green car in Fisher Body ad; Wonderful two-page color ad for Dutch Boy paint shows Dutch Boy painting atop ladder; Full-page color ad for bananas by the United Fruit Company; Full-page Buick ad; Canada Dry full-page ad; Fleischmann's Yeast ad featuring Dr. Emil Fronz of Vienna; Two-page colour centerfold ad for General Electric refrigerators - very nostalgic!; Full-page ad for Chrysler Eights & Sixes; Nice two-color full-page ad for Williams shaving cream/Aqua Velva; Color ad for Seald-Sweet grapefruit; Two-page ad for Veedol oil - "so clear you can read a newspaper through it"; Full-page ad with photo for the Autogiro - an early helicopter!; Ad for True Temper step-down steel shafts for golf clubs with photo of the 6th Tee at Pebble Beach; Vintage ad for Wilson golf equipment inside back cover; Nice color Ford ad inside back cover shows policeman in car; Nice color Frigidaire refrigerator ad on back cover (soiled). Average external wear and soiling with a few peripheral chips/openings. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
96 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for a red International 100 Pickup truck inside front cover; Nice colour full-page Chevrolet ad on page 3; Full-page colour Corn Flakes ad on page 5 shows boy in beanie eating his cereal; Full-page colour ad for Weston's biscuits; Can Cigarette's Kill You? - by Sidney Katz; How Richelieu Spun His Web, by Thomas B. Costain; Growing Up with Nehrus - A bonus-length feature - "The sparkling Mrs. Pandit of the United Nations is her mother... The enigmatic Nehru of India is her uncle... And she was close to the saintly Ghandi from her infancy - Now this brilliant woman (Nayantara Pandit) tells the fascinating story of how she grew up amid the politics and prison terms that marked the bitter birth of the new India - with several great photos, including one of Ghandi and Nehru; You're In the Movie Business - The National Film Board (NFB), now in a secret struggle with the CBC about who's going to make our TV movies, adds another chapter to its stormy history; In Manitoba Spring Really Does Mean Music - the huge prairie musical competition; Moth-watering Mennonite Meals, by Edna Staebler; The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw, by Jacob Hay; CFYK Radio in Yellowknife - where even the kids are disc jockey; The Used Car Kings of the Dazzling Danforth - sixty dealers make 40,000 sales a year - Phil Spivak, Ted Davy, Mason Stiles, Gar Hamilton; Who Says You've Got No Chance? - Toronto Parents get together to prove retarded children can be taught; Deduct the Lesser of the Two - Robert Thomas Allen writes about the Income Tax department; Nice full-page colour ad for the 1954 Monarch automobile; Colour ad for the Chicago Sheraton Hotel; Worcester Lawn Mower Ad; Full-page colour ad for 1954 Plymouth automobiles; Colour full-page ad for the new Meteor Rideau automobile; *Fantastic* two-page colour photo centerfold for General Motors of Canada (GM) featuring samples of Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick and Cadillac - all mobles are huge and colourful, with contemporary female models featured; "Fly TCA Super Constellation to Europe!" - black and white ad; Color part-page ad for Reo Motors Trucks; Colour ad for Studebaker cars inside back cover is missing several chips and a large chunk. Above-average wear. Assorted short periperheral openings to covers. Page 91 loose but present. Average soiling. 5" x 3" pieces missing from upper corner of back cover and last page - no important text affected. A worthy copy of this interesting issue which captures the sense of a time much different from our own. Magazine
68 pages. Features: Editorial - Our TV's Hamstrung Before it Starts; Nice 1952 Monarch car ad; Who is to Blame for the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Epidemic in the Regina Area? - article with photos; The Beautiful Black-and-White Pinto - story by Elizabeth Ann Cooper, illustrated by Jack Bush; The Hotel with the Elegant Air - Manoir Richelieu - article with photos of this hotel on the St. Lawrence at Murray Bay/La Malbaie in Quebec; I Was a Prisoner of the Chinese Reds - Bonus-length feature article with photos of Dr. A. Stewart Allen, a veteran Canadian miissionary who saw friends turn into foes as the poison of communism crept through the soul of a nation he served for 21 years; Sir James Douglas, The Mulatto King of B.C. - a Maclean's Flashback The Courting of Jenny - story by L. Johanne Stemo, illustrated by Bruce Johnson; Hard Rock Miner - Canadians like Dusty Miller blast out one seventh of the world's gols - article with photos; Mickey Spillane's Giving Murder a Bad Name - interview of the famous writer with photos; Nice vintage centerfold ad for Frigidaire refrigerators; O'Keefe's Brewing Company colour ad honouring the Governor General's Horse Guards; Vintage colour-photo ads for the Sunbeam Mixmaster and Sunbeam toaster; Nice Sweet Caps ad; Sisman Scampers shoe ad; Man and His Mate - cartoon by Peter Whalley; Outstanding two-page black and white Buick ad with huge illustration of a 1952 model; Nice Coke ad on back cover shows empty bottles and scattered caps. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Lovely photo cover of the Empress Hotel Gardens, Victoria, B.C.; Dominion ammunition ad inside front cover; Great full-page photo of old-timer in hip-waders cleaning his gun; Photo of an amazing and successful tree surgery of a majestic elm on the estate of J.A. Turner in Hamilton, Ontario; Nice full-page ad for Canadian General Electric radios - the 9-tube popular console and the 10-tube de luxe lowboy; A Saga of the Moose - intimate facts of life habits - suggestions to photographers; October in the Outdoors; Watch that Match - true story of Jack Wainrwright's missing match, by Alwin Gissing; Photo of yound doe reared by motherly cow; photo of Mrs. C.W. Gafvert of Tonasket, WI holding her 32-lb winning fish!; Junior Fire Wardens Study the Ways of the Woods; A New Conservation - That of Hunters - safe handling of firearms; North America's Game Bird Problem - by Jack Miner - a plea for consideration, justice and prevention; Indian Legends and Lore, by Grey Owl; ; Panther Hunting with "Cougar" Smith; The Cowboy's Friend; - the working of rawhide is still an art in the west; Dogs of the Labrador Indians, by Frank G. Speck - article with photos; A Boss with a Bird's-eye View - F.A. MacDougall, Superintendant of Algonquin Park, spends much time in the air over his park; What Trees are Doing for Prairie Folk; As Dry as Tinder - a forest fire experience; Park Plans in Western Canada - ambitious scheme under consideration in Alberta; ; Hunting the Lordly Woodcock; Junior Fire Wardens in Word and Deed; Forest and Outdoors in the Classroom; Many nice small ads; Western Super-X Shotgun Shell ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features: Good showing by Northern Pacific Railway Co. in Annual Report; Railway News in Brief; Fire Fighting on Locomotives; Editorial by Lewis Nixon discusses Panama Canal Tolls; Bernard N. Baker admits his Atlantic & Pacific Transportation Co. lacks funds to carry mail between the Atlantic and Pacific; The Grand Trunk's New Hotel, Chateau Laurier - feature article with excellent illustration of this fine new Ottawa hotel located on the busy Rideau Canal near Canada's Parliament Buildings; Interesting business biography of C.D. Dunnan aka "Totem Pole Charley" of the Pacific Coast Steamship Co., the man who saw the great possibilities of specially conducted Alaskan cruises; Appointments, Changes, Personals, etc.; Steamship Mariposa purchased by the Alaska Steamship Company; The Panama Canal and American Commerce; How the City of Los Angeles Has Built Her Harbor; Descrimination at Panama?; Panama Canal Free Toll Question Must Be Settled; Steamer Magnolia to run between Olympia, Tacoma and Seattle; Captain Buck Bailey Saves Lives and Property - He captained the tug Tatoosh which saved 48 souls aboard the steam schooner Washington on Nov. 23 - one of the most daring rescues in the annals of North Pacific Coast shipping - major article with illustration of Capt. Bailey; Annual Report of Supervising Inspector George Uhler; Capt. John Bermingham of San Francisco near death - article with photo; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Pacific Coast casualties - tug Chemainus burns, steam schooner Westerner sunk, steam schooner Washington towed to safety, New Steamer Princess Alice a Beautiful Vessel - feature article with photo; General Shipping News; Repairs, Drydocking and Other Work; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A sound copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
40 pages. Features: Cover photo of a DeHavilland Dragon Rapide on Lake of Bays, Ontario; Nice full-page photo ad for the Junkers JUMO 210 aero engine; Nice full-page photo ad for Gold Flake cigarettes showing the terrace of Shepheard's Hotel, Cairo, Egypt; The Boeing Stratoliner - fantastic illustrated article on the Boeing 307-type transport; Commendable Winter Operation by City of Toronto Squadron; Full-page ad for the 1938 Stinson Reliant; A Day at Fort Nelson - great travel article with photos by O. Nordling; Full-page ad for Fleet Aircraft; The Martin Ocean Transport - article with nice photo; Flying North of Edmonton; One Thousand Hours Between Overhauls - The Gipsy Major 130 H,P. engine; Photo of new hangar under construction at Edmonton; Photo of the world's largest aeroplane tire made by Dunlop; Nice full-page ad for McLaughlin-Buick; The Continental Powered Aeronca KC; Lear ARC-5 Radio Compass; Nice one-page photo ad for Taylorcraft planes; Dr. Klemin Predicts Era of Revolutionary Light Planes; McKee Trophy to Romeo Vachon - article with photo; Great photo of wings being added to a Douglas DC-4; Photo of a Fokker T.5; Photo ad for the Gray Rocks Inn of St. Jovite Station, Quebec; Old Country Gossip; News from the West Coast; More About Instruments; Candid Camera Corner - photo and article on Sooren Topalian - Iraq's #1 Transport Pilot; Nice full-page ad for the new 1938 Cub Sport by Cub Aircraft; Blenheim Bomber featured in Bristol engine ad inside back cover; Intava products two-colour ad on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 422-504 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: Ten Months Overdue - a stirring account of the luckless voyage of the Liverpool ship Denbigh Castle, which finally reached her point nearly a year overdue; Hunting the Tapir; Imam Baksh's Escape - a murder story from India; Sanna's Eagle - the strange fate that befell a South African lammarfanger, or lamb-eating eagle, which attacked a little Boer girl and caused her death; The Death Circle - two men wander in a Canadian prairie blizzard - one finds shelter, the other dies; In Quest of Gold - gold-seekers from San Francisco on their way to the land of the Yaqui Indians are forced to turn back; Levenson's Ordeal - Albert S. Levenson, a prominent California merchant, goes missing for five days while on a mountain holiday; Life in a Land of Death (part II) - adventures among the head-hunters and other picturesque inhabitants of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea - article with great photos; The Way of the East - a curious story from Vancouver's Chinatown; The Mitimoni Man-Eaters - two white men get involved with African native witchcraft, resulting in their responsibility for fatalities caused by two man-eating lions; "Square Pegs" (part II) - This absorbing tale will teach prospective immigrants more about Canadian prairie life than stacks of guide-books and official pamphlets; Wind - a tale told at the Roscoe Hotel in Campbell River, B.C. which explained why a man dreaded wind; The Yellow Box - a missing box sets a whole West Africa colony seething; The Smallest Park in the World. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Back cover loose but present. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
94 pages. Articles: How Truman Did It; The Barbizon Hotel - For Women Only - article with nice photos; Dogs are Big Business; I Saw the Reds Taste Freedom - Col. Robert Bishop's dramatic recollection of Bucharest, Rumania's brief taste of liberty in 1944, with great photo; How to Give Money Away; My Life in a Cooking School. Fiction: You Can't Win 'em All!; Girl With a Horse for Sale; The Miracle of Tepayac; Make Something Happen; Passage to Panama (part 6 of 7). Aviation Features: My Story of the Wright Brothers; Cavalcade of Trnasportation; The Collier Trophy - for flight beyond the speed of sound - won by John Stack, Lawrence D. Bell and Captain Charles "Chuck" E. Yeager, USAF; Diary of the First Flight; Our Aerial Arsenal - great compilation of color illustrations of US military aircraft; ; The World the Kitty Hawk Made; Super color aerial photo of Niagara Falls with Rainbow Bridge in backbround. Illustration of basketball player George Mikan of the Minneapolis Lakers; Ads include: Nice color Canada Dry ad inside front cover; Martin 2-0-2 Airliner; Pan American World Airlines; American Airlines;; B.F. Goodrich; Plymouth cars; International Trucks; Douglas Aircraft - attractive military theme; Good Year's Cross -Wind Landing Wheel; TWA Airlines; Nice two-page color-photo ad for Hiram Walker's liquor; The 1949 Frazer car; Pabst beer features color photo of Mrs. Winston Guest; "Enchantment" movie starring David Niven; Bell Aircraft ad features illustrations of their helicopters and X-1 jet; Nice Coke ad on back cover shows Santa reaching into a fridge for a quick drink. Covers pulling from staples. Unmarked. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
This is a very good hardcover copy with just light wear, binding is tight. The spine is lightly sunned. SIGNED by IwaJiro Noda, President of the Hotel Okura and inscribed to prominent American technology writer and philanthropist, and dated 1977 on the title-page. Otherwise completely clean. No slipcase. Illustrated in color with many photographs of the hotel. 12" high X 9" wide, 103 pages. Scarce. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
This is a near fine hardcover copy in a near fine dust jacket with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. The lower right corner of the front board a bit bumped, not affecting text block at all. This is an illustrated history of the celebrated Taj Hotel in Mumbai, known simply as the Taj. It was first established in 1903 and quickly gained a reputatation as India's finest hotel. This book is full of archival or vintage photographs of the hotel in its' heyday. Lots of color photographs of the hotel both exterior and interior shots of rooms, and the many public areas. It also tells the story of the rebuilding of the hotel after the 2008 terrorist attack. 13" high X 11" wide, 336 pages.Scarce. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
