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80 pages. Provides colour maps and information on accommodation, entertainment, bush pilots, fishing regulations, and more. Dozens of great vintage ads for related local businesses. Nice colour photo ad for Thitfield Lodge, Hotel & Motel inside front cover. Back cover ad for Sudbury sponsored by their Chamber of Commerce features colour photo of molten slag being poured with belching smokestacks in background (Say what?). Other nice ads for Caswell Motor Hotels, Rusty Myers Flying Service, Camp Beaverhead, Camp Manitou, Dalseg's Shopping Centre, Swenson's Camp, Sabourin Lake Lodge (in colour), Barney's Ball Lake and God's Lake Lodges, Doug Hook's Separation Lake Camp, Sault Airways, Wawa's Lakeview Hotel, The Kitchener Hotel in Parry Sound, Moose Lake Lodge, Eden Roc Motel, Larry's Tavern in Pointe Au Baril, Red Pines Lodge, and dozens more. Somewhat above-average wear. Bit of writing atop front cover and small bookseller's stamp inside back cover. A great vintage item sure to help readers recount happy vacation times spent in Northern Ontario many moons ago. Book
Pages 57-84. Features: Front cover photo of model of the new House of Commons; Photos of personalities of the week include Richard Tauber, Lord Trefgarne, Dr. Groza, Mrs. Anna Pauker, Sir Arthur Fforde, Sir Miles Thomas, the crew of the Penlee lifeboat, the former ruler of Rumania in exile -ex-King Michael with his mother, Queen Helen, at Lausanne, Maj. Gen. N. Cantlie, Dame Anne Laughlin, Sir Donald Cameron, Salih Jabr; Two pages of photos with map illustrate the daily bloodshed visited upon Jerusalem, including the bombed-out Semiramis Hotel; Book review of "No Dishonourable Name", by D. C. Quilter; Six photos and a map illustrate troubled Greece - the Konitza Battle; Photos of the Surrey house chosen by the Princess and the Duke of Edinburgh as a weekend residence, Windlesham Moor; Two pages of photos of devastated Berlin; Centrefold illustration of construction of one of Britain's newest monster flying boats in the Cowes workshop where the S.R. 45 is now being built; Page of photos and maps illustrate the spread of communism in China, where Civil War seems unending; Page of photos of communist China's leaders and military scenes, including Mao, Lin Piao, Gen. Chu Teh, and General Liu Po-Cheng; Photo of massive crowd gathered to hear Gen. DeGaulle; Photo of crash scene of Vickers-Viking which killed the pilot at Ruislip Common; Photo of tornado devastation in Cotton Valley, Louisiana on January 1; Photo of Japanese payphone operated on the honour system (payment made with banknotes); Photo of "Schwere Gustav's" monster shell - this 7.5 ton shell is said to be the largest in the world - it was used against Sebastopol and Leningrad; Two pages of photos of recent Mayan discoveries at Xochicalco; Colour back cover Johnnie Walker ad compares antique trains to those of the modern day. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
100 pages. Features: Nice snow angel cover illustration by John Falter; I Ride Nightmare Highway - James P. O'Donnell drives from Helmstedt to Berlin in 1952 and must deal with surly, unpredictable Russians at checkpoints; Debonair Dan - Dan London and his St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, The Magnificent Innkeeper; Baseball's Biggest Winner - Robin Roberts of the Phillies; Who Elected Eisenhower?; Why Pay for Advice?; The Tiger at Red China's Heels - Color-photo-illustrated interview with Chiang Kai-shek on Formosa (Taiwan); We Made the Impossible Voyage (2nd of 3 articles) - Dr. Thomas Davis and family pilot their boat, the Miru, through 4500 miles of open sea. Fiction: A Catch for Any Woman; Forbidden Affair; Killer Bronc; The Witness Who Couldn't Talk; The Big Heat; (part 3 of 7); The Secret of the Purple Reefs (part 6 of 8). Ads: Florida Tangerines; Nice half-page color-photo ad for Stereo Realist features the Ice Follies of 1953, 17th Annual Edition; Nice two-page color ad for 1953 Ford cars; Two-page black and white ad for 1953 Plymouth cars; Sensational one-page color-photo ad for Whitman's Sampler Chocolates features large photo of Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour in costume for the film "Road to Bali"; Nice Campbell's Soup ad; four-page color ad for General Electric presents their many achievements over 75 years; Good Year centerfold ad shows car models for every year from 1915 to 1952; Nice two-page ad for 1953 Hudson cars, the Hornet and the Wasp; Nice color-photo ad for Pan-American Airlines features their South American service with photo of couples in swimwear on Rio's Ipanema Beach; Cream of Wheat ad features Li'l Abner cartoon; Interesting one-page color-photo ad for Dell Comics shows boy in red chair, surrounded by comic characters; Nice patriotic ad by Bell Telephone features large photo of Sergeant Donald McIntyre of Chicago, who recently returned from Korea; Soiled back cover Camel ad features great photos of actor Alan Ladd. Average external wear and soiling. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
36 pages. Features: British Columbians All; Can We Learn From History?; Letters; Pioneer Pilots of the Skeena - article with great photos; Our We Slaves to Our Clocks?; 210 Miles on Horseback - in 55 degrees below - to attend the funeral of Charlie Fortier, Chief of the Chu Chua Indians; Nature Oddities; Wonder-Weed Ramie Grass Would Revolutionize Textile Industry; B.C. History - Finance and Early Vancouver Island Events; Some Observations of a Rambling Angler; The Monument - poem by an unknown author; Frontal Attack - From the Rear! - a skunk story; The Mighty Hunter; "Pacific Pete" in Big Program - Westcoast's ammended all-Canadian natural gas pipeline route to Vancouver and cities of the U.S. pacific coast; Stewart, B.C. - article with photos; Nice ads on covers include Finning, the Yukon Brewery Syndicate, Port Hope Garage Ltd., and The Charles Hotel; Dozens of nostalgic local ads, some with photos. Unmarked. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 993-1036. Features: cover photo of Dr. Wilhelm Furtwangler, conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, forced into retirement by Nazi influences; Photo of the League of Nations meeting in Geneva to discuss an international military force to police the Saar; Page of illustrations of the "Emperor" of conductors, Toscanini; Page of photos describe the plight of Hungarian refugees expelled from Yugoslavia; One page photo shows the "Orion" being launched at Barrow electronically by the Duke of Gloucester in Brisbane, 12,000 miles away; Fascinating photo-illustrated article by disillusioned young Oxford Socialist John Brown, author of "I Was a Tramp", describes his trip to Soviet Russia; Two large photos commemorate the first regular airmail from England to Australia via Imperial Airways; Photo illustrated article on blind fish in the Caverns of Brazil - first photos of live specimens; Two pages of illustrations of the Mayo composite aircraft, under construction for Imperial Airways, which launches heavily loaded mail planes upon its back; Page of photos and text present prehistoric pottery found in Persia - "entirely unexpected" types from Syalck; Two pages of fabulous photos illustrate how a Japanese hotel combines domestic tradition with incongruous borrowings from the West; Majestic colour one-page ad for Dunlop boasts of their 90th anniversary; Amazing photo of Canadian "Monster" - sea cow, basking shark, or "cadborosaurus" - recently discovered on the shores of Henry Island, British Columbia; Centrefold photos of the Duke of Gloucester at functions in Australia; Photo of Sir Wilfred Grenfell giving medical attention in Newfoundland and Labrador; Photos of the Prince of Wales in distressed Durham; Photos of attempts to save Charles O'Leary who died after three days trapped in an Irish well; Photos of the Soviet funeral for murdered Sergei Kiroff; Photo of new airplane for the Viceroy of India, the "Star of India"; Photo of famous archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans sitting for his portrait bust by David Evans; Photo of the Salvation Army welcoming its new general, Miss Evangeline Booth; Photos of personalities of the week include General Temperley, G. G. Knox, M. Titulescu; Anthony Eden, M. Laval; Baron Aloisi, Ruchdi Bey, Julian Wylie, Sir Horace Lamb, King Prajadhipok, Sir James O'Grady, Sir Edwin Lutyens, C. H. Bressey, Col. Lindbergh's second son, little John, being taken to school by his mother, the late Lord Riddell, C. T. P. Ulm, George Littlejohn, J. L. Skilling, and the late Viscount Buckmaster; Nice colour one page Dewar's ad features Santa hefting cases of whisky; Colour photos of Christmas eve celebrations in Hungary; Article and photos of 6 million year old insect fossils; Page of photos of the filming of "Lorna Doone";One-page South Africa tourism ad One-page Schweppes ad; and more. Outer advertising pages not included. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 211-242. Features: New Hampshire Industries and Their Builders - The Rockwell Clough Company - article with one-page photo portrait of W. Rockwell Clough; The City of Geneva and John Calvin, 1509-1909; Pembroke Academy; Obituaries for Hon. John Noble, Mary E. Blair, Ellen Porter Champion, Mrs. James W. Henderson, Adelaide Cilley Waldron, M'Clure, David, Thomas S. Ellis, and Michael M. Stevens; Poems; Nice illustrated back cover ad for the Grand Trunk Railway System features the tourist route through Canada, with illustration of Hotel Wawa, Lake of Bays, "Highlands of Ontario"; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy of this vintage issue. Magazine
125 pages. Presents the rich history of this historic Seoul hotel. Printed upon glossy stock. Illustrated with reproductions of black and white and colour photos. Slight lean to spine. Gift greetings upon title page otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A high-quality copy. Book
102 pages. A sumptuously presented selection of the art collection displayed in The Regent in Hong Kong. This is a collection carefully acquired not only for its aesthetic beauty but also for the elements of oriental symbolism that are represented. Includes fine examples of skilfully executed screens, lacquerware and embroidery. There are specimens of Chinese export wallpaper, and several nineteenth-century China Trade oil paintings. These became popular as artistic records of the cultural and trading contacts of their period and are now collector's items. The selection of maps traces the pattern of adventure and romantic trade and travel over the centuries. Finally, a group of contemporary works pleasantly relate the collection to modern artistic trends. All illustrations in vivid colour photography. Attractive maroon cloth boards bear imprint of Chinese characters upon front board and gilt roman lettering upon spine. Illustrated slipcase shows light edgewear and several nicks. Book and slipcase bear the aroma of moth balls. Book
50 pages. Features: Thompson Valve ad commemorates the first refueling endurance flight in history by Maj. Carl Spatz, Capt. Ira Eaker, Lieut. Elwood R. Quesada, Lieut. Harry A. Halverson and Staff Sgt. Roy Hooe, of the U.S. Army Air Corps; The Merrill Movable Wing Stagger Decalage Biplane; A Technical Description of the Continental Model A70 Second Series Engine; Propeller Materials and Airplane Safety; My Observations at the French Aero Show - with photo of the Dornier Do-S flying boat and the S.E.C.M. two-engined bomber; The Curtiss-Wright Junior and its Characteristics; The Month's Best from the Foreign Press - Junkers F.13 Disaster caused by Buffeting; Tips on Designing an Airplane; Reviews - with photo of Grover Loening at the controls of U.S. Navy submarine seaplane; Weights of Aluminum Alloy Floats and Hulls; Radio Shielding for Pratt and Whitney Engines; Servicing the Aerol Strut; Inspection, Maintenance and Repair of Aluminum Structural Parts; Airplane and Engine Repair Cost Accounting (part II); Servicing Problems; No Smoking; New Products; Nice ad for Detroit's Hotel Fort Shelby inside back cover; Back cover Packard-Diesel ad boasts of 9/10 of a cent per mile operating cost on 12,000 mile flight; many more nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Derivation of Induced Velocity at the Airfoil with Elliptical Loading; Aluminum Casting Alloys in Aircraft; Aircraft Dope and Finish Problems; Suggestions for Training Aircraft Welders; Selling the Airplane; Airport Management; Details about the International Aircraft Exposition, with list of exhibitors; Aeronautical Abstracts; New Aircraft; News of the Industry - with photos of J.T. Hartson, R.W. Fulton, and Lieut. James H. Doolittle; Airports and Airways; New Developments; Ad for the Cincinnati Aircraft Show, March 26 to April 1; Illustrated ad for "The World's Tallest Hotel", the Morrison Hotel in Chicago; Los Angeles County promotional ad; Ad for the St. Louis International Aircraft Exposition; Wright De Coster, Inc. ad for their "75" horn which 'can be heard for miles'; Stromberg-Carlson ad on back cover includes photo of George Wies, pilot, and Jack Peace, engineer, beside Pioneer Instrument Co. service plane; many more vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. Archival tape repair to back cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 135-166. Features: Col. John H. Bartlett - article with one-page photo portriat of Col. Bartlett; Kimball Union Academy - photo-illustrated article explains the part a New Hampshire academy is playing in the movement for better rural conditions; Old First Church in Tamworth and its Early Ministers; Reminiscences of Old Durham; The Real Old North Church - A Landmark of the Republic; Robert L. Smiley - a tribute of a friend; Obituaries for Hon. Edward H. Sturtevant, Rev. Josiah H. Hooper, Rodney M. Stimson, Christopher C. Shaw, Leonard C. Brickett, Franklin Pierce, Hon. Frank O. Briggs; Poems; Lovely illustrated back cover ad by the Central Vermont Railway/Grand Trunk System Great Vacation Route, with illustration of a vista of Canada's Capital, Otttawa and the Chateau Laurier Hotel; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Magazine
66 pages. Features: Nice full-page black and white photo ad for the Boeing 727; Canadian Club colour photo ad features "Sooke Day" on Vancouver Island; Nice colour ad for the 1963 Acadian; Canada's 1963 War Machine - the nuclear mess; The Hole in NATO's front wall; The Man-Eaters of the NHL - flamboyant referee Red Storey describes hockey's tough guys - article with photos of Carl Brewer, Reg Fleming, Howie Young and Lou Fontinato; June Callwood writes about Anger; The Kennedy Dynasty - Part 5 - the crowd around JFK - the loneliest man in the world; Confessions of a hotel fancier, by Pierre Berton; Nice cover photo of NHL tough guy Lou Fontinato; Nice colour photo Coke ad on back cover features cheerleader and three tall basketball players; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
152 pages. Features: Profile of William Withrow, director of the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) for the past 25 years; Tony Aspler recommends dining at the chef's table at the Sutton Place Hotel; The Tapestries of Gail Bent; Ballooning in Burgundy; The Class Menagerie - magnificent carousel rescued by Nancy and Derek Phillips; Muskoka cottage constructed for Sir Wilfrid Hepton in 1902 on a 9-hectare island; Muskoka's Croft of Dounie, the cottage built by William Henry Elliott in 1894 on 52 acres near Port Sandfield, Ontario; Muskoka cottage Belle Isle - built in 1898; Visit with collage artist Louis de Niverville; Jewelry designer Beni Sung; The fragrant, evocative garden of Rachel McLeod; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this wonderful issue. Book
120 pages. Cover illustration of young lady with umbrella and chicks by Elsie Deane. Features: Stylish colour Palmolive ad inside front cover; La Chasse-Galerie - the flying canoe of voyageurs and shantymen, by J.E. Le Rossignol; Nomads of the Sea - story by Beryl Gray; Women in Fascist Italy - article with photos by Lilian Gibson, teacher of English to Il Duce, Benito Musolini; The Challenge of Youth - article by Judge H.S. Mott of the Juvenile Court, Toronto, with photo portrait of the judge; The Female of the Species - story by sapper; The Land of the Rose, by Jean Graham; Music, Art and Drama News of the Month; Camberley's Bride - story by Leslie Gordon Barnard; Miss Helen Sparling, self trained in the world of finance, answers the question "Can Women Be Successful in Business?"; Jean Whitlock writes about the evolution of furniture in the wake of architectural and societal developments; What Easter means to women across Canada - with photos; Mary Louise Orr writes about the various forms of luggage available to travellers; Nice 1-page black and white ad for Plymouth cars; Essex automobile ad; Plans for a large English brick home; Nice colour illustrated ad for Johnson's Wax; Colour ad for Congoleum Rugs; Cute ad for Berry Brothers "Liquid Granite" floor varnish; The Canadian H.W. Gossard Co. ad for women's underclothing; Wonderful colour full-page ad for Hupmobile - the new Century Six and Eight; Gene Tunney golf photo in ad for Nujol; Nice colour full-page ad for Oriental Plush auto interiors - available in McLaughlin-Buick enclosed cars; Anna Pavlowa photos in Cutex ad; C.W. Stokes suggests the creation of a Bureau of Complaints; Dodge Brothers Six ad; Lovely 1-page black and white photo ad for Mercury women's hosiery and lingerie; 1-page Royal York Hotel ad; Willys Knight ad for the 70-B model automobile; Nice colour 1-page ad for Brookfield Butter; Wow! - Great colour centerfold ad for Red Seal Certified Cedar Chests!; 1-page colour photo ad for Puffed Wheat features infant photo of Richard Murphy on sled; Beautiful colour 1-page ad for Studebaker in yellow; Nice black and white one-page ad for Ford Motor Company; Lovely 1-page colour ad for Barrymore Rugs in desert motif; Woodwards "Gripe Water" ad; full-page 2-colour Knechtel furniture ad; Adorable Easter doll clothing cutouts by Grace G. Drayton; Nice colour ad for Crane plumbing fixtures insdie back cover; Colour ad for Parker Duofold pens on back cover. Few short openings to coverfold and cover edges. Address label and faint erasure atop front cover. Coffee stains to back cover and last page. Please Note: page 24-25 have been removed and are not present. They appear to have contained advertising content. Overall, a sound copy of this charming vintage issue. Book
198 pages. Front Cover: Jean Fritz Special Features: The Neglected Art and Science; Displaced Persons - To "Grand Hotel" 1949; Can I Choose the Sex of My Child?; Jan Vermeer 1632 - 1675 (inc. full page colour print of "A Woman Weighing Gold") Profile of Youth: Working School Girl - Muriel Brewer; Living for the Fun of it; How America Lives: How Reno Lives - Benjamin J. Winne; and Meningitis - Still a Danger. Many articles on domesticity, fashion, decorating, food and homemaking (inc. recipes), short stories and poetry. Full page colour vintage print advertising including 'Jeep" Willys Staion Wagon, Curity Adhesive Tape, Coca-Cola, Seven Up, Whirlpool Dryer. Full page black/white ad with Shirley Temple promoting Lux Toilet Soap. Half page colour ad Planters Peanuts (w/ Mr. Peanut). Average wear. Few short openings front and back panels. A sound copy. Magazine
64 pages. Features: Colour ad for International Harvester ads inside front cover; The Girl Who Had No Talent - Bea Lillie; Gorgeous two-page colour ad for Chrysler's "Mostion-Design" style of wrap-around windshields; The Big Battle of the Big Stores - Simpson's versus Eaton's - article with photos; The Dope Craze That's Terrorizing Vancouver - it has the highest rate of drug addiction in the Western Hemisphere - article with photos; The Squalid Mess in Indo-China - Canada's UN team struggles to help build a democracy while the Reds feel shure they'll get all they want without fighting; Meet Quebec's Most Famous Family - Roger Lemelin's Plouffes; How to Avoid a Third World War, by Bertrand Russell; The Flirtatious Phantom of Montreal - story by Michael Sheldon; Hitler's Car Makes a Comeback - the Volkswagen is crowding world markets - article with great photos; Rexall centerfold ad; Nice purple DeSoto auto ad; Plymouth ad; Pontiac ad; Colour ad for the Detroit Sheraton Cadillac Hotel inside back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
Cover illustration by Franklin Arbuckle. Full-page Allis-Chalmers ad features a large TS-300 motor scraper working on a Toronto bypass; Champlain - The Man Who Came to Stay - Part One of The White and the Gold, by Thomas B. Costain; Can McCarthy Happen Hear? - This searching study of the U.S. investigating committees and their Canadian equivalents - including the prelude to the Ottawa spy case of 1945 - reveals that Canadians have no cast-iron guarantees against judgement without fair trial - with photos; Brian Boru, by Sean O'Faolain - illustrated by James Hill; The Pulse of French Canada - Montreal's La Presse newspaper; The Happiest Couple in Show Business - dance team Alan and Blanche Lund; The Waiting Lines of Spandau - What's it like to be the wife of a war criminal? - This first-hand report takes you into the homes and hearts of the women - once the elite of Hitler's Germany - whose fight for their husbands' freedom has reached kings, presidents and even the Archbishop of Canterbury - with photos; A Coal Town Fights for its Life - Bloody strikes and stark depression failed to conquer the proud miners of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, but now cheaper coal from the U.S., oil, gas and hydro power present new challenges; Edmonton's Log Cabin Ritz - Bob Kashower hated hotels so much that when he turned an old air-force hut into the Airlines Hotel he insisted the guest by king; Nice colour ad for the 1954 Ford Monarch, with a 161-HP overhead valve V-8 engine; Mrs. Delores Dalzell is featured in a Jergens Lotion ad; Nice colour Chrysler ad features the 1954 Windsor De Luxe; Great two-colour full-page recruiting ad for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN); Colour Trans-Canada Airlines ad features their new Super Constellation service to Europe; Colour ad for the 1954 Dodge; Nice colour ad for "The Newest Oldsmobile in 57 Years"; Full-page ad for the 1954 Ford Consul and 1954 Ford Zephyr; Colour photo ad for the 1954 Meteor Rideau inside back cover; Coke ad on back cover features Eddie Fisher bowling. Above-average wear and external soiling. Middle two pages loose but present. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Magazine
Cover art by Franklin Arbuckle depicts jockey card game at Toronto's old Woodbine racetrack. Nice colour White Rose service station ad inside front cover. Colour Buick ad. What's Happening to Cars? - Maclean's asks representatives of six major auto makers. Now We're Finding Out How Children Think, by Janice Tyrwhitt; My Six Furious Years as a City Father, by Charlotte Whitton, former Mayor of Ottawa. How much pain can you stand - some faint at a pinprick while others feel no pain - Georgia Fitzgerald explores this topic; Blair Fraser asks "Who Leads Asia?' - and speculates that China will come out on top of India. The Inter-Galaxy Beauty Contest, by Robert Zacks; Albertans are catching lots of trout - a fish once thought to exist only in clear running water. When Voting Was a High Adventure - a review of when Canadians fought there way to the polls, often sold their votes and sometimes found cheats had stolen the election. Our Wild Atomic City - Elliot Lake - story with photos. Sensational colour ad for DeSoto cars. Colour MobilOil ad featuring 1957 Oldsmobile. Full-page black and white photo ad for the 60-second Polaroid Land Camera. Colour illustrated ad for Toronto's King Edward Sheraton Hotel. Studebaker-Packard black and white photo ad featuring the 4-door Champion model. Interesting colour photo ad by Caterpillar inside back cover extolls the virtues of Ontario's partially completed Highway 401. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. A quality copy. Book
80 pages. Cover art shows football star Fred Doty and his fiancee Beverly Brown. Features: The Greatest Danger is Europe - a searching analysis which shows the peril in Europe where fear is stronger than the will to fight - by Matthew Halton; Don't Call Me Baby Face - Part two of the story of Vancouver Boxer Jimmy McLarnin - article with photos, including a shot of Jimmy golfing with Fred Astaire, Joe Louis and Bob Hope; I Saw the Chinese Reds Take Over - Norman McLaren explains how the 'new order' came to the country town of Pehpei - with photos; Never a Dull Moment at the Larches - Elizabeth Armstrong relates tales from her Victoria, B.C. boarding house; A License to Murder? - driver's licenses are handed out like dog tags; Lena Horne - Glamour C.O.D. - article with photos including a large colour full-page shot; Giants of Golgotha - story by Fred Delano; How We Massacred the Passenger Pigeon - a Maclean's flashback - once these birds blotted out the sun in Eastern Canada, but the last one died in 1914; Recipe - Take One Steamboat - Tony Didier, the chef of the CPR's Algonquin Hotel at St. Andrews, New Brunswick, serves up a shore dinner - article with photo; Fantastic full-page Coke ad shows Coke Cooler, glass, and soda jerk above a thirsty city - very nice!; The People Only Death Will Touch - The Rev. Aurthur Payton and Lawrence Earl travelled to Nigeria to help Lepers -article and photo; Massey-Harris ad focuses on how their products help farmers step-up meat-making nutrients in the crops they grow; Li'l Abner Cream of Wheat ad; Dow Brewery ad honours Auguste Prenovost of Montreal who tacked a galloping horse to prevent disaster on a traffic-laden street; Barbara Ann Scott is featured in Prest-o-lite battery ad. Center pages loose but present. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
Features: Hoover Dam - purposes, plans, and progress of construction; Editorials - Dr. George K. Burgess and Dr. George F. Kunz - are there White Indians? - back to earth - construction - wages; Flying in the beginning - early experiments with man-carrying kites and gliders; Peregrinations of a freight car - as a railroad freight car travels here and there over the country, records are made of its movements in minute detail; New Planetary discoveries - the discovery of minor planets has fairly been put on a basis of mass production; The muscular power of insects - the muscles of insects give them much greater power proportionately than other animals possess; A masterpiece of Museum-craft - the largest existing monument of Greek sculpture has been re-erected in a museum in Berlin; Radio in the forest service - new transmitter-receivers, one weighing only 10 pounds, are to be tested this year; Solo man - a fossil skull - a new find of great importance; new notes on ancient man - recent discoveries throw new light on man's antiquity; Tropical fish as pets; Food for a floating hotel - the supplies for an ocean liner's next trip are ordered while the liner is still 1000 miles out at sea; Whirling molten steel to make gun castings - newly perfected centrifugal process promises better guns; Treasure trove in lowly "Sweeps" - all wastes and sweepings in jeweler's plants are carefully salvaged and precious metals recovered from them. Building safety into automobile glass - laminated safety glass for cars does not shatter; Quartz takes up fire fighting in the automatic heads of sprinkler systems; Advertising a curb on product design pirates. Back cover graced with colour Lucky Strike advertisement featuring painting of a sensuous young woman beneath the caption "OK - Miss America! We thank you for your patronage."Three inch opening between top of spine and front cover. Book
Pages 225-256. Features: Hon. Alvah W. Sulloway - article with illustration of subject; New Hampshire at Saratoga; Favors, Faults and Future of the American System; New Hampshire Men at Bunker Hill and Bennington; The Use, Misuse and Abuse of Text-Books; Physical Degeneracy - a less-than-positive report on the health of local people from the Nashua School Report for 1876 by John Goodale, Superintendant; Ads inside back cover for D.Arthur Brown & Co., Salem Lead Company and the Phenix Hotel of Concord, NH. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this early issue. Magazine
Special triple issue. 104 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Features: Billy Barker - he hit the mother lode; Last Voyage of the Tonquin, March 25, 1811; Miser's Hoard - Silas K. Vandermark; Policing the Rails - B.C. Provincial Police Constable Fred Emmott; Steamboat in the Rapids - the Maid of the Mist shoots the rapids below Niagara Falls, June 6, 1861; Murder at Beaver Pass - black barber Wellington Delaney Moses helps solve murder case; Grafton Tyler Brown - Black Artist of the West; Father Rondeault's Butter Church - St. Ann's Church on the Cowichan native reserve near Duncan on Vancouver Island; The Life and Death of the Davis-Humphries Hotel - Augusta Twp., Ontario; Leechtown's $40,000 Cache - on Vancouver Island's Leech River; Dead Man's Gold - a tale from up the Stewart River; The Evil-Tempered Explorer - Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R.N.; Memories of Mount Sicker - its copper prompted development of two major mines, a railway, and three small townsites; Cariboo Memories of Constance Pettijohn; The Ghost of Walt Whitman, and Ontario's Bon Echo Rock; Haida Chief Koyah's War; The Tragedy of the American Buffalo; Buffalo are moved to the future Banff National Park; Sod House Earns Pioneer's Respect; The Last Great Indian Battle - it became a slaughter when the Cree made a rush for the river; Twenty-six Years With the B.C. Provincial Police - Constable Jack Williams retired in 1949 (several drops of soiling and slight moisture exposure to this story). Unmarked with moderate soiling and wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Great one-page colour-photo Molson's Canadian ad shows the tall bottles they used before the stubbies; Why Single Out Sex as the Only Real Road to Sin? - asks Morley Callaghan; How W.S. (Shakes) Morrison Shook Parliament; Is Anybody Winning the Trading-Stamp War?; The Lavish and Lovely Laurentian Mountains; Can Little Bill Smith lick the heavyweights of Labour? - this transport union leader squares off with Hoffa and Banks; How I Learned About Strangers; A Visit with Mr. & Mrs. Jan Rubes - he's a Czech political refugee; Loneliness - perhaps the most common and least studied social problem of our time; Sir John A. MacDonald's first and only trip to the west - he 'pacified' the Indians, admired the embryo cities, and got stung in a Victoria hotel; Clyde Gilmour picks the best and worst movies of 1959; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features: Banff tea house survives roaring avalanche (ad); Leon Koerner's one-man giveaway program - Canada's happiest spender is this Czech millionaire who arrived here 17 years ago; A blueprint to stop our cities' decay - one in every 8 Canadian homes is slowly falling apart, soon to become part of a slum with its by-products of disease and distress - here's what Baltimore, Maryland found; Can science beat the virus diseases?; We're wasting millions on an obsolete air force - Guy Simonds charges that in this atomic age of guided missiles we're still committed to a costly, outdated concept of military strategy based on the airplane; We gambled our love on freedom - James Pegg, a British soldier, met Olga, a Ukrainian slave worker in a German prison camp - they had to choose... stay and be parted, or escape together into unknown dangers; The town that wants to stay old fashioned - Niagara-on-the-Lake; The secondhand love letter, by Edward Kaylin; The private lives of Byng Whitteker; Throw out our cruel divorce law - Kent Power, QC. Nice colour Chevrolet ad on page 5. Front cover heavily torn with chunks missing - it illustrated the construction of the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. Colour Coke ad on back cover. Magazine
52 pages. Features: Nice colour Ethyl ad inside front cover shows fashionable motoring couple; Nice one-page photo ad for Swift's premium ham features chef Louis of the Chateau Frontenac Hotel; Where does the tax dollar go? - an inquiry into the cost of government in Canada; Attractive colour one-page Veedol motor oil features family in blue convertible; Beautiful one-page colour-photo Chipso ad features photo of Mrs. L.H. Roche and her children Corinne, Lester, Joseph, Mary and Peggy; The Virgin of the Mountain (fiction); The Lady of the Gardenia; The Thoroughbred Industry and "The Sport of Kings" - great photo-illustrated article; Little Rambles in Hollywood - nice photo-illustrated movie news article; Rendezvous (short story); The Shrieking Death (fiction); Movie Criticisms; Fashion article with illustrations; Vintage one-page illustrated Northern Electric ad for their model 800 Gurney Range with automatic oven; Beauty article; Nice one-page Lux Toilet Soap ad features photo fo Loretta Young, Polly Ann Young and Sally Blane at the Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles; Cookery article with cool recipes for hot days; Wonderful full-page colour Shredded Wheat ad features inset photo of two girls swimming; World Sayings; Lovely colour Palmolive soap ad inside back cover features illustration of lovely lady; Back cover Kodak Verichrome film ad features photo of man with kids in vintage car; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
