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545 pages including index. Chapters include: Commercial Explosives; Blasting Supplies and Accessories; Blasting with Safety Fuse; Blasting Electrically; Blasting with Detonating Cord; Loading Explosives; Blasting in Underground Mines; Blasting in Coal Mines; Tunnelling Operations; Surface Blasting Operations; Blasting Ditches, Stumps, Boulders, Gravel Pits, Fills, etc.; Seismic Prospecting; Use of Explosives for Special Purposes; Transportation, Distribution and Storage; Accident Prevention; Electric Blasting Caps - Average Resistances; Copper Lead Wire - Resistance and Capacity; Maximum Number of Electric Blasting Caps for Series-in-Parallel Circuits; Properties of C-I-L High Explosives; Properties of C-I-L Blasting Agents; Approximate Average Weight per Cartridge; Approximate Average Weight of Explosives per foot in Column Loads; Properties of C-I-L Permitted Explosives. Properties of C-I-L Blasting Agents; Loading Densities. Appendices include: Blasting Check-up Form; Calculations for a Large Electrical Blast; Average Weight of Various Materials; Abstract Revised British Table of Distances. Abundantly illustrated with black and white photographs. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
72 pages. Features: The Killing of Antoine Fiant - Nate, Clay & George Kinsley, Metis; Old LeMoigne's Lead Mine - John LeMoigne, Rhyolite, Nevada; They Didn't All Die with their Boots On - Bill Tilghman, Cole Younger, William Milton Breakenridge; Grass-Grown Streets in Sierra Nevada - Part III; Jose (Maria) Polancio - Killed by Indians; Loopholes and Nooses - George Webster; William S. "Bill" Hart; Legend of Howards Well; Victoria's Gayest Rogue - John Charles Butts, Victoria BC; Free "Homes" in the Pecos Valley - Bill Morgan, James Carper; Spanning the Monster Deschutes - Joseph H. Sherar - . Above-Average wear. Pen marks and highlighting. Sound working copy. Book
Approximately 100 pages. Features: Petroleum Production Methods in Southern California; The Deep Leads of Kinta Valley; The Recovery of Gold and Silver from Ores Containing Pyrrhotite; Gold, Lead and Moisture; Igneous Rocks; Cobalt and South Lorrain; and much more. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Many pages of fascinating illustrated contemporary advertisements. Book
31 pages Features: Canadian Cut Glass - Brief history of lead glass manufactured and/or cut during the period 1900 - 1925); The Proud Years of Farming - A look at artists that painted farm animals and landscapes of Ontario's rural life from the 1850's to 1870's (Henri Perre, Otto Jacobi); New Year's Greeting from Ancient Egypt - A brief history of the Egyptian calendar and New Year's Day (including a New Year's bottle circa 600 B.C.); Josiah Spode and the Chinese Trade - Brief history of Josiah Spode (1776) and importing Chinese porcelain to America; Chippendale Chinese - Thomas Chippendale's furniture designed in the "Chinese taste"; and The Chinese Taste in Silver - A look at Chinese influence (Chinoiserie) on England trading in porcelain and silver. Minimal wear along spine. Small mailing label top left back cover. Clean and unmarked. A worthy copy. Magazine
96 pages. Features: British Columbia struggles to find its way to influence national debates - feature article with photos and contributions by Roy Henry Vickers, Jack Shadbolt, Jenny Kwan, Arthur Erickson and Tina VanderHeyden; Glen Clark and Gordon Campbell battle to lead B.C.; Raising the Canadian National Unity Stakes - Ottawa endorses the concept of Quebec partition; Battle Over Borders - Splitting Up Quebec; Ontario Hydro moves towards a sell-off of its assets; Newfoundland Premier Brian Tobin; Race for the Republican Presidential Nomination - with photo of Steve Forbes; Ethnic Fighting in Burundi; Nokia cell phone ad; Canadian Airlines struggles against Air Canada; Mergers in Canada's Mutual Fund industry; The Loewen Group's near death in Mississippi; Many pages of ads by mutual fund companies; Paul Martin says No Flat Tax; Passing of Gene Kelly, Joseph Brodsky and Sally Gribble; David Parr of the Paramount Strip Club in New Westminster offers free dance lessons; Ontario Teachers and Students Fight Back Against Provincial Cuts to Education - article with photo of John Snobelen; Plan to relocate wolves from Fort St. John, BC to the U.S. draws ranchers' wrath; Photo-illustrated article on figure skater Josee Chouinard; Magic Johnson returns to play for the L.A. Lakers (color photo); Bolstering the CBC; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
104 pages. Features: Spiro Agnew - The King's Taster - feature illustrated article; Apollo 12 - off to the moon again; John Lindsay win's New York Mayor's election; The Haynsworth Showdown; Relief in Saigon after Nixon speech; Skyjacker Raffaele Minichiello becomes instant folk hero in Italy, the country of his birth; Joint Arab Defense Council meets in Cairo; The Polaroid 360 camera - two-page color-photo ad; The Rockefeller Report on Latin America; Color ad for the 1970 Ford Thunderbird with jets in background; What makes a city great?; Violence against teachers; Private Schools - the last refuge; IBM two-page color-photo ad features oceanographer Ed Coughran; Fascinating photo-illustrated article on electric cars shows awkward looking vehicles by Westinghouse (the 'Lotus Europa"), Ford (the 'Lead Wedge'), and G.E. (the 'Delta'); Artist Christo Javacheff; Bob Dylan Speaks - article with photo of him and wife Sarah in London; Big game hunter Fred Bear; Press Ethics - Carl Gilman; Nice color ad for the 1970 Mercury Cougar; Trial of Bobby Seale in Chicago - from the embarassing to the outrageous; Color photo of Al Hirt in Miller Beer ad; Color ad for the 1970 Olds (Oldsmobile) Delta 88 Royale; Northwest Orient airlines ad; Rev. Carl McIntire; The economy at the turning point; Glaciology article; Ornithologist Stephen T. Emlen studies migration of the indigo bunting; The first segment of Sesame Street runs on TV - article of Ernie and Bert with Joan Ganz Cooney; and much more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
108 pages. Features: Nixon's worst week; The Haynsworth Hassle (SCOTUS); Case against accused Green Berets taints nearly all involved; Chappaquiddick lingers; Radicals on trial in New York; Police hunt Hippies in Atlanta; Golda Meir tours U.S.; West Germany - outcasts at the helm - major coverage of Germany; Beautiful color ad for the 1970 Lincoln Continental; Olof Palme to lead Sweden; Postscript to Babi Yar; Color ad for the 1970 Buick Riviera; Two-page color-photo ad for the 1970 Ford LTD 2-door; Photo of youthful Roger Ailes; The art of Claes Oldenburg; Smog-free locomotion day in Berkeley; Biography of call girl Christine Keeler; Amazing Bills rookie O.J. Simpson; Calvin Hill of the Dallas Cowboys; 1970 Cadillac ad; The high price of repression in Czechoslovakia; Poor cotton harvest; Emilio Pucci; Big Surf opens in Tempe, Arizona; Nice back cover ad for the 1970 Dodge Coronet; and much more. Lacking pages 41-42 which contained foreign aid article. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features: The saga of blue-eyed Herman Wol - Old Wolf Post; Indian Saddle Makers; Artist Paul Dyck collects Rare Indian Saddles; Somebody lost $3 million - The Islander goes down in Alaska's Inside Passage with gold on board; Loops and Swift Horses are Surer than Lead - Roping a Bear in Montana!; Twenty Years among our hostile Indians - J.Lee Humfreville; The Bane of Thieves - Dave Cook of Colorado; Jack Healy - the horse tamer; Meat's Meat - a starving man will eat anything; Powder River Expedition - General Patrick Connor and an ill-fated Sioux campaign in Wyoming; Saint or Devil - Padre Antonio Martinez of New Mexico; The Atoka Track - old Choctaw country; The Wanderers, by Rosie M. Norrish; In Defense of the 'old-time' coyote; The Backtracker - John Clarke of Comanche Texas tracks down his son's murderer; Wild Old Days!. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
28 pages. Nice Photo of Gracie Fields on cover. Sentimental tunes from the days of WWII including: There'll Always Be An England; The Thing-Ummy Bob; The Biggest Aspidastra in the World; Out in the Cold, Cold Snow; He's Dead but he Won't Lie Down; I Never Cried So Much in All My Life; Walter! Walter! Lead me to the Altar; In My Little Bottom Drawer; H'Ya Duchess; Honey; Round the Marble Arch; The King's Horses (And the King's Men). Average wear. Binding intact. Prior owner's name and date on front cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Resurrection of a Series 14, 145 four door sedan; In Memoriam - Kenneth "Dutch" Kern; Passing of members Chester A. Copley and Robert W. Webb; The Short, Sad History of the Yarian Air Cooled Car of 1925 - informative article with reproductions of ads; Reproductions of portions of vintage ads discussing the Deauville Sedan on Franklin Chassis, the Sport Sedan de Capotable on Franklin Chassis, and Motor Car Bodies by designer Raymond Dietrich 1929-30; Early Morning Memories - memoirs from an automobile log of Dr. Fred Uhle of Norwalk, Connecticut, who owned a Cadillac and a new 1907 Franklin; The British Connection, or Franklin in the U.K.; Reproductions of three British Franklin ads; John Burns column on maintenance and restoration discusses lead in gasoline and valves and valve guides; Coast to Coast in a Franklin Pirate - photo-illustrated article by Al and Ellen Finseth who drove a 1931 Franklin. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent issue. Book
40 pages. Features: Alfred D. Crimi Paints a Fresco; Introducing the Winters; The Art of Ceramic Sculpture - first of two instructive articles; Wood Engraving - part II of III; Paper Sculpture; The Lead Pencil and Charcoal; How Ervine Metzl uses the camera; Winners and Runners-up in the MOMA poster competition; Observations on a poster competition; The Lay-in - or dead colouring as underpainting in the glazing method; An experimental fresco panel; A Graphic Lark; A Morning with a Master; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
82 pages. Features: Ground Control Approach Radar for the RCAF; Pilot Error; Navigating from the Cockpit; Wings of Britain; Turbine Era is the Target; Gloom, Excitement in Jet Program; British Seek Transport Lead; Supersonic Fighters for British Arsenal; Aim to Reduce Lightplane Costs; Flight Simulator Trains Crews; Ottawa Report; Canadian Accident Analysis; Maintenance Section; Curved Maps for Navigation; and more. Many pages of great ads including the de Havilland Beaver. Small ink stamp atop front cover. Front cover partially loose. Average wear. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Features: The Vanished Trophy - a story for horse-lovers, the missing King George V International Jumping Championship Trophy; Saharan Adventure (continued) - fascinating account of a trip across the Sahara - Tuareg Tribesmen; Death in the Jungle - exploring the Rio Bobonaza for gold; Catching Wild Pigs Alive in Australia; Cyclone - a young seaman's description of his first experience of a circular storm; The Pay-Back - hunting a cattle-killing lion in Rhodesia; Kenai - deaf lead sled dog; The Big Fish - what happened to two young men night-fishing at the northern end of the Inner Sound of the island of Skye off the west coast of Scotland; Wealth in Bird's Nests - in search of the ingredient for the Chinese delicacy birds'-nest soup; and more. Chips from spine else unmarked with average wear. Back cover partially loose. Decent copy. Book
84 pages. Features: M.P. Mark Smerchanski; Brooklyn Swamp Sniper; Photo of Philadelphia Black Panthers with hands up against wall, surrounded by police; Jess Unruh; One-page article on American trucking; Mid-east crisis; Buildup on the Suez; Victory for Buddhists in South Vietnam; Cutting the pay of India's Princes; Pitney-Bowes ad feafures photo of resort operator Bob Eirich; Pursuit of the Poppy - article on the fight against drug trafficking; French author Francois Mauriac; Celebrity photos of Grace Slick, Jane Fonda and Cassius Clay; Desegregation - The South's Tense Truce; Nice color centerfold ad for RCA AccuColor TVs; One-page color-photo ad for the Hotel Vancouver features dining room scene; Passing of Vince (Vincent) Lombardi - Proud Father, Proud Son; Animal polluters - manure from factory farms; Lead in the Air - the conversion to lead-free gasoline; Healer Kathryn Kuhlman - veritable one-woman shrine of Lourdes; IBM ad features photo of John T. Drayton, Controller, Atlantic Richfield Canada Ltd.; Feature article - Out on a Limb with the Midi (Midiskirt) - not since Christian Dior's 1947 New Look has a descending hemline raised such a furor; Passing of Abraham Zapruder - who recorded the famous footage of the JFK assassination, General Pierre Koenig, The Rev. Dr. Ralph W. Sockman; Agnes Ernst Meyer; Britain's struggle with stagflation; New Haven trial of Lonnie McLucas - article with photos; Physicist-Astronomer James C. Kemp and J.B. Swedlund discover a white dwarf in the constellation Draco; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
48 pages. Colour photos of Robert Plant. Songs include: Billy's revenge; Dance on My Own; Heaven Knows; Helen of Troy; Ship of Fools; Tall Cool One; Walking Towards Paradise; The Way I Feel; White, Clean and Neat; Why. Average wear. Few pencil lyrics added to Ship of Fools, otherwise unmarked. A sound copy. Book
12 pages. "The most terrifying secrets of self-defense ever known to man - gathered from confidential sources throughout the world - and published here for the first time!" - from front cover. Contents: Joseph Weider's Personal and Private Correspondence - How to Defend Yourself Against the Senseless Wanton Attacks of Vandal Destroyers; Protect yourself from being Knocked Out by Club, Stick, Bat or Blackjack Attacks to these Vulnerable Areas of Your Body; Watch Out for these Deadly Weapons Used by Vandals to Attack You; What a Weider "Terror-Fighter Does in case of Emergencies; Flatten your "Vandal" Attacker in Seconds; Defend Yourself Against Vandal Attacks by doing this; Avoid Vandal Attacks With These Defensive Counter-Attacks; Fight off a Hockey Stock, Baseball Bat, Lead Pipe or Blackjack with these defensive tactics. Vandal Attackers are a "Push-Over" When you Follow these 6 Golden Fighting Rules. Boldly illustrated in black and red. Average wear. Multiple pen markings on two pages where prior owner studied this work intensely. A sound copy of this great vintage collectible. Book
12 pages. A wonderful snap shot of life as it was on Vancouver Island 100 years ago. News of the day includes: Port Arthur's Days Numbered (lead story); Governor for Yukon; Guessing Schemes barred from mails; Germans warned against trusts - US evidence held up as fearful example; Fruit Growing at Kamloops; Northwest Mounted Police prepare for the most extensive system of patrols for the Yukon Territory the coming winter that have ever been maintained in the north; Many towns for men only; Road opens from Dawson to Tanana; Wooden piping now being used in Vancouver, Spokane and other cities; Marine News; Yorkshire Post writer compares Victoria and Vancouver - Victoria Polite and easy going while her mainland rival full of business; and much more. Dozens of advertisements including: an attractive piece from Weiler Bros. which features Brass Kerbs and Coal Scoops. Significant chipping along fold. Some yellowing. Few edge tears. Fatigue cracks to central portion of all pages. Book
Topics/Photos: America's Gemini 3 blasts into space; Man's first steps into space as Leonov swims from Voskhod 2; American steps to reduce Russian lead; Selma Civil Rights March; The future of the public school; Battle of Waterloo refought upon the Chelsea table-top; Rowing Battles; Hancock's Heroic Dash saves day for England; Oldest Sardis begins to emerge in American diggings; Rocking-Horse School; 3 Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
Features: Cowboy Strongman - Tom Tyler; Lost Lead/Silver Vein on New River; The Saga of Mike Devaney; Penalty for a Midnight Robbery; That Topographical Ghost - Horsehead Crossing; Three Quick Rifle Shots; What's the Use of Going On?; A Hobo's Christmas Eve; David Crockett's Unheroic Grandson; Old San Diego's Haunted House; The Shooting Above Goldman's Saloon; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
40 pages. Features: The Fallout Shelter Dilemma - are they useless and immoral or a dire necessity?; Nice colour Campbell's Soup ad; Colour-photo ad for the 1962 Chevrolet; Goodwill in Coventry - Germans return to Coventry to repair the Cathedral their country destroyed in 1940 - Operation Reconciliation - with photos; Photos from various holiday movies; Recruiting ad for Canadian peacekeeping soldiers; Photos from movie El Cid - Legend of Spain; Nancy Kwan in photos from movie Flower Drum Song; Singer Sewing Machine centerfold colour ad; New Man in Saskatchewan - Woodrow S. Lloyd takes the place of Tommy Douglas, who has resigned to lead the NDP; Canadian Football (CFL) Faces a Crisis - Jim Hunt argues why the game is losing paying customers; The Last Carrioles - a handful of hardy sleigh drivers keep alove a French-Canadian tradition - article with nice photos; Large photo of a "Canadian Worth Knowing" - Vancouver artist Toni Onley; Crossword; Montmorency comic strip; Colour-illustrated fashion article entitled "Dress Informal"; Winter care of trees; World photo news; Back cover photo ad promotes coffee as the... "warmest word to bring the crowd home to". Centerfold holding by one staple, otherwise binding intact. Somewhat above-average wear. Partially yellowed with age. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Book
Pages: 205-244. Features: Cadets from the ketch 'Moyana' parade through the streets; Wonderful one-page aerial photo of troops and equipment of the 16th Independent Parachute Brigade on board the aircraft carrier 'Theseus' leaving Portsmouth for the Mediterranean to deal with the seizure of the Suez Canal; The Suez Canal - scenes of the nationalisation decree being put into force; Mr Dulles in London to deal with the Suez crisis; Beautiful colour ad for Passing Clouds cigarettes features gloves and grey top hat; P & O photo ad features M.J. Murphy, Chief Radio Officer aboard the P & O ship 'Strathnaver'; Rebuilding the bridge Ponte Della Pietra, in Verona, Italy; Important Rubens sketch discovered in English country house of Mrs. Humphrey Brand; J.C. Laker's triumphant ten wickets; The Canadian Oilfields - a possible alternative to those of the Middle East in the future; Two page illustration of the distribution of the world's oil wells and refineries shown on a map; The Lebanon-Iraq Petroleum Co. Dispute - piping oil from Iraq to the Mediterranean - photos and text; Centerfold illustration of the rescue of the crew of the 'Moyana' by the steamer 'Clan MacLean'; Two-page graphic illustrates ever-growing transatlantic air traffic; Eleven photos of Eskimo soapstone carving; Photos of thirteen newsmaking personalities of the week including the Danish Royal Family, Mr. T. Bourdillon, Mr. R. Viney; Princess Christina of Hesse; General Valluy; Maiden flight of the Bristol Brittania 301 airliner; Photos of the Tower of London's Ravens; Earthquake damage in Burma; Protest in Seoul; Wedding of the Sultan of Kedah's son and the Sultan of Selangor's daughter; The R.S.P.C.A. hostel at London Airport; Nice colour ad for Senior Service cigarettes on back cover features sailors crossing the Equator for the first time; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
86 pages. Features: Ad for Verve magazine inside front cover. Human Beings in Traps - article discusses prosperous Hungarian Jews attempting to relocate to America; Interesting article in Hat Check Girls with photo of Abe Ellis, 'Hat Check King'; The Great Die-Off - 'nature's way of regulating the races that can't regulate themselves - applies to men, and war; "Sex-Mad" Psychiatrists lead failed research on inmates at Jackson Penitentiary aka Southern Michigan State University - article with photos; Revival of the Third Psyche - Psychoanalysis is sometimes good for the patient and always good for the analyst; German U-Boat torpedo hits cattleboat Nicosian - but the Germans were never heard from again - death in a ship's furnace; A Measure of Economic Recovery in Brockton, Mass. - article with photo of shoe worker Mrs. Agnes Flannery; The Case for Capitalism; Treachery on the Aragon Front in Spain; Photo of Italian Air Force flying in Swastika formation to honor Hitler's Rome visit; Photo of Wang Ko-min, Chinese chief of Japan's puppet regime in North China; Nice large photos of hat check girls Arlene Stone, Yvette Sossi;Audrey Dee, and Terry Redko. Full-page photo of Abe Ellis; Two large photos of dead killer whales in South Africa as a result of suicide/thinning-out cycle; Full-page photo portrait of Sigmund Freud; One-page photo of Avery Brundage; Fascinating color centerfold illustration depicts Europe with Spain appearing as a gored bull near death; Full-page photo portrait of film producer Reinhold Schunzel, who went to Vienna from Germany; One-page photo of formally dressed Danton Walker and Gertrude Lawrence in New York; One-page photo of Danton Walker with Paul Draper at the El Morocco; Photo of Lucius Beebe with Libby Holman; Other photo subjects include Paul Lyons, Paul Stewart, Kenneth Roberts, Dale Harrison, Louis Sobol, Sam Harris, Mrs. Bugs Baer, Billy Rose, Clifford Odets, Jed Harris, and George Ross of the NEA; Parisian Alderman of the Left - Leon Jouhaux; The International Brigade in Spain; Who Started the Spanish-American War? - did the whole thing result from a miscommunication?; The Rawest Deal in Sports - Amateur Athletes; Local Relief vs. Federal Work; Bow to the Sentry - fascinating article on Japanese censorship of its activities in China; The Trouble Boys - policing illegal gambling in the U.S.; Tale of poverty by a West Virginia coal miner; Article on film censorship states Goebbels controls 4/5 of German film production; Army Bomber burns at Azusa, California; Manhattan Columnists - article with photo of Walter Winchell's office; and more. Above-average but not excessive wear with openings at each end of coverfold. Moderate moisture exposure. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
48 pages. Features: Money - Suddenly everybody's owing it - Nine out of ten Canadian families are now living and playing with things they haven't paid for; Which Way Will Mexico Lead Latin America?; Lynn Seymour - what it takes to become an international star - many photos; The new assault on smoking; The anatomy of John Profumo's big lie - behind the greatest scandal of the century; I was shipwrecked on a coral reef - a girl sailor's log of a classic adventure at sea, by Myrna Birch; Great colour photo ad for Sterling London Dry Gin. 5"x4" clipping from Metropolitan Life ad on page 10 does not affect any meaningful content. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Pages 301-346. Black and white photos. Features: The month in New Hampshire; As the road unrolls - some impressions of an early summer motor trip - feature article with great photos; Future policies of the Republican Party - Three New Hampshire leaders analyze the situation - a revival of party loyalty wanted, A party program, a forward-looking party; Polar caves - short article with photos; The day old chick industry in New Hampshire; The Road to Lariat; Three women who lead New Hampshire club work - Mrs. Clara Fellows, Mrs. G.E. Speare and Mrs. George H. Morris; An anthology of one poem poets; Gould Hill Farm - How a fine apple orchard grew from small beginnings - article with great photos; A gold mine in Jerseys - George M. Putnam's Herd of Champions - great article with photos; New Hampshire Necrology; Great full-page photo ad for Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. showing their No. 11 mill - the largest textile manufacturing plant in the world; Full-page photo ad for the Polar Caves; and more. Average wear. External soiling. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
209 pages. Index. Bibliography. Footnotes. Profusely illustrated in black and white. "An account of Moyie's heyday; a collection of facts, anecdotes, newspaper articles of the day, reminiscences, letters and photographs, compiled under one cover to share with present and future generations." - from Introduction. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great local history. Book
