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Features: The Home Party Pitch - selling products through home sales parties - Tupperware and others; Paul Rimstead article on pool champion George Chenier, aged 63 - The loneliness of an old master, with great colour photo; Car Theft - wrecked Ontario cars morph with stolen Montreal cars - theft to order, theft by owner arrangement; theft for resale, theft for parts; Schussing the sands - in 1939 Robert Cote begain sand skiiing the north bank of the St. Lawrence at Tadoussac - the sport has taken off - colour photos; Maggie Grant column; Snake Charmers - fashion photos; Strawberry Recipes; Cybermedix is the greatest medical checkup ever; Art under pressure - colour photos of beautiful rock formations; Doug Wright's Family cartoon. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
Features/Photos: Andean volcano in Chile - multiple horrific photos; Hawaiian effects of the Chilean earthquakes and the resultant tital waves - multiple photos; Soviet bug displayed; Turkish military coup d'etat; How to escape from a submerged car; Korean Queen; the Queen Mother in Rhodesia; Trinity College School, Port Hope, Canada; the U.S.S. Saratoga collides with a West German merchantship off North Carolina; Field Marshall Montgomery in China; 420 mph tidal wave damage in Japan; Draining of the Grand Surrey Canal at Camberwell reveals a rubbish dump; The Simca Aronde Etoile; and more. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
119 pages. Includes piano music and lyrics to the following 40 songs: My true love hath my heart; Good night; Where shall the lover rest; Willow, willow, willow; Take, o those lips away; No longer mourn for me; Blow, blow thou winter wind; To Lucasta, on going to the wars; If thou would'st ease thine heart; To Althea, from prison; Why so pale and wan; Weep you no more; There by none of Beauty's daughters; Bright star; A stray nymph of Dian; Proud Maisie; Lay a garland on my hearse; A Welsh lullaby; When comes my Gwen; And yet I love her till I die; Love is a bable; Under the greenwood tree; On a time the amorous Silvy; Ye little birds that sit and sing; O never say that I was false of heart; Sleep; Nightfall in winter; Dirge in woods; Grapes; Armida's garden; My heart is like a singing bird; Why art thou slow; To blossoms; Rosaline; Dream pedlary; Why so pale and wan (earlier, unpublished version). Usual library markings. Covers almost detached. Above-average wear. Book
8vo., with a frontispiece and illustrations, neat signature on front free endpaper; cloth gilt, covers mildly rubbed and age-worn else a good, sound copy. Scarce.
8vo. First Edition neat pencilled signature on front free endpaper; black cloth gilt back backstrip faded (but gilt just legible) a good clean copy in dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE.
First issue of this informative Canadian publication. 48 pages. Features: Show Report; A Very Brief History of Patent Medicines (and their bottles); Soda Waters - Spring Water Bottling Works, Niagara Falls, Ontario 1908-1933; Stoneware - Cross-Border Shopping, a Time-honoured Tradition; Canadian Jar Talk - The STAR - Sydenham Glass Co., Wallaceburg; Canadian Clubs; Interesting Finds; Jordan's Dairy of Kentville, Nova Scotia; Canadian Beers - Bottles & Closures; Canadian Stone Ginger Beers; Interesting letters to the editor; Classified Ads. Printed upon glossy stock. Black and white illustrations. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
280 pages. Songs include: Going Down; Superstition; Cause We've Ended as Lovers; I Ain't Superstitious; Ambitious; Guitar Shop; Where Were You; People Get Ready; Led Boots; The Pump; El Becko; Air Blower; Freeway Jam; Situation; Goodbye Pork Pie Hat; Star Cycle; Blue Wind; Beck's Bolero; Rock My Plumsoul; Ket Me Love You; All Shook Up; Spanish Boots; Plynth; Rice Pudding. An unused copy. One-inch opening at top of front cover and spine, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A wonderful Jeff Beck collectible. Book
318 pages. Features: Town of the Month - Crescent City, California; Woodbury ad features wedding photos of Pat Burrage and Bob Young; Lovely color Camay ad features Mrs. Jules Alexander, the former Jean Pugsley of Rochester, NY; Color Fig Newtons ad; Assignment in Hollywood; Kidney Infection; Nice photo ad for Warner's foundations and bras; Great two-page color ad for Kelvinator ranges; Nice color Prell ad features photo of redhead; Canada tourism ad; Lux color ad features Linda Darnell; Lovely Ivory Soap color ad features Sue Jenks; Tomorrow and Tomorrow - story by Val Teal; The New Laws of Canasta; The Big Dream - story by Elva Williams; Pattern - story by Rachel MacKenzie; The case for Privacy; A New Boss Every Hour; Revenge - story by Alice G. Craft; The Meeker Sex; My Mother-In-Law Stayed Four Years; Gorgeous color and black and white fashion photos; Lovely photos of children in Easter fashions; Curious George comic in Zozo ad; Color Tide ad mentions Mrs. Jean Riche of Dallas, Texas; Why children quite taking lessons; Photo of Mrs. David Anthony Drexel in Pond's ad; Gloria Swanson photo in Jergens ad; Little Lulu in Kleenex ad; Colour Duz detergent ad; Color ad for the (green) 1951 Chevrolet; Color Avon ad features Mrs. Gary Cooper with her rep., Mrs. Billie Sussman; Satina ad features photo of Mrs. David Johnson of Studio City, California; Photos of Ginger Rogers in Jergens ad; Star-Kist ad features photo of Dan Dailey, star of movie "Call Me Mister"; Color Raytheon TV ad; Nice color ad for 1951 Dodge cars features Betty Hutton; Color ad for film "September Affair"; Many nice fashion ads; and much, much more. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this charming issue. Magazine
42 pages. Features: Behind the Scenes of the Royal Tour of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip - article with great colour photos; Ben Hogan Battles His Toughest Foe - article with colour photos; 60's Fashion - Lick-and Stick Tattoos called Put-Ons - colour photos; The Fruits of July - recipes; Wonderful colour photo centerfold shows huge crowd on Parliament Hill with the Queen; "I Had a Legal Abortion" - a Canadian woman discovers how minor a major operation can be in London's Harley St. 'Circus'; A Memory of Darkness (Part 1 of this novel by Margaret Summerton). Average wear. Unmarked. Sunning to lower left corner of front cover. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
34 pages. Includes brief bio and one-page black and white photo of Elton Britt, plus sheet music for piano, lyrics and guitar chords for these songs: Buddy Boy; Chime Bells; Darling What Do You Care; Driftwood On the River; Ev'rything But You; I'll Be Cryin' Over You; Missouri Joe; Patent Leather Boots; Pinto Pal; Rocky Mountain Lullaby; There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere; There's So Much That I Forgot; Too Many Tears; Why Did You Leave Me Alone. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Complete and intact. A worthy vintage copy of this great Elton Britt collectible. Book
116 pages. Features: Change on the Plains; Low men on chore time; Operation hardware; High tide in Tennessee - the Raleigh Wilson family balked at the TVA's order to move, but now they are glad they obeyed; Taking the cancer fight to farms - mobile clinic in Oklahoma; Weatherproof farming; The land sings its history; New clovers to build fertility; and more. Ads: Good Year ad includes photos of Laredo TX rancher C.Y. Benavides, ice-skating star Donna Atwood; and Kansas City contractor R.G. Aldridge; Ipana ad with photos of Nicki Ellis with daughters Judy and Bonnie; Texaco ad includes photos of inventive farmers; B.F. Goodrich ad with photo of Russell V. Falk of Red Oak, IA; Oldsmobile; GE radio ad with illustration of Susan Hawyard; Buick; Ford tractors (2 pages); Ford cars (very nice 2 color pages); Blue Bell denim - with photo of Homer Willis and son Jerry; New York Stock Exchange - one page of black and white photos; Modess (nice one-page color photo of elegant lady); Lux ad with photo of Esther Williams with Peter Lawford in film "On an Island with You"; Nice color photo of Esther Williams in Lipton Tea ad; Studebaker trucks (color); Color Camel cigarette ad on back cover features illustrations of rodeo champion Ken Roberts; and more. Covers nearly loose with some tape repairs. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 41-84. Features: Great two-page photo ad for the Steel Company of Wales, Limited; Salute the Victor - new star of the car world; The dramatic introduction of the new Vauxhall Victor at the Gaumont State Theatre, Kilburn, London - 15 sensational pages of text and excellent illustrations/photos; The press inspects the new Victor; Many pages of great vintage ads. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. Covers nearly detached. A worthy vintage copy of this special issue. Magazine
226 pages. Features: Mum deodorant ad shows couple on beach blanket; Listerine ad shows smooching couple; Town of the Month - Trevose, Pennsylvania (PA); Woodbury soap ad features photo of beautiful Metropolitan Opera star Jarmila Novotna with her daughter; Color-photo Ivory Snow ad; Color-photo Avon ad features Teresa Wright with her rep. Mrs. Virginia Stevens; Color Duz detergent ad; Article on arthritis; Assignment in Hollywood; Color photo of Ava Gardner in Lustre-Creme ad; Color Lady Pepperell sheets ad shows ghastly-colored bedroom with lady in pink on bed chatting on copper-colored phone; Nice color Jell-O ad; Roofs that last; Gallery of Gadgets includes knee pads and suitcase with wheels; Color ads for Heinz soups and pickes; Color Tide ad; Keep up with Medicine; The Thrifty Driver; Toni ad features photos of beautiful Eloise Sahlen, Susie Parker, and twins Ann and Roxie Schumaker; Career Girl - Kathleen Boyce of Charlotte, NC; Color Woolworth ad features nothing but dolls; Color Ivory soap ad features photo of Vera Miles; I'm a Homely Woman; The Face in the Mirror - story by Elden La Mar; The Heart Line and the Lucky Star - story by Lucia Mason; Women and the New War; Dover - story by Margaret Cousins; Mrs. Anderson's Daughter Gets Married - story by Faith Baldwin; Fashion Photos of young Constance Adams; Photos of plaid fashions for girls; 42 page article with photos of living room designs; Zozo ad features Curious George; Enrico Caruso - the world's most popular singer; When You Buy a Dog; Make Your Hair behave; Serve it Jellied; Never a better time to buy a refrigerator; Cold Drinks; Shopping for school clothes; Yankee pizza recipe; Dione Lucas photo in Cut-Rite wax paper ad; Charming color McCormick & Co. ad shows lady with her shelves of preserves; Vintage color Sundaettes ad; Campus life fashion illustrations; U.S. Savings Bonds ad features portrait of Master Sergeant Travis Watkins of Gladewater, Texas - a Medal of Honor recipient who sacrified his life in the Korean War to cover his squad after being wounded and paralyzed from the waist down; Color Coke ad on back cover shows sailor taking bottle from fridge; and much, much more. fAverage wear with some openings along spine. A worthy vintage copy of this charming issue. Magazine
32 pages. Features: 20 Million Miles to Earth; Warp's the Word; Conqueror One; Your Complete Star Trek Review Guide; A Model Mr. Spock; Keep on Trekkin! (fantastic color centerfold features Mr. Spock in the 70's theme of 'Keep on Truckin'); Star Trek Yellow Pages; Star Trek Book Reviews; TMT Mailbag; Fu Wants You!; Ticks & Kicks; Fanzine Round-up. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Moderately age-toned. A quality copy. Newspaper
64 pages. Includes lyrics, guitar chords and piano sheet music for these songs: Along a Texas Trail, An Olden Melody, Call of the Rockies, Dreamy Rocky Mountain Moon, Hills of Idaho, I'm An Old Cowhand, Leanin' On the Ole Top Rail, Li'l Liza Jane, Midnight on the Trail, My Lop-Eared Mule My Broken Down Horse 'N' Me, Roll Along Prairie Moon, Song of the Range, Swinging Along the Blue Ridge Trail, Take Me Back to Col-Ler-Rad-Da Fer To Stay, Texas Star, The Moon is Low, The West, A Nest and You, The Yellow Rose of Texas, Uncle Elmer's Almanac, When I Was a Boy From The Mountains, When the Golden Corn is Waving, and When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain. Unmarked with average wear. Covers holding by one staple. A sound vintage copy of this wonderful compilation. Book
Features: The Built-in Lie in our Immigration - thugs are let in, pacifists banned, and nothing, it seems, can be done; The Stratford Star Nobody Knows - Douglas Rain; Holiday Trails of Canada - W.O. Mitchell on the Kananaskis; Ontario's Controversial Coroner - Morton Shulman, the doctor who enrages everyone but the public; An Era Ends for Yesterday's People - a report from Easter Island where the stone age is meeting the jet age; Will Charm Spoil Susan Dexter? - or, how one girl writer took a ride on a beautification assembly line (charm school). Nice colour 1965 Chevrolet ad inside front cover. Average wear and soiling. Considerable water staining. Book
Pages 433-472. Features: From Chorus Girl to Star - Being the Real Life Story of Gwen Rae (part one); Big Fights with Nature Number Ten - Lighting the Coasts - with great photos of lighthouse construction; "Weather Permitting" - a football article with photo of Newcastle v. Bradford City game which was stopped by the awful blizzard of January 11th; Nameless Island - The Thing in the Pool, another adventure of the Specimen Hunters; Land of Luck - article Number Four - Fire-Fighting in Canada - describes the terrible danger of forest fires, and tells how they are fought, with photos; Jerry Gray - Soldier, a Clockmaker's Romance; The Shadow - A Tale of Mystery (part one); When Greek Meets Greek - a Sexton Blake adventure. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Bobby Moore writes for you - 'England's worst player gets a yellow jersey; 16,000 miles of high speed danger - over a hundred cars will battle in the World Cup Rally - Roger Clark will pilot the SHOOT rally car; Quick Quiz; Interview with Nottingham Forest's Henry Newton; Tony Hateley - 'he always gives all he's got!'; Full-page colour photo of Alan Warboys; Johan Cruyff - the George Best of Holland; When the "Wee Blue Devils" Thrashed England! - a SHOOT special on the Home Championships; Home Championships Line-Up; Ian Bowyer - the star who silenced the Kop!; Colour centerfold photo of the Queen's Park Rangers - second division pacemakers; Too old at 30? - some exceptions to the rule; Five leading referees speak out about their tough job; Peter Simpson played his way into England's limelight; If Swansea can keep up their promotion challenge, the crowds will flock back to Vetch Field; Full-page color photos of Billy Hughes and John McPhee; Dundee's bid to become Soctland's Senior Soccer City; Can Burnley break their no-win hoodoo?; Focus on Derek Parkin; Scrapbook of the Sixties; Back cover colour photo of Gordon Marshall. Unmarked. Modest wear. A quality copy. Book
144 pages. Features: Charming colour ad for Deepfreeze Home Appliances inside front cover; Would you throw $357 million into Hell's Canyon?; MGM Color Movie of the Month Calendar; Nice colour ad for Champion Spark Plugs features young batter; Colour 1952 Chevrolet ad; Vivien Kellems - Woman on the Warpath - Anti-Income Tax Crusader; Belinda Osborn, by Hannah Smith; Religion and Our Schools, by Liston Pope, Ph.D.; First Quarrel, by Sarah and Ronald Morrisette; You Can Leave Your Troubles Behind - Smiley Blanton argues that trips can help us in the confused modern world; I'll Never Marry a Bureaucrat, by Elenore Nelson; Star Witness, by Allan Vaughan Elston; Live Wire, by Charles T. Webb; The Escape, by Alice Eldridge; Look Out Rembrandt, Here We Come!, by Jack Long; The Torn Invitation, by Norman Katkov; They Gambled on Greatness - Gilbert J. (Gil) McDougald and Family, by Vance Packard; New Helps for Your Headaches, by Clarence Woodbury; Girl With A Past, by Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger; Puppet Family - The Copelan Family of Jamaica, N.Y.; Doctor Soccer - Bill Feffrey of Penn State; Judge Stanley Scherr of Baltimore deals only with traffic court for youngsters; Harriet Dreilinger is one of the nation's best woman magicians; The "Corn Tones" perform for wounded GI's in Tokyo General Hospital; Virgil Stauffer and International Friendship Gardens of Michigan City, Indiana; Blanche Holland works as a hat check girl to travel around the world!; Bombproof Caveman - Herman Knaust of Catskill, NY has a business protecting records from atomic blasts in his underground vaults; Marietta Larson and her Dogettes; Mrs. Warner Nelson cuts cans; Dr. W. Harry Everhart tries to bring back Maine's Atlantic salmon; Chauncey M. Willey Sr. - carver of granite monuments; Coed of the Month - Phyllis Stickler; Holiday Time in Sweden - with photos; Weapon of Fear, by Harmon Coxe; 1-page ad honoring Jt. (jg) Thomas Hudner, Jr. U.S.N., Medal of Honor recipient. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
Cover portrait of Brig.-General Sir Percy M. Sykes - in command of the British column which entered Kurman, Southern Persia on June 12, 1916 with the co-operation of the Shah's Government. Features: Italy after one year of war (conclusion); Strategy and Tactics of the Great War, by Major G.W. Redway; centerfold portrait of Lieut.-Gen. Sir Francis Davies, Military Secretary to the War Minister; Centerfold portrait of General Joffre investing General Balfourier with the Star of the Legion of Honour. Only moderate wear. Unmarked. Nice copy. Book
Features: The case against fallout shelters, by Hanson W. Baldwin; Kennedy's Grand Strategy - how we can counter Russian aggression, yet avoid nuclear war; People on the way up - Barbara Dodd, Frederic Chapin, James Messler - the Star Farmer of America, Geraldine Pearson; Hell Creek Crossing - a story excerpted from the newest work of William Faulkner; Phyllis Diller - the unlikeliest star (funny!); Where are those dream cars? - a car that drives itself, uses no gas and runs without wheels is more than idle speculation (conclusion); Holidays at Sea - cruisemaster Mike Burke runs a profitable fleet of pleasure boats; Why do they call my husband crazy? - Jim Piersall's wife tells of her husband's illness - and recovery; Krishna Menon - the Wasp of New Delhi - India's left-leaning chief delegate to the UN - terrible-tempered, anti-American and prime planner of the Goa invasion. Front cover loose but present, otherwise average wear. Book
Features: The Crooks Get all the Breaks - Virgil W. Peterson; Can our children learn faster? - at the Whitby School in Connecticut, the Montessori method is used to teach the three Rs; People on the Way Up - Gigi Reynolds Carrier, Dick Gregory, Joy Tymezyszyn Jr., Jane Marilley; Abraham Kaplan on 'Are Psychiatrists and Clergymen enemies or allies?'; Connie Francis - what made her a star, and how does she survive the competition?; Casey Stengel; How Sotheby's venerable London auction house sets prices and tastes for highbrows; The Vanishing Hillbilly - the proud Ozark mounaineer is being modernized out of existence as TVs become more common than indoor plumbing. Great 2-page color Chevrolet Jobmaster Trucks ad. Nice Coke ad on back cover. Somewhat above-average external wear. A sound copy. Book
30 pages. Features: Nice cover photo portrait of The Countess of Roseberry; Way of the War - story and photos of notable personalities; Myself at the Pictures, by James Agate; Four photos from Kipling's Jungle Book, filmed by Korda, Korda & Korda; The Theatre - Horace Horsnell; The Arts Theatre Club presents Jean Forbes-Robertson in "Twelfth Night" - please note that one of the four photos has been clipped out and is not included - this seven by four inch clipping removed a portion of the Social Roundabout on the next page; See "Big Top" at His Majesty's - The show with the Charles B. Cochran Touch - 7 photos; D.B. Wyndham Lewis article; Photos of Stage Star and Stable Owner Mr. Vic Oliver; Nice one-page cartoon illustration of the I.T.W. by Wing-Commander E.G. Oakley-Beuttler; July 4th centerfold photos at Eton; The John Clements and the Robert MacDermots - photos; The Marchioness of Londonderry and her Youngest Daughter - photo portraits; Sabretache - several interesting photos with text; Elizabeth Bowen - With Silent Friends; Photos of seven newlywed couples and two newly engaged young women; Full-page ad for The Nuffield Organization shows two military officers with map; Nice fashion photos on pages 378-379; Back cover colour ad for The North British Rubber Company shows golf clubs conversing over drinks. Center page loose but present. Average wear. Six-inch opening from top of cover-fold partway into front cover. Bit of writing on back cover. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Announcement, with photos, that after seven years of research, the Caterpillar Tractor Company has applied the diesel engine successfully to the tractor. Contains fascinating two-page wide graphic which illustrates and describes business cycles and patent applications from 1840 to 1932 Articles: The transmission engineer's job - to design a n electrical transmission line, tie in a number of power stations, and solve the many attendant problems oftern requires years of work; Editorials - too old at 40? - airplane engine reliability - peace in radio - expensive babies; Gold from goldfish - goldfish, once imported, now raised in great numbers here; Star colors and star temperatures - the problems with which astrophysicists deal in determining the heat given off by flaming heavenly bodies; The business man takes wings - an account of an actual business trip around the country in which much time and money were saved; New light on Sasanian culture - culture of the peoples whose lands were the scene of the wars of Alexander the Great, as shown by recent archeological finds; Concrete bridge makes new record - George Westinghouse Bridge has America's longest concrete span; Is space curved? - some confusing concepts of the physicists cleared up by simple scissors work; Looking at stresses - complex stresses in structures directly vivible by new method; Big Springs - Some springs in this country flow great rivers of water; Why a watch keeps time - two years' time is often required to design a watch that will consistently keep accurate time; Gun recoil control - simple muzzle attachment reduces recoil of guns and prevents lift of the muzzle off the target; Endurance cut from the hillside - stone for modern buildings is cut in huge blocks by methods that have felt the touch of the machine age. Moderate to average wear. Magazine
40 pages. Undated but from 1941 or earlier as this theatre was destroyed in the blitz of that year. Large black and white full-page photos of Emile Littler plus cast members, Jack Stanford, Eddie Gray, Fred Wynne, Magda Neeld, The Hartman Brothers, Pauline Lewis, The Four USA Girls, and Betty Jumel. Many nostalgic black and white advertisements. Corresponding half-inch openings to fore-edge of back cover and last page, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Faint bit of sticker remnant on front cover. Bit of white tape on white back cover. Binding intact. A sound and pleasing copy of this vintage item. Book
