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pp. x, 187. BibIiography. Index. Many black and white reproductions of archival photos. Presents the fascinating life story of Svein Stokke and his successful career in the shipping business. Involves companies such as: Canadian Transport Company, Star Shipping, MacMillan Bloedel, Seaspan International, and Seaspan Corporation. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this work which is sure to provide highly informative reading for anyone interested in the history of shipping on Canada's west coast. Book
Features: "The Military Profession - Lt. Gen. W.A.B. Anderson, Commander of Mobile Command; Biathalon Training; From North Star to Southern Cross - The Travels of a Yukon and its crew; Destroying a beached Second World War British Mine, lodged in driftwood on a Vancouver Island beach; Sea survival for Starfighter pilots; They were given a real bridge to blow up - 2 Field Squadron, Royal Canadian Engineers brings down the old Hawkshaw Bridge, mid-way between Fredericton and Woodstock, N.B.; Shades of Alley Oop - a CH-113A Voyageur removes dinosaur bones from their ancient resting place; Classroom for the sea - Fleet School (Pacific) at Esquimalt (5 pages); The Buffalo Aircraft - Our newest tactical transport; Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile systems. Sound copy. Magazine
28 pages. Features: ; Canada's Peacekeepers - no other troops have been exposed to so many medals without doing any fighting; Full-page ad for the Canadian Open Golf Tournament, sponsored by Peter Jackson cigarettes; Dr. Nicholas Millet and Bernard Leech study and Egyptian mummy - article with photos; Doug Wright's Family; Grand Hotel - Le Chateau Frontenac - article with many photos; Two nice colour-photo pages of crochet fashion; Saskatchewan Roughrider star fullback George Reed - article with great full-page colour photo; Doug Wright's Family; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
36 pages. Many colour and black and white photos. Features: The RCMP's four crime detection labs and Identification Branch - they make inanimate objects tell stories; Hon. James C. McRuer, former chief justice of the Ontario Supreme Court spent forty years studying the trial of Jesus Christ; Colour spring nature photos; William Coutts of the Coutts Hallmark greeting card company; Colour photos of cowboy-style women's fashions; LSD and a Diet - The Reshaping of [former weightlifter and wrestler] Big Doug Hepburn; The Real Georgy Girl - Lynn Redgrave; Doug Wright's Family; Nice colour-photo ad for the 1967 Dodge Polara inside back cover; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
32 pages. Many colour and black and white photos. Features: Cover photo of bush pilot Berna Studer; Rev. Ernest Harrison of the Anglican church wrote "A Church Without God" and became a priest without a pulpit; Nice one-page colour-photo Rexall ad features Millerd Kelly of the Detroit Lions encouraging three of his players to take their vitamins; Photo-illustrated article on the Cleaning Staff of the Prime Minister's Office [PMO] - Mrs. Anne-Marie Graveline, Jeanette Richard, Lucille Garneau, and Berthe Miller; Berna Studer Flies the Frigid Barrens - she is the only girl bush pilot north of the 55th parallel; Buyer's Guide to Blue-chip [Women's] Fashion - colour photo feature; American Tourists flock to Canadian National's annual rail excursion from Winnipeg to Hudson Bay; How to Kill a Sponge - Alexander Gerolimatos is Canada's largest and longest-established sponge dealer; Colour-photo one-page ad for Expo '67 features youthful dancers; The First Taste of Power and Profit - Junior Achievement; Sir Francis Chichester describes what it's like to be alon in the vast sea; Jehane Benoit tells how to make an omelette; Doug Wright's Family; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
24 pages. Contents: Your Washington Reporter; George Meany says repeal of Taft-Hartley Law hinges on Defeating Congress Labor Foes; Who's to Blame for Inflation? - Ruben Levin contends that workers' earnings trail behind prices, while farmers and businessmen jump ahead; A Year of Taft-Hartleyism - record shows law has provoked strive and chaos and its advocates no longer boast about their 'brain-child'; Photo of Mr. A.C. Garrott, General Freight Agent of the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad, holding a large red feather as he leads a tour of railroad representatives; Labor-Management cooperation triumphs in Union Pacific's Apprentice-Training Program; Message from President Irwin Barney; Correspondence from Robert Hewitt and C.J. Kitchas; Retirement of John M. Patterson; Loyal Star of America - article by Hattie McDonald and Cecil Hill; Ad for combination Ball Pen and Mechanical Pencil inside back cover; Great Back cover ad for OshKosh B'gosh features Veteran Engineer Lehmon L. Shook who has spent 43 years in the cab... the last 30 in Oshkosh B'Gosh Overalls". Address label on front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
186 pages. Features: Durant's economy model, the Star - a 1927 Model M Roadster; Kaiser-Darrin - the little two-seater designed by Dutch Darrin; DeSoto Adventurer - Few flashy designs of the 50s could compete with this car - a '59 hardtop is shown - owner singer Richard Carpenter; Duesenberg - Eddie Rickenbacker is shown in a 1914 Indy photo with riding mechanic Eddie O'Donnell; Marmon V-16 - stately '32 convertible sedan; War Woodie - Maroon '42 Mercury station wagon; Packard - Dick Teague remembers the Predictor; Mr. Corvette - Chevy's Legendary Zora Arkus-Duntov; Celebrity Car Showcase; How to perform woodgraining like the pros; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
154 pages. Features: Preston Tucker's 1948 Tucker - a three-eyed car; 1942 Blackout Buick; 1908 Thomas Flyer, Model F4-60; Super streamlined 1934 Desoto Airflow; 1956 Pontiac Star Chief convertible; Walter P. Chrysler - the challenge to revive Maxwell; Harry Bennett - Ford's resident tough guy tells it like it was; Touring in an old car - surviving trouble on the road; Pebble Beach - a fine tribute to Delage and Delahaye. Average wear. Bit of writing on front cover. Magazine
grand in-8°, 214 pages, ill. hors texte N&B, rel. cartonnage ed., jaq. ill. plast. Bel exemplaire. [CA27/0]
80 pages. Features: Carving to honor film star Jimmy Stewart; Lew Ballinger; Carved Floral Reliefs - part 2; Peter Newton; Barrel Carving; Tom Swearingen; Let's Carve - Magi; Bob Lundy; Try carving an alligator; Nick Milunovich; Buring Techniques; How to Carve a Rose; Many show photos and reports; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
46 pages. Features: Stryper Returns - a conversation with Michael Sweet and Oz Fox; The Afters; Josh Havens; Matt Fuqua; Review of the Ibanez Montage; The Reverend Jimmie Bratcher; Derek Webb; All Star United; Brandon Bee; Dreampilots; Phil Stacey; Nathan Lee; Matt Brouwer; Bethany Dillon; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Magazine
64 pages. Features: John Sayles on "Lone Star"; Edward Zwick on "Courage Under Fire"; "American Sons"; Todd Solondz on "Welcome to the Dollhouse"; Masculinity in the Movies; "Paradise Lost"; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Lot of 8 four-page menus from the S.S. Yukon Star, each measuring 8.5" x 5.5" and featuring a charming color cover illustrations of a notable Alaskan dog, with brief write-ups of each dog on back page. Dogs include: Blizzard - owned by Slim Williams; Two Husky puppies; Wolf - raced by Mary Joyce in the Alaska Dog Derby; Cheechako - owned by Lieutenant Colonel Francis E. Maslin; Rye - given to the Army at Chilkoot Barracks by Mary Joyce; Mageik - Father Hubbard's famous sled dog; Jack - racing dog owned by Grover Bayless of Fairbanks; and Smokey - a favorite among forty army dogs formerly stationed at Chilkoot Barracks. Undated, possibly late 1940s. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely collection. Book
74 pages. Articles:Rescue Below Zero ( part 1 of the story of Bernt Balchen's Arctic Airmen); A Protest Against the Bowls - President of the University of Delaware, William S. Carlson, thinks educators must act to curb exaggerated emphais on postseason football games; That Wonderful Guy - Ezio Pinza - article with great photos; Happy Land of Teen-Agers - George Junior Republic; Look Here, My Good Man; The Unification Row - Famous Plane Designer Ray Holland Jr. Speaks His Piece; Beefsteak Party - great color photos with brief article; The Collier Trophy - For Notable Contribution to Safety in The Air; Mad Hatter - Victor Hoeflich is a pioneer in making party favors - article with color photos; Intrusion into the Past - ace cameraman Leon Shamroy at work on film "Prince of Foxes"; Hell-Bent (part 1 of 3); The Moulmein Star; Woods Full of Parsons; A Little Like Shirley Temple; First Date; Cinderella Rides Again (conclusion); Liberty Hound. Includes these nostalgic ads: Good Year; Puritan Sportswear; Schlitz beer; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features nice color photo of Mrs. Thomas W. Phipps Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
78 pages. Articles: Get Off Route 25 - Charles F. Kettering teaches that a great challenge lies off the traveled highway; Young Man; The Life and Times of Sears, Roebuck (part 1 of 4); Collier's Sectional All-Star Teams; The King's Man - Charlie Campbell is considered a top unofficial 'ambassador' to the US; West from Fifth Avenue - article with sensational photos of Collier's new Manhattan headquarters and their million-a-day Ohio press; Payoff in Berlin (conclusion of "My 4-years war with the reds). Fiction: Cinderella Rides Again (part 1 of 5); The Ward Heeler and the Lady; Shooting Party; Don't You Cry for Me; Fifty of the Blue; Valley of the Tyrant. Includes these nice ads: Studebaker trucks (inside front cover); Bell telephone; Congress Playing Cards - featuring Mme. Lilly Dache; Zenith tvs, radios and phonographs; Columbia motorcycles; Good Year; Elgin watches; 1950 Ford cars; Samsonite luggate (color centerfold); Pall Mall cigarettes; Movie "Prince of Foxes"; New York Central Railroad; Schlitz beer; Blatz beer - featuring Pat Harder, 1948's most valuable player/star fullback of the Chicago Cardinals; Budweiser; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features Fred Astaire. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
86 pages. Articles: Prohibition's Ghost Walks Again; You'd Never Know Our Daughter is an Epileptic - Dixie Lou Yahraes; Knight from Orchard Street - Sir Louis Stirling, Britain's multimillionaire industrialist; My 4-Year War with the Reds (part 4 of 5); Babies Mean Money in the Bank - Canada's Familiy Allowances Act (Baby Bonus); Are Football Coaches Worms?. Fiction: The Big Minnie; Westward to Chadley; Miss Strawberry and the Sergeant; Blake's Thanksgiving; The Man Who Had Influence; Valley of the Tyrant (part 3 of 4). Includes these nice ads: Nash Airflyte cars; Motorola television; Borden's milk products - featuring Elsie the Cow; Johnsonian shoes; Willys Station Wagon; Lucky Strike; Fisher Body; Hamilton watches; Silver Star razors (featuring famous men); Ford cars (2 pages); Greyhound bus lines; Anahist; Mallory hats; Pendleton shirts; Canada Dry (nice!); Roadmaster bikes; U.S. Army (recruiting); FTD. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
78 pages. Articles: Kansas Staggers to the Polls - bootleggers will be out of luck if the state votes wet this fall; Why Ike Said No - a close friend explains Ike's refusal of the nomination; The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins (part 14) - Three Titans Spin the Globe - revealing the conversations of Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin at Teheran; Carelessness - The Child Killer; Air Transport - the answer to air power - in global warfare, cargo planes are as vital as fighting planes; Suited for the Campus - autumn style notes for college men from Maine to California. Fiction: Second Man on the Ticket; Someone to Watch Over Katie; Boy's Best Friend; It Wouldn't Be Fair; Rain in August; An Affair of State (conclusion). Ads include: Fortune shoes for men; DeSoto car; Bell Telephone; Seiberling tires; 1949 cars; Plymouth; RCA Victor radio-phonographs; Pendleton shirts; Hickok belts; Admiral portable radios; U.S. Rubber (centerfold); Dodge Trucks; Oldsmobile cars; Jantzen sweaters; Evelyn Neblett in Pepsodent ad; Rand shoes; Loretta Young in Auto-Lite ad; Springs Mills; Indian motorcycles; Dan River; TTD; Kodak; Camel cigarettes (back cover) featuring diving star "Jim" Fairbrother. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
74 pages. Articles: Philadelphia - Corrupt and not contented; William Bendix plays Babe Ruth - a new screen role for the star of radio's Life of Riley; Judge T. Allan Goldsborough Takes the Stand - Portrait of one of the most colorful and human American jurists; A Sucker Don't Wanna Be Told - how racetrack touts victimize bettors who want a 'sure-thing'; The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins (part 11) - Climax at Casablanca. Fiction: An Affair of State (part 1 of 4); The High Cost of Collette; But Not Necessarily Sweet; Good Morning; Mrs. O'Brien Holds That Tiger; More Beautiful than Murder (conclusion). Ads include: Ipana (with Taffy Wood); Motorola radio; Jeepster by Willys-Overland; International Heavy-Duty Trucks; Ford cars; U.S. Royals (tires) centerfold; Barbasol; Vitalis (with Sonny Kiefer); Western Electric; Burroughs business machines; "The Emperor Waltz" movie with Bing Crosby; Schlitz beer; Nice color photo back cover ad for Chesterfield cigarettes features William Bendix as Babe Ruth. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
90 pages. Articles: How to Beat the Communists - by UAW (United Auto Workers') chief Walter Reuther; Walter Winchell - Aan American Phenomenon - a study of the fastest talker on the airwaves; Our Lights are Going Out - electrical power shortage; John N. Garner's Story (part 2) - the former Vice-President tells of his most serious disagreement with Mr. Roosevelt; Hot-Sun Hockey - The Pacific Coast goes for hockey in a big way - article with color photos including the Fresno Falcons playing the Los Angeles Monarchs; Boys at Work - this school reforms tough kids. Fiction: Jason Hazard's Swim; The Female Circumstance; Cupid Up the Bayou!; The Farmer's Face; The Mysterious Way; Interruptions, Interruptions. Nostalgic ads include: Old Thompson Whiskey; Packard cars; GMC trucks (nice!); Nash cars; Oldsmobile two-page color ad; Dodge Trucks; Lord Calver liquor ad featuring one-page color photo portrait of Richard C. Kettles, Jr. and his boxer Worlord; Chrysler color centerfold features cowboy scene; Chevrolet trucks; Botany 500; Samson card tables; Kleenex (featuring Little Lulu); Wow! - two-page color ad for Roma Wines features large image of Jane Russell; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features rodeo star Jerry Ambler, fisher Dorothy Allan Newstead, polo star Cecil Smith and table-tennis star Mary Reilly. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
86 pages. Fiction: Two for a Nickel; The Marrying Kind; Free Choice; Home from the Sea; Slug it Slay!; Summer Silence. Articles: Austria's in the Middle; Mechanization and the CIO are making over America's South; Frank Otaris - at age 67 he is still a star of the flying trapeze; Fashion for expectant mothers; Compared to Earthquakes, Nuclear Bombs are Puny; A new repellent for summer bugs; Travel hints for those who would go places in the post-war rush. Ads include: GE Radios; International Harvester crawlers; Mercury cars; Firestone tires - with Indianapolis theme; Borden's - with Elsie the Cow; Lucky Strike cigarettes; Packard cars; Lee Tires; Douglas DC-4 aircraft; "The Kid From Brooklyn" color movie ad; Pennsylvania Railroad; Lord Calvert Whiskey - featuring color photo portrait of Valentino Sarra; Studebaker trucks; Carling's Ale; Whizzer Motor Co. (they made a small engine which was fastened to bicycles); Movie ad for "Notorious!" starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman; King Blended Whiskey; Nice back cover ad for Chesterfield cigarettes features cigarette girl. Coverfold mostly open. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
90 pages. Fiction: The Fugitives; He Loves Me; Take Care When You Say Hello; The Long Denial (part 3 of 4); When the Lilacs Bloomed; Mr. Digney Has a Dream. Articles: The Deadliest War - Germ Warfare; Judy Holliday - star of 'Born Yesterday'; Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon criticizes abuse of power in Congress; How to Run a Prize Fight - the Louis-Conn brawl; Scranton Buys its Own Jobs; Lessons in cooking fish on the beach in the Nassau, Bahamas manner; George Vogel is staff Organist at the Freeport Bank of Freeport, Long Island; Miracle Bark of the California Redwood; and more. Ads include: Color GE Radio ad featuring Frank Sinatra; Great color photo ad for International trucks featuresWillers Truck Service of Sioux Falls, SD, plus the Herman Oil Transport Company of Fremont, NB; Lucky Strike cigarette ad; Borden's ad featuring Elsie the Cow; Martin Aircraft; Nice color-photo ad for Oldsmobile and its new Hydra-matic transmission; Bendix Aviation; Hickok belts; Little Lulu is featured prominently in a Keenex ad; Santa Fe Railroad; Union Pacific Railroad; Douglas DC-4 aircraft; Piper aircraft; Mercury cars; Acushnet golf balls; Very attractive ad for Jantzen swim suits and sun clothes; Blatz Beer - sailing scene; Chesterfield cigarette ad on back cover features bride. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
114 pages. Fiction: The Vultures; That Time, That Sorrow; The Wooing of Cruller McCabe; Off the Reservation; Storm Before Daybreak; The Star Lake Murder; Divide & Conquer. Articles: Motherhood without Misery - painless childbirth technique from England; Old Man River's Children - the poor who live along the Mississippi near Memphis; The Handwriting on the Ice - blitzkrieg by air from the arctic; Racket on Wheels - black market used cars; Ringtail on the Run - coon-hunting by moonlight; Preacher in Song - Joshua (Josh) White; Quarterback Glenn Dobbs of the Dodgers; Blondie's Gold Mine - the saga of the cartoon Bumstead family. Ads include: Studebaker (color photo ad inside front cover); Clicquot Club; Philco radio-phonographs - featuring photo of Bing Crosby; Lucky Strike cigarettes; Nice color two-page Firestone ad features dozens of gifts; Camel cigarettes (More doctors smoke Camels...); Hudson cars; Gillette ad features caricature of footballer Dewitt "Tex" Coulter; Hudson cars (beautiful color ad); Movie ad for "The Best Years of Our Lives"; Good Year (centerfold); Samson card tables; Garod Radios; Champ Hats; Mercury cars; Budweiser beer; Fortune shoes; Waterman's pens; Waltham watches; Mallory Hats; Parker pens; Timely clothes; Old Spice; Manhattan sport shirts; Three Feathers Whiskey (inside back cover); Chesterfield cigarettes (back cover). Unmarked. Moderate wear. Cover holding by one staple. A nice vintage copy. Book
82 pages. Articles: Headline Heaven - The National Press Club; Our Poisoned Waters; How E.H. Crump, the boss of Tennessee politics, was Licked; She Dies for Old Columbia - Loretta Little is the wife of Columbia's football coach Lou Little; Joe Palooka and Me - Ham Fisher on his comic strip; Amos 'n' Andy - Ain't Dat Sumpin' - Charles J. Correll and Freeman F. Gosden; Bright Kids Can Fail; Uncle Sam's Latin Salesman - Victor Raul Haya de la Torre of Peru; Texas' star end Peppy Blount. Fiction: A Nice New Pair of Wings; Saturday Fever; A Man For Dalphine; Good-By, Good-By; The Impudent Rifle (part 1 of 6); Marriage '48 (conclusion of 5 parts). Ads include: Studebaker; GE radios; Ethyl; Florsheim shoes; Vitalis (with Sid Luckman); Union Pacific Railroad; Philco phonographs; International Trucks; Westinghouse radios and phonographs; Mercury cars; *Outstanding* Dodge Truck centerfold displays 29 of their 248 different basic chassis models; GE coffee makers; Botany 500 fashions; Lord Calvert Whiskey ad features full-page photo-portrait of Fulton Lewis Jr., radio commentator and news analyst; Sheppard Diesels; "Red River" movie with John Wayne; Goebel beer; U.S. Army; Blatz beer - featuring actor Victor McLagen; Lucky Strike cigarettes (back cover). Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
70 pages. Features: Nice color-photo portrait of distinguished builder Mr. Henry Doelger in Lord Calvert ad inside front cover; Bell Telephone one-page ad features photo and write-up of Denis Hartnett who was "Mr. Telephone" to the people of Homer, NY; Color photos of a Lion Luncheon in Kenya; Nostalgic 1-page 2-color ad for USS (US Steel) shows where their products were used; Vintage Goodyear 1-page color photo ad promotes their new Lifeguard Safety Tubes; The Koje Snafu - major article with color photos explains how U.S. Brigadier General Francis Townsend Dodd was seized by his captives and another was lured into signing Red propaganda - the astonishing inside story from the Korean War; What You Don't Know About Your Eyes; Article on Salt - 14,000 uses and $0.02/pound; Gabbing with the Gabors - article with great bedroom photos of Zsa Zsa, Magda, Mama and Eva; The Windfall (fiction); Pigs Have Wings (fiction); Baseball's Biggest Bargain - article on the Brooklyn Dodgers with fantastic color photos of many team members including Jackie Robinson; Blood Money (fiction); Ninety Saddles for Kengtu (fiction); Brief article and two color photos of native artist Frank White Eagle; First or Nothing (fiction); History Hinges on These Two Rivers - excelllent color photos of US troops near the Yalu River and US naval vessels in the Rhine - with brief article; Ike is My Boy - West Point's salty Old Sarge, Sergeant Marty Maher, reveals Ike's sports loves - article with four photos of Ike; Inch and a Half to Go - humor about women and maps; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features opera star Patrice Munsel. Couple of chips from top of back cover. Average wear. Library stamp on front cover and back page. A worthy vintage copy. Book
74 pages. Articles: How We Won - F.D.R. Jr.'s own story of his first political victory; Cool Reading for August; The Biggest Blast of the All (part 1 of 2) - The Untold Secrets Behind the bombing of Hiroshima - with photo of Col. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr.; Hoyt of the Hambletonian - harness racing story with color photos; There They Were! Jet Hop to Europe - the first transatlantic jet ferrying mission; Charmer for a Nice Fee - Charlie Feldman and his Famous Artists Agency - article with nice color photo; Voyage of the Pagan - John Caldwell's Sailing Struggle to Australia (conclusion); Attractive Nuisance; The Legal Bride (part 2 of 6); The Drunkard's Wife; A Horse I Like; Then There Was Light; Moment of Doubt; Keep Up with the World; Picnic (by Stanley and Janice Berenstain with verse by Margaret Fishback; The Movie Audience. Are (The Ku Klux Klan) The Children of God? - Editorial with good color photo. Nice vintage ads for: Borden (with Elsie the cow); Willys-Overland 'Jeep' Trucks; International Trucks; Lucky Strike (featuring Dan Currin); General Motors (2 pages); Kodak; Silver Star Razors - featuring golfer Craig Wook, test pilot Gene May, Quarterback Bob Waterfield and American Airlines Chief Pilot, Harry Clark; Budweiser; The U.S. Army; Chesterfield cigarette ad on back cover features nice collor image of Yvonne De Carlo and a smaller illustration of Powell L. Rogers of Mullins, S.C. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book