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62 pages. Features: Cover illustration by Franklin Arbuckle of young boy in horse-drawn cart; Brooke Claxton - The Cabinet Minister Who Never Sleeps; Troubles of a Royal Dress Designer - Hardy Amies; Victor - headwaiter at Montreal's famous Normandie Room; Angel (fiction by Albert Lefevre); The Strike That Terrified All Canada - Winnipeg's General Strike and Bloody Sunday, June 21, 1919; North America's Oldest Boomtown - St. John's, Newfoundland; The Biggest Twins in History - Jack and Leo Leavy of Vancouver are 6 feet 10 inches tall and weigh 300lb; The Caterpillars are Coming - major enemy of forests; Uncommon one-page colour ad for BA and their 88 & 98 gasolines with illustration of car racing up mountain past eagle's next; Fantastic "Vancouverites Map of Canada" by Len Norris radically emphasizes B.C. whilst Toronto is not even mentioned; Nice colour-photo vintage ad for Snyder's Dynavista sectional furniture; Uncommon Molson's ad includes only illustrated home-improvement tips by Tom Gard; Nice colour-illustrated one-page Chevrolet ad shows the 1952 Styleline De Luxe 4-Door; Half-page Bank of Toronto ad with photo of welder; Nice colour Aylmer canned peas ad; Austin A-40 one-page two-colour ad; Nostalgic one-page colour Tex-made fabric ad shows three well-dressed ladies; Half-page colour ad for Valentine shoes for men; One-page colour ad for Ford cars; One-page colour REO truck ad shows truck hauling head of the Sphinx!; Colour 2/3-page ad for Johns-Manville Lifetime asbestos roofing shingles shows blowtorch trying to burn roof; One-page colour Massey-Harris ad explains how 84 million baby chicks must be fed in Canada each year; Half-page colour ad for Champion spark plugs features sports car maker Briggs S. Cunningham; One-page colour ad for the 1952 Studebaker Starliner (teale Commander V-8 Starliner) inside back cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A very nice vintage copy. Book
145 p., 165 fig. n/b. Inv. 22947
78 pages. Articles:Campus Crusader - Harold Taylor of Sarah Lawrence College; Designs for Touring 5 - a trip to New York's Finger Lakes; No Miracle in the Marshall Plan - we must wage a war of education in Europe; High Prices Make Cheap Living - the effects of inflation on America's middle class; Brothers in Crime - The Notorious Renos, train robbers of the 1860s; Bob Taft's Martha - she's a veteran politcal campaigner. Fiction: A Cross for Urdia; Fair Exchange; A Penny For Your Thoughts; Madam President; The April Load; The Gracious Senor. Includes the following ads: Studebaker (inside front cover); Listerine antiseptic - featuring black porter; RKO movies of the month; American Kitchens; De Beers Diamonds - with portrait of Miss Virginia H. Palfrey of Boston; Heinz Ketchup; Philco radio-phonographs; International Harvester TD-24 bulldozer (great color photo); "Frontier-Buck" shoes by Fortune; Talon slide fasteners; Ballantines Ale; Old Thompson Whiskey; Life Savers; Emerson Radios; Prince Albert pipe tobacco; MontaMower; Dromedary Corn Muffin Mix; Spam; United Jewish Appeal full-page fundraising ad featuring crying Israelli infant in crate; Interesting US Savings Bond ad shows large wolf with teeth bared and caption "Wolf Poison" (they equate bond purchasing with keeping the wolf away from your door); Rutland Patching Plaster; Lucky Strike cigarettes (back cover). Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
146 pages. Features: Be Still, My Love - complete novel by June Truesdell; Why Not Jobs For All? - second in the "Plenty For All" Series - what young wives can do to provide the jobs America needs; Is Dieting Dangerous?, by Donald G. Cooley; Katherine (and Claude) Bond - she's a mother of two sons and wife of a minister at Nantucket, MA - article with color photos; How to Buy the Right Shoes; Lovely summer fashion photos; The Home of architect Melville Garton in Pasadena; Lovely back cover color-photo Maybelline ad features Joan Leslie; and much more. Unmarked with above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. A sound 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
210 pages. "Over 2,000 illustrations depict the latest in fashions for men, women and children - bathing suits and accessories, corsets, girls' and women's dresses, gloves, hosiery, house dresses, maternity outfits, neckwear, negligees, petticoats, men's shirts, shoes, skirts, sweaters and other apparel. The illustrations are accompanied by original captions providing information on style, size, material, color and price. Also featured are such diverse items as buttons, combs, dress forms, curtains, silverware and other goods." - from back cover. Usual library markings. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound of this delightful reproduction. Book
in-8. pp.86, 8. Bel legno a p.p. Legatura in pelle ottocentesca.
114 pages. Features: Vogue's guidelines to the best new looks for fall - and what to wear with them; Ready-to-wear collections from Paris, London, Italy; How to put shoes, stockings and boots together; Vogue Patterns - black velvet for day; The new Underdressing; Vogue's own Boutique; Guidelines for Hair and Makeup; The Life and Loves of the American Beach Bum - by Patrick Skene Catling, Gardens are a Demanding Joy, by May Sarton, Ways to Save this "Fair and Sweet" land; H.R.H. The Princess Anne; Theatre in Paris 1789; Quilt art at the Whitney Museum; Vital Sex Questions People Don't Ask but Should - an interview with Dr. William H. Masters and Virginia E. Johnson; Baden-Baden - Soaking Therapy in Germany's Elegant Spa; Suffering Summering Houseguests; Vogues Decorating Ideas and Finds; Art Under Glass - Philip Johnson's new Sculpture Gallery; The Seven Most Wanted Shapes in Silver; "Death in Venice" benefit in Los Angeles; and more. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Clear tape along spine. A worthy reference copy. Book
Book is in excellent condition except for the bottom edge of the covers that show a little wear. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows light signs of shelf wear only, no tears. A large, heavily illustrated book at 586 pages.
62 pages. Features: Nice Valentine-theme color cover illustration of dancing couple by Norman Guthrie Rudolph; One-page photo of Governor General of Canada Lord Bessborough examining sheep at Toronto's Royal Winter Fair; The Mystery of the (Czar's?) Head in the Kremlin - an astounding revelation of a Soviet secret and why an imposter can never reclaim the throne of the murdered Czar - includes reproduction of affidavit by the author, Iliodor, and photo of Anatoly, purportedly one of the slayers of the Romanovs; Five Days (part 2); Fantastic Listerine Tooth Paste ad includes photo of man boasting "I Smoke Like a Chimney"; Technocracy to the Rescue - Rupert Hughes hails the technocrats vision of a happy world governed by engineering skill; The Flaming Lure - the story of a crime in a sealed room; Movie News, Reviews, and photos - Grand Slam, Tonight is Ours, Billion Dollar Scandal, Parachute Jumper; Along the Fire Escape - the story of a burglar's baptism and a girl who shrieked too soon; The Big Coal Problem; The Woman Accused (part 5); Hell Hounds! - The World's Worst Jail (part 11); White Shoes (short story); Vox Pop; To The Ladies; Nice vintage ad for Wrigley's gum on back cover. Above-average but not excessive wear. Unmarked. Middle page loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Book
126 pages. Short Stories: The Girl in the Sentry Box; A Touch of Scandal; The Hermit; The Turning Point. Articles: What Makes Me Laugh; Adventures of the Mind, #48 - The Act of Language; The Happy Orphans of Metera - Greek home for babies of unwed mothers; Master of Movie Horror - William Castle; Red China Against Russia?; They're Off - and the World is Watching - the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination; Norman Rockwell - My Adventures as an Illustrator, Part VI - I Tried to be a Playboy. Serials: Moon Pilot (part 1 of 3); Night Without End (part 5 of 8). Ads: Phone ad features Winterland, Florida; Florsheim Shoes; Cracker Barrel Cheese; Ford Falcon Wagons (2 color pages); Oldsmobile (Olds) 1960; Hotpoint stoves; Campbell's Tomato Rice and Cream of Vegetable Soups; Pontiac Bonneville (night illustration); Dial Soap; 1960 Chrysler - nice light-blue New Yorker at circus; Chef Boy-Ar-Dee Spaghetti; Avis Rent-a-Car; Grandma Moses flower seeds and Borden's Instant Coffee; Caterpillar - pushing coal at a power plant; Borden's Chocolate Ice Cream; GM Diesel - two illustrated pages; Air France - featuring gourmet food; 1960 Chevrolet Trucks; Sylvania TVs - with Arthur Godfrey photo; Royal Crown Soda - young lady in rain gear; The Metropolitcan 1500 car; International Trucks; Mayflower Movers; Ladies' Home Journal; Renault Dauphine; Pan-Am color ad with Paris photo; GMAC; Chesterfield cigarette ad on back cover boasts they are "Air-Softened". Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
86 pages. Articles: The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins, part 1 - he wanted to be President; God's Underground in Russia - Priests work in secret to keep Christian faith alive; Open Letter to Jimmie Fidler - spotlighting the man who tells Hollywood how it should behave; Teen-age talent - winners of Collier's fourth annual high-school art contest; Flying High - the role the kite has played in sport and aviation; Go to Sleep - unusual theories about somnolence and insomnia. Fiction: Custom of the Country; Rich Girl, Poor Man; The Far-off Bugle; Shakespeare should drop dead; Ham and cheese on Rye; Shadow of Fu Man Chu - part 4 of 6. Ads include; Douglas shoes; Ocean City Reels / Montague Rods; De Beers Diamonds - portrait of Miss Caroline B. Johnston of Baltimore, MD; Philco phonographs; Dodge trucks; Pennsylvania Railroad; Chevrolet (color centerfold); Canada tourism; Fortune shoes; "Homecoming" movie staring Clark Gable and Lana Turner; Great Northern Railway; Holland-Racine Shoes; Buick cars; City Club shoes; Wilson Brothers; Black Flag insect spray (very nostalgic); Fox Head beer; Winthrop shoes; Clark's Tendermint Chewing Gum; Nice Coke ad on back cover shows young ladies with soda jerk. Unmarked with average wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked purple cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 176pp. Biography of and example of the work of fashion visionary in footwear Beth Levine. Sh popularized mules, stilettos and fashion boots long before the likes of Jimmy Choo and Christian Louboutin came along. Born in 1914 she revolutionised fashion footwear including producing noon boots and shoes to commemmorate the moon landing in 1969. Includes probably a hundred of her designs in full-page colour images from 1952 to 1971.
Book shows some light edgewear at covers and spine Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 190 pages, color photos throughout.
This is a near fine softcover copy of this exhibition catalog, with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased. Text in English and Italian. Illustrated in pale blue and black & white. The exhibition presents a selection of historical Italian styles as well as contemporary examples. List of current manufacturers. About 60 different shoes illustrated. 8" high X 10" wide, 46 pages. A near fine copy. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
This very special issue contains two items of major significance. Jack London's prize-winning "What Communities Lose by the Competitive System" appears here for the first time on pages 58-64. This is immediately followed by Part I of "The First Men in the Moon" by H.G. Wells on pages 65-80. pp. [16] ads, 104, [8] plates, [36] ads, [6] cartoons, [10] ads. The dozens and dozens of illustrated ads, some of which are in color, are nothing short of spectacular, our favorite being the four-page two-color glossy illustrated ad for The "Mobile" Company of America, an early and short-lived automaker located on Kingsland Point at Tarrytown-On-The-Hudson, New York. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A well-preserved copy of this spectacular issue. Woodbridge, London & Tweney [Enlarged Edition] #909. Book
Features: Humorous cover art by Norris shows bored boy in church; Can We All Get Jobs? - an argument to boost exports; Home-Front Booby Traps - returning servicemen with their war earnings must beware sharpsters targeting their funds; It's The Happy Gang! - They boast over a million weekly radio listeners; Our Crazy Clothes - Eminent Toronto doctor claims never have so many worn so much - or so little - in the wrong places; This is Berlin - The crippled city struggles to its feet; Bug Busters - DDT and dimethyl phthalate; London Letter - Who Got Slapped?; Washington Memo - approval of the United Nations Charter; Backstage at Ottawa - Dominion-Provincial talks next month; Get in the Swim - photo-illustrated article on aquabats/ornamental swimmers/synchronized swimmers, including nine-time champion Doris Geldard of Toronto; It Happened in Norway - Paper shoes, paper clothes, no meat, but even traitor Quisling will get a fair trial; Turn Again Home (short story); A Date for Agnes (short story); Russian Lady (short story); Canny Canning; and more. Nice ads for: Fleet Aircraft; Moore Business Forms, Koroseal by B.F. Goodrich, Miracle Whip, White Rose petroleum products, Canada Dry sparking water, Absorbine Jr., John Labbatt Ltd., Kreml Hair Tonic, Arrid deodorant (featuring photo of Jessica Dragonette), Hiram Walker & Sons, Limited ("Serving the United Nations with War Alcohol"); Pep O Mint Life Savers; Eveready Flashlight Batteries (featuring photo of young radio singer Cleone Duncan of Calgary); Vitalis; Eversharp Red Top Lead (fantastic colour ad on back cover); Wonderful colour ad inside back cover by the Blue Top Brewing Company of Kitchener encourages readers to support Red Cross Blood Clinics to help soldiers. 52 pages. Unmarked with average wear. Small perforations in front cover to right of title. Several peripheral openings. A quality copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. 313 pages. Edge wear and scuffing to brown cloth cover. Contents: Vegetable waxes, White floor polishes, The mineral waxes; Colored and pigmented floor polishes; Insect and animal waxes; Floor oils and sweeping compounds, Synthetic waxes, Bright wax emulsion floor polishes; Furniture polishes; Boot and shoe polishes and creams; Shoe cleaners, restorers and liquid dyes; Shoe factory dressings and polishes; Shoe and leather waterproofing; White shoe dressings and cleaners; Gold and silver shoe polishes; Motor car polishes and cleaners; Metal polishes; Grate and stove polishes; Window and glass cleaners; Household powders and cleaners; Miscellaneous formulae; Miscellaneous raw materials.
302 pages. Features: Paris by Night; Sole Devotion - some women can't get enough shoes; Tweed Mon Amour; Shape - the latest haute couture collections; Designer Hubert de Givenchy; Perfect Fall Shoe; Kelly Klein and her underwear book 'Underworld'; Young Girls Do Wear Plaid; Party - perfect dress for every possible occasion; The Lean Season - sound wardrobe advice; Are breast lump biopsies necessary?; and more. Light wear. Unmarked. A nice copy of this excellent issue. Magazine
86 pages. Articles: The Two Mr. Vandenbergs - a study of Michigan Senator Arthur Vandenberg's political personality; Calico Swing - what gals and gents are wearin' at square dances this summer; Homemade Boom in Dixie - two of its poorest states acquire the New Look of prosperity; The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins (part 4) - Stalin spoke of morals - the record of his visit to Stalin to discuss plans for defeating Hitler; Hunting of the Swede - screen writer Eddie Blum discovers Marta Toren for Hollywood; Designs for Touring (part 8) - Northern Michigan travel. Fiction: Along Came Mary; Marabou for Mama; The Bramble Bush; Even Up; The Makings; Hannigan. Ads include: True Temper golf club shafts; Zenith radios; Hickok belts; Monarch canned produce; American Optical; RCA Victor portable radios; 1949 Studebaker trucks; Pabst beer - with colour image of Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Peck; Good Year; Plymouth; American Airlines; Freeman Shoes; Mercury cars; Ballantine's Ale; Hiram Walker nice two-page color-photo ad; Skol; Esterbrook pens; Holeproof socks; Tawn toiletries; National Guard; Camel cigarettes (back cover) featuring rodeo champion Ken Roberts. Front cover nearly detached. Piece missing from top of back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy 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
Ed. France Delory, 2003, In-8 carré broché, non paginé. Nombreux dessins et photos. Bon état.
74 pages. Articles: Crack-up of an American Communist Family - the incredible story of a woman's revolt against 20 years of entanglement with The Party Line - Moscow decided her friends, her books, even her baby's birth; We Need Carriers and the B-36 - article with colour photo of a B-36 and awesome full-page black and white photo of an aircraft carrier at dock; Have No feah, "Big Joe" is Heah - Joe Rosenfield, Jr. is a disk jockey on New York's WOR - article with nice color photo; To the County Home to Die - 29 deaths in five weeks at the County Home near Fort Wayne, IN; The Marvelous Mounties (RCMP) - As They Really Are (part 1 of 2); The Christian Science Monitor - Gentlemen of the Press (conclusion) - includes great full-page color photo of the famed Monitor Mapparium; Lighter and Brighter; How Stalin Got That Way - editorial. Fiction: The Barber Who Played in the Series; Bride of the Week; Other Woman; Sky Line Red; The Case of the Negligent Nymph; Big Adventure - Small World. Includes these nice vintage ads: Blatz Beer - featuring nice colour photos of actor Fred MacMurray; Packard cars; Mercury cars; Zenith radios and TVs; Elgin watches; Porto-Ped shoes; Plymouth cars; Hamilton watches; *Wonderful* color centerfold for Chesterfield cigarettes features Arthur Godfrey, Bing Crosby and Perry Como; The 1950 Harley-Davidson 125 motorcycle; "Bride For Sale" one-page movie ad; Mallory hats; Dan River men's fashions; Union Pacific Railroad; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features endorsement by doctors. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
24 pages. Features: Conrad Hilton's Code for Success; LBJ's D.C. - a practical guide to what's in and what's out in hats, food, color schemes and does in the nation's capital now that Texas has moved in; The Loveliest Girl in the World (fiction); Billion-Dollar Hat War - who's winning the battle of milliners vs. hair stylists?; Peter Sellers - Brilliant, Unhappy Star - story with photo of Sellers and his two children - the most successful actor in films is a tortured man who finds his happiness in his chilren; Cooking is a Girl's Best Friend - story with photo of Carol Channing cooking with her son, Channing Lowe. Color ads include: Hush Puppies shoes; Fortrel - featuring three boys in Syntrel slacks; Natural Bridge shoes; Sunkist Oranges (very nice photo of woman holding orange); Centerfold two-color nostalgic Rexall ad; Miss Clairol; Bermuda; Golden Star Ham; Florida O.J. (orange juice). Average wear. Considerable soiling to front cover. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
102 pages. Articles: So You Want to Be President! - a White House reporter describes the rugged aspects of the job; The Farmer's Best Friend - The National Grange and its achievements; Designs for Touring - Out where the west ends (part 6); Men, Mikes and Money (part 2) - good music goes on the air, and Radio City is opened; Who Will Ever Run the Red Sox? - how will the team play for Boss Man McCarthy; Blazers are Back for Men - great color photos. Fiction: I Have a Wallet; The Shearing at Nello; The Horse Lattitudes; Violet; My Sister Mary; I'm a Stranger in Town Myself. Includes these ads: Hart Schaffner & Marx (inside front cover); Bell Telephone; Monarch canned fruit; GMC Trucks; Nash cars; Auto-Lite Spark Plugs (featuring Betty Hutton); RCA Victor radios; Pabst beer featuring colour photo of Miss Gladys Swarthout and Mr. Frank Chapman; Douglas shoes; Dodge trucks; Fisher body; Gillette Blue Blades/razors (2 pages in color); Plymouth; Chevrolet; Puritan Sportswear; Good Year; McGregor cool cord shirts; Hickok belts; The New Hudson cars; Lord Calvert liquor ad with full-page colour photo of Mr. William Lescaze; Walt Disney's "Melody Time" movie; Jeep Station Wagon; Ballantine's Ale; Trailways bus lines; Studebaker; Camel cigarettes ad on back cover features water skier Nance Stilley. Covers pulling from staples, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
