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72 pages. Features: Colour photo of Bobby Orr in Yardley ad inside front cover; Bobby Orr article; It's Suicide to get in front of Bobby Orr's Shot; Bruins' 50th anniversary; Canucks Quiz; NHL History article - with Terry Sawchuk photo; Nice Dennis Ververgaert photo feature; Wayne Cashman featured in VanCity ad; Player of the Week - Don Tannahill; Canucks vs. Boston last year; Photos of Canuck players, staff and management; Photos of Boston Bruin players; Charisma - Bobby Orr Style; What fans should know about Phil Esposito; Great back page caricature/feature of Bobby Lalonde; plus many great vintage ads. Umarked with light wear. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
288 pages. After flipping from the Stanley Cup Playoffs to Martha Steward, author resolved to follow Canada's best export to the rest of the world, to find out whether the true game still existed elsewhere. Weaves hilarious stories of encounters with odd-sized rinks and players of wildly different talents and experiences with tales of his travels and bang-on observations about the game and players in North America. As he discovers, the tropic of hockey connects players and fans around the world. A wonderful gift for your special hockey fanatic. Book
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Colorado Railroads - Why the railroads built into a wilderness of rock and snow, railroad operation, and notes for the traveler; Rich Road, Poor Road - Florida, East Coast Railway is unique among bankrupt roads of the nation; Mail-Key Railroaders - The sort the mail as speeding trains whisk the nation's letters on their way; Railfans' Utopia - If New England men have their way, fans will have a private road of their very own; SP Articulateds - Siamese twins of the rails, sired by Mallet type, are themselves simple articulateds; Hiawatha 4-4-2's. Small date stamp atop front cover. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
102 pages. Features: Revenge of the average man under Mario Angelo Procaccino in NYC; Ella Jean Scott murdered by a Saikin; Election in West Germany; Classy color-photo ad for the 1970 Ford Marquis; China's two decades of communism; Golda Meir visits Nixon; Nice color ad for the 1970 Nova; Coupe; India's Riot-ravaged Ahmedabad; Fantastic two-page color-photo ad for the 1970 Oldsmobile (Olds) Cutlas S; Photo of ecstatic fans flooding on to the Shea Stadium field after Mets win the NL East; IBM ad features color photo of Marsden Emig, inventor of the Braille typewriter; Beatles release their Abbey Road album; Black paintings; CAS (Collision Avoidance System) for aircraft The Forsyte Saga comes to TV; The Boeing SST; and much more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
16 pages. Features: Why I Believe - Wernher von Braun talks about science and God; A Funny Thing Happened in North Conway, New Hampshire - for 45 hours the town decided to live without time - includes photos of Ray Walker, Mrs. Peter Pinkham, Carol Gaudette and Mrs. Lawrence Sherman; Nine-Year-Old Timmy Walsh recovers from terrible burns suffered in Neptune, New Jersey; Dutch Treat - Charlie Rice writes of his time in Amsterdam, with photo of woman police officer "Greet" Berenschot; Gourmet Bachelor - Chicago's Ed Johnson swaps his summer special recipes; 3/4 page ad for the LBJ Barbecue (BBQ) Cook Book features nice photo of Walter Jetton, caterer to the LBJ ranch; Zipcode USA - Teen Q&A includes photo of Bobby Vinton being mobbed by fans; Nice Mother Goose cartoons by Oldden. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
47 pages. Features: The secret delights of the shunpiker - Bill and Vivian Heine have explored the quiet back roads of many parts of Canada; Millie Perkins is Glad She was Fired - the girl film fans knew as Anne Frank is free to fulfill her new ambition - to become an actress; De Gaulle is the Man for Me - Field Marshall Montgomery on leadership towards the resolution of the East-West strife; A spoonful of syrup may stamp out Polio - mobile medical teams test the oral vaccine Sabin in Wedgeport and Comeau Hill, N.S.; School that teaches the three Ps - Poise Posture and Presence - Phyllis Leeman's Pixie School of Modelling in New Westminster, B.C.; Humourous signs keep people off the grass; Nipper by Doug Wright. Nice colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Magazine
39 pages. Features: Adolph Eichmann - his life's work was death; "I'm really too young for mink" - Sandra Dee at 18 (colour photos); Magic Power that is Battling Hunger - MPF - Multi-purpose food is made of wastes which were once thought suitable only for fertilizer and animal feed; Noda, Japan - where everyone loves herons; Colour photos of flowers in the Rockies; Booing fans and the stars they heckle (Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, Ab McDonald); The Nipper by Doug Wright; Great colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Magazine
39 pages. Features: They gave me up for dead - Audrelyn Speight was driving from Dundas, Ontario to Hamilton when her back was broken in an accident - this pretty accident victim is undaunted ; Summer Stay-at-Homes - artist George Grammat provides colour illustrations of Montreal life; Miami's Problem Visitors - the city bulges with Cuban refugees who won't go elsewhere; Canada's Sunshine Island - Prince Edward Island - nice colour photos; An Unhappy Wife Gives the Gang Away - the Peugeot Kidnapping (part 2 of 2); Road Hogs - Photos of hogs pulling wagon of H.C. Hurley of Echo Bay, Ontario; Gift tip to Canada's Golf Fans - Dick Borthwick replaces 'twist' with 'slide'; Nipper by Doug Wright. Nice colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
Features: In Defense of Gambling, by Jimmy Breslin; Quack Marriage Counselors - a growing nationwide scandal - long article; "King" of the U.S. Senate - Robert S. Kerr; Basketball's Bullies - reckless coaches, rowdy players and riotous fans disgrace our colleges, says Referee Al Lightner; Making the "Best-Dressed" List - some women have resorted to bribery; New Science that Copies Life - by mimicking the sensory organs of animals, scientists are inventing startling new machines; The Fateful Dive of the Atlantis - a bold experiment which took two divers to the ocean floor ends in mysterious death. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: Let's Put Women in Their Place - George Sumner Albee; The Berlin Crisis - Khrushchev's Weakness; People on the Way Up - Marlo Thomas, Jane FondaAlana Ladd, Bronwyn FitzSimons, Christina Crawford, Nancy Sinatra, Portland Mason; PT-109, The Adventure that made a President (conclusion); Eggheads with a big beat - The Limeliters, a singing trio that wows night-club fans - Glenn Yarbrough, Alex Hassilev, Lou Gottlieb; Adventures of the Mind - The Birth of Words, by Raymond Arthur (R.A.) Lyttleton; His Millions for the Big Outdoors - Laurence Rockefeller is head of the ORRRC - Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission - which is projecting the nations requirements for outdoor recreational lands for 1962, 1976 and 2000; How I Handle the Boston Celtics - by Arnold (Red) Auerbach - things you don't know about the players on basketball's most-renowned team. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Four middle pages loose but present. A worthy copy. Book
144 pages. Features: Best-Mannered Children in the World - Eskimo children - nice color-photo-illustrated article; The Army's Tower of Babel - the new language-intelligence school at the Presidio in Monterey, California; They Came to See Him Clobbered - Boxer Art Aragon was the boxer fans loved to hate; The Truth About the "Sonic Boom" - photo-illustrated article how it's 'less dangerous than you might think"; I would Not Murder for the Soviets (part 3 of 4) - Ex-Captain Nikolai E. Khokhlov discloses the exact circumstances surrounding the downfall of his boss, Lavrenti Beria, after Stalin's death; The Wilderness Cure for Delinquents - Twin Pines Ranch in California; Cold Can Save Your Life - fascinating medical article describes how ordinary ice water can be used in a process called hypothermia for better patient outcomes; Daintiest Beaneries in Town - great photo-illustrated article on Schrafft's restaurants; He'll Eat Anything That Swims - Food Scientist Edward Harvey manages Oregon's Seafoods Laboratory at Astoria. Fiction: Haunted Hotel; Salesman's Homecoming; Inexperienced Male; The Lady's Bodyguard; Hollywood Calling! (part 2 of 8); The Avenging Texans (conclusion). Ads: Sensational two-page color 1955 Mercury car ad; Nice one-page color ad for Chevrolet Trucks shows tanker in refinery; Fantastic two-page color-photo ad for Rambler cars; Nice two-page color ad for 1955 Ford cars; Dennis the Menace cartoon is featured in a Cream of Wheat ad; Great two-page color-photo ad for 1955 Plymouth cars; Back cover color-photo ad for Old Gold cigarettes features St. Bernard dog. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Center page loose but present. A worthy reference copy of this great issue. Magazine
Features: He makes cops come clean - Orlando W. Wilson, Chicago's new Chief of Police; France's enchanted corner - Brittany; Ballplayers vs. the Fans - challenges for Mickey Mantle; The PX - World's Biggest Discount House; I Call on Pete Martin, by Bing Crosby (Conclusion); Adventures of the Mind - The Time of Our Lives, by Norman John (N.J.) Berrill. Somewhat above-average external wear. A sound copy. Two inch by two inch clipping from top of page 20. Book
116 pages. Features: Cover photo of U.N. Delegates in Session; RCA Victor "Dynagroove' record ad features Henry Mancini, Peter Nero, Ann Margret and six other stars; Beautiful fashion ads for men and women; Columbia Masterworks one-page photo ad features Isaac Stern playing with kids; Skeptical Looks at 'Scientific Experts'; WWII Cartoons by David Low; Toynbee considers if a race war is shaping up between the white and colored races - particularly if Communist China makes a bid for world dominion; What Next after the march on Washington and the Birmingham Bombing? - Five Negro Leaders Reply; The Southern Negro Drives for the Vote - Six photos with text; New Record for V.I.P. Hosting at the White House brings changes to their care and feeding; Algeria's Ben Bella; Gentle and Tough Women in History; The World Series (Serious) Then and Now - with photo of fans on the field during the first World Series; Handicap for New Nations - Climate - article with photo of dozens of swamp workers in the Congo; Julius Rudel of the New York CIty Opera; The Old Care Craze Shift Into High - article with photos of vintage cars; Nice color-photo Jace East ad; RCA Victor consumer electronics - massive 8-page color advertising feature; Beach, Bohemia, Barracks - Brooklyn, the city-within-a-city of 2,600,000; Nice color-photo ad for Collins & Aikman toys; Sara Lee Danish Coffee Cake color ad; Suede fashion photos for women; L&M cigarette hunting scene ad; Photo of JFK in an open (convertible) Lincoln Continental limo. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy Book
48 pages. Features: Nice Dumont TV ad inside front cover features photo of Fred Allen; Nostalgic one-page color ad for Revlon's new ''Sheer Dynamite" face powder; A Formula for Avoiding a Tailspin - converting to the post-war economy; Eight great military photos of Ike, our favorite being the 2/3-page shot of him addressing members of the 29th Division, poised for the final drive into Germany; Is Tomorrow's World Going Left?; Fires That Flame Behind the Arab Crisis - lands of danger and trouble; Above and Beyond the Call of Duty - Staff Sergeant Henry Eugene Erwin of Alabama is the first B-29 crewman to win the Medal of Honor; One-page aerial photo of Osaka ablaze after devastating B-29 attack; How to Make Germans Men of Peace? - a psychiatrist prescribes a possible cure; Shortage of men means some women must learn to live alone and like it; Dean Dixon discusses his mission to bring classical music to the millions; Pro Baseball Article - "Not even the war could put a damper on baseball or on the enthusiasm of fans, with photo of the Red Sox' Cronin sliding into home plate; Lovely one-page color ad for Woodbury powder includes photo of Laraine Day; Two pages of nice dress fashion photos for women; The Bell of Okinawa - located in a pagoda beside Annapolis' Lover's Lane; Nice one-page color ad for Chen Yu nail lacquer and lipstick; and more. Average external soiling and wear. Unmarked. Moderate age-toning to paper. A sound copy of this vintage WWII issue. Book
141 pages. Biography of the hero of the 1972 hockey summit series between Canada and the Soviet Union. "Tells Henderson's story from his childhood in southern Ontario when his father, Garnet, had trained him and encouraged him to make the NHL. On his way up, Paul Henderson suffered from the inequities of the feudal farm-team system, and saw his best friend in junior hockey black-balled because he wanted an education. He was one of the first to fight the system and improve players' conditions. Few players in the game have given as much as Paul Henderson. This book tells how and why he did it." - from dust jacket. Black and white photographic plates. Book clean and unmarked with light to moderate wear. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart cover. Nice solid copy overall. (Hopefully Henderson will one day be named to the Hockey Hall of Fame for his exploits on behalf of Canada.) Book
Approx. 40 pages. Features: Sir Thomas F. Purves; Electric Motor Mainenance cards; Electric Motors for Turbo Compressors; Electro-Medical Apparatus; A New Portable Electric Pump-Sprayer set; The Theory and Practice of Automobile Electrical Engineering - Part 5; Some notes on Exhaust Fans; Rectifier Type Photo-cells; How Transmission Line Faults Affect the User of Electric Power; Large Moving-Coil Voltage Regulators; Coronation Lighting Equipment; Physical Society's Exhibition - 1937; Lighting a reconstructed public hall. Well worn but intact. Unmarked. Book
Features: Satanism and the World Order - Professor Gilbert Murray explains how "The spirit of hatred, which rejoiced in any wide-spread disaster that was also a disaster to the world's rulers, is perhaps more rife today than it has been for a thousand years"; Santo Domingo - The Land of Bullet-Holes - Photo-illustrated article by Harry A. Franck describes how, crossing between Haiti and Santo Domingo, he found striking differences in the two peoples; Paradise Shares (fiction); The Making of a Book-Collector - William Harris Arnold; From a Door-Step in Leinster (Life in small Irish towns), I. The Door-Step, II. A Girl for the Kitchen; The Strange Paumotu Atolls - Frederick O'Brien describes his visit; Aaron Harwood (fiction); The Tide of Affairs - Comment on the times; Quaint Old Boston - Photo-illustrated article; Georgios Venizelos and Hellas; Her Promised Land (fiction); Mecca's Revolt Against the Turk - An explanation of current difficulties in the Middle East subsequent to Emir Feisal setting himself up as king of all Syria in March, 1920 - article with photos of Mecca, Medina, T.E. Lawrence, and The Emir Feisal; The Success of the Season - Theatre business is growing; Musical Adventures of the Season; Where is America Going? - The third (and final) letter by American reporter Webb Waldron to Bernard Roberval, French historian and philosopher; Investment and Banking; Colour frontispiece illustration "The Painted Desert", by Albert Groll. pp. 289-432, 56 [ads]. Includes a particularly wonderful assortment of nostalgic ads, with full-page color ads for Old Colony Trust Company of Boston (featuring John Hull, the mint master of the Massachusetts Bay Colony), W. & J. Sloane (rugs) of Fifth Ave., NYC, Indestructo Trunks, The Jordan Silhouette motor car, The Templar Motor Company, Mercer Motors Company, The Pantasote Company, Macbeth-Evans Glass Company, Kellogg's Krumbled Bran, G-E (General Electric) Fans, Davey Tree Surgeons, and Beech-Nut Ginger Ale. Somewhat above-average external wear. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding intact. Lacking back cover. A sound copy of this fascinating and informative vintage issue. Book
210 pages. Goes on and off the court to reveal the thrilling career highlights and spiritual journeys of NBA superstars like David Robinson, Hersey Hawkins, and Charlie Ward. Full of spiritual encouragement for basketball fans who are eager to learn more about the joys and struggles of serving the Lord under the bright lights. Clean, bright and unmarked. Very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
Features: Cover photo of Peter Mellor (Burnley); Bobby Moore thinks the leage title looks like going north; black and white photo of Jimmy Husband (Everton); Big-Hitting Bombers! (Goal Scorers) - Bobby Charlton, Jon Sammels, Neil Young, Andy Penman, Peter Lorimer, Alan Hinton; John Toshack and Brian Clark- 'My kind of players'; Colour full-page photos of Brian Kinsey (Charlton) and Tony Coleman (Sheffield Wednesday); Denis Law of Manchester United says "I Hate Watching Football"; The Blues Make Chelsea Fans Happy!; Edinburgh clubs hit the jackpot... in Glasgow; Colour team centerfold photo of "Heart of Midlothian"; John Osborne - the 'Quiz King' 'Keeper; Brave little Exeter shook the giants of Man. United!; Colour photo of Eddi Loyden (Barnsley); Colour photo of Dave Mackay; Big stars who cost small fortunes; Focus on John Sydenham (Southhampton); Colour back cover photo of Mike Summerbee (Manchester City); and more. Unmarked. Modest wear. A quality copy. Book
Book is in excellent condition. 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 is as new, now wrapped in clear protective cover. Previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. 286 pages with some b&w photos and illus. Contents include: Socailism and spectator sports, Watching games before the revolution, Early rituals of stalinist sport, Soviet soccer's golden age, Birth of Soviet hockey, Impact of television, Soviet sports fans, Ways of watching: old and new, etc.
Auction catalogue for the sale on 2nd April 1998 at Bonhams. Three items with ticks.
50 pages. Photos of gorgeous Myra Keck, of Haverford, PA, inside front cover. Short Stories: Dreamboat and the Mouse; Ex-Champion of the World; He Who Lives by the Gun!; Articles: Why Vet Marriages Fail; Is Baseball a Sweatshop? - article with photo of the Giants, Rip Sewell, Bob Murphy, and Ted Williams; Superman's Toughest Fight - now he's taking on native nazis and the Ku Klux Klan - article with photo of Bud Collyer and Richard Gibson; Labor Learns from Wall Street - the fight for higher wages; Let's Spend Money - The Mayor of Chicago, Edward J. Kelly, offers financial advice to President Truman; Chinese Reds Who Talk Like Damon Runyon - Fans Lt. Lio Yang and Professor Chang Mei; How Long Can a Body Last? - Burlesque girls provide the answer, with great photos of Gypsy Rose Lee,Ann Corio, Margie Hart, Carlotta, and Irene Allarie; Gagging of the GI Press - former soldier-reporters tell the inside story of the hit fight that sprang up between the generals and the GI news staffs over what goes into making up good and truthful Army newspapers; The Censors Who Lived in Villas; Springtime; I Made San Fernando Valley My Home - photo-illustrated article on Navy flier Phil Strick and his family; The Great Man Vouts - Slim Gaillard; 312 Nights with Soldiers - photo-illustrated article on lovely singer of 'Embraceable You' Janis Paige, 'the lush torch of Hollywood canteen fame' ; GI Joe Hits the Saddle - photos of Robert Mitchum in several movies; Salute's Pin-up - sultry one-page photo of Jane Harker; Swedes, Beautiful Swedes - featuring the Royal Dramatic Academy and photos of Ingrid Bergman, Greta Garbo, and Viveca Lindfors; Photo salute of the month features Jim Folsom, Alabama's new Governor; Photos of Richard Webb and Marion L. Starkey; Back page 'Salute of the Year' to Harold Russell; and more. Handsome gent illustrated in Eagle Clothes ad on back cover. Light wear. Unmarked. Light age-toning to contents. A nice vintage copy. Book
397pp., 21cm., softcover, text in German, Doctoral Dissertation (Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Philosophischen Fakultät der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn), stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, good condition, S110458
249 pages including index and numerous wonderful black and white photographic plates. A veritable treasure chest of hockey lore and legends, replete with stories, impressions, views and comments, anecdotes, much humour and excitement, together with an astonishing star-studded cast of hockey greats, including Rocket Richard, Toe Blake, Newsy Lalonde, Butch Bouchard, King Clancy, Charlie Conacher, Jean Beliveau, Guy Lafleur, Scotty Bowman, Bobby Orr, Jacques Plante, Doug Harvey, Foster Hewitt, Ken Dryden, Gordie Howe, Wayne Gretzky, and Bobby Hull. A book of hockey past and present, spanning two generations, that will be cherished and enjoyed by fans of all ages. Bit of writing stroked out upon front endpaper else book clean, unmarked and very lightly worn. Moderate wear to dust jacket. Very nice copy. Book
Contents: interesting Borg-Warner ad features color military illustration promoting their desalination equipment; Full-page ad for movie 'To Have and Have Not' starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall; Interesting ad with several photos of the Great Northern Railway; Norfolk and Western Railway color ad; Friction over policy for Europe disturbs relations of big three - idealism of U.S. clashes with realism of British and quiet toughness of Reds; Red Thrust on Hungarian front may be master key to victory - Vienna, aim of campaign, is strategically a greater prize than even capital of Reich; Inside V-2 - official British diagram of a German V-2 shows the workings of the rocket and its relative size as compared with a man; The Ormoc Trap; Disaster in China - struggling to save lifelines to the Occident; Kaywoodie Briar pipe - beautiful color ad; Photo of a Fifteenth Air Force Liberator aflame over a heavy flak barrage; Men over 26 to fill the ranks as casualty lists grow longer - 26 to 37's must work or fight in bitter war months ahead; Interesting ad for the Comptometer displays a Googol! - of interest to modern-day Google fans!; White Truck color ad - attractive; France sated with bloodletting - moderates move to halt purge - Germans threaten reprisals against French captives in Reich if executions are continued; Photo of Canadian General Crerar with Cpl. E. O'Connor of Toronto; De Gaulle with Molotov; Industry puts reconversion aside to answer hurry call for arms; The Japs failed purge of the Philippine educational system; Great Lakes Steel color ad featuring futuristic auto body styles. Average wear. Address label atop front cover. Unmarked. Center page loose but present. Book
