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Second edition, 8vo (185 x 125mm), xx, 398pp., orig. plum cloth lettered in gilt, spine lightly faded otherwise a very nice copy.
Features: Color cover photo of lovely Jinx Falkenburg; Full-page black and white photos of Elaine Shepard of MGM's Ziegfeld Follies, Dolores Moran, Arthur M. Danchuk, Evelyn Keyes, Ted Keppler of Beverly NJ, Mrs. Ted Kepper, Maria Montez, Adele Mara, Louise Allbritton, Ava Gardner, Three men of 15th Air Force (Hugh Bayless, James R. Barry and Earl L. Ballinger), The large Bernarr Macfadden family in 1924 at the White House, Helen Hayden, and Dorothy Van Nuys; Back cover photo of 'young Hercules' Jack Thruman of Elgin, IL; Half-page black and white photos of Robert E. Hitchcock of Jackson MI, Capt. Douglas S. Schnell, Major James Edward Monroe of Jacksonville Beach, and John L. Bogert of New York City. Feature articles include: Greatest Crime of This Horrible War - White Flour Curse; Simple Appendicitis Remedy; Warning! - Sulfa Drugs Dangerous; At Age 87 John L. Bogert is Active and Ambitious!; Do Your Eyes Need Crutches?; Cancer Controversy - X-Ray Experience - by Stanford Burney; 57-Day Fast Overcame Ten Ailments!; Nervous Wreck Passes Flying Tests; Douglas S. Schnell Wins Battle Against Varicose Veins; Cripple Dancer Maxine Wolfe Tries Exercise - Now She's a WAC; Eugene Bock lost his bulges and high blood pressure; Win Beauty - Nature's Way; Joseph Martini - Journey to Health; Marcelline E. Sylvester Improved Her Hearing; Alcohol and Tobacco - 9th instalment of the Superb Womanhood Series; Mermaid Finds Success - Helen Hayden Howard; Confessions of a Prize Fight Champion - part 3; Astonishing Benefits of [Wartime] Food Rationing; Fasting and Fruit Juices Kill Tapeworm; William Clinton's Defective Heart Now Powerful; Barbara E. Andrus was Anemic and Fat - Tried Country Life; Marguerite Walsh Overcomes Arthritis of the Spine; Can Prunes Prevent Infantile Paralysis?; Robert E. Hitchcock Gained 40lb and Lost Respiratory Ills; Skin Cancer - A Diet Cure; Mae Sampson lost 35lb and Married Her Boss!; Major James Edward Monroe of Jacksonville Beach turns 130 this Month!; College Athlete Improves His Fallen Arches; Paralyzed Liver Causes Death; Finger Massage for Bleeding Gums; Spindle-Legs Made Lovely; The Physical Culture [P.C.] Creed; The Appalling Waste of Manhood - Too Much Comfort Invites Loss of Virility. 112 pages. 7.5 x 5.3 inches. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A well-preserved copy of this excellent vintage wartime issue. Book
Edges of front cover yellowing. Some minor marks on front cover.
creases going down the middle of the spine, previous owner's name on the inside of the cover, FEP and on the small title page. and pages are clean, bright and tight.
Paperback. Stamp on head of page block. Small sticker on inside front cover. Contents are clean and clear. Ex - Library
Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. Ex-library. Proceedings of the 11th Congress of the Collegium Internationale Nuero-Psychopharmacologium, Vienna, July 9-14, 1978. Boards are marked and lightly scored. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are bumped and worn. Page block, early and closing pages are lightly marked. Stamps on page block and copyright page. Labels on front pastedown and FEP. Pencilled underlining on some pages. Text remains legible throughout. Binding is sound. HCW Ex-Library
"Withdrawn" written in red marker on FEP, mild green underlining pages 188-89 Ex-Library
64 pages. Features: Great cover illustration by John Phillips shows lady munitions worker in pants looking at serviceman in kilt; Nice colour ad for Parker Vacumatic pens inside front cover is illustrated by Franklin Arbuckle with pastoral water pond scene; War News includes the exit of Mussolini, Marshal Badoglio's Record, and more; One-page Northern Electric ad shows fighting ship and explains their contributions to it; Wonderful half-page Pepsi ad illustrated by Frise shows kids outside shops and lovely lady; The Nazis Plan a Getaway - fascinating article on how Axis leaders plan to escape with their booty - and their lives; They Deliver the Goods - photo-illustrated article on the Services of Supply which keep fighting troops fed and equipped, with photo of Lt.-Gen. Sir W.G. Lindsell, K.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., in charge of Administration in the Middle-East; The Shibboleth of Von Eisenbaum (short story); "Hast Seen the White Whale?" (short nautical story); My Father and Culture (short story); Know Your Navy! - article with photos of Vice-Admiral P.W. Nelles, R.C.N., and Hon. Angus L. Macdonald, Minister of National Defense for Naval Services - explains Canada's various naval vessels; "East Block Handles That" - photo-illustrated article explains how men such as Norman Alexander Robertson, A.D.P. Heeney, Walter J. Turnbull, Dr. H.L. Keenleyside and Hume Wrong (all shown in photos) control much of Canada's important federal government policy; Home is the Sailor (short story); Little Miss Linnet - colour-illustrated poem by Phyllis Coulter; Nice one-page colour ad for GSW shows military scene and housewife in kitchen; Hollywood News; Sort article on increasing juvenile delinquency; One-page Ford Motor company shows action scene of Canada's mechanized army; Bold, Militaristic one-page ad by Hiram Walker-Dooderham & Worts shows bombs and heading "The 'Rain of Death' is deadlier because of alcohol"; One-page ad encourages readers to write letters to their loved ones fighting overseas; Canadian General Electric half-page ad says "A War Job Every Woman Can Do 'AVOID FOOD WASTE'; Woodbury Powder ad features photo of Maureen O'Hara; Nice colour Orange Crush ad; Nice one-page colour recruiting ad for the Canadian Women's Army Corps (C.W.A.C.) shows uniformed lady driving Jeep beneath caption "This is Our Battle, Too!"; Attractive half-page colour Nabisco Shredded Wheat ad features rosey-cheeked lady saying "I keep my Jim fit and on his job", above bowl of cereal with peaches; Co-ed entertaining; Very attractive half-page colour ad for Fry's Cocoa shows well-dressed mother and daughter in grocery store; Fashion illustrations; How Parents Can Help the Schoo; Tangee Lipsticks ad features lovely colour portrait of Constance Luft Huhn; 3/4-page black and white ad for Helena Rubinstein fragrances; World Sayings; Nice colour Wabasso Cottons ad inside back cover; Old Dutch Cleanser colour ad on back cover shows long row of clean bathtubs; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
64 pages. Features: Parker pen inside front cover features colour illustration of composer Henry Purcell; Colour Canada Dry ad; How the War Looks after Five Years; Editorial on Canadian inflation and Community Chest issues; Bright one-page GM ad features illustration of anti-aircraft crew in battle; Mr. Pemberton's Commission (short story); Hell Passage (short story); The Scientists Made it Possible - photo-illustrated article on military advances such as the Piat projector, which can penetrate the turrets of German tanks, and Britain's "Human Torpedoes"; Ghosts Don't Talk (short story); The Millionth Guest (short story); Canada's massive newsprint industry - article with wonderful photos; Roads rule the war - article with photos of roads being manually constructed in Northern Ireland and Burma; One-page ad by the Government of Canada entitled "One Man's Income is Another Man's Outgo" encourages wartime price stability; One-page black and white photo ad for Kodak features Sgt. F.L. "Bill" Perry of 58 King St., Summerside, P.E.I. with W)2 A.M. Casey of Peterborough, Ontario; Very militaristic one-page Gooderham & Worts, Limited ad explains their war alcohol production and shows air raid in progress; Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) ad shows prospector and proclaims "Free Enterprise Made Canada's Mines"; Anaconda Copper & Brass ad features photo of Johnnie Religa, machine operator who came to Canada in 1909 from Piotrkow, Poland and now owns a home in New Toronto; Nice two-colour Cutex ad promotes their Honor Bright nail polish; Kitchen article on Pickling; Nice colour half-page ad for Clark's Governor Sauce; Reviving the age-old art of wine-making; Colour photo of Mary Sieburth's very popular Golliwogg doll; Fashion illustrations; One-page Singer sewing machine photo ad; Women of Canada and the cost of clothing; Charlie McCarthy colour-comic featured in Chase & Sanborn ad; World Sayings; Excellent colour Fort Truck/Military Vehicle ad shows war and farm applications of their products; Rare back cover colour ad for the Canadian Women's Army Corps says "The Canadian Army Needs More Women!", and requests questions to Lt. Dora Sweet of Ottawa; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
PLEASE NOTE: This copy is *not* signed, despite what you may read elswhere in this description. 551 pages including index, bibliography, references and black and white photographs. Tells us of the Prohibition years - how Sam and his brothers kept one step ahead of the law - and paints an entertaining portrait of the romantic era of bootlegging. Sam emerges himself as a larger-than-life character: irascible, authoritarian, volcanic, iron-willed - as well as a loving father and loving husband. A seductive portrayal of a Canadian legend. Wonderful unmarked copy with only faint signs of handling. Several drops of light-beige staining to top edge. Book
148 pages. "The sole intention of this book is to preserve a dying art. An American tradition from 1776 to 1976. A sacred technology of civilized man traced back as far as recorded history. A rapidly fading folklore, waning in the automated, mass-produced world of today." - from page III. "For the connoisseur of home brew" - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Nice working copy. Book
New Turkish Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 256 p., ills. Enlarged Second Edition. Milli Mücadele yillarinda bir yasak denemesi: Men-i Müskirat (Içki yasagi) Kanunu ve toplumsal hayata yansimalari. Study on a Law preventing the consumption of alcohol in the early Republican years. On April 23, 1920, the Turkish parliament, which was convened in Ankara by the Men-i Müskirat law, prohibited the alcoholic drinks. On April 9, 1924, a change in the law ended the ban on drinking. On March 22, 1926, the law was repealed and the production, import and trade of beverages were completely monopolized by the state of Republican Turkey.
corners of the cover bent, stamps on the page block, withdrawn written on the FEP, stamps and library pocket on the inside of the cover. Please email for shipping costs - extra shipping will be required for this weighty tome Ex - Library
corners of the cover bent, stamps on the page block, withdrawn written on the FEP, stamps and library pocket on the inside of the cover, pages 1209 - 2420 Ex - Library
Paris, la Documentation Française, 1971; in-8, 80 pp., broché. Livre tiré certainement par la médecine du travail. La couverture est très originale. Très bon état.
Library sticker to spine of dust jacket (plastic protected and reinforced), stamp to FEP, title page and BEP Ex-Library
81pp.met zw/w illustraties, 21cm., orig. omslag, goede staat, V89711
Ex - library book. Reprinted 1968. Slightly scuffed hardcover with minor spotting. Good quality cloth library binding. Very light signs of wear to spine ends and leading corners. Library stamps on page block, inside covers and title page. Library plates and sticker on FEP. Title page has minor grubby marks and faint traces of pencil. Light yellow stain on page 5. Text remains clear, and binding is tight throughout. No dust jacket. T Ex - Library
Hardcover (no dust jacket; printed boards). Novartis Foundation Symposium 243. Very good condition. From the offices of a world-leading nuclear medicine research establishment. Spine head is bumped and one or two other minor score marks and scuffs on boards. Pages are sound and clear. TA Used
583pp., illustré de 156 figures (dont quelques planches hors-texte), 25cm., reliure toile d'éditeur, qqs. rousseurs aux tranches, texte et intérieur sont frais, bon état, V106054
Torino, Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese, 1915, in-8, br. editoriale, pp. XVI, 519, (1). In Appendice: 8 tabelle su dosi massime e medicinali galenici composti della F.U.; avvelenamenti acuti e disinfezione con mezzi chimici; terapia fisica, crenoterapia, climatoterapia e talassoterapia; farmaci nuovi. Nella sezione sui farmaci eustenici (fra cui neurostenici caffeici, stricnici, alcoolici) anche: ricostituenti minerali, nutritivi, enzimatici e terapia dietetica. Minime mancanze al dorso, altrimenti ottimo.
Features: Cover illustration of roller skate accident by Richard Priest; Colour Shredded Wheat ad inside front cover; Victory Bond ad; Editorial - Maclean's declaration of Faith and Purpose; Nice ad for Parker Vacumatic Pens; Commandos Attack - Highlights from the inside story of the Commandos - the first official account of the daring exploits of Combined Operations - with photos; Article on taking care of our feet; Arctic Ordeal - C.B. Wall describes an amazing story of endurance after three men crash a plan in Greenland - David Goodlet, Arthur Weaver, Al Nash - with photo; Miss Sherlock Holmes, by Thelma Lecocq - Verda Vincent is Canada's only woman criminologist; Lolly was a Lady - fiction by Ed. Zern; They Kill U-Boats - "Not only must they battle wind and weather but bomb with split-second accuracy - and bring back actual proof of their 'kill'" - by Arch Whitehouse, with photos; Beverley Baxter in London explains how war damages family life; Cross-Canada news bits including bootleg food in B.C.; Greece Fights Back - despite atrocities unsurpassed in the history of tyranny Greek guerillas wage a bitter, stubborn warfare against their Axis foes, by Betty Wason, with photos; Field Marshall Jan Christiaan Smuts of Africa - few men living today have had a more eventful and extraordinary career than this famous warrior-statesman - with photos; The Raiders - fiction by Norman Collins; Troop Troupers - the C.W.A.C. revue that's bringing glamour to Army camps across Canada, with photos; Work and Wages, by S.E. McGorman; Northern Electric Victory Bond ad; Fleischmann's Yeast ad with caption "In Wartime eat one more slice of bread each meal!"; Fascinating full-page military-themed ad by Hiram Walker & Sons explains how their alcohol is used in a multitude of military applications; Two-colour full-page Kodak ad shows two Canadian sailor receiving snapshots from back home; Modess ad shows young lady working on a plane; Nice two-colour ad for Van Camp's Pre-Cooked Beans; Full-page Ford Motor Company ad with illustration of Canada's mechanized army at war; Nice colour ad for Quaker Corn Flakes; Rare Colour Coke ad on back cover includes several images of military men. Address label on front cover. Moderate wear. Short openings to and chips from bottom edge of front cover. A sound copy of this significant wartime issue. Book
64 pages. Articles: A noted doctor talks about alcohol and tranquilizers; An album of amateur art; Canadian Theatre's Fiery Godmother - Dora Mavor Moore; Canada's last great train robbery - CPR No. 63; How Doug Harvey Loafed his way to Fame (Hockey); Around the World in 80 days... the hard way; How the Veterans are Fighting the Peace. Nice colour ads for: the 1958 Chrysler; General Electric 'Filter-Flo' Automatic Clothes Washer; Matinee Cigarettes; Oldsmobile Auto; '58 Dodge Auto; O'Keefe Ales. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine