Bowers, Ronald L.MareMagnum
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No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, clear silver lettering to spine, tiny nick to top of spine and very tiny bump to upper front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped with damp effect to lightly marked front (none to book cover) with light creasing and rubbing to upper edge. 255pp. The story of David O Selznick and the famous stars who he created in Hollywood and their films. Illustrated. Scarce in UK.
106 pages. Short Stories: Space Secret; Phantom Millions; Detective Sister Mary; The Lady and the Killer. Articles: This is the Life I Love - Alicia Patterson of the famous Amercan newspaper family; My Husband, Arthur Murray (part 2); Patients Should Tell the Truth; The Reds Booted Me out of China - British Reporter Jack Gee spent 9 uncomfortable months inside the Chinese People's Republic; Defense Decides the Big Ones - Henry P. Iba of Oklahoma State explains his basketball tactics; Adventures of the Mind, 21 - When Time Began. Serials: Riviera Prelude (part 1 of 2); The Cardiff Giant Affair (part 4 of 8). Ads: GE (yellow) appliances; Johnson & Johnson clear tape; Very nice two-page color-photo American Airlines ad shows passengers disembarking "the new jet-powered Electra flagship"; Great color-photo Plymouth ad shows white 1959 Fury convertible; Evinrude outboard motors; Lowry organs; Canada Tourism; Very nice two-page color-photo ad for the new Chevrolet Nomad wagon - shown at Universal-International Studios in Hollywood; Chef Boy-Ar-Dee Pizza; Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup; Frigidaire Fridges; Mytinger & Casselberry; Colgate Dental Cream; 1959 Ford Cars (showing teal Fairlane 500); Port St. Lucie, Florida real estate; Pall Mall cigarettes; Northern toilet paper; Chesterfield cigarettes - snow-scene photos; Foremost cottage cheese; Olympic TV/Phono/Stereo; Pream coffee whitener; National Steel (auto mural photo); Sears vitamins; Speed Queen appliances; Ipana plus tooth paste; Back cover color ad for Betty Crocker Chiffon Cake Mixes; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
178 pages. Features: Colour Parker Pen ad inside front cover; Douglas aircraft ad featuring the Skyrocket; Nice colour Brach's candy ad; Colour 2-page ad for Studebaker featuring the new 1955 models; Nice 20-page colour ad for Sun-Maid Sunsweet dried fruit products; The Mysterious Doings of CIA - America's Secret Agents - an exclusive report on its methods, how it recruits, how it is funded, and its accomplishments in Guatemala, Iran and behind the Iron Curtain - with photos; Frontier Frenzy, by John Reese; Will China Stay Red? - Joseph Alsop reports some curious and little-known truths about China - article with photos; The Man-Handler, by Williams Forrest; The Luckiest Girl in Hollywood - Grace Kelly - article with wonderful colour photos; Outcast of the Florida Keys, by Frank Skipp; The Truth About Congressmen - by Martin Dies, Congressman at Large, Texas; Confessions of a Football Recruiter - the hilarious adventures of Herman Hickman while hunting athletes - with photos; Tugboat Annie's Long Shot, by Norman Reilly Raine; My Old Man Groucho (Marx), by Arthur Marx (Part 7); The Zone of Sudden Death, by William Chamberlain; A Ten-Day Tiger Hunt costs $1,000 - with a kill guaranteed - Tigers are so plentiful in Central India that there is no limit on the bag! - with photos; Howard Morris has taught over 7,400 tourists to hula aboard the Lurline - with many great colour photos; House of Hate, by Storm Jameson; The Case of the Restless Redhead, by Erle Stanley Gardner - Perry Mason's informant learned the hard way that you can't make deals with criminals; Black and white photo ad by Chrysler Corp. shows their auto stylists at work; Nice colour 2-page photo ad for Admiral televisions; Two-colour ad for Pendleton shirts; Nice two-colour ad for Oliver tractors; Stromberg-Carlson television ad; Interesting 2-page Borg-Warner ad in 'Ripley's Believe it or Not' format; Glamorous colour Philip Morris ad; Two-page ad by REO Motors featuring the new mighty REO V-8 Gold Comet Truck Engine; Buck Skein Joe sport fasion ad; Colour ad by the Philadelphia Electric Company; Nice color Cream of Wheat ad features cartoon characters by Al Capp; Frank Thomas on "The Best Player I Ever Coached" - Dixie Howell; Colour ad for Dictaphone; Coke ad on back cover promotes Eddie Fisher on "Coke Time" NBC television twice each week. Average wear. Ink drops to top edge of last few pages. A sound copy. Book
140 pages. Features: Nice one-page color ad for Kraft Cocoa Mix; 1-page color ad for Emery 'Magic Candle Bars'; Nice 1-page color ad for Pan American Airlines featuring Rio; The Truth About the Klan (KKK) Today - article with three photos including Dr. Lycurgus Spinks and Sam Roper; Stop That Shoplifter - article on shoplifters - mostly women - who steal $75 million per year; My Unsuspecting Bride (fiction); Kids Will Swallow Anything - the bronchoscope is used to safe children who swallow many strange objects - photo-illustrated article; It's a Man's World After All (fiction); Massive Foul-up - Our Planes, Tires, Tractors and Clothing - meant for the Nationalists - end up with China's Communist forces - article with photo; Mr. Technicolor - article on Dr. Herbert T. Kalmus with six color photos; The Hairbreadth Escapes of the USS Barb - article and photos of this US submarine which attacked Jap factories, made cities black out - and even blew a railroad train sky-high; The Du Ponts - part 3 of a photo-illustrated article on this family of industrial wizards; The Failure (fiction); Photo-illustrated feature article on Concord, New Hampshire; The Woman Who Wouldn't Run (fiction); Jack of Swords (fiction); Very attractive 1-page color ad for Campbell's soup; 1-page color ad for Ford cars; Homicide House (fiction); 1-page color Birds Eye Lima Beans ad featuring Carrie; 2-page black and white ad for Silver Star shaving blades features photos of Gene Cavallero, Wallis Rigby, Dr. A.W. Lindberg, Armand Denis, H. George Petrie, Rockwell Gardiner and Captain Arthur W. Pierce; Gorgeous colour 1-page Cadillac ad; Webster Cigar ad featuring large illustration of H.D. Hover, owner of Ciro's of Hollywood; Crosley television ad; Beautiful 1-page color ad for Studebaker trucks; 1-page 2-color ad for Frigidaire electric ranges; Borden's cheese ad features Elsie the Cow; 1-page color photo ad for Simmons hide-a-beds; 1-page color-photo ad for International Trucks mentions James Melton and the 'Harvest of Stars' radio show; 1-page color ad for Johnson & Johnson surgical dressings features reproduction of painting by Gladys Rockmore Davis showing boy tending to a girl's leg; Upjohn ad features reproduction of painting of young boy by Lawrence Beall Smith; 1/2 page color ad for Pixie cameras; 1-page Dumont tv ad; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features photo of Aqua-skiing stars Martha Mitchell and Margie Fletcher plus a photo of ace bowler Joe Wilman. Moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Features: How City Planners Hurt Cities - by Jane Jacobs; Oregon Dilemma - can this green and timbered state keep its natural beauty - and prosper too?; People on the way up - Harold Brown (Brillian Weaponeer), Timothea Schneider (Racing Skipper), Johnny Sellers (Top Jockey); My Life on the Blacklist - Ring Lardner Jr. was once a Communist; Photos of the Hollywood Ten; Casey Stengel - My Own Story (Conclusion); Nice Colour centerfold ad for Rambler cars; You are Nobody Here - New Cadets at the Air Force Academy get a Rugged Welcom - great photos; Backstage with Bob Newhart - the 'button-down-mind' comedian thinks most television fare is only mental baby food - he shares what he plans to do about the matter. Nice colour Coke ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
130 pages. Short Stories: Last Chance for Love; The Hard Man; Cause to Kill; The Second-String Baby Sitter. Articles: The Jerry Giesler Story - article with photos, including Marilyn Monroe, Part I - Hollywood is my Client; Haven for the Uninhibited - Roger Coster and his cockeyed chateau in Haiti - color photos; Help for Homeowners; This is No Game for Kids - great photo-illustrated article on Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Bobby Layne; ; The Poland I Saw - the Poles still face a grim battle for existence; The Lady Knows Her Rockets - Dr. Dorothy Martin Simon is a rocket scientist at Avco's laboratories at Wilmington, MA; We're Always on the Spot - the school board of New Milford, CT; Serials: Too Many Ghosts (part 3 of 7); Ordeal on Blood. Ads: Pontiac Ventura Sports Coupe for 1960; Mayflower Movers; Schlitz beer (skating scene); Pall Mall cigarettes - with avacado; Coffeematic coffe pots; Chanel No. 5; Rambler car lineup for 1960 (four color pages); Caterpillar - building flood-protection pond; Arrow Shirts; 1960 Chevrolet (red Bel Air 2-door sedan); GE TVs; 1960 Buick with Guide-Matic; Parkay Margerine centerfold; Spring cigarettes; Northern Tissue; 1960 Turbine Drive Buick (blue Le Sabre 4-door sedan); Conn organs; Boeing 707 and 720; Admiral TVs; Avis Rent-a-Car; Ladies' Home Journal; Philadelphia Electric Company; American Optical - great color ad featuring funky frames for glasses; De Beers Diamonds; Pepsi; Douglas DC-8; Bruce floor wax; Betty Crocker Cake Mixes (back cover). Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
136 pages. Fiction: The Girl in the Tree; The Sharpshooter's Daughter; From Different Worlds; Wild Ride; Death Stands by (conclusion); Arson, Incorporated (part 4 of 8). Articles: The Hospitals Fight Their Toughest War - staph infections are antibiotic resistant; Man with Magic Fingers - Erroll Garner Can't Read a Note but makes $200k/year as a jazz pianist!; The Face of America - Outdoor Baptism photo in Lake Grandview at the foot of Sharptom Mountain; Will Our Yugoslav gamble pay off? - article with photo of John Foster Dulles seated with Josip Broz Tito; A visit with Jack Dempsey - includes dramatic boxing photos plus some of his wives; Why Can't I remember?; Adventures of the Mind - part 4 - art and human dignity; My Daughter's an Arab - great color photos of little Vicki Cheney; Future Unlimited - great photo-illustrated article with famed automotove inventor Charles Kettering; Why Hollywood Stopped Dieting - with gorgeous photo of Anita Ekberg. Ads: American Standard yellow bath fixtures; Wurlitzer organ ad features the home of Sue and Norm Smith in Joliet Illinois; Campbell's soup; Ad for the new Chrysler Windsor Dartline; Tareyton; 1958 Ford color photo ad; Very nice one-page photo ad for Motorola TVs shows a fixated doctor's waiting room; Republic Steel; Sweet color photo ad for the Dodge Power Giant pickup shows truck at drive-through bank window; Redwood lumber designer George Nakashima is featured in a color-phot ad for Simpson; Sano cigarettes; Evinrude outboard color photo ad; A&P coffee; Photo-journalist Ray Jacobs is featured in an Ansco film ad inside back cover; (soiled) Betty Crocker cupcake mix ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
100 pages. Short Stories: Impossible Accident; Brothers' Quarrel; Man Trap; Gigolo. Articles: Religious Revolution on the Campus; The Land That Time Forgot - Part II - Stronghold of the Kukukuku; Baseball's Oldest Youngster - Jack Sanford; They Believed I Was an Arab Prince - William Peter Blatty poses as "Prince Xeer" for ten days - gullible Hollywood bows and scrapes; Don't Fall for the Mail Frauds; The Face of America - Dear Teacher - lovely color photo of Principal John Martin of Hillview Elementary School in Menlo Park, CA - surrounded by kindergarteners; Architect Royal Berry Wills - Big Man in Small Houses. Serials: Death Stalks the Bride (part 1 of 4); Seven Days to Tingyong (part 2 of 3). Ads: Philadelphia Electric Company; Special K cereal; Vitasafe; Mobil service stations - two pages with great color photos; Wheeling Corrugating Company; Mercury Outboards - nice two-page color-photo ad with boaters and swimmers; Nice two-page color-photo ad for Ford cars features the Edsel and others in a water scene; Whitman's chocolates; GMAC - with color photo of reluctant kids dancing; Mayo Spruce ad features photo of Lew Burdette of the Milwaukee Braves with his son, Lewis Kent Burdette; Hilton Hotels - with color illustration of their Havana, Cuba property; Eaton Manufacturing photo-illustrated ad features George D. Williams, General Superintendant, T.L. James & Company, Inc., Ruston, LA; Photo of Bil Sharman in ad for Spalding basketballs; Acme Spring Co. of Connecticutt is featured in a GM photo/text ad; Page & Shaw chocolates; Color photo of Saratoga 2-door hardtop and Saks Fifth Ave. fashion featured in color photo ad inside back cover; Lucky Strike ad on back cover features home movies. Somewhat above-average wear. Bits of writing on back cover. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Features: Nice color Rambler car ad inside front cover; Who Says I'm Uncultured, by Frederick Breitenfeld Jr.; Confessions of a Block-Buster - Norris Vitchek is a Chicago real-estate agent who moves Negro families into all-white blocks - he reveals how he reaps enormous profits from racial prejudice; Riding the World's Wild Giants Waves - Great Color Photos; Brash and Rumpled Star - newcomer Warren Beatty demands superstar treatment from Hollywood; People on the Way Up - TV Emcee Nancy Clark, Grace Kelleher, Neal Williams of Go-Power Corporation; Tempest in a Riviera Teapot - a feud between De Gaulle and Prince Rainier threatens the continued independence of Monaco, the world's loveliest tax haven; How Your Children Grow - Wilton M. Krogman reveals new methods of predicting growth rates and warns parents against needless fears; Magic's Merry Mecca - avid conjurers throng to Colon, Michigan, America's capital of magic-making; Nice color Pepsi ad on page 61; Sandy Koufax, the Strikeout King; Farmer Khrushchev - ideology and climate snarl Russia's farm program. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
76 pages. Nice cover illustration of young couple discovering they have each bought a Christmas tree. Articles: Ill Take Sled Dogs for Rough Going - Alaskan ranger Grant Pearson travels by dog sled; Spare Parts for Human Bodies - The U.S. Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, Maryland maintains an inventory of replacement parts for wounded soldiers; The Ladies Like 'Em Rugged - John Wayne is Hollywood's No. 1 he-man; The Kids Don't Remember a Thing - a new generation of young Americans flies over England, defending her against the Reds; All-Time Champ of the Lobbyists - Sam Ward was the most engaging scoundrel to ever afflict Washington; It's Tough to Go to School in New Mexico - color-photo-illustrated article about kids in Catron County who commute up to 50 miles one way through savage territory and wicked weather; Our Softhearted Warriors in Korea - US Troops care for pathetic Korean war orphans; India Opens Her Hidden Storehouse - American machinery is tapping rich farmland in India; Article on Napalm a.k.a. Bouncing Fire; Every Brick of the Vernal, Utah Post Office was shipped in by Mail! Short Stories: Child of Divorce; Company for Christmas Dinner; Granny Hite and the Angry Mob; Small-Town Doctor. Serials: The Desperate Woman (part 5 of 6); The Great Mail Robbery (conclusion). Ads: Nice one-page colour-photo ad for Cyanamid features artist Andre Dugo painting Christmas Seal illustration; Fatima Cigarettes; Color-photo Caterpillar ad features two Cat dragging loads of Christmas trees from bush; Nice color-illustrated ad for Studebaker trucks inside back cover; Sunkist naval orange ad on back cover. Small chip from lower tip of front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear and soiling. Faint pink discoloration near lower corner of several pages. Complete and intact. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
168pages. Features: Attractive Christmas-theme 1-page color-photo ad for General Electric (GE) TVs and Radios; Half-page 2-color ad for movie 'Enchantment' starring David Niven and Teresa Wright; Nice 1-page color photo ad by Pinsley for Prince Gardner wallets features young couple; Half-page color ad for Seaforth shaving products; Nice 1-page color ad for the Pan-American Coffee Bureau features young girl leaving cup of coffee for Santa; I Prowled Russia's Forbidden Zone - Werner Krop provides the first eyewitness testimony of what the Russians are doing in Soviet Germany, and how the Germans feel about it; Military Secret (fiction); SESP, a Joint US-Brazilian enterprise seeks to defeat the disease-ridden jungles of the Amazon - article with color photos; Ladies' Choice (fiction); Feature story on the city of Los Alamos, New Mexico - with photos; Half Your Brain is a Spare - a recent medical discovery is helping victims made speechless by apoplectic strokes and head injuries; How We Caught Spies in WWII - conclusion of an article on how German spies Mario Martinelli and Carla Costa were captured - with photo; The Man Who Said He Would Quit (fiction); What Can We Do About Sex Crimes? - photo-illustrated double-length article; Robber's Rendezvous (fiction); Hollywood's Ballyhoo Boys - How Hollywood gets more publicity than any other industry - with photos; Searching for Oil off Southern Californa - article with nice color photos; Sporting Blood (fiction); Nice 1-page color ad for Dodge 'Route-Vans"; Murder for Millions (fiction); 1-page color ad for Oldsmobile's new 'Rocket' engine; Stick-up Man - Richard G. Drew invented transparent (Scotch) tape - with photo; Nice 1-page color-photo ad for Telechron electric clocks; Half-page 2-color ad for Prince Albert smoking tobacco in Christmas motif; Nice 1-page color ad for International Trucks features their six-cylinder vans; 1-page photo ad for Philco tvs and radios; 2-page Buick ad; 1-page color Christmas light ad for Maxwell House coffee; Nice 2-page color ad for RCA Victor entertainment products; Nice 1-page color ad for Studebaker trucks features load of Christmas trees; Vitalis ad features Sammy Baugh, quarterback of the Washington Redskins; Nice 1-page color ad for 1949 Frazer cars; Great color centerfold ad for Nash Airflyte cars; Nice 1-page color ad for Pontiac cars; Kreml Hair Tonic ad advises how to avoid 'Scalp Scum'; Nice 1-page Motorola entertainment products Christmas-themed ad; 2-page color ad for Bulova watches; Half-page ad for televisions made by The Hallicrafters Co.; Fantastic colorful two-page ad for Florida Citrus Fruits and Juices; Nice 1-page color ad for Hotpoint automatic electric ranges; Sexy ad for Mojud hosiery; Dunhill lighter ad; 1-page color Servel Gas Refrigerator ad - endorsed by Mary Margaret McBride; Nice 1-page color ad for Kaywoodie Pipes features illustration of whalers at work in the 1850s; Nice 1-page color Christmas-themed ad for the Pennsylvania Railroad; 1-page color ad for American Airlines shows grandparents bringing gifts for Christmas; Half-page color ad for Spam; Elegant color-photo 1-page ad for Gruen watches; 1-page color ad for Interwoven socks; Very nostalgic 1-page color ad for Noma Christmas lights; Nice 1-page color-photo ad for Sparton radio-televisions; Full-page color ad for Perfect Circle piston rings; Grizzly Brake Lining ad features illustrations of Gerald Yudkin and Adolph Perlroth II of Eastern Automotive Parts, of New Haven CT; Nice 1-page color ad for Westminster Socks; Quarter-page photo ad for Disston one-man chainsaws; Statler Hotel ad features cartoon by Tony Barlow; Nice color-photo ad for A&P Coffee inside back cover; Sunkist oranges ad on back cover. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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
84 pages. Features: Mexico clamps down on Stalin - fascinating photo-illustrated article explains how Mexico was once Moscow's secret entrance to the U.S.A., until President Aleman proved that Mexico is no easy mark for Stalin; Helen Hayes tries Hollywood again - nice photo-illustrated article; California's weird overflowing Salton Sea - photo-illustrated article; Are all women crazy?; What has John L. Lewis done with his $400,000,000? - fascinating photo-illustrated article about the miners' welfare fund; The World's Worst Department Store - H.O. Kaufhous in Alexanderplatz, East Berlin is Soviet Germany's largest department store; I'm a Gyppo Logger's Wife - Margaret Elley Felt hauls dynamite, drives a truck, raises kids, keeps books, and lives in an all-male lumber camp in Washington State; May the better half win; Editorial - Britons Discover That China's Reds Are Communists!. Fiction: Mountain Massacre; The Doctor Wants a Wife; Welcome Back, Soldier; The Old Pro; Father Came Home (part 1 of 7); House of Fear (part 5 of 6). Ads: Color ad for Mercury cars; Boeing Stratocruiser ad features large photo of Pan Am plane over the Eiffel Tower; Prest-O-Lite battery ad features nice photo of footballer Otto Graham, quarterback of the Cleveland Browns; Nice two-page GMC truck ad shows a 470 pulling trailer. Above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
Features: A Catalogue of Boors - a story about road rage (before the term was coined) by Corey Ford; pages 11-14 loose but present - they contain a wonderful two-page color ad for 'Jet-Smooth' Chevrolet; The Menningers of Kansas - the life and work of the men who have devoted themselves to the fight for better understanding and effective treatment of the mentally ill, part 1 of 4; People on the Way Up - Joan Lakow, John Cassavetes, LaBonnie Bianchi, Willard Scott (Scotty) Thompson; Hollywood Throwback - Natalie Wood is a screen queen in the old flamboyant tradition; Casey Stengel - after a year's layoff, the 'Ol Professor, now manager of the New York Mets, begins his second half-century in baseball; Color pages of Ford car ads; Noah would approve - Roland Lindemann's Catskill Game Farm gives dwindling species room and safety to breed; My 36 hours with Khrushchev - Drew Pearson's wife reports on her visit to the inner sanctum of Russia's 'ruling class'; Have we lost Southeast Asia? - a report on this troubled region whose principle defense against red-Chinese invasion is the almost-powerless South East Asia Treaty Organization. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
132 pages. Features: Amos Sewell cover illustration; Editorial - The Dixon-Yates row was a TVA diversion; Great 2-page color ad for Motorola TV; Colour Pontiac ad featuring the 1955 station wagon with the 180 HP Strato-Streak V8; A Farewell to my Newborn Son - A.E. Hotchner lost his infant son through a medical blunder; Frankie Laine - Screaming Troubadour - with photos; Carnival of Fear, by Kay Boyle; The Restaurants that Nickels Built (Part 1 of 2) - Horn and Hardart restaurants - the 'Automat' - article with photos; The Lady and the Lash, by Hal G. Evart; Women Talk Too Much, by Sophie Kerr Let's not waste our Fighting Man Power, by Lt. Gen. Robert W. Harper USAF; Leave my Daughter Alone, by Wyatt Blassingame; I Would Not Murder for the Soviets, by Nikolai E. Khokhlov (conclusion); The Passionate Policeman, by William Fay; Kyoto - article with colour photos; Never Get Another Dog, by Jean Heavey; They May Be Rich - or Widows - The wives of shrimpers (shrimp fishermen) in the Gulf of Mexico; Hollywood colling, by Clarence Budington Kelland; Nice colour Campbell's soup ad; Colour photo ad for the 1955 Plymoth with wrap-around windshield; Great two-page colour Chevrolet ad featuring a red Bel Air Sport Coupe; Nice colour Old Gold cigarette ad; 1955 Chrysler colour photo ad - with lots of gleaming chrome!; Two-page colour ad for Admiral TVs - they sure mad'em ugly back then!; Ann Sothern is featured in a lovely Christmas color photo ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes; Color ad for the Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight; Crazylegs Hirsch featured in Employers Mutuals of Wausau ad; Glamorous color photo ad for Philip Morris' new 'snap-open' cigarette pack; Page and Shaw Chocolates - color ad; Color ad for Parker Pens; Magnavox TV ad; Zippo lighter color ad; Color ad for Rolf's billfolds; Color Christmas ad for Chesterfield cigarettes on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1st British edition. Ex library hardback in near very good condition in a very good condition sleeved dust jacket. 271 pages, illustrated. ISBN 049102150X. 50811. eng
56 pages. Features: ; Nostalgic RCA photo-ad inside front cover shows civilian walkie talkies (early 'cell phones') at work; Why Do Men Strike, and What's To Be Done?; Fear Dominates Japan - a first-hand report by Frank L. Kluckhorn on the difficulties we face in remaking a whole people's way of life and thought - with photos; Teaching men to be free - in colleges today courses in basic human knowledge replace traditional electives; Winning the Peace - It is Our Job; Our New Concept of the Universe, by Harry M.Davis; Opportunities for Veterans with the help of the Veteran's Administration (VA); In Lisbon Falls, Maine a benefit is held to raise funds for Virgil Healey after his home was burned; S.J. Woolf Talks About New York; Hollywood Movies Defended - An American View; Nice one-page color ad for Elco, the Electric Boat Company; "Traditional Modern' home design photos; Moscow is not New York - all the differences between socialism and individualism are reflected in the streets; A Farewell to Ration Books, although in their use Americans found profit and a sense of sharing; Half-page of cartoons of GI life in occupied Japan; Color Super Suds ad features Mrs. Lorett R. Kelly; Nice one-page color ad for Sara Lee Fruit Cake; Delinquency has hidden roots; Attractive one-page color ad for Face Powder Tabu by Dana; Hope for the Home Laundry - washing machines and irons are being mass-produced; Two pages of attractive fashion photos for women called "The Importance of Details"; Nice one-page color ad for Chateau Martin wine; Nice one-page color ad for B. Altman & Co. hats for men; Back cover color ad for Knit-tex topcoats for men; and more. Average external wear and soiling. Unmarked. Moderate age-toning to paper. A sound copy of this vintage WWII-era issue. Book
56 pages. Features: Cover photo of soldier being welcomed home by his little girl; Great one-page color Rheingold beer ad features Miss Rheingold 1945, Pat Boyd, who is duck hunting; How Can We Get Along With Russia?; Eight photos of life in the Stalin's Russia; Lord Wright, Chairman of the U.N. War Crimes Commission discusses the basis for bringing war criminals to justice; Joseph Ball discusses Labor and the Law, with half-page photo of Hollywood sit down at gate of the Warner Brothers studio; Japan's Women - under occupation they have suddenly been granted a new place and a new role in their country's life; - article with photos; Sinclair Lewis is back on Main Street; Bold red one-page ad for Schaefer beer features oysters; How Bridgeport CT mobilized for peace as they did for war - article with photos; Australian Foreign Minister Dr. Herbert V. Evatt; Nice color-photo one-page ad for Revlon's 'Fatal Apple' nail color; Nine nice photos of classy dresses; One-page two-color ad for Emerson radios; Intersting back cover color ad for Forst's Catskill Mountain Smoked Turkey; and more. Moderate external wear and soiling. Unmarked. Mild age-toning to paper. A sound copy of this vintage WWII-era issue. Book
128 pages. Features: Gorgeous one-page color-photo Chanel ad featuring Catherine Deneuve; Two-page Vantage cigarette ad features Dave Ness of Seattle; Ending an End to Cosmic Loneliness - Goldstone Tracking Center radiotelescope seeks out intelligent life; Behind the Lazar Berman Legend; In England Now, by John le Carre; When Fat was in Fashion - abundant flesh was a thing of beauty to artist Peter Paul Rubens, who was born 400 years ago; To be Young, Black and Out of Work - depressing photos and stats on the 'Clockwork Orange' epidemic in the ghettos of America's cities; Great two-page color-photo ad for the Talon Channel-Zip zipper features stuntmen in action; Color-photo ad for Lakeland coats features New York Giants running back Gordon Bell; Silent Fall - Dissidents behind the iron curtain are being suppressed - with photos of folk singer Wolf Biermann, Rumanian writer Paul Goma, correspondent Rober Toth, Czech playwright Paul Kohout, Yugoslav writer Mihajlo Mihajlov, and Anatoly Shcharansky; Tennis player Marty Riessen is featured in a tennis school ad; At Home with a Skyscraper - architects Oliver Lundquist and John Stonehill build a townhouse next to a 50-story skyscraper in New York; The Maestro - Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich; "Dewar's Profile" on back cover features film animation producer, director and designerJim Simon of North Hollywood. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
72 Pages. Features: Cover photo of British Tommy on Guard in Palestine; Full-page two-color ad for movie 'Carnegie Hall' starring Frank McHugh and Martha O'Driscoll; Classy one-page photo ad for Aquatoys rain coats available from Knox the Hatter; Nice one-page ad for Dumon televisions features the Sherwood model; Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, David E. Lilienthal, says development of nuclear power depends upon our knowledge of the issues at stake; Six photos from the U.N. which held its first special session to discuss the challenge of Palestine; Full-page photo of bombed-out officer's club in Palestine; How to achieve industrial harmoney between labor and management; Close-up of China in Travail - photo-illustrated article from China where 'her people are broken in spirit, her economy is collapsing, and peace is still far away; Cavalcade of Hollywood Heroes; Adult education is an ever-growing need; Spring thunder of waterfalls; Half-page ad for Marlboro cigarettes; Photos of political leaders in the news; Nice half-page color ad for Glen Oaks Men's Sportswear; One-page color ad for La Tausca simulated pearls; Photos of feeding time at the zoo; Lovely full-page color-photo ad for Monk's Robes; Nice one-page color ad for Chicken of the Sea and White Star tuna features Gramma on an old-fashioned phone; Home pastry instructions; Two pages of gorgeous fashion photos of tasteful dresses; Full-page color ad for J'ray Underthings; Nice color ad for Sherbrooke rainwear; Nice Lovable Brassiere ad features attractive Miss Jean Welch as their girl-of-the-month; Wonderfully colorful photo ad on back cover for McGregor Sportswear features David Niven, starring in 'The Bishop's Wife'. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage issue. Book
80 pages. Features: Cover photo of diplomatic reception at the White House; Beautiful color fashion ads; Deep Analysis of the American Mind by a British psychiatrist; The Rise and Fall of the Watusi (Tutsi) - Photos and article on an earlier iteration of bloodshed between the Hutu and Tutsi people of Rwanda; More Americans own shares in U.S. Corporations than ever before; Photos of a ball at the White House - with dancing photos of LBJ, Mrs. Anatoly Dobrynin, Dr. Janet Travell, Datin Ong of Malaysia, Mrs. Antonio Carrillo Flores of Mexico, G. Mennen Williams, Ullina Koroma, Lynda Bird, Dave Lefeve, Lady Bird Johnson and USSR Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin; In Defense of Charles de Gaulle; Why the Girls Scream, Weep, Flip - photo-illustrated article; Hollywood Laughs it Up - funny photos from movies; But Where are the Chaperons?; The Call Him the Greatest on Ice - Photo-illustrated article on Gordie Howe of the Detroit Redwings; Nice color-photo centerfold for Stevens Fabrics features 19 models, including someone who looks a lot like Johnny Carson; Photos of fashionable bookshelves; United States Lines color-photo ad includes Hildegarde, Mr. Leon Cherksey and Mrs. Reed Albee; Kids and Cops - some New York kids eye New York's finest with mixed reactions. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy Book
50 pages. Articles: We Can Thank Tojo! - documenting wartime infrastructure development in the northwest, with photos; Beware the Black Market - in the US, gangs of criminals have organized illicit marketing of rationed goods; Barney Ross's Biggest Boat - photo-illustrated article on the boxer who permanently kayoed 22 Japs on Guadalcnal; Boom-Town Boarding house - "Maw" Stanbery's Hollywood Home for Young People - article with great photos; It's Time to Say Good-bye - Part 1; Strategy on Ice; Lady with Wings - Conclusion; Woman-Talk; Liberty Goes to the Movies; Vox Pop; Just Between Ourselves. Ads:"Food Will Build a New Canada" - war-themed ad inside front cover by the Government of Canada; Unique Canadian National / Canadian Pacific one-page ad entitled "War Whoop - 1943 Model" likens the horn of a train hauling war goods to the whoop of a native fighter; Nostalgic one-page ad for Heinz Foods; Interesting ad by Gooderham & Worts (distillery) is military in nature and explains how their alcohol has many military applications; Uncommon one-page two-colour ad by GM and Ford promotes "Victory Service" on all makes and cars of trucks; Wonderful two-colour centrefold ad for Victory Bonds shows Canadians from many walks of life; Listerine; All-Bran; Old Dutch Cleanser (with wartime wives illustration); Ritz Crackers - military-themed illustration; Nice back cover colour ad for Mercury socks for men shows sailor on bench with gal. Inside back cover is an utterly unique two-colour ad promoting better nutrition for better health to support the war effort - with an illustration of Hitler's head being stabbed and hammered by four figures representing calories, minerals, proteins and vitamins. Cover photo of flyboy who has sunk a U-boat. Somewhat above-average wear. Moderate external soiling. A sound vintage copy. Book
68 pages. Features: Cute Twelvetrees cover illustration of turkey chasing toddler butcher; wonderful Aylmer Soups ad inside front cover features elegant photo of Canada's Governor-General and the Countess of Bessborough; One-page Fleischmann's ad features large photo of Prof. Dr. Franz Muller; Kid Angel (fiction); Luxury Lady (fiction); Where Does the Tax-Dollar Go? - an inquiry into the cost of government in Canada (part 5); The Criminal (fiction); How to Hold a Husband (fiction); Thou Art Peter (fiction); Racketeering in the Seventies (i.e. the 1870s); Quant two-page photo ad for Pond's cold cream; Little Rambles in Hollywood; One-page Ovaltine ad shows doctor and nurse weighing boys; Radioland - great photo-illustrated article on famous radio shows and stars; Nice one-page black and orange Chevrolet ad features the Master Six Touring Coupe at a country fair; Gorgeous one-page colour Palmolive Soap ad features illustration of beautiful young lady; Photo of Laurel and Hardy in handwriting analysis ad; Better Cookery; Rare half-page photo ad for the new Dual Harmony radio by Stewart-Warner Alemite of Belleville, Ontario; Fall fashion illustrations and article; Right Habits (for children); Excellent colour-photo ad for Winchester cigarettes inside back cover features young lady wearing purple fashion designed by Maison Mainbocher of Paris; Charming back cover P and G (Procter and Gamble) ad on back cover features Polly and George and Spot, plus girls building mud castle; Dozens of other great ads. Above-average external wear and soiling. 4"x3" clipping from page 3. 3"x3" clipping from Criticisms article on page 26. Small clippings from pages 51, 53 and 67. All pages and covers free from staples but present. A worthy vintage copy. Book
76 pages. Features: Ceylon Tea Bureau ad inside front cover features colour painting of Laurentian Scene by F. S. Coburn; The Way to Solvency - famous Canadian monetary reformer G.G. McGeer makes his case for changes to the Bank of Canada; Super one-page colour ad for Heinz canned beans and spaghetti; Fantastic one-page colour-photo Chipso ad features Mrs. John Boyle, Jr. and her children Mercedes, John and Patricia; Sometime We'll Meet (short story); Bloomin' Idol (short story); Afghanistan Destined for Conflict - a most prophetic photo-illustrated article; Children of the Heather (short story); The Haunted Yashiki (Japanese short story); Pinch-Hitting for Sir Galahad (short story); Dogs in My Life - illustrated article by Diana Thorne; Gesso Craft; One-page photo-ad for Pond's cold cream features Miss Frederica Vanderbilt Webb and Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt; Two-page photo-ad for Fleischmann's XR Yeast features large photo of Dr. R.E. Lee; Little Rambles in Hollywood; Great one-page Lux soap ad features photo of Ginger Rogers; Illustrated fashion article; Cookery article; Beauty article; Wow! one-page full-colour photo of NHL hockey player Charlie Conacher of the Toronto Maple Leafs on the ice; Colour Old Dutch cleanser ad on back cover; and more. Includes blank subscription form and envelope. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this extraordinary issue. Book
72 pages. Features: Yeast ad features photos of Dr. Samuel Melamet; How America Guards her "Frozen" Gold - photo-illustrated article from the days when gold was considered money; Nice one-page colour ad for Swift's premium bacon; Lovely one-page colour-photo Chipso ad features Mrs. S.J. Oechsle and her children Bob, Jean and Jack; Painted Tin (short story); Dark Star (short story); Glimpses of Austria's tortured soul - fascinating photo-illustrated article on the recent Socialist-Republican insurrection and other troubles facing the nation; The White Giraffe (short story); Around the Modern Homes in England - photo-illustrated article on interior design ideas; The Man Who Lived in Twilight (short story); The White Cat (short story); One-page Pond's ad features photo of beautiful Whitney Bourne; What Give for Mother?; Nice one-page Winchester cigarette ad features photo of young lady in tie and fedora; Fancy playhouse for kids; One-page Ethyl ad features large photo of the Indianapolis 500; One-page Ford car ad features photo of three adults in back seat - 'Roominess and Riding Comfort'; Photos of celebrity homes in Hollywood; Nice one-page Oldsmobile ad features the 1934 All-feature Six; Hollywood news and photos; Nice Lux soap one-page ad features photo of Carole Lombard; Uncommon 5" x 3.5" ad for Peterborough Boats; Fashion article with illustrations; Cooking article; World Sayings; Very nice Chevrolet Truck ad inside back cover features seven truck models; Beautiful Ceylon Tea Bureau ad on back cover features colour reproduction of painting 'Moraine Lake, Valley of the Ten Peaks" by Richard Jack; many vintage ads; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
