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48 pages. Cover illustration by Eric Aldwinckle shows dapper tourist inspecting totem pole. Contents: Short article with photo on North American drought - photo shows sand drifts two to five feet high on the road allowance at Kisbey, Saskatchewan, 4 June, 1937; Uncommon full-page ad for Nesbitt, Thomson & Company - Gold Prospecting Theme; Parcker Vacumatic Pen Ad; The Man Who Was Careful - story by Elmer Davis; Via the North Pole - Air Commodore H. Hollick-Kenyon on what Russia's trans-polar flights mean to the future of aviation - with photos and map; The Road Never Dies, story by Bruce Hutchison; Television Broadcast, by Thomas Wayling - a layman's description of how the new wonder of the air works its miracle - with photos; Beverley Baxter on What's Happening in Europe; - with photos of Von Ribbentrop and The Leipzig; Yellow Cargo - story by Gordon Carroll; How's Your I.Q., by R.E. Knowles, Jr.; No More Bad Men - Dink Carroll writes about Rabbit Maranville, Manager of the Montreal Royals - with photo; Murder in Amber - story by Colver Harris; Animal Anecdotes - Fighting Turtles, by Phil H. Moore; Cigarettes, by Frederick Edwards - article with many great photos of cigarette production; Palmolive Soap ad features the Dionne Quintuplets; Full-page black and white Maxwell House Coffee ad bears the caption "What a Gay Dog You Are!" - as a woman dressed as Cleopatra chides her sullen husband dressed as a clown; Page of wonderful ads for thirteen private schools, including photo-illustrated ad for Ontario Ladies' College; Quarter-page photo ad for the Canadian National Exhibition's Coronation Year; Lovely half-page four-photo ad for Quaker Puffed Wheat featuring Shirley Temple; Article on How to Ice a Cake, by Helen G. Campbell; Lovely colour ad for Westinghouse radios on back cover features violin-maker Antonio Stradivari; Many more vintage ads. Moderately above-average wear. Address label atop front cover. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great issue. Book
88 pages. Features: Humourous cover art by Oscar Cahen; The Censorship that Helps the Enemy - The bad events of March 17, 1951 in the Korean War involving the Princess Patricias - Editorial; There'll Always Be a Massey - Canada's most famous family started on the road to wealth from a tiny implement forge near Port Hope, Ontario - article with photos; You Laughed at My Father - story by James Aldridge; The Hottest Square Mile in the World - under the humpland between Ace Lake and Beaverlodge lies an abundance of Uranium, and here Uranium City will be built - article with photos; The West Coast's Worst Disaster - The Tragedy of the Princess Sophia which disappeared off Vanderbilt Reef and took 343 people to their deaths in icy Alaskan waters - a Maclean's flashback; How to Raise Ten Kids in Six Rooms - Frank and Helen Teskey of Toronto have ten kids under fifteen and they'd welcome more; One-Man Powerhouse - John Deagle of Whitefish Falls, Ontario runs his own electric power company! - article with many photos of this incredible man; Sherbrooke, Quebec - where French and English share a city in harmony - nostalgic article with photos; The Battle to Beat Leukemia - doctors search for a cure; Footlights Round My Heart - story by Ronald R. Smith; Sensational full-page colour Coke ad features illustration of young lady and the caption "Want Something Good?"; Nice colour Chevrolet ad; DeSoto car ad; Full-page ad for Birks Jewellers features watches including the Challenger Eterna-matic; Plymouth car ad; Canada Savings Bond ad features James F. Johnston, Superintendant of Palm Dairies Limited in Regina; Great colour photo Caterpillar ad inside back cover shows horses pulling vintage auto through the mud. Light wear. Unmarked. Center page loose but present. A quality copy. Book
60 pages. Features: Great ad for Dodge Trucks features delivery van, a pickup and a stake truck; Wonderful one-page International Trucks ad features tractor trailer hauling mature tree as part of construction of Treasure Island at the Golden Gate in San Francisco; Bewildered Congress groping for sound neutrality policy - article with three photos including Bernard Baruch; Defense Fever - America prepares for war; Photos of high income earners Louis B. Mayer and Greta Garbo; Italy's Seizure of Albania spreads fear from the Adriatic to the Dardanelles - major article with eight photos; Levantine Ferment; Hitler Yardstick; Refugee dilemmas in Europe; Hitler conscripts children 10 through 18 years-old for the Hitler Youth; Handsomme one-page color Packard auto ad features a 120 touring sedan; Nice two-color centerfold ad for Schlitz beer; Nice one-page two-color ad for Pontiac cars; Chevrolet car ad; Baby tumor cured with X-ray therapy; Western Union's photos by cable - with received image of Yankee Clipper aircraft; Early vintage ad for Titleist / Acushnet Golf Balls; Diary kept by Byrd's ancestor, William Byrd of Westover VA, is a gold mine of colonial data; Obituary for Joseph A. Lyons, Prime Minister of Australia; Nice 2/3-page ad for the Hotel Del Monte; New Oil Boom - four-state boom is centered near Forest City, Missouri; Full page introduction to Ernest K. Lindley of Newsweek's Washington Bureau - with photo; Photo of carload of dignitaries at New York's World's Fair includes Alfred E. Smith, Henry Ford, Mayor La Guardia, Grover Whalen (fair boss), and Edsel Ford at the wheel; Zeus cigarette holder ad; Color ad for Mount Vernon Whiskey on back cover features scene in George Washington's dining room. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy Book
33 pages. Features: Photo of smiling Eisenhower and an animated Patton, plus smiling Bradley and Hodges; Photo of Japanese Shrine on Saipan plus journal notes from a Japanese soldier; Photos of Juan Trippe, Lewis Douglas, Army nurses drilling at Camp Capson Colorado, Forger Alexander Thiel; Article on Okinawa; Full-page military map entitled "The Floods Come" shows positions centered around Hitler's inner fortress of Berchtesgaden; photo of U.S. armour on one of Germany's fine roads; Photo of very long column of German prisoners; Article and photo on German youth; Photo of "German Looters"; Photo of Chiang Kai Shek with General Hurley; Photo of St. Louis Browns' one-armed baseball player Pete Gray; Photo of a Brooklyn Public School classroom trashed by three young boys; Great photo of a navy bank in a quonset hut on Guam. No ads in this edition. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy of this excellent Patton collectible. 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
80 pages. Nice Ivan Glassco cover illustration of Scottie dog helping his master who is groping for a towel. Features: Fads and Faddicts; The N.H.L. All Stars as selected by the managers and coaches - with photos of Cecil 'Tiny' Thompson, Eddie Shore, Art Coulter, Frank Boucher, Charlie Conacher, and Harvey Jackson; Truck vs. Train - fascinating photo-illustrated article examines these competing modes of moving goods; A Cheechako Goes North - photo-illustrated article on a visit to Two Brothers Valley in northern British Columbia; Is This a Soviet? - Blairmore, Alberta renames its main street Tim Buck Boulevard, in honour of the leader of the Communist Party of Canada; Strange Street - Lord Beaverbrook and the Empire Crusade; Farm Debt Relief - 728,000 depression-era Canadian farmers struggle with $1.2 Billion of debt - which the Farmers' Creditors Arrangement Act (F.C.A.) is intended to combat; Norse Canadians - immigrants from Norway develop Bella Coola, B.C. (article with photos). Fiction: Paging Andy Sears; Four Gold Bands; Lulu Comes Home; Track of Destiny (serial). Nice one-page illustrated Studebaker ad for the new 1935 'Miracle Ride'. One-page Westinghouse refrigerator ad features illustration of elegant party guests admiring a well-stocked fridge. Nice colour one-page Winchester cigarette ad shows lady with riding crop. Champion spark plug ad includes inset illustrations of racers Tadini, S. Mortimer Auerbach, and Joel Thorne. Photo-sequence of the sinking of the Dutch liner Oranta by the Portuguese freighter Loanda in the harbour of Leixeos, Portugal. Great photo-illustrated Plymouth car ad; Half-page photo ad for Canadian Pacific and their Banff holiday offerings; Canadian Pacific half-page ad for the Empress of Britain and its service to Europe. Lovely one-page colour ad for the new Ford V-8 for 1935. Half-page colour Lifebuoy ad features sexy sepia-toned image of model in peach negligee. Crossword partially completed in pencil, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
Pages 283-344 plus 58 pages of ads. Printed upon glossy stock. Black and white photography throughout. Features: Frontispiece photo of home of Frederic Rosengarten at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia; Planning the House - a checklist of requirements; Remodeling the House - a checklist of requirements; Portfolio of Country Houses belonging to: Frederic Rosengarten of Chestnut Hill, PA, Mrs. W. Edgar Baker of Greenwich, CT; Henry T. Fleitman of Brookville, Long Island, John Eyre Sloan of West Orange, NJ, Mr. & Mrs. J.D. Kerr of Brentwood Heights, Los Angeles, Godfrey Rueger of Pasadena, CA, Charles D. Bruyn of Englewood, NJ, William D. Eisendrath of Highland Park, IL, and Frederick V. Field of New Hartford, CT; Spacefield Village - a Princeton Thesis; Stained Glass for the House; Subcontract Control in Practice; Dozens of sensational full-page illustrated ads; and much more. Minimal library markings. Average wear. External soiling. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Magazine
192713727Salamandra, Riga, 1926, 1927. Je Heft ca. 30-35 Seiten, meist mit 4 Tafeln mit montierten farb. Abb. und schwarzweiße Abb. im Text. 29,5 x 23 cm. Illustrierte Original-Broschur.
68 pages. Features: Schools should teach religion as a subject, not a faith; Macmillan's 30 fateful minutes in Moscow; *Fantastic* two-page colour ad for International trucks shows five different models; Gorgeous colour photo ad for the 1959 Buick Le Sabre convertible; How Dangerous is Natural Gas? - some people are concerned; Can the University of Toronto (U of T) survive sheer size? - article with photos; The hectic scramble for the class of 1959 - courted by hundreds of company recruiters; Canada needs a lobby in Washington; The Sleuths who probe our air disasters - with photo of the remains of a DC-4 which crashed in Quebec in 1957, killing 79 people; James Wilson Morrice - the painter we weren't ready for - article with colour illustrations; Nice Canadian Pacific centrefold ad for Canadian Pacific shows a large map of the world and their various transporations services; Nice Black Label beer ad shows massive glass of beer in the wilderness; Two-page black and white photo ad for Toro lawn mowers; Nice colour photo ad for Old Vienna beer inside back cover; Colour ad on back cover for S.O.S. pads and how they can be used to clean white wall tires; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
104 pages. Features: Nice one-page ad for Hilton Hotels features the Palmer House of Chicagp; Superb one-page color ad for Ford Trucks features green pickup in pleasant farm scene; Dow Chemical ad features illustration of kettle and steam inventor James Watt; (Labor) Strike Wave Threatens Essential U.S. Needs; Sam Rayburn - Texan; Joan Bennett's "Scarlet Street" is censored for 'tending to corrupt morals'; Photo of Jane Russell in low-cut blouse posing for painting; Fantastic color one-page Coke ad features crowded soda shop scene with boy singing into napkin holder microphone; Classic one-page color-photo ad for Camel cigarettes titled "More Doctors Smoke Camels Than Any Other Cigarette"; World Watches First Assembly of UNO; Photo of Mickey Rooney shaking hands with De Gaulle; Classic color ad for White Trucks features soda factory and happy end-user; Trial of Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma in Manila; Religious Emancipation is the Jap's by MacArthur's Grace; Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick Morgan, chief of UNRRA's activities in Germany, states that the movement of Jews from Poland into Germany looked like a "second Exodus... a well-organized, positive plan to get out of Europe" to Palestine, and that he had seen Jews arriving in Berlin "well-dressed, well-fed, rosy-cheeked and (with) plenty of money..They certainly do not look like persecuted people."; U.S. Need to keep peace pledges slows homeward trek of troops; A Safe American Must be founded on Strength; Nice Firestone Tire color centerfold features race car; Nice Old Thompson whiskey ad features piano keyboard; Photo of ex-POW Pvt. Cleo Brown and his bride in Milwaukee hotel; Photos of changing Navy fashions; Doukhobor article with stripping photo; Oil strike in Chile; Color photo ad for Chrysler features Andre Kostelanetz leading orchestra; Classy one-page color ad for the Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation; Brief obituaries for William Joyce (Lord Haw Haw); Hector Charlesworth; William T. Dewart Jr., Slim Summerville; Germ Warfare Article with photo of Major Merck inspecting Camp (Fort) Dietrich laboratories - US was set for biological war more terrible than enemy knew; Rare Great Northern Railway ad features the opening of modern China (very prescient); SN 7618 for Malaria; photo of Lt. Col. Margaret Craighill; Great photo ad by the Cuban National Tobacco Commission features Edward G. Robinson lighting up; Article on Branch Rickey; Jockey Woolf, 1909-1946; Sensational one-page color ad for Grace Line features illustrations of their new fleet of twenty "Santa" ships; Rare one-page ad for Cuba Mail Line entitled "Ice Cubes for Cuba" shows happy family table; Curious ad for National Company's Radios features small illustration of 'slant-eyed' Chinaman above text "Gung Ho"; The Press, the Radio, and Mr. La Guardia; Color-photo ad for Canadian Club features mountain climbing on Mexico's Popocatepetl; and more. Average wear and soiling. A worthy vintage copy. Book
96 pages. Features: Nice color ad for Schenley Whiskey inside front cover features pot-bellied stove being carried into nice home; Large illustrated ad for J&L Steel with military theme; Nice one-page photo ad for Boeing with photo taken beneath wing of huge plane; Brief obituaries for Horace D. Taft, Christopher G. Sinsabaugh, Joseph J. Sinnott and Henry A. Shute; Nice illustrated Bell and Howell ad shows soldier using their movie camera; Nice military-themed one-page photo-ad for Beech Aircraft shows their AT-11 bombing trainers; Nice military-themed ad for Chevrolet Trucks; Photo of FDR and Churchill at Casablanca; Photo of FDR inspecting US troops near Cacablanca; Lots of war coverage; MacArthur's plan to drive back the Japs; U-boat menace still tops agenda; Nazis lament manpower pinch - photo of Goring and Goebbels in full dress; Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl - photo and brief write-up of this former friend of Hitler; Interesting one-page two-color ad for Milwaukee Machine Tools features boy studying behind stacks of enemy books such as Mein Kampf; Fantastic one-page color ad for Seagram's V.O. Whiskey features illustration of a very early version of Skype as men in Chicago and London do business face-to-face; Wholesale horsemeat market in Newark, NJ; The Significance of 'Unconditional Surrender'; Photo of Marine Generals Holcomb, Mitchell and Vandegrift on Guadalcanal; Fantastic one-page color-illustrated Continental Can ad shows downed fliers adrift pouring SOS colored fluid into ocean; Fantastic one-page color-illustrated ad for Aircraft Accessories Corporation; Nice two-page color ad for Old Grand-Dad, Old Taylor, Old Crow, Mount Vernon and Old Overhold whiskeys; Classy Dowmetal Magnesium ad shows planes flying from aircraft carrier; Great photo from the Pullman-Standard plant in Hammond IN shows Merry Leone and Robert Patterson Jr. demonstrating the "Bomb Boogie" dance; Classy one-page ad for Scott Fine Radio Receivers; Nice one-page photo ad for Bethlehem Steel displays their safety practices; Photo of Coach Shaughnessy of Pitt; Nice one-page ad for movie "Yankee Doodle Dandy"; Jack Benny entertains troops; Nice Gem razor blad ad features illustration of clean-cut sailor; Color-photo ad for Canadian Club whiskey inside back cover features Jungle Zoo, winter hq of Clyde Beatty's Circus at Fort Lauderdale; Fantastic back cover color ad for Chesterfield cigarettes features US Marine Raiders in jungle. Center two pages loose but present. Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1985216561985 Encre acrylique sur papier "mousmé" contrecollée sur carton signée du monogramme en bas à gauche, (1985), 23.5 x 21 cm.
Pages 418-520 plus several pages of vintage ads. Features: The Madness of Don Patricio; My Experiences in the Great Russian Famine - graphic glimpses of the terrible Russian famine of 1907 - article with photos; An Ill-Starred Invention - a patent application goes wrong; Mussel-Farming - a curious Dutch industry (article with photos); Adrift in a Runaway Airship - daring young Chicago balloonist William Matteray and his airship are blown by a gale all the way to Michigan; Sights and Scenes in Java - photo-illustrated article by a former resident; The Queen's Temper - part 1 - a remarkable narrative shows how the actions of obscure individuals culminated in the arrival of British troops and the downfall of Burma as an independent state; The Broken Arrow - a marine detective story by A.A. Jeffries; The Autobiography of a Brigand - Part I - Giuseppe Salomone of Barrafranca, Sicily; In the Land of Perfume - the ancient flowery town of Grasse; The Quest of the "O'Baki" - a Japanese ghost story; Lifting a City - after being destroyed by a tidal wave in 1900 the city of Galveston, Texas is raised several feet to prevent future such disasters; and more. Front cover loose but present. Back cover missing. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Features: Sensational colour-photo ad for red International crawlers inside front cover; Secret Reef (fiction); The Facts about "Infantile Paralysis" - Panic, Publicity and "Polio" - article with photo of patients in iron lungs; Man of Action (fiction); Informative four-page photo feature illustrates all the jobs created by Canada's auto industry; A Show is Built - Canada's National Motor Show in Toronto, and J.L. Stewart, its mastermind; The Red Lake (Ontario) Marines - Gread photo-illustrated article explains how freight is delivered to this isolated mining community by marine railway and winter tractor; The Fur Masters (fiction); Seal Hunter - Captain Abraham Kean brought a million pelts from the Arctic icefields; Frank Calder - Hockey's Biggest Asset; Just So, Jitsu (fiction); Nice half-page illustrated ad for the Honderich Furniture Co. of Milverton, Ontario; Wonderful two-colour, two-page ad for the 1938 Chevrolet (yellow); Excellent two-colour, one-page ad for the 1938 Oldsmobile (red); Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) ad features champion cocker spaniel 'Max', owned by Mrs. Paul Armstrong of Montreal; Crossword completed in pencil. Please note: this copy missing pages 1-6, 33-44, and 53-54. Covers and pages 71-76 loose but present. Above-average wear. A worthy copy of this incomplete but hard-to-find issue. Book
Gorgeous Irving Penn cover photo. 102 pages. Features: "The Evergreen Hills"; Mr. and Mrs. John Russell, Viscountess Hambleden, Countess Attolico di Adelfia - photographed at Mediterranean resorts; "Venice - a Character Reading"; People are talking about - The Kean Sisters; "How to Take Flattery"; Women and Wine; and much more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this glorious vintage issue. Book
Pages 75-144 plus 56 pages of ads. Printed upon glossy stock. Black and white photography throughout. Features: A Suburban Commercial Center; Branch Banks - a field for remodeling; Group Offices for Physicians - an alteration in Los Angeles; The Pennsylvania Drug Company Store, New York City; Modernization as a Community Program; Jeffries Point Branch - an alteration for the Boston Public Library; A Country House at Water Mill, Long Island - The Home of Mrs. Norma T. Johnson; Portfolio of Schools; Dozens of sensational full-page illustrated ads; and much more. Minimal library markings. Average wear. External soiling. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Magazine
64 pages. Features: Wonderful cover art by William Winter illustrates a bustling midway scene at the Canadian National Exhibition (C.N.E.); Colour ad for Deepfreeze fridges inside front cover; Footnote on a Fabulous Canadian, Brig.-Gen. Alfred Cecil Critchley; Great colour ad for the 1953 Pontiac (beige Laurentian Sport Coupe with white roof); Lionel Shapiro Examines the Failure of the 27th Canadian Infantry Brigade Group in Germany - photo-illustrated article (appearing in photos are Leiut. Pat Durocher of Hawkesbury, ON, Sgt. J. Coles of Kingston, ON and Spr. M. Mercredi of Yellowknife; Bruce Hutchison Describes "The Fateful Gamble on the Rhine" - another photo-illustrated article; The Silent Star of Stratford (short story); Windsor, Ontario - The Salty Capital of Southern Canada - photo-illustrated article explains how the town has all but outgrown the juvenile delinquency of its rumrunning days in favor of industrial maturity; Can you Decide to Stay Alive? - The mysterious factor which 'wills' some people to die while other, gravely ill, triumphantly cling to life; Two Ways to Hook a Sucker (short story); Remember When Radio Was King? - great flashback photo-illustrated article; The Wrong Way to Make Millions - rare photo-illustrated article on New Brunswick tycoon K.C. Irving; I'm the Invisible Man; Half-page ad for Winchester shotguns; One-page colour Seagram ad features painting of Quebec by Lorne Bouchard, A.R.C.A.; Nostalgic two-page colour-photo ad for Tex-made bedding; Two-page photo-illustrated Allis-Chalmers ad features eleven action photos of their machines at work in industry; Really nice one-page two-colour ad for GMC trucks features several great photos of vintage trucks; Colour ad for Old Vienna beer shows man trying to bath his shaggy dog; Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) ad includes photo of Mary Cusack of Tracadie Cross, P.E.I.; Colour back cover Coke ad features young man and tennis theme; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Address label was clipped from top corner of front cover. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
64 pages. Features: Nice colour-photo Palmolive soap ad inside front cover; News digest includes 'Nazi change in war strategy', Ukrainia, the Canada of Europe', 'The Black Sea Barrier', A New Front in Caucasia?'; Wanted - More Gridiron Speed - Canadian football article; One-page War Savings Certificates ad shows mother asking son "$5 for $4 Johnny, how would you like that?"; Why Hitler Must Lose the War - Otto Strasser explains; Nobody Ever Told Us (short story); "Isle of Adventure" - Photo-illustrated article on Herschel Island, off the mouth of the Mackenzie River; You Can't Ever Tell About Men (short story); After Midnight (short story); Boss of Britain's War-Workers - photo-illustrated article on Ernest Bevin; The Marquis of Medicine Hat (part 2 of 4); The Return of Laughter - entertainment article; Woodbury cold cream ad features photo of Dorothy Lamour; Sexy two-colour ad for 'almondized' Beautyskin Lingerie; 'Make-a-Light' bicycle generator promotion; Red Seal Cedar Chests ad; Give Your Eyes a Chance - article on proper lighting; One-page illustrated article entitled "Canada is Strong" shows miner drilling, sponsored by Fleischmann's Yeast; Twentieth Century Aladdin's Lamp (short story); Nice one-page illustrated H.J. Heinz ad shows young lady rushing home from shopping to prepare supper; Fashion illustrations; photo of sleeping child submitted by H.C. Aitken of Kentville, N.S.; Nice colour subscription ad for this magazine inside back cover shows Santa; Quotes from around the world; Nice colour-photo Schick Injection Razor ad on back cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality 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
32 pages. Features: A Preacher Tells The Inside Story of Sinclair Lewis and His Preacher Book; A $20,000,000 Bond Issue That Will Cost the Taxpayers $49,500,000 (second in a series presenting some of the hidden features of modern finance underlying public bond issues); Gibson Girls, Gibson Men and the Chicago World's Fair; Japan Looks to America to Prevent Wars - Freedom from Extra Taxation for Armaments What They Most Want - article with wonderful photos; Every Person Has At Least One Book in Him; Henry Ford's Page - Finance Must Get Into Step; Editorials - Professor E.W. Kemmerer and Polish debt, Conspiracy, Fraud, the Elk Hills Oil Reserve, and Messrs. Doheny and Fall, attempt to impeach Judge Frank Cooper for upholding the country's prohibition law; People of the British Isles - The English; A Doctor Looks at Doctors - and sees them as they cannot see themselves; The True Story of Mary's Little Lamb - article with illustration of Mary Elizabeth Sawyer (Mrs. Columbus Tyler) and teacher Miss Polly Kimball; One-page ad (with photo) for Edison - Columbia - Victor recordings of the Old American Dances, as played by the Henry Ford Dance Orchestra; What is a Dollar Worth? (short piece); Chats with Office Callers - Smedley Butler cleans liquor from the San Diego Marine Barracks; Q & A; I Read in the Papers - Controversial play entitled "The Captive" and Otto H. Kahn of Famous Players, Ripon College student Lynn Wells operates a bookstore but carries no inventory, with nearly all his orders going to foreign countries; News Bits; photos of large sailboats inside back cover. Somewhat above-average wear with nibbling along coverfold. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Features: In colour - a Flemish Masterpiece, Portuguese Flowers, and Etna; Mercedes-Benz colour ad.; The Dalai Lama's escape to India - large photo with Mr. Nehru; Polar funeral for Sir H. Wilkins; Balloon House demonstration; The Sun - Part VIII of a Science Series; Treasures of a Ming Emperor - from the Untouched Tomb of Wan-Li; 2-page illustration of navigation aids - the British Decca System and the adopted American V.O.R.-D.M.E.T. system; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
An early issue of this popular and long-lived publication. Pages 226-336. Features: The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont - part V; The Votaries of Eternal Silence - the Monastery of La Trappe; E.G. Henham is Saved by a Horse - an 1891 adventure in North-West Canada; A River of Red Lava - photo-illustrated Hawaiian story by Overend G. Rose; Abandoned - Morgan Andrews was left on a desolate island in Lake Winnipeg for 8 days; (Fantastic) Klondike Pictures supplemented by text; The Voyages of the "Mole Hill"; Curious Birds' Beaks; Pirate Hunting in China - Admiral J. Morseby describes the chasing of pirate junks, the queer incidents that happened, and the extraordinary method by which the pirates were smashed (includes photo of Moresby and illustration of the H.M.S. "Snake"); The Indian Child and His Toys - Ute child Capitano and photos of him, his complete outfit of toys, implements and dolls; Christmas in an African Desert - illustrated article by big-game hunter F.C. Selous; How the "Maid of the Mist" Shot the Niagara Rapids (with illustration of Joel R. Robinson); Parachuting adventure of Captain Bidmead (with photos); and more. Front cover loose but present. Few pencil markings. A worthy vintage copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Fascinating news bits inside front cover; Merry Richmond, Virginia - Rich in Romance/The Rare Old Traditions are still Undimmed; Letting in the Alien (Immigration) Flood - Why? - Relatives have relatives and the Perlman Bill would admit them all; Two Dozen Ways to Keep Sane - ways of thinking and living cause mental breakdowns; Woodrow Wilson - Taker of Chances (part 4); The Drama of Our Youth - village theatricals when father and mother were characters in the play; Mr. (Henry) Ford's Page - he talks about the mirage of the 'saturation point' of a service; Editorials - foreigners involved in crime, prohibition, controversial reporting about Russia, the Mexican/US border, Mr. Trotsky (Braunstein) takes another fling at the U.S., Winston Churchill and the cancellation of war debt; Literary Fakers and Their Fakes - Wherein the delightful 'Spectra' Hoax is told and the Eulogists of Modern and Ultra-Modern Verse are engulfed in sorrow; A Dinosaur Breaks into History - if man drew a pictograph from life, it upsets many theories; What to do to make life worthwhile - many people consider that a college education and 'success' are synonymous, but here are some people who are of the opposite opinion; Paul Revere tells his own story - family archives furnish new light on Patriot's Famous Ride into Lexington; Chats with Office Callers;There is nothing new under the sea - how Robert Fulton Demonstrated Submarines Over a Hundred Years Ago; When Cliff House Went Really Dry - the once famous San Francisco Resort Sees Changed Days; How to Steal Apples - loopholes of law which enable fruit marauders to defy mantraps, spring guns and the farmer's bulldog; Co-operation Saves Workers From Death - employees of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company at Los Angeles fight Tuberculosis, the Great White Plague, at the Lone Wolf Colony; How the Indians Made Sugar; Beating the Grain of Mustard Seed - nurseryman George Klehm can grow a 35' elm tree in six years; A Dance a Week - The Lancers ("Oriental) with first violin sheet music (continued); Back cover quote from Benjamin Harrison about national expansion. Average wear. Unmarked. Middle page loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Pages: 197-224. Colour centerfold illustration of "An act of vandalism that shocked the civilised world - the destruction of the peerless cathedral of Rheims. Contains conclusion of chapter 12 and first part of chapter 13 which is entitled "The British Grand Fleet Puts to Sea". Photos include: Belgian artillery; Destroyed bridges; Termonde; Rheims (before); German prisoners in Antwerp; Admiral Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe; The British Grand fleet putting to sea; Fleet of British Dreadnoughts; and more. Above-average wear. Covers secured by tape. Bit of writing atop page 197. Book
Pages 217-271 plus 52 pages of ads. Printed upon glossy stock. Black and white photography throughout. Features: Tennis Stadium at Hamilton, Bermuda; Hillside Group Housing; Portfolio of Current Architecture; Minnesota Federal Jail Competition; Planning for Laundry Efficiency; Air Conditioning (part 2); Checklist of Air Conditioning Equipment; Dozens of sensational full-page illustrated ads; and much more. Minimal library markings. Average wear. External soiling. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Magazine
