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Harcover in-8, 266 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur. Bel exemplaire. [BL-9]
294 pages including index. Examines what technology is going to mean to you financially, where the best job prospects will be, and how changes in the health care and educations systems will affect you and your family. Author is considered to by Canada's leading futurist. Book
176 pages including index. Average wear and soiling. A common-sense gardening book you will want to take in your hand when you have a job to do, just as you would any gardening tool. Covers: self-pruning, corrective pruning, top pruning, flower bearing plants, fruit-bearing trees, shrubs and vines, hedge pruning, shade trees and evergreens, root pruning. Some pencil underlining. Book
168 pages. The story of James E. "Ted" Wilson, written in co-operation with marine author S.C. Heal. Captain Wilson went to his first seagoing job as deckboy out of Victoria, at the early age of 14, in 1933. His colourful career saw him working his way through the ranks in British Columbia coast towboats from deckhand to mate and eventually as a licensed master. Includes black and white illustrations. Unmarked. Very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
22 pages. Features: How "The Godfather" transformed the careers of Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, James Caan, Rober De Niro, Robert Duvall and Talia Shire - article with photos; The Franzese Papers - What is the Mafia Really Like?; Loto Mania - What lies behind Canada's favourite obsession?; Nice colour-photo full-page ad for the all-new 1978 Ford Bronco; Christmas Vocation - Five department store Santas reveal what their job is like; The Legacy of War - Photos of Canadian Wounded War Veterans - with haunting brief write-ups - Leslie Miller, William Caswell, George Skilton, Jack Lyons, Neil Buchanan, William Dodd, Gertrude Beere, John Birse, George Burleigh, John Logan, Aubrey Winch; Michel Vaillancourt - one of Canada's few equestrians of international stature; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
202 pages. Provides easy-to-follow plans for saving, investing and preserving your hard-earned money. You'll discover how you can minimize the impact of job loss, divorce and other difficult times. You'll also find out how you can fully enjoy the good times. You'll also see how you can help your children plan for their futures. Prior owner's name inside front cover else unmarked. Clean. Light to moderate wear. Nice copy. Book
176 pages. An offering of some working poems written from inside specific jobs and the working life. "As noted in the introduction to Beaton Abbot, so much English poetry has dealt with the themes of love and death, and so little before now has dealth with the themes of love and death, and so little before now has dealt with the subject that preoccupies most of the human race for most of our time alive on the earth." - from introduction. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding tight and square. Nice copy. Book
in-8°, 294 pp., broche, couv. illustree. Bel exemplaire (pli a la couv.). [DV-16]
Book is in excellent condition in bright yellow cloth HB covers, gilt print at spine. 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 has several closed tears, edge wear, now wrapped in clear protective cover. 128 pages with a great many b&w photos, often full page, some two-page, all taken on the street of New York city in the 70's. Previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. Contents include: City kids, city games, Skillzies, Ropes, Tops, Float tag, Ringolevio, Pony, Hopscotch, Fences/benches, Swings, Psych job, Stoopball, Stickball, Handball, Chinese wallball, Boxball, Basketball, Football, Street hockey, Pigeons, etc.
16 pages. Features: Americans, Be on Guard!; Are We No Longer A Sovereign Nation? - According to Prof. Usher, Roosevelt Betrayed the United States into English Vassalage, by Frederick F. Schrader; Germany and American, by Rudolf Eucken; To Theodore Roosevelt - a poem by Joseph Bernard Rethy; An Open Letter to Colonel Roosevelt, by Dr. Edmund von Mach; The American Americans, by Frank Putnam; Ad Caesarem - a poem by Alfred Ramsey; The Lynching of Dernburg; England's Paper Offensive; "English Murder" says Hobson; Prominent statesmen on Lusitania Case - General opinion that Americans took their lives in their hands as passengers on emeny ship; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact but beginning to loosen. A worthy copy. (Please note that "The Cartoon of the Week" on page 11 is a blank spot on the page, seemingly from a printing error.) Magazine
160 pages. Features: Castro's War on Capitalism in Cuba; Counting Heads - the first U.S. census was no easy job; Juvenile Integrity Starts in the Home; The Korean Myth - Misconceptions Americans have about Korea; 1960 Version of "The Little Red Hen"; Cold War in International Athletics - opposing Communist athletes intent on propaganda; The Tenth Man - baseball's most important player can be the groundskeeper; Facts Russia Does Not Tell; School Teaching Beats Working for a Living; The Truly Satisfying Life; The China Clipper; Who are the Metrocrats?; Listen to This; Honey - Nutritious Nostrum; Who Wants to Abolish the HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)?; They Tamed the Wild Missouri River; Is There Free Speech?; The greatest Train Robbery; Walter, The Adaptable Weasel; A Kentucky Political Education; Don't Let your Shoulder Freeze; This Is Christianity - Young Korean Joon Gon Kim's Ministry to Communists; You Can Do Something; Those Modern Eskimos; A Return to Common Sense in Education - Pennsylvania teacher shuns methods that produce illiterate blockheads; The Organization Mother; January-June 1960 Index. Back cover Flag Day coverage features lovely photo of youngsters Kay and Tony of the Dario Politella family of Lindenhurst, Long Island. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
24 pages. "Dedicated to Sgt. Pilot Bernt Barge, to the 34 S.F.T.S. of the R.A.F., and to all those pilots who know..." - from title page. The author's colour illustrations humourously present the problems (gremlins) which could befall WWII aviators. Unmarked. Contents clean and bright. Light external soiling and peripheral wear. Binding sound. A high-quality copy of this vintage item. Book
84 pages. Short Stories: Alexander Botts, Security Agent; The Day of the Hanging; Beauty and the Beatnik; Prowler in the House. Articles: Civil Defense - a National Disgrace; Hollywood's Late-Blooming Redhead; His Grace Will Do Anything - the Most Noble John Robert Russell, thirteenth Duke of Bedford, resorts to screwball antics to pay taxes on his ancestral estate; The Face of America - Cold, Clear and Deep - fantastic color photo of swimmers with (an intact) Mount St. Helens in background; Are Pipe Smokers People?; The Struggle To Get Jimmy Hoffa - Part 3 - The Labor Boss Leaves a Paper Trail of strange financial dealings; My Baseball Farmhands - John Mullen, boss of the Milwaukee Braves, describes the stars and flops he's uncovered in his job of developing big-league players; Secrets of a Lion Tamer - article on Mel Koontz with great color photos. Serials: Mark of Treachery (part 1 of 8); Death Walk (part 3 of 6). Ads: Colgate toothpaste; Portland Cement Association - featuring photo of Phil (Scooter) Rizzuto; AC Spark Plug ad features color illustrations of Janet Blair and John Raitt; Chrysler (Windsor two-door); Pall Mall cigarettes; Frigidaire pink refrigerator-freezer; Northern Tissue; L&M cigarettes - back cover color-photo ad featuring James Arness. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
171 pages. Only light wear and soiling. Quarter inch tear to bottom of back cover. "If you're bored with your job and hate getting up in the morning to go to work, maybe it's time you looked for another way to make a living. Hundreds of other Canadians have done just that... created their own jobs and turned their lives around. Author talked to them and found out why so many people across this country want to work for themselves and how they made it possible." - from the front cover. Detailed looks at more than 20 people and how they changed their lives. Book
76 pages. Features: Full-page ad for CKNW featuring photo of Jim Robson; Photos of Canuck management; Great full-page ad for CJOR featuring Jack Webster photo; Nice colour photo of Bobby Orr inside front cover as part of Yardley ad; Phil Goyette Has a Big Job in Front of Him; Meet the Rugged Larry Bolonchuk; The Islanders have paid a price to play in the NHL; Photos of Canuck Players; History - How the NHL Grew; Islanders - player photos; Orland Kurtenbach - the rookie - the player; What's New in Seattle?; Brian Spencer Has Guts - article plus full-page ad for Butler Tire featuring Spencer; Remember the New York Americans?; More Players Using Helmets; Royal Bank Player of the Week - Barry Wilkins; Nice feature on Greg Boddy; plus many great vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. Centerfold loose but present. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
76 pages. Features: Nice colour photo Yardley ad inside front cover features Bobby Orr; Great full-page ad for CKNW/98 features photo of Jim Robson photo; Bill White and Pat Stapleton are the Pride of Chicagp; Stan Mikita Deserves More Recognition; Vic Stasiuk's Practices are Never Dull; The NHL Will Soon Shop in Europe for Players; Canuck photos; Top Stars of the Game; Canucks' Young Defence in Action; Tony Esposito Flopped his way to Stardom; Canucks' Schedule; Great full-page CJOR/60 ad featuring photo of Jack Webster; Centerfold loose but present; Tony Esposito is featured in a full-page ad for Butler Tire Ltd; Photo of J. Paul McConnell in CKWX/1130 ad; The Job of an NHL Scout; Dunc Wilson - Royal Bank Player of the Week; Nice Dennis Hull Feature on back page; plus many great vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 169-252 + 20 pages of nice ads, Features: Lost in a Cave - three men suffer in a newly-discovered cavern in the Cumberland Mountains of Kentucky; "Ju-Ju" and its Spell - the notorious city of Benin and the ill-omened "Palace of Blood" where human sacrifice once took place almost daily - article with great photos; The Mountain of Gold - part1 - a trip to Canada; "Tinclad" - a boat constructed of stolen material for a daring prison escape; A Tenderfoot in Canada - part 1 - H.P. Musson ventures across Canada and secures his first job; The "Devil-Leopard" of Poosapally - it killed 30 people; The Uninvited Guest - an Indian Panther tale; The Ming Jar - what happened after a collector purchased a choice example from a temple near Canton; Mazulla and his Sahib - part 2 - an inspiring record from India - with photo of Mazulla and two of his children; In Quest of the "Bearded Boar" - in search of a trophy of this rare species located on an island in the Dutch East Indies; Across North America in a Motor-Boat - conclusion - Triumphant arrival in New York City - article with photos; Tobacco Redeemer (smoking cessation) ad inside back cover. Unmarked. Above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
128 pages. Features: Turning Students into Artists at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Drawing for the Movies; Getting into Detail; Drawings of Kathe Kollwitz; Understanding the Foot; Perspective and Interiors; The Right Tool for the Job; The Power of Darkness; Using Values to Create Dramatic Drawings; Portraits as a Vehicle of Self-Expression; Under Michelangelo's Spell. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
88 pages. Features: Vogue's-Eye View of Summer Fashions; New fashions, pleasures, and politics in Paris today; Waists dwindle at Paris Mid-Seasons - great Horst photos; Murder in the Art Galleries; One-page colour portrait of Mrs. Edgar Scott (Number 6 in a series); Cherchez la femme - an illustrated article on lipstick; Beautiful one-page color-illustrated ad for Bergdorf Goodman features lady seated by cabana with white dog; Random notes on waists, women and what-not; Summer Stock; This Summer's Debutantes - photos of Colette Gay, Mary Steel, Elizabeth Gibson, Rosamund Reed, Marjorie Flagg, Margaret Harper, Mary Filley, Elizabeth Kean, Dorothy Blackwell, Margot Finletter, Ann Wickes, Elizabeth Putnam and Barbara Iselin; Photos and brief write-ups of Barry Fitzgerald, Patricia Collinge, Morris Carnovsky, Hal Sherman and Sam Jaffe; House of Jewels at the Fair - with lovely one-page color photo; Color-illustrated article on 'Color - for the sand and sea'; Gorgeous one-page color photo of model in blue and white-striped dress in front of green-striped backdrop; Country Dinner - skirts or trousers?; Italy sends fashions to the Fair; Young ideas for your home life; Good for your Game - golf fashion photos; Picasso, Degas and Zola - samples of their photography; Come to Lunch on Sunday; Great photos of how a woman should look - and not look - when seeking a job; Two gorgeous one-page photos of models with little waists in dinner wear; Designs for dressmaking; Shop-hound's Early Crop; Discoveries in Beauty; Augustus John; For Mothers of Tomorrow; Cast on these sweaters; and more. Ads: Color photo ad for Cannon towels inside front cover; Bonwit Teller (shoes); Two-page ad for Lucien Lelong Carefree Perfume and Cologne; Two-page ad for the Cunard White Star and its vessel the Mauretania which will make her maiden voyage from New York on June 30th; Great one-page color-photo ad for the La Salle five-passenger four-door touring sedan (green); One-page photo ad for Oldsmobile cars; Imra; Jacqueline Cochran Cosmetics; Fantastic one-page ad for the new Lastex Pagan Charm Girleiere by Formfit; Campbell's Consomme (Soup); Pond's Cold Cream - featuring photos of Lady Rosemary Gresham of England, the Hon. Ann Schaughnessy in Montreal, Mrs. Robert W. Armstrong of Toronto, the former Ann Clark (now a Roosevelt), the Lady Cynthia Williams and Mrs. Nicholas R. du Pont of Wilmington; Gorgeous two-color one-page ad for Lentheric fragrances; Old Gold Cigarettes - with photo of World's Fair Gown; One-page two-color Helena Rubenstein lipstick ad introduces new color 'Sporting Pink'; Nice one-page two-color ad for Bourjois's Mais Oui fragrance; Le Gant's "Sta-up-Top"; Revlon cream nail enamel; Tasteful leggy one-page ad for Bellin's Wondersteoen magic hair eraser; One-page ad by Japan's Board of Tourist Industry promotes tourism to that country; Fantastic color ad inside back cover features the Lincoln Zephyr V-12 in a desert scene; Nice color-photo Fisher Body ad on back cover features seaman standing by lady in red Pontiac. Faint hand-written name upon front cover otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Short openings at each end of backstrip. Binding intact. A sound and complete copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
vi + 263 pages, appendix, references, index. eng
86 pages. Articles: Chiselers' Holidy - long vacations on unemployment money; Our Job in Italy - Communism isn't beaten yet; The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins (5) - further negotiations with Stalin/the true story of the Atlantic Charter; Dancing-School Bonanza - the big business of teaching rumba, samba and tango; Joan of Arc - the movie starring Ingrid Bergman; Guinea Pig for Cancer - an experiment with atomic energy; Warren Warm-Up - appraising California's governor as a presidential candidate. Fiction: Ring-Shy; Death Had a Voice; The Man Who Painted Himself Blue; What Would You Do?; The Branble Bush (part 3 of 5); The General was an Honest Man. Ads include: Heinz ketchup (great photo ad); Toastmaster; Vitalis (with Lloyd Mangrum); Philco; Crosley fridges; Hudson cars; Auto-Lite spark plugs (featuring Ann Sheridan); Firestone Super-Balloon tires; Chevrolet trucks; 1949 Ford cars; Coke - large illustration of soda fountain; Dodge Trucks; Lord Calvert Whiskey - featuring full-page color-photo of author Hassoldt Davis; Walt Disney's "Melody Time" movie; Trailways bus lines; Lucky Strike cigarettes (back cover). Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
64 pages. Features: Charming cover illustration of cute little car cutting in front of 'Mammoth Transport' by William Winter; Colour-photo Marboleum ad inside front cover features wild 1940s interior design; One-page 1949 Chevrolet ad features a green Styleline De Luxe 2-door sedan; One-page two-colour (yellow and black) Canadian Army recruiting ad shows soldier playing baseball; Photo of Jean Simmons in J. Arthur Rank ad; Is radio doing its job in Canada?; Half-page ad for colourful Monarch-knit socks; Nice one-page colour ad for the 1948 Meteor car; We Have a Thousand Days - Civilian radar expert warns Canadians that it is later than we think, and that our defence thinking is out of date - 'we cannot afford to waste 90 centes out of each defense dollar for tradition'; Alderman at the Back Door (short story); Halifax, Nova Scotia - photo-illustrated article by Hugh MacLennan; A Sensitive Man (short story); Lorne Greene - fast man with a voice - wonderful photo-illustrated article; All that Glitters (short story); Nice colour one-page ad for the 1949 Mercury (blue); Morley Callaghan discusses 'Love at forty'; Lovely one-page colour Pontiac ad features a maroon Fleetleader sport coupe, blue Fleetleader De Luxe 4-Door Sedan, cream Chieftain De Luxe 4-Door Sedan and gold Streamliner De Luxe Sedan Coupe; Quarter-page La-Z-boy ad; Mr. (Morley) Callaghan Comes to Town - photo-illustrated article on 'To Tell the Truth', the first Canadian play to hit the Royal Alexander Theatre in Toronto for 42 years; I'd Hate to be a Wife (humorous article); Nice colour one-page ad for the 1949 Ford Custom car; Nice colour-photo one-page ad for Singer Sewing Centers; Half-page two-colour ad for Canadian General Electric home appliances; Attractive 3/4-page colour ad for a new Yardley perfume called Lotus; Classy one-page colour ad for Snyder's Furniture of Waterloo, Ontario; Fashion article with photos; Classy cheesecake-style two-colour ad for Nemo 'Sensation' Girdles features lady on floor playing with cat; How to keep the kiddies busy; Seagram's one-page colour ad features nice illustration of British Columbia hand-loggers falling a huge fir; Easter recipes; Nice one-page colour ad for Swift's Premium Easter hams; Inside back cover is a nice colour ad for the 1949 (red) Ford Monarch; Carling's ad on back cover explains tree roots and their importance; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A nice copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
64 pages. Features: Refugees - Allies or Enemies? - article with heart-rending photos of refugees in Spain, China, Austria and Poland, plus photos and brief write-ups of 32 influential people who are also refugees (i.e. Einstein); Two Mothers - and Two Sons - the mothers of Bulgarian Communist George Dimitroff and Joseph Stalin; The Swiss Keep Guard - the job of these white troops is to make sure their country shall never become a second Finland; This Wasn't New in 1899 - interesting parachute history; The Life Story of Pope Pius XII; A Girl Prepares for Spring - spa treatments to freshen up ladies after winter; What it Means To-day to be a Merchant Seaman - one page photo of lifeboats pulling away from the sinking "Clan Stuart"; ; The Return of the Horse - Hitler's effect on British roads; Diary of the War, No. 30 - The Twenty-Eighth Week - with photo of Hitler visiting his wounded troops, and a large photo of British Cavalry on horseback in Nazareth; Cartoon by Low shows Hitler and Stalin pouring alcohol into the brains of their cannon fodder; Cargo for Delivery; France is Fighting; Full-page ad for Moussec champagne; Nice back cover ad for Sultanas (a useful wartime food); Many other wonderfully nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy. Magazine
44 pages. Features: Fantastic War Savings Stamps ad by the National War Finance Committee inside front cover shows silhouette of Hitler whispering into ear of housewife, encouraging her to "Go on, Spend it... What's the difference?"; Nice colour Ritz cracker ad shows serviceman being served by young lovely; News digest includes 'The Case of Madagascar', 'Mr. Churchill's Warning about Gas', and 'Rationing Our Canadian Supplies'; Editorial discusses advertising and wartime rationing; Back Yark Job (short story); The Riddle of Rubber - photo-illustrated article on rubber and synthetic rubber with fascinating photos from Ceylon, Russia and the U.S.; Bermuda on the Hudson (short story); Britannia Rules Beneath the Waves - great photo-illustrated article on Britains submarine forces with photos of the H.M. "Thunderbolt", H.M. "Sea-Wolf", and crewmembers in various scenes; Not Like Nicky (short story); Born Scared (short story); Hollywood photos and news; Fashion article; Delphic Oracle (short story); Pepsodent ad features photos of twins Margaret and Marilyn Rick; On the Kitchen Front - article provides jam and jelly tips, hints for feeding under-fives, hot weather menus, and contest results; Swift's Premium colour-photo ad includes illustration of Martha Logan; Nice half-page illustrated ad for Sisman's Scampers (kids' shoes); Beauty and Fashions article discusses bathing suits and slacks; Woodbury Powder ad features photo of Paulette Goddard; Photo of child submitted by Ann L. Seaton of Port Arthur, Ontario; Rare ad for Hollywood Patterns inside back cover lists the over 600 Canadian stores where they may be purchased; Back cover colour ad for Marboleum Flooring includes illustration of naval corvette at sea; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
72 pages. Features: "Canada is Strong", one-page ad shows Canadian farmer tilling land; One-page Singer sewing machine ad features Mrs. S. Armstrong of Montreal; News Digest discusses Yugolsavia's 'purge', Slav vs. Teuton again, Washington News, and an 'inside job' for Hitler; Frigidaire ad; We Blockade the Continent - article with fascinating map explains wartime trade complications; Slave Labour Under the Nazi Scourge - Fascinating photo-illustrated article written by Oskar Lutze, a former trade-union official of Berlin; The Slide on Short Mountain (short story); War and Canada's Golden Age - article explains how Canada will benefit from WWII; The Designing Wench (short story); The Running Man (short story); Inside the Gestapo - conclusion of fascinating article about a strange and fatal bunch of documents, with photos of Franz von Papen and Countess Vera Fugger; Bluff by Holloway Horn (short story); The Woes of Wives; Longines watch ad includes photo of Sir Hubert Wilkins; Gay Garden Gadgets; Half-page Canadian Pacific ad for the Banff Springs Hotel; Hollywood news and photos; Photo of Norma Shearer in Woodbury cold cream ad; Nostalgic 1941 Chevrolet centrefold ad encourages readers to be "Feature-Wise", with illustrations of dozens of features available in their cars; Men and Their Wardrobes; Treasure in Strange Places; With Love from the Luftwaffe - article on German bombing of Britain; Birth of a Lipstick; Maple Leaf Fund - article with photo of Victor T. Goggin, President of the Fund; Department of National War Services half-page ad says "Save Scrap Metals, Rags, Paper and Bones"; Norway Fights On - one year after the Germans invaded; Watch Your Step; The Small Room (short story); Swimming and Health; Serve Them, They Serve You - cooking article with recipes; Fashion illustrations; Classy War Savings Certificates ad inside back cover shows mother with kids on hilltop and her 'pledge to them - and to Canada'; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this extraordinary wartime issue. Book