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91 pages plus many pages of wonderful vintage ads. Features: A detailed narrative of General Korniloff's 300 mile Escape from the Austrians back to the Russian lines; Some Exciting Experiences with Rhinos, by J.A. Jordan - with photos; Hindengerg's Death Trap - a terrible tragedy befalls the Russian armies amid the Masurian Lakes; The Pygmy People of Mount Marviveles in the Phillipines - the Negritos, or "little Negroes" - with photos; The Vengeance of Eugene Ristori - The Five-Year Story of a Corsican Murder Vendetta which ends in Panama; The House of the Chained Bear - a night of terror in the wilds of Transcaucasia; On the Borders of Tibit - Part 2, by Reginald Farrer, with nice photos; The Three Scarlet Feathers - the terrible experience of a white man who got into the black books of Voodoo people in Hayti (Haiti); A Flying Man in South Africa - Part 3 of John G. Barron's adventures - illustrated; My Experiences as a "Wild Girl" - Carl L. Thompson of Seattle and his strange job; Round Labrador and Hudson Bay - Part 4 - E.W. Hawkes' adventures, with great Eskimo photos; The Snake-Charmer's Vengeance - Alexander Feely recounts a circus tale; Our Catch - an extract from the diary of a Lieutenant of Alpine Chasseurs which describes how six Alpine Chasseurs bluffed three hundred Huns, with eight officers, into surrendering without a fight. Photo of Shrovetide Football at Ashbourne in Derbyshire. Harris-Goar Jewelry ad on back cover. Nice ad for Baseball Magazine Co. Great full-page ad for Canada Steamship Lines. Above-average external wear. Binding intact. Bit of writing atop front cover. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
63 pages. Features: I betrayed my country and the woman I love - the Lonsdale spy ring - Harry Houghton is now serving 15 years for selling British naval secrets to the Russians (Part 1 of 2); Pirates with the (Sir Tyrone) Guthrie Touch - a famed director brings Gilbert and Sullivan back to life; Robert Goulet lets his hair go straight again; TLC - a new way with the mentally ill - a new PEI program of placing patients with foster families - key figure is Mary Farmer; Tommy Douglas tackles a new job - as New Democratic Party (NDP) leader he admits "it's going to be tough" - he leaves Regina for Ottawa - lengthy text with many photos; Noel Coward's musical Sail Away; A Tartan reflects Muskoka's Charms - Mrs. Eileen Kirkvaag; Canary Islanders have a whistle language; Decorative hats (helmets) for motoring women; Great young Canadian runners Bruce Kidd of Toronto and Walter Williams of Minto New Brunswick; Nipper by Doug Wright. Nice colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
Features: Runners of the Woods, by Samuel Merwin; How the Colleges Pursue the Stars, by Ben Friedman; The Scratches on the Glass - IX, by Gladys Blake; Catherine Blows the Horn, by C.A. Stephens; Chrysler '70' ad on page 397; How to Make Real Bows and Arrows - II; A Summer Job That Pays, by William Bang; Attention Eight! - what the Captain of teh Senior Crew at Wellesley thinks girls whould like to know about Rowing. Nice Grape Nuts ad on back cover. Average wear. Book
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Florence & Cripple Creek - famous narrow-gauge line of an earlier day hauled rich ores through a scenic empire; The Ma & Pa - two narrow-gauge lines were the ancestors of this successful and picturesque standard gauge railroad; 18 Selected Railroad Photographs; Railroad Photography; The Railroad Treasurer - Handling a railroad's money is as big a job as handling its cars and locomotives; Milwaukee Road S-2; Tintic, Utah; A Locomitive is Born - the engineering department strives for a design that will meet all operating needs; Wow! - Two-page photo of Union Pacific No. 4002 - the world's biggest. Average soiling and wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Lake St. Tower - focal point of the entire Chicago & North Western Railway is the six-track terminal throat; Off the Beaten Track - Round Trip Tickets are Honoured over this interesting mountain branch of the Northern Pacific; Passenger Agent - Making friends by satisfying passengers is his job - satisfied passengers ship freight too; Mother Hubbard Locomotives - Wide fire boxes of anthracite-burning locos crowded the cab forward; Keeping the Line Open - The railroads, more than any other private enterprise, strive to maintain service and give relief in major disasters; Now and Then - Cripple Creek Short Line in Colorado; Cross Roads of the North - Rouses Point, New York, first served by Champlain & Ogdensburg Raiway, now part of Rutland system; A Streamliner is Born - Dixie Flagler is one of three new high speed trains, pioneers in fast Chicago-Miami service; Wabash Railway at Chicago - best time of year for photographing Wabash locomotives is now - best place is Landers Yard - many locomotive photos; Illinois Central 4-6-0. Small date stamp atop front cover. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: The Unbeatable Class H - C&NW Northern-type locomotive; Railroads at the Front - portable railroads do a better job of military supply with less manpower; Forgotten Railroad - Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway was typical of the more pretentious mining roads of the West; The Twentieth Century - 40-year-old first-class extra-fare train has earned 150 million dollars for New York Central; Nation's Crossroads - 18 trunk railroads serve St. Louis, the second most important rail center in North America; Train maps of St. Louis and Vicinity; The Maine Two-Footers - five separate railroads made a 214-mile empire of two-foot gauge only a few years ago; Monon Metabolism. Average wear and soiling. Centerfold loose but present, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Magazine
28 pages. Features: Would you die for your country?; Dancer Ann Ditchburn - article with colour photo; Colour ad for the Eddie Bauer Snap-Jac; Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau - article with photos; Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales at age 30; The story of Hollywood - article with colour photos; A day in the life of Pierre Cardin; Mud and Blood - Passchendaele in WWI; Fighting for Peace - Canadian Peacekeepers (The Princess Pats) in Cyprus; Job Description of Windsor Mayor Bert Weeks - short article with photo; A Wonderful Time - A wonderful sampling of the collection of over 35,000 Canadian postcards owned by Allan Anderson and Betty Tomlinson; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Leg. edit. tutta tela verde cm. 36x29; splendido il piatto ant. con ill.ne policroma: cornice floreale con corone di alloro agli angoli e, all'interno, gli argomenti trattati impr. in oro, al centro bella immagine con coccarda tricolore, aquile in oro, nastri e serti d'alloro tutti dorati, al centro tit. in oro; impressione a secco al piatto poster., pp. 80 n.n., frontesp. a due colori (nero e rosso) con incis. al centro, praticam. ogni pag. è illustrata e quasi sempre a piena pag., alcune a doppia pagina con splendidi disegni di Job. Ottima copia, solo una scritta a matita blu all'occh.
Édition originale. Bel album illustré de 60 en couleurs. Bel exemplaire en parfait état.
144 pages. Features: A Defence of Sacred Measures; Governor Brown at the Mental Hospitals; Cops Without Guns; Language, Thought, & Disease; Earl Butz Versus Wendell Berry; Botanic Architecture; Solar Water Heaters in Florida 1923-1978; Job Sharing is Good; I Was Armand Hammer; Strange True Roach Story; How to Use Road Kills; Clunker Bikes; On Story Telling; and much more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
92 pages. Short Stories: The Love Potion; Above & Beyond; Nightmare Beach; Big Joe's Dilemma. Novelette - Bannigan's War. Articles: Brazil's Own Wild West - with photo of Texas-born Alex Henry who planted coffee trees in Parana; The Innocent and the Guilty - Who Killed Susan Hansen? (part 2 of 5); The Face of America - Natural Scoop; TV's Rebellious Cowboy - feature article on Richard Boone of 'Have Gun Will Travel'; Who Needs Jets? - these die-hard aeronauts restore old flying machines; They Tried to Teach Me Charm - the author joined Government secretaries and politicians' wives at charm schools to learn what secrets aid in holding a man, a conversation, or a job; Doctor of the Big U - Dr. John Edward Sheedy is chief surgeon of the S.S. United States, the world's fastest passenger liner; Adventures of the Mind - The Small World. Serial - The Secret of Sidewinder Gulch (part 6 of 7). Ads: General Electric Frost-Free Freezers; DeBeers (featuring painting of lady by Colleen Browning; Dial Soap; Nostalgic color-photo one-page ad for the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp. features red-haired kid eating huge slab of watermelon; Excellent Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup ad featuires smiling young boy at the lunch table; Employers Mutuals of Wausau ad features Red Owl Stores, Inc. of Hopkins, MN, with photo of President Alf L. Bergerud and employees at work; Nice two-page color-photo ad for US Steel features chef and housewife cooking lobster; Nice color Schlitz Beer ad inside back cover features party food; Color-photo Cheerios ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
238 pages including black and white plates. "I found out for the first time, while reading this book, that I almost didn't get the Bruins' coaching job. that was a shocker... This is one of those super books you won't want to put down." - Don Cherry, Hockey Night in Canada. Contents clean, bright and unmarked. Yellow boards show moderate wear and soiling. Solid copy. Book
238 pages including black and white plates. Author's signature upon half-title page. "I found out for the first time, while reading this book, that I almost didn't get the Bruins' coaching job. that was a shocker... This is one of those super books you won't want to put down." - Don Cherry, Hockey Night in Canada. Clean, bright and unmarked. Negligible wear. Beautiful copy. Book
72 pages. Features: Two-page ad for British Aircraft Corporation's 'Vigilant' one-man anti-tank missile; Nukes are no Answer; Stability - It's Wonderful; Transplacement - Opportunity and ChallengeNew Syllabus at 1st ITR; Vertical Envelopment, 1944 - mission to seize Arnheim and approaches and hold for D+2 link-up with Allied armor driving north - operation failed; Supply - a Function of Fightin'; Carrier CAS in AFSOUTH - a fast rundown on carrier air support doctrine used by NATO forces in Southern Europe; Marine Corps Reserve; Morale - a State of Mind; Retirement Job Outlook; Houd the Enemy - dogs are more effective than costly radar and infra-red devices; Where Will You Serve?; Baseplate McGurk; Transfers and Promotions; Kaman Huskie helicopter ad on back cover; and more. Covers detached but present. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
60 pages. Features: *Beautiful* colour ad for International Harvester's Diesel TracTractors inside front cover; The Dionne Quints are featured in an ad for Remington noiseless portable typewriters; Bush Job (fiction); The Wartime Prices Board - photo and article; Beverley Baxter comments on Finland's resistance against Bolshevism and the Imperial Russian forces; "Miz Perkins" (fiction); Canada's Fighting Forces - Part 4 - Soldiers of French Canada - article with photos; Blizzard Honeymoon (fiction); Solver of Air Riddles - The story of Wallace Rupert Turnbull, a Canadian who invented the controllable pitch propeller - article with photos; Wings of Hazard (fiction, part 4 of 5); Dodge car ad; An argument to scrap the Alaska Highway project; Ford V-8 colour ad; Dodge Truck ad; Plymouth ad; Fargo Truck ad; Nice colour photo ad for Oldsmobile; Hockey player Gordie Drillon is featured in an Alka-Seltzer ad along with Syl Apps, Red Horner and Billy Taylor; Humorous Lifebuoy soap ad used the B.O. (body odour) scare to promote sales; Hinds hand cream ad featuring "Honey" the beauty advisor; Nice photo ad for Heinz spaghetti follows the product from farm to plate; Colour photo ad for the 1940 Studebaker Champion inside back cover; Nice Coke ad on back cover shows man in suit checking his pocket watch while eating lunch. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
100 pages. Features: Cover illustration of St. Joseph's Convent on Toronto's Bay Street, with nuns raking fall leaves; The dream of Rt. Hon. L.S. Amery - his son Julian became an M.P. but son John was hanged for wartime pro-Nazi broadcasts; Nice two-page colour-photo ad for General Motors trucks presents a blue pickup and a red 2-ton stake truck; Vintage one-page photo ad for the Toro "Power Handle which allowed one motor to power numerous yard care attachments; What Virtue Has Done to Montreal - excellent photo-illustrated article discusses how the girls are being chased out of town and the bars being forced to close on time - with photos of Frank Pretula, Louis Greco, Pierre DesMarais, Jean Drapeau, Pax Plante, Armand Courval, and members of the morality squad; The Miracle that began in a Stable - Dr. J.G. Fitzgerald and the history of his Connaught Laboratories which makes vaccines - photo-illustrated article; How to Handle Women; Photo-illustrated article on the unlikeliest couple in show business - George Murray and Shirley Harmer; Will a Machine Ever Take Your Job? - Article on what automation will mean to Canada; The Great Chinese Food Hoax - colour-photo-illustrated article on how Canada's Cantonese cooks are now being recognized for their delicious Chinese dishes, rather than the Canadian food they had been preparing in their cafes; The Great Carlak's Bitter Magic (short story); Life on the Gulf Islands - great photo-illustrated article on the 4,000 Canadians enjoying the dream of living on an island in the Pacific - with photos of Margaret Robinson, George Copeland, Bob Holloman, Derril Georgeson, Winnie Lautmann, Norm Preston, and Mr. and Mrs. A. King; Who Was the Mad Trapper of Rat River? - Illustrated article on Albert Johnson who shot others before being killed by a posse; How I Made my Killing in the Market - all you need is a few bucks and some 'inside dope'; One-page National Cash Register (NCR) colour ad features lovely redhead; Color ad features the Sheraton-Carlton Hotel, Washington, D.C.; Haig & Haig whisky ad features nice colour photo of Eilean Donan Castle; Sisman Tredders shoe ad features photo and endorsement by Lloyd Percival; Nice one-page colour Sylvania TV ad; Half-page Homelite ad shows large tree being brought down; Unusual one-page colour ad for Canada Savings Bonds (CSB) illustrates how to read a tea cup; Quarter-page Moosehead Pale Ale ad features illustration of moose looking at portaging canoeist; Great one-page illustrated Dunlop Tires ad features photo of hero Mr. Martin Binkle of Kitchener, a driver for the Cope Transport Company who rescued children from a blazing farmhouse on highway 6 near Rockton; Labatt's IPA ale ad features photo of Wexford, Ontario labourer Frederick Gilbert; Nice one-page two-colour ad for 1955 GMC trucks hilights their all-new V8 engines; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
78 pages. Features: Fast Draw, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow; Who Collects Antique Guns; Navy's Bold Action .45-70; Birth of a Bullpup; Evaluating the Re-Bluing Job; The Signature/Colt .45 Auto; Ideal Battle Weapon; One Grain of Truth; Color Gallery; The American 180 - .22 SMG. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
157 pages. Book #8 in the series. Brad has just settled into a job in his father's London office when he is engaged in a hunt for a missing person whose disappearance means the loss of a scientific secret of urgent national importance. Large tear to base of spine. Scribbing upon endpapers, etc. Writing upon front board has been coloured in with blue pen. Well-worn. We could go on, but all pages seem to be here and binding remains intact. Book
54 pages. Features: Nice color cover illustration of cowboy on bike in cactus patch; Nice color Coke ad inside front cover features young lady playing cards; The Dole - A Great Calamity (depression-era editorial); The Private Life of Charlie Chaplin - major photo-illustrated article; Cash and Carry - how an American girl, a Chinese baby, and $70 worth of trouble proved that China's a grand place to shop!; Married for Glory - a racket is exposed - the surprising confessions of a "Publicity Wedding" promoter; Classy one-page two-color Chevrolet ad features orange convertible; Movie news, reviews and photos - Voltaire, Gambling Ship, Hold Your Man, Melody Cruise; The Fight on the Farm Front - how the back-to-the-land movement, in accord with the New Deal, is advancing Americans toward national rehabilitation; What is Good Form? - the rollicking story of a modern girl who got what she went after; Ma Potter Goes for Golf (part 1); Pretty Sadie McKee - new problems and a new loneliness enter the story of another 'bad girl'; The Perfect Job (short story); Happy Days; Still Alive - part 4 of the amazing true story of a pilgrimage of terror through Asia, by Georgei Beloff; To the Ladies; Vox Pop; Back cover color-illustrated Chesterfield cigarette ad features smoking damsel in swing. Above-average wear and external soiling. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
102 pages. Articles: So You Want to Be President! - a White House reporter describes the rugged aspects of the job; The Farmer's Best Friend - The National Grange and its achievements; Designs for Touring - Out where the west ends (part 6); Men, Mikes and Money (part 2) - good music goes on the air, and Radio City is opened; Who Will Ever Run the Red Sox? - how will the team play for Boss Man McCarthy; Blazers are Back for Men - great color photos. Fiction: I Have a Wallet; The Shearing at Nello; The Horse Lattitudes; Violet; My Sister Mary; I'm a Stranger in Town Myself. Includes these ads: Hart Schaffner & Marx (inside front cover); Bell Telephone; Monarch canned fruit; GMC Trucks; Nash cars; Auto-Lite Spark Plugs (featuring Betty Hutton); RCA Victor radios; Pabst beer featuring colour photo of Miss Gladys Swarthout and Mr. Frank Chapman; Douglas shoes; Dodge trucks; Fisher body; Gillette Blue Blades/razors (2 pages in color); Plymouth; Chevrolet; Puritan Sportswear; Good Year; McGregor cool cord shirts; Hickok belts; The New Hudson cars; Lord Calvert liquor ad with full-page colour photo of Mr. William Lescaze; Walt Disney's "Melody Time" movie; Jeep Station Wagon; Ballantine's Ale; Trailways bus lines; Studebaker; Camel cigarettes ad on back cover features water skier Nance Stilley. Covers pulling from staples, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
84 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: An Elephant-Hunt in Canada - a six-week hunt results when seven valuable elephants escaped from a circus and took to the British Columbia woods - article with photos; A Fugitive in Thirstland - A former German officer who became a adventurer is South Africa is continually chased by the police; Trekking in Unknown Abyssinia - great photo-illustrated article; The Friendly Mosquito - how a mosquito saved the life of T.A. Shields; Our Salvage Job - a plucky attempt to salvage the crippled vessel Stiklestadt; The Decree of the Wild - a grim tale of the Canadian Far North, 1,200 miles north of Edmonton; "The White Man's Great War-Game" (part III) - amongst the savages of the Sura, Angas, and other primitive tribes of Northern Nigeria, Geoffrey Barkas produced a film founded upon the history of British Administration - article with great photos; Gulbaz Khan's Revenge - the story of a long-delayed vengeance for a trifling action that had far-reaching consequences; Where Everybody Plays "Cat's Cradle" - photo-illustrated article on the people of the Pelews (Pelew Islands); Fur-Getting in Australia - Australian men make a good living hunting rabbits and foxes for their furs; The Partnership That Went Wrong - four U.S. Army soldiers pool their savings to run a sawmill; What Happened to Wilson - struggle for life with an enraged tiger in the heart of a big city; Through France with "Sylvabelle" (part II) - Mr. Leslie Richardson's yachting voyage from Brittany to the Riviera; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
160 pages. Features: Why build the atom-powered bomber?; My memories of Pius XII; What's wrong with boxing?; Patriotic young Americans; The Edacious Spider; The dubious origin of the fourteenth amendment; Americana; Subversion by the Communist underground remains the strongest weapon against U.S.A.; This we face; Jimmy Hoffa's plan for conquest; The Job Walter Reuther wants; Clear it with COPE - is a labor government in 1960 invevitable?; Racketeer & Communist dominated unions; The Republican debacle in California; The ways of big daddy - the Southern textile industry; Wit's End; Spotlight on performance; You can't kill an umpire; African agriculture; How to be a successful hypochondriac; Bible prophecy V; He solved the mystery of the eel - Johannes Schmidt; and more. Minimal markings. Moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
128 pages. Index. Bibliography. Profusely illustrated with excellent color photography. "Witness the raw power and technical precision of large-scale implosion as you enter the world of constructive destruction" - from dust jacket. Moderate wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy of this fascinating and informative work. Will be of particular interest to the increasing number of people suspicious about the precision implosion of WTC Building Number 7 on September 11th, 2001. Book
237 pages including index. "...very creditable job... correctly identifies the key theories and concerns, and has presented a great body of information in a logical, consistent and well-structured manner." - Allan Hooper, University of Reading, England. Moderate quantity of high-lighting else unmarked. Light to moderate wear. Solid attractive copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Our occupation army in Japan faces secret forces that have long shaped the nation's life; Jones & Laughlin Steel ad includes sketches of Conrad J. Schreiner, Walter Bagnall, Fred Siegrist, Richard Fox, Geo. Gerger, Joe Kroll, Robert Grannke, all veteran warehousemen of the company; Eleven great photos of WWII action between Normandy and the heart of the Reich, from film "The True Glory"; Walter Reuther and his program for reconversion and post-war prosperity; Michigan Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg uses his experience at San Francisco when the U.N. Charter was written, to make a case that the 'San Francisco model' can be used to aide other human relationships; Germans Doleful and Angry - fascinating photo-illustrated article from Frankfurt; Mr. Winston Churchill, M.P. and his new job as leader of His Majesty's opposition; Store Shelves Fill Up Again; Why College Presidents Wear Out; Europe's Deadly Crop - clearing millions of mines sowed by the Nazis; Cute half-page color ad for Nestle's milk features infant boy with paper hat; Re-establishing Relations as parents come home from military service; Two pages of nice photos of high-end New York fashions for women; and more. Four-inch repair to back cover. Average external wear and soiling. Unmarked. Moderate age-toning to paper. A sound copy of this vintage WWII issue. Book
