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Features Include: The Fruit Ranch Riddle - An interesting murder investigation at the Morrisey fruit ranch near Selah, Washington, USA; Interviewing an Eruption - Filming a volcano in the Belgian Congo; The "Lion-Men" of Ussure (Part 2) - The amazing story of Tanganyikans posing as "lion-men"; Exploring the "Great Diagonal" - an ambitious attempt to open the interior of Brazil; Stowaway to Spitzbergen; "Book-Keeper Wanted" - a colourful story from Western Australia; The Blind Malik - A Quaint Tale from Waziristan; The Dingo - An amusing story from the outback; The Bull-Gang - a young Englishman finds his way into a dirty pulp mill job in Canada; Ship's Guard; Ramaswamy's Pal - from 'the queer side of things' . Average to above-average wear. Some staining and prior owner's name upon back cover. Chips from spine. Decent copy. Magazine
Features: Brennan goes Trapping - a young Irishman joins a party of trappers setting out for wild country in Canada; A Matter of Command - Master and Mate did not get along; "Chink-Running" - smuggling Chinese into America across the Detroit River; Desert Cities of M'Zab - driven out of North Africa, the Mozabites fled south and settled in the Sahara; A Man of Mettle - a Kashmiri Headsman aids four R.A.F Officers on leave; The White Porpoise - what happened when a couple of youngsters used a home-made harpoon in Loch Long, Scotland; Land Without Women - Greek monasteries where females have not been allowed for almost a thousand years; Boom Boat replaces the famous boom man on the North American West Coast; Muhammad Ali's Quest - a Red Sea Tale; Ten Tragedies - 10 mutilated corpses are found in West Africa; A Witch at Work - African divination; and more. Binding intact. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Quality copy. Book
Features: The Mystery of Dead Man's Valley - a series of uncanny tragedies connected with a sinister region in the far north of Canada, by Philip H. Godsell; Saharan Adventure - a fascinating journey across the Sahara (to be continued); The "Moorish Prince" Affair - a strange story from aboard a British steamer; Aboriginal Rain-Making in Australia; The thing that eats men - a tale of the 'tree crocodile' from Papua; Hunting Polar Bears, by J.C. Carp, with photos; The Big Bang - a wartime story from Lagos, Nigeria; The Jail Breaker - the case of John Carroll; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Sound copy. Book
Features: The Mystery of Dead Man's Valley - a series of uncanny tragedies connected with a sinister region in the far north of Canada, by Philip H. Godsell; Saharan Adventure - a fascinating journey across the Sahara (to be continued); The "Moorish Prince" Affair - a strange story from aboard a British steamer; Aboriginal Rain-Making in Australia; The thing that eats men - a tale of the 'tree crocodile' from Papua; Hunting Polar Bears, by J.C. Carp, with photos; The Big Bang - a wartime story from Lagos, Nigeria; The Jail Breaker - the case of John Carroll; and more. Few chips from backstrip. Average wear. Binding intact. Sound copy. Book
Features: The Death-Bore - A nightmare experience on a railway in the Andes of South America; Wilderness Wandereres - the barren ground caribou of Canada, many photos; Terror by Night - visiting the lonely northwest coast of Australia in search of the alleged footprints of a prehistoric dinosaur; The Spell-Binder - a Natal farmer describes a curious incident related to an African courtship; The Rest Cure - recuperating from tropical fever, the author takes an open-air job hoping it will aid his health...; A Papuan "Pig Festival", with great photos; Time is Money - a story from Bombay by P. Stones; The Steamer will not call; Stolen Gold - ramifications of Far East Gold Smuggling as revealed in Western Australia; The Onlooker - making the only pleasure cruise of his life, a ship's officer is unable to enjoy himself; Slumach Lost Creek Mine Ltd.; and more. Average wear. Chips and openings along backstrip. Binding intact. Book
Features: Dead Men's Diggings - Diamon seekers in British Guiana; Hunting down the Black Jack Gang in the South-West United States (Part 2); Bush Pilots of the Northlands - the far north of Canada and Alaska - photos; The Golden Chain - a delicious story from Malaya by a Quantas engineer; Unlucky Ship - the Ecola; The Silent Killer - a python story; Phases of Life from all over the world - kilometre eight in Venezuela; Stretton's Luck - Gold Prospecting in Sokoto, Nigeria; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Front cover partially loose. A worthy copy. Book
Features: Brennan goes Trapping - a young Irishman joins a party of trappers setting out for wild country in Canada; A Matter of Command - Master and Mate did not get along; "Chink-Running" - smuggling Chinese into America across the Detroit River; Desert Cities of M'Zab - driven out of North Africa, the Mozabites fled south and settled in the Sahara; A Man of Mettle - a Kashmiri Headsman aids four R.A.F Officers on leave; The White Porpoise - what happened when a couple of youngsters used a home-made harpoon in Loch Long, Scotland; Land Without Women - Greek monasteries where females have not been allowed for almost a thousand years; Boom Boat replaces the famous boom man on the North American West Coast; Muhammad Ali's Quest - a Red Sea Tale; Ten Tragedies - 10 mutilated corpses are found in West Africa; A Witch at Work - African divination; and more. Backstrip mostly chipped away. Binding intact. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Quality copy. Book
84 pages. Features: M.P. Mark Smerchanski; Brooklyn Swamp Sniper; Photo of Philadelphia Black Panthers with hands up against wall, surrounded by police; Jess Unruh; One-page article on American trucking; Mid-east crisis; Buildup on the Suez; Victory for Buddhists in South Vietnam; Cutting the pay of India's Princes; Pitney-Bowes ad feafures photo of resort operator Bob Eirich; Pursuit of the Poppy - article on the fight against drug trafficking; French author Francois Mauriac; Celebrity photos of Grace Slick, Jane Fonda and Cassius Clay; Desegregation - The South's Tense Truce; Nice color centerfold ad for RCA AccuColor TVs; One-page color-photo ad for the Hotel Vancouver features dining room scene; Passing of Vince (Vincent) Lombardi - Proud Father, Proud Son; Animal polluters - manure from factory farms; Lead in the Air - the conversion to lead-free gasoline; Healer Kathryn Kuhlman - veritable one-woman shrine of Lourdes; IBM ad features photo of John T. Drayton, Controller, Atlantic Richfield Canada Ltd.; Feature article - Out on a Limb with the Midi (Midiskirt) - not since Christian Dior's 1947 New Look has a descending hemline raised such a furor; Passing of Abraham Zapruder - who recorded the famous footage of the JFK assassination, General Pierre Koenig, The Rev. Dr. Ralph W. Sockman; Agnes Ernst Meyer; Britain's struggle with stagflation; New Haven trial of Lonnie McLucas - article with photos; Physicist-Astronomer James C. Kemp and J.B. Swedlund discover a white dwarf in the constellation Draco; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
320 pages. Index. References. Glossary. "A collection of papers from experts in several disciplines who discuss and analyze invasive species from a variety of perspectives: invasion pathways, affected sectors, management and control, and national and international collaboration." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
772 pages. Contains 37 papers based on the latest research and findings in the subject by authors from fifteen countries. Covers such topics as climatic factors, boundary layer characteristics, wind tunnel modelling, full-scale measurements on buildings, the performance and response of particular structures including towers and bridges, and code criteria for design against wind. Book clean, bright and unmarked. Average wear to dust jacket which bears several short tears. Excellent copy overall. Book
32 pages. Features: Great cover photo of Jomo Kenyatta in regal attire; The Comfortable Pew revisited; New York's Famed Metropolitan Opera (Met) sponsors a company of young hopefuls touring Canada - article with colour photos; Graphic photos of North Vietnamese prisoner being beaten and water-tortured by troops from the South; Kenya article features colour photos of ceremonial dancing; Andy Hebenton is Hockey's Incredible Iron Man - article with colour photos; Nipper cartoon. Short article on Vancouver fashion designer and housewife Mary Chang, with five nice colour photos. Above-average wear with a variety of moisture stains but complete and intact. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
602 pages. Thematic index, chronological list of authors and translators, chronological list of composers and arrangers, chronological list of sources, chronological list of sources for the tunes, bibliography, supplementary index. Signed by author upon title page. Prior owner's name atop front cover, otherwise unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this painstakingly compiled and most scholarly work. Book
292 pages. Index. Many black and white maps and reproductions of fascinating archival photos. "This book's aim is to briefly describe the history of all the military installations in the Province of Ontario that are no longer in operation. I've limited myself to the Second World War and post-war periods." - from Introduction. Readers may be surprised to discover the dozens of Ontario communities which hosted WWII military facilities. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
316 pages. Index. Reference notes. Discovers "A force in crisis, struggling to be all things to all Canadians in a society that is no longer sure what role it wants the federal police to play - but is sure that it wants them to do it on less money... Raises issues that should be of concern to every Canadian." - from dust jacket. "Fascinating and timely." - Jane Jacobs. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now in Brodart. An excellent copy. Book
36 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Features: They Came Before Cook - Explorers who visited British Columbia before Captain James Cook; Church at Yale, B.C. Has Roots - it has seen over a century of service; The Haunted Man - An 1861 Victoria Detective Story; The Unknown Land - times have changed since American fisheries officer James Swan visited the Queen Charlotte Islands almost a century ago; Poundmaker - Son of Crowfoot; British Columbia's Hedley Camp and the Nickel Plate Mine; Reminiscences of hundred-year-old mining man John 'Jake' Turnbull; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
401 pages. Map endpapers. Many black and white illustrations within text. "From dinosaurs to dynamos, here at last is the true story of the W.A.C. Bennett Dam!" - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked. Some lean to spine. Obituary of William Clark Mearns affixed inside back board. Very light wear overall. Nice copy. Book
xxi, 576 pages. Index. Bibliography. "Dr. Preston's research, study, and cogent presentation of the origins of one of the most startlingly effective military alliances in history has immense topical value for the interested amateur as well as for the professional student of Canada, of Britain, and of military history." - dust jacket. Very light wear to book which is moderately foxed at edges. Faint pencil erasure inside back board, otherwise contents clean and unmarked. Average wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Book
xxxii, 336 pages. Footnotes. Index. Twenty pages of black and white reproductions of photos. "In this far-ranging study, Ian Radforth charts the course of the transition of Ontario's twentieth-century logging industry and the response of its workers to the changes - from the rough-and-ready days of the primitive camp bunkhouse to the development of a highly mechanized and closely managed industry." - half-title page and back cover. Prior owner's name atop first leaf. Moderate quantity of markings to contents. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating history. Book
52 pages. Features: Sports and Showbiz news; Playtex ad features sepia-toned photo of snow-shoeing women; Gordon Sinclair describes backstage antics at TV's "Front Page Challenge"; Behind the Scenes of Canada's Zesty TV Season; Is Wife-Stealing Really a Crime? - over $250k has been paid for wooing other men's wives over the past 10 years in Canada; Liberty's Annual All-Canada TV Talen Awards; Boom-Boom Geoffrion - Hockey's Gay-Blade TV Troubador - photo-illustrated article; Joyce Davidson describes her splash into U.S. Television on CBS's 'PM East'; Showmanship stunts of Canada's Local TV Stations; What Makes TV's Tommy Ambrose Bounce?; Are Canada's Church Missionaries Obsolete Soul-Hunters?; Photos of Canada's 10 Best Dressed Women - Joan McCormick, Mrs. George Ibsen, Mrs. H.J. Spooner, Marie Hohtanz, Mrs. L.G. DesBrisay, Mrs. Mona Cozart, Geraldine Nelson, Mrs. Joy McGillawee, Helene Winston and Mrs. Lisa Taylor; Nice color one-page ad for the 1962 Chevrolet Impala 6-passenger station wagon (blue), pictured at a winter scuba-diving scene; Rare one-page colour-photo Molson's Canadian ad features large photo of new B.C. ferry, the 'City of Victoria'; Coke ad on back cover features young couple in Valentine's Day motif. Moderate wear. Some soiling to back cover. Small date stamp on front cover. One-inch opening to lower corner of front cover and first three pages. A quality vintage copy. Book
454 pages. Index. Footnotes. Bibliography. Profusely illustrated in black and white. "Treats construction techniques in the context of their environment and traces the history of various European and North American influences on methods of building in Upper Canada during the pioneer years... The book's emphasis on techniques of building and on details such as joints distinguishes it from glossier 'picture' books. It remains the ideal guide for everyone interested in early architecture and in the conservation of old buildings in Canada." - from back cover. Company inkstamp atop half-title page otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Tight and square. A quality copy of this acclaimed work. Book
360 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Biography of the influential Barrick Gold executive. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Tight and square. Appears unread. Excellent copy. Book
268 pages plus chronology and index. Signed by author and Gagliardi. "Next to him, the Roman roadbuilders were pikers. He is the world's greatest highway builder." - W.A.C. Bennett. Gift greetings upon front endpaper else clean and bright with minimal wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Lovely copy. Book
50 pages. Features: Intimate glimpses of our native trees - article with photos; Beautifying the small home grounds; How to carry the home expense; Christmas wreaths of native materials; Homes of Famous Americans, XXXVI - Fort Hill, the home of John C. Calhoun at Clemson, South Carolina - photo-illustrated ad; Hardy wild plants for northern gardens; Winter injuries to trees and shrubs; The lure of early New England dressers; A homelike house of shingles (house plan); Unit house number four is a Dutch colonial - house plan; Holiday gifts for home use; 2/3-page illustrated ad encourages readers to buy western crop land in Canada; American women in the world of music; Cookies for Christmas; How to carve dinner meats; Last minute embroidered gifts for the home lover; Nice color ad inside back cover by the Oak Flooring Bureau; Nice color-illustrated Kohler ad on back cover features illustration of child peeking beneath shower curtain. Average wear and soiling. A worthy copy of this nice vintage issue. Magazine
281 pages. Index. "Offers the most detailed account yet to emerge of the fate of the Issei and Nisei and of the Canadian POWs, missionaries, and civilians in Japan. It is a compelling and controversial story of a heartbreaking time in the histories of both Japan and Canada." - from dust jacket. Extensive reference notes. Average wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Book
359 pages including index. "Magnetic, decisive, fearless, Peter Munk started with nothing to create one of the most profitable business empires on the planet through a combination of brilliant strategy and opportunism. Since founding Barrick Gold in the early eighties, Munk has built his company into the third largest gold-mining venture in the world... A stunning revelation of the inner workings of the international business world and one of its finest business minds." - from dust jacket. Contents clean and unmarked. Light wear to black boards. Some soiling to top edge of text. Light wear to dust jacket which bears half-inch opening at bottom of fore-edge of back board. Nice solid copy overall. Book
