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58 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Glamorous colour photo of woman wearing arctic fox evening cloak inside front cover; The Mad Giant and the Mountie - a huge Swede who worked on a section gang makes a sudden divorce from sanity; Frank Oliver - Spokesman for the West; Cold War on the Fraser River - the Yucultas near Fort Langley were dreaded by all the tribes along the river - until the day when the cold war became a hot war; The Simple Men; First Lady of the Rails - "The Countess of Dufferin"; On Board the M.V. Fort Hearne - great photo study; Robert (Bob) Chambers Edwards (Eye-Opener Bob); Trapping the Big Horn - there was lots of action when some California Bighorn sheep were corralled in the Chilcotin country for shipment to Oregon; The Formative Years - II - part 2 of an article on the early settlement of the area which, 50 years ago, became Saskatchewan and Alberta; The Story of The Sault - on the centenary of the first American locks at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, Dr. Clever Bald sketches the history of the two towns - Canadian and American - beside the rapids; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point Blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
140 pages. Features: Musical harvest in Hood River Valley, Oregon; Kill that tough brush this winter; Quick build-up for poor soil - ; Carrier-track feed bunks; What's in a name?; Farm Christmas - Roy Tolin and family of Indiana; A county builds its own prosperity - Pike County, MS; The right way to remodel your barn - Oneida County, NY; See what's knocking at our door!; 'Catch' insurance for grasses, legumes; and more. Clean and unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
56 Pages. Features: John Gamble Kirkwood - a personality in science; Breeding machine brains; The Road to Empire - II - an archeological discovery of unusual interest was made during the excavation of a sacred well in Minturnae; Science at the scene of the crime - J. Edgar Hoover with the inside story of how his special agents operate; New high-efficiency fluorescent mercury lamps; Are We Inside a Dark Nebula?; High-Speed Paving for California Aqueduct - fantastic photos; The operation of the human brain; Tracking down your trade mark title; Polar Molecules; Cutting metal underwater using pressurized oxygen; The senses of sight and taste vary greatly between individuals; The amateur telescope maker; World-wide radio; and more. Three-inch opening along top of front cover at spine. Above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Book is in excellent condition, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Huge book: 10 1/2" x 13 1/2" 296 pages with a bump to the lover front cover as the only flaw, though text block is slighly wavy, could be publisher's error, as there are no other signs of moisture contact. Filled with b&w photos thoroughout, some full page, most very large. Contents are a series of questions, chronologically arranged, such as When did the construction of the main cables begin? Do the tops of the towers actually move? Did they really consider putting a second deck on the bridge? etc. Pages 157 -- 287 are Highlights from Annual Reports from the Highway and Transportation District Staff and Board of Directors. The final seciton details the Seismic retrofit and design. Impressive volume.
Brown quarto, white plastic spiral-bound, 87 pages chiefly b&w illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm Very Scarce. || Local transit -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Costs. || Contents: v. 1. Engineering report -- v. 2. Engineering report supplement. || BART, Mass transit, Transportation, Electric Rail
192 pages. Features: Jergens ad with photos of Virginia Mayo and Michael O'Shea; Let's Go Dutch; Assignment in Hollywood; Nice color Tide ad; Alcoholism; Bell Telephone ad features photo of Chief Operator Mrs. Esther Davies; Lovely Ivory soap ad includes photo of Anne Viggers; Color ad for Youngstown Kitchens; Color Hunt's Catsup ad; Should all opera be given here in English?; Color Camay ad features Mrs. William Landmark; The Longest Walk in the World - story by Adela R. St. Johns; Wife of the Party; On the Other Side of the Road; Lose Weight on 5 meals per day; The Kent Affair - story by Richard Sherman (part 3 of 4); A Short Story about Princess, by Val Teal; The high cost of being a bridesmaid; Buffet recipes and photos; Sleep disturbances in infancy; Color-photo Duz detergent ad features photos of Mrs. Charles McClelland of Geneva, Alabama, Mrs. Robert F. Young of Fort Worth, Texas, and Phyllis Walker of Charleston, West Virginia; Nice color-photo Prell ad; The beauty clinic; Photo of Mrs. David A. Drexel in Pond's ad; Photo of California's Lieutenant-Governor Goodwin J. Knight presenting blue ribbon award to Mrs. P.J. Hodge of Hemet, California; Lovely color-photo fashion section; Springs Cotton Mills color-photo ad features Miss Vivian Blaine; Photo-illustrated article on girdles and bras; Color Joy dish soap ad on back cover; and much, much more. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this charming issue. Magazine
318 pages. Features: Town of the Month - Crescent City, California; Woodbury ad features wedding photos of Pat Burrage and Bob Young; Lovely color Camay ad features Mrs. Jules Alexander, the former Jean Pugsley of Rochester, NY; Color Fig Newtons ad; Assignment in Hollywood; Kidney Infection; Nice photo ad for Warner's foundations and bras; Great two-page color ad for Kelvinator ranges; Nice color Prell ad features photo of redhead; Canada tourism ad; Lux color ad features Linda Darnell; Lovely Ivory Soap color ad features Sue Jenks; Tomorrow and Tomorrow - story by Val Teal; The New Laws of Canasta; The Big Dream - story by Elva Williams; Pattern - story by Rachel MacKenzie; The case for Privacy; A New Boss Every Hour; Revenge - story by Alice G. Craft; The Meeker Sex; My Mother-In-Law Stayed Four Years; Gorgeous color and black and white fashion photos; Lovely photos of children in Easter fashions; Curious George comic in Zozo ad; Color Tide ad mentions Mrs. Jean Riche of Dallas, Texas; Why children quite taking lessons; Photo of Mrs. David Anthony Drexel in Pond's ad; Gloria Swanson photo in Jergens ad; Little Lulu in Kleenex ad; Colour Duz detergent ad; Color ad for the (green) 1951 Chevrolet; Color Avon ad features Mrs. Gary Cooper with her rep., Mrs. Billie Sussman; Satina ad features photo of Mrs. David Johnson of Studio City, California; Photos of Ginger Rogers in Jergens ad; Star-Kist ad features photo of Dan Dailey, star of movie "Call Me Mister"; Color Raytheon TV ad; Nice color ad for 1951 Dodge cars features Betty Hutton; Color ad for film "September Affair"; Many nice fashion ads; and much, much more. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this charming issue. Magazine
184 pages. Features: Photo of twins Myra and Mary Long of Sheldon, IL; Texaco ad with Clarence Calrson of near Marshalltown, IA who plants corn with electricity; B.F. Goodrich ad features H.B. Johnson and Son citrus farm in Escondido, CA; Hybrid corn goes high-protein; Good-bye butcher bulls; Sell through a roadside stand; "That's Something Jim Developed" - James Fairbank, extension engineer at the College of Agriculture of the University of California at Davis; Rear-Engine Tractors; Calling All Animals; A new milk-pricing system; The Brubakers of Lancaster County - great color-photo-illustrated article on the family farm of Levi and Anna Brubaker, two miles west of Lancaster; Television is busting out all over; Short cuts to pork profits; Simplified insect control; Grass silage is a 'natural'; Residence of Claude Rains; and more. Ads: Good Year ad with photo of Lee Hunter of Jacksonville, FL and H.A. Vreeland of West Milford, NJ; Oldsmobile; GE radios; Ford trucks (color); Admiral radio; Oliver tractor; John Deere tractor (one page in color); Case slicer baler; Wheaties ad with photo of Missouri State Fair winner W.S. Buckley, of Garden City; Buick; Arvin radios; New Dodge trucks; Lee work clothes; Ford tractors (2 pages); Blue Bell denim - with photo of H.R. Belden; Disston one-man chainsaw; Sparton radio (color photo); Lux ad features Veronica Lake; Nice color Studebaker ad inside back cover features Isak Pedersen of Tietonview near Yakima, WA; Color Surge milker ad on back cover. Clipping from ad on page 39, A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
32 pages. Features: Harry M. Moore, 1909-1979 - he was the personification of the true Franklin spirit; New England Get-Together at Stockbridge, MA.; Midwest Spring Meet; The 26th Trek; List of Trekkers Attending 26th Annual Trek; List of Franklins at the 1979 Trek; Scenic Norway - photos from member Knut Erik Bjerkeseth; To The 1979 Westrek and Home Again, by William H. Schemal, M.D.; Two-pages of reproduced pages of vintage brochure for "The Cotay Car"; Connecticutt to California in a 135 Victoria Brougham, by John F. Bergmann. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent issue. Book
32 pages. Features: 15th Westrek at Everett, Washington - major coverage, including lists of cars and attendees; Southern California Mini Meet; Re-Living the 31st Trek; Reproduction of aged Series 12A showroom poster; Impressions of first-time Trekker Bobbie'dine Rodda; John Burns column on maintenance and restoration. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent issue. Book
32 pages. Features: Amelia Earhart, Auto Mechanic - article and 1918 photo explain how she studied auto mechanics while studying to be an ambulance driver; Air Cooled Camper - Bill Tuthill's early Series 11 Touring; Touring car equipped as a sleeper; Westrek Preview; List of 1982 Westrekkers; Franklin Mystery Cars from the files of Red Amick; Dr. A.D. Grant - Senior Member at age 104; California Here We Are, by Dr. A.D. Grant; A 1932 16 A Touring - Major article on Frank H. Gardner's metamorphisis of a car rescued from a junkyard in 1968; Westrek 1981 photos; John Burns article on restoration and maintenance; Reprint of a 1930 statement of sale and delivery of a 1930 Franklin Deluxe Sedan to a Mr. Cooper of Coopersburg, PA. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent issue. Book
Pages 539-610. Features: Cover art by Alex Schomburg supports the 7th War loan to 'finish the Nips'; Prescient Editorial entitled "Radio-Light' says "We are still at thevery beginning of the radio and electronic arts. The greatest and undreamt of applications lie as yet in the future. There is sttill much unknown territory in the electromagnetic spectrum which holds out great promist."; Air Radio Mechanic - a great career opportunity;; Television and the Amateur; No Selectivity in This Radio - the Panoramoscope; Motorola Handie-Talkie; "Photopulse"; FM U.H.F. Converter for Pre-War Radios; Cathode-Ray Photo Tests; Handie and Walkie Combat Portables; Tuning on the U.H.F.; Cathode Followers; Disc-Seal Tubes; Broadcast Equipment, Part IX; An Electronic "Omnichecker," Part I; Condensers; Re-activator Saves Tubes; Non-Priority Code Recorder; 32-Volt Receiver for Small Plants; Fixed -Bias Voltage Supply; Carry-Around Receiver; Cylinders for Better Sound. Nice one-page Echophone ad features illustration of scantily-clad young lady; One-page Radio Corporation of America (RCA) ad includes inset photo of Dr. V.K. Zworykin and E.W. Engstrom examining an Iconoscope or television "eye"; Photo-illustrated Meissner Manufacturing ad says "There' no let down in Mt. Carmel (Illinois); Interference-free Fluorescent Installation at World Broadcasting System studio in New York; Great photo-illustrated letter from George Coffee of Providence, R.I. shows his wife using a Talkie-Backie (car phone). Nice photo-illustrated ad on back cover for Galvin Manufacturing illustrates California's use of Motorola Radiotelephone F-M (FM) units and Motorola Radio automatic relay stations by the California Highway Patrol. Average wear. Writing atop front cover. World-Wide Station list has been clipped from page 570 and is not included. 1/4 of page 601 has been removed, otherwise a worthy vintage copy. Magazine
64 pages. Includes sheet music, guitar chords and lyrics for the following Dan Hill Songs: Crazy, Fourteen Today, Jean, In the Name of Love, Longer Fuse, McCarthy's Day, Sometimes When We Touch, Southern California, Still Not Used To, You Are All I See. Above-average external wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful compilation. Book
88 pages. Features: Cover photo of Hugh Downs and Jack Parr; Nice Jell-O ad inside front cover shows Chocolate Ribbon Parfait; Two-page Marlboro ad shows predecessor to the 'Marlboro Man', a young fellow in straw hat slouched on a chaize-lounge; Interesting Armstrong Tire ad shows fingers extending from tire to grip the road; One-page Coke ad shows ice fishing scene; Europe 1960 - Americans are swarming there - many photos of this travelogue; Charming Campbelle's Tomato soup shows twins eating; What I Think Jack Paar is Really Like; The Chase That Doomed Adolph Eichmann; Kraft ice cream toppings; Lovely photos of Paris fashions; Albert Lasker and his crusade against disease; Nice photos of Donna Reed and family in Kodak ad; Huge color photo of freckled red-headed boy eating massive slab of watermelon; Luis Aparicio of the Chicago White Sox - The Magic Glove - article with many photos; Nice Pepsi ad shows BBQ scene; Color-photo-illustrated article on the "House with a Hole in the Roof" - built by Eichler Homes, designed by Anshen & Allen, in Orange, California; Photo Quiz; Hogarth - a man's painter; Brigitte Bardot - problem child - photo-illustrated article of her and her family; 7up ad inside back cover shows lady painting on man's back; Groovy Winston cigarette color-photo ad on back cover features male and female disc jockeys; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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
Pages 801-826. Index. Generously illustrated in black and white. Includes prices. Contents: Royal Swansea Dinner Sets; Royal Swansea Bone China; Myott Semi Porcelain China; Semi-Porcelain English Dinnerware; 32 Piece Breakfast Sets; Royal Grafton Teaware; Heavy Vitrified Ware; California Franciscan and Metlox Potery Dinnerware; Franciscan Pottery; Poppytrail Pottery; Beswick Ware; English Pottery; Novelty Cookie Jars; Rosella Art Pottery; American Novelty Pottery; Earthenware Kitchen Utensils; Pyreta Fireproof Ware; Butter Crocks and Coolers; Milk Coolers; Medalta Stoneware Water Filter; Shoulder Jugs; Cut Glass Ware; Glassware; Corning Tumblers; Pyrex Ovenware; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A marvelously nostalgic compilation of post-war consumer items. Book
Features: Cover illustration of the Beachhead Flying Boat; Deep Sea Mystery Story; The Hospital Comes to the Patient; Korean radiant floor heating; Panorama on a giant screen - Vitarama; Dust bowl laboratory; First of the 1950 cars; High Voltage Magic; Hospital for sick cars - John P. 'Jack' Snyder and Snyder-Lynch Motors in Burbank, California; The Contour Saw; Full-page Harley Davidson Hydra-Glide advertisement; Intersting Camel cigarette ad on back cover urges readers to take a 30-day test 'in your T-zone' - includes endorsements from Cole Porter and others. Average wear. Unmarked. Chips from spine. Binding intact. Please note: First leaf appears to be missing. This was part of an ad regarding television static caused by spark plugs. Magazine
52 pages. Target San Francisco - the charms and pitfalls of the city of the next American Legion convention; Take Two and Hit to Right, by Duane Decker; Fringe of the Iron Curtain, by William Henry Chamberlin; Skeet is Back in Civvies - The Clay Target Brotherhood; Nice color ad for Ford cars and their 100 HP engine - illustration features red Ford passing Canadian Mounties; Color Greyhound bus ad features California redwood; Hash and Salad forever, by Jack Cluett; No Love Allowed, by Eddie Forester; Ben Hogan Reconverts - Golfer Ben Hogan served in the Army Air Force for approximately three years - now he is finding his golf game again; Police Jobs for Veterans; But We Expected You at Dakar, by Frederic Sondern Jr. and Donald Q. Coster; Taking Care of Vets Still our No. 1 Job, by John Stelle, National Commander; Nice colour ad for Hiram Walker's Imperial whiskey; Nice colour ad for Blatz beer; Color Seagram's ad inside back cover; Great color-photo ad for Camel cigarettes on back cover features emergency doctor and claims "More Doctors Smoke Camels Than Any Other Cigarette". Many additional nice vintage ads. Average wear. Address label on front cover. A sound copy of this interesting vintage issue. Magazine
Features: Ronnie and Joan Eskew of Minneapolis were almost ruined when they won a jack pot on the TV show End of the Rainbow and he was given a renovated caramel corn store; Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Welfare - by Joseph Wood Krutch; The World's Liveliest Art Show - the Pageant of the Masters in Laguna Beach, California; What's Wrong with our Income Tax Laws? - are a fortunate few given special treatment?; Hepatitis - a report on the new hope for immunization; The Broadway Gang Eats Here - Lindy's Restaurant. Somewhat above-average external wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: The "Hard-Case" Skipper; a young Merchant Navy radio-operator tries his luck aboaord a North Sea Trawler; A God Comes Home - a missing bronze statue of Zeus; The Buring Ship - An attempted rescue during a fire at sea; The Ju-Ju Snake - a West African tale; Sea Lion Islands - the author visits Sea Lion Rookeries on islands off British Columbia at breeding time - photos; Under Two Flags - a Brit on leave on the French Riviera is mistaken for a French deserter and ordered to perform 18 months military service in France!; Unlucky Mica - a prospector's story about the discovery and abandonment of a rich deposit of Mica in Nigeria; The Hottest Place on Earth - Death Valley, California - photos include one of a 20 mule team; The Regimental Ghost - strange happenings with a famous unit of the Indian Army; Canadian Loggers - describes Hastings Street, Vancouver in the 1950s - a fascinating historical backdrop to the problems which currently plague the area; The World's Richest Treasure Store - Fort Knox Depository, Kentucky; A bed of bayonets; The Gibraltar Apes; A Hippo with Toothache - a hippo turns nasty; and more. Small chip from backstrip. Binding intact. Average wear. Faint signature atop front cover. Quality copy. Book
Features: The "Hard-Case" Skipper; a young Merchant Navy radio-operator tries his luck aboard a North Sea Trawler; A God Comes Home - a missing bronze statue of Zeus; The Burning Ship - An attempted rescue during a fire at sea; The Ju-Ju Snake - a West African tale; Sea Lion Islands - the author visits Sea Lion Rookeries on islands off British Columbia at breeding time - photos; Under Two Flags - a Brit on leave on the French Riviera is mistaken for a French deserter and ordered to perform 18 months military service in France!; Unlucky Mica - a prospector's story about the discovery and abandonment of a rich deposit of Mica in Nigeria; The Hottest Place on Earth - Death Valley, California - photos include one of a 20 mule team; The Regimental Ghost - strange happenings with a famous unit of the Indian Army; Canadian Loggers - describes Hastings Street, Vancouver in the 1950s - a fascinating historical backdrop to the problems which currently plague the area; The World's Richest Treasure Store - Fort Knox Depository, Kentucky; A bed of bayonets; The Gibraltar Apes; A Hippo with Toothache - a hippo turns nasty; and more. Small chip from backstrip. Binding intact. Average wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Book
Features: Unknown New Zealand - misadventure leads to one of the most remarkable and difficult rescues in New Zealand annals; Saharan Adventure - A memorable camel journey right across the Sahara; Six Wild Sheep - experiences while capturing Alaskan wild sheep for a California zoo - several photos; The Pirates of the 'Ethel' - An authoritative account of one of the most remarkable cases of piracy on the high seas in Australian annals; Slippery - a cat goes to sea; Oakhill's 'Souvenir' - Crocodile hunting on the Gregory River; The Tame Bandit - a Chinese achieves vengeance during the troubles in Malaya; Phases of Life from all over the world - Cockeye, ex-inspector, British South Africa Police; Guardians of the Mountains - the Warden's of Canada's western National Parks; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Book
Nice Wurlitzer organ ad inside front cover. Contents: Photos of the majestic interior of the Oriental Theatre, Portland, Oregon. My Great Adventure 'Up Over' - Australian organist Tony Fenelon's 31-day tour of the U.S.A in the fall of 1969. The Story of Rosa Rio - wonderful 4-page article with photos. What is Unification? - 4-page technical article. Don Thompson Concertizing in Western U.S. The Young Radical Comes of Age - bring understanding of the Theatre Organ up to date, given its return to the international music scene. Pipe'n Pizza makes Southwest Scene - the "Pasta with Pipes" Phenomenon. Hollywood Cavalcade. New chapter in Cedar Rapids, Iowa has smash hit first concert. Tenth Home Organ Festibal at Hoberg's woodland resort in Northern California. *Marvelous* three-panel glossy colour centerfold ad for the Rodgers 33-E Theatre Organ. Reader contributions. Obituaries for Douglas Erdman and Mrs. Felix (Jean) Wiener. The Pipe Piper - a listing of any theatre pipe-organs known to be playing. Chapter news. Letters. Lyn Larsen's Fall Concert Tour. Record reviews. The Music of Jerry Mendelson Captivates Rahway Audience. CATOE members restore Pickwick Wurlitzer. Roland J. Treul moves Barton to his home - story with photos. Nuggest from the Golden Days. A Tribute to Dan Papp. California Miss Debuts on Covina "Wurlimorton" - Carol Jones. Classified ads. Chapter news. Conn Theatre Organ ad on back cover. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A nice copy. Bonus: prior owner's A.T.O.S. membership card stapled to table of contents. Book
72 pages. Features: Antisubmarine warfare, the 'St. Croix' and Vice Admiral Rayner; Big crowds for JFK in Berkeley and New Orleans; Test pilot Joe Walker and the X-15; Major Vietnam war coverage; Queen Juliana of the Netherlands; The European Common Market - toward ten; President Ayub of Pakistan; Manhattan's pioneering Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Photos of baseball players Cletis Leroy Boyer and Kenton Lloyd Boyer; Photo and coverage of Jack Nicklaus; Rocket Richard appears in Vitalis ad; Photo of Andy Warhol in art article; Passing of Frank Wilson Braden, Harry Guy Bartholomew, Walter Phelps Hall, Major General Ralph Emerson Truman and Helen Dortch Longstreet; Cosmonaut Gherman Stepanovich Titov tours U.S.; The P-1127 VTOL; Photo of California hod carriers on strike; Photo of Mr. Norman Brunt of Port Credit, Ontario in Atlas Steels ad; and more. Centerfold ad holding by one staple. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
68 pages. Features: Peugeot 204 ad; A talk with Prime Minister Trudeau; Recovering oil from the sunken tanker Arrow in Chedabucto Bay; St. Mary's Church in Red Deer, Alberta - unusual architecture by Douglas Cardinal; U.S. Postal Service Strike; Home life of letter carrier Peter Stafford of New York; The Enduring Mail Mess; Miasma of My Lai - with photo of General Koster; S.S. "Columbia Eagle"; Death of bomber Diana Oughton; Danger and Opportunity in Indochina - major war coverage; Israel-P.L.O. conflict - article with photo of smiling Arafat in Jordanian cave office and six pages of excellent colour photos of the opposing military forces; Willi Stoph - from bricklayer to organization man; Rampaging plague of mice in Australia; Reproduction of controversial British poster depicting a pregnant man; Ronald Reagan deals with student protests; Last days of the "California Zephyr" train - article with photo; Photo-illustrated article on Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (CSN&Y); The Berlin Syndrome; Banned ad for "The Boys in the Band"; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
