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Tethered Mercury: A Pilot's Memoir : The Right Stuff - But The Wrong Sex

Signed by Steadman and Clark upon front free endpaper. 270 pages. "In 1983, when Sally Ride became the first American woman to enter space, there was no question of whether she could handle the physical stress of the flight, because in 1961 a secret study found thirteen women were physically fit and properly motivated to become astronauts. Bernice Steadman was one of the twenty-five women invited, and one of the thirteen to pass that early strenuous physical. But then she was only allowed to watch, not to participate, as American men first flew into space." - from dust jacket. "A window into the life of a very remarkable lady. Bernice fought the battle of gender discrimination with grace, determination and, above all, ability." - Jerri Truhill, Pilot, Mercury 13. Appears unread. A superb copy. Book

The American Magazine, May 1952 *Religion and Our Schools / Vivien Kellems - Anti-Tax Crusader*

144 pages. Features: Charming colour ad for Deepfreeze Home Appliances inside front cover; Would you throw $357 million into Hell's Canyon?; MGM Color Movie of the Month Calendar; Nice colour ad for Champion Spark Plugs features young batter; Colour 1952 Chevrolet ad; Vivien Kellems - Woman on the Warpath - Anti-Income Tax Crusader; Belinda Osborn, by Hannah Smith; Religion and Our Schools, by Liston Pope, Ph.D.; First Quarrel, by Sarah and Ronald Morrisette; You Can Leave Your Troubles Behind - Smiley Blanton argues that trips can help us in the confused modern world; I'll Never Marry a Bureaucrat, by Elenore Nelson; Star Witness, by Allan Vaughan Elston; Live Wire, by Charles T. Webb; The Escape, by Alice Eldridge; Look Out Rembrandt, Here We Come!, by Jack Long; The Torn Invitation, by Norman Katkov; They Gambled on Greatness - Gilbert J. (Gil) McDougald and Family, by Vance Packard; New Helps for Your Headaches, by Clarence Woodbury; Girl With A Past, by Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger; Puppet Family - The Copelan Family of Jamaica, N.Y.; Doctor Soccer - Bill Feffrey of Penn State; Judge Stanley Scherr of Baltimore deals only with traffic court for youngsters; Harriet Dreilinger is one of the nation's best woman magicians; The "Corn Tones" perform for wounded GI's in Tokyo General Hospital; Virgil Stauffer and International Friendship Gardens of Michigan City, Indiana; Blanche Holland works as a hat check girl to travel around the world!; Bombproof Caveman - Herman Knaust of Catskill, NY has a business protecting records from atomic blasts in his underground vaults; Marietta Larson and her Dogettes; Mrs. Warner Nelson cuts cans; Dr. W. Harry Everhart tries to bring back Maine's Atlantic salmon; Chauncey M. Willey Sr. - carver of granite monuments; Coed of the Month - Phyllis Stickler; Holiday Time in Sweden - with photos; Weapon of Fear, by Harmon Coxe; 1-page ad honoring Jt. (jg) Thomas Hudner, Jr. U.S.N., Medal of Honor recipient. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book

The Archaeology of Michigan - a Guide to the Prehistory of the Great Lakes Region: Second Edition

274 pages including index. A progress report of what is going on in Michigan archaeology. Illustrated in black and white. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Tight and square. Solid copy. Book

THE BARK COVERED HOUSE, OR BACK IN THE WOODS AGAIN; BEING A GRAPHIC AND THRILLING DESCRIPTION OF REAL PIONEER LIFE IN THE WILDERNESS OF MICHIGAN.

Facsimile of the rare Detroit 1876 first edition. 250 p. 12mo. Original leather grained cloth binding. Fine condition. Nowlin's family settled in Michigan in 1834, building a log cabin near the present sit e of Ypsilanti. A great account of a youth's experiences in early Michigan. These facsimiles are the most affordable way to study, own, and enjoy such rare Americana. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NW29

The Bicentennial History of Ingham County, Michigan

422 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white illustrations. "Offers a historical perspective on the past and present that give special emphasis to the events that occurred in the last century and a half of Ingham's history." - from dust jacket. Handsome book is clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in Brodart. A quality copy. Book

The Dearborn Independent - Chronicler of the Neglected Truth, September (Sept.) 25, 1926 - Taxes, Taxes, Taxes!

32 pages. Features: Nice two-color illustrated Valspar ad inside front cover; Taxes, Taxes, Taxes! - they are always with us but often we do not know it; Cashing in on the 'Blue Sky' - a study of the methods used by Wily 'Aviation' and real estate promoters in separating the sucker from his dollar; The Principles that guided George W. Hays in Exercising the Pardoning Power; The Genesis of the Constitution - reflections on what Washington and 38 of his countrymen did one summer; Bringing the Human Boat to Port Under Its Own Steam - advice on healthy living; What Would Izaak Walton Have Said? - the author of 'The Compleat Angler' in his wildest dreams could naver have visualized a 1,500-pound mackerel; Henry Ford's Page - struggle between industry and finance for control of business; Editorials - shaming the U.S. into canceling war debts, anti-prohibition propaganda, The County Fair, Dictators and the dictated; The Gold Hunters - being the story of a party of young men from Michigan in their search for fortune in California in 1850-1851; Bathing, Begging and Buring in Benares - strange scenes on the banks of the Ganges, India's sacred stream - article with photos; The Voyage of the Victoria (part 11)- Death of Magellan; Chats with Office Callers - ; Can You Tell Me?; I Read in the Papers - Japan turns from rice as sole diet; The Village Blacksmith. Moderate moisture exposure. Center pages holding by one staple. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book

The Dearborn Independent - Chronicler of the Neglected Truth, July 17, 1926 - Missionaries and Machine Guns

32 pages. Features: A Wasted Sugar Supply - Honey from Honeybees; Wild Youth Proves a Myth - 'girls and boys' between 35 and 45 are rolling up the crime wave; Making the Government Efficient - reorganization would cut 100,000 unnecessary employees from federal payrolls; The White House - a Mecca for Cranks - Secret Service men must be ever alert to guard the President from the Unbalanced; Missionaries and Machine Guns - many preachers of the gospel do not want the protection of bullets; Tom Learns to Play the Game - an American boy who on mastering himself was able to direct others; Henry Ford's Page - Lower price no longer means lower equality; Editorials - making the movies dry, the value of vulgarity, Mussolini forbids earthquake prophet,exams proposed for ministers of religion, Washington's inability to think in other than political terms; Writing Verse for Composite Readers - some versifiers cultivate eccentricity, others are themselves, and therefore poets; Sad Men Who Look So Wistfully at the Sky - author, William F. Hopp has been chaplain of the Michigan State Prison for over seven years - article with photos; Duelists (Fighter Pilots) of the Sky - a tale of knights-errant and their deeds - of their light-heartedness, and their gallant, tragic fate; Under the White Tops with 'Gil' - (part 3) The Big Snake and the Little Dog - and how a darky made millions from circus side shows; Chats with Office Callers - Christmas cards began with Jewish Adolph Tuck, controversy in Canada over union with the U.S., sighting of monster near Prince Rupert, B.C.; The Virginia Signers of the Declaration of Independence; Fascinating illustrated ad for homes which can be built for under $1k in materials; I Read In the Papers - article by Nathaniel Zalowitz in the 'Jewish Daily Forward' declares "...For the overwhelming majority of Jews in American assimilation in any true sense of the term is absolutely out of the question."; The Barefoot Boy - poetry by J.G. Whittier inside back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book

The Dearborn Independent - Chronicler of the Neglected Truth, July 10, 1926: Birth Control - A World Blight

32 pages. Features: An Intimate Talk with John Galsworthy; A Mixture No Nation Can Stand - America's stomach revolts at concoction of outlawed liquor crooked politics; America Writes A Book - the most crowded field of endeavor in this country; The Price-Fixing Association - how it ingeniously evades those troublesome anti-trust laws; Birth-Control - A World Blight - in this second article on birth control, Father McClorey says if propaganda succeeds, earth will become a desolate planet, driving through space, as dead as the moon; Pere Gilbault, le Coureur des Bois - a man of northern Michigan, philosopher, and artist for art's sake; Mr. Ford's Page - "The Economic Value of Accuracy is impossible to exaggerate"; Editorials - the Eucharistic Congress, Wilhelm Hohenzollern retains his estates in Germany, the 'dry' hearings in Washington, the manipulation of money; An Intimate Story of a Best Seller - struggling author finds publisher and new novel reaches an appreciative public; What's the Matter with the Ministers? - do our American preachers lack conviction concering the substance and efficacy of their message?; Voyage of the Victoria - Patagonia (part 6); Chats with Office Callers; The Fighting Quaker Who Made Cannon - Rhode Island and South Carolina Signers Included Stephen Hopkins, Outlawed by his Co-Religionists; A Dance a Week - Dictionary of Dance Terms; A Dog Molded a Man's Career - Bernhardt Wall and "Man's Best Friend"; News snippets include 'Gallic Ire vs. Cockney Sarcasm', 'Hooks and Eyes, Buttons and Religion', Joseph Conrad was not a Jew, Japs Ardently Copy Our Mistakes, Two Extremes of the Law, and Shoe Leather Hits Orient; Charming photos of kids from around the world, including four-year-old Pearl Hay of London. Middle page loose but present. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book

The Dearborn Independent - Chronicler of the Neglected Truth, April (Apr.) 10, 1926 - Open-Door Immigration?

32 pages. Features: Fascinating news bits inside front cover; Woodrow Wilson Was Best and Worst Copy - his passion for accuracy conflicted with newspapermen who ignored serious things to ask him 'what he ate for breakfast' - part 3; Housekeeping in Our Paris Flat - how two Americans fared in the French Capital and "Got to Love Passy"; ; Never Separated a Single Family - open-door immigration specialists slander the United States Government - Rabbi Stephen Wise, president of the American Jewish Congress, urges passage of the most liberal of all the liberalizing measures - the Perlman bill; Life and Death on the Screen - A.C. Pillsbury films bacteria and pollen in action - motion pictures of flower fertilization; What's the Matter With Jim? - the story of a boy who would only work when he thought it play; Mr. Ford's Page - interesting thoughts on the forces involved with prohibition; Editorials - major criticism of the World Court and claim that in Michigan a list of Americans targetted for assassination by communists has been found; Golf - Can You Pick the Champions? - Americans will attempt to capture leading British honors - article with photos of Glenna Collett, Francis Ouimet, Macdonald Smith, Walter Hagen, Watts Gunn, Long Jim Barnes, Bobby Jones and Robert Gardner; Lincoln's Murder - Amazing Man Hunt - John Surratt and Papal Zouave accused of the crime, who leaped for liberty over a hundred-foot precipice - article with photos of John Surratt, John Wilkes Booth and Mrs. Mary Surratt; What it Costs the Chinese to Worship Their Ancestors - wonderful photo-illustrated article; Is America a Nation of Coffee-Bibbers? - Its people drink upward of forty billions of cups of this seductive beverage each year, consuming more than half of World's Production; Union of Irish and Jews in recent 'propaganda' plays - Abie's Irish Rose, Kosher Kitty Kelly; Great Writers Who Have Failed as Novelists; Seeking to Know What the Earth is Made of - the work of Professor Stjepan Mohorovicic and others; When the Broker Breaks the Law; A Dance a Week - The Lancers, a graceful square dance - first two figures, with piano sheet music (to be continued); Oregon State Agricultural College at Corvallis, Oregon offers course in the guardianship of a real baby; The Jolly Old Pedagogue; Back cover features illustration of and quotation by Henry Thoreau. Small chip from fore-edge of front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book

The Dearborn Independent - Chronicler of the Neglected Truth, July 17, 1926 - San Francisco Says "Shoot to Kill"

32 pages. Features: Wee, Timorous Beasties at Home - in the realms of fur and feather tiney creatures show their skill in nest building; Delaware Uses the Whipping Post - Are lashes on the bare back effective as crime prevention?; New Phases of Changing China - photo-illustrated article on how sedan chairs and moth-eaten donkeys are giving way to modern things; Have We an Educated Ministry? - only a minority of present-day incombents are from reputable colleges; Housecleaning in the Treasury - in 4 years there were 300 cases in which attorneys and agents practising before the Treasury Department were respondents in Suspension or Disbarment Proceedings; Parentage of Attic Strads - fake Stradivarius violins; Mr. Henry Ford's Page - 'of all parasites, the human species is the least tolerable'; Editorials - are we advising our students to be jellyfish?, Babies as Armament, Michigan judge thinks more speed with increase road safety, the American Psychiatric Association and paid vs. impartial opinion, Goodl Old Songs (and who profits from them), and American tourists need to learn flag etiquette; Under the White Tops with 'Gil' - in this first instalment, veteran showman Gil Robinson takes you into a world where clowns, camels and wild beasts are the actors; He Takes Tin Tacks From Tiny Throats - Dr. Dhevalier Jackson of Philadelphia has saved thousands of children; Patting the Lion's Mane - American woman says English men of letters are more interesting than American; How U.S. Treats its Diplomats - present conditions prohibit any man from attaining the rank of United States Ambassador unless he can supply great wealth to maintain the social obligations of the post - article with embassies; Chats with Office Callers; Tragedy of the Franklin Expedition - the realized the old dream of a Northwest Passage; I Read in the Papers; Dying Africa Makes Her Appeal - our supply of Africa's rich products will be lost if we do not eradicate her deadly diseases; A Dance a Week - Some More Terms; San Francisco Says "Shoot to Kill" - Notable decrease in serious crime results; Nice circus photos. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book

THE GEOGRAPHICAL CATECHISM OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND THE WESTERN STATES: DESIGNED AS A GUIDE AND POCKET COMPANION, FOR TRAVELLERS AND EMIGRANTS.

pp. iv, 384. Well foxed. A few signatures loose. Early manuscript ownership of Jacob Bowman July 28, 1837, on first fly leaf. Mildly XLib. XLib blind stamp of Franklin and Marshall on title page also an ink call number. [Withdrawn]. 12mo. 175 mm. Original full leather binding, rubbed and worn. Original leather spine label. Loss at head of spine. Title continues: 'To Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Missouri; Containing A Geographical, And Early Historical Account Of These Several States, From Their First Settlement Up To The Present Time'. Hardbound. Good. Israel Daniel Rupp (1803-1878), of Cumberland County, PA, was the son of German Mennonites who immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1751. He was a self-taught scholar who learned to read eight or nine languages. He was a school teacher for over 20 years, and is best known for his histories and translations. This work was read closely and often carried by settlers moving West - which in those days meant travel beyond the Appalachians. He wrote this while living at "Refuge, Near Mechanicsburg, PA. Howes R-506; Sabin 74156; S&S/AI 40000. ** PRICE JUST REDUCED!! PAIMP 22

The Granite Monthly - A New Hampshire Magazine of Literature, History, and State Progress, March 1882, Vol. V, No. 6 - Hon. Benning Moulton Bean

Pages 164-196. Features: Hon. Benning Moulton Bean - article with full-page illustration of subject; Letter from John Farmer to Ex-Gov. William Plumer; Along the Sougegan; James Patten; New Hampshire's Lament; Stray Bits Bound into a Sheaf; Recollections of the Piscataqua Association of Ministers and Churches for Ten Years, from 1825; New Hampshire Men in Michigan, No. 2; The Country Residences of Judge Livius and Gov. Wentworth; Record of Births and Marriages in the Town of Canterbury, N.H. Above-average external wear and soiling. Back cover missing. A worthy reference copy. Magazine

The Granite Monthly - A New Hampshire Magazine of Literature, History, and State Progress, September, 1881, Vol. IV, No. 12 - Hon. Hosea W. Parker

Pages 474-510. Features: Hon. Hosea A. Parker - article with one-page illustration of subject; Query; The Crime of Isaac Dole, and his Punishment; Cloud-land; Hon. William Henry Haile; Lake Village; Pleasant Pond; The Name and Family of Tulloch; Sketch of Keene; A Garden; New Hampshire Men in Michigan; A Slight Mistake in the History of New Hampshire; Letter of James Madison to Gen. John Stark, and his Answer; Record of Marriages and Births in the Town of Canterbury, N.H.; Book Notices. Back cover partly loose. Above-average external wear and soiling. Faint prior owner's name atop front cover. A worthy reference copy. Book

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The Illustrated London News (ILN), Saturday, May 2, 1942 - Rostock Smashed By the R.A.F.

Pages 425-452. Features: Wonderful one-page colour Guinness ad entitled "Guinness for Strength" shows farmer pushing huge wheelbarrow loaded with veggies - presumably in the spirit of promoting wartime home food growing; Map of great R.A.F. bombing raid on Lubeck; Five graphic air photos of R.A.F.-inflicted bomb damage to Rostock; Five photos of bomb damage in Valetta, Malta; Three photos of terrible smoke and fire on Rangoon's waterfront as the great oil refineries of Syriam and the Burma Company's oil warehouse are destroyed before the Japanese arrive; Two photos of Nazi reprisal bomb damage in Bath; Photo of six R.A.F. men returning from the spectacular raid on the Diesel works at Augsburg, including Squadron-Leader J.D. Nettleton, V.C.; Photo of British-Italian prisoner exchange at Alexandria; Photo of smiling returing British POWs at Cairo Station; Five photos of the King and Queen visiting Canadian Armoured Division "Sansom's Rough Riders" (named after Major-General E. Sansom; Commandos and Their Raids - article with two photos of Major Lord Lovat and his landing force before their successful reconnaissance raid near Boulogne; Two photos of Scottish Command forces practicing marine landing excercises jumping off barges, some with scaling ladders; Two pages of illustrations of battle drill under the most rigorous and realistic conditions; Nine photos on two-page spread illustrated the H.M.S. "Illustrious" at sea again, carrying American fighter planes - Grumman Martlets; photo of 'Dodge'ems' used to move aircraft on aircraft carrier deck; Magnificent centerfold aerial photo of R.A.F. bomb damage inflicted upoin the city of Lubeck - a mile of roofless houses, great blasted areas and ruined war factories; Six photos illustrate novel U.S. method of rapidly fabricating a 173' submarine chaser at the Defoe Yards at Bay City, Michigan; Two great photos compare the instrument panels of an Me. 109 fighter and a Halifax bomger; Two-pages of illustrations wonderfully explain the mechanism behind aircraft dials - "Marvels of Lilliputian engineering for delicate modern aero instruments; Photos of eleven personalities of the week include General H. Giraud, Rifleman John Beeley, V.C., Sec.-Lieut. C. Ward Gunn, V.C.,Lieut.-Colonel C.G.W. Anderson, V.C., Lieut.-Colonel A.E. Cumming, V.C., and Princess Elizabeth in Girl Guide uniform; Drake's Globe-Cup sold at Christies (large photo); Classy half-page Rover car ad; Nice colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover shows shipyard outside window; more nice vintage ads. This copy was never stapled. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this vintage issue. Book

The Illustrated London News - December 10, 1960

Features/Photos: Facelift to Downing St.; Unique gold torque found after 3200 years; Floods in Devon, Glamorgan, Monmouthshire and Hereford; The deposed Prime minister of Congo, Mr. Patrice Lumumba; Japanese royalty in India; The first crossing of Lake Michigan by a wheeled Amphibian - the U.S. Army LARC-15 (2 photos); Colour centrefold loose but present; Cranford House School; Caravan Exhibition at Olympia; the U.S. Tiros II experimental 'weather-eye' satellite - multiple photos; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Book

The Lamp Road: A History of the Lansing [Michigan], Alma, Mt. Pleasant and Northern Railroad

96 pages. Maps. Footnotes. "Dedicated to those pioneer individuals of Ingham, Clinton, Gratiot and Isabella counties of the 1800's, who had a burning hunger for a railroad which would generally traverse in a north-south direction through the central parts of those counties." - dedication page. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this informative central Michigan historical rail reference. Book

The New York Times Magazine, December (Dec.) 8, 1974 - Jerome Robbins Cover Photo

158 pages. Features: Why Sadat and Faisal Chose Arafat - an Arab watcher perceives a grand design keyed to a peace settlement with Israel; Jerome Robbins - Back, Again, to Ballet - photo-illustrated article; Is the Consumer Price Index (CPI) Accurate?; Forward Day By Day - First Lady Betty Ford; What's in the Water We Drink? - strange as it may seem, the best drinking water is in New York City; Funky Quasar and Croton LED watch ads; Eddie Bauer ad features Greenwood "Down-Proof Duo" jackets; Photo of Guy Lombardo in Waldorf-Astoria Hotel ad; Birth Without Violence - a French Pediatrician eases the Birth Trauma; Four illustrated pages of Christmas presents $15 and under; 2/3-page black and white Roots shoe ad; One-page ad for David Ben-Gurion Silver Commemorative Coin; Flagship Cruises, Inc. ad features photo of their President, Oivind Lorentzen, Jr.; Nice color Ronson and Colibri lighter ads; Many more wonderful ads. Bonus: Laid-in with its corresponding centerfold ad is an oval "Seagram's Greetings" five-panel (10 page) fold-out color-photo illustrated liquor ad. Average wear. Small faint library stamp on front cover. A sound vintage copy. Book

The New York Times Magazine, January 21, 1945 - We Face a Desperate Foe in the Pacific / Governor Al Smith

56 Pages. Features: Cover photo of "Russia's Winter Army on the March" showing soldiers on skis; United States Lines ad inside front cover features Eliot Wadsworth of the Chamber of Commerce; Color-photo one-page ad for The Commercial Travelers Mutual Accident Association of America; One-page ad for Dumont televisions; Japan is Still a Dangerous Enemy - article with naval battle photos including a dramatic one-page photo of a U.S. rocket assault on Peleliu Island; The Delicate Balance to be Kept in Europe Demands Statesmanship; Poem to the leaders of the Allied Nations; Wonderfully illustrated article on Idlewild Airport (New York International Airport, later renamed in honor of JFK) by Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia; Nice color one-page Celanese ad advertises their Lumarith plastic car parts; Harry Truman article on his new job as Vice-President; Article on music composer Richard Rodgers (with photo) explains that he writes musical amid office confusion; Lovely one-page color ad for Richelieu Pearls features lady in strapless top; Inside story of a Handbag - casing new light on the ways of womankind!; Nice color ad for Valliant Vineyards; Al Smith - a friend looks at the record - great photo-illustrated article on the life of Governor Alfred E. Smith; One-page ad for Congress Playing Cards; The Story of Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Nostalgic ad for the defoe Shipbuilding Company of Bay City, Michigan; Color photo ad for Thomas' Protein Bread features attractive lady in yellow dress; Color ad fo Presto Cake Flour; Photo-illustrated recipe for Coffee Cake Without Sugar; Wonderful one-page colour ad for Sand W Fine Apple Juice features two lovely young ladies; Article on tomorrow's refrigerators; Teen-Age Decalogue; Wheatena ad shows bride carrying groom over the threshold; Lovely two pages of photo of formal hat fashions for ladies; Chow for the Wacs - they don't need as much food as they've been receiving; Gorgeous one-page color-photo fashion ad for Donnybrook Classic; Color ad for Oxydol soap; Dr. Lyon's Tooth Powder ad features sensuous scene; ad for Scott fine radio receivers; Color ad for Jackson & Perkins Co. flowers on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage wartime issue. Book

The New York Times Magazine, September (Sept.) 16, 1945 - Iconic Cover Photo of MacArthur and Eichelberger, 'Rulers of Japan'

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

The One Hundredth Anniversary of St. Paul Lutheran Church of Michigan City, Indiana: 1876-1976

Unpaginated. Approximately 1/4" thick. Includes extensive member list (with contact details) plus photos of hundreds of members. Many nice archival photos with supporting text. Light wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. A nice copy. Book

The Saturday Evening Post, April 6, 1957 -- Is France Still Our Ally? / Ruth Lyons Lays Down the Law

164 pages. Fiction: The General's Disgrace; Fugitive From Romance; One Husband's Revolt; Freedom Calling!; The Lady (part 2 of 4); Kiowa Moon (part 4 of 7). The Business of Love. Articles: Is France Still Our Ally? - they say our Middle East policy is killing them; The Lady Lays Down the Law - TV star Ruth Lyons of Cincinnati - article with photos; How To Eat Like a Movie Star - recipes from Dave Chasen who turned a chili parlor into one of Hollywood's busiest and most expensive - restaurants; The Man Who Was Born Twice - Walter Kussy leaves communist Czechoslovaia to be reborn as an American; I Licked My Jinx - Golfer Jack Burke Jr. hits the jack pot on the pro golf circuit after 16 years - with photos; "Bring All Your Cancelled Checks" - What happens when you are called in for an IRS tax audit; Spring in the Smokies - beautiful forest floor photo; So, You Think You Need Eight Hours' Sleep! - fascinating sleep research by Dr. Nathaniel Kleitman, including testing in Mammoth Cave, Ky; Fishing in the Dark - smelt fishing in Porter Creek ad Advance, Michigan - article with great 'stampede' photo; Ads: Parker 61 pen; Listerine (romantic photo by tree); Borden's Butterscotch Pecan Ice Cream - nice one-page color photo; Magnavox TVs; Whitman's Chocolates; Nice two-page two-color Dodge Truck ad displays nine different models; Two-page Rexall ad proudly displays their line of Stag products; Wow! - three-page color-photo ad for Scott-Atwater outboard motors; Gleem toothpaste - baseball scene with smooth photo; Campbell's Soup; Buick Roadmaster 75 - with color photo of foxy lady in back seat; Two-page yellow-pages ad; Pink GE appliances color photo ad; One-page two-color Phillips Milk of Magnesia ad; Nice color-photo De Soto car ad featuring a yellow and white Fireflite Sportsman, 4-door hardtop; Speed Queen appliances; Allied Van Lines; Marlboro - early Marlboro Man ad - one page black and white photo; Sweet color-photo Cadillac ad outside a formal evening gathering; Two-page GM ad promotes the safety of their curved panoramic windshields; Tareyton; Chef Boy-Ar-Dee ravioli; Great one-page photo Black and Decker ad for the "World's Most Powerful Drills"; Sexton Foods; Alabama vacations ad features sexy 'Patsy'; Two-page photo ad for GM features their supplier Great Lakes Screw Corporation of Chicago - with owners Jennings and Bob Crawford, Clyde Greathouse, Edna, Clarence and Gordon Gary; Twindow; Great color one-page ad for Imperial cars - featuring the new Imperial Le Baron 4-door hardtop - with chauffeur; Dictaphone Time-Master; Frigidaire appliances; Canada tourism; Pream coffee; Nice one-page color 7-up (Seven-Up) ad shows teens on phone; Nice Scripto pens one-page ad in color; Van Heusen shirts; Canadian Pacific Dome Car photo ad; Homelite Chainsaws - featuring photo of Mr. Lester Tamplin of West Manchester, Ohio; Nice one-page two-color ad for Moto-Mower lawn mowers; Mercury car ad with photo of Ed Sullivan; Nice color Diamond ad (for N.W. Ayer & Son?); Lowe Brothers Paints; Sunkist orange ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine

The Saturday Evening Post, July 14 - July 21, 1962 *DE GAULLE VS RAINIER / WARREN BEATTY / SANDY KOUFAX*

Features: Nice color Rambler car ad inside front cover; Who Says I'm Uncultured, by Frederick Breitenfeld Jr.; Confessions of a Block-Buster - Norris Vitchek is a Chicago real-estate agent who moves Negro families into all-white blocks - he reveals how he reaps enormous profits from racial prejudice; Riding the World's Wild Giants Waves - Great Color Photos; Brash and Rumpled Star - newcomer Warren Beatty demands superstar treatment from Hollywood; People on the Way Up - TV Emcee Nancy Clark, Grace Kelleher, Neal Williams of Go-Power Corporation; Tempest in a Riviera Teapot - a feud between De Gaulle and Prince Rainier threatens the continued independence of Monaco, the world's loveliest tax haven; How Your Children Grow - Wilton M. Krogman reveals new methods of predicting growth rates and warns parents against needless fears; Magic's Merry Mecca - avid conjurers throng to Colon, Michigan, America's capital of magic-making; Nice color Pepsi ad on page 61; Sandy Koufax, the Strikeout King; Farmer Khrushchev - ideology and climate snarl Russia's farm program. Average wear. A sound copy. Book

The Sphere Magazine - The Empire's Illustrated Weekly: January 20, 1945

Photos include: scene from the Battle of the Bulge; the capture of Laroche; The capture of Samree; photos from the snowy battlefields of Belgium; scenes from Italy, Burma and Greece; the battle of Budapest; Hard weather on the North Atlantic supply routes; air relief of Bastogne; The new German Royal Tiger Tank; First photo of the American version of the V1 being built by Ford at Dearborn, Michigan; and more. Average wear. Sound copy. Book