Michigan

Wisps of Mist

Slight wear to top and bottom of spine. Book is 6 1/4"w x 9 1/4"h and features deckle-edged paper of various colors and textures with beautiful color prints and poetry on the theme of animals and nature. About 25 pages. " Gwen Frostic was an American artist, entrepreneur, author, and Michigan Women's Hall of Fame inductee. A lifelong resident of Michigan, Frostic is known for her naturalist, Linocut block print artwork, created using Original Heidelberg Platten presses." [Wikipedia]

Wing-borne

Slight wear to cover and top and bottom of spine. Book is 6 1/4"w x 9 1/4"h and features deckle-edged paper of various colors and textures with beautiful color prints and poetry on the theme of animals and nature. About 25 pages. " Gwen Frostic was an American artist, entrepreneur, author, and Michigan Women's Hall of Fame inductee. A lifelong resident of Michigan, Frostic is known for her naturalist, Linocut block print artwork, created using Original Heidelberg Platten presses." [Wikipedia]

VOS ARBETORINS DERTSEYLN: A ERETS-YISROEL BUKH.

8vo. 370 pages. In Yiddish. Photograph illustration plates. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Women – Palestine; Working class women – Palestine; Jewish women – Palestine. Covers a little worn, text clean, good condition. (HEB-3-1)

Trains Magazine, September 1942, Vol. 2, No. 11

50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Saga of the UP Streamliners - many years of experimentation led to 17-car coast streamliners of today; Utah Interurbans; The Lady Said No - Lady Baltimore balked at pulling trains for which she was not designed - awaits dismantlers; By Rail Across Lake Michigan - car ferries run every day, winter or summer, cutting mileage and avoiding the congested Chicago area; Railfans on Parade - the New Yorker's reporter-at-large takes a look at an institution which has vanished for the duration; Diesel in the Rockies - internal combustion and steam work together on the climb to the Moffat Tunnel; Your Guess is Good - Railroad picture quiz; White Pass & Yukon - Bill Moore's Trip, Part II - a trek on a three-foot gauge grapevine stepped in mining lore; Locomotives of the White Pass & Yukon; New Tunnel - larger locomotives force replacement of tunnel 85 years old - the Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) between Afton and Waynesboro, Va; Average wear and soiling. Centerfold lookse but present, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Magazine

Trains - The Popular Magazine of Railroading, February 1951 - Cover Photo of Soo Line Train 8 Near Rapid River, Michigan

58 pages. Features: The Hibiscus & Heliconia Short Line Railroad on Hawaii - article with photos; The Rail Detector Car Identifies Faulty Rails - article with photos; Staten Island Rapid Transit - a B&O Subsidiary - article with photos and map; Photo Section including wonderful centerfold photo of a Western Maryland 4-6-6-4 on a curve west of Cumberland, Md.; Behind the Statistical Nightmares of the Pennsylvania Railroad's first 100 years - a story of a transport colossus - article with photos; Riding the "Dixie Line" NC&StL from Nashville to Atlanta; Photos of immense locomotives in the process of being scrapped; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine

Trains - The Magazine of Railroading: November 1968

Features: Railroad News Photos; Steam News Photos; The Iron-Horse Opera - 20th annual motive power survey/Confessions of middle-aged locomotive reporter David P. Morgan; An Objectivity Test - it is difficult to review the new Turbotrain without sounding like a United Aircraft publicist - nice photo; The style of steam in its birthplace - nice European photos with text; Penn Central's last bid for Passengers; Traction's super heavyweights - they weighed over 71 tons and could do 80 mph plus - the Michigan Railway's new 50 mile interurban line between Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo; From Bucyrus to Belgium - by C. Grattan Price Jr.; and more. Average wear. Date stamp atop front cover else unmarked. Sound copy. Book

Time Magazine, September 1, 1967 - Sandy Dennis Cover

Contents: New Haven urban renewal; Urban Coalition; A Program for Cities; George Lincoln Rockwell and the National Socialist White People's Party, and Rockwell's murder by John Patler (Patsalos); Photo of maiden flight of Navy F-111B; Trainees at For Sill P.O.W. Course - preparing for the worst - with photo; Marine Gunnery Sergeant Jimmie E. Howard awarded Medal of Honor - with photo; Smoking and Safety; Forest fires in the Northwest; Vietnam War update; Macnamara on Bombing the North; Arab Refugees after war with Israel; Review of Israel's victory; Photo of North American Aviation's XB-70 and X-15 supersonic aircraft; Ch'u Silk Manuscript; Photo after marriage of George Scott Romney, oldest son of Michigan Governor George Romney; Photo of Bobbie Gentry; Bus Mosbacher; Swimmer Debbie Meyer; Gaylord Perry and the Spitball; Sandy Dennis - article with photos; Photo of Edgar M. Bronfman who purchased shares in MGM from Philip J. Levin; The death of Henry John Kaiser - story with photos; "Alligators" - LaCoste sports shirts; Clarence Jackson of Phoenix, AZ and his fight with Sears; and much more. Unmarked. Above-average wear to cover. Book

Time Magazine, March 4, 1940 - Cover Photo of Japan's Mitsumasa Yonai

76 pages. Cover: Japan's Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai. Contents: National Affairs: Louisiana: Twelve Years (Concluded) - Governor Race - Sam Houston Jones defeats Earl Long; Michigan: Chase Salmon Osborn Takes on U.S. Bureau of Census; Foreign Affairs: Scandinavia - Foreign Ministers for Norway, Sweden and Denmark Meet over Finnish-Russian War; India: Frontier Firebrand - Mirza Ali Khan a.k.a. Fakir of Ipi; Russia: White Red City - Leningrad in the Middle of Finnish-Russian War; Japan: Son of a Samurai - Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai; Dominican Republic: Smiling Plot - General Rafael Leonidas Trujillo donates land to Jewish and Non-Jewish Refugees of World War II; World War: Grand Strategy - Widening out in the Northern Blockade and Southern Stirrings in Rumania; Northern Theatre: Russians battle into Viipuri; The Press: South's Guardian - Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky; Education: Growing Concern - Frank Aydelotte to Leave Swarthmore College; Science: Tough Guys - Charles Wilkes and Elisha Kent Kane (1820 - 1857); Psousennes Found - Archeologist Pierre Montet finds tomb of King Psousennes I; Religion: Interdict - Interdict imposed on Holy Redeemer Church in Cleveland, Ohio by Archbishop Joseph Schrembs; Business & Finance: Associated Gas & Electric - Bankruptcy Restructuring; and Manufacturing: Schoolgirl Complexion - Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Comapny. Full page colour vintage print advertising with Susann Shaw, Florence Dornin and Dana Dale promoting Chesterfield Cigarettes. Binding intact. Small mailing stamp bottom right back cover. Contents clean and unmarked. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine

The Wide World Magazine, Vol. XLV - No. 266, June 1920 - Maddest War Exploit / Bristol Fighter Squadron

Pages 91-176 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The Mystery of the Missing Nun (part 1) - Sister Janina vanished from Isadore, Michigan and it was 12 years before the mystery was solved; Post-Hole Pete - an amusing bear story from the Alaska wilds; The Maddest Exploit of the War - Trooper Gerald Fitzgerald No. 1313 1st King Edward's Horse was unaware of the Armistice so single-handedly pursued the retiring German Army; The Ship That Came Back - the liner "Sesostris" was wrecked off the coast of Guatemala, lifted into a jungle by a volcano, then salvaged to resume her career! - article with photos; Short Stories; The Great Zeebrugge Raid - and After (part 1) - Sergeant H. Wright, D.S.M., of the Royal Marine Light Infantry provides striking narrative; Ants and Other Pests - Mining Engineer E.T. McCarthy's thrilling experiences; Across Unknown Arabia in Disguise - part 4 - Mr. Philby describes his travels in central Arabia among the Wahhabi (Wahabi) Arabs - article with photos; The Hunting of Felizardo, a notorious brigand in the Philippines - photo-illustrated article; On Foot Through South America - part 7 of 7 - travels in the "Great Wilderness" of Bolivia, and a meeting with "Jack Thompson" - photo-illustrated article; With a Bristol Fighter Squadron on the Western Front - part 4 (illustrated); Down at Iceland - sights and events on a trip to Iceland in a typical Grimsby trawler ; A Battle with Bears - an exciting story from the wilds of Wyoming, by Frank M. McMaines; Nice illustrated B.V.D. underwear ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Book

The Wide World Magazine, March (Mar.) 1908, No. 119, Vol. 20 - My Experiences in the Great Russian Famine

Pages 418-520 plus several pages of vintage ads. Features: The Madness of Don Patricio; My Experiences in the Great Russian Famine - graphic glimpses of the terrible Russian famine of 1907 - article with photos; An Ill-Starred Invention - a patent application goes wrong; Mussel-Farming - a curious Dutch industry (article with photos); Adrift in a Runaway Airship - daring young Chicago balloonist William Matteray and his airship are blown by a gale all the way to Michigan; Sights and Scenes in Java - photo-illustrated article by a former resident; The Queen's Temper - part 1 - a remarkable narrative shows how the actions of obscure individuals culminated in the arrival of British troops and the downfall of Burma as an independent state; The Broken Arrow - a marine detective story by A.A. Jeffries; The Autobiography of a Brigand - Part I - Giuseppe Salomone of Barrafranca, Sicily; In the Land of Perfume - the ancient flowery town of Grasse; The Quest of the "O'Baki" - a Japanese ghost story; Lifting a City - after being destroyed by a tidal wave in 1900 the city of Galveston, Texas is raised several feet to prevent future such disasters; and more. Front cover loose but present. Back cover missing. A worthy vintage copy. Book

The Wide World - The Magazine For Everybody, July 1920, No. 267, Vol. XLV - The Largest Camera in the World / Timber-Cruising in California

Pages 178-264 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Mysterious Heart of Asia (part I) - Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes gives an account of his adventures during a war-time expedition, with photos; The Murder Ship - the Russian schooner Johannis and one of the most tragic narratives in the annals of the sea; The Lifted Veil (part I) - POWs in Turkey concoct a 'spook' and create an amazing deception for their captors; The Largest Camera in the World - constructed by George Lawrence of Chicago - fantastic photo-illustrated article; 'Twixt Earth and Sky - the story of a German's vengeance and the terrible ordeal that resulted for a timber-getter in the New Zealand kauri forests; The Great Zeebrugge Raid - And After (part II) - a Royal Marine captured on the Mole describes the full story of the historic landing (in part I) and curious adventures during subsequent captivity; The Bullet-Hole Cross - Guatemalan estate manager Mr. Dellplain incurs the wrath of an Indian who swears to have his life; The Mystery of the Missing Nun (part II) - Sister Janina disappeared from a peaceful little village in Michigan; Timber-Cruising in California - Terence H. Lambert describes interesting experiences among the big trees of California; Pirate Gold - The Buried Treasure of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia; After Big Game in East Africa - advice on the fitting out of expeditions, cost, and the game available; Photo of amazing bamboo scaffold structure over the great Ch'ien Men Gate, Peking as it was being rebuilt; A Two-Days' Battle with a Baboon - it escaped aboard a ship!; A Night With a Madman in India; The Sheriff's Bad Day - this story hinges on a very odd connection with this publication; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book

The University of Michigan - A Pictorial History

212 pages. Here in more than 200 pictures are the people, places, and events that shaped the first 150 years of The University of Michigan. An exciting visual panorama of change and growth marking a century and a half of educational leadership. Small faint erasure to decorated front endpaper. Lengthy gift inscriptions and signatures upon backside of front free endpaper and front flyleaf. Minor warp to front cover. Minimal wear to book which remains fresh in blue cloth boards which are lettered in gilt. Light wear to dust jacket which has quarter inch tear to top edge of back panel. 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

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 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 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 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 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, 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 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 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 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 greeks of Sault Ste. Marie and district Michigan USA and Ontario Canada

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