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Contents: interesting Borg-Warner ad features color military illustration promoting their desalination equipment; Full-page ad for movie 'To Have and Have Not' starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall; Interesting ad with several photos of the Great Northern Railway; Norfolk and Western Railway color ad; Friction over policy for Europe disturbs relations of big three - idealism of U.S. clashes with realism of British and quiet toughness of Reds; Red Thrust on Hungarian front may be master key to victory - Vienna, aim of campaign, is strategically a greater prize than even capital of Reich; Inside V-2 - official British diagram of a German V-2 shows the workings of the rocket and its relative size as compared with a man; The Ormoc Trap; Disaster in China - struggling to save lifelines to the Occident; Kaywoodie Briar pipe - beautiful color ad; Photo of a Fifteenth Air Force Liberator aflame over a heavy flak barrage; Men over 26 to fill the ranks as casualty lists grow longer - 26 to 37's must work or fight in bitter war months ahead; Interesting ad for the Comptometer displays a Googol! - of interest to modern-day Google fans!; White Truck color ad - attractive; France sated with bloodletting - moderates move to halt purge - Germans threaten reprisals against French captives in Reich if executions are continued; Photo of Canadian General Crerar with Cpl. E. O'Connor of Toronto; De Gaulle with Molotov; Industry puts reconversion aside to answer hurry call for arms; The Japs failed purge of the Philippine educational system; Great Lakes Steel color ad featuring futuristic auto body styles. Average wear. Address label atop front cover. Unmarked. Center page loose but present. Book
Contents: Seattle will build 15,000 fine new homes (ad); Schlitz beer ad - in color with lovely model; New York Central Railroad ad - "Black Magic" - 95,000,000 tons of coal per year; Block votes tipped teh balance in closest election since 1916 - photo of FDR with Harry Truman; Photos of voting shenanigans in Chicago; V-2 weapons may win next war but come too late for this one - detailed article with air photo; Ignorant men and modern weapons - the inside story of the Chinese Army - with photos of refugees fleeing the Japanese; White trucks - color ad; France given more say in Europe in prelude to Big Three Meeting; Reprieve for the Canadian Zombies; Doukhobor mass disrobing; Cuban housecleaning - Grau purges Batista henchmen; Long-suffering victims of sinus problems can be cured; Nikola Tesla - prophet of tomorrow; Very military ad by Bankers Trust Company shows a soldier pulling the pin from a grenade with his teeth; Color Sheaffer's pen ad inside back cover. Average wear. Address label atop front cover. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Over one inch thick. Many black and white photos. Features include: Through the Fields of Chukchi - a report of a Russian icebreaker's trip through a frozen sea; Along the Walnut Run - an N.F.B. story of the Nodwell Transporters, all-Canadian mechanical monsters; Tin Can Line is a Mighty Fine Line - a fast trip along a fantastic railway; Pioneering Arctic Air Services in Greenland - Scheduled Helicopter Flights; Transportation and the Settlement Frontier in the Mackenzie Valley Area; 175 Years after Mackenzie - a trip along the route of the great explorer; Beasts of Burden - a chapter from a book by Eskimo children of Chesterfield Inlet; Television in the North; Blow Spirit - Irene Baird's strange rescue from a storm; Yukon Pattern - a total approach to the problem of development of the Yukon; Fossil Harvest in the Far North; Tundra Trading - the fox fur trade; The Fur Auction - an exciting business; Canadian Fur Overseas - Canadian fur promotion; Fur Industry - the old and new of the industry; The Trapping Profession in the Northwest Territories - Father Brown of Colville Lake presents his case for a new approach to trapping; Walrus Galore! - Chesley Russell reminisces about walrus hunts he has been on; Neighbours - an Eskimo famly enlivens an Arctic campout; Turnabout - an African couple brings light to the dark north; Yukon Paperback - A. A. Wright browses through a 1909 publication; How to cook a Polar Bear; The Port Burwell Co-operative; From the Journal of Baron Munchausen - the great travel-liar visits Russia; Yukon tourist calendar; N.W.T. Tourist Calendar; A Tour of the better spots in the North; Cathay Revisited; Eskimo Art from Holman; Comment Est-ce Dans Le Nord; A Fair Trade - his freedom for a mug of tea - excerpt from a novel by Robert Kroetsch; Bicultural Ookpik - a pin-up designed by Eric Wilson; Yukon Mining Survey - 1965; Flowers of the Forest - Indian crafts from Fort Franklin, N.W.T.; The Tukcoat - an example of Eskimo handiwork; The Co-operative movement in the Arctic (2nd part in a series); The Return - a story of the occult; Northern Health Service - a picture story of the people it serves; Transportation at the top of the world; Indian Giver - short story by Fortesque McKay; Manuel - short story by Alf Copland; The Romance of Northern Names; The Bronze Cross - Scouting's Highest Honour; Early Geographical Concepts of the Northwest Passage; Pine Point Revisited; Growth of NWT Government; But Eskimo Children don't cry!; Bewildered Hunters in the 20th Century - N.W.T councillor Abe Okpik recounts a modern dilemma; Mountain Climbing in the Arctic, by P.D. Baird; A Daughter of the Midnight Sun; Women in Soviet Arctic Regions; Ma Courte Carriere de Vice-Reine; Memories of a Whaling Town; Transport by Submarine in Arctic Waters; Inukshooks and Itigaseemautes - mysterious beacons of the North; High School Drop-ins; Who will Be I; Community Health Workers at Hobbema; Wrangel Island Wrangle; Murder Trial in Spence Bay; Christmas on the Trapline; You only take the First Trip Once; Penny's Polar Probe, 1850-51; Tea and Bannock; Ookpik; The reindeer Journey; The Seal Hunt; An Indian Tale of Birch Bark, Musk-rat Tails and Rabbits' Ears; Since the Days of Barter; Still Life in a Tent; Eskimo Wife. Moderate wear. Tightly bound. Minimal library markings. Book
Features: Reflecting on Windows - Part III; Collectables - Canadian Post-War Plastic Furniture; A Victorian Town House; Corl Horner's Miniatures from Mars; Lulie Newcomb Sabella; Carroll and Gary Elmer preserve a railroad depot; The Mini-Kitty Caper - Claudon's Kitties; The Time Capsule Kitchen; Claycrafting Candy Cottages; Assembling a Dollhouse Doll; A Post-War Kitchen (continued); Cosy Wing Chair in 1/4" scale; Authentic accessories to spice your country decor; An inspired room box - the closet under the stairs; Joann's November Flower; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
Features: Clean and unmarked with light wear. The life story of Finlay Booth; I think Earp took Johnny Ringo; Sanders of Turkey Creek; Secret Coves and Lost Worlds; A Mighty Good Railroad Town; McGonagill Pays Off; Black Robes and Circuit Riders; Hell! Dodge City ain't in the the United States!; Tom Fuller for Breakfast and three to a bed; Eleven limbs for eleven killers; and more. Nice copy. Magazine
Features: Chasing the greatest Bandido of all, Pancho Villa; Oats and green pastures for the rest of your life - outrunning the Indians; The impossible treasures of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma; Railroad towns were tough - Piedmont,Wyoming; The Test - a trader's first confrontation with the Indians; Gambling in early day Montana; Train ticket west; Ride easy kid, the road's rough - sage advice from a man who should know; Prison Delivery - Emmett Dalton - complete pamphlet in this issue, plus related story The Penal Press and 'The Clock'; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
Features: Belling the Lead Steer; A Color-Blind Island; Kidnapped!; The Battle of the Mining Camps; J.B. Okie of Lost Cabin; Bear Island's Mysterious Gold; The Chinese Woman of the Nineties; A Downright Crooked Railroad; Little Bighorn Monument; A Lively Week at Tubac; Cattle Trails of the Old West; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
66 pages. Features: Cuba - steam and more; Tidewater 251s; The Kaylor Chronicles - The PRR Era; The Kaylro Chronicles - The B & LE today; The Blue Dragon of Golden Valley; and more. Moderate wear. Small date stamp upon front cover else unmarked. Sound copy Magazine
146 pages. Features: Montreal - Railroad Metropolis; Kentucky Hospitality; Mite-Sized McCoy; Diesel Lubrication; New Orleans Streetcar Blues; Kid Switchman; Riley goes over the top; and much more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Sound copy. Book
Features: Steam at Rheine Engine Terminal; Meals at all Hours; Author of Ghost Railroad Books; Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Locomotive Roster; Passenger Train Survey; Hoggers are Stubborn; Why Train was Late; In the Glory Days of Interurbans; and more. Two date stamps upon front cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Still a sound working copy. Magazine
Features: Pennsy High-Speed Electrics; Interesting Railfans No. 48; Calcutta's Streetcar System; Chesapeake & Ohio Stream Roster (1926); and more. Average wear. Sound copy. Magazine
64 pages. Features: Chihuahua & Pacific Roster; Anniversary of California Zephyr; Interesting Railfans No. 134 - William c. Kessel; Passenger Train Survey; San Francisco's Railroad; and more. Two small date stamps upon front cover. Average wear. Sound copy. Magazine
82 pages. Features: The Sunset Limited; F&CC Line; The Atlantic Story; Southern Pacific Locomotive Roster; Transit Topics (including photo of Japanese Monorail); and more. Average wear. Small date stamp upon front cover else unmarked. Book
Features: Ninety-Nine Dead in Nashville Wreck; Romance of Steam Locomotive Whistles; Night Run - Poem; B. Thomas Walsh, Interesting Railfan 187; Night Yardmaster; Short Line Rosters; and more. Small date stamp atop front cover else unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy. Magazine
Features: First Annual Report of American Express Companies; John F. Stevens Retires From Hill Lines; B.F. Bush Succeeds George Gould as president of the Missouri Pacific Railway (with photo of Mr. Bush); Causes for Trade Depression; Development of Alaska Fisheries; Hearing Regarding Pacific Coast Rate Cases; Larger Terminal Yards Planned for Tacoma; The Railroads and the Panama Canal; Sixty-Seven Steamships in Canadian Pacific's Great Fleet - article with nice illustration; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Three Sailors of the British Steamer Benedick convicted of mutiny by Edinburgh court; Captain David Baird to take charge of the Victoria and Vancouver Stevedore Co.'s Vancouver Branch - with photo of Mr. Baird; Suspension of Capt. Alfred Croskey Reduced; Tacoma News; Captain Fred Warner to command the famous steamer Corwin (brief article with photo); Nice illustrated one-page ad for The Shasta Limited, "The Finest Train in the West", which connects Seattle to San Francisco; Nice one-page illustrated ad for the Vulcan Iron Works of Seattle features an aerial view of their plant; Willamette Iron & Steel Works ad features nice photo of fireboat "Geo. H. Williams" belching black smoke and pumping water in the air; Canadian-Pacific Railway Steamships ad features schedule for their connections between Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver; and more. 40 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Pages 267-290. Features: Progress on the Alaska Railroad; Report on the AFL-CIO Convention; Gov. Rockefeller Thanks Lodge 886; Robert Hewitt Passes at 83; O.P. Channell Jr. Named to R.E.D.; Presenting Case on H.R. 13300; Christmas Dinner in Early Canada; List of Approved Attorneys; and more. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Topics: Norfolk postscript; Filming "God's Wonderful Railway"; Rainhill in Motion; Steam Revitalised; Father and Son Business; Glasgow's Subway Lives On; Locomotive Practice and Performance; Miniature Railway Pioneer. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
98 pages. Marion, Ohio - The Haunted City; Western Pacific's F-7 Revival; Cookin' with Gas - Union Pacific's Gas Turbines were an interesting experiment; Early Rock - 1st Generation diesel locos of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; Diesel hydraulics - tried and failed; The Diesel comes to California's Cajon Area; The Maybrook, NY Yards - a spooky place; The story of steam 1920-1950 and why it came to an end; Amtrak's new Superliners; Oregon Live Steam; Old Stations gain new lives. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
Features: Trains, Travel and a Camera - 1; In the Boat Train - 'Scorpio'; Bridge Building on the K&ESR - preparations for further renovations of the railway; The Great Northern & Great Eastern Joint Line and its train services - 1; The Wissington Railway; The National Raiway Museum, York; Vanishing Steam - lovely South African colour illustrated section; York in the BR Steam Era; BR firemen - 1975; "Engineers ought to have magnificent ideas"; and more. Price stamped upon front cover and faint bookseller stamp on back cover else unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
Features: On Keeping On the Rails - the APT-E version, etc.; Special Team to Switerland - Reminiscences of the William Tell trains of the 1930s; Developments on the Great Cockrow Railway at Chertsey; Stamps; In Sight of the Sea (photos); Through an Expatriate's Eyes - An emigrant flies in from Canada to look at British Preservation; CURC Competition Colour Prizewinners; A Look at CIE in 1973; 150 Years After - Will History Repeat Itself?; Clan Line in Steam; From Barnstaple to Ilfracombe; and more. Unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
Features: Observing the Working Timetable; Leicester - a celebrated Great Central Locomotive Depot - 2; Footplating - Continental Style; Blaenau Ffestiniog - Railway Junction; Looking Below the Surface; Cross-Country by the GC Route; North Yorkshireman; Unbuilt Lines; Tyler Hill Tunnel, Canterbury; LSWR Adams X2 class 4-4-0s; LCDR Photographs problem summed up; Nineteenth Century Footbridge Preserved; Our Transport Heritage - a paper by Sir Peter Allen to the Royal Society of the Arts; A Stockton & Darlington Shed Scene; and more. Unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
Features: Liverpool Exchange; H.A.V. Bullied - Railway Biographer; The Sprites of Falcon Works; The Railway Civil Engineer - part 3, Bridges and Tunnels; British Rail in Camera - Class 24s in Scotland; Steaming into History at 90 mph. Price stamped upon front cover else unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
Features: The Supremacy of the Premier Line - Studies in Locomotive Performance, No. 6; Rumney Goings On; Steam Valleys Revisited; Echoes at Verdun; Named B4X 4-4-0s; CURC Photographs; LCGB Photographic Competition; Cudworth Reminiscences; From Malvern to Birmingham; and more. Unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
Features: The Manchester Flyers; Final Curtain - Plymouth to Paddington on the Western Tribute Special; 20 Years of South Wales Inter-City Services; North Eastern Locomotives-2 - Studies in Locomotive Performance, No. 13; Weekend in France; Then and Now - Eastleigh; British Rail in Camera - Manchester and Environs/ West Country Scenes; Specials on the Southend Line; Western Wanderings; Two Venerable 2-4-0s; Stamps; and more. Price stamped upon front cover else unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Magazine
Features: Steam 150 at Shildon; Some Impressions of George Stephenson; Stone from Somerset Quarries; Midland Locomotive Performance - 1; The Mawddwy Railway; Broad Gauge Farewell at Paddington; Touring with the Wirral; Great photos from Shildon; The Cadeby Light Railway; Rhaetian Miscellany; The Last Years of the LNER - 3; and more. Unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
