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74 pages. Articles: Philadelphia - Corrupt and not contented; William Bendix plays Babe Ruth - a new screen role for the star of radio's Life of Riley; Judge T. Allan Goldsborough Takes the Stand - Portrait of one of the most colorful and human American jurists; A Sucker Don't Wanna Be Told - how racetrack touts victimize bettors who want a 'sure-thing'; The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins (part 11) - Climax at Casablanca. Fiction: An Affair of State (part 1 of 4); The High Cost of Collette; But Not Necessarily Sweet; Good Morning; Mrs. O'Brien Holds That Tiger; More Beautiful than Murder (conclusion). Ads include: Ipana (with Taffy Wood); Motorola radio; Jeepster by Willys-Overland; International Heavy-Duty Trucks; Ford cars; U.S. Royals (tires) centerfold; Barbasol; Vitalis (with Sonny Kiefer); Western Electric; Burroughs business machines; "The Emperor Waltz" movie with Bing Crosby; Schlitz beer; Nice color photo back cover ad for Chesterfield cigarettes features William Bendix as Babe Ruth. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
90 pages. Articles: How to Beat the Communists - by UAW (United Auto Workers') chief Walter Reuther; Walter Winchell - Aan American Phenomenon - a study of the fastest talker on the airwaves; Our Lights are Going Out - electrical power shortage; John N. Garner's Story (part 2) - the former Vice-President tells of his most serious disagreement with Mr. Roosevelt; Hot-Sun Hockey - The Pacific Coast goes for hockey in a big way - article with color photos including the Fresno Falcons playing the Los Angeles Monarchs; Boys at Work - this school reforms tough kids. Fiction: Jason Hazard's Swim; The Female Circumstance; Cupid Up the Bayou!; The Farmer's Face; The Mysterious Way; Interruptions, Interruptions. Nostalgic ads include: Old Thompson Whiskey; Packard cars; GMC trucks (nice!); Nash cars; Oldsmobile two-page color ad; Dodge Trucks; Lord Calver liquor ad featuring one-page color photo portrait of Richard C. Kettles, Jr. and his boxer Worlord; Chrysler color centerfold features cowboy scene; Chevrolet trucks; Botany 500; Samson card tables; Kleenex (featuring Little Lulu); Wow! - two-page color ad for Roma Wines features large image of Jane Russell; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features rodeo star Jerry Ambler, fisher Dorothy Allan Newstead, polo star Cecil Smith and table-tennis star Mary Reilly. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
94 pages. Articles:.The House at Hyde Park - the home FDR loved; Spare-Time Statesman - President of General Electric, Charles E. Wilson; Does the Army Want the Reserves? - its brass hats view civilian soldiers with mixed feelings; Sketches in Sawdust - Paintings of Circus folk; Why Atoms Don't Fly - obstacles to atomic-powered aircraft; The Fat of the Land - a new theory of obesity and its cure. Fiction: I'm a Stronger in Town Myself (part 1 of 3); The Half-Shot Hereford; A Very Funny Guy; Bride and Room; A Sure Thing; Madam President (conclusion). Includes ads for: Parker pens 1951; Pepsodent - featuring Marjorie Groats; Lifebuoy soap; RCA Victor radios and phonographs; Milky Way Chocolate Bars; Diamond Trucks - great color photo; Willys-Overland Motors "Jeep"; Drewry's Old Stock Ale - featuring Mountie; Argus cameras (twin lens); Pontiac - centerfold; Stewart-Warner radios; Oldsmobile; Foot Pals; Walt Disney's "Melody Time" movie; Templeform hats; DeSoto cars; GM Electro-motive division; Solovox; Dutch Boy Paint; Frazer cars; Santa Fe Railroad; National Guard; United Jewish Appeal - full page showing hoards behind barbed wire; Back cover Coke ad shows young lady who has stopped for a break from driving. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
114 pages. Articles: Rampageous Reuther - an intimate appraisal of the United Auto Workers' (UAW) Walter Reuther; Heels Among the Heroes - there are too many Peck's bad boys in our occupation forces - article with nice photos of Americans serving in Germany; Stop, Look and Live! - Detroit's successful campaign to reduce auto casualties; Lady Killers - Lady Roller Derby participants - article with great color photos of Gerry Murray, Evalyn Karran and others; Circus Opera - Elephants trumpet and horses galumph when Salmaggi stages Aida; Lethal Lullaby - facts to know if you take sleeping pills; Big Tin God - the saga of Simon Patino of Bolivia and his vast Gold and Tin mining empire; Interesting back page editorial on Britain's Palestine problem. Fiction: The Hard Way Home; A Sense of Echelon; Clock Without Hands; What a Man Wants; Love is Kind of Fragile; Trouble on the Autobahn. Ads include: Studebaker trucks; Listerine; Ethyl; Shell agricultural research; Admiral phonographs; Philco phonographs - with Bing Crosby photo; Life Savers; Buick (nice 2-page photo Ford cars; Anso film; Camel cigarettes with photo of hospital intern and caption "More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette; Gillette razor ad features caricature of footbal player Steve Van-Buren ad); Rare full-page color ad for Wurlitzer Juke Boxes; GE light bulbs - with photo of George Burns and Gracie Allen; Clicquot Club sparkling water; Good Year (color centerfold); Garod radios; Mission Orange beverage; Carole Landis is featured for Dupont; Spertt Portable Sunlamps - with color photos; Dodge cars; Schlitz beer; "The Best Years of Our Lives" movie starring Fredric March and Myrna Loy; RCA Victor phonographs; Oregon tourism - with photos; Lucky Strike cigarette ad on back cover shows farmer holding huge golden leaf. Somewhat above-average external wear. Cover pulling from one staple. A worthy vintage copy. Book
74 pages. Features: The Shame of our Local Health Departments; New Bones For Old - new orthopedic techniques and bone banks; The House You'll Warm To; The Truth About Truman; Arequipa, Peru - I Love You!; Let's Feed Mr. and Mrs. Hungry Bird; Face of America #3 - the Statue of Liberty; Nice ads for: Mallory Hats, 1949 Ford Cars (color photo), Underwood Typewriters, Jeep *Fantastic* color photo ad; International Trucks, Oldsmobile Cars - great color centerfold, U.S. Military - recruiting ad, Full-page color ad for Budweiser featuring southern banquet with belles galore, Blatz Beer - great color photo one-page ad featuring bowler Hank Marino, Canada Dry - nice color ad, Coke - nice color one-page ad featuring Coke machine superimposed over a large shipyard and Lucky Strike (back cover). Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
74 pages. Articles: Good Jobs for Good Girls; Another Eisenhower - Milton Eisenhower may be the next Kansas Governor; A Russian to Keep Your Eye On - Andrei Gromyko; Skid Row - USA (conclusion); Why We Get Tired; Good Gussy - Tennis playerGertrude Augusta Moran - article with nice color photos; The Child is the Monument - a New Orleans school designed to fit children; Mario Lanza - Celluloid Caruso? - Article with nice colour photos; Fiction: Deadfall (part 1 of 3); A Young Man Trapped; Mondy Come Home; The Has-Been; The Auction; The Legal Bride. Includes these vintage ads: Johnny Walker; Dan River Shirts; Lady Bordon ice cream; Erie Railroad; Willys-Overland "Jeep" Station Wagon; International Trucks; Ford cars; *Fantastic* color centerfold Dodge ad; Kleenex Tissues ad features Little Lulu and Tubby; Puerto Rican Rum; Movie "Easy Living" (one page ad); Chesterfield cigarettes ad on back cover features color image of Alexis Smith from the movie "Montana". Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
82 pages Features: Robert Sherwood - King of English; I Flew for Israel - Julian Swing explains why he fought for Israel; The Truth About Mail-Order Marriage; New Jobs for Liberty Ships - article with amazing photo of dozens of ships at anchor; John Bull in search of a Future - Britain is on the road to being a power again; White Brother of the Navajo - Indian Trader Roman Hubbell; Tennis Town Tempest - Great article and color photos of Gertrude Moran; Two-page photo of the Grand Canyon. Fiction: I Never Dream; The Conquest of Jan; The Queen Maker; A Sitter for Mother; Pride's Castle. Ads include: Chevrolet trucks, Fisher Body, Dodge trucks - featuring a blue grocery van, Kleenex - featuring Little Lulu and Tubby, Back cover Chesterfield Cigarettes ad featuring John Lund and James H. Darden (of Farmville, H.C.), Coke - drinking from bottles near a lighthouse, Pennsylvania Railroad - the new Broadway Limited, MontaMower, Pepsi, Pontiac cars, Amazing two-page color-photo ad for Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer features Gary and Mrs. Cooper, Jonathan M. Wainwright, Bob Hope, Joan Fontaine, James Montgomery Flagg, Gladys Swarthout and husband Frank Chapman, Mr. & Mrs. Edward G. Robinson and Mr. & Mrs. F. Warren Pershing. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
94 pages. Fiction: The Terrible Morning; Mountain Time; (part 4 of 5); The Pond; A Serious Study of Love; A Man Needs a Horse; The Importance of Being Kissed. Articles: All Out Against Cancer; Little Miss Innocent; American in Germany; Underwater Wealth; A.W.O.L. De Luxe - Private John Martin, and American in the Canadian army; Fashion on the Downgrade; Lindbergh in Battle (conclusion); The Little Doc - Doris Gnauck; Bad Neighbor Policy - our diplomatic bungling in Latin America. Ads include: Mary Brewer in Ipana ad; Perry Como and Martha Stewart in G.E. Radio ad; Great logging-theme ad for International Trucks; Mercury cars; Elsie the Cow; Piper Cub; American Airline System; REO trucks; Clark's Teaberry Gum; Perilous Holiday (Movie ad); The Lockheed Constellation aircraft; Great back cover Coke ad shows male and female troops on train. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Book
212 pages. Features: The War of Distances - supplying our troops on distant fronts; Who Should Get the Ships? - The UN's methods, machinery, and difficulties of rationing; The Negro's War - a most fascinating look at the situation of America's blacks in WWII - with beautiful one-page color illustration by Romare Bearden and additional works by Charles Alston; Atlantic Area; They're Crowding the Rails - 51 trains/day on one Arizona track; Popguns on the Southern Front - Sterling Products Inc. is tasked with regaining its Latin-American drug market lost to I.G. Farben; Rubber Stocks - How Do We Stand?; "I Have Not Yet Begun To Fight" - Captain John Paul Jones; In Search of a Policy - Allocating scarce resources after the war; Anatomy of Public Spending - II; The Greatest Man in Canada - Prairie Editor John Wesley Dafoe of the Winnipeg Free Press; "Not Bold Enough" - thoughts of Archbishop Stritch of Chicago; and more. Many great ads including: Marion excavating equipment; White Trucks, featuring a beautifully illustrated scene in Yellowstone Park (?) with reference to Chiang Kai-shek; and back cover color-photo Chesterfield cigarette ad featuring Adrienne Ames, supervisor of canteen supplies for Bundles for Bluejackets (somewhat soiled). Unmarked with average wear. A quality vintage copy of this great wartime issue. Book
46 pages. Features: Nice one-page illustrated ad for International Trucks; One-page Memeograph ad includes exquisitely detailed illustration of their machine; Follow the Swallow - fiction by Lucian Cary; It's Safe to Fly - photo illustrated article by Commander Richard E. Byrd, U.S.N.; The Private Life of novelist John Erskine; Big Business (fiction by Lawrence Perry); When They're Not Working - two pages of wonderful photos of notables recreating, including Bruce Barton, E. Phillips Oppenheim, H.C. Witwer, Charles M. Schwab, Sir Harry Lauder, Ty Cobb, H.I. Phillips, Mme. Schumann-Heink, Emil Jannings, Tony Sarg, and John Philip Sousa; The Jack Dempsey - Jack Sharkey boxing match; Homer Gets Busy (fiction by Frank Condon); My Best Girl (fiction by Kathleen Norris); Every Germ In Its Place - suggestions to reduce doctor's bills; The Hope Chest (fiction by George S. Brooks); In by the Back Door - Tenor Edward Johnson; This Immoral Age (fiction by George Weston); Robin Hood - Infamous New York businessman Jim Fisk; Wonderful one-page ad for Chambers Fireless Gas Ranges features nostalgic photo of young lady in dress in flight after a backswing playing tennis; Nicely illustrated Timken Bearing ad looks into electric furnace. Back cover General Tire and Rubber Company ad features a Paul Gerding painting of "The Flight of Lindbergh" by W.A. Byrnes. Average wear. Bit of writing on front cover. Covers held by one staple. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Reprint of the 1960 first edition. Almost 1.25" thick. Please note: major damage to front cover and first few pages. Please see photo or inquire for particulars. Periphery of back few pages and back cover rough. Average wear and soiling to balance of book. Binding sound. A worthy reference copy. Book
82 pages. Articles: The Kids Get a Night Club - Rochester's teenagers solve their entertainment problem; The A-Bomb's Invisible Offspring - the menace of radioactivity from atomic blasts - article with scary photos; The Balkan Follies - how Americans are browbeaten in Moscowized southeast Europe (Yugoslavia); Little Man on a Horse - sketches of backstage life of the big-time jockeys; I Stopped Stammering - how he was cured - Dr. Richard R. Hutcheson and the district speech clinic in Washington, D.C.; They Kicked Us Off Our Land (conclusion) - the misuse of public grazing lands. Includes ads for: Duraglas bottles; Ipana toothpaste - featuring Bryan Cornell and his mother; General Electric entertainment products (in colour); Admiral FM-AM phonograph with miracle tone arm; U.S. Royal tires; International Harvester products - trucks, dozers, tractors and appliances; Ford woody wagons; Borden - featuring Elsie the Cow; Colgate tooth paste; Lucky Stricke cigarettes; Ballantine Ale - featuring Victorian bathing suits; Good Year - centerfold; Kingsey gin; GM Electro-Motive Division; Veedol motor oil; "The Long Night" movie starring Henry Fonda; Schlitz beer; Polaroid sportglas - modelled by Bill Stern and Margaret Young; Acushnet golf balls; Back cover Chesterfield cigarette ad features large color image of actor Charles Boyer. A worthy vintage copy. Book
52 pages. Features: We're fumbling victory - Allied bickereing and indecision is wrecking Europe and sewing the seeds of another world conflict; Tell Them the Truth - a very philosophical and interesting piece by G. Brock Chisholm, M.D.; Romance in the Dark; Disease Killer from the Soil - Dr. Selman A. Waksman and streptomycin; CCF Show Window - after 18 months of socialist government, Saskatchewan is a small-scale display of what the CCF Party would like to do with the rest of Canada - article with photo of Saskatchewan's CCF Cabinet at work; Fish 'n' Ships (fiction); Prodigy at Sixty - author Tom Costain - article with photo; House that Sun Built - article (with photos) on passive solar construction; They Make Money - The Canadian Mint - article with photos; Keep 'Em Happy (fiction); fantastic full-page colour ad for White trucks shows a highway full of their products; 3/4 centerfold ad for Firestone Champion tires; Nice Carling's beer ad inside back cover shows winter horse-logging scene; Coke ad on back cover shows friends at a soda fountain; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. Moisture staining to top edge of most pages. A worthy vintage copy. Book
134 pages. Contributors include: Isaac F. Marcosson, Vincent sheean, Nunnally Johnson, Alfredo Codona, Gilbert Patten, Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Colonel Givens, John H. Doeg. Lovely vintage advertisements from: Whitman's Chocolates, Campbell's Soup, De Soto, Cadillac V-8, GM Radio, Oldsmobile, Ford Auto, Hudson and Essex, Reo-Royale, Willys Cars, Log Cabin Syrop, Auburn Auto, Sparton Radio, Nash Auto, Packard, Franklin Auto, Canada Dry. Articles include: Dime-Novel Days, Gymnasts (The Flying Codonas), Nevada Stories, Tennis as a Career, The Secretary to President Coolidge. Large tear to cover-fold and front cover else average wear. Nice solid copy. Book
68 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for Cellophane inside front cover; Great two-colour full-page ad for International Trucks - Chicago Century of Progress Theme; Nice full-page ad for Investors Syndicate featuring photo of Roy A. Hunter of B.C.; Nice 2-page Mobiloil photo ad features large photo of four cars; Chipso Laundry Detergent ad; Heritage, by Albert M. Treynor; The Cinema Murder, by Phillips Oppenheim; The Oriental Threat - regarding oriental immigration "... In British Columbia the proportion is catastrophic, being one Asiatic to every twelve whites." - with photos, by Charles E. Hope and W.K. Earle; Garden Jungle, by C.R. K. Allen; Ace of Our Judges - Chief Justice Lyman Poore Duff, by M. Grattan O'Leary; Invitation, by Will R. Bird; Critic on the Hearth, by Arthur T. Munyan; Pud, by W.A. Fraser; Tides o' Fundy, by H.V. Chambers; By Express - stories of shipping animals long distances; There's Money in Stamps - Paul Montgomery writes about valuable early Canadian postage stamps - illustrated; Love Letters in a Jar, by Louis Arthur Cunningham; Nice colour Campbell Soup ad; My Hate of Jig-Saw Puzzles, by Edgar March; Every Russian to Bear Arms - Women and Children are Being Trained to Take Part in Soviet's Next War; Article titled "Inventions Are Badly Needed"; Nice two-color full-page ad for the New Chevrolet Sixes; Article on how motion pictures have almost displaced theatre in North America; Australia Sells its Steamships - claims operation a failure; Canada Needs Air Museum; Lovely Prudential Insurance ad features girl on roller skates on sidewalk rolling, arms open, to her dad; Nice ad for the Northern Electric Gurney Range; Lovely ad promotes golfing at Jasper Park by taking Canadian National; Cereals - article by Helen G. Campbell; Investing in Bank Stocks; Fantastic two-colour full-page ad for General Motors Trucks features a dumptruck being loaded by a large clamshell bucket; Nice ad for Dominions Tires; Excellent back cover colour photo ad for Winchester cigarettes. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
xl, 413 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "Documents the vital but unrecognized contribution of this important segment of Canada's army. From North Africa to Normandy, from Germany to Korea, Asia, and the Middle East, and from home training camps to the bush strips of the Arctic, the story of the Corps with its unfailing service and bustling supply lines is told in lucid prose." - dust jacket. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Former library copy with usual markings. Dust jacket in clear protection which has been affixed to map endpapers. A sound reference copy. Dornbusch 178, Cooke [3e] p.153, Spadoni & Donnelly 1599. Book
96 pages. Features: Frank Tumpane's views on book censorship; Nice one-page Canadair ad; Bill Zeckendorf's Big Real Estate Development Plans for Canada - article with great photos; Nice two-page color ad for the 1957 Plymouth; William Notman's irreplacable collection of half a million portraits and views - twelve pages of sample photos with captions; Why the Conservatives are swinging to Diefenbaker; The Junior League - exclusive women's service club; How Percy Williams Swect the Olympic Sprints - fantastic photos and flashback article to Canada's 1928 track sensation; Central Canada's wild rice - the weed that gourmets go for; Cinci beer ad; Philips TV ad - one page in color; Jasper cartoon; Fantastic colour centerfold ad for the 1957 Dodge - featuring a red two-door Mayfair; Marconi TV ad; Nice one-page two-color ad for Chevrolet trucks on the Alcan Highway; Foster Hewitt's most memorable meal; Ballerina Melissa Hayden is featured in a Canadian Wine Institute ad; Attractive photo ad for Warner's Corselettes; Nice color ad for 1957 Studebaker cars; Nice colour-photo Coke ad on back cover features two ladies lunching at soda counter. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Some dampstains. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
32 pages. Features: Dave Cobb's cross-Canada motorcycle journey - part 1; Steve Roman and his $2.5 Billion Uranium Empire - with great photo in back of limo; Great nostalgic full-page colour-photo ad for Dodge/Fargo pickup trucks; Full-page Skiroule ad; Tales of Igloolik - Henry Evaluardjuk's oil paintings keep the legends of his people alive - article with colour reproductions of paintings; Exotics to Go - photos of interesting takeout foods; The old man and the kid - early article about the new NHL franchise the Vancouver Canucks with great full-page photo of Dale Tallon and his Trans-Am and a nice family photo of Orland Kurtenbach, plus a photo of Bud Poile and Hal Laycoe; Two nice pages of colour fashion photos including fur; Doug Wright's Family; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
48 pages. Features: Cover illustration of the Maid of the Mist beneath Niagara Falls, by Franklin Arbuckle; Colour ad for International trucks inside front cover; GMC truck ad; The Royal Family of the Seas - Canadian Sam Cunard's mighty Queenships shuttle across the Atlantic with 200,000 travelers each year; Why Half Our High School Students Quit; The Clumsy One (fiction); A Honeymoon at Niagara Falls, by June Callwood and Trent Frayne; How Red Dutton Made His First Million - the NHL's one-time bad man is now a rich contractor; Ellen Fairclough Goes to Ottawa - the only female member of parliament, and only the sixth Canadian woman M.P.; The Black Magic Murder Case (fiction); Joe Palooka - richest pug in the world - Ham Fisher's brawny clean-cut champion rakes in $8 million a year from comic strips, movies and candy; Rev. Lester Burry - The Mechanized Missionary of Northwest River - article with colour photos; The Day You Meet Your Skunk; The Bachelor's Dilemma, by Morley Callaghan; Page-Hersey heating ad features photo of Micheal, Marywinn, Marion and David Milne of 32 Kingsway Cres., Toronto; Li'l Abner cartoon in Cream of Wheat ad; Champion spark plug ad features racer Johnny Parsons; Back cover O'Keefe's ad features nice swimming illustration by Aileen Richardson; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
"Designed to provide the service man with complete information on the construction, operation, maintenance and repair of various units of the 1948-51 model Chevrolet and G.M.C. trucks." - from title page. Almost one inch thick. Contents in good condition - clean and unmarked. Backstrip chipped and torn. Spine slanting. A decent working copy. Book
Almost one inch thick. "This manual includes procedures for maintenance and adjustments, minor service operations and replacement of components." - from title page. Covers separated from textblock but present. Covers waterstained and rough along backstrip. Average wear to contents which bear modest moisture stains to some pages. A worthy working copy. Book
96 pages. Features: Cover art by Oscar Cahen shows different movie theatre lineups; One-page Birks Jewellers ad; Fantastic one-page colour-photo ad for International Trucks shows six trucks; Editorial - An Epitaph for Stalin; Why Derek Bentley Had to Hang; Backstage at Ottawa - Social Credit Feels Its Oats; Nice one-page colour-photo ad for GE's Roto-Cold fridge; The British West Indies Want to Join Canada - bonus-length feature article; How Elizabeth Was Taught to Rule - part 3 of 7 of a series on the family in Buckingham Palace - article with great royalty photos; Our Illegal Federal Elections - most of our lawmakers publish innacurate statements of their campaign expenses - who comes across with the money, and what do they get for it?; The Scramble for New Brunswick's New Millions - prospecting in the forests around Bathurst, N.B. - photo-illustrated article, including Jimmy Boylen, Pat Meahan and E.G. Eddy; The Long Night (short story); The Movies Stake Their Life on the 3-D (3D) Revolution; Louis B. Mayer Bounces back at age 67 as the Big Boss of Cinerama; How to Live With a Woman; Our Flabby Muscles Are a National Disgrace - great article by Lloyd Percival, Director of Sports College; Subject Centaur (short story); Leonard Walter Brockington - photo-illustrated article; Whitehorse is Heaven for a Single Girl - photo-illustrated article; Article on Diamonds, and how they remain popular; One-page colour Good Year ad features illustrations of fourteen vintage autos; Nostalgic one-page colour ad for Leonard Fridges; Sweet Caps (Caporals) cigarette ad features puffing majorette; Nice one-page colour Pontiac features a red 1953 Laurentian Sport Coupe and a blue Laurentian 4-door sedan; One-page colour ad for the 1953 Ford Customline; Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) ad features photo of young William Keeler of West Hill, Ontario; Very nostalgic one-page General Motors ad features photos of car-making at Oshawa, auto-parts making at St. Catherines, appliance-making at Scarborough and locomotive-making at London; Nice Nexzema one-page photo ad features lovely Betty Hickman of Toronto and Helen Schmick of Winnipeg; Nice one-page colour ad for Gibson fridges; One-page illustrated ad for 1953 Mercury Trucks; Vintage one-page Air France ad asks "Going to Calcutta?"; Gar Wood ad features photo of the home of Mr. McCallum of Chatham, Ontario; One-page Chevrolet Truck ad features "Comfort in the Cab"; Elegant colour Coke ad on back cover features ballet dancers; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Small chip from bottom corner of front cover. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
100 pages. Features: Cover illustration of St. Joseph's Convent on Toronto's Bay Street, with nuns raking fall leaves; The dream of Rt. Hon. L.S. Amery - his son Julian became an M.P. but son John was hanged for wartime pro-Nazi broadcasts; Nice two-page colour-photo ad for General Motors trucks presents a blue pickup and a red 2-ton stake truck; Vintage one-page photo ad for the Toro "Power Handle which allowed one motor to power numerous yard care attachments; What Virtue Has Done to Montreal - excellent photo-illustrated article discusses how the girls are being chased out of town and the bars being forced to close on time - with photos of Frank Pretula, Louis Greco, Pierre DesMarais, Jean Drapeau, Pax Plante, Armand Courval, and members of the morality squad; The Miracle that began in a Stable - Dr. J.G. Fitzgerald and the history of his Connaught Laboratories which makes vaccines - photo-illustrated article; How to Handle Women; Photo-illustrated article on the unlikeliest couple in show business - George Murray and Shirley Harmer; Will a Machine Ever Take Your Job? - Article on what automation will mean to Canada; The Great Chinese Food Hoax - colour-photo-illustrated article on how Canada's Cantonese cooks are now being recognized for their delicious Chinese dishes, rather than the Canadian food they had been preparing in their cafes; The Great Carlak's Bitter Magic (short story); Life on the Gulf Islands - great photo-illustrated article on the 4,000 Canadians enjoying the dream of living on an island in the Pacific - with photos of Margaret Robinson, George Copeland, Bob Holloman, Derril Georgeson, Winnie Lautmann, Norm Preston, and Mr. and Mrs. A. King; Who Was the Mad Trapper of Rat River? - Illustrated article on Albert Johnson who shot others before being killed by a posse; How I Made my Killing in the Market - all you need is a few bucks and some 'inside dope'; One-page National Cash Register (NCR) colour ad features lovely redhead; Color ad features the Sheraton-Carlton Hotel, Washington, D.C.; Haig & Haig whisky ad features nice colour photo of Eilean Donan Castle; Sisman Tredders shoe ad features photo and endorsement by Lloyd Percival; Nice one-page colour Sylvania TV ad; Half-page Homelite ad shows large tree being brought down; Unusual one-page colour ad for Canada Savings Bonds (CSB) illustrates how to read a tea cup; Quarter-page Moosehead Pale Ale ad features illustration of moose looking at portaging canoeist; Great one-page illustrated Dunlop Tires ad features photo of hero Mr. Martin Binkle of Kitchener, a driver for the Cope Transport Company who rescued children from a blazing farmhouse on highway 6 near Rockton; Labatt's IPA ale ad features photo of Wexford, Ontario labourer Frederick Gilbert; Nice one-page two-colour ad for 1955 GMC trucks hilights their all-new V8 engines; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
56 pages. Features: Great colour ad for International Trucks inside front cover; Nice two-colour full-page Chevrolet ad; Super Sub-Hunters (fiction); Nice one-page Canada Dry ad; Canadians are donating the blood to be used for Britain's armies; Churchill and Chamberlain - a column from London; Pottsy (fiction); What Canada Means to Me; Tondar (fiction); Wakeville, Awake! (part 4 of 4); South of the Border - photos and article on the thriving city of Windsor, Ontario; Great full-page ad for Sisman's Scampers (shoes); Kindergarten of the Air - Frank Lucas and his Toronto Model Airplane Factory -article with photos; Nice full-page two-colour ad for Moffat Electric Ranges; Nice two-colour full-page ad for Caterpillar diesel engines and electric sets; Full-page Dodge Truck ad; Great colour ad for Hewetson Shoes inside back cover; Nice colour ad for Nash automobiles on back cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding tight. A nice copy. Book
Features: Nice colour-illustrated military-themed Canada Post ad inside front cover; Assault on Normandy, by Maclean's War Correspondent L.S.B. Shapiro, with photos; "Stand By to Beach", by Commander Peter MacRitchie, RCNVR - D-Day Coverage - article with photos; Dinner for Four - fiction by Marguerite Eyssen; How Long will You Live?, by Dr. W.W. Bauer; So This is Rome, by Peter Stursberg - impressions of the eternal city after liberation; Britain After the War, by Rt. Hon. Malcolm MacDonald; 'Stardom's No Joke' says Judith Evelyn, 1,000 times a star in Angel Street; Interesting news bits from across the country; Have a Good Time, John - fiction by Alberta Pierson Hannum; Johnny Longden Up, by Jim Coleman, with photos; Brilliant Business - Canadians are proving they can master the ancient craft of diamond cutting; Wedding Bells for another Woodbury (Soap) Deb - the former Thelma Bertha Bowell of B.C. and Lieutenant Wilbert Kennith Carter - ad with photos; Colour Kodak ad explains colour printing; Lovely colour ad for Dr. West's toothbrushes; Nice colour ad for Nabisco Shredded Wheat; *RARE* full-page colour GM ad commemorates the contribution of the quarter-million vehicles they contributed to the war effort - caption reads "The First Billion Miles are the Hardest!; Similar colour ad by Ford Motor Company inside back cover shows their trucks at work in war and at home; Heintzman & Co. piano ad; *Wonderful* colour-illustrated Coke ad on back cover shows a sailor returning from war being welcomed to his industrial former place of work; Faint bit of writing and address label upon front cover. Moderate wear. A quality copy of this important wartime issue. Magazine
