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Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Hundred Thousandth phone installed - lengthy article; Essentials of good maintenance; Statement of Development - number of phones per exchange in the province; B.C. Telephone Company takes over East Kootenay System; Prompt service aids with Sidney fire; The office boys dream; Telephone assists in Vancouver Stock Exchange (VSE) Rush - great photo; Automatic phone system installed at Hammond; Keeping the electrons on the proper path; Photo of J.P.D. Malkin takes part in first Vancouver-London phone call; Shell Oil operator; Health Tips; Greater Vancouver can now talk to the European continent; Cable damaged by anchor; Radio interference putting music on phone lines; Production of phone directories - 4 pages with photos; Laying cable through Stanley Park; Direct Route to West Vancouver completed - 5 pages of interesting text and photos; Langley Prairie phone service restored during the fire - article with photos; Phone given as wedding gift in Vancouver; F.C. Paterson; Vancouver Power House Fire; Mr. George H. Halse becomes Chairman of the Board; Close-up photos of splicing job; Transatlantic phone service still expanding; photo of horse-drawn 'drop wagon'; Photo on Cordova St. after fire 42 years ago; There's more to installation work than just placing a telephone - 4 pages with photos and text; Good-bye to operating when Dan Cupid comes along; Sending news stories to Vancouver from California over phone wires; We are linked with 80% of the world's phones; photo of conduit laying on forty-first ave; The Monophone - advertisement; B.C. Tel. acquires government lines in the Interior; New trans-atlantic long distance mark; Photo montage of vehicles used by the Plant Department; B.C. Box Factory Fire; Baby causes problem by teething on phone cord; Chilliwack phone system now affiliated with us; Regular fire drills; Photo of Premier Tolmie participating in first call from Vancouver to Calgary - with detailed related story; The longest circuit in the system of the B.C. Telephone Company; A new radiotelephone company will be organized; New Fraser River Cable serves South Westminster Subscribers; Eleven european countries with telephone reach of Vancouver; Now installing a new type of telephone typewriter; New faster system for handling telegrams; Benefits of new telephone ownership are evident in 500-mile circle; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Significant wear to backstrip with some chips missing. Book
226 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Features: Jordanian Rapper Satti; Asmara - Eritrea's sweet, sleepy capital; Myriam Mourabit - this Moroccan ceramicist and designer invites us into her Rabat studio; Profile of Lara Baladi - this Egyptian artist takes inspiration from coffee cup readings; Profile of Kamel Mennour - the French-Algerian gallerist making his private collection public in Paris; WTD - new magazine on Middle Eastern architecture; Arabic Coffee Culture - meet the people rethinking and reviving the tradition; The prints of Moroccan-based designer Artsi Ifrach; The redesign of Amman's airport; Aria - the art deco Algiers apartment offering artists a home away from home; How to make olive oil - a lesson from Lebanon; The contemporary flair of Bahrain's Manama. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this lavishly produced Middle East periodical. Book
143 pages. Index. Generously illustrated in color. Develop a lively painting style through expressive brushwork. "The first and only book devoted to a full exposition of this important part of the painter's craft; it is well worth careful study." - American Artist. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A high-quality copy. Book
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Publisher's page shows # "1" in series of numerals. Mr. North is author of Lineups , Elizabethan & Nova Scotian Music , Leap Year , The Year of the Olive Oil , New and Selected Poems , The Nearness of the Way You Look Tonight, Cadenza , Complete Lineups , What It Is Like: New and Selected Poems, North of the Charles.
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Publisher's page shows # "1" in series of numerals. Mr. North is author of Lineups , Elizabethan & Nova Scotian Music , Leap Year , The Year of the Olive Oil , New and Selected Poems , The Nearness of the Way You Look Tonight, Cadenza , Complete Lineups , What It Is Like: New and Selected Poems, North of the Charles.
287 pages. Index. Black and white photos. Detailed diagrams. Features "Canada Tru-Lay steel wire rope for every purpose". Contents include: Flattened Strand; Wire Rope Slings; Wire Rope Fittings; Care and Maintenance; Splicing of Wire Rope; Excavating and Contracting Ropes; Industrial Ropes for Material Handling; Ropes for Mining; Logging Ropes; Marine Ropes; Gas and Oil Well ropes; Elevator Ropes; Engineering data; Glossary. Diagrams of the High Lead, North Bend/Tight Skyline, Skidder, Slack Line, and Tyler Systems of log transport. Great series of photos demonstrating how to splice a very thick wire rope. Decorated black imitation leather covers. Prior owner's detaills inside front cover. Binding somewhat tender but intact. Average soiling and wear. A worthy copy of this nostalgic, interesting and informative volume. Book
626 pages. Glossary. "Highlights from the State of Competition in the Canadian Petroleum Industry - the government report that alleges monopoly practices by Canada's big oil companies." - from front cover. "Compiled from the more than 135,000 secret oil company documents that were seized by government investigators in raids between 1973 and 1978.... Shows that the oil companies purposely restricted competition, worked together to keep prices and profits up, and sacrificed Canadian interests when they were told to do so by their foreign parents." - from back cover. Considering that Esso sounds eerily like an acronym for the Rockefeller's Standard Oil (S.O.) readers of this work will also surely be interested in the early writings of Ida Tarbell and her revelations about the methods of that company and its founder, J.D. Rockefeller. Has anything changed? Book
30 pages. Features: Royal Ontario Museum - Vienna Porcelain; The Art and Science of Collecting Drawings by Old Masters; Indian Cradle Boards; Silver Markings Complex Study; Two Recent Discoveries and Other Items of Interest; The Joy of Collecting; Miniature Oil Lamps; Letters to the Editor; Collector's Dictionary; Where to Find it. Bit of writing atop front cover. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
28 pages. Features: Pratt & Whitney engine ad inside front cover; Half-page photo of the Bristol "142" in flight; Article about the high number of aviation disasters in December 1936; Brief article with photos about float planes which sunk under the weight of heavy snow; Super full-page photo ad for Gold Flake cigarettes shows Dolly Haas; How to honour the pioneers - the Silver Dart; The Story of the Silver Dart - article with three photos; Carmand and Warner Elliott of Sioux Lookout make aircraft skis - article with photos; Nice photo ad for the Monospar by General Aircraft; Hennessy Airlines Limited of Haileybury, Ontario - article with photo; Fantastic full-page ad for the 1937 Oldsmobile; War-Time Reminiscences by Flight Commander A.H. Sandwell; Superb four-page ad for Fleet Aircraft of Fort Erie, Ontario features photos of their "Waco" Canadian "C-6" Custom, Trainer Model 7 and Model "21" Advanced Trainer; Winnipeg Ground School - brief article with two photos; Old Country (Britain) Gossip - article; Superb Siddeley Cheetah full-page photo ad; M.A.L.C. News; News from the West Coast; Chatting with the Student; Cub Aircraft ad; Great photo ad for Imperial Airways inside back cover shows two couples enjoying the smoking saloon; Imperial Oil ad for Stanavo products on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
48 pages. Second issue of this marvelous publication. Features: Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation ad inside front cover; Nice photo-illustrated Fairchild ad on page 1 features the Vickers-Fairchild Cabin Monoplane; Photo-ad for Canadian Vickers Limited shows the Vicers Vedette; Goodyear airplane tire ad; Armstrong Siddleley ad for their Lynx radial engine; Wakefield Castrol Motor Oil ad; Editorial comments on why the achievements of Canadian aviators are not 'ballyhoo-ed' across the world, and why insurance companies must act to service the rapidly developing aviation industry in Canada; Great article explains how E.W.G. Moore (shown in photo inset) and other public-spirited citizens secured an airport for London, Ontario after the electorate refused to approve the expense; Photos of the Prince of Wales in flying kit, Sir Alan Cobham after his 22,000-mile flight, Amelia Earhart in group photo at Southampton after crossing the Atlantic for the first time, and Miss Earhart's seaplaine "Friendship" afloat at Southampton; Inauguration of the Winnipeg Flying Club - article with photos of Manitoba Premier John Bracken and his wife, Major Ray Miller, Lieut. Palmer, and W.A. Major, Attorney-General of Manitoba, plus a photo of Captain H.A. Oaks who was awared the McKee trophy for the most valuable contribution to aviation in Canada; Progress of Civil Aviation in Canada - article; Photo memorializing Captain Emilio Carranza, Mexico's "Lone Eagle" flying ambassador to the United States who died at age 22 in a crash; Photo of the Trans Canada trophy won by Capt. H.A. Oaks; Canadian Aviation and the University of Toronto - article with five photos which document the University's aerodynamic laboratory which was established ten years ago and is now being used for undergraduate instruction; First aircraft show opened at Montreal - article with photos of officials E.F. Peacock and Capt. W. S. Lighthall; Photo of Joaquim Pacheco and Fritz Bieler, the first aviators to make the flight from Canada to Mexico; Canada leads in Aerial Photography - article with photos; Is Your Life Insurance Policy Affected? - Part II - article deals with confusion over insurance coverage of aviation risk; Nice aerial photos of Gaspe and the Royal Military College; Detroit Air Olympics Draw Mammoth Crowds - article with nine photos; News from flying clubs; Nice ad for the De Havilland Moth; Pioneer Altimeter ad; Numerous press comments on the first issue of Canadian Aviation; Fantastic photo full-page ad for Canadian Pacific Express - World Wide Service - photos shows truck backed up to plane; Toronto Boys Compete at Detroit Model Aircraft Contest - article with photos of Edward Adams, H.H. McKinnon, Richard Hiscocks, Ford Grant, Aram Abgarian, Jack Loughner and Thomas Hill; Fantastic full-page photo ad for International Airways of Canada (Hamilton, Ontario) shows their Loening Amphibian plane; Model Aircraft flights are helpful - article; Air Services in Canada - Part II - information about the R.C.A.F. with three photos; Marvelube ad on back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Three-inch opening to base of coverfold. A sound vintage copy of this early issue. Book
98 pages. Features; Interesting Canadian Pratt & Whitney photo ad inside front cover shows dozens of damaged propeller blades which will be repaired in Longueuil; Nice ad for the Bell Airacobra; Nice Dowty ad shows man standing beside huge tire/levered suspension; Snap-On Tools ad mentions Trans-Canada Airlines; Lockheed ad shows their Lightning shooting a Nazi plane; Great Canadian General Electric Aircraft Instruments ad for Canadian Bombers has great photos; Sweet two-page photo ad for "Avro-Ansons" by De Havilland; Nice Jacobs Engines ad; This is the Red Air Fleet - a verbal and pictorial blueprint of Russia's air power; Builders of Air Power - a brief sketch of the Air Council which is the Air Training Plan's Board of Directors; Aircraft Carriers in the Atlantic; Glider Training for Canada - the story of De Havilland's glider club, the glider they are building, and the training technique they will employ; Aircraft controls - an interesting description of engine and flight controls in general and of the Anson and Bolingbroke control boxes in particular; Astral Aircraft Navigation - the first article in a series; Canadian Aircraft Production; Nice colour ad for Wright engines with air transport theme; Great full-page colour-illustrated ad for Player's cigarettes shows a deptch charge exploding behind a Canadian destroyer; Interesting article on the replacement of low alloy steel and plywood for aluminum in advanced trainers; Manufacturing Propeller Hubs; Photo ad for Black & Decker portable electric tools; Brewster ad; Plane Builder William A. McGuire passes - article with photo; Interesting photo ad for Gleeson & Leahey of Ottawa who recycle oil; Canadian Car & Foundry photo ad for their propellers; Nice ad for Eclipse Aviation shows their North American advanced trainer; Photos of Pilot officer N.D.R. Dick of Cenora, Sask., Sgt. Pilot G.D. Robertson, Toronto, and Sgt. Pilot O.F. Pickell; Intava ad on back cover mentions T.C.A.; Index of advertisers; and much more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. Chips from backstrip. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
36 pages. Features: Cover photo in cab of the new Twin Beechcraft; Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover; Great half-page photo of a De Havilland Dragon above the clouds; Aerial History in the Making - passage of the Act to incorporate the Trans-Canada Air Lines; Great full-page photo ad for Gold Flake cigarettes features photo of screen star Anna Lee; News and Views of the Month; Early Experiments in British Columbia - an account of experimental efforts in flying conducted at Vancouver shortly after the achievements attained by McCurdy, Baldwin, and their associates at Baddeck, Nova Scotia - with photo of the first aircraft to fly in western Canada, involving William and Winston Templeton, William McMullen and Earl Godfrey; Great full-page Chevrolet ad at Niagara Falls; Douglas announces plans for new super-transport DC-4; S.A.(Al) Cheesman - article with photo; Photo of Capt. M. (Tim) Armstrong and W.J. (Jack) Sanderson together; Monospar ad; List of R.C.A.F. Transfers; Photos from Toronto's first Air Force ball; Old Country (Britain) Gossip - with photo of a Nazi Junkers Ju-86 and three Vickers "Victoria" troop carriers flying by a pyramid in Egypt; Great full-page photo ad for the De Havilland Hornet Moth; Photo of Mr. G.N. Irwin of Whitby, ON at the controls of his Cabin Waco with A. Derumaux, his radio operator; Mackenzie Air Service ad shows map from Edmonton to Cameron Bay; Sensational 4-page centrefold ad for Beechcraft products with photos of the Model E 17 B and the Model 18; Irvin Air Chute (Parachute) ad; Aero Research by Bristol - article with two photos; Great full-page photo ad for Imperial Airways shows customers standing on the Promenade Deck; Indoor Stick Model Practice; M.A.L.C. News; Nice half-page photo ad for the Rearwin Sporster; The Students' Forum; Cub Aircraft Ltd. ad; Condensed Club News; Full page ad with photos for the Canadian Marconi Company; Northern Electric Aircraft Radio ad; Bristol Engine ad inside back cover; Imperial Oil ad for Stanavo products on back cover features photo of an interesting craft in flight in the far north; and more. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
36 pages. Features: Cover photo of a Sikorsky Flying Dreadnaught afloat; Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover features photo of the XPBS-1 Flying Dreadnaught, the world's largest aircraft in its category - Sikorsky's answer to Uncle Sam's demand for unsurpassed patrol bomber performance; Wonderful full-page photo portrait of Pan American Airways' "Bermuda Clipper" afloat at Baltimore Municipal Airport - after the first successful commercial flight from the British Island; Enjoyment of Vigorous Leadership; Flying Clubs Ninth Annual Meeting; Douglas DC-4 Nears Completion - article with photos; Full-page Stinson ad shows Mr. Hugh Brewster and Mr. G.K. 'Gath' Edward; Ninety-Two Loops in a Sailplane - as told by Don C. Stevens; The Value of the Radio Direction Finder, by William P. Lear; Aeronca full-page photo ad features Charlie Lloyd, W.M. Alexander, and Dave Bell of the Toronto Flying Club - standing with their new Model "K" Aeronca; Cabin Wacos for 1938 - article with photos; Photo of a car being lowered into a Junkers G-31 in New Guinea; What we saw at the Chicago Air Show; Full-page ad for McLaughlin Buick; News from the West Coast; Old Country Gossip - with nice photo of an Avro Anson in flight; Guns without Sights; Air in the House; Gold Flake cigarette ad with photo of Valletta Harbour in Malta; Nice illustrated ad for teh "Bristol" Blenheim Bomber inside back cover; Nice photo ad on back cover for Imperial Oil shows how aviation is helping in Canada's north; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
40 pages. Features: Cover photo of "Canopus" taking off from the water; Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover; Great full-page Ethyl Corporation ad features William Samuel Henson's plan for the "Aerial Transit Company" in 1843; Trans-Canada Air Lines getting closer to reality; Wonderful full-page photo ad for Gold Flake cigarettes features photo of King George's 1911 coronation procession; News and Views of the month; Full-page ad with photos of Learadio products made by Lear Developments, Inc. of New York; Milestones of Progress - photo of postcard sent by the first UK Aerial Post on September 12, 1911 at the time of the coronation of King George V, and photo of the RCAF Coronation contingent on the dock at Montreal; Aerial photography at night; Monospar ad featuring H.R.H. Prince Nicolas of Rumania; Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - interesting skywriting article; Great full-page ad for the De Havilland Dragonfly with cutaway drawing of the cabin in service; Photo of T.M. (Pat) Reid at the controls of Imperial Oils new Stinson; Photo and brief write-up of E.P.H. "Billy" Wells, Chief Pilot, Pacific Division, Canadian Airways, Ltd.; The Pioineer Sensitive Altimeter - article with photo; Mercury Air Services Ltd. ad with photo of the Howard; Nice Canadian Airways ad shows a plane in 1911 and one of their planes on skis on 1936; Fantastic Stinson four-page centrefold ad features photos of their Reliant, Model SR-9B, Model SR-9D and Model SR-9F, plus photos of numberous customers/pilots of their planes - T.M. Reid of Imperial Oil, Don McClaren of Territories Exploration, A. Roy Brown of General Airways, George Clarke of Canadian Utilities, "Konnie" Johannesson and C.H. Kickens, Richard Bibby, "Duke" Schiller, Jim Wade and J.B. Town of Canadian Airways; Old Country (Britain) Gossip; Fantastic McLAughlin-Buick centerfold ad features graduation scene; Air Mail Link to the Yukon - article with photo of Jack Moar of Skylines Express; M.A.L.C. News; Mackenzie Air Service ad; The Students' Forum; Condensed news from the clubs; Great Cub Aircraft full-page ad features photo of a Cub on floats in flight; Berens River Mines Limited Air Freighting Contract - article with great photo of Fairchild "82" at Berens River air base; Siddeley Cheetah ad inside back cover; Nice Stanavo ad on back cover includes photos of Imperial Oil planes; and more. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
28 pages. Features: Cover photo of a Beechcraft 18 on Canadian-built Edo Floats; Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover boasts of a 1208 mile flight from Canada to Mexico in under five hours by a Twin Wasp; Imperial Oil ad on back cover; and more. Laid-in is a 23.5" x 15.5" Imperial Oil map of Canada showing the airports, intermediate aerodromes, seaplane ports, and seaplane bases of Canada; A Heated Subject - a call for joint research into the protection of power plants operating in Canada's extreme temperatures; Nice illustrated full-page ad for Kollsman Instruments;Nice Gold Flake cigarettes full-page ad; The Toledo Cruise - article with photos; The Fairchild "Sekani" - article with photos; The Toronto Flying Club - 10th anniversary; Photo of the new Boeing XB-15 bomber in flilght; R.C.A.F. Appointments; The Sunshine Air Council; Fantastic centrefold cutaway illustration of the Fleet Freighter; McGill Receives New Glider; Northland Air Fleet Rests; Aviation Highlights from Winnipeg; News from the West Coast; The Students' Forum; Old Country Gossip - with amazing photo of Aviation's Boldest Experiment - the first Mayo Composite Aircraft - Mercury on top and Maia on the bottom; Nice ad for Cub Aircraft of Hamilton, Ontario; Condensed News from the Clubs; M.A.I.C. News; Imperial Oil ad on back cover shows how ski planes are speeding what used to be done by showshoe!; Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
36 pages. Features: Cover photo of an L2 anchored at Lac du Bonnet, Man. on its return from the Arctic in search of the missing Sigmund Levanesky and crew; Nice two-colour Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover boasts of their affiliation with the new Trans-Canada Air Liners; Frontis photo of a formation of Bristol Blenheim bombers; Our search for Levanesky - as told by Air Commodore H. Hollick Kenyon - with photos of Sir Hubert Wilkins' expedition leaving North Beach, NY and another photo of the crew; Nice full-page ad for Gold Flake cigarettes; The John Webster Competition; Winging over Europe - as told by B. Marcuse; Notes from Winnipeg; International Air Meet at Brandon - article with photos; Starratt on the Up; The Logue Trophy for Maritime Flying Clubs; Bristol Engineering - Sleeve Valve Engine Development; Nice full-page ad for the 1938 McLaughlin Buick; Meet D. B. (Duard Browning) Colyer - article with photo; Nice Bristol full-page ad features illustration of the Blenheim bomber; Notes from Winnipeg with photo of the mail seaplane "Mercury" under construction and during first test flight; Great De Havilland full-page ad has photo of British North American Airways staff in front of their new Dragon Rapides; Old Country Gossip; News from the West Coast; The Students' Forum; Condensed News from the Clubs; M.A.L.C. News; Full-page ad for Cub Aircraft features photo of R. Languerand of Foleyet, Ontario; Imperial Oil ad on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Cover photo of a flight formation of four "Fury" aircraft from No. 1 (fighter) Squadron, RAF, Tangmere, England; Great two-colour Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover promotes their affiliation with Trans-Canada Air Liners; Neat Ethyl Corporation full-page ad shows an illustration of the birdlike monoplane of Clement F. Ader who attained a short, uncontrolled flight in 1891 in France; News and Views of the Month; Activity in Winnipeg; Full-page ad for Gold Flake cigarettes; Montreal Air Pageant Draws Large Crowds - article with photos; United Air Transport - article with photos of Grant W.G. McConachie, E.W. Kubicek, Ralph Oakes, Lenard Waagen and Chris. Green; A Week End at Saint Jovite; Lockheed Presents Its New Transport, the 14 - article with photos; Photos of runway contruction in Winnipeg; Webster Trophy Winners; R.C.A.F. Appointments; The Show at Sea Island - with several photos including Miss Rollie Moore, Tex Rankin, Hal Wilson and George Lothian; The Fleetwings Sea Bird; Air Propagande Stages Show at Sherbrooke; Old Country Gossip; The Students' Forum; Siddeley Cheetah ad; Cub Aircraft ad; Condensed News from the Clubs; M.A.L.C. News; Imperial Oil ad on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Features: Prehistoric Plainsmen; Fort Chipewyan; Saint Albert; Writing on Stone - Milk River Valley; The Ranching Saga of Southern Alberta; Home, House and Temple Among the Plains Indians; Oil City, Alberta; Some Early Travellers' Accounts of Alberta; The Mountains in Maps; The Frontier Art of R.B. Nevitt; Gerald Tailfeathers; Carl Rungius - An Artist's View of Nature; Architectural Heritage; Heritage Park; Ukrainian Vernacular Architecture; Medalta Pottery; Saddles; Hutterites - The Peaceful People; Cattle Brands; From an Alberta Kitchen; Beadwork by Alberta Native Peoples; The Doukhobors; Museums in Alberta; and more. Average wear. Date hand-written atop front cover. Sound copy. Magazine
Pages 119- 152 plus sixteen pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Saskatchewan's Oil and Gas - major article with many excellent photos including Tommy Douglas on the podium; Some Birds of Canada; The Canals of England; The Craft School of Fundy; Voyages of Discovery - British Columbia; Canadair one-page ad with illustration of their Sparrow II guided missile; and more. Faint date stamp atop front cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Pages 267-316 plus fourteen pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Canada's Pulp and Paper Industry - article with dozens of excellent photos; Wild Rice in Canada - many wonderful photos; The Dukhobors; Indian Life in Mexico; Apple Marketing; and more. Some of the best ads include: Canadian Apples, The Empress Hotel, and an Imperial Oil ad on back cover which features photo of a very rustic northern scene with drums of fuel and mountains of firewood. Average wear and soiling. Small name stamp inside front cover. Binding intact. A sound 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
50 pages. Features/Articles: Cover photo of Joan Fontaine, who starred with Bing Crosby in "The Emperor Waltz", filmed in Jasper; Unity of Purpose - delegates from all parts of the C.N.R. system in Canada and the U.S. met in Montreal on June 11th; Jasper goes Hollywood - filming of The Emperor Waltz - with photos; T.C.A. links Canada with Chicago - soon service to Cleveland will begin; A Century of Progress - The Great Western Railway from Hamilton to London; Vancouver's Diamond Jubilee; Waterway for Salmon - Hell's Gate fishways on the C.N.R. and C.P.R. sides of Fraser River Canyon; He Knows his Race Tracks - Jim Quinn, operator, Canadian National Telegraphs, Toronto; Meet Mr. Saskatchewan - E.G. Wickerson; System News; Dozens of photos of new names on pension roll; Departmental Doings; Photo of one of the largest single-unit freight shipments ever handled by rail - a 100-ton crude oil fractioning tower for McColl Frontenac Oil Company at Montreal; Lots of company news; Young Railroaders' Club; Coke ad on back cover; and more. Address label on back cover. Unmarked. Three inch opening to top edge of front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
50 pages. Features/Articles: Ben Hur's chariot set the wheel base gauge for today's railroads; Canadian National Exhibits and Displays; Alberta's Hot Spot - The New Oil Fields near Edmonton, Leduc, Woodbend and Redwater; Canadian Nationial Telegraphs Blaze New Northern Trail - modern service makes the whole world neighbors of Red and Pickle Lake areas; The Cornerstone of a Community - The C.N.R. in Cornwall; An Approach to the Problem of Industrial Plant Location; Knowledge Pays Traffic Dividends; A.J. Lomas Named Vice-President Central Region; G.T.W. "Crop" Train set for mercy trip; New Railway Quarters in Victoria; Staff Changes; Around the Departments; Traffic; Young Railroaders' Club; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label on back cover. A sound copy. Book
français In-8 de 125 pp.; cartonné sous jaquette illustrée.
Oblong 8vo., Nineteenth Edition, with photographs and illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. First published in 1938.
