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Half-leather binding. 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: Rate increase approval; explansion plans for 1959, including new purchasing, warehousing and repair centre to be built at Manitoba Street and Southeast Marine Drive in Vancouver; Operator Distance Dialing Nears Reality; B.C.'s Biggest Television Events in 1958 as covered by mobile television links, including the Ripple Rock blast, the visit of H.R.H. Princess Margaret, and the Grey Cup; Changes to Sales Organization; Automating Accounting; Expanding the Personnel Department; Conversion of manual systems to dial operation; Conversion of Glenburn to Cypress; New Long Distance Route to Kamloops; Dial phones come to Sidney, Keating and James Island; Pension Plan Personalized; Adoption of Irregular Base Rate Areas; Closing of two historic switchboards in Victoria and Vancouver; Teletype Sale Made to East Asiatic; R.W.J. Angus becomes new General Commercial Manager; The Birth of N.P.A. 604 (the 604 area code); High cost of workplace accidents; Long Distance Anniversary greetings to a New Westminster Rotary Club from around the Western Hemisphere; Removal of high-wire span that linked Agassiz and Chilliwack since 1910 (6 pnotos); Conversion jobs sparked romances; Maintenance men to match our mountains; The visit of the queen (14 photos); "Follow Me" - a child's-eye view of the telephone company through the medium of C.B.C. television; Vancouver General Hospital (3 photos); Electronic 'Detectives' Guard Microwave; The FW-1 intertoll switching installation in the William Farrell Building - the brain and heart of toll; Logging by Radio - New Switchboard serves radiotelephone subscribers; Laying cable in the Pitt River (2 photos); Opening of new headquarters in 700 block of Seymour Street in Vancouver (3 photos); A new approach to serving the public in the new addition; Activation of a new radiotelephone long distance system through the Cariboo - illustrated; Traffic Signs for Toll; New Woodland Central Office serves Whalley (photos); Phone fashion; Network Television reaches the Interior; 500,000th telephone installed; Night move of revenue accounting to 555 Seymour (photos); Terrace phones now automatic (photos); Traffic, Staff Metering - Instantly; Service at New Denver is Personalized; The Heave-Ho Boys - name your antenna and they'll put it up! (with great photos); new building for Gibsons, Sechelt; Kamloops Editorial salutes operators; Transmission Levesl - an FW-1 Problem; Plans for 1960, including completion of Burnaby centre; Graph of telephone growth in B.C. since 1880; History of the Alma Central Office; The Happy Islanders on Calvert, Trutch and Swindle Islands; Machines take over in the Accounting Field; Rough weather at Newcastle Ridge; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight and square. Marbled endpapers. Name of E.P. LaBelle stamped on bottom edge of text. A photo and announcement re: Mr. Labelle is found in the July/August 1959 issue. Book
80 pages. Features: Cover illustration of cherubic little girl holding basket of flowers; Nice colour ad for Dominion Linoleum Rugs inside front cover; Full-page ad for the new 1924 High Speed Blue Chimney New Perfection oil stove; Nice illustrated full-page ad for Pratt & Lambert Varnish Products; *MAGNIFICENT* full-page colour ad for Ford Closed Cars, featuring woman driving a black model with two children, sailboat in hand, disembarking in a lovely park; Business Article - "Consideration of Canada's Immigration is Arousing Business Men's Attention", by J. Herbert Hodgins; Small ad for the "Oshawa" medal clad garage manufactured by The Pedlar People of Oshawa; Full-page colour ad for Congoleum Gold Seal Art-Rugs; Half-page ad for Weed brand auto bumpers and tire chains; International Harvester Motor Truck Ad; Artistic full-page ad for Oneida Community Plate silverware; The Rich Cinderella - story by Arthur Stringer; The Hired Man - story by Lawrence Perry; Mr. T.A. Low - Business Man in Politics - Canada's Minister of Trade and Commerce; A Friend of the Family - story by Rudyard Kipling; Animals I Remember, by W.A. Fraser; The Ardent Bigamist, by Somerset Maugham; Session Meanders to its Close - J.K. Munro on Canadian Parliamentary happenings; The Road Runner - story by Ben Ames Williams; Full-page ad for Palmolive Shaving Cream; Winston Churchill headed "Straight for the Dust-bin" of Politics - so says George Bernard Shaw; Drinking is a national disability in Great Britain; Full page ad for Swift's Premium Cooked Ham; Taxation is Shifting - Lord Weir claims English professions are underpaid; Full-page ad for Firestone "Gum-Dipped Balloons" (low-pressure tires); S.S. Chester on why "Baccarat is a French Menace"; Lovely colour photo ad for Royal Yeast Cakes; Fantastic colour full-page ad for Harvey Hosiery, made by Hosiers Limited of Woodstock, Ontario; Wonderful full-page colour ad for Harvey Tailored Underwear, made by Harvey Knitting Co. of Woodstock, Ontario; Lovely full-page colour ad by the H.J. Heinz Company illustrates the Heinz Pier at Atlantic City; Aeroplanes Can't Be Omnipotent - Archibald Hurd argues that Capital Ships must be maintained to bring food, at least; J.A. Stevenson writes about hope for U.S. Political Upeaval; Puritanism is Termed a Blight - article by Harvey O'Higgins and Dr. E.H. Reede; Full-page ad for Post Toasties "Double Thick" Corn Flakes; There is no Saturation Point - Henry Ford discusses the development of products to meet consumer demand; Radio may cease to be free - article from the Independent; Westinghouse Electric Range ad; Ileana Sets Her Cap for Wales - Godmother of the Balkans would make daughter co-ruler of the British Empire; Salvation in Empire Trade? - how can free trade Britain prosper when her Dominions are largely protectionist?; Three-quarter page ad promotes Vancouver, British Columbia to tourists and businessmen; Will World Commit Hari-Kari? - Sir Oliver Lodge considers our scientific ability to build weapons of destruction, and our lack of morals to handle them; Lovely full-page ad for Canadian Pacific Steamship and its Great Lakes services; Nice half-page ad for The New Hupmobile; Nice half-page Coca-Cola ad; Half-page ad for Nash cars; Nostalgic half-page ad for Coleman camp stoves; Elegant ad for Luxite Hosiery; Bride Club Problem II - "By 'Tax' Sadie Solves Problems of Forgetfulness and Untidiness"; *Beautiful* full-page ad by W. Clark Limited (maker of canned foods) features young boy carrying a basket of cans of Clark's various offerings; Lovely full-page colour ad for Simmons beds, mattresses adn springs; Art and Decoration for Town and Country Homes - Porch for Charm and Comfort, by Katherine M Caldwell; Nice colour ad for Quaker Puffed Wheat inside back cover features illustration of boy by Norman Rockwell; Nice colour ad on back cover for Fuller Brush Company. Covers not quite free from staples. Average wear and soiling. Small faint ink stamp atop front cov Book
91 pages plus 24 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Features: The Artificial Volcano - an incident of the Italian campaign in the Dolomites; Soko the Stanleyville Chimp - raised by the author J.A. Jordan - with many photos; Seven to One - a vendetta and Arkansas farmer Walter Ridgeley of the Texarkana area; A Lofty Ambition - Tom Needham of Cleveland, Ohio recounts how he tried to perform a high dive from a lofty bridge to become a famous actor - with photos; A Canadian Lumber Camp at Riviere aux Ecorces, Quebec - Part II - with photos; In the Casting Pit - a tale of one of the finest deeds of courage and self-sacrifice on record; On the Road in the country of Georgia, by R.Courtier-Forser - illustrated; The White "Maori" - Kimble Bent spent 50 years in the bush - with photos; The Old Firm - a remarkable mystery is recounted from the documents and personal narratives of W.H. Holloway; The Strength of Dan Dempster - this Canadian frontier railway track foreman saved the men of a work-train from destruction with a superhuman act of strength; Round Labrador and Hudson's Bay - Part 1 of E.W. Hawkes' 3,000 mile journey, with great photos; Finding a Wife - S.A. Beattie went hunting for Jaguars in the British Honduras... but ended up with a wife; Throssell's "V.C." - How Hugo Throssell won the Victoria Cross at Gallipoli; Photo of two Jewish street merchants in New York's east side. Lovely color ad for the Vose Player Piano on back cover. Above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this interesting vintage issue. Book
Vintage 1920 New York State road map. 24" x 18.75". Somewhat tender with several openings at fold lines and junctures through use. Two faint contemporary ink stamps on back panel. Average wear. Back side provides city maps for New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, Utica, Syracuse, Brooklyn and Binghamton. A worthy copy of thiis wonderfully nostalgic item. Book
48 pages. Cover illustration by Eric Aldwinckle shows dapper tourist inspecting totem pole. Contents: Short article with photo on North American drought - photo shows sand drifts two to five feet high on the road allowance at Kisbey, Saskatchewan, 4 June, 1937; Uncommon full-page ad for Nesbitt, Thomson & Company - Gold Prospecting Theme; Parcker Vacumatic Pen Ad; The Man Who Was Careful - story by Elmer Davis; Via the North Pole - Air Commodore H. Hollick-Kenyon on what Russia's trans-polar flights mean to the future of aviation - with photos and map; The Road Never Dies, story by Bruce Hutchison; Television Broadcast, by Thomas Wayling - a layman's description of how the new wonder of the air works its miracle - with photos; Beverley Baxter on What's Happening in Europe; - with photos of Von Ribbentrop and The Leipzig; Yellow Cargo - story by Gordon Carroll; How's Your I.Q., by R.E. Knowles, Jr.; No More Bad Men - Dink Carroll writes about Rabbit Maranville, Manager of the Montreal Royals - with photo; Murder in Amber - story by Colver Harris; Animal Anecdotes - Fighting Turtles, by Phil H. Moore; Cigarettes, by Frederick Edwards - article with many great photos of cigarette production; Palmolive Soap ad features the Dionne Quintuplets; Full-page black and white Maxwell House Coffee ad bears the caption "What a Gay Dog You Are!" - as a woman dressed as Cleopatra chides her sullen husband dressed as a clown; Page of wonderful ads for thirteen private schools, including photo-illustrated ad for Ontario Ladies' College; Quarter-page photo ad for the Canadian National Exhibition's Coronation Year; Lovely half-page four-photo ad for Quaker Puffed Wheat featuring Shirley Temple; Article on How to Ice a Cake, by Helen G. Campbell; Lovely colour ad for Westinghouse radios on back cover features violin-maker Antonio Stradivari; Many more vintage ads. Moderately above-average wear. Address label atop front cover. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great issue. Book
88 pages. Features: Humourous cover art by Oscar Cahen; The Censorship that Helps the Enemy - The bad events of March 17, 1951 in the Korean War involving the Princess Patricias - Editorial; There'll Always Be a Massey - Canada's most famous family started on the road to wealth from a tiny implement forge near Port Hope, Ontario - article with photos; You Laughed at My Father - story by James Aldridge; The Hottest Square Mile in the World - under the humpland between Ace Lake and Beaverlodge lies an abundance of Uranium, and here Uranium City will be built - article with photos; The West Coast's Worst Disaster - The Tragedy of the Princess Sophia which disappeared off Vanderbilt Reef and took 343 people to their deaths in icy Alaskan waters - a Maclean's flashback; How to Raise Ten Kids in Six Rooms - Frank and Helen Teskey of Toronto have ten kids under fifteen and they'd welcome more; One-Man Powerhouse - John Deagle of Whitefish Falls, Ontario runs his own electric power company! - article with many photos of this incredible man; Sherbrooke, Quebec - where French and English share a city in harmony - nostalgic article with photos; The Battle to Beat Leukemia - doctors search for a cure; Footlights Round My Heart - story by Ronald R. Smith; Sensational full-page colour Coke ad features illustration of young lady and the caption "Want Something Good?"; Nice colour Chevrolet ad; DeSoto car ad; Full-page ad for Birks Jewellers features watches including the Challenger Eterna-matic; Plymouth car ad; Canada Savings Bond ad features James F. Johnston, Superintendant of Palm Dairies Limited in Regina; Great colour photo Caterpillar ad inside back cover shows horses pulling vintage auto through the mud. Light wear. Unmarked. Center page loose but present. A quality copy. Book
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present), and 167 illustrations by the author in the text; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco, back gilt with raised bands, gilt from original upper board and backstrip preserved and mounted on new and separate leaves, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. A lovely copy
144 pages. Index. Discography. "The Greatest Singer and Entertainer of the Century - Bessie Smith comes alive again in this unique collection of 30 of her most famous songs. Not just copies of sheet music, here are actual transcriptions of her most famous songs, with piano reproductions and guitar chords... Gunther Schuller contributes notes on her singing style - perhaps the only good critical description of her art. This is the ideal companion to the record set of Bessies's complete recordings." - from back cover. Songs include: It Makes My Love Come Down, Long Road, Jailhouse Blues, Dirty No-Gooder's Blues, Down in the Dumps, In the House Blues, Shipwreck Blues, Safety Mama, Take Me For a Buggy Ride, Blue Blues, Wasted Life Blues, Standin' In the Rain Blues, Squeeze Me, Baby Won't You Please Come Home, Pickpocket Blues, Backwater Blues, Young Woman's Blues, See if I'll Care, New Orleans Hop Scop Blues, Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out, Baby Doll, Please Help Get Him Off My Mind, Reckless Blues, My Man Blues, Poor Man's Blues, Hard Time Blues, Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do, Cake Walking Babies from Home, Gimme a Pigfoot, Gulf Coast Blues. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Sound copy. Book
Contains separate piano and trumpet sheet music, plus guitar chords and lyrics, for some of the most popular music of the 1960s and 70s. Songs include: Acapulco 1922; Fandango; Jerusalem; (The) Lonely Bull (El Solo Toro); Magic Man; Mexican Shuffle; Rise; Rotation; Route 101; So What's New; Spanish Flea; (A) Taste of Honey; This Guy's In Love With You; Tijuana Taxi; Up Cherry Street; Wade in the Water; What Now My Love; Whipped Cream. Four pages of colour photos of Herb Alpert, with two more pages in black and white. Prior owner's reference page of instrument transpositions fastened inside front cover by a staple. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. It is hard not to feel good when you listen to these timeless songs! Book
Pages 47-84 plus advertorial covers. Features: cover photo of Air Vice-Marshal Arthur Coningham; Dramatic 10-photo sequence of Italian 'S.M. (Savoia Marchetti) 79' bomber as it crashes after attacking a British warship near Malta; Twelve action photos of action on the Russian front where "Colossal losses are inflicted by Timoshenko's troops in steady withdrawal"; Wonderful two-page spread of 42 photos and brief write-ups of "Heroes of the Present War - The Men Who, For Conspicuous Bravery, Have Won the Victoria Cross (V.C.)"; Photos of personalities of the week include Dr. P. regis De Oliveira, Major K.M. Cariappa, Mr. Ivor Brown, Sir Daniel Hall, Commander Miers and men of the submarine Torbay with Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Pridham-Wippell, Dr. Refik Saydam, M. Sarajoglu, the King with George Robey's son, Maj.-Gen. Carl Spaatz, J. Jagger M.P., Sir W. Phene Neal, Sir W. Windham and Leiut.-Gen. Sir G. MacDonogh; Page of photos and diagrams of Germany's Latest - the Dornier "Do.217e," with tail dive-brake; Photo-illustrated book review of "I Rode With Stonewall" by Henry Kyd Douglas; Five photos of fighting French forces celebrating Bastille Day in London with De Gaulle; Article discusses Von Bock's powerful thrust on the Don and towards Caucasus - with map; Photo of the "Airacobra' P-39 fighter in flight with guns blazing; Photo of the 170 "Mars" XPB2M-1 on its maiden flight over Chesapeake Bay; Eleven photos of catastrophic R.A.F. bomb damage inflicted on the Renault works in the Ile Seguin and adjacent banks of the Seine at Billancourt (photos taken by a Free French agent and smuggled to London); Six photos from the El Alamein front; Illustration and photo show how 'Stukas' opened a road through Tobruk's minefield; 5 Photos of North African battles past and present; Five photos of Rommel's troops in the battle for Egypt; Four pages of photos of life-like simulations of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Japan's first important naval defeat; nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Spine taped. A sound vintage copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Cover photo of message being passed by line from destroyer to cruiser while at sea; Series of illustrations show 'Position' land-mining a road surface for depth-charges; Two-page illustration of night training for attack in enemy country; Photo of Packard draughtsmen at work in the U.S. where they are contracted to produce 6,000 Rolls-Royce engines; Two impressive photos of Pittsburgh's impressive steel productive capacity; Aerial photos of R.A.F. bomb strikes on Boulogne and Addis Ababa; Ten photos of Tripoli, the beautiful capital of Italian Libya; Map-illustrated article considers German invasion of England; Personalities of photos of the week include Lady Austen Chamberlain, Dr. W.M. Carter, Colonel Lindbergh (who urged a negotiated peace), H.W. House, Dr. E.G.W. Braunholtz, The King and Queen inspecting bomb damage, P.W. Kerr, Walter Krivitsky, Major-General Fleischer of the Norwegian forces, M. radu Florescu, and C.F.A. Voysey; Illustration and photo of German inflatable dinghy for downed airmen; Two-page photo of dawn paratroop attack; Seven photos of America's parachute troops training at Fort Benning; Full-page cutaway illustration of Wellington bomber; Photos of London statues being saved; Photo of huge unexploded Nazi bomb now used as a $ collecting box outside St. Paul's Cathedral; Photos of gas masks in use in Brighton as part of gas 'alert' test; Photos aboard corvettes - little ships which are grappling with the U-boat menace; Six large photos show meal preparation at Liverpool's communal feeding centre - capable of serving 16,000 repasts daily; and more. Staples disintegrated. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this important wartime issue. Book
32 pages. Features: Cover photo of formal handing-over ceremony to the Australian Brigadier; Six photos of the snow and ice Greek soldiers overcame in Albania; Six photos from the Greek Front - awaiting Tepelini's fall; Photo of Greek troops in tiny captured Italian tanks near the Albanian front; Photo of forlorn captured Italian Colonel, commander of a crack Alpini regiment, in German sidecar driven by Greek soldier; Two-page illustration/map of Singapore and vicinity - stubborn obstacle to Japan's ambitious projects in southern Asia; One-page map of the U.S.' strategic Pacific sites, which envelope Japan at all points; Article entitled "The War with Nazi Germany - The Far East" includes photos of Japanese troops on Hainan; Photos of personalities of the week include Trygve Lie, Sir H. Harty, Dr. Tevfid Rustu Aras, M. Charalambos Simopoulos, M. Yosuke Matsuoka, Australian Prime Minister Menzies inspecting troops in London, Lord Gort in a Bren gun carrier, Sir Frederick Banting (killed in Newfoundland plane crash), Sir Shenton Thomas, Sir R. Brooke-Popham, L.A. Strange, Dan Pienaar, A.G. Cunningham, and Joe Coyne; Photos of the wood carvings at St. Stephen's, Walbrook; Aerial photo of R.A.F. bomb damage in Eritrean port of Massawa; Aerial photo of R.A.F. bomb damage at Valona; Fascinating illustrations explain German incendiary bombs - clockwork and electric types; Dramatic centrefold photo of F.D.R. addressing the House to demand fullest help to the democracies; Twelve photos of the Capture of Derna (a small town between Tobruk and Banghazi); Two pages of photos of the Capture of Derna - minefields cleared, booty seized, examples of Italian road engineering; Two pages of photos of the occupation of Benghazi by Australian troops - and welcoming crowds; and more. Staples disintegrated. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this extraordinary wartime issue. Book
Pages 505-532. Features: Cover photo of Monty pinning Sgt. Keith Elliot with the V.C., for outstanding gallantry at Ruweisat; The Battle of the Solomons - U.S. Sea Losses and Land Fighting, with photo of aircraft carrier "Wasp" ablaze and dramatic photo of U.S. auxiliary vessel "Colhoun" and U.S. destroyer "Little" shortly before they went under; Multiple photos of the Battle of the Solomons; Photos of Guadalcanal's vital airfield, Henderson Airport; Six photos of U.S. troop life on Guadalcanal; One-page illustration of sappers 'Hoovering' a minefield in the Western Desert; Photos of Allied airmen waging ceaseless war on Rommel's troops and supply columns; Multiple photos of the Eighth Army's steady progress in the Western Desert - aspects of the battle in its initial stages; The Third British Offensive in Egypt - article; Photos of eleven personalities of interest include Pilot Officer George F. Beurling, John Grix, and Mrs. Roosevelt meeting her U.S. Army son, Elliott, in Britain; Two pages of photos of lively episodes and incidents in the desert battle; Three photos of "Reprisal" raid bombing damage in Canterbury; Seven photos from Madagascar - successful British operations despite road blocks and blown-up bridges; Photos of renewed raids on Malta; Amazing daylight photo from 1 of 94 Lancasters flying low over France enroute to bombing the Schneider words at Le Creusot on October 17th; Illustrations explain how low-flying tactics create new problems for the enemy; Large high-resolution aerial photos of bomb damage to Schneider Works and Breuil Steelworks; Eight woodcuts by Chinese children illustrate the ongoing drama in that nation; Nice colour back cover ad for Johnnie Walker shows iron fence being installed in front of stately home. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 533-560. Features: Cover photo portrait of Sir Harold Alexander; The Strategic Brains Behind the Air Battles Over the Desert - brief write-up with photos of Sir Arthur Tedder and his staff, Lieut.-General Montgomery and Sir Arthur Coningham; Photos of remnants of Rommel's war machine littering the road to Libya; General Montgomery Meets captured German General Ritter Von Thoma; Sherman tanks provide unwelcome surprise for Germans; Two pages with eleven great photos of the British and U.S. aircraft commanding the skies over Rommel's broken army; The Victory of El Alamein (article); Photos of fifteen personalities of the week include Mrs. Roosevelt with Queen Mary, Red Army sniper Lieut. Lyndmilla Pavlichenko in London, Vice-Admiral Chanchak, Captain Frances Riley of Winnipeg, and Mr. George M. Cohan; Numerous photos of Axis POWs on the road to Alexandria; Very dramatic centrefold photo of Australian Eighth Army soldiers advancing into smoke screen with revolvers and bayonets; Eleven photos of Vichy's Crucial African Sea Ports - Scenes of Anglo-American Pressure; One-page contour map of the Algerian and Tunisian coasts, with distances from Algiers to important sites; Photos of Allied Commanders in North Africa - including General Giraud; An American Tribute to British Achievement (article); Six photos from Madagascar where hostilities have ceased; Two pages of photos of destruction in Stalingrad; Four aerial photos of severe bomb damage at Genoa; Back page colour ad for Daimler, B.S.A. and Lanchester includes illustration of the first Royal car and a modern Daimler 4-Litre Cabriolet. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 645-676. Features: One-page map of the Low Countries' (Holland and Belgium) Traditional Defence - Strategic Inundations (Flooding); Photos of flooding which confronted the Nazis in Holland; Photos and brief write-ups of Mr. Churchill and his War Cabinet - an all-part Ministry; Holland as the R.A.F. Sees It - Air photos of key points Central Rotterdam, Dordrecht Island and the Moerdyk Bridges; "Ten Times as Strong as in 1914" - Belgian army and defense fortification photos; Sketch of German air attack on railway in Belgium; Four sketches beneath the caption "1914 Repeated - With a Difference - The B.E.F. Advance into Belgium - While the Pitiful Refugees Depart; Three cross-section illustrations of 'a new instrument of total war' - British and German troop carriers - the Junkers JU 52, the Ju 89-90, and the Bristol 'Bombay'; Seven illustrations beneath caption "Invasion by Parachute-Armies - Nazis improve on a Soviet device; Two pages of illustrations of how the Nazis invade by parachute on a large scale; Centrefold map entitled "The Low Countries - A Map Showing Aerodromes and Inundation Areas"; The War with the Nazis - The Crisis Has Come (article); Three photos of R.A.F. bombing Nazi troop planes at Katwijk and Waalhaven; Six photos illustrate how Britain guards against fifth column and parachuteist surprises - road blocks, check points and alien detention; Photos of European royals fleeing Nazi aggression - Dutch Princess Juliana and her children, Prince Bernhard, and Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxemburg; Two photos of the famous Royal Canadian Mounted Police training their precise motorcycle formation driving in England; Six photos of homes wrecked by Nazi bombs in Belgium, Holland and France; Several photos show German bombs missing their ship targets in the North Sea; Dramatic photos of 500lb Nazi bombs exploding near British aircraft carrier off Norway; Photos of the bombing of Namsos and Aandalsnes; Two photos of the H.M.S. Bittern on fire; Six excellent photos of Allied troops returning from fighting in Norway, including the "Blue Devils" and General Carton De Wiart, V.C.. Please note: Brown discolouration of unknown origin to bottom 1.5" of all pages. All text legible. Average wear and a small nibble from foot of spine. A sound copy of this dramatic wartime issue. Book
Pages 677-704. Features: Colour Dunlop ad inside front cover features The Mumming Plays; Cover photo of wartime munitions being scrapped for production drive; Five photos illustrate the United Nations new simultaneous interpretation system; Two pages of illustrations explain the Swedish Albatross marine expedition as it investigates seabed deposits; An account of the aims of the Albatross expedition and of the equipment used to obtain material for scientific investigation from great depths; Six-photo sequence shows an F8F Bearcat's failed attempt to land on the USS Tarawa - it ultimately crashes into the sea; Photo of road scouts delivering 800,000 signatures to the House of Commons with the aim of restoring the basic petrol ration; Photos of personalities of the week include Lord Croft, Mr. Strachey, Malcolm McCorquodale, Lord Hemmingford, H. R. Macbeth-Raeburn, M. Tristan Bernard, Sir Reginald Stubbs, Marshall Tito, Mr. Dinnyes, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, Mr. Dimitrov of Bulgaria, Col. N. A. Filatov, Winston Churchill at Manchester Town Hall, and Arab leaders attending the Arab League Conference on Palestine at Almaza Airport; Article discusses the Marshall Plan and Mr. Molotov; Photos of Jewish Settlement Police trainees and map of the United Nations plan, dividing Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab state, with Jerusalem and International city; Two pages of photos and text describe troops of the Arab League states, including photo of Glubb Pasha, commander of the Arab Legion of Transjordan; Two-page centrefold illustration inside the Structures Department at the Royal Aircraft Establishment where students are taught how to test aircraft components; Six illustrations show young engineers training in model making and wind tunnel testing; Five photos document the state funeral of France's great tank General Leclerc, who perished in a North African air crash; Eritrea's commission of investigation - six photos with text; Photos of the first ramjet helicopter, on ground and in flight; Photo of 12 foot diameter pipeline carrying water to generate power from the Campbell River dam in British Columbia; Photo of Sir Alan Cunningham and G. Heddingham inspecting scene of rioting and looting in the commercial centre of Jerusalem; Photo of directors and officials of Krupps, Hitler's main armament maker, on trial at Nuremberg; Two pages of photos and text describe bronzes newly found in North Honan; Review of the film "Mine Own Executioner"; Back cover colour ad for Wright's coal tar soap shows dancing Arctic seals. Above average external wear with clumsy tape repair to coverfold. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
Pages 180-262 plus 16 pages of ads. This is a particularly excellent issue jammed full of fascinating accounts. Features: Terrible Experiences in the Arctic - a whaling schooner is crushed by ice and its crew exists on moss and snow for nearly a week; Amat Sik - Hero of the Singapore Mutiny - he avenged the killing of his employer, an English officer; The Trade Guilds of Constantinople - article with truly amazing photos; The Yaqui Luck-Piece; My Brumby Hunt; When Everything Happened to Me - hauling timber in the 1870s; Salving (Salvaging) Fifty Million Pounds' Worth of Shipping - fantastic photo-illustrated article on some of the 500 ships saved by the Admiralty Salvage Section in WWI; The Sun Dance - photo-illustrated account of a trip to Alberta, Canada to witness the Sun Dance, an annual festival of the Indians; My Dashes fro Freedom - Lieut. E.H. Garland's account of how he escaped from 12 German prison camps in WWI - article with illustrations and photos of the Holzminden Tunnel; ; In Search of Gold - John A. Jordan in East Africa; Our Disastrous Cattle Drive - tale of an horrific Australian cattle drive; Fascinating photo of a "Tramps' Hotel" in the fashion of a jail - they are required to break a quantity of rock for use in road construction before they can leave; The Kaiser's Girls - a tale of 'amazing political intrique and cold-blooded devilry' from German-occupied Russia; The Serpent Garden of Butantan, near Sao Paulo, Brazil - photo-illustrated article; My 'Roo (Kangaroo) Hunt with the 'Flying Gang' - hunting on the banks of the Murray River; With the Ortolan Trappers - photo-illustrated article on how these birds were caught; and more. Half-page photo ad for the Granliden Hotel of Lake Sunapee, N.H.; Lovely illustrated one-page ad for Canada Steamship Lines - "Shooting the Rapids of the Historic St. Lawrence in 1819"; Uncommon ad for "Tobacco Redeemer" by Newell Pharmacal inside back cover claims to help smokers kick the habit in 48 to 72 hours. Covers detached as one, but present. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A wonderful vintage issue. Book
Pages 266-352 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Crowsnest Holdup - a spectacular hold-up on the Canadian Pacific Railway and the tragic manhunt that followed; The Fire-Walkers of Fiji - a mystery that has never been solved - great photo-illustrated article; Roaming the Wild South Seas (part I) - Jack McLaren relates some of his strange and exciting experiences there; Hunting Bighorn Sheep in Mexico - a most exciting shooting trip in the wild Cocopah Mountains of Mexico - fantastic photo-illustrated article; Alone Across the Atlantic - Mr. Alain J. Gerbault sailed alone from Gibraltar to New York in 142 days; The Road to Timbuctoo (part III) - readers who enjoyed 'Three Asses in the Pyrenees" will find this narrative even more amusing; How "Mac" Won His Wife - a New Zealander abducts and marries a beautiful girl - with revengeful natives in pursuit; In Search of Sea-Monsters (part V) - F.A. Mitchell-Hedges set out in 1921 on an expedition to the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and caught multiple world-record-sized fish - article with photos; Zulliver's Travels - an ill-fated auto trip to California; Snapshots in China - great photos; Unknown Peru (part IV) - travel and adventure in the Andes - article with photos; Anstruther Gets a Job - an unemployed engineer in South Africa meets the promoter of a mine; The Two Strangers - an interesting sequel to "A Bunch of Keys" which appeared in the December 1923 issue; Great one-page illustrated General Electric locomotive ad speaks of the Mexican Railway between Orizaba and Esperanza where 10 electric locomotives will replace 25 steam locomotives; and more. Covers loose as one but present. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
84 pages. Features: Cover illustration by Franklin Arbuckle of Nootka native holding huge salmon by dock; Colour-photo ad for Allis-Chalmers Rumely shows 20-ton crawler building road; The Last of the Multimillionaires, Sir James Dunn - great photo-illustrated article; Canadian John Clare is mistakenly arrested in Jackson Mississippi - police thought he was communist organizer Gus Hall; Charlotte Smith of Toronto bullied and cajoled movie-makers until they turned her daughter, Mary Pickford, into "America's Sweetheart"; Must Europe Go Red From Hunger?; The Most Beautiful Girl I've Ever Known (fiction); I've Quit the City for Keeps - Toronto streetcar operator John Ewing moves his family to the shore of Lake Manitouwabing in the Parry Sound district; Tobacco Town - Delhi, Ontario; Everybody Falls for Angie (fiction); What You Should Know About a Bath; Austin car ad; Nice colour one-page ad for the Pontiac Chieftain '8' deluxe 4-door (dark green); Jergens ad features photos of Jane Russell from film 'His Kind of Woman'; One-page ad for Chevrolet trucks; Prest-O-Lite ad features Yogi Berra; Molson's ad features home improvement tips by Tom Gard; Photo of Timagami Postmaster Hamm with Grey Owl's first wife Angele and her young daughter; Colour Studebaker ad inside back cover features Commander V-8 (green); Charming back cover colour Coke ad shows young people around pop cooler; and more. Four center pages loose but present. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
205 pages. Originally published by Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson, Ltd., London. Multi-panel fold-out map. 9 Black and white illustrations. "A century ago, when every known route was beset with its own dangers, the risks in the "Country Trade" were especially numerous, and it is difficult now to even believe, much more to realise, the vicissitudes to which a ship was liable in the 17th and 18th centuries from the time she left her anchorage under the friendly protection of the guns of old Bombay Castle... Pirates, cosmopolitan, Indian, Arab, even English, cruised the Arabian seas. The Straits of Malacca teemed with fierce cut-throats; the Gulf was a standing menace. These dangers were real." - From Preface. Contents clean, bright and unmarked, possibly unread. Tight and square. Light wear to white and blue cloth-covered boards. Bright silver lettering upon spine. Book
Pages 177- 264 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The Prime Minister's Story - a tiger adventure from India; Filming in a Land of Mystery - amazingly photo-illustrated article on a visit to Lhasa, Tibet; The Road to Timbuctoo - part 2 - funny adventures; Photo of pathetic beggars in India; My First Man-Hunt; The Missing Money Bag a story from Rajputana; Hate - an exciting tale from Malaya; Unknown Peru - part 3 of a photo-illustrated article about investigations in prehistoric Inca towns and treasure caves; Hunting Big Game in India - the Vernay-Faunthorpe expedition - article with great photos; Rescuing the Doctor - a doctor and his wife are surrounded in the Peruvian jungle by cannibal Indians; In Search of Sea-Monsters - part 4 of F.A. Mitchell-Hedges' world travels to catch the largest fish in the world - with great photos; The Gandipur Man-Killer - putting down a brute tiger; The Mysterious Mine - owned by Sir George Cooklin; Revenge! - a young Pole named Leo Leopold (Leo Rogers) vows to get the policeman, Fred Lefbyre, responsible for his incarceration in a Kingston, Ontario penitentiary; Nightmare - terrible experience of an Indian Army officer; photo of wonderfully decorated stern of a Chinese junk (boat); Nice back cover ad for the Security Pen Co. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Contains Acts relating to: Assessment; Power of Attorney; Breeding Stock; Cattle Ranges; Choses in Action; Civil Causes; Foreign Companies; Voluntary Conveyances; Debentures; Debts and Choses in Action; Elections; Execution against Lands; Fences; Gold Mining; Jurors; Land; Licences; Loan; Methodist Church of Canada; Mining; Municipalities; Public Parks; Procedure; Qualification and Registration of Voters; Road Tolls; Roads; Public Schools; Supply; Taxes; Tolls; Trustees; Victoria and Esquimalt Railway (E&N); Voluntary Conveyances. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Book
Contains Acts relating to: Land Registry Ordinance; Justice of the Peace; Mineral Ordinance; Gold Mining; Municipality Act; Election of MLAs; Office of Sheriff; The Public School Act; Public Works Act; Drainage, Dyking, and Irrigation; Wild Land Tax; Road Ordinance; Election of MLAs; Gold Mining; Courts Merger; MPs ineligible to be MLAs; Fireman's Protection Act; Proof under Oath; Suits against the Crown; Supply of Water to Victoria; Land Ordinance, 1870; William Creek Fire Brigade; Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company (E&N), Incorporation of; Replevin; The Public Inquiries Aid Act; An Act to Secure Wives and Children; Indemnification of members of the Legislative Assembly; Asylums for the Insane; Rights of the Property of Married Women; Bills of Sale; The Constitution Act, 1871; Scale of Fees to be taken by certain officers; Agricultural Societies; Allowances to Jurors in Criminal Cases; the Legislative Assembly Privileges Act; Game Ordinance; Attorneys of the Supreme Court to be called to the bar of said court; The Homestead Ordinance; Defraying the expenses of civil government; Indemnification of Members of the Executive Council and others; Practitioners in the County Courts and other inferior Courts; Privileges of the members of the Legislative Assembly; An act to render legitimate, children born out of lawful wedlock. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Book
Contains Acts relating to: Articles 2 and 12 of the Terms of Union; Crown Lands; Gold Mining; Coroner's Jury Act; Road Tax Extension; Oaths of Office; Public Boarding Schools; Administration of Justice; Agricultural Societies; Courts Merger Ordinance; Qualification and Registration of Voters; Breeding Stock; Ferries; Municipality Act; Victoria Water Works Debentures; Legal Professions; Vancouver Island Real Estate Taxes; Licences Ordinance; Fireworks - careless use of; Remedies of creditors against the Lands of their debtors; Real Estate Conveyance; Granting of Leases. Front hinge going. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Ex-Library
12 pages approximately 8" x 8" folded in half to make effectively 24 pages measuring approx. 8" x 4". Printed upon glossy stock. Black and white photos. Proposes fourteen days of activities/destinations for tourists to the Vancouver area. These include: Stanley Park and Marine Drive, English Bay Beach, Indian River Park, Grouse Mountain Resort, Grand Canyon Park and Capilano Canyon, B.C. Electric Observation Car and Crystal Pool, Bowen Island, Union Steamship Northern Trip, New Westminster and Cheakamus Canyon, Horseshoe Bay and the C.N.R. Triangle Tour, Vancouver Golf Courses, Hollyburn Ridge, West Vancouver, Squamish and Howe Sound, Lynn Canyon, Harrison Hot Springs, The Cariboo Road, and Vancouver Island Includes a great 3-panel aerial illustration of the lower mainland by H.E. White, looking inland from the southwest (there was no YVR in those days). Moderate wear. Unmarked. A high-quality example of this magnificent early Vancouver tourism booklet, undoubtedly highlighted by the colour illustration of a young lady in period swimwear on the beach at English Bay. Absolute magic! Book
