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72 pages. Features: Girl Who Married a Family - Joan Beaulieu was wed at 21 - to a husband and six lively boys! - article with nice photos; Full-page colour photo ad for an apparently short-lived product from the Campbell's soup people - Red Kettle Chicken Noodle Soup; We Waste Too Much Time Sleeping - So says Dr. Mangalore Narasimha Pai - who sleeps only three hours each night - article with photos; Using Television in Education at Queen Elizabeth High School in Nova Scotia - article with photos; Photos of amazing oversized typwriter and people; Welsh girl Valerie Gearon stars in film about Gandhi - article with colour photos; Mouth-watering colour photo ad for Lowney's Bridge Mixture candies; Photos of Polar bear and her cub; How to Make Kids' Sports Safer - article with colour photos of (now antiquated) hockey equipment; Nice two-page colour ad for Arrow shirts; Why Soviet Aid Failed to Stave Off Chaos - Understanding Cuba - part 2 of 2 - article with photos; Colour centerfold ad for Parker pens; Edie Adams goes it alone - article with photo about Ernie Kovacs' widow who is now back on the stage; Fantastic colour photo and write-up of Toronto Maple Leaf star Frank Mahovlich; Ottawa's Tudor Singers - article and cover photo; Handicapped Artists Who Help Themselves; Harold Lloyd Rediscovered - his zany comedy stil draw laughs - article with photos; Flying Santa from the Lakehead - Orville Wieben flies north from Fort William each Christmas to distribute clothing, toys, etc. to needy native kids - article with nice colour photo of native babies strapped onto colourful boards; Fashion photos of "Frivolous Nothings"; Nipper comic.Westclox colour ad on back cover. Printed by newspapers across Canada as a weekend supplement. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
8vo., Third Edition, with frontispiece (of flies) and 2 coloured plates, small neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; original brown cloth, gilt back, a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy. First published in 1921. Hampton, p.255.
8vo., Second Edition, with coloured frontispiece (of flies) and 2 coloured plates, small neat contemporary signature and obituary cutting mounted on front free endpaper; original brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. With personal bookplate on front paste-down. Skues' angling classic was first published in 1921. Hampton, p.255.
Illustration of horses pulling British soldiers in boats across the River Scarps. What a Bolshevist 'Peace' Means, by Lovat Fraser. 5 photos of Canadians homeward bound, their duty done. Quaint Quarters of the Fighting Men in France - 4 photos. 2 Photos of Shell-Smother Caught by the Camera. Trifles picked up on the blazed trail of war - 5 photos. Waiting for the opening offensive on the West. The True Story of Henry - by 'Vedette'. Illustration of an early version of the caterpillar tractor at work in Palestine. British mouth organ band in Palestine. Canine helpers in battle. A Serbian Supper-Party - some lively memories from the Lower Danube, by Hamilton Fyfe. Builders of the fleet that flies - 5 photos. Six great photos of Britannia, the Tank that rules the trenches. Photos of concrete vessels - can be built in a third of the time. Australia's Great Achievement - Heroic doings on land and sea, article with 6 photos. The Royal Fleet Auxiliaries, article by John S. Margerison. Average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. Sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and the text, and 4 coloured plates of flies as endpapers, neat contemporary inscription on half-title verso; original pictorial cloth blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, green top, yapped edges, joints very lightly rubbed, half-inch split in upper joint at headband else a very good, clean copy. With 4pp publisher's advertisement bound in at end.
Topics: Tropical medicine before the war; the new efforts; insects and public health; Flies and Mosquitoes; Malaria; Its prevention secured; Bubonic Plague and Rats; The Rat Flea; Prevention of the Plague; The Tsetse Fly; Trench Fever; The Disease and its Cause; The Battle Against Lice; New Discoveries; Infection of Volunteers; Trench Fever and Soldiers' Heart; Treatment; Other Parasites; The Stimulus of War and Public Health. Quite a detailed treatment of the topic with dozens of black and white photos and diagrams. Very informative. Average wear. Bit of liquid paper on front cover else unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
Book is in excellent condition showing very minor shelf wear only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 371 pages with a series of additional plates at the back. Reprint of the 1884 text notable for the author having been accorded rare privileges in observing dance-related activities.
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with 47 plates (the majority containing several photographs), and 165 illustrations, diagrams and maps in the text; original burgundy cloth, gilt back, covers very lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplate and several neat stamps. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Memoir No. 10. The author's final and most important work, and a standard reference. Patrick Buxton (1892-1955) was one of the leading medical entomologists and parasitologists of his generation. Working in both tropical and desert environments he became an expert in the connections between insect life and human diseases. His most popular work is probably 'Animal Life in Deserts' (1923) but the present work, published in the year of his death, will undoubtedly prove his lasting memorial. Scarce in anything like this condition.
32 pages. Features: The Loneliest Man in New York - an intimate study of Frank A. Munsey by one of his former newspaper executives; Through the colored glasses of Freudism the doctor looks at Judy O'Grady and the Colonel's Lady - and decides that Freud should be repudiated; Building Good Roads by Gasoline - income from tolls, gas tax and licenses pays for U.S. roads; America's Scattered Children - the American flag flies in Alaska and more than halfway across the Pacific on thousands of islands; 'Bad English' is a Heritage from Olden Times - much of the grammar now classed as incorrect has come down to us by word of mouth from the time of Chaucer and before; Henry Ford's Page - understanding how the public mind moves from interest to disinterest; Editorials - the defeat of Mrs. Ferguson in Texas was actually a repudiation of her husband, Jim Ferguson, corn is a huge commodity, taxes hurt the British whisky-making industry; Voyage of the Victoria - The Passage of the Strait (part 9); The Women of Mexico Awake - they claim freedom which their American sisters enjoy; Pity the Poor Baseball Scout! - he deals in human ivory; Phoning in the Woods - photo-illustrated article on phone lines serving fire-fighting Forest Rangers in Montana; Chats with Office Callers - New Yorker article explains how for three times in a row the writer attended church, only to witness the uplifting of those of another religion; Rare Americana in a Unique Setting - the American wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; Some Vanished Towns of Kansas - cities that died before they had lived/State Capital which could not be found; Interesting tree photos inside back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
With numerous illustrations and drawings. Pages 125-256.
128 pages. Undated. Occasional pencil markings. Former owner's name blacked out atop title page. Fascinating lessons for Christians from common, everyday things. Flies, peanuts, tails, tears, lead pencils, etc. Did you know that such things could teach wonderful vivid lessons! Author was an amazingly happy and successful soul winner. Book
32 pages. Undated but appears to be circa 1960. Provides "practical advice on angling, the fruit of long experience acquired through many years of frequenting Canadian lakes, streams and rivers. Includes articles on wet fly, dry fly and spin fishing. Camping and how to do it the right way is discussed and another article covers fishing tackle and its proper care. There is also a word or two on that most important subject, conservation." - inside front cover. Includes eight pages of full colour illustrations of fishing flies. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features: Birth control and bigotry - applied intelligence, rather than creeds and doctrines, is needed in the sphere of human reproduction; Why the St. Lawrence Waterway (Seaway) - some of the many cogent arguments against the construction of this costly outlest from the west to the sea; Autocratic versus Democratic Diplomacy - past experience shows there is a definite need for a better understanding between military and civil officials; Scientific American's second test of telepathy; From the archeologist's notebook; Flies raised to test death sprays; The literary value of mathematical tables; Amateur astronomers' home-made observatories; Fly fast - land slow; A "Different" art museum in Toledo, Ohio; A mechanical cow; How beer is brewed; The world's most efficient pump - the heart. Unmarked. Average soiling and wear. Book
110 pages. Features: Nice photo ad for the de Havilland Sea Vixen; Photo ad for the Fairey Fireflash - the first British guided weapon; The Short S.C.I. - article and full-page colour photo of this unusual craft; Nice photo ad for the Beverley, made by Blackburn and General Aircraft; Ouragan - article and colour illustrations of this French jet fighter; Farnborough Preview; The P.1 - article with photos; Shot from a Flying Wing (AW 52) - article and photo of "Jo" Lancaster; I Tested Focke-Wulfs; Thwarted Fighters - the delayed success of James Marton; Crash Landing in France (part 2); The Hawker Hunter F.6 - British Jet Fighter; The Missile Age - a special directory of rockets and missiles; Air Intelligence; Russia's Flying Wagon - The YAK-24 - article with photos; Test Flight to Freedom!; I Got My Sausage!; The Luftwaffe's Workhorse - the Ju 52/3m; Captain Ray Salute to the Spitfire; Ad for the Reliant three-wheeled car; Milland Flies Again; Colour ad for Senior Service cigarettes on back cover features helicopter at sea; and more. Binding intact. Above-average wear. Pages age-toned. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
38 pages. Features: The Now Generation - B.C. Conservationists Get Things Done; Helicopter Over Canada; Giant Atlantic Salmon of Newfoundland's Humber River; The Suicidal Duck; Fighting Witefish - The most exciting fishing in years; Saving lost plugs; A Trip to Remember - Largemouth Bass near Parry Sound; Three Best Flies for Big Trout; Good Bass Fishing in B.C. Lakes; Fishing Bruce County's Saugeen River; Spring Methods for Walleyes; Fishfood; Sturgeon from Sturgeon Falls; All Canada N.S.S.A. Skeet Team for 1967; Early Honda generator ad on back cover shows young lady watching TV in her rowboat; and more. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Four center pages loose but present (and will be restapled if you request). A worthy vintage copy. Book
Features: On Keeping On the Rails - the APT-E version, etc.; Special Team to Switerland - Reminiscences of the William Tell trains of the 1930s; Developments on the Great Cockrow Railway at Chertsey; Stamps; In Sight of the Sea (photos); Through an Expatriate's Eyes - An emigrant flies in from Canada to look at British Preservation; CURC Competition Colour Prizewinners; A Look at CIE in 1973; 150 Years After - Will History Repeat Itself?; Clan Line in Steam; From Barnstaple to Ilfracombe; and more. Unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
104 pages. The following only touches upon the highlights of the considerable fascinating photos and text in this issue. Features: Amazing cover illustration of a huge amphibious truck; Doctors face death trailing living poisons of mystery diseases; Radio pen writes in letters of fire on far-away screen - with photo of its inventor Allen B. DuMont; One-page photo-illustrated article on the preservation of vanishing totem poles in the Pacific Northwest; Photo of C.R. Klein of Santa Monica, California and his 268 HP motor; Girl fights octopus for underwater movie taken by inventor Leon F. Douglass; America's oldest road roaller found; Crackup of mighty glacier caught for first time by sound camera; Three American chinchilla farms produce most costly furs - with illustration of M.F. Chapman; Flies down radio beam through a mile of fog; How to check up on time and the seasons; Accidents still produce great inventions; Huge truck for land or water carries shipload of cargo. Ads: Fantastic one-page orange and black ad for The A.C. Gilbert Company, maker of Erector toys for boys, featuring the New Erector Sensational No. 7 Set; Nice Midwest Radio Corp. ad inside back cover features their 16-Tube All-Wave Radio, with inset photo of Wilbur Long, Jr. of Newberry, South Carolina; Outstanding back cover color-photo ad for Camel cigarettes features world billiard champion Erich Hagenlocher performing before attentive crowd. Modest wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Unpaginated. With a push, Jane sends her pig off on a wild cart ride. The cart is stopped by a rock and the pig flies into the mud - and "moving" is a part of it all. Part of a series. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper. Moderate wear. Nice copy. Book
Book is in excellent condition with very light cover wear only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Contents include 1500 of the best fly patterns submitted by readers of Flyfishing & Tying Journal during a twenty-year open-ended fly-tying competition with a photo and materials description of each. 195 pages.
Book is in excellent condition with very light cover wear only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Contents include 1500 of the best fly patterns submitted by readers of Flyfishing & Tying Journal during a twenty-year open-ended fly-tying competition with a photo and materials description of each. 195 pages. Remainder mark at bottom page ends.
Features: Greatest Navy on Earth provides a pageant of power for Truman policy outline - with photo of commissioning of giant carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt; Photo of a million people in Central Park listening to the President; Zionists assail 'ambiguity and delay' on Palestine at a New York Rally - with photo and text; Detroit Mayoralty Race - Gerald L.K. Smith, Jeffries, William Z. Foster, Frankensteen; Red Army's odd ways in peace tilt course of Russian Diplomacy; Photos of tough market life in Warsaw, Poland; Japanese Zaibatsu to be abolished; President Achmed Sukarno of Indonesia; Outer Mongolia now 'independent'; Services war unity flies apart under shock of the atom bomb; Discrimination against blacks in Britain; photo of car down lakefront ravine in Scarborough, Ontario; Labor-Management parley to fix labor strife re: wage-hour questions; Meter, Yard or EII? - Swedish compromise would shift measurement unit to end conflict; and more. Average wear. Address label on front cover. Evidence of moisture exposure to last ten pages or so. A sound copy. Book
Contents: Command links finally forged for grand assault on the Reich - Eisenhower logical chief with Marshall staying at home - Alexander job a surprise; Cape Gloucester Prelude - a day in MacAurthur's Command; In Europe, it's British Stamina - in North Africa it's the heat and flies that most impress Americans; Leftist revolution in Bolivia threatens hemisphere solidarity; Move to drop the New Deal tag shows shift in political wind; First hundred years of co-ops take them into the big money - brings request for regulation from worried small business; Marmon-Herrington - heavy truck ad; What will happen to colonies? - caribbean offers one answer - Anglo-American experiment in joint regional cooperation points way to world policy. Above-average wear. Heavily water-stained. Cover held by one staple. Reading copy only. Book
Features: Vintage colour Computerland ad; Q&A with Hugh Hefner; Sir Freddit Laker Flies Again; Searching for the multiple-murderer of Wells Gray Provincial Park in B.C.; The Mackasey Affair; Trading insults in B.C. provincial election; Chicago's first black mayor-elect, Harold Washington; Lech Walesa's May Day Challenge; Fears of a Police State in Britain amid rising lawlessness; Assam Sartawi's assassination - a dealy warning to moderates in the mid-east - photo of pistol-packing Yasser Arafat; Cover Story - Power in High Places - 26 charges recommended to the Ontario Securities Commission, including nine against Conrad Black; Clipping Canadair's wings - the Challenger 600; Colour ad for the Commodore 64 computer; Trouble with the Montreal Canadiens - Bob Berry out as coach; 'Not a Love Story' and the Charter's quiet legal revolution; Compulsory literacy; Teachers humbled by restraint programs; California's battered coastline - amazine colour photo of washed-out home . Average wear. Book
84 pages. Features: Great cover illustration of Victoria Harbour by Franklin Arbuckle; Parker pen ad inside front cover with photo of Sir Ernest MacMillan; Housing outlook grows darker; Why Wives are Going Out to Work - close-up look at this social and economic revolution - with photos of Mrs. Audrey and Mr. Lorne Hunt and family of Toronto; The White Pagan (fiction by Ward Holm Tanzer); Ontario's Quetico Park; Everybody's Playing the Stock Market Again - the busiest flurry since 1929; Why Uncle Sam has blocked the St. Lawrence Seaway; We Found the Last Wild West (part 3 of this tale by Richmond P. Hobson Jr.); Milk Run to Korea - Pierre Berton flies with the RCAF to Korea on one of its many flights to deliver supplies and bring the wounded home; The Toughest Man Afloat - 57-year-old Fred White, bosun of the Canuk Line freighter Triberg; The Small-town movie house at Hantsport, Nova Scotia; They Say You Taste Like Pork - the last ten years have been easily the worst in the recent history of cannibalism; Nice colour one-page ad for the Hillman Minx (blue convertible); Austin car ad; Nice colour Buick ad features red two-door Riveira Custom; Very nice one-page colour Chevrolet ad features the Bel Air; Half-page two-colour tourism ad for Ontario; Penicillin for Sweet Molly - by James Thurber; 1951 Ford car colour ad; 3/4-page Canadian Pacific ad features their Alaska, Banff and Lake Louise destinations; Dow Brewery Award features James Philpott of Toronto who suffered burns rescuing youngster from Scarborough home; Nice colour Coke ad on back cover with illustration of taxi driver relaxing; and more. Chunk from upper corner of front cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
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