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Articles: Pauline Jewett - a department of peace?; William F. Buckley offers a cure for U.S. Disorder; Tenat Power - the high-rise people of Canada's cities complain they are harried by their landlords under antiquated laws; Canadian recreational nautical feature; In Praise of Older Horses - Ian Tyson tells why saddle sores can be fun - his account of a 130-mile prairie trail ride, with photos; The Ann Spiller Case - the bank manager responds; Hands off my Door Knobs - Robert Thomas Allen complains about things that are 'new and improved'; The Great Nutrition Game; The All Canadian Fabrication - fashion feature with colour photos; Robert Weaver - CBC Radio's top literary scout and buyer, an editor, critic, anthologist and best friend Canadian writers ever had; Robert Freedman has brought the ultimate in discotheques to Canada - The Electric Circus. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Nice 2-colour 2-page ad for Dodge cars; Colour ad for Sovereign Potters of Hamilton, Ontario - fine Earthen Dinnerware since 1933; Nice Colour Good Year Tire ad with newlyweds; Nice colour ad for 1947 Ford cars; How Communists Rob and Wreck Canadian Labour Unions, by Pat Sullivan, whose sensational break with the Communist Party made national headlines; Article on Road Safety, including graphic photos of wrecks with bodies on street - tips for summer driving in view of the fact that 1,500 Canadians will be killed in driving accidents this year; Government nutrition survey's first findings - mental laziness of mothers causing rickets and other nutrition deficiency problems in children; London, Ontario - city of big bank accounts - many nice photos of local people and places; 50 degrees below zero in this doctor's office! - Dr. T.J. Oxford is the government doctor and Indian agent for the James Bay area - many photos; Nice colour ad for the 1947 Mercury 118 auto; Colour ad for Waterman's Taperite pens; Meet Brenda York - the girl who writes $100 cheques for easy cooking ideas; Prescription for Happy Husbands - Quebec's schools for homemakers-to-be teach everything from pinning drapes to repairing fuse plugs - the 93 Ecole Menagere Regionale - with multiple photos; Stylish two-colour ad for Chrysler autos; Jobless Italians make mausoleums their home - brief article with five photos; Cockeyed Boxing - Thai kick-boxing - article with photos; Nice 2-colour ad for DeSoto autos; This month with Morley Callaghan; Two-colour ad for Plymouth Cars; Photographic study of the manufacture of baseballs; Nice colour ad for the Monarch 8 auto; Colour ad for Quaker Corn Flakes; Colour ad for Mercury 114 auto; Canada's No. 1 Housewife - More Canadians read "Blondie" than any other comic strip - why we and others in 29 countries do still mystifies its artist, Chic Young - great illustrated story; It's Accordion Clothes for Holiday High Spots - the creations of Montreal designer Maxine Samuels of "Betty and Maxine"; Wonderful colour ad for Canadian Pacific "We're seeing Canada by Train!"; Nice colour Pontiac ad; Paratroopers' midget motorbike (Corgi) musters out and joins the 'civvie street' parade - photos - the Corgi made its debut in Toronto recently; Back cover colour ad for Community Silverplate. Above-average wear to covers which are detached but present. Centerpage loose but present. A rare surviving copy of this E.P. Taylor publication. Book
50 pages. Articles: We Can Thank Tojo! - documenting wartime infrastructure development in the northwest, with photos; Beware the Black Market - in the US, gangs of criminals have organized illicit marketing of rationed goods; Barney Ross's Biggest Boat - photo-illustrated article on the boxer who permanently kayoed 22 Japs on Guadalcnal; Boom-Town Boarding house - "Maw" Stanbery's Hollywood Home for Young People - article with great photos; It's Time to Say Good-bye - Part 1; Strategy on Ice; Lady with Wings - Conclusion; Woman-Talk; Liberty Goes to the Movies; Vox Pop; Just Between Ourselves. Ads:"Food Will Build a New Canada" - war-themed ad inside front cover by the Government of Canada; Unique Canadian National / Canadian Pacific one-page ad entitled "War Whoop - 1943 Model" likens the horn of a train hauling war goods to the whoop of a native fighter; Nostalgic one-page ad for Heinz Foods; Interesting ad by Gooderham & Worts (distillery) is military in nature and explains how their alcohol has many military applications; Uncommon one-page two-colour ad by GM and Ford promotes "Victory Service" on all makes and cars of trucks; Wonderful two-colour centrefold ad for Victory Bonds shows Canadians from many walks of life; Listerine; All-Bran; Old Dutch Cleanser (with wartime wives illustration); Ritz Crackers - military-themed illustration; Nice back cover colour ad for Mercury socks for men shows sailor on bench with gal. Inside back cover is an utterly unique two-colour ad promoting better nutrition for better health to support the war effort - with an illustration of Hitler's head being stabbed and hammered by four figures representing calories, minerals, proteins and vitamins. Cover photo of flyboy who has sunk a U-boat. Somewhat above-average wear. Moderate external soiling. A sound vintage copy. Book
208 pages. Index. With 167 illustrations. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Minor warp to front board. A quality copy. Book
72 pages. Features: Lovely cover illustration of nautical scene by John Phillips; Lovely colour Canada Dry ad; Nostalgic one-page colour-photo Canadian National features roadside view in Jasper, Alberta; Will 'Secret Service' Split the U.N.O.?; Austin F. Cross becomes Ottawa correspondent; Lovely Swift's Premium one-page colour ad features Easter ham; Quink ink colour ad; One-page Canadian Pacific ad features dining car view of east coast lighthouse; London to Rome - photo-illustrated article on the first civilian drive across Europe since the war; The Shortest Week End (fiction); The Next Time You See Paris - photo-illustrated article in the Folies Bergere; Even If Forever (fiction); Operation Muskox - photo-illustrated article on postwar geographical, military and, possibly, political plotting for Canada's north; Goody Rosen - The Kid Who Wouldn't Quit - photo-illustrated article on this Canadian who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers; The Great West Raid (fiction); In the Garden (fiction); Ottawa Roundup; Man of the Month - Charles Luther Burton, C.B.E., President of Robert Simpson Company Limited; Jergens Lotion ad features photo of Virginia Mayo; Arrid ad features photo of Jessica Dragonette; Baby's First Days; Advances in Science; Nice one-page colour Waterman's pen ad features dancing lovelies; Be Nice to Your Nylons; Blue Top Brewing Co. one-page ad features "The Economical Home"; Page of Hollywood fashion patterns; Nice Singer Sewing Macine one-page photo ad; Charming colour ad for Heinz Baby Foods inside back cover shows doctor with stethoscope and infant; One-page TAngee ad features illustration of Mrs. Joseph Cotten; Attractive half page colour Lux and Woodbury ads feature illustrations of Gene Tierney and Marsha Hunt respectively; Colour Ovaltine ad inside back cover with heavy emphasis on nutrition; Nice colour back cover ad for McClary/GSW kitchen applilances features young housewife in blue dress; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
60 pages. Features: Cover photo of baby gnawing on huge Easter egg; Canadian National - Canadian Pacific ad inside front cover called "War Whoop" shows speeding night train and illustration of native warrier to explain how the night-time whistle of a locomotive means men and materiel are being rushed to the front; News digest discusses German propaganda efforts to incur western suspicion against Russia; One-page Trans-Canada Telephone System ad implores long distance users to "Be Brief!", given wartime restrictions on their ability to increase capacity; Editorial comments on support for Russia and the need for those unable to fight in person to contribute financially to the war effort; Brain Waves For Winning the War - photo-illustrated article on technical innovations used in the war effort; Excellent photo-illustrated article on the new Canadian Pacific Airlines includes photos of Stewardess Ethel Hailes, Air Commodore H. Hollick-Kenyon, Grant W.G. McConachie, C.H. Dickins, and veteran parachutist Jack McGovern (at No.l 2 Air Observer School); Earthbound (short story); The Pomander Walk Myster (short story); Alterations (short story); The Royal Engineers - The Army's Pathfinders - nice photo-illustrated article; Sight Unseen (short story); Hollywood news and photos; GM one-page ad highlights their "Victory Service"; One-page Ford ad features illustrations of some of their 1943 military vehicles; The United Service Centre, located in the Eaton Annex, Winnipeg; Centrefold Victory Bonds ad sponsored by the National War Finance Committee illustrates seven Canadians from various walks of life and explains their financial contributions to the war effort; Woodbury Soap ad includes photos of Barbara Sellers of Winnipeg; Woodbury Cold Cream ad includes photo of film star Janet Blair; Food article on "Russia's Nutrition" explains how Russia is tightening its belt to support the Red Army - with photos; Fashion illustrations; Photo-illustrated article on the women of Russia; Quotes from around the world; H.J. Heinz ad inside back cover explains how "To Make Plain Foods Taste Like Banquet Fare"; Fantastic colour-illustrated back cover Coke ad shows soldier proudly walking in great coat, with smaller images of additional members of the military; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
68 pages. Index. Apparently intended to help Canada's wartime homemakers prepare healthy and tasty box lunches for their war-plant-working husbands. Promotes the use of Appleford foodsaving products such as Para-Sani waxed paper, Canapar cookery parchment and Presto Pack waxed tissue. Includes nostalgic page of colour illustrations of these products. Contents include: The Art of Sandwich-Making Simplified; Packing Tips for the Carry-Along Lunch; 196 Suggested Sandwich Fillings; Recipes for Patries for the Lunch Box and Home Table; Recipes for Cookies, Cakes and Sweet Loaves; Recipes for Dishes with Sauces; Recipes for Biscuit Dough and Sweet or Savory Left-Overs; Meat Recipes; Croquette Recipes; Timbale Recipes; Souffle Recipes; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear and soiling. Binding tight. A quality copy of this wonderful and uncommon Canadian WWII-era dietary item. Bibliographic Reference: Driver O1065.1 Book
pp. [18], 599, [20] index, [2] ads. Six pages of colour photographic plates. Numerous black and white reproductions of photos in text. Present "the most neglected story in modern health care, the story of the chemical elements and their need in correctional nutrition for the prevention, reversal and healing of disease." - subtitle. "Reveals the research studies of Dr. V.G. Rocine, whom [the author] considers one of his greatest teachers. Dr. Jensen verified the teachings of V.G. Rocine by demonstrating, through over 50 years of sanitarium work, the effectiveness of nutrition in restoring patients to normal health." - [3]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality copy of this excellent reference. Book
(xxvi), 580 pages. Profusely illustrated with high-resolution color photos. Four foldout illustrations. "It is possible, through an iridology analysis, to discern the location of a problem and then, following proper nutrition, the chemical and structural changes in the body will be visually apparent in the iris. This process provides a necessary guide and method to the practitioner to help improve the patient's condition and to better monitor the patient's progress. Above all, it provides a perspective through which a correlation of all the drugless arts may be achieved, emphasizing not the treatment of a disease but the care of the patient." - from author's prefatory note. Average wear. Binding intact. Moderate quantity of markings and high-lighting to contents. A sound copy of this treasured reference. Book
One volume: 6, 1-171 (i.e.170), 369-463 [i] [2bl] [4] [2bl] pp., Text is complete (pagination of 1 to 171 accounts for a double page each), frontispiece with engraved portrait is missing, 1st edition, title page with printer's device and with old engraved ex-libris tipped in: "Ex bibliotheca Cardinalis & Principis a Dietrichstain" and with one handwritten ex-libris in lower corner, text in Latin, 18cm., contemporary full leather binding (some wear and loss at corners and at ends of spine, gilt decoration at spine and boards, five small wormholes in cover, one of which results in a very small hole in the first 12 pages), text is bright and clean with only few occasional browning, [The author, Joseph du Chesne, born in +/- 1544 in Armagnac and died in 1609, was an alchimist, chemist and diplomate. He married a granddaughter of the French humanist Guillaume Budé, and spent great part of his life in what is nowadays Switzerland (Basel & Geneva). In 1593 in Paris he was appointed physician in ordinary to king Henry IV. His "Diaeteticon" contains three parts, the first dealing mainly with psychology, the second with nutrition (esp. bread, wine and water) and physiology, the third is dealing with health care in relation with medicine], W90389
viii + 143 [i.e. 286] + [vii] pp., with one blanco ff. between f.111 and 112, with index, Original 1574-edition, with numerous woodcut initials, 21cm., 19th cy. hardcover binding (spine in leather with gilt title, corners bit bumped, in good condition), marbled endpapers, upper left corner of all pages is lacking some paper (not affecting the text, except for - at some pages - the first word of the repeated chapter name mentioned on top of each page), text is very well readable and clean except for some vague spots at some pages, old ex-libris stamp and ex-dono on title page, [German title: "Durch Gottes segen, newe Speisskammer und Speiskeller in vorstehenden hungers nöten, Landstheuwerungen, und Kriegsslaeufften, sampt anmuetiger Haussapotecken und Kuchenartzney ; dergleichen niemals vorhin publiciert worden". This is a scarce complete edition of this interesting work discussing nutrition during wartime and famine. It contains numerous receipts for making bread, the use of fruit, liquor, etc. The text is written in Latin, but the shouldernotes in the receipts are in German. Ref.: Oberle 67 "Ouvrage rare et très curieux", Vicaire Sp.804f.: "Ouvrage assez rare", Wellcome I,6125], W93823
