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National Home Monthly Magazine, May 1939 - Mexico / Thomas Cook

By: Healy, W.; Stewart, H.; Roberts, T.G.; Oppenheim, E.P.; White, N.G.; Diver, M.; Valensi, M.; Wray, D.; Thornhill, M.; Brown, J.; Bayne, E.; Catto, R.W.

Price: $299.95

Publisher: Winnipeg, Stovel / National Home Monthly: 1939

Seller ID: 201g4813

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

72 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of lady in purple top feeding pigeons; Frigidaire fridge one-page ad; Colour-photo one-page ad for Singer sewing machines shows lady re-upholstering her chair; News digest includes these topics - The Coming Rowell Report, Democracy on Challenge, The Memories of 1867, United States Congress Keeps 150th Birthday, The Roosevelt Moral, Twenty Years of Fascism; Fisher Body one-page ad with elegant photo of member of the Class of '39; The Marvels of Mexico's Treasure House - interesting photo-illustrated article on Diomed Wray's visit to the land south of...
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The Saturday Evening Post Magazine, August (Aug) 22, 1959 - Eugene Holman / How Negro Writer's Children Adjust to Prejudice / We Recovered Space Monkeys

By: Hugh B. Cave; George Bradshaw; John P. Heffernan; Jacob Hay; R. E. Foy; Rowan, Carl T.; George Gallup; Evan Hill; George Scullin; Tom Alexander; Ernest O. Hauser; Jack Finney; Clarence B. Kelland

Price: $199.95

Publisher: USA, The Curtis Publishing Company: 1959

Seller ID: 201h0204

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

80 pages. Features: Cover sailing illustrations shows man turning green while his Marilyn-like lady friend enjoys the ride; Pepsi ad inside front cover shows poolside scene; Kent cigarette ad shows flower gardening couple; Allstate ad features photo of Ray Morton of Castro Valley, California; We Recovered the Space Monkeys - Navy Diver Lt. (j.g.) R. Edward Foy recalls what happened in this photo-illustrated article; The Gang in Black Jackets - short story; We Tell Our Children - noted Negro journalist Carl T. Rowan tells how he answers questions his children ask when they come face to face wi...
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Image for Marine Corps Gazette - Professional Magazine for United States Marines, May 1962, Number 5, Volume 46 - ROK (Republic of Korea) Marines / Vo Nguyen Giap on Guerrilla War

Marine Corps Gazette - Professional Magazine for United States Marines, May 1962, Number 5, Volume 46 - ROK (Republic of Korea) Marines / Vo Nguyen Giap on Guerrilla War

By: Huntington, Samuel P.; Love, J.R.; Forman, H.; Altman, S.J.; Fegley, J.E.; Van Sant, F.N.; Bethel, W.F.

Price: $199.95

Publisher: USA, Marine Corps Association: 1962

Seller ID: 201g4340

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

68 pages. Features: Two-page ad for Hughes helicopters; Viet Cong - A Threat to Peace; Ad for E.W. Bliss Portable Airstrips with 'slingshot'; Soviet Seacoast Defense; Interesting one-page illustrated ad for the FMC hydrofoil amphibious landing craft LVHX2; One-page ad for Boeing-Vertol helicopters; War Trends - a look ahead; Raiders - Sea and Land; Requal for Combat - a proposal for a modified and 'more realistic' system of annual requalification firing; Vo Nguyen Giap on Guerrilla War - part 2 of 5; One Man Army - Ghrkha soldier Capt Lalbahadur Thapa is credited with turning the tide of Ger...
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Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 6 June, 1959: Sylvia Murphy / Ernest Thompson Seton

By: Hutton, Eric; Hutchison, Bruce; Frayne, Trent; Stapley, Ray; Mowat, Farley; et al

Price: $199.95

Publisher: Toronto, Maclean-Hunter: 1959

Seller ID: 201h2442

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

Condition: Fair

72 pages. Features: Cover illustration of schoolyard scene at Peesane, Saskatchewan; Nice colour ad for GWG menswear inside front cover; Farley Mowat says "Let's apply for admission as the 51st state; Is "Car Craziness" a Menace to our Teenagers?; An Artist Comes Home - Roloff Beny; Ernest Thompson Seton - The Backwoods Genius with the Magic Pen; Will the whole Continent Go Hollywood?; Joan Callwood calls on the Russian Ambassador, Dr. and Mrs. Amasasp Aroutunian; Why Sylvia Murphy turns her back on the big-time; A Mechanic Responds (to people who call him a crook); Colour-photo o...
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Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, October (Oct.) 11, 1958 - Memoirs of A.Y. Jackson / Herman Geiger-Torel / Soapy Smith

By: Hutton, Eric; Jackson, A.Y.; Allen, R.T.; Sclanders, I.; berton, Pierre; McLeod, D.; Clare, J.; MacDonald, David; Donald, Jack; Yutang, Lin; et al

Price: $299.95

Publisher: Montreal, Maclean Hunter: 1958

Seller ID: 201g4718

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

112 pages. Features: Marvelous cover art by John Little illustrates fall leaves being burned just north of Lafontaine Park in Montreal's east end; Nice colour-photo ad for GWG features beige fashions for him and her; Eddie Shack top NHL rookie, say coaches; Funky colour-photo GE ad for Coloramic Light Bulbs; Fantastic two-page colour ad for Moirs Pot of Gold Chocolates; Lin Yutang says "Let's stop being polite to the Russians"; Marconi TV ad; Matinee cigarette ad features one-page colour photo of formal couple; Beverley Baxter's article discusses Lady Rhondda and how taxes wrecked her...
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Maclean's Magazine, July 21, 1956 - What You Don't Know About C.D. Howe

By: Hutton, Eric; Sangster, Dorothy; O'Hagan, Howard; Stephenson, Bill; Ayre, Robert; Mather, Barry; et al

Price: $199.95

Publisher: Canada, Maclean Hunter: 1956

Seller ID: 146a6808

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

64 pages. Features: How should we bring up our next child?; What you don't know about C.D. Howe; The double life of Injun Joe; The bear cub is everybody's baby; When the world went bicycle crazy. Excellent colour full-page ad for White Rose gas stations. Wonderful full-page colour ad for Leonard appliances. Interesting colour ad inside back cover is sponsored by Massey-Harris-Ferguson and shows a farmer hooking up a rooftop TV antenna - text explains how the lives of farmers will be improved. Above-average wear. Centrefold loose but present. Cover detached but present.
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Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 1 June, 1950 - Oilman Richard Keith Van Sickle / Vigilante Murder of the Donnelly Family Near Lucan, Ontario

By: Israels, Josef II; Callwood, J.; Gardner, Ray; Dilworth, Mary Lou; Bigelow, S. Tupper; Zacks, Robert; Litsey, Sarah; et al

Price: $299.95

Publisher: Toronto, Maclean Hunter / Key Publishers: 1951

Seller ID: 201h2462

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

Condition: Good

60 pages. Features: Cover illustration by Oscar Cahen of wedding scene; Nice colour-photo ad for International Trucks inside front cover; Austin car ad; Richard Keith Van Sickle - this oilman from Petrolia, Ontario ducked out of Austria in 1939 and the Russians grabbed his oil wells; The Girl with the Gingham Heart (fiction); But the Red Men (Indians) Didn't Vanish! - Canada's policy of cruelty and neglect toward native peoples is on the mend (large photo of Chief Joseph Abel of Yellowknife); An Island to Share (fiction); Country Minister - as the United Church celebrates its 25th anniversary...
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Maclean's - Canada's Newsmagazine, April (Apr.) 23, 1979 - Ed Broadbent Cover

By: Jackson, Marni; Hutchinson, Peter; et al

Price: $129.95

Publisher: Toronto, Maclean-Hunter Limited: 1979

Seller ID: 838g4888

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

68 pages. Features: Film-Maker Robert Altman; Two-page color-photo ad for the Volkswagen Rabbit features Mr. Leslie T. Cho-Chu and family of Agincourt, Ontario; Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP Foundation) ad; Norman Bethune - Not Yet Ready for Prime Time; Two-page color-photo ad for the Honda Accords (2- and 4-door); The Sheik of Massawippi - Saad Gabr of North Hatley, Qubec; Election coverage of Joe Clark vs. Pierre Trudeau; Federal election race in Atlantic Canada, where bread and butter count; Lie Detectors used in employment screening; Bone marrow transplant between twin brothers Barry and Gary ...
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Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, March (Mar.) 11, 1953 - Boy Rocket Scientist Jerry (Gerald) Bull

By: Katz, S.; Bodsworth, F.; Allen, R.T.; Frayne, T.; Porter, M.; Nicol, E.; Steiner, Paul; Alverton, James; et al

Price: $499.95

Publisher: Montreal, Maclean Hunter: 1953

Seller ID: 201g4712

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

64 pages. Features: Cover illustration by Franklin Arbuckle presents the rail line to Ungava's Iron; Editorial argues that Canadians need to read more of their authors; Elegant one-page colour 1953 Chrysler ad features red two-door New Yorker; The Crisis in Education - the Canadian education system is creaking toward chaos, Part 1 - The Teachers; Jerry (Gerald) Bull - Boy Rocket Scientist - photo-illustrated article on 24-year-old Dr. Gerald V. Bull, guided missile expert; The Dumbest Cluck on the Farm - fun article about raising chickens; When the Redskins took over Twiggeville (short story)...
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Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 15 May 1951 - Why Wives Are Going Out to Work / Fred White - Toughest Man Afloat

By: Katz, S.; Bodsworth, F.; Neville, C.; Hobson, R.P. Jr.; Berton, P.; Creighton, M.; Thurber, James; Tanzer, Ward H.; et al

Price: $299.95

Publisher: Toronto, Maclean Hunter / Key Publishers: 1951

Seller ID: 201h2460

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

Condition: Good

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 Richm...
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Image for Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, November (Nov.) 12, 1955 - Buck Crump and the CPR / The Unconquered Warriors of Ohsweken / Death of Jumbo the Elephant / Ben Ward-Price

Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, November (Nov.) 12, 1955 - Buck Crump and the CPR / The Unconquered Warriors of Ohsweken / Death of Jumbo the Elephant / Ben Ward-Price

By: Katz, Sidney; Bodsworth, Fred; Callwood, J.; Young, Scott; Dickson, Doris; Staebler, Edna; Maclure, John; Bannerman, James; Porter, M.; Croft, F.; Cummings, P.; Kerr, Illingworth H.; Wright, Theon; et al

Price: $299.95

Publisher: Montreal, Maclean Hunter: 1955

Seller ID: 201g4723

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

124 pages. Features: Peter Whalley's cover illustrations depict the many phases of deer hunting; Editorial laments the 'sickness' of TV giveaway shows; How Iron Man Sir Anthony Eden Made Good; Half-page Wawanesa Insurance ad features photo of 1948 Olympic Champion Barbara Ann Scott figure skating; Great two-page colour ad for a white on red 1956 Plymouth Belvedere V-8 Four-door hardtop; The New Wonder Drugs That Fight Insanity - photo-illustrated article on Chlorpromazine and reserpine; Buck Crump's Love Affair with the CPR - photo-illustrated article on the rise of Buck Crump from machinist'...
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The Granite Monthly - A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to History, Biography, Literature and State Progress, May, 1913, Vol XLV, No. 5, New Series, Vol. VIII, No. 5 - Col. John H. Bartlett

By: Knowlton, H.L.; Preston, Harry B.; Dow, Charles H.; Jennings, George Wilson; Brown, Gilbert Patten; et al

Price: $199.95

Publisher: USA, The Granite Monthly Company: 1913

Seller ID: 302g3032

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Pages 135-166. Features: Col. John H. Bartlett - article with one-page photo portriat of Col. Bartlett; Kimball Union Academy - photo-illustrated article explains the part a New Hampshire academy is playing in the movement for better rural conditions; Old First Church in Tamworth and its Early Ministers; Reminiscences of Old Durham; The Real Old North Church - A Landmark of the Republic; Robert L. Smiley - a tribute of a friend; Obituaries for Hon. Edward H. Sturtevant, Rev. Josiah H. Hooper, Rodney M. Stimson, Christopher C. Shaw, Leonard C. Brickett, Franklin Pierce, Hon. Frank O. Briggs; P...
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Saudi Aramco World (Magazine), March / April (Mar./Apr.) 2010 - Shodo Arabi / The Life of Omar Ibn Said

By: Koehler, Jeff; et al

Price: $69.95

Publisher: USA, Aramco Services Company: 2010

Seller ID: 201h0001

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

48 pages. Features: Risotto's Roots; Photos of wind-powered dhow in 1938; Bee-eater (bird) of Saudi Arabia; Shodo Arabi - Japanese calligraphers try their hand at Arabic; The Life of Omar ibn Said - this Muslim/African slave taken to American wrote a brief autobiography, now located in Fayetteville, North Carolina; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy.
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The New York Times Magazine, August (Aug) 2, 1970 - Cover Photos of Yukio Mishima in Samurai Poses

By: Langguth, A.J.; Shabecoff, Philip; Zich, Arthur; Wrong, Dennis H.; Crenshaw, Mary Ann; Hammel, Lisa; Hewitt, Jean

Price: $750.00

Publisher: New York, The New York Times & Arno Press: 1970

Seller ID: 202g4118

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

56 pages. Features: Cover photo of Japanese Renaissance Man Yukio Mishima who took his life three months later; Dear Prince - a letter to Norodom (Prince) Sihanouk on the situation in his native Cambodia since he moved to Peking (Beijing) and US troops came and went; Photo-illustrated feature article on Yukio Mishima; How to Lose the Bermuda (Yacht) Race (from Newport, RI to the Onion Patch); Beautiful color fashion ads; Portrait of a Decade - what the census shows about the turbulent 60's; Fashion photos entitled 'Cop-out Clothes; Photos of Robert T. Snyders' home in Brooklyn; Bridge article...
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Image for The Granite Monthly - A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to History, Biography, Literature and State Progress, July, 1908, Vol XL, No. 7, New Series, Vol. III, No. 7 - Hon. Rosecrans W. Pillsbury

The Granite Monthly - A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to History, Biography, Literature and State Progress, July, 1908, Vol XL, No. 7, New Series, Vol. III, No. 7 - Hon. Rosecrans W. Pillsbury

By: Lemon, Rev. J.B.; Walker, Joseph B.; Colby, Frederick Myron; Abbott, Frances M.; Lord, C.C.; Beverly, Frank Monroe; et al

Price: $199.95

Publisher: USA, The Granite Monthly Company: 1908

Seller ID: 302g3025

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Pages 231-260. Features: Hon. Rosecrans W. Pillsbury; Concord in 1776 - article with one-page photo portrait of subject and photo of his Londonderry home; One-page illustration of the garrison of Rev. Timothy Walker; The Bell of Zamora; The Coffin Elm; Hannah Dustin - A Medley of Song; Of Such is Life; Obituaries for Horace E. Chamberlin, Hon. William H. Parker and Fred P. Virgin; Poems; Fantastic illustrated one-page ad for the Carter Twin-Engine Car, built by the Carter Motor Car Corporation of Washington, D.C. - on reverse of this ad is an informative photo-illustrated ad for shares in the...
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Look Magazine, January (Jan.) 27, 1970 - Steve McQueen Cover Photo / Joni Mitchell

By: Maxey, D.R.; Brown, J.I.; Rogers, W.; Bergquist, L.; Berg, R.H.; Rollin, B.; Cosby, Bill; et al

Price: $199.95

Publisher: USA, Look / Cowles: 1970

Seller ID: 202g4293

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

78 pages. Features: Fantastic cover photo of Steve McQueen; Color-photo ad for Newport cigarettes features bearded seaman at sea; Gillettee Platinum-Plus shaving blade ad; Mother of 5, Mrs. Richard Polansky of California, is featured in an Anacin ad; One-page color-photo ad for the Buick 1970 Opel Kadett (Deluxe Wagon - Red) includes elephant; Lark cigarette ad with color photo of smokers on ski hill chairlift; Viceroy cigarette color-photo ad features man and woman rehearsing at piano; The Politics of Exclusion; Photos of the "March Against Death" in Washington, DC; A visit with Sir ...
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The Saturday Evening Post, August (Aug.) 6, 1960 - Richard Boone is TV's Rebellious Cowboy / Inside a 'Charm School'

By: McGrady, Mike; Morgan, Gus; Holder, William; Annett, R.; Cave, H.; Martin, H.; Martin, J.; Edson, L.; Wells, R.; Healy, P.; Gibson, G.; Jackson, A.; Williams, J.; Kelland, C.

Price: $199.95

Publisher: USA, Curtis: 1960

Seller ID: 202g4193

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

92 pages. Short Stories: The Love Potion; Above & Beyond; Nightmare Beach; Big Joe's Dilemma. Novelette - Bannigan's War. Articles: Brazil's Own Wild West - with photo of Texas-born Alex Henry who planted coffee trees in Parana; The Innocent and the Guilty - Who Killed Susan Hansen? (part 2 of 5); The Face of America - Natural Scoop; TV's Rebellious Cowboy - feature article on Richard Boone of 'Have Gun Will Travel'; Who Needs Jets? - these die-hard aeronauts restore old flying machines; They Tried to Teach Me Charm - the author joined Government secretaries and politicians' wives at charm ...
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The Granite Monthly - A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to History, Biography, Literature and State Progress, July, 1906, Vol XXXVIII, No. 7, New Series, Vol. I, No. 7 - Hon. Samuel C. Eastman

By: Metcalf, H.H.; Fowler, F.W.; Colby, Fred Myron; Phillips, Mildred Grant

Price: $199.95

Publisher: USA, The Granite Monthly Company: 1906

Seller ID: 302g3022

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Pages 195-224. Features: Hon. Samuel C. Eastman - article with full-page photo portrait and photo of Mr. Eastman's Concord home; The Congregational Church at Laconia - article with several photos of the church and its personalities; Old King Saul - Giant White Pine tree at Center Harbor - article with photos; Seventy-Five Years Ago and Now; An Unintentional Scare; Will of Deacon John Blanchard of Dunstable; Obituaries for Harrison Haley, Hon. Joseph F. Wiggin, Hon. George A Wason; Thaddeus E. Sanger; Rt. Rev. John B. Delany; Prof. George A. Wentworth, Daniel Wadsworth Coe; Poems; and more. In...
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Image for The Granite Monthly - A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to History, Biography, Literature and State Progress, February, 1913, Vol XLV, No. 2, New Series, Vol. VIII, No. 2 - Hon. William H. Mitchell

The Granite Monthly - A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to History, Biography, Literature and State Progress, February, 1913, Vol XLV, No. 2, New Series, Vol. VIII, No. 2 - Hon. William H. Mitchell

By: Metcalf, H.H.; Hackett, Frank Warren; Reynolds, Lydia J.; Hardon, Charles; et al

Price: $199.95

Publisher: USA, The Granite Monthly Company: 1913

Seller ID: 302g3031

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

Pages 31-62. Features: Hon. William H. Mitchell - article with one-page photo portrait; A Notable Celebration - The American Antiquarian Society; An Interesting Event - Celebration and Dedication at South Barnstead Congregational Church; The Old Bell; Obituaries for Hon. Joseph B. Walker, Mrs. Orlando B. Douglas, Leonard D. Brown and William E. Brooks; Poems; Back cover ad for the W.A. Thompson Shoe House of Concord; and more. Average wear. Varied evidence of moisture exposure throughout. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage issue.
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The Granite Monthly - A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to History, Biography, Literature and State Progress, March, 1906, Vol XXXVIII, No. 3, New Series, Vol. I, No. 3 - Col. Charles H. Greenleaf, President of the Profile and Flume Hotels Company

By: Metcalf, H.H.; Lord, C.C.; Hall, Charles N.; Harris, William S.; Hills, Dr. F.L.; Et al

Price: $199.95

Publisher: USA, The Granite Monthly Company: 1906

Seller ID: 302g3024

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Pages 67-96. Features: Col. Charles H. Greenleaf - A Leading Man in a Leading State Interest - article with photos, including one-page photo portrait of Mr. Greenleaf; Sarah M. Bailey; A Concord Industry - The Page Belting Company; What Our Grandparents Read - Sketches 9f the Windham Social Library; The Warfare Against Tuberculosis; Obituaries for Capt. Henry B. Atherton, Gen. John Eaton, John Z. Bartlett and Charles Nelson Kent; Poems; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy of this vintage issue.
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