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Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Hardcover. viii, 201pp. Ink name on second prelim, extremities lightly worn, else very good in publisher's brown cloth.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good - Cash. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardboards is a color illustration of the Grand Canyon with black borders. Heavy rubbing and chipping along the edges and corners. Pages clean and unmarked. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Wittmack, Edgar F. (Cover) (illustrator). First Edition. 116 pages. The following only touches upon the highlights of the considerable fascinating photos and text in this issue: Cover illustration of British patented high-speed boat on wheels; Chemists discover fortunes in common minerals; Mechanical marvels speed building of Boulder Dam; Breath-taking stunts test new transport planes; Firefly light in electric bulb; Vast counterfeiting racket floods market with fake goods; Experts seek way to save world's vanishing records (archives); Simple experiments explain Saturn's rings and canals of Mars; How the world would look if you were knee high to a fly; and much more. Ads: Great color Texaco ad inside front cover freatures illustration of speedboat Miss America X (U-10 Miss America) and her pilot Gar Wood; Nice one-page photo ad for the 1934 Plymouth Six; One-page ad for the new Airflow Chrysler; Carborundum Sharpening Stones ad features photo of model price winner Jack Wicks; Great vintage ad for Midwest Radio Corp inside back cover promotes their 16-tube all-wave radio and includes a small inset photo of Jesse Ballinger of Crawfordsville, Indiana; Nice color back cover ad for Camel cigarettes features photos of cowboy champion Eddie Woods and Mrs. Phyllis L. Potter of Montclair, New Jersey. Modest wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality vintage copy.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Illustrated by Lewis, Frank (illustrator). First Edition. 82 pages. Features: Nice colour-photo Pepsi ad inside front cover; 1962 Zenith TV ad; Political slush funds corrupt all parties; The Year the Government Sold the St. Lawrence River (power rights) to the Beauharnois power company; Last chance to save the world's rarest birds; 1961 - Summer of the Angry Forest Fires in the northern bush - article with colour photos; Brock Chisholm - Incredible Canadian; Disturbing report from inside the juvenile courts; A Weekend with the 'Wild Ones' at Wasaga Beach - short article with photos; UNESCO - the hope of the world - on paper; Cherchez La Femme de Montreal - photo feature; Julie de St. Laurent - portrait of a royal mistress; What it's like to lose the Irish Sweepstakes - Tom and Elsie Marsh of Squamish B.C.; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 9 September (Sept.) 1961: Forest Fires / Brock Chisholm Pepsi ad inside front cover; 1962 Zenith TV ad; Political slush funds corrupt all parties; The Year the Government Sold the St. Lawrence River (power rights).

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Reynolds, Warwick; Small, A.G.; Prater, E.; Nicolson, W.C.; De Walton, J.; Hodgson, E.S.; Holmes, Fred; Bates, Leo; Wood, Stanley L.; Edwards, Lionel; Elcock, Howard; Somerfield, T.; Hodgson, E.S.; Ferrier, A.; Soper, G. (illustrator). First Edition. 90 pages plus 16 pages of nice ads. Features: Our Hunting Trip in Brazil - dealing with giant snakes and jaguars; Photo of Sulphur Bottom Whale leaping out of water to avoid swordfish; Stalked by a Mountain Lion (cougar) - while mining in the Selkirk Mountains near Golden, British Columbia; The Leaf-Wearers of Orissa - great photo-illustrated article on these native people's of India; My Adventure in Sing Sing; Silk Mask Jim - this amazing Chicago criminal, James J. Harrigan, was head of a great thieves trust responsible for over seven hundred robberies in a single year; My Strangest Experience; A Fight on a Mountain Top - the Philippine Constabulary seeks out remnants of Aguinaldo's forces - article with photo; Into the Unknown (part 1) - chasing mountain outlaws in New Guinea ; The "Pinto" of Great Black Pine Mountain - the life and death of a wonderful wild horse in Southern Idaho; The Lifted Veil - part 5 of the story of two British officer POWs in Turkey who apply Spiritualism to escape; Where No Writ Runs - photo-illustrated article on life in the highlands of Kurdistan; The Ghost of the "Lycaon" - a steamship of the Blue Funnel Line; Wolves in Sheep's Clothing - when policement become criminals; The Rector's Story - a South African clergyman's story; Odds and Ends - photo of Arizona Gila Monster listening to phonograph. Covers beginning to detach from textblock. Average wear. A nice vintage copy.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Arbuckle, Franklin (cover art); Macpherson, Duncan (illustrator). First Edition. 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); Montreal - A City With a Heart - Karsh photos capture the spirit of the city; The Neighbours Who Sing for Canada - The Don Wright Chorus of London, Ontario - article with many photos; How the Boom Hit Seven Islands, Quebec courtesy of Mining Magnate Jules Timmins - article with many photos; Interesting one-page Massey-Harris ad examines the economic impact of farmers; Handsome one-page colour ad for the 1953 De Soto Firedome V-8 (maroon); Sensational 1953 Studebaker centrefold colour-photo ad features a canary yellow Starliner coupe; One-page two-colour Royal Canadian Air Force (R.C.A.F.) ad features photo of airman with puppy in his helmet; One-page colour ad for the 1953 Meteor car features a black on yellow car; One-page Morris Minor car ad; Nice colour one-page ad for Leonard fridges; What to do until the guests leave; Lovely colour Dofasco ad shows housewife picking peaches through her window in the middle of winter; Nice colour La-Z-Boy ad shows officeman relaxing; General Motors one-page photo ad explains how their many activities spend $350 million annually; Champion spark plugs ad features small photo of Chuck Stevenson, 1952 AAA National Racing Champion; Nice colour one-page Oldsmobile ad features green 1953 Super '88' holiday coupe; Half-page RCMP recruiting ad; Colour ad for the 1953 Ford Monarch (grey) inside back cover; Weston's ad on back cover links with the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue.