Verlag: Hudson's Bay Company, Canada, 1947
Magazin / Zeitschrift Erstausgabe
Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 50 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: HBC and the Smithsonian; River of Deadmen's Valley - R.M. Patterson spent three years in the fabled Nahanni Valley; Prisoners of the Indians - continuing the story of the McLean family's adventures in 1885; By God's River to the Bay - God's River in Northern Manitoba; Pullen in Search of Franklin - part II; Tweedsmuir Park - article with photos and map; Voyageur's Artist - Frances Ann (Beechey) Hopkins; Boy Hero - Donald Ayalik; Founding Fort Yukon - the company's most westerly fort was established by Alexander Hunter Murray 100 years ago; Pageantry at York Fort - an eye-witness account of the trading ceremony which was staged at York Factory in the 1770's; ad for HBC prairie farmlands for sale on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Beaver, A Magazine of the North, June 1947, Outfit 278 - Pullen In Search of Franklin / Murray at Fort Yukon HBC and the Smithsonian; River of Deadmen's Valley - R.M. Patterson spent three years in the fabled Nahanni Valley; Prisoners of the Indians.
Verlag: The Maclean Publishing Company, Limited, Toronto, 1935
Magazin / Zeitschrift Erstausgabe
Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Illustrated by Glassco, Ivan; Eldridge, H.; (illustrator). First Edition. 80 pages. Nice Ivan Glassco cover illustration of Scottie dog helping his master who is groping for a towel. Features: Fads and Faddicts; The N.H.L. All Stars as selected by the managers and coaches - with photos of Cecil 'Tiny' Thompson, Eddie Shore, Art Coulter, Frank Boucher, Charlie Conacher, and Harvey Jackson; Truck vs. Train - fascinating photo-illustrated article examines these competing modes of moving goods; A Cheechako Goes North - photo-illustrated article on a visit to Two Brothers Valley in northern British Columbia; Is This a Soviet? - Blairmore, Alberta renames its main street Tim Buck Boulevard, in honour of the leader of the Communist Party of Canada; Strange Street - Lord Beaverbrook and the Empire Crusade; Farm Debt Relief - 728,000 depression-era Canadian farmers struggle with $1.2 Billion of debt - which the Farmers' Creditors Arrangement Act (F.C.A.) is intended to combat; Norse Canadians - immigrants from Norway develop Bella Coola, B.C. (article with photos). Fiction: Paging Andy Sears; Four Gold Bands; Lulu Comes Home; Track of Destiny (serial). Nice one-page illustrated Studebaker ad for the new 1935 'Miracle Ride'. One-page Westinghouse refrigerator ad features illustration of elegant party guests admiring a well-stocked fridge. Nice colour one-page Winchester cigarette ad shows lady with riding crop. Champion spark plug ad includes inset illustrations of racers Tadini, S. Mortimer Auerbach, and Joel Thorne. Photo-sequence of the sinking of the Dutch liner Oranta by the Portuguese freighter Loanda in the harbour of Leixeos, Portugal. Great photo-illustrated Plymouth car ad; Half-page photo ad for Canadian Pacific and their Banff holiday offerings; Canadian Pacific half-page ad for the Empress of Britain and its service to Europe. Lovely one-page colour ad for the new Ford V-8 for 1935. Half-page colour Lifebuoy ad features sexy sepia-toned image of model in peach negligee. Crossword partially completed in pencil, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, April (Apr.) 15, 1935, Vol. 48, No. 8 Scottie dog helping his master who is groping for a towel. Features: Fads and Faddicts; The N.H.L. All Stars as selected by the managers and coaches - with photos of Cecil 'Tin.