Verlag: Liberty Weekly of Canada, Toronto, 1942
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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Kimmel, Lu (cover); Schucker, James; La Salle, Charles (illustrator). First Edition. 58 pages. Articles: Lessons From Inside London; The Real General MacArthur; Grand Curtain Lines; That Mythical 4-Minute Mile - article with photos of Les MacMitchell; Mickey Mouse's Biggest Moments - article with nice comic strips. Short Stories: The Way Things Are; Here's $800; No One's Obscure. Serials: The Private Life of the New York Yankees (part II) - the Roaring 20's; A Gallant Lady - Carole Lombard (conclusion); From This Day Forward (part 5). Ads: Victory Bonds; *Fascinating* one-page photo ad by Canada's Department of Munitions and Supply is called "Please Don't Stare at My Pants", showing a lady in pants who is involved in war production; Nice colour Coke ad on back cover shows young couple at party table with iced bottles in bowl. Average wear. Moderate external soiling. A sound vintage copy.
Verlag: Liberty Weekly of Canada, Toronto, 1941
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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Schmitt, Felix; Lasalle, Charles (illustrator). First Edition. 54 pages. Articles: What Hitler Told (Otto Strasser) About Peace; Up North - There's Mystery! - Intriguing photo-illustrated article of a mystery village on Canada's arctic front where men labour to produce power to produce warplanes; William S. Knudsen - Master Mechanic of Democracy's Defense - U.S. Arms production and the man behind it; I Start All Over Again - Alice Foote MacDougall opens a restaurant in Grand Central Station; How Clark Gable Created a New Hedy Lamarr; Baseball's Topsy Grows Up - Softball has risen from zero to 20,000,000 players; Arctic Eagle - Squadron Leader C.M.G. Farrell of the R.C.A.F. Serials: The Unobstructed Universe - life beyond the grave, part II; Footloose! - part 4; In Action with the R.A.F. - Conclusion; Short Stories: I'll Never Leave You; The Bell That Sang for Love; Rich Man. Ads: Nice photo ad inside front cover features large photo of Windsor's Norton Palmer Hotel, with inset photo of its CEO Preston D. Norton; Nice three-color, two-page ad for Chevrolet;; Frigidaire fridges; Eveready batteries; Brain Flakes; Canadian Pacific's Banff. Fantastic back cover photo ad for War Savings Certificates features dozens of kilted troops on the march. Cover photo of boy pulling girl's ponytail in classroom. Average wear. Crossword lcompleted in light pencil. A sound copy of this great vintage issue.
Verlag: Stovel / National Home Monthly, Winnipeg, 1941
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Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Foster, R.E.; Wills, William; Diamond, Hal; Mastri, Fiore; Burke, May C. (illustrator). First Edition. 72 pages. Features: "Canada is Strong", one-page ad shows Canadian farmer tilling land; One-page Singer sewing machine ad features Mrs. S. Armstrong of Montreal; News Digest discusses Yugolsavia's 'purge', Slav vs. Teuton again, Washington News, and an 'inside job' for Hitler; Frigidaire ad; We Blockade the Continent - article with fascinating map explains wartime trade complications; Slave Labour Under the Nazi Scourge - Fascinating photo-illustrated article written by Oskar Lutze, a former trade-union official of Berlin; The Slide on Short Mountain (short story); War and Canada's Golden Age - article explains how Canada will benefit from WWII; The Designing Wench (short story); The Running Man (short story); Inside the Gestapo - conclusion of fascinating article about a strange and fatal bunch of documents, with photos of Franz von Papen and Countess Vera Fugger; Bluff by Holloway Horn (short story); The Woes of Wives; Longines watch ad includes photo of Sir Hubert Wilkins; Gay Garden Gadgets; Half-page Canadian Pacific ad for the Banff Springs Hotel; Hollywood news and photos; Photo of Norma Shearer in Woodbury cold cream ad; Nostalgic 1941 Chevrolet centrefold ad encourages readers to be "Feature-Wise", with illustrations of dozens of features available in their cars; Men and Their Wardrobes; Treasure in Strange Places; With Love from the Luftwaffe - article on German bombing of Britain; Birth of a Lipstick; Maple Leaf Fund - article with photo of Victor T. Goggin, President of the Fund; Department of National War Services half-page ad says "Save Scrap Metals, Rags, Paper and Bones"; Norway Fights On - one year after the Germans invaded; Watch Your Step; The Small Room (short story); Swimming and Health; Serve Them, They Serve You - cooking article with recipes; Fashion illustrations; Classy War Savings Certificates ad inside back cover shows mother with kids on hilltop and her 'pledge to them - and to Canada'; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this extraordinary wartime issue.