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Harpers Magazine, September (Sept.) 1930, No. 964 - Racketeers and Organized Labor

By: Adamic, Louis; Hale, L.C.; Murray, G.; Adams, J.T.; Haldane, J.; Layman, G.; Ueland, B.; Dublin, L.

Price: $79.95

Publisher: USA, Harper & Brothers Publishers: 1930

Seller ID: 336h2841

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

Condition: Good

Pages 384-512 plus dozens of pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Racketeers and Organized Labor; Whoe Gets the Children - a wife's reflections on divorce; The New Stage Fright - talking pictures; The Real Value of the League of Nations; Is History a Fraud?; The Wallflower Complex; The Curious Statistics of Suicide; and much more. The following wonderful ads are worthy of mention: Nice Stetson Hats (for men) ad inside front cover; The Hotels Statler; Cadillac Motor Car Company - with illustration of their V-16-powered car; Japan Tourist Burea (color); Hawaii Tourist Bureau (color); and lastly a...
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Indiana Magazine of History, March 1936

By: Adams, Evelyn C.; Reser, William M.; McMurtrie Douglas C.; Williams, J. Milton; Knox, Julie LeClerc; Ehrmann, Max; Flick, Oka Stanton

Price: $99.95

Publisher: USA, Department of History of Indiana University: 1936

Seller ID: 845g0693

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Pages 1-90. Features: The Growing Concept of Social Responsibility Illustrated by a Study of the State's Care of the Insane in Indiana; Indiana's Second State Fair; The Need of a Printer in Indiana Territory; The Monticello Circuit of the Methodist Church - A Hundred Years of Methodist Progress; The Unique Little Town of New Harmony; Lincoln's Visit to Terre Haute; Values in the Study of Current Events; Lincoln and Ann Rutledge - Letter of R.J. Onstott; Views of Elisha Embree, 1835; The New States and Territories - Newburyport Herald, April 3, 1855; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate...
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The Granite Monthly - a New Hampshire Magazine, November 1895

By: Adams, Ida G.; Abbott, Hattie; Jenks, Edward A.; Linehan, John C.; Campbell, M.J.; Werder, Hans; Changler, Agatha B.E.; Griffith, Bancroft; Sanborn, F.B.; Sanborn, Franklin, Benjamin; Metcalf, H.B.; Chesley, Charles Henry; Whytmere, Henry; et al

Price: $129.95

Publisher: USA, Granite Monthly Company: 1895

Seller ID: 845g0860

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

Pages 328-410 plus ads. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos; Features: Along the Piscataquog - a Sketch of Weare; Witch Hazel; From the Piazza - Mt. Washington from the Mt. Pleasant House; War Pictures (continued); Dethroned; Wild Reutlingen - a romance of the time of the great king; Home; The Charities of New Hampshire; Franklin Benjamin Sanborn; John B. Peaslee; Autumn Among the Hills; An Old Barn and its Swallows; The Dying Leaf; The Relation of the Agricultural College to the Common Schools; The Sentinels; New Hampshire Necrology. Good photos of two old asylums for ...
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The Illustrated London News (ILN), September (Sept.) 18, 1954: Formosa (Taiwan) Prepares for Communist Invasion

By: Austin, L.F.; et al

Price: $199.95

Publisher: Loganville, Pennsylvania, The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd.: 1954

Seller ID: 417h2706

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

Condition: Good

Pages 443-482. Features: Cover photo and two additional pages of photos of destruction in Orleansville, Algeria caused by earthquake; Page of photos of diplomatic and political events; Dramatic photo-sequence of fatal collision between the liner Italia with the tug Fairplay 1 at Cuxhaven; Photos of Royal occasions in Scotland, Canada and the Netherlands; Four aerial photos of Formosa - a danger spot in the world today; Two pages of photos of training recruits of the Chinese Nationalist Army in Formosa - learning how to use weapons from the U.S. to ward off Communist attack; Excellent aerial p...
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Our Gracious Queen Elizabeth and Her Daughters

By: Author Not Stated

Price: $79.95

Publisher: London, Woman and Home: 1938

Seller ID: 739c6317

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

22 pages full of black/white photos. Supplement to Woman and Home magazine from November 1938. "The story of the glorious conquest of the hearts of a people..." - from front cover. Loaded with photos of Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon as a young girl, marriage to Duke of York (George VI) and their honeymoon and world tour, and her life as Queen Elizabeth with King George VI and children Princess Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret. Above-average wear. A worthy copy.
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Image for International Magazine of Industry and Ridgway (Pennsylvania) Daily Record - Special Edition Descriptive of and Illustrating Elk County, Ridgway, St. Marys, Johnsonburg and Vicinity, September (Sept.) 1909, Volume III Number 8

International Magazine of Industry and Ridgway (Pennsylvania) Daily Record - Special Edition Descriptive of and Illustrating Elk County, Ridgway, St. Marys, Johnsonburg and Vicinity, September (Sept.) 1909, Volume III Number 8

By: Author Not Stated

Price: $299.95

Publisher: USA, The International Magazine of Industry / The Ridgway Daily Record / The Ridgway Advocate: 1909

Seller ID: 336h0484

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

56 pages. Index. Printed upon glossy stock. Dozens of wonderful archival photos supported by text document the prominent businesses, people and buildings of the day in these Elk County, Pennsylvania communities. Includes original envelope in which this issue was mailed. Surprisingly light wear. Clean and unmarked. Binding tight. A quality vintage copy of this special local history item.
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The Granite Monthly - A New Hampshire Magazine, August 1896 - M.W. Babcock Visits Genoa / Dublin, N.H.

By: Babcock, M.W.; Bartlett, John H.; Dana, Francis; Swaine, C. Jennie; Piper, H.H.; Wheeler, Mary H.; Metcalf, H.H.; Griffith, Bancroft; Bachelder, N.J.; Brown, Frank E.; Lauder, George B.; Roberts, Mrs. Caroline M.; Tenney, E.P.; Gowing, Fred

Price: $199.95

Publisher: USA, Granite Monthly Company: 1896

Seller ID: 845g0867

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Pages 63-124. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: From Naples to Genoa; The Harmony of Silence; The Benefaction of Melancthon Downs (concluded); Midsummer; A sketch of Dublin, N.H. - with many great photos of local mansions; The old stage coach; The Cogswell Homestead, Gilmanton; Halcyon Days; Mrs. Alice A. Dow; New Hampshire; The Anti-Vivisection Movement; The Elms of Concord; The legend of John Levin and Mary Glasse (continued); Educational department; New Hampshire Necrology. Some peripheral chipping. Contents in quality condition. A worthy copy.
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The New York Times Magazine, November [Nov.] 30, 1975: Deng Xiaoping [Teng Hsiao-ping] Cover Photo / Thomas Hoving of the Metropolitan Museum / Body Building

By: Baker, Russell; Lelyveld, Joseph; Crankshaw, Edward; Gordon, Leah; Millstein, Gilbert; Goldberg, Vicki; Peterson, Patricia; Skurka, Norma; Condon, Richard; et al

Price: $495.00

Publisher: New York, The New York Times Company: 1975

Seller ID: 143h5324

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

Condition: Good

Features: Cover photo of Deng Xiaoping, perhaps the man most responsible for the mighty industrial resurgence of China in recent decades; Vantage cigarette ad features Nancy Clarke; Resurrection in China - This week Gerald Ford will be met on the tarmac in Peking by Teng Hsiao-ping, the effective head of the Chinese government; Consensus in Russia - No matter who takes over from Brezhnev, the future will be a continuation of the present; Boomer of the Arts - In nine high-voltage years Thomas Hoving has led the Metropolitan Museum the city's No. 1 tourist attraction among New Yorkers; The New Y...
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Indiana Magazine of History, December 1938

By: Balch, William Monroe; Skelcher, Jane Lucille; Skelcher, Lucille Detraz; Ross, Frank E.; Terhune, R.W.; Coleman, Christopher B.; Helderman, Leonard C.; Lynch, William O.

Price: $99.95

Publisher: USA, The Department of History of Indiana University: 1938

Seller ID: 845g0687

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Pages 393-504. Features: The Education of Linton Usher; Descendants of the Dumonts of Vevay; The Fur Trade of the Ohio Valley; Pioneer Folklore Relative to Snakes; Indiana Historical Society; Social Studies in High School; Danger on Wabash (Vincennes Letters of 1786); Living in a Distracted World, 1914-1920; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy.
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The New York Times Magazine, May 31, 1959: D-Day The Way It Was

By: Baldwin, Hanson W.; Giniger, Henry; Westin, Alan F.; Huxley, Elspeth; Kahn, Roger

Price: $295.00

Publisher: New York, The New York Times Company: 1959

Seller ID: 143h5306

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

Condition: Good

Features: Cover photo of the statue of J.Q.A. Ward in Central park; D-Day - An account of the operation from twelve hours before the first seaborne landing to twelve hours after, by Hanson W. Baldwin; France's first year under Charles de Gaulle; Great photo feature on Ethel Merman who stars in "Gypsy"; When the Public Judges the Supreme Court; Science, Psychiatry - or Witchery? - Elspeth Huxley examines what, if anything, the witch doctor does for his patients that might be of value for the rest of the world; Big League Pitching - In addition to brawn, a pitcher needs a brain; Fashion ...
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Heraldry in Canada Quarterly, Vol XIII., No. 1 - March (Mar.) 1979

By: Banks, Rick; Gardiner, Roger F.; Rokeby-Thomas, H.R.; Hale, Reginald B.; Kennedy, Darrell E.; Campbell, Sir Ilay; Innes, Malcolm R.

Price: $79.95

Publisher: Ottawa, Canada, The Heraldry Society of Canada / La Societe Heraldique Du Canada: 1979

Seller ID: 513h0345

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

36 pages. Features: Armorial Bearings of the Royal Military College (RMC); Arms for the Town of Goderich; Heraldry - For the Birds?; Canadian Academic Heraldry; Book Review; The Heraldic Bookplate; Arms of the "Royal City" (Guelph); Scottish Heraldic Bookplates; New Zealand Herald of Arms. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy.
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Pictorial Weekly Magazine, February 25, 1928, No. 1,499, Vol. CXVI: The Saddest Woman in the World - Marie of Russia / Woodbine Willie

By: Barber, Richard; Wass, E.J.; Cotroni, Muriel; Kennedy, G.A. Studdert (Woodbine Willie); Howard, F. Morton; Hope, W.E. Stanton Wallace, Edgar; Wilkinson, T.W.

Price: $129.95

Publisher: London, Amalgamated Press, Ltd.: 1928

Seller ID: 301g3816

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

Pages 41-80. Features: The Saddest Woman in the World - Marie of Russia - article with photos; Buried Treasure - a complete story; Photo tips of what not to do with your Gramphone; Most People Have a Double - but is sometimes means trouble - article with photos; Does Marriage Mean Going ThroughThe Mill? - a story that answers the problem; Lovers or Friends? - Woodbine Willie discusses the truth about companionship between the sexes; Wit of the Week; Open That Window! - and help yourself to health; "Stop & Look" pictures include Copenhagen church in the shape of an organ; Why George Tu...
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Indiana History Magazine, December 1933

By: Barce, Elmore; Coleman, Christopher B.; Hockett, Leola; Tyner, Martha Alice; Knox, Julie LeClerc; King, Emily Anderson; Bryan, William Lowe

Price: $99.95

Publisher: USA, Indiana Historical Society: 1933

Seller ID: 845g0706

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Pages 268 - 379. Features: The Red Man of Wabush; The Lincoln Legend; The Wabash County Pioneer Society; Gresham, Walter Q.; Cravenhurst; The Henry Bryan Family; The John Bryan Family; Letters from Cheat Mountain (1861); and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy.
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Indiana Magazine of History, September 1937

By: Barnhart, John D.; Harbison, Winfred A.; Bartholomew, H.S.K.; Alexander, William P.; Ehrmann, Max; Lynch, William O.

Price: $99.95

Publisher: USA, The Department of History of Indiana University: 1937

Seller ID: 845g0691

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Pages 259-380. Features: The Southern Influence in the Formation of Indiana; Lincoln and Indiana Republicans, 1861-1862; Governor James A. Mount; A Naturalist's Pilgrimage to New Harmony; Indiana Historical Society; Centennial Ode - To DePauw University; Prock's Letters from the Eastern Front; I Complete My Normal Training and Go to Elkhart; Indiana Genealogy; and more. Moderate wear. Prior owner's stamp atop first page otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy.
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The Granite Monthly - A New Hampshire Magazine - September, 1922: Timothy P. Sullivan

By: Beardsley, A.H.; Meader, Katherine C.; Et al

Price: $129.95

Publisher: USA, The Granite Monthly Company: 1922

Seller ID: 845g0894

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Pages 306-346. Black and white photos. Features: Timothy P. Sullivan; The Pictorial Wealth of New Hampshire; North Parish Church, North Haverhill; The remarkable family of the late Isaac Stevens Metcalf of Elyria; Nice ad for J. Spaulding & Sons Co., Inc. inside back cover; New Hampshire Necrology. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy.
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The Dearborn Independent - Chronicler of the Neglected Truth, October (Oct) 2, 1926 - Booth Tarkington Talks

By: Benson, Allan L.; Whiting, May B.; HAle, William J.; Barton, William E.; Howe, J. Olin; Budd, Ralph W.; Karpinski, Louis C.; Hawthorne, Julian; Aaron, S.F.; Finger, Charles J.

Price: $199.95

Publisher: Dearborn, Michigan, The Dearborn Publishing Co.: 1926

Seller ID: 838g4924

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

32 pages. Features: Nice two-color illustrated Firestone ad inside front cover features mother and children; Why Half the People Do not Vote - An Explanation; Booth Tarkington Talks of Many Things; Farming Must Become a Chemical Industry - development of co-products will solve present agricultural problem; Abraham Lincoln's Lost Speech; The Use of Great Names in 'Blue Sky' Swindles; Ye Knife - Ye Forke - Ye Spoone - a brief history of those noble tools; Henry Ford's Page - money, a national commodity, has been made a private concession; Editorial - news from Russia that the only Jew remaining...
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Collier's, The National Weekly (Magazine), March (Mar.) 13, 1915, Vol. 54, No. 26 - In the German Trenches / General Joseph Joffre

By: Beveridge, Albert J.; Lea, Fanny Heaslip; Fitch, George; Bullock, William; et al

Price: $149.95

Publisher: USA, Collier's: 1915

Seller ID: 417h2830

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

Condition: Fair

Features: Attractive cover illustration of Marshal Joseph Jacques Csaire Joffre of France; Good Year tire ad inside front cover; Elegant one-page ad for The White Company of Cleveland (automaker); Classy one-page ad for Hart Schaffner & Marx clothiers of New York; In the German Trenches - the 2nd of Senator Albert J. Beveridge's articles; By Margarita Trench (fiction by Fannie Heaslip Lea); We Shall Meet, But We Shall Miss Them - article on the 64th Congress; The Fence Breaker (baseball fiction by William Bullock); General Joseph Joffre of France; The Narrow Margin (fiction by Helen Baker Par...
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Collier's - The National Weekly Magazine, March (Mar.) 16, 1918, Volume 61, Number 1 - President Woodrow Wilson / Shipbuilder Homer L. Ferguson On the Job

By: Biggers, Earl Derr; Child, Richard W.; Hungerford, Edward; Ruhl, Arthur; Roche, Arthur S.; Gatlin, Dana; et al

Price: $299.95

Publisher: New York, P.F. Collier & Son, Inc.: 1918

Seller ID: 338h0948

ISBN: B004J12SXS

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

42 pages. Features: Cover illustration of President Woodrow Wilson; Nice illustrated ad for the Mitchell Six car inside front cover; One-page illustrated ad for Johns-Manville coal preservation products; Illustrated one-page Fisk Cord Tire ad shows natives carrying crude rubber to a waiting ship; "Over Here" - fiction by E.D. Biggers; The President - a profile of Woodrow Wilson by Richard Washburn Child; A Shipbuilder on the Job - photo-illustrated article on Homer L. Ferguson (with photo of black men hard at work above caption "Don't you dare come and tell us that the black man i...
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Heraldry in Canada Quarterly, Vol XXIV., No. 3 - September (Sept.) 1990

By: Black, Robert Merrill; Vachon, Auguste; Macpherson, R.G.M.; Campbell Ian L.

Price: $79.95

Publisher: Ottawa, Canada, The Heraldry Society of Canada / La Societe Heraldique Du Canada: 1990

Seller ID: 513h0346

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

36 pages. Features: Shagotyohgwisaks - E.M. Chadwick and Canadian Heraldry; Frederic Gregory Forsyth, Vicomte de Fronsac - A Man in Search of a Kingdom; Book News; International Outlook; Lucien Godbout - un heraldiste Quebecois; L'Eglise et l'heraldique Lucien Godbout ptre; A. Scott Carter, R.C.A.; Types of Legitimate Arms Granted in Canada. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy.
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The Granite Monthly - A New Hampshire Magazine, June 1898 - William Augustus Gile / Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire

By: Blake, Amos J.; Carr, Laura Garland; Cheney, G.A.; Gile, Col. William A.; Trask, Clara Augusta; Hammond, Otis G.; Griffith, George Bancroft

Price: $199.95

Publisher: USA, Granite Monthly Company: 1898

Seller ID: 845g0876

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Pages 311-362. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: Index to Volume XXIV; Fitzwilliam, N.H. - feature article with many great photos; Spring Ghosts (poem); New Hampshire Men of Mark - William Augustus Gile; Military Law and Courts Martial; Jonathan's visit to Jeremiah; Lake Winnipesaukee - New Hampshire's largest lake and its orthography; "Lord Timothy Dexter in New Hampshire; Fantastic full-age glossy photo ad inside back cover for the Boston and Maine Railroad; New Hampshire Necrology. Peripheral chipping. Contents in quality condition. A worthy copy.
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