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Current Affairs, Number 52: Transatlantic Soundings, September (Sept.) 25th, 1943

By: (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs; Agar, Herbert

Price: $79.95

Publisher: Canada, (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs / Government of Canada: 1943

Seller ID: 665h0412

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

16 pages. "Not to be Published - the information given in this publication is not to be communicated, either directly, to the Press or to any person not holding an official position in His Majesty's Forces." - from front cover. Reprinted in Canada, October, 1943. Contents:Talking of Americans; America Thinks Again; Is America United?; The American Way in Wartime; The Question We're Always Asking; How Can We Reach Each Other?; Index to issues 27-52 of this publication. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy.
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The New York Times Magazine, December 15, 1963 - When a Negro is on Trial in the South

By: Acheson, Dean; Hunter, Marjorie; Morris, Richard B.; Graubard, Stephen R.; Galphin, Bruce M.; Willig, John M.

Price: $250.00

Publisher: New York, The New York Times & Arno Press: 1963

Seller ID: 202g4089

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

80 pages. Features:. Withdrawal from Europe "An Illustion" - we must have close co-operation with West Germany; Lest Us Reason Together - photo feature on LBJ; Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson (Lady Bird) - article with photo about the public servant without pay; The Muddled Problem of Presidential Succession - which was brought home by the death of JFK; After Five Years, de Gaulle Still Towers; The average height of Americans is increasing; A Master Builder at 75 - photo feature on the works of New York's Robert Moses; When a Negro is on Trial in the South - is the picture painted by novels a...
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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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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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This Week Magazine, December 22, 1963 - Insert to the Boston Sunday Herald: Christmas Issue

By: Albee, George Sumner; Paddleford, Clementine

Price: $199.95

Publisher: USA, United Newspapers Magazine Corporation / The Boston Herald: 1963

Seller ID: 302g3184

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

16 pages. Features: Holiday Boy - tropical Christmas fiction; Six celebrities describe their unforgettable Christmas presents - William Menninger, Helen Keller, Kyle Rote, Edward Steichen, The Rt. Rev. James Pike, and musical comedy star Lisa Kirk; Artists and the Madonna; Food for Christmas Stockings; Knockouut Knickers - fashion story for the ski slopes with color photo; Color ads include: Del Monte Golden Sweet Corn, Kent cigarettes, Quaker Oats - colour photo ad features Mr. Benjamin Thomas and son David of Levittown, NY; Salem cigarettes (back cover) features young couple standing on ra...
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Newsweek Magazine, February (Feb.), 1974 - The Exorcism Frenzy

By: Alpern, David N.; Lansner, Kermit; Woodward, Kenneth L.; Friedman, Milton; et al

Price: $99.95

Publisher: New York, Newsweek, Inc.: 1974

Seller ID: 838g4880

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

100 pages. Features: Fantastic Chrysler/Plymouth color-photo 4-panel ad inside front cover features the Scamp, Valiant Brougham and Gold Duster; State of the President (Richard Nixon); Electronic Vision - research aims for artificial sight; Film "The Exorcist" leads to frenzy of interest in exorcisms; Pending coalminer strike in Britain; America's oil companies seen as villains in the energy squeeze; Dr. Thomas E. Deiker argues for gun control; Nice color-photo ad for the Ford Maverick; Watergate scandal - John Dean, H.R. Haldeman; Photo of President Nixon and family with Billy Graham...
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Newsweek Magazine, September (Sept.) 13, 1971 - Vietnam Combat Diary / The New Face of Adoption

By: Alsop, Stewart; Morgenstern, Joseph; et al

Price: $99.95

Publisher: New York, Newsweek, Inc.: 1971

Seller ID: 838g4879

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

122 pages. Features: Cover photo of New Jersey Couple Frank and Barbara Calabrese with adopted daughter Rachel; The New Face of Adoption; Vietnam combat diary; Sen. Strom Thurmond; New birth control techniques; Color photos of daily life on the Chinese Mainland; Can Wage-Price freezes work?; The Increasing Role of Computers in art - from music to poetry to visual works; One-page ad for Moneysworth with photo of Ralph Ginzburg; Dixie Takes the Bus; photo of burning school buses in Pontiac, Michigan; Reflecting on Black Panther George Jackson, killed in San Quentin recently; Sales of lottery ti...
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Give Me Liberty - A Weekly (Magazine) for Everybody

By: Armour, Richard (Introduction)

Price: $59.95

Publisher: USA, World Publishing: 1969

Seller ID: 116c8686

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

230 pages. "With hundreds of classic (and crazy) advertisements, covers in full color, and howling articles from America's favorite family magazine of the 20's, 30's & 40's." - from dust jacket. Former library copy with minimal library markings. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this entertaining and nostalgic compilation.
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The American Mercury Magazine, Volume (Vol.) 19 (Nineteen / XIX), Jan-Apr. (January - April) 1930

By: Arnold, Chloe; Whelpton, Pascal K.; Prowitt, Alfred E.; Lowie, Robert H.; Et al

Price: $149.95

Publisher: USA, The American Mercury: 1930

Seller ID: 336h1533

ISBN: B00YI4JSHK

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

510 pages. Features include: The Centennial of Mormonism; The Last of the Boarding Houses; A Bohunk Woman; White Magic; Frankenstein, Inc.; Reb Samuel; "Freemasons" among North Dakota Indians; The Man Who Killed Tecumseh; Some Americans in Japan; A Negro Looks Ahead; Business Cycles; and many more. Bound in brown cloth. Binder's small stamp inside front board otherwise clean, tight and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy.
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Collier's, The National Weekly Magazine, October 13, 1949 - Lincoln's Lost Speech / Clown Ed Wynn

By: Arnold, General H.H. (Hap); Sandburg, Carl; Hill, Gladwin; Davidson, Bill; Gresham, William Lindsay; Gehman, Richard B.; Fay, Bill; Brandon, William; Heinz, W.C.; Archer, Jules; Grubb, Dave; Gardner, Erle Stanley; Macaulay

Price: $199.95

Publisher: Springfield, Ohio, The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company: 1949

Seller ID: 534g1551

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

74 pages. Articles: Tradition Can't Win Wars - General H.H. (Hap) Arnold proposes a method of tightening civilian control of national defense - article with color photo; Confessions of a Congressman's Son - author anonymous; Lincoln's Lost Speech - an American Psalm; It's Ed Wynn Again - in Video - one of the greatest clowns in entertainment history; The Marvelous Mounties - As They Really Are (part 2 of 2); Doctor "Doc" J.S. Dorton - He Makes Our Hearts Gay at the Country Fair - Shelby, North Carolina; Blood and Thunder - Raymond L. Caldwell has assembled the world's best collection o...
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Where Magazine: Where to go, What to do, When in Detroit, Week of November 25, 1961

By: Author Not Stated

Price: $49.95

Publisher: Detroit, MI, U.S.A., Where What When, Inc.: 1961

Seller ID: 845g1135

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

16 pages. Cover photo of the cast of "The Captains and the Kings" including Charlie Ruggles, Conrad Nagle, Peter Graves, Dana Andrews and Lee Grant. Dozens of ads and suggestions of things to do. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy of this great memento from the glory days of Detroit.
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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 Alaska Sportsman Magazine, June 1952, Volume XVIII, Number 6 - Pictorial Number

By: Barkdull, Calvin H.; Meyers, Larry; Sarvela, Myrth Benjamin; Edward B. Lung; Wikstrom, Robert C.; Harrigan, J.M.; Keller, Al

Price: $99.95

Publisher: Ketchikan, Alaska, Alaska Magazine Publishing Company: 1952

Seller ID: 536g1215

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

58 pages. Dozens of great black and white photos. Features: Great vintage ads including Alaska salmon, Remington ammo, Ketchikan Spruce Mills, and many more; The opening of the Hart Highway in B.C.; I Saw Soapy Smith of Skagway Killed - Frank H. Reid gave his life to rid the city of organized anarchy - many photos with article; He Wrestled a Wolf; Blarney Stone at Sitka; Dawson; From Ketchikan to Barrow; Sourdough Pete (cartoon); The S.S. Humboldt; Honk the caribou - an honorary member of the Army; and more. Complete and intact. Above-average wear. Bit of writing on front cover. A worthy...
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The New York Times Magazine, October (Oct.) 25, 1970 - Richard Ottinger / Ronald Reagan / Militants Who Play with Dynamite are White

By: Barthel, Joan; Tiger, Lionel; Greene, Wade; Buckley, Tom; Roberts, Steven V.; Friedman, Saul; Brenton, M.; Crenshaw, M.A.; Claiborne, C.; Reif, R.

Price: $250.00

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

Seller ID: 202g4112

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

132 pages. Features: Adam and Eve cover; Great color fashion ads; Blackglama; Quana ties; Swank cuff links of the world; How to Merchandise an Actor on TV - article with photo of Dick Linke and his star client Andy Griffith.Miracord 770H ad features photo of Doc Severinsen; Alaska fur seal coat by The Fouke Company; Photo of Gomer Pyle (another Dick Linke client) being yelled at by his sergeant (Frank Sutton); Swakara black lamb coat from South Africa; Is Male Dominance a Sexist Plot?; The Militants Who Play with Dynamite - with mush shots of Cathlyn Platt Wilkerson, Bernardine Rae Dohrn, Dwi...
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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 New York Times Magazine, November (Nov.) 8, 1970 - Leroy Johnson, The Most Powerful Black Politician in Dixie

By: Benchley, Peter; Keniston, Kenneth; Lerner, Michael; Moraes, Dom; Hellman, Peter; Lesher, Stephan; Schiro, A.; Berman, A.; Cohen, L.; Hewitt, J.; Reif, R.

Price: $250.00

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

Seller ID: 202g4110

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

148 pages. Features: Cover photo of barred Harlem bookstore window; Gorgeous color fashion ads; Royal Copenhagen Porcelain offered by Swank; Qiana Ties; Blackglama Mink; Piaget watches; Two-page Lan-Chile ad (Chilean airline) features three beautiful women and heading "The Savages of South America"; Zodiac SST watch; Movado watches; Five spots for New York's Midnight Chic - Maxwell's Plum (with photo of owner Warner LeRoy), Elaine's (with photo of owner Elaine Kaufman), Raffles (with photo of operator Derek Hall-Caine), Le Club (with photo of Oleg Cassini) and Hippopotamus (with photo...
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The Dearborn Independent (Magazine) - Chronicler of the Neglected Truth, December (Dec.) 25, 1926 - The Rise of an American Race

By: Benson, Allan L.; Richards, William C.; Ulm, Aaron Hardy; Walker, Hal; Whiting, May B.; Walpole, Hugh; Holmes, Fred L.; Karpinskik, Louis C.; Atkins, Gaius Glenn

Price: $199.95

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

Seller ID: 838g4928

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

32 pages. Features: Interesting photos of unusual work and play inside front cover; Public demands that Congress suppress (Radio) Pirates of the Air; The Divine Comedy of Newspapers; The Rise of an American Race - What Effect Will the 'Old Stock' Have on the People of the Future?; With General Gouraud in the Land of the Crusaders; The Birthplace of the Quaker Poet - the Whittier homestead; Henry Ford's Page - the American home, in its economic aspect, is a business proposition; Editorials - Merchant Mr. Nathan Strauss and his allegation of "the campaign of slander against the Jewish Peopl...
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The New York Times Magazine, October (Oct.) 20, 1963 - How JFK Gets The Answers

By: Berle, A.A. Jr.; Commager, Henry Steele; Esty, John C. Jr.; Olsen, Arthur J.; Collins, F.W.; Hyman, Sidney; Frye, William B.; Sylvester, David; Levy, Alan; Steinberg, David

Price: $250.00

Publisher: New York, The New York Times & Arno Press: 1963

Seller ID: 202g4092

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

120 pages. Features: 10 Downing St. Cover Photo; What Bearing does Trade Have on the Cold War and the Chance of Peace?; Britain's Politics - and Britain's Future - photos and brief article; Passport Barrier - The State Department insists on deciding which countries Americans may Visit; The Draft - Many Threatened, Few Chosen; Article and photos of an 'uneventful day at the Berlin Wall; Senator George B. Russell of Georgia - symbol of civil-rights opposition; How JFK gets the answers; Photos of U Thant at the U.N. - 10am to 8pm; Photo-illustrated article on British Painter Francis Bacon; The A...
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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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Category: Americana