Fischer Margo (2 results)
Published by The Curtis Publishing Company, USA 1957
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Periodical
Seller: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, CanadaRareNonFiction, IOBA
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Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 140 pages. Fiction: Let the Arctic Kill Him; Open Fire!; Come to the Wedding; The Women No One Needed; The Artless Heiress (part 2 of 8); No Blade of Grass (conclusion). Articles: The Worst Swindle - how these sordid criminals take $5 million/year from gullible women; How to Hire a Maid…; Our Neutral Friends the Austrians; City of Silence - no one in Portsmouth, Ohio could use the phone for 61 days!; The Face of America - beautiful commencement photo by Don W. Jones; Gamest Fish in the Pond - Bass; Luxurious Wilderness - wonderful color photos and story about Jasper Park Lodge, Canada's 'zoo without bars'; America's Oldest Spectacular - Harvard's strange tribal rites before men are sent into the cold, cold world - with photos. Ads: Evinrude outboard ad; Nice color-photo De Soto ad features cowboy leaning on Fireflite 2-door Sportsman in Fiesta red and white; Charming two-page color Texaco ad shows crowd gathered at gas station around family car hauling a boat and motor; Interesting two-page GM ad features photos of John Cupler and his microscopic drills which he turned into National Jet Company of La Vale in Maryland; Buick Roadmaster 75; GE pink washer and dryer; Pall Mall cigarettes; Philco fridges; Salem cigarettes; Beautiful Dodge color photo ad features a swept-wing teale convertible at dusk; Nice color Underwood typewriter ad with 'Golden Touch'; Nice two-page color Chevrolet ad shows yellow Bel Air convertible on the beach; Tareyton; Kodak Brownie movie camera; Yardley grooming products; Rare Dixie Cup ice cream ad; GMC trucks; GE kitchen appliances; Eaton truck axle ad features photo of Paul Swartz, President of Swartz Oil Co.; Nice one-page color-photo Canada Dry ad shows girl with ice cream soda; The Antarctic watch by Croton; Coke ad on back cover features illustration of a scene at Lake Louise. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Hughes, George (cover); Von Schmidt, Harold; Willis, Fritz; Stevens, Peter; Meyeres, Robert; (illustrator).
Published by Maclean-Hunter, Toronto 1949
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Periodical
Seller: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, CanadaRareNonFiction, IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Fair
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Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Features: Cover art by W.A. Winter shows husband returning to home filled with card-playing ladies; No Excuse Now for Atomic Hush-Hush (Editorial); The Man Who Clipped the King - Paul Emile ("Red") Tasse was barber at the Chateau Laurier Hotel for Thirty years; Jim Crow Live…s in Dresden, Ontario - 300 of the 1,700 citizens have Negro blood but can't get a store haircut, a permanent wave, or a restaurant meal; - article with photos; Lucy Makes My Living (fiction); The Fabulous Fraud From Eastwood - Was Ontario's audacious Cassie Chadwick the world's greatest woman swindler? - she hoaxed her way into $1.5 million; Don't Be Scared of Your Heart - the truth about tickers by an M.D.; The Loneliest Man in Canada - Frank McLaren killed his wife in 1927 and spent twelve years in jail, but now he's out; Can You Tell Which Gems are Real? - the synthetic jewelry trade is booming; The Dauntless Deacon of Caulflower Row - the checkered career of John Finlay Allen; Jeanne D'Arc and the Siren Sea (fiction); The Battle of the St. Lawrence (conclusion) - Nazi U-boats in the St. Lawrence; Frank Gladstone Waddington is the dean of Canadian Auctioneers; Nice colour-illustrated Massey-Harris tractor ad shows farmer on tractor plowing his lane with cream cans at gate; and more. 60 pages. Back cover missing. Front cover secured with archival tape. A worthy vintage example.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, 1 November (Nov.) 1949 Cover art by W.A. Winter shows husband returning to home filled with card-playing ladies; No Excuse Now for Atomic Hush-Hush (Editorial); The Man Who Clipped the King - Paul Emile ("Red") Tass. Illustrated by Winter, W.A.; Wallam, J.S. (illustrator).
