Language: English
Published by Edmond Cloutier, Ottawa, ON, 1943
Seller: The People's Co-op Bookstore, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 9-1/4" x 11-1/2", 145pp. Staple bound signatures in printed card stock cover with cloth tape backing. Cover is age toned, mildly soiled. Some wear to the cloth backing at the spine. Library stamp ("Canadian Legion War Services I.C. / Educational Services") and cataloguing number in pencil on first page. Otherwise pages are gently toned but are clean and unmarked.
Published by Stovel / National Home Monthly, Winnipeg, 1941
First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Malvern, Corinne (cover); Warner, Charles; Stephanie; Humphrey, Beach; (illustrator). First Edition. 72 pages. Features: Lovely colour Coke ad inside front cover shows young lovely reclining on grass beside flower bed; One-page Singer sewing machine ad features Red Cross worker Mrs. John Collingwood Reade, and daughter Jo, of Toronto, and their identical dresses; News digest discusses events in Yugoslavia and Greece, the Battle of the Atlantic, Sinkings and Replacements, and the Axis Threat to Washington; Frigidaire fridge ad; Fellow-Canadians, It's Revolution! - war brings the greatest economic upheaval that Canada has ever known; Irish Gaps in Britain's Defence - photo-illustrated article discusses sea-bases that would help to defeat Hitler's air and u-boat piracy on Atlantic shipping, with photo of Eamon de Valera, Premier of Eire, leaving No. 10 Dowing St. after declaring his policy of 'neutrality'; Diver in Scarlet (short story); "Canada Doesn't Know There's a War On" - article with photos of bomb damage in Britain; Storm Warning (short story); The Gentle Art of Murder / Inside the Gestapo - fascinating photo-illustrated article which discusses the SD.RFSS Alarm Command and Heydrich, with photo of Rudolf Formis; A Night Call (short story); Why Not a Four-Minute Mile? - article with photos of Jack Lovelock, Glenn Cunningham, Paavo Nurmi and Peruki; Vacations in Old Quebec; Hollywood news and photos; Woodbury soap ad features photo of lovely Miss Melba Lee, daughter of Mrs. Wallace Orr of Montreal and Bermuda; Wonderful red and black Victory Bonds ad entitled "Some of the Things Your Dollars Will Buy" includes 16 photos of armaments and servicemen; Half-page Canadian Pacific photo ad for the Banff Springs Hotel; Half-page ad for the Eighth Census of Canada; Diving is Such Fun; Food, Victory, Peace; Health for Victory; Colour Ritz cracker ad; Fashion illustrations; Nice colour shredded wheat ad inside back cover; Back cover colour ad for Canada canned lobster requests help from the women of Canada to replace overseas markets lost due to the war; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this extraordinary wartime issue.