Ralph E G Smith (23 results)

Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. New York: The Frank A. Munsey Company Publisher. 1932. First edition. Pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 6.75" x 9.75"], 144 pages, illustrated. Includes the first of five parts of "The Radio War" by Ralph Milne Farley, the second of two parts of "Corporal Cole's Conscience" by J. Allan Dunn, "Earthquake Catchers" by Foster-Harris, "The Tiger of Yezo" by L. G. Blochman, etc. Good copy [spine toned and cracked with some chipping to the ends, cover creased with the usual edgewear, upper left corner tear to the front cover, paper tanned as usual. bx419E.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Glossy paper covers; edges worn; front cover lifts; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; illustrations in black and white; interior clean and unmarked; 104 pages.

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Serie B. Biological Sciences N° 777 Vol. 252 - 1967, in-4, broché, 226 pages Très bon état - Pour les envois hors de France, la tafication Ğlivre & brochureğ pour les frais de port a disparue.Les frais de port annoncés correspondent à une moyenne. Ils seront calculés au plus juste en fonction du poids de votre article.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 270 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. First Edition. Paragraph Biographies And Large Portraits, One Scientist Per Page.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library copy with usual markings.

1971. (4to stiff paper covers) Very good. 60pp. Photographs, illustrations, maps, tables, bibliography. Contributors include Michel Brochu (A Preliminary Study of the Establishment F Equalization Prices for the Pelts of Fur-Bearing Animals in New Quebec), W.G.E. Caldwell (The Biostratigraphy of Some Middle and Upper Devonian Rocks in the Northwest Territories: an historical review), A.W.R. Carrothers (The Human Factor in the North), Richard M. Hill (The Arctic Environment and Petroleum Pipelines), W.D. Mills (Government Policies Regarding Economic Development in Northern Canada), Ralph Smith (Discovery of One of James Knight's Ships at Marble Island: a preliminary report). Article about James Knight. Locale: ; ; Marble Island--N.W.T. (Western Canada, Fur Trade, Petroleum).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. W.P. Wass (illustrator). 1st Edition. Written for the veteran and non-veteran to achieve an understanding of the sacrifices of war. A combination of short stories and poetry. Signed by the author. Signed by Author.

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Hardcover. Condition: New.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Clymer, John F. (cover); Smith, Ralph C.; Little, John; Matteson, B.V.V.; Valentine, A.C.; Horwood, V.W. (illustrator). First Edition. 52 pages. Features: Charming cover illustration of calf kicking up its legs in the spring flowers; One-page Chipso photo ad features the Williams family - Thomas Vance, Calvin Edward, Mrs. Calvin C., Stephen, Charles Judson and Henry Kerr; One-page yeast ad features large photo of Dr. Gudzent of the University of Berlin; Nice one-page Pontiac ad features yellow Economy Straight 8; Order to View (short story); Green Mantle (short story); Restoration Work in France - photo-illustrated article on work done to preserve Versailles and Fontainbleau for posterity; Small Talk (short story); Beating the Star (short story); At the Edge of the Great Unsurveyed (short story); Wedding Bells Around the World - photo-illustrated article on world wedding traditions; The Man Who Taught London to Dance - photo-illustrated article on Santos Casani; A Gabled House; Pond's cold cream one-page ad features photos of Lady Diana Manners; The British Way; Nicely illustrated one-page Maxwell House coffee ad; Laboratory in the Snow - Dr. H.R. Wolf of General Motors tests cars in the winter conditions of Saskatchewan; Lovely one-page colour ad for Swift's Premium Hams; Great one-page Chevrolet truck ad includes diagrams of 10 interesting vehicles; Three pages of photos of movie stars; Radioland - article on radio stars; Movie reviews; Little Rambles in Hollywood; Champion spark plug ad includes photo of Mr. S.G. Baits, Chief Engineer of Hudson-Essex of Canada, Ltd.; Easter cookery ad; One-page illustrated ad for the Northern Electric Model 800 Gurney Range with automatic oven; Fashion article with illustrations; Lovely colour Palmolive soap ad inside back cover features elegant lady in long maroon gown; Crisco colour ad on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Holmgren, John; Clymer, John F.; Valentine, A.C.; Matteson, B.V.V.; Smith, Ralph C. (illustrator). First Edition. 72 pages. Features: Yeast ad features photos of Dr. Samuel Melamet; How America Guards her "Frozen" Gold - photo-illustrated article from the days when gold was considered money; Nice one-page colour ad for Swift's premium bacon; Lovely one-page colour-photo Chipso ad features Mrs. S.J. Oechsle and her children Bob, Jean and Jack; Painted Tin (short story); Dark Star (short story); Glimpses of Austria's tortured soul - fascinating photo-illustrated article on the recent Socialist-Republican insurrection and other troubles facing the nation; The White Giraffe (short story); Around the Modern Homes in England - photo-illustrated article on interior design ideas; The Man Who Lived in Twilight (short story); The White Cat (short story); One-page Pond's ad features photo of beautiful Whitney Bourne; What Give for Mother?; Nice one-page Winchester cigarette ad features photo of young lady in tie and fedora; Fancy playhouse for kids; One-page Ethyl ad features large photo of the Indianapolis 500; One-page Ford car ad features photo of three adults in back seat - 'Roominess and Riding Comfort'; Photos of celebrity homes in Hollywood; Nice one-page Oldsmobile ad features the 1934 All-feature Six; Hollywood news and photos; Nice Lux soap one-page ad features photo of Carole Lombard; Uncommon 5" x 3.5" ad for Peterborough Boats; Fashion article with illustrations; Cooking article; World Sayings; Very nice Chevrolet Truck ad inside back cover features seven truck models; Beautiful Ceylon Tea Bureau ad on back cover features colour reproduction of painting 'Moraine Lake, Valley of the Ten Peaks" by Richard Jack; many vintage ads; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. Halvern, Corinne (cover); Smith, Ralph C.; Maltman, W.; Burke, May C.; Garland, C. George; Clymer, John F. (illustrator). First Edition. 72 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of lady in purple top feeding pigeons; Frigidaire fridge one-page ad; Colour-photo one-page ad for Singer sewing machines shows lady re-upholstering her chair; News digest includes these topics - The Coming Rowell Report, Democracy on Challenge, The Memories of 1867, United States Congress Keeps 150th Birthday, The Roosevelt Moral, Twenty Years of Fascism; Fisher Body one-page ad with elegant photo of member of the Class of '39; The Marvels of Mexico's Treasure House - interesting photo-illustrated article on Diomed Wray's visit to the land south of the Rio Grande; There's Lots of Time (short story); Bad Luck on the Baron (short story); As the Sun Dial Says (short story); Thomas Cook, Founder of the world-famous travel agency - nice photo-illustrated article; Not in Our Stars (short story); Perfect Service (short story); For Offshore Sailors Only - nautical article with photo of "The Wasp" (88' cabin cruiser), sea-fleas, and Georgian Bay sailboats; Nice two-page 1939 Chevrolet ad features black four-door; Palmolive ad features photo of Phyllis Carter of 2159 Tupper Street, Montreal; Half-page Canadian Pacific features their Jasper and Alaska destinations; Movie news and photos; Lux ad features photos of Claudette Colbert and Andrea Leeds; Miss Peggy Hunter of Toronto is featured in a Woodbury soap ad; Fashion illustrations; Kellogg's All-Bran ad features Alphonse and Gaston comic; Canadian National half-page photo ad features their Jasper destination; Willys Overland ad features photo of Canadian aviatrix Mary Spearing; Are You House Dreaming? - considerations for a new home; Crane kitchen fixtures half-page ad features great colour photo of 1930s kitchen; Pond's ad features The Lady Alexandra Haig, The Lady Grenfell and Lady Morris; Beauty article; Cooking article with recipes; New York World's Fair (brief article); World Quotes; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Smith, Hal (cover); Garland, C. George; Holmgren, John; Smith, Ralph C.; Goodwin, G.G.; Clymer, John F. (illustrator). First Edition. 64 pages. Features: Nice ad for the 1939 Oldsmobile Six inside front cover; News digest includes topics such as "Appeasement and its difficulties", "Why British Opinion in Changing", "Germany's Colonial Ambitions", "The Statecraft of Equivalents", and "Italy's Clash with France"; Met Life one-page photo ad entitled "A Day in the Life of (sales agent) Donald Martin"; Neville Chamberlain, World Champion of Peace - nicely photo-illustrated article (little did he know how wrong he would soon be proven to be); Reckless Lady (short story); With Fire (short story); What the Eye Doesn't See (short story); Arctic Madness - photo-illustrated article tells the Baffin Island tale of the death of a white fur trader - with photos of RCMP Staff Sergeant A.H. Joy, Loodloo, Innoyah, Petoot, Ahteetah, Nookudlah and Ooroorengnak; Babiche Walking - wonderful article on snowshoeing (snow-shoeing); The Garden Next Door (short story); The Mysterious Affair at Styles (part 4 of 5 of this Agatha Christie story); One-page Colgate ad features illustrations of the Dionne Quints; Vintage two-page Magic Baking Powder ad features the New York World's Fair; Kellogg's All-Bran ad features Mutt and Jeff comic; Movie news with photos of Virginia Bruce and Florence George; Photo of Miss Brenda Fraser in Woodbery soap ad; Scott's Emulsion ad features Uncle Dan comic; Fashion illustrations; Half-page Italy tourism ad, sponsored by Italian Line, Limited; Pond's cold cream ad features photo of Marjorie Fairchild; Are You a Man's Girl? - with helpful scorecard(!); It Isn't What You Say - advice for speaking better; Sport Suppers - recipes; Half-page colour ad for Canadian fish; Curve Control - corsets, foundation garments and the female shape; Photos of Barbara Stanwyck in Lux soap ad; Small St. Petersburg (Florida) photo-ad says '12,000 Canadians" choose it; World Quotes; Back cover colour Coke ad shows bottle beside open book and reading glasses, with inset illustration of vintage six-pack case; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Lowthian, Louis R.; Garland, C. George; Smith, Ralph C.;Mastri, Fiore; Clymer, John F.; Diamond, Hal (illustrator). First Edition. 40 pages. Features: Ad for yellow 1941 Pontiac Fleetleader inside front cover; News digest discusses the illusions of a year ago; Poem "Land of Wish-It-Were", by James Byrne; Interesting photo-illustrated article on the people of the far reaches of the Commonwealth who are contributing to the British war effort; Never Goodby (short story); Mr. Barbury's Hands (short story); Victim of Circumstance (short story); Doves of War - wonderful photo-illustrated article on how homing pigeons are used as emergency messengers at home and abroad; Sixty Days to Live (short story, part 3 of 6); Movie news and photos; Half-page Department of Trade and Commerce ad says "There is no sign of a single German ship delivering a single bale of goods anywhere across the Seven Seas"; How Good-Looking Are You?; Do You Want to be Popular?; Oddments in Cookery; World Sayings; Mussolini's Revealing Speech; Heinz Ketchup ad on back cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this excellent wartime issue.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; National Home Monthly Magazine, January (Jan.) 1941 - Homing Pigeons as Emergency Messengers yellow 1941 Pontiac Fleetleader inside front cover; News digest discusses the illusions of a year ago; Poem "Land of Wish-It-Were", by James Byrne; Interesting p.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Thorne, Diana; Clymer, John F.; Garland, C. George; Holmgren, John; Smith, Ralph C. (illustrator). First Edition. 76 pages. Features: Cover illustration of boy peeking through hole in fence; Nice one-page ad for Willys cars for 1940; News Digest touches on congress of revolt in Washington, counting our blessings, a lesson from France, why French Cabinets are so short-lived, Japan's "New Order", and denouncing a new treaty; Lovely one-page colour-photo ad for Singer sewing machines; The Yearling (part 1); The Little Mystery; Cave Men of the Kalahari - great photo-illustrated article; One of the Family (short story); Science to the Rescue - National dividends from new experiments in many fields of empire industry; If I Die Before I Wake (short story); Anyone Can Shoot - photo-illustrated article on target shooting, with photos of Lieutenant Desmond Burke and members of the Calgary Rifle Club, including Lieutenant S. Johnson, a member of Canada's 1939 Bisley Team; Ponds ad includes photos of Mrs. John Roosevelt (the former Anne Clark), and Muriel Wright; Wonderful colour two-page ad for the 1940 Dodge Kingsway (orange); Nice half-page ad for Stewart-Warner radios shows the models 4565, 4471 and 4541; Great colour centrefold ad for the new 1940 Plymouth (blue); Movie news and photos; Brief write-up and photo of Linda Darnell; Hollywood Juveniles - article with photos of Shirley Temple, Jane Withers, Jackie Cooper, and Mickey Rooney; Fashion illustrations; Kellog's All-Bran cereal ad includes half-page Mutt and Jeff comic; Nice two-colour half-page RCA Victor radio ad shows their models A-6, A-1 and Victrola attachment; Let's Turn Back the Clock and See the Girl Your Husband Married; Walking on Air - shoe article; Are You a Blind Shopper? - article on how housewives make buying decisions; Quotes of the World; Nice colour Coke ad inside back cover shows lady in yellow dress reclining in chair after vacuuming; Colour Old Dutch cleanser ad on back cover; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Sambrook, Russell (cover); Garland, C. George; Thorne, Diane; Clymer, John F.; Smith, Ralph C. (illustrator). First Edition. 44 pages. Features: Colour cover illustration of clown by Russell Sambrook; News briefs include - the Roosevelt telegram and its sequel, the 'Halt-Hitler' bloc, Enigmatic Russia, the Perplexities of Poland, French 'Rightists', and British Conscription; Davis Cup Review - Tennis article with photos of Adrian Quist, Jack Bromwich, Gene Mako, and Bobby Riggs; I Visit Those Other Canada's - photo-illustrated article of a trip to Scandinavia; Did I Remember to Tell You I Adore You? (short story); Vrechan, a Man's Dog (short story); Girl Alone (short story); The Eyes of the Navy - photo-illustrated article on Britain's Naval Air Arm; If I Die Before I Wake (short story); Palmolive Soap ad includes illustration of the Dionne Quints; Hollywood news and photo of Richard Carlson; Lux soap ad includes photos of Barbara Stanwyck; Five photos from film "The Wizard of Oz"; Get Ready for the Tennis Season; Your Place in the Sun - the sun and your skin; The Bride, The Food and the Man - cooking advice; Photo of Fanny Brice in Maxwell House coffee ad; Pond's Cold Cream ad features two photos of the Lady Ursula Stewart and the Lady Betty Bourke; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Smith, Hal (cover); Smith, Ralph C.; Humphrey, Wa.ter Beach; Wills, William; Clymer, John F. (illustrator). First Edition. 64 pages. Features: One-page Parker Pen ad shows 'active service set' which complies with military regulations; "Canada is Strong" - one page illustration of man harvesting grain, sponsored by Fleischmann's yeast; News digest includes 'Defining War Aims', A Roosevelt - Churchill Message to Europe'; Sombre one-page War Savings Certificates ad by the War Savings Committe features photo of British tots being led into bomb shelter; The Marquis of Medicine Hat, part 1 of 4; The Hitch-Hiking Trojan Horse (short story); The Battle of the Atlantic - great photo-illustrated article; Expert Touch (short story); Aid to Russia Through the Arctic; "Jack is a Prisoner of War" - great photo-illustrated article explains how the International Red Cross supports POWs, with photos of volunteers at Chorley Park, Toronto; Superfluous Murder (short story); What Happens in World Series Baseball, by J. Robert Shawkey; Colgate ad features illustration of the Dionne Quintuplets; Woodbury soap ad features photos of Miss Monique Jobin of Montreal and Eleanor Frothingham; The Oriental Box Office - photo-illustrated movie news; Woodbury Cold Cream ad features photo of Loretta Young; Kaaren Verne - photo and write-up; Rare 1/4-page Longines ad features photo of Walt Disney; The Plastics Era - how they are being used for home products; Beauty article; Wives without Husbands - how one English wife copes with wartime separation; Article on food storage; Nice one-page colour Nabisco shredded wheat ad shows military officer walking with his lady; Colour ad for Canadian Canned Lobster; Fashion illustrations; Photo shows ladies wearing Hudson's Bay 'Point' blanket cloth adapted to fall coats; Quotes from around the world; Nice colour Coke ad inside back cover shows smiling man in suit aboard train; Colour Ritz cracker ad on back cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this excellent wartime issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Smith, Hal (cover); Holmgren, John; Burke, May C.; Garland, George; Smith, Ralph C. (illustrator). First Edition. 48 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for Canadian fish inside front cover; News digest topics include - dark influences at work, the anti-Russian case, An Alternative Pact, A policy of wreckage, One's own business, the plight of German churches, 90% heroic, and the problem of Palestine; Baseball's Centenary? - argument over whether or not baseball's centenary actually occured in June - article with photos of Honus Wagner, Eddie Collins, Joe Vosmik, Tony Lazzeri, Babe Ruth, Grover Cleveland, George Sisler, Walter Johnson, and others; Vernight Stop - photo-illustrated article of a trip to Wake Island; A Penny In Her Shoe (short story); The Genuine Tabard (short story); The Perdu (short story); Fairyland of the Boy-King Peter II of Yugoslavia - photo-illustrated article on his picturesque nation; If I Die Before I Wake (mystery); Half-page photo ad for the Canadian National Exhibition (C.N.E.) which offers 'a thousand thrilling things to see'; Hollywood news, with photos of Frank Lloyd, Cecil B. De Mille, N.S. Van Dyke, Arthur Nornblow Jr., Lubitsch, Anatole Litvak, Eugene Forde, Edward H. Griffith and William Wellman; Photo and bried write-up on Ellen Drew; Woodbury soap ad features photo of Miss Nadine Beardmore; Dare to Smile - article for ladies; Pond's cold cream ad features photos of Mrs. Robert W. Armstorng of Toronto, and Blanche Brewer of Clarksdale, Mississippi; Small photo ad for Ontario Ladies' College in Whitby, Ontario shows girls on horseback with school in background; Sayings from around the world; Back cover colour Coke ad features man in white double-breasted suite with lady, and inset black and white photo of soda jerk; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. House, Nathan; Mastri, Fiore; Burke, May C.; Smith, Ralph C.; Diamond, Samuel (illustrator). First Edition. 64 pages. Features: Nice colour-photo Palmolive soap ad inside front cover; News digest includes 'Nazi change in war strategy', Ukrainia, the Canada of Europe', 'The Black Sea Barrier', A New Front in Caucasia?'; Wanted - More Gridiron Speed - Canadian football article; One-page War Savings Certificates ad shows mother asking son "$5 for $4 Johnny, how would you like that?"; Why Hitler Must Lose the War - Otto Strasser explains; Nobody Ever Told Us (short story); "Isle of Adventure" - Photo-illustrated article on Herschel Island, off the mouth of the Mackenzie River; You Can't Ever Tell About Men (short story); After Midnight (short story); Boss of Britain's War-Workers - photo-illustrated article on Ernest Bevin; The Marquis of Medicine Hat (part 2 of 4); The Return of Laughter - entertainment article; Woodbury cold cream ad features photo of Dorothy Lamour; Sexy two-colour ad for 'almondized' Beautyskin Lingerie; 'Make-a-Light' bicycle generator promotion; Red Seal Cedar Chests ad; Give Your Eyes a Chance - article on proper lighting; One-page illustrated article entitled "Canada is Strong" shows miner drilling, sponsored by Fleischmann's Yeast; Twentieth Century Aladdin's Lamp (short story); Nice one-page illustrated H.J. Heinz ad shows young lady rushing home from shopping to prepare supper; Fashion illustrations; photo of sleeping child submitted by H.C. Aitken of Kentville, N.S.; Nice colour subscription ad for this magazine inside back cover shows Santa; Quotes from around the world; Nice colour-photo Schick Injection Razor ad on back cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this excellent wartime issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Wigfull, W.E.; Reynolds, Warwick; Evison, G. Henry; Somerfield, Thomas; Rountree, Harry; Jackson, A.E. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Retribution - how a worthless son was punished on a ship circa 1902; My Experiences in Uganda - Mrs. Hubert G. Knight describes housekeeping in the heart of Africa where she also accompanied her husband on hunting trips to wild parts of Uganda; The Lost "Luck" - an important family talisman is lost and finally recovered in White Russia; Down the Amazon from Source to Mouth - Part III - J. Campbell Besley continue their dangerous journey, with interesting photos; Pat Ryan's Eldorado - L.W.A. MacArthur, F.G.S., recounts how a gang of rogues imposed upon a credulous Irish farmer; The Wonder-Lake of Trinidad - Pitch Lake - a seemingly bottomless lake of asphalt - article with photos; A Tough Ten Minutes - un uncommonly nasty predicament in River Falls, Wisconsin in 1902 involving Harry Owen; A Pressed Man - an amusing story of the early days of the Australian Light Horse; In Search of Adventure - Part V - the story of a chequered cruise, including photo of ocean graveyard Middleton Reef and 2,000 tons of coal burned by the French to prevent their capture by the Germans; The Fishermen's Republic - a photo-illustrated visit to the tiny Republic of Noli, founded before Rome; "Ways That Are Dark" - Former Straits Settlements public official J.R. Innes describes the cunning and audacity of the Chinese criminal; Photo of a large "Kelek", a raft of inflated goatskins, on the Euphrates; Photo of members of the I.W.W. being water-cannoned in San Diego; and more. pp. 8 [ads], 99-190, 10-32 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy.

First edition. Octavo, seventeen parts plus preliminaries, the parts and the two preliminary leaves professionally bound in black cloth. COSMOS, a legendary collaborative novel by eighteen authors, was published in seventeen parts as supplements to SCIENCE FICTION DIGEST (later FANTASY MAGAZINE), July 1933January 1935. In order of appearance, contributors were Ralph Milne Farley, David G. Keller, Arthur J. Burks, Bob Olsen, Frances Flagg, John W. Campbell, Rae Winters, Otis Adelbert Kline and E. Hoffmann Price, Abner J. Gelula, Raymond A. Palmer, A. Merritt, J. Harvey Haggard, Edward E. Smith, P. Schuyler Miller, Lloyd A. Eshbach, Eando Binder, and Edmond Hamilton. The title page (designed by Hannes Bok) and table of contents were printed with the final issue. In 1946 Sam Moskowitz estimated that only thirty complete sets of COSMOS existed. [Reference: Moskowitz, The Immortal Storm (1974), p. 16. Pavlat and Evans, Fanzine Index (1965), p. 19]. Installments and preliminaries are in fine condition throughout. This set is accompanied by Hannes Bok's original black and white preliminary drawing for the cover illustration. (34593).

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Phillips, John (cover); Smith, Ralph C.; Maltman, W.;Holmgren, John; Garland, George (illustrator). First Edition. 68 pages. Features: Colour cover illustration of golfer staring out window at rain; Colour Marboleum floors and Muroleum walls ad inside front cover; Vintage Frigidaire fridge one-page ad; News digest includes 'Munich-Mindedness', 'No Compromise', 'Re-distribution of the Earth', 'The Heroism of Finland'; Fantastic one-page colour photo Fisher Body ad provides two photos of the Dionne Quintuplets, all wearing light blue coats and with ribbons in their hair; Paying for the War; Mysteries of Tibet's Dalai Lama, the 'King Who Never Dies' - fantastic photo-illustrated article with photo of 'Little Tanchu', the Dalai Lama, and the Potala in Lhasa; Nice Little Dog (hunting short story); Spring Freshet Baby; Nothing Ever Happens; Managing Director of the Navy, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord - article with photo; Spies in Holland - Fascinating article explains how Nazi agents have been specially commissioned by the Hitler since 1933 to probe the secrets of Holland's plans for defence in the event of invastion; Loafers' Loops (short story); Bang and Go Back! - harness-racing article; Vintage half-page orange and black Alka-Seltzer ad features endorsement of the Toronto Maple Leafs and photo of them playing the New York Rangers, including Syl Apps and Gordie Drillon; Half-page Canadian Pacific ad presents the Banff Springs Hotel; *Gorgeous* 1949 Chevrolet colour centrefold ad features a maroon Special De Luxe Sport Sedan plus illustrations of a green Cabriolet, a brown four-passenger coupe, a brown Master 85 Business Coupe, and a green Town Sedan; Interested photo-illustrated Movie News; Nice photo and brief write-up of Muriel Angelus; 1/4-page illustrated ad for Canadian National's Continental Limited; Photo of world champion pacer "Billy Direct", with his celebrated trainer, Vic Fleming; No Happy Medium, Please - fashion article; Pull Up a Chair - interior design article with two funky colour photos; The Eyes Have It - beauty article; Pond's cold cream ad features photos of Lady Brigid King-Tenison and Katherryn Hernan; Another Pond's ad features photos of Miss Ridgeley Vermilye; Vintage fashion illustrations; Menus to Fit Every Budget; World Sayings; Great Heinz Spaghetti ad on back cover shows happy blonde holding steaming dish; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding sound. A sound copy of this fascinating wartime issue.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; National Home Monthly Magazine, April (Apr.) 1940 - Paying for the War / Spies in Holland / Sir Dudley Pound Golf Cover Raining cover illustration of golfer staring out window at rain; Colour Marboleum floors and Muroleum walls ad inside front cover; Vin.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN . Twenty Volume Hardback set. No Dust jackets. 1926 to 1930 dates for all tttwenty volumes. First Printing. Bound in green cloth with gold gilt lettering on spine. Good to Very Good Condition. Tight sound unmarked copy with with dust soiling to top edge, minor brown stains and spots sprinkled through out the twenty volumes, minor rubs to edges and corners of covers. Nice complete set otherwise. Section 1, Shelf 5. No Signature.