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Book is in excellent condition, as new.. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 367 pages with b&w illustrations and maps throughout. Chapters include: Above Oxford, Oxford to Abingdon, Abingdon to Streatley, Streatley to Henley, Henley to Maindenhead, Maidenhead to Windson, Windsor to Hampton Court, Hampton Court to Richmond, Richmond to Battersea, Battersea to London Bridge, London Bridge to Gravesend, Gravesend to the Nore.
194p. + Frontis. Illustrated with full page and text photographs of children and religious paintings. Sm. 8vo. Original full purple cloth binding, lettered in gold. Corners very slightly bumped. Hardbound. PA69/STACK LEFT
Pages 419- 460. Features: Excellent cover photo portrait of Mrs. Beryl Markham, the first woman to fly solo east to west across the Atlantic, who recently flew alone from Abingdon to Cape Breton Island; Photo of Mrs. Markham's plane passing over Swindon after the start from Abingdon; Three photos of typhoon damage in Hong Kong; Three photos of US aviators Dick Merrill and Harry Richman who flew from New York to England in 18 hours; Illustrated article discusses Foraminifera; One-page photo portrait of Princess Juliana, heiress to the throne of the Netherlands; Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence J. Webster, of Holderness, New Hampshire with the apparatus they use to take photos of hummingbirds, plus photo samples of their work; Six photos illustrate the agony of the "Eubee" - a 9645-ton French steamer's last half hour before it sank after colliding with the British steamer "Corinaldo"; Photo illustrated article on a new archaeological site in Mesopotamia, Tell Agrab - temples deserted 5000 years ago, and a wealth of art relics, including fresh proof of Indo-Sumerian cultural associations; Two pages of photos and colour illustrations demonstrate cultural links between Babylonia and India - new evidence revealed at Tell Agrab, with other discoveries; Two large photos show Spain's Civil War - Irun captured by rebel forces; Page of graphic photos illustrates dramatic incidents in the taking of Irun; Four photos of the plight of refugees from Irun; Dramatic centrefold photo shows Spanish refugees at Hendaye gazing at burning Irun; Photos of personalities of the week include Largo Caballero, M. Nikita Balieff, Oscar Specks (enroute from Germany to Australia by canoe!), Señora Irriburi, D. A. C. Page, Sir J. W. Wessels, the late Lord Moynihan, Photo of tragic wreck at the Belfast international tourist trophy race which killed eight; A. H. Findlay, and Sir Walter Citrine; Large photo of Kamal Ataturk welcoming Edward VIII to Istanbul; Photo of the king saying farewell to Gallipoli with Kilid Bahr in attendance; A Firmer Hand in Palestine - page of photos shows the work of British troops in preventing violence, with a photo of Lieut. Gen. J. G. Dill, supreme commander in Palestine; One page colour photo add declares Guinness and oysters are good for you; Nice one-page photo illustrated tourism ad for South Africa's Riviera; One-page illustrated ad for VAT 69; Nice one-page Schweppes ad shows football goalie lunging for ball; Nostalgic One-page photo illustrated Italian travel ad; Halfpage photo ad for Rolls-Royce cars; Halfpage illustrated ad for Hooper and Co.; Very nostalgic two-colour back cover ad for Britannia and Eve magazine. Unmarked with only moderate wear. A wonderful vintage copy. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title in red and black, very numerous photographs and illustrations in the text, and endpaper maps; green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON HALF-TITLE. This copy (No. 379) bears the subscriber's number of H.T. Randolph. With list of subscibers at rear.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased with very slight indentations to rear. Now protected in fully-removable transparent sleeve. 300pp. Detailed account of the MG marque from its humble origins to its being the car with open-top romance, a consistent race winner and a record world speed breaker.
Features: Royal New Zealand Air Force; No. 14 Squadron, RNZAF; NZ Operations in the West; Liverpool Airport; Portuguese A.F. Serials; Swedish Airforce; Olympic Airways; Scottish Fighter Base; PZL - P.37 Los; Fighter Pilots; Strong Aircraft Industry; Seaplanes in Sweden; A singular Swede; Slingsby Sailplanes; Germany might have won in 1918; Martinair; Beaufighter restoration; Exeter Airport; Britten-Norman Islander; RAF's first 50 years; Albatros in Australia; First to Australia - the RAF Far East Flight 1927-28; 'Nipping and Eager Air'; The Sopwith Rotaries; Royal Netherlands Air Force; Boeing 737; Southend Airport; Swissair History - I; The Beverley Retires; Mitchell-Proctor Kittiwake; Finland's Air War - I; Hannover Highlights; Swissair History - II; SEPECAT Jaguar; Finland's Air War - II; No. 1 Squadron, R.A.F.; Relics in Bulgaria; West Australian Airways; From Hind to Hunter; Aerobatic Teams; Italy's Aircraft Industry; Development of Commercial Aviation in Italy; Royal Review at Abingdon; Aircraft at Abingdon; The Piaggio Story - I; PZL-104 Wilga 32; Britain's Aircraft Industry - Over the Crossroads?; British Military Aircraft; The Piaggio Story - II; Beagle Pup Air - Test; Gatwick Airport; Advanced Engine Technology; Britten-Norman BN-1F; Merchant Aircraft Carriers; Hawker Siddeley 748; Nationa Air Guard; R.N.A.S. Brawdy; The Nighthawk Family; Rollason D.62 Condor; Farnborough Report; Navy Days at Farnborough; Farnborough checklist; But for the Armistice; Merchant Aircraft Carriers; Cessna F-150 and F-172; Polish Air Force; Skyvan on a Strip; Finnair History; Danish Catalinas; Air Forces Gulf; Swiss A.F. Championships; Bristol Fighter; and much more. Index laid in. Tight and clean with gilt lettering to front board and backstrip. A quality copy. Book
