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28 pages. Features: Front cover photo of the ice-covered deck of the H.M.S. "Vansittart"; Great full-age photo of Brigadier K. Pierce Smith taking the salute as a long line of British troops start their maneuvres in Malta; Striking with Success at Enemy Shipping in the Mediterranean - The Fleet Air Arm in Malta - 12 photos; The German Attack in Central Tunisia - article by Cyril Falls; Two large photos of the new German Mark VI Tank - the Tiger in Tunisia; Stalingrad Aftermath - Victory Scenes from a Gallant City - five photos including Field Marshal Paulus and General Von Daniels; Illustrations and texts describing a German Night-Fighter Control Room, as described by the Enemy; Facsimiles of Churchill's directive to General Alexander re: destroying Rommel's army, and Alexander's message advising Churchill of the completion of said mission; Photo of Sir Stafford Cripps visiting Miss Joan Hughes, an A.T.A. instructor; General interest news photos including the King visiting his army in Scotland, a demonstration of a new military raft in Northern Ireland, two sons of the Sultan of Morocco aboard a U.S. Army tank; Air Vice-Marshal Broadhurst, Captain R.St. Vincent Sherbrooke, the Arctic V.C., Air Chief-Marshal Sir Charles Portal in Malta; Centerfold illustration of "Tarzan" Troops - Commandos in training crossing a river by rope; 10,000 Tons of Bombs Dropped on Axis Europe in February - with five aerial photos; Photos of personalities in the news; Identifying Real German Planes; Photos of tank crews training indoors; Food Yeast - its discovery may revolutionize the health of nations - with eight photos; From Dockside to Battlefront - how tanks and trucks are unshipped, built up, and dispatched to the front lines in North Africa - with eleven great photos; Photos of Falcons (birds) in flight; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
28 pages. Features: Cover photo of Brigadier Wingate making final plans for his Chindit Expedition through the Burmese jungles to spread confusion and terror behind Japanese lines; Photos of Brigadier Wingate and his Chindits who sabotaged Japanese plans in Burma; From Mareth to Cape Bon - 267,000 prisoners were taken by the Allied Armies in Tunisia - four large, impressive photos of thousands of POWs; Tunisia Freed - Final Scenes of the Victorious Campaign; Photo of Air Commodore Sir Nigel Norman; The Great World War - Sea, Land and Air - article by Cyril Falls; R.A.M.C. Hygiene Fight Disease - photos of drinking water inspection; Havoc at Tunisian Key Points - three photos of major bomb damage; Numerous photos of personalities of the day; Air, Sea, and Land Pictures from the World's Battlefronts - includes two photos of a soviet seaman being loaded into a torpedo tube ready to be launched!; Photo of captured General H. Cramer and Major Von Meyer; Photo of Beaufighters at work... and a blazing enemy cargo vessel; Dramatic centerfold illustration of the destruction of the Mohne Dam by Lancasters ("The Dambusters") Inflicting Irreparable Damage to Ruhr War Industries; Six air photos of the tremendous destruction wrought be the destruction of the Eder Reservoir and the Mohne Dam; Full-page illustration of Westphalia - disorganized by the Mohne and Eder Floods; Six photos of captured enemy guns that can be turned against the enemy; Article by E.S. Grew on the Chemistry of Coal with four interesting photos; Two-pages of illustrations of "Progressive Training" for WAAF Personnel; Britain's Optical Glass Industry - Ten interesting photos with text; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
28 pages. Features: Photos of the grim terrain in Tunisia - craggy heights and perilous ridges; Photos of lighter moments in Tunisia; Mules solve Mountain Problems in Tunisia; Unconventional Pictures of Three Famous Generals in Tunisia - General Montgomery, General Alexander, and Lieut.-General George Patton seated on a hillside watching his men advancing to attack; The House of Lords Roll of Honour - photos of thirteen legislators lost in action; The Commons Roll of Honour - photos of nine legislators lost in action; Photo of the first launching of land bombers at sea from the deck of the U.S. aircraft carrier "Hornet"; Photos related to Doolittle's famous raid on Tokyo; R.A.F. Bombers lay waste to 100 acres of factory buildings in Stettin - five aerial photos; The Great Struggle in Tunisia - article by Cyril Falls; The British Assault on Longstop Hill and Bou Arada Bastions - six photos; Centerfold illustration of a British 3 inch mortar in action in Tunisia giving close support to infantry; Photos of George Edward Kruger-Gray, Commander J.W. Linton, Rear-Admiral Philip John Mack and Viktor Lutze; Nice large illustration of Britain's All-Wooden Mosquito Bomber - includes partial cutaway view; Photos of construction of oil pipeline from Texas to New York via Norris City, Illinois; Photo of Roosevelt with Mexican President Camacho; Photos of General Sikorski, Acting Wing Commander Hugh Malcolm and Sir Basil Brooke; Four *Amazing* large aerial photos show the fate of Italy's last two heavy cruisers, "Trieste" and Gorizia"; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
28 pages. Features: Cover photo of the King inspecting the manufacture of a large gun barrel; Page of photos of Royal interest in industry's war effort - the King's tour of Midlands arms factories; Photos of Blenheim Palace as a public school and Malvern's Wartime Move; Full-page photo of Malvern schoolboys in Blenheim Palace; Full-page photo on the deck of a British Destroyer as depth-charges are discharged; Three photos of lifeboats for castaway airmen; Page of photos of personalities/notable people in teh public eye; Full-page photo of a Russian paratroop Demonstration; An R.A.F. triumph over Scotland - German Reconnaissance plane shot down - Six photos; Two large photos of "The Bomber Shot Down in East Lothian; Photos showing a French H.Q. staff at work - the technique of modern generalship at work; Centerfold illustration of the first air attack on a British convoy - the raiding seaplanes routed by our fighters; Two-page illustration of British men of all rank awaiting their turn in a "Naffy" canteen on the Western Front; Photos of German Prisoners of War in Britain; S.S. Yorkshire sunk without warning - three photos; Photos of German commerce-raiding and the Valleyfield Pit disaster; The pocket battleship "Deutschland" - superb photo and diagrammatic drawing; Watching and Waiting - article by Cyril Falls; German illustration of attack on the "Ark Royal"; Minesweepers at work - six photos; and more. Bit of writing atop front outer cover. Centerfold loose but present, otherwise a sound copy. Book
28 pages. Features: Cover photo of hundreds of British troops marching over Westminster Bridge; First drawings of British forces at work in France; Two-page photo feature on the making of A.R.P. 'tin-hats' - mass production from steel blanks to painted and lined helmets; Photos of Stalin; Photos of Europe's busy diplomats; Two-pages of the Turkish sailors of tomorrow, including scenes at "Deniz Harp Okulu; Photo of the "Thetis" being raised to the surface; Photos of current events in England; Photos of the King with his troops; Photos of Royal occasions in wartime London; Royalty and the Red Cross - Sewing Party at the Queen's Palace; Centerfold illustration of British tanks advancing in France; The First Nazi Raid on Britain - the Firth of Forth Attack; Fruitless German "Glide-bombing attack on the Forth Bridge; Photos illustrate Germany's war, at home and at sea - makeshifts, losses and lies; Photos in the wake of German Air Attacks which ended Ingloriously; Great full-page photo of three cruisers of the "Southampton" class proceeding in line with guns at the ready; The War with Nazi Germany - The Echo in the Balkans - article by Cyril Falls; Four photos aboard the "Bremen" on her flight to German Sanctuary; Rolls-Royce half-page announcement that they have ceased to manufacture motor car chassis in order to perform Government work; and more. Bit of writing on front outer cover. Some pages loose. Missing pages 657-58 and 661-662. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
28 pages. Features: Strange cover photo of British troops at spray gas drill - crouching under their protective clothing; Full-page photo of Churchill at the radio microphone - First Lord of the Admiralty; Two pages of photos illustrating the British Ministry of Information - how the censors do their work and the issuing of news to the press; Nice two-page photo of British tanks practising in a smoke screen; Two-page illustration of a German air attack on a British squadron in the North Sea on September 27th; One page graph illustrating the ebb and flow of income tax rates1800 through 1939; Photos illustrate the transformation in England wrought by the war - urban and rural scenes; Poland crushed by two invaders - twelve photos; Dramatic photo of two British vessels at work - black smoke streaming from one of them; Photos of Poland and her destroyers; The Turkish mission in London; Nice full-page photo of a camouflaged long-range British gun with "Balloon Tyres"; Photos of people and events in the news, including a Dutch air liner attacked by Germany; 10 photos of various styles of gas mask container; German and Russian Maneouvres - article by Cyril Falls; 10 photos from behind the French lines; Interesting full-page photographic guide to the rations of the British field force; Five great photos of British troops en route to the front; Various photos of self-defence at home; and more. Small name written atop front of outer cover. First two pages loose but present. Two pages probably missing from back. Book
32 pages. Features: Five photos of sea-going U-Boats; Six photos inside U-Boats; Two-page pictorial map of the region of the Maginot and Siegfried Lines; Two photos of the German advance in Poland; Various photos from the home front; Full-page map of Poland and her neighbours; Military photos of the Westerplatte, at Danzig; Five photos of Warsaw's baptism of bombs; Two pages of photos behind the German Lines in Poland - "mud and obstacles which may upset Blitzkrieg calculations; Centerfold illustrations depict the torpedoing of the "Athenia" without warning - the actual moment of the attack; Photos of the "Athenia" outrage - landing survivors in Eire and Scotland; Photos of notable people and events including rescuing survivors of the "Magdapur"; Full-page illustration showing Britain's food in the last war - rationed and unrationed items; Various photos of war preparation; Many photos of war's sudden impact on London streets; Photos of London transformed by sandbags; Photos of London in August 1914 for comparison with the present day; Full-page back-to-back colour illustrations of General Marie Gustave Gamelin and General Lord Gort, V.C. laid-in. Average wear. Unmarked. Pages 461-462 missing. One page loose but present. A worthy pre-war reference copy. Magazine
30 pages. Features: Cover photos of hundreds of marching French troops; Four photos of the types of fighting men in Frances's magnificent colonial army; Four half-page photos of various French naval vessels; Illustrations of the French 70-ton tank said to be fighting on the Western Front; Illustrations of Maginot Line fortifications; Full-page of Soviet infantrymen and their officers crossing the Polish frontier; Full-page photo of Joseph Stalin "The Sphinx of Europe - Dictator of Russia; Many photos of Nazi Germany's first line of defence - the Siegried Line - hastily constructed since Hitler resolved on war; Two half-page photos of the H.M.S. "Courageous" plus a large cross-sectional diagram of the vessel - sunk by a German submarine; Two-pages of illustrations show how depth charges are used to protect shipping against submarines; Centerfold illustration of the R.A.F. Raid on the German Naval Base at Wilhelmshaven; Two-pages of photos from Poland - ruthless bombings and other scenes; Eastern and Western Front Strategy - article by Cyril Falls; Full-page photo of the Swastika over Westerplatte - Captured after an epic defense; Photo of hundreds of British troops marching somewhere in England prior to their departure for France; Two-pages of photos show how England's stately homes have been transformed for war use; Photos of ten world leaders who support Britain in her fight against Nazi-ism; Photos of various British wartime activities; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features/Photos: Excellent shot of Prince Charles (in kilt) with sister Princess Ann and Princess Margareet at the Braemar Highland Gathering; King of the Hellenes prepares for marriage; Alto Adige; Queen Hatshepsut's Temple at Deir El Bahari; Brazil - land of opportunity - multi page feature with colour photos; the Lawnrider; Farnborough Air Show 1964; and more. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Quality copy. Magazine
Front cover illustrations highlight the death of Captain Webb in the Whirlpool Rapids, Niagara Falls. Topics: The Suez Canal Question. Earthquake strikes Ischia, Italy. Cholera in Egypt. James Carey murdered. Echoes of the week. Wesleyan-Methodist Conference - sketch of the Rev. T. M'Cullagh. The Eclipse fo the Sun. Full-page engraving "The Cholera in Cairo - The People Leaving Boulak. The Playhouses. Music. City Echoes. The Silent Member. The Court. The Death of Captain Webb - the whirlpool in the lower rapids, Niagara - 2 page engraving. Parisian Sayings and Doings. Assassination of James Carey. National Sports. General Home News. Benevolence and Self-Help. Nice full-page seaside engraving entitled "Sketches in Cairo - The Harbour of Boulak". The Earthquake in Ischia - with illustrations of Casamicciola and Mount Epomeo. Science and Art. Classified Ads. Supplement includes: Chapters IX and X of The Canon's Ward, by James Payn. Obituaries. Chess. Wills and Bequests. Nice two-page engraving entitled "A Sharp Shower in the 'Row,' Hyde Park". Niagara and Captain Webb - article with map. A Shower in the Row. A Buried City of the Exodus - the excavations at Tell-el-Maskhutah. Patent Building Bricks - a new invention. 3 nice sketches on one page with the heading "The Excavations Pithom-Succoth". Two-page colour illustrations/cartoons illustrate the genesis of a rapid and dubious relationship and marriage. Perforations along spine indicate this copy from a disbound volume. Average wear. Magazine
Mr. Pakenham passes away under allegedly outrages circumstances at Tamatave. Suez Canal difficulty - cutting a second canal parallel to the first. Echoes of the week. The Playhouses; Weather; National Sports; The Cholera in Egypt - Quarantine, with full-page engraving entitled 'Quarantine Examination at Brinsisi'. Crab-Catching in Cornwall - 9 sketches on one page (plus text on next page); News from the Court and Church plus Benevolence and Self-Help. New Townhall, Dover - with sketch; The Westminster Townhall - with sketch; The Swanley Homes for Little Boys - with sketch; Sketches in Egypt - Thebes. The Advantages of Wet Weather. Supplement includes: Chapter V of The Canon's Ward, by James Payn; The Savage Club at the Royal Albert Hall (which is featured on front cover illustration and pages 52 and 53); The Jesmond Dene Park, Newcastle; A dramatic two-page engraving entitled "Departure of Irish Emigrants at Clifden, County Galway (please note that this engraving bears a large tear); Obituaries; Chess; Wills and Bequests; Departure of Irish Emigrants; Classified Ads. The Jesmond Dene Public Park, Newcastel-on-Tyne - 8 lovely sketches. The Suez Canal - 3 pages of text and sketches, including map of the proposed Canal and sketch of M. Ferdinand De Lesseps, President of the Suez Canal Company. New Books. Musical Publications. Chipping at edges. Some pages loose but all appear to be present. Perforations along spine indicate this copy from a disbound volume. Magazine
Please note: First page not present. Pencil jottings to page 3 else unmarked with above-average wear. Full page engraving of The Late General Sir W. Knollys, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod. Two engraving under the heading "The Cholera in Egypt - Its Source and Cause. Wonderful two-page engraving entitled "The Dispute Between France and China - Examining and Packing Chinese Manufactured Rifles at the Arsenal, Shanghai. Garden party at Chelsea Hospital - text and illustrations. Classified ads. Supplement: a portion of The Canon's Ward, by James Payn. Two-page engraving entitled "Our Fishing Industries - Line Fishing for Cod". Half-page illustration of "Volcanoes of the World". Some pages loose but present. Perforations along spine indicate this copy from a disbound volume. Magazine
Barcelona, Ramón Sopena, sin fecha (hacia 1920), cartoné editorial decorada,XXI + 262 págs. + 1 hoja.
B., Ramón Sopena, s.a., 18 x 12 cm., cartoné original, XX - 213 págs.
Small octavo; 446 p ; 20 cm. In Spanish. || Novel; Fiction.
M., Ediciones Ánfora, 1942, 18'5 x 11'5 cm., tela original, frontis en color - 304 págs. - 2 h.
1999RO30036798EDITIONS DU ROCHER. 1999. In-12. Broché. Parfait état, Couv. fraîche, Dos impeccable, Intérieur frais. 236 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 843.01-Nouvelles
206491Paris, Les Amis du livre moderne, 1955 in-4, 120 pp., un f. n. ch. de justification, avec deux frontispices et des compositions dans le texte, le tout à l'eau-forte, sous serpentes, en feuilles, sous chemise rempliée, et dans double emboîtage cartonné.
1979R160201303DENOEL. 1979. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Coins frottés, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 254 pages - Quelques rousseurs naturelles - Une annotation à l'encre sur la page de garde. . . . Classification Dewey : 843.01-Nouvelles
191570891éditions Georges Crès & Cie 1915 In-16. Broché, couverture imprimée, 96 pp.
RO80127285LE MONDE - HAMY Viviane. Non daté. In-8. En feuillets. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 29 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 843.01-Nouvelles
M., A. Gómez Fuentenebro, 1875, 18'5 x 13 cm., cartoné, 381 págs. (Falto de la portada conservando la cubierta original anterior).
40 pages. Features: ILSAPEX 98; Annamart Dednam's winning design; Whales Issue; Whales of the Southern Oceans; Chinese Mineworkers; The Romance of Postal Stationery; Artist Joan van Gogh; Royal Tour of Southern Africa - 1947; and more. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Book
Sevilla, El Correo de Andalucía, 1902, 99 págs.- Sigue, por el mismo autor: Los llamados por Dios, conferencia familiar. Sevilla, 1902, 93 págs.- Sigue: ¡Sigámosle! Por Enrique Sienkiewicz. Sevilla, El Correo de Andalucía, 1902, 88 págs. Las 3 obras en un tomo, 15'5 x 9'5 cm., hol. piel.
B. Arthaud. 1945. In-12 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur acceptable. 257 pages. Le chevalier qui aboie. Le billet de loterie. Pierre et Sarah. San Lorenzo...
