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188 pages. Fiction: Football Punk - That's Me; The Stalking of Sheila; The Champ's Last Fight; The Misfit; Novelette - High Stakes, Mr. Hornblower; The Killer Wore a Badge - part 2 of 6 by Thomas Walsh; Ruler of the Range - part 4 of 6 by Peter Dawson. Features: Inside Eisenhower's Headquarters - SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe); I'm a Doctor - And I'm Human; The Cities of America - Beaumont, Port Arthur and Orange; I Was Stalin's Prisoner - part 4 of 6; The Woes of an All-American - Vic Janowicz of Ohio State; The Sinister Doings at the United Nations - Trygve Lie and Communist penetration of UN staff; What Good Can Come Out of Korea?; Cruel Beauty of the Caribbean - the Negro Republic of Haiti - article with color photos. Ads include: Nice color-photo Nash Airflyte car ad inside front cover; Thompson Products of Cleveland; Great two-page color ad for the Crosley Shelvador fridge; nice one-page color ad for Everhot electric blankets; *Beautiful* two-page color-photo ad for Packard cars featuring famous decorator Mrs. Dorothy Draper and the new Packard Patrician '400' for 1952; Strombert-Carlson ad; Yellow-Bole pipe ad; General Tire; Very nice one-page color Campbell's Soup ad; Fisher Body; Telechron clock timers; 1952 De Soto ad; Image of Betty Crocker endorsing the General Mills Tru-Heat clothes iron; Nice one-page color ad for Dodge job-rated trucks; Ford cars; Seth Thomas watches; Sunbeam Mixmaster; Old Golds cigarettes; Lederle; Aunt Jemima half-page color ad; *Wonderful* one-page color ad for the movie 'Two Tickets to Broadway' presented by Howard Hughes; Life undergarments for women; Multi-Facet Company of New York; Borden's Starlac milk; Nice two-page color photo ad for GoodYear tires; Flexees bras; Hertz auto rental; Cream of Wheat; Honeywell Controls - with photo in submarine; Nice one-page color-photo ad for International Trucks featuring the Metro Body; Great TWA color one-page ad; "Meet Corliss Archer"; Schick 20 shaver; Raytheon television; Nice color one-page ad for United Air Lines; Nice one-page color Canada Dry ad with Pilgrim theme; Nice one-page color ad for the U.S. Army; Dormeyer appliances; Life Savers; Color Capehart-Farnsworth Radio ad; Scary one-page two-color ad for Lumbermens insurance called 'Teenicide' shows teens getting into car; Botany 500; Howard Zink seat covers; REO Trucks - one-page color ad shows truck emerging from mountain; Edgeworth and Holiday pipe tobacco ad features two sexy dames; Whirlpool appliances; Sunwest prune juice; Schrafft's chocolates; Sessions clock sets; Planters mixed nuts; Buck Skein Joe coats; Disston chain saws; Rice-Stix shirts; Cosco stools; Major General William F. Dean, Medal of Honor recipient featured in U.S. Savings Bond ad; Western Electric telephones; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features color image of comedienne Ann Sothern. Average wear. Moderate external soiling. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
1917 first edition. 608 pages. Index. Color frontisplate explains color printing. Profusely illustrated with 780 drawings and reproductions of sensational black and white photos. "The marvels of modern industry and invention , the interesting stories of common things, the mysterious processes of nature, simply explained" - subtitle. An exceptionally informative and fascinating snapshot of long forgotten state of the art technology from over a century ago. The fifty-two chapters include topics such as: The Story of the Submarine; The Story in the Talking Machine; The Story of the Motorcycle; The Story of Building a Silo; The Story of America's First Horseless Carriage (and no, it was not invented by Henry Ford!); The Story in the Making of a Magazine; The Story in a Sausage; The Story in a Billiard Table; The Story of the Taking of Food from the Air; The Story of the Growth of the Motor Truck; The Story of Tunnels Under the Hudson River; and so many more. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear to decorated brown cloth-covered boards. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
50 pages. Features: Thompson Valve ad commemorates the first refueling endurance flight in history by Maj. Carl Spatz, Capt. Ira Eaker, Lieut. Elwood R. Quesada, Lieut. Harry A. Halverson and Staff Sgt. Roy Hooe, of the U.S. Army Air Corps; The Merrill Movable Wing Stagger Decalage Biplane; A Technical Description of the Continental Model A70 Second Series Engine; Propeller Materials and Airplane Safety; My Observations at the French Aero Show - with photo of the Dornier Do-S flying boat and the S.E.C.M. two-engined bomber; The Curtiss-Wright Junior and its Characteristics; The Month's Best from the Foreign Press - Junkers F.13 Disaster caused by Buffeting; Tips on Designing an Airplane; Reviews - with photo of Grover Loening at the controls of U.S. Navy submarine seaplane; Weights of Aluminum Alloy Floats and Hulls; Radio Shielding for Pratt and Whitney Engines; Servicing the Aerol Strut; Inspection, Maintenance and Repair of Aluminum Structural Parts; Airplane and Engine Repair Cost Accounting (part II); Servicing Problems; No Smoking; New Products; Nice ad for Detroit's Hotel Fort Shelby inside back cover; Back cover Packard-Diesel ad boasts of 9/10 of a cent per mile operating cost on 12,000 mile flight; many more nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features: Cover portrait of Admiral Sir David Beatty, Commander-In-Chief of the Grand Fleet, watching the surrender of the German High Sea Fleet from his flagship the Queen Elizabeth. Chapter CCLXXXVII - The Surpassing Triumph of the British Navy - Failure of Germany's Submarine War and Surrender of her High Sea Fleet. Many great black and white photos. Super full-page photographic portrait of Admiral Beatty and Flag-Captain Chatfield, watching the surrender of the German Fleet. Includes photo of Admiral Beatty's historic message to the Admiralty announcing "the bloodless, most glorious triumph of the British Navy, the surrender of the seventy units of the German High Sea Fleet at the appointed rendezvous in the North Sea on November 21st, 1918, in obedience with the armistice terms." Many other historic photos. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. A worthy reference copy. Book
Features: Galleon Gold - Lieut. Harry E. Rieseberg is continually drawn to the silver shoals off the Bahamas to search for underwater treasure; Trapped by the Bor Herd of Elephants; The Mowha Maneater - a tiger story in the Indian jungles; We Chose Danger - an adventure of Frank Illingworth in troubled Morocco; Badboy of the Fisheries - the common seal; H.M.S. Thule Intercepts - an intensely dramatic story of a submarine at war as told by its Commander, Alastair Mars, D.S.O., D.S.C. and Bar; Volcanic Island - "I Know an Island"; Swallowed by the Jungle - the conclusion of "Manhunt in Green Hell", a story from the French Guiana jungle; Iceland Pony Race; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Chip from spine. Sound copy. Book
Features: Cunard's bid for ocean supremacy; Editorials - Michelson - by submarine to the north pole - wages and prosperity - fighting the crooks - human engineering - television broadcasts; Riding with the signal in the cab - right-of-way signals are repeated within the engine cab; Quick-freezing solves food problems; Efficient medical department for brokers and employees at the stock exchange; Airplains land blind - guided by radio; A a splintered planet? - tiny elongated Eros may be a fragment of an older, larger asteroid; National Aircraft Show; The biblical deluge a fact - Archeological finds are stratified as though by a flood; Amateur astronomy in Pittsburgh - an observatory is built by and for amateurs; Television now on schedule - first broadcasts of television on a regular program; Science in search of oil - The last of three articles on salt, sulfur, and petroleum; A familiar truck becomes a locomotive - gasoline powered yard locomotive has commendable features; Professionnal methods in amateur archeology; American olives by the ton - large industry in California is over 150 years old; Preserved for 10,000 yeares to come - unique methods of preserving records of Tokyo earthquake; Mechanizing a giant foundry - Allis Chalmers. One inch opening at top of spine-fold. Half-inch tear to fore-edge of front cover. Quarter inch tear to fore-edge of back cover. Covers remain 50% attached to contents. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
Features: A motoris may be asleep even if his eyes are open; Editorials: save Old Ironsides, Humanizing science, Television's future, Submarine safety; Skilled workmanship on organs for church, theater and home; Architects as room designers; The strangest thing in physics; Firsts in aviation; Towers of Hudson River bridge are rising rapidly; The highest known velocity; Prospecting with artificial earthquakes; the month in medical science - punch drunk, u.v. rays, compressed air pranks, posture, yellow fever, rider's legs, tar poison, childhood teeth, food colors; The search for the first American; Education adopts the motion picture; Pointers from a pen maker; Death Valley; Egyptian vandalism 3400 years ago; Aerodynamic wind mills; Television advances; Protecting paintings for posterity; Roman engineering triumphs; Light airplaine design contest; Wasteful cotton baling methods; Early Indians in Florida.Major damage to front cover along spine. Half of spine missing. Back cover features colour Camel cigarette advertisement with the caption "Now it's unanimous. I'd walk a mile for a Camel... So would I" Two-colour "Dodge Brothers Trucks" advertisement inside front cover. Inside back cover is a very attractive colour Packard automobile advertisement with a few small spots of soiling. Ad shows a strapping young man fabricating auto parts. Well-worn. Magazine
140 pages. Features: Nice one-page color ad for Kraft Cocoa Mix; 1-page color ad for Emery 'Magic Candle Bars'; Nice 1-page color ad for Pan American Airlines featuring Rio; The Truth About the Klan (KKK) Today - article with three photos including Dr. Lycurgus Spinks and Sam Roper; Stop That Shoplifter - article on shoplifters - mostly women - who steal $75 million per year; My Unsuspecting Bride (fiction); Kids Will Swallow Anything - the bronchoscope is used to safe children who swallow many strange objects - photo-illustrated article; It's a Man's World After All (fiction); Massive Foul-up - Our Planes, Tires, Tractors and Clothing - meant for the Nationalists - end up with China's Communist forces - article with photo; Mr. Technicolor - article on Dr. Herbert T. Kalmus with six color photos; The Hairbreadth Escapes of the USS Barb - article and photos of this US submarine which attacked Jap factories, made cities black out - and even blew a railroad train sky-high; The Du Ponts - part 3 of a photo-illustrated article on this family of industrial wizards; The Failure (fiction); Photo-illustrated feature article on Concord, New Hampshire; The Woman Who Wouldn't Run (fiction); Jack of Swords (fiction); Very attractive 1-page color ad for Campbell's soup; 1-page color ad for Ford cars; Homicide House (fiction); 1-page color Birds Eye Lima Beans ad featuring Carrie; 2-page black and white ad for Silver Star shaving blades features photos of Gene Cavallero, Wallis Rigby, Dr. A.W. Lindberg, Armand Denis, H. George Petrie, Rockwell Gardiner and Captain Arthur W. Pierce; Gorgeous colour 1-page Cadillac ad; Webster Cigar ad featuring large illustration of H.D. Hover, owner of Ciro's of Hollywood; Crosley television ad; Beautiful 1-page color ad for Studebaker trucks; 1-page 2-color ad for Frigidaire electric ranges; Borden's cheese ad features Elsie the Cow; 1-page color photo ad for Simmons hide-a-beds; 1-page color-photo ad for International Trucks mentions James Melton and the 'Harvest of Stars' radio show; 1-page color ad for Johnson & Johnson surgical dressings features reproduction of painting by Gladys Rockmore Davis showing boy tending to a girl's leg; Upjohn ad features reproduction of painting of young boy by Lawrence Beall Smith; 1/2 page color ad for Pixie cameras; 1-page Dumont tv ad; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features photo of Aqua-skiing stars Martha Mitchell and Margie Fletcher plus a photo of ace bowler Joe Wilman. Moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Features/Photos: The Keel-Laying of Great Britain's second Polaris Submarine, to be named Renown; Wimbledon; Bard-E-Nechandeh - an archaic sanctuary of the priests of Ahura-Mazda; World Trade Centre Proposal for New York; How the U.K.'s newest nuclear power station works; Reforming Hong Kong Drug Addicts; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
28 pages. Features: The Elimination of Dusseldorf as a Munitions Centre - Large dramatic aerial photo plus two more photos and map; Chungking's Parachute Tower - youngsters train in the use of parachutes - four photos; Photos of the King's Visit to North Africa; Photos of His Majesty at Tripoli - he meets Montgomery and his desert victors; Photos of the King in Malta - enthusiastic scenes on the George Cross Island; On Captured Lampedusa - scenes from the fallen Italian Island; Photos of bombing of the Huls German synthetic rubber factory; Russia after Two Years of Battle - article by Cyril Falls with three photos; Photos of The Russian Army in the field - well-equipped, and of high morale; Centerfold illustration of a full-dress rehearsal for a larger-scale invasion - combined operations' synchronised assault on Pantellaria; Photos inside a U.S. Submarine; Photos of personalities in the news - R.B. Stannard, V.C., Arthur F. Richards, Dr. Wellington Koo, Subadar Lal Bahadur Thapa; Illustrations of the new "Woolworth Carriers"; R.A.F. Crests for U.S. Squadrons; Photos of Triumphant parades in Egypt; Photo of the impressive underground hangars at Pantellaria; Photos of Peterhof - The Tsar's Famous Summer Palace; Nice two-page display of the regimental badges of some British Army Units which took part in the victorious North African campaign; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
40 pages. Features: Prominent photo of the French submarine "Phenix" which disappeared after a practice dive in Indo-Chinese waters with 71 on board; Piccadilly in the 'Eighties - and other items at the International Horse Show at Olympia; Japanes blockade of the British and French concessions at Tientsin by the Japanese - large map plus stark photos of electric fences, barbed wire and more; The Mauretania's Maiden Voyage - nice photo; Photo of wreckage of the "Connemara" flying boat; The "Impregnable" Siegfried Line - six photos; Great aerial photo of repairs to the pinnacle of the central tower of Canterbury Cathedral - known as Bell Harry; Great photos of British children being trainted to be farmers in Canada and Australia; Family tree showing the Queen's cousinship to George Washington and Robert E. Lee; Photos of the King and Queen at the World's Fair and other scenes; Photos of the new Atlantic Air-Liner - The "Golden Hinde"; Photos of Chelsea Daylight A.R.P. (Air Raid Precaution) Rehearsal; Photo of "the greatest number of people to cross the Atlantic in a Heavier-than-air machine - the "Atlantic Clipper" at Le Bourget - thirty people; Malayan Archaeology - article with photos; The King and Queen with the Roosevelts at their Hudson River estate; Photos of their Majesties in the U.S.A.; Photos of the last days of the Royal Tour and departure for Newfoundland; Full-page photo of the Royal farewell from Halifax for Newfoundland in the "Empress of Britain"; and more. Average wear. Interesting ad for Foot's Adjustable Rest-Chairs - a very complex-looking predecessor to the Lay-Z-boy. Unmarked. Some pages loose. Pages 1163-1166, 1177-78 and 1187-1162 missing. A worthy reference copy despite these deficiencies. Magazine
28 pages. Features: Front cover photo of London's great "Wings for Victory" Week - 100,000 people in Trafalgar Square; 12 related photos on the following two pages; Wonderful full-page photo of flying fortresses - prominent in the sensational Bismarck Sea battle; The Battle of the Bismarck Sea - article by Cyril Falls; Axis Forces Take a Pounding in the Retreat from Kasserine - Six photos; Indians gathered around a downed Japanese plane; Sketch of Germany's latest air transport - the Me. 323 six-engined "Powered Glider"; Large separate photos of submarine chasers the H.M.S. "Abelia" and the H.M.S. "Rother"; Hour-by-Hour the Bombs Rain Down on Emeny Targets in Europe - seven aerial photos; London Air Raid Shelter Tragedy - three photos of the shelter where 178 people died; Funeral of the Late Captain E.A. Fitzroy; The New Speaker of the House of Commons and his wife, Colonel Douglas Clifton Brown; Before and after photos of factory of the Societe des Produits Chimiques, at Tessenderloo, in Belgium - apparently when the factory was bombed there were 1,200 caualties and 4,000 left homeless; Squadron Leader H.R.K. Wells; Photos of new German anti-personnel bomb; Footbal cup final in Tripoli; Centerfold illustrations of doctors and dentists at work in the desert Army's Front Lines; Photos of London's "Wings for Victory" truimphal march through the city; Subhas Chandra speaking in Berlin; Captain S.H.A. Haggard; Alvar Liddell joins the R.A.F.; Haj Amin Al-Husseini, the ex-Mufti of Jerusalem; Photos of some of the international pilots of the Air Transport Auxilliary; Photos from two recent war films, the Russian "One Day of War" and the British "Desert Victory"; Fascinating photos of a training school for submarine crews; Glimpses of Nazi Germany - article by Charles E. Byles; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
28 pages. Features: Nice cover photo of a French woman cutting grapes from the vine on her home for British troops; The British Field Force making friends in France; Full-page diagram of the extensive fortifications of Heligoland; Switzerland prepares her defences for all emergencies - Five photos; Photos of Switzerland frontiers - fortified and manned - plus mobilisation scenes; Photo of the daily rations of the German people - less in every respect than those of the British field force; Various photos - churchyard and nursery A.R.P., Polish leaders in Paris; British Submarine Epic - illustrations show how it escaped by tenacity and engineering skill; The Fall of Warsaw - Vivid war photos; Photos of the Nazi "triumphal" parade in Warsaw; Full-page photo of a huge stack of British artillery shells; Photos of British practice with heavy guns; Illustrations show events leading to the end of a U-Boat; Numerous photos show the French bombarding German lines with guns mounted on German soil; Several illustrations show a comprehensive shelter scheme for the people of Bermondsey; Photos of personalities of the week; Interesting photos of British items painted white to improve safety during blackout; The Campaign in the West - article by Cyril Falls; Full-page new map of the Western Front - giving all strategic features; and more. Small name written atop front of outer cover. Missing page 597-98 from back. Some pages loose but present. 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
Pages 413-468 plus 4 pages of ads. Features: Cover Photo portrait Of The new King of the Hellenes, Constantine II, with Queen Frederika, at the funeral of his father; Photo of Princess Margaret with Kenneth Corney; Page of photos of celebrations upon the birth of Prince Edward; Two pages of dramatic photos and text from Cyprus - fighting in Ktima, threats of Turkish invasion, and first arrivals of the UN peace force; Photo-illustrated article on Paul, King of the Hellenes; Photo of riots in Phnom Penh; Photo of Geneva motor show; Photo of unveiling of statue of Pope Pius XII; Photo of 84-year-old Gen. Douglas MacArthur after surgery, escorted by Army Surgeon General Lieut. Gen. Leonard Heaton; Photo of the new president of Venezuela, Dr. Raul Leoni, receiving the sash of office from his predecessor, Pres. Betancourt; Page of photos of flooding in five states touching on the Ohio River basin include scenes near Williamsport, PA, the town of Sugar Grove, OH, Albany, IN, Shepherdsville, KY, an Ohio amusement Park, and Marietta; Photo of the first submarine ever built, the Fenian Ram, on display in Paterson New Jersey; Photo of Pope Paul receiving group of nuns recently expelled from the Sudan; Photo of jubilant George Lodge in Concord, New Hampshire where he defeated Sen. Goldwater and Gov. Rockefeller in the presidential primary; Photo of Independence Day children's party in Accra, Ghana, held by Mrs. Fathia Nkrumah, wife of the president of Ghana (also shown); Photo of the Royal Shakespeare Company applauding Yugoslavian president Tito at Belgrade; Book review of "King Edward VII" by Philip Magnus; Major coverage of Sardis excavations - part two; A survey of the 60 years of Anglo-French accord; One-page compilation of maps, text and photos describe's areas affected by the Anglo-French agreement, and the signatories to the document of April 8, 1904; Centrefold (free from staples) colour photos show the changing landscape of France; Entente Cordiale - page of historic photos illustrates France and Great Britain in peace and war; Entente Cordiale - page of photos of Anglo-French friendship since 1940; Page of photos illustrates how the English Channel is crossed by aircraft, ship, and train ferry, with artist's impression of future hovercraft car and passenger ferry; Impressive page of five aerial photos of huge French automotive manufacturing works - Renault, Simca, Peugeot, and Citroen; Two pages of photos illustrate developments in the aircraft and shipping industries of France today; One-page illustration of novelist, poet, broadcaster and one of the most vivid personalities living, Sir Compton McKenzie; Two pages of photos of the funeral of King Paul in Athens; Drawings of colonial America by John White; Photos of personalities of the week include Sir Newman Flower, Sir Knox Helm, Mr. R. G. Routh, Sir Robert Clark-Hall, Gen. von Lettow-Vorbeck, Sir R. Robinson, J. Brian Neill, C. Robin Mayer, Col. Joan E. Henderson, Lord Newton C. Ron Jacobs, J. Michael Cowman, Gen. A. Jolly, Jack Ruby (sentended for death), Capt. David I. Holland, Lieut. Harold W. Welch, Capt. Melvin J. Kessler, and James (Jimmy) Hoffa (convicted of bribery); Photo of the teapot collection of Rev. C. J. Sharp; Photo of ticket barrier smashed by derailed car at Hammersmith underground station; Photo of funeral for 16-year-old cat named Peter, Whitehall's chief mice catcher; Photo of Cambridge University women's rowing crew after their victory over Oxford on March 14; One-page photo of polar bear cubs seeing the world for the first time at Whipsnade Zoo; Photo of Angus Ogilvy greeting the England women's hockey team before a match versus Scotland at Wembley; Photo of automatic ticket reading barrier introduced by London transport at Chiswick Park station; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
344 pages. Bibliography. Black and white photographic plates. "For Captain (now Admiral) Gallery and his hask force the capture of the U-505 was an exultant climax to the long and dangerous battle against the deadly effectiveness of the German U-boats. The capture was accomplished only after months of careful planning and under the most hazardous condition." - from dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. (Bibliographic reference: Enser pg. 429) Book
Cover illustration entitled 'The Happy End'. Large photo taken on-board a British dirigible. The story that can never be told, by Lovat Fraser. Coastal Motor-Boats Cutting Their Arrowy Way - two great photos of the Auxiliary Patrol Service. Photos in Belgium Before the Enemy was Expelled. With the Kaiser in Bruges - Hun Camera Records (6 photos). Turey's Waning Prestige in Europe and in Asia - 3 photos. Maintaining Law and Order in Occupied Lands - 5 photos. 'Russia, The Unexplainable' - article by Hamilton Fyfe. Photo of the arrival of President Poincare at the opening of the conference to establish a League of Nations. Photos of French Bridge-Builders at work on the Rhine. Photos of large German interned submarines at Cherbourg, including the Deutschland. Full-page photographic portrait of Lord Roberts, who warned his countrymen of the German menace - accompanied by article by Coulson Kerrnahan. 'Red' Victims of Chaos in the Prussian Capital - 7 photos. Ebert Beats Extremists in Barricaded Berlin - 6 photos. Speeding up the Surrender of Hun Submarines - 6 photos. Two photos of the Italian Caproni Triplane. First photograph permitted of the 'M1', a submersible monitor which carried a 12 inch gun. Three photos of the newly revealed 'K' submarine, the largest craft of the kind produced by any nation. Britain as Queen of the Air - How we outbuilt and outfought the Teuton (article). Preparing the Soil for the Harveset of Peace. Few drops of soiling. Somewhat above-average wear. Staples disintegrated with age. A sound copy. Book
72 pages. Features: Nice color-photo ad for Nash cars inside front cover; Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation; Nice one-page two-color ad for the April 19th issue of the Saturday Evening Post features photo of FDR's best friend, Harry Hopkins; Dictograph features photo of Mr. J.H. Victor, President of the Victor Mfg. & Gasket Co.; Brief obituaries for Loring C. Christie, Marcel Provost, Frederic William Wile, Isidore Witmark, Sen. Morris Sheppard, and Urbain J. Ledoux (Mr. Zero); Nice one-page ad for the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York illustrates its many amenities; Very attractive two-color one-page ad for New International Trucks features a red pickup; US Assumes Protection of Greenland; Submarine S-49; Photos of Pan-American Day in Greenfield, Iowa; Nazis overwhelm Yugoslavs and set up new Croation state; Pressure on Suez Mounts; The British in Greece; Kremlin treaty with Japanese follows hint of displeasure at Reich; Nice one-page color photo ad for American Cyanamid features geologist at work in beautiful wild country; Lots of war coverage; Great one-page color Cadillac ad; Nice centerfold color ad by GM features letter to their dealers from Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.; Nice one-page color ad for Owens-Illinois packaging service shows lady tending cosmetics display; Photo of Air Secretary Robert A. Lovett; One-page color Calvert Whiskey ad features antelope; Great one-page color ad for Texaco features ill-looking boy who has just tried smoking a guitar; Cutting the $2 million Presidente Vargas diamond; Nazis and Drugs; Photo of boxer Jack Johnson; Nice Chevrolet ad; Nice 2/3-page ad for Moore-McCormack Lines shows incredible Rio; Mennonite conscientious objectors (COs) do bit at their camp, the Grottoes; Nice photo of new Lone Ranger Brace Beemer; Nice color-photo ad for Monsanto Plastics inside back cover features lady using Resinox adding machine; Back cover ad for Old Overholt whiskey. Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
88 pages. Features: Brief obituaries for Dr. James McKeen Cattell and Admiral Mark Kerr; Bing Crosby's crutch with folding seat; Cute color ad for Bryand gas heating features Chihuahua; Reynolds Aluminum ad features astounding photo inside Fort Worth plant building Liberator Bombers - as far as the eye can see!; Photo of Pvt. Bob Kearney and Sgt. Jack Malone on the beach below Rome; New Blows in Italy and Russia put more Cracks in Nazi Wall; Extensive war coverage; Release of Leningrad; Photo of 75-millimeter howitzer crew on Cape Gloucester, New Britain enduring mud and rain; Other photos of Marines tending fallen buddy and toughing out the heat; Photo of Marshal Rodolfo Graziani and his officers crossing Piazza Venezia in Rome; Discussions between de Gaulle and Churchill; Nice color General Tire ad with cartoon about recapping; Nice military-themed Camel cigarettes ad features Ethel Brett and Marine training photos; Koala rescue photos at Quail Island; Uncommon ad for Pennsylvania-Central Airlines; Photos of prison reform in Georgia which, until recently, had floggings, sweatboxes and chains; Rail settlement paves way for new wave of raise demands; Photo of Ford workers Neil Smith and John Elvin of the Edgewater, NJ plant - who were suspended from the union for working too fast!; Seagram's V.O. color ad features interesting artist's rendering of a future submarine salvaging submarine; Eddie Rickenbacker photo in Hotel New Yorker ad; War Bond ad sponsored by Timken features portrait of General Marshall; Nice one-page ad for movie "Destination Tokyo" starring Cary Grant and John Garfield; Nice 2/3-page Snap-on Tools ad for their Torqometer (torque wrench); And much more. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
This issue devoted to "Dutch Neutrality 1914-1917". Profusely illustrated with black and white contemporary photos. Contents: the fear of war in 1914; the Dutch frontier; military precautions and mobilization; contraband and Dutch supplies; The Rhine Acts; The Netherlands Oversea Trust; Smuggling; The German Submarine War; Outrages on Dutch Shipping; The Maria; The Medea; The Bandoeng; The Tubantia; The Berkelstroom; The Blommersdijk; Attitude of the Dutch Government towards German Lawlessness; Dutch Internment Camps; German Aircraft over Dutch Territory; The Belgian Deportees; German Propaganda; Economic Problems; Trade and the Blockade; Food Difficulties; Industry and Finance; Conditional Prosperity. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (33 x 24 cm). In Turkish. 224 p. B/w and color ills. and documents in Ottoman Turkish. 500 copies were printed. A privately limited published edition. Rare. Osmanli bahriyesinde ilk denizaltilar: Abdülhamid ve Abdülmecid.
Features: Fantastic aerial photo of an offshore drilling platform; American Fur Industry one-page color-photo ad features three beauties in long coats, each eating submarine sandwiches; Drilling for Oil in the North Sea - Britain's race to save itself from economic and social upheaval; Andre Malraux interviews Pablo Picasso; Keep Open Admissions Open - For Five Years, the City University has offered an education to all high-school graduates; Can a Woman Be Liberated and Married? - by Caryl Rivers; The High Price of Treasure - The Treasure of the Atocha, which sunk off the Florida Keys in 1622; Half-page color-photo ad for the Elbow Beach Surf Club in Bermuda; Nice color-photo centerfold ad for Christenfeld fashions features lady in tan pant suit with studly gent; Boot Fashions; The Shaker Way of Design; One-page ad for Depilatron hair removal for ladies. 104 pages. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and fantastic color-photo ads. School stamp on front cover and page 23, otherwise clean and unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy of this excellent issue. Book
42 pages. Features: Cover illustration of President Woodrow Wilson; Nice illustrated ad for the Mitchell Six car inside front cover; One-page illustrated ad for Johns-Manville coal preservation products; Illustrated one-page Fisk Cord Tire ad shows natives carrying crude rubber to a waiting ship; "Over Here" - fiction by E.D. Biggers; The President - a profile of Woodrow Wilson by Richard Washburn Child; A Shipbuilder on the Job - photo-illustrated article on Homer L. Ferguson (with photo of black men hard at work above caption "Don't you dare come and tell us that the black man in the South is an industrial failure!"; Is There a Ukraine? - interesting photo-illustrated article; Editorial "Ships and the Submarine"; Photos of inventor William T. Donnelly and his 'buoyancy boxes' which were installed in ships to keep them buoyant even if torpedoed; Tremendous Trifles - photos of simple yet vital items needed to support the war effort; The Adventures of Colin O'Rell (Third Adventure - The Interrupted Tea); God Gave Them Youth (fiction); From Baseball to Boches (Fourth Inning); Ferry's Seeds ad; Classy half-page ad for Kahn Tailoring of Indianapolis; Nice one-page illustrated ad for Waltham watches; Dr. Eugene T. Hurd of Seattle - photo-illustrated article on this military surgeon; Nicely-illustrated quarter-page ad for Colt handguns appears to show WWI officer displaying pistol to Civil War veterans; Article on the French town of Bruay and wartime activities there, by Pierre Hamp; Interesting quarter-page ad for The Pullman Company includes photos of "The Men Who Serve You" - they are all black; Back cover two-color ad for the Victor (Victors and Victrolas) Company features illustration of Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind (Johanna Maria Lind); and more. Above-average external wear with coverfold mostly open. Binding intact. Bits of writing on front cover. A worthy vintage copy of this excellent WWI issue. Book
Pages 589-616. Features: Cover illustration of the capsized "Tirptz" in Tromso Fjord; One-page Karsh photo-portrait of Elmer H. Davis, U.S. Director of the Office of War Information; Two-page illustration of Captain David Jamieson winning a V.C. as he directs an action to save a bridgehead; Photo of Himmler reading Hitler's proclamation at delayed celebration of the Munich beer cellar putsch; Photo of Hitler awarding Belgian Rexist leader, Leon Degrelle; Photos of British Second Army tanks in action on the Western Front; Photo-illustrated article entitled "The Allied Offensive in the West; Five photos in the wrecked German town of Gressenich, captured by the U.S. First Army; Two pages of maps showing the Western Front; Six photos of the U.S. Sixth Army in action in Germany; Photos of personalities of the week include Sir Charles Craven, Rhoderick McGrigor, Sir Robert Kelly, General Koenig, Major-General Bedell Smith, Churchill visiting French troops at Besancon, Air Chief-Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory and his wife, Marjorie Maxse, A.C. Maclaren, Dr. H. Colijn, A.G. Williams and J.B. Tait (the men who led the attack on the "Tirpitz"; Centrefold compilation of seven photos with General Patton's Third Army in and around Metz; Two pages of fascinating illustrations explain the "Hollow Charge" - the deadly explosive principle which uses blast to bore a hole through solid armour; Photo of American jet-propelled P-59A Airacomet; Photo of U-boat"U-570" renamed H.M. Submarine "Graph" on surface; Photos of "Buffalo" amphibious tank; Nostalgic ads; Two pages of photos of the U.S. Liberation of Leyte; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Coverfold taped. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 321-352. Features: Photos of capture of U-boat at sea; Britain Seizes Spitzbergen - two great photos; Photo of the Duke of Kent addressing thousands of workers at the vast Glenn Martin factory in Baltimore; Photo of N.C.O. prisoners enjoying their first meal since release from Vichy France; Two photos of Lord Louis Mountbatten aboard the 'Illustrious'; Photos of British toll on shipping at Rotterdam docks; Two pages of ten great photos of Britain's Army being toughened by intensive physical and endurance training; One-page photo of Italian submarine sailors standing aboard their sinking craft as they await pickup by British warships; Russia Fights On - article with map of the German pressure on Russia and map of the environs of Leningrad; Two photos of Leningrad; Photo of Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada; Photos of seventeen people of the week, including numerous religious leaders, General Sir John Dill receiving an award from Polish President, M. Raczkiewicz, Prof. R.B. Mowat, King Peter's coming of age - in London, and Mrs. James Roosevelt (mother of FDR); Nine sepia-tone photos illustrating the 'Nazi Horror' - taken from a German propaganda film being transported to America; Centerfold illustration of a great British press exerting a 'squeeze' of 6,000 tons on a red-hot ingot as part of shaping an 80-foot propeller-shaft; Excellent one-page photo of super 'flying fortress', the Short 'Stirling' bomber in flight; Six photos of airmen who bomb Berlin - component members of a 'Stirling' crew; One-page graphic compares British naval losses, 1914-1916 with 1939-1941; Seven photos of the Soviet Ambassador's Luncheon to Allied Heads on August 29, 1941; Fascinating two-page composite of illustrations show the effects of blast and how research and experiment have helped to cope with this vital problem; Six photos of concrete and steel wartime barges; vintage ads. Unmarked with only moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating wartime issue. Book