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SO6P., Delagrave, 1917. Grand in-8, 114 pp., 24 dessins in-t., 24 photographies h.t., br.
22 pages plus 6 large, detailed fold-out maps. Summary volume of a report entitled 'Corridor and Route Nomination for Vancouver Island Natural Gas System' which described B.C. Hydro's proposed project to provide natural gas service to Vancouver Island residents and industry. Explains the reasons for nomination of a preferred corridor, and preferred route within that corridor, for a natural gas pipeline to and on Vancouver Island. This summary provides basic technical, environmental, and land use information on the routing B.C. Hydro nominated. Contents include: Introduction - Natural Gas for Vancouver Island; Reasons for the Project; Initial Route Studies; Corridor Nomination; Route Nomination; Public Consultation. Maps entitle: Existing Natural Gas Fields and Transmission Lines in B.C.; Major options for Gas Transmission System to Serve Southwestern B.C.; Bathymetry of Georgia Strait and Other Features Affecting Location of Submarine Pipelines; Factors Affecting Corridor Location; Proposed Gas Distribution Areas; Important Environmental Concerns with Nominated Corridor and Route. Unmarked. Very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
Pages 645-662 and 667-672, lacking pages 663-666. Features: Cover illustrations of how enemy movements are watched in the desert; One page of illustrations explain anti-tank mines - "A Deadly Defensive Weapon in Mechanised Warfare"; Two-page illustration of 1,000 bombers, "A Panorama showing the bomber force which has smashed Rhineland and Western Germany"; Air photo of destroyed Gennevilliers Power Station in Paris; Photo of bomb damage in Canterbury; Air photo of bomb damage to B.F. Goodrich rubber tyre works in Paris; Three pages of very informative photos of key stages of production of the "Halifax" bomber; The Campaign in Russia and Libya - article with maps of Shanghai district, Kharkov area, and Tobruk area; Large photo-portrait of Air Marshal A.T. (Bomber) Harris, Commander-In-Chief, Bomber Command; The Aftermath of Battle - Scenes of Desolation in the Desert When the Fighting Has Ended - Four interesting photos over two pages; Centrefold illustration of the Eighth Army Salvaging an immobilised tank with a tank transporter; Six photos of salvaging tanks and enemy guns behind the front in Libya; Four photos of U.S. fighter-bombers - Curtiss "Kittyhawks" in the desert battle; Photos of ten personalities of the week include Mr. Arthur Merton, Mr. George W. Kettle, actor John Barrymore, Mexican President Avila Camacho, and Sir Archibald Sinclair; Two photos of scorched earth at Burma's Yenangyaung's oil fields; Photo of General MacArthur in Australian Parliament; Photo of midget Japanese submarine captured at Pearl Harbour; Nice colour back cover B.S.A. ad features illustration of tanks on parade with Big Ben in background. This copy was never stapled. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Aside from the four missing pages, a quality copy. Book
24 pages. Map of Sollum, Western Egypt showing the various centres of defence along the Suez Canal; Photo of camels arriving by rail to support Major-General Peyton's force; photo of British and Australian officers consulting in the desert of Western Egypt; One-page illustration of Private G. Ingle, 4th Hussars, rescuing his troop leader, Lieut. Radclyffe, for which he received the D.C.M.; Photos round about the Allied base at Salonika - including General Mahon; Photos of personalities and pawns in the Verdun contest - German prisoners, an artillery horse, General Petain (in fur coat), and General Joffre; Two interesting photos above and below ground near the French Front; Two-page illustration of a busy scene along the Tigris on the way to Kut; Five photos of Portugal in arms; The Great Push against German East Africa - two photos; In the wake of General Smuts' offensive - four photos; Three photos of humane interludes amongst the strife; Six photos of British training in the art of bomb throwing; Will the German Navy Come Out?; Four photos of a large captive observation balloon arising from the H.M.S. Canning; Photos of 21 brave British sons decorated for Valour; One-page photo of a French '155' (6 inch) gun; Four photos of British submarine sailors in a Turkish prison. Lacking outer wraps. Centre and last pages loose but present. Appears to have been disbound from a hardcover volume. A rough but worthy reference copy. Book
40 pages. Circa 1940s. 71 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: The ministers of war visit the front; Premier of Poland decorates Polish sailors; Dutch liner Simon Bolivar sunk by German mine; British A.A. gunners on the Western Front; Making sound locators to detect enemy aircraft; The Merchant Service Can Carry On, by G. Purssey Phillips; Life in and above the Maginot Line; German Liners Escape from Lobito - the Adolph Woermann and the Windhuk; Japanese victims of German Piracy - the sinking of the Terukuni Maru; Centerfold photo portrait of Admiral Sir Dudley Pound; Training British Troops in Tank Warfare; H.M. The Queen's Broadcast Message to Women; British Destroyer Strikes Nazi Mine - The Gipsy; French Seaplanes Fight U-Boat Menace; Illustration by S. Coleman Wright of Nazi bombers raiding the Shetlands; French pilots examining wrecked German planes; The Women's Royal Naval Service -article with photos; U.S. Builds warplanes for Britain; French submarine captures German Ship - the Chemnitz; A Commentary on the War; Canadian Tank Units in Training; New Zealanders in England train as Anti-Tank unit; Summary of the chief events of this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
40 pages. Circa 1940s. 77 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: In defence of the coasts of Britain - coastal defence batteries; On the high seas with the French Navy; Letters and parcels for the fighting forces; To combat the German submarine menace - depth charge testing; At the front with the French Army; Entertainments National Service Association, by Sir Seymour Hicks; H.M.S. Renown hunting the Deutschland; Russia invaded Finland on 30th November; The B.E.F. on the Western Front; 1914-18 Men join up again; French Curtiss fighter brings Nazi Heinkel bomber down in flames; British troops training with heavy guns; Centerfold illustration by Frank H. Mason of enemy warships bombed by the R.A.F. in daring raid on Heligoland; Warfare by Submarine and Mine; British women motor drivers for France; News from the home front; British submarine chaser hunting u-boats; Great photos of flying boats of the coastal command air patrol; The Red Cross lamp in war, by Sir John Kennedy; Photo of Army Council in session; Making small arms for the British Army - Bren guns; Testing huge balloons for the barrage; His Majesty the King of France; A Commentary on the War; Activity on the Siegfried Line; South African Air Force catch a Nazi Raider - the German liner Watussi is scuttled; Summary of the chief events of this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
40 pages. Circa 1940s. 81 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Great ad for part 1 of Hitler's Mein Kampf inside back cover - with proceeds to the British Red Cross; Barrage balloons over Thames Estuary; With the French Army on the Western Front; H.M. the King inspects naval commands - Lieut. H.E.M. Glenny, R.N., is decorated by the King for courage in dealing with enemy mines; French Naval Chief's visit to Great Britain - Admiral Francois Darlan; Nazi airmen bomb defencless trawlers - three crewmembers of the Etruria were killed; Canada's contribution to Britain's Might - article with many great photos; Full-page photo portrait of General Sir Edmund Ironside; British forces in the front line; Battle of the River Plate on 13th December - photos of the Exeter, Achilles and Ajax plus photos of their captains; three photos of damage to the Graf Spee plus a great photo of the Graf Spee at sea; Great centerfold illustrations explain the naval battle tactics of the fight with the Admiral Graf Spee, two awesome full-page photos of the scuttling of the Graf Spee; The British Navy's sea exploits - broadcast speech by Winston Churchill; Photos of the H.M. Submarine Ursula, her Captain Bethell and crew, plus the German cruiser Koeln which they sunk, photo of H.M. submarine Salmon; Neville Chamberlain visits British forces in France; Activity on the German front; R.A.F. successes in raid over Heligoland Bight; Photos of the German liner Columbus before and after being set afire by her crew on December 19th; A commentary on the war this week; Russian troops captured by the Finns; Summary of the chief events of this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
40 pages. Circa 1940s. 68 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Ad for Mein Kampf, part 2, inside front cover; French Premier Daladier and Admiral Darlan aboard U-boat hunters; 5 photos of French women working in aircraft factories; four photos of Polish sailors fighting with the British Navy; Three photos of night on the British front in France - with gas masks in use; End of another German submarine, the U.39; How the colonial empire of France comes to the aid of France - illustrated article; Newfoundland answers call to arms; With the Finnish army at the front; full-page photo portrait of General Vuillemin, Supreme Commander of the French Air Force; Illustrated centerfold displays the range of Allied and German aerial gun-power; two photos of a downed ME 109; large photo of a downed Dornier 17 afire in a French field; Australian airmen join R.A.F. Coastal Command - working with the Short Sunderland flying boat; Article - U.S. and the War - President Roosevelt issues a warning to Americans; Photo of American bomber over the New York World's Fair; Photo of massive French railway artillery; Training men as stokers for the Royal Navy; New Zealand troops in training at home; A commentary on the war this week; Training men from the ranks as officers; Ad for "I Was Hitler's Maid" inside back cover; Summary of the chief events of this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
40 pages. Circa 1940s. 71 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Full-page photo of Australian troops marching down Martin Place, Sydney as they leave for overseas; Training Britain's Submarine Heroes; Article entitled The Farmer and The War, by Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, with photos; Photo portrait of Admiral Jean Francois Darlan, Commander-in-Chief of the French Navy; Arctic conditions on the British front; Pictorial news on the home front; Resignation statement by Leslie Hore-Belisha and the Prime Minister's reply; Rumania - her oil and her army; R.A.F. penetrate deep into Germany; With the Frenchmen who face the Siegfried Line; French shoot down three Nazi planes in a day; Photos of British submarines lost - the Undine, the Seahorse, and the Starfish; Neville Chamberlain surveys the progress of the war; Excellent photos of the struggle on the Finnish front; Nazi mountain troops in the Alps; Commentary on the war this week; Indian troops on the Western Front, including excellent full-page photo of hundreds of transport mules of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps; Summary of the chief events of this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
40 pages. 75 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: The Ajax returns to Plymouth after its victory over the Graf Spee; Lord Gort inspecting trenches; British activity in the snow at the front; French visitors inspect British guns and planes; Article entitled War Finance at Home - how the intricate problem of revenue and expenditure is solved, with photo of John Maynard Keynes; Full-page photo portrait of Major-General Andrew G.L. McNaughton; On duty with the R.A.F. coastal command; On board a British submarine depot ship; The Australians are Ready; Centerfold illustrations depict how the navy is prepared to deal with concentrated air attacks by Nazi bombers; Arctic Conditions on the French Front; Royal visit; Inspecting Polish airmen in England; Ceylon helps the Empire's war effort; Supplies for the Army - an article on the enormous task of providing and maintaining arms and equipment for the British Expeditionary Force; Many photos of the fight for freedom on the Finnish front; German troops experience arctic weather; A Commentary on the war this week; Photos at the headquarters of the A.R.P., including a photo of Sir Edward Evans; Delivering the Mail by Sea - transfering bags from ship to ship while they maintain speed; Summary of the chief daily events in the war this week. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. 52 black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Great full-page photo of a 3.7" anti-aircraft gun with crew; Two big liners go down - photos of the Arandora Star and the Champlain; Excellent series of three aerial photos showing the underwater path of a u-boat until it is bombed and sinks; 6 enemy planes brought down on July 3rd - two photos; Illustrated text of statement in Parliament about the French Fleet by Winston Churchill; Great photo of the largest submarine in the world - the French Surcouf in a a British port; Photo of France's aircraft-carrier Bearn; Illustration of the Richelieu being put out of service at Dakar; Interesting centerfold illustration shows the dozens of French vessels which Hitler lost; Daylight aerial bombing photos over Ypenburg Aerodrome, the rail marshalling yards at Hamm, and the port of Tobruk; Photos of first Italian prisoners of war; Wonderful full-page photo of Lieut. W.D.A. King, commander of the submarine Snapper atop his conning tower; The King inspects Australian and Anzac troops; Illustrated text of "Waiting for Zero Hour', as broadcast by G.R. Attlee; Photos of the Regimental badges of the British Army; Photos of Australians assembling American Lockheed Hudson bombers; A Commentary on the war this week; New Zealanders on guard in Egypt; Wonderful full-page photo of many huge naval gun barrels in a British shop; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Illustration by C. Gibberd of a wrecked Nazi plane; General de Gaulle's Free Frenchmen; Anti-Aircraft guns in day and night action; Photos of German fighter attacking British balloon; Illustrated text of speech by Winston Churchill entitled "Progress of the War"; Photos of some of the 152 german planes shot down on August 18th; Photos of German bomb damage in England; Series of centerfold illustrations show how the R.A.F. checks the number of enemy machines destroyed; Photo of the Italian submarine Galileo Galilei in the Gulf of Aden behind the trawler Moonstone which captured it; Excellent full-page photo of a devastating artillery bombardment upon Fort Maddalena, the Italian outpost in Eastern Libya; Great photo of the Officers of the York and Lancasters Regiment outside their mess in Egypt; Italian guns and tanks taken; The Occupation of Iceland; Illustrated article by Lord Milne entitled "The Auxilliary Military Pioneer Corps"; Great photo of Nazi oil depot at Dolvik, Norway on fire after being attacked by Skua aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm; Photos of honoured men including R.B. Stannard, Lilian Phillips, H. Ervine-Andrews, H. Hicholls, A.S. Irwin, William Dickson, Daphne Pearson, J. Simpson; A Commentary on the war this week; full-page map illustrating the week's bombing raids by the R.A.F.; Illustration by S. Drigin of the bombing of a mercy ship in the Channel on August 14th; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The 'brain' of the big guns -great photo of the crew of a height indicator at work; photo of 16" shell being lowered onto deck of a British battleship; The H.M.S. Punjab is welcomed by a band of Royal Marines; Super photo of a pom-pom gun being loaded; Great photo of a British sea convoy, despite Hitler's proclamation of a 'total blockade'; Article on the Royal Marines by Sir William W. Godfrey; Illustration of the submarine Truant arresting a Nazi jail ship, the Tropic Sea. Dramatic photos of bomb damage in England; Downed German aircraft and one of their crews; Centerfold illustration by S. Drigin shows the R.A.F. and Channel gales combining to disperse Hitler's armada; War with Italy develops; Hangar afire at Neghelli Aerodrome in Italian East Africa after an R.A.F. attack; various middle east photos including Tel Aviv where 96 people were killed by an Italian attack and a photo of a smiling Major-General Romolo La Strucci together with his fellow Italian POWs; Photos of men decorated for their bravery including G.F. Berry, J.K.U.B. McGrath, R. Learoyd, R.L. Cummins, G. Gristock, R.W. Annand, J. Pinkney, H. Shove and W. Quirk.; Summary of the activities of the Royal Air Force during the first year of the war - photo-illustrated article; A Commentary on the war this week; Overhead photos of Le Havre and Flushing, the Netherlands; Photo of Goerlitzer Station - Berlin's "Liverpool Street"; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Progress of the War - statement in Parliament by Winston Churchill; British bomb damage to the aerodrome at Addis Adaba; Several photos of German planes downed in England; Scenes of damage in London; Photo of German prisoners; Full-page clear photo of the blasted Houses of Parliament with statue of King Richard the Lion Heart in foreground; Photo of Londoners sleeping in the underground; Excellent graphic of Gibraltar and area; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black depicts an Italian destroyer of the "Curtatone" class being sunk by H.M. Submarine Osiris; The Army awaits the call - photos; Photos of the navy maintaining its vigil; Canadian Navy on contraband control, with photo of the Prince Robert which captured the German motor cargo boat Weser off the Mexican coast; Dr. E.N. Van Kleffens writes on the "War-Effort of the Netherlands" - with photos of Dutch officials and military hardware; Illustration by N. Clarke depicts a Heinkel bomber which is dropping into the channel; Photo of Britain's new air chief, Sir Charles Portal; Photo of Goering and his Generals studying a map; Commentary on the war this week; Photos of Germans plotting air raids on Britain, plus photos of German aircraft on their way to their targets; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Excellent full-page aerial photo looking down on three Messerschmitt's raiding an English town; Great full-page night photo of a 4.5" anti-aircraft battery of the Western Command at work; Pill box vigil; Inside a watch post; photos of how shell-burst data is recorded; Problems of the Royal Navy - photo-illustrated text of broadcast by Admiral of the Fleet Lord Chatfield; Dramatic illustration by Montague B. Black shows a Hurricane pilot ramming a Dornier; Greece also answers the call to arms - five photos and full-page map indicating where Greece and Italy are at Grips; Article on the air war on Britain - Official report on Germany's losses over a period of twelve weeks; photos of famous London buildings bombed; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Blackshows night attack on Naples with Vesuvius smoking in the background; Four dramatic photos of an Italian submarine under attack, going down, and having its crew picked up by a British destroyer; Photos of H.M. the King with the Eastern Command; Progress of the War - Commons Statement by Winston Churchill; Empire troops in the desert war; A commentary on the war this week; Exellent photos of Naples' Maritime Railway Station, The Skoda Works in Czechoslovakia and Essen - Germany's City of Steel with its Krupp works; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. Cover holding loosely. Contents tight. Book
Features: Twenty fathoms down - when things went wrong in a submarine; Diamond cut diamond - a story for girls; The Last Cruise of the Panther - III; Catherine's Bee Tree - and who got stung!; Miscellany; Fact and Comment; This busy world - truce in Nicaragua, the Chinese tangle, economists at Geneva, the Paris-New York flights; The Y.C. Lab - Motors and Generators - IV - The Characteristics of DC motors; The Children's Page - Mrs. Knitslippers and the Butterflies; Best puzzles of the week. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
68 pages. Features: Canadian budget battle over defense expenses; Robert Fulford and his 'Saturday Night' magazine; Photo of Janis Joplin performing; The Canadian Canvas - A Broad Sweep (of Canadian art); President Ford's risky plan against slumpflation; CIA director William Colby defends himself; Clouds over Playboy's Bunnyland - suicide of Bobbie Arnstein - article with photo of pall-bearer Hugh Hefner; In Defense of Politicians - Do We Ask Too Much?; Eight-page colour-photo illustrated centerfold ad feature by Macmillan Bloedel explains how forests grow; Barefoot Rudolf Nureyev; Moscow's repudiation of trade agreements a serious blow to detente; Saga of the (Henry) Jackson Amendment; Triumph for the moderates in China; Bloody peace in Indochina; The P.L.O. Strategy - Fight and Talk; Truce fails in Northern Ireland; Fragile independence in Angola; Trouble in Cyprus; Ujamaa's bitter harvest in Tanzania; Passing of Baron Jean-Louis de Portal, Gustavo Rohas Pinilla, Li Fu-chun and Alberta oil baron Eric Lafferty Harvie; Goalie Rogatien (Rogie) Vachon and the success of the NHL's Los Angeles Kings - photo-illustrated article; Basketball star Jimmy Wilkins; Jailed Baptist Georgi Vins; Troubled Trident submarine program - article with photo of construction at Bremerton, WA; Scandal in Education - Barbara and Harry Lowther; Artist Robert Rauschenberg; The General Dynamics YF-16 fighter wins a dogfight; Color photo ad for Panasonic TV features gent with monocle; Retailer W.T. Grant Co. cuts back; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
68 pages. Features: Atomic submarine; MIG-15 fighter captured; Suez - key to power; Johannesburg - City in Terror; Lieut. General Mao Pang-chu; Japan's Prince Hironobu Fushimi; David Jones - Spy Among the Huks; Private Glen Blank of Canada charged with murdering a Korean army lieutenant; Nice one-page two-color ad for Chevrolet Trucks; Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) is featured in an Auto-Lite Batteryad; Quarter-page colour photos of Shelley Winters, Esther Williams, Susan Hayward, Elizabeth Taylor, Virginia Mayo, Jennifer Jones, Linda Darnell and Betty Hutton; Sulfur discovery at Garden Island Bay, Louisianna; "Man-Made Satellites"; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
52 pages. Features: Cover photo of Holland America Line's Rotterdam and Nieuw Amsterdam; On the Waterfront; Ships Pictorial - official photos of the Royal New Zealand Navy's 50th Anniversary Fleet Review; A Captain and his Ship - Vincenzo Barbera is master of the Repubblica di Genova; Cargo Ship to Kirkenes - Fred Thompson travelled aboard Norway's famous coastal express service beyond the Arctic Circle; From Ocean to Ocean - Stephen M. Payne describes a memorable cruise through the Panama Canal aboard Holland America Line's cruise ship Rotterdam; Butter Boat Voyage - Keith Goss sails between Grimsby and Esbjerg in the DFDS freight ro-ros Dana Maxima and Dana Cimbria; Cruise Ship Review; Naval Occasions - colour photofeature; Twenty-five Years of container ships - part 2; 'T' Class Conversions - Roger Fry describes the conversion of eight WWII submarines into Fast Battery Drive boats between 1948-56; The Loss of the Empress of Asia - Neil McCart recalls the final days of the Canadian Pacific liner sunk by Japanese aircraft fifty years ago this month; Ports of Call; Ferry Fleets Update; Ferry Focus - Color Line; Signals; Large colour photo of the Nordnorge inside front cover; and more. Above-average wear to covers, with part of back cover missing. A worthy reference copy. Book
1968733750PN. New. 1968. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1539871223.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1519455402.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
18688LONDRES, L.T.A. Robinson Ltd - Revue in-folio de 16 pages - 1/2 Reliure - illustrations NB ou couleurs, certaines PP ou sur double page - Plans, dessins & cartes1942 - N° 22 Avril, 23 Mai, 24, juin, 25, juillet, 28, octobre, 29, novembre, 30, décembre1943 - N° 31, janvier, 32, fevrier, 34, avril, 35, mai, 37, juillet, 38, août, 39, septembre, 40, octobre, 41, novembre, 42, décembre1944 - N° 43, janvier, 47, mai, 49, juillet, 51, septembre, 52, octobre, 54, décembre1945 - N°) 61, juillet - Soit 24 Numéros
LONDRES, L.T.A. Robinson Ltd - Revue in-folio de 16 pages - 1/2 Reliure - illustrations NB ou couleurs, certaines PP ou sur double page - Plans, dessins & cartes 1942 - N° 22 Avril, 23 Mai, 24, juin, 25, juillet, 28, octobre, 29, novembre, 30, décembre 1943 - N° 31, janvier, 32, fevrier, 34, avril, 35, mai, 37, juillet, 38, août, 39, septembre, 40, octobre, 41, novembre, 42, décembre 1944 - N° 43, janvier, 47, mai, 49, juillet, 51, septembre, 52, octobre, 54, décembre 1945 - N°) 61, juillet - Soit 24 Numéros
1982765772PN. New. 1982. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback