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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
Pages 761-808. Features: Nice colour ad for six models of Kodak camera inside front cover; One-page ad for the Daimler Conquest auto; Excellent half-page photo ad for Aston Martin entitled "From le Mans to Runnymede'; Dramatic photos of the result of the crash which slice off the bow of the British Railways ship 'Duke of York'; Royal photos; Phillip gets his wings; Jordan Revisited - article with photos of Jordan, King Hussein, Palestinian refugee camp; House-trained otter of Mrs. Puggaard in Denmark; Training horses for Coronation Day; Extensive rehearsals for Coronation Day; Photos of personalities of the week, including Brig.-General E.N. Tandy, Crown Prince Akihito; Edward Shanks, Monsieur C. Kastally of Tunis, and some members of the 1953 Everest Expedition to be led by Colonel John Hunt; Pablo Picasso with his 'Goat and Bottle' sculpture; The 280-mm artillery guns which willl be used to fire the world's first atomic shell in Nevada; Two pages of photos and information on Laos - its King and Capital, and the fortified plain of Jars; Centerfold photo of Everest from the 20,000 foot level on Pumori; Photos of mountain climbing training and practice with oxygen equipment prior to the English assault on Everest; Photos of Navy helicopters in Malaya; Photo of the Canberra bomber which set a new world altitude record, and her pilot, Wing Commander W.F. Gibb; Photo of wrecked B.O.A.C. Comet which crashed after takeoff from Calcutta on May2nd; M. Jean Rousseau's pocke submarine in action; Wow - photo of a very early drone - an Australian-designed Jindivik Mark I pilotless jet is tested at Woomera; Photo of the Short SB5 adjustable wing research aircraft in flight; Photos of the Queen's Faberge Beasts - lent for a London exhibition; Recent Royal photos; Photos of the latest British fighting vehicles - the Field Mouse, universal tracked carrier and Saracen infantry carrier; Photos of the Queen at the Old Vic to watch 'King Henry VIII"; Jumping Frogs; Colour-illustrated Good Year ad inside back cover features the coat-of-arms of James Andrew Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie; Nice colour-illustrated Dry Sack ad on back cover shows the Seville Cathedral; and more. Four-inch opening at top of coverfold. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 197-236. Features: Nice colour ad inside front cover for Cussons' Imperial Leather toilet soap features lady with Chinese fan - sixth of a series; Nice one-page Jaguar ad with car in foreground, palm trees in background; One page Ford car ad features the Popular, New Anglia, New Prefect, Consul, Zephyr and Zodiac; Photo of Lieutenant J.R.F. Overbury and the Royal Navy Hawker Sea Hawk FB3 fighter he used to set a new speed record from London to Amsterdam; Two pages of coverage of the Anglo-Egyptian agreement on the withdrawal of British troops from the Suez Canal Zone, including one-page map; Memorial to the dead of El Alamein; Rotterdam's last working windmill, the Mill De Noord, on fire; Photo of Stockholm Stadium on fire; One-page photo of the opening day of the meeting at Goodwood overlooking crowded Trundle Hill, showing the Queen in the enclosure; One page of photos of some of the fifty warships which participated in N.A.T.O. Mediterranean exercise "Medflex B"; One-page photo of Vice-Admiral Reid taking the Bosun's Chair to H.M.S. Bermuda, during the Allied review off Malta; One-page photo of helicopter delivering mail to a minesweeper during exercise "Haul"; British and American submarine "Attack Teachers"; Illustrations of H.M.S. Kingfisher, the Royal Navy's new submarine rescue ship, using the new rescue bell technique; Two illustrated pages of the latest methods of escape from a sunken submarine; Five photos of the Kemano-Kitimat aluminum project in British Columbia; Two pages of photos and illustrations compare Whitehorse and Dawson City now and during their boom times; Photos of amazing fossil in the Kansas chalk beds of Gove County, Kansas shows six-foot fish lying in the stomach of a 14-ft fish; Photos of nineteen personalities of the week include Mrs. Borge Rohde and Sir F. Metcalfe; Photos looking into the mouth of volcano on New Zealand's Mt. Ngauruhoe; 25-lb lobster caught by J. Olson of New Bedford, MA; 6-year-old Valerie Parrish arrives in Hong Kong after her British Skymaster was shot down by communist Chinese fighter aircraft off Hainan Island; One-page photo fo water sports aboard the S.S. Chusan in the Mediterranean; Nice colour-photo ad for Blackwood Hodge inside back cover shows Euclid tractor and scraper at work; Nice colour ad for Good Year on back cover displays the coat-of-arms of the Borough of Wimbledon; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 969-1012. Features: Great colour ad for Standard Triumph (cars) features Christmas church bell-ringers; Cover photo of the Queen with the leaders of the Commonwealth; Nice one-page Rolex ad features woodcut illustration of a gardener by Eric Fraser; Photo of the Scottish Court of Chivalry; Nice one-page photo of the summit of Everest 8,000 feet above the recent Swiss expedition, plus four other great half-page photos of the expedition; Interesting photos of the home fleet's arctic cruise - testing protective clothing in the far north; Two pages of photos of miniature Queens from the Lilian Lunn doll collection; National Service Under review; First stamps of Elizabeth's reign; The Duchess of Kent's return; Colour centerfold illustration of the historic gems now in the regalia of British sovereigns; Three colour-photos of the people and homes of the North Cameroons - the Fali, a mountain people who believe humans were first taught knowledge by a toad; Nice one-page series of illustrations show how diamonds are processed at a large Amsterdam works; Malayan Navy photos; photo of a German WWII two-man submarine with torpedoe still attached - found near Alkmaar, 20 miles from Amsterdam; Fresh masterpieces discovered in the palace of the Byzantine Emperors; Food, Bacteria and Farming; Two half-page photos illustrate the siege of Na-Sam, the fortified airstrip in northwest indo-china in which 10,000 to 15,000 French Union troops faced three communist divisions; Photos of personalities of the week, including figure skater Miss V. Osborn and Cicely Hamilton who passed away on December 6th; Photo of the Shah of Iran and Queen Soraya touring the Abadan refinery; Photo of Jomo Kenyatta at Kapenguria in handcuffs; Photo of the recent Swiss Everest team; Photo of the remains of the native township of Albertynsville, near Johannesburg; Photo of a huge underground nazi WWII petrol storage tank; Charming full-colour ad for Meltis' New Berry Fruits candies inside back cover; Nice colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover features Christmas/New Year theme; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 649- 676. Features: Cover photo of huge black plume of smoke rising from a Jerusalem cinema, mistakenly thought to be Arab owned and burned by Jews in retaliation for Arab looting; Six dramatic photos of Arab riots in Jerusalem where Britain represents the sole stable factor; Photo of the huge Consolidated Vultee military transport, the XC-99, during its first test flight; Photo inside the belly of the XC-99; Two photos of the air raid shelter, or bunker, where Hitler and Eva Braun died; Two photos of the deep water salvage submarine designed by Italian Pietro Vessena for use in Lake Como; Five photos of Russia's mighty military on parade in Moscow; Five photos of hunger and destitution in postwar Berlin; Article discusses the great communist counter-offensive in France; Photos from Manchuria where China's Civil War continues; Two pages of scenes of sabotage and civil disorder in Paris, Arras and Lille, where the French assertion of the right to work has brought the Communists into the open; One-page reproduction of the famous photo of St. Paul's Cathedral during the 1940 blitz - contrasted with the opposing page which shows St. Paul's today, war-scarred but majestic amid devastation; Five photos show repairs being made to St. Paul's; Two pages of photos illustrate the ancient art of Benin; Photos of personalities of the week include Sir Eustace Pulbrook, King Michael of Rumania and Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parme, Samuel Courtauld, Mr. Molotov, Mr. Vishinsky, Chiang Kai-shek, Harold Wilson, and Mme. Chiang Kai-shek; Photo of a detachment of the York and Lancaster Regiment at Dolni Bousov, Czechoslovakia, receiving back the regimental drum, lost to the Germans in Crete in 1941; Photo of huge crowd in Tel Aviv celebrating news that the UN had voted in favour of the partition of Palestine. Somewhat above average wear. Unmarked. Few tape repairs. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 593-620. Features: Cover photo of Gen. Cunningham as he leaves Government House, Jerusalem, for the last time as the British mandate in Palestine comes to an end; Samples of ingenious medieval printed works; Two pages of photos of Princess Elizabeth's "New Look" clothes for her first visit to the continent; 5 Dramatic Photos in Palestine and Jerusalem - scenes and factors of the coming struggle for supremacy between Jews and Arabs; Excellent two-page panoramic map of Jerusalem, which has been battered by Arab guns and Jewish mortars and whose future concerns every Christian community; Seven more photos of Palestine illustrate harsh results of the ongoing conflict; Large photo of the horrible wreck of the London-Bradford express train at Wath, which killed six; Article discusses Spain as a factor in European politics; Photo of the Dutch Royal Palace on fire; Photo of the 150th anniversary of the burial of Capt. Vancouver; Photo of Sissinghurst Place, the home of Mr. Lindsay Drummond, the main part of which was destroyed by fire on May 22; Wonderful centrefold illustrations explain how ASDIC locates enemy submarines while they are still submerged; Page of illustrations explain how "Hedgehog", deadliest of the Royal Navy's submarine killers, works; page of illustrations of personalities of the week includes Kathleen Lady Hartington, Lord Fitzwilliam, Alfred Edwards, Petronella Ferguson, Richard Wyndham, George Beurling, Col. J. L. Ralston, Sir Robert Clive, Herbert Morrison, Mr. Bevin, Count Bernadotte, David Ben-Gurion proclaiming the birth of a Jewish state of Israel, Moshe Shertok, and Dr. Chaim Weizmann; Photos of Princess Elizabeth's visit to Coventry; Two pages of photos present some aspects of the present day curriculum at Queen's College, Harley St., which celebrated its Centenary this month; Photo of the US cruiser Salt Lake City, still dangerously radioactive nearly 2 years after test; Photos of Britain's greatest combined naval and air exercise since1939; Two pages of photos of a great treasure of Nelson relics bought by the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Unmarked with average wear. A few minor archival tape repairs. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
Pages 593-636. Features: Photos of U.N. and Communist negotiators who reached agreement on the repatriation of sick and wounded POWs at Panmunjom, Korea; Photos of Egyptian Cabinet Ministers receiving firearms training at the request of General Neguib; Interesting photos of Coronation preparations including some of the Gurkha contingent and the Sultan of Selangor with members of his family and retinue in London; Interesting photos from Panmunjon and Seoul; Photos of personalities of the week, including the victorious F.A. Amateur Cup-winning Pegasus team and wedding photo of Sir Alexander Fleming and Amalia Coutsouris; Photos from the Royal Wedding in Luxemburg; Amazing underwater shark photos; Photos of Kenya's strengthening hand against Mau Mau; Photos of Kenyan women being trained to shoot; Cyprus dig sheds new light on ancient siege warfare - with photos; Excellent centrefold illustration depicts how the Persians laid siege to Paphos in 498 B.C.; Photos of village of Lambourn wrecked by fuel tanker; London tube train disaster; Photos of world's largest model highway and railway track layout owned by Herr Rossmaier of Augsburg, Bavaria; Photos of 7,000 year old portrait busts discovered at Jericho; Photo of Turkish submarine Dumlupinar which sank in the Dardanelles after colliding with Swedish freighter Naboland; and more. Moderate wear. Centerfold holding by one staple. Unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
1969vk1940Presses de la Cité Cartonné avec jaquette 1969 In-8 (13,7 x 20,8 cm), cartonné avec jaquette, 281 pages ; frottements et deux petites déchirures sur les bords de la jaquette, quelques rousseurs aux gardes et tranches, par ailleurs bon état général. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
3735broché - 20x25 - 128 pp - décembre 1967 - éditions SEDIP, Paris. n° 71.Avec illustrations dans et hors texte.
Features: The Present Railway Situation in the United States; B.F. Bush becomes president of the Denver & Rio Grand (with photo of Bush); Railway Mileage in 1911; Interstate Commerce Commission Decisions; Coast Shipbuilding Companies Rushed With Work - feature article with photo of submarine F.3 immediately after launching, apparently at the Seattle Construction & Drydock Co.; Representative of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Line inspects the northwest for business opportunities which will open with the Panama Canal; Economy of the [Seattle] Municipal Plan (part 3); Free Ships and Revised Navigation Laws - discussion of the rehabilitation of the merchant marine; Free [Panama Canal] Tolls To American Ships Would Solve Problem; What Is The Merchant's Exchange of Seattle? - an explanatory article by R.C. Hill, whose photo accompanies the article; Seattle People Honor Captain "Buck" Bailey; Port Commission Plan for Grays Harbor; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Bogue Plans for Tacoma Harbor Are Extensive - article with map; Tacoma Will Be Ready When Panama Canal Opened - brief article includes nice birdseye view illustration of the harbor and environs showing present developments and developments under way; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
in-8°, 284 pages, 1 cahier illustre n/b, relie cartonnage ed., jaquette illustree plastifiee. Bel exemplaire. [109B-9]
1908100145110E. Flammarion Editeur 1908 in12. 1908. Cartonné. Deux hommes le capitaine Danrit et le quartier-maître Yvonnec se retrouvent prisonniers dans le compartiment du tube lance-torpilles du sous-marin 'Libellule' après que celui-ci a été éventré et s'est échoué au fond de la baie de Bizerte. Le récit d'une grande intensité dramatique relate leur lutte pour la survie dans ce sous-marin naufragé jusqu'à ce que les enfants de l'auteur jouent un rôle décisif dans leur sauvetage
1165broché - 14x23 - 14x23 - 230 pp - 1931 - éditions PAYOT
1920VBA-97Augustin Challamel, Paris, 1920. Broché 25 x 16,5 cm, 228 pages. Table des matières : voir photo.
1920114090Paris, Augustin Challamel 1920 In-4 23 x 16,5 cm. Broché, couverture grise, auteur & titre en noir sur le dos et le premier plat, VI-228 pp., table des matières. Couverture ternie.
in-8°, 298 pp., photographies h.t. n/b, broche, couv. sous jaquette illustree. Bon état (papier jauni), accrocs à la jaquette, mais complète. [CA33-5]
055494Neuchatel - Paris Delachaux et Niestlé 1989 in 12 (19x13,5) 1 volume reliure cartonnée illustrée de l'éditeur, 143 pages, avec de nombreuses photographies en couleurs de Bernard Hermann, dont hors-texte. Collection '' Les beautés de la nature ''. Bel exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
New English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In English. 269 p., many b/w plts. and maps. Thirteen leagues under the Dardanelles.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In English. 269 p., many b/w plts. and maps. Thirteen leagues under the Dardanelles.
193126923Nantes CHANTIERS DUBIGEON 1931 1 photographie argentique en noir, format : 18 x 13 cm, sans date (1931) Nantes CHANTIERS DUBIGEON,
P., Editions de France, 1928. In-VIII broché, 278 pp. Edition originale, exemplaire velin pur fil numéro 291 sur 330 (troisième papier) ; non rogné. Signature de l'auteur. Couverture illustrée en couleur par Haffner. Bel exemplaire.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and maps; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, red endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. One of the most eminent members of the famous T-class, TORBAY operated out of Alexandria as part of First Submarine Flotilla and continued a distinguished career throughout WWII. Includes coverage of the later Miers controversy.
in-8°, 248 pp., fig. in-t., broche, couv. Bon etat. [CA27/1]
Pages 881-921 plus advertising covers. Features: Cover illustration of new American idea using mirror to protect bank tellers from gun-toting robbers; Six captioned photos of the Nonni Front / Tsitsihar and the relics of the original cause of trouble between the Japanese and Chinese in Manchuria; Review of "The Coinage of England" by Charles Oman; Photos of horse racing; Photo of burning passenger steamer the L.M.S. "Duke of Lancaster"; Photos of sinking of the "Nautilus", the first submarine to attempt reaching the North Pole; Photo of Bert Hinkler, the first airman to fly solo from South America to West Africa; Photo of J.A. Mollison's Gipsy moth upside-down in an Egyptian maize field; Photos of Jammu - occupied by British troops after riots; Bronze-age discover in Cyprus - prehistoric snake-worship; Two excellent photos show New York City's skyline (overlooking Central Park) twenty-five years ago and now (dramatic difference); Two pages of photos (and captions) of New York skyscrapers; Five photos of Captain C.W.R. Knight and white-headed sea-eagle "Miss America" - trained to falconry; Two photos of the first anniversary of the Coronation of Haile Salassie; Photo of Miss Peggy Salaman feeding one of her lion cubs; Photos of the Indian Conference ending and the Burman Conference beginning; Photos of personalities of the week include E.G. Pretyman, Maj.-General Sir P. Hambro, Mr. S.R.C. Bosanquet, Lady Bruce, Maj.-Gen. Sir David Bruce, Dr. Sze of China, Yotaro Sugimura, Mr. Yoshizawa, Yehudi Menuhin performing at the Albert Hall, Mr. C.J. Longmore - the first man to loop-the-loop in a glider in England; Preparing the New Gorilla Group for the Natural History Museum; Four photos of mural discovered in Little Missenden's 12th century church; Five photos of scenes in new film "Tsar Lenin"; Photos of Christmas gift suggestions; plus many nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Features: Cover photo of the submarine that breached Zeebrugge Mole being towed behind a destroyer; The St. George's Day Raids - article by Archibald Hurd which includes map showing where the block-ships were sunk and the viaduct was breached; Page of photos of the heroes who led the naval raid at Zeebrugge includes Commander R.S. Sneyd, Capt. H.C. Halahan, Lieut. R. Bourke, Lieut. Stuart Bonham-carter, Wing-Commander Frank A. Brock, Leiut, R.D. Sandford, Commander Hamilton Benn, Vice-Admiral Sir roger Keyes, Capt. A.F.B. Carpenter and Admiral Sir R. Y. Tyrwhitt; Two pages of illustrations show how fog screens and star-shells were used at Zeebrugge; Superb two-page aerial photo of Zeebrugge (with an inset diagram of the harbour) indicates the positions of the sunk ships; G.K. Chesterton article includes two photos of the military funeral for celebrated German Airman Captain Baron Von Richthofen; One-page photo of the heavily damaged funnels of H.M.S. "Vindictive" after the Zeebrugge mole attack; Two pages of illustrations and text explain the objectives and results of the naval raid - Zeebrugge mole and harbour - and the submarine explosion; Half-page photo looking aft from the forecastle of H.M.S. "Vindictive" shows mantleted bridge, etc.; Great half-page photo shows dozens of the cheering crew of H.M.S. "Vindictive" cheering as their ship returns safely to port, with Captain Carpenter visible with his arm in a sling; Two more half-page photos of the heavily-damaged H.M.S. "Vindictive" back in port; Six photos crew members of the H.M.S. "Vindictive" and their damaged vessel; Centrefold illustration of landing on the mole from "Vindictive"; Two-page illustration of Marines from the "Vindictive" charging along the mole; Page of photos of "Vindictive", "Iris", and "Daffodil" after the Zeebrugge attack; One-page illustration of the wounded being rescued under fire on Zeebrugge mole; Five photos of last honours for the Zeebrugge heroes - The Dover Funeral; Wonderful illustrated back cover ad for Gentlemen's Spring Suits offered by Chas. Baker & Co's; and more. 36 pages including several pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
