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Dozens of great black and white photos. Cover air photo of the German Submarine Base at Ostend. Theme of this issue: The Use of the Aircraft. Contents include: pre-war expectations of the Royal Flying Circus; The Royal Naval Air Service; Machines and Engines in Possession of the R.F.C. in August, 1914; how output was increased; the aerial preparedness of Belgium, of France, and of Germany; The Albatros; The Fokker; The Aviatik and other German Machines; German Engines; French and Italian Aeroplaines and Engines; Work of the R.F.C.; Reconnaissance Artillery 'spotting'; anti-aircraft guns; low flying; long-range scouting; air fighting; the value of 'stunts'; long-distance raids; darts; bomb dropping; photography; 'Camoflauge'; work of the R.N.A.S.; Seaplanes; 'Blimps'; Coast Patrol Airships; Bombing of Submarines; Attacks on enemy ships; food carrying for Kut; the Jutland Battle; Seaplaine Carriers; 'Contact' Aeroplanes; Typical Experiences; Casualties; Formation Flying. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
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
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked, torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 242pp. A detailed re-assessment of the Battle of the Atlantic gives a vivid picture of the U-Boat actions which sank one-third of the entire British battleship force within four months of the start of WW2 and half the registered tonnage of the United States within the first six months of America's entry into the war.
19781107031978 Editions Salamander books - 1978 - In-4, cartonnage bleu sous jaquette illustrée en couleurs de l'éditeur - 271 p. - Très riche iconographie in et hors-texte en couleurs et en N&B - Ouvrage en anglais
Features: What really happened at Kut (article); Winter photos from the western front; Photos of massive guns in France; Cairns to the memory of Verdun; Why were we misled? - an article to shed some light upon the corruption and ineptitude in Russia; French allies who aided in Allenby's advance; Article - Meeting the Spy Menace - how Britain's counter-espionage was successfully carried out; Help for homeless Hun victims; Airplane caught in mast of wireless station!; article - dealing with the U-Boat - some wonderful episodes in the hunting of the Submarine Hun; Photo of Col. J.H. Patterson, D.S.O. inspecting the Jewish Battalion; glimpses of some warships in the American Navy; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. A sound copy. Book
Feature Photos: An American Submarine Chaser; Hustling the Hun on the Hindenburg Line; Why Peaceful America Declared for War (one page article); America joins the champions of freedom; Horse, Foot and Artillery of the U.S. Army; The War Against Piracy; Typical Western Fighting Ships; Devastation - one page article by Max Pemberton; British Soldiers making friends in villages they free from Prussian Terror; Ousting the Turk from the Holy Land - article; With Red Crescent through Arabia and Syria; The Middlesex Regiment - article. Above-average wear. Staples disintegrating. 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
Illustration depicting Ex-Kaiser William in Holland, living in fear of justice. Photogravure supplement shows 8 photos with subjects including: Allied representatives at the historic conference at 10 Downing St., London on Dec 2 and 3, 1918, Beaten Huns straggling home, German evacuation from Belgium, the surrendered German fleet at Scapa Flow, French Armny of liberation entering Strasbourg and U Boat 64 up the Thames, lying off the House of Parliament, with the victorious White Ensign above the defeated flag of Germany. London's Great Aerial Victory - Mysterious Menace which broke the Nerve of Hun Flyers (article). British advance to keep watch on the Rhine - 2 photos. 5 photos from Spa. 5 photos under the caption 'Under the Red Flag in Republican Berlin". 4 photos of submarine sailors. Q Boat v. U Boats - 6 photos of mystery ship in the Thames. In my native land set free - by Emile Cammaerts. The Peace Bird on the Wing, by Hamilton Fyfe. Signs and Symbols of the Central Empire's Collapse - 5 photos. Photos of Giant Austrian aeroplane brought down by a british pilot on the Italian front. Illustration of British from Ruhleben Camp in Berlin securing souvenir nails from the colossal Hindenburg Statue. From 'COG' to Partnership - article by Basil Clarke. Two Photos of Germany Deciding Her Destiny - a great crowd outside the Reichstag and the first sitting of the Workmen's and Soldiers' Council in the Reichstag. The Hun as Uriah Heep, by Frederic William Wile. Average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. A sound copy. Book
Demobilisation - Cover illustration of a faithful charger being sold while its British officer looks on. Illustration of Woodrow Wilson, President Poincare, and Mr. Lloyd George at the opening of the Peace Conference. Photo: French Arms Beyond the Rhine. Illustrations of 'Prussia's Arrogance in 1871'. Air Trips to Paris and Back in Four Hours - 4 photos of 'Airco' machines. British keep guard on the Bridge at Cologne - 4 great photos. "To the Rhine!" - Retribution after Fifty Years, 3 photos. Storm and Fog Claim Ships that War had Spared - 6 photos. Photo of the salved French submarine Curie. Problems of the Peace Conference - by Sir Sidney Low. A United States of Germany? - by F.W. Wile. Imperial Guile - What the Camera Saw at Spa. Photo of Berlin protest march against Bolshevism. Photo of Rodin's sculpture of Eve being exhumed from her grave in a garden in Doai where she was hidden from the Germans. Welcoming home America's Navy - 3 photos. Airship and Aeroplane Raids over Great Britain, 1914-18 - chart and map. Channel Train-Ferry and its new 'Mystery' port - 4 photos including the 'Dazzle'. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated with age. Still a worthy copy. 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
255 pages including index. The essential shipboard medicine chest. Covers: Hypothermia and cold-war immersion; Seasickness; Jellyfish, sea urchins, and other venomous fish; Sunburn and other skin disorders; Near drowning - shock and CPR. Light wear. Unmarked. Very nice copy. Book
Pages 290-380 pages plus 36 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Sunken Submarine - the experience which befell the U.S. submarine "Diver" which shot its men from its torpedo tubes! (per cover illustration); The Fetish Man's Downfall - a tale from Accra in 1899 involving prisoner Yao Dwirra; Building a Transcontinental Telephone Line - marvelously photo-illustrated article about the engineering and scientific wonders of the first phone line connecting New York to San Francisco; "Black Tom" - an exciting story from the early days of the Pennsylvania oil-fields; "On the Wing" - extraordinary adventure with a big rattlesnake in southern Mississippi; Down the Amazon From Source to Mouth (part V) - incredible tales of a party working its way through hostile svages and the forces of nature; The Train-Robbers - the tragic story of a hold-up on the Northern Pacific Railroad and the long man-hunt which followed, 1892-1894; Wicks's Ordeal - the terrible menace which a man-eating tiger constitutes to a community; Two Girls on a Ranch (part II) - two young ladies try to win fortune by running a ranch in the wilds of Arizona; The Secret Post Office - an amusing echo of the Boer War showing how the well-known 'slimness' and fertility of resource of the Boers were for once turned against them; Concerning Camels - some amusing stories; A South Pacific Piracy - an account of the tragic voyage of the brig "Moa," of Auckland, New Zealand in 1870; The beacon of the Gulf - photo-illustrated article on Bird Rock, which lies in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; Photo of a 'home-made' train run on the only railway in British North Borneo; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Pages 273-360, plus 24 pages of great ads. Features: The Black Hand - a curious story of the abortive Egyptian revolution; The Land of Model Husbands - In the Marshall Islands women are the queen of all they survey - fascinating article with many wonderful photos; "Blue Mary's" Last Run; Photo of petrified forest in Arizona; The Trials of a Naturalist's Wife - Part 2; The Smallest Republic in the World - interesting photo-illustrated article on San Marino; In Quest of Cannibals - Part 4 - Exploration and Adventure in Unknown New Guinea; The Ship That Sought Adventure - The skipper of the "Zodiac" was a glutton for excitement during the anxious days of the submarine campaign during WWI; Cave-Dwellers of Today - article with wonderful photos of cave-homes around the world; Blue Bandits - Part 2 - criminals who operated near the Italian/French border murder the Abbe Rossignol of La Bessee; On Foot Through South America - Part 3 - the wilds of northern Peru; My Two Years' Captivity Among the Turks - Part 2 - the adventures and daring escape of airman Capt. T.W. White; A Human Tiger - a man in British Baluchistan declares war on the government; Photo of airplane caught high in a tree near Coshocton, Ohio. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. 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: Jungle Man-Hunters - horse-mounted frontiersmen of Ecuador - photos; The Secret Submarine Agent - describes the author's meeting with "Storsand," a Scandinavian inventor who devised a curious one-man diving bell; Terror by Night - Man-Leopard killings in Nigeria (part I); Vagabond in Corsica - a tramp through the interior of Corsica - photos; The Dope-Runners - illegal drug traffic in South Africa; Diving for Crocodiles - at the Tanganyila-Nyasaland border; The "Mulga Wire" Mystery; The "Football Wallahs" - an amusing story from India of how a British soldier made friends; My Friend Sung Li - the companion of an ex-sailor; Beware of Elephants - encounters with elephants on the Queen's Highway; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Sound copy. Book
Pages 353-440, plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The Magician's Curse - a vendetta on Sardinia; With a Motion-Picture Camera Under the Sea - using the ingenious technology invented by Mr. J. Ernest Williamson - article with wonderful photos; Three Asses In the Pyrenees - part 3 of a fun pursuit of adventure travel in Europe; The Soul of Burma - Part 2 of 2 - nice photo-illustrated article on a trip to Irawadi; "Sugar" - ; The Tragedy of "Miss Miami" - this flying boad crashed on a trip to Bimini from Miami; On the Spoor of the Elephant - J. Morewood Dowsett describes his escape from elephants, and recounts stories of his companion John Deacon - article with photos; My Boa-Constrictor - Sir Curtis Lampson and a snake which escaped in a crowded hotel; Paper Money - a quick tale from West Africa; Caught in a Death-Trap - Part 2 of 2 of the remarkable tribulations of two motorcyclists crossing the Mojave desert in California; The Odyssey of Humbert Rulliere - Part 3 of 3 of this incredible biography; Millions in Oil - the marvels of Mexia, America's latest field - article with photos; Luck - a story from Alaska. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Features: West to Adventure - the life of Arthur 'Jack' Letheby in Western North America (Part I); Fear at First Sight - man-eater danger in Africa; Introduction to Murder - Captain Philip Chambers' account of multiple-murder in Casablanca; Besieged by Sea Snakes - the horrifying encounter of an Ecuadoran fisherman; The Devil Follows the Net - The early story of the North Sea fishing grounds - sudden wealth, and sudden death; Karmuk's Prophecy - an Eskimo's experiences with polar bears in the Far North; Mangaia Trader - Part XI of "I Know and Island" - Rarotonga, main island of the Cook Islands; Bridal-Cake Sentinel - the unusually-shaped Guardian of the English Channel; Big City Leopard Hunt - Oklahoma City, 1950; Snatched from the Orient - adventure of the submarine Thule in the Singapore Strait, by Alastair Mars; Mystery of the Vanished Herds - Przewalski's Mongolian wild horses; Jungle Honeymoon; and more. Above-average wear. Chips from backstrip. Unmarked. Covers detached as one but present. Book
Features: The Ivory Poachers of Tanganyika; "They're Mustering up North" - a cattle round-up in Northern Australia; My Panther Hunt - a greenhorn's first big-game hunt in India; Japanese Sacred Horse - at Miyajima, the famous 'Shrine Island'; House of Terror - Queer happenings in Malaya; The Secret Submarine - Curacao, chief island of the Dutch West Indies; The Handyman - a dramatic story of the pioneer days of flying in Canada's Far North; The Walkabout Bird - The Australian Emu; When the Cyclone Struck - an epic exploit performed by a Torres Straits islander, a diver on board a pearling-lugger; All in the Game - a gold-seeking tale from Nigeria; An Arctic London - an abandoned quarry-camp on Spitzbergen; Island Paradise - the island of Car Nicobar; Where East is West - missing his ship in the Panama Canal, the author tramps to another port only to undergo a nightmare; Binding intact. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Pages 90-176 plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Features: In a Submarine in War-Time - Perils and harships; Billy the Kid - Photo-illustrated article on his demise at the hand of Sheriff P.F. Garrett; The Valley of Wonders - The first description and photos ever published of Red Rock Canyon in Southern California; Photo of ostrich-powered cart in Pasadena, California - the ostrich is named 'Black Diamond' and is worth $2k!; The Golden Image; In Quest of Cannibals - part 2 - Exploration and adventure in New Guinea - with interesting photos; Brief photo-illustrated article of an Indian juggler who lifts heavy weights with his eyelids; Snipe-Hunting; A Sapper's Night Out; On Foot Through South America - part 1 - Author tramped the entire terrible length of the Andes, a feat probably never accomplished before - with nice photos; On the Trail of the Big Black Elk - Hunting adventure in the Umpqua Mountains of Oregon; My South African Adventures - part 4 - In Search of Kruger's Millions; Cutting Ships in Halves - Photo-illustrated article on how a difficult transport problem was solved; Desert Flying - part 2 - The difficulties of flying over Sinai, Palestine, Mesopotamia and Persia; The Saving of Freddie Wilson - The incredible story of how Negro woman Agnes Henderson witnessed the Mexican murder of an American couple, saved their son, and took him to Tampico to return him to his relatives; African Snakes. Unmarked with average wear. Covers detached as one but present. A worthy copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
88 pages plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Features: The End of the Master Bandit - The Death of Emiliano Zapata; The Women Snake-Charmers of Mount Popa, Burma (Myanmar); The Revenge of the Kuki Khels - a grim story from the North-West frontier of India; Photo of storehouse of human skulls and bones beneath church at Hythe, Kent; In Quest of Cannibals - part 1 - Exploration and Adventure in Unknown New Guinea - with great photos; Desert Flying - part 1 - over Sinai, Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Persia; Morrison's Moose - adventure at a logging camp near the borders of Maine and New Brunswick; Relief Worker's Adventures - part IV - thrilling illustrated experiences among the war victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia; My Day with Royalty - at a Royal Review in Siam; The Sheep Thief; My South African Adventures - part 3; The Bear Man; The Adventures of Newspaper-Man - part VI - odd experiences as an emigrant; Trapped in a Sunken Submarine; Black Man's Magic - amazing photo-illustrated article in the fetish and witchcraft practiced in the Belgian Congo; 'Twixt The Snake and the Rock - thrilling adventure while mountain climbing near Delolali, India; Dragged by an Airship; The Apostle of the Coco-nut (Coconut) - a man in the German New Guinea Islands professes coco-nuts are the proper and only food for man - article with many photos. Openings to and loss from backstrip. Minor moisture-induced undulating. A worthy copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Secret Submarine - Part I - A strange story of adventure in the romantic Spanish Main; The Largest Map in the World - on display in the lobby of the Ferry Building in San Francisco; The Phantom Gunman - A 19-year-old boy leads Johannesburg police on a merry chase before he is finally jailed; The Last of the Sea-Elephants - Dr. L.M. Huey visits the lonely island of Guadalupe to capture live specimens of these creatures, some of which weigh 2.5 tons! - with photos; "Monty" The Man-Eater - Part III (conclusion) of one of the most remarkable lion stories ever published; The Land of Mystery - Part I - Colonel E. Alexander Powell and his cousin Gallowhur were among the very few white men allowed to enter "forbidden" Nepal, with photos; A Car Climbs Table Mountain, the mighty mass of rock that dominates Cape Town - with photos; The Boy Who Sought Adventure - Part I of the fascinating travels and adventures of B. Wicksteed; The Voyage of the "Annie Marble" - Part II of a three-month river and canal journey through France; The Secret of Black Horse Mountain - Dark happenings involving a farmer and a tramp who meet up again a thousand miles away; Teaching on the Frontier - A young teacher runs into trouble working in remote New Mexico; The Pennsylvania Witch-Murder - Three young men argue they were justified in their action to prevent evils spells from bewitching them - with photos; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Secret Death - A weird story from Georgia in Russia, a wild land where might is right and feuds never end; Capturing Wild Animals Alive - how John Alfred Jordan captured a collection of African animals to be shipped to Zoos in Europe; A Tragedy in the Clouds - Frenchmen Sergeant Legendre and Adjutant Casale of the French Aviation Service bring down their eighth German plane piloted by a German named Haspel; Six Weeks Among the Buddhas - Part I - Juliet Bredon and her husband toured temples in China; The Man Who Found Himself - munitions worker William Francis claims to have entirely lost his memory for two years after an injury; Across Germany to Freedom - Part I - French soldiers Georges Prieur and Tristan du Tartre escape from Hammelburg camp in Bavaria; When the Dam Burst - a 'Santa Rosa' (South American monsoon) causes a night of terror at the harbour works of the 'Obras del Nuevo Puerto de la Capital' in Argentina; Almost a Tragedy - forgetful nearly results in multiple deaths; Between the Devil and the Deep - a French fishing-smack sinks a German submarine - article with photos; When the Fuses Spluttered - Roy Norton, F.R.G.S. escapes death in a mine by seconds; Buried Alive - injury while filming 'The Jarvis Case'; A Fight With An Ostrich - the awful plight of engineer Geo. Daws who tried to cross an ostrich 'camp' during their breeding season; Historic Crimes and Mysteries - The Sign at the Gallows, The Law & The Lackey; The Pirates of the 'Flowery Land' - mutiny and murder on the high seas between London and Singapore; The Hidden City - Tulum is located in the thick jungle of the Yucatan; Bethlehem's Distressing Christmas Scenes - festive occasion marred by petty quarrels of rival sects;The Last of the Bandits - The Poe-Hart Gang terrorizes Oklahoma by robbing banks and fighting sheriff's posses; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2], 92-176, 9-24 [ads]. Covers partially loose. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
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
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
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.
