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Rare copy of Part 1 of this renowned series which grew to well in excess of 200 parts. Above-average wear. Covers detached but present. Six inch tear to fore-edge of first leaf. Centerfold loose but present. Book
Cover: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Henry Yevele, c. 1320 to 1400" by John H. Harvey; The Great World War: A Survey of Naval Operations (inc maps); Books of the Day; and The World of Science: Pastures of the Sea. Pictorial Journals include: Novel Ships of War of the Royal Navy (illus. by C.E. Turner): Sketches From Holland: Dutch Civil Guards and U.S. Paratroops (illus. Capt. Bryan de Grineau); The Ubiquitous Bulldozer: A Mechanical Tool of Peace Now Becomes an Important Weapon of War (illus. by G.H. Davis); Battlegrounds of Holland: Scenes of Walcheren Island and the Moerdijk Bridges; The Perilous and Exhausting Operations of British Troops on Walcheren Island: Landing-Craft Difficulties; The Gallant Landing of British Marine Commandos at Westkapelle, Walcheren Island, in the Face of Heavy Enemy Fire; Our Steady Advance in Italy: Scenes in the Mountain War; Shakespeare's London Modelled; Glasgow Faces Housing Problem; The Funeral of Dr. (William) Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, in Canterbury Cathedral; The War in Europe: A Gibraltar "Find": An Historic Enthronement; How the Battle of the Flying Bomb was Won: An Exhibition in London; News Items of Interest from Holland, France, Belgium and Russia; Oxford in Wartime: Uniforms, Caps and Gowns; and Oxford "The Mother of Arts and Eloquence". Page 535/536 missing. Page 557/558 loose but present. Binding sound. Contents clean and unmarked with minimal wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
Features: Thurgood Marshall, the new Solicitor General; Our War Aims were Wrong - by crushing the Axis under the policy of unconditional surrender, the victors destroyed a vital balance of power; Bizarre Reactions become normal uner the influence of LSD, which science continues to study to determine if it is good - or evil (includes photo of Timothy Leary on page 57); The Emergence of Senator Ted Kennedy; Doctors bring preventative medicine to major league baseball - pictures of Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale; Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia; Surfing. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
pp. xv, 807. Extensive index and footnotes. Numerous fold-out colour maps and black and white photographic plates. Map endpapers. Second printing of the 1956 first edition. "Describes in detail Canada's part in the Italian campaign - the operations which began with the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943 and, developing into an arduous advance up the Italian peninsula, ended with the German capitulation in May 1945. Directed primarily to the general reader, and particularly to the Canadian reader who wishes to know what the Canadian Army accomplished and why its operations took the course they did." - Foreword. Gilt emblem and lettering upon publisher's red cloth. Prior owner's name and date discretely upon first blank leaf. Dust jacket not included. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this important and highly informative history. Enser p.96, Cooke [3rd Edn] p. 259. Book
223 pages. Index. Glossary. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of archival black and white photos. "Takes readers behind the scenes at RAF Medmenham in the Thames Valley and shows how, from overlapping pairs of aerial photographs, it was possible to view objects of German military or industrial importance three-dimensionally (or stereoscopically), and because of their training, interpretation officers of the three services and later of the USAAF, were in a position to disclose enemy plans, sometimes impossible for other sources of intelligence to obtain." - from dust jacket. Moderate overall wear. Clean and unmarked. Price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this fascinating work. Book
viii, [2], 229 pages. Bibliography. Index. Maps. Black and white plates. "How this farmer's son, who never read a military textbook in his life, outwitted and outfought some of the greatest soldiers of his day - until his name became a household word around the world - is one of the most exciting true stories of all time." - dust jacket. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this, the General's first full-length biography. Book
48 pages. Features: Nice colour photo ad for Oldsmobile cars inside front cover; Fargo truck ad; Canada's Fighting Forces - Part 2 - The New Army - particle with photos; Interesting comments on the war from London by Beverley Baxter; Road's End (fiction); The Pertinacious Pole - a short story about hockey involving a Polish fellow; White Gold - The grand business success skiiing has brought to the Laurentians - article with photos; The Stowaway (fiction); Moving Quebec to Idaho - article and photos of movie "Northwest Passage"; Frank Cyril James - new Principal at McGill University - photo and article; Wings of Hazard (fiction) part 2 of 5); Dodge car ad; Plymouth car ad; Ontario Premier M.F. Hepburn is pictured in a war solidarity ad sponsored by the Automotive Industries of Canada; Red Horner, Syl Apps and Gordie Drillon are featured in an Alka-Seltzer ad; Dodge Truck ad; Army Grub, New Style - interesting article and photos on cooking for the Canadian Army; colour ad inside back cover by the Department of Fisheries encourages Canadians to eat fish. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Please note: page 6/7 missing - It appears to have been an ad. A worthy vintage copy. Book
85 pages. Author spent over three years as a WWII prisoner of the Japanese in Singapore, Malaya and Siam. "The vivid scenes of forced building of the Railroad of Death through 250 miles of virgin jungle, of bombings, rapes, and sordid POW living conditions, come to life with astonishing clarity in this true story." - dust jacket. Bookplate upon front free endpaper, otherwise clean and and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Enser p.43. Book
527 pages. Index of family names. Illustrated endpapers. Many black and white illustrations. Decorated front board. Chapters include: History of the Village, Development of the Community, Churches, Our War Record, Organizations, Sports/Recreation/Entertainment, Schools, Family Histories, Memories. Prior owner's details handwritten on bottom of title page else unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this substantial work. Book
48 pages. Features: Nice Dumont TV ad inside front cover features photo of Fred Allen; Nostalgic one-page color ad for Revlon's new ''Sheer Dynamite" face powder; A Formula for Avoiding a Tailspin - converting to the post-war economy; Eight great military photos of Ike, our favorite being the 2/3-page shot of him addressing members of the 29th Division, poised for the final drive into Germany; Is Tomorrow's World Going Left?; Fires That Flame Behind the Arab Crisis - lands of danger and trouble; Above and Beyond the Call of Duty - Staff Sergeant Henry Eugene Erwin of Alabama is the first B-29 crewman to win the Medal of Honor; One-page aerial photo of Osaka ablaze after devastating B-29 attack; How to Make Germans Men of Peace? - a psychiatrist prescribes a possible cure; Shortage of men means some women must learn to live alone and like it; Dean Dixon discusses his mission to bring classical music to the millions; Pro Baseball Article - "Not even the war could put a damper on baseball or on the enthusiasm of fans, with photo of the Red Sox' Cronin sliding into home plate; Lovely one-page color ad for Woodbury powder includes photo of Laraine Day; Two pages of nice dress fashion photos for women; The Bell of Okinawa - located in a pagoda beside Annapolis' Lover's Lane; Nice one-page color ad for Chen Yu nail lacquer and lipstick; and more. Average external soiling and wear. Unmarked. Moderate age-toning to paper. A sound copy of this vintage WWII issue. Book
385-480, [102] ads, pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and drawings. Printed upon glossy stock. The many pages of ads include an abundance of nostalgic illustrations. Features: Barracks Group and Hospital of the U.S. Army School of Military Aeronautics at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio - Joseph N. Bradford, Architect; The Debt of Landscape Art to a Museum of Trees; Modern Industrial Plants, Part I; Housing for Women War Workers; Henry Hering's Sculpture for the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago; Portfolio of Current Architecture; The Work of Olmsted Brothers - Part I; The Character of Renaissance Architecture; The Expressiveness of Light; The Architect's Library - war books of the French Cathedrals - Part IV; Notes and Comments. Average external wear. Library stamp atop front cover, otherwise unmarked. Binding intact. Two small binding holes near spine. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
346 pages including glossary, notes, index and black and white photographic plates. The story of a group of Canadian Army officers who volunteered to serve in the British Army in Europe between D-Day, 1944, and V-E Day, 1945, in a scheme called CANLOAN. Author was one of the participants and has based this work upon research supplemented by the recollections of survivors. A vivid account both of the experiences of the CANLOAN officers and of the scheme itself, from the initial concept to its realization. Presents slit-trench views of the battles in Normandy, Arnhem, Italy, the Rhineland and beyond the Rhine. Covers the role of the platoon commander in battle, the experiences of prisoners of war, the wounded, and the 50 Ordnance Corps volunteers who with 623 junior infantry officers made up CANLOAN. This copy appears to have come from a low circulation library, perhaps in a senior's home. Stickers have been removed from dust jacket and their former presence is nearly invisible. Otherwise, dust jacket remains very attractive and shows only light wear. Prior owner's address label and three small library stamps upon decorated front endpaper. No other markings to book which is clean and bears light wear. Blue boards decorated with gilt. A lovely copy. Book
[ix], 496 pages. Index. Footnotes. Black and white illustrations. "Investigates the greatest human catastrophe ever on Canadian soil, perhaps 100,000 B.C. natives died from smallpox during 1862/63. Before then, the indigenous peoples were still sovereign in their respective territories. Afterward, British Columbia subjugated and disposessed the depopulated and demoralized native nations through small wars billed as policing and by hanging more than a dozen natives resisting the unconstitutional imposition of British institutions." - back cover. Former library copy with the usual markings and heavy soiling and wear. Binding intact. Not pretty but a worthy reading copy. Book
Cover: Britain Takes "A Most Hazardous Step": Mr. Herbert Morrison, Lord President of the Council. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "The River Jordan": by Nelson Glueck; Aftermath of War: And Some Battles Long Ago; The Martyrdom of St. Euphemia: A Seventh-Century Church Laid Bare in Constantinople; The World of Science: The Return of the Challenger; and Books of the Day. Pictorial Journals include: Black Light: The "Cat's Eye" Effect of the German Infra-Red Telescopes and Searchlights in Darkness (Illus. by G.H. Davis); General Mihailovitch Today and As Yugoslav War Minister in 1942; Pictorial Commentary on Air, Sea and Land Events; Budapest - Pre-War and Post-War: Famous Buildings in Ruins; Budapest - Pre-War and Post-War: Famous Bridges of the Hungarian Capital - Then and Now; Europe's Housing Problem: Reconstruction Starts in Greece; Royal Occasions: At Home and Abroad; The Royal Barge of Yesterday and Today; A Ship Which Carries Enough Deep-Sea Cable to Bridge the Atlantic: H.M. Telegraph Ship "Monarch" (Illus. by C.E. Turner); News from America: A Miscellany of Ancient and Modern Inventions; The U.S. Railway Strike: Scenes at Stations in New York; The World's Largest Telescope Takes Shape on Mt. Palomar; A Plague of Locusts; Japanese War Criminals; and Spain's Dictator; Eight Shillings' Worth of Stamps Valued at Thousands of Pounds; and The Passion of St. Euphemia Brought to Light in Byzantine Frescoes. Binding sound. Prior owners ink stamp with some writing on the advertising front cover. Ink smudges on advertising back cover. Contents clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
Cover: The Invasion of Iwo Jima: U.S. Marines Storming the Beaches and Digging in on Suribachi Volcano After Capturing the Enemy Pill-Boxes. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Dismembered Masterpieces" by Thomas Bodkin; The Great World War: Allied Thrust to the Rhine; Books of the Day; and The World of Science: Australia's Living Fossils. Pictorial Journals include: Scenes in Manila, The Philippine Capital Destroyed by the Retreating Japanese; General Crerar's Offensive: Allied Armour Driving into the Reichswald (Illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); General Crerar's Offensive: British Troops and Armour Fighting in the Centre of Cleve (Illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); The Battle of the Bridges: Important Rhine Crossings; The Allies' Great Victory of the Rhine from Wesel to Coblenz: A Bird's-Eye Map of the Terrain (Illus. by G.H. Davis); Munchen-Gladbach, Krefeld, and Neuss Fall to the U.S. Ninth Army; U.S. Ninth Army Drive: Scenes in Captured German Towns; Scenes of Bitter Fighting by the Canadian First Army and United Kingdom Forces: Victorious Progress to the Rhine Against Rundstedt's Crack Paratroopers; General Crerar's Offensive: British Infantry of the Canadian Army Penetrating Enemy Positions by Artificial Moonlight South of the Hochwald (Illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); General Crerar's Offensive: Scottish Medium Artillery Covering the Advance of British Tanks South of Goch (Illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); The Invasion of Iwo Jima; The Eastern Front: Some Captured Volkssturmers and Enemy Goods; The Eastern Front: Soviety Guns, Tanks, and Cavalry on the Move; Pagan, the Romantic City of Pagodas Again in British Hands; and Pagan, the Ancient Buddhist Capital of Burma: City of Five Thousand Colourful Pagodas and Sacred Shrines. Binding sound. Prior owners faint ink stamp and signature upon advertorial front cover. Contents clean and unmarked with minimal wear. A quality copy. Book
Cover: Our Royal Field-Marshal (King George VI) Viewing the Fighting in Italy. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Excellenz X: The Leader of To-Morrow's Germans" by R.G. Waldeck; The Great World War: What Next on the Eastern Front? (inc maps); Books of the Day; and The World of Science: Summer's Emptying Nests. Pictorial Journals include: The King (George VI) in Italy: His Majesty Awards Honours and Decorations; Obstacles in the Path of Our Normandy Advance: German Defensive Methods in a Compact Countryside (illustrated by Captain Bryan de Grineau); Britain's 17-Pounder: More than a Match for German Tanks (illustrated by G.H. Davis); The Armour Against Us: Some Details of Germany's Modern Armoured Vehicles in Use in Normandy To-Day (illustrated by G.H. Davis); Blazing the Trail: Bulldozers Carving Roads Through Debris in Normandy; The Allied Offensive in Normandy: Montgomery's Great Drive; Scenes of Action at Caumont and Other Sites; Advance in Normandy: The Type of Landscape Our Forces Experience; The Devastation of Modern War: St. Lo Cathedral and Other Ruined Sites; Three Famous Places in Brittany - Now in the War News; The Scene of an Invasion Rehearsal - The Invasion Staged in Reality; The 14th Army's Success in Burma Amid Arduous Conditions; Warsaw Yesterday: Poland's Capital Under Nazi Domination; The War From Varied Angles: Topicalities Recorded by the Camera; Flying Our Wounded Home From the Battlefields of Normandy (Illus. by Flight Lieut. H.W. Hailstone); Dover-Photographed by the Enemy for His Cross-Channel Guns; and A Puzzle Posed by High-Speed Photographs of a Bullet in Flight. Prior owners ink stamp with some writing centre front cover. Some ink smudges to back cover. Contents clean and unmarked. Moderate wear. Book
Cover: The Lastest Portrait of Her Majesty the Queen (Elizabeth I, Queen Mother). Features include: Our Notebook; Aftermath of War: Farewell to the Netherlands East Indies; Book Review: "The Life of Neville Chamberlain": by Keith Feiling; The World of Science: The Mystic Mistletoe; Notes for the Novel-Reader; and Books of the Day. Pictorial Journals include: Their Majesties and the Princesses: Royal Family Circle Home Portraits; H.M.S. Vanguard's "Shake-Down" Cruise: A Prelude to the Royal Tour; The Viceroy (Viscount Wavell) and Indian Leaders in London for Intensive Talks; The Lights of London: Experimental Fluorescent Lamps By Night; The Worst U.S. Disaster of Its Kind: The Winecoff Hotel (Atlanta, Georgia) Fire; Exiled Italian Royalty: Ex-King Umberto and His Family; Belgian Royalty in Geneva: The King (Leopold III) and His Children; A Window on the World; Events at Home and Abroad; A Sport for Model Enthusiasts: How to Build a Car Which Will Race at Speeds in Excess of 40 mp.h. (Illus. by G.H. Davis); Like a Straw Hat: The Atomic Bomb, A Split Second After Explosion; Harvesting Grapes for Wine: France's Historic Vendange; Gainsborough's Best Portrait of Garrick Lost in a Stratford Fire; Progress of Rocket Research: German Scientists in America; The Bones of Cortez; Palestine Explosions; New and Old Memorials; Where (Horatio) Nelson Flew His Flag as Commander-In-Chief (Antigua) at the Age of 28; and Likely to Become National Possessions: Trafalgar House and Its Nelson Relics. Pages 677/678 and 699/back cover missing. Cover and page 691 loose but present. Average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
Cover: The Modern Pompeii - A City Overwhelmed by the Tide of War. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Life, Work and Setting of Philip Wilson Steer" by D.S. MacColl; Aftermath of War: Record of the Eighth Indian Division; Books of the Day; and The World of Science: The Atom and Its Isotopes. Pictorial Journals include: Glimpses of the Japanese Navy: Warships in Their Graves; The Anniversary of Rundstedt's Last Offensive: Bastogne and St. Vith Revisited; The Ardennes Battlefields of Last Christmas: Scenes of Germany's Final Effort; The Price of War in Once-Proud Nurember; The Hutments of Berlin: Wooden Shacks and Improvished Dwellings of Some of the Homeless Hordes in the Shattered Capital; One of the War's Most Daring Exploits: British Midget (XE3Class) Submarine Attack Which Sank the Japanese Cruiser "Takao" at Singapore (Illus. by G.H. Davis); What Happens When You Dial "999": Scotland Yard's "Operations" Room (Illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); Princess Elizabeth at Brighton; Lieut.-Commander E.M. Brown, test pilot of the jet-propelled de Havilland Vampire taking off / landing on the deck of the H.M.S. "Ocean"; A "Shangri-La" for British Troops on Leave in the Far East: The Mullinger Club, Mussoorie; The Weapons of War and War's Aftermath; The New Waterloo Bridge: Officially Opened on December 10; Stills From (Bernard) Shaw's "Caesar and Cleopatra" - Perhaps the Most Important Film Produced in Great Britain (starring Vivian Leigh and Claude Rains); News From All Quarters: A Pictorial Survey; Picasso and Matisse Pictures Exhibited at the Victoria and Albert; and Masterpieces from Lockinge House on Loan to Birmingham Museum. Prior owners ink stamp and signature upon advertorial front cover. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Pages 65-100. Features: Charming ad for Kruschen Salts inside advertorial front cover; Front cover photo of German soldiers returning to Berlin "Undefeated"; Article by G.K. Chesterton about the hope of the Polish people; Photo of the late great actor Sir Charles Wyndham; Photo of German troops entering Berlin; Photo of Liebknecht addressing large crowd in Unter Den Linden in Berlin; Two-page photo spread of the new "Lloyd George" Coalition Government - the Premier and some of the chief members - 32 photos in all; A Great Day in Prague - several photos show President Masaryk's Triumphal Entry; Photo of Filippo Cavallini, Luigi Dini and Adolfo Re-Riccardi in prisoners dock as they face charges of treason; Several photos of the aftermath of war; Photos of British Peace Delegates departing to Paris; Three pages of photos of Theodore Roosevelt - A Friend of Britain; Aerial Records and Record Making - article by C.G. Grey - Editor of "The Aeroplane"; Superb full-page photo portrait of Poland's Ignace Paderewski; Two pages of illustrations depicting heraldic symbols for commemorating naval traditions - some new badges for British War-Ships; Nice centerfold illustration by Arthur Watts shows a coastal motor-boat engaging a German seaplane; Large aerial photos of bombs exploding at sea; Illustration of new Undersecretary of State for Air - The Rt. Hon. Major-General J.E.E. Seely, D.S.O., on his charger Warrior; Photo from Baghdad of the British Commander-in-chief reading a proclamation announcing the surrender of Turkey; Great full-page ad for Kenilworth Cigarettes shows young lady on bed lighting her smoke from that of her male companion in uniform; Aerial photo of bombed Red Cross hospital at Etaples; Photo of Herr Ebert addressing a meeting of non-commissioned officers; Interesting photo of the interior of the Sopwith Aviation company's big factory at Ham, Surrey; "Astol" ad on back cover claims to restore natural colour to hair which is grey or faded; numerous other gorgeous vintage ads. Moderate wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Book
Cover: The Late U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt Whose Sudden Death on April 12, Came as a Shock to the Entire Civilized World. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Our Heritage of Widl Nature" by A.G. Tansley; and The Great World War: Nearing the End in Germany (inc map). Pictorial Journals include: Great President: Scenes From the Life of Mr. Roosevelt; Pictures From America, Germany and Italy; The Allied Advance in Western Germany; British Storm Arnhem - Avenging Men of the First Airborne Division; The Invasion of Germany: Incidents in the Allied Advance; The Sharp Point of a Spearhead: British Armour and Airborne Troops (2nd Army) Piercing the Defences of a Village near Hanover, Germany (Illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); Some of the 2,000,000: A Small Fraction of the Total Haul of German Prisoners by the Allied Armies in the West; Lest We Forget: The Massacre of Welsh Prisoners (53rd Welsh Division) at Rethem on April 11 (Illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); Allied Air Power: German Targets Pulverised by Bombing; British Prisoners of War Regain Freedom - The Arrest of (Franz) Von Papen; Bits and Pieces of the V-2 Jigsaw Puzzle: Captured Transport and Launching Equipment; Lauching Sites, Apparatus, and Factories Overrun by the Advancing Allied Armies; Spectators at a London Exhibition Watching a Vivid Reconstruction of a Bomber-Command Raid on a German Target (Illus. by Terence T. Cuneo); and The Eagle's Nest: Hitler's Former H.Q., Now in American Hands. Pages 419/420, 441/442 and back page missing. Remainder of contents clean and unmarked with minimal wear. A worthy reading copy. Book
Cover: The Conquest of the Palau Islands. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Bath" by R.A.L. Smith; The Great World War: A New Situation in Russia; Books of the Day; and The World of Science: Vegetable Oils in Warfare. Pictorial Journals include: The Palau Isles, Last Stepping-Stone to the Philippines: Landings on Peleliu; Sidelights on the Battle for Aachen as Fighting Rages for the Ancient City; Inside the Battered City of Aachen; Battle Scenes Amid the Smoking Ruins; Watching Germany: British Artillery Observers Overlooking a Countryside Littered with Gliders and Parachutes South-east of Nijmegen (illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); Advancing on Overloon: British Troops of the Second Army Fighting Eastward From the Nijmegen Salient (illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); War News in Pictures; A Birthplace for Robots: Planned for 100 Flying Bombs a Day; Britain's Tempest Fighter; German Jet and Rocket Aircraft; "General Mud" Again Comes into Action on the Eighth Army Front: Italy; Fighting the Japanese in Burmese Jungle During the Monsoon Months; and The Village of Burnham Thorpe - Birthplace of Lord Nelson. Page 453/454 and 471/472 missing. Binding sound. Contents clean and unmarked with minimal wear. A worthy reading copy. Book
Cover: The First Entry of Canadians into Caen. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "The Bank of England: 1694 - 1944" by Reginald Saw; The Great World War: Moving on in Italy (inc maps); Books of the Day; and The World of Science: Wood Comes of Age. Pictorial Journals include: In Liberated Caen: The Mayor Hoisting the Tricolour; Caen After the Battle: The Key City of Lower Normandy, whose Capture Marked a Valorous British Victory; Two Aerial Photos: German Atlantic Wall, Eastern Section of the Cherbourg Peninsula; On the Western Front (Battle of Normandy): War and Its Aftermath; On the Western Front: Scenes From the Battle Zones of British and American Armies in Normandy; The Red Army Surges On: Important Cities in the Path of Battle; A Lancashire Fusilier's V.C.: Fusilier (Francis Arthur) Jefferson, Single-Handed, Breaking Up an Enemy Tank Attack (illustrated by Captain Bryan de Grineau); The Onward Advance of Gen. Alexander's Armies: War Scenes at Castiglione, Lake Trasimeno, The French Entry into Siena; Mediaeval San Gimignano and Its Towers; The War in Burma: The Clearing of the Kohima-Imphal Road; The Japanese Main Fleet Caught Napping - Another U.S. Sea Victory (Battle of Philippine Sea); New Additions to our Fighting Power: Flying Bombs from Start to Finish; A Threatened View - Durham Cathedral from River and Railway (illustrated by Sir Muirhead Bone); and War's Trail of Devastation in Normandy: Historic Buildings Wrecked in Fierce Armoured Battles on the Allied Front. Binding sound. Clean and unmarked with minimal wear. A quality copy. Book
Cover: Major-General Patton, Commanding the American Third Army in Northern France. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "English Social History" by G.M. Trevelyan; The Great World War: Offensive Campaigns in France (inc map); Books of the Day; and The World of Science: A Secret Weapon in the Insect War. Pictorial Journals include: "The Army of France is in Being Again, Fighting on Its Own Soil for the Liberation of Its Country"; A Massed Daylight Attack by R.A.F. Heavy Bombers on German Positions Near Falaise: Aircraft Flying In and Bombs Bursting on the Target Area; Shattered Falaise: The Birthplace of William the Conqueror To-Day; With the British and Canadian Forces in Normandy: Action Photographs as Our Men Sweep Forward; The Citadel - Last Enemy-Held Strong-Point in St. Malo - Captured; Sidelights on the Fighting in Northern France: The Capture of Orleans and Dreux and Other Points in the General Advance; Destruction of the Retreating Enemy Army - As Seen From the Air; The Allied Invasion of Southern France; The Scene of Successful Allied Landings in Southern France: A Pictorial Map From Coasts to Mountains (Illus. by G.H. Davis); First Allied Landings in Southern France: Mr. Churchill in Italy; The Allied Entry into Florence; Sidelights on the War: News From Various Battlefronts; and One of the Greatest Donations of Eighteenth Century French Painting Ever Received by a Museum - The Kress Collection. Binding Sound. Contents clean and unmarked with minimal wear. A quality copy. Book
Cover: Nature as a Jeweller: Actissa Princeps, One of the Protozoa, Resembling a Jewelled Decoration. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Reflections in a Mirror: Second Series" by Charles Morgan; Aftermath of War: Record of the Seventy-Ninth Armoured Division; Books of the Day; and The World of Science: The Problem of the Edible Frog. Pictorial Journals include: A Drop of Water as Nature's "Jewel-Case": The Strange Beauty of Microscopic Living "Gems" Modelled in Glass; An Echo of Our Greatest Blow at the Ruhr: The Mohne Dam Today; Lord (Harold) Alexander's Installation as Governor-General of Canada; MacKenzie King, Prime Minister, Addressing a Welcome to the Lord (Harold) Alexander, the New Governor-General of Canada; "The Grace of Humility": His Majesty Dispensing Alms in the Royal Maundy Ceremony at Westminster Abbey (Illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); When Gold is Found: The Ancient Art of Assaying; The New Home of the Royal Greenwich Observatory: Historic Hurstmonceux Castle, in the Sussex Weald; The American Scene: News Pictures From the States; The Ionosphere Rocket: A New Projectile to be Used For Meteorological Purposes; Camouflage on the Grand Scale: A "Housing Estate" on Netting Above a Vast American Aircraft Plant; The British Scene: News Events in London, Yorkshire and Oxfordshire; The Ingenuity of Prisoners-Of-War: Mechanical Gadgets Made of Junk; News Items at Home and Abroad; Classified By Hoefnagel with Insects: The Mysterious Hairy Folk; Pages From Artists' Sketchbook: A Novel Exhibition; and Masterpieces of British Water-Colour at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Binding sound. Contents clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
Cover: The Drawing Room Window of Jane Austen's Cottage at Chawton, Hampshire. Features include: Our Notebook; Aftermath of War: The Greek Complaint to the Security Council (inc. map); Book Review: "Foreign Mud": by Maurice Collis; The World of Science: Ennerdale Water and Its Fauna; Notes for the Novel-Reader; and Books of the Day. Pictorial Journals include: The Birthplace of Immortal Books: Chawton Cottage - Where Jane Austen Lived and Wrote; The Princesses' Personal Setting: T.R.H. in Their Private Apartments; A Problem Confronting the United Nations: The Greek Guerilla War; "Blotmaster" But Notable Artist: The Tate Alexander Cozens Show; India at the Crossroads: Nehru's Proposal of a Republic at the First Constituent Assembly; Events of the Day: Hamburg Tribunal on Inhuman Crimes at Ravensbruck Concentration Camp, Manhattan Tenement Disaster; The Setting of the Christmas Story: Christendom's Birthplace; Naval Relics Exhibited in Paris; Clearing the Corfu Channel (Minesweeping); The Glow of Cape Town at Night: Floodlit Table Mountain; The March into Azerbaijan: Persian Troops on the Frontier; Life and Trade in the Deep Snows of the Canadian Arctic (Baker Lake Settlement), Where "Skins" Buy Gramophones for Thriving Eskimos; Heating Homes in England; Clay Sculptures Which Summarise the Blackfellow's Legends and Culture: An Australian Artists's (William Ricketts) Thoughts About The Aborigines; Wild Flowers that Bloom Where Christmas Falls in High Summer; and Unique Flowers of a Unique Landscape: Some of Australia's Lovely Flora. Binding sound. Contents clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
