Carr, William GuyMareMagnum
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xxi, [1], 193, [7], pages. Index. Glossary. This undated reprint of the 1955 first edition appears to be circa 1970. Includes a lengthy new Introduction by Carr dated 1958 and endorsements by prominent men on page 192. "... Published to expose the ramifications of the International Conspiracy which was originated by a small group of wealthy and influential men in 1773 for the purpose of ultimately obtaining undisputed control of the wealth, natural resources, and manpower of the entire world... Explains how the continuity of their Long Range Plan was assured by appointing their successors from their own entourage while still alive." - Foreword of the first edition. Commander Carr was a distinguished English-born Canadian naval officer who served in both world wars. Sombre cover illustration depicts Soviet chess pieces moving in for the kill. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality early copy of this highly controversial work. Singerman 921, Weems p.58. Book
Pages 487-530. Features: Cover page photo of state funeral of Adm. of the Fleet Earl Beatty; Major coverage of the funeral of Lord Beatty; Photo illustrated article entitled Flightless Birds in Three Continents; Lovely one page photo portrait of Queen Mary with three of her grandchildren; Two-page pictorial map entitled "Germany re-occupies the demilitarized Rhineland - a breach of the Versailles and Locarno treaties; Photo illustrated article entitled "A Vast Prehistoric Pompeii" revisited - further discoveries in Moravia, at Vestoice and the Pekarna cave; Two pages of photos of products of the paleolithic bone industry - weapons recalling Samson's "jawbone of an ass" and a big spoon; Page of photos and text describe mammoth hunters' cosmetics - dye-making utensils and other relics; Two pages of colour illustrations of animal art of 30,000 years ago - the earliest known sculpture; Page of seven photos document a trail of arson through Spain - the destruction of churches and convents; Photo of crowds surging to see the liner "Queen Mary" before she leaves her birthplace; Aerial photo of London Film Productions studio at Denham aflame; Photo of whales defeating Ireland in rugby championship at Cardiff, with crowds surging onto field of play; Photo of Hitler taking the salute at torch lit procession of 200,000 Nazis on the Theresienweise at Munich; Centrefold photo of the League of Nations Council meeting in London - the most vital for the peace of Europe ever held; Photos of Italian bombing of lava in Abyssinia; Photos of personalities of the week include Gen. Sir David Campell, Lord Dartmouth, Canon Nairne, Lieut. Col. R. S. Rait Kerr, Registrar A.Stiebel; the late Prof. J. S. Haldane, Sir Thomas Inskip, Sir Donald Somervell, Guila Bustabo, Ali Irfan, and the late Sir Dillon Bell; Nice one-page colour ad for the Ford V-8 car; One page Harrods ad features sports woollies for men; Nice illustrated one-page ad for the Hillman "Hawk" "Sixteen" "80" with "Evenkeel" Suspension; Classy halfpage photo ad for Bentley cars; Nostalgic one-page illustrated ad for Castrol oil features famed aviator Tommy Rose; and more. Coverfold holding by one staple. Archival tape repairs along coverfold. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Features: Title page photo of R.F.C. airman in electrified clothing for night bombing; The Navy and Nature - Camouflage and Smoke-Clouds (article); The Songs Our Soldiers Sing; The Honey Bee, "Sugar" Supplier (article); Page of photos illustrating damage to Italian architecture done by Austria; Two pages of excellent photos of tanks on the battlefield - at and since Cambrai; Photo of row of British Bombing Machines (Aeroplanes); One-page photo of British pilot holding 25lb bomb as he arms his plane; Article by G.K. Chesterton about food shortages and related wartime issues; Photo in hangar at the Issy-Les-Moulineaux Aviation Station, near Paris; Photo of pilot in cockpit of a Breguet machine; Photos of downed German Gotha aircraft; Twelve photos over two pages illustrate the machine-guns of aeroplanes of various types - allied and enemy examples; Air-Craft Versus War-Ships (article); Two-page illustration of British-German aerial dogfight; Two photos of massive Italian Caproni Aeroplanes; Article on food hoarding; Two photos of a mobile British bacteriological laboratory; Roll of Honour - one page with photos of 21 British officers, including Brig.-Gen. G.S. Shephard, D.S.O., M.C.; and more. 36 pages, including eight pages of charming vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Lovely photo ad for D. Napier & Son, Ltd., maker of Napier motor carriages. Illustrated Denby Motor Lorry ad. Fantastic two-colour back cover ad for the Erasmic Shaving Stick features fashionable man and woman, illustrated by Rilette. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
Features: Title page photo of General Foch; Two pages of photos document a Moslem pilgrimage to Moses' tomb for the first time since the Allied occupation; The Fighting Poets of France (article); Germany's U-Boat "Cruisers"; Two half-page aerial photos of bombing in Palestine and Cologne; Photos of Sir Horace Darwin, Sir Cyril S. Cobb, Sir W.E. Hume-Williams, Sir William Orpen, The Earl of Plymouth, and Sir Howard Handley Spicer; Six photos of the Italian contingent in France; Twelve photos over two pages illustrate the training and work of canine despatch-carriers; Home-Grown Rations (article); Photo of the shelled houses of Villers-Bretonneux; Four photos illustrated the rescue work of the Sea-Patrol Service; The United States Militant - at the front and at Home - six photos, including two at Cantigny; Two half-page photos of Americans capturing Germans at Cantigny with flame-throwers; Graphic centrefold illustration depicts a bayonet charge by the French army on the Western Front; On Bombing in General - article by C.G. Grey; One-page of British officer on horseback being pursued by enemy plane; Roll of Honour - photos of 18 officers including Lt.-Col. C.K. James, D.S.O. and BAR; Several nice car ads; 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
Features: Two-page illustration describes the British share in "the magnificent Italian Victory" - artillery counter-preparation near Asiago; Article by G.K. Chesterton on Mr. Robert Dell who was expelled from France; Photos of Sir Gilbert F. Garnsey, K.B.E., General Guillaumat, Governor of France, and General Diaz of Italy; One-page illustration of British Aeroplane over the recaptured Montello - an air view of the Piave; Potsdam's Disappointment (article); The War Game of the Japanese (article); "The Beef Trip"; Two half-page photos show the raised Piave River; Article about air bombing and bombers; One-page illustration of the Montello, "Entirely retaken with elan from the Austrians by the Italians"; From Virgin Soil to Complete Shipyard in 165 Days - Three pages with fourteen photos marvelously document the rapid construction of the world's largest shipyard on Hog Island, in the Delaware River, just outside Philadelphia; Centrefold illustration of "The Beef Trip", the British Navy's way of securing the nation's food supply; The Conservation of Wild Life in War-Time (article); Detailed diagrams and text describe the Madsen Gun; Full-page illustration compares Britain's liberal rations compared to those of Germany; Roll of Honour - photos of 18 officers including Lieut.-Col. Bertrand D. Gibson; Photos of U.S. Army nurses under gas-mask instruction at Cape Kearney, California; Illustrated ad for the "Kooksjoie" Range warns of imminent coal restrictions; Nice car ads; Nice one-page illustrated ad for Beecham's Pills features reflection of lady in mirror; Back cover ad for Edwards' Harlene hair treatments; 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
Features: Title page illustration of French Cavalry on the Oise Front; Two pages of illustrations of Royal visit to 'Khaki Country' - among the mills of the West Riding; Reserves and Their Employment (article); The Patron Saint of the Allies (article); Concerning National Kitchens (article); Photos of events in Italy, Portugal, Greece and France, including two photos of the funeral of Sister G.M.M. Wake, a Canadian nurse killed by a German bomb; Article on current events by G.K. Chesterton; Photos of John Robert Clynes, M.P., Sir Richard David Muir, The Duke of Rutland, Sir William James Tatem, and Sir John Merry Le Sage; Text and two illustrations describe the American's First "Big Thing" in France - The Cantigny Fight; The Moral and Material Effect of Bombing Germany (article by C.G. Grey); Six photos of British and U.S. Observers training Aerial Gunnery together; Wonderful 11-photo spread over two pages of the United States Army at the front where it is 'taking a gallant share in resisting the German offensive; Three illustrations and text describe the shelling of Paris from 74 miles by German super-gun "Long Bertha"; Seven photos of Sea-Warfare mementos from Zeebrugge - war museum additions; Centrefold illustration "The Last of the Albert Madonna - British Artillery In Action Near The Town; Photos of injured German POWs; Article on the saving of clerical labour; Two half-page aerial photos illustrate a British air attack on the main railway station at Metz; Roll of Honour - photos of 18 officers including Lieut.-Colonel James Hugh Coles, D.S.O.; Several lovely car ads; Fantastic two-colour back cover ad for "Erasmic" The Dainty Soap features well-dressed lady in boudoir studying her mirror; 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
Features: Title page illustration of British craft 'unsuccessfully attacked' by German submarine; One-page map entitled "The German Blow On Our Fifty-Mile Front - The Battle Area" shows the front between Reims and Nieuport; The Allotment to the Rescue (article); The American Soldier - A First-Class Fighting Man; The Need of Nitrogen - The Air as a source of supply (article); Six interesting photos document the capture of Jericho - scenes and incidents; G. K. Chesterton writes about Lenin and the Bolsheviks; Two photos of downed German Gotha aircraft; One-page illustration of funeral on the Italian front involving coffin on a cableway; One-page illustrations of scene in air-raid shelter in Padua, Italy; Two-page illustration of a party of Alpini resisting to the death on Mount Solarolo; Six photos of a French merchant-ship sinking after being torpedoed; Glorious centrefold illustration of dancing scene in the British Army and Navy Leave Club in Paris; Four half-page illustrations of scenes at the same Leave Club in Paris; Article on the Bombing Offensive Against Germany; Fantastic one-page photo entitled "The Restitution of Alsace and Lorraine - A Great Demonstration in Paris' shows meeting of hundreds of people at the Sorbonne; Fantastic two-colour back cover ad for "Cavanders Army Club" cigarettes features U.S. and Canadian officers chatting about a cigarette; 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
Very Good English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In English. [1], [6], [2], 53, [1] p., 6 b/w plates. Ex-library stamp on second page. The Japan China conflict and the attitude of Japan. First and Only Edition. Contents: Pt. 1. Report on the Conference held between the Management of the NNational League of Japanese University Professors and foreign news correspondents.; Pt. 2. Prologue.; Japan China relations and the spirit of Japan.; The Japan China conflict and thePro-Communistic policy of china.; Boycott and Anti-Japanese movement.; The attitude of Japan.; Officers of the National League of Japanese University Professors.
254 pages including index and black and white photographic plates. 'The London', one of the greatest hospitals of all, was founded in 1740 by six men who met at the Feathers Tavern, Cheapside and put up 100 pounds between them. From then on the story is one of constant dedication. In writing of the hospital he knows best, Dr. Clark-Kennedy speaks for teh whole Voluntary system, providing a fascinating comparison with the modern National Health Service. Light to moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Illustrated glossy covers. Nice copy. Book
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates and maps; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published a year after the US edition.
531 pages including index and black and white illustrations. A fascinating book about wartime politics, military strategies, and the birth pains of an independent U.S. Air Force - which was forged in fire over Brest, Schweinfurt, and Berlin. Sequel to author's A Few Great Captains - which traced the history of the U.S. Army Air Corps from its beginning to the onset of the German Blitzkrieg - picks up the story where Captains left off and continues through the strategic bombing of the Third Reich from 1942 to the end of the war in Europe. The story of a handful of air commanders who risked all for what they believed, at the conference table and in the cockpit. Prior owner's bookplate upon front endpaper else unmarked. Very light wear. Clean and unmarked. Small tears and moderate edgewear to dust jacket. Excellent copy. Book
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
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition; original printed wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks 12.
8vo., First Edition, with plates, illustrations and diagrams throughout; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
Sound book with clean pages and clear content. Name previous owner on FEP.
iv, 132 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this informative WWII reference. Book
48 Pages. Features: Cover photo of bombing crew mission debriefing session; Nice one-page color ad for Woodbury film-finish powder features Sonja Henie; Temple radio ad; We must not delay rebuilding the world; Photo of B-17s over the Reich; Photo of Allied infantry and armor fighting along the German Westwall; Dramatic photo of B-29s thundering over Mount Fuji on way to Tokyo; Photo of American troops in landing barges on way to a Pacific Island; Last Fortress of the Nazis - article and photos explain how in the Alps east of Switzerland Hitler's henchmen are expected to make a final stand - includes caricatures of Hitler, Himmler, Goebels and Goering; The Soviet Soldier Does Not Forget - he remembers the long ordeal of his people and says it must not happen again; The Censor Defends the Censorship - Director of Censorship Byron Price replies to those who complain that too much news is kept from the public; General Lewis A. Pick of 'Pick's Pike' - photo-illustrated article of the builder of Stilwell Road, the 620-mile land route to China from Burma; One-page color ad for the Parker '51' pen; Poem - "Lincoln's Last Birthday"; One-page color ad for Benson & Hedges Virginia Rounds cigarettes; The Horace Mann-Lincoln School of teachers College; Photo and article on Shirley Temple - who tells how she evolved from gurgling to glamor; ad for Philharmonic radio-phonographs; William Gallacher - the only Communist M.P. in Britain, and one of the most persistent Churchill-baiters in Parliament - article with photo; Nice color ad for Valliant Vineyards; Great letter about jobs for men and women by Ann Maulsby; Lieut. Gen. Kurt Dittmar is 'The Voice of the Wehrmacht" - article with photo; Color ad for Nestle's evaporated milk; Nice color photo ad for Thomas' Protein Bread; Meals with Little or No Meat; Color Crisco ad; The Bare Arm Look (fashion); Decorating Ingenuity; Kingergarten Enterprises; Cocomalt ad features boy on stilts; Lovely two-page fashion section features attractive photos of formal fashions; Nice half-page color ad for Marlboro cigarettes features lady in red polka-dot summerwear; Postman's Daily Rounds - article on letter carriers of the New York area distribute 80 tons of mail daily; Color one-page ad for Fabrics by Stafford, sold by Goodman & Theise; Fantastic color-photo back page ad for Rheingold Beer features Miss Rheingold 1945, Pat Boyd, bowling. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage wartime issue. Book
Roy. 4to., First UK Edition, with fine coloured drawings showing variants and liveries, and very numerous monochrome photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Nice copy of the standard reference. Enser, p.452.
96 pages. Features: Regent cigarette ad features illustrations of Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby and Vera Zorina; Brief obituaries for Alexandre Millerand, Daniel C. Roper, Mrs. Janet Roper, Tomas Garrido Canabal, and Richard D. Sears Sr.; Photo of Margie Hart, ex-burlesque stripper; Nice ad for the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York; Allies dashing after Rommel to push him into trap; Major war coverage; Hitler's Outstanding Military Mistakes; Photo shows the hierarchy of Allied Air command in Tunisia - Sir Arthur W. Tedder, Carl A. Spaatz, James H. Doolittle, Arthur Coningham and Harry Broadhurst; Diagram of immersion bombing ships; The need for air power in the Pacific; Photo of Hitler with King Boris of Bulgaria at Berchtesgaden; photo of testing a 16" gun over the Chesapeake; Fascinating one-page color ad by Kimberly-Clark shows English cop arresting man for tossing a candy wrapper - because he didn't recycle it for the war effort!; Photo of P.L. Sequestri whose leg was amputated on Guadalcanal; True story of de Gaulle visit shows blocks to French Unity; Bancor and Unitas steal show from rest of currency plan - article with photos of Keynes and White; The Treasury Postwar Plan for Money; Rough Detroit Red Wings sweep the NHL finals amids shower of pucks and barrage of bottles article with photo of Jim Orlando - who was arrested for draft evasion; Nice color Schlitz ad features swallows (birds); Archbishop Francis J. Spellman - article and photo; Photo of 8'-7" Cliff Thompson, a junior at Marquette School of Law; Great propaganda ad shows two mean looking Nazi soldiers beneath the caption "If they win... only our dead are free."; Bell Aircraft color ad inside back cover shows Jap air base being strafed; and much more. Above-average wear and soiling. Covers almost loose. A worthy vintage copy. Book
92 pages. Features: Brief obituaries for Judson C. Welliver, William L. Nevin, Claudine West, Rufus L. Patterson, Gordon Auchincloss and Pierre Lorillard; Pepsodent ad features photos of Bob Hope; Final Tunisian Battle Pitched on Rugged Last Stand Plateau; Rommel at the Postern Gate; Major war coverage; The Germans won't be mourned in Tunisia; Aerial photo of Jap airdrome at Kavieng; The Growing Japanese Threat in the Pacific; Photos of result of Tokyo bombing raid; Paul V. McNutt; Nice color ad for General Tire shows trendy couple pushing new tire in baby carriage; Nice color-photo ad for Camel cigarettes soldiers in action and war worker Virginia Donnelly; The Press and the Food Conference; Hammond Organ ad features Chaplain driving Jeep; Very artistic Dow Magnesium ad features illustration of huge flying boat; Cutler-Hammer one-page color ad features morose illustration of Nazi family doing manufacturing work at home; How Food Rates as World Issue; Fantastic centerfold ad for The Willys Built Jeep features great photos and letter from Company President J.W. Frazer; Proud Turks veer to Allies as the winds of war shift; Bahamian workers brought to US to help with labor shortage; Color Seagram's V.O. ad featues attractive illustration of 3D movie theatre; Photo of Lena Horne with Rochester and Ethel Waters; and much more. Above-average wear and soiling. Front cover taped in place. Back cover missing. A worthy vintage copy. Book
FAUSTO FIORENTINO 1967 XXIII-429 PP. E 4 TAVOLE FUORI TESTO. FATTI SALVI I SEGNI DEL TEMPO, VOLUME PERFETTO.
Features: W. Starling Burgess - The Burgess Story, Part I - 1910; Mission to Kavieng, New Ireland (New Guinea) - low-level bombing techniques devised by General George C. Kenney; The Curtiss BT-1 Flying Lifeboat; Flying Pioneers - C.R. "Sinnie" Sinclair, Otto W. Brodie, and W. Redmond Cross; Nieuport 28; The Lucky Bastards - Abel L. Dolim of the 396th Bomb Group recounts WWII adventures; U.S. Navy Ship Plane Units; The Friesley Falcon; The Curtiss Shrikes; Bibliography Section; and more. Exceptionally well-illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Pages 79-151. Cover features a 1934 aerial photo of a Curtiss A-12 Shrike, 33-222, over Louisiana. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this very informative vintage issue. Book
448 pages. Index. Author interviewed survivors and their rescuers after the bombing of the U.S. Marine Amphibious Unit's (MAU's) compound in Beirut, Lebanon on October 23, 1983. "Describes their escalating involvement in the largely unreported battles foughtin and around the shattered city of Beirut... Presents in detail the terroist attack on unit headquarters." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archilval-grade Brodart cover. A quality copy of this sombre work. Book
100 pages. Features: Nice color Nash car ad inside front cover; Up from the Ranks - two-page Bell Telephone ad features photos of 17 Presidents of their operating telephone companies; Classy color Dodge ad features red car and snowman; Borden's ad features Elsie the Cow; Claude Pepper; Kenneth Romney; GI Wives "Living in Squalor"; Very classy color ad for Monnet Cognac; Observations on General Marshall; Europe - cold hands and empty plates; Nice one-page illustrated ad for Northwest Orient Airlines; Exploded truce in Palestine - bombing at Haifa police station; Russia acts for Spitsbergen base; Nice color Lucky Strike ad features farmer holding big tobacco leaf; Lt. Gen. Lucius DuBignon Clay; Nude photo of Evan Braun's sister by waterfall; Photo of Eva Braun flirting with Nazi treasurer Franz Xaver Schwarz; Photo of Eva Braun doing backbend in barely visible swimsuit - all three of these photos taken by Hitler's private photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann; Marshall's spotlight on China; Vietnam - old wine in new bottles; Photo of Barbara Ann Scott; Boeing ad features photo of Stratocruisers; Photo of Bernard Baruch who has withdrawn from public life; Brief obituaries for Herman Bing, Dr. Victor Robinson, Charles Sumner Woolworth and Eva Tanguay; Globe-trotting astronomer Dr. Harlow Shapley; Photos of British undersea canoe!; (MSC - motorized submersible canoe); Nice color ad for Martin Aircraft; Dexter Masters explains the atom to the masses; Aviation - photo of installation of Ground Controlled Approach at Washington; ICS one-page ad features photos of Van A. Bittner and Wayne A. Johnston; Photo of Howard Hughes re: TWA cuts; TVA = Red Ink Valley?; Photo of helicopter shuttling mail in New York City; Henry Hazlitt explains "How to Reduce the Budget"; Dornicks at Ten Paces; Photo of runner Elmore Harris; Great diving photo - students of the Sparling school prepare to go under in big diving suits; Two-page Newsweek ad; Great photo ad for Skylift forklifts; and more. Middle page holding by one staple. Covers loose but present. Above-average wear and soiling. Clear tape along spine. A worthy vintage copy. Book
