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28 pages. Features: Cover photos of sappers searching for mines amongst the flowers in southern Tunisia; Air photos of Mosquitoes Bombing Locomotive Factory at Nantes as workers leave; The Opening Stages of the Battle of the Mareth Line - Now in British Hands - Eleven photos; Interesting road sings on entering Tunisia; With the Americans in Tunisia; Demolishing a derelict enemy tank - the sapper's hazardous task; Battle for the Mareth Line - article by Cyril Falls; With a Gurkha Battalion in Tunisia - Indians of the Eighth Army - eight photos; Photos of people in the news - Brig.-General N.F. Twining; Group Captain H.I. Edwards; Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands with Monty; Captain D.R. MacFarlane and his wife; Photos of General Alexander with General Giraud; General De Gaulle takes the salute; Photo of the famous Brown House at Munich, H.Q. of the Nazi Party; The King is piped aboard the H.M.S. "Cumberland"; Centerfold illustrations show new types of flak over Berlin at night; Background to a Raid on Berlin - many illustrations of the ground crews who keep our heavy bombers in the air; Dismantling the R.101 mooring mast at Cardington - to salvage teh steel; Two photos of damaged aircraft which made it safely back to base; Soap from cocoa beans for the men of the Gold Coast Army units - five photos; Large illustration of Field-Marshal Smuts; and more. Unmarked. Chips/tears to lower corner of all pages, otherwise average wear. Please note: last 4 pages missing - they likely contained part some photos of aeroplanes from 25 years ago, and ads. . Magazine
28 pages. Features: The Elimination of Dusseldorf as a Munitions Centre - Large dramatic aerial photo plus two more photos and map; Chungking's Parachute Tower - youngsters train in the use of parachutes - four photos; Photos of the King's Visit to North Africa; Photos of His Majesty at Tripoli - he meets Montgomery and his desert victors; Photos of the King in Malta - enthusiastic scenes on the George Cross Island; On Captured Lampedusa - scenes from the fallen Italian Island; Photos of bombing of the Huls German synthetic rubber factory; Russia after Two Years of Battle - article by Cyril Falls with three photos; Photos of The Russian Army in the field - well-equipped, and of high morale; Centerfold illustration of a full-dress rehearsal for a larger-scale invasion - combined operations' synchronised assault on Pantellaria; Photos inside a U.S. Submarine; Photos of personalities in the news - R.B. Stannard, V.C., Arthur F. Richards, Dr. Wellington Koo, Subadar Lal Bahadur Thapa; Illustrations of the new "Woolworth Carriers"; R.A.F. Crests for U.S. Squadrons; Photos of Triumphant parades in Egypt; Photo of the impressive underground hangars at Pantellaria; Photos of Peterhof - The Tsar's Famous Summer Palace; Nice two-page display of the regimental badges of some British Army Units which took part in the victorious North African campaign; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
32 pages. Features: Cover photo of Longstop Hill - taken before the gallant assault which dislodged the enemy; Photos of Allied Leaders of the Victorious Land and Air Forces in Tunisia - Leiut.-General K.A.N. Anderson, Major-General Omar M. Bradley; Air Marshal Coningham, Major-General Carl Spaatz, and Air Chief-Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder; Large photo portraits of General Dwight Eisenhower and General Sir Harold Alexander; Bizerta - The Powerful Naval Base which fell to the Allies on May 7 - five photos; The Tunisian Capital Captured by the British - Two photos of the city from the air; Prelude to Victory - Five photos of infantry in Tunisia, laying the foundations; Armour and Air Power in Action for the final forward surge - five photos; Collapse of Tunis and Bizerta - article by Cyril Falls; Sicily now our war front-line objective in Axis eyes - large map of Sicily; Dramatic photos of an enemy minesweeper being beaten up by cannon fire off the Dutch coast; Photos of the Thunderbolt in flight and on the ground; Photo of the handing over of ten cub-chasers by the U.S. to Cuba; The Miles M-28 aircraft; Photo of Montgomery being presented with a signed photo of Chang Kai-Shek; Photo of young King Feisal of Iraq with Victor Lampson, son of the British Ambassador in Cairo; Great centerfold photos of the Allies' new "outsize" landing barges off the coasts of North Africa - loaded with troops; Many photos of Hitler's Concrete Atlantic Wall under feverish construction; The Queen inspects the Black Watch of Canada; Photo of an R.A.F. Hurricane mounted on the bow of an Allied cargo vessel; Oldsmobile Armament Training School - photo of students assembling 20mm cannons while blindfolded; Precision bombing of Sousse - Harbour, Ships and Installations; Brought up in England - photo-illustrated article by H.R.H. Prince Chula Chakrabongse of Thailand; Photos of Carthage - Once mistress of the seas - now a suburb of Tunis; Catching Food and Water from the Sea - a new survival kit for Castaways - seven photos with captions; The Great Famine in Honan, China - three dramatic photos, including an image of a family stripping bark from a tree to eat; Photos of Pre-fabricated Tugs being built inland in England; Nice photo of Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral under construction; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Centerfold loose but present. Book
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
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
52 pages. Features: Cover photo of sulphur storage in B.C.'s Peace River Country; The Day the Yanks Flew Through Hell - treetop bombing of Romania's Ploesti oil refineries by 163 giant B-24 Liberators on August 1, 1943 - article with photos and illustration; Nice colour photo full-page ad for Ogilvie Macaroon Mixes; The 500 Children I Short-Changed - Fred Sloman taught school in Northern Ontario between Capreol and Foleyet for 40 years but feels there were many children he could have helped more than the many he did - article by him, with photos; Nice full-page ad for Lux soap featuring Mitzi Gaynor; Why Film Stars Get Into James - photos of Clark Gable, Mickey Rooney and Lana Turner; My MVD Man Can Lick Your MVD Man - Part 2, by Art Buchwald who recounts his recent three weeks behind the Iron Curtain - with photos; How Much Are You Worth To Your Widow? - Lloyd Lockhart examines Death Duties; Hollywood's Secret of Weight Control, by Jean Manning - with flattering photos of Alexis Smith, Ann Miller and Mrs. James Mason; Patterson's Just Too Good - Tex Coulter Writes of his former Montreal Alouettes star teammate Hal Patterson - with photo and illustration; Science Explodes Some Myths About Your Hair, by John E. Gibson; Nice colour full-page ad for Noxzema skin cream; Walter Murdoch - a man of many hassles; Noise Can Change Your Life - man is on the verge of becoming submerged in a sea of intolerable self-made sound; The Spanish Mick - fiction; The Wolf is Here to Stay! - a northern B.C. article with photos including a shot of Sylvia Woywitka with a huge wolf fur; Can We Justify Spending Millions in the Arctic? - photo illustrated article examines the development of infrastructure in the north; The High Places - Fiction; Debbie Reynolds in Lustre-Creme Shampoo ad; Let Teenagers Run Their Own Parties; Crossword; Rural Route Cartoon by Walter Ball; Food Article by Marjorie Elwood with colour photo of judges Denyse Pesant, Laura Pepper, Helen McKercher, and author; Colour photo full-page ad for Chef Boy-Ar-Dee spaghetti and meat balls; Nice colour full-page ad for Red Rose tea. Small piece missing from back cover. Above-average soiling and wear. A worthy vintage copy with lots of interesting content and photos. Book
32 pages plus 4-page advertising cover. Cover photo of large new WWI artillery piece being readied for firing. Features: The Way of the War; The Great German Offensive - photos; What the German Invasion means for France - photos; Our artillery in the Great Offensive - photos; With the American Army in the Field - by Henri Bazin; Bombing London - the story of a Hun (conclusion of the story begun in the previous issue) - Karl Lowenstein; Anarcy in Russia -illustrations by Russian artist Mr. Wladimiroff; Centerfold illustrations under the heading "The Rival Armed Forces of Russia - the real army in dissolution, the red army in revolution; The spread of Uric Acid - how to correct the gouty habit; Photos of women at work in the Humber (armaments) Works; ads for the following automotove manufacturers: Maxwell, Humber, Lanchester, Arrol-Johnston; Buick. Average wear. Bindint intact. Unmarked. A wonderful vintage issue. Book
104 pages. Features: Ethyl Corp. ad features color illustration of PT boat in action; Fantastic Chrysler photo ad shows many labourers working on Helldiver wing sections; Photo of Olympic ski-jump champ Birger Ruud; Traitor - Pvt. Dale H. Maple; Brief obituaries for Arthur H. Kudner, Ralph Henry Barbour, Ben Riley, Charles Bedaux, Capt. John T. Randall; Major Truk and Eniwetok Coverage; We can hit anywhere, any time; Reds exterminate encircled Germans at Dnieper; The Battle of Italy; Bombing of Monte Cassino; Dramatic aerial bombing photos of Alife, Italy; Nazis may quit Scandinavia; Helsinki's mothers and children leave - photos; Argentine President almost unseated; Nice color-illustrated General Tire ad has military theme; Nice color Seagram's V.O. ad; GMC Truck ad features Muslim theme; Fascinating one-page color Cadillac ad with military theme; Jerry Geisler - photos and article; Suicide of Charles E. Bedaux; Photo of Mrs. Myra Westray, Sheriff of De Witt County, Illionois; Finnish diplomate Hjalmar Procope - article with photo; Baruch-Hancock Report; Nice one-page color patriotic ad by American Airlines; Nice De Soto car photo ad; Very nostalgic photos of 'rink-dink' signs promoting tax return services offered by small merchants; Excellent one-page color ad for Allison (division of GM) aircraft engines features air battle scene; Alan Ford - Yale's Man of the Century (article with photo); Captain Harry E. Stark is featured in a Great White Fleet ad; Photo of boxer Al (Bummy) Davis and knocked-out opponent; Article and photos of troop entertainer Joe Brown in Asia; Nice one-page two-color ad for Davidson Duplicators features illustration of German prisoners giving up; Interesting photo ad for Smith Corona typewriters features military theme; One-page ad for film "In Our Time" starring Ida Lupino; War Against Lice - article with photos of DDT being used; and more. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
92 pages. Features: Great photo-illustrated Cleaver-Brooks ad features the L.S.T. landing craft their steam generators are used in; "Weird' Kreml Hair Tonic illustrated ad; One-page photo-illustrated Boeing ad entitled Schweinfurt Story shows horrendous bomb damage and boasts of their Flying Fortress aircraft; Rare one-page color ad illustrated by Walt Disney shows a Flying Fish alongside a Mars aircraft - sponsored by ADEL Precision Products; Rep. Albert Gore of Tennessee becomes first Congressman to enter the armed forces as a private; Brief obituaries for Art Young, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Leon Gordon, Frederick Hill Wood and Hobart Bosworth; Nice one-page photo-illustrated ad for Beech Aircarft shows their AT-11 bombing trainers in flight; New Allied Chiefs Confident This is Our Year of Victory; Major war coverage including organizational charts for the Allied High Command for European invasion and Mediterranean Operations; Article on the Air War of 1943 - with dramatic photo of Flying Fortresses over Europe, with one of them crashing to earth in flames; Defending convoys against surface raiders; Plane-supported Chinese troops give Japanese a real fight - Changteh; War photos from Sicily; Problems of restoring France epitomized by Algiers troubles; Plan for the trial of Adolph Hitler and his lieutenants; Manpower and the Draft; Letter mystery involving Harry Hopkins; Dramatic letter and photo from POW Lt. Col. James Patrick Devereux to his son, Patrick; Nice color Lucky Strike ad shows farmer holding large tobacco leaf; Color centerfold ad for Good Year industrial belting - showing mine/ore installation; Photo-illustrated article on Dr. Vannevar Bush; Labor unrest threatens our invasion production; Nice one-page military Plymouth ad; Interesting article on wartime censorship; Photo of runner Gil Dodds; Color photo Canadian Club ad inside back cover features Mexico's state fo Michoacan; *Fantasti* color back cover ad for Chesterfield cigarettes features WWII pin-up queen Betty Grable; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding sound. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Pages 137-162 plus many additional pages of wonderful vintage ads. Contents: Whitehead Aircraft ad; Curtiss Aircraft ad; Intensive Aircraft Production; The Control of the Metal Trade; Aerial Activity in the West; Sopwith ad; Full-page illustration by Black of the stranded "Goeben" being bombed in the Dardanelles; Savage Hun Sentence on British Officers; The Attitude of the A.S.E.; German Dreams of Conquest; "Clouds and Rain Hindered the Work of Our Airmen"; The Italian S.V.A. Fighting Scout - article with photos and drawings; Air Fighting in Janaury; The Roll of Honour; "X" Aircraft Raids; The Raid on Paris; A Post-War Aeroplane - design by F. W. Halliwell; Photo of a British night bombing plane in France; Details of British Air Raids; Armchair Reflections by "The Dreamer"; The British Air Services - announcements and appointments; Aircraft work at the front; Personals; International Aircraft Standards; Army Club cigaratte ad on back cover; Flight Buyers' Guide and Trade Directory; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound vintage issue. Magazine
32 pages. Features: The Gallant New Zealanders in action in the North African campaign - ten illustrations by Captain McIntyre of the fighting advance from El Alamein; Convincing proof of bomb-raid damage revealed by stereoscopic photographs - article with photos; "The Ship", by C.S. Forester - the story of a British Cruiser in the Mediterranean; Full-page contour Map of Pantellaria - First loss of Italian Soil; Allied Bombing Offensive - article by Cyril Falls; Photos from the Southern War Zone - including photo of Churchill inspecing a captured German Mark VI Tiger Tank; Two-pages of photos entitled "Hitler, Goering and Ribbentrop Keep a Tight Control on Their Collaborators" , including images of/with Slovakian Premier Dr. Tuka; Mussolini, Laval, Quisling, King Boris of Bulgaria, Admiral Horthy of Hungary, and Dr. Tiso of Slovakia; Two pages of illustrations entitled "The Little Ships" - and the Gallant Crews who Man Them - incidents during night operations on patrol; Dramatic centerfold illustration shows British Gun-Boats at high-speed returning to base at dawn; Photo of Lieut.-Co. Lorne MacLaine Campbell, V.C.; photo of Major Le Patourel, V.C.; Full-page photo of crew of the U-Boat "Wolf" cowering undersea while depth-charges shake the hull; The End of the Attu Campaign - three photos; The U.S.S. Oklahoma Salvaged at Pearl Harbor - three photos; The Vought-Sikorsky Helicopter - Several versions of a novel aircraft - five interesting photos with some text; Photo of the crew of the flying fortress "Memphis Belle"; Sketches of POWs by Lieut. J.F. Watton; Photos of Midshipmen ("Snotties") taking an advanced course in a warship; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
74 pages. Articles: How We Won - F.D.R. Jr.'s own story of his first political victory; Cool Reading for August; The Biggest Blast of the All (part 1 of 2) - The Untold Secrets Behind the bombing of Hiroshima - with photo of Col. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr.; Hoyt of the Hambletonian - harness racing story with color photos; There They Were! Jet Hop to Europe - the first transatlantic jet ferrying mission; Charmer for a Nice Fee - Charlie Feldman and his Famous Artists Agency - article with nice color photo; Voyage of the Pagan - John Caldwell's Sailing Struggle to Australia (conclusion); Attractive Nuisance; The Legal Bride (part 2 of 6); The Drunkard's Wife; A Horse I Like; Then There Was Light; Moment of Doubt; Keep Up with the World; Picnic (by Stanley and Janice Berenstain with verse by Margaret Fishback; The Movie Audience. Are (The Ku Klux Klan) The Children of God? - Editorial with good color photo. Nice vintage ads for: Borden (with Elsie the cow); Willys-Overland 'Jeep' Trucks; International Trucks; Lucky Strike (featuring Dan Currin); General Motors (2 pages); Kodak; Silver Star Razors - featuring golfer Craig Wook, test pilot Gene May, Quarterback Bob Waterfield and American Airlines Chief Pilot, Harry Clark; Budweiser; The U.S. Army; Chesterfield cigarette ad on back cover features nice collor image of Yvonne De Carlo and a smaller illustration of Powell L. Rogers of Mullins, S.C. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
74 pages. Articles: The Secret Boss of Californa - Artie Samish (part 1 of 2); "Hurry" Cain Out of the West - Senatory Harry Cain of Washington state; Bringing Up a Movie Moppet; Yankee Yogi Berra - "I'm Human, Ain't I?" - article with great one-page color photo; The Biggest Blast of Them All (part 2 of 2) - Untold secrets of the Hiroshima bombing - article with photos; I Was Run Over by a Carrier - Emil Skocpol's plane crashed in front of the 45,000 ton carrier Midway; Farewell to Benzedrine Benders - disturbed by thrill-seekers who misused Benzedrine inhalers, the laboratory producing them has found a substitute with the bounce taken out; Belles of the Ball Game - women's baseball - article with nice colour photo of Twila Shively of the Peoria Redwings. Fiction: The Two Loves of Victor Fenlon; How to Swap Horses; Design for Vengeance; The Merry Assassin; The Legal Bride (part 3 of 6); Spelling Bee. Nice vintage ads for: Studebaker; Bell telephone (big things to come in service); Zenith radios (nice color one-page ad); Good Year; Plymouth cars; Pabst Blue Ribbon beer ad featuring color photo of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.; Chevrolet; Hunter Whiskey - nice centerfold; The Douglas Super DC-3; Puerto Rican Rum; U.S. Army & Air Force Recruiting; Gordon's gin; Camel cigarettes - back cover ad with photos of celebrities including Lew Worsham, Mrs. Orson Munn, Jr., Johnny vander Meer, Pete Desjardins and singer Michael Douglas. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 365-392. Features: Cover photo of the burning town of Cassino; Excellent one-page Karsh photo-portrait of Lieutenant-General Henry Ducan Graham Crerar, D.S.O., Commander of the First Canadian Army; Two pages of illustrations and text explaining life at medium bomber stations in Britain; One-page portrait of Marshal Pavel Alexeyevitch Rotmistrov who commands probably the largest tank group on the Eastern Front; Article entitled "Russians Approach the Inner Fortress" includes aerial map of Berlin showing considerable bomb damage; One-page Pictorial Map of the terrain of Russia's advance in the Balkans; The Battle of Berlin - seven aerial photos of utter devastation; The Battle of Cassino - seven photos of the terrain and conflict scenes; Incredibly hellish 1.75 page photo of smoke and fire in Cassino; U.S. Conquest of the Marshall Islands - scenes on Kwajalein Atoll, Namur Island, and Darry Island; Photos of the successful raid on Truk - burning Japanese cruiser, seaplane base at Dublon Town, fires on Eten Island, and fires on Dublon Island; Photos of personalities of the week include Lord Charles Cavendish, Susan Travers, J.S. Bache, G. Stronach, O.C. Wingate, Maj.-Gen. Alexander M. Patch, Sergeant Thomas C. Derrick, Sir Frederick Wall, M. Kallay, General Sztojay, Rt. Rev. G.A. Hollis and General E. De C. De Castelnau; Photos of "Salute the Soldier" in London; Photo of German Gigant Wicking, 7000 RS flying-boat; Photo of ten miles of the French coast taken from the British side; Presentation to Lord Gort; Two aerial photos of bombing at the Creil Railway marshalling yards in France; Photos of Churchill visiting U.S. troops in Britain; Photos of artifacts from Nishapur, Iran; Nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked with above-average wear. Clear archival tape along coverfold. Note: this copy was never stapled. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Pages 505-532. Features: Cover photo portrait of Anthony Eden; Three pages of illustrations of life aboard H.M.S. "Indomitable"; Book review of "Head-Hunting in the Solomon Islands" by Caroline Mytinger; Photos of the Fifth and Eighth Armies advancing in Italy; Two pages of photos illustrate Allied crossings of the Volturno by bridge and water in Italy; Two pages of photos of troops in action in the Volturno River battle and a service for three war correspondents killed in action on September 28; Article on our far eastern theatre of the war; Photos of war in the far east - bombing Marcus Island, wrecked landscape at Lae, New Guinea, the destroyed Japanese base at Salamaua, Hansa Bay shipping being attacked, and parachute bombs being dropped on a Japanese anti-aircraft unit in the Wewak area of New Guinea; Two-page illustration of E-Boats attacking a North Sea convoy being routed; One-page map shows Russia's mighty victories against Germany; Eight photos illustrate the great summer Soviet offensive continuing apace; Aerial photo of night attack on Hanover, plus daylight photo of the resulting destruction; Early photo of the Avro York; Photos and details of U.S. and Canadian awards and medals; Six photos of the Fifth Army rehearsing how to cross the Volturno; Three impressive photos of Britain's anti-aircraft guns on parade; Page of illustrations explain the new British all-steel fireproof lifeboat designed for oil tankers; Photos of personalities of the week include Sayid Daourd Al Haidari, L.V.L. Whateley, The Marquis and Marchioness of Linlithgow, Louis Mountbatten in China, General Konev, General Feodor Tolbukhin, Sir Henry Strakosch, Professor Max Reinhardt, Dr. F.J. Poynton, Sir Aurel Stein, Lt. Mark Bonham-Carter, Major T.P. Butler, Leiut. J.M. Marshall, and Lt.-Com. J. Cortland-Simpson; Page of photos of the funeral of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound; Photos of artifacts discovered at Point Hope, Alaska; Seven photos of joyous repatriated POWs arriving in Leith aboard three ships; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Spine taped. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 449-476. Features: Cover photo of U.S. Bomber above destroyed Focke-Wulf factory at Marienburg; Before and after aerial photos of the ruined Focke-Wulf factory; Photo-illustrated reportage on Portugal's agreement to let Britain use the Azores as a base; Five photos of the French recovery of Corsica - landing scenes and Bastia's fall; Six photos of general interest in Italy, plus one-page photo of Naples refugees overlooking their city from the mountains; Twelve excellent photos in and around Naples, freed by the Allies - scenes of devastation; Five photos of Danes overturning a prison van to rescue patriots; Dramatic aerial photos of the Schweinfurt factory raid; Centrefold illustration of scene in hangar below deck of the H.M.S. "Indomitable"; Seven photos of captured German weapons on display in Moscow; Ten photos illustrate"The Great Soviet Summer Offensive of 1943"; Photos of personalities of the week include Sir Michael Sadler, John Winant, Sir Guy Granet, Sir Thomas Artemus Jones, Lord Suirdale, Frof. W.M. Tattersall, Lord Wavell with his wife and daughter Felicity; Facsimile of wanted poster for General Mihailovich and General Tito from the nazi-controlled Belgrade paper; Illustrations show the evolution of midget submarines since 1776; Two pages of "Dilbert" cartoons by Richard Osborn help airmen avoid errors; and more. Spine taped. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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
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 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
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
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
Features: Letters about Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum - marvel or monstrosity?; Seeds of Revolt in Red China? - Richard Hughes writes of the chances of Chiang returning to the mainland; Close-Up of the First Earth Satellite - The U.S. will soon re-attempt to place a satellite in orbit some 225,000 miles up to study the moon; Children in a Crucible - "An account of the impact of the process of desegregation upon both white and Negro children at the high school in Clinton, TN, which was bombed after twelve Negro children were integrated with the 700 white students two years ago, as described by teacher Margaret Anderson; In Defense of the Politician - by Senator Richard L. Neuberger; 'To Learn and Teach the Truth' - Evaluating the performance of UNESCO; How to Mix a Cocktail Party ; A Painting That Tells Modern Art's Story - A Cezanne masterpiece sold last month for $616,000, exemplifying its soaring prestige; Why Russian Women Work Like Men; End of the Boffolo Texensis; Marks of Office - Photos of interesting items in Washington offices; Visitors to the U.N. headquarters in New York; Great color-photo ad for Rheingold Extra Dry beer features photo of Madelyn Darrow, Miss Rheingold 1958 in motorboat; Classy one-page color-photo ad for Jamaica features Noel Coward sipping tea in pounding surf; Article on Boy Scouts; Photos of women's fashions for enchanted; Photos of various fashionable home heating stoves; Four photos from the making of "A Night to Remember" about the Titanic; Six photos of the Aga Khan IV at Harvard; The New York Horse Show; and more. 92 pages. Many fascinating black and white reproductions of photos plus sensational fashion ads, some of which are in color. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features: Forest Fire Air Attack System - The California-developed system of massive air drops of chemical fire retardants, popularly identified by the newspapers as "borate bombing" is now in its eighth year of operation; Flight From the Water - Glen Curtiss and his pioneering work in the development of flying from the water (float planes); The 12th Aero Squadron Observation (A.R. 2 & Salmsons) - Part I; The 313th Bombardment Wing; All American Aviation - Dr. Lytle S. Adams and his Tri-State Aviation; Ringmasters - A History of the 491st Bombardment Group (H) (Part II); Grumman Guardians - Developed from the XTB3F-1 (a torpedo bomber with the composite power sources of a reciprocating and jet engine which first flew on 1 December 1945); The First Women's Air Derby - Fascinating coverage of this 1929 race won by Louise Thaden, including group photo of some of the competitors which includes Amelia Earhart, who finished third; Bibliography; and more. Exceptionally well illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Pages 155-234. Cover illustration of Consolidated PBY-5A Water Scooper unloading over a forest fire. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this very informative vintage issue. Book
