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Pages 161-200. Features: Coup D'Etat in Egypt leaves army in control; The Adbication of King Farouk - Final scenes in Alexandria; The passing of Eva Peron of Argentina - article with nice photo; Large photo of Democrat presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson; Personalities of the week include Lord Goschen who passed away on August 24th; The Queen visits the Windsor Horse Show and the Hospital for Sick Children; The Post-War World as viewed by James V. Forrestal; Map of the Queen's Coronation processional route through London; Remarkable photos of the Swiss attempt on Everest; Article on Civil defence with photos of the Auxiliary Fire Service at Folkestone; Amazing photo of the Ring Dance performed by the women of the Caiapo Indians of the Xingu River in the depths of Brazil's Mato Grosso; Two pages of incredible photos of facial art of the Caiapo mean and women; Excellent centerfold photo of a guided rocket (missile) a moment after launch from Aberporth, Cardiganshire; The all-aluminum 60-ft. motor yacht Tonquin; New Excavations in the Islands of Lipari and Panarea; The problematic Chiru; Royal and official occasions captured by the camera; Two fantastic pages of photos of track and field winners during week one at the Helsinki Olympics XV; Amazing photo of members of the Hamilton Air Force base 84th fighter interceptor squadron more than 70 of whom are on the sturdy wings of a U.S. Northrop Scorpion F-89; Damage caused by the biggest California earthquake since 1906; Melbourne flooding; Large crowd attends mass for Eva Peron; Nice ad for Jaguar cars; Nice photo-ad for Land Rover "Britain's most versatile vehicle"; and more. Centerfold loose but present. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Pages: 365-404. Features: Colour photo ad for Gilbey's Spey Royal Whisky inside front cover; Classy one-page colour ad for Armstrong Siddeley Aero Engines with playing card theme; Nice one-page photo ad for Bristol features their aviation products; Propaganda cover photo from Egypt shows pouncing Egyptian about to bayonet a dummy; Two pages of photos related to the Suez crisis including Dulles, Nasser, El Said Abdel Rahman El Mahdi, R.G. Menzies, Dr. Aliquli Ardalan, Mr. Menon of India and Messrs Latgoba and Abdelgani from Indonesia; Page of photos related to cancelled Great Britain - U.S.S.R. athletics match - due to russian discus thrower Miss Nina Ponomareva being charged with the theft of five hats in London; Photos and news from Cyprus - Eoka's 'truce' ends, a hospital gunfight; Prison roof drama at Horfield Prison involving William Whitehouse; Re-opening ceremony at Cologne Cathedral; Photos of 16 personalities of the week, including Mr. J. L. Hodson, Sir Raymond Priestley, and expelled Egyptian diplomats Salah Kafafi and Hamdy Mohamed Nassef; One-page photo of funeral ceremony of Cardinal Griffin; Six photos of flooding in the border country; Excellennt two-page cutaway illustration of the new Comet 4A airliner; Two-page photo spread on rapidly rising Saudi Arabia; Impressive centerfold photo of filming battle scene for Stanley Kramer's movie "The Pride and the Passion"; Photo of the aerobatic team of 890 Squadron (Fleet Air Arm) in their Sea Venom 21 aircraft; Photos of porpoise 'Flippy'; Nice one-page colour ad for Double Diamond; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 381-420. Features: Cover photo of Joseph Stalin; Nice color ad for Sanderson fabrics and wallpapers inside front cover; Two pages of photos and information on Mr. Stalin; Photos of the Coronation Maids of Honour; Photos of Stalin mourners; Article on Russian Succession; Photos of new members of the Russian government, led by G.M. Malenkov; Two-pages of interesting illustrations explain the young science of oceanography which may one day avert disasters such as the North Sea floods; Photos of flood of refugees from East Germany; Cross country championship won by D.A.G. Pirie of South London Harriers; Photo of the first intact MIG 15 to fall into western hands, courtesy of a Polish pilot requesting political asylum at Roenne Airport, Bornholm Island; Bodies of French aviators of the "Normandie-Niemen' squadron returned to France from the Russians; Photo of signing of the Tripartite Balkan Pact at Ankara on February 28th by the foregin ministers of Greece, Turkey and Yugoslavia; Photo of U.S. embassy in Moscow which is nearing completion; Mr. Colin Fox completes 87 day solo sailing across the Atlantic; Photos of personalities of the week, including chess player Dr. Tartakower, Marshal Tito, Malayan communist Lee Meng, convicted British spy Edgar Sanders, Kenyan Chief Simeon Kioko, Sergei Prokofiev, Sir Robert Gower, Clare Boothe Luce, and Mr. C.G.M. Des Graz, the former Chairman of Sotheby's; Article and photos regarding a Troglodyte city of 20,000 years ago - new discoveries in Spanish caves; Life and death of the cave bear; Swiss Watchmaker's ad inside back cover features lovely woodcut of man peering through microscope; Reed Paper colour illustrated ad by Roy Carnon on back cover features girl in red coat in shop; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
32 pages. Features: Cover photo of a flight formation of four "Fury" aircraft from No. 1 (fighter) Squadron, RAF, Tangmere, England; Great two-colour Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover promotes their affiliation with Trans-Canada Air Liners; Neat Ethyl Corporation full-page ad shows an illustration of the birdlike monoplane of Clement F. Ader who attained a short, uncontrolled flight in 1891 in France; News and Views of the Month; Activity in Winnipeg; Full-page ad for Gold Flake cigarettes; Montreal Air Pageant Draws Large Crowds - article with photos; United Air Transport - article with photos of Grant W.G. McConachie, E.W. Kubicek, Ralph Oakes, Lenard Waagen and Chris. Green; A Week End at Saint Jovite; Lockheed Presents Its New Transport, the 14 - article with photos; Photos of runway contruction in Winnipeg; Webster Trophy Winners; R.C.A.F. Appointments; The Show at Sea Island - with several photos including Miss Rollie Moore, Tex Rankin, Hal Wilson and George Lothian; The Fleetwings Sea Bird; Air Propagande Stages Show at Sherbrooke; Old Country Gossip; The Students' Forum; Siddeley Cheetah ad; Cub Aircraft ad; Condensed News from the Clubs; M.A.L.C. News; Imperial Oil ad on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Features: Colour ad for the 1965 Pontiacs inside front cover; Crisis in our Classrooms - a disturbing report by June Callwood; Ohio uses a "Hospital Information System" to order drugs, assign duties, etc. in an effort to put the nurses back into nursing; Everything always comes up roses for Maureen Forrester - a look into her life and family, with photos; To Canada, with love and hisses - Harold Town; The return of hockey's proudest warrior, Ted Lindsay, with great photo; Our quiet war over peace, politicians vs. the people; Death stalks our last wild horses; Norma Bearcroft fights for the wild horses; Retired RCAF squadron leader Hugh Campbell writes that the Americans are their own worst enemies in Vietnam. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
54 pages. Articles: The U-Boat Menace - by Winston Churchill; The Private Life of One of the Prettiest Things on Legs - Carol Bruce from Brooklyn; My Old Kentucky Horse - some gay indiscretions by Bob Hope; What a Young Woman's Love Means to an Old Man - Renee Dahon is 40 years younger than her husband Maurice Maeterlinck; I Saw War's Hell in the Mountains of Albania; I Fought Joe Lewis with One Hand - This Time I'll Win! - Jewish Boxer Abe Simon. Short Stories: I Love You and Good-bye; Mr. Winters and the $10,000 Baby; Dear Ol' Deadline; Painless Extraction. Serials: War Girl - Part II; The Unobstructed Universe - Life Beyond the Grave- Part 4; Footloose - part 6. Ads: Great photo ad for Canadian War Savings Certificates features photo of dozens of kilted troops on the march; Mutual Life of Canada; Pepsodent Tooth Powder; Castoria laxative; Cameo Cigarettes; All-Bran Cereal; Colgate's Ribbon Dental Cream; Mum sanitary napkins; Grape-Nuts; Nabisco Shredded Wheat; Stetson hats for men; Champion Spark Plugs; Sani-Flush; Nostalgic Three-colour back cover ad for Lifebuoy Soap. Nice cover illustration by John Murphy shows wealthy lady with mountain of luggage - and her exasperated porter. Average wear. Minor moisture exposure. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Front cover portrait of Rear-Admiral Reginal Tupper, C.B., Commander of the Blockade Squadron. Contents: Chapter CXCV - The Blockades, 1915-17, British and German Methods; The British Blockade of Germany, The German Submarine War on Enemies and Neutrals; German Crimes Against "The Fellowship of the Sea"; Scope and Limitations of the British Blockade; The Muckle Flugga Hussars; The Peel Committee's Report; Bringing Neutral Ships into Harbour; Discussions with the U.S.; German Evasions of the Blockade; Work of the British Censorship, A Study of German Crimes, The Rappahannock, the North Wales and Artist, The Alnwick Castle, The Kildale, The Caithness, Sufferings of Scandinavian Seamen, The Belgian Prince, German Motives and Methods, Universal Demand for Reparation by Germany. Covers heavily worn and detached as one but present. Textblock sound. Magazine
145 pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos plus sixteen pages of glossy colour photos. Illustrated endpapers. Oblong 10.5" x 8.5". "Documents over forty-five years of flying operations on the occasion of Reunion '87." Blind stamp upon half-title page, otherwise book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear to gilt-decorated blue cloth-covered boards. Binding sound. Light wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this important history. Book
Features: Contemporary happenings in the military aerospace world; HMS Invincible; Re-Engined 135 - Re-engining of the existing KC-135 tanker fleet may mean operation into the next century; HiMAT - this flying test bed is used to develop combat aircraft of the future; New York's Finest - visiting with the Voodoos of the 107th Fighter Interceptor Group; MiG Killer - an interview with a Marine fighter pilot; Greeks over Britain - the first ever visit by Royal Hellenic A-7s to Britain; Corsair II Markings; Lone Eagles - Hungarian Ju 88s battle the Russians during WWII; Turbo Trojan - flying the North American YAT-28E Turbo Trojan; Lightning Deployment - Royal Air Force Lightnings deploy for combat practice; Farnborough military report; Flugtag at Ramstein; Vought's Rugged Corsair II - part II of a markings feature on the Corsair II; "The Face of God" - the life and times of North Vietnam's leading ace; School for Aces - leadership program for NATO pilots; Sea Harrier goes operational; New tanker for the Navy - Modified Convair 8E80; Jaguars meet the Eagles - how California's 144th Fighter Interceptor Wing won top honours at the 1980 William Tell meet; RAF's new helicopter - the Chinook; Lizard fighting Falcon - experimental paint scheme for the F-16; Bear Intercept! - how the USAF Phantoms intercept and track Soviet Bears that prowl the North Atlantic shipping lanes; Canadair's Tutor - the rugged Canadian training aircraft shows no signs of slowing down; Salute to the Skyraider; Navy accepts first operational Hornet; These two pilots have recorded over 1,000 flying hours each in the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird; Falcons of Georgia - History of Reserve Squadron VA-205; Igloo White - how we listened to the Ho Chi Minh Trail in stereo; Angel of another color - a new paint scheme for the Blue Angels aircraft; Fighting Falcon for Export - re-engined F-16 planned for sale to smaller countries; Marines fighting helicopters - how the USMC developed the helicopter into a fighting machine for aerial envelopment; Stratojet - looking back at the USAF's Boeing B-47 bomber; Scratch five MiGs - the story behind the only enemy aircraft ever destroyed by the Boeing B-52; Mirages over Spain - an exclusive look at a rarely illustrated fighter operated by the Spanish Air Force; Down by not out - last flight or new future for the B-1?; An old-fashioned dogfight - aerial combat during the early days of the Vietnam war were not unlike some of the free-wheeling fights of WWII; A time for change - the changing look in USN aircraft camouflage; New Sea Harrier Squadron - Fleet Arm Air takes on another Sea Harrier unit; The Aggressors - these specially tasked units are some of the most unique in the USAF; Tigershark - Detailed portrait of Northrop's new fighter; Mirage IIIE in Spanish Service; Strike Command - can the RAF's Strike Command stop Soviet air strikes in Britain and Europe?; Fists of the Fleet - a close look at the markings of USN Phantoms and Tomcats; Blowtorch built for two - the life and times of the two TF-86 training Sabres. Privately bound in blue hard cover. Book
Features: German jets over England; Fiat CR42 BT 474; London-Nachtflieger; The Dark Years; The Battle of Britain Film; Home Defence 1914-1918; Hit and Run; A Mysterious 'Emil'; Flying the dreaded Stuka; Palm Sunday Massacre; Eschwege - eagle of the Aegean; Malta - Mediterranean Bastion; Suez, 1956; 'Z' Force, 1919; photo feature; Woodcock and Fury - Hawker's first and last biplane fighters; Calshot - cradle of British marine aviation; Memories of the Hawker Horlsey; British Fleet Aircraft between the wars; Flying Suitcase - a brief account of the Handley Page Hampden; The operational career of the Arado AR 234 Blitz; 'Hamish' - the story of Grp Capt T.G. Mahaddie, DSO, DFC, AFC, Czech MC; USAAF Aircraft which forced-landed in Sweden during WWII; Fokker T!X - cutaway drawing; 'Ninak' - workhorse of the twenties; RAF in India 1919-1939 - the background; Pink's War - the turning point; The Wapiti IIA in India; Fighting the Faqir - operations 1936-1938; An 'Emil' enigma solved; The Fighting Dolphins; Hawker - pioneer of air fighting; D.VII - Sidelights of Fokker's great fighter; Camel Cavelcade; Day Bombers, 1918 - an appreciation of 55 Squadron RFC/RAF; Fighting 'Boats', 1914-1918; Fairey III Floatplanes; 'Old Faithful' - the Supermarine Southampton; Singapore III - Short's last biplane 'boat; Queen of the 'Boats - sidelights on the Short Sunderland. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Peeling from front free endpaper where label removed. Excellent copy. Book
Features: Messerschmitt's Nightfighting 110s; The Weird but able Widow; Nachtjager - WWI; Hurricane Intruders; Colour Prints; Manchester Moments; The Pig that Flew; The German Quads; Bomber VC (Flt Sgt Aaron); Colour Prints; Beaus over Burma; Supply Kings - an appreciation of 31 Squadron RAF; SCARF, the 'unknown' VC; Focus on the Hurricane - photo feature; Thunderbolts in SEAC; Colour Prints; Carrier Operations - the pioneers; 3 Wing, RNAS; The Fairey Fulmar in operational service; SKUA; Collecting Aviation Data; PFF - a prologue; PFF - the background; SWALES - the South African PFF VC; Path finding in Italy - 614 Squadron; Plane Parade; Anti-shipping Hudsons; Coastal Halifax Log; Ordeal by Water; Condor at War; The First Vought Corsairs; USMC 'Ace of Spades' Squadron; Martin Torpedo Bombers; Navy Catapult-launced scouts; RAF Transports Reviewed; Handley Page Hastings; The Big Lift; 47 Squadron - a history. Undated. Issues appear to be circa 1970s or 1980s. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Bit of peeling from front free endpaper where label removed. Excellent copy. Book
104 pages. "Compiled to honour the men and women who served on 417 Squadron in peace and war from 1941 to 1983." - from Foreword. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of archival photos, most in black and white, some in colour. Prior owner's signature inside front board. Twelve additional signatures on last page - presumably of people related to the Squadron. Otherwise, book clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A quality copy of this important history. Book
42 pages. Features: Interesting Packard-Diesel photo ad inside front cover explains how their engine gains revs when going over mountain tops; Thompson Valve ad commemorates the "Southern Cross", piloted by Wing Commander Charles Kingford-Smith, which completed the first successful east-west Atlantic crossing in a heavier-than-air craft in 1930; New Features of Engines Exhibited at the National Aircraft Show; Wind Tunnel Tests and Performance Calculations on the Medvedeff Monobiplane; The Month's Best from the Foreign Press - The Development of Deck Flying (to/from aircraft carriers) with photo of Squadron Commander Dunning's first successful landing on the H.M.S. Furious, and three photos of the fatal second attempt; Airplane Motor Radio Shielding; Aircraft Servicing Solutions; Compensating the Compass - Periodic Inspection and Servicing; many more nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
80 pages. Oblong 9.8" x 8". A pictorial souvenir of the Mediterranean cruise and NATO exercises, September 7, December 10, 1954. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of photos. Includes vital statistics of the cruise, list of Squadron Officers; Lists of crewmembers of the HMCS Algonquin, HMCS Lauzon, HMCA Prestonian and the HMCS Toronto; and much more. Textured gray boards adorned with gilt on front. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
28 pages. Features: Front cover photo of London's great "Wings for Victory" Week - 100,000 people in Trafalgar Square; 12 related photos on the following two pages; Wonderful full-page photo of flying fortresses - prominent in the sensational Bismarck Sea battle; The Battle of the Bismarck Sea - article by Cyril Falls; Axis Forces Take a Pounding in the Retreat from Kasserine - Six photos; Indians gathered around a downed Japanese plane; Sketch of Germany's latest air transport - the Me. 323 six-engined "Powered Glider"; Large separate photos of submarine chasers the H.M.S. "Abelia" and the H.M.S. "Rother"; Hour-by-Hour the Bombs Rain Down on Emeny Targets in Europe - seven aerial photos; London Air Raid Shelter Tragedy - three photos of the shelter where 178 people died; Funeral of the Late Captain E.A. Fitzroy; The New Speaker of the House of Commons and his wife, Colonel Douglas Clifton Brown; Before and after photos of factory of the Societe des Produits Chimiques, at Tessenderloo, in Belgium - apparently when the factory was bombed there were 1,200 caualties and 4,000 left homeless; Squadron Leader H.R.K. Wells; Photos of new German anti-personnel bomb; Footbal cup final in Tripoli; Centerfold illustrations of doctors and dentists at work in the desert Army's Front Lines; Photos of London's "Wings for Victory" truimphal march through the city; Subhas Chandra speaking in Berlin; Captain S.H.A. Haggard; Alvar Liddell joins the R.A.F.; Haj Amin Al-Husseini, the ex-Mufti of Jerusalem; Photos of some of the international pilots of the Air Transport Auxilliary; Photos from two recent war films, the Russian "One Day of War" and the British "Desert Victory"; Fascinating photos of a training school for submarine crews; Glimpses of Nazi Germany - article by Charles E. Byles; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Lettre du Ministre de la Guerre (alex Berthier) aux Colonels des Tropes a cheval - Observations sur cette ?dition - Rapport fait au Mar?chal Berthier 2 17x9,5 cm., legatura in mezza pelle, fregi e titoli in oro al dorso, pp. XXIV, 523, 8 tavole musicali pi? volte ripiegate; 126 planches pi? volte ripiegate, seconda edizione, in lingua francese, buone condizioni, esemplare ben conservato.
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout and endpaper maps on yellow stock; navy cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt and colours, gilt back, a near fine copy in the printer's original mailing case complete with stamps and frankings. This copy was formerly in the library of 622257 Sgt. P. J. Doswell, Nursing Orderly RAF, and carries on the front free endpaper his service record in MS: India 1943, Ceylon and Burma 1944, Ceylon and Singapore (including relief of Changi) 1945. Arguably the finest of all RCAF squadron histories, considerably detailed and profusely illustrated. Includes ROH, and full personnel listings for BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Maritime Provinces and those from Outside Canada. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., Second Impression, with portrait frontispiece and 17 plates on 12, rear free endpaper very lightly spotted; navy cloth, gilt back, small fade mark at extreme head of backstrip else a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss (just affecting title) at head of backstrip, frayed at tail of backstrip and mildly browned at rear panel. Published in the same year as the first impression. The moving story of RAF Bomber Command's most famous squadron and arguably the most famous air exploit of WWII. The stirring 'Dam Busters March', written by Eric Coates as the theme to the movie, was almost immediately adopted as the official march of the Royal Air Force. Increasingly difficult to find in this condition. Enser, p.64; Mulholland & Jordan B121 (recording the first edition).
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 200 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 31) WITH LIMITATION PLATE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND NINE VETERANS MOUNTED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The signatories, in addition to the author, are: Stephen Beaumont, John Bisdee, Josef Broker, Willi Ghesla, Heinrich Hohnisch, Werner Karl, Hans Ohly, Walter Rupp and Herbert Tzschoppe.
Pages 362-448, plus 24 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Contents include: The Girl With the Red Hair; Across Unknown Arabia in Disguise - part 1; A 'Q" and a "U"; Across East Africa in the Rainy Season; "Bully's" Last Battle; With a Bristol Fighter Squadron; Queer Fixes - Falling Ten Thousand Feet; What Happened to Marshall Mabey; Gassed on a Chimney; My Two Years of Captivity Among the Turks - part 3; Among the Dyaks; The Trials of a Naturalist's Wife - part 3; On Foot Through South America, part 4; Silas Seeks London; In Little Known Afghanistan; Odds and Ends. Bits of clear tape at each end of spine. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Magazine
Features. Grumman X-29A; Cook Island Hopping; "Mallet Blow"; Blackburn's Buccaneer - 1; Captured Argentine aircraft in the UK; Slingsby T67M Firefly; Schneider Trophy 1929; Air Malawi; Blackburn's Buccaneer - 2; R. Norwegian A.F.; Starfighter Twilight; 'Ocean Safari 85'; German Cargo Services; Where have all the Tridents gone?; ARV Super 2; Chinese 'Coke' with a western flavour; 'Frogfoot'; Back to Barbados; R.A.F. Finningley; Orions provide ASW network around the world; Coat of many colours; Aeronautical Research in WWI; South African DC-3 Anniversary; Republic of Singapore A.F.; EAP - Britain's fighter demonstrator; Bell AH-1W SuperCobra; First TriStar K.1 for No. 216 Squadron; Final Top-up with No. 57 Squadron; Zeppelin-Staaken E.4/20; Sun'n Fun; R.A.F. Fighter Command 50 years on; British Caledonian Airways - part 1; Electronic Warfare - part 1; R. Moroccan A.F.; Hanover Report; Tiger Club Air Show; Outback Medic; British Caledonian Airways - part 2; What to see at Farnborough; R.A.F. Support Helicopters; British Aerospace 146; British Caledonian Airways - part 3; Lynx Speed Record; British Aerospace ATP; Chile's Air Force; Sea Harrier Training; Freighters at Birmingham; Tactical Fighter Meet '86; Eastern Air Lines - part 1; Farnborough postscript; Beverleys in Aden; Visit to China; R.A.F. Support Helicopters; EW Training in the R.A.F.; Oshkosh Highlights; Eastern Air Lines - part 2; Westland Lysander; Index laid in. Clean and unmarked with moderate external wear. A quality copy. Book
Pages 989-1014 plus many additional pages of wonderful vintage ads. Features: Honours for the R.F.C.; The Roll of Honour; Wing Bracing and Head Resistance; The Burges Speed Scout Biplane (with scale drawings and three photos); The Royal Aero Club - Official News; Turin to London Non-Stop - with map and photo of Captain Laureati and Michael Angelo Tonzo; ; Airisms from the Four Winds; "X" Aircraft Raids; The British Air Services - appointments and promotions; Aircraft Work at the Front - Official Information; Magneto Ignition - simple explanation of the fundamentals with illustrations; The Society of British Aircraft Constructors - official notices; Side-Winds; Imports and Exports 1916-1917; Full-page illustration with text honouring Second Lieutenant J.C. Currie "for conspicuous gallantry" while acting as observer to another officer; Fantastic full-page Avro ad; Nice full-page ad with photo for Palmer Cord Tyres and Wheels; The Huns Air Service; Flight-Lieut. Curt Wolff (who replaced Baron von Richthofen as leader of Squadron 12) killed in action; Air photo of massive damage to the village of Bermericourt; Photo of the Kaiser decorating officers on the western front; Photo of Italian F.B.A. flying boat; Two photos of the first of the U.S. Navy's 'blimps'; Great full-page illustrated ad for "Triplex"safety glass for use in goggles and windshields; Personals; Great illustrated ad for the "Newhaven Coat"; and more. Bit of faint underlining to magneto article otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A wonderful vintage issue. Magazine
Pages 635-666 plus many additional pages of wonderful vintage ads. Contents: Nice full-page ad for Whitehead Aircraft; Nice full-page illustrated ad for The Regent Carriage Co.; The work of our seaplanes; Air raid insurance claims; The Supreme War Council and the crisis; Great full-page illustrated ad for the Sopwith Aviation Company, Ltd; Aerial photo of the Oise-Aisne Canal - blown up by the French; Details of war-induced paper rationing (re: this publication); Birthday honours for war workers; Notices to members of the Royal Aero Club of the U.K.; The A.E.G. Bomber, G. 105 - a very detailed article with numerous photos and diagrams; The 240 H.P. (8-Cylinder) Mercedes (conclusion) - article with photos, diagrams and charts; The Roll of Honour - lengthy list of war casualties; The facts about the Liberty Motor; The Flight of an Aeroplane at Different Altitudes - detailed analytical and graphical approaches; A Full Day III - being some more ordinary incidents in the ordinary lives of pilots of No. X Squadron; Airisms from the Four Winds; Photo of Major Raoul Lufberry, the American 'Ace' of the American Expeditionary Force in France, who was shot down on May 19th; Answers to Correspondents; Trade Parliaments and their work - part VIII; Personals; The British Air Services - Announcements; Aircraft work at the front; Aviation in Parliament; Photos of the Humber Company's annual Sports Day; Buyer's Guide/Trade Directory; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A nice vintage issue. Magazine
Features: Cover photo of Chiang Kai-Shek "The Great Leader of the 400,000,000 people who celebrated on Oct. 10 the "Double Tenth" (the 30th anniversary of the Chinese Republic); Tobruk photos; Four photos of Wuchang in 1911 - aftermath of the revolt; Berline Diary - William L. Shirer; Photos of "Beauforts" and Torpedoes, the flying terror of enemy shipping; Many photos depicting Viscount Gort's Despatches - Corps and Divisional Commanders of the B.E.F., in the battle of Flanders; Photo of new Soviet Stormovik Dive-Bomber; Photo of U.S. 15 ton tank with rubber treads; Illustrations of German tank transporters; Article - The War with Nazi Germany - The Fourth Phase in Russia; Large portrait of Marshal Budenny - Commander of the Red Armies in the Ukraine; Photos of the Soviet Army in Retreat; Photos from the Eastern Front , where rages the greatest battle in world history; Excellent centerfold illustration of "Britain's mighting long-distance bomber, the "Stirling"; Photos of the Bell Airacobra; R.C.A.F. Squadron No. 1 photos with captions; Trawler the "Lady Shirley" captures U-Boat, with photo; Personalities and events of the week; Photos illustrating how the Airgraph service is operated; The Yates Thompson Mss.; Nice colour Guiness ad inside front cover; Navy-themed colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover. Faint library stamp to front cover. Centerfold holding by one staple. Clear tape inside each cover along spine and externally along spine. A worthy copy. Magazine
28 pages. Features: Cover illustration of "Silent Telephony on the Battlefront" - showing one of our troops in Tunisia using throat microphones and "silent speech" transmitters to report to base from under the noses of the enemy; Scenes during the Eighth Army's Advance into Tripolitania - includes photos of anti-tank and anti-personnel mines removed from the airfield at Marble Arch; Dramatic two-page illustration of the damaged Stirling bomber piloted by Flight Sergeant Rawdon Hume Middleton about to plunge into the Channel - how he won the Victoria Cross (V.C.) - Devotion "Unsurpassed in the annals of the Royal Air Force"; The Great World War - Lessons from Papua - article by Cyril Falls; Rabaul - Main Japanese Base in New Guinea Area Campaign - three illustrations and two photos; The German Retreat Across the Snow - Dramatic Views of Hitler's Sorry Army - Russians Close on Their Heels - 13 photos; How a "Liberty" Freighter was built in less than five days - Henry J. Kaiser's shipyards built the "Robert E. Peary" using pre-fabricated sections; Photos of personalities and events of the week - including Von Ribbentrop welcoming Laval to Berlin, Lloyd George at age 80, and a ceremony in London honouring American airman Sec. Lieut. Johnson; Pictures Behind the News - photo of the new Lockheed Constellation on its maiden voyage, aerial photo of now free Leningrad; A Japanese Bomber's Suicide Dive on the U.S. Aircraft-Carrier "Hornet" - dramatic photos; Centerfold illustration of Captain Robert Sherbrooke, V.C. in H.M.S. "Onslow," Challenging Superior Naval Forces of North Cape; Photos of enemy bombers down over London; Scenes in Malta's War Headquarters; Illustration of Flak over London; Three dramatic photos show Squadron Leader T.M. Bulloch settle the fate of a U-boat; Two-page illustrated map indicates the vast economic development of French Africa - roads and communications from Algeria to Congo; The Trans-African Air Route - a six-thousand miles daily flight over virgin forests and desert tracts - three great photos; The Rivals of Rubber - article by E.S. Grew; Nice colour-illustrated ad for Johnnie Walker on back cover; Unmarked. Average wear. Centerfold loose but present. Book
