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Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original newspaper issue. 64x45 cm. In Ottoman script. 4 p., richly illustrated. Half of the first page of the newspaper is devoted to the disagreement Monsieur Edward Höcknen, who was ex-director of the Turkish Anatolian - Baghdad Railways. The caricature shows that Monsieur Höcknen stops the train with his giant arms. According to the news on the newspaper, this international question is solved by Zekâi Bey who was Aydin muavini. Tevhîd-i Efkâr was a daily political newspaper published between 15 June 1921 and 6 March 1925. Its editor-in-chief was Velid Ebüzziya, (1884-1945). It was published in Istanbul during the Turkish War of Independence, (1919-1922), and supported the War of Independence. But after the proclamation of the Republic, he started an intense criticism campaign. Thereupon, 'Yeni gün' [i.e. New Day in Anatolia], Hakimiyet-i Milliye newspapers started opposition to the Istanbul press and Tevhid-i Efkar. With the approval of the three-point Takrir-i Sükûn Law on 4 March 1925, newspapers such as Tevhid-i Efkâr, Istiklal, Son Telgraf, and Tanin, which were published in Istanbul, and the magazine Sebilürresad were closed. Extremely rare.
PARIS, Imp. de Charles Noblet - In-4 - 1/2 Reliure verte frottée - Dos lisse - Filets & titre dorés - Revue hebdomadaire, puis bi-mensuelle - 46 Année 1878 du 02 11 au 28 12 (Pagination continue 689 à 832 - 47 année complète (Pagination continue 1 à 767 - 29 gravures de mode coloriées - Bon exemplaire
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces and plates; terracotta cloth, gilt backs, a bright working set. The set comprises Vol.I: 1889-1914; Vol. II: 1914-1926. First volume with small personal bookplate on front paste-down, annotations in pencil on front free endpaper, ink annnotations on rear free endpaper verso; Second volume is ex-Foreign and Commonwealth Office Library with press mark on backstrip, label on front free endpaper, small stamp on title, accession stamp on title verso.
Features: Giant relief map of Messines Ridge; Photo of General Sir Henry Wilson; Photo of Signor Caproni - Italian Aeroplane inventor; On the western front in Flanders - a railway laid by the Canadian Royal Engineers; Super two-page photo of a Baghdad street crowd watching British gunners hauling a heavy gun; General Allenby's advance towards Jerusalem; Romances of the Regiments - the 10th and the 37th; The "Friedrich der Grosse" brings U.S. troops across the sea; Two-page photo of a British Battery under attack near Passchendaele; Bad weather road traps on the Flanders front; using x-rays on the Western front; Devastation on the Flanders front; Admiral Mayo visits Sir David Beatty; Picking the brain of a captured Zeppelin; Women operating tractors; With General Allenby's Army in Palestine; Average wear. Staples almost disintegrated. Book
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original wrappers. Uncut and untrimmed copy. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Turkish with Arabic letters). 31 p. Ali Bey was a playwright originally. He learned French in private lessons and firstly he worked at the Babiâli (The Sublime Port) Translation Office as a clerk, then he became a member of the Health Council and the first secretary of the Directorate of Quarantine. He went to Eastern Anatolia, Iraq, and Japan as an inspector of public debts (1855-88). After his duty as the Governor of Trabzon (1890-93), he became the director of the Office of Public Debts (1890-93), which would last to the end of his life. It is for this reason that he was called Direktör Ali Bey. His first work was published in Diyojen (1869-72), the first humorous review, published by Teodor Kasap. Ali Bey, who was one of the regular writers of this review, wrote plays for the Gedik Pasa Theater, which was founded by the Armenian Güllü Agop and his friends, and wrote scripts adapted from French plays. He gave Turkish diction lessons to the Armenian actors and participated in theater activities. His plays were performed under the authorship 'A Person' to hide his official identity. He explained the meanings of words satirically in his dictionary Lehçetü'l Hakayik (Language of Realities) which he wrote in 1897 and was the first work of its field; the faults of the 19th century Ottoman Empire were also criticized in this dictionary. He wrote his travel memoirs titled 'Seyahât jurnâli' including his voyages from Istanbul to India. This book includes his humorous short stories printed in Cairo. Özege 17946.; TBTK 3399.; Only one printed copy in OCLC 1030931636 (Orient Institut of Istanbul). Scarce. First and Only Edition.
New English Original bdg. HC. Mint. Oblong 4to. (28 x 29 cm). In English, German, Turkish. 144 p., color ills. Bagdad Eisenbahn.= Bagdad railways.= Bagdad demiryolu, Toros Daglari.
134 pages. Features: Nice color ad for Maurice Maeterlinck's film "The Blue Bird" inside front cover; Being a Father is Fun; What About Social Hygiene?; Their First Jobs; What is Good Discipline?; Keep on the Safe Side; If a Baby Eats Too Fast; Children Need Happily Married Parents; Are the Programs They Like Bad for Them?; What to Do About Earache; Family Fashions; Feeding the Family; Nice one-page illustrated ad for film Young Tom Edison, starring Mickey Rooney; School Directory; Charming color Campbell's Soup ad shows young boy and girl with umbrellas coming in from the rain for lunch; Fantastic color-photo one-page ad for Pacific Mills and their "Pacific Thief of Bagdad fabrics" features young ladies in dresses; Vintage Clapp's Baby Foods ad features photo sequence of mothers with baby carriages on city sidewalk; One-page ad for Buster Brown shoes; Red Goose Shoes ad; Back cover color ad for Pillsbury's Best Flower features photos of Mrs. Joseph E. Witson of Cheviot, OH, Mrs. Charles F. Vogel of Milwaukee, Miss Edith Ellingsworth of Cambridge, MD, Mrs. Bert Morris of Seattle, and Mrs. Homer Garrigus of Rockville, IN; Many additional nice old ads; and more. Faint name atop front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Lots of delightful reading and recollecting here! Book
Cover portrait of Lieut.-General Sir William Marshall, Commanding in Mesopotamia. Features: Welfare Work for the Soldiers (conclusion); The Victories of Progress in Mesopotamia. Centerfold photos of troops from Britain, India, and Turkey marching in Bagdad. Staples have disintegrated. Moderate wear. Book
Features: NATO meeting in Paris; Demonstrations in Baghdad; Kariba Dam is sealed; Dungeness Point - nature reserve or nuclear power station?; Snow hazzards for skiers; Royal Persian Gold; Children's Toys and Games of the 19th Century; Jan Steen's Art; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Pages: 37-76. Features: Nice one-page Daimler Regency ad; Cover photo of the 'World Peace' which struck the El Ferdan swing bridge and blocked the Suez Canal; Professor Edgar Douglas Adrian; Mau Mau Terrorism in Kenya - home of Mrs. Anne Carnelley is burned; Fastest Man on Earth - photo of J.P. Stapp being strapped into rocket sled at Alamorgordo; Danish freighter 'Lexa Maersk' burns in Singapore; France approves German rearmament; Photos of 17 personalities of the week include Viscount Hambleden and his fiancee Donna Maria Carmela Attolico de Adelfia, Colonel Jose Antonio Remon of Panama, Roger G. Bannister, Captain Sir Robert Irving, and record glider Philip Wills; Nice one-page photo portrait of Admiral William Morrow Fechteler, U.S.N.; Two pages of interesting photos of life in Baghdad/Iraq; Two-pages of illustrations present the decline and fall of the Battleship - silhouettes of the world's capital ships, which have decreased in numbers and importance ever since the Battle of Jutland in 1916; Christmas Day Crash at Prestwick - wrecked B.O.A.C. Stratocruiser; Demolishing the London Zoo's Monkey Hill; Wonderful centerfold illustration of the view looking north over Central Park in Manhattan from the Observation Tower of the R.C.A. Building; Two pages of photos from Britain's first national Boat Show; Photos of 16 people who received awards, including Sir Arnold Gridley who was created a Baron; Sultan of Zanzibar opens new power station; King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia visits King Phumiphol Aduldej of Siam; Two wonderful photos of London bidding a gay welcome to 1955 - scenes at the Chelsea Arts Ball, and in Piccadilly Circus; Photo of mink farm in Cary, Illinois where 50,000 mink are being raised; Photo of large wind generator at St. Albans which may supply up to 100 kW; Article on the Mangrove. Average wear. Unmarked. Short openings along coverfold. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
24 pages. Features: Cover illustration of the charge of the six hundred Midland Yeomanry in Palestine; The Voice of a Prophet - article by C.M.; Photo of Sir Stanley Maude and Captain Musgrave on horseback in Bagdad; The Fight for Jerusalem - Nearing the End of Turkey's Four Hundred Year's Rule - one-page article by Lovat Fraser; Two photos of the troops which triumphed over the Turks at RamadieLarge photo of many British veterans of Flanders happy to be assembled for leave; Photo of Canadian hospital in France X-raying bullet in French soldier's arm; Photo of German POW receiving medical care; Three photos on one page show Canadians loading a 15-inch gun; Photo of Queen Marie of Rumania with her daughters inspecting Rumanian troops; Six photos from the Macedonian front; The Footprints of the Hun - in the devastated region re-won by British Arms for France (article); Photo of Lieut.-Colonel H. A. Gray Cheape and illustrations of the brilliant charge he led to capture enemy guns in Palestine; Illustrations of British soldiers drawing water from wells at Beersheba where Abraham drank; How the Spy Sinks His Identity - training the memory for a dangerous employ - article by Tighe Hopkins; Photos of the King on tour at several locations; Illustration of a German "Leuchtschirm" or light umbrella; Photo of Princes Wan and Piak of the Siamese Royal Family, who have enlisted in the Swiss Army; Growth & Grit of the U.S. Army - the way a peaceful nation is responding to the Great Call (article); Sketches of great soldiers leading in camp and council - General Sir Henry S. Rawlinson, General Sir Edmund H.H. Allenby, General Sir W.R. Birdwood, and Lt.-General Sir Henry Hughes Wilson; Illustrations of innovative Allied air machines - an Italian Caproni triplane, a French 'Spad', and Caproni bomb-carrying biplanes; Photos of eighteen brave men and women placed on the Roll of Honour; The Royal Munster Fusiliers - one-page article with photo of officers. Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
52 pages. Features: Nice cover art depicts an active school gym; Bagdad on the Thames - London Report by Beverley Baxter; Cigarette Smugglers Beware - Ottawa Report; Li'l Abner-themed Cream of Wheat ad; The Riddle of Louis Riel - Maclean's flashback - article with photos, part 1 of 2; South Africa's Ku Klux Klan - the Broederbond believes God made the white man to be boss - article with photos; Blizzard in the Banana Belt, by Farley Mowat - illustrated by Oscar Cahen; Vancouver Takes to the Hills - Skiiing in Vancouver - article with colour photos atop Mount Garibaldi and Grouse Mountain; Why I Work for God - The Reverend David S. Duncombe of Holy Trinity Church, Hicksville, Long Island - article with photos; The Shy Midas Behind the Ungava Iron Development - Julles Timmins- article with photos; She Cooked Dinner for the Princess - Maria Colquhoun - she is probably one of Canada's best cooks at Eagle Crest Lodge near Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island - article with photos; How to Catch an Eagle - Winnipeg's Charles Broley is an international authority on banding eagles - article with amazing photos; "All Aboard..." - humor by Eric Nicol, illustrated by l'Amare; Bold colour centerfold ad for the 1952 Pontiac; Classy ad for the 1952 Chrysler cars; 1952 Studebaker ad inside back cover; Book
28 pages. Features: Cover Photo of Roosevelt and Churchill seated together at Casablanca attending what was later described by the President the "Unconditional Surrender" meeting; Chiefs of Staff at Casablanca Conference discuss problems while the President and Prime Minister decide 1943 Strategy - 12 photos with captions; Amazing aerial photo of an airfield literally plowed up by the enemy in the Middle East; Two Great Soviet Deeds - Leningrad Relieved and Stalingrad Cleared - five photos; Personalities and Recent Events; Closing Up in Tunisia - article by Cyril Falls; Six-photo feature on "A Weapon Which Has Come to the Fore in This War - The Land Mine"; The Ears of the Army - Seven Photos of "Signals" Laying Cables in Forward Areas; Photos of General Alexander, Commander-in-Chief of the Middle East Forces; Photos of - "the Regent of Iraq and the little boy-King Feisal II inspecting a guard of honour at Baghdad Airport, Commander F.A. Worsley, His Highness the Maharajah of Kikanir, Viscount Maitland - son of the Earl of Lauderdale - K.I.A., Haile Selassie; Photo of Roosevelt in Jeep with President Vargas of Brazil; Large photo of Churchill and President Inonu of Turkey conferring during their rail-coach discussions; Centerfold map of Northern Tunisia - the Terrain and Communications where the Axis is faced by three Allied Armies and Montgomery's Advance from the South; Two-pages of illustrations related to "The Problem of the U-Boat Menace - the Case for and Against building Faster Cargo-ships capable of 15 knots as against the present average of about 11 knots; A page of great miscellaneous war photos; Stone Column unveiled in Belfast to Commenorate First Landing of U.S. Forces; The Massacre of the Innocents - the Burial of Lewisham's Child Victims; The Kingdom of Nupe in Nigeria - article by S.F. Nadel; Full-page photo of a ghostlike member of the Archconfraternity of Mercy collecting money in the street prior to an execution in Malta; Malta's Ordeal - a fine tribute paid by the screen to the men and women of the George Cross Island - twelve photos; The Troglodyte Dwellings of Southern Tunisia - Matmata - Underground town near the Mareth Line - ten photos; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Very Good German Original wrappers. 12mo. (16 x 11 cm). In German. 71, [1] p., [12] unnumbered b/w plates. Very rare first edition (from first 1st-5th thousand impressions and both in scarce institutional holdings and market rarity) of this fourth book of "A thousand and one nights" series, titled 'The Caliph Harun Al-Rashid' with fine illustrations edited by Heinrich Wolgast, (1860-1920), a German educator and pedagogue. Close to social democratic ideology, Heinrich Wolgast became known as a literary pedagogue. He criticized a "specific" juvenile literature which, as trivial mass literature, only satisfies the need for entertainment, and called for an artistic education of the youth through aesthetically demanding literature. In 1888 Wolgast became a co-founder of the "Youth Writings Committee" of the "Association of Hamburg Elementary School Teachers". As a co-founder of the "United German Examination Committees for Youth Writings", he acted from 1896 to 1912 as the editor of the magazine "Jugendschriften-Warte". This small and very collectible book published by Otto Zimmermann reflects the pedagogical concerns rather than the true harsh, erotic, and imaginary atmosphere of the Arabian Nights. Only one printed copy in OCLC 76105214 (German National Library, Leipzig = Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Leipzig).
Cover illustration of the scoreboard at Maple Leaf (Baseball) Stadium by Duncan Macpherson. Features: Blair Fraser reports on Baghdad and its new Prime Minister Abdul Karim Kassem; Editorial on Princess Margaret's visit and the (smelly) Don River in Toronto; Let's Stay Off the Moon, by Bertrand Russell; When is Adultery News, by Beverley Baxter; Why Do We Hate The Police? - a Maclean's national survey; Holiday weekend in Montreal- an introduction to the fascinations of the continent's most flavorful city, revisited by novelist Morley Callaghan who once lived, worked and played there; Now even the Canoe is going Modern; What is it about Budgies? - the may soon make dogs man's second-best friend in Canada; The double life of Football's fiercest Coach - Jim Trimble is coach of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats; Women are Equal - Especially Ellen Fairclough, Canada's new Secretary of State; Colour photo sailing-themed Coke ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label on front cover. A sound copy. Book
Colour illustration of airman wearing electrically-heated clothes. "Dora versus the Kaiser" - article. Full-page photo of "A Great Moment in a Long History - The Mayor of Jerusalem and the party bearing the white flag that heralded surrender of the Holy City meeting with the first British outposts on the morning of December 9th, 1917. German Thrust for the Open Sea - article by Lovat Fraser. Photos of protective colouration for massive French guns. Photos of America - prepared and resourceful in the war zone. Photos of 'Brave Men Who Live Like Burrowing Moles". Sowing the Seas with Mines - Huns' cowardly misuse of a legitimate weapon of war - article by Percival A. Hislam. Photos of 'unsinkable' American transports. The Strafe - in which a Cockney refused to be downhearted. Memorial service at the Citadel, Bagdad, for Sir Stanley Maude - photos. "Nell" a Canadian heavy gun is pulled by dozens of soldiers. 'Observing from a Sausage' - a perilous leap into space - article by "O. Pip". Coolie and Indian labourers. From Forest to Trench - how Newfoundlanders in Scotland Feed the Army with Timber - article by John S. Margerison. Photos of the training of young seamen. Photos of military musicians training and marching. Bombed church at Ram Allah. Canada's Great Achievement - How her men were raised and how they fight: article by Basil Clarke. Regimantal feature and photo of the North Staffordshires. Average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. Sound copy. Book
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original bdg. 12mo. (17 x 12 cm). In Ottoman script. 42 p. Stamped and sealed on verso by originally by Anatolian - Baghdad Railways Company. Includes tables of routes, tariffs, price lists, lines within the borders all Turkey. Those lines are Izmir-Aydin Railway (1860-), Izmir-Turgutlu Railway (1865-), European (Sark) Railway (1871-), Anatolian Railway (1872-), Mersin Tarsus Adana Railway (1882-), Baghdad Railway (1904-), Cenup [i.e. East] Railway (1912-). These guides were printed and distributed reference sources in order to provide better service to the early Republican passengers. TBTK 12995.; Not in Özege.; Not in OCLC.
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: "Find The Woman" - What happened in Central Africa when word spread that a venerated witch-doctress had invented a potion to render the white man's bullets harmless - with photo of Maria N'Koy in her ceremonial regalia; At Grips With the Desert - Part III - Donald R.G. Cameron's party set out to cross the Sahara and became lost for ten dreadful days - with photos and map; A Tenderfoot in Argentina - Englishman G.H. Mummery went to Argentina to try his luck on a big estancia; The "Eggers" of Yorkshire - Article with amazing photos of the people who scramble the towering cliffs of the Yorkshire coast to reap a harvest of sea-bird eggs; Brigand-Hunting in Anatolia - Capt. S.H. Woolf was stationed on the Bagdad Railway with a small detachment of Indian troops; My College Adventures - Young Carl N. Taylor was wandering around America when he decided to study in Indiana - he provides an interesting glimpse into a novel phase of American college life; The Sanyasi's Curse - A tale from construction of one of the Southern Indian railways in 1887-8; Tapu - A weird little New Zealand story from Ken J. Royal, who went hunting for Maori curios on an old native battleground; Twelve Days on a Burning Ship - The coal cargo of the old windjammer Fanny catches fire far to the south of Cape Horn; My Trip to "Devil's Island" - Excellent photo-illustrated article describing Arthur Mills' visit to the notorious French penal establishment in Guiana where Dreyfus endured his martyrdom and the betrayer of Nurse Cavell is presently imprisoned; Shorty the Sheepherder - Edith Ammons Kohl describes a strange character she met while newspapering in Montana; Rough Luck - Johannes Else's nearly successful escape from the prison at Cape Town; A Deal in Diamonds - The curious experience of an Eastern merchant while visiting Marseilles on business; The Lost Mine - Part II of II - A. Hyatt Verrill seeks a mysterious native "King" in Panama - with photos; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Backstrip entirely nibbled away so covers loose but present, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
56 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for Chrysler's 1957 New Yorker 4-Door Hardtop and Windsor 2-door Hardtop with push-button transmission; Should They Let "Mom" Whyte Keep Her Children? - Mrs. Robert Whyte takes care of 80 children near Bowmanville, Ontario - great article with many photos; Blair Fraser Reports from Baghdad - article with photos; What You See and How You See - article on vision; Diana van der Vlis - the calmest little bombshell on Broadway - article with photos; Will They Solve the Riddle of the Athabaska Tar Sands? - article with photos foreshadowing the gargantuan industry to come; My Last 17 Days in Budapest - Sandor Acs, caught up on the first moments of Hungary's revolution, jots down his unique record of the event, with his photos, including an incredible full-page photo of crowd around huge fallen statue of Stalin; Nice colour full-page ad for the Dodge Mayfair (2-door hardtop); Glidden paint centerfold ad; Nice colour full-page ad for Matinee cigarettes; Roderick Haig-Brown recalls Trout Fillets in Chile; Full-page ad for Avro Aircraft (A.V. Roe) with black and white photo of planes in flight. Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. Short openings along coverfold. Long opening to page 12, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 65-100. Features: Charming ad for Kruschen Salts inside advertorial front cover; Front cover photo of German soldiers returning to Berlin "Undefeated"; Article by G.K. Chesterton about the hope of the Polish people; Photo of the late great actor Sir Charles Wyndham; Photo of German troops entering Berlin; Photo of Liebknecht addressing large crowd in Unter Den Linden in Berlin; Two-page photo spread of the new "Lloyd George" Coalition Government - the Premier and some of the chief members - 32 photos in all; A Great Day in Prague - several photos show President Masaryk's Triumphal Entry; Photo of Filippo Cavallini, Luigi Dini and Adolfo Re-Riccardi in prisoners dock as they face charges of treason; Several photos of the aftermath of war; Photos of British Peace Delegates departing to Paris; Three pages of photos of Theodore Roosevelt - A Friend of Britain; Aerial Records and Record Making - article by C.G. Grey - Editor of "The Aeroplane"; Superb full-page photo portrait of Poland's Ignace Paderewski; Two pages of illustrations depicting heraldic symbols for commemorating naval traditions - some new badges for British War-Ships; Nice centerfold illustration by Arthur Watts shows a coastal motor-boat engaging a German seaplane; Large aerial photos of bombs exploding at sea; Illustration of new Undersecretary of State for Air - The Rt. Hon. Major-General J.E.E. Seely, D.S.O., on his charger Warrior; Photo from Baghdad of the British Commander-in-chief reading a proclamation announcing the surrender of Turkey; Great full-page ad for Kenilworth Cigarettes shows young lady on bed lighting her smoke from that of her male companion in uniform; Aerial photo of bombed Red Cross hospital at Etaples; Photo of Herr Ebert addressing a meeting of non-commissioned officers; Interesting photo of the interior of the Sopwith Aviation company's big factory at Ham, Surrey; "Astol" ad on back cover claims to restore natural colour to hair which is grey or faded; numerous other gorgeous vintage ads. Moderate wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Book
100 pages plus 28 pages of vintage ads. Features: Real-Life Romances - six narratives of travel in Italy; Captain Thompson's 'Catch' - Captain Thompson of Knight's Key, Florida catches a huge bizarre 'whale/shark' - article with photos; Drifting Through Mesopotamia - Russian M. Dutkevitch and his photo-illustrated account of floating down the mighty Tigris to Bagdad; A Naturalist in the Arctic - Mr. Koren, a Norwegian naturalist, becomes a castaway in Siberia after his vessel is wrecked in the ice; The "Phantom Brigands" of Pegomas - how the puzzle of these these French criminals (described in the March, 1912 issue) was finally solved; Our Trip to the Kolahoi Glacier - a journey by two officers of the Indian Army to the source of the Jhelum River - with great photos; My Adventures in Sarawak (part II) - Her Highness the Ranee of Sarawak describes her time as the Rajah's bride; Two Years in Guatemala - Alfred R. Lamb describes his eventful time organizing the police force of Guatemala; The Bishop's Visit - what happened when a Bishop visited the bungalow of an Indian planter; The Fur-Buyer's Peril - Frank J. Scheider nearly froze to death in the wilds of Ontario; Moose-Hunting in New Brunswick; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces and plates; terracotta cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers very lightly chipped at extremities. The set comprises Vol.I: 1889-1914; Vol. II: 1914-1926. COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Features: Title page illustration of the Prince of Wales at a Clyde shipyard; The Situation in Mesopotamia (article); One of Our Indispensables - The Padre (article); New and Dainty War-Time Luxury Dishes (article); The Funeral of Irish Leader John Redmond - eight photos; Six photos illustrate the Seaplane Pigeon Service; Three photos document the memorial service for General Maude in Baghdad; G.K. Chesterton writes about being a 'Back Number'; Two photos after the Charterhouse School fire; One-page illustration of the Prince of Wales observing Clyde shipbuilders bending hot steel; Two pages of illustrations document the Prince of Wales' tour of the shipbuilders of the Clyde; Article on the Air Force Medical Service; Wonderful centrefold illustration of the Grand Fleet Squadron at anchor; Photo of a British flame-projector operator in protective clothing at a demonstration for Serbian officers; Photos of War Donkeys and Dogs in the Alps - Italy's four-footed allies; Roll of Honour - photos of 21 officers, including Major Victor Rogers D.S.O.; Photo of King Alexander of Greece on the British front in Macedonia; Charming one-page Tootal ad; Very artistic two-colour back cover ad for Erasmic "The Dainty" Soap, features young lady in tub reaching for her robe; 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
Pages 385-480 plus 32 pages of wonderful vintage advertisements. Features: In the grip of the "Hip Sings" - Walter G. Patterson became a member of a Chinese secret society (Part I); Hunting the sword-fish on the south coast of Nova Scotia - with great photos; The fatal wood - a graphic account of a dramatic episode in the great Battle of Verdun; Minnie Florea's ordeal - a hurricane swept her to sea where she, the only member of her father's party of 13 to survive, battled the storm for 24 hours; The heart of Sweden - an interesting description of rural Sweden with wonderful photos; Three men in a tree - how they survived a flood in Australia; Comedies of the war - WWI anecdotes; Sandy McLain's Log-Jam - how a young Scotsman broke up one of the biggest log-jams in the history of Minnesota; Our adventures at the Chincha Islands - a lively time picking up a load of guano; From Job to Job around the World - part VII - Alfred Fletcher describes his adventures in Constantinople, his trip through Italy and across Europe to Paris - where he was shut in Voltaire's tomb for a night!; Where Grass is King - a woman's account of her live on a homestead in a region of America where grass is used for everything - with nice photos; My Romance - how Miss L.V. Smith saved a crowded train from destruction; Photo of a six-foot shark caught in the Tigris at Baghdad Great full-page ad for the Red Cross Line. Average wear. Small protective pieces of tape at each end of backsrip. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces and plates; elegantly bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border stopped with roundels at corners, backs with raised bands, second and fourth compartments framed and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt edges, gilt doublures, hand-made endpapers, ribbon markers, a crisp, elegant set ideal as a gift or for presentation. The set comprises Vol.I: 1889-1914 (1958); Vol. II: 1914-1926 (1961). SCARCE.