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Features: Virgin Forest... in Big City! - Vancouver's Stanley Park; Santa's Village near Bracebridge in Muskoka, Ontario; The Fish come Big in Nova Scotia - swordfish and bluefin tuna; The Kingsmere "Ruins" in the rolling hills of Kingsmere, Quebec; Family Week a la Jasper; From the Mailbag of Eddie Torr. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: Frank Boucher's Challenge - how we can end the farce of sending fourth-rate teams to the world hockey championships; Nurse Joyce Relyea and her job at the Hospital for Sick Children; Chatham - the good town that's fighting a bad name - its politicians live in fear of nameless terrorists, Ottawa lists it as a 'depressed area', the morals of the children have been thrown into serious question; The Pleasure of Ruins, by photographer Roloff Beny - with great b/w photos, including the Shah and queen of Iran; How the Hedlin family of Winnipeg leaped the language barrier together and learned French; Dr. John Knox, former Danish Ambassador, writes about the Canadian beaver; Robert Thomas Allen on Greece; Volkswagen van ad featuring the entire population of Jiggs, Nevada in one van!. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Contents: color Parker pen ad inside front cover; interesting ad for the Curtiss Commando aircraft; Great International Harvester Truck/War Bonds ad; Pullman railcar ad with returning vets bearing swastika emblazoned souvenirs; Colour Cadillac ad; nice color ad for White Trucks - military theme; Does Truman lean left or right? - clues appear in the first 40 days; Are Japs Wanted? - article with interesting poster demanding fair play for America's Japanese; Congressional committee tours Concentration camps; Miami dogs killed after they kill Doretta Zinke; Blockade and bombs hit Japan as prelude to gathering storm - attrition is Allied policy while knockout forces transfer in strength to the Pacific; Great photo of the first Yank post V-E day ship bringing servicemen home; Great map indicating the 'Bomb Strategy Against Japan'; color Seiberling Tire ad; How to Starve out Japan - bomb the rice paddy dikes; Philippines - sobering losses; China - the Japs back up; Dramatic photo of the American Essex-class carrier Franklin (Big Ben) with its crew huddled on the flight deck after it was attacked by a single Japanese bomber with two 500lb bombs; Okinawa - sacrifice - 156 American marines and doughboys died there each day last week; photo of German prisoners with shovels in the massive American Henri Chappelle Cemetery in Belgium; Russia casts its shadow over Asia; Yugoslavs' willful grab at Trieste poses danger for Charter makers; Prince Faisal and other Arabs agree Palestine is an Arab state, despite a half-dozen vociferous Jewish organizations on the conference sidelines; Color Goodyear belt centerfold; Photo of Allied officers in front of Reichstag ruins; Pattern emerges for occupation - Allies command, Germans obey; "Life has no meaning" for Dr. Ley, once leader of the German labor front - article and photo; Nazi U-boat (with 'the Schnorkel') surrenders and is escorted to a Newfoundland port - photo; NBC airs dramatization of F.A. Hayek's The Road to Serfdom; Max Schmeling released; Rosenberg's den of Royal Theives holds key to looted art of Europe; interesting ad for a Sperry gunsight "The gunsight that 'things' faster than humans... or Japs!"; Great color Chesterfield cigarette ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label on front cover. A sound copy. Book
Cover portrait of King George visiting the ruins that once were Ypres. Water damage to pages at top corner of spine - text unaffected. Great Belgian photos in centerfold. Many black and white photos. Above-average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. A worthy reference copy. Book
Features: Ruins of the Cloth Hall at Ypres; 2 page illustration of a steamer's Smoke-Box Defence against a U-boat; "Standard Ships" - 4 photos; The Menin Road Battle - 3 photos; nice 2-page photo of a YMCA catering hut in action with German shell range; The Canadian Artillery Regiment - one page story with 2 photos; Laying a rail line during the battle for Lens; Menin Road battle - many photos; Destruction in Ypres; Great 2-page photo with caption "During a Bombardment on the Flanders front - Artillerymen (wearing gas masks) with a heavy Gun in Action". Staples disintegrating. Average wear. Book
Features: Horrific opening photo of the ruins of Wesel bears the caption 'German cities are being pulverised to dust; photos of the British jet plane, the Gloster-Whittle; photos of the crossing of the River Rhine; Photos and details of Hitler's Berhof at Berchtesgaden; Photos of the capture of Mandalay; photos from Iwo Jima; The capture of Wesel; New equipment for use against Germans and 'Japs'; Pictures from Russia; and more. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
Illustration Features: At Grips with the Hun in Historic Artois; Among German Spies in North Sea Ports (article); The Ruins of Rheims; American sailors' cheers for the Sailor King; Scenes in the Wake of the Franco-British advance; The Terrible 'Tank' Pursues the Turk in Palestine; The Russian Soldier As I Know Him - article by Hamilton Fyfe; Graphic Scenes in the Gigantic Arras Struggle; Science After the War - article by J. Arthur Thomson; Belgian Slaves and British Emancipators; Royal Progress through the industrial north; Interesting Incidents in Loyal Lancashire; In the Canadian Lines on the Arras Front; Heads of Teutonic and Ottoman Offending; Forces combined against the U-Boat Corsairs; The Highland Light Infantry - article with photo. Staples disintegrating. Above-average wear. Book
Front cover illustration of trained dogs used as trench messengers. Illustration of British seaplane airman. Grabbe & Co., Unlimited - article on inflated British food prices. Danger Points in the East - article by Lovat Fraser. Photos of saving Holy Objects from the 'Sacrilegious' Hun. Photos from Mesopotamia - ruins and modern doings. Photos of Humane Treatment of Turks Taken in the Pursuit. Chateau and Church shattered by Huns - photos. Photos of lights being used in war; Woodrow Wilson - 'The Only Statesman in the World' - article by Hamilton Fyfe. Photos of French and American soldiers. Lighter Moments/Recreation. Photos of 'Work at home for enmeshing enemy mines at sea'. "The Winners" by Boyd Cable. Photos of stout-hearted soldiers of Resurgent Serbia. Photos of 'Preparing for the Future in Corn Land & Quarry'. Photos of curious contrasts. "The Eyes of the Battery" - Certain liveliness at an artillery observation post by 'O.Pip'. Photos of decorated individuals. Book
Cover illustration with caption 'Damascus in British Hands." Topics include: Hindenberg's 'super-barrier', the Wotan line; The Man Who Would Be King; What Bulgaria's Surrender Means; Hope amid the French ruins; American's First Army Moves Towards the Moselle; The Flanders Battlefields, by Hamilton Fyfe; Mating the Huns' Insidious Moves in Siberia; Recruits Who Rally to Freedom's Allied Flags; Allied Activity Against Bolshevist Anarchy; Dawn of the Day of Deliverance for Siberia; Road Signs of the War; Active Anzac Guns that Give the Foe No Rest; Air and Sea Escorts Defy Underwater Craft; Up in a 'Zepp' Hunting the U Boat, by Sydney A. Moseley; Varied Activities of the Devoted V.A.D.; Problems in the Labour Market, by W.L. George; Red Cross Targets at which the Teuton Aims; Huns Crumbling - Not Yet Broken, by Frederic William Wile; The Breach in the Balkans. Above-average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. Still a worthy copy. Book
Features: Steam News Photos; Crescent Limited - from 'Vestibule' onward - 'a service second to none' - extensive article, profusely illustrated; Meter gauge to the original Olympics - amidst Greek ruins on the isle of Peloponnesus - diesel railcars, Vulcan 2-8-2's pantographed trolleys; Shays in the Woods. Average wear. Unmarked. Small white sticker on back cover. Magazine
Features: 10,000 shall die; Bull team logger; McGarry's Lost Gold; Summer of the Blue Snow; My Brother - Fred Gipson; A Hunch about that Yellow Stuff; Some Personal Papers of Wilbur Coe; How the Picher District Really Came to Be; The Chennault Plane Crash; Epson Salts Railraod; Lute and Granny Jackson; Reymert Ruins; Big Bend Roundup; When Yankee Robinson Came to Town; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Roloff Beny interprets in photographs the " P Book
Cercle du Bibliophile 1965, grand et fort In-4 cartonnage illustré de l'éditeur, 282 pages. Superbes photos en noir et blanc de Roloff BENY. Texte choisi et présenté par Constance BABINGTON SMITH, traduit en français par Marie TADIE, introduction par Jean Yves TADIE. Bon état.
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 544 p. Many b/w ills. Guide to historical places of Turkey. Türkiye tarihi yerler kilavuzu.
New English Paperback. 4to. (28 x 22 cm). In Turkish. 254, [2] p., color and b/w photos, and color and b/w ills. Geçmisin yorgun taniklari Ani harabeleri. Ara Güler fotograflariyla. Translated by Satenik Usta, Anahid Hazaryan. Tired witnesses of the past: Ani ruins with photographs by Ara Güler. Translated from the 1910 Armenian edition entitled "Nigarakrutyun Ani'yi Averagnerun". ARCHEOLOGY Armenians Anatolian civilizations Kars Ani ruins Photography Armenian history.
72 pages. Features: Art as Monster - a conversation with Allora & Calzadilla; Jeanne Silverthorne - New Life in the Ruins of the Artist's Studio; Danial Canogar - Media Brainstorms; Diane Landry - The Clutter of All Things; Marc Leuthold - Cosmic Clay; August Ventimiglia - Sculpting the Line; Facing the Void - A Conversation with Toshikatsu Endo; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Folio. (34 x 24 cm). In Turkish. 2 volumes set: ([xvi], 195 p., 31 plates.; 247 p., ills., 33 plates, 3 folding maps). Pamphylia ve Pisidia kentleri. 2 volumes set. Vol. 1: Pamphylia. Vol. 2: Pisidia. Translated by Selma Bulgurlu Gün.
New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (34 x 24 cm). In Turkish. [xvi], 195 p., 31 plates. Pamphylia ve Pisidia kentleri. Vol. 1: Pamphylia. Translated by Selma Bulgurlu Gün. Stadte Pamphyliens und Pisidiens. Cities of Pamphylians and Pisidians.
New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Folio. (34 x 24 cm). In Turkish. 247 p., ills., 33 plates, 3 folding maps. Pamphylia ve Pisidia kentleri. Vol. 2: Pisidia. Translated by Selma Bulgurlu Gün.
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. 47 black and white quality photos and illustrations. Features: Photo of British tanks practising at home; Super full-page photo of a Dornier 17 burning in an English field, plus two related photos; Bomb damage on Scottish tenements; twin-engined German bomber downed on the east coast - crew of 4 captured; Illustrated article entitled "Till Freedom Is Secure" - text of a broadcast by Lord Halifax; Photo of ruins at the corner of Senaturska St. and Miodowa St. in Warsaw; Photos of Britain's home defenders and their ceaseless vigil; Map of British naval minefields and ground defence zones; Full-page photo portrait of Sir Alan Brooke; 4 photos of a Nazi pilot parachuting down near a vessel he had been trying to sink; H.M.A.S. Sydney sinks Italy's fastest cruiser, the Bartolomeo Colleoni - photos of each vessel plus centerfold illustration by S. Drigin which shows the Italian Vessel about to submerge; 4 aerial photos of bomb damage to German targets - the Dortmund-Ems Canal and the Eschwege aerodrome; Photo of 9" gun atop Gibraltar; Photo of the H.M.S. Ramillies; S. Drigin illustration of R.A.F. bombers performing a twillight raid over a south-west German industrial centre; Photos of Newfoundland men who have responded to Britain's call; Illustrated text of a broadcast by Sir Philip Joubert entitled "Wings Over Africa"; Nice full-page photo of a Fairey Swordfish flying over the H.M.S. Ark Royal; Full-page photo of Polish General Sikorski honouring the Podhale Mountain Brigade for their service at Narvik; A commentary on the war for this week; The Navy's North Sea watch; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Photo of Australian naval gunners practising; Image of John F. Kennedy inside front cover as promotion for his book "Why England Slept"; Nice photo of the legless pilot and his men - Squadron Leader D.R.S. Bader leads a famous Canadian fighter squadron and is pictured with some of his men; Illustration of Malta - our island stronghold in the Mediterranean; Article on Welfare Work for the Troops - social, educational and recreational facilities for Britain's fighting forces; Sunderland saves 21 shipwrecked sailors; War pictures from African battlefields; Message to the French Nation - broadcast by Winston Churchill; centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black shows the H.M.S. Kimberley sinking an Italian destroyer in the Red Sea; superb photo of several gleaming torpedoes in a British warship; Photos of London destruction, including the famous photo of men perusing books in the ruins of the library at Holland House, Kensington; Soldiers of the allied armies; Article - how the Observer Corps aid the Fighter Pilots; Photo of train taking children from the danger of Berlin; A commentary on the war this week; In action with the Fleet Air Arm; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Nice full-page photo of Harry Hopkins leaving the foreign office with Anthony Eden; With the fleet Italians - naval photos from the Mediterranean; King Haakon of Norway inspects Norwegian sailors now serving with the British fleet; Winston Churchill inspects members of the American motorised squadron of the Home Guard with Brigadier-General Wade H. Hayes; Illustrated article entitled "The Royal Navy in 1940" - through a year of disasters, calamities and perils to glorious achievements - with photos of the Thunderbolt, H.M.S. Rodney, and H.M.S. Terror; Illustration of a British M.T.B. in action off the Belgian coast; Photos of the trail of the Italian desert retreat; Map showing Catania - Germany's new air base in Sicily; Dramatic centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black shows the H.M.S. Illustrious beating off a German attack; Photos of terrible bomb damage in London, Portsmouth and Liverpool; Photos of Abyssinian soldiers being inspected by Haile Selassie in the Sudan; "Civil Defense in Action' - illustrated text of broadcast by Lord Dudley, Regional Commissioner for the Midlands - includes photo and caption presenting Evelyn Marmar who, at age 16, won the O.B.E. for her devotion to duty as a switchboard operator during a daylight raid on Southampton; Gruesome photo of searchers looking for survivors in the ruins of a London working-men's hostel; Illustration by S. Drigin depicts the R.A.F. bombing a Sicillian air base; Commentary on the war this week; Photos of the Greeks - our allies in Albania - including photo of King George II review his troops on horseback; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Newfoundland's part in the fight - photos of Lord Cranborne with the troops; Photo of the King and Queen presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Flying-Officer D.S.G. Honor; Illustrated article entitled "The Royal Air Force in 1940" - splendid work of the fighter and bomber commands and the anti-aircraft batteries; Photo of champion hurdler and Squadron Leader D.O. Finlay in front of his Spitfire; Photo of a Whitley bomber being prepared for another mission; A map documents 16 months of R.A.F. war on enemy production; With the Greeks' victorious army; Winston Churchill's northern tour - including a photo of him addressing a battleship crew on the deck of the ship; Aerial photo of Wilhelmshaven taken during an R.A.F. bombing mission; Centerfold illustration by S. Drigin depicts the British tanker Cardita defending itself against a u-boat; British before Bardia - photos; Photo of carloads of Italian prisoners; Photos of several downed Italian planes; Photo of hundreds of weapons captured from the Italians at Bardia; Burma Squadron in battle - photo of the pilots of the 257, the famous Hurricane Fighter Squadron; Nice photo of 257 Squadron Leader Stanford Tuck in his cockpit; Photo-illustrated article entitled "Science in Uniform - Brilliant work of the Royal Engineers in Modern War"; Photos of mobile railway workshop; Separate photos of four downed German airmen; Commentary on the war this week; Stranglehold on enemy shipping - various Fleet Air Arm photos; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
58 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: France on the Prairies; Potlatch in the Park - photo-illustrated article on potlatch held in new Kwakiutl house built in Victoria's Thunderbird Park; Journey for Frances - 2nd instalment of Mrs. George Simpson's canoe journey of 1930 through two of the Great Lakes and on to the post later named Fort Frances; Wings Across Greenland - between 1928 and 1931 Parker D. (Shorty) Cramer made three attempts to fly across the Atlantic by way of northern Quebec and Greenland - photo-illustrated article; Early Northern Surgeons - article concerning some of the earliest predecessors of Dr. John Rae in Rupert's Land; Dr. John Rae and his Franklin Relics - photo-illustrated article; Dr. John Rae of the Arctic - short biography of the great explorer; John Rae's Stone House - photo-illustrated article on the ruins of Rae's winter house of 1846-7 near Repluse Bay; Rae's Arctic Correspondence - a review of the new volume of the Hudson's bay Record Society; Rae on the Eskimos - his opinions on the Arctic natives among whom he lived and travelled between 1846 ande 1854; The Old Shipwreck - mystery ship has lay wrecked on the north shore of Bylot Island for 130 years; Cobalt and Porcupine - how the great silver and gold mines of Northern Ontario were discovered and developed; Early Days at York Fort; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point Blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Book shows minor edge and corner wear. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is barely hanging together with large open tears. 280 pages with about 20 page glossy b&w photo section. Contents include: London water supply, Sewers, Tunnels under the Thames, Trains go underground, Gas and elctric mains, Crypts, Chapels, Treasures, Temples, Tombs, Dives, Deep shelters, etc.
