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Stories: The Nazco Patrol; North for Timber; The Keeper's Tale; The Editor's Post Bag; The Hunting Down of Sultana; Three Dogs; The Grey Shark; Blackmailing a Railway; The Grey Shark; The Blue Grass Amulet; New Zealand Hermits; Missing; The Blue Glass Amulet; Indian Jugglers; Major the Outlaw. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
Circa 1983. 152 pages plus 5 pages of advertisements and local postal memorabilia. Includes six pages of information copied from the records of the Amulet Cemetery. A point-form diary of local history from 1935 through 1982. Book
Numerosi reperti egizi: bassorilievi, vasi, amuleti, maschere e una tunica. Tavola incisa all’acquaforte su lastra di rame, inserita nella monumentale opera Description de l’Egypte, II° edizione dal 1820-29 voluta da Luigi XVIII, importante risultato culturale dell’occupazione francese in Egitto per il periodo che va dal 1798 al 1801. Bonaparte decise di invadere queste terre per controllare le vie commerciali verso l’india ed assestare in questo modo un duro colpo all’economia britannica. Durante questa operazione, il Nostro favorì l’attività di numerosi artisti, ingegneri, matematici e naturalisti per registrare e catalogare con estrema precisione le costruzioni e i monumenti egiziani nonché la flora e la fauna. Il risultato di questo immane sforzo, che per la pubblicazione coinvolse quasi duemila tra artisti e tecnici oltre a quattrocento incisori, fu l’opera "Description de l’Egypte, ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l’expédition de l’armée française", che offre una globale visione scientifica dell’antico e moderno Egitto, nonché la sua storia naturale. La Description ebbe grande influenza sul movimento orientalista pittorico dell’ottocento e diede un contributo fondamentale alla diffusione dell’Egittologia. Numerosi edifici rappresentati in queste tavole sono stati completamente distrutti nel tempo
Pages 397-424. Features: (Now) extremely politically incorrect "loose lips sink ships" poster with illustration of African with massively protruding lips is held by young lady as she stands in a gaping hole blasted in the side of U.S. freighter "Absaroka"; Photo of Rear-Admiral P.L. Vian; Photo of Italian battleship "Littorio"; Illustrations of brillian Mediterranean action - the Malta convoy gets through; Photos and maps of the daring attack on St. Nazaire's big dry dock; Four great aerial photos of R.A.F. daylight raids on Le Trait and Le Havre; Photos of numerous people in the news, including General Chiang Kai-Shek and his wife, Captain Guy Dollman, plus the H.M.S. "Trident" which torpedoed the "Prinz Eugen"; Three pages of illustrations of underground war factories where workers labour and live; Armoured Warfare Today - article with photo of British Mark IV.A cruiser tank and the tank transporter truck it can drive onto; One page of photos of specialied aircraft for warfare; Photo of Lord and Lady Elton and son Rodney with dogs at their home; Air photos of R.A.F. bomb damage evidence in Cologne; Elaborate centerfold illustration of a Japanese landing force, supported by warships and airplanes - typical of many since war opened in the Far East; H.M. Submarine "Talisman" flys her own Jolly Roger, as does submarine "Utmost"; Photos of mascots "Butch, M.C." and "Bacchus"; Photo of Russia's Maisky presenting 'Order of Lenin' to R.A.F. fighter pilots, including Wing Commander Ramsbottom Isherwood; Photos of human guinea pigs being used to find an antidote for mustard gas; One-page admiralty chart of Australia's Outer Bastion - Port Moresby and Environs; Photos of clothing and furniture provided to those who've been bombed out; Photos of British Soldiers "Toughening Up" at an "Assault School"; Two pages of great illustrations explaining the deadliest weapon in naval warfare, the torpedo, and its intricate mechanism and modus operandi of firing; Photos of Pigmy Aborigines of the Andaman Isles; Four nice photos of the Andaman Islands which have now been seized by Japan; Five photos of Malta, the most-bombed isle in the British Empire; vintage ads. This issue was never stapled. Contents clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy copy of this great wartime issue. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Retribution - how a worthless son was punished on a ship circa 1902; My Experiences in Uganda - Mrs. Hubert G. Knight describes housekeeping in the heart of Africa where she also accompanied her husband on hunting trips to wild parts of Uganda; The Lost "Luck" - an important family talisman is lost and finally recovered in White Russia; Down the Amazon from Source to Mouth - Part III - J. Campbell Besley continue their dangerous journey, with interesting photos; Pat Ryan's Eldorado - L.W.A. MacArthur, F.G.S., recounts how a gang of rogues imposed upon a credulous Irish farmer; The Wonder-Lake of Trinidad - Pitch Lake - a seemingly bottomless lake of asphalt - article with photos; A Tough Ten Minutes - un uncommonly nasty predicament in River Falls, Wisconsin in 1902 involving Harry Owen; A Pressed Man - an amusing story of the early days of the Australian Light Horse; In Search of Adventure - Part V - the story of a chequered cruise, including photo of ocean graveyard Middleton Reef and 2,000 tons of coal burned by the French to prevent their capture by the Germans; The Fishermen's Republic - a photo-illustrated visit to the tiny Republic of Noli, founded before Rome; "Ways That Are Dark" - Former Straits Settlements public official J.R. Innes describes the cunning and audacity of the Chinese criminal; Photo of a large "Kelek", a raft of inflated goatskins, on the Euphrates; Photo of members of the I.W.W. being water-cannoned in San Diego; and more. pp. 8 [ads], 99-190, 10-32 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
