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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
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 3 plates, free endpapers lightly browned, catalogue leaf annotated neatly by previous owner; original brown cloth, upper board ruled in white and lettered in black, pictorial backstrip blocked and lettered in white and black, a very good, clean copy. This classic tale was reissued in 1949 and 1957.
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
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
Covers show light wear only, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 357 pages, translated from the Persian to English by George Morrison. This is a prose translation of the epic poem by Gurgani, and is one of the earlies of its kind in Persian literature. Looks like a pretty action-packed tale involving a sorceress who casts a spell of impotency; escapes, a wild boar, a brawl, a marriage ensue. Jacket is quite shelf-worn with several open tears, edge/corner wear but intact.
