Wilson, H.W.: EditorMareMagnum
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Cover portrait of Captain Humphrey Wykeham Bowring - has acted most ably as Chief of Staff to Vice-Admiral Bacon, commanding the Dover patrol. Feature: Neutral Commerce and the Naval Blockade. Franco-British Conquest of German Cameroon (conclusion). Photos from Cameroon. Isolating the enemy - how the central empires were blockaded. Photos of the German submarine mine-layer UC5 - London's unique trophy. 7 photos of the results of a German naval raid at Lowestoft. Covers almost loose. Above-average but not excessive wear. Book
Cover portrait of The Right Hon. Joseph Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for India since June 1915. Feature: The Heroic story of the church on the battlefield. The 'Padre' in the fighting line (conclusion). Interesting photo of tunnel dug beneath a church on the Eastern Front. Multiple photos of the clergy in action. The Campaign in Mesopotamia to the Fall of Kut. Full-page photo. portrait of Major-General Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend, Defender of Kut-el-Amara. Iinteresting Mesopotamian centerfold photos; and more. Covers detached but present. Above-average wear. Book
Cover portrait of The Duke of Aosta - he commanded the Third Italian Army, which captured Gorizia, August 9th, 1916. Feature: Austria's colossal failure in the Trentino - Austrian advance and Italian counter-offensive. Photos of troops in the Alps. Campaign in Mesopotamia to the fall of Kut (conclusion). Photos from the Tigris. Many other photos. Covers fragile but intact. Book
Cover portrait of General Alexei Burssiloff - the brilliant army leader on Russia's South-western front. Feature: Newfoundland's Heroic Part in the War. Photos of four members of one Newfoundland family who died in battle July 1st, 1916. Photos of the 'high-explosive express' rail mounted British gun. Russia Resurgent - The Summer Offensive of 1916 to the Fall of Stanislau. Centerfold photos of King George. Photos of German prisoners. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Cover portrait of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe - Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet. Feature: Jutland - Complete record of the great sea battle - Part I. The closing victories at Verdum (conclusion). Photo portraits of Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty (Commander-in-Chief of Battle-Cruiser Fleet), Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, Rear Admiral Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, Bart., K.C.B., lost with his flagship the Defense, and Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, Second-in-Command of the Grand Fleet. Coverfold fragile but intact. Book
Cover portrait of Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty - in command of the Battle-Cruiser Fleet. The undying story of the Battle of Jutland (Part II) - Cruiser Squadrons in Action. Full-page photo portrait of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Edward Madden - Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet. Centerfold photo portraits of 14 British Naval leaders. The Jutland Battle - Part III - The Grand Fleet Action and Minor Cruiser Engagements. Actual photo of Admiral Beatty's Battle-Cruiser squadron - engaging the German high sea fleet off Jutland. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
Cover photo of Grand Duke Nicholas, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armies. Centerfold devoted to the contributions of New Zealand and Australia. Topics: How Germany Attached our Commerce, and 'Russia's Stupendous Task and her Stupendous Army." Photos and illustrations include: Interesting German Naval Units; With a British Cruiser in the North Sea; Austrian seige guns; Modern artillery practice; Cossacks; Russian Howitzer training; Russia rols west; The Tsar and his military chiefs (montage); Russian mobilisation; The 'Three Emperors' Corner'; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Front cover almost detached. Book
Cover portrait of General Mangin - Commander of the French troops that recaptured Fort Douaumont. The great Somme offensive - French attack and German counter-attack north of the river. Page 7 features 3 photos of gargantuan French rail-mounted guns. Photos of giant captured German periscope. Aerial photo of French troops in action arriving at Vermandovillers. Covers secured by tape. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Please note: photogravure is not included. Book
Cover portrait of General Sir Henry S. Rawlinson - commanding the Fourth Army on the Somme. Feature: The Great British Battles of the Somme III - Battle of the Woods and the Bazentin Ridges. Photo of New Zealanders in trench. Centerfold photos of British Tank/Land Cruiser. Three photos of the German exodus from Guillemont and La Boisselle. Interesting photos of British shelters and some shattered German dug-outs. Photos of multitudes of prisoners from the Somme on their way to internment in Great Britain. Front cover secured by tape. Back cover missing. Above-average wear. Book
"The Wonders of Aircraft in the War Copiously Illustrated". Front cover photos of General Pau, one of France's most famous Commanders. Centerfold devoted to the Officers and Men of the Royal Flying Corps. Photos and illustrations include: types of german aeroplanes; Diagrammatic representation of a Zeppelin dropping a bomb on the ill-fated city of Antwerp; Bullet-proof cage of the Zeppelin Bomb-thrower; German anti-aircraft gun; Dusseldorf Zeppelin shed; Zeppelin 5 is brought down by the Russian cavalry; The 'Astra Torres'; Parisians observe a German aeroplane, the Taube, overhead; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Front cover almost detached and bears 6" tear from left edge. Book
Cover photo portrait of Lieut.-General George Francis Milne - Commanding the British Salonika Army. Germany During the Year 1916 (conclusion). The Balkans - the Allied Offensive of 1916 - The Capture of Monastir, and the Greek Imbroglio. Full-page photo portrait of Lieutenant-General George Milne - commanding the British Salonika Army. Full-page photo portrait of M. Eleutherios Venizelos, head of the Greek Provisional Government established in 1916. Cover-fold fragile. Above-average wear. Book
Front cover photo of M. Eleutherios Venizelos - ex-Prime Minister of Greece and Head of the National Provisional Government. The Balkans and the Greek Imbroglio (conclusion). Full page photo showing Kaymakchalan after its capture from the Bulgarians, September 28th-29th, 1916. Marvels of the British Transport Service on the Western Front. Photo of Nissen huts, an invention which vastly reduced the hardships of the third winter campaign. Many photos of the many forms of transportation employed. Front cover secured by tape. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
Front cover photo of Lieut.-Gen. Sir Douglas Haig, Commanding Second British Army Corps. How Serbia made ready to meet her giant antagonist. Shabatz - the first decisive battle of the war. Photos and illustrations include: Air-raid on the Dusseldorf Zeppelin Shed; Aeroplane with machine gun; Iron Cross Zeppelin crew and a zeppelin stable; Centerfold montage of some of the British officers recognised by Sir John French in his despatches of September 17th and October 8th, 1914; Surrendering Austrian soldiers; Serbia's leading commanders; The Serbian military; a boy Serb in the battle-line; Reservists at Nish, Serbia's temporary capital; and more. Well-worn but binding remains intact. Unmarked. Book
Cover portrait of The late Major-General E.C. Ingouville-Williams. This issue devoted to the Roll of Honour 1916. Centerfold illustrations of trench scenes. Front cover secured by tape. Book
Front cover photo portrait of Captain James Blaikie - taken prisoner after his ship, the S.S. Caledonia, was sunk by submarine on december 4th 1916. The struggle of land-power against sea-power. Submarine photos. Full-page photo of British small naval dirigible used for submarine hunting. Photos of survivors of the Ivernia, torpedoed January 1st, 1917. Photos of piracy on the high seas - the sinking of the Nantes by the Mowe. Covers secured by tape. Many tears to back cover along fold. Book
Front cover photo portrait of U.S. President Woodrow Wison - who, addressing Congress in April 1917, declared that 'right is more precious than peace!" The intervention of the USA. Centerfold portraits of 8 U.S. V.I.P.s. Back cover missing. Front cover present but loose. Tape marks from where covers were previously secured. Book
Cover photo of Rear-Admiral Sir David Beatty. How the Germans swept on Brussels. The First Battles in East Prussia. Photos and illustrations include: The German Imperial Guards in Brussels; Germans defending Brussels; Albert, the hero king of the Belgians; Wheeling invalids in wheelbarrows; Carrier Pigeons' Scenes from the First naval battle off Heligoland; Full-page photo of the sinking of the German Cruiser Mainz off Heligoland; Krupp guns used in the German navy; and more. Moderate wear. Single piece of tape inside back cover may be securing covers to textblock, otherwise a sound copy. Book
Cover photo of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, now at the front. The First Battles in East Prussia. The Agony of Belgium - how her cities and towns were laid desolate; Horrors of war in the village of Cortenbergh, Brabant. Centerfold depicts the sacking of Louvain, while the Hotel de Ville is spared. Photos and Illustrations of: Officers of Scottish descent fighting for the Tsar; German outpost scenes; Pole fights Pole on the Russian frontier; Germany experiences terrors in East Prussia; Russian prisoners; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
"Brilliant narrative of Mons in this enlarged issue." - from front cover which features photos of Brigadier-General Sir David Henderson, K.C.B., D.S.O., Commander of the Royal Flying Corps. Excellent portrait of Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre, Chief of the General Staff of the French Army. General progress of the war to the eve of Mons. The French Frontier Battle and the British Stand at Mons. Centerfold illustration of 'Wounded helping the Wounded - Pathetic episode between Le Cateau and Landrecies during the Retreat from Mons. Photos and illustrations include: Destruction near Mulhausen; Barricades near Mons; German column mowed down by British machine guns at Landrecies; French Cavalry on the way; French's indomitable little army on the eve of the Battle of Mons; Scene of the retreat from Mons; Map of Western Europe; With the British Forces fighting along the Franco-Belgian Frontier; German troops trapped near Cambrai; and more. Covers still weakly attached. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Cover photo of General D'Amade, the brilliant French Commander. The Anglo-French retreat from Mons and Charleroi. Later phases of the Great Retreat - The Battles between Landrecies and Cambrai. Photos and illustrations include: the great retreat from Mons; Photos of Victoria Cross Heroes of Mons and Le Chateau; Under cover of haystacks; Maubeuge Abandoned; and more. Sound unmarked copy with average wear. Book
Front cover illustration of Major-General E.H.H. Allenby, the brilliant Cavalry Leader. Later phases of the Great Retreat. With the Northern French Armies during the Great Retreat. The Course of Events from Mons to Lemberg. Photos and illustrations include: The Grand Duke Nicholas - Generalissimo of the Russian Armies; with our French Allies - horse, foot, and artillery - in the field; Big Guns employed by the Allies against heavy artillery of the Germans; Buses converted to Lorries in France; and more. Average wear. Sound and unmarked copy. Book
Cover photo of General Russky, the Hero of Lemberg. The Russian Victories in Galicia and the Capture of Lemberg; Phases of the struggle in Galicia; The disastrous Austrian retreat in Galicia; With the Russian forces in Galicia; Halicz; Polish soldiers in the Carpathians. Centerfold devoted to the great rout of the Austrians at Lemberg. The Russian victories of the Vistula and Dniester. Piece of tape secures back cover, although staples appear to be holding. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
Front cover illustration of General Gallieni, the Military Governor of Paris. The march of events from Austria's debacle at Lemberg to the turn of the tide in the west. Photos and illustrations include: The Belgian Mission in London; Eager young recruits for Lord Kitchener's new army; The Defences of Paris; Glimpses of Paris under the threat of another siege by the Prussians; Entry of the Huns into Picardy; centerfold illustration of French infantry hurrying forward to meet the hereditary foe on the battleground of Northern France; The horse in the war; Canada's aid in the war - superb rally of 108,000 men for active service; infantry of the First Canadian Contingent passing Stonehenge on their way from Salisbury Plain to London; Italian demonstration at the Queen's Hall, London; The Battle of the Marne; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
Cover portrait of M. Poincare, President of the French Republic. The Battles of the Ourcq, Morin, and Marne Rivers. Centerfold - On the Heights above Lenharee. Photos and illustrations include: Zouaves on the march; Diagrammatic bird's-eye view of the advance of the German armies across the plains of France to the turning point on the Marne. Wreck of Red Cross Train near Lizy; Driving the Teutons beyond the Marne; and more. One inch puncture to front cover else unmarked with average wear. Book
Front cover portrait of Commander Charles R. Samson, of the Royal Flying Corps. The linked battles of Eastern France. The Course of events from the Marne to the Aisne. Centerfold artwork entitled "Contrasts in the Great War - The Awful Thunder of the Guns and the Beneficent work of the Army Medical Corps". Photos and Illustrations: The Aga Khan; Extensive plans for the comfort of the travelling Kaiser; British Armoured Car; The French '75' and its inventor Colonel Dupont; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
