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180 pages. Features: 1-page color ad for Timken tapered roller bearings; 1-page color ad for Lumite auto seat covers; 1/2-page color ad for Fatima cigarettes; 2-page color ad for General brand Winter-Cleat tires; Fantastic 1-page color ad for White Trucks features log-hauling scene; Nice color 2-page ad for General Electric radios and tvs; Nice color 1-page ad for Whitman's Samplers; What Kind of Man is Stalin? - Part 1 of 'My Three Years in Moscow - article with photos - the author met Stalin personally; The Innocent Buccaneer (fiction); How to Get Rich After Dark - photo-illustrated article on the men who fish the Gulf Stream off Florida; The Rebellious Age (fiction); Moutain Rescue Man - color-photo illustrated article on Ranger William Butler of Washington's Mount Rainier; The Woman Hater (fiction); John Pastore - Rhode Island's Little Firecracker - article with photo; Hilarious Memories of Albert J. Rothe "The Red Barber" who trimmed famous men such as Truman, Bradley, Byrnes, Leahy and Patton - article with photos; Anxious Night (fiction); Tuss McLaughry of Dartmouth's football program - article with photo; Collision Course (fiction); Feature article on Miinot, North Dakota, with photos; New York City's Food Trades Vocational High School - article with great color photos; The Doctor of Unkown Island (fiction); Photo-illustrated article on Jimmy Dunn of America's foreign service; *SENSATIONAL* full-page color-photo ad for the New Chrysler Town & Country in a bird hunting locale; That Ain't The Way I Saw It - former newspaperman Robert M. Yoder on the glamorous adventures thata befall a reporter in the radio serials; Fantastic two-page Borg-Warner ad highlights their products in the Ripley's Believe It or Not! format; U.S. Army photo-illustrated recruiting ad; Nice 1-page color ad for Old Gold cigarettes; 2-page color-photo ad for Sun-Maid Raisins; Borden's ad features Elsie the Cow; Nice 1-page color-illustrated ad for American Airlines; Magnavox TV ad; Nice photo-illustrated ad for Pullman cars; 1-page color ad for Rice Krispies; Two-page ad for Listerine and dandruff; Gorgeous 2-page color illustrated Chevrolet ad featuring a red Styleline De Luxe 4-Door Sedan; Auto-Lite Spark Plug ad features photos of Jane Wyman; Nice 2-page color-illustrated General Motors ad highlights the safety of their vehicles; Nice 1-page 2-color photo-illustrated ad for Eaton 2-speed axles features tank truck driver Mr. J.T. Ebling; Eveready battery ad features photos of Mr. Axel Lober, Mr. Everett Smith, Janice Winters and Mr. Sam C. Kuster; Nice 1-page photo illustrated ad for the Underwood All Electric Typewriter; Color ad for Crosley fridges; Nice color ad for Kraft Cocao Mix; Wonderful full-page color 7up (Seven-Up) ad features photo of a square dance scene; Color ad for Del Monte Catsup; Hydrox cookie ad; Color ad for Hamilton watches; 1-page 2-color ad for Red Heart dog food features photos of Lassie; Nice 1-page color ad for United Aircraft; Cream of Wheat ad features Li'l Abner cartoon; Full-page tire chain ad for American Chain & Cable Company; 1-page 2-color ad for Cavalier Cedar Chests; Statler Hotels ad features cartoon. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. This issue noteworthy for its many exceptional ads. Magazine
156 pages. Features: Nice Christmas-theme 1-page color ad for General Electric's 'Daylight Television'; Half-page color Christmas ad for REO deluxe Trimalwan mowers; 2-page color-photo ad for Elgin watches features 'best dressed' Mrs. Mandel of Chicago and James (Jimmy) Stewart, starring in 'Broken Arrow'; Color ad for Knapp Monarch appliances features Claudette Colbert; Nice 1-page color Christmas ad for Eversharp Pens; 2-page color Christmas ad for Bulova watches; Nice 1-page color ad for General brand winter tires; Detroit Cracks Down on Relief Chiselers - article with photos on how Detroiters took a look at their relief rolls and uncovered some facts that shocked the state and will shock you too - 30% of Detroit reliefers were chiselers; Spies are Shot at Dawn - fiction; The Great Bamboozler - James Moran and his crazy publicity stunts; Amateur Angel (fiction); Murrow Sticks to the News - article on Edward R. Murrow with photo; My Three Years in Moscow - Part 5 - God Won't Stay Underground in Russia, where Christians and Jews cling to their beliefs - article with photos; America's Toughest School - Webb Institute of Naval Architecture - article with color photos; Tales of the Sea Otter - it is now coming back from near extinction; The Christmas Racket (fiction); How Murderers Beat the Law - double-length photo-illustrated article on Harvard's Department of Legal Medicine; The Uncertain Heiress (fiction); The Town of Santa Claus, Indiana - article with great color photos; He works at 459 Below - Dr. William Francis Giauque, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry - article with photos; Vengeance Valley (fiction); Futuristic color Oldsmobile ad; Nice color Borden's ad featuring Elsie the Cow; The Innocent Buccaneer (fiction); Gorgeous 1-page Christmas color ad for Old Gold cigarettes with photo of couple under mistletoe; Color 1-page ad for the new 1950 Mercury cars; Nice 1-page color ad for Wilson's food products; Great 1-page color ad for American Airlines shows snowbound Christmas family looking up at an airliner in flight; Color Christmas ad for Fatima cigarettes; Fantastic 2-page color ad for Pontiac cars; Color 1-page ad for the Sunbeam Shavemaster; Great 1-page color photo Caterpillar ad shows Christmas trees being harvested by Halvorson Trees, Inc. near International Falls, MN; 1-page ad for RCA Victor products; 1-page ad for Philco products; 1-page color ad for John Hancock insurance features North Pole explorer Robert (Bob) Peary; Demuth pipe ad; Nice 2-page black and white Buick ad; 2-page color ad for Prince Gardner wallets; Nice 2-color 1-page Christmas ad for Motorola TVs and radios; 1-page Webster cigar ad; 1-page Dumont TV Christmas ad; Nice 1-page color ad for Willys-Overland Jeeps; Color-photo ad for Florida orange juice; 1-page color ad for Greyhound bus trips to the sunny south; Nice 1-page color photo ad for Ford trucks features Christmas tree grower Roy Halvorson of Duluth, MN plus his wife, Edythe and daughter, June, as well as his Ford dealer P.N. Hegvold; Nice 1-page color ad for Kaywoodie pipes; Nice 2-color 1-page Christmas ad for New York Central Railway; Nice 1-page color ad for Nescafe coffee; Crosley TV ad; Manhattan clothing color ad features unusual tie designs; Nice 1-page color Toastmaster Christmas toaster ad; Color Esterbrook pen ad; Color Gruen watch ad; Nice 1-page color-photo ad for Samsonite Luggage shows pleasant travel scenes; Nostalgic 1-page color ad for Bell & Howell home movie cameras; Color ad for Rolfs wallets; Color ad for Waterman's pens; Nice 1-page color-photo ad for Capehart televisions; Jones Dairy Farm Sausage ad; Statler Hotels ad features Santa cartoon by Tony Barlow; Color ad for Shulton (Old Spice) products inside back cover; Color Christmas ad for Kodak cameras on back cover. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Cartier-Bresson's personal impressions of the people of Moscow. 163 pictures in photogravure. Hessian covers with blue title on spine. Dust jacket worn to edges, 20mm tear to lower front edge and small loss to lower back edge.
56 pages. Features: ; Nostalgic RCA photo-ad inside front cover shows civilian walkie talkies (early 'cell phones') at work; Why Do Men Strike, and What's To Be Done?; Fear Dominates Japan - a first-hand report by Frank L. Kluckhorn on the difficulties we face in remaking a whole people's way of life and thought - with photos; Teaching men to be free - in colleges today courses in basic human knowledge replace traditional electives; Winning the Peace - It is Our Job; Our New Concept of the Universe, by Harry M.Davis; Opportunities for Veterans with the help of the Veteran's Administration (VA); In Lisbon Falls, Maine a benefit is held to raise funds for Virgil Healey after his home was burned; S.J. Woolf Talks About New York; Hollywood Movies Defended - An American View; Nice one-page color ad for Elco, the Electric Boat Company; "Traditional Modern' home design photos; Moscow is not New York - all the differences between socialism and individualism are reflected in the streets; A Farewell to Ration Books, although in their use Americans found profit and a sense of sharing; Half-page of cartoons of GI life in occupied Japan; Color Super Suds ad features Mrs. Lorett R. Kelly; Nice one-page color ad for Sara Lee Fruit Cake; Delinquency has hidden roots; Attractive one-page color ad for Face Powder Tabu by Dana; Hope for the Home Laundry - washing machines and irons are being mass-produced; Two pages of attractive fashion photos for women called "The Importance of Details"; Nice one-page color ad for Chateau Martin wine; Nice one-page color ad for B. Altman & Co. hats for men; Back cover color ad for Knit-tex topcoats for men; and more. Average external wear and soiling. Unmarked. Moderate age-toning to paper. A sound copy of this vintage WWII-era issue. Book
Features: Cover photo of Senator Kirksen cross-legged; Excerpts from "Moscow Summer 1964" by Yugoslav essayist Mihajlo Mihajlov who documented the astonishing Russian outpouring of literature and songs about Stalin's concentration and work camps; Civil Right No. 1 - The Right to Vote, by Martin Luther King; The Huks bring terror to the Philippines; The Oil Can is Mightier than the Sword - Everett McKinley Dirksen - one of the real pillars of today's Senate; The U.N. of Dag Hammarskjold is Dead - Can it be reborn?; He loves things to be beautiful - I.M. Pei; On the rounds with an African Witch Doctor; Why they invade the sea - skindiving; Full-page colour ad for The Sound of Music; That's the Truth - and other Cosby stories. Covers almost detached. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
112 pages. Features: On Language; Handling Hogs; Hard Times in Chicago - article with five photos of new Mayor Jane Byrne; A New Kind of Man in the Making - Alvin Toffler explains the Third Wave; Whatever Happened to Jerry Brown? - nice color photo and article on his quest for the Democratic nomination - also includes photo of Jerry Brown with Linda Rondstadt, and another of Brown with Jane Fonda, Helen Reddy and musical group Chicago; Russia - Changed but Unchanged - photo-illustrated article by Anthony Austin who returns to Moscow after an absence of 20 years; Two-page color Jordache ad features boy, girl, and chimp on skateboard; The Bright Whites - Fashion for kids; One-page ad for Wynmoor Village real estate development in Florida; Datsun 200-SX ad; Nice one-page color Ferrari ad; Cunard ad featuring photo of the QE2 with twin towers in background; Real estate ads; Many camp ads; and more. Average wear. Two library stamps to front cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Cover photo of camouflaged marines crossing rope bridge in South Pacific; Article on freedom of movement for aircraft after the war by Vice-President Wallace; Russia's 'Burma Road' Through Iran - article and six photos; Needed - One American Peace Plan; Moscow Learns to Relax Again - The heart of fighting Russia beats calmly now and nerves are less tense as victory looms ahead; The Pentagon - illustrated article on this maze of corridors, courts, ramps and roads; Runner Gunder Haegg - A Modern Hermes From Sweden; Chicago Isn't So Sure - The city's isolationist spirit has changed since Pearl Harbor; "This is the Army" On the Screen - with six photos; Nice half-page color ad for Marlboro cigarettes - America's Luxury Cigarette (featuring lady in two-piece swimsuit as the Marlboro Man had not yet been concocted); What Kind of School? - a progressive educator says the time has come to harmonize our conflicts and work for the best possible in American education; Nice one-page color ad for Mazola Salad Oil; How to Salt Away Food; Nice half-page color ad for Ten-B-Low condensed milk; The Home in Wartime; That New Black Magic - Lovely two-pages of fashion photos of elegant black dresses; Great vintage Aircraft Spotter's Handbook ad on back cover helps readers determine if an aircraft is friend or foe. Unmarked with moderate wear and external soiling. A quality vintage wartime issue. Book
32 pages. Features: Nice color-photo ad for Jonathan Logan/Lord & Taylor; Not the Goal, Only the Means - a warning to not let the virtue of private enterprise to become a vice; The Words of Freedom - photos from the National Archives Building; A Politician Must Watch His Wit; First Visit to a Muffled Colossus - Moscow is almost the last of the unknown cities; When Lewis Walked Down Main Street - the novel "Main Street" by Sinclair Lewis; Nice color-photo ad "Carol Craig goes to Mission Valley"; The Chants of Childhood; Our Vital Non-Summit Conferences; Nice color-photo ad for Ballantine Beer; Nice fashion photos "Meanwhile - Back at the Ranch" by Hiro; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Gently yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features: The Berkeley Affair - Mario Savio vs. UC President Kerr over free speech; A Japanese remembers Iwo Jima - Toshihiko Ohno; Could Reginald Maudling win for the Tories?; We are too deep in Asia and Africa, by Frank Church; It's Middletown - On the Potomac - a Washingtonian considers the recurrent 'passion for reshaping the city; Two men from Moscow pay a call - journalists A.N. Druzhinin and Stanislav Kondrashov; Driving tests should be tougher; What will become of the Hudson River?. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
164 pages. Features: Funky color-photo ad for Jade East products for men; Many wonderful fashion ads; Lovely one-page color-photo ad for Piaget watches and many other Christmas giftable products; Yashica camera ad features photos of Ira Phillips, John P. Vaughn, Sandra Adams, Shirley Miller, Howard Molofsky and Jolynn Bellavia; Lovel two-page color-photo Chanel ad features Catherine Deneuve; G.I.'s and O.J.'s (Opium Joints) in Vietnam - article on the heroin problem of US troops in Vietnam; The Christmas Card Syndrome; The 8:00 P.M. Train From Moscow to Peking is Dead on Time - photo-illustrated travel article; A Conversation with (pause) Harold Pinter; When Children Collide with the Law; Prostaglandin Research and Dr. Sultan H.M. Karim; ; America May Be in its Last Phase of Adolescence; Grandma Visits Her Hippies - "We Saved the Placenta for You"; Color-photo centerfold ad for Gold Label Cigars; Photos of fashion designs by Hubert de Givenchy; Parents don't take their children to Ophthalmologists as often as they should; Awesome one-page color ad for Abraham & Strauss features the wide and garish tie styles of the day; Lovely color one-page ad for F. Chauvenet Red Cap sparkling wine features wonderful painting "The Wedding" by Breugel; Sad one-page black and white photo ad for Save the Children Federation features large portrait of Apache Indian child Erlinda Cosay; Uncommon one-page ad for the "World-Of-Cheese Club"; Color ad for GAC Properties features traffic scene painting by Paul Davis; Vintage DYMO label maker color-photo ad features Santa's workshop; Fantastic back cover color-photo ad for the Chrysler Imperial; and more. Small library stamp on front cover. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features: Cover photo on deck of U.S. destroyer in Taiwan (Formosa) Strait; There is No News From Auschwitz - Now nothing happens at Konzentrationslager Auschwitz, which fourteen years ago was a place of unutterable horror; Photos of famous people of the day; Captain of our Economic Campaign - banker-politician Douglas Dillon deals with foreign trade and foreign aid; Q. & A. With an American Tourist on a Moscow Street Corner; Professor in the Political Maze - Williams College Professor Jim Burns is a candidate for Congress in MA; Great Cliche Debate (continued); Golfer's Real Handicap - Pride; Glories of Versailles; Virtues of Veal; (Ladies') Paris Fashion Report - photos; Photo feature on a glass-walled home designed by Ladislav L. Rado; Teen-Age Tastes - Good, Bad or Inevitable?; Five photos of Elizabeth Taylor in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"; Three photos of Jerome Robbins' new ballet "N.Y. Export, op. Jazz"; and more. 44 pages. Many fascinating black and white reproductions of photos plus lovely illustrated ads, some of which are in color. Small clipping from ad on page 39 - text unaffected. Doodling on ad on page 33, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
112 pages. Features: Cover photo of LBJ (Lyndon Johnson) in adoring crowd; Lovely color fashion ads; Bankers Trust features Ian Mackay; What Good Can Be Said of Political Conventions?; Barry Goldwater Seeks a New Coalition; The Day Paris Was Liberated - Twenty Years Ago - article with photos; Plea for 'Realism' in Southeast Asia after the Gulf of Tonkin incident; Analysis of the 'White Backlash' - New Haven's reaction to the demands of Negroes for full citizenship takes some unexpected forms; Moscow Debates Its Manners; Two Peoples Under One Flag - a restive Quebec fires up old Anglo-French rivalries and shakes Canadian unity; Portrait of Channel No. 1- 'Coco' Channel has created a half-century of chic - photo-illustrated article; The Race to build the first Mach 2-plus passenger planes; It's Easier to Adopt a Baby, but the number of babies available does not meet demand; Campus fashion photos; Speaking frankly on homosexuality - something which was taboo until recently; Photos of hair styles and jewels; Photos of a Ranch House designed by Aspen Architect Eleanor Brickham; Chesterfield cigarette ad features horse breeder Guy Stillman, fashion consultant Virginia Van Brunt and architect Larry Craig Dean; Eight photos of prominent TV shows; and more. Light wear. Faint library stamp on front cover. A high-quality vintage copy. Book
68 pages. Features: Early morning photos of nostalgic scenes in Vancouver and Victoria, B.C.; Weston's / George Weston Limited one-page ad features the Canadian share owner; Very colourful one-page colour ad for the 1948 Ford Meteor (green); Reconstrukzija (Reconstruction) - excellent photo-illustrated report from Moscow describes daily life for her citizens; I'm a Hermit (short story); Morley Callaghan explains why he prefers town life to the joys of a summer cottage; Article on 1920's Jazz - songs the author would like to see stay; "Poor Little Fellers" (short story); Lawrence Skey, M.P., Criticizes Canada's "Paper Air Force"; Encounter with Cinderella (short story); What is at Stake in Palestine (Israel)? - article by Dr. H.L. Stewart; Remembrance of Things Past - a poem by E.J. Pratt accompanies photos of Old Niagara which are part of an Art Gallery of Toronto exhibit; Half-page Canadian Pacific ad features their vessel the "White Empress"; Quarter-page ad for Thistle brand baby carriages; Photos of summer fair scenes; Gerhard Kennedy looks at women's fashions - with photos; Women - The All-time Flop in Politics! - article with photos of Mrs. Iva Fallis, Miss Agnes Macphail, Mrs. Martha Black, Mrs. Gladys Strum, Mrs. Dorise Nielsen, Mrs. Cora Casselman and Mrs. Cairine Wilson; Lovely one-page colour ad for Frigidaire fridges show mom and son standing in front of loaded fridge; Recipes for preserves; One-page Chevrolet ad features green car; Battle of the Hair-doos - shops hope to regain business lost to home perms; Nice colour Coke ad on back cover includes tennis racquet and ball; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
144 pages. "The unique approach of The Mitchell Trio - those modern minstrels of dissent - has catapulted them to the top of the folk music world in just a few years." - back cover. Includes biographical information about the Trio members plus black and white illustrations. Includes piano sheet music, lyrics and guitar chords for these songs: The John Birch Society; Alberta; Maladyozhenaya; The Banks of Sicily; Green Grow the Lilacs; You Can Tell the World; The Virgin Mary; Alma Mater; Mighty Day; Me Voy Pa Bete; I Feel So Good About It; What Did You Learn in School Today?; Tell Old Bill; Rum By Gum; The Golden Vanity; The Ides of Texas; The Hip Song; Bonny Streets of Fyve-io; The Story of Alice; Paddy West; Ain't No More Cane on This Brazos; Moscow Nights; Super Skier; The Unfortunate Man; Whup Jamboree; Rally Round the Flag (medley with In the Summer of His Years); Hello, Susan Brown; The Marvelous Toy; Queen Elinor's Confession; James James Morrison Morrison; Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream; Johnnie; Tail Toddle; An Irish Song; The Twelve Days of Christmas. Binding intact. Few markings to contents. Above-average but not excessive external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 330 pages. Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky.
In spring 1945, the Red Army entered Berlin. Not far from the Reichs Chancellery was the Berlin Zoo with an anti-aircraft tower. Inside were crates containing Heinrich Schliemann's famed collection of gold from the lost city of Troy, King Priam's riches - gold diadems with leaf and flower pendants, gold bottles, gold earrings and 9000 gold rings and buttons - one of the most complete and valuable finds ever made by an archaeologist. On June 3rd the crates were despatched to Moscow by military aircraft. And there they and their contents vanished. Caroline Moorehead has spent two years searching for the treasures of Troy. In this book she tells the full story of where they have been for the past 49 years. 306p.+plates notes, bubliogrsphym index. Book
36 pages. Features: ; Many photos of Anti-Aircraft instruction in England; Photos of gunnery practice of the H.M.S. "Iron Duke" with shells visible in air; The Men Responsible for our Defense - photos of leaders of Britain's Navy, Army and Air Force; Full-page photo of a typical British solder of 1939 with full equipment; The Modern British Army - a Force Prepared, Equipped and Trained for service abroad - nine photos; Two-page illustration presenting the various aircraft of the Royal Air Force; Ten photos of the French Army - A Force with Great Traditions; Four photos of the French High Commands - on land, sea and air; Illustrations of aircraft of the French Air Force; Ten Photos presenting a Conspectus of the German Army - Mechanised units for "Lightning War" - Infantry, Tanks and Artillery; Centerfold map of Europe illustrating many possible theatres of war; Eight photos of the types of aircraft in the German Air Force - Bombers and Fighters; Page of photos of Germany's Military Leaders - Herr Hitler and his chiefs of staff; Excellent full-page photo of Sir Nevile Henderson boarding aircraft as he leaves Berlin; Dramatic two-page photo of the members of the Reichstag giving the Nazi salute to Hitler; Photos of London preparing for war - sand-bagging, setting guns, putting children on trains out of London; Photos of precautions at Canterbury and in the Capital; Photos of the Signing of the World-Staggering Non-Aggression Pact - Russo-German Smiles in Moscow - Stalin, Von Ribbentrop and advisors; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Two pages almost loose. Pages 399-402 missing. A worthy pre-war reference copy despite these deficiencies. Magazine
Pages 477-504. Features: nice colour ad or Guinness inside front cover; Cover photo of Southampton celebrating two 500th anniversaries with old-time pageantry at the historic Bargate on May Day; Five photos illustrate how the Italians protected Trajan's Column against modern war; Two pages of photos illustrate Denmark mourning the loss of its late King, Christian X; Book review of "John Wildman, Plotter and Postmaster"; Five photos from Crete show British war graves, a German troop memorial, and other scenes; Page of photos and illustrations show how electric power will be generated at new Scottish projects; Five photos of oilfields in an English countryside - Eakkring's 150 ton-per-day wells in Nottinghamshire; Article on the Moscow Conference; Five photos of Viceroy and Lady Mountbatten in Peshawar; Photo of Norwegian scientists setting sail in a balsa raft, to prove a point about ancient Peruvian migration; One page photo of May Morning at Magdalen Tower, Oxford; Six centrefold illustrations of the services club for British officers in Paris run by N. A. A. F. I. in the Rothschild mansion in the Rue Du Faubourg-St.-Honore; Four photos document Beatification of Maria Goretti; Photos of personalities of the week include Gerald Micklem, Squadron-Leader H. B. Martin, Lewis Douglas, Margaret Lockwood, Lady Rothermere, Mrs. N. Bolton, Sir Almroth Wright, Mr. E. W. Sturgess, M. Thorez, and M. Paul Ramadier; Three photos of "Chicago" style scenes in London streets after a motorcyclist was shot for trying to prevent the escape of three men who attempted a daylight raid on a jeweler's shop; One-page photo of Eighth Army badges made into a tapestry - an unusual gift for "Monty"; Nice colour back cover ad for the deHavilland Dove, an aircraft for executive and private travel. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 341-384. Features: nice ad for the Sporting and Dramatic News inside front cover; Cover photo of Canada's loftiest peak, the unconquered summit of Mount Waddington, plu two pages of text and photos showing a climbing party on the treacherous mountain; Photo of bizarre sea creature washed up at Querqueville, near Cherbourg - probably the remains of a basking shark; Two pages of detailed illustrations explaining drought and its dangers in rural England, plus schemes for alleviating water famine; Photo-illustrated book review of "Secrets of the Red Sea", by Henry de Manfreid; Photos and text describe jewelry of a Byzantine-Nubian Queen - more treasures from a mysterious Egyptian cemetery; Photo-illustrated article on an expedition to Cocos Island in search of long-buried pirate treasure with gold and silver indicating instruments; 12 photos illustrate life in the Saar, a district to choose by plebiscite government by Germany, France or the League; Two full-page photos of vast flocks of ducks at the unique Open Lake Sanctuary in Arkansas, plus photos of Mr. George S. Wilcox who protects the ducks; Photos of personalities of the week include the commission of government inaugurated in Newfoundland, Sir James Jeans, Sir H. G. Lyons, Madame Stavisky, the archduke Otto and ex-Empress Zita; the Queen of Siam and H. W. Austin in the Monte Carlo lawn tennis handicap; Acquitted Reichstag fire trial prisoners released and welcomed in Moscow include Mr. Popoff, Dimitroff and Taneff, Norman O'Neill, John Dillinger, Prof. S. F. Oldenburg, and Princess Irina Youssoupoff, who was awarded damages in the "Rasputin" film libel action; Centrefold photos of Prince George's 4000 mile tour in South Africa; Photo of the outdoor construction of Imperial Airways liner "Scylla" (too large for a hangar); Photo of stowaways John Pitzer and Arthur Martin afloat in the Gulf of Mexico; Photo of huge crowd in Trafalgar Square gathered to hear speeches about the unemployment bill; Photos of low British reservoirs; Photo of zeppelin "LZ 129" under construction; Photos of destroyed buildings in Kalgoorlie, Australia after anti-foreigner riots; Article and three photos describe sinking of the "Cheliuskin" near Wrangell Island; Photos of archaic Chinese jade in perfection - finds in the Lo-Yang tombs; Two pages of text and photos describe discoveries which "surpass anything yet known of archaic Chinese jade"; One-page ad for the new Ford Fourteen car; Half-page ad for the Crossley two-litre car; Half-page ad for the Armstrong Siddeley Twenty car; Half-page Rover car ad; Nice half-page Bentley car ad; Back cover ad for Douglas Stuart; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 649- 676. Features: Cover photo of huge black plume of smoke rising from a Jerusalem cinema, mistakenly thought to be Arab owned and burned by Jews in retaliation for Arab looting; Six dramatic photos of Arab riots in Jerusalem where Britain represents the sole stable factor; Photo of the huge Consolidated Vultee military transport, the XC-99, during its first test flight; Photo inside the belly of the XC-99; Two photos of the air raid shelter, or bunker, where Hitler and Eva Braun died; Two photos of the deep water salvage submarine designed by Italian Pietro Vessena for use in Lake Como; Five photos of Russia's mighty military on parade in Moscow; Five photos of hunger and destitution in postwar Berlin; Article discusses the great communist counter-offensive in France; Photos from Manchuria where China's Civil War continues; Two pages of scenes of sabotage and civil disorder in Paris, Arras and Lille, where the French assertion of the right to work has brought the Communists into the open; One-page reproduction of the famous photo of St. Paul's Cathedral during the 1940 blitz - contrasted with the opposing page which shows St. Paul's today, war-scarred but majestic amid devastation; Five photos show repairs being made to St. Paul's; Two pages of photos illustrate the ancient art of Benin; Photos of personalities of the week include Sir Eustace Pulbrook, King Michael of Rumania and Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parme, Samuel Courtauld, Mr. Molotov, Mr. Vishinsky, Chiang Kai-shek, Harold Wilson, and Mme. Chiang Kai-shek; Photo of a detachment of the York and Lancaster Regiment at Dolni Bousov, Czechoslovakia, receiving back the regimental drum, lost to the Germans in Crete in 1941; Photo of huge crowd in Tel Aviv celebrating news that the UN had voted in favour of the partition of Palestine. Somewhat above average wear. Unmarked. Few tape repairs. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
28 pages. Features: Wonderful colour ad inside front cover features a 1939 Daimler Straight Eight Touring Limousine; Title page photos of tanks returning to England from the failed Dieppe raid; The Commando Raid on Dieppe - aerial photos and a chart of the town; Twelve photos during and after the Dieppe raid; Four sketches of Dieppe action by artist Captain Bryan De Grineau; A Review of Many Events of the War - article by Cyril Falls; Photo portraits of new commanders for our armies in the Middle East - The Hon. Sir Harold Alexander, Major-General Herbert Lumsden and Lieut.-General B.L. Montgomery (Monty); Egypt's contribution to our way of life, by Sir John Squire; Excellent full-page photo portrait of the late Air Commodore H.R.H. The Duke of Kent with the Duchess; Interesting photos at home and abroad; Fifteen photos of personalities and events of the week; Centerfold illustration by Captain Bryan De Grineau depicts zero hour off Dieppe - the combined services launching their attack at the appointed time and place; Excellent two-page illustrations present structural details of the Focke-Wulf "F.W. 190" Fighter Plane; Photos of war activities on three fronts - Pacific, Mediterranean and Channel; Five photos of British 4.5 Heavy Guns in action on the El Alamein Battlefield; Brazil declares war on Germany and Italy - Six photos; The Prime minister visits the Eighth Army at El Alamein - 6 photos; Mr. Churchill visits Egypt and Moscow - six photos including shots of Churchill with Molotov and Stalin; Four large dramatic photos of Naval action in the Great Convoy Fight off Malta; Series of illustrations depict how the tanker "Ohio" delivered fuel to Malta; Great back cover colour ad for Dewar's "White Label" Scotch Whiskey shows a crate of whisky being wheeled past a smiling traffic officer. Somewhat above-average wear to covers. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Book
Features: Admiral Somerville says Mediterranean convoy must go through, with 12 great illustrations of the action; Canadian tank brigagde practices in their "Matildas"; Captain Fritz Weidermann expelled from U.S.; Photo of Churchill and a "Stirling" bomber; Photo of Camrahn Bay, recently given to the Japanese by the Vichy government; Great action photos from Russia and Finland; Photos of Nazis in Russia; Doughty Russian guerilla fighters harass Nazi communications - six photos, including hundreds of women diggin an anti-tank trench outside Moscow; German Offensive Tactics - article by Cyril Falls; The Russian War as seen through Russian Eyes - Twelve great photos; Two photos of the signing of the Syrian armistice; Italy attacks Malta with E-Boats - Three excellent photos; Centerfold illustration depicts London Home Guards at grips with the Canadian 'enemy' in a mock attack; Photo secrets of the new ME 109F fighter; Three super photos of the Short "Stirling" - Britain's mighty dreadnought of the air; Photos of personalities of the week - including General McArthur; The Atlantic Battle - Corvette Sinks U-Boat - Raider destroyed - photos; Vichy Surrenders Indo-China - Saigon occupied by Japan on July 17 - with six photos of Saigon; Large photo of a captured 42-foot Whale Shark before its escape; full-page ads for Schweppes and Haig whisky; Quarter-page ad for Vosper Motor Torpedo Boats; Colour Dewar's "White "Label" Scotch whisky ad features herring drifter in background. Average wear. Ink stamps to fore-edge of each page. Clear tape inside each cover along spine, and externally along spine. A sound copy. Book
Pages 197-224 plus advertorial covers. Features: Cover photo of North African sand storm; Two photos of H.M. aircraft-carrier "Formidable" at sea; Two pages of photos of American bomber crews training in Britain; Two pages of photos of Caucasus landmarks; Five photos from the El Alamein front; Page of photos of the "Do.217e" Bomber and its tail-brake controls - diving speed to 500 mph; Photos of Churchill in Cairo, Moscow (with Stalin and Molotov), and the Alamein area with Aussie troops; Five photos of the Solomon Islands - now mainly taken from Japan by U.S. Forces; Centrefold artist's rendering of the new Waterloo Bridge as it will appear when completed; Photos of personalities of the week include E.N. Syfret, Sir W. Welsh, Air Marshal P. Babington, Dr. A.P. Newton, Capt. C. Bain-Marais, Canadian air chiefs Breadner, Power and Edwards in London; Princess Margaret, A.C.G. Mars, Harold Drew, Admiral Vian, Sir George Philip Langton, Vincent Harris, Lord Loch, and G. Kingsley Sheils; Page of photos of the Shah of Iran with Queen Fawzieh and baby princess Chahnaz; Photos of Polish submarine "Sokol" returning home after daring Mediterranean exploits; Illustration of blitzed Guildhall in York with charred timbers still standing; Photos of H.M.S. "Manchester" and "Eaglle", both of which are now sunk; Photos of the U.S. Mustang aircraft and the Lancaster bomber under construction; Photo of Aussie female 'picketers' greeting U.S. soldiers with signs warning them not to reveal troop movements with innocent talk; Seven excllent illustrations depict duties of a Merlin bomber crew of seven; Twelve excellent photos show the life of coal miners at a large Midland group of collieries; nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 185-220 plus 4 pages of ads. Features: Sensational page of six photos, with text, illustrating Dubai, the primary port and one of the most progressive towns in Trucial Oman - includes the Customs Building, the new bridge, Shaikh Rashid Bin Said, a general view of the town, the Al-Gaz Hotel, the old palace, and more; Cover photo of the Queen Mother upon her 63rd birthday; Article on the Moscow Test-Ban Treaty with photo of DeGaulle; Photo of the Vickers Hovertruck in action; Photo of the Corporal missile on parade at Larkhill; Photo of Mr. David Tapp driving his tractor, The Seahorse, across the English Channel; Photo of champion racing driver Graham Hill aboard replica of a Ford Quadricycle, marking the centenary of Henry Ford who is shown separately driving a Quadricycle in 1904; Photo of spectators swarming onto the pitch at Headingley after West Indies triumph in fourth test match; Illustration of the eminent conductor, Mr. Basil Cameron; Page of fascinating text and photos explain war in Yemen between the Royalist and Republican forces; Photo of engine of wrecked WWII British bomber found in Dutch field; Photo of examination of first wreckage recovered from the U.A.R. Comet which crashed in the Indian Ocean on July 28, killing 62 persons including 26 Boy Scouts from the Philippines; Photos of Japanese Emperor Hirohito examining marine life on Hayama Beach, Japan; Dramatic photos of rescue efforts at Skopje, Yugoslavia after earthquake; Photo of Peru's president-elect, Signor Fernando Belaunde Terry; Amazing photo of huge Australian wedge-tailed Eagle named 'Widgie' landing on the arm of young John Ryder who rescued the bird when it fell from its nest in its youth; Photo of the Bishop of Caltagirone blessing and Italian cradle bound for the unborn child of President Kennedy; Photo of disarmament conference at Geneva; Photo of Orville Freeman presenting Indian peace pipe to Khrushchev on July 30; Book review of "Dieppe - The Shame And The Glory", by Terrence Robertson; Page of news and illustrations from 100 years ago includes New York riots, reoccupation of Jackson, Mississippi, by the Confederates, and balloon reconnaissance at Aldershott; One page photo of London Heliolaters (swimmers) at the Oasis Pool, Holborn, during the fifth day of the current heatwave; Delacroix Centennial exhibition in the Louvre; Illustrated article on the highways and houses of Salsisbury before redevelopment; Major coverage of biblical Shechem in Jordan - its history and current excavations; Photo of Chesterfield Cup horserace at Goodwood on July 31; Aerial photo of Eastbourne showing the Devonshire Park lawn tennis courts; Photos of personalities of the week include Dr. Carl Borgward, Lady Hudson, Sir Horace Clark, Sir Robert Chapman, Miss Claudia Mcpherson of Canada (the youngest Channel swimmer), Miss Jane Allday, six railwaymen who have become mayors in South Wales, Harold Philby (granted asylum in Russia), Jazzman Don Aloysius Gordon (freed on appeal of assault charge), John Grigg, Lord Stansgate with his wife (now Mr. Wedgwood Benn and a commoner), and Mr. St. Clair; Four photos and text of 100 foot first century Roman ship discovered in the Blackfriars mud; Two pages of amazing photos and text describe dystopian life inside a communist Chinese agricultural commune - an exclusive glimpse of life behind the bamboo curtain; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this wonderful issue. Magazine
Features/Photos: America's hero - Alan Shepard; Morale-booster for the US - the triumph of Commander Shepard and of American scientists; The Swedish warship Vasa - 5 pictures; Moscow military parade; Roman Splendour - The Royal Procession drives past the colosseum; 5-inch Howitzers in the scrap heap; King Hussein engaged to a British girl from an 'ordinary family'; Scenes from the Queen's visit to Italy; The Queen in Venice; and more. Bit of writing atop front cover. Average wear. Sound copy. Magazine