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28 pages. Features: Front cover photo of the ice-covered deck of the H.M.S. "Vansittart"; Great full-age photo of Brigadier K. Pierce Smith taking the salute as a long line of British troops start their maneuvres in Malta; Striking with Success at Enemy Shipping in the Mediterranean - The Fleet Air Arm in Malta - 12 photos; The German Attack in Central Tunisia - article by Cyril Falls; Two large photos of the new German Mark VI Tank - the Tiger in Tunisia; Stalingrad Aftermath - Victory Scenes from a Gallant City - five photos including Field Marshal Paulus and General Von Daniels; Illustrations and texts describing a German Night-Fighter Control Room, as described by the Enemy; Facsimiles of Churchill's directive to General Alexander re: destroying Rommel's army, and Alexander's message advising Churchill of the completion of said mission; Photo of Sir Stafford Cripps visiting Miss Joan Hughes, an A.T.A. instructor; General interest news photos including the King visiting his army in Scotland, a demonstration of a new military raft in Northern Ireland, two sons of the Sultan of Morocco aboard a U.S. Army tank; Air Vice-Marshal Broadhurst, Captain R.St. Vincent Sherbrooke, the Arctic V.C., Air Chief-Marshal Sir Charles Portal in Malta; Centerfold illustration of "Tarzan" Troops - Commandos in training crossing a river by rope; 10,000 Tons of Bombs Dropped on Axis Europe in February - with five aerial photos; Photos of personalities in the news; Identifying Real German Planes; Photos of tank crews training indoors; Food Yeast - its discovery may revolutionize the health of nations - with eight photos; From Dockside to Battlefront - how tanks and trucks are unshipped, built up, and dispatched to the front lines in North Africa - with eleven great photos; Photos of Falcons (birds) in flight; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Cover photo of Longstop Hill - taken before the gallant assault which dislodged the enemy; Photos of Allied Leaders of the Victorious Land and Air Forces in Tunisia - Leiut.-General K.A.N. Anderson, Major-General Omar M. Bradley; Air Marshal Coningham, Major-General Carl Spaatz, and Air Chief-Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder; Large photo portraits of General Dwight Eisenhower and General Sir Harold Alexander; Bizerta - The Powerful Naval Base which fell to the Allies on May 7 - five photos; The Tunisian Capital Captured by the British - Two photos of the city from the air; Prelude to Victory - Five photos of infantry in Tunisia, laying the foundations; Armour and Air Power in Action for the final forward surge - five photos; Collapse of Tunis and Bizerta - article by Cyril Falls; Sicily now our war front-line objective in Axis eyes - large map of Sicily; Dramatic photos of an enemy minesweeper being beaten up by cannon fire off the Dutch coast; Photos of the Thunderbolt in flight and on the ground; Photo of the handing over of ten cub-chasers by the U.S. to Cuba; The Miles M-28 aircraft; Photo of Montgomery being presented with a signed photo of Chang Kai-Shek; Photo of young King Feisal of Iraq with Victor Lampson, son of the British Ambassador in Cairo; Great centerfold photos of the Allies' new "outsize" landing barges off the coasts of North Africa - loaded with troops; Many photos of Hitler's Concrete Atlantic Wall under feverish construction; The Queen inspects the Black Watch of Canada; Photo of an R.A.F. Hurricane mounted on the bow of an Allied cargo vessel; Oldsmobile Armament Training School - photo of students assembling 20mm cannons while blindfolded; Precision bombing of Sousse - Harbour, Ships and Installations; Brought up in England - photo-illustrated article by H.R.H. Prince Chula Chakrabongse of Thailand; Photos of Carthage - Once mistress of the seas - now a suburb of Tunis; Catching Food and Water from the Sea - a new survival kit for Castaways - seven photos with captions; The Great Famine in Honan, China - three dramatic photos, including an image of a family stripping bark from a tree to eat; Photos of Pre-fabricated Tugs being built inland in England; Nice photo of Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral under construction; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Centerfold loose but present. Book
28 pages. Features: Photos of the grim terrain in Tunisia - craggy heights and perilous ridges; Photos of lighter moments in Tunisia; Mules solve Mountain Problems in Tunisia; Unconventional Pictures of Three Famous Generals in Tunisia - General Montgomery, General Alexander, and Lieut.-General George Patton seated on a hillside watching his men advancing to attack; The House of Lords Roll of Honour - photos of thirteen legislators lost in action; The Commons Roll of Honour - photos of nine legislators lost in action; Photo of the first launching of land bombers at sea from the deck of the U.S. aircraft carrier "Hornet"; Photos related to Doolittle's famous raid on Tokyo; R.A.F. Bombers lay waste to 100 acres of factory buildings in Stettin - five aerial photos; The Great Struggle in Tunisia - article by Cyril Falls; The British Assault on Longstop Hill and Bou Arada Bastions - six photos; Centerfold illustration of a British 3 inch mortar in action in Tunisia giving close support to infantry; Photos of George Edward Kruger-Gray, Commander J.W. Linton, Rear-Admiral Philip John Mack and Viktor Lutze; Nice large illustration of Britain's All-Wooden Mosquito Bomber - includes partial cutaway view; Photos of construction of oil pipeline from Texas to New York via Norris City, Illinois; Photo of Roosevelt with Mexican President Camacho; Photos of General Sikorski, Acting Wing Commander Hugh Malcolm and Sir Basil Brooke; Four *Amazing* large aerial photos show the fate of Italy's last two heavy cruisers, "Trieste" and Gorizia"; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
28 pages. Features: Cover photo of the King inspecting the manufacture of a large gun barrel; Page of photos of Royal interest in industry's war effort - the King's tour of Midlands arms factories; Photos of Blenheim Palace as a public school and Malvern's Wartime Move; Full-page photo of Malvern schoolboys in Blenheim Palace; Full-page photo on the deck of a British Destroyer as depth-charges are discharged; Three photos of lifeboats for castaway airmen; Page of photos of personalities/notable people in teh public eye; Full-page photo of a Russian paratroop Demonstration; An R.A.F. triumph over Scotland - German Reconnaissance plane shot down - Six photos; Two large photos of "The Bomber Shot Down in East Lothian; Photos showing a French H.Q. staff at work - the technique of modern generalship at work; Centerfold illustration of the first air attack on a British convoy - the raiding seaplanes routed by our fighters; Two-page illustration of British men of all rank awaiting their turn in a "Naffy" canteen on the Western Front; Photos of German Prisoners of War in Britain; S.S. Yorkshire sunk without warning - three photos; Photos of German commerce-raiding and the Valleyfield Pit disaster; The pocket battleship "Deutschland" - superb photo and diagrammatic drawing; Watching and Waiting - article by Cyril Falls; German illustration of attack on the "Ark Royal"; Minesweepers at work - six photos; and more. Bit of writing atop front outer cover. Centerfold loose but present, otherwise a sound copy. Book
28 pages. Features: Nice cover photo of a French woman cutting grapes from the vine on her home for British troops; The British Field Force making friends in France; Full-page diagram of the extensive fortifications of Heligoland; Switzerland prepares her defences for all emergencies - Five photos; Photos of Switzerland frontiers - fortified and manned - plus mobilisation scenes; Photo of the daily rations of the German people - less in every respect than those of the British field force; Various photos - churchyard and nursery A.R.P., Polish leaders in Paris; British Submarine Epic - illustrations show how it escaped by tenacity and engineering skill; The Fall of Warsaw - Vivid war photos; Photos of the Nazi "triumphal" parade in Warsaw; Full-page photo of a huge stack of British artillery shells; Photos of British practice with heavy guns; Illustrations show events leading to the end of a U-Boat; Numerous photos show the French bombarding German lines with guns mounted on German soil; Several illustrations show a comprehensive shelter scheme for the people of Bermondsey; Photos of personalities of the week; Interesting photos of British items painted white to improve safety during blackout; The Campaign in the West - article by Cyril Falls; Full-page new map of the Western Front - giving all strategic features; and more. Small name written atop front of outer cover. Missing page 597-98 from back. Some pages loose but present. Magazine
28 pages. Features: Cover photo of hundreds of British troops marching over Westminster Bridge; First drawings of British forces at work in France; Two-page photo feature on the making of A.R.P. 'tin-hats' - mass production from steel blanks to painted and lined helmets; Photos of Stalin; Photos of Europe's busy diplomats; Two-pages of the Turkish sailors of tomorrow, including scenes at "Deniz Harp Okulu; Photo of the "Thetis" being raised to the surface; Photos of current events in England; Photos of the King with his troops; Photos of Royal occasions in wartime London; Royalty and the Red Cross - Sewing Party at the Queen's Palace; Centerfold illustration of British tanks advancing in France; The First Nazi Raid on Britain - the Firth of Forth Attack; Fruitless German "Glide-bombing attack on the Forth Bridge; Photos illustrate Germany's war, at home and at sea - makeshifts, losses and lies; Photos in the wake of German Air Attacks which ended Ingloriously; Great full-page photo of three cruisers of the "Southampton" class proceeding in line with guns at the ready; The War with Nazi Germany - The Echo in the Balkans - article by Cyril Falls; Four photos aboard the "Bremen" on her flight to German Sanctuary; Rolls-Royce half-page announcement that they have ceased to manufacture motor car chassis in order to perform Government work; and more. Bit of writing on front outer cover. Some pages loose. Missing pages 657-58 and 661-662. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
30 pages. Features: Cover photos of hundreds of marching French troops; Four photos of the types of fighting men in Frances's magnificent colonial army; Four half-page photos of various French naval vessels; Illustrations of the French 70-ton tank said to be fighting on the Western Front; Illustrations of Maginot Line fortifications; Full-page of Soviet infantrymen and their officers crossing the Polish frontier; Full-page photo of Joseph Stalin "The Sphinx of Europe - Dictator of Russia; Many photos of Nazi Germany's first line of defence - the Siegried Line - hastily constructed since Hitler resolved on war; Two half-page photos of the H.M.S. "Courageous" plus a large cross-sectional diagram of the vessel - sunk by a German submarine; Two-pages of illustrations show how depth charges are used to protect shipping against submarines; Centerfold illustration of the R.A.F. Raid on the German Naval Base at Wilhelmshaven; Two-pages of photos from Poland - ruthless bombings and other scenes; Eastern and Western Front Strategy - article by Cyril Falls; Full-page photo of the Swastika over Westerplatte - Captured after an epic defense; Photo of hundreds of British troops marching somewhere in England prior to their departure for France; Two-pages of photos show how England's stately homes have been transformed for war use; Photos of ten world leaders who support Britain in her fight against Nazi-ism; Photos of various British wartime activities; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
40 pages. Featues: Royal Wedding of Princess Margaret - excellent colour photos; Great colour ad for Swanson TV dinners; The Atlantic Skies are Conquered (part 4 of 4) - A great and daring venture pays off and by the end of the war 10,000 aircraft are delivered to Britain; Fashionable Inflatable Hat! - brief article with photos; I Survive An Attack by Outlaws - My Early Life in Russia, by Svetlana Gouzenko (Part 1 of 4); Very nostalgic colour-photo centerfold ad for General Electric appliances; Photos of baby tigers and mother Cora at the Basle Zoo in Switzerland; Jockey Johnny Longden thinks Vancouver boy Gordon Lanoway may break his record - article with photos; A Canadian Ambassador Visits Troubled Gaza - photostory by David Willock; Lovely colour photo ad for Cutex bon back cover features two lovelies in pink gowns back-to-back; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A great vintage issue. Book
28 pages. Many excellent black and white photos. Front cover portrait of Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe. Contents: Chapter 2 - The Gathering of the (British) Fleet; Chapter 3 - London on the Eve of War; Chapter 4 - The Untangled Skein; Chapter 5 (first part) - How Germany Strove to Gain Command of the Sea. Covers detached (as one) but present. Centerfold holding loosely by one staple. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
A magazine for collectors and others interested in times past and in articles of daily use and adornment devised by the forefathers. Features: Porcelain in the Wilson Collection; Moravian Cabinetmakers of a Piedmont Craft Center; Living with Antiques - Time Stone Farm in Marlboro, MA; Building Preservation Notes - Community Cooperation in Burlington, New Jersey; English and Irish Glass - In the Corning Glass Center; Portrait Index at Yale; For the Casual Collector - Duncan Phyfe; The London Antiques Fair; and more. Many pages of nostalgic ads from a broad assortment of prominent dealers. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. pp. 413-496. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy reference copy of this informative issue. Book
Pages: 37-76. Features: Nice one-page Daimler Regency ad; Cover photo of the 'World Peace' which struck the El Ferdan swing bridge and blocked the Suez Canal; Professor Edgar Douglas Adrian; Mau Mau Terrorism in Kenya - home of Mrs. Anne Carnelley is burned; Fastest Man on Earth - photo of J.P. Stapp being strapped into rocket sled at Alamorgordo; Danish freighter 'Lexa Maersk' burns in Singapore; France approves German rearmament; Photos of 17 personalities of the week include Viscount Hambleden and his fiancee Donna Maria Carmela Attolico de Adelfia, Colonel Jose Antonio Remon of Panama, Roger G. Bannister, Captain Sir Robert Irving, and record glider Philip Wills; Nice one-page photo portrait of Admiral William Morrow Fechteler, U.S.N.; Two pages of interesting photos of life in Baghdad/Iraq; Two-pages of illustrations present the decline and fall of the Battleship - silhouettes of the world's capital ships, which have decreased in numbers and importance ever since the Battle of Jutland in 1916; Christmas Day Crash at Prestwick - wrecked B.O.A.C. Stratocruiser; Demolishing the London Zoo's Monkey Hill; Wonderful centerfold illustration of the view looking north over Central Park in Manhattan from the Observation Tower of the R.C.A. Building; Two pages of photos from Britain's first national Boat Show; Photos of 16 people who received awards, including Sir Arnold Gridley who was created a Baron; Sultan of Zanzibar opens new power station; King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia visits King Phumiphol Aduldej of Siam; Two wonderful photos of London bidding a gay welcome to 1955 - scenes at the Chelsea Arts Ball, and in Piccadilly Circus; Photo of mink farm in Cary, Illinois where 50,000 mink are being raised; Photo of large wind generator at St. Albans which may supply up to 100 kW; Article on the Mangrove. Average wear. Unmarked. Short openings along coverfold. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
A magazine for collectors and others interested in times past and in articles of daily use and adornment devised by the forefathers. Features: Cover illustrations of playing cards (c.1800); Connecticut Chest-on-Chest (c.1780) - frontispiece; Playing Cards for Kings and Kibitzers; Who Trained David Rittenhouse?; American and English Chairs - A Pictorial Demonstration; Early American Papermaking - from Wasp to Watermark; The Hornbook for Collectors - The ABC's of American Pottery; Antiques in Domestic Settings - Conner Prairie Farm, a Historic Indiana Farmstead restored by Mr. and Mrs. Eli Lilly; Antiques and Business - An Antiques Collection Influences a Business Policy; Christie's of London - Gutted by fire in April 1941 - article with photos; An Auction Note From England; and more. Many pages of nostalgic ads from a broad assortment of prominent dealers. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. pp. 109-164. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with above-average wear. Covers nearly detached. A worthy reference copy of this informative issue. Book
100 pages. Features: Destiny of Jet Transport; The Avro "Chinook" Jet Engine Story - article with many photos; Wings Across the Border - Procedures for Canadians and Americans Crossing the Border - Map of Airports of Entry; Pylo Terror (Pilot Error) in the Circuit; London Letter; TCA links Canada to Bermuda; Ottawa Report; Directory of Canadian Airports; Rolls Studies Jet Icing; Servicing the de Havilland Beaver; Multiple Track Radar in Australia; and more. Many pages of great ads including a one-page ad for the new de Havilland Beaver and Red Wing Flying Service of Port Carling, Ontario. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
98 pages. Features: Through the Sonic Barrier - flight faster than sound with simple tube jets now seems possible - great photos including the Northrop XB-35 Flying Wing Bomber; Report From Bikini - nuclear tests - with photos; Let's Learn to Fly, Part V; Flight in the Seabee; Report from Ottawa; Farm to Airport in Forty-five Days - The Barrie (Ontario) Flying Club; Provincial Portrait from the Air - making big scale Ontario Map will take three Ansons Five Years; What is IATA?; London Letter; Taylorcraft is Back; Maintenance Section; and more. Many pages of great ads. Small ink stamp to front cover and ad on first page. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
A magazine for collectors and others interested in times past and in articles of daily use and adornment devised by the forefathers. Features: Toys of Ancient London; Living With Antiques - The Connecticut Home of Mary Allis; Blown-Three-Mold Glass - A Condensation from 'Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass' by Helen and George S. McKearin; Coppersmithing in Early America; Good, Better, Best - In American Furniture; Dolls - From the Collection of Mrs. George H. Savage; and more. Many pages of nostalgic ads from a broad assortment of prominent dealers. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. pp. 397-484. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy reference copy of this informative issue. Book
Features: Religious Censorship and the CBC; Photo of Eva Peron in Beverley Baxter's Letter from London; Nice full-page two-colour Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) ad inside front cover features young woman in uniform and advice that limited numbers of women are now being accepted; The Warrior Who Fights From Paradise - Mahomet of the Islamic faith - article with numerous photos, including four muslim dignitaries murdered in recent years; Ten ways to save money on food; Conn Smythe - that man in the greens (part 1) - article with photos; The Land of Might-Have-Been (short story); From Paris with Penny to Pusan - Evelyn Caldwell (Vancouver's Penny Wise) - article with many photos; The McCallum family of Vancouver and their son Ricky - a "Mongolian Idiot" - who will never grow up - article with photos; The Queen's Own Rifles are featured in a colour ad for O'Keefe's Brewing; Fantastic colour-photo ad on back cover for International crawlers shows them being airlifted to work the fabulous iron ore discoveries of northern Labrador; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Pages 21-28 missing. Unmarked. A worthy, if incomplete, vintage copy. Book
20 pages. Features: The Sally Ann in Suburbia - Lieutenant Ken Chapman wages the Salvation Army's battle in North Vancouver - with great colour photo of Ken and Brenda Chapman of London, Ontario; K-Tel's Greatest Hits - fantastic kitschy article - with great colour photos - about the firm's hit products, and it's leader Philip Kives, a former Saskatchewan farm boy - products include the Miracle Brush, Hair Magician, Multi-Sharpener, Feather-Touch Knife, Record Selector, Frypans, Veg-o-matic, Patty Stacker, Multi-Exerciser, Super-Bond glue - a cool article!; Comparing the lot of a department store sales lady in 1907 with the modern version - a fascinating study plus archival photos; How to win at the most popular board games - Othello, Scrabble, Monopoly, Mastermind, Risk, Organized Crime; A fascinating short history of Christmas carols; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Book
Features/Photos: Demonstrating against austerity measures in Belgium; violence in the streets of Brussels; the insidious campaign in Laos; Blazing timber whark in Barking, Essex; Unrolling the copper scroll - the process illustrated; Qumran treasure; Revolutionary vertical take-off and landing engints; 1916 Photo of the edge of the Gulf Stream; The Wolseley 6/99; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
Features: Photos of British troops and supplies at Arnhem, plus battle photos; Photos of damage to Channel ports; photos of sea forts protecting London; and more. Average wear. Prior owner's name and stamp upon front cover else unmarked. Page 397 loose but present (because page 415 has been removed and is not included). Centerfold (loose but present) provides a large and fascinating cut-away diagram of 'the secrets of the flying bomb' - how the robot's flight and dive are automatically controlled. Book
4to., First Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece, 17 fine plates and folding pedigree; navy cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, uncut, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With a T.L.s from the curator of the bank's museum loosely inserted. Summary history of the oldest bank in the UK and the fourth oldest in the world. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 2 large folding charts; strongly bound in full navy buckram, upper board with printed paper label and RN crown blocked in gilt, a near fine copy. Printing code: 65-38005. Detailed and extensive official report, based on eye-witness accounts, of First and Second Narvik. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
2 vols., roy. 4to., First Edition, with frontispieces in photogravure (original tissue guards present) and 41 fine plates and facsimiles, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original red buckram, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, gilt tops, backstrips mildly sunned (but all gilt legible), coves very lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. The standard reference; the author was honorary consulting surgeon to the institution. Scarce in this condition.
8vo., First and Sole Edition, endpapers very lightly spotted; attractively bound in contemporary green half morocco, straight-grain cloth boards ruled in gilt, back gilt extra with five raised bands, second compartment lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, marbled endpapers, marbled edges, covers very lightly age-scuffed else a most attractive copy. Scarce, especially in this condition. Anderson, p.183.
First Edition, folding engraved plate, 16pp., modern marbled wrappers, a nice copy. Blake, p.416.
Folding engraved map printed on fine ivory linen, size: 21 x 28 ins (approx. 53.0 x 71.0 cms) folding in 36 panels to 6 x 3 ins (approx. 15.o x 7.5 cms), printed surface very lightly browned (rather more heavily so along central fold), a few locations marked with red ink ; original green cloth slip-case framed in blind and lettered in black 'Flexible Map of London' with deckled thumb-hole, a very good, bright copy. Covers the area from Islington (north) to Oval (south); Notting Hill (west) to Stepney (east). IN THIS CONDITION A RARE SURVIVAL. Hyde, 'Printed Maps of Victorian London', no. 201.
