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32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Photo of Marshal Petain being welcomed aboard the Strasbourg by Admiral Darlan at Toulon; Photo of German troops parading through Bucharest; photo of 4 members of the Luftwaffe in Italy; Great full-page photo of a sailor aboard a "Rat Catchers" of the Royal Navy; Photos of the King and Queen in Portsmouth - inspecting the V.A.D. nurses and meeting with the Pioneers; Illustrated text of message broadcast entitled "Give Us The Tools", by Winston Churchill; Great photo of Churchill being cheered by members of his old regiment, the Royal Scots Fusiliers; Photo of Bengazi, now in British hands; Great photos show how Tobruk was taken; Full-page photo of the doomed San Giorgio burning and sinking in Tobruk harbour; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black shows the port of Genoa being blasted by the Royal Navy; Great full-page photo of corvette captain Lieut.-Commander R.V.E. Case on his bridge; Photos showing "Arms for Abyssinia"; Illustrated text of a broadcast by Air-Commodore R.V. Goddard entitled "Battle-fronts of the Air"; Before and after aerial photos of Addis Adaba after an R.A.F. attack; W. Krogman illustration shows an Italian airman about to bail out of his smoking bomber over Malta; Photos of captured German airmen; Photo of the destroyed Haberdashers' Hall in London; A commentary on the war this week; Photos of ambulance parties on the alert; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Smuggled photo from France shows destruction in the city of Tours; War chiefs with the troops - Captain Margesson at anti-aircraft command, and Major-General Fleischer of the Norwegian forces in Scotland inspects an honour guard; Full-page photo of Winston Churchill after his visit to Nelson's flagship, the Victory, Photo of the R.A.F. bomber Ceylon in flight, plus a photo of her crew standing besider her at Portsmouth; Photo-illustrated text of a broadcast by A.V. Alexander entitled "Britain's Supreme Task"; Photos of bomb damage in varous London locations; Photos of downed German bombers in England; Photo of Lord Halifax with Cordell Hull; Photo of Brigadier-General Earnshaw, commanding Canadian forces in Newfoundland, inspecting a guard of honour; Photos from Abyssinia - Patriots in Revolt; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black shows British parachute troops landing in Italy; Photo of new German bomber, the Focke-Wulf Kurier; Photo of Goering and Luftwaffe officials scowling across the Strait of Dover; Silent motors for Italian coastal patrol boats; Photos of the campaign in Libya; Italian Admiral being interrogated by a British staff officer; Photo-illustrated article entitled "The Symbol of Singapore - Growth of an Imperial Garrison at the British Headquarters in the Far East"; Full-page aerial photo of an R.A.F. bombing run in progress over the Albanian port of Valona; Two photos of German POWs reaching Canada and then being loaded into a train; A commentary on the war this week; Aerial photo of air raid in progress on Boulogne; Good full-page photo of a German anti-aircraft crew at work; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Aerial photo of an intense RAF boming attack on the Italian stronghold of Keren in Eritrea; Photos aboard Britain's newest battleship, the H.M.S. King George V, including a photo of her 14" guns firing on the quarter-deck turret; Photos of the war in Albania; Photo-illustrated text of statement in Parliament by Sir Archibald Sinclair; Photo of Whitley bombers under construction in northern England; S. Drigin illustration of Beaufort torpedoes sinking a German destroyer; Super action photos of a Messerschmitt 110 attack on a naval convoy; Photos of bomb damage in London including Buckingham Palace and the Roman Catholic cathedral of St. David in Cardiff; Photos of mangled German aircraft on the ground in England; Full-page detailed map of Industrial objectives bombed in the Hamburg area; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black depicts the British taking over Berbera, capital of British Somaliland; Photo of a complete Czechoslovak bomber squadron walking toward their planes along a row of bombs they will be dropping; Photo of Czechoslovak Wellington taking off and another one flying under moonlight; Abyssinia prepares to expel the oppressor - photos; Their majesties inspect Polish troops; Photo-illustrated text of a broadcast by Ernest Bevin entitled "Mobilisation of Man-Power"; Photo of Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, Governor of Cyrenaica, inspecting men of the captured Tripolitanian Camel Corps; Commentary on the war this week; Photos of how the British Army trains to meet invasion; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding tight. Modest moisture exposure to top edge of most pages and back cover has resulted in light staining and minor undulations. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Illustrated declaration by President Roosevelt at the annual dinner of teh White House Correspondents' Association on 15th March, 1941; Photo of mosquito boats speeding by the Statue of Liberty; Photo of Douglas Boston bombers nearing completion for service with the Royal Air Force; Photos of Australian Prime Minister R.G. Menzies touring Nelson's flagship Victory and in Coventry observing engine manufacture; The reconquest of Abyssinia; Illustration by Montague Dawson depicting the H.M.S. Guillemot shooting down a German Heinkel 111; Photo of a Wellington navigator at work over the Western Desert - where landmarks are few; Many photos of Nazi bomb destruction in London; Aerial photos of R.A.F. damage caused to Gelsenkirchen and the Bremen which was docked at Bremerhaven; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black depicts a ferocious R.A.F. night bombardment on Berlin, March 23rd, 1941; Three great photos of Canada's east coast anti-aircraft forces; Photos of the German occupation of Bulgaria; Poignant full-page photo of Britain's national day of prayer with injured airman in church; Large map of Albania entitled "The Greek Fighting Line"; Photo-illustrated text of broadcast by Air Commodore R.V. Goddard entitled "Spring - and the R.A.F."; Super full-page photo of a U.S. Liberator bomber in flight; Excellent photo from the back of a corvette showing fuses being set on depth charges; A Commentary on the war this week; Photos of their majesties in the south-west; Photo of some British night fighters wearing darkened glasses prior to beginning their mission; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Dynamic photo of Australian engineers exploding a land mine; Amazing photos of ice-coated naval vessels at sea; Two great photos of U.S. Catalina aircraft used for coastal command, including a great shot of a gunner inside one of the 'blister' turrets; Photo-illustrated article entitled "The Battle of Britain - Final Phases of the epic struggle with the Luftwaffe"; Interesting photos of various Nazi bomber flying formations; Interesting full-page article entitle "Controlling the Battle" shows how Fighter Command controlled daily combats with massed formations of enemy raiders; Photos of the action in East Africa; Photos from the Balkan battle-front; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black shows Tripoli, main axis supply base in Northern Africa, being bombarded by the Royal Navy; Photos of damage caused by a large-scale raid on London on April 16th - City Temple, St. Andrews Church at Holborn, Chelsea Old Church, St. Paul's Cathedral, Royal Hospital at Chelsea, the sales rooms of Christie's auction house; photos of London fires; photo of captured German fliers; Photo-illustrated text of broadcast by Admiral Sir Michael Hodges entitled "Naval Maids of all Work"; Photos from behind enemy lines - a German plaine in Africa, a Focke-Wulf Fw 189 in flight; A commentary on the war this week; Photo of Italian motor ship Fella ablaze off Costa Rica; German vessel Reisenach ablaze off Costa Rica; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Rulers of the waves - various naval photos; Rudolph Hess flies to Scotland - photos of Hess, his smashed plane, and David Maclean, the ploughman who witnessed Hess's arrival and took him into his mother's house; Photo-illustrated text of article by Anthony Eden entitled "Progress of the War"; Photo of the Nazi advance on Larissa; Full-page photo of a quayside scene as British and Imperial troops return from Greece; Aerial photo of the Kirkuk oil fields from which oil is pipelined to Haifa; Map of the Middle East entitled "Threat to the Oil-Fields of Iraq shows the position of Iraq and its oil-fields in relation to Turkey, Syria and the Mediterranean; Wars of the night air - Photo of Wellington bombers and a crew as they wait for nightfall on May 10th when a heavy raid was made on Hamburg; Photo of a bomber crew being debriefed upon their return; Photo of a Douglas DB7 in flight; H.M. the King chats with crack night-fighting pilots before they take off to engage the enemy on May 8th; Photos of the Home Guard which is now one-year-old; Illustrated centerfold by Montague B. Black shows R.A.F. havoc in Hamburg; Photos of destruction to Big Ben, the House of Commons, Westminster Hall, Westminster Abbey, the Westminster Deanery, Westminster Upper School, a 700-year-old church in Bromley, Kent, and Liverpool; Photo of smiling German prisoners being marched at a London station; Photo-illustrated article by Dr. P.S. Gerbrandy of the Netherlands entitled "Faith of the Netherlands"; German sketch of a mysterious massive gun which is used to shell Dover; Photos of medical patients being removed from London's blitz; A commentary on the war this week; Photos of Britain on guard; Full-page photo of a Newfoundland artillery crew hauling its large 6" gun; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
Features: Alice and Vincent Massey as Private Collectors; Sterling in Perspective; Who's for the Michilimackinac Hunt?; Manitoba Furniture; Peter Rindisbacher - Resident Western Artist; Some Art Mysteries; London Letter - Sales Sidelights. Some pages and front cover were stuck together and have been damaged when they were re-opened. Still a useful reference copy. Book
Features: Japanese Theatre Prints - Part 2; Nature's Artist - preserving flowers and grasses; Art Glass; London Letter - One Owner's Furniture; The Mystery of artist W.F. Wilson; Mabel Smith's Rare Goblet Collection. Some writing at bottom of front cover. Address label on front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
96 pages. Gift Greetings inside front board dated 1917. Front board illustration shows a young lad and his dog. Colour frontis depicts "The water supply of a great town. Binding bears several cracks. Numerous line drawins. Hinges intact. Above-average wear and some soiling externally. Worthy reading copy. Book
32 pages. Undated but appears to be circa 1955. Wonderful black and white photos throughout. Features: British Columbia's Centennial Celebrations; Canada's Boy's Town in Malaya; Colombo Plan Steel Technicians in Britain; Ghana's Goodwill and Trade Mission; Designs of the Year - annual U.K. awards; Ceylon's Buddhists in London; H.M. the Queen Mother's World Tour; Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition; Child Welfare in Pakistan; Modern New Airport in Nairobi, Kenya; New Zealand's expanding forests; The Craft of the Nigerian Potter; Spare-Time Studies in Britain; Uganda's New Agrucultural School. Bonus: includes 8-page Canadian supplement which bears a lovely colour portrait of H.R.H. the Princess Margaret. Second Bonus: 13" x 9" photographic portrait of H.R.H. The Princess Margaret, suitable for framing. Covers detached from textblock but present. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Book
74 pages. Features: Guns of the VoPos - East German police are being armed with the latest Russian guns, equal to the best; The Sharps and the Buffalo (part II); Coy is the Coyote - one of the world's toughest targets; Save One For the Teacher - a Deer Hunting adventure; Sit Down and Shoot better Big Game scores; Try This for Grouse - Nebraska's vas sandhill areas offer the nation's best Grouse Hunting; When Colt's Was in London - 109 years ago; One of Two? An 8mm Raphael; Shooters for Tomorrow - youth shooting clubs; and more. Slight musty scent otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this vintage issue. Magazine
Features: Stop! - You're Wasting Gasoline!; The Calgary Stampede; Uncle Tom's Cabin, on Highway 2 between Windsor and London - Rev. Josiah Henson of Dresdon, Ont. was the escaped slave whom Harriet Beecher Stowe met and used as a model for her famous story; "Your Happy Motoring Show" - Imperial Oil's thrice-weekly 15-minute radio show starring Terry Dale and Wally Koster; Gather Heirlooms as you Go! - souvenirs to gather across Canada; May Day at New Westminster; From the mailbag of Eddie Torr. Back cover rumpled. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
24 pages. Contents: Uncle Sam has lost his balance in world marketing - can do nothing; Excess Naval Tonnage Views; President to Rule Relief; Treasury makes Record Loan; Black Legion Spreads Terror; Foreign News; Hitler inspects Navy at Kiel; Palestine Riots Threaten Britain's Holy Land Mandate; Japan invades China; Current Events; Louis Meyer wins Indianapolis 500; National News; Lloyd's - Original Optimist Club - Insures Everything (Lloyd's of London); Very Scathing editorial about Sigmund Freud, who 'died a short time ago, after startling and shocking and disgusting the whole civilized world by his destructive doctrines"; Marketing; Capital Chat; Science News - Painless childbirth attacked; Aviation - what will be the effect of flights of the Hindenberg?; Congress; Simple Rules of Flag Etiquette; Mrs. James H.R. Cromwell; Vintage ads; and much more. Average wear. Yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
24 pages. Inflation? - Rising Prices Give Rise to Official Concern - with photos of Mariner S. Eccles and Secretary of Agriculture Wallace; Sit-Down Strikes; School disaster in New London, Texas; Amelia Earhart crashes on Howland Island in the mid-Pacific; Great photo of 10 men carrying huge carpet to be used for King's coronation at Westminster Abbey; Rebel Rout in Spain; Article on fascinating alleged love triangle between Benito Mussolini, Madeleine la Ferriere and Count Charles de Chambrun - whom she shot; Reich Finances - brief article with photo of Hjalmar Shacht; China's Famine; "Horror Coma" experienced by Mrs. Helen Wills - photo of her with Dr. Damuel Marcus; Photo of Finnish first lady Mrs. Kaisa Kallio, wife of Kyosti Kallio; Editorials; Feature article on Judge Louis Dembitz Brandeis, with photo; The Movie World - with photo of Bette Davis; Dr. Hans Luther is relieved of his post as German Ambassador in Washington - with photo; Mui Tsai - Chinese girl babies are often human chattel sold for a price; Photo of Kakike Saito, Queen of the Cherry Blossoms; Back page photos of bull-fighting in Mexico. Vintage ads; and more. Average wear. Yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Features: First across the Kra; The Explorers Club in space; Tassili - the Sahara's secret; Exploring Spanish Galleons on the Pedro Shoals; My Career and Zaire - by Philip R. Dormitzer; Coronado's Chickens; The Explorers in London; The Antarctic Explorers Stamp Series; Anatomy of an Explorer, by John D. Bruno. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Photo of "Our Team Winning the National Territorial Marathon Race for the County of London Territorial Association - July 9th, 1910. Photo of The County of London Team, Winners of the China Cup - four members of the Scottish were included in the team. Photo of the China Cup, won by the County of London Team; full-page drawing entitled "Drummie" by D. McEwan. Continuation of article entitled "'Tis Forty Years Ago." Average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. Book
Photos with the following captions: Lines that all lead to the Hindenburg Line; Wreckage and Waste from Ypres to Cambrai; Freed by British Bravery from the Terrible Turk; 'Tanks' Advance into action & Tow Back a Prize; On the Edge of Great Events among the Alps; Rare and Ready Courage to the Rescue of a Comrade; 'Graft' and Bribery in Russia (story); Clearing the Crescent off the Permanent Way; Weather Difficulties defied by daring and work; Unmasking Spies in London (story); 'Ghost' that Fails to Frighten our Flying Men; Happiness in Hospital in Barge and Burrow; Art's Spirit Shining Amid the Murk of War; The Terriers of the Pack - some of the remarkable doings of the "M.L." Craft (story); Last Moments of the Torpedoed Transport Medie; From London's Roads to Flanders' Muddy Fields; The Royal Highlanders of Canada (story). Above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
66 pages. Features: News Photos, including glamorous photo of Marilyn Monroe (Joe Di Maggio's wife) hanging out the window of Canadian National's No. 8472 on a ride to Jasper, Alberta; California's Mountain Midget at Quincy, California; Piggyback - boom or bust?; A Baldwin 2-8-0 is transported by truck in Seattle - super photos!; London-Paris - in the days before the Chunnel passengers traveled by train from London to Paris via night ferry - great article with photos of the Golden Arrow Night Ferry; Picture Report on the Western Maryland plus informative articles; Super centerfold night photo of the H8 Consolidation No. 776 riding the turntable at Elkins, W. Va.; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Magazine
34 pages. Features: The Comfortable Pew, by Pierre Berton; Carol Morley - Canadian girl from London is a zany, zesty star in a top New York Revue - and now she wants to tackle Broadway; Name Droppers comic strip; How Canada's Flag Was Born, by Robert McKeown; Greased pig event at the University of Alberta's first rodeo - article with colour photos of animated young ladies; George Chuvalo Could Beat Floyd Patterson - photo-illustrated boxing article by Andy O'Brien; Port Moody B. C.'s Thunderbird Fast Draw Club - article and colour photos of the folks who love to shoot fast; Nipper - Doug Wright comic strip. Various tears. Considerable damage to covers. Book
24 pages. Contents: Front page article about crabs with great photo of crab biting lady bather on toe; Grilling the house of Morgan & Co. Digs Up Plenty of Pay Dirt - Senator 'Kingfish' Huey Long grills Thomas W. Lamont; Oklahoma's Quadruplets - Mona, Roberta, Leots and Mary Keys - graduate from high school; Million Names on Uncle Sam's Pay Roll; Gandhi Fast No Record - with grainy photo from an earlier date; It's No Longer the 'hicks from the sticks' - now it's the 'gullible cityites'; Foreign News - World Economic Conference in London, German Reichsbank declares partial moratorium on foreign payments on its debt; Europe's Big Four Sign Up for 10 Years of Peace and Good Will; Broadcasting; Current Events; Illustration of Lieut. Comdr. Herbert V. Wiley, the only surviving officer of the Akron; Justice Department reveals details of gold hoarders; George N. Peek - Administrator of the Agriculture Adjustment Act (with illustration); Brig. Gen. Hugh S. Johnson slated to be the czar of industry - with small illustration; Great ingenuity used to build models for Chicago Fair; Prof. F.E. Lumley on Propaganda; Marketing; Capital Chat - with photo of the official records of the House of Representatives - it holds 10,000,000 documents; Scientific; Gulf Stream Shifts off Boston; Huge new offering of US Bonds and Securities Greatly Oversubscribed; "Sunken Dollars" - a real old-time thriller story of th esea - with a guaranteed love interest (to be continued); Aviation - artist's rendering of a proposed seadrome, and discussion of airships; and more. Average wear. Yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
24 pages. Contents: Uncle Same is Partner in All Industry - Labor to Get Rights and Consumer to Gain; Australian Representatives Now in Washington; No 'Overproduction' if masses get theirs, says Rexfor Tugwell, Your Friend at Court; War Debt Payments From Europe are Slim; Changes in Veteran Aids Softened by Compromise; Record-Breaking Congress Adjourns Leaving the President a Free Hand; Foreign News; Stabilization Snag at World Monetary and Economic Conference at London; Current Events - with illustrations of Bernard M. Baruch, Speaker Rainey, Sec. Perkins and Col. Howe; Was the Declaration of Independence Signed on July 4, 1776; Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers; Mrs. Daniel C. Roper; Glass-Steagall Banking Bill Solidifies Banking; Marketing; Great photo of feminine employees of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing counting and sorting new greenbacks; How did money come to take barter's place?; Capital Chat; Science News; Aviation - discussion of the Akron disaster; English Ancestry of the Liberty Bell; "Sunken Dollars" - a real old-time thriller story of the sea - with a guaranteed love interest (to be continued); and more. Average wear. Yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
52 pages. Features: Cover photo of motor vessel Quality Carrier; On the Waterfront; Ferry Focus - HSS Stena Explorer, the world's first high-speed super ferry; Ferry Fleets Update; A Commission of Contrasts - in 1960 John V. Gibson was drafted to the 'Loch' class frigate HMS Loch Alvie prior to her deployment to the Persian Gulf - via the Arctic Ocean!; Cruise Ship Review; Coasters on the Trent - photofeature; The Port of Plymouth - article with colour photos; The World's Navies - Germany; A Century of London Tugs - photofeature; Ports of Call; Voyage Report - 'Baltic Eagle' to the Baltic; New Ship News; Fantastic colour photo inside back cover of the Stena Explorer at sea; and more. Center page holding by one staple. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
182 pages. Footnotes. Index. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of photos, plus several in colour. Published to accompany the exhibition, On The Beat: 150 Years of Policing in London, Ontario, July 30, 2005 to January 15, 2006. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper otherwise clean and unmarked with very light wear - the only exceptions being several short openings along fore-edge of back board. A nice copy of this informative history. Book
116 pages. Includes auction results sheet. 203 lots. "This collection is a reflection of his singular absorption in ornithology. His aim was always to acquire where possible the best available copies of everything and in particular he regards his copies of Gould's The Birds of Australia, with the rare cancelled plates, and A Monograph of the Trochilidai, or Family of Humming-Birds as 'the finest copies you will find." - from page 6. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Book
Features: Full-page photo of the opening of London's new civil aerodrome (Heathrow); Photos of the aftermath of the explosion of an ammunition train in Savernake Forest; More photos of the new Heathrow (Heath Row) Airport; Photos of Siam/Bangkok; A black week of railway collissions - many horrific photos; Where British and Indians were massacred - scenes in Bekassi; Surabaya - scenes during the battle for the Javanese port; Centerfold - Floating Whale Factories - ships which reduce their prey to oil and by-products on the spot - fantastic cutaway drawing; the funeral of Lord Keyes; Photos of hot water bottle manufacture and testing; and more. Faint ink stamp and name upon front cover. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book