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Pages 645-662 and 667-672, lacking pages 663-666. Features: Cover illustrations of how enemy movements are watched in the desert; One page of illustrations explain anti-tank mines - "A Deadly Defensive Weapon in Mechanised Warfare"; Two-page illustration of 1,000 bombers, "A Panorama showing the bomber force which has smashed Rhineland and Western Germany"; Air photo of destroyed Gennevilliers Power Station in Paris; Photo of bomb damage in Canterbury; Air photo of bomb damage to B.F. Goodrich rubber tyre works in Paris; Three pages of very informative photos of key stages of production of the "Halifax" bomber; The Campaign in Russia and Libya - article with maps of Shanghai district, Kharkov area, and Tobruk area; Large photo-portrait of Air Marshal A.T. (Bomber) Harris, Commander-In-Chief, Bomber Command; The Aftermath of Battle - Scenes of Desolation in the Desert When the Fighting Has Ended - Four interesting photos over two pages; Centrefold illustration of the Eighth Army Salvaging an immobilised tank with a tank transporter; Six photos of salvaging tanks and enemy guns behind the front in Libya; Four photos of U.S. fighter-bombers - Curtiss "Kittyhawks" in the desert battle; Photos of ten personalities of the week include Mr. Arthur Merton, Mr. George W. Kettle, actor John Barrymore, Mexican President Avila Camacho, and Sir Archibald Sinclair; Two photos of scorched earth at Burma's Yenangyaung's oil fields; Photo of General MacArthur in Australian Parliament; Photo of midget Japanese submarine captured at Pearl Harbour; Nice colour back cover B.S.A. ad features illustration of tanks on parade with Big Ben in background. This copy was never stapled. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Aside from the four missing pages, a quality copy. Book
Pages 673-700. Features: Cover Photo-Portrait of General Neil Ritchie Holding Press Conference Near Tobruk; Soldiers of Free France form the "Phantom" Garrison of Bir Hakeim - six photos; Searching for victim after explosion near the Elephant and Castle; Photo of repatriated prisoners from Italy at military hospital in England; Photo of salvaging of the "Normandie", now called the U.S.S. "Lafayette"; Photo of ceremony handing the H.H.M.S. "Pindus" to the Greek Navy; Photo of starfish-shaped barrage balloon; 150th Anniversary of Captain George Vancouver's landing on Vancouver Island; Generals Auchinleck and Ritchie honoured by the Polish forces in the Middle East; Photo of Romell inspecting broken window of his desert car; Bow-end and side-view photos of Japanese two-man submarine; Before and after aerial photos of Cologne after massive bombardment; The Battle in Libya - article with map showing key points in the present battle; Five photos of "An Unpleasant Surprise for Rommel - The U.S. 'General Grant' Tank"; Two pages of great illustrations entitled "Rommel's Panzers - Details of the Pz IV. and German Methods of Tank Transportation and Refuelling"; Two illustrations of mobile anti-tank gun now operating in Libya; Four photos of obtaining water in the Libyan desert; Wonderful centerfold illustration entitled "Bomber Command Blazing the Trail! The Royal Air Force Attack on Essen and the Ruhr Valley, June 1-2, 1942"; Five Radioed pictures from the Desert Battle at "Knightsbridge," Libya; Six photos from the Midway Islands where Admiral Nimitz has just inflicted heavy losses upon the Japanese; Excellent one-page contour map of the Pacific entitled "Japanese Eyes On the Bases of Dutch Harbour and Alaska" - with inset photo of Dutch Harbour in the Aleutians which was bombed by Japs; Photos of eleven personalities of the week include Professor G.A.R. Reisner, Reinhard Heydrich, Mexican President Camacho declaring war on the Axis states, and Major-Generals Herbert Lumsden, Ramsden, Frank Messervy and Dan Pienaar; Six Photos from Madagascar - first action figures since British forces arrived May 5, 1942; One page with five photos of Hitler entitled "How Hitler Looks Today"; Artistic half-page ad for Tube Investments Ltd. shows coal stoker at work; National Savings Committee half-page ad includes photos of Geoffrey Sims, schoolboy collector, 10, Park Mansions, Moor Park, Herts.; Nice photo ad for Guy Motors Limited shows men and women building engines; Nice colour back cover golf-themed ad features Mashie speaking to Putter - sponsored by The North British Rubber Company, Limited; This copy was never stapled. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Pages 565-592. Features: Photo and major article celebrating the 100th Anniversary of this publication; Two-pages of illustration of London 100 years ago; Two pages of dramatic photos of bomb damage in present-day London; Page of interesting illustrations from the first issue, 100 years ago; One Hundred Years of Warfare (article); Photos of nine personalities of the week, including Dr. Felix Weingartner, Lord Amulree, Admiral Leahy with Marshal Petain, the Duke of Gloucester on the Libyan battlefront, and Major-General Sir William Dobbie with is wife; Article on the great writer contributors to this publication over the last century - with 17 photos/illustrations; Seven photos of convoy drama in the Mediterranean - Two-page photo spread entitled "Russia, 1942 - the melting snows herald the opening of gargantuan battles with the German invaders; Photos of Germany's new fighter, the Focke-Wulf F.W. "190"; Air photo of bombs exploding on Zeebrugge; Air photo of bombs falling on Dunkirk dock area; Three photos and map of Madagascar beneath caption 'Vichy French Surrender in Madagascar after Severe Fighting'; H.M.S. "Edinburgh" sunk; Free Dutch gather in London; Return of H.M.S. "Upright"; Battle of the Coral Sea - photos of the U.S.S. "Saratoga" and "Lexington", plus Douglas "SBD-1" dive-bombers and map; Interesting one page of illustrations explain American warship design, considerations of speed and range in relation to naval strategy; One page of illustrations explain how Allied pilots recognize Japanese warships from the air; Photos of King an Queen making 1,000-mile tour of the West Country; Half-page ad for War Savings Groups highlights Mrs. Venning of Crouch House, Rickmansworth, Herts.; more vintage ads. Minor nibble from foot of spine. This copy was never stapled. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this vintage issue. Book
Pages 425-452. Features: Wonderful one-page colour Guinness ad entitled "Guinness for Strength" shows farmer pushing huge wheelbarrow loaded with veggies - presumably in the spirit of promoting wartime home food growing; Map of great R.A.F. bombing raid on Lubeck; Five graphic air photos of R.A.F.-inflicted bomb damage to Rostock; Five photos of bomb damage in Valetta, Malta; Three photos of terrible smoke and fire on Rangoon's waterfront as the great oil refineries of Syriam and the Burma Company's oil warehouse are destroyed before the Japanese arrive; Two photos of Nazi reprisal bomb damage in Bath; Photo of six R.A.F. men returning from the spectacular raid on the Diesel works at Augsburg, including Squadron-Leader J.D. Nettleton, V.C.; Photo of British-Italian prisoner exchange at Alexandria; Photo of smiling returing British POWs at Cairo Station; Five photos of the King and Queen visiting Canadian Armoured Division "Sansom's Rough Riders" (named after Major-General E. Sansom; Commandos and Their Raids - article with two photos of Major Lord Lovat and his landing force before their successful reconnaissance raid near Boulogne; Two photos of Scottish Command forces practicing marine landing excercises jumping off barges, some with scaling ladders; Two pages of illustrations of battle drill under the most rigorous and realistic conditions; Nine photos on two-page spread illustrated the H.M.S. "Illustrious" at sea again, carrying American fighter planes - Grumman Martlets; photo of 'Dodge'ems' used to move aircraft on aircraft carrier deck; Magnificent centerfold aerial photo of R.A.F. bomb damage inflicted upoin the city of Lubeck - a mile of roofless houses, great blasted areas and ruined war factories; Six photos illustrate novel U.S. method of rapidly fabricating a 173' submarine chaser at the Defoe Yards at Bay City, Michigan; Two great photos compare the instrument panels of an Me. 109 fighter and a Halifax bomger; Two-pages of illustrations wonderfully explain the mechanism behind aircraft dials - "Marvels of Lilliputian engineering for delicate modern aero instruments; Photos of eleven personalities of the week include General H. Giraud, Rifleman John Beeley, V.C., Sec.-Lieut. C. Ward Gunn, V.C.,Lieut.-Colonel C.G.W. Anderson, V.C., Lieut.-Colonel A.E. Cumming, V.C., and Princess Elizabeth in Girl Guide uniform; Drake's Globe-Cup sold at Christies (large photo); Classy half-page Rover car ad; Nice colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover shows shipyard outside window; more nice vintage ads. This copy was never stapled. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this vintage issue. Book
Pages 593-620. Features: Photo of Marshal Timoshenko's splendid reserves; One-page air-photo indicating bomb damage in Rostock after four-day "Blitz"; Two-pages of illustrations beneath caption "Madagascar daringly planned operations lead to the surrender of Port Diego Suarez in 48 hours; Photo of crew of the submarine "Thunderbolt" (formerly "Thetis") safely home after a year; Photo of French Aircraft-carrier "Bearn" in Martinique; Six photos from Martinique illustrated its plight of barnacled warships and derelict aircraft; Two pages with fourteen photos present "Facets of the War on the Russian Front where Spring Has Heralded New Offensives; The Russian Front Awakens - article with maps of Kharkov and the Kerch Peninsula; The Crete Battle Goes on - five photos; Two pages with twelve photos illustrating Free French Forces Fighting in the Desert Battle Zone; Centrefold illustration shows steel foundry which produced munitions in Napoleon's wars, now making steel for use against Hitler; One-page illustration of molten steel for armour-plating 'tapped' from a giant container; Photos of personalities of the week include Lieut.-Com. Hussey, Mr. Churchill before large crowd at Leeds, and racehorses Big Game and Sun Chariot; One-page illustration of lop-sided flying freak, the Luftwaffe's Blohm and Voss "141" reconnaissance monoplane; Two pages of clear photos showing British Soldiers training on obstacle course; Five photos of life in France under the Nazi heel; Five Barrage Balloon illustrations by Balloon Command artists; nice half-page ad for Tube Investments, Ltd.; Isabel Burton - A Remarkable Woman; Back cover colour ad for Johnnie Walker shows harbour view through window; more vintage ads. Minor nibble from foot of spine. This copy was never stapled. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this vintage issue. Book
Pages 625-644. Features: Cover Photo Portrait of 60-ton M-1 Tank Crushing Heavy Truck; Photo of FDR presenting Congressional Medal of Honour to Brig.-Gen. James Doolittle, while Mrs. Doolittle looks on; Six great photos from Chunking show how the resilient populace is coping with the war; The Campaign in Burma (article); "Japan's Successes in Burma - by Infiltration and Light Equipment" - six photos; The Kharkov Battlefield - six action pictures from the Russian Front; Two-page illustration of Red Air Force using "Stormoviks" and other fast-flying tank-busters attacking panzer divisions; Amazing four-page centerfold presents illustrations of ships of the British Navy from Alfred the Great to the Present Day; Eight photos of bomb damage in Bath, Norwich and York after German "Baedeker" raids; Photos of personalities of the week include Commander R.E.D. Ryder, V.C., Able Seaman W.A. Savage, V.C., Lieut.-Commander S.H. Beattie, V.C., Marshal and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek with General Joseph Stilwell, and scapegoated Nazi Food Minister Walther Darre; Two-pages with three maps illustrate "Tokyo - the most inflammable capital in the world, vulnerable war industries in a bamboo-built city"; Six-photos of high-speed reconstruction in Chungking in response to Japanese bombing; Ten photos present 'Novel points in warship design and camouflage'; Two pages with 18 illustrations present 'Defence and Attack as used in Army Training To-Day, Demonstrated in the seventeenth century (reproductions courtesy of Bernard Quaritch); Six photos of Paris under the Nazi heel after two years of occupation; The Soong Sisters - two photos of them in bombed Chungking; Nice photo ad for Ferodo with photo of five men dragging large mine onto beach; more vintage ads. Minor nibble from foot of spine. This copy was never stapled. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this vintage issue. Book
Pages 537-564. Features: Cover photo-portrait of the King with General Henri Giraud (in 1940); Burial of Lieut.-Commander E. Esmonde, V.C.; King welcomes fighter pilots back after daylight sweep over northern France; Photo of dozens of gas producer units to be fitted into lorries to save petrol; Photo of Australia's Dr. H.V. Evatt with Churchill; Photo of U.S. Admiral H.R. Stark in London; Photo of POW German Generals Von Ravenstein, Arthur Schmidt, and I.P. de Villiers at South African port; Photo of A.T.A. platoon marching; Seven photos of Madagascar plus one-page relief map indicating its strategic importance and why it has been occupied by British forces; Photos of bomb damage in York, Norwich, and Hazebrouck Railway Station; Photos of King and Queen surveying Bath bomb damage; The Spring Air Offensive - article with maps of Burma and Mandalay vicinity; Six interesting photos of Mandalay and Lashio; Fascinating two-page map illustrates "The Riddle of the Middle East as viewed from Berchtesgaden" - a map looking towards the oilfields; Wonderful photos of Marshal Chiang Kai-Shek and his wife meeting Gandhi and Nehru - scenes at Calcutta, including photo of Madame Chiang Kai-Shek wearing Sari presented to her by the Birla family; Air photos of Grim aftermath of R.A.F. attacks in Rostock and Augsburg; Dramatic centerfold action illustration of Beaufighter long-range fighter downing enemy aircraft; Polish troops march in Edinburgh; Photos of Royal Artillery Mountain Battery excercises in Wales; One page of illustrations of Luftwaffe Developments - Germany's new fighters and bombers; Nine great photos explain how $millions in gold was recovered from mine-infested waters - salvage ship 'Claymore' recovers booty from sunken liner 'Niagara'; Photos of thirteen personalities of the week include W.P. Pycraft, Rear-Admiral H.J. Ruser-Larsen, Mr. Patrick Munro, M.P., Third Officer Agnes McLennan Traynor, Mr. Thorvald Stauning, Brig.-Gen. H.H. George, Staff Sergeant J.L. Lockhard, and General MacArthur with Mr. Curtin in Canberra; Fascinating one page of illustrations introduce stereoscopic television pictures - a notable British achievement; Eight high-resolution photos illustrated the world's diamond trade, now centred in London as experts from the low countries help the Allies; Classy B.S.A. colour back cover ad shows Egyptian scene with caption "The ever-turning wheel", by F. Matania; more nice vintage ads. This copy was never stapled. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this vintage issue. Book
Pages 549-592. Features: Cover photo of Queen Mary's coffin on its journey to Westminster Hall; The death of Ex-King Carol of Rumania; The Mau Mau Massacre - victims and survivors, and some suspects; Two-page photo of ghastly scene where loyal Kikuyu were burned alive; Rail disaster near Conneaut, Ohio; Czech state airline Dakota lands in Frankfurt, passengers request political asylum; Full-page photo of the Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke of Windsor, the Duke of Gloucester and the Duke of Kent in Queen Mary's funeral procession; Two-page photo of Queen Mary's funeral procession on its way to Westminster; Centerfold illustration of the public paying last respects to Queen Mary; Two pages of photos of floral tributes to Queen Mary; Photos of dignitaries who attended the funeral; The Buraimi Oasis - subject of a dispute between Great Britain and Saudi Arabia; Sports photos; and more. Centerfold loose but present. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Pages 493-524. Features: Photo of Greek Prime Minister M. Alexander Korizis; Nice one-page cutaway illustration of British No. 1 Infantry (heavy) tank Mark IIA in action; Lovely two-page illustration of Britain's womanhood as mobilised for victory in national war services - in their many uniforms; Two-pages with fifteen illustrations of the gentle art of baling out of an airplane (escape technique); Six photos of Italy's defeat and humiliation in Libya, where the Nazis have taken over; The War with Nazi Germany - The Peril in the Near East - article with map showing the German advance in North Africa and one-page relief map showing Germany's sphere of Mediterranean operations from the Balkans and Libya, aimed at the oil filds of Iraq and the Suez Canal; Map of the entire Balkan theatre of war; Seven photos illustrate the "New Order" at work in France, Yugoslavia, Japan, and Bulgaria - Mr. Matsuoka in Germany, capture of Otto Kretschmer, large French crowd giving Nazi salute to Marshal Petain, and Nazi tanks being welcomed to Bulgarian village; Two pages with nine photos illustrate 'Germany's Hammer Blows in the Balkans - important cities and sites in enemy hands in Yugoslavia and Greece'; Centerfold illustration of Lysander tailgunner eyeing a tempting target during exercises somewhere in England; Six excellent photos illustrated victory of the Sons of Hindustan in Eritrea; Excellent photo illustrates planning for the capture of Keren; Photos of fourteen personalities of the week include Maj.-Gen. Carton De Wiart, V.C., Leiut.-Gen. P. Neame, V.C., Lieut.-Gen. Sir R. O'Connor, Maj.-Gen. M.D. Gambier-Parry, Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. Maitland Wilson, Queen Mary of Yugoslavia, Hitler shaking hands with Rommel, Rashid Ali Gailani, and M. Laszlo De Bardossy of Hungary with Hitler; Photo of the Air Council in session at the Air Ministry, with nine men in attendance; Fascinating one-page article with four photos describes how 'health-giving rays, 240 times more powerful than sunshine, help the war workers; Photo of Danish ships in custody in the U.S.; Photos of Italian ships seized by the U.S.; Photo of Italian ship sabotage damage in US waters; Victorious return of H.M.A.S. "Sydney" to Sydney Harbour; Four photos of "Catalina" flying boat used in the U-Boat War; Illustrations of eighteen victorious fighter pilots from the Battle of Britain; Article on the Sturgeon (fish) and its ancestors; Lovely half-page photo ad for Bentley cars; Many vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. Nibble from bottom corner. A quality copy of this dramatic wartime issue. Book
Pages 161-192. Features: Cover photo of German aircraft downed at Palmyra with Vichy markings painted over swastika - absolute proof of collaboration between Vichy and the Axis powers; Photos of personalities of the week include Wing Commander Whitney Straight, Sir Emsley Carr, Sgt. Pilot James Allen Ward, V.C. (the first New Zealand V.C. in the present war), British POWs from Syria detraining at Baalbek; New British 18-ton "Crusader" tank; Photos of the "Beaufighter"; R.A.F. Channel rescue craft; Six photos of fighting at see in the Mediterranean and in Heligoland Bight; Air-photo of submarine building yards at Le Trait bombed by "Blenheims" in daylight; Two-pages of illustrations demonstrating that tanks are not invincible; Fishermen at War (article); Photos of British units ousting snipers from the ruins of Zenobia's Palmyra; Seven great sepia-tone photos illustrate the end of the Syrian campaign as Beirut fetes the entry of Allied troops under Generals Wilson and Catroux; Two pages with ten fascinating photos from the Russian Front, showing U.S.S.R. army units fighting with magnificent elan against the common enemy; Soviet Russia At War (article); Photo of signing of Poland's Pact of Friendship with Russia - Prime Minister Sikorski and M. Maisky, with Eden and Churchill at head of table; Centerfold illustrations demonstrate the value of pigeon-post as an accessory to wireless in war; Four excellent photos of the "Fortress I" bomber as it arrives in England - on its way to Germany; Two pages of photos of night and day scenes at a Fleet Air Arm training station; Two pages of photos of construction of the "Trans-Saharan" rail line to Dakar - with map and two artist's renderings of the diesel electric locomotives planned to service the line; Romantic discovery of a vast and unknown cavern on Mendip - article with three photos and map; Three pages of photos inside the newly-discovered Stalactite Caves at Mendip; Half-page photo-illustrated ad for the British Power Boat Company; Nice half-page Burberry services equipment ad; more vintage ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this informative wartime issue. Book
Pages 161-192. Features: Two pages of illustrations of dozens of U.S. Navy, Army and Air Force badges of rank; Photo of the H.M.S. "Barham", lost in the Mediterranean on November 25, 1941; Photo of crashed 'Sunderland' aircraft and her crew who were taken prisoner by Italy when they drifted to shore; Maps and photos of Burma and Amboina; Photo of Dutch submarine bringing U-boat prisoners to a British port; Photo of Capitan-Lieut. Gert Schreiber, of the sunken "U-95" coming ashore from the Dutch submarine; Pearl Harbor burial scene in Nuuanu Cemetery; Photo of "Norness" sunk 60 miles off Long Island; Photos of Damaged enemy vehicles outside Bardia, and dug-outs for Officers; Six photos in the Western desert (in Africa) - captured Panzer Commander General Von Ravenstein, captured U-boat crew, Axis naval prisoners under Sikh guard, German anti-tank mines removed by South African Engineers; The Debate and Its Results - article with maps of the Donets Basin and Benghazi; Photos of twelve personalities of the week include Major Barbara Stimson, Lieut. Achsa Bean, Sir Edward Meyerstein, Pan-American Conference at Rio, Mr. Curtin meeting defense chiefs, Vidkun Quisling, Sir Cecil Graves, Mr. R.W. Foot, Manuel Quezon and General Douglas MacArthur; Two photos of Japan's Imperial Household Guards; Five photos of American 'White' trucks used to haul British tanks; Photo of scorched earth at what was a Malayan rubber plantation; Photos from Singapore and the Malay Peninsula; Centerfold relief map entitled "Singapore Island Besieged by Japan - from Johore to our beleaguered fortress in the far east; Two-page illustration of an American Infantry Unit in an Irish village; Two pages with eleven dramatic illustrations of the Battle of Macassar Strait - Japan's greatest naval defeat of the war; One-page illustration shows how the main tank force is screened and supported by other mechanised units; One-page illustration of the formation of a battle fleet steaming into action; Two photos and cross-section diagram of the Jet-propelled Caproni-Campini Aeroplane; Photo of ladies shredding confidential documents; Five great photos of an Australian crew manning a British 25-pound Howitzer; Vintage ads; Classy back cover colour ad for BSA features Robert Havell illustration of The Oxford and Opposition Coaches. This issue was never stapled. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great wartime issue. Book
Pages 253-284. Features: Cover photo portrait of the King; Eleven photos of Port Darwin - the first place on the Australian mainland to be bombed; photo of Japanese invasion barges off Indo-China; Stefan Zweig commits suicide in Brazil; Second Malaya V.C. awarded to Lieut.-Colonel A.E. Cumming; Two pages of exclusive photos of the ruthless Japanese air attack on Hong Kong on December 8, 1941, including photos of Hugh E. Chen and Lee C. Taylor who flew a 1934 'Vultee' to safety using a toy compass; Photos of Timor and Rangoon; Lovely photos of Bali and her residents; Two-page illustration of a North African desert 'Jock Force' intercepting a strong German reconnaissance column; Six illustrations of different uniforms of soldiers of the Burma Rifles; One-page relief map showing Japan's pressure on Burma/the threat to Rangoon; Two pages of photos of the Red Army in action as its celebrates is twenty-fourth birthday; Sensational black and white photo-portrait centrefold of Winston Churchill; Photos of individuals involved in War Cabinet reshuffle; Photos of ten personalities of the week including Air Marshal A.T. Harris (Bomber Harris) and the Sheik of Bahrein (Bahrain); Moths that never fly; The Total Eclipse of the Moon on March 2; One-page photo of vivid prehistoric frescoes recently discovered near Montignac; Vintage ads. This issue was never stapled. Above-average wear to advertorial cover. Contents clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy copy of this great wartime issue. Book
Pages 129-160. Features: Eight-photo, two-page feature on the full-scale production of tanks in Britain; Archbishop fo Canterbury, Dr. Lang, announces his resignation; Fascinating photos of massive concrete U-boat shelters being built on the Atlantic coast; Map of Southern Malaya where the Japanese are able to easily land using flat-bottomed boats; Photos after the Japanese sinking of the 'Prince of Wales' and the 'Repulse', with heads bobbing in water - and Captain William Tennant of the 'Repulse' after his rescue; Map of the Western Pacific, indicating dates of Japanese landings on many islands; Five photos of the U.S. Vanguard arriving in Great Britain; Photos of twelve people of the week including Admiral Chan-Chak, Admiral Husband Kimmel, Lieut.-General Walter Short, painter Richard Sickert, Mrs. Yvonne Llewellyn Roberts, Edward Elliott, and Major-General De Villiers; Events in Russia (article with three maps); Four photos of new battleship "Duke of York" and its carriage of Mr. Churchill to U.S.A.; Large photo portrait of General Douglas MacArthur; One-page map of Batan (Bataan) Peninsula, Philippines, where Gen. MacArthur, the Americans and Filipinos have gallantly held the Japanese at bay for four weeks; Fascinating two-pages with fourteen illustrations of how Aerodromes are defended, above and under the ground; Two-pages of twelve vivid photos of scenes on the Russian front; Bardia Recaptured - two pages with eleven fascinating photos; The Eighth Army's Trail - six photos of Benghazi after its capture; Six photos of the Royal Air Force v. the Weather in the desert; Four amazing photos of the "Flying Wing" designed gy John K. Northrop, including three photos of it in flight; Theatre Royal, Bristol, to be saved for the nation? - six photos; Marvelous two-color OXO ad on back cover shows young lovely offering a tray of steaming drinks; Vintage ads. This issue was never stapled. Clean and unmarked with only moderate wear. A quality copy of this great wartime issue. Book
Pages 285-312. Features: Illustration of General Sir Archibald Wavell; Photos from Russia, including sleeping masses in underground station; Photo of the Duke of Aosta who died on March 3; Photos of British aircraft parts being made deep underground; Photos of Dutch warships; Photos of the last days at Singapore; Large contour map of Java, invaded by Japanese; Topographical map of Java, indicating many features of interest; Illustrations are used to explain the case for and against the use of the big bombers; Photos of preparations for invasion of Bruneval; Photos after the successful Bruneval raid, including German POWs; Centerfold illustration of cyclist troops training to repel paratroop invasion of East Anglia; Prospects in Russia - article with map of Burma and the Russian Front; Photos of twelve people in the news, including the Earl of Selborne, Lieutenant Arthur Cutler, V.C., Pilot Officer J.J. Lynch, Rt. Hon. Lord Salvesen, Commander G.M. Sladen, and the late Lieut.-Com. Eugene Esmonde, V.C.; Numerous photos of General Douglas MacArthur - Holding the Philippines; Air photos of "Scharnhorst" and "Gneisenau" forced into ports for repairs; Photos of Churchill's mechanism (personnel) responsible for running the war; Photos of the R.A.F. in Russia with Hawker "Hurricanes" in the Arctic Circle; China's Resounding Victory at Changsha - six photos from the battlefront, including Japanese POWs; Two pages of photos of the importance and production of synthetic rubber; Nice colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover; More vintage ads. This issue was never stapled. Contents clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy copy of this great wartime issue. Book
Pages 693-724. Features: Photo of Major John Bagot Glubb Pasha, reportedly killed in action in Iraq; Four photos of British evacuation from Greece; Informative two-page, seven-illustration feature describes the winged invaders of Crete - troop-carrying gliders - and the JU '52' sky tug; Excellent two-page illustrated feature entitled 'War in the Stratosphere' explains some problems presented by the enigma of flight miles above the earth; Six photos beneath the caption 'Eagle Wings of the Royal Navy - The Victorious Fleet Air Arm; H.M.S. Hood lost May 24 - photo of the ship and photo of part of her crew on deck during firing practice; Photo and illustration of the "Bismarck," sunk on May 27; The Battle for Crete - article; Three maps showing the strategic importance of Crete and Cyprus; Centrefold illustration depict Germany's air invasion of Crete - the first major attack by air-borne troops, across over 200 miles of sea; Photos of the "Beaufighter" night-fighter-bomber and the famous U.S.A. "Catalina"; Photos of thirteen personalities of the week include Igor I. Sikorsky setting record in Connecticut, Vice-Admiral L.E. Holland, Captain R. Kerr, Lord Austin of the well-known automaker, General Smuts, Sir Horace Rumbold, Flight-Officer F.H. Hanbury - first member of the W.A.A.F. to receive the M.B.E.; Two pages with twelve photos from Libya illustrate "Where Panzer Units Become Junk" - The Gallant Defenders of Tobruk; Five photos illustrate fighting in the western desert of North Africa where British patrols harass Nazis; Air photos of the cities of Rakki, Palmyra and Falluja; Photo of the King inspecting paratroops; Photo of truck carrying the wreckage of the ME. 110 fighter which Rudolf Hess flew to Glasgow; New discoveries in Iran exemplify the superb art of Persian goldsmiths over a period of seventeen centuries. Nice vintage ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this informative wartime issue. Book
Pages 321-352. Features: Photos of capture of U-boat at sea; Britain Seizes Spitzbergen - two great photos; Photo of the Duke of Kent addressing thousands of workers at the vast Glenn Martin factory in Baltimore; Photo of N.C.O. prisoners enjoying their first meal since release from Vichy France; Two photos of Lord Louis Mountbatten aboard the 'Illustrious'; Photos of British toll on shipping at Rotterdam docks; Two pages of ten great photos of Britain's Army being toughened by intensive physical and endurance training; One-page photo of Italian submarine sailors standing aboard their sinking craft as they await pickup by British warships; Russia Fights On - article with map of the German pressure on Russia and map of the environs of Leningrad; Two photos of Leningrad; Photo of Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada; Photos of seventeen people of the week, including numerous religious leaders, General Sir John Dill receiving an award from Polish President, M. Raczkiewicz, Prof. R.B. Mowat, King Peter's coming of age - in London, and Mrs. James Roosevelt (mother of FDR); Nine sepia-tone photos illustrating the 'Nazi Horror' - taken from a German propaganda film being transported to America; Centerfold illustration of a great British press exerting a 'squeeze' of 6,000 tons on a red-hot ingot as part of shaping an 80-foot propeller-shaft; Excellent one-page photo of super 'flying fortress', the Short 'Stirling' bomber in flight; Six photos of airmen who bomb Berlin - component members of a 'Stirling' crew; One-page graphic compares British naval losses, 1914-1916 with 1939-1941; Seven photos of the Soviet Ambassador's Luncheon to Allied Heads on August 29, 1941; Fascinating two-page composite of illustrations show the effects of blast and how research and experiment have helped to cope with this vital problem; Six photos of concrete and steel wartime barges; vintage ads. Unmarked with only moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating wartime issue. Book
Pages 77- 116. Features: One-page ad for 'Ski Paradise' Austria; Photo of Egypt popular young Monarch King Farouk; Photos of a royal wedding in the Dutch Indies; Photo of the Bavarian Frey brothers being rescued from the Watzmann; Photo of first airmail plane leaving Ratmalana, Ceylon; Photo of Toscanini receiving Orange Grove from grateful Jews after he conducted pioneer concerts in Palestine; Photo of Hitler receiving traditional gift of salt from representatives of the Halle salt mines; One-page photo of Hitler greeting diplomats in Berlin, an occasion at which he assured the French ambassador that Germany had no designs on Spanish Morocco; Book review of "The Conquest Of Morocco", by vice Adm. C. V. Usborne, with photos; One-page pictorial map of the Straits of Gibraltar, looking east - showing Spanish Morocco, the object of alleged German penetration, and possibly to be protected by a Franco-German agreement; Nice one-page photo of Royal wedding at the Hague, showing Princess Juliana and the Prince of the Netherlands in their gold coach driving through the city; Two page photo of crowd in church to witness the royal wedding; Two pages of text and photos describe ingenious tests for German drivers aimed at preventing death on the roads; Two pages of photos of Hellenistic panels in the Al-Aqsa mosque; Centrefold illustration of Britain's two largest battleships, HMS "Nelson" and "Rodney" firing their 16 inch guns at towed targets with deadly precision; Two fascinating pages of text and photos of skull groves on the Burmese border - headhunting trophies for harvest luck; Peking man's food - the first diet records of Pleistocene date - text with photos; Photos of personalities of the week include Gilbert Holliday, Frank Hodges, Lt. Col. R. S. Stafford, Arthur G. Pite, Prof. Henry Tonks, Lord Wakehurst, Basil S. Long, Sir Edward Ellington, the Duke of Kent, the grand Duchess of Mecklenburg, the Earl of Athlone; One-page illustrated Egyptian travel ad; and more. Several interior pages loose but present. Name atop front cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 161- 200. Features: Cover photo of Japanese infantry wearing curious overhead camouflage (netting and bamboo) to mislead enemy air observers; The Jonkher diamond; Five photos of Japan's dominant army at work - ingenious methods of camouflage; 5500 tons of gold for the new USA strong room at Fort Knox - six fascinating photos; The original manuscript of immortal nursery rhyme "Old Mother Hubbard", the only copy of which is now exhibited in the Bodleian - text and many wonderful illustrations; One page photo of the Gulishan Garden in the Tabas Oasis; Rain and frost create ice art at Jonkoping Station - three photos and text; Photos of whirlpools on either side of the equator rotating in opposite directions; Eight photos display ingenious devices for instruction in bomb dropping and machine gun fire used by the German Air Force; Article on Early Indian art from the Siamese Jungle - the first exploration of Sri Deva by a European archaeologist; Photos of Indochina's oldest Hindu shrine; Sculptures from Sri Deva; seven photos of Khmer art at Sri Deva - by anti-Indian 12th-century settlers; Madrid's grim ordeal - five graphic photos document 33 air raids in 10 weeks; Noted travel filmmaker Mr. Martin Johnson dies in California air crash; Photo of bombed-out education ministry building in Lisbon; Photo of breached St. Francis levy at Fisk, Missouri; Centrefold illustration of crew of the doomed "Trym" being saved by the "Venus"; Photos of personalities of the week include Brig. Tompkinson, Charles Bryant, M. Navachin, Herr Opsahl of the "Trym", Sir Hamilton Grant, M. Piatakoff, M. Karl Radek, M. Sokolnikoff, Sir George Hunter, Mr. and Mrs. Trotsky at Tampico, Mexico, with Mrs. Ribera, wife of the famous Mexican artist; Photos of Taungthu women, of the Burmese Shan states, wearing bath towels as turbans; photos of stranded California miners receiving aid by plane; One-page travel ad for South Africa; Half-page illustrated ad for Bentley cars; One page photo illustrated ad for Hudson's new Terraplane car; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 235-266. Features: Cover photos of British in Malaya dealing with terrorists; American 10-engined B36 bomber crashes off Ireland; Photos of Korean war prisoners being exchanged/released, including Dwight Coxe, W. Liggett, W.A. Buxton and R. Brand; Strikes create havoc in France, stranding British travellers; Dublin horse show and other royal photos; Glider illustrations; Photos of the Queen and her children on their way to Balmoral; Photos of gliding championships at Great Hucklow; Ant-Watching (article); Photos of Sabena's new helicopter service; Three photos of massive sharks caught near Brisbane and at Durban; Centrefold photos of the Duke of Edinburgh racing "Coweslip" and "Bluebottle"; Article (with photos) on Korean Armistice; Page of illustrations of the Seals of the Queens of England, from Mary I to Elizabeth II; Article and photos regarding newly-found Assyrian royal palace of 2750 years ago at Nimrud - The Royal Palace of Adad-Nirari III; More news photos and art illustrations; Photos of the Traber Troupe of acrobats at work mid-air; Chicago's biggest Cinerama Screen. Above-average wear. Openings along coverfold. Centerfold barely holding by one staple. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy of this informative issue. Magazine
Pages 501-548. Features: Extensive and wonderful historical photo coverage of the life and death of Queen Mary, including wonderful colour-photo centerfold.; Excellent one-page reproduction of souvenir cover of programme for a state performance of 'Romeo and Juliet' performed in 1893 to mark Queen Mary's wedding; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages: 205-244. Features: Cadets from the ketch 'Moyana' parade through the streets; Wonderful one-page aerial photo of troops and equipment of the 16th Independent Parachute Brigade on board the aircraft carrier 'Theseus' leaving Portsmouth for the Mediterranean to deal with the seizure of the Suez Canal; The Suez Canal - scenes of the nationalisation decree being put into force; Mr Dulles in London to deal with the Suez crisis; Beautiful colour ad for Passing Clouds cigarettes features gloves and grey top hat; P & O photo ad features M.J. Murphy, Chief Radio Officer aboard the P & O ship 'Strathnaver'; Rebuilding the bridge Ponte Della Pietra, in Verona, Italy; Important Rubens sketch discovered in English country house of Mrs. Humphrey Brand; J.C. Laker's triumphant ten wickets; The Canadian Oilfields - a possible alternative to those of the Middle East in the future; Two page illustration of the distribution of the world's oil wells and refineries shown on a map; The Lebanon-Iraq Petroleum Co. Dispute - piping oil from Iraq to the Mediterranean - photos and text; Centerfold illustration of the rescue of the crew of the 'Moyana' by the steamer 'Clan MacLean'; Two-page graphic illustrates ever-growing transatlantic air traffic; Eleven photos of Eskimo soapstone carving; Photos of thirteen newsmaking personalities of the week including the Danish Royal Family, Mr. T. Bourdillon, Mr. R. Viney; Princess Christina of Hesse; General Valluy; Maiden flight of the Bristol Brittania 301 airliner; Photos of the Tower of London's Ravens; Earthquake damage in Burma; Protest in Seoul; Wedding of the Sultan of Kedah's son and the Sultan of Selangor's daughter; The R.S.P.C.A. hostel at London Airport; Nice colour ad for Senior Service cigarettes on back cover features sailors crossing the Equator for the first time; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages: 245-280. Features: Cover photo of Sir Anthony Eden preparing to address the nation about the Suez crisis; Nice one-page Sunbeam car ad; Lovely colour Guinness ad inside front cover features the gramophone; Photos from Egypt re. the Suez Crisis, including Nasser; The Suez Crisis -two pages of photos and text of British troop movements and preparations, evacuees from Egypt and French warships at Toulon; The G.I.G.S. Conference at Camberley; Dr. Musaddeq released from prison; Photos of the Queen in Iona - first monarch to visit for 900 years; One-page photo portrait of Princess Anne; Steeple of Milwaukee Lutheran Church being lifted by crane; Great centerfold photo entitiled "Scene of Departure" shows British paratroopers of the 16th Independent Parachute Brigade Group waiting dockside before going on board the 'Theseus' enroute to Suez; The Temple at Nippur, the ancient holy city of Sumeria and Babylonia; Photos of seventeen personalities of the week, including Dr. Harold E. Wynn, Sprinter Mrs. J.F. Paul, 100m record breakers Pte. I. Murchison and Pte. W. Williams, Sir W. Paterson, Pablo Picasso at bullfight and King Idris of Libya with President Bayar of Turkey; Columbia dynamite disaster at Cali - 1,000 dead; Belgian mine disaster shocks the world - five photos - 276 miners trapped 3,000 feet underground; Photos of 50 conductors and artists performing at the tenth Edinburgh International Festival; Nice colour-photo Brooke Bond ad inside back cover features Major and Mrs. George Delaval Astley and their two children; Back cover features nice colour photo ad for B.O.A.C. with Stewardess offering delicacies to well-dressed passengers; and more. Average wear. Minor bit of moisture exposure to fore-edge. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages: 281-320. Features: Cover photos of Adlai Stevenson's triumph in Chicago; Photo ad for Grants Stand Fast Whisky inside front cover features Alan Melville; One-page Ford car ad; Esso Petrol one-page ad features tigers; South African Airlines ad; Large photo portrait of Adlai Stevenson; Turning Point in Cyprus? - The Eoka Cease-fire Declaration - six photos including Archbishop Makarios and Dighenis; Two pages of photos of the delegations which attended the London Conference on Suez; Prince Charles and Princess Anne help sailors pull a rope; Photo portraits of Princess Margaret; Photos of the Queen in Oban, Mull, Skye, Barra and South Uist; Photo of nine heads of the Arab League; Story and eight photos of newly oil-rich Saudi Arabia; Great centerfold photo of delegates at the opening session of the Suez Conference in London (holding by one staple); 14 photos of personalities of the week, including Lake Ontario swimmer Brenda Fisher, Sir Otto Lund, Cardinal Griffin, Archbishop of Westminster, Baron Von Neurath and Admiral Lynde D. McCormick; Miss Pat Smythe at the Brighton horse show; Thousand-year-old trees a few inches high - the astonishing welwitschia, from the deserts of Angola; One-page aerial photo of raft L'Egare which had just finished an 87-day voyage on the Atlantic; Police raid Communist H.Q. in West Germany; Nice colour-photo ad inside back cover for the Illustrated London News encourages subscriptions for those flying to Australia; Nice colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover features cricket theme; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages: 801-844. Features: Great colour ad inside front cover for British Motor Corporation (BMC) features illustration of elephant pulling massive log; Nice one-page Rover car ad; Cover photo of the Queen and her husband arriving at Ascot on Royal Hunt Cup Day; Dramatic cricket photos - test match between England and Australia; Review of the First or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards on parade at Windsor; Photos of ten personalities of the week, including Mr. Michael Arlen, Golda Myerson, Thomas J. Watson, and Professor James J. Guest; Swiss Everest climbers; Royal Polo; Churchill and Truman; King Faisal of Iraq; Seven illustrations of Britain's first 'motors only' road - the preston by-pass; Nice two-page photo montage of seeded tennis players for the Wimbledon singles titles; One page with three large photos of a gathering of heroes - scenes from the Queen's review of holders of the Victoria Cross (V.C.); Magnificent centerfold photo of the Queen arriving in horse-drawn carriage at London's Hyde Park to review 300 holders of the Victoria Cross; Photos from the Troodos Mountains 'Sweep' in Cyprus - terrorists and a deadly fire; Photos of Krushchev and Tito; The vanished crown of Mary of Modena - a counterfeit of the seventeenth century found under a royal diadem of the eighteenth; Mrs. Nasser votes in Egypt; Photos from East Germany - Russina withdrawals; Photo of fourteen Canadian Victoria Cross (V.C.) recipients on their arrival at Portsmouth; Arrival of 14 Australian recipients of the Victoria Cross at Tilbury Docks; Arrival of 10 Indian recipients of the Victoria Cross at Tilbury Docks; One-page ad for Wolseley cars; Nice colour-photo ad inside back cover for Ilford colour film features Stonehenge and a Marilyn Monroe look-alike; Nice colour ad on back page for Midland Bank Gift Cheques; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages: 625-684. Features: Nice colour ad for Gonzalez Byass inside front cover features Tio Pepe; One-page Sunbeam car ad; One-page Barclay's Bank ad; One page Morris car ad; One-page Wolseley car ad; One-page ad for the new Singer Gazelle car; *Beautiful* colour-photo ad for the Daimler 3.5 litre 'One-O-Four' Saloon; Nice one-page colour ad for Waterman's pens; Lovely one-page colour ad for the new Austin Princess carLovely one-page colour Jaguar ad features the Marke Eight VIII; Cover photo of Charles saying farewell to his father at London Airport; Full-page photo of Princess Margaret watching black baby be bathed in Tanganyika; Two pages of amazing photos of Princess Margaret in Tanganyika; Three photos of rioting in Hong Kong after a resettlement problem at Li Cheng-uk, Kowloon on October 10th; Discovering Cypriot terrorist hide-outs; Conservative Party Conference; One-page photo of the Beatification of Pope Innocent XI; Pupils and teachers held captive in Milan - eight photos; Wonderful nature photos from the Galapagos Islands; Samples of twelve family cars at the auto show; Nice centerfold cutaway illustration of a typical British Saloon car; Twelve photos of some of the larger and faster British cars at the auto show; Two-page illustration of the Lizard life boat being launched into stormy seas from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution; Photo-illustrated article on Polecats; Photos of twelve personalities of the week, including Nina Ponomareva, Pablo Casals, George Wookey, Monsignor Lorenzo Perosi, Seretse Khama and family, and the late jockey Michael Beary; Horse of the Year Show at Hrringay Arena; Russian veto on Suez proposals; Flying Officer Coulston goes down with his Meteor jet to avoid hitting homes; Calder Hall Atomic Power Station; Nice one-page colour ad for Vauxhall; One-page Rover car ad; Nice one-page colour ad for Capstan cigarettes; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
