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Pages: 365-404. Features: Colour photo ad for Gilbey's Spey Royal Whisky inside front cover; Classy one-page colour ad for Armstrong Siddeley Aero Engines with playing card theme; Nice one-page photo ad for Bristol features their aviation products; Propaganda cover photo from Egypt shows pouncing Egyptian about to bayonet a dummy; Two pages of photos related to the Suez crisis including Dulles, Nasser, El Said Abdel Rahman El Mahdi, R.G. Menzies, Dr. Aliquli Ardalan, Mr. Menon of India and Messrs Latgoba and Abdelgani from Indonesia; Page of photos related to cancelled Great Britain - U.S.S.R. athletics match - due to russian discus thrower Miss Nina Ponomareva being charged with the theft of five hats in London; Photos and news from Cyprus - Eoka's 'truce' ends, a hospital gunfight; Prison roof drama at Horfield Prison involving William Whitehouse; Re-opening ceremony at Cologne Cathedral; Photos of 16 personalities of the week, including Mr. J. L. Hodson, Sir Raymond Priestley, and expelled Egyptian diplomats Salah Kafafi and Hamdy Mohamed Nassef; One-page photo of funeral ceremony of Cardinal Griffin; Six photos of flooding in the border country; Excellennt two-page cutaway illustration of the new Comet 4A airliner; Two-page photo spread on rapidly rising Saudi Arabia; Impressive centerfold photo of filming battle scene for Stanley Kramer's movie "The Pride and the Passion"; Photo of the aerobatic team of 890 Squadron (Fleet Air Arm) in their Sea Venom 21 aircraft; Photos of porpoise 'Flippy'; Nice one-page colour ad for Double Diamond; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 261-296. Features: Nice colour ad for Dewar's "White Label" Scotch inside front cover; Nice one-page ad for Rootes Group Cars (Sunbeam-Talbot, Hillman Minx); Preparation of the Queen's Coronation robe; Arrival of new U.S. Ambassador, Winthrop W. Aldrrich; Two pages of illustrations of how the Dutch fight their eternal and unwearying enemy - the sea - repairing dykes and reclaiming land; Excellent one-page colour-photo portrait of Dwight Eisenhower; One-page colour photo of the Lord Lyon and Officers of the Scottish Court of Chivalry; The Indo-China War - photos from Nasam and the Qui-Non amphibious landing; Swami Narayan Acharya was buried alive for nine days; Oradour; Shipwrecks at sea and on land; Photo of the New Sudan Agreement being signed by General Neguib and Sir Ralph Stevenson at Cairo; Photos of personalities of the week, including Brigitte Fossey, Sir Holburt Waring, skater Alan Hayes and Sir Percival Sharp; Photos of the Queen supporting flood victims in Essex and Kent, and the fight to defend against the sea; Bomb damage to the Soviet legation in Tel Aviv; Electrical 'traffic control' for salmon used at Scottish power stations; Colour portrait of the Blue-Cheeked Bee-Eater; Excavations at Sultantepe and Harran - tablets of the Sabian sect, a priestess's trinkets and an Umayyad mosque; Nice one-page Ford car ad; Sweet half-page photo ad for the Lagonda Mk. II Saloon; Attractive colour ad for Cussons' Blue Hyacinth toiletries inside back cover; and more. Three-inch opening to fore-edge of back cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 181-220. Features: Cover photos of the loss of the car-ferry 'Princess Victoria' which went down on 31 January with a loss of 128 lives, plus two more pages of dramatic photos of the disaster; Simulating an atomic blast over Clapham Junction; 10 photos related to the murder of the Ruck family by Mau Mau terrorists in Kenya, a shocking crime redeemed only by the heroism of an African houseboy; Full-page photo of massive flooding on Canvey Island, Essex - the Thames estuary pleasure resort; Two more pages of photos of the Canvey Island flooding which killed 100; Photos of flood-related scenes in Norfolk, Sheerness Naval Dockyard, Southend; the East Coast, Lincolnshire, Essex, Kent, Felixstowe, Jaywick, Yarmouth and Salthouse; Photos of the worst Netherlands flooding in 400 years; Centerfold illustration of the last moments of the Princess Victoria; Nice colour-illustrated ad inside front cover for Number Seven cigarettes features a Hawaiian party scene; Photos of personalities of the week, including recently deceased James H. Scullin, Sir Reginald Wingate and Samuel A. Courtauld; The lesson of the coelacanth; Photos of the Monte Carlo Rally - great successes for British Cars; Photo of India's celebration of her 3rd anniversary of independence with President Dr. Rajendra Prasad taking the salute of a detachment of Indian camel troops; Tasteful colour back cover ad for Sanderson wallpapers and fabrics; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 37-72. Features: Nice colour B.O.A.C. ad inside front cover features lovely lady in swimsuit with beach scene backdrop; Cover page photos and write-up of the 'diving dinosaur' coelcanth fish recently caught near Madagascar; Before and after aerial photos of the communist railroad marshalling yard turntable at Musan, North Korea, before it was blown to bits by American Navy Skyraiders from the U.S.S. Bon Homme Richard; Dr. Alain Bombard; Mr. L.G. Newble; Australian victory at the Davis Cup; Mrs. Raynes-Simson and Mrs. Kitty Hesselberger fought off a Kikuyu gang of four; Thanking the heroes of the Champollion wreck rescue; Considerable coverage of production of the new reign's coinage; A voice from the sky in the Indo-China war - psychological warfare; The Royal Navy's new distress signal/marker buoy diagramatically explained; Nice centerfold illustration of the Bristol Britannia; Nice one-page photo of the Chelsea Arts Ball; The lake sacrifice of weapons after a Jutish battle of 1500 years ago - discovered in Denmark; Photos of the weapons of the vanquished of Jutland in 450 A.D.; Twilight of the Ass - it is being replaced by mechanization; Photos of the war on locusts being researched at the London Centre; Photos of personalities of the week, including Prince Chichibu who died on January 3, Sir Roger Makins and Hugh Tayfield; Photos of the Schoolboy's Own Exhibition; Photos of Coronation dress for peers and peeresses, and styles for ladies not wearing robes; Photo of the first Sabre Jet fighters to be delivered to the R.A.F.; Photo of Aer Lingus Dakota airliner which crashed near Spernall Ash; Photo of the crashed Viking at Belfast Airport which killed 27 persons; Photo of 200,000 people attending funeral of West Berlin police sergeant, Hubert Bauer, shot while preventing the Russians from kidnapping a German family; Excellent colour ad for Player's Navy Cut cigarettes inside back cover features the famous Player's Sailor wearing his H.M. S. Excellent cap; Colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover features golf putting; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 105-140. Features: Nice cover photo-portrait of Dwight Eisenhower; Photos of America's new first lady - Mrs. Eisenhower, and Mrs. Richard Nixon, wife of the new Vice-President, both wearing their inaugural ball gowns; Photo of six German's tried with murder and other atrocities at the Schirmeck concentration camp during the occupation of France; Photos of the Red Hat Ceremony in Rome where new Catholic Cardinals receive their hats; Photo of the Dutch liner' Klipfontein just before she went under; Photo of horrible accident at Washington's Union station where train lost braking and crashed into buffers; Photos from Egypt and Sudan - Abdel Rahman Hakki, Sheikh Ahmed Al Bakury, Major Saley Salim and General Neguib; Photos of M. Rene Mayer, France's new Prime Minister; Two pages of photos and information about Oradour-Sur-Glane - a case which revives a terrible war memory - the trial of 21 S.S. soldiers charged with the murder of a French community; Photo and article on the tree-climbing goats of Morocco; Photos of the end of the Second Swiss attempt on Everest; Two pages of photos and information on the war in Indo-China - French Union troops in the Red River Delta, plus an amphibious operation against the Viet Minh - a phase of 'Operation Bretagne'; Two-page photo of the summit and southern wall of Everest, taken from the Ramparts of Pumori; Two pages of photos and information about the British-trained Sudan Defense Force; Photos from the first performance of Vaughan Williams' "Sinfonia Antartica"; Photos of the personalities of the week, including recently deceased Sir Edward Marsh and artist Douglas Chandor, as well as squash champion A. Fairbairn and a group photo of Sherpas who helped with the recent Swiss Everest attempt; Photo of the marriage of Sir William Slim's daughter to Peter Nigel Stewart Frazer; Nice colour-illustrated ad for King George IV old Scotch whisky on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 381-420. Features: Cover photo of Joseph Stalin; Nice color ad for Sanderson fabrics and wallpapers inside front cover; Two pages of photos and information on Mr. Stalin; Photos of the Coronation Maids of Honour; Photos of Stalin mourners; Article on Russian Succession; Photos of new members of the Russian government, led by G.M. Malenkov; Two-pages of interesting illustrations explain the young science of oceanography which may one day avert disasters such as the North Sea floods; Photos of flood of refugees from East Germany; Cross country championship won by D.A.G. Pirie of South London Harriers; Photo of the first intact MIG 15 to fall into western hands, courtesy of a Polish pilot requesting political asylum at Roenne Airport, Bornholm Island; Bodies of French aviators of the "Normandie-Niemen' squadron returned to France from the Russians; Photo of signing of the Tripartite Balkan Pact at Ankara on February 28th by the foregin ministers of Greece, Turkey and Yugoslavia; Photo of U.S. embassy in Moscow which is nearing completion; Mr. Colin Fox completes 87 day solo sailing across the Atlantic; Photos of personalities of the week, including chess player Dr. Tartakower, Marshal Tito, Malayan communist Lee Meng, convicted British spy Edgar Sanders, Kenyan Chief Simeon Kioko, Sergei Prokofiev, Sir Robert Gower, Clare Boothe Luce, and Mr. C.G.M. Des Graz, the former Chairman of Sotheby's; Article and photos regarding a Troglodyte city of 20,000 years ago - new discoveries in Spanish caves; Life and death of the cave bear; Swiss Watchmaker's ad inside back cover features lovely woodcut of man peering through microscope; Reed Paper colour illustrated ad by Roy Carnon on back cover features girl in red coat in shop; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 761-808. Features: Nice colour ad for six models of Kodak camera inside front cover; One-page ad for the Daimler Conquest auto; Excellent half-page photo ad for Aston Martin entitled "From le Mans to Runnymede'; Dramatic photos of the result of the crash which slice off the bow of the British Railways ship 'Duke of York'; Royal photos; Phillip gets his wings; Jordan Revisited - article with photos of Jordan, King Hussein, Palestinian refugee camp; House-trained otter of Mrs. Puggaard in Denmark; Training horses for Coronation Day; Extensive rehearsals for Coronation Day; Photos of personalities of the week, including Brig.-General E.N. Tandy, Crown Prince Akihito; Edward Shanks, Monsieur C. Kastally of Tunis, and some members of the 1953 Everest Expedition to be led by Colonel John Hunt; Pablo Picasso with his 'Goat and Bottle' sculpture; The 280-mm artillery guns which willl be used to fire the world's first atomic shell in Nevada; Two pages of photos and information on Laos - its King and Capital, and the fortified plain of Jars; Centerfold photo of Everest from the 20,000 foot level on Pumori; Photos of mountain climbing training and practice with oxygen equipment prior to the English assault on Everest; Photos of Navy helicopters in Malaya; Photo of the Canberra bomber which set a new world altitude record, and her pilot, Wing Commander W.F. Gibb; Photo of wrecked B.O.A.C. Comet which crashed after takeoff from Calcutta on May2nd; M. Jean Rousseau's pocke submarine in action; Wow - photo of a very early drone - an Australian-designed Jindivik Mark I pilotless jet is tested at Woomera; Photo of the Short SB5 adjustable wing research aircraft in flight; Photos of the Queen's Faberge Beasts - lent for a London exhibition; Recent Royal photos; Photos of the latest British fighting vehicles - the Field Mouse, universal tracked carrier and Saracen infantry carrier; Photos of the Queen at the Old Vic to watch 'King Henry VIII"; Jumping Frogs; Colour-illustrated Good Year ad inside back cover features the coat-of-arms of James Andrew Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie; Nice colour-illustrated Dry Sack ad on back cover shows the Seville Cathedral; and more. Four-inch opening at top of coverfold. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 809-852. Features: Cover photo of General Neguib with Dulles, Stassen and Caffery at the Pyramids Rest House; Nice one-page ad for the New Humber 8-seater Pullman Limousine; Excellent aerial photos of the Suez Canal, a railhead, the refinery at Suez and the HQ of the canal company at Ismailia; Illustration of demolition of the famous 'Prom' of the old Queen's Hall; Article on Jordan and her military; Waco, Texas tornado disaster; Launcho of passenger liner 'Arcadia'; Two pages of photos of the marriage of Princess Ragnhild of Norway, attended by Princess Margaret; Centerfold illustration of Bromsgrove School, celebrating its Quatercentenary; Photos of personalities in the news, including Senator Joe McCarthy who recently urged Britain to withdraw from the Korean War and 'be damned', Miss Mabel Love, The Earl of Cromer and Air Chief-Marshal Sir Wilfred Freeman; Release of Mr. William Oatis; Adenauer with Churchill; Herbert Haseltine at work on sculpture of King George V.'s Shire Stallion; Photo of seven Americans repatriated from internment in North Korea; Many photos of revelations from a newly-discovered royal tomb of 5,000 years ago in Egypt; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 197-236. Features: Nice colour ad inside front cover for Cussons' Imperial Leather toilet soap features lady with Chinese fan - sixth of a series; Nice one-page Jaguar ad with car in foreground, palm trees in background; One page Ford car ad features the Popular, New Anglia, New Prefect, Consul, Zephyr and Zodiac; Photo of Lieutenant J.R.F. Overbury and the Royal Navy Hawker Sea Hawk FB3 fighter he used to set a new speed record from London to Amsterdam; Two pages of coverage of the Anglo-Egyptian agreement on the withdrawal of British troops from the Suez Canal Zone, including one-page map; Memorial to the dead of El Alamein; Rotterdam's last working windmill, the Mill De Noord, on fire; Photo of Stockholm Stadium on fire; One-page photo of the opening day of the meeting at Goodwood overlooking crowded Trundle Hill, showing the Queen in the enclosure; One page of photos of some of the fifty warships which participated in N.A.T.O. Mediterranean exercise "Medflex B"; One-page photo of Vice-Admiral Reid taking the Bosun's Chair to H.M.S. Bermuda, during the Allied review off Malta; One-page photo of helicopter delivering mail to a minesweeper during exercise "Haul"; British and American submarine "Attack Teachers"; Illustrations of H.M.S. Kingfisher, the Royal Navy's new submarine rescue ship, using the new rescue bell technique; Two illustrated pages of the latest methods of escape from a sunken submarine; Five photos of the Kemano-Kitimat aluminum project in British Columbia; Two pages of photos and illustrations compare Whitehorse and Dawson City now and during their boom times; Photos of amazing fossil in the Kansas chalk beds of Gove County, Kansas shows six-foot fish lying in the stomach of a 14-ft fish; Photos of nineteen personalities of the week include Mrs. Borge Rohde and Sir F. Metcalfe; Photos looking into the mouth of volcano on New Zealand's Mt. Ngauruhoe; 25-lb lobster caught by J. Olson of New Bedford, MA; 6-year-old Valerie Parrish arrives in Hong Kong after her British Skymaster was shot down by communist Chinese fighter aircraft off Hainan Island; One-page photo fo water sports aboard the S.S. Chusan in the Mediterranean; Nice colour-photo ad for Blackwood Hodge inside back cover shows Euclid tractor and scraper at work; Nice colour ad for Good Year on back cover displays the coat-of-arms of the Borough of Wimbledon; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 237-276 Features: Photo of Dr. Ali Amini, Persian Finance Minister, reading statement at the conclusiont of the three-year-old dispute between the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and Persia; Two large aerial photos of Abadan, the greatest oil refinery in the world; Various Royal sightings in England; The Duke of Edinburgh tours Canada; 15 photos of the Empire Games in Vancouver, at which England became 'unofficial champion'; Review of book "The Ribbentrop Memoirs" with photos; Page of photos of the opening of the Empire Games in Vanocuver; Photos of Haile Selassie in Athens; Photo of K-2 which has recently been climbed by the Italian team led by Professor Ardito Desio; Wonderful centerfold cross-section illustration of the S.S. Southern Cross; Photos of new discoveries in the city of Mari - the worship and worshippers of the mid-Euphrates 4,500 years ago; Antoni Klimowicz escapes from Poland aboard the ship 'Jaroslaw Dabrowski'; One-page map showing incidence of ghastly rabbit plague Myxomatosis; Photos of the fist free vertical take-off of the Convair XFY-1, and her pilot, J.F. ColemanNews photos from London to Indo-China; Photos of 20 personalities of the week, including Miss Emily Dionne, one of the Dionne quints, Sir Henry Clay, and the famous French novelist Colette; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 81-120. Features: Nice colour ad for Humber Hawk car inside front cover; One-page Recruting ad for the R.A.F.; Nice ad for the Armstrong Siddley Sapphire car; Beautiful and classy one-page photo ad for Rolls-Royce, "The Best Car in the World"; Cover photo of indo-China military negotiators and their hut; Photos of terrible flooding in central Europe; Large American navy ships practice spraying themselves off to decontaminate in the event of radiation; Various Royal photos; Lovely photo portrait of the Duchess of Kent and her debutante daughter, Princess Alexandra, in her garden at Coppins; Photos from the battle of Phu-Ly - a French withdrawal in the Hanoi 'Box"; Great aerial photo of fortified French position at Nhai Tuu, six miles northwest of Phu Ly; Photos of refugees in the Red River Delta - the evacuation of Vietnamese civilians; Excellent photos of 'Operation Auvergne' - the regrouping of French Union forces in the Red River Delta; Excellent one-page colour photo portrait of Field Marshal Sir William Slim, Governor-General of Australia since 1953; Nice colour photos of the H.A.C. Company of Pikemen and Musketeers; Photos of the Queen at the Royal Show in Windsor; Nice one-page aerial view of the crowded Royal Show at Windsor; Brighton Aquarium today and 80 years ago; London's re-built Dutch Church opened by Princess Irene of the Netherlands; Photos of personalities of the week, including F. Green and C.J. Chataway, Winston Churchill with Mrs. Pandit, President of the U.N. General Assembly, The Queen as Godmother to the younger daughter of the Earl and Countess of Euston; Mr. Gabriel Pascal, and golf champion Peter Thomson; Photos of historic horse-drawn carriages at the Show; The new "Lapwing" sailing rig; Sabena helicopter flight from Brussels touches down in London; Three photos about the Guatemalan revolution; New York Park Avenue skyscraper is walled in only 10 hours; Nice half-page Burbery's fahion ad; Color ad for Reed paper sacks on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 981-1024. Features: Lovely colour ad for Cunard inside front cover "Gracious Living At Its Best"; Interesting Scweppes "Schweppshire Way of Life" ad; Cover photo of Royals at Epsom on Derby Day; Photo of Dag Hammarskjold with Haile Selassie and his son; The Empress of Japan attends a charity Bazaar; Royal photos, including the wedding party of Captain Viscount Althorp and the Hon. Frances Roche; Australian flying doctor Dr. Allan Vickers; Sister Marie-Rachel, one of the five Dionne Quintuplets, with her four sisters; M. Charles Dolfuss and M. Audouin Dolfuss; Runner E. Zatopek; Sir Arthur Benson, New Governor of Northern Rhodesia is sworn in; Admiral Sir Dudley North is denied a public enquiry; Many photos of The King's School, Canterbury - probably the oldest public school in England; Sensational centerfold photos shows Mrs. R.S. Clark's 'Never Say Die' passing the post at the Derby - the first American-bred Derby winner since 1881; Photo's of Da Vinci's "Last Supper" saved - a seven-years' task accomplished; One page of illustrations about RCA's claim to have discovered a way to convert radiation directly into electricity; Waving farewell to General Sir Gerald and Lady Templer at Kuala Lumpur; and more. One-inch strip missing from bottom of back advertorial cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 1069-1112. Features: Wonderful colour-illustrated Guinness ad inside front cover features Mad Hatter lunch party; Nice one-page ad for Benson & Hedges shows scene aboard a passenger aircraft; Nice one-page Martini ad; Photo finish at the Royal Hunt Cup between Chivalry and King of Tudors; How the photo-finish camera works; Photos of the Queen at Ascot on the final day of the meeting; Revolutionary uprising and rebel invasion in Guatemala - photos of its capital and rival leaders, Colonel Jacobo Arbenz Guzman and Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas; Men's singles battle at Wimbledon Centre Court between J. Drobny and J. Arkinstall; Wonderful two-page photo montage of Male and Female competitors at Wimbledon, including number one seeds T. Trabert and Miss M. Connolly; Review of "V-2" by Walter Dornberger - with photos of German rockets; One-page photo portrait of Billy Graham; Repairing the Sir John Dill Memorial in Washington; The Westland Sikorsky S-55 six-passenger helicopter - photos and cutaway drawings; Two-page photo of the opening of the Royal Ascot Meeting with the Queen being driven down the course in open landau; Royal Photos at Ascot; Blundell's - a Great English Public School; Works by prehistoric animal artists newly discovered in the 'red desert' of southern Tripolitania; Photos of personalities of the week, including King Saud of Saudi Arabia with King Hussein in Jordan, Dr. Nkrumah of the Gold Coast, Miss D.S. Leather, and the Duke of Kent's car accident; Australian J.M. Landy beats Roger Bannister's recent record with a time of 3 mins, 58 seconds in the mile run; Photo of the American Carrier "Bennington" en route to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for repairs after an on-board explosion killed 102; First international sidecar event in the Manx T.T. motorcycle race since 1925 - won by Eric Oliver on a Norton; Nice one-page ad for the Daimler Conquest Saloon; Colour ad for Firestone Tyres inside back cover; Nice colour-photo ad on back cover for B.O.A.C. shows luxury dining in flight aboard a Stratocruiser; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 389-440. Features: River Shannon air disaster - photo of the plane and survivors after a Super Constellation airliner, Triton, of K.L.M. crashed into the estuary killing 28; Two pages of photos of the star aircraft flown at Farnborough; Photos of personalities in the news include Commodore Adriaan Viruly - captain of the crashed KLM airliner, Dr. Alfred Cox, the Italian team which climed K-2, and Lady MacRobert; Photos of St. Clement Danes which is to be restored; Two pages of wonderful photos of life in the remote regions of New Guinea, including a precious photo of a white infant smiling up at a native adorned in full local dress; Two pages of photos of the disastrous hurricane which struck the U.S. Atlantic coast - scenes during and after, including the falling steeple of Boston's Old North Church; Nice centerfold cutaway illustration of the H.M.S. Daring and her sister-ships; 17th century illustrations of Goa by an early traveller; Royal engagements in Scotland and Ontario - the opening of Sir Adam Beck Niagara Generating Station No. 2 at Niagara Falls; The British Association - photos of leading figures and guests; Last voyage of the Canadian Pacific liner 'Empress of Canada' which burned and sunk on January 25th; Tire fire on an Elizabethan Air-liner upon touchdown in London; Photo of U-505 which is to be transported to Chicago; Italian statue called "The Christ of the Deep"; Nice colour one-page ad for Sanderson wallpapers and fabrics features saxophone; Nice colour ad for Double Diamond on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 73-112.. Features: Photos of the 13-day ordeal of Captain Kurt Carlsen and Kenneth Dancy aboard the stricken "Flying Enterprise" - and its sinking; Photos of Falmouth's welcome to Captain Carlsen and other participants in the drama of the "Flying Enterprise"; Photos of Princess Margaret's trip to Scotland and her return to England; Photo of the first Aer Lingus crash - a Dakota went down killing 23 people; Rebuilding war-damaged London churches; Panamanian oil tanker "Sovac Radiant" is refloated by six tugs; French steamer "Agen" sinks; The second "Battle" of Tel-El Kebir; Laying power cable by helicopter; Two photos of the Vickers Valiant jet bomber in flight - the only completed copy crashed on 12 January; Fantastic photo-illustrated centerfold shows the last few moments of the "Flying Enterprise"; Photos of people of the week, including Private William Speakman who was recently awarded the V.C.; Five photos of Winston Churchill visiting President Truman in Washington; New Anglo-Arabian Treaty; Two pages of photos from the Kon-Tiki; Discovery of Minoan treasures in Crete beneath the palace of Phaistos; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 233-268. Features: Cover photo portrait of Crown Prince Baudouin of Belgium; The Abdication of Belgium's King Leopold - dramatic photos - scenes and personalities; Ottawa pays its last tribute to Mr. Mackenzie King - photo of his funeral cortege leaving Parliament Hill ;Opening of the luxurious new Ocean Terminal at Southampton; photos of amazing mechanical elephant invented by Mr. Frank Stuart; Numerous photos of Korean life and military happenings in that country; Two pages of personalites of the day, including General Macarthur in Korea; Two-page aerial photo of crowded Zoological Society's Gardens in regent' Park; Russia Rebuffed at UN; Photos from the newly discovered Grotto of Levanzo; Fantastic full-page colour ad for Huntley & Palmer's Biscuits; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Features: Portrait of Lieut.-General Sir Robert Haining; Photos of Chinese people in bomb protection caves - Chunking air defence HQ photo; Photos of Chunking, China's devastated capital; Four illustrations of a mock panzer attack thrusting toward London; Review of book on F.W. Woolworth, with photos of his earliest stores; The Battle of Keren - two photos; The Army in Training - article by Cyril Falls with five photos; Augsburg to Glasgow - Rudolph Hess's Sensational Flight from Germany - with eight photos - "Hitler's Deputy and "Dearest Friend" escapes to Britain; The first tank battle in history - a graphic description by a German Tank Officer who took part in the fight between France and Germany; Centerfold illustration of tank battle exercises in East Anglia; Before and after photos of the devastation of England's House of Commons; Photo of damaged Big Ben; Full-page photo of Churchill amongst the ruins of the House of Commons; Photos of destruction to Westminster Abbey, Hall and School; 10 photos of war events and personalities of the week; Great photo of the forward guns of the battleship "Gneisenau"; The War at Sea - photos of the recapture of Berbera and R.A.F. pigeons, plus the first corvette built in Canada for the Royal Navy and manned by Canadians; Wonderful photo of the H.M.S. "Cornwall"; Great photo ad for The British Power Boat Company; Similar photo ad for Thornycroft patrol vessels. Average wear. Faint Ink stamp to front cover. Clear tape inside each cover along spine, and externally along spine. A sound copy. Book
Pages 789-828. Features: Major coverage of Royal visit by the King and Queen of Denmark; Aerial photo of the Festival Fun Fair; Very dramatic aerial action photo of the bombing of the Hwachon Dam in Korea; Photos of the surviving Gloucesters, including presentation of the highest U.S. award; Photo and articles of Viking life in a Shetland settlement at Jarlshof, and practices which remain until today; Centrefold illustration of how the Vikings lived in the Shetlands in William the Conqueror's time; Photos of the Marriage of King Faruk of Egypt to Queen Narriman; Marriage of Archduke Otto and Princess Regina; Photos of the impressive camouflage of the Nightjar (bird); Open air sculpture exhibition in Battersea; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Pages 465-504. Features: Artistic color ad for the De Havilland Comet features painting of evening scene by Cuneo (?); Numerous photos of lovely new Princess Anne; Photos with the British Troops in Korea - operations in the central sector; Photos of the United Nations counter-stroke in the Korean War and some asppects of the struggle on other fronts - a pictorial record; The "Briggs Plan" - Scenes in Negri Sembilan; Malaya in Arms - R.A.F. Regiment Recruits; London home of the Primate - Lambeth Palace; Once page photo of Dr. Geoffrey Francis Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury; Wonderful samples of photography from the R.P.S. Annual Exhibition; Centrefold cutaway illustration of a composite tank which incorporates the best features of American and Russian designs; amazing photo of window washers on the U.N. building; One-page photo of Parliament's Victoria Tower entirely enclosed in scaffolding; Seen for the first time in 1,000 years - Hellenistic frescoes of Castelseprio; Interesting photos of auto testing and quality control; Photos and personalities of the week include newlyweds Viscountess Anson, the Queen's Niece, and Prince Georg of Denmark; Photos of South Africans paying last respects to General Smuts in Johannesburg and Pretoria; Tenth anniversary of the Battle of Britain; Prize horses at Harringay Arena - Brandy of White Cloud, Pretty Polly, Mighty Atom, Nutmeg, Sheila, Liberty Light and Foxhunter; Photos of the quadruplets born to Mrs. Mary Coles in Westminster Hospital Sept. 12-13; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Pages 1057-1092. Features: Colour ad inside front cover by Dunlop Rubber features illustration of St. Mary's Cathedral in Iona; Five photos of the moon and planets from the Palomar Observatory; Nice one-page photo portrait of Admiral Lord Mountbatten; Six photos of the Circus at Olympia - with the Queen and Prince Phillip present; The Private papers of Douglas Haig, 1914-1919; Photos of Lake Eyre's transformation from desert to lake to desert; A Canadian Fighter Wing for N.A.T.O. - three photos of the handing-over of the R.C.A.F. fighter base at Grostenquin, in France, with men and aircraft, to the command of N.A.T.O.; Two photos of America's latest eight-jet stratofortress, the Boeing YB-B52 Stratofortress; Eisenhower's visit to Korea; Photo of Eisenhower carving his Thanksgiving turkey; Six photos of West Africa's first waterborne "Petrol Train", the 'Adama' and her barges' 1,200-mile voyage; Centerfold illustration of Canterbury as it was in Roman times; Deciphering the palimpset of Canterbury (courtesy of excavations made possible by the blitz); Seven photos of the presentation of the Noble prizes by King Gustaf, and the Nobel banquet; Photos of personalities of the week, including Sir William Dampier and Sir William Goscombe John; Photo of the new President of Israel, Mr. Itzhak Ben-Zvi, taking the oath in the Knesset; Six photos of an automatic mail sorting machine in use in a Belgian post office; Photos and brief write-ups of the regular contributors to the publication - Frank Davis, J.C. Trewin, Baruch H. Wood, Clarence Elliott, Cyril Falls, Arthur Bryant, Sir John Squire, E.D. O'Brien, Mrs. Romilly John, Dr. Maurice Burton and Alan Dent; Nice colour ad on back cover for Imperial Leather's toilet powder; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 1-36. Features: Colour ad inside front cover for the Reed Paper Group shows new television being unpacked for family; Dr. Alain Bombard and his solo trans-Atlantic raft trip; Nice photo of Queen reading Christmas greetings by radio; Photos of aircraft including a Douglas Skystreak (D-558-2) in flight, a modified B-50 elevated with Bell X-2 below waiting to be mounted, and a Handley Page H.P. 80; Photo of mangled tail-fin of a superfortress shot-up in the Korean war, but still managed to get the crew 1,400 miles back to base; Death of the Queen Mother of Denmark, Alexandrine; Photos of personalities of the week, including Sir Robert Mansergh and the recently deceased author Miss Marjorie Bowen; Two pages of photos of the Champollion boat disaster off Beirut - rescuers, rescued and shore vigil; Photos of the new liner 'City of Port Elizabeth'; Photos of Nile River dam construction plus one-page map of the river and the scheme to increase the cultivated area of Egypt; Civil defense training with relief landscape models; Photo of remains of Douglas C.124 Globemaster which crashed near Moses Lake, USA killing 86; Photos of Mau Mau adherents being identified in Keyna; Centerfold illustration of the Vickers Valiant; Excavations are throwing light on the Phrygians and Hittites of ancient Gordion - article with many photos; Details of 1938 'Fossil Fish', the Latimeria Chalumnae - now a second specimen has been caught; Photo of Dr. Hass holding a Halavi, or guitar fish, which he caught bare-handed; Photo of dozens of cars which belonged to Egypt's ex-King Farouk; and more. Four-inch opening to bottom of advertorial coverfold, otherwise moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 705-744. Features: Great colour ad for Capstan cigarettes inside front cover; Photos of Funeral of Chief Waruhiu of Kenya on front cover; Thirteen photos of Kenya deal with Mau Mau terrorism, some arrests and a murdered chief; *GORGEOUS* one-page photo of Queen Elizabeth wearing black and white, with magnificent diamonds, arising at the Empire Theatre for the Royal Film performance; Photos of personalities of the week, including recently departed Mr. W.M. Hughes, Australia's elder statesman, and atomic scientist Dr. W.G. Penney, O.B.E.; Photos of the Duchess of Kent and her Royal Tour in Borneo; One-page photo of Britain's First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor being lowered from a helicopter to the deck of the cruiser 'Birmingham'; Important new discoveries put new light on the days before Agamenmon; Photos of 3,200 year-old wine merchant shop relics - Mycenaean pottery; Photos of treasures from an early Mycenaean oil merchant's store; Graphic proof that the Mycenaeans both rode and drove horses; Cyril Falls writes about American baseball, with photos; Five official photos of Britain's First Atomic Test, in the Monte Bello Islands off Australia; Full-page photo portraits of Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson; Three photos of the Queen opening the Claerwen Dam; Two-page series of illustrations shows how the sea is probed by television and other methods of marine research - an explanation of the equipment used during the Discovery II Expedition; Great photos of jousting and defence armour additions to the Tower collections; Two pages present ten photos of some aspects of the recent bitter fighting on the central front in Korea; Nice colour ad for Daks dinner suit by Simpson Piccadilly inside back cover; Colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover features snooker theme; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 525-568. Features: Nice colour ad for Sanderson Wallpapers and fabrics inside front cover; Nice cover photo of the special "Centenaries Express" train on its non-stop run from London to York; Three photos of the first W.R.A.C. Gunners to serve operationally in Gibraltar; Interesting photos of a newly constructed U.S. Air Base recently constructed at Thule, Greenland; Photos of the crashed R.A.F. Hastings aircarft in Greenland; Four photos describe speedboat racer Mr. John Cobb and his death in Loch Ness while racing his jet-powered 'Crusader'; Four photos of the Queen Mother's visit to the new Grangemouth oil refiners; Two photos illustrate the birth of a new volcanic island 200 miles south of Tokyo; Several photos document H.M. Sidi Mohammed, Sultan of Morocco, and his seeking of treaty revisions with France; Wonderful centerfold photo of the Queen and her family with King Feisal II and the Regent of Iraq standing in the driveway of Balmoral Castle; Six lovely photos of Charlie Chaplin and his family as he returns to London for the first time in 21 years; Recent excavations at the Hastinapura site, near Delhi; Fascinating photos of excavations at Hastinnapura, India; Photos of personalities of the week, including Rocky Marciano, new heavyweight champ, and George Santayana who passed away on September 26th; Photo of Dr. Mossadeq with Mr. Loy Henderson and Mr. G. Middleton; Five photos of the N.A.T.O. 'Exercise Mainbrace'; Nine photos of Richard Nixon as he deals with "The Nixon Affair" after accepting financial aid from wealthy California supporters; Photos of unique vehicles from the Commercial Motor Show at Earl's Court; Wonderful one-page photo of the welcome home from Korea for the 1st Battalion, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, in Edinburgh; Nice colour ad for Vat 69 scotch whisky inside back cover; Great colour ad on back cover for the Hawker Siddeley Group features an aircraft in vertical ascent; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 353-396. Features: Classy colour-illustrated ad for B.O.A.C. and their new De Havilland Comet features the plane flying over the waterfonrt of a large city; Great cover photo of new Avro A698 bomber on runway; Nice one-page ad for the Hawker Hunter aircraft by the Hawker Siddeley group; Six photos from the Farnborough Exhibition present the Gloster Javelin, Bristol Britannia, Vickers Valiant, Vickers supermarine Swift, Avro A698 and Blackburn and General Aircraft Universal Freighter; Photo of crowd gathered around the record-breaking Canberra jet bomber which performed the first double-crossing of the Atlantic in a day; Photos of Barrogill Castle, in Caithness, which was recently purchased by the Queen Mother; Photos of the survivors of the Hermes IV aircraft crash off Trapani, Sicily; Five wonderful photos of the first Balinese dancers to visit London - Seductive temple dances and Gamelan music; Two-page cutaway illustration of the Comet flight simulator in operation; Centerfold illustration of the Canberra Jet Bomber which crossed the Atlantic twice in one day; Photos from the radio and television exhibition; Photos of personalities of the week, including the crew of the record-setting Canberra - Mr. D.A. Watson, Mr. R.P. Beamont (captain) and Mr. P. Hillwood; Interesting full-page aerial photo of the U.S. Navy's Hospital Ship 'Haven' at anchor in Korean waters, with specially constructed landing platforms for helicopters rigged on each side; Two photos of Jordan's new King Hussein; Photos of Lynmouth cleaning up after the flood and caravan homes for its victims; Nice colour ad for English Electric inside back cover shows train and happy station scene; Nice colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover features golf putting theme; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 273-312. Features: Nice colour-illustrated ad for Arthur Guinness, Son & Co.Ltd. features Pelicans; Five pages of photos of horrific flood damage to North Devon, West Somerset and Lymouth; The marriage of Mr. Anthony Eden to Miss Clarissa Spencer Churchill; Six photos of Chinese occupation in Tibet; Two-page photo montage of 22 performers at the Edinburgh Festibal of Music and Drama; Six photos from Fiji where homage was paid to the memory of the late King George VI by local people; The Tragedy of the Gouffre Lepineux, the world's deepest cave - four photos and an illustration related to the death of spelunker M. Marcel Loubens; Aerial centerfold photo of Lynmouth flood devastation; Important discoveries at Nimrud, including the great frieze of Assur-Nassir-Pal; Cyril Falls writes of his experience aboard the S.S. United States; Interesting article on stoats; Six photos of the opening ceremonies of the Sixth Edinburgh Festival; Photos of personalities of the week, includingMr. Anthony Eden and his bride, formerly Miss Clarissa Spencer Churchill; Photos of Eva Peron's funeral processions; Channel swimmers Victor Birkett and Kathleen Mayo; *Beautiful* colour-illustrated ad for New Berry Fruits by Meltis Ltd. inside back cover; Classy colour ad on back cover for the Hooper four-door sports saloon, design No. 8294, on Bentley; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
