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Pages 113-140. Features: Cover photo of Brigade H.Q. in the desert battle zone where the Brigadier, South African Command, directs operations - and photos of bombs exploding nearby; Twelve fascinating photos beneath the heading "Fighting in the Western Desert - Vivid Incidents, and Personalities, including Rommel in Tobruk and General Freyberg, V.C., Wounded; Two large photos from "The Battle of Midway Island"; Two-page map of the world entitled "Oil - The Supply Problem of the Warring Powers - A Map of Production Areas and Lines of Ocean Transport"; The Crisis in Russia (article); Seven great photos illustrate the pre-fabrication system in Shipbuilding - the U.S. sets the world's record in production; Photos of incendiary bombs - as were showered upon Hamburg - being prepared for raid; Two pages of photos and text describe the fall of Sebastopol; Centrefold illustration shows young British Officers studying tactical problems with models; Interesting photo-illustrated article explains how vegetables are dried, thus effecting considerable transport economy; Page of photos explaining the benefits of dried meat; Photo of test flight of the Boeing patrol bomber "XPBB-1"; Page of photos engaged in obstacle course training; Six photos of the "Mustang" - the fastest Army co-operation plane in the world; Two pages of photos of ice-covered decks of warships; Photos of twelve personalities of the week include cricketeer "Andy" Ducat, Sir Hugh C.T. Dowding, and Wing-Cdr. Hon. M. Aitken; Nice colour back cover ad for Puritan Leather Soles features illustration of Oliver Cromwell. This copy was never stapled. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Pages 57- 84. Features: Nice colour Dunlop ad inside front cover features Charles Wood painting of naval plane spotter at work; Cover photo of the famous Sphinx gate of the Hittite period at Alaca Huyuk; One-page Karsh photo portrait of China's prime minister, T. V. Soong; Two-page artist's rendition of an aerial view of Japan's homeland; Two large photos of Allied warships struggling in mountainous seas; The City of the Dead - Berlin, the modern Pompeii - two pages of photos present horrific bomb damage; Article entitled "The British soldier in Germany"; Powerful display of Britain's armed might in Berlin - 5 photos; Two pages of fascinating illustrations show how British science and ingenuity contributed to defeat the Germans on sea, on land, and in the air; Dramatic centrefold illustration of "Glowworm" ramming the German cruiser "Hipper"; Seven photos of Potsdam, venue of the latest "big three" conference; Photos of personalities of the week include Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault, Signor Parri, Gen. William J. Slim, J. B. Chifley, Lt. Col. Sir Francis Shelmerdine, Lieut. Cmdr. G. B. Roope, the Regent of Iraq with the king and queen, Cpl. E. T. Chapman, the newly formed Council of Berlin, Marshall Rokossovsky, Marshall Zhukov, and Field Marshal Montgomery; Photo of Pres. Truman being cheered in Antwerp; Photo of US cruiser "Augusta" with Truman aboard, steaming through the English Channel, escorted by British warships; Photos of French liberated prisoners carrying a large wooden crucifix memorial to victims of brutality; Interior and exterior photos of Goering's private plane, now to be used to the benefit of sick French children; Three photos of the now peaceful beaches of Dunkirk; Three photos of the R. A. F. Jet propelled fighter, the Gloster Meteor, developed from the prototype E.28/39; photos of English silver and Chinese porcelain of great price; Article on "The bronze age in Anatolia"; Two pages of photos of artifacts from pre-Hittite Anatolia - proof of the high level of civilization 3500 years ago; Photo illustrated article on British production of the airman's octane fuel; Colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover shows farmers loading horse- drawn wagon. Discrete archival tape repairs to Coverfold of outer advertising pages, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 659-702. Features: Cover photo of the Victor of Ashangi, Marshall Badoglio, commander-in-chief of the Italian forces in Abyssinia; Photo of Gen. Smuts appealing for peace in Europe; Photo of the Kadir Cup "pig sticking"event in India, with photo of winner, Capt. P. H. J. Tuck with his horse Manifest; Two-page pictorial map of the Franco-German and Belgo-German frontiers - of world interest since the Rhineland was reoccupied; Two pages of photo of massive Burmese Leogriff (Cinthe) under construction as the funeral pyre for the cremation of a dead priest; Photo illustrated article on Brazil nuts - a minor mystery; Six photos from filming of "Kliou", the first Technicolor film to be photographed entirely in the jungle; Two pages of photos of the "Alps" of South Africa; Page of fascinating photos illustrating the world's greatest telescopic "eye", this great 200 inch telescope disc is twice the diameter of the disc in the Hooker telescope at the Mount Wilson Observatory, the biggest at present in use; Page of photos of medieval ship carvings in a Devonshire church - sculpted 16th-century three-masters; Page of photos illustrate the coldest Easter of the century; Page of photos of the king personally bestowing the Royal Maundy to aged men and women; Magnificent centrefold aerial photo of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia - before construction of the Lion's Gate Bridge - as she celebrates her Golden Jubilee; Two pages of text and photos present a mysterious 12th Dynasty hoard - Treasures of Asiatic origin found at Toud, near Luxor; Photos of personalities of the week include Herr Leopold von Hoesch, Señor Alcala Zamora, Dr. Constantine Demerjis, Señor Martinez Barrio, and the king inspecting the Grenadier guards; Photo illustrated article on Galapagos wildlife; One-page photo illustrated Harrods ad presents pocket watches; One-page Johnnie Walker ad shows him inspecting barrels by flashlight; Interesting photo shows crowd gathered around an Imperial Airways airmail service plane at Kai Tak aerodrome, Hong Kong, after it arrived from Penang for the first time; Photos of Lt. Col. F. J. Popham, and Mr. Francis A. L. Would; Nice one-page illustrated ad for the Humber Twelve car; Back cover two-colour ad promotes The Sphere, The Tatler, The Sketch, Sporting and Dramatic News, and the Illustrated London News. Please note: pages 685-686 missing. Several interior pages loose but present. Faint store ink stamp to front cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy vintage issue. Magazine
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of a T.C.A. Lockheed approaching Canada's National War Memorial in Ottawa; Full-page Lockheed ad on page one features Two T.C.A. photos and one illustration - full T.C.A. theme - excellent!; Just Twenty Years Ago - Captain Stuart Graham's memoirs of Canada's first post-war flying; Full-page Lycoming ad; Awesome full-page illustrated ad for the Pioneer Instrument Company shows a 74-passenger transatlantic Boeing Clipper skipping across the water; Airport and Airway Lighting - article with illustrations; Nice full-page Beechcraft ad promotes their Model 18; 1917 Combatants - 1939 Correspondents - Ernst W. Steinitz and Capt. A.C. Burt; Igor I. Sikorsky speaks to Toronto gathering about engineering developments in aviation; Hudson's Bay Company selects Beechcraft 18D for air operation - brief article with great photo; Nice Rotax ad; Fantastic full-page colour photo ad for Player's cigarettes looking back from the deck of H.M.S. "Royal Oak" tothe H.M.S. Revenge; Centrefold ad for the Cygnet; Kenyon Field at Lethbridge is officially opened - article with photo and map; Great full-page illustrated ad for Blackburn Aircraft shows fighters diving; Taylorcraft Aviation Corp full-page ad features three photos of Miss Mary Spearing and her plane; McKee Trophy awarded to Operating Personnel of T.C.A.; New Variable Pitch Propeller for Light Aircraft; Grand Old Lady Retires; R.C.A.F. assigned important duties during Royal visit; The candid camera goes to Birmingham, Alabama; News from the West Coast; Wing Tips from Edmonton; Old Country Gossip; Know Your Pilots - J.H. Lymburner of Canadian Airways, Montreal; Nice full-page photo ad for McLaughlin-Buick; News from Flying Clubs; M.A.L.C. News; Cub Aircraft ad for their Trainer; Nice full-page ad for Rec Cap Ale with illustration of Hops being harvested and a photo of company employees with a caption listing their generous company benefits; *Fantastic* full-page Junkers photo ad inside back boasts of their new international speed record - the Junkers-Bomber with JUMO 211 engines achieved 517 mph; Intava ad on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 354-440 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: My Bear-Hunt - Part 1 - the author encounters outlaws in the High Sierras of California; Ning Wo Takes a Hand - a detectives story from the Malay Peninsula; The Hunting Down of Manuel Garcia - the Americans take extraordinary measures to capture the man who killed one of their citizens in a Central American republic; Across the Great Sahara - part 1 - Captain Angus Buchanan traverses the Sahara south to north on camel-back; A Miracle of the Air - Rosalie Gordon is saved after hanging to a rope beneath a plane at Ellington Field, Houston, Texas; A Canadian Wonderland - Jasper Park - article with wonderful photos; Roaming the Wild South Seas, part 2; "Dreamy Draw' - great photo-illustrated story of how a Londoner set up house in the Arizona wilderness for the health of her husband, only to see a settlement of health seekers set up around her; A Girl Among Brigands - Miss C. Berenguer is kidnapped by bandits in the Pyrenees; Pig-Sticking Thrills - high adventure and humour hunting wild pigs in India; In Search of Sea-Monsters - part 6 of 6 of this photo-illustrated article which describes F.A. Mitchell-Hedges' travels to catch the world's largest fish - incredible photo of huge male saw-fish; Some True Snake Stories; Nice one-page muscle-building ad by Earle E. Liederman of New York; Crazy back cover ad for the Allied Merke Institutes, Inc. shows man with what looks like a jelly mould on his head - purportedly in an effort to regrow his hair. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Features: Window on South America; TSR-2 and Concord; Russian Trapeze Artists; W.W.I German Aircraft; Midget Racer Designs; Fortress is in R.A.F.; Sopwith 'Atlantic'; No. 20 Squadron History; Future of the H.S. 681; Mexican Air Force; Avro Arrow (4 pages with many black and white photos, structural cutaway, specs, expoded view and diagrams; No. 1 Air Navigation School; Finnish War Relics; Economical Motorspatz; Veteran Stratoliners; The Two Enemies; R.A.F. will be the loser - re-equipment plans discussed; Valiant to the last - the scrapping of the Vickers Valiant; Sir Winston Churchill; Hawker Nimrod; W.W. I. Miscellany; Light Autogyros in U.K.; Campbell-Benson B-11-2; British Airlines; TSR-2 - cardinal points; No. 18 (N.E.I.) Squadron; 'Zero' returns home; Defence White Paper; Between the Wars; Air Forces Middle East; Fleet Air Arm on Tour; Skyframe Museum; Fairey G.4/31; Revolt in Congo; Meteors over Korea; Piaggio P 166C; U.S.A.F. postscript; On Being Shot Down; France's Aero Exports; British Airlines Postscript; Shuttleworth Collection; Polish Air Force, 1940-45; H.S. 125 and Dominie; No. 70 Squadron History; Scintex Super Emeraude; Sonic Bangs (booms); Sir Geoffrey de Havilland; Pilatus History; Japan Air Lines; Visit to H.M.S. Ark Royal; No. 1 Squadron, R.A.A.F.; Plane that bombed America - Yokosuka E14Y1; Navigation - Part I; Escort to Bomb Raid; Paris Report; Suez 1956; Ancestor Airlines; PZL-104 Wilga; Navigation - part 2; Gliding Championships; The Auster Line; Battle of Britain; Italian Raids on the U.K.; Chaumont Weapons Meet; Army Flying; Open Day at Middle Wallop; Gloster Grebe; Kosciuszko Squadron; Suez 1956 - a lesson in air power; Between the Wars; Navigation - 3; The Parnall Story; No. 43 Squadron, R.A.A.F.; Sopwith Grasshopper; The R.A.F. Today; Extending the Buccaneer; Two-Seater Fighting; Navigation - Part 4; Scheibe SF-26 Standard; Hermes aide-memoire; Kestrel Evaluation; "Karel Doorman"; Whitehead Aircraft; Navigation - part 5; Victa Airtourer 115; The Parnall Story; Rhodesia's Air Force; Naval Fighter School; Hughes OH-6A; Mini-COIN; No. 23 Squadron History; B.A.C. Drone; Loss of Flight 19; Training Engineers; and much more. Includes index . Gilt lettering to front board and backstrip. Moderate wear. Slight lean to spine. A quality copy. Book
Features: Cover illustration of roller skate accident by Richard Priest; Colour Shredded Wheat ad inside front cover; Victory Bond ad; Editorial - Maclean's declaration of Faith and Purpose; Nice ad for Parker Vacumatic Pens; Commandos Attack - Highlights from the inside story of the Commandos - the first official account of the daring exploits of Combined Operations - with photos; Article on taking care of our feet; Arctic Ordeal - C.B. Wall describes an amazing story of endurance after three men crash a plan in Greenland - David Goodlet, Arthur Weaver, Al Nash - with photo; Miss Sherlock Holmes, by Thelma Lecocq - Verda Vincent is Canada's only woman criminologist; Lolly was a Lady - fiction by Ed. Zern; They Kill U-Boats - "Not only must they battle wind and weather but bomb with split-second accuracy - and bring back actual proof of their 'kill'" - by Arch Whitehouse, with photos; Beverley Baxter in London explains how war damages family life; Cross-Canada news bits including bootleg food in B.C.; Greece Fights Back - despite atrocities unsurpassed in the history of tyranny Greek guerillas wage a bitter, stubborn warfare against their Axis foes, by Betty Wason, with photos; Field Marshall Jan Christiaan Smuts of Africa - few men living today have had a more eventful and extraordinary career than this famous warrior-statesman - with photos; The Raiders - fiction by Norman Collins; Troop Troupers - the C.W.A.C. revue that's bringing glamour to Army camps across Canada, with photos; Work and Wages, by S.E. McGorman; Northern Electric Victory Bond ad; Fleischmann's Yeast ad with caption "In Wartime eat one more slice of bread each meal!"; Fascinating full-page military-themed ad by Hiram Walker & Sons explains how their alcohol is used in a multitude of military applications; Two-colour full-page Kodak ad shows two Canadian sailor receiving snapshots from back home; Modess ad shows young lady working on a plane; Nice two-colour ad for Van Camp's Pre-Cooked Beans; Full-page Ford Motor Company ad with illustration of Canada's mechanized army at war; Nice colour ad for Quaker Corn Flakes; Rare Colour Coke ad on back cover includes several images of military men. Address label on front cover. Moderate wear. Short openings to and chips from bottom edge of front cover. A sound copy of this significant wartime issue. Book
Contents: Consolidated Vultee Aircraft - interesting 2-page ad; McDonnell Aircraft Corporation - color ad; Gathered 'somewhere in London,' chiefs map course of invasion; photo of Japanese and Nazi officers watching German maneuvers ; Sir Oliver Leese - New Eighth Commander; Preparing to soften up the Marshall Islands; Poland's stormy history repeats in boundary dispute with Russia - Soviet's proposal for return to Curzon Line and her attack on Willkie tax Allied amity; Danish Martyr - Rev. Kaj Munk spoke his mind, then paid the dread Nazi price; Photo of Hitler with Bulgarian leaders; Camel cigarettes - great color ad!; Behind Pravda's attack on Willkie; Kodak film - military color ad; Firestone - color centerfold; Freya Stark - British Agent; Allies have secret weapon too - mysterious Jay-Pee Superplane - article with cutaway drawing; Grumman Trinity - Navy's ace combat plane makers build a colossus from $17,000 start; Surprise U.S. suit against 'cartels' baffles both British and Americans; Photo and story about Howie Morenz Jr.; Schlitz Beer - color ad; Great War Bonds ad featuring General MacArthur. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
64 pages. Features: Humorous cover art of young couple and Niagara Falls slide show; Very classy colour Parker Pen ad inside front cover entitled "The Men Who are Planning the World of Tomorrow" shows serious draughtsman at work; Nice colour Orange Crush ad; What the Enemy Wants at the White House; Photo of Major Paul Triquet, recent winner of the Victoria Cross (V.C.); Photo of synthetic rubber plant under construction in Sarnia; Trans-Canada Telephone System one-page ad shows service men and women calling long distance; Boom in Booby Traps - photo-illustrated article explains their prominence in the present war, including photo of "Moascar Stocks" used in the training of soldiers to handle unseen mines; Dope Behind the Armies - photo-illustrated ad explains "Narcotic drugs were among Hitler's secret weapons, but they have proved a boomerang"; A Clean Sweep (short story); Sam's Girl (short story); Death in the Dance (short story); A Man and His Plane - photo-illustrated article on R.B.C. Noorduyn and his plane, the "Norseman," built in Montreal; The Sand-Lot League (short story); Movie News; Northern Electric one-page ad features their products used to keep Canada's Army on the move; When the Boys Come Home - article by the Associate Deputy Minister, Department of Pensions and National Health; Auto-Lite one page ad features inset photo of Ronald Colman; One-page Canada Post Office ad includes military illustrations and detailed instructions how to insure mailings will reach their intended recipient overseas; One-page Government of Canada entitled "The Story of Inflation" goes into considerable detail to encourage readers to resist price inflation for the good of the nation; Woodbury Soap ad features photos of newlyweds Eileen Thomas of Toronto and Douglas Haig of Montreal; Small Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) ad shows timbermen on floating logs with caption "Free Enterprise is the Driving Force!"; Interesting half-page Canadian General Electric ad addressed to "Canada's 500,000 War Brides" previews their after-victory electric kitchen; 1/3-page ad for the Canadian Association of Ice Industries shows ice refrigerator made by Sanderson-Harold Co., Ltd., of Paris, Ontario; Lovely half-page colour ad for Woodbury Powder features portrait of Veronica Lake; Fashion article with photo of peasant blouse; Salad article; Bright and colourful one-page GSW/McClary appliance ad shows housewife "Mrs. Johnson" in modern kitchen; Illustrations of fashions for ladies; Photo of Elizabeth Long of the CBC's "Women's Talks"; Super one-page colour ad for the Canadian Women's Army Corps (C.W.A.C.) shows marching women in uniform above a hectic Normandy-like beach landing scene; World Sayings; Ford Motor Company colour ad inside back cover shows their military and domestic trucks being serviced; Back cover Coke ad entitled "Have a 'Coke' = Pukka Gen" with illustration of returning R.A.F. flyers by Saul Tepper; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy of this particularly excellent wartime issue. Book
64 pages. Features: Nice War Savings Certificates ad inside front cover shows woman placing written pledge in her window; News digest discusses Italy's collapse, America the 'Arsenal of Democracy', and 'Compromises' at Washington; Nice "Canada is Strong" ad by Fleischmann's Yeast shows men with peaveys moving large floating logs; British Women in Man-Size Jobs - wonderfully photo-illustrated article shows Pauline Gower in cockpit of plane she is ferrying from factory to R.A.F. station; Ordeal by Arrow (bear-hunting short story); Blueboy (short story); The Bullet (short story); Inside the Gestapo - article with dramatic photos of POWs; Sixty Days to Live (short story); Meet the Ambassador! - great photo-illustrated article on Reginal "Red" Horner of the Toronto Maple Leafs; Nice one-page Pontiac ad; Canadian National ad promotes Jasper National Park; Colgate ad features illustration of the Dionne Quintuplets; Canada at the Crossroads - Dominion-Provincial Controversy; Movie news and photos; Woodbury Soap ad features photo of Deborah Douglas; Woodbury Cold Cream ad features photo of Virginia Bruce; Colorful Perennial Gardens; Spring fashion parade; Canned foods article; Fashion illustrations; World Sayings; Vintage Heinz ad inside back cover shows three of there 15 minute dinners; Nice back cover colour ad for Canadian canned lobster - Canadians are asked to support this domestic industry which has lost access to its international markets; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
28 pages. Features: Wonderful colour ad inside front cover features a 1939 Daimler Straight Eight Touring Limousine; Title page photos of tanks returning to England from the failed Dieppe raid; The Commando Raid on Dieppe - aerial photos and a chart of the town; Twelve photos during and after the Dieppe raid; Four sketches of Dieppe action by artist Captain Bryan De Grineau; A Review of Many Events of the War - article by Cyril Falls; Photo portraits of new commanders for our armies in the Middle East - The Hon. Sir Harold Alexander, Major-General Herbert Lumsden and Lieut.-General B.L. Montgomery (Monty); Egypt's contribution to our way of life, by Sir John Squire; Excellent full-page photo portrait of the late Air Commodore H.R.H. The Duke of Kent with the Duchess; Interesting photos at home and abroad; Fifteen photos of personalities and events of the week; Centerfold illustration by Captain Bryan De Grineau depicts zero hour off Dieppe - the combined services launching their attack at the appointed time and place; Excellent two-page illustrations present structural details of the Focke-Wulf "F.W. 190" Fighter Plane; Photos of war activities on three fronts - Pacific, Mediterranean and Channel; Five photos of British 4.5 Heavy Guns in action on the El Alamein Battlefield; Brazil declares war on Germany and Italy - Six photos; The Prime minister visits the Eighth Army at El Alamein - 6 photos; Mr. Churchill visits Egypt and Moscow - six photos including shots of Churchill with Molotov and Stalin; Four large dramatic photos of Naval action in the Great Convoy Fight off Malta; Series of illustrations depict how the tanker "Ohio" delivered fuel to Malta; Great back cover colour ad for Dewar's "White Label" Scotch Whiskey shows a crate of whisky being wheeled past a smiling traffic officer. Somewhat above-average wear to covers. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Cover photo of the Victory Parade of the 51st Highland Division march along the palm-lined avenue Gambetta in Tunis; Eleven impressive photos of the Allied victory procession through the streets of Tunis; Contour map of Sardinia showing airfields and seaplaine bases; Photo of the people of Malta celebrating the Tunisian victory - with Il Duce in effigy; Eight photos of large quantities of enemy vehicles and supplies captured in North Africa; Washington Conference Ended - article by Cyril Falls; The King and Queen Meet the Allied Airmen - Dambusters - who breached the dams in Germany - six photos including shots of the King with Fl.-Lieut. J.C. McCarthy, L.G. Knight, Wing Commander Gibson, Flight-Lieut. H.B. Martin, and D.J.H. Maltby; Four large illustrations of Joint US/British Army Exercises in Southern England; Nice centerfold photo from a plane protecting an allied Atlantic convoy; Liberator versus U-Boat - Coastal Command's reply to the Sea Wolves - Eleven photos; Four dramatic photos of two U-Boats being killed by Coastal Command; Two Grainy photos of U.S. Forces on Attu Island - "the Japs are now utterly destroyed"; Photos of six French vessels at Alexandrea now joining the Allies; Two great photos of America's latest travelling gun - the 6-inch M-12 is capable of sinking a heavy cruiser at 10 miles - shown crashing its way through woodlands and being sighted; Nice colour ad for B.S.A. products on back cover; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
52 pages. Features: Cover photo of a Junkers being loaded with heavy freight; Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover features great photo of the Flying Dreadnaught, the Sikorsky XPBS-1; Great full-page Ethyl Corporation ad with Wright Brothers theme; Excellent full-page photo portrait of Major-General Sir James H. MacBrien, a great friend of aviation who passed away 5 March 1938; Freight-Express Carriage for 1937; Nice full-page Gold Flake cigarette ad with Singapore photo; Trans-Canada Air Lines - Progress Report - article with photos including a full page containing the photos and names of 16 company pilots; Nice Kollsman Instrument ad; Nice full-page Stinson ad; Review of Air Mail Services; Great full-page photo ad for the Junkers JU 52 promotes its safe scheduled night air service; Flying Clubs review record year; Excellent two-page photo ad for the De Havilland Tiger Moth; Notable Flights of 1937; Nice full-page illustrated ad for Dunlop aeroplane tire, wheels and brakes; Aerial Leviathan emerges - article and photoss of Boeing's model 314 "South Seas Clipper" flying boat; The Fleet (Aircraft) Freighter is born - article and four photos of this new Canadian plane - followed by a great two-colour centerfold ad which includes five photos of this plane; Nice full-page ad for McLaughline Buick; Commercial Air Services in Review - Canadian Airways Ltd. and Quebec Airways Ltd.; Full-page Aeronca ad; Northwest Aviation Planning Council; Photo of Miss Mary Spearing, of Toronto, with her plane - she is Canada's only female aeroplane owner; Reviewing Licenses in Force; Photo and article about the fruitless search to find Mike Sawchyn who went messing after flying from Souris, Manitoba; Nice full-page ad for the new 1938 Cub Scout; Old Country Gossip; News from the West Coast; M.A.L.C. News; Two-colour ad for Eclipse starters inside back cover; Two-colour ad for Intava lubricants on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 843- 890. Features: Front cover photo portrait of Mussolini with King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, proclaimed Emperor of Abyssinia; Nice photo of Mrs. Amy Mollison, who made a record flight from Gravesend to the Cape of Good Hope; Photos of King Faruk returning to Cairo from England;M. Drouillet is arrested after gallant escapade in the impounded airplane of the Emperor of Abyssinia; Photo of first funeral service in an RAF plane, for aircraftman William Watkin; Photo of the car in which King Alexander and M. Barthou were assassinated being presented to Yugoslavia by France; Photo-illustrated article entitled The Doom of the Mountain Zebra; Photo of Dr. Herms' insect killing lamp; Interesting one-page photo of an unusual French military ceremony - the presentation of the standard of the 505th Regiment of tanks, at the Vannes; One-page photo of the stratosphere, "dust sphere", and the Earth's curvature - from the highest point ever reached (72,395') - taken over South Dakota during a record-breaking balloon ascent; One page photo of the highest vertical photograph ever made - South Dakota from over 13 miles above it; Two pages of photos illustrate the ongoing discovery of unexploded World War I munitions (these shells are salvaged by a French Desobusage company); Photo illustrated article on a "Mystery" tomb found intact beside the second pyramid; Large photo of huge crowd assembled to hear Mussolini announce Italy's sovereignty over Abyssinia; Photo of Mussolini presiding over the fascist Grand Council; Two pages of photos show the defeated Emperor of Abyssinia in exile - Haile Selassie and his Empress take refuge in Palestine; Photos of personalities of the week include Prince Mohamed Aly, H. G. G. Payne, Miss Beatrice Harraden, Sir Firoz Khan Noon, Edward Laurillard, Miss Jean Batten, Mr. Charles Laughton, M. Serge Lifar, Sir Alfred Watson, S. J. Camp, Louis Silken, Dr. Oswald Spengler, and the Duke of York; Page of photos of prominent figures in the inquiry into the alleged leakage of budget information; Recommended site for statue to memorialize King George; Photo inside the Moose River disaster - where the entombed man spent most of their 242 hours below ground; Photo of funeral for Mr. Magill who died in the Moose River mine disaster; Photo of the Princess of Nagode after her marriage to the Maharajah of Sirmur; Two pages of photos of birds of Galapagos; one-page Guinness ad features Alice in Wonderland motif; One-page Harrods ad features bedroom suite; Photos of the wind tunnel at Chiswick which are used to test transit buses; One-page Austin Reed men's fashion ad; Halfpage photo ad for the Alvis limousine; Back cover ad for Douglas Stuart (Stuart House of London). Faint store stamp to advertising front cover. Please note: pages 867-868 not included. One page loose but present. Moderate wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Features: W. Starling Burgess - The Burgess Story, Part I - 1910; Mission to Kavieng, New Ireland (New Guinea) - low-level bombing techniques devised by General George C. Kenney; The Curtiss BT-1 Flying Lifeboat; Flying Pioneers - C.R. "Sinnie" Sinclair, Otto W. Brodie, and W. Redmond Cross; Nieuport 28; The Lucky Bastards - Abel L. Dolim of the 396th Bomb Group recounts WWII adventures; U.S. Navy Ship Plane Units; The Friesley Falcon; The Curtiss Shrikes; Bibliography Section; and more. Exceptionally well-illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Pages 79-151. Cover features a 1934 aerial photo of a Curtiss A-12 Shrike, 33-222, over Louisiana. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this very informative vintage issue. Book
36 pages. Features: Cover photo of Bishop G. Breynat's Waco inspection plane being refuled on the beach at Chesterfield, Hudson Bay; Repercussions of an Old Case - the 1933 crash and death of Archie McDougall at Sanford, Manitoba; Nice full-page ad for Gold Flake cigarettes; The Percival Q6 - article and photo, plus photos, in flight and on the ground, of the first Pou-du-Ciel, constructed by Oscar Demine of Montreal, to receive a license in Canada; Full-page photo collage of many of the best-known flying people at the Miami Air Manoeuvres in early December - including Rudy Kling and Frank Haines who were killed in the first minute of the first race; New De Havilland Tiger Moth ready for delivery; Nice full-page cutaway illustrated ad for the De Havilland Dragon Rapide; Siam Soars - Reginald Jackson operates Aerial Transport Company of Bangkok, Siam; Full-page Stinson ad with photo of a Model SR-9FM; Saskatchewan Good-will Tour; New Test House for Aircraft Engines - Pratt & Whitney facility at East Hartford, CT - article with photos; Nice illustrated full-page ad for the BG Corporation and its spark plugs; Arctic Sky Pilots - Bishop G. Breynat, Vicar Apostolic of the Mackenzie; Nice two-colour full-page ad for the new 1938 Canadian Custom Waco by Fleet Aircraft; Regina Flying Club Highlights; Junkers Introduces the Ju 90 - interesting article with photos; Nice McLaughlin Buick ad shows the Series 46-19 5-passenger sedan with trunk; Great full-page photo ad for Canadian Marconi Company with photo of Pilot G.R. Spradbrow who rescued missing Quebec surveyors; How the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce Reports on Accident Investigations; New 50-h.p. Continental Engines; Full-page ad for Cub Aircraft features photo of Glenn White of Hamilton, aged 14, who soloed in a Cub after 7 hours and 20 minutes dual; New Marconi appointments - with photos; Sensational photo ad for Imperial Airways inside back cover features a great shot of the Canopus, and an endorsement by Mrs. Martin Johnson, the famous American explorer and air traveller; Who Wants a Transport License?; News from the West Coast; M.A.L.C. news; Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover boasts of their 3 December 1937 flight from New York to Havana in just over 5 hours - pilot Major Alexander P. deSeverskey, while on the same date Jacqueline Cochran flew from New York to Miami in just over four hours; Super full-page illustrated ad for the Junkers JU 90; Three-colour Imperial Oil Asphalt ad on back cover shows the new hangar apron at Rockliffe Airport; and more. Average wear. Lower corner missing from page 21 - no material affect to contents. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
456 pages. Frequently illustrated with black and white photographs and line drawings. Topics include: New Dams in the UK; New Marine and Riverside Structures; Loading Tests on Large Bored Piles in Clay; New Zealand House, London; Some New Ecclesiastical Structures; The Economic Design of Members Subjected to Shearing (Ultimate-load Method) - parts I and II; Concrete Structures in Israel; The Principal Post-Tensioning Systems for Prestressed Concrete; Loading Tests on Deep Bored Cylinder Foundations; Precast construction of a training college; Prize-winning Designs for a Motorway Bridge; Research on Concrete Members Reinforced with Deformed Bars; The Inelastic Space Frame - Prestressed Concrete; Concrete Construction at Tinsley Park Steelworks; Construction of Student Hostels; The Counteraction of the Self-weight of Prestressed Concrete Beams; Pressures in Containers of Granular Materials - Parts I and II; Reconstruction of Benghazi Harbour; Model to Determine Temperature Effects on a Cylindrical Structure; A Specification for Concrete; Effects of Oiling and Grouping Prestressed Wires; Continuous Bridges on Elastic Supports; Developments in Foundation Engineering; Progress at Nuclear Power Stations; Removable Wide-slab Construction of a Car-Parking Building; Stresses in Stiffening Beams of Skewed-slab Bridges; A Theory of Bonding - Parts I, II and III; Extensions at Gatwick Airport; Research by the German Committee for Reinforced Concrete; The Design of Concrete Hinges; Installing Pipe-lines by the Thrusting Process; Critical Loads of Plane Frames; Tunnelling Machines for Tube Railways; The Analysis of Stairs with Unsupported Intermediate Landings; The Newark By-pass Road; Special Boundary Conditions in Membrane Shells - Parts I and II; A Multi-Storey Car Park at Leeds; Bridges on the Newark By-Pass Road; Tests on Helical Stairs; Bridges on the Heads of the Valleys Road; Chimney's Constructed with Precast Blocks; New Bridges on the New Motorways - Parts I and II; Practical Analysis of Frames with Beamless Floors; Stiffness Coefficients for Cylindrical Shells; Rapid Construction of a Precast Concrete Building; An Approximating Analysis for Shallow Shells of Translation; Ultimate-Load Analysis of an Edge-Loaded Rectangular Slab Resting on Soil; and more. Prior owner's name in gilt upon front board. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Tightly bound. High quality copy. Book
Contents: Color ad for GM's Electro-Motive Division; Color ad for the new Pontiac (car); Color Kuppenheimer clothing ad; Moscow-London duel attests problems of Truman and Attlee in shaping policy on atomic bomb; Nice color military-themed Coke ad (in Leyte, Philippines); Nice color Camel cigarette ad; Stalin rumors kindled by failure to show up for Red celebrations; photo of tubby Col. Esao Tokunaga who abused Allied prisoners in Hong Kong; Evidence of Japanese war crimes in the Philippines; Blood over Manchuria; The idle GI and liberated France are mighty tired of each other; Dee Balla - Sweetheart of the Marines; Color ad for Pullman-Standard; Great color centerfold ad for the new 1946 Chevrolet; Two photos of a German weapon, the "Viper", a rocket-powered, piloted midget plane which was to be aimed at enemy bombers at 620 mph - the pilot would bail out pre-impact; Canada's arctic exercise Musk Ox; Lewis-Murray feud blurs start of labor-management meeting; Clarence Birdseye now holds 300 patents - his latest invention is a quick-dehydration method; nice color White truck ad; Edgar Bergen marries Frances Westerman; Prokofieff's voice is cosmopolitan - his theme is the spirit of Russia; Photo of German POWs at Fort Custer, Michigan; color ad for Philip Morris & Co. - Bond Street and Revelation; William Keighley; It's Pepsi's Money - Portrait of America Exhibition at Rockefeller Center; Color ad for Scheaffer's pens inside back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. A sound copy. Magazine
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1822KART0194Pesth und Wien, C. A. Hartleben 1822. 27 x 21 cm. 3 Bll., 339 S. Mit 25 (24 gefalt., 1 doppelblattgr.) grenzkol. Kupferkarten (Blattgr.: 26 x 34). Pappband d. Zt., bestoßen u. berieben, Deckelbezug mit kleinen Fehlstellen. Die altkolorierten Karten - großteils gest. von J. N. Champion - auf kräftigem Papier gedruckt ADB VIII, 333. Vgl. Engelmann 1, 47 (Erste Aufl.): "Vgl. Engelmann I,41. "Ein Hülfsmittel beim Studium der Tagsgeschichte für denkende und gebildete Leser"; Espenhorst PP 45.1.1.- Erstmalig 1807 erschienenes Werk des Gothaer Gymnasialprofessors Galletti (1750-1828). "Seine Schriften sind sehr zahlreich, seine Lehrbücher der Geschichte und Geographie die besten ihrer Zeit..." (ADB).
84910aaf3 Broschüren und 1 Mappe mit maschinengeschriebenen Berichten oder Studien mit zahlreichen gezeichneten Karten und Diagrammen: 30 Bl. / 5 Bl. / 4 Bl. / 26 Bl., zw. den Seiten: 3 Briefe oder Durchschläge von Briefen mit Beilagen, guter Zustand.
175342272ABAmsterdam, Petrus Schenk 1753. Qu.-2° (48.5 x 57 cm). Breitrandig, im weißen Rand geringf. unterlegt.
16320123-18[Amsterdam, Janssonius 1632]. Orig.-Kupferkarte, altkoloriert. 45 x 55 cm. (Blattgr.); 37 x 49 cm. (Kartengr.). Etwas randrissig, Einriss im Falz.
16380125-18[Amsterdam, G. Blaeu ca. 1638]. Orig.-Kupferkarte, altkoloriert nach Iohan Surhon. 49 x 58 cm. (Blattgr.); 40 x 51 cm. (Kartengr.). In gutem Zustand.
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