Chesterton, G.K.MareMagnum
The Illustrated London News, Saturday February 9, 1918 - Special War In The Air Issue
Features: Title page photo of R.F.C. airman in electrified clothing for night bombing; The Navy and Nature - Camouflage and Smoke-Clouds (article); The Songs Our Soldiers Sing; The Honey Bee, "Sugar" Supplier (article); Page of photos illustrating damage to Italian architecture done by Austria; Two pages of excellent photos of tanks on the battlefield - at and since Cambrai; Photo of row of British Bombing Machines (Aeroplanes); One-page photo of British pilot holding 25lb bomb as he arms his plane; Article by G.K. Chesterton about food shortages and related wartime issues; Photo in hangar at the Issy-Les-Moulineaux Aviation Station, near Paris; Photo of pilot in cockpit of a Breguet machine; Photos of downed German Gotha aircraft; Twelve photos over two pages illustrate the machine-guns of aeroplanes of various types - allied and enemy examples; Air-Craft Versus War-Ships (article); Two-page illustration of British-German aerial dogfight; Two photos of massive Italian Caproni Aeroplanes; Article on food hoarding; Two photos of a mobile British bacteriological laboratory; Roll of Honour - one page with photos of 21 British officers, including Brig.-Gen. G.S. Shephard, D.S.O., M.C.; and more. 36 pages, including eight pages of charming vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Lovely photo ad for D. Napier & Son, Ltd., maker of Napier motor carriages. Illustrated Denby Motor Lorry ad. Fantastic two-colour back cover ad for the Erasmic Shaving Stick features fashionable man and woman, illustrated by Rilette. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
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