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307pp. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 323 pages with a few with b&w photos.
Book is in excellent condition with very light wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Signed on title page by author.
1949Nd103004New York: Standard Oil Co 1949-1951. 1st edition. Very Good. folio. hardback in original cloth c350pp. col. & b/w pls. maps diags. Journal of The Standard Oil Co. Notable illustrators commissioned for art work. Incl. issues from January 1949 to November 1951 inclusive Standard Oil Co hardcover
195744423New York: Standard Oil Company NJ 1957. good. Approx. 80 wraps illus. maps covers somewhat worn and soiled. Standard Oil Company (NJ) paperback
Features: Nuffield Organization ad inside front cover; Photos of U.S. Shipping Aid, Wing Commander John Gillan; Anzac Lumbermen; Brooklyn USA Dockland Fire - great aerial view; Great large photo of a long line of "Valentine" tanks in use with the Polish tank corps; Photos of Pierre Laval and Marcel Deat - shot by Paul Collette on August 27th; 10 wonderful aerial photos of Ancient Persia's Ruined Cities - the Palace at Persepolis, etc.; Article on the situation in Thailand today; When Oil Fails - illustration of German tanks used as fortified posts; Super war photos from the Soviet Untion; Article - The War with Nazi Germany - Russia and Iran; Photo of Iran's peacock throne; Four awesome large photos of the Low-level R.A.F. attack on Rotterdam on August 28th; Centerfold painting of British Aircraft No. 6-A "Swordfish" swinging away from H.M. Aircraft-Carrier "Illustrious"; 10 interesting photos illustrate made-to-measure lifeboats and other equipment for imperilled R.A.F. pilots; Photo of Queen Wihhelmina inspecting Dutch troops in the Midlands; Variable-Pitch air screw education by de Havilland; Article about Sea Cucumbers, with illustrations; Colour Dewar's "White Label" Scotch ad on back cover shows men playing darts. Minor inkstamp to front cover and twice to contents. Clear tape inside each cover along spine and externally along spine. A sound copy. Magazine
28 pages. Features: Photos of the grim terrain in Tunisia - craggy heights and perilous ridges; Photos of lighter moments in Tunisia; Mules solve Mountain Problems in Tunisia; Unconventional Pictures of Three Famous Generals in Tunisia - General Montgomery, General Alexander, and Lieut.-General George Patton seated on a hillside watching his men advancing to attack; The House of Lords Roll of Honour - photos of thirteen legislators lost in action; The Commons Roll of Honour - photos of nine legislators lost in action; Photo of the first launching of land bombers at sea from the deck of the U.S. aircraft carrier "Hornet"; Photos related to Doolittle's famous raid on Tokyo; R.A.F. Bombers lay waste to 100 acres of factory buildings in Stettin - five aerial photos; The Great Struggle in Tunisia - article by Cyril Falls; The British Assault on Longstop Hill and Bou Arada Bastions - six photos; Centerfold illustration of a British 3 inch mortar in action in Tunisia giving close support to infantry; Photos of George Edward Kruger-Gray, Commander J.W. Linton, Rear-Admiral Philip John Mack and Viktor Lutze; Nice large illustration of Britain's All-Wooden Mosquito Bomber - includes partial cutaway view; Photos of construction of oil pipeline from Texas to New York via Norris City, Illinois; Photo of Roosevelt with Mexican President Camacho; Photos of General Sikorski, Acting Wing Commander Hugh Malcolm and Sir Basil Brooke; Four *Amazing* large aerial photos show the fate of Italy's last two heavy cruisers, "Trieste" and Gorizia"; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
32 pages. Features: Photo of General Georges Catroux; Six photos of Home Guard members protecting Buckingham Palace; Illustrations show how wireless communication provides the eyes for a field battery; Four charming photos of Princess Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, and the Queen; Photo at Kirkuk pre-refinery which pipelines oil to a Haifa refinery; Photos of oil wells in Iraq - the focal point of the Nazi "Drang Nach Osten"; Photos of and related to the 620-mile pipeline to Haifa; Map of South America with article entitled "Nazi Threat to U.S. and Panama - Lufthansa Air Lines in Latin America; Article entitled "The Attitude of the Vichy"; Photos of Dakar entitled "Germany's Infiltration to Dakar - It's Menace to America"; Six photos from Addis Ababa where Imperial forces enter and the Union Jack is hoisted; Six photos entitled "The Return of Haile Selassie - The Negus Welcomed by His People" includes a photo of Miss Banichyzgu Kidani, the only woman soldier in the forces of the Negus; Photos of new bombing raid damage in London - The Queen's Hall, Lambeth Palace, Salvation Army HQ, St. Andrew's Church, Holborn, St. Olave's, St. James's Palace, and the Old Bailey; Two pages of photos from enemy sources include: German soldiers exercising in Africa to the sound of an accordion, German troops resting after capturing El Agheila, Libya, British POWs waiting at an African airport; General Von Kleist saluting panzer unit in Belgrade, Photo of hundreds (thousands?) of Yugoslavian soldiers crowded into German POW camp, swastika flag hoisted over the Acropolis, and General Tsolakoglu signing final capitulation; Photo of ship the 'Zamzam', reported sunk; Photo of German POWs in the western desert receiving food; Two photos of booty taken when the British captured Kismayu; Seven photos from Canada beneath caption "Nazi Prisoners in Canadian Camps - Dodges Used for Escaping" - includes photos of mail checking, improvised tool and weapon, etc.; Photo of Air Chief-Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore arriving in Egypt; Photo of destroyed parish church of St. Peter and Paul, Bromley, Kent; Photo of Mr. Kenneth Riddle, President of the Oxford Union; Photo of five British POWs released from camp in Italian Somaliland; Photo of massive celebration for Portuguese Prime Minister; Photo of De Gaulle with Longmore in Cairo; Photo of Viscount Gort with Sir Clive Liddell whom he succeeds at Gibraltar; Photo of U.S. battleship "Washington" which is nearing completion; Photo of the King and Queen inspecting bomb damage at Westminster Abbey; Photos of personalities of the week include: General Sir R.H. Haining, Maj.-Gen. H.C.B. Wemyss, Lieut.-Gen. Sir H.R. Pownall, Brig. Viscount Bridgeman, General Dentz, Miss Agnes Keyser, The Duke of Aosta, Queen of Croatia, The Duke of Spoleto, The Duke of Hamilton, Mr. Ivone Kirkpatrick, E.M.B. Ingram, Lieut.-Gen. Sir W. Pulteney, Grig.-Gen. Sir C. Champion De Crespigny and The Earl of Suffolk; Dunlop one-page ad shows bombs being loaded into the belly of a plane; and more. Staples removed. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy of this informative WWII issue. Book
Features: Title page illustration of General Sir Henry H. Wilson, K.C.B., D.S.O.; How To Use Your Meat Card (article); Raid Psychology - Dolls Versus Gothas; Strafing a Fritz (article); One-page illustration of the Prince of Wales taking his seat in the House of Lords; Nice photo of a French motor-patrol Vedette U-boat hunting; Excellent half-page photo of Mr. and Mrs. Charles a-Court Repington and fur-bedecked supporters leaving Bow Street Police Court; Photo of a downed German Gotha airplane on display in Dunkirk; Fascinating half-page photo of three Brits preparing a bomb load beneath a bombing-plane; Two pages of intriguing photos of Observation and kite-balloons used for observing the enemy; Article by G.K. Chesterton includes illustration of Major-General E.B. Ashmore, C.M.G., M.V.O.; One-page illustration of sad funeral scene for a Parisian child killed by a German air raid; Fascinating two pages of text and illustrations explain the meat [ration] card plus other rationed and unrationed forms of food; Article discusses the use of oils attained from sea-leopards, seals, and penguins (!); Two illustrations of the sinking of the "Aragon" in the Mediterranean; Two-page illustration of the British destroyers 'Pellew' and 'Partridge' fighting in the North Sea; Centrefold illustration of machine gun duel in the sky between a French 'Voisin' and a German 'Aviatik'; Photo-illustrated article on the difficulty of catching air-raiders; Two fascinating half-page photos of giant British rail-mounted guns in France; Two-page photo of British troops attacking an enemy trench-line on the Western Front; One-page illustration of 'German Sacrilege' whereby a German observation post is built upon a crucifix; and more. 36 pages including eight pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Lovely quarter-page photo ad for Wolseley Motors, Ltd. Fantastic two-colour back cover ad for "Cavander's Army Club" cigarettes features illustration and interview with"The Stunt Pilot (R.F.C.)". Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
Features/Photos: Large feature on Mexico; Belfast Troubles - several photos; The election; Oil and gas search in the North Sea; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Magazine
Pages 829-876. Features: Nice one-page ad for the new Austin Seven car; Photos of the Royals upon their return from Canada; Photos of the King and Queen with their grandchildren, Prince Charles and Princess Anne; Middle East Command (article on the importance of the Middle East to the Free World; Scenes of terrible flooding in Venice, Milan and Switzerland; Photos of defence against communists in Malaya, and damage wrought by terrorists there; Photos of the last days of the royal tour in Canada; Many photos of the Royals upon their return home; 'The Shetland Bus' - book digest; Photos of canal zone tension in Egypt; Tollund Man discovered in Denmark - remarkably preserved by peat; Amazing two-page montage of photos of kittens playing airborne kittens; interesting photos o personalities of the week; One-page color ad for the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company fieatures chick emerging from egg; Nice colour back cover ad for Whitebread's beer; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
28 pages plus advertorial covers. Extensive WWII coverage including: Karsh cover photo of Churchill and Mackenzie King; Five photos of "Huge Military Convoy Reaching India Without Losing a Ship or Man - Disembarkation Scenes"; Two-page illustration of "The Relative Size, Velocity and Weight of Shell Used in the Latest North African Battles - General Grant Tanks, The Mark IV, and the German 88-m.m. anti-tank gun"; Ten Photos of devastation in Malta, "The Heroic Island, continuously battered from the air, unfailing courage of the most bombed place in the world"; Article on the Threat to Egypt; Eight photos of bomb damage to Canterbury and other historic sites; Photo-illustrated review of "Last Train From Berlin" by Howard K. Smith; One-page photo of 'starboard vista' view of British aircraft carrier; Six illustrations of the fighting in Africa by Captain McIntyre of New Zealand; Six aerial photos of Mersa Matruh, Libya, now in the hands of Rommel; Centerfold illustration of Senior army officers being trained to fix trucks; Photos of scorched earth in Sollum, Libya; Aerial photo of bomb damage to 'Gneisenau' at Brest; Photo of King Feisal II of Iraq on his 7th birthday; Photo of emblems of Yugoslavia's guerilla army - featuring skull and crossbones; Photo of U.S. sailor being trained to swim in a sea of buring oil!; Excellent photo illustrates the 56 personnel needed to maintain, service and fly a heavy bomber of the 'Sterling' type, including plane, fuel truck, bomb trailers, etc.; Photo of King George of the Hellenes addressing joint session in Washtington; Royal Visit to Ulster; Excellent one-page photos of dozens of 'General Grant' tanks, used in the Battle of Libya, under construction at the giant Chrysler tank arsenal in Detroit; Photo-illustrated article on Sir James Dewar and his pursuit of liquid air and liquid hydrogen; Five photos of the British Army training in troop-carrier gliders; Twelve excellent photos illustrating "Sebastapol's heroic defence against overwhelming odds in Crimea - scenes from the Russian battlefronts opposing Germany's gathering offensive; Photos of personalities of the week including Mervyn Haigh, Dwight Eisenhower, C.S. Staniland, Elinor Mordaunt, parents of Kenneth Campbell, V.C., Churchill with Attlee, Eden and Sinclair, Churchill with wife and daughter, Wife of able seaman Savage, V.C., Sir Edwin Cooper, V.A. Crutchley, V.C., Lord Glanely, Tom Driberg, and parents of Petty Officer Sephton, V.C. Unmarked with average wear. Spine taped. A sound vintage copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Cover photo of miner at work 1000 yards below grade in the Milliard Seam at Snowden Colliery, in Kent; Amazing photo of crashed Dakota aircraft atop houses at South Ruislip; Five photos of Husky and Malemute dogs which will help Rear-Admiral Richard E. Byrd's new Antarctic expedition; Miracles of salvage in Italy - five photos of monuments rebuilt from fragments; Photos of brilliant results of Italian buildings and frescoes rebuilt after the war; Article entitled Some Service Landmarks of 1946, which includes two photos from troubled Jerusalem; Six photos of an Allied forces horse race held at Okayama, Japan; Five photos of King Michael of Rumania; Three large photos illustrate the huge Abadan oil refinery and the countryside pipelines which feed it; Photo of heroic Rome fruit vendor Domenico Ferri who caught baby Pier Carlo who had fallen from 6th floor window; Photos of the crash of Trans-World Airlines (TWA) Constellation Star of Cairo, near Shannon Airport; Photos of terrible tsunami damage at Tanabe, Japan and Shinghu, Japan; Two pages of great photos illustrate radio-controlled (RC) model car racing - America's fourth most popular sport; One page photo of the Alizes on the high trapeze under the big top; Photos of personalities of the week include Lieut. Gen. Sir Leslie Hollis, Lieut. Gen. Sir J. Crocker, Lord Russell of Killowen, Harold McKenna, Prof. Paul Langevin, Prof. Hartridge, W. C. Fields, Sir Victor Mallett, the victorious United States Davis cup team, and Lord Normanand; Two photos of L. F. Lawes and his model glider fitted with a small camera to be used for photographic reconnaissance; Wonderful full-page photo of postal workers coping with a mountain of packages at Mount Pleasant; Two pages of fascinating photos of the racial minorities of Indochina, as yet undisturbed by Vietnam claims. Unmarked with average wear. Advertising front cover taped in place, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 33-64 plus advertorial covers. Features: Cover photo of snow-covered R.A.F. Aerodrome - showing airman and plane in trees- somewhere in France; Photos of treasures of the tomb of Pharaoh Sheshonk, at Tanis; Two drawings of the British Maginot Sector under fire; Two-page illustration of Scottish troops taking over in the Maginot Line; Two-page panoramic map of the heavily fortified coastline of north-western Germany; Photos of incoming and outgoing cabinet ministers Leslie Hore-Belisha, Oliver Stanley, Andrew Rae Duncan, and John Reith; Page of six photos showing Finnish medical services and staff at work in the Arctic cold; Page of five photos showing Finnish soldiers with tanks, guns and transport taken from the Soviets; The War with Nazi Germany - The Defense of Finland (article and photos); Ten winter photos from the Western Front, French sector, including the B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Forces); Centrefold illustration of "The Aerial Gun-Power of Britain, France and Germany - The Armament of the Bombers and Fighters Now in Action"; Four German aerial photos of "Brutal Attack on a Trawler" in the North Sea; Two detailed German air photos of the Maginot Line - showing Mourmelon and defensive lines; Book review of "Experiments in Civilisation" by H. Ian Hogbin; Photos of Cairo police training for riots; Photos of Rome under snow; Photo of Brazillians honouring the memory of their last Emperor, Pedro II, and his consort; Photos of interned German sailors of the "Admiral Graf Spee" in Buenos Aires; Two photos of destruction in Rome's San Lorenzo in Damaso; Photos of personalities of the week include Sir C.S. Burnett, Malcolm Morrison, Marie Therese Dickens, Dr. G.R. Eden, Humbert Wolfe, King Carol and Crown Prince Michael of Rumania, Lord and Lady Linlithgow in Calcutta, and Sir John Herbert and his wife in Calcutta; Illustrations of "Kilted Highlanders Resting in Their Billet" and "Signals at Work"; Illustrated page of statistics indicating "Germany's Desperate Oil Situation"; Two pages of photos of Hatfield House being used as a military hospital; Two page of photos of 6th-century Badami murals in India; Photo of Captain Hans Langsdorff, his funeral cortege being saluted by Buenos Aires' Nazi colony, and crew members of the Graf Spee being boated to internment. Average wear. Spine taped. A sound vintage WWII-era copy. Book
Features/Photos: 1-page colour advert for the Singer Shamois by Rootes Motors; Pope Paul in India (colour photos); National Stud sold at Newmarket; Oil drilling in Surrey; Gibraltar's sixteenth siege; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
Pages 1077-1116. Features: Cover photo of the five-power conference to negotiate a new international treaty for the limitation of naval armaments; Illustration of the great Finnish composer M. Jean Sibelius on the occasion of his 70th birthday; Page of illustrations of naval cruisers of Britain, Japan, Germany and Italy - a reduction problem for the five-power naval conference; Page of reproductions of archival illustrations of historic precedents for Lord De Clifford's trial; Photos of air raids on Dessie - Italian bonds damaged the palace of the Crown Prince just after the Emperor of Abyssinia had left it to me: Article discusses "What is Electricity?"; Page of illustrations present electricity as a "new servant"of man; Oil - the diplomatic problem of the hour - three pages of photos of the modern oil industry; A unique complex of bronze age Irish ring-forts - new discoveries of unusual interest, at Cush, in the County Limerick; Page of photos of newly found relics of Celtic Ireland in the Bronze Age; a 12th-century Irish reliquary - the shrine of St. Manchan - text and photos; Page of photos of anteaters Map of the present Abyssinian Empire; Two-page illustration of the boiler furnaces of the "Queen Mary" being lit; Photo of rioting in Lahore; Photo of a large band of Sikhs overlooked by mounted police during a pause in their march to Lahore for Shahidi day; One page colour ad says Guinness is good for oysters - good for you; Colour centrefold illustration of the "Silver Jubilee Procession"; Nice colour one-page ad for Craven 'A' cigarettes with Christmas motif; Photos of personalities of the week include: the Oxford and Cambridge rugby teams, E. O. W. Hunt, George A Strasser, his Majesty Haile Selassie, Señor Manuel Quezon, the Bishop of Salisbury, Lord De Clifford, Thomas Marlowe, C. Hayden Coffin, and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester in Ulster with their hostess, Lady Brooke; Photos of survivors of the "Silverhazel" being rescued near the US destroyer "Bulmer"; Photo of the new Commonwealth of the Philippines being inaugurated at the legislative building in Manila; Photo of Signor Mussolini reading a restrained speech in the Italian chamber on the sanctions situation; Photo of saluting Italian war widows and mothers at the unknown warrior's tomb; Photo of Miss Jean Batten's damaged airplane on Araruama Beach, Brazil; Photo of the Wiley Post and Will Rogers aviation beacon recently placed on the George Washington Bridge in New York; Photo of wrecked Belgian airliner in Kent which crashed killing 11; Photos of Sir John Carden and Capt. Jean Schoonbroodt; Photo of Mr. S. V. Appleby crossing the channel in a "Flying flea"; One-page South Africa travel ad features illustration of native Village scene; One-page illustrated ad for Booth's matured dry gin; One page ad for the Vauxhall big six saloon; Review of "Steel of Empire", by John Murray Gibbon; Halfpage illustrated Estorial (Portugal) travel ad; One-page ad promotes Austria as the 'ski paradise'; article discusses economic 'stabilization' and it's difficulties; and more. Centrefold loose but present. Outer advertising pages not included. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Features: Three pages of great photos of the Churchill/FDR meeting at sea aboard the H.M. Battleship "Prince of Wales"; Photos of the life of seamen aboard the latest battleships; Photos of fly-killing and tank repair operations in the African desert; War article by Cyril Falls with photos, including overhead shot of the Cernavoda railway bridge across the Danube, before it was destroyed by the Soviet Air Force; 2-page illustration of a 'cutting-out' excercise by a flotilla of fast motor-boats and amphibian troops in East Anglia; Personalities and Events of the week; Super aerial photo of bombs falling on Knapsack power station August 12th during a daylight raid; Centerfold illustration of the "Bristol" Blenheim Mark IV; Four amazing photos of the immediate aftermath of the attack in the Knapsack power plant; 13 photos of Nazi defeat on the Russian front; Interesting tables and graphics depict petrol rations and oil tankers - an analysis for car owners; Article on the Spider Wort, with photos; Nice half-page ad for Eno's "Fruit Salt". Average wear. Faint ink stamp to front cover. Clear tape inside each cover along spine, and externally along spine. A sound copy. Book
Features/Photos: 73,000 cross into East Berlin for Christmas; The Lakonia Disaster; End of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; Rock art of the Australian Aborigines in Northern New South Wales; Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Today I, II, III and IV; Mikhail Andreevich Suslov; Photo of elephant hindquarters; Crossing the Mekong Delta upon a Water Buffalo's back; Jim Clark-World Champion - Esso Oil Ad.; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
32 pages. Features: The Crisis in Health Service; Moon Pictures; Assassination of Malcolm X; The Rise of the Chinese Dictator (Mao); Anti-Castro Raiders launch attack on Cuban oil base; The Humber Imperial Automobile; Canada's new flag; Odeion and Statuary at Aphrodisias; Florentine and Sienese Paintings; Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
Pages 337-364. Features: Cover photo of Winston Churchill watching a parade of heavy infantry tanks named after him; Photos of Wendell Willkie visiting our forward positions in Egypt; Two pages of devastation - the wreckage left behind after Rommel's forced retreat from the Western Desert; Page of desert photos including German POWs, a 'sticky' bomb, minesweeping and Communion for the wounded; One-page illustration of deserted village in East Anglia; The Position of Madagascar - article; Six photos of tanks and their landing craft; Malta "Island Fortress of Heroism" Receives her George Cross - six photos of the pomp and ceremony; Photo of the "Wakefield" ablaze, and photo of her passengers on deck awaiting rescue; Photo of FDR beside large Japanese flag - which he refused to touch; Photos of H.M. destroyer "Zulu" and flying-boat "Clare", both lost; Twelve photos from the Russian Front; Centrefold map of Australia, "Japan's Main Objective in the Pacific"; Six Photos of the last moments of the "Yorktown", sunk off Midway Island; Photos of ten personalities of the week include Commander E.P. Tomkinson, General Von Kleist, Admiral Sir William James, Lieut. Cutler, V.C. (of Australia), and Sergt. Murray Smythe, V.C. with Major-General Dan Pienaar; Three aerial photos of Rouen after first raid by U.S. "Fortresses"; Photos of London's evacuated statues; Four large before and after photos of Dusseldorf after raid of September 10; Victory Through Air Power (article); Five photos of Marines vigorously training; Four photos of U.S. Troops learning to swim through seas of blazing oil; One-page illustration of British naval losses since the war's outbreak, from capital ships to submarines; Six illustrations of the life of British War Prisoners in Germany; Sixteen portraits of war prisoners in Oflag VIe, by Lt. J.F. Watton; vintage ads. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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 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 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 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 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