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191158482New York Brooklyn Newark Jersey City & Philadelphia: Delaware Gas Light Co. ca. 1911. Small 4to. 5.75 x 7 in. 24 pp unpaginated on thick paper stock. With 7 silver gelatin photos on thick glossy photo paper stock hinged at gutter margin minor soiling to upper fore-edges of a couple images. Pebbled calf split-pin post-binder gilt lettering stamped on front cover black silk pastedowns wear & scuffing to fore-edges minor rubbing minor wear to corners minor fraying to the fore-edges of the silk pastedowns still VG- copy. First edition of this very scarce Progressive Era sales catalogue for the Delaware Gas Light Co. lighting system. Using patented gas lighting equipment developed by Roessler & Armington this Easton Gas Co. subsidiary marketed this lighting system as better light than electric arc lighting at one fifth the cost steady brilliant illumination no blackening of mantles no smoked ceilings and no abnormal heat. The systems which were only rented to the consumer featured a small high pressure pump invented by Roessler 1872-1939 and a separate reservoir and piping -- all installed and maintained by the company. The photos show the styles which were available in copper or black enamel assorted size and density glass globes from clear to opaque and could be fitted with by-pass lever or chains to control the lighting. The Delaware Gas Light Co. had originated in Delaware OH in the 1870’s and in 1903 was absorbed into the Easton Gas Co. along with Easton Fuel Gas William’s Township Gas Co. Forks Township Gas Co. and others becoming the Easton Gas & Electric Co. No copies in Worldcat; See: Pennsylvania News Items Light Vol. III No. 1 August 1903 p. 285; Gas-Lamp; Combined High & Low Pressure Gas-Lamp Amandus C. Roessler & William A. Armington U.S. Patent Office Vol. 184 1911-1912 pp. x xxxiii 150-152 290. Delaware Gas Light Co., unknown
ORD-4356de 1895 à 1962, une bonne partie illustrée souvent en couleurs, provenant de nombreuses villes de France. Réunis dans un classeur, sous protection plastique (23x31cm).
96 pages. Index of advertisers. Features: Cover photo of the vessel 'Orient City' fully loaded with lumber; Two-color ad for Broderick yellow-strand wire rope inside front cover; Nicely logging-theme illustrated Timken bearing full-page ad; American Tiger Brand Wire Rope ad features great photo (circa 1885) of steam (bull) donkey and many loggers; R.G. LeTourneau ad features photo of their bulldozer and a Willamette-Hyster arch at work; Full-page two-color photo ad for Caterpillar features A.E. Baker of Fruit Growers Supply, Susanville, CA; Durable Douglas Fir Cross Arms used on telephone poles by the British Columbia Telephone Company - article with photo; Hand Methods Must Give Way to Mechanization in Eastern Canada - article; Photos of sawmill scenes in Sweden and Finland; Novel Effects in Wood at Paris Exposition - article with photos; Unique Power Plant of Vancouver Island Lumber Operation - Nootka Wood Products, Ltd. mill at Port Tasis (Tahsis) is driven by wood gas - article with photos - including photo of John P. Blenkinsop and Harry Smith and another photo of plant manager Lute D. Rogers with George M. Cornwall of this publication; Fantastic two-page two-color illustrated ad for the Ross Lumber Carrier, Model 90; S.A. Woods Machine Company ad features their new 412 planer and matcher; Magnificent full-page ad for Disston precision ground cross-cut saws includes photos of fallers at work with this two-man saw; Distinct saving shown to be possible with two-man bucking crews - article; Plywood's outdoor uses are increasing - photo-illustrated article; Meeting of the Wooden Box Association at San Francisco; Mark Markkula and his logging Bunks and Chunks - article with photos of products and Mr. Markkula; Nicely illustrated one-page ad for Hercules Engines of Canton, Ohio; Logging in Tillamook - article with photos; Super one-page photo ad for Feenaughty Machinery Co.'s FWD trucks - with photo showing a massive load being hauled; Nice truck-logging themed photo ad for Waukesha engines; Awesome photos of Allis-Chalmers tractors at work for the Big Lakes Box Company in Klamath Basin; Fantastic full-page ad with photos of the Washington Diesel Yarder made by Washington Iron Works; Crazy photo of trucks driving 132' logs across the Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mills' narrow old logging bridge above Skykomish, WA; Photo of a Dow low stump power saw at work; Small illustrated ad for P. Sharkey & Son Horse Collars; Photo of an FWD truck at work for Mr. W.S. Jeans of Culp Creek, OR; Superheaters - their use on Donkeys and Locomotives - article; Oriental strife affects Pacific Lumber Trade - article; France decides between steel and wood rail cars; Foreign Lumber Fleet - list of lumber vessels visiting Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia - and their capacities; Three Bamfiled, B.C. photos accompany brief article about Pacific Cable and Wireless, Ltd. and their cable which extends from Bamfield to New Zealand; Photo of G.L. Graiff with redwood charcoal experimental wood gas-powered truck - Hammond Redwood Co. of Samoa, CA; Reunion of pioneer members of the Southwestern Washington Lumber Manufacturers Association - with photos of T.H. MacLafferty, C.A. Doty, Charles Gilchrist, W.C. Miles, Jerry Startup, S.S. Somerville; Obituary of August K. Berter; Nice illustrated ad for the Warren Axe and Tool Co. of Warren, PA.; and more. Unmarked. Above-average but not excessive wear. Chips missing from backstrip. Binding intact. A rare surviving issue of this highly informative vintage lumber periodical. Magazine
19026057Verzinkerei. Eschweiler 2. (Katalog: Sonder-Erzeugnisse: Gas u. Wasserbehälter. 6. Auflage. Februar 1902). Mit zahlr. (1 farb.) Abb. meist nach Photographien. Eschweiler, Selbstverlag (Druck: Aachener Verlags- und Druckerei-Ges.), 1902. 4to. (32,0 x 24,0 cm). 151, (1) S. Farbig illustrierter Orig.-Leinwandband mit geprägter Vignette auf dem Vorderdeckel.
19292111902160201233Dainippon Fire Association Nagano Branch 1929. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Dainippon Fire Association Nagano Branch paperback
BN91265Wirtschafts- u. Verlagsges. Gas u. Wasser. Praxis der Wasserversorgung: Praxiswissen für technisch-verantwortliches Betriebspersonal in Wasserversorgungsunternehmen <br/><br/>Praxis der Wasserversorgung: Praxiswissen für technisch-verantwortliches Betriebspersonal in Wasserversorgungsunternehmen DVGW Deutscher Verein des GAs- und Wasserfaches e. V. Wirtschafts- u. Verlagsges. Gas u. Wasser unknown
56 pages. Features: Cover photo of young lady standing atop sailboat; Vintage wartime Canadian National / Canadian Pacific ad inside front cover entitled "There Goes Your Letter To Your Boy" shows mother putting letter into mail box, to be delivered, in part, by rail; Brief news bits touch on the split to the Russo-Polish alliance, how Berlin chuckled, and the case for the Poles; One-page Trans-Canada Telephone System implores long distance users to use the limited wartime capacity efficiently; Invasion Tactics - Great photo-illustrated article shows Canadian troops practicing for the D-Day invasion; Wolf at the Door (short story); Quick Ending (short story); A Photo Finish (short story); Our Invisible Ally - photo-illustrated article explains how the electron aids Canada's war effort with marvellous electronic devices; Momentum to Mutiny - photo-illustrated article explains how some German troops are rebelling, particularly Walter Bluthner, who refused a transfer to Norway to the Russian Front; No Double Cross for Dolly (short story); Hollywood news - article with photo of Vivien Leigh; One page ad for Woodbury Soaps features photos of Elisabeth Howe, of Ottawa; Nice half-page Heintzman & Co. piano ad features illustration of grand piano; Illustrated Johnson's Wax one-page ad entitled "The Lindsey Girls Have Had a Busy Day" shows ladies in uniform; *Sensational centrefold colour ad for General Motors features illustrations of fourteen of the 1943 military vehicles they are contributing to the war effort, including: four-wheel-drive service truck, gas tank truck, water tank purifier, general transport, staff car, plane gassing truck, and many more - and apparently they made an additional 36 vehicles; Photo and brief write-up of Mrs. H.M. Aitken, Supervisor of Conservation, and one of Canada's most versatile women; Modess ad features illustration of female aviation mechanic; On the Kitchen Front - recipes; Home Canning - Your Patriotic Duty; Attractive colour half-page Pepsi ad features young lovely and Frise illustration of boys fishing; Fashion illustrations; Woodbury Cold Cream ad features photo of Dorothy Lamour; The Housewife Takes a Job - article discussing how wives are taking jobs to support the war effort; World Sayings; Ford ad inside back cover includes large illustration of Canadian gun crew in battle; Back cover colour Coke ad entitled "Caps off to our fighting men" mentions the Victory Parade Program with Canada's Spotlight Band, featuring Mart Kenney and his Western Gentlemen; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this extraordinary vintage wartime issue. Book
BN91354Wirtschafts- u. Verlagsges. Gas u. Wasser. DVGW-TRGI 2018 Technische Regel für Gasinstallationen <br/><br/>DVGW-TRGI 2018 Technische Regel für Gasinstallationen DVGW Deutscher Verein des Gas- und Wasserfaches e.V. Technisch-wissenschaftlicher Verein Wirtschafts- u. Verlagsges. Gas u. Wasser unknown
Pages 194-284 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Romance of the French Foreign Legion; Adrift in a Mine-Field - two men drift through a mine-field in a crippled seaplane, fending off mines with their bare hands!; That Night - a rice-planter's cyclone ordeal on Bordelieu Island off the Florida coast; An Englishwoman in South America - Mrs. Mayer-Nixson describes the ways of Chilean (Chilian) policemen, the curious manners and customs of the people, and the odd habits of Chilean servants; The End of the Rainbow - an adventure of Etienne, a half-breed trapper in Northern Canada who had not heard of WWI; Rua the Prophet - the curious history of a Maori fanatic, Rua Kenana, who established a native "New Jerusalem" in the heart of the wild and inaccessible Urewera Mountains of New Zealand - article with great photos; Canada's Last Frontier - part II of a photo-illustrated narrative of a trip to Canada's Eskimo country - including a photo of Fort McMurray which was but a tiny clearing in the woods, plus a photo of an early oil well, and the Pelican gas 'gusher' which had been buring for 18 years!; Our Zambezi Lion-Hunt - adventure involving a black-faced lion; The Tale of the "Tara" - the adventures of the crew of the auxilliary cruiser "Tara," torpedoed off the North African coast - photo-illustrated article; Exploring the Black Canyon - A.L. Fellows and W.W. Torrence help tap a river by a tunnel which irrigates a previously barren valley in Colorado. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Features: Loaded with British Columbia content! Nice Full-page colour ad for Bulova watches; A Native's Return to B.C., by Pierre Berton; Nice colour photo ad for the 1958 Ford cars; Feature article on Victoria's Government Street, with colour photos; Many B.C.-themed cartoons; The Salty Princesses of the Pacific Coast - B.C.'s Princess Boats - article with colour photos; The Douglas Fir - the vanishing giant that built a province; The Rise and Fall of Social Credit - the west's wonder party now seems headed for destruction; What B.C. means to nine of its best artists - many colour illustrations commissioned by Maclean's - works by Jack Shadbolt, Joe Plaskett, Bruno Bobak, Lawren Harris, Gordon Smith, Molly Bobak, B.C. Binning, E.J. Hughes, John Korner; The Truth about the Sasquatch - fiction by Vernon Hockley; Nice colour full-page ad for B/A gas stations; Glamourous colour ad for B-58 Buick; Labatt's '50' ale colour ad; Nice colour ad for the Sheraton - Mt. Royal Hotel; Great full-page black and white photo ad for Canada Mink; Faded Coke ad on back cover shows a mountain scene and people in cowboy hats. Covers detached but present else average wear. Unmarked. Lerner & Williamson 1996. Magazine
108 pages. Features: Rex Woods cover illustration of the Royal 22nd Regiment in Quebec City; Nice colour ad for International Trucks shows them at work in a growing baby-boomer subdivision; Colour-photo ad for GE kitchen mixers in '3 Festive Colours'; Duplessis is Not Unbeatable; Colour photo ad for Hoover Vacuums features lady in heels, dress and apron happily cleaning her home; One-page colour ad for Dodge features Dodge Mayfair Hardtop with push-button transmission; Who Really Owns Canada? - great article by Peter C. Newman explains how outsiders own most of our oil, mining, pulp and other biggest industries; How Man Will Conquer Mars - the detailed story, complete with timetable, of how the first Mars journey may be carried out - with nine illustrations, eight in colour, by Chesley Bonestell (not in Schuetz); I Married a Count - Catherine Cziraky explains how she married Hungarian Count Laszlo Cziraky; You Don't Have to Panic Over Rabies; The B.C. Coast - with large colour night photo of the intersection of Georgia and Granville in Vancouver; One-page photo of logger (faller) beside gigantic cedars he has taken down on the west coast of Vancouver Island; The Most Baffling Show on Television - Holiday Ranch is Canada's most popular show; You Really Run by Electricity - the electrical system of the human body is so ingenious that it makes man's inventions seem like clumsy toys; The Secret of Stolen Love Letters; I Cry at the Movies; Classy one-page colour-photo ad for the Remington 60 de luxe Auto-Home electric shaver shows it at work at home and in a car; Nice 2/3-page colour ad for Tappan electric and gas ranges; Fancy half-page ad for Allied Van Lines in bright orange; One-page colour ad for Chevrolet features six of their station wagons for 1956; Classy colour-photo one-page ad for Leonard appliances features glamorous photo of Anne Leonard; Heinz baby food colour-photo ad features mother breastfeeding; Nice 2/3-page colour ad for Maxwell House coffee features smiling lady and card game; Classy one-page colour ad for the (yellow) 1956 Chrysler Windsor Newport; Trans-Canada Air Lines ad; Colour Molson's Export ad features smiling newspaper man at quitting time; Half-page Olsonite ad features open toilet seat which eerily resembles a crocodile waiting to snap someone's backside!; One-page colour ad for Ford 225 HP V-8 cars (battling a big truck on the highway); 3/4-page photo ad for Electrohome Fans, of Kitchener, Ontario; Toronto-Dominion (TD) Bank colour-photo ad features funky family checking into Motel; Classic colour O'Keefe's Ale ad features lumberman with peavey jumping over floating logs outside mill; Colour ad features five of the 1956 car models made by Packard - Clipper - Studebaker; R.O.T.P. (Regular Officer Training Plan) ad features smiling young man; Labatt's ad features photo of Arthur G. Turner of Toronto delivering ice(?); Nice colour GWG ad inside back cover features lineman climbing utility pole; Back cover colour-photo Coke ad shows four scenes; and more. Unmarked with average wear and external soiling. A sound vintage copy of this stellar issue. Book
1028 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated. Covers: Diesel-Electric, Steam, Electric, Gas Turbines, Shops, Terminals, and Servicing Facilities. Somewhat above-average external wear. Gift greetings atop front free endpaper. Binding a little slack but intact. A worthy reference copy of this huge and magnificent vintage reference. Book
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Ottoman script (Turkish with Arabic letters). 62, [1] p., unnumbered b/w ills. Major Nureddin Fuat Alpkartal was a Turkish politician, diplomat, and soldier who attended the 1959 Bilderberg. He was a graduate of the Military Academy, the French Artillery School, and the Military Academy. His specialty was the biological gases used in wars. This is the first book written by Nureddin Fuad Alpkartal including detailed information on biological gases used in war, and he examined what would happen if they would be used in the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915. This book is one of the most important sources cited as a source that biological weapons were not used in the Çanakkale War during the First World War, (1914-1918). Özege 14087.; Not in OCLC. First and Only Edition. Extremely rare.
18132810Mit 2 mehrf. gefalt. Tabellen u. 2 gefalt. gest. Tafeln. [Paris], H. Perronneau, 1813. 8vo. (18,4 x 12,2 cm). 2 Bll., 115 S. Neuer Pappband.
68 pages. Features: Schools should teach religion as a subject, not a faith; Macmillan's 30 fateful minutes in Moscow; *Fantastic* two-page colour ad for International trucks shows five different models; Gorgeous colour photo ad for the 1959 Buick Le Sabre convertible; How Dangerous is Natural Gas? - some people are concerned; Can the University of Toronto (U of T) survive sheer size? - article with photos; The hectic scramble for the class of 1959 - courted by hundreds of company recruiters; Canada needs a lobby in Washington; The Sleuths who probe our air disasters - with photo of the remains of a DC-4 which crashed in Quebec in 1957, killing 79 people; James Wilson Morrice - the painter we weren't ready for - article with colour illustrations; Nice Canadian Pacific centrefold ad for Canadian Pacific shows a large map of the world and their various transporations services; Nice Black Label beer ad shows massive glass of beer in the wilderness; Two-page black and white photo ad for Toro lawn mowers; Nice colour photo ad for Old Vienna beer inside back cover; Colour ad on back cover for S.O.S. pads and how they can be used to clean white wall tires; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Topics: Shocking mess in civil defense; Canada-US Partnership problems; Lester Pearson - Peacemaking to Politicking; New Surgery repairs the heart - Dr. Wilfred Bigelow; Nice 2-page colour GM ad with five illustrations of Chevrolet through Cadillac; Canada's CF-100 - Boldest and Costliest Aviation Venture; How the Price Squeeze hit the Newspapers; U.K. Trade Mission - what it achieved; How to make money when stocks go down; Colour Chevrolet ad; Toronto Exchange in Losing Battle with Skulduggery; Let's not panic on Canadian Education; Playground of Danger in the Middle East; Small Investors invade Real Estate; Cover photo - Dr. E.J. Pratt; Cover photo of Conductor Walter Susskind; Our Shabby Airports - a growing shame; The Cigarette war comes to Canada; How we cover up our Racia Abuses; Confused Tax Laws cost you money; Cover photo of TV's Joyce Sullivan; Our 'forgotten force' in the middle-east - Snafu in UNEF; Closed-circuit TV catches on in Canada; Revival of Freedom on Latin America; Natural Gas Stocks - profit possibilities; Cover photo of George C. Metcalf; Election Pollsters; Can a machine prove you are drunk?; What free trade would mean to Canada; Cover photo of J.E. Coyne of the Bank of Canada; What do we need most in Canadian schools - money or brains?; A Long-Term Payoff in Labrador Power; Spoon-fed patriotism won't work in Canada; New market technique for skillful traders; Cover photo and story on Sir Robert Watson-Watt; Rescuing a world bent on Suicide; How many people are really out of work?; Our moonstruck U.S. Neighbors; Sales Promotion brings in hard cash; Cover photo and article on Rev. Dr. J.R. Mutchmor; The Recession; Dilemma of Diplomacy; Parlor politics and the video vote; New play in the copper market; Cover photos and article on CCF leader M.J. Coldwell; How Canada built and abandoned the world's first Jetliner - designed by James Floyd; Gold's new glitter brings out old glamor; Our religious revival - new faith or old fear?; Boating craze booms business; Cover photo and article of CPA's Grant McConachie; Business in British Columbia; Could we stop Russian missiles?; Global triple play - Ike to Dag to Mr. K; Vancouver's Deas Island Project - Submarine Highway Under the Fraser; Cover photo and story on Stratford's Charmion King; Trade Policy; Why the CF-105 had to be built *Great Avro Arrow Article with Photos*; The case against the Grand Jury; Mutual Funds; Cover photo and article on Labour Minister Mike Starr; Why the market rises while business slumps; Will resurgent Tories take over in B.C.?; How the DBS figures can make you money; Can leadership solve the world's ills; Cover photo and article on Federal Finance Minister Donald Fleming; Canadian-UK banks combine to develop South American trade; Terror in British Columbia - the Sons of Freedom in the Kootenays; NORAD and NATO and their affects on our national interest; New Trend - Mutual Life Companies; Dollars and cents re: Air Conditioning; Jason Robards cover photo and article; Cover photo and artile on Davidson Dunton; Hoffa Muscles in - will labor racketeers strangle the Seaway?; Feeble defense policy cripples our armed forces; TV inquisitors give journalism new depth; Mining market madness; Cover photos and article on Dag Harrarskjold; The State of Alaska - partner or problem?; Sherman Adams Case - Pharisee's Prattfall; What Shakespeare did to Stratford; Who benefits from Gasoline wars?; Cover photo and article on Maurice Duplessis; Will foreign cars drive U.S. Makers to Model-T thinking?; How NORAD worked in Mid-East Crisis; Successful Pay-TV - a first for Canada?; TBill sale can fight inflation; Cover photo and article on CBC's Jack Duffy (who bears a resemblance to Mr. Obama); The Family Fortunes; TV in Russia; Arab Showdown; Buy a house and stay solvent; Cover photos and article on Claude Bissell; Does Ottawa connive in U.S. attempt to tax Canadians?; Why emotion rules in U.S. School Fight; Army faces atom war without atomic arms; A hundred-y Book
196346791Paris 1963. 479 S. - 639 S. - 637 S. - 549 S. mit zahlreichen Abbildungen, 4°, Original-Leinen (Hardcover), Bibliotheks-Exemplare, Stempel auf Vorsatz, Titel und auf Schnitt, insgesamt gute und innen saubere Exemplare,
2004423175WS. New. 2004. Soft Cover. WS paperback
33" x 25" coloured map. "Showing Dominion Lands Vacant. For complete information and regulations governing homestead entry apply to agent at Peace River..." Coal mines, water developed, other minerals, undeveloped minerals, oil and gas wells, power transmission lines and main roads indicated. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent homesteading memento of the Peace River/Grande-Prairie District. Book
56 pages. Features: Colour Imperial (Oil) ad inside front cover features old-style gas pumps and bottled oil; Editorial topics include Preserving Balance, The Limit of Freedom, The Limit of Socialism, The Impasse, Adult Education, and Strong Medicine; Nice one-page ad for Waterman's pens features photo of artist Howard Chandler Christy; Travel for the Average Man - article which touches on the tough economic times of the day; Rain Before Seven (short story); Echo of Erin (short story); Modernizing the Land of the Master - great photo-illustrated article on Palestine; The Man Who Lived in Twilight (short story); The Native Returns - photo-illustrated article on Robert Watson's return to the place of his rural Scotland boyhood; One-page Pond's ad features photo of Mrs. Henry Field of Chicago; The Birth of a Novel (fiction); Nice one-page illustrated Ford car ad shows stylish coupe and traffic cop; Movie News includes photos of Margaret Sullavan, Douglas Montgomery, Rosemary Ames, W.C. Fields, Bing Crosby, Miriam Hopkins, Lionel Barrymore, Otto Kruger, Una Merkek, Harold Lloyd, Hugh Williams, Helen Twelvetrees, and more; Interesting one-page Lux ad features photo of gagged man; Palmolive ad includes photo of Gladys Swarthout; One-page ad features several Heinz food products; Two-page General Motors of canada ad says "Progress out of the Common Sense of Canadian Motorists"; Legal article; Investment news; Half-page Canadian National photo-ad features budget vacations in Eastern Canada; Cooking article; World Sayings; Chipso ad inside back cover includes colour photo of Mrs. R.L. Pine and her family, plus her black dishwasher Birdie (Bertha); and more. Above-average wear and soiling. Covers detached but present. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
32 pages. Features: Cover photo of message being passed by line from destroyer to cruiser while at sea; Series of illustrations show 'Position' land-mining a road surface for depth-charges; Two-page illustration of night training for attack in enemy country; Photo of Packard draughtsmen at work in the U.S. where they are contracted to produce 6,000 Rolls-Royce engines; Two impressive photos of Pittsburgh's impressive steel productive capacity; Aerial photos of R.A.F. bomb strikes on Boulogne and Addis Ababa; Ten photos of Tripoli, the beautiful capital of Italian Libya; Map-illustrated article considers German invasion of England; Personalities of photos of the week include Lady Austen Chamberlain, Dr. W.M. Carter, Colonel Lindbergh (who urged a negotiated peace), H.W. House, Dr. E.G.W. Braunholtz, The King and Queen inspecting bomb damage, P.W. Kerr, Walter Krivitsky, Major-General Fleischer of the Norwegian forces, M. radu Florescu, and C.F.A. Voysey; Illustration and photo of German inflatable dinghy for downed airmen; Two-page photo of dawn paratroop attack; Seven photos of America's parachute troops training at Fort Benning; Full-page cutaway illustration of Wellington bomber; Photos of London statues being saved; Photo of huge unexploded Nazi bomb now used as a $ collecting box outside St. Paul's Cathedral; Photos of gas masks in use in Brighton as part of gas 'alert' test; Photos aboard corvettes - little ships which are grappling with the U-boat menace; Six large photos show meal preparation at Liverpool's communal feeding centre - capable of serving 16,000 repasts daily; and more. Staples disintegrated. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this important wartime issue. Book
Pages 365-392. Features: Nice colour B.S.A. one-page ad shows 'dicycle' being driven down boardroom table(!); Cover photo of 6-inch gun captured intact after Rommel's retreat; One page with six photos closely displaying the captured 6-inch gun; Photos of new German gun's muzzle break; Photos of signs in the North African desert; Three photos of General De Gaulle with fighting French forces in the Middle East; The Desert's Dusty Face (article with three dust storm photos); One-page aerial photo of Gialo Oasis - Italian Desert base raided by British Mobile Force; Russia Fighting On (article); Three interesting pages of graphics present household energy-consuming devices and their rates of fuel consumption, how households typically consume energy, and how to keep weekly track of fuel consumption - including instructions to read electricity and gas meters; Two pages with twelve dramatic photos of action in Stalingrad and on the Caucasus Front; Amazing centrefold aerial photo of Stalingrad under siege, showing fires raging in famous factories used as fortresses; Three photos from the New Guinea Front; Three photos of U-boat - going, going, gone; Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Kaiser at launching of one of his "Liberty" ships - build in 10 days; Photo of crowd of Japanese waiting on the Quayside at Lourenco Marques to board a repatriation ship; Air photo of bombs exploding on deck of whale-oil ship in dock at Cherbourg during "Boston" bomber attack; Two photos of attacks on German positions in Norway; Fascinating page of drawings of shoe styles illustrate "A new phase in modern warfare - both in England and France wood is now being used instead of leather for the soles of shoes; Six nice photos of women's fashions, 1942-1943; Thirteen photos of personalities of the week include Sq. Ldr. D.A.G. Parry, Wendell Willkie in Moscow with Stalin, Lieut.-Colonel Beckles Wilson, and Prebendary Carlile; Nice back cover colour ad for Dewar's White Label Scotch Whisky shows chess game in progress. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 397-424. Features: (Now) extremely politically incorrect "loose lips sink ships" poster with illustration of African with massively protruding lips is held by young lady as she stands in a gaping hole blasted in the side of U.S. freighter "Absaroka"; Photo of Rear-Admiral P.L. Vian; Photo of Italian battleship "Littorio"; Illustrations of brillian Mediterranean action - the Malta convoy gets through; Photos and maps of the daring attack on St. Nazaire's big dry dock; Four great aerial photos of R.A.F. daylight raids on Le Trait and Le Havre; Photos of numerous people in the news, including General Chiang Kai-Shek and his wife, Captain Guy Dollman, plus the H.M.S. "Trident" which torpedoed the "Prinz Eugen"; Three pages of illustrations of underground war factories where workers labour and live; Armoured Warfare Today - article with photo of British Mark IV.A cruiser tank and the tank transporter truck it can drive onto; One page of photos of specialied aircraft for warfare; Photo of Lord and Lady Elton and son Rodney with dogs at their home; Air photos of R.A.F. bomb damage evidence in Cologne; Elaborate centerfold illustration of a Japanese landing force, supported by warships and airplanes - typical of many since war opened in the Far East; H.M. Submarine "Talisman" flys her own Jolly Roger, as does submarine "Utmost"; Photos of mascots "Butch, M.C." and "Bacchus"; Photo of Russia's Maisky presenting 'Order of Lenin' to R.A.F. fighter pilots, including Wing Commander Ramsbottom Isherwood; Photos of human guinea pigs being used to find an antidote for mustard gas; One-page admiralty chart of Australia's Outer Bastion - Port Moresby and Environs; Photos of clothing and furniture provided to those who've been bombed out; Photos of British Soldiers "Toughening Up" at an "Assault School"; Two pages of great illustrations explaining the deadliest weapon in naval warfare, the torpedo, and its intricate mechanism and modus operandi of firing; Photos of Pigmy Aborigines of the Andaman Isles; Four nice photos of the Andaman Islands which have now been seized by Japan; Five photos of Malta, the most-bombed isle in the British Empire; vintage ads. This issue was never stapled. Contents clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy copy of this great wartime issue. Book
Pages 537-564. Features: Cover photo-portrait of the King with General Henri Giraud (in 1940); Burial of Lieut.-Commander E. Esmonde, V.C.; King welcomes fighter pilots back after daylight sweep over northern France; Photo of dozens of gas producer units to be fitted into lorries to save petrol; Photo of Australia's Dr. H.V. Evatt with Churchill; Photo of U.S. Admiral H.R. Stark in London; Photo of POW German Generals Von Ravenstein, Arthur Schmidt, and I.P. de Villiers at South African port; Photo of A.T.A. platoon marching; Seven photos of Madagascar plus one-page relief map indicating its strategic importance and why it has been occupied by British forces; Photos of bomb damage in York, Norwich, and Hazebrouck Railway Station; Photos of King and Queen surveying Bath bomb damage; The Spring Air Offensive - article with maps of Burma and Mandalay vicinity; Six interesting photos of Mandalay and Lashio; Fascinating two-page map illustrates "The Riddle of the Middle East as viewed from Berchtesgaden" - a map looking towards the oilfields; Wonderful photos of Marshal Chiang Kai-Shek and his wife meeting Gandhi and Nehru - scenes at Calcutta, including photo of Madame Chiang Kai-Shek wearing Sari presented to her by the Birla family; Air photos of Grim aftermath of R.A.F. attacks in Rostock and Augsburg; Dramatic centerfold action illustration of Beaufighter long-range fighter downing enemy aircraft; Polish troops march in Edinburgh; Photos of Royal Artillery Mountain Battery excercises in Wales; One page of illustrations of Luftwaffe Developments - Germany's new fighters and bombers; Nine great photos explain how $millions in gold was recovered from mine-infested waters - salvage ship 'Claymore' recovers booty from sunken liner 'Niagara'; Photos of thirteen personalities of the week include W.P. Pycraft, Rear-Admiral H.J. Ruser-Larsen, Mr. Patrick Munro, M.P., Third Officer Agnes McLennan Traynor, Mr. Thorvald Stauning, Brig.-Gen. H.H. George, Staff Sergeant J.L. Lockhard, and General MacArthur with Mr. Curtin in Canberra; Fascinating one page of illustrations introduce stereoscopic television pictures - a notable British achievement; Eight high-resolution photos illustrated the world's diamond trade, now centred in London as experts from the low countries help the Allies; Classy B.S.A. colour back cover ad shows Egyptian scene with caption "The ever-turning wheel", by F. Matania; more nice vintage ads. This copy was never stapled. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this vintage issue. Book