Rutter, Michael & Martin, J. A.MareMagnum
The Illustrated London News (ILN) Magazine, February 19, 1955 - Cover Photo of an Abandoned Harbour on North Tachen Island
Pages 297-340.. Features: Nice colour ad for Player's cigarettes inside front cover - "Player's Please"; Full-page ad for State Express 555 cigarettes - "The best cigarettes in the world"; Full page photo portrait of The Shawan Shah of Persia; Full-page photo portrait of the Empress Suraya of Persia; Photo of Mr. Donald Campbell's turbo-jet hydroplane 'Bluebird"; Photos of Princess Margaret's tour of Grenada, Tobago, and Barbados; Great one-page photo looking down on the busy deck of the U.S. Carrier Philippine Sea; Two pages of photos illustrate a major move in the South African Racial Segretation Policy - Native Resettlement; Amazing photos of a completed Mudhif and one underconstruction - the barrel-vaulted guest-halls of the Mesopotamian marshes of Iraq; Wonderful centerfold photo taken inside a Mudhif, built entirely of reed bundles and matting; Two pages of great photos of the marshmen of southern Iraq - how the Ma'dan live; Photos of safety demonstration in Copenhagan - a car is dropped 70' onto its nose; Photos of the British Army's new Sterling Sub-Machine Gun; Photos of thirteen personalities of the week include Marshal Bulganin, M.L. Boissier, Sir Alexander Fleming, Sir Godfrey Thomson and John W. Dulanty; Seven photos of the royal marriage in Portugal - the former Princess Paria-Pia of Savoy marries Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia; Six photos of the evacuation of the Tachen Islands; One-page photo of Washington's newly-completed Armed Forces' Institute of Pathology - designed to withstand an atomic blast; Photo of Swiss "Gun Car" - excellent tank killer; The Bell XV-3 Convertiplane; Nice one-page ad for the Daimler Conquest; Wilmot Breeden Ltd. colour ad inside back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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