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Cover portrait of General Sir Archibald Hunter, G.C.B., D.S.O.. German Life in the first year of the war. The work of the Red Cross. Photos and Illustrations: 5 photo one-page montage of 'how officer-prisoners fared at Friedberg; 4 photos of everyday life of British POWs in Germany; One-page portrait of General Sir Ian Hamilton, commanding the Expeditionary Forces in the Dardanelles; Centerfold presents two photos of French engineers convoying war horses across a French river; Germans hand over their valuable gold, etc.; collection of domestic copper; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
pp. xxii, 509 + Folding map, plates, and illustrations. 8vo. 230 mm. Original full cloth binding, gilt seals of NY on cover.XLib. Great historic details of early New York City and the region up the Hudson River. Wonderful content for anybody interested in the history of New York. AMER 7 / YORK HS
in-12° (129 x 193 mm), 24 pp., 19 colour plates of flies, illustrations. Integral pictorial plastic cover. Bel exemplaire - Plastic cover slightly soiled but a very good copy. [NV-34]
238 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
Presents the local history of an area of southern Alberta along the U.S. border which includes the communities of Aden, Foremost, Grain, Grassy Butte, Indian Rock, Knappen, Myrtle Dell, Pinhorn, and St. Kilda. About half the book is devoted to biographies. 220 pages including list of names/biographies. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of wonderful archival photos. Average wear. Openings between front cover and each end of backstrip. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this informative local history and invaluable genealogical reference. Krotki [2e] 488, Strathern 3070. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding . Light wear to cover. 11"w x 8 3/8"h. 232 pages. Black and white illustrations and photographs.
215 pages. Index. "Dr. Mary Percy came from England to northern Alberta in 1929 when the country was still a wilderness. She intended to stay a year but got too involved to leave. She fell in love with the Peace River Country, and with Frank Jackson who matched her in spirited resourcefulness." - from back cover. Includes many interesting old-time black and white photographs. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
344 pages. The fictional account of a family of homesteaders in the Land of the Mighty Peace. "... about the strength and courage required to survive that land but mostly it is about a sense of place, the homes we all lived in and the lives we've left behind." - from back cover. Author was born in the Peace River Country in 1917. She has signed and inscribed this copy upon the first blank page, otherwise the book is unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
307 p. incl. illus., plates. front., 4 fold. maps. Hardcover Very good condition
264 pages. Reprint of the 1915 first edition. All twenty-nine full-page black and white plates present. Lacking both maps. "The purpose of this book is chiefly to tell of the country along the Hudson Bay Railway now under construction, of Hudson Bay, the Mediterranean Sea of North America, and of the resources to be found in Manitoba's new territory, including the great inland sea on which it border." - from Preface. Heavy wear to reddish-brown cloth library binding. Former library copy with usual markings. No dust jacket. A worthy reading copy. Book
Successor to, and following up on, the bibliography of the Hudson River School of Landscape Painting originally done by Bernard Karpel in Arts in America. vi, 225 pages.
xvi p. 1 l., 268 p. front., plates, ports., fold. maps. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition, end-papers foxed and lightly stained
Pages 105-140. Features: Nice cover photo-portrait of Dwight Eisenhower; Photos of America's new first lady - Mrs. Eisenhower, and Mrs. Richard Nixon, wife of the new Vice-President, both wearing their inaugural ball gowns; Photo of six German's tried with murder and other atrocities at the Schirmeck concentration camp during the occupation of France; Photos of the Red Hat Ceremony in Rome where new Catholic Cardinals receive their hats; Photo of the Dutch liner' Klipfontein just before she went under; Photo of horrible accident at Washington's Union station where train lost braking and crashed into buffers; Photos from Egypt and Sudan - Abdel Rahman Hakki, Sheikh Ahmed Al Bakury, Major Saley Salim and General Neguib; Photos of M. Rene Mayer, France's new Prime Minister; Two pages of photos and information about Oradour-Sur-Glane - a case which revives a terrible war memory - the trial of 21 S.S. soldiers charged with the murder of a French community; Photo and article on the tree-climbing goats of Morocco; Photos of the end of the Second Swiss attempt on Everest; Two pages of photos and information on the war in Indo-China - French Union troops in the Red River Delta, plus an amphibious operation against the Viet Minh - a phase of 'Operation Bretagne'; Two-page photo of the summit and southern wall of Everest, taken from the Ramparts of Pumori; Two pages of photos and information about the British-trained Sudan Defense Force; Photos from the first performance of Vaughan Williams' "Sinfonia Antartica"; Photos of the personalities of the week, including recently deceased Sir Edward Marsh and artist Douglas Chandor, as well as squash champion A. Fairbairn and a group photo of Sherpas who helped with the recent Swiss Everest attempt; Photo of the marriage of Sir William Slim's daughter to Peter Nigel Stewart Frazer; Nice colour-illustrated ad for King George IV old Scotch whisky on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 81-120. Features: Nice colour ad for Humber Hawk car inside front cover; One-page Recruting ad for the R.A.F.; Nice ad for the Armstrong Siddley Sapphire car; Beautiful and classy one-page photo ad for Rolls-Royce, "The Best Car in the World"; Cover photo of indo-China military negotiators and their hut; Photos of terrible flooding in central Europe; Large American navy ships practice spraying themselves off to decontaminate in the event of radiation; Various Royal photos; Lovely photo portrait of the Duchess of Kent and her debutante daughter, Princess Alexandra, in her garden at Coppins; Photos from the battle of Phu-Ly - a French withdrawal in the Hanoi 'Box"; Great aerial photo of fortified French position at Nhai Tuu, six miles northwest of Phu Ly; Photos of refugees in the Red River Delta - the evacuation of Vietnamese civilians; Excellent photos of 'Operation Auvergne' - the regrouping of French Union forces in the Red River Delta; Excellent one-page colour photo portrait of Field Marshal Sir William Slim, Governor-General of Australia since 1953; Nice colour photos of the H.A.C. Company of Pikemen and Musketeers; Photos of the Queen at the Royal Show in Windsor; Nice one-page aerial view of the crowded Royal Show at Windsor; Brighton Aquarium today and 80 years ago; London's re-built Dutch Church opened by Princess Irene of the Netherlands; Photos of personalities of the week, including F. Green and C.J. Chataway, Winston Churchill with Mrs. Pandit, President of the U.N. General Assembly, The Queen as Godmother to the younger daughter of the Earl and Countess of Euston; Mr. Gabriel Pascal, and golf champion Peter Thomson; Photos of historic horse-drawn carriages at the Show; The new "Lapwing" sailing rig; Sabena helicopter flight from Brussels touches down in London; Three photos about the Guatemalan revolution; New York Park Avenue skyscraper is walled in only 10 hours; Nice half-page Burbery's fahion ad; Color ad for Reed paper sacks on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 389-440. Features: River Shannon air disaster - photo of the plane and survivors after a Super Constellation airliner, Triton, of K.L.M. crashed into the estuary killing 28; Two pages of photos of the star aircraft flown at Farnborough; Photos of personalities in the news include Commodore Adriaan Viruly - captain of the crashed KLM airliner, Dr. Alfred Cox, the Italian team which climed K-2, and Lady MacRobert; Photos of St. Clement Danes which is to be restored; Two pages of wonderful photos of life in the remote regions of New Guinea, including a precious photo of a white infant smiling up at a native adorned in full local dress; Two pages of photos of the disastrous hurricane which struck the U.S. Atlantic coast - scenes during and after, including the falling steeple of Boston's Old North Church; Nice centerfold cutaway illustration of the H.M.S. Daring and her sister-ships; 17th century illustrations of Goa by an early traveller; Royal engagements in Scotland and Ontario - the opening of Sir Adam Beck Niagara Generating Station No. 2 at Niagara Falls; The British Association - photos of leading figures and guests; Last voyage of the Canadian Pacific liner 'Empress of Canada' which burned and sunk on January 25th; Tire fire on an Elizabethan Air-liner upon touchdown in London; Photo of U-505 which is to be transported to Chicago; Italian statue called "The Christ of the Deep"; Nice colour one-page ad for Sanderson wallpapers and fabrics features saxophone; Nice colour ad for Double Diamond on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 161-200. Features: Coup D'Etat in Egypt leaves army in control; The Adbication of King Farouk - Final scenes in Alexandria; The passing of Eva Peron of Argentina - article with nice photo; Large photo of Democrat presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson; Personalities of the week include Lord Goschen who passed away on August 24th; The Queen visits the Windsor Horse Show and the Hospital for Sick Children; The Post-War World as viewed by James V. Forrestal; Map of the Queen's Coronation processional route through London; Remarkable photos of the Swiss attempt on Everest; Article on Civil defence with photos of the Auxiliary Fire Service at Folkestone; Amazing photo of the Ring Dance performed by the women of the Caiapo Indians of the Xingu River in the depths of Brazil's Mato Grosso; Two pages of incredible photos of facial art of the Caiapo mean and women; Excellent centerfold photo of a guided rocket (missile) a moment after launch from Aberporth, Cardiganshire; The all-aluminum 60-ft. motor yacht Tonquin; New Excavations in the Islands of Lipari and Panarea; The problematic Chiru; Royal and official occasions captured by the camera; Two fantastic pages of photos of track and field winners during week one at the Helsinki Olympics XV; Amazing photo of members of the Hamilton Air Force base 84th fighter interceptor squadron more than 70 of whom are on the sturdy wings of a U.S. Northrop Scorpion F-89; Damage caused by the biggest California earthquake since 1906; Melbourne flooding; Large crowd attends mass for Eva Peron; Nice ad for Jaguar cars; Nice photo-ad for Land Rover "Britain's most versatile vehicle"; and more. Centerfold loose but present. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 1119-1152. Features: Photos of the Bertram Mills Circus at Olympia; Two pages of photos of first stages of the vast Kariba Hydro-Electric project on the Zambesi River; Photos of interesting rocks of Urgup on the central Anatolian plateau; Funeral photos of Charalambos Mouskos; Photos of funerals of Lieut. L.T.J. Kelly, killed during terrorist raid on police station at Yialousa, and Lance-Corporal Morum; Photos of Khrushchev and Marshal Bulganin in Kabul, with Indian strong man Guru Dev, in Golden Peacock barge on Inle Lake in Burma, and signing atomic weapon ban with Burmese officials in Rangoon; Two-page photo of hundreds of thousands of ducks at sanctuary near Mound City, Missouri; Photos of personalities of the week include J.L. Brierley, Dom Mintoff, Sir Mosley Mayne, Lord Reith, Sir Leslie Nicholls, B. Bowen, Sir Keith Jopson, Lord Ismay, R.P. Baulkwill, Major A. Huskisson, Herr Welsch, Dr. and Senora Alberto Candioti, and the Mayor of Oslo and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Brynjulf Bull; Photo of U.S. XH-17 Twin-jet helicopter lifting van; Photo of nuclear microscope at Stanford University; Photo of wreck of "Beet Special" train at the River Suir; Photo of Sudan declaring independence, showing Mr. Mubarrak Zarroug; Photo of King Frederick of Denmark examining Jens Olsen's 570,000 year clock; and more. First page of ads missing. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Pages 85-110. Features : Cover portrait of Stalin; One-page map of the main combat areas of the great Russian Offensive on their way to the Reich; Two-page photo spread of photos of Polish and other milestone cities, mixed with photos of Russian leaders General Petrov, Marshal Rokossovsky, Marshal Koniev, Marshal Zhukov, Marshal Tolbukhin, and Marshal Malinovsky; Book review of "Things Past" by Michael Sadleir, including photo of author; Three pictures of the Russian offensive, including Marshal Rokossovsky with Marshal Zhukov, a super-heavy Josef Stalin tank fording a river, and self-propelled guns in action; Article entitled "The Winter Campaign of the Red Army"; Three photos from Belguim where Germans captured a short Allied convoy at Five Corners near Baugnez, took 150 U.S. prisoners, including Red Cross men, and machine-gunned them in a field; Two pages of great photos of the British Second Army advancing north of Sittard into the Roer Salient; Five photos of the U.S. 7th Army on the Alsace Front - Battle Scenes; Five photos from Houffalize - where two U.S. armies blunted the German salient; Excellent centerfold illustration of the making of a "Mulberry", a concrete caisson of the prefabricated harbour towed to Normandy; The Ware in Burma - six photos with General Festing's gallant 36th Division; Five photos in Burma - scenes at the capture of the Port of Akyab; Photos of personalities of the week include Sir Buckston Browne, Sir Harold Burrough, FDR being sworn in, Maj.-Gen. R.N. Gale, The Earl of Gowrie, V.C., Dr. James Hall, Sir Henry Gauvain, V.A.C. Crutchley, V.C., The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and their sons; Photo of the coronation of the Maharajah of Manipur; Aerial photos of bomb craters near the Mittelland Canal; Photo of mourning Belgians at Bande saying farewell to 34 young men shot in cold blood by the Germans; Photo of Captain Muller negotiating with American and French officers at St. Nazaire; Last scenes of fighting from Greece - where Archbishop is proclaimed; Two pages of illustrations of the Fleet Air Arm Squadron's Heraldic Badges; Eight photos of Australia's horrific "Dust-Bowl"; nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Coverfold taped. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 993-1032. Features: Colour ad for Dunlop Tire inside front cover features York Minster Cathedral; Nice one-page colour ad for Gold Flake cigarettes features Shakespeare; Nice one-page colour ad for the Hillman Minx; 11 Photos of the Hermes Air Crash in the Sahara; Sealing off Berlin's Communist Radio H.Q.; Photos of British troops on Koje Island; Photos of the 1952 Royal Tournament - the services show; One-page photo of *massive* crowd which attended Queen Elizabeth's birthday celebrations, plus two additional one-page photos of the ceremony; Premier of Australia, Mr. Menzies, is honoured at Guildhall and the Mansion House; Nigeria's newest and most unconventional Anglican cathedral, the Lady Chapel of Onitsha Cathedral - many photos; Centerfold illustration of Bedford School; Photos commemorate the Louis Braille Centenary; One-page photo of General Sir Gerald Templer and Lady Templer driving through the Malayan countryside in an armoured car; Photos of personalities of the week, including amateur golf champion J. Harvie Ward; Photos of royal occasions; Nice one-page colour ad for Jacob & Co. Water Biscuits; Nice colour ad for The Standard Vanguard shows one of their cars along a beautiful Swedish river; Back cover colour ad for Dewar's "White Label" scotch whisky; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 949-992. Features: Nice colour ad for Goodyear Eagle tires inside front cover shows eagle in flight holding fish; The Australian Prime Minister in London; Full page photo of the Queen's first official birthday photo; Excellent two-page photo of the finish of the 1952 Derby, won by Tulyar; One-page photo of the first Eucharistic Congress for fourteen years as seminarists enter the Montjuich Stadium in Barcelona; General Sir John Harding; Marie Noele Kelly and her travels in the Soviet Union; Photos of impressive Moscow buildings; Two pages of photos which penetrate the darkness behind the Iron Curtain - unofficial views of Moscow and scenes in the USSR 1949-1951 taken by the wife of the then British Ambassador; Two pages of illustrations of life on the new Amsterdam-Rhine Canal; Article on the intentions of the Soviet Union; Photos of the Signing of the European Defence Community (EDC) Treaty - towards a common European Army - with photos of M. Schuman, Mr. Eden and Dr. Adenauer signing; Centerfold illustration of the Old Court of Corpus Christi College, which celebrates the sixth century of its unique foundation on 12 June; Riots in Johannesburg; Photos of the discovery of a new step pyramid at Sakkara; Photos of personalities of the week, including General Sir Ouvry L. Roberts; Photos of foundation preservation work in the canals of Venice; Nice colour ad inside back cover for Ilford Colour Film 'D" features photos from the 1951 Everest expedition led by Eric Shipton; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 505-532. Features: Cover photo portrait of Anthony Eden; Three pages of illustrations of life aboard H.M.S. "Indomitable"; Book review of "Head-Hunting in the Solomon Islands" by Caroline Mytinger; Photos of the Fifth and Eighth Armies advancing in Italy; Two pages of photos illustrate Allied crossings of the Volturno by bridge and water in Italy; Two pages of photos of troops in action in the Volturno River battle and a service for three war correspondents killed in action on September 28; Article on our far eastern theatre of the war; Photos of war in the far east - bombing Marcus Island, wrecked landscape at Lae, New Guinea, the destroyed Japanese base at Salamaua, Hansa Bay shipping being attacked, and parachute bombs being dropped on a Japanese anti-aircraft unit in the Wewak area of New Guinea; Two-page illustration of E-Boats attacking a North Sea convoy being routed; One-page map shows Russia's mighty victories against Germany; Eight photos illustrate the great summer Soviet offensive continuing apace; Aerial photo of night attack on Hanover, plus daylight photo of the resulting destruction; Early photo of the Avro York; Photos and details of U.S. and Canadian awards and medals; Six photos of the Fifth Army rehearsing how to cross the Volturno; Three impressive photos of Britain's anti-aircraft guns on parade; Page of illustrations explain the new British all-steel fireproof lifeboat designed for oil tankers; Photos of personalities of the week include Sayid Daourd Al Haidari, L.V.L. Whateley, The Marquis and Marchioness of Linlithgow, Louis Mountbatten in China, General Konev, General Feodor Tolbukhin, Sir Henry Strakosch, Professor Max Reinhardt, Dr. F.J. Poynton, Sir Aurel Stein, Lt. Mark Bonham-Carter, Major T.P. Butler, Leiut. J.M. Marshall, and Lt.-Com. J. Cortland-Simpson; Page of photos of the funeral of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound; Photos of artifacts discovered at Point Hope, Alaska; Seven photos of joyous repatriated POWs arriving in Leith aboard three ships; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Spine taped. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 807-856. Features: Cover illustration of Admiral Lord Nelson drawn by Schmidt at Dresden in 1800; Photos of Queen at Remembrance Day ceremonies; Two photos of South Vietnam declaring itself a republic, and proclaiming M. Ngo Dinh Diem Prime Minister; Five photos in the wake of the Sabha Battle in which Israeli troops killed 50 Egyptians; Photo of Silver Jubilee celebrations in Ethiopia; The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh visit the Midlands; Airplane recovered from Lake Atter fails to contain Hitler's "Hoard"; Two pages of illustrations of manned rockets and space-stations - ways and means of space exploration following the launching of earth's first artificial satellite; Photos of impressive new Florida bridges linking Pinellas and Manatee counties, and the Sunshine Skyway; Photos of the Neath River Bridge - the largest bridge built in Britain since the war; Photos of personalities of the week include W. Whiteley, Maurice Utrillo, Dr. Bertram Schofield, A.J. Collins, Eric Turner, Mr. Ben-Gurion, Mr. Sharett, Mr. Nutting, Mme. Jacqueline Auriol, Sir R. Mansergh, Sir Ronald Storrs, J. Murray Watson, I.E.S. Edwards, R.D. Barnett, Sir Basil Henriques, and table tennis champs Mrs. R. Cornett and Miss D. Rowe; Photo of Italian solar energy equipment on display in Arizona; Lovely colour-photo ad for Crawford Tartan Shortbread inside back cover; Nice colour ad for Martell brandy on back cover features "Mr. Brandyman". First page of ads missing; and more. Unmarked. Above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Pages 161-192. Features: Two pages of illustrations of dozens of U.S. Navy, Army and Air Force badges of rank; Photo of the H.M.S. "Barham", lost in the Mediterranean on November 25, 1941; Photo of crashed 'Sunderland' aircraft and her crew who were taken prisoner by Italy when they drifted to shore; Maps and photos of Burma and Amboina; Photo of Dutch submarine bringing U-boat prisoners to a British port; Photo of Capitan-Lieut. Gert Schreiber, of the sunken "U-95" coming ashore from the Dutch submarine; Pearl Harbor burial scene in Nuuanu Cemetery; Photo of "Norness" sunk 60 miles off Long Island; Photos of Damaged enemy vehicles outside Bardia, and dug-outs for Officers; Six photos in the Western desert (in Africa) - captured Panzer Commander General Von Ravenstein, captured U-boat crew, Axis naval prisoners under Sikh guard, German anti-tank mines removed by South African Engineers; The Debate and Its Results - article with maps of the Donets Basin and Benghazi; Photos of twelve personalities of the week include Major Barbara Stimson, Lieut. Achsa Bean, Sir Edward Meyerstein, Pan-American Conference at Rio, Mr. Curtin meeting defense chiefs, Vidkun Quisling, Sir Cecil Graves, Mr. R.W. Foot, Manuel Quezon and General Douglas MacArthur; Two photos of Japan's Imperial Household Guards; Five photos of American 'White' trucks used to haul British tanks; Photo of scorched earth at what was a Malayan rubber plantation; Photos from Singapore and the Malay Peninsula; Centerfold relief map entitled "Singapore Island Besieged by Japan - from Johore to our beleaguered fortress in the far east; Two-page illustration of an American Infantry Unit in an Irish village; Two pages with eleven dramatic illustrations of the Battle of Macassar Strait - Japan's greatest naval defeat of the war; One-page illustration shows how the main tank force is screened and supported by other mechanised units; One-page illustration of the formation of a battle fleet steaming into action; Two photos and cross-section diagram of the Jet-propelled Caproni-Campini Aeroplane; Photo of ladies shredding confidential documents; Five great photos of an Australian crew manning a British 25-pound Howitzer; Vintage ads; Classy back cover colour ad for BSA features Robert Havell illustration of The Oxford and Opposition Coaches. This issue was never stapled. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great wartime issue. Book
Pages 281-308. Features: Cover photo of General Sir Harold Alexander and Lieut.-General Bernard Montgomery - the two British military chiefs opposing Rommel; Air photo of U.S. bombers chasing German planes off the Martuba Airfield; Photos of minesweeping in the desert; Six interesting photos from the Russian Front - as seen through German eyes; Seven photos of the aftermath of the doomed Dieppe raid, including German medics tending to wounded British and Canadian troops; Photos from the front in the Desert War; Centrefold illustration of corvette pursuing a U-boat; Thirteen photos from the Solomon Isles (Islands) which U.S. Marines have re-taken in ferocious hand-to-hand combat; Photo of the world's mightiest battleship, "Iowa", slipping into the sea; Crowds in Rio cheer outside U.S. Embassy; Six Swedish Editors visit England; Five photos of Britain's national Day of Prayer on third war anniversary; Article on Penicillin; Page of explanatory drawings of the British Six-Pounder gun; Centrefold illustration of laying cable at high speed to establish communication lines during an advance; The Fog of War (article); Photos of U.S. Troops lunching with the Lord Mayor in war-scarred Guildhall; Seventeen sombre illustrations describe how Europe fights on with violence and sabotage, despite Nazi brutality; Photo of five famous Turkish journalists visiting England; Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Features: Map of over 70 Mycenaean sites, and Nichoria, the most promising; The Snowy River Project in Australia; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
