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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
xvi p. 1 l., 268 p. front., plates, ports., fold. maps. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition, end-papers foxed and lightly stained
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.
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
307 p. incl. illus., plates. front., 4 fold. maps. Hardcover Very good condition
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
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
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.
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
238 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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]
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
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
Front cover portrait of Lieutenant-General Edwin Alfred Hervey Alderson, C.B. The Russian Stand on the Five Rivers and the Battle of the Carpathians; Photos and illlustrations include: Germany's Christmas Day Air Raid on London; Bird's-eye view of Cuxhaven Harbour, at the mouth of the River Elbe; Full-page photographic portrait of Lieut.-General W.P. Pulteney, K.C.B., D.S.O., Commanding Third Army Corps; Austrian General Steger Steiner and staff in Galicia; 28-ton Austrian seige gun which fires a thousand pound projectile; and more. Covers secured by tape. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Book
Front cover portrait of Lieutenant-General W.P. Pulteney, K.C.B., D.S.O. The clash of Slav and Prussian Brilliantly Described. Centerfold illustrates how "The Cossacks harried Hindenberg in his attempt to take Warsaw." Photos and illustrations include: Retreat of the Kaiser's Troops in East Prussia; Russian soldiers breaking ice on a Polish river; The German advance on Warsaw; The 'Lava' method of attack used by the Cossack army; and more. Front cover loose but present. Back cover missing. Book
Cover portrait of General Mangin - Commander of the French troops that recaptured Fort Douaumont. The great Somme offensive - French attack and German counter-attack north of the river. Page 7 features 3 photos of gargantuan French rail-mounted guns. Photos of giant captured German periscope. Aerial photo of French troops in action arriving at Vermandovillers. Covers secured by tape. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Please note: photogravure is not included. Book
xvii, 388 pages. Fold-out map at title page. Black and white illustrations. "An account of the Red River Expedition and other travels and adventures in western Canada." - subtitle. First published in 1872. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A lovely copy. Peel (2) 342. Book