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Pages 477-504. Features: nice colour ad or Guinness inside front cover; Cover photo of Southampton celebrating two 500th anniversaries with old-time pageantry at the historic Bargate on May Day; Five photos illustrate how the Italians protected Trajan's Column against modern war; Two pages of photos illustrate Denmark mourning the loss of its late King, Christian X; Book review of "John Wildman, Plotter and Postmaster"; Five photos from Crete show British war graves, a German troop memorial, and other scenes; Page of photos and illustrations show how electric power will be generated at new Scottish projects; Five photos of oilfields in an English countryside - Eakkring's 150 ton-per-day wells in Nottinghamshire; Article on the Moscow Conference; Five photos of Viceroy and Lady Mountbatten in Peshawar; Photo of Norwegian scientists setting sail in a balsa raft, to prove a point about ancient Peruvian migration; One page photo of May Morning at Magdalen Tower, Oxford; Six centrefold illustrations of the services club for British officers in Paris run by N. A. A. F. I. in the Rothschild mansion in the Rue Du Faubourg-St.-Honore; Four photos document Beatification of Maria Goretti; Photos of personalities of the week include Gerald Micklem, Squadron-Leader H. B. Martin, Lewis Douglas, Margaret Lockwood, Lady Rothermere, Mrs. N. Bolton, Sir Almroth Wright, Mr. E. W. Sturgess, M. Thorez, and M. Paul Ramadier; Three photos of "Chicago" style scenes in London streets after a motorcyclist was shot for trying to prevent the escape of three men who attempted a daylight raid on a jeweler's shop; One-page photo of Eighth Army badges made into a tapestry - an unusual gift for "Monty"; Nice colour back cover ad for the deHavilland Dove, an aircraft for executive and private travel. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Numerous black and white photographs. "...Framed with the object of producing an account of the great contest now in progress, which shall be at once popular and authoritative... An account written by men of great experience in political, military, and naval matters... Will contain a great deal of first-hand material which will be really valuable to historians of the future." - From Preface. Contents: Chapter CI - Operations on the Western Front, April to September, 1915. Centerfold illustration - Map to Illustrate the Battle of Artois. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Magazine
Numerous black and white photographs. "...Framed with the object of producing an account of the great contest now in progress, which shall be at once popular and authoritative... An account written by men of great experience in political, military, and naval matters... Will contain a great deal of first-hand material which will be really valuable to historians of the future." - From Preface. Contents: Chapter CXIII - Dardanelles Campaign (V) Evacuation of Gallipoli; Chapter CXIV - The Dardanelles and the Balkans... Intervention of Bulgaria. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Sound copy. Magazine
Cover Portrait of Brigadier-Gen. Edward Northey, C.B. Commanded the Nyasalind-Rhodesia Force. Abundantly illustrated with black and white photos. Contents include: military situation in East Africa at the close of 1916; The Belgian campaign under General Tombeur; Opening of the offensive, April 1916; Conquest of region between Tanganyika and Victoria Nyanza; British Column seizes Mwanza; Colonel Olsen Occupies Ujiji; Joint advance on Tabora; Life in Tabora under the Germans; Harsh treatment of British Prisoners; Belgians enter Tabora; Germans retreat south towards Mahenge; Results of Belgian campaign; General Northey's Campaign; Advance from the Nyasa-Rhodesia Frontier; Transport Difficulties; Nearly 400,000 carriers employed; German forces defeated; Northey's advance toward Iringa; Germans from Tabora under General Wahle pierce Northey's lines; Van Deventer's cooperation from the north; Mahenge force attacks Northey; Assailants repulsed; German concentration around Mahenge; Combined offensive by Van Deventer and Northey Fails; General Smuts Reorganizes his army and lines of communication; Kilwa operations; advance toward the Rufiji; German Main Force escapes from the Mgeta; Captain Selous killed; Changes in the command; Portugal's help. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Please note: readers may also be interested in the following two issues: Part 121 - The Campaign in German East Africa (I); Part 146 - The Campaign in German East Africa (II). Magazine
Great black and white photos. Topics include: Mr. Lloyd George as War Premier; Caporetto and the Rapallo Conference; The German Offensive of March 21; The Campaign for the Channel Ports; Unity of Command; The Strategy of Marshal Foch; The Allied Counter-Offensive; The Achievements of the British Army; THe Contributions to Victory of the Canadian and Australian Armies; The Armistice; Sir Douglas Haig's Review of the War. Average wear. Staples rusty. Covers almost loose from staples. Bit of writing on front cover else unmarked. Magazine
Great black and white photos. Topics include: Fall of Monaster (Nov. 1916), followed by a period of Quiescence on Salonika Front; General Milne's Winter Problems; Offensive in Doiran Sector of April, 1917; Koritza; Allied Success in Albania; The Greek Impasse; Jonnart's Mission and the Coup D'Etat of Athens, June, 1917; Triumph of Venizelos and the Policy of Greek Reintegration and Mobilization in Allied Interest; Internal Situation in Bulgaria; Zenith and Anticlimax of Pro-German Solidarity; Sofia and the Press; Serious Misgivings and Diplomatic Disgusts unite to effect the fall of the Radoslavoff Ministry; Balance of Parties and Leaders; Summary of the Situation, 1917-18; Prospects of Summer Campaign 1918; Topographical Survey of British Front and Communications; Rearrangement of Front; Steady Influx of Hellenic Reinforcements; Combined Advance of September; The Great Days of September 14-28; Bulgarian Envoys at Salonika; Armistice of Sunday, September 29, 1918; Summary of Terms; Percussion Throughout the World; Omens not to be Disguised; Bulgaria as a Belligerent; Vanished Dream of Bulgar Hegemony in South-Eastern Europe. Average wear. Staples rusty. Covers almost loose from staples. Bit of writing on front cover else unmarked. Magazine
Pages 161-200. Includes the chapter "The Dardanelles Campaign (IV) - Sari Bair and Suvla Bay. Photos and illustrations include: Transporting French shells, Major-Gen. W. Douglas, Lieut.-Col W.J. Millar, Suvla Bay gun position, British cavalry and artillery horses, amazing one-page photo of hillside at Suvla Bay with hundreds of British troops preparing a bivouac - with many ships visible in the distance, Brig.-Gen. A.H. Baldwin, Indian troops at the Dardanelles, a 'great bomb' used by the Allies at Gallipoli, map of the Anzac area, One-page photo compilation of V.C. recipients Captain R.R. Willis, Sergt. Richards, Corporal W. Cosgrave, Capt. Percy H. HAnsen, Lieut. Forshaw and Alfred Potts, General Sir Ian Hamilton and staff at the Dardanelles, British dugouts, Hon. Sir F. Stopford, Frederick Hammersley, Sir Bryan T. Mahon, P.A. Kenna. Nice back cover ad for the Ingersoll Radiolite watch. Average external wear. Unmarked. Three-hole punched. Covers free of staples but present. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Numerous black and white photographs. Part 28 of a series "...Framed with the object of producing an account of the great contest now in progress, which shall be at once popular and authoritative... An account written by men of great experience in political, military, and naval matters... Will contain a great deal of first-hand material which will be really valuable to historians of the future." - From Preface. Contents: Chapter XLIX The Intervention of Turkey; Chapter L The Turkish Army; Chapter LI The Outbreak of War and the Campaign in the Caucasus. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Magazine
Numerous black and white photographs. Part 32 of a series "...Framed with the object of producing an account of the great contest now in progress, which shall be at once popular and authoritative... An account written by men of great experience in political, military, and naval matters... Will contain a great deal of first-hand material which will be really valuable to historians of the future." - From Preface. Contents: Chapter LV Russia's Problem; Chapter LVI The First Invasion of East Prussia. Centerfold Map: The Eastern Theatre of War. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Magazine
Numerous black and white photographs. Part 32 of a series "...Framed with the object of producing an account of the great contest now in progress, which shall be at once popular and authoritative... An account written by men of great experience in political, military, and naval matters... Will contain a great deal of first-hand material which will be really valuable to historians of the future." - From Preface. Contents: Chapter LVII The Russian Conquest of Galicia. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Magazine
Numerous black and white photographs. Part 44 of a series "...Framed with the object of producing an account of the great contest now in progress, which shall be at once popular and authoritative... An account written by men of great experience in political, military, and naval matters... Will contain a great deal of first-hand material which will be really valuable to historians of the future." - From Preface. Contents: Chapter LXIX - The Last Phases of the Russian Winter Campaign. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Magazine
Numerous black and white photographs. "...Framed with the object of producing an account of the great contest now in progress, which shall be at once popular and authoritative... An account written by men of great experience in political, military, and naval matters... Will contain a great deal of first-hand material which will be really valuable to historians of the future." - From Preface. Contents: Chapter LXXXIII - The Campaign Against the Baltic Provinces; Chapter LXXXIV - The Austro-German Victory On the Dunajec. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Magazine
334 pages. Papers include: Health Needs and Civic Action; Housing and Health; Scientific Research by the Public Health Service; The Census and the Public Health Movement; Sources of Information upon the Public Health Movement; Work of the Committee of One Hundred on National Health; Public Health Movement on the Pacific Coast; Protecting Public Health in Pennsylvania; Health Problems of the Indians; Health Problems of the Negroes; The Rural Health Movement; Sanitation in Rural Communities; Tropical Diseases and Health in the United States; The House Fly as a Carrier of Disease; The Mosquito Campaign as a Sanitary Measure; Clean Milk and Public Health; Ventilation and Public Health; Social Service Work in Hospitals; Mouth Hygiene and its Relation to Health; The Physical Care of Children; What American Cities are Doing for the Health of School Children; The Elimination of Feeble-Mindedness; Prevention of Infantile Blindness; The Warfare Against Infant Mortality. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Book
Pages 459-510. Black and white photos. Features: Tribute to Edna Dean Proctor; At the sign of the lucky dog - New Hampshire's contribution to big league baseball; the town playground; May Yohe; The next generation - playgrounds in New Hampshire - long article with wonderful photos; An anthology of one poem poets; Manchester's mayoralty primaries; Culling campaign in New Hampshire - for more profitable poultry; The story of a Kensington Warrior - Major Ezekiel Worthen (continued); Why a traveling dental clinic?; The Wo'thless feller; Log-Driving on the Connecticut - an industry of the past - article with wonderful photos; New Hampshire Necrology; and more. Average wear. Some external soiling. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Features: Nice colour photo ad for the 1965 Pontiac Parisienne Custom Sport; Quand un ministere part en campagne... Ministre de l'Education en tete, c'est l'Operation 55; Le Dossier Jacques Hebert; En 1967, le vieux Montreal (si'l en reste) aura 325 ans - nice illustrations in the city; Pour ou contre le mariage civil?; "Je ne suis pas une fille triste!" - pour faire mentir la legende de 'la fille en nour', Renee Claude ne chante plus qu'en robe rouge - nice photos; Le Policier, Brute ou Heros?; Nice ad for the Volkswagen van - loaded with kids!. Text in French. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Let's keep the filibuster, by Hodding Carter; The Kremlin's Persecution of Jews - a firsthand report on the newest campaign inside Russia to stamp out an age-old religion and way of life; The Mutiny of Marlon Brando - how the petulant superstar broke the budget in a marathon remake of Mutiny on the Bounty; Famous people who don't remember me - a veteran Government official's amusing encounters with Winston Churchill and other celebrated figures; People on the way up - Seena Hamilton, discus champ Dave Weill, Nancy Schoonover, bus magnate George Sage; On Trial - Jimmy Hoffa and Adam Clayton Powell, part 2 of 3; How to get along with the Bees; Dinner with the Kennedys - what to expect when you receive Washington's most sought-after invitation, a bid to spend a gala evening at the White House; Radio's Pill Pusher - Carlton Fredericks, self-styled 'foremost nutritionist' has amassed a fortune endorsing vitamins and wonder foods. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
76 pages. Cover: Robert A. Taft Contents: The Congress: Sounding Trumpets - Morris Sheppard; Man in a Toga - William Edgar Borah; Organizations: "Hypnotized Men" - Christian Front; Campaign: Up From Plenty - Robert A. Taft; Women: Heroine - Jessie Simpson Steward; Louisiana: Twelve Years - Louisiana Primary Earl Long vs. Sam Houston Jones; Missouri: Death Penalty - Mary McElroy; Foreign News: Great Britain: Invitation to War; Starve Thy Enemy - Minister of Economic Warfare Ronald Hibbert Cross; Corsair in Congo - Edward Samson Alcock; Go-Getter's Exit - Leslie Hore-Belisha; Germany: Liberal Among Nazis - Oswald Garrison Villard; British Dominions: Terrible Infants - Mitchell Frederick Hepburn and William Lyon Mackenzie King; Background for War: North of Suez (inc. map); Barnyard Battle - General Kurt Martti Wallenius; At Sea: In the (Helgoland) Bight; Science: Powerful Brain - Hans Albrecht Bethe; Music: Precocious Momus - Heitor Villa-Lobos; Religion: As to War - Dr. William Temple, Archbishop of York; Medicine: War Fugues - Dr. Leonard Phipps Lockhart; Art: Primitivist (Horace) Pippin; State of Business: Springtime for Bears?; Public Relations: Owners Invited - General Mills Co. and James F. Bell; Carriers: R.R. Surgery - Missouri Pacific Railroad (MOP); Utilities: Penalty for Holding - SEC (Securities Exchange Commission) and H. M. Byllesby & Co.; and Shipping: For Sale - American-Hawaiian Steamship Co. and Edward Phillip Farley. Full page colour vintage print advertising including Old Angus Scotch, Corn Products Refining Company, Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup and Mount Vernon Whiskey. Nice color ad for Spam on back cover. Binding intact. Small mailing stamp bottom right back cover. Average wear. Contents clean and unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
26 pages. Features: Photos of Montgomery's joyous reception at Gabes; Mareth Miscellany - Contrasted Aspects of a Decisive Assault - seven photos; Storming the Wadi Zigzau - an outstanding historic episode; Photos of incidents of Montgomery's great offensive from Mareth to Gabes; Photos of Tunisian Towns now in the news; The Last Phase in Tunisia - article by Cyril Falls; More Photos of General Montgomery's Offensive in Tunisia; Illustrations describe Aerial Warfare in Summer Skies - Flight Formations and Tactics Dependent on the Sun's Position; The new Sea Jeep by Ford; The Frigate H.M.S. "Kale"; German "Flak Trains"; Three aerial photos of Japanese shipping being slammed from the air; Montgomery the Tactician - Large super photo of Monty explaining the tactics of the Tunisian Campaign to his Eighth Army Commanders; Splendid rresults achieved by the Allied Bombing Raids - Six great photos; Eisenhower congratulating Monty; General Giraud meets Monty; The Queen takes the salute at a W.R.N.S. celebration; A Fighting French Corvette Avenges a British Destroyer - The "Aconit" was commanded by Lieut. Jean Lavasseur; Four *superlative* photos show the crews of a battleship's 16-inch guns training and firing their mighty weapons; Photos of tank officers in training; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Page 21 loose but present. Please note: pages 439-440 missing. Magazine
28 pages. Features: The Elimination of Dusseldorf as a Munitions Centre - Large dramatic aerial photo plus two more photos and map; Chungking's Parachute Tower - youngsters train in the use of parachutes - four photos; Photos of the King's Visit to North Africa; Photos of His Majesty at Tripoli - he meets Montgomery and his desert victors; Photos of the King in Malta - enthusiastic scenes on the George Cross Island; On Captured Lampedusa - scenes from the fallen Italian Island; Photos of bombing of the Huls German synthetic rubber factory; Russia after Two Years of Battle - article by Cyril Falls with three photos; Photos of The Russian Army in the field - well-equipped, and of high morale; Centerfold illustration of a full-dress rehearsal for a larger-scale invasion - combined operations' synchronised assault on Pantellaria; Photos inside a U.S. Submarine; Photos of personalities in the news - R.B. Stannard, V.C., Arthur F. Richards, Dr. Wellington Koo, Subadar Lal Bahadur Thapa; Illustrations of the new "Woolworth Carriers"; R.A.F. Crests for U.S. Squadrons; Photos of Triumphant parades in Egypt; Photo of the impressive underground hangars at Pantellaria; Photos of Peterhof - The Tsar's Famous Summer Palace; Nice two-page display of the regimental badges of some British Army Units which took part in the victorious North African campaign; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
24 pages. *Please note - this copy missing 4 pages, 135-139) Features: Fantastic cover photo of Il Duce waving his hand while speaking from the balcony of the Palazzo Venezie in Rome; 10 photos of the Red Army - "The Soviet Armies have again taken the offensive against a weakening enemy - varied Red Army scenes from the battlefront and behind the lines; The Ruhr Dams in Miniature - How Crews Memorised their targets; Airborne Invasion Troops - They Saved us Eight Days in Sicily - eight photos; The Sicilian Invasion Armada on its way - ten photos; The Invasion of Sicily - Stages in the land fighting during the rapid Allied advance across the island - twelve photos; Thousands of Axis prisoners from Sicily now in our hands - five photos; Sicily Welcomes her conquerors with scenes of hysterical joy - five photos; Centerfold illustration of "Glider troops' striking victory in Sicily - Heavy Panzer attack smashed in a two-days battle; Germany's defeat in Russia - article by Cyril Falls; Six Sicilian snapshots - sidelights on the island campaign; Two-page photos spread entitled "The Fall of Benito Mussolini - Outstanding highlights in the fascist dictator's amazing career - fourteen photos; Rome Marshalling yards bombed, and damage to San Lorenzo Basilica - two dramatic aerial photos; Great full-page photo of a new "Baby" aircraft carrier; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Two pages loose but present. Magazine
28 pages. Features: Nice cover photo of a French woman cutting grapes from the vine on her home for British troops; The British Field Force making friends in France; Full-page diagram of the extensive fortifications of Heligoland; Switzerland prepares her defences for all emergencies - Five photos; Photos of Switzerland frontiers - fortified and manned - plus mobilisation scenes; Photo of the daily rations of the German people - less in every respect than those of the British field force; Various photos - churchyard and nursery A.R.P., Polish leaders in Paris; British Submarine Epic - illustrations show how it escaped by tenacity and engineering skill; The Fall of Warsaw - Vivid war photos; Photos of the Nazi "triumphal" parade in Warsaw; Full-page photo of a huge stack of British artillery shells; Photos of British practice with heavy guns; Illustrations show events leading to the end of a U-Boat; Numerous photos show the French bombarding German lines with guns mounted on German soil; Several illustrations show a comprehensive shelter scheme for the people of Bermondsey; Photos of personalities of the week; Interesting photos of British items painted white to improve safety during blackout; The Campaign in the West - article by Cyril Falls; Full-page new map of the Western Front - giving all strategic features; and more. Small name written atop front of outer cover. Missing page 597-98 from back. Some pages loose but present. Magazine
Features: photos of the PAS mid-winter Board of Directors; Great photo inside front cover shows many Pierce-Arrow army trucks in Buffalo prior to shipment to World War I; One of a Kind - photos of a regal town car prior to and after restoration; The Big Car, by John M. Powers - fond memories of a giant Pierce-Arrow touring car written by a PAS member in 1934; reproduction of the entire August 1958 12-page "The Arrow", the first issue of this publication - very informative - includes a textual/chronological description of the evolution of the Pierce-Arrow Car; Selling the '66' - reproduction of article from the Feb. 1916 issue of 'The Pierce-Arrow Salesman', plus other articles from other issues of that publication; Great reproduction of a four-page folder which describes the 1923-1924 Model RE (of which 270 were built) Pierce-Arrow Truck and the Model RF (of which 405 were produced); Back cover features reproduction of a Pierce-Arrow ad which features dancing nymphs in countryside. Average wear and soiling. Bit of writing in upper corner of front cover. A sound copy. Book
50 pages. Short Stories: Dream of Love; The High Cost of Babies; Major Arrowtoss. Articles: Heroes - or Bums? - campaign to smear unemployed vets; Citadel of Jump - Great photo-illustrated article on Robert M. Weitman's Paramount Theatre in New York; "I'll Take Zale in Two" - photo-illustrated boxing article by Rocky Graziano; The Decline of Bing Crosby - photo-illustrated article on his voice problems; Billion Dollar Haul - fascinating article on war booty at the end of WWII, with photo of Hjalmar Schacht; War Against West Point; About that Sinus Trouble. Special Features; Sexiest Gal in Town? - photo-illustrated article about Ruth Gilbert; Wackies - article with great one-page photo of Barbara Bates and Julie Gibson; Lion Hunt - photo-illustrated article of Metropolitan Opera tenor Lauritz Melchior hunting mountain lion; Hockey's Hardest Hoodlum - John "Choo-Choo" Mariucci of the Chicago Blackhawks; On the Bowery; The Name is Sheridan - lovely photos of Ann Sheridan; Smokechasers - photos of parachuting forest fire fighters; Photos of Marvin S. Kite marrying Doris Press by phone; Salute of the Month - photo of Lloyd F. Oleson, National Commander of the Disabled American Veterans; Before and after photos of 1st Lt. William D. Robertson, the first GI to contact the Russian Army at Torgau, Germany; and more. Nice ad for movie "The Man I Love" features photo of Ida Lupino; Light wear. Unmarked. Light age-toning to contents. A nice vintage copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with 22 plates on 12 and illustrations in the text; original brown cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. A modern rural classic. Lovely copy of one of the most difficult of Evans' titles. SIGNED COPIES OF ANY OF EVANS' WORKS ARE VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
[5], 6-144 pages. Index. Generously illustrated with maps and black and white reproductions of archival photos. "The fifth and final volume in the Maple Leaf Route series on the Canadian campaign in Northwest Europe 1944-45. Concentrates on the battles in the Rhineland during February and March 1945. A careful examination of the available documents, Canadian, British, American and German, has produced an account of this period which provides new insights. The Rhine crossing and the battles of April-May 1944 in the Netherlands and Germany are also described in some detail." - dust jacket. Average wear to book which is bound in golden boards. Binding intact. Prior owner's bookplate and tiny erasure upon front free endpaper. Fly specks [?) to right edge of front panel of dust jacket which otherwise shows average wear and is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this important Canadian military history. Cooke [3e] p.237. Book
