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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
28 pages. Features: Cover illustration of "Silent Telephony on the Battlefront" - showing one of our troops in Tunisia using throat microphones and "silent speech" transmitters to report to base from under the noses of the enemy; Scenes during the Eighth Army's Advance into Tripolitania - includes photos of anti-tank and anti-personnel mines removed from the airfield at Marble Arch; Dramatic two-page illustration of the damaged Stirling bomber piloted by Flight Sergeant Rawdon Hume Middleton about to plunge into the Channel - how he won the Victoria Cross (V.C.) - Devotion "Unsurpassed in the annals of the Royal Air Force"; The Great World War - Lessons from Papua - article by Cyril Falls; Rabaul - Main Japanese Base in New Guinea Area Campaign - three illustrations and two photos; The German Retreat Across the Snow - Dramatic Views of Hitler's Sorry Army - Russians Close on Their Heels - 13 photos; How a "Liberty" Freighter was built in less than five days - Henry J. Kaiser's shipyards built the "Robert E. Peary" using pre-fabricated sections; Photos of personalities and events of the week - including Von Ribbentrop welcoming Laval to Berlin, Lloyd George at age 80, and a ceremony in London honouring American airman Sec. Lieut. Johnson; Pictures Behind the News - photo of the new Lockheed Constellation on its maiden voyage, aerial photo of now free Leningrad; A Japanese Bomber's Suicide Dive on the U.S. Aircraft-Carrier "Hornet" - dramatic photos; Centerfold illustration of Captain Robert Sherbrooke, V.C. in H.M.S. "Onslow," Challenging Superior Naval Forces of North Cape; Photos of enemy bombers down over London; Scenes in Malta's War Headquarters; Illustration of Flak over London; Three dramatic photos show Squadron Leader T.M. Bulloch settle the fate of a U-boat; Two-page illustrated map indicates the vast economic development of French Africa - roads and communications from Algeria to Congo; The Trans-African Air Route - a six-thousand miles daily flight over virgin forests and desert tracts - three great photos; The Rivals of Rubber - article by E.S. Grew; Nice colour-illustrated ad for Johnnie Walker on back cover; Unmarked. Average wear. Centerfold loose but present. Book
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
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
Pages 1191-1234. Features: In the wake of VE day, this issue features several vintage ads promoting tourism to such European destinations as France, Rome, Düsseldorf, Baden-Baden, Austria, Bad Nauheim, Czechoslovakia, Zürich, Bermuda and more; Great cover photo of the fall of Bilbao - a peaceful street scene after the bloodless occupation of the city by Gen. Franco's troops and tanks; Group photo of members of the Imperial Conference at St. James's Palace; The passing of Sir James Barrie, author of Peter Pan - page of photos and text; Two pages of photos of floodlit pavilions at the Great International Exhibition in Paris; Two pages of fantastic photos of Wimbledon's 1937 seeded men and women players, including D. Budge, G. Von Cramm, H. Henkel, Miss H. Jacobs, Fru S. Sperling, A. Lizana, and 10 others; Page of nine photos illustrates stages in the growth of Amorphophallus Titanum; Article entitled "Headhunters never before visited by Europeans" - among the wild Naga tribes in a hitherto unexplored region on the Assam-Burma border - adventures with a British expedition sent to suppress slave trading and human sacrifice, with aerial photo of the burning of Pansha, a powerful village of the Kalyo Kengyu Nagas, destroyed by a British punitive expedition as retribution for slave trading and terrorism; Two intriguing large photos show the "radio" (huge log drum) used by headhunters to broadcast news; Two pages of great photos illustrate a Naga war dance and how they use headhunting to stimulate successful crops; Two pages of illustrations depict the havoc of Civil War in the countryside near Bilbao; Photos of the Lord Mayor of London in Paris; Photos of the 25th International Horse Show at Olympia; Two pages of text and photos document the fall of Bilbao - street scenes in the much-tried city after the entry of Gen. Franco's forces; Too large photos of the "Pommern" as it raced from Australia to England; sombre photo of large crowd watching the German battleship "Deutschland" landing her dead at Wilhelmshaven; Photo of Bedouin Arabs welcoming the Emir Abdullah on his return from the coronation; Photo of Bulgarian King Boris with his daughter, acknowledging cheers of his people upon the birth of his son Simeon; Two nice photos of the first Garden party given by King George and Queen Elizabeth; Photos of personalities of the week include T. S. Furmore-Hesketh, Bishop Welldon, Col. Henry Guest, P. G. Fairfield, Prof. J. H. Hutton, Lord and Lady Salisbury, M. Chautemps, M. Blum, Sir Squire Sprigge, Soviet airmen Chkaloff, GBaidukoff, and Byelyakoff, and M. Gaston Doumergue; Photo a beautiful sculpture unearthed by plowing French farmer M. Jean Gonon, of Estrat; Photo illustrated article on polecats; Women's fashion photos; Colour back page ad for Douglas Stuart (Stuart House, of London) and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this excellent issue. Magazine
32 pages. Features: Cover photo of miner at work 1000 yards below grade in the Milliard Seam at Snowden Colliery, in Kent; Amazing photo of crashed Dakota aircraft atop houses at South Ruislip; Five photos of Husky and Malemute dogs which will help Rear-Admiral Richard E. Byrd's new Antarctic expedition; Miracles of salvage in Italy - five photos of monuments rebuilt from fragments; Photos of brilliant results of Italian buildings and frescoes rebuilt after the war; Article entitled Some Service Landmarks of 1946, which includes two photos from troubled Jerusalem; Six photos of an Allied forces horse race held at Okayama, Japan; Five photos of King Michael of Rumania; Three large photos illustrate the huge Abadan oil refinery and the countryside pipelines which feed it; Photo of heroic Rome fruit vendor Domenico Ferri who caught baby Pier Carlo who had fallen from 6th floor window; Photos of the crash of Trans-World Airlines (TWA) Constellation Star of Cairo, near Shannon Airport; Photos of terrible tsunami damage at Tanabe, Japan and Shinghu, Japan; Two pages of great photos illustrate radio-controlled (RC) model car racing - America's fourth most popular sport; One page photo of the Alizes on the high trapeze under the big top; Photos of personalities of the week include Lieut. Gen. Sir Leslie Hollis, Lieut. Gen. Sir J. Crocker, Lord Russell of Killowen, Harold McKenna, Prof. Paul Langevin, Prof. Hartridge, W. C. Fields, Sir Victor Mallett, the victorious United States Davis cup team, and Lord Normanand; Two photos of L. F. Lawes and his model glider fitted with a small camera to be used for photographic reconnaissance; Wonderful full-page photo of postal workers coping with a mountain of packages at Mount Pleasant; Two pages of fascinating photos of the racial minorities of Indochina, as yet undisturbed by Vietnam claims. Unmarked with average wear. Advertising front cover taped in place, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Magazine
Features/Photos: King Constantine and his Danish bride beneath the nuptial crowns - several pages; Stony statues of Eastern Nigeria; Beginning of election campaign; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Quality copy. Magazine
Features/Photos: Demonstrating against austerity measures in Belgium; violence in the streets of Brussels; the insidious campaign in Laos; Blazing timber whark in Barking, Essex; Unrolling the copper scroll - the process illustrated; Qumran treasure; Revolutionary vertical take-off and landing engints; 1916 Photo of the edge of the Gulf Stream; The Wolseley 6/99; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
Pages 645-662 and 667-672, lacking pages 663-666. Features: Cover illustrations of how enemy movements are watched in the desert; One page of illustrations explain anti-tank mines - "A Deadly Defensive Weapon in Mechanised Warfare"; Two-page illustration of 1,000 bombers, "A Panorama showing the bomber force which has smashed Rhineland and Western Germany"; Air photo of destroyed Gennevilliers Power Station in Paris; Photo of bomb damage in Canterbury; Air photo of bomb damage to B.F. Goodrich rubber tyre works in Paris; Three pages of very informative photos of key stages of production of the "Halifax" bomber; The Campaign in Russia and Libya - article with maps of Shanghai district, Kharkov area, and Tobruk area; Large photo-portrait of Air Marshal A.T. (Bomber) Harris, Commander-In-Chief, Bomber Command; The Aftermath of Battle - Scenes of Desolation in the Desert When the Fighting Has Ended - Four interesting photos over two pages; Centrefold illustration of the Eighth Army Salvaging an immobilised tank with a tank transporter; Six photos of salvaging tanks and enemy guns behind the front in Libya; Four photos of U.S. fighter-bombers - Curtiss "Kittyhawks" in the desert battle; Photos of ten personalities of the week include Mr. Arthur Merton, Mr. George W. Kettle, actor John Barrymore, Mexican President Avila Camacho, and Sir Archibald Sinclair; Two photos of scorched earth at Burma's Yenangyaung's oil fields; Photo of General MacArthur in Australian Parliament; Photo of midget Japanese submarine captured at Pearl Harbour; Nice colour back cover B.S.A. ad features illustration of tanks on parade with Big Ben in background. This copy was never stapled. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Aside from the four missing pages, a quality copy. Book
Pages 161-192. Features: Cover photo of German aircraft downed at Palmyra with Vichy markings painted over swastika - absolute proof of collaboration between Vichy and the Axis powers; Photos of personalities of the week include Wing Commander Whitney Straight, Sir Emsley Carr, Sgt. Pilot James Allen Ward, V.C. (the first New Zealand V.C. in the present war), British POWs from Syria detraining at Baalbek; New British 18-ton "Crusader" tank; Photos of the "Beaufighter"; R.A.F. Channel rescue craft; Six photos of fighting at see in the Mediterranean and in Heligoland Bight; Air-photo of submarine building yards at Le Trait bombed by "Blenheims" in daylight; Two-pages of illustrations demonstrating that tanks are not invincible; Fishermen at War (article); Photos of British units ousting snipers from the ruins of Zenobia's Palmyra; Seven great sepia-tone photos illustrate the end of the Syrian campaign as Beirut fetes the entry of Allied troops under Generals Wilson and Catroux; Two pages with ten fascinating photos from the Russian Front, showing U.S.S.R. army units fighting with magnificent elan against the common enemy; Soviet Russia At War (article); Photo of signing of Poland's Pact of Friendship with Russia - Prime Minister Sikorski and M. Maisky, with Eden and Churchill at head of table; Centerfold illustrations demonstrate the value of pigeon-post as an accessory to wireless in war; Four excellent photos of the "Fortress I" bomber as it arrives in England - on its way to Germany; Two pages of photos of night and day scenes at a Fleet Air Arm training station; Two pages of photos of construction of the "Trans-Saharan" rail line to Dakar - with map and two artist's renderings of the diesel electric locomotives planned to service the line; Romantic discovery of a vast and unknown cavern on Mendip - article with three photos and map; Three pages of photos inside the newly-discovered Stalactite Caves at Mendip; Half-page photo-illustrated ad for the British Power Boat Company; Nice half-page Burberry services equipment ad; more vintage ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this informative wartime issue. 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 57-84. Features: Cover portrait of Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky; Informative diagrams of Germany's E-Boat - a naval mosquito with torpedoes and guns; Photos of the four Cherbourg forts, situated on the outer breakwater, which were the last to surrender; Review of "Behind the Steel Wall" by Arvid Fredborg; The campaign in Italy - seven recent photos; Montgomery's Great Success - the liberation of Caen by British and Canadian Troops - four photos; Article entitled "Offensives on All Fronts"; Five aerial photos of bomb damage to Peenemunde, home of the flying bomb, attacked by the R.A.F.; Photos of German flying bombs in flight, and damage they have done; One-page illustration of R.A.F. control centre battling flying bombs; Fascinating two-page centrefold illustration shows flying bomb installations in Northern France; Three photos inside London's massive bomb shelters; Photo of Copenhagen department store ablaze, with fire-fighters held back by people who accuse the owner of collaborating with the nazis; Poland's underground army shows well-organised resistance - seven photos; Eleven photos in the wake of the Red Army's great advance - Minsk and other bastions of the shattered German lines; U.S. Troops capture Saipan Island - ten photos of the most ambitious amphibious operation yet attempted in the Pacific; Photos of personalities of the week include Major W.H. Smith, The Rev. Dr. J. Moore Ferguson, Fd.-Marshal Von Kluge, Sir Bernard Montgomery visiting the "Rodney", The Duchess of Kent with her children, Roosevelt welcoming De Gaulle to the White House, Captured German nurses in Cherbourg, Wing Commander J. Johnson, General Ivan Chernyakhovsky, and Field-Marshal Von Rundstedt; One-page illustration of airborne tug aircraft hooking to glider on the ground; Photos of underground hot water tapped by the people of Reykjavik; Iceland declares her independence - six photos; Nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked with 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
233 pages, illustrated (some colour). eng
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title-vignette and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in in the text; maroon cloth, cream cloth back lettered in maroon, a very good, bright, clean, fresh copy.
2017__1946226009Oscar Riera Ojeda Pub Ltd 2017. Hardcover. New. 200 pages. 11.50x8.75x1.00 inches. Oscar Riera Ojeda Pub Ltd hardcover
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo. Second Impression with illustrations some light offsetting to free endpapers neat signature on front free endpaper; cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in dustwrapper the latter lightly frayed at extremities and with one short closed tear. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1960 and now scarce in its own right
12958164like new. unknown
0984372938.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0984372970.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2017x-1473989450Sage Pubns Ltd 2017. Paperback. New. 78 pages. 9.25x6.50x0.25 inches. Sage Pubns Ltd paperback
1473989450.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
A9781473989450Paperback / softback. New. As Britain ages amid austerity more and more people will suffer from long-term health conditions. Obesity and diabetes are on the rise. Mental health problems are widespread. This title investigates a range of ways to cut the cost of health interventions and to improve patient outcomes as well as ways of preventing people becoming patients. paperback
2003Q-0393057275W W Norton & Co Inc 2003-08-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! W W Norton & Co Inc hardcover
