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Belliure yachts
Original Brochure Belliure 48
Belliure yachts: 2001 Spain softcover 17 pages.With photos specifications and lay-out. Comes with price-list. German language. In very good condition. Â paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : P30570
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Beluga yachts
Original Brochure Beluga 24
Beluga yachts: 1985 Germany softcover 7 pages.With photos specifications and lay-out. German language. In very good condition  paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : P30558
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Bender, Robert J.
U. S. Boats 1. A complete review and record of the yachting year [1952] in sail and power.
Oversize. 152 p., illus. Racing results section at end. Hardcover Good condition
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Beneteau yachts
Original Yacht Brochure Ombrine 800
Beneteau yachts: 2001 France softcover 8 pages.With photos specifications and lay-out. Comes with price-list. English and German language. In very good condition  paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : P30556
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Benetti Super yacht (Currently known as Laika)
Original Brochure Bambu Laika Super Yacht
Benetti Super yacht Currently known as Laika: 1973 Italy softcover 3 pages.With photos specifications and lay-out. English language. In very good condition. paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : P30622
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Benetti yachts
Original Brochure Benetti Delfino 16.20
Benetti yachts: 1993 Italy softcover 3 pages.With photos specifications and lay-out. Comes with price-list and extra specifcations. English and Italian language. In very good condition. Â paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : P30564
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Benetti yachts
Original Brochure Benetti 23mS
Benetti yachts: Circa. 1980 Italy softcover 3 pages.With specifications and lay-out. English and German language. With marks of use.  paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : P30563
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Benetti yachts
Original Brochure Benetti Super Yachts
Benetti yachts: Italy softcover 14 pages.With photos specifications and lay-out. The models 36 42 48 53 45 and 55. English language. In very good condition. paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : P30623
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Benetti yachts
Original Brochure Benetti Colvic 40
Benetti yachts: 1994 Italy softcover 3 pages.With specifications and lay-out. English and Italian language. In very good condition  paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : P30557
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Beverly Yacht Club
Beverly Yacht Club: Annual 1907 Classic Reprint
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0267642490.G ISBN : 0267642490 9780267642496
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Beverly Yacht Club
Beverly Yacht Club: Annual 1907 Classic Reprint
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0282941304.G ISBN : 0282941304 9780282941307
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Beverly Yacht Club
Constitution of the Beverly Yacht Club: With the by-Laws Sailing Regulations Etc. 1897 Classic Reprint
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0266987435.G ISBN : 0266987435 9780266987437
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Beverly Yacht Club
Constitution of the Beverly Yacht Club: With the by-Laws Sailing Regulations Etc. 1892 Classic Reprint
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0266963080.G ISBN : 0266963080 9780266963080
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Beverly Yacht Club
Constitution of the Beverly Yacht Club With the by-Laws Sailing Regulations Etc Classic Reprint
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1528528395.G ISBN : 1528528395 9781528528399
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Beverly Yacht Club
Constitution of the Beverly Yacht Club: With the by-Laws Sailing Regulations Etc. 1897 Classic Reprint
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1527902900.G ISBN : 1527902900 9781527902909
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Beverly Yacht Club
Constitution of the Beverly Yacht Club With the by-Laws Sailing Regulations Etc Classic Reprint
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0265829658.G ISBN : 0265829658 9780265829653
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Beverly Yacht Club
Constitution of the Beverly Yacht Club: With the by-Laws Sailing Regulations Etc. 1901 Classic Reprint
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0266609880.G ISBN : 0266609880 9780266609889
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Birchwood yachts
Original Brochure Birchwood Yachts
Birchwood yachts: England softcover 10 pages. With all the models in detail. With photos specifications and lay-out. The models 290 340 350 360 370 400 450 and 510. Comes with price-list. English language. In very good condition. Â paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : P30624
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Birchwood yachts
Original Brochure Birchwood TS 340
Birchwood yachts: 2002 England softcover 3 pages.With photos specifications and lay-out. Comes with price-list. English language. In very good condition. Â paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : P30569
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Blanchard, Norman and Stephen Wilen
Knee-Deep in Shavings: Memories of Early Yachting and Boatbuilding on the West Coast
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 10"w x 9 1/4"h. 182 pages. Black and white photos. Reminiscences of classic boats built by Blanchard Boat Company by the son of the founder of the firm.
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Blewitt, Mary
Navigation for Yachtsmen
113 p. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Blue Water yachts
Original Brochure Bluewater Yachts and Cruises
Blue Water yachts: 1990 US softcover 11 pages. With all the models in detail. With photos specifications and lay-out. The models 60 55 53 45 and 48. English language. In very good condition. A yacht with an original brochure could be more valuable because it shows care for your yacht  paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : P30573
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Bo Streiffert
Die Kunststoff-Yacht und ihre Ausrüstung
Bielefeld, Delius Klasing Verlag, 1989. Pappeinband Lex. 8° 0
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 005325
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Bob Yate
Birmingham New Street to Wolverhampton High Level
Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; N/A paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ria9780853617662_inp ISBN : 085361766x 9780853617662
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Bond, Bob; Sleight, Steve
Cruiser Handling
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with light creasing to edges and signs of storage. 160pp. A comprehensive practical step-by-step guide to cruiser handling skills, techniques and procedures.
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BONNER G.F.
The Yachting Season of 1845. [Facsimile reissue].
8vo., with numerous engraved illustrations and facsimiles throughout; cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Facsimile reissue of the Yachtsman's Annual and General Register, 1845
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Borlase, Skip; Tregarron, Yate; Mugford, Rev J Trounsell; et al
The Mint - A Money Making Journal For All Who Need It & Read It No. 11 Vol. 1 January 1907
London: The Mint Co-Operative Club Ltd. 1907. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 36 pages. Contents: Details and illustrations of various merchandise offered; Details of an offer to Subscribers; Two-pages of photos of various departments in the Mint House; Various articles; Careers for Lads and Lasses; Stock and Share information; List of grocery items and prices. Above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. An interesting vintage item which presents an engaging snapshot of England in the early 1900s. The Mint Co-Operative Club, Ltd. Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 845G1008
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Borlenghi, Carlo und Mario Marzari
Faszination klassischer Yachten.
Bielefeld, Delius Klasing Verlag, 2000.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 169417
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Boston Yacht Club
Boston Yacht Club - 16 Volume Set
Boston: Boston Yacht Club 1983 1985-1999. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/None. 16mo. 1983 1985-1999 16 Volumes. 16mo various colors. Fine no dust jackets as issued. Club directory by-Laws committees commodores fleet List history. Illustrated with yacht photos. . 1 printingBoards . ISBN: NA. Catalogs: History. Boston Yacht Club hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9607
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Boswell, Charles
The America: The Story of the World's Most Famous Yacht
275 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition; spine faded
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BRASSEY Anna, Gaston Bonnefont ,
Aux Indes et en Australie dans le yacht le Sunbeam
2008 Superbe cartonnage d'epoque signée Souze , percaline rouge , Mame et Fils , Tours , illustré de 200 dessins interieur tres frais comme exterieur , toutes tranches dorées . grand in-4 , bel objet ....
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 7456
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BRASSEY, LADY.
AUX INDES ET EN AUSTRALIE DANS LE YACHT LE SUNBEAM.
, Tours, Alfred Mame, 1893., Relie, toile rouge, couverture d' editeur illustre en couleur, plats orne de fil. dore, tranches dore, 20,5x30cm, 398pp, illustre n/b.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 6208
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BRASSEY Lady
Voyage d'une famille autour du Monde
A bord de son yacht " le Sunbeam". Raconté par la Mère.Maurice Dreyfous, sans date vers 1920. Grand in 8 reliure pleine percaline rouge avec titre et ornementation argent sur le premier plat, 120 gravures sur bois, 319 pp, petits frottements sur bords de couverture, bel état intérieur. grande carte depliante . Rio de Janeiro - les Pampas - Punta Arena - Baie de Lota - Polynésie - îles Sandwich - cratère de Kilaouéa - Japon - Canton - Macao - Singapoure - Ceylan - Aden.tres bon etat
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2474
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BRASSEY Anna Allnutt (Baronne)
VOYAGE D'UNE FAMILLE AUTOUR DU MONDE à bord de son yacht le Sunbeam
1900 reliure demi-chagrin vert foncé grand in-octavo (binding half shagreen in-octavo), dos 4 nerfs ceints de filets à froid (spine with 4 raised bands encircled of blind-stamping decoration line) - titre frappé or (gilt title), papier imitation chagrin vert aux plats décorés à froid (paper imitation green shagreen on the cover with blind stamping decoration) - un fer spécial Prix municipal de la Ville de Paris sur le premier plat (special stamping decoration of town of Paris on the front cover), toutes tranches dorées (all edges gilt), pages de garde en papier moiré (endpapers with paper watered), ex-dono, page de faux-titre (half title page), illustrations : 6 cartes en couleur 120 gravures sur bois (illustrations : 6 maps in colours and 120 wood-cut engravings), rousseurs passim (redness marks almost everywhere), sans mouillure (without scar of waterstain), XIV+360 pages, sans date imprimée (undated printed) les années 1870-80 environ (the years 1870-80) à Paris Maurice Dreyfous Editeur - 13 rue du Faubourg-Montmartre,
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 15114
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Bradford, Ernle
Three Centuries of Sailing
120 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Bradshaw, Marian Hahn
Canadian Collector Magazine, July/August 1984, Volume 19, No. 4
78 pages. Features: Limoelou Restored - Jacques Cartier's manor house at Saint-Malo; Bill Reid's Magnificent Bronze Haida Killer Whale; John O'Brien, Maritime Artist; Queen Victoria's Royal Barge; Arnold 176 - The Vancouver Chronometer; Boulton's Garden - Fifty Years in the Landscape of The Grange, Toronto; Year-Round Bouquets - preserved flowers help museums come alive; Signs of the Times - wonderful old advertisements; A short history of Toronto's Royal Canadian Yacht Club; Architect and Muralist - The Painter George Reid in Onteora, New York; Toronto in Music - Notes of a Collector. Light wear. Sound copy. Book
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Brandlmayr, John; et al
Northwest Sportsman Magazine - Fishing, Hunting and Boating in B.C., May 1961 - Revised Fresh Water Fishing Spots and Maps of British Columbia
42 pages. Features: Revised Fresh Water Fishing Spots and Maps of British Columbia; Nice one-page illustrated ad for Gibbs fishing tackle; One-page illustrated ad for Hardy and Milward split cane fishing rods from England; Marine fir plywood ad; Clay Chips - article with photos of Mr. & Mrs. Bert Whelan, Ray Gray, Virgil Poppe, Rudy Wiley, Earl Caldwell, Don McKay, Paul Maylor, Larry French, C.H. Reinhard, and Verne Greensword; Yacht Bureau begins research and product testing program; Boats; Nice framable one-page ad inside back cover by the B.C. Department of Recreation and Conservation entitled "Good Fishing!"; Nice photo-illustrated Lucky Lager ad on back cover; Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
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BRASSEY ANNIE
Voyage d'une famille autour du monde a bord de son yacht Le Sunbeam racontè par la Mere et traduit de l’anglais par J. Butler, ouvrage illustré de 120 gravures sur bois et de 6 cartes en couleur.
In 4° (25,5x17 cm); XVI, (2), 360 pp. e 6 c. di tav. più volte ripiegate fuori testo e a colori. Bella legatura editoriale in piena tela rossa con titolo e ricchi fregi in oro ai piatti ed al dorso. Tagli riccamente dorati. Qualche macchiolina di foxing e fioritura ma nel complesso esemplare in buone condizioni di conservazione. Bellissime le tavole, mlte a piena pagina, che ritraggono scorci e costumi dei paesi visitaiti. Prima edizione francese di questo celebre racconto di viaggio che partendo dall'Inghilterra portò i viaggiatori attraverso il Sud America, le Isole del Mare del Sud, il Giappone, la Cina, Ceylon e Suez a fare il giro del mondo in barca. Il pubblico vittoriano accolse (1839-1887) i libri di Annie Brassey con un entusiasmo enorme. L’autrice divenne una dei più celebri autori di scritti di viaggio dell’ottocento. Morì nel 1887 durante uno dei suoi spostamenti.
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Brierley Benjamin "Ab o'th' Yate.
AB-O'TH-YATE" SKETCHES AND OTHER SHORT STORIES . Edited by James Dronsfield .
Oldham: W. E. Clegg 1896. Octavo three volumes original pictorial brown cloth spine panels stamped in gold t.e.g. other edges untrimmed. First edition. Posthumously published collection of sketches and stories in memory of the much-loved Lancashire writer born at Failsworth near Manchester in 1825. The son of a hand loom weaver Brierley went to work in the silk mills at the age of six. Village Sunday and night schools helped him win an education. He began publishing tales verse and sketches of Lancashire life in the 1850s. He became a writer and journalist and in 1869 founded the popular BEN BRIERLEY'S JOURNAL a weekly which ran until 1891. He died in 1896 at the age of 71. See Sutherland Victorian Fiction pp. 83-84 and DNB. Wolff 815. Each volume has a slight spine lean and the endpapers are tanned as is usually the case but this is still a handsome about near fine set. #113611 W. E. Clegg unknown books
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 113611
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Brooklyn Yacht Club
The Brooklyn Yacht Club: Constitution and by-Laws Adopted April 23d 1890 Classic Reprint
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0332440567.G ISBN : 0332440567 9780332440569
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Broom yachts
Original Brochure Broom Ocean Forty
Broom yachts: 1986 England softcover 3 pages.With specifications and lay-out. Comes with price-list. English language. In very good condition. Â paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : P30560
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Broom yachts
Original Brochure Broom 33
Broom yachts: 1995 England softcover 3 pages.With specifications and lay-out. English language. In very good condition  paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : P30568
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Brow, Dix
Sea of Cortez Guide : For Fishermen and Sailors, Divers and Beachcombers with trailerboats, Cartoppers or Seagoing Yachts
272 pages including index. A comprehensive handbook for all of Mexico's fascinating Sea of Cortez from San Felipe to Cabo San Lucas along Baja California, and from El Golfo to Mazatlan on the Mexican mainland. Includes 115 photos and 96 charts. Well worn and soiled. Unmarked. Book
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Bruce, Erroll
Cape Horn to Port
175 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good Account of the Whitbread Round-the-World yacht race in 1977.
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Bruce, Erroll
When the Crew Matters Most : An Ocean-Racing Story
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards, very slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked with slightly dusty rear and small tear to upper front spine corner. 184pp. The story of the 1960 Atlantic Ocean racing-yacht race from Bermuda to Denmark, in particular that of the winning crew as they covered the 3,500 miles of relentless ocean. The author was the crew leader. Illustrated.
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Bryan, Arthur; Falls, Cyril; Harrod, R.F.
The Illustrated London News (ILN), February 24, 1951 - Cover Photo of Mount Lamington Volcano in New Guinea / Marriage of the Shah of Iran
Pages 273 - 312. Features: Lovely colour ad for the De Havilland Comet used by British Overseas Airways Corporation shows plane in flight; Photos of avalanche terror in the Alps - engulfed villages; Great two-page photo of the start of the famous Tasman Ocean Yacht Race; Wow - two illustrated pages describe the Alberta tar sands "containing four times the rest of the world's known oil reserves"; Photos of personalities of the week, including Spain's first ambassador to Britain since 1946, Don Miguel Primo de Rivera, and his wife; Two pages of photos of the marriage of the Shah of Iran (Persia) to his new Empress, formerly Miss Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari; Photo-illustrated article on the Life of John Maynard Keynes; The Gold Coast's first steps in democracy - election photos; Two pages of photos of U.N. troops in winter war action in central Korea; Centerfold photo of incredible devastation caused by the Mount Lamington eruption; Mice demonstrate road safety in Glasgow!; Photo of huge B 36 Bomber; Restoration of St. George's Hall, King's Lynn - believed to be England's largest medieval guildhall; photos of new French and British weapons; Photos illustrated how bulky files of newspapers are transfered to tiny rolls of microfilm; Amazing photos of lying squirrels in flight; Swedish ballets; Nice colour ad for Imperial Leather toilet powder inside back cover; Nice colour ad for Jacob & Co's Cream Crackers on back cover; and more. Cover holding by one staple. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
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Bryant, Arthur; et al
The Illustrated London News, Saturday, February [Feb.] 1, 1941 - First Views of the Capture of Bardia
32 pages. Features: Cover photos of Churchill and Viscount Halifax approaching battleship 'King George V'; Excellent two-page illustration of sappers throwing a box-girder bridge with nose union across an enemy tank trap; Photo of Carl J. Hambro with M. Carton De Wiart; Photo of King Haakon with Polish President M. Raczkiewicz; One-page photo of General Wavell with Maj.-Gen. O'Connor outside doomed Bardia; Eight pages of fantastic photos of the fall of Bardia - first views; Magnificant centrefold photo of Britain's latest and greatest battleship, H.M.S. 'King George V'; Eight photos of patriot Abyssinians training for battle against Italian tyrants; Six photos of Greek heroism in arctic cold - latest pictures from Albania; Two pages of photos of Wendell Willkie, supporter of the aid for Britain policy, at work; Photos of personalities of the week include General De Gaulle, Count Ciano, Marshal Griziani, Count Csaky, Commander Roger Bureau, P.D. Willeringhaus, John Oxenham, Daniel Hopkin, L.F. Sinclair, and David Lloyd George at his wife's funeral; Five photos of the Chinese military which stands undaunted after four years' heroic resistance; Four photos of Chiang Kai-Shek and his wife, plus a photo of her Pekinese dog; Photo of amazing Italian 'Land Yacht' (captured from Commander Gatti) presented to Britain as a symbol of the resistance by the Belgian Congo; and more. Staples disintegrated. Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this important wartime issue. Book
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Bryant, Arthur; Falls, Cyril; et al
The Illustrated London News, April (Apr. 25), 1964 - The Aswan High Dam
Pages 629-668 plus 4 pages of ads. Features: Nice one-page colour photo ad for Holland-America line; One-page ad for the Daimler 2 1/2 Litre V8 Saloon; Great one-page colour photo ad for the MG Midget, Mk II sports convertible (red); Cover photo portrait of the Queen Mother presenting badminton trophy to Capt. J. R. Templer; Photo of the international conference on the problem of sanctions against South Africa at Friends' House, London; Photo of commissioning ceremony of the new tribal class frigate 'Zulu'; Photo of the first of three new car ferries for the Western Isles, 'Hebrides", passing Oban war memorial on her way to Tarbert; Photo of "St. George of England", new ocean racing yacht being lowered into the water on April 17; Photo of famous actors attending Southwark Cathedral in commemoration of the Quatercentenary of Shakespeare's birth; Photo of Peter Garbutt, Capt. of Crook Town, holding the Amateur Cup as he leads his victorious team on a lap of honour around Wembley; Photo of Mrs. John Logie Baird presenting award to TV announcer Miss Sylvia Peters; Photo of Jack Brabham winning the Aintree International "200" race on April 18; Article on the perplexing developments in Cyprus; Photo of Syrian Maj. Gen. Amin Hafiz speaking in Damascus after armed revolt in Hama; Photo of Brezhnev presenting Khrushchev with medal on the premier's 70th birthday; Photo of Shaikh Abdullah speaking to crowd during his tour of the Kashmir Valley for independence; Photo of Danny Nowell in San Francisco hospital after terrifying fall from balloon; Photo of floating powerstation in ice-free dock at the Thule Air Force Base, Greenland; Photo of presentation of colours at Beersheba, Israel, during 16th Independence Day celebration; Photo of Italy's smiling president Antonio Segni in Milan motorcade; Photo of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands climbing ruins at the ancient city of Teotihuacan in Mexico; photo of Pres. Nyerere of Tanganyika inspecting guard of honour of the third Battalion of the Nigerian Army; Photo of delegation of the People's Republic of Poland visiting Khrushchev on April 13; Photo of Israeli Pres. Shazar and president Grunitzky of Togo signing friendship pact in Jerusalem; Photo of Pres. Nasser and Field Marshal Hakim Amer observing naval manoeuvres off Alexandria; Photo of the Sultan of Muscat visiting the tribal class frigate 'Nubian'with rear admiral J. E. Scotland; Book review of "A Start In Freedom" by Sir Hugh Foot; Photo illustrated article on Soviet archaeology - the search for lost Dioscuria in the Eastern Black Sea; Photos and text describe finds in the Sukhumi Bay waters; Celebrations of Shakespeare; Centrefold illustration of Stratford-upon-Avon; Impressive photos and text describe the Aswan High Dam; Page of photos of the Duchess of Gloucester and Queen Mother visiting Scotland; Photos of personalities of the week include Sergei Khrushchev, Miss Rachel Carson, Col. Stewart Blacker, Harold Scott, Harold Shearman, Ian Smith (new Prime Minister for Southern Rhodesia), Winston Field, Justice Edmund Davies, Michael Foot, Mrs. M. P. Kendrick, Pres. DeGaulle, Mrs. Geraldine Mock (greeted by her husband at Oakland after completing her solo flight around the world), and Prince Souvanna Phouma; Impressive two-page illustration of the new face of the Royal Navy - carriers, frigates, submarines and auxiliaries of today's fleet; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Bryant, Arthur; Falls, Cyril; Squire, Sir John
The Illustrated London News (ILN), August 2, 1952 - Cover Photo of Major-General Neguib Mohammed with Aly Maher Pasha - Who Compelled Egypt's King Farouk to Adbicate
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
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Bryant, Arthur; Falls, Cyril; Squire, Sir John
The Illustrated London News (ILN), July 12, 1952 - Maiden Voyage of The S.S. United States
Pages 41 - 76. Features:Great cover photo of the S.S. United States leaving her New York berth for her record-setting maiden voyage to England; Air Disaster at Bremerton Heath Housing Estate - R.A.F. Brigand fighter-bomber crash; The Queen meets Greenland explorers; The Queen in the Hardy country; Two-page illustration of the Helsinki Olympic stadium and environs; Photos of major bomb damage to North Korean power plants; Royal occasions in England and Holland; Great photo of the S.S. United States at speed and a map of her new transatlantic record run; Photos of personalities of the week include King Talal of Jordon at Lausanne, and recently deceased book dealer Dr. Abraham S. Wolf Rosenbach; Many photos from the Henley Royal Regatta; Photos of 1952 Wimbledon winners and runners-up; Colour photo of old glass paper-weights of outstanding workmanship; Lovely colour-photo centerfold with eight photos of modern yachts, including popular one-designs, dragons and flying fifteens; One page photo- the first formal official portrait of QE II; The Queen's visit to the Royal show at Newton Abbot; Wow - three photos of tracks of the "Yeti" (abominable snowman) in the snow taken by the Swiss Expedition to Everest; Two-pages of illustrations of Everest's challenges and technology required for climbers to master her; One-page photo ad for the Hawker Siddeley Group's Gloster GA/5 showing the plane in a vertical ascent; Nice colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover with lawn bowling theme; Nice ad for the Austin Sheerline car; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
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