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Smith, E. D.
Battle for Burma
190 pages. Index. Bibliography. Black and white photographic plates. "Takes a fresh look at differing British, U.S. and Chinese strategies in Burma, shedding new light on the part played by China in North Burma and the role of General Stilwell." - from dust jacket. Heavily worn with usual library markings. Worthy reading copy. Book
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Nork, Karl
Hell in Siberia
222 pages. The account of a German soldier held captive behind the Iron Curtain. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Sound copy. Book
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Waldron, Ben D.; Burneson, Emily
Corregidor, from Paradise to Hell: True Narrative by Ben Waldron, Prisoner-Of-War *SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR*
Signed and inscribed by author to the son of Francisco B. Caingcoy who saw action on Bataan with the 14th Eng. 2nd Btn and was captured on 9 April 1942 by the Japanese, started the Death and escaped. 240 pages. Black and white illustrations. Winner of the Book of the Year award by the American Bookdealers Exchange. "A true narrative by Sergeant Waldron, who risked his life in keeping a day by day diary, for three and a half years as a Prisoner of War under the Japanese... A true saga of the first five months of World War Two in the Philippines, and life as a Prisoner of War." - from dust jacket. Average wear bo book. Above-average wear to dust jacket. Book
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Hodgson, Lynn Philip; Longfield, Alan Paul
Camp X: The Final Battle
328 pages. "What if... Great Britain had lost the Battle of Britain?" - from back cover. Initialed by Lynn-Philip Hodgson inside front cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Reviewed and Passed By the Office of Civilian Defense
Victory Guide for Civilian Defense: With Two Bonus Related Documents From Seattle, WA Laid in*
Circa 1940. 22 pages Victory Guide contains advice for: Emergencies; Alarms; Blackouts; Air Raids; Bombs; Fires; Gas Attacks; First Aid; Nine Vital Points; Morale; Insignia of Civilian Defenders; Safety First; Car Conservation. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Laid in is an 8.5"x11" sheet announcing "Proclamation of Rules and Regulations for TEST BLACKOUT NIGHT March 7, 1941 at 10:40 P.M in Seattle, WA. Sheet contains detailed instructions which conclude with the name (not signature) of Mayor John E. Carroll. Second sheet is 8.5" x 14" and bears the title "City of Seattle - Department of Lighting: Time Table relative to enforcement of public proclamation #12 - effective from sunrise to sunset", dated 10-27-42. Balance of sheet contains sunrise and sunset times for every day of the year. Book
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Kenneth G. Heffel Fine Art Inc.
Facts for Air Raid Wardens and Every Civilian: Bombs, Incendiaries, War Gases, Home Protection
47 pages. Includes cartoon-style page which explain how the magnesium bomb works. The next page of cartoon-style illustrations demonstrates how to control these bombs with sand. Average wear. Unmarked. Paper partially yellowed. Although diminutive in size, this publication is loaded with practical advice for how to deal with a wide variety of military weapons. Book
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Multiple Authors of High Military Rank
Fatal Decisions
261 pages. Index. High-ranking German military officials reflect on military events of the second world war. Authors include: Werner Kreipe, Gunther Blumenstritt, Fritz Bayerlein, Kurt Zeitzler, Bobo Zimmerman, Hasso Von Manteuffel. Heavily worn. Usual library markings. Reading copy only. Book
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Thompson, Charles J.
Wings: Combat Aircraft of the Second World War in Paintings
110 pages. Index. "For this book, aviation artist Charles J. Thompson has collected over 50 of his paintings that vividly bring to life this fascinating period of aviation history." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
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Old West Magazine - Winter 1967
Features: Reprint of scarce book - Indian Fighting on the Texas Frontier by Captain John M. Elkins; Apache Tears - Nino Cochise; The Wake of Whiskey Bill; The First War Correspondent, 1846; Treasure rode in the boot; Mysterious trapper Billy Nay; Bill Hickok's girl on the flying trapeze; Alias 'Shooting Star' - a drifter covets a horse; The day the glue pot became a cauldron! - the Seattle fire of 1889; A cavern of gold in New Mexico?; The Army's 'stubborn fact' - the Army mule driver; A hard man to understand - Stephen W. Dorsey; people of the Laramie Plains; Ghost Ferry in Hoodoo Valley - Seneaquoteen Post; Rufus 'Potato' Clark of Denver; Pioneer Child - Nettie Hight Yarbrough; James Case's Last Frontier. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
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Wachtel, Curt
Chemical Warfare
312 pages. Index. "Covers all aspects of war gas. The history of the subject is covered as are the men behind the story, the various classifications of gases according to their composition and physiological effects, tables, figures, statistics, and all other pertinent material. The author has kept in mind the practical military applications of the gases as well as protection against them - he reveals a thorough understanding of the whole subject, its past history and future possibilities." - from dust jacket. Formerly of the U.S. Air Force Library at Fort Bragg, N.C. Usual library markings. Dust jacket preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Book mildly musty with above-average wear. Binding sound. A worthy copy of this fascinating reference. Book
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Shelford, Cyril (Signed)
From Snowshoes to Politics - a British Columbia Adventure
289 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. "The story of an ordinary man who happened to lead a quite extraordinary life. Born on a remote homestead in north central British Columbia and never in a classroom in his life, Cyril Shelford went on to a distinguished career during which he served as a B.C. cabinet minister for six years... Relates his experiences from World War II." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear to book which bears author's signature on title page. Small gift bookplate upon title page. Excellent photocopy of book review by Vaughan Palmer laid in. Book
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The Wide World Magazine, August 1956 - Australian Edition
Features: The Terrible Swede - a writer returns from a year in the South Seas; Search in Saigon - a mystery by Lawrence Morgan; Queen of the Windjammers - The Lawhill; Terror Strikes Karunga; Trapped in the Ice - Eskimo Transportation; Sentence of Death - the adventures of French Foreign Legionnaire John Seymore Townsend; Birdin' on the Furneaux; 10' a week for paradise Skokholm - I Know an Island, Part II; Beloved Elephant; War Breaks out on Friday - the Moro Naba of French Sudan; World's Tallest Totem Pole - Victoria, British Columbia; and more. Chips from backstrip. Average wear. Unmarked. Decent copy. Book
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The Wide World Magazine, April 1955 - Australian Edition
Features: Trailing the King Elephant - an amazing story from India with photos; The Hermit of the Barrens - Tragedy befalls Jack Hornby and two Englishmen in the Canadian Arctic - photos; Hunting Down the Black Jack Gang - a desperado gang in the American Southwest; War on the Dingo in Australia; The Man from Berlin - travelling through Somaliland the author picks up a German who is hitch-hiking from Berlin to South Africa; Word of Parrot - a story from the Bisichi tin-field in Nigeria; Ju-Ju in Modern Africa; Antarctica's 'Bachelor's Hall' - masculine housekeeping at the base camp of desolate Heard Island; and more. Chips from top of backstrip else average wear. Decent copy. Book
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The Wide World Magazine, February 1957, Australian Edition
Features: Abdullahi's Quest - treachery and death in the East Africa Protectorate; Battle of the Dragons - I Know and Island, Part VIII - monstrous flesh-eating dragons of Komodo; Savage Vengeance - Japanese Pearl Fishers and Australian Aborigines; Terror Takes Over - an instalment of 'Manhunt in Green Hell' in the French Guiana jungle; Timber Wolves of Beaver Lake - Alford Harrison waged a ceaseless war on the killer wolves of British Columbia; Fugitives Adrift - a stolen whaleboat in the Cook Islands; Kesobo's Warning - An Indian senses a message from his father 150 miles distant; Maneater of Sirni - a giant crocodile in the Ghandak River; Hunting the Drug Smugglers - Drug Traffickers in Singapore and the chandu scourge; The Dead Carried Gold - a tale from the Isle of Anglesey in 1859; Yafouba Magic - a tale from the Ivory Coast; and more. Chips from backstrip. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
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The Wide World Magazine, November 1954, Australian Edition
Features: The Deserted Farm - an amazing story from a holiday cycling tour in Northern France; That Night in Singapore - reprint of a 1932 story of an exciting nocturnal adventure connected with opium-smuggling; Saharan Adventure - A memorable trip through little-known regions; Doing a Perish - the grim search for water by a mounted constable and his prisoner in Western Australia; A Day with Ostriches - a trip to the Ostrich Breeding district in the Cape Province of South Africa; Magic Books - passport issues and Jugoslav frontier officials; Arctic sparks - the world's northernmost radio station at King's Bay, Spitzbergen; "Wee Eck" - a quaint tale of British Army life in India during the late war; Escape by Sea - Marooned in Somaliland, the author charters a native dhow; Bad Neighbours - A Finnish immigrant, Helles Forsman, in British Columbia brings over his family... and they meet up with bears at their logging camp; and more. Backstrip almost entirely missing. Binding intact. Clean and unmarked. Decent copy. Book
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The Wide World Magazine, January 1954 - Australian Edition
Features: Fate and Billy Barker - vivid glimpses of life on the once-famous goldfield of British Columbia - photos; Six Year in Sail - a deep-water seaman describes his experiences aboard some of the last surviving sailing ships; The World's Oddest Witch-Doctor - a story from the Transvaal; The Reindeer Man - Grady Carothers, of Goldthwaite, Central Texas; The "Phantom" Jeep - an amusing tale of the last war; Dead Men's Tracks - reprint of a 1928 article - an exciting prospecting story from Western Australia; Terror by Night - "Man-Leopard" killings in Nigeria (conclusion); Down the Zambesi on a Raft - an adventurous holiday - photos; The "Island Lights" - strange superstitions linger in remote Ireland; The Spirit Festival - Cheung Chau, Hong Kong; Antarctic Tragedy - narrative by a radio-operator with the Australian research expedition on Heard Island; and more. Average wear. Lower portion of front cover open. Binding intact. Sound copy. Book
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The Wide World Magazine, September 1953 - Australian Edition
Features: Gurkha Soldier - the author served with the Gurkha's throughout the late war; Canada's Cat-Swings - Cat trains are used to transport supplies over huge distances in Canada's north; Shark Bait - Elephant Graveyards; The Interventor Gets Busy - reprint of the 1934 story of the author who was sent to Peru to secure possession of some mines which had been illegally seized; V.G.I. - the author, C.A. Chard, had an undersea career of 30 years; The Bungalow - story from a little Indian rest house; Salmon-Fishing in Bering Sea - Interesting glimpses of the salmon-packing industry in Alaska, with photos; British Courage - fire aboard the British Courage which was carrying nine thousand tons of oil; The Smoke-Signal - a story from and Australian mounted constable; and more. Small openings along back strip. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
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The Wide World Magazine - May 1953, Australian Edition
Features: Millington's Lesson - Lawlessness in Burma prior to the British withdrawal; Glider Snatching - a story from Burma in World War II; A Fool Afoot in France - Part I of the adventure of an English walker in France; The Mayas of British Honduras; Unlucky Ship - the chief officer of a tramp steamer recalls the events which befell the ship; The Men-Lions Mystery - the shocking toll of human life levied by maneaters in Africa; Tow Boating Down the Mississippi - a voyage from Memphis to New Orleans, with photos; The Nukoni Ju-Ju - the abandoned Gold Coast Mines was avoided by natives; Death at Sundown - a curse which was fulfilled in startling fashion; Hurricane Journey - returning to his police job from war service, the author expected a quiet life; The Firebrand - a former Eritrean corporal in the Italian colonial police becomes a bandit; and more. Average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
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The Wide World Magazine - April 1953, Australian Edition
Features: The Treasure Map - Buried Treasure in the South Sea Islands, with photos; Salving the Guadarrama - a marine surveyor's account of a remarkable salvage operation; Mr. Kim's Secret - an incident from the grim struggle in Korea; The Man Who Turned Pirate - reprint of a 1938 story involving the American schooner-yacht Aafje, with photos; Australia's Mail-Men; Smiler - another case of Jack ashore getting into trouble in Malaya; The Earthquake - the author and his wife narrowly escape near the Tibetan frontier; Greek Fire - a forgotten incident from World War II involving the protection of a petroleum installation; Average wear. Back cover almost loose. Book
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The Wide World Magazine, February 1953 - Australian Edition: Escape From Guiana
Features: Hunting Trouble - Wilmon B. Menard describes how a shooting-trip in the Austrian Alps nearly landed him in a Communist jail; Last Voyage - an old tramp steamer's trip across the Atlantic during World War II, by Patrick O'Connor; The Haunted Engine Room - a curious tale be the chief refrigeration engineer of a big liner; The Long Arm - a remarkable chain of parallel experiences and a startling sequel, by T.W. Dresser; Women's Tears - an ancient custom of Baluchistan; Frontier Valley - fond memories of a Pathan village in India, with photos; The Man from the Coffin - reprint of the 1920 story of Albert Juge, a French convict who escaped the penal settlements of Guiana and then for 12 long years roamed South America; Forgotten Island - The primitive monastic settlement on the "Great Skellig" off the coast of Ireland; The Fish Tamer, by R.S. Richards of Picton, New Zealand; Pylons in the Bush - erecting high-tension transmission lines in the wilderness; and more. Average wear. Binding sound. Quality copy., Book
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The Wide World Magazine, May 1952 - Australian Edition
Features: Land of Nightmare - savage war between French troops and Viet Minh rebels in the "Green Hell" jungles of Indo-China; Churinga - investigating a mysterious aboriginal 'grave' creates problems for an Australian bushman; Roles Reversed - a female climber saves the life of her male guide in New Zealand, by Elsie Morton, with photos; To the Forbidden City - Mecca, with many photos; The "Devil-Leopart"; Jumbies - an interesting experience in Trinidad; Japanese Inns - a foreigner gets a few surprises; The Radio Record - one of the most fantastic cases in the history of the Boston police; Shore Gang; A couple of Fools - a story showing how easy it is to become 'bushed' in Western Australia; What happened at Makene - a curious story from West Africa; and more. Above-average wear. Covers detached but present. Book
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The Wide World Magazine, August 1952
Features: Operation Sikh - An incident connected with the strange hide-and-seek war now being waged in the steamy jungles of Malaya; A Sailor on Horseback - Jack ashore takes to riding at his peril; Two Miracles - An Army officer's experience in the Western Desert during World War II; Phantom Fortune - the fascinating history of sundry vanished gold-mines in the wilds of British Columbia; Tasmania's Wild West; A Mystery of the "Bad Lands" - a cowboy's weird experience in the Badlands of Wyoming; The Figurehead - a story involving the windjammer L'Avenir; Gold Coast Ju-Ju; Box of Tricks - an isolated Army camp in Palestine is cursed with cunning Arab thieves; Personal-Column Crusoes - advice for prospective adventurers; Leturc's Island - Jacques Leturc took over an uninhabited South Sea Island and turned it into a profitable enterprise, only to encounter disaster; Desert Hitch-Hike - 1,200 miles across Northern Africa to catch a steamer; and more. Three inch opening at bottom of cover fold; Somewhat above-average wear. Small opening at top of backstrip. Sound copy. Book
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Bossin, Bob
Settling Clayoquot - Sound Heritage Series Number 33
76 pages. Numerous archival black and white illustrations. Considerable emphasis upon Japanese residents and the effect of World War II upon them. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Coupon neatly removed along perforated lines on last page. Book
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Scientific American, June 1970, Volume 222 Number 6 - Computer Displays
Features: 'Silent Majorities' and the Vietnam War; The Origin of Galaxies; Genetic Repressors; Computer Displays; How Snakes Move; Neoglaciation; An Archaic Indian Cemetery in Newfoundland; The Clock of the malaria parasite. Average wear. Sound copy. Magazine
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Allison, Les
Canadians in the Royal Air Force
221 pages. Reigster of home towns. Black and white illustrations. "This is a list of some 2,000 Canadians who joined the R.A.F. mainly before W.W. II. It also contains 35 short stories of those from the Air Force who were involved in flying and combat which may be described as heroic, tragic, bizarre and controversial. Numerous other statistics are also included." - from dust jacket. Heavily worn former library copy with usual markings. Reading copy only. Book
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Wilson, H.W.: Editor
The Great War Magazine, Part 2 - The Standard History of the All-Europe Conflict
28 pages. Many excellent black and white photos. Front cover portrait of Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe. Contents: Chapter 2 - The Gathering of the (British) Fleet; Chapter 3 - London on the Eve of War; Chapter 4 - The Untangled Skein; Chapter 5 (first part) - How Germany Strove to Gain Command of the Sea. Covers detached (as one) but present. Centerfold holding loosely by one staple. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
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Correspondents of The Times
The Times History and Encyclopaedia of the War - Part 161, September (Sept.) 18, 1917
Front cover illustration of Quinn's Post, Anzac. This issue devoted to "New Zealand and the War". Topics: Military training before the war; origin of the expeditionary force; the training system explained; campes and permanent bases; the importance of dentists; Canvas Camp; the man-power problem; the Maoris; the Military Service Act of 1916; The Capture of Samoa; Departure of the Expeditionary Force; Arrival in Egypt; Zeithoun Camp; Fighting on the Canal; Gallipoli; The Work of the New Zealanders; The Evacuation; Return to Egypt; The New Zealanders in France; Battle of the Somme; Messines; The Battleship New Zealand; New Zealand charity; Discharged Soldiers. Abundantly illustrated with excellent black and white photos. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Please note: this issue should be read in conjunction with Part 4 - The Armies of the Dominions; Part 5 - The Rally of the Empire; Part 20 - The Response of the Dominions; Part 69 - The Spirit of Anzac. Magazine
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Old West Magazine: Spring 1979
Features: The Last War Party - Prairie Chicken Old Man led his war party of young Bloods on one last raid against the Crows; Mad Dog! - Rabies; Buckskin Frank Leslie - Wyatt Earp called him the most dangerous man ever to set foot in Arizona Territory; A Young Man's Country - All alone in northern Alberta - William Greening; The Mussel Slough Tragedy - could a big railroad lie and push hundreds of settlers around?... 5 brave men died to prove it couldn't; 'Durned Right There's Ghosts!"; Frontier Guardian, Lew Wetzel - a burning hate, an insatiable lust for Indian blood, drove him on in his endless quest for new victims; Bitter Blizzard - it was root hog or die for man and beast when the granddaddy of fierce storms swept the plains; Comanche Captive - what happened to Alice Todd?; No Fit Place for a Man of the Cloth - an Irish priest is scared half to death on a long stage trip in Wyoming; Riding the High Country (end); and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Old West Magazine: Winter, 1976
Features: Birch Creek Massacre; The Fightin'est Cow I Ever Saw!; Lost Gold Ledge of Mormon Jimmy; Night Raid on Leaday; Ruel Packer and his Boys; Proyecto de Guerra; Uncle Clyde Rode Point with Tom Horn; Skunk Johnson's Magnificent Cave; The South Park Narrow Gauge; Six Horses; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Wong, Marjorie
The Dragon and the Maple Leaf: Chinese Canadians in World War II
274 pages. Index. Bibliography. Illustrated. "The untold story of all those Chinese Canadians who contributed to Allied victory during the six years of war from 1939 to 1945. Also the story of a neglected aspect of Canadian military history. Chinese Canadians served in almost every theatre, after overcoming many obstacles - social, political, and military... The first documented account of their experiences, including personal comments from many of them... Original documents in the Ottawa archives as well as from London, England, and Canberra, Australia, have all been consulted." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Few markings to contents. Above-average wear. Binding sound. Slight lean to spine. A worthy reference copy. Book
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Jordan, David; Wiest, Andrew
Atlas of World War II - Over 160 Detailed Battle and Campaign Maps
256 pages. Index. "A comprehensive visual guide to this complex conflict. Plots the exact course of the land, sea and air campaigns in fine detail, enabling the reader to trace the ebb and flow of the fortunes of both sides. Over 160 full-colour maps." - from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Price-clipped from dust jacket. Nice copy. Book
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Equinox - The Magazine of Canadian Discovery: February 1995
Features: War Babies - Trauma haunts the lives of children growing up on the Gaza Strip... Can a caring science heal their souls?; Roses from Rock - Against all common sense, a Flin Flon mine has become Canada's top greehnouse, producing a bounty of valuable plants in a place where the sun never shines; The Haunting Powers of God's Dog - the coyote... why does this mythical marauder trigger the beast in us?; The Body Electric - scars, tattoos, and piercings are actually as old a practice as the human race; Lessons from the Loneliest Lab - Scientists grinding their way to the North Pole do ice-breaking work on the Arctic's withering wonderland. Light wear. Quality copy. Book
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The Great War - The Standard History of the World-Wide Conflict: Part 193, April 27, 1918 - The Collapse of Russia
Cover portrait of Commander Locker-Lampson, with British Armoured Cars in Russia. Features: How Canada Won New Glory in 1916-17 (conclusion); The Collapse of Russia, including Bolshevik photos. Centerfold features four sepia images of British actions in Russia. Cover detached but present. Pages loose but present. Rusty around staples. Average wear. Book
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The Great War - The Standard History of the World-Wide Conflict: Part 194, May 4th, 1918 - The Breakup of Russia (cont'd)
Cover photo of "Fighting Britons showing Cossacks how to use machine-guns". Feature: The Collapse of Russia (conclusion), with many great photos. Centerfold features amazine photos of British women performing heavy industrial labour in support of the war effort. Cover detached but present. Rusty around staples. Average wear. Book
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The Great War - The Standard History of the World-Wide Conflict: Part 195, May 11th, 1918 - Belgium in the Fourth Year of War
Cover portrait of Albert, King of the Belgians. Features: Life in Belgium in the Fourth Year of the War; The Romance of the British Cable Service in War. Centerfold photos of various Belgian scenes. Staples missing but covers and all contents present. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
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The Great War - The Standard History of the World-Wide Conflict: Part 196, May 11th, 1918 - The Cambrai Battle of Surprises
Features: The British Cable Service in War (conclusion); The Cambrai Battle of Surprises I - From the British breakthrough on November 20th, 1917, to the Check at Bourlon Ridge. Particularly interesting photos in this part. Centerfold photos of captured German hardware and more. Staples disintegrated. Average wear. Book
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The Great War - The Standard History of the World-Wide Conflict, Part 211: 31 August 1918 - War Scenes in Coloured Photography, No. 8 with This Part
Cover portrait of Vice-Admiral Sims, Commanding U.S. Naval Forces in European Waters. Features: The Far East in the War - from the Autumn of 1916 to the Chino-Japanese Convention (conclusion); The Rapid Expansion of America's Sea-Power. Includes laid-in colour illustration of Sir Edmund Allenby entering Jerusalem, December 1917. Centerfold photos of the U.S. battleship Texas leaving New York Harbour and "Hail Columbia". Staples have disintegrated. Average wear. Quality copy. Book
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The Great War - The Standard History of the World-Wide Conflict, Part 212: 7 September 1918 - The Roll of Honour, 1917, Fully Illustrated
Feature: The Roll of Honour, 1917. Staples have disintegrated. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
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The Great War - The Standard History of the World-Wide Conflict, Part 206: 27 July 1918 - The Victories of Progress in Mesopotamia
Cover portrait of Lieut.-General Sir William Marshall, Commanding in Mesopotamia. Features: Welfare Work for the Soldiers (conclusion); The Victories of Progress in Mesopotamia. Centerfold photos of troops from Britain, India, and Turkey marching in Bagdad. Staples have disintegrated. Moderate wear. Book
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The Great War - The Standard History of the World-Wide Conflict, Part 207: August 3rd 1918 - War Scenes in Coloured Photography - No. 6 with This Part
Features: The Terrible Progress in Battle Machinery. Staples have disintegrated. Average wear. Colour illustration laid in shows the London Scottish returning to rest camp after heavy fighting. Centerfold contains many photos of contemporary tools of war. Book
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The Great War - The Standard History of the World-Wide Conflict, Part 208: August 10th, 1918 - America's Achievements in Preparation and in Action, 1917-18
Cover portrait of General Tasker Bliss, U.S. Representative at Versailles. Features: The Terrible Progress in Battle Machinery (conclusion); America's Achievements in Preparation and in Action 1917-18. Centerfold illustrations of U.S. naval activity in France. Average wear. Staples have disintegrated. Book
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The Great War - The Standard History of the World-Wide Conflict, Part 199: June 8th, 1918 - War Scenes in Coloured Photography, No. 2
Features: French Victories of 1917 (conclusion); Germany's Continued Ill-Treatment of British Prisoners. Centerfold scenes of devastation. Colour illustration of "East Lancashire Lads Going Forward in France" laid in. Staples have disintegrated. Average wear. Book
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The Great War - The Standard History of the World-Wide Conflict, Part 200: June 15th, 1918 - Anzac's Great Record During 1917
Cover portrait of Sergeant Whittle, V.C., D.C.M., typical of Australia's fighting forces. Features: Germany's Ill-Treatment of British Prisoners (conclusion); The Anzacs' Great Record During 1917. Centerfold photos of Australian troops in France. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
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The Great War - The Standard History of the World-Wide Conflict, Part 201: June 22nd, 1918 - War Scenes in Coloured Photography- No. 3
Features: Anzacs' Great Record During 1917 (conclusion); The Organisation of Youth in the War (by Sir Robert Baden-Powell and E.K. Nugent). Colour illustration laid in bears the caption "At a Franco-British Outpost in the Great German Advance, March, 1918". Centerfold illustrations of the Australians in the Holy Land. Average wear. Staples have disintegrated. Book
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The Great War - The Standard History of the World-Wide Conflict, Part 226: December 14th, 1918 - Final Victories on the Oise, Ancre, and Somme Lines
Features: The Turn of the Tide in the West II - The Final Victories on the Oise, Ancre, and Somme Lines; The Turn of the Tide in the West III - The Breaking of the Wotan Line and Storming of Mont St. Quentin. Centerfold features various French photos. Above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
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The Great War - The Standard History of the World-Wide Conflict, Part 189: March 30th, 1918 - Scotland's Share in the War
Features: Scotland's Share in the Great War to the End of 1917; The Defeat and Recovery of Italy I - The Carso Battles and Storming of the Bainsizza Plateau. Centerfold illustrations of Scots in action. Above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
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The Great War - The Standard History of the World-Wide Conflict, Part 187: March 16th, 1918 - Presentation Photogravure Plate with This Part
Cover portrait of General Sir Edmund Allenby, K.C.B., The Captor of Jerusalem. Photogravure (laid in) is entitled "The Navy's Nerve Centre". Features: Allenby's Victorious Advance into Palestine and The Surrender of JerusalemCenterfold photos of Allenby in Jerusalem. Above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
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The Great War - The Standard History of the World-Wide Conflict *Part 1*
Rare copy of Part 1 of this renowned series which grew to well in excess of 200 parts. Above-average wear. Covers detached but present. Six inch tear to fore-edge of first leaf. Centerfold loose but present. Book
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The War Illustrated - No. 179: 19 July 1918: The Pan-Germans' New Dreams
Photos with the following captions: Lines that all lead to the Hindenburg Line; Wreckage and Waste from Ypres to Cambrai; Freed by British Bravery from the Terrible Turk; 'Tanks' Advance into action & Tow Back a Prize; On the Edge of Great Events among the Alps; Rare and Ready Courage to the Rescue of a Comrade; 'Graft' and Bribery in Russia (story); Clearing the Crescent off the Permanent Way; Weather Difficulties defied by daring and work; Unmasking Spies in London (story); 'Ghost' that Fails to Frighten our Flying Men; Happiness in Hospital in Barge and Burrow; Art's Spirit Shining Amid the Murk of War; The Terriers of the Pack - some of the remarkable doings of the "M.L." Craft (story); Last Moments of the Torpedoed Transport Medie; From London's Roads to Flanders' Muddy Fields; The Royal Highlanders of Canada (story). Above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
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The War Illustrated - Part 180: 26 January 1918 - The Vision of a New Europe
Features: The Story of the Growth of the Admiralty War Staff (story and photos); The Queen of the Adriatic and the Holy City; Venice Preserved and Jerusalem Delivered; Intervals of play in the wearying work of war; Duty and Piety from Dieppe to the Piave; American Ardour at home, abroad and afloat; The Vision of a New Europe (story); Vain German Rain of Bombs and shine of armour; Labour that paves the way for further progress; Theft and 'Protectsie' in Russia - Some Evils of the Old Regime as I saw them, by Hamilton Fyfe; Side Shows in the Panorama of War; Kaiser Wilhelm Gloats over Italy at Gorizia; Where Allies are Aiding the Intrepid Italians; Destroyers and their doings (story); New signs in the sky of coming air activity; U Boat Outrage on a Helpless Hospital Ship; Scarred Heroes Reach the Sanctuary of Home; The Somerset Light Infantry (story). Above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
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