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Wilton, Robert; O'Brien, Pat; Gray, Nan; Dickie, Francis J.; Verrill, A. Hyatt;et al
The Wide World Magazine, November (Nov.) 1918 *Cover Photo of Lieut. Pat O'Brien, R.F.C.*
86, 16 [ads] pages. Features: My Fall into Germany from an Aeroplane (Airplane) - how I dropped 8,000 feet getting in - and crawled 400 miles getting out, by Lieut. Pat O'Brien, R.F.C.; The "Debil, Debil' of George's Gap - a snake story; Through Ireland with a "Fit-Up", by Nan Gray; Photo and short article on the Indian-built Hagwilget suspension bridge across the Bulkley River, British Columbia; Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part III - Robert Wilton reports on the war in Russia - article includes several good photos; The Greater Duty - A Corporal in the Royal North-West Mounted Police finds himself in a predicament; In Unknown British Guiana - part 3, with wonderful photos; Tales of the Service - VII - The Saccharine Smugglers (off the Irish coast); Trench Journals - documenting the irrepressible gaeity of French and English soldiers engaged in trench warfare; A Slow Revenge - a snake story from Zululand; The Romance of Fossil-Hunting - with great photos including horse-powered bone hauling out of Red Deer Canyon, Alberta; St. Patrick's Purgatory - with great photos; Photo and brief article on Robert W. Patten of Seattle; Leaping from trees in the New Hebrides - with photo. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this most interesting issue. Book
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Boyd, William
With a Field Ambulance at Ypres: Being Letters Written March 7 - August 15, 1915
110 pages. Map endpapers. Six sepia-tone plates. "A diary, written in the kitchens of French farmhouses, in muddy dug-outs, and other unromantic places, and sent home to friends from time to time. In most cases the account was written within twenty-four hours of the events described. Its sole justification is that it is a record of facts, experiences, and emotions, before the facts had become tinged with fiction, the experiences had lost their original sharpness, and the emotions had been erased by the moving finger of time." - Preface. William Boyd [1885-1979] recounts his experiences in hellish Allied hospitals of WWI. He went on to become a prominent Canadian pathologist. Publisher's green cloth decorated in black with gilt lettering. Multiple ink stamps upon front free endpaper. Frequent markings to contents, mostly in pencil. Frontispiece almost loose, otherwise moderate wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this stark WWI account. Cooke [3] p.159, Enser p.402, Book
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Matthews, Herbert L.
Two Wars and More to Come
[8], 9-318 pages. Two maps. Herbert Matthews [1900-1977] recounts his experiences covering the Ethiopian campaign and the Spanish Civil War on behalf of the New York Times. Narrow opening in binding at title page. Above-average wear and soiling to customers orange cloth which is illustrated and lettered in black. Few markings to front endpaper. Spine leaning. Dust jacket not included. A worthy reading copy. Book
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Beedon, Francis W.
Nations Rise Again
[17] pp. stapled booklet in saffron card covers. 8.75" x 6". "An album for the U.S. stamps issued for over-run nations 1943." - subtitle. "The forces of Nazism and Fascism have overwhelmed the national political existence of twelve nations of Europe, but the power that is inherent among peoples is burning fiercely, awaiting the time for the consuption of its conquerors." - [1]. Includes twelve color stamps, each devoted to an over-run nation and affixed prior to the portion of text describing the history and plight of that nation. Unmarked with light wear. A tidy copy of this fascinating WWII philatelic memento. Book
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Segal, Simon; Buell, Raymond Leslie [Introduction]
Nazi Rule in Poland
x, 214 pp. Index. Foldout map. Seven black and white plates. First published in the U.S. in 1942. "Compiled under the auspices of the Research Institute for Peace and Post War Problems of the American Jewish Committee, New York. [The author] is able to lay bare every step taken by the Nazis to impose their evil will upon Poland; he describes too the resistance and underground activities of the population in opposition to the invader. Poland is being used by the Nazis as a testing ground for their scheme for a future German colonial empire in Europe. This book is of the utmost importance as an analysis of the evil which the United Nations have to combat." - dust jacket. Moderate wear to publisher's black cloth which is lettered in silver with red trim upon backstrip. Binding sound. Gentle toning to clean and unmarked contents. Moderate wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this important work compiled while the final outcome of WWII was unknown. Kehr & Langmaid 5414, Wiener Library Catalogue Seven 983. Book
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Picknett, Lynn; Prince, Clive; Prior, Stephen; Brydon, Robert
Friendly Fire: The Secret War Between The Allies
512 pp. Index, bibliography, list of abbreviations, extensive footnotes. Eight pages of black and white photographic plates. "Explores the treachery between - and within - the nations that were ostensibly allies during the Second World War. Demonstrates the extent to which the Allied war effort was driven by vested interests, primarily concerned with the balance of power in the post-war world rather than the defeat of Germany and Japan, thus prolonging the war by as much as two years and resulting in a Europe divided between East and West, and the onset of the Cold War." - dust jacket. Former library copy with relatively few markings. Average wear. Dust jacket preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Please note: pages 13-20 were loose but have been taped in place. A worthy reading copy of this fascinating and well-researched study. Book
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Duke, A.H.; Gray, W.M.
The Boatbuilders of Muskoka
148, [5] pp. Oblong 26 x 21cm. Profusely illustrated with wonderful black and white reproductions of archival photos and documents. Printed upon glossy stock. "A relatively comprehensive survey of the major builders of pleasure boats on the three Muskoka lakes." - Foreword. Includes these chapters: Ditchburn; Minett and Minett-Shields; Greavette; Port Carling; W.J. Johnston Sr. & W.J. Johnston Jr.; Port Carling Boatworks; John Matheson; A.H. (Bert) Duke; Duke; The War; Barnes; Borneman; Brown; McNeil & Norris; Fetthall; Matlo; Ames. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this attractive and informative work. Book
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Clarke, Captain Chris; et al
Ships Monthly - The Magazine for Shiplovers Ashore and Afloat, October 1982 - The Luckiest Ship Afloat
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of the Uganda arriving home from the Falklands; Great photo of Orcades inside front cover; On the Waterfront; Where to See the Cruise Ships; New Ship News; Ferry to the Falklands - Captain Chris Clarke, master of the Townsend Thoresen ro-ro ferry ``Europic Ferry``, describes the part played by his ship in the Falklands War; Enter the Uganda; The Luckiest Ship Afloat - Robin A. Walker reports on HMS ``Glamorgan`s`` role in the Falklands conflict and her lucky escape after being struck by an Exocet missile - the only ship in the RN Task Force to survive such an attack; Task Force Tankers; The Norwegian Veteran Ship Club - how Norwegian steam ship enthusiasts are achieving what other shiplovers dream of; Fleet List 1982 - Pennant Numbers of Warships of the Royal Navy and Vessels of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service - Part 1 - A to F; Ship Sales; Cruise Ship Pictorial; Under Sail; Letters, European Ferry Commentary; Nice photo of the HMS Loch Lomond in 1959 inside back cover; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Plummer, Russell; et al
Ships Monthly - The Magazine for Shiplovers Ashore and Afloat, August 1982 - Heroines of the South Atlantic
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of the Russian three-masted barque Tovarisch under full sail; Great photo of Northern Star in 1962 inside front cover; Nice photo of the QE II returning from its role as a Falklands troop ship; On the Waterfront; Where to See the Cruise Ships; Ships Pictorial; European Ferry Commentary; Dutch Motor Coasters - part 2; Southern Cross and Northern Star - Part 1; Heroines of the South Atlantic; Ships that made Falklands Victory possible; Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race - a review of the sail training ships at Falmouth and Southampton; Car Ferries to the Western Isles - the ships and services operating from Mallaig, Kyle of Lochalsh and Ullapool to Skye and Lewis - part 3; Ship Sales; Letters, Nice photo of the HMS Argonaut in 1946 inside back cover; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Beaver, Paul; et al
Ships Monthly - The Magazine for Shiplovers Ashore and Afloat, July 1982 - Ferries To The Falklands
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of HMS Glamorgan; Great photo of Cunard`s Caronia in 1959 inside front cover; Nice photo of Home Line`s new cruise ship Atlantic in New York; On the Waterfront; Ships Pictorial; The Dutch Coaster - a review of its rise and decline - part 1; Car Ferries to the Western Isles - Part 2; Naval Review; New Ship News; New Era for Cruise Ships - a review of the new generation of cruise ships being built for the 1980s; Where to See the Cruise Ships; Falklands Task Force Pictorial; Ferries to the Falklands - several British short-sea ferries undertake ocean passages to the South Atlantic following their requisition by the Ministry of Defence; European Ferry Commentary; On Target! - the time-honoured practice of gunnery practice by shooting at towed targets; The Great Clyde Steamer Race - the great days of Clyde steamer racing of the last century are remembered; Ship Sales; Letters, Nice photo of the HMS Ramilles in 1939 inside back cover; and more. Above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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David Lethbridge [Editor]
Bethune: The Secret Police File
170 pp. Bibliography of books [in English] about Bethune. Eighty-five black and white reproductions of documents. Opens with an informative fifteen page footnoted introduction by David Lethbridge. Dr. Norman Bethune [1890-1939] is revered to this day in China for his front-line medical service to the Communist Army in the late 1930s. "But from the moment he joined the Communist Party of Canada, the RCMP secret intelligence division kept extensive and detailed files on his every move. Only recently declassified, and fully reproduced for the first time in this volume, are the actual secret police files on Bethune. Never before have Bethune's own words spoken so clearly about the political convictions and personal courage that have led him to be remembered as a revolutionary militant of 'absolute selflessness.'" - back cover. Former library copy with usual markings and above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
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Mikkelsen, Michael A.; Boyd, John Taylor Jr.; Tallmadge, Thomas E.; Howells, John Mead; Hamlin, A.D.F.
The Architectural Record, September [Sept.] 1917, Vol. XLII, No. 3, Serial No. 228 : Nelson Goodyear - Architect and Inventor
193-288, 126 [ads] pages. Profusely illustrated with diagrams and black and white photos. Includes many pages of wonderfully nostalgic illustrated ads. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: The Wisconsin State Capitol, Madison, WI - Geo. B. Post & Sons, Architects; The Links Club, New York City, Cross & Cross, Architects; The Destruction of Historic Buildings as Revealed by The Official French War Photographs, Part I - Cathedral of Soissons; Nelson Goodyear - Architect and Inventor; Renaissance Architecture and Its Critics, Part II, Neo-Paganism and Art; Portfolio of Current Architecture; The Architect's Library - Prof. Schevill's "Karl Bitter" by Peter B. Wight, Books on Colonial Architecture - Part VII - Photographs, Porter's "Lombard Architecture"; Notes & Comments. Library stamp upon front cover otherwise unmarked with average wear. Two small binding holes near spine. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Boyd, John Taylor Jr.; Mikkelsen, Michael A.; Mawson, Thomas H.; Solon, Leon V.; Tallmadge, Thomas E.; Smith, J. Andre; Bach, Richard F.
The Architectural Record, November [Nov.], 1917, Vol. XLII, No. 5, Serial No. 230: Residence of the Honorable Henry White
401-496, 120 [ads] pages. Profusely illustrated with diagrams and black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Includes dozens of magnificently illustrated ads. Features: The Residence of the Honorable Henry White, Washington, D.C., John Russell Pope, Architect; The Edward Lee McLean High School, Greenfield, Ohio, and the Central High School, Washington, D.C., William B. Ittner, Architect; Thornton Manor, Cheshire, England; Architectural Polychrome Decoration; The Destruction of Historic Buildings as Revealed by The Official French War Photographs, Part II - Arras; Notes on Camouflage; Portfolio of Current Architecture; The Architect's Library - Books on Colonial Architecture, Part VIII - The Final Record; Notes and Comments. Two small binding holes near spine. Library stamp atop front cover otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Boyd, John Taylor Jr.; Wagner, W. Sydney; Solon, Leon V.; Bullock, Albert E.; Veiller, Lawrence; Frary, I.T.
The Architectural Record, April [Apr.] 1918, Vol. XLIII, No. 4, Serial No. 235: The Residence of George Arents, Jr. / The Stillman Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio
289-392, [4] foldout drawings, 128 [ads] pages. Profusely illustrated with detailed drawings and black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Includes dozens of magnificently illustrated ads. Features: The Residence of George Arents, Jr., Esq., Rye, N.Y., Lewis Colt Albro, Architect; The Stillman Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio, Geo. B. Post & Sons, Architects; The Greek System of Architectural Polychrome Decoration; English Architectural Decoration - Part V - text and mesaured drawings; Industrial Housing Developments in America - Part II - The Government's Standards for War Housing; Portfolio of Current Architecture; Suburban Landscape Planning in Cleveland, Ohio; The Architect's Library; Notes and Comments. Somewhat above-average external wear. Part of backstrip missing. Two small binding holes near spine. Faint library stamp upon front cover which is partially loose. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Smith, Howard Dwight; Farrand, Beatrix; Nimmons, George C.; Moulton, Robert H.; Cornelius, Charles Over; Boyd, John Taylor Jr.; Moore, Charles H.; Luckiesh, M.; Ferree, Barr
The Architectural Record, November [Nov.] 1918, Vol. XLIV, No. 5, Serial No. 242 - The Work of Olmsted Brothers (Part I)
385-480, [102] ads, pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and drawings. Printed upon glossy stock. The many pages of ads include an abundance of nostalgic illustrations. Features: Barracks Group and Hospital of the U.S. Army School of Military Aeronautics at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio - Joseph N. Bradford, Architect; The Debt of Landscape Art to a Museum of Trees; Modern Industrial Plants, Part I; Housing for Women War Workers; Henry Hering's Sculpture for the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago; Portfolio of Current Architecture; The Work of Olmsted Brothers - Part I; The Character of Renaissance Architecture; The Expressiveness of Light; The Architect's Library - war books of the French Cathedrals - Part IV; Notes and Comments. Average external wear. Library stamp atop front cover, otherwise unmarked. Binding intact. Two small binding holes near spine. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
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Cornelius, Charles Over; Cram, Ralph Adams; Woods, N. Montgomery; Baxter, Sylvester; Mowll, William Luther; Nimmons, George C.
The Architectural Record, February [Feb.] 1919, Vol. XLV, No. 2, Serial No. 245 - The Residence of Major J.H.H. Peshine
97-192, [106] ads, pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and drawings. Printed upon glossy stock. The many pages of ads include an abundance of nostalgic photos and illustrations. Features: The Residence of Major J.H.H. Peshine, Santa Barbara, California - Myron Hunt, Architect; War Memorials; Housing Project Schedules; The Government's Housing at Bridgeport; Profiles and Materials; Modern Industrial Plants - Part IV; Some Doorways of Older New York; Portfolio of Current Architecture; Architect's Library; Notes and Comments. Heavy external wear. Faint library stamp atop front cover. Covers loose but present. Binding intact. Two small binding holes near spine. A worthy copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
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Brown, Frank Chouteau; Rogers, Meyric R.; Baxter, Sylvester; Cornelius, Charles Over; Boyd, John Taylor Jr.; Bullock, Albert E.
The Architectural Record, Vol, XLVI, No. 6, December [Dec.] 1919, Serial No. 255 - The Residence of J. Harleston Parker, Esq., Boston, Mass.
497-592, [8] index, 170 ads, pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and drawings. Printed upon glossy stock. The many pages of ads include an abundance of nostalgic photos and illustrations. Features: The Residence of J. Harleston Parker, Esq., Boston, Mass. - of the firm of Parker, Thomas & Rice, Architects; A Study in Museum Planning; The Latero-Sectional Models of Bellows & Aldrich; War Memorials, Part I - Community Houses for Towns and Small Cities; Some Principles of Small House Design, Part II - Design of the Plot of Land (continued); English Architectural Decoration, Part XI; Portfolio of Current Architecture; Notes and Comments. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Time Magazine, 24 May 1968 [Canadian Edition] - RFK Cover
84 pages. Features: Great Bobby Kennedy cover art by Roy Lichtenstein; Ben Ginter acquired pulp mill; Bobby Kennedy on the campaign trail; Mine rescue at Saxsewell No.8 mine in West Virginia; Spreading Revolt in France - major article with photos of protesters and their mayhem; Student protesters in Germany - article with photo; Vietnam war news; Nostalgic colour centrefold ad for 3M overhad projector; Saturday Evening Post struggles to survive; African Americans on TV; The Emergence of S.D.S. (Students for a Democratic Society); Hypnosis and the Truth; The fall of race horse Dancer's Image; The art of Maurice de Vlaminck - article with two colour illustrations; Book review of Forbidden Colors by Yukio Mishima, with photo of Mishima; and much more. Unmarked with average wear. Address label remnant on front cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Law, Cecil E.
Kamp Westerbork Transit Camp to Eternity : The Liberation Story
xxiv, 179 pages. Index, bibliography, references, glossary. Almost one hundred black and white reproductions of photos and documents. Two fold-out maps. "This study was exciting and personally rewarding to me. I treasure the many Dutch and Canadian friends who so patiently worked with me to reconstruct the events of half a century ago. I still think it highly important that the record of Canadian actions in helping to throw off the Nazi yoke in the Netherlands be accurately and fully told to Canadian and Dutch peoples before we have all passed on. But this publication is really devoted to the 363 killed and 1760 other casualties suffered by the South Saskatchewan Regiment in the Second World War, to the other units involved in the liberation of Kamp Westerbork, but most of all to the 876 prisoners, mainly Jewish, we helped to liberate in Kamp Westerbork, the 4000 or so who passed through this transit camp to hell, but lived, and to the more than 103,000 who did not." - Foreword. After serving in WWII Professor Law [1922-2011] moved on to a career at Queen's University where he established the Business School's microcomputer lab in the 1980s, where this bookseller had the opportunity to meet him. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this important and highly-detailed study. Book
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Raycroft, John
A Signal War: A Canadian Soldier's Memoir of the Liberation of the Netherlands
"A Canadian soldier's memoir of the liberation of the Netherlands and the capture of the Rhineland. Takes readers on a guided tour of the ground-level experiences of a small-town Canadian boy, from his training at Camp Petawawa and Kingston to the soggy battlefields of the Netherlands and beyond to the Canadian Army of Occupation in Germany. xiv, 394 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white reproductions of photos. Gift greetings upon title page otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this important Canadian WWII memoir. Book
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Capa, Robert
Slightly Out of Focus
[4], 243 pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of the author's WWII photos. Robert Capa [1913-1954] was a prominent 20th-century war photographer. Here he recounts the years 1942 through 1945 which he spent covering the war in Europe and North Africa for major American periodicals. Slight lean to spine. Unmarked with average wear to publisher's clay-colored cloth. Binding intact. Dust jacket not included. A sound copy. Enser p.340. Book
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Hammerton, J.A.: Editor
The War Illustrated - A Picture-Record of Events By Land, Sea and Air, 24th November [Nov.] 1917, No. 171, Vol. 7
20 pages. Features: Supports of the King (article); Cover illustration of British infantry rounding up a 'Pill-box" in Flanders; A Soldier of Italy - A Picture of Heroism by Italy's Hero-Poet Gabriele D'Annunzio (article); Photos of modern devices used in the destruction of man - a Canadian telephone exchange, glycerine being boiled from bones to make explosives, a French machine gun, and Mr. Wilfred Stokes with one of his famous guns; Six interesting photos/illustrations of pill-boxes and gun-posts the Germans have lost; Photos of Cardinal Bourne visiting the Irish Brigade; Two photos of British troops in German east Africa; Photos of German POWs taken by Australians at Flanders; Photo of German U-boat Commander Lieut. Steinbrink; Photo of British tank in New York City; Photo of German plane on display in London; Photos of mine-layer UC5 in New York; Photos of infants and babies being taken care of during London air raids; Facing the Problem of Paying the Colossal War Bill - article by Jesse Quail; Sketches of four famous fighting Admirals of the war - Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, Admiral Sir Charles E. Madden, Vice-Admiral Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas, and Admiral Sir F.C. Deveton Sturdee; Fun animal photos; Photos of devastation on the French front from Flanders to the Aisne; Photos of twenty brave men placed on the Roll of Honour; The Worcesters (II) - record of the Regiment (one page of text with photo of her officers). Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
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Nicholson, Lt.-Col. G[erald] W.L.; Stacey, C.P. [Foreword]
The Canadians in Italy 1943-1945 - Volume II (2): Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War
pp. xv, 807. Extensive index and footnotes. Numerous fold-out colour maps and black and white photographic plates. Map endpapers. Second printing of the 1956 first edition. "Describes in detail Canada's part in the Italian campaign - the operations which began with the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943 and, developing into an arduous advance up the Italian peninsula, ended with the German capitulation in May 1945. Directed primarily to the general reader, and particularly to the Canadian reader who wishes to know what the Canadian Army accomplished and why its operations took the course they did." - Foreword. Gilt emblem and lettering upon publisher's red cloth. Prior owner's name and date discretely upon first blank leaf. Dust jacket not included. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this important and highly informative history. Enser p.96, Cooke [3rd Edn] p. 259. Book
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Patterson, Walter G.; Read, H.O.; Hardeman, F.E.; Skelton, Jas.; Rinehart, Mary Roberts; Dundas, Grace; Fletcher, Alfred C.B.; Lees, Frederic; Freeman, Lewis R.; Lucas, M.R.; Lees, G. Frederic
The Wide World, The Magazine for Men, October [Oct.] 1916, Vol. 37, No. 222: How We Foiled "U 39"
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: In the Grip of the "Hip Sings" - Part II - an American businessman is also secretly a member of a lawless tong/Chinese secret society; How We Foiled "U 39" - H.O. Read, Late First Officer S.S. "Anglo-Californian", a horse transport, explains what happened when his vessel was attacked by a German U-Boat; Our Wanderings in Northern Africa - another of the popular "Penelope" articles covers Tunis, Kairouan, and Algeria (includes photo of Tunisian Jewesses in towering head-dresses intended to make them, all fat to enhance their marriage prospects); The Trapped Diver - Charles Margerison recounts his terrible underwater predicament working for the City of Toronto's Department of Works; On the Trail in Wonderland - Part I - Mary Roberts Rinehart explores the new Glacier Park in North-Western Montana; The Old Man of Tregennon Lodge - a very remarkable ghost story from Cornwall, England; From Job to Job Around the World - Part VIII - two young Americans begin broke in London but soon Mr. Fletcher travels to Norway under contract to do Arctic coal-mining; A Boy Hero of the Midi - translated from the diary of Eugene Escloupie, a 14-year-old French boy who smuggled himself to the front and took part in some hot WWI fighting; Our Fijian Field-Day - three young white men compete in sports contests against sport-loving Fijians (with nice photos); The Great Wire Mystery - copper wire was constantly stolen from South-East Pennsylvania railroad, telegraph, and telephone companies until the elusive culprit was caught; Fishing With Spades and Ploughs for the sand eel on the Normandy coast; and more. pp. 9 [ads], [2], 484-576, 10-16 [ads]. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
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Dunn, H.H.; Durham, Mabel; Shepstone, H.J.; North, Sydney H.; Littler, A.E.; Brooke, W.; Hawkes, E.W.; Skelton, Jas.; Ransome, John; gaillard, Henri
The Wide World, The Magazine for Men, April [Apr.] 1917, Vol. 38, No. 228: Across the Atlantic in a Tug
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: How I Saved My Husband From Execution - Mr. Yaro Galvon had been condemned to be shot by the Mexican Government; An Unknown Switzerland - Canada's Unknown Alpine Wonderland - The Canadian Rockies; Across the Atlantic in a Tug - Captain J.W. Penberthy spent 2.5 months taking a tug from Argentina to England; A Flying Man in South America - Part I - John G. Barron imported a monoplane to South America and spent 2.5 years their giving exhibition flights, often to people who had never seen an airplane - article with great photos; The Third Attempt - How I Escaped From Germany - Corporal John Southern explains how he succeeded on his third attempt; Seaman Blake Discovers Coney Island - an exciting day for two unsophisticated bluejackets of the Royal Navy; The Dogs of War - All abou the "Four-Footed" Soldiers of France, with nice photos; Round Labrador and Hudson Bay - Part II - E.W. Hawkes travelled 3,000 miles in Labrador and Hudson Bay, gaining a vivid impression of its lonely trading ports and mission stations, and the curious manners and customs of the Eskimos - article with photos; "Back to the Land" - city-worker Frank Hemstreet decides to try his luck as an extra hand on a farm during harvest near Vanguard, Saskatchewan; "Red Rube" - an account of the lurid career of one of the most daring and successful train robbers to plague American railroad and express companies; The Saving of Paris - how the wit of a humble woodman's widow led to the preservation of the Western Railway of France in the early days of WWI; "What Happened to Glenholme" - a merchant ship is sunk by a German U-boat in the Mediterranean; and more. pp. 4 [ads], [2], 483-572, [16] ads. Covers detached as one but present. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
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O'Brien, Lieut. Pat; Walkey, C.E.J.; Robinson, C.H.; Holland, Edward F.; Rose, Frank; Verrill, A. Hyatt; Jordan, John Alfred; Wilton, Robert; McMahon, Thos. J.; St. Lawrence, Bernard; Czaplicka, M.A.; bechhofer, C.E.
The Wide World, The Magazine for Everybody, December [Dec.] 1918, Vol. 42, No. 248: My Fall Into Germany / Behind the Scenes in Russia
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: My Fall into Germany From An Aeroplane - Part II - Lieut. Pat O'Brien was shot down and captured by the Germans but escaped and spent 72 days travelling 35 days to reach London; My Fight With An Ostrich - a schoolmaster's narrow escape; Hemmed in By Alligators - C.H. Robinson was trying to save his dog when his way was barred by alligators; Sport and War in Central Africa - two brothers go big game hunting in Africa but the end is sad - several photos of animals they killed; The Diamond Searchers - a disappointed diamond-hunter throws a bag of these valuable gems into the Thames!; In Unknown British Guiana - Part IV - A. Hyatt Verrill's explorations of these largely unknown lands and people, with photos; How I Lost My Draft - what happened when a young Lieutenant missed his train; What The Scout Overheard - a trooper in the East African Mounted Rifles sneaks into a German camp and overhears their ambush plans, thus allowing Brits to ambush the Germans, and he was awarded the D.C.M.; My Lion-Hunting Adventures - Alfred Jordan recounts his experiences; Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part IV - British War Correspondent Robert Wilton continues his account of the war on the Eastern Front and throws light on the stirring events (the Russian Revolution) which ended so tragically for the Russian Empire - presented here for the first time, with photos; Reviving An Aboriginal Festival on the Island of Mabuiag; The Land of Perfume - the countryside around Grasse, in the South of France, produces many plants used in the making of perfume - with interesting photos; Through the Caucasus on Horseback - Polish lady author M.A. Czaplicka describes her experiences in the Caucasus, the region and the strange mountain tribes, with photos; An Indian Venice - a picturesque description of the little-known 'backwaters' of Malabar; Photo of a woman in Sudan whose lips have been 'elongated into a hideous beak'; Photo-illustrated ad inside back cover for musclebound Lionel Strongfort asks "Are You Fit to become a Father?"; and more. pp. 6 [ads], [2], 92-176, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
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Jordan, John A.; McMahon, Thomas J.; Smith, C. De Heriz; Cowie, J.S.; Kennedy, Mrs.; Stuart, Martin; Bennett, Captain, J.G.; Gill, R.W.; Parmer, Devore; Lees, George Frederic; Bramwell, Corporal A.; Gaunt, Mary; Beattie, S.A.; Thomason, Hugh; Spittel,R.L.
The Wide World, The Magazine for Everybody, April [Apr.] 1919, Vol. 42, No. 252: The South Sea Islands
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Big-Game Hunting for the Cinema - John A. Jordan leads a film expedition into the wilds of British East Africa; The "Gordon" of the Pacific - Thos. J. McMahon visit's Germany's former South Sea possessions - German New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Samoa - and reports on the work of Captain Hunter among the savages of the Solomons - lots of nice photos; Our Chase After A Rogue Elephant - photo-illustrated story from Ceylon; Our Chase After a "Rogue Elephant"; In the Jaws of a Lion - J.S. Cowie was carried about the engine room of his ship in the jaws of a lion!; Kidnapped - a young woman finds herself at the mercy of two desperate men; The Holy City of the Mormons - photo-illustrated article on Salt Lake City; The Strap-Hanger of the Ganges - The crocodile Captain J.G. Bennett thought he had killed comes back to life!; Chased by a Boa Constrictor - a 1902 story from Argentina; My Night With Wolves - hunter is surrounded by wolves in Northern Minnesota; The Lake of Soda - Magadi Lake, in British East Africa; The "Black Hole" of Gottingen - Corporal A. Bramwell of the Royal Welch Fusiliers earned the D.C.M. for his service to fellow POWs suffering from cholera and typhus at the Prisoners' Camp, Gottingen, in WWI; A Woman's Travels in Unknown Asia - Part II - Mary Gaunt set out to explore much of China but, under the influence of bandits, rerouted north to the wilds of Siberia - article with many photos; Humours of the East African Campaign; The Reds of the Maranoa - Two cattle-rustlers in Queensland are killed; A Couple of Pirates - "Dr. Martin" of the U.S. Navy served in Honduras during the Nicaraguan War but encountered difficulties later; My Visit to the Veddas - R.L. Spittel visits primitive natives in the interior of Ceylon - article with photos; Photo of the largest book in the world in Chicago; Photo of monster swordfish caught by Mr. W.C. Boschen off Santa Catalina Island, California; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2], 444-528, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Covers detached as one but present. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
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Tenenbaum, Joseph
Mad Heroes: Skeletons and Sketches of the Eastern Front
pp. [2], 2-226. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. A book of short stories about World War I. Tenenbaum [1887-1961] was born in Poland and moved to the U.S. in 1920. An eminent physician and Zionist leader, he wrote several other books on women, sexuality, and Jewish topics. Binding toght. Bookplate inside front board. Contents clean and unmarked. Spine sunned. Average wear to publisher's dark coral cloth. Dust jacket not included. A sound copy. Book
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Woolley, C. Leonard; Pound, Reginald; Read, Oliver; Masters, David; Carline, Richard; Trolle-Steenstrup, H.; Brandreth, J.B.; McLaglen, S.L.; Hogg, John Edwin; Darling, Eugene; Barr, Will
The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, November [Nov.] 1922, Vol. 50, No. 295: Restoring the Dead to Life! - A Secret Japanese Science Revealed
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Michel the Spy - a remarkable WWI character; Five Thousand Miles on Foot in Central Africa - Part II - "Shooting" big game with a camera - article with great photos; A Bid for a Bride - love finds a way in the lonely outpost of Mersa Matruh, Egypt; Four-Figure Milestones; Seeking Six Million Pounds - recovering gold and silver from the White Star liner 'Laurentic' which was sunk off the coast of Ireland in January 1917; Through the East By Air - Part IV - The adventures of Richard and Sydney Carline who were commissioned by the National War Museum to paint scenes in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Persia; Diamond Cut Diamond - farmhand matches wits with farmer who cheats his men of their wages; Adrift in Mid-Air - French artilleryman M. Clinckmaille was carried high in the air by a runaway observation balloon - suspended by his leg!; Restoring the Dead to Life! - The Secrets of Katsu, known to the Japanese for two thousand years, but jealously guarded from the outside world - fascinating article with photos; A Race for Life in Death Valley - The ordeal of two motorcyclists who attempted to drive through Death Valley during the hottest month of the year - article with great photos; The Man Who Turned Thief - Part IV - A trap is set for George Keene; Magalloway's Grizzly - life and death encounter with a Wyoming rancher; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
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The Illustrated London News, May 16, 1936: Mussolini (Il Duce) Cover Photo
Pages 843- 890. Features: Front cover photo portrait of Mussolini with King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, proclaimed Emperor of Abyssinia; Nice photo of Mrs. Amy Mollison, who made a record flight from Gravesend to the Cape of Good Hope; Photos of King Faruk returning to Cairo from England;M. Drouillet is arrested after gallant escapade in the impounded airplane of the Emperor of Abyssinia; Photo of first funeral service in an RAF plane, for aircraftman William Watkin; Photo of the car in which King Alexander and M. Barthou were assassinated being presented to Yugoslavia by France; Photo-illustrated article entitled The Doom of the Mountain Zebra; Photo of Dr. Herms' insect killing lamp; Interesting one-page photo of an unusual French military ceremony - the presentation of the standard of the 505th Regiment of tanks, at the Vannes; One-page photo of the stratosphere, "dust sphere", and the Earth's curvature - from the highest point ever reached (72,395') - taken over South Dakota during a record-breaking balloon ascent; One page photo of the highest vertical photograph ever made - South Dakota from over 13 miles above it; Two pages of photos illustrate the ongoing discovery of unexploded World War I munitions (these shells are salvaged by a French Desobusage company); Photo illustrated article on a "Mystery" tomb found intact beside the second pyramid; Large photo of huge crowd assembled to hear Mussolini announce Italy's sovereignty over Abyssinia; Photo of Mussolini presiding over the fascist Grand Council; Two pages of photos show the defeated Emperor of Abyssinia in exile - Haile Selassie and his Empress take refuge in Palestine; Photos of personalities of the week include Prince Mohamed Aly, H. G. G. Payne, Miss Beatrice Harraden, Sir Firoz Khan Noon, Edward Laurillard, Miss Jean Batten, Mr. Charles Laughton, M. Serge Lifar, Sir Alfred Watson, S. J. Camp, Louis Silken, Dr. Oswald Spengler, and the Duke of York; Page of photos of prominent figures in the inquiry into the alleged leakage of budget information; Recommended site for statue to memorialize King George; Photo inside the Moose River disaster - where the entombed man spent most of their 242 hours below ground; Photo of funeral for Mr. Magill who died in the Moose River mine disaster; Photo of the Princess of Nagode after her marriage to the Maharajah of Sirmur; Two pages of photos of birds of Galapagos; one-page Guinness ad features Alice in Wonderland motif; One-page Harrods ad features bedroom suite; Photos of the wind tunnel at Chiswick which are used to test transit buses; One-page Austin Reed men's fashion ad; Halfpage photo ad for the Alvis limousine; Back cover ad for Douglas Stuart (Stuart House of London). Faint store stamp to advertising front cover. Please note: pages 867-868 not included. One page loose but present. Moderate wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Baker, Russell; Stein, Harry; Epstein, Helen; Kaufman, Michael T.; Smith, Hedrick; Brown, Erica; McEvoy, Marian
The New York Times Magazine, January [Jan.] 8, 1978: Mayor John Lindsay Cover Photo
Features: Mayor John Lindsay - Once hailed as an urban messiah, now blamed for the city's financial collapse; Vladimir Horowitz - No other artist produces such music; Ethiopia is convulsed by revolution and beset on three sides by enemy forces - article with color photos; Fantastic one-page color-photo ad for Rose Marie Reid swimwear shows two beauties in the sand with background lad staring lustily; Problems of a Problem Solver - Jimmy Carter at the end of his first year as President; California's contribution to Interior Design - with Michael Taylor and Mimi London; Keeping Fit in California; Color photos of Women's fashions designed by Dennis Goldsmith, Jean D'Alessio, and Mimi Fayazi; and more. 80 pages. Excellent color and black and white photo reproductions including fabulous fashion ads, and more. School stamp upon front cover and first page. Moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
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Butler, Smedley D.
War is a Racket
pp. [vi], 52. First printing. "War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious." - p. 1. Butler [1881-1940] knew his subject intimately, having served in numerous military actions around the world while coming to his conclusion. He died five years after publication as the most decorated Marine in U.S. history until that time, having received not one but two Congressional Medals of Honor. "Probably the most concise indictment of non-defensive warfare ever written." - Robert H. Weems. Half-inch chip from bottom corner of page one. Faint library writing to base of backstrip. Faint one-inch diameter moisture mark at black titling upon front board. Library blind stamp atop title page, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear to publisher's red buckram. Binding intact. Backstrip professionally restored. New endpapers. Dust jacket not included. Weems p.16. 7.75 x 5.25 inches. Book
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Fraser, Blair; Davies, Raymond A.; Hewelcke, Geoffrey; Keith, Ronald A.; Pengelly, Tony; Young, Scott; Holliday, Kate; Baxter, A. Beverley; Feldt, Robert H.; Roberts, C. Monte; Warner, Anne H.; Van De Water, Frederic F.; Masson, Hal
Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, 15 November 1945, Vol. 58, No. 22: Flt.-Lieut. Tony Pengelly and Real Great Escape from Stalag Luft III (Part 2 of 2)
Features: X for Escape - Photo-illustrated article (part 2 of 2) by Flt.-Lieut. Tony Pengelly describes the dramatic Great Escape from Luft Stalag III involving 83 prisoners, 50 of whom were later shot - basis for the classic WWII film The Great Escape starring Steve McQueen; Shakedown - Political favours and liquor licences; Life with Ivan - How does the average Russian live?; Marriages Mended - Domestic Relations Judge H.S. Mott has a 90% success rate; The Mine That Shook the World - A vivid photo-illustrated report on Eldorado, the super-secret mine in the Arctic which produces the raw material for atomic bombs; King Size Tenor - Lauritz Melchior, mighty tenor of the "Met"; Russia - A Split Personality; Backstage Ottawa - the taxpayer wins a battle; Big Business Farmer - George Wesley of Wrentham, Alberta, farms 16,000 acres in Alberta and grows enough wheat to feed a small city; The Truth About Epilepsy - Robert H. Feldt, M.D., has made immense strides toward taming this dreaded brain disease; Man of Many Voices - Meet Mercer (One-Man Cast) McLeod, first radio actor to sell a Canadian-recorded program for U.S. broadcasting; If You Should Get Venison - cooking tips; and more. Short Stories: World Premiere; Uncle Alfred; For These Thy Gifts. Nice ad for: C-I-L; Imperial Oil (How an oil well works); Good Year (with color illustration of firemen and forest fire); Snyder's Furniture; G.E. Electric Blankets (& Electric Flying Suits); Aunt Jemima Pancakes; Westinghouse in the electrical age 1920-1945; Life Savers (nice one-page color ad); Chase & Sanborn - featuring Charlie McCarthy in colour; Waterman's Taperite pen; Once-page colour-illustrated ad by Carling's honouring Jack Miner of Kingsville, Ontario; T.S. Simms "Pure Badger" shaving brushes; Lovely 1946 Ford (dark red) ad inside back cover; B.C. Apples ad on back cover features charming colour illustration of young lass holding basket of fruit. 72 pages. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this historic vintage issue. Book
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The Illustrated London News, Saturday June 17, 1916, No. 4026, Vol. CXLVIII.1 - Funeral of Lord Kitchener / Sinking of "Shark"
32 pages. Features: Cover photo of the King and Queen in horse-drawn carriage on the way to St. Paul's for the Memorial Service of Lord Kitchener; Two-page illustration of Lord Kitchener's Memorial Service in St. Paul's; Five photos of Lord Kitchener's early life from a family album; One page black and white illustration of Colonel Henry Elliott Chevallier Kitchener, Second Earl Kitchener of Khartoum; Four sketches of a great Sea-Fight, including image of the sinking destroyer "Shark"; One-page illustration of the "Shark" firing her last torpedo as she sank in the battle of Jutland; Photos of five men who died with Lord Kitchener - Sir H.F. Donaldson, Brig.-General Wilfred Ellershaw, Mr. L.S. Robertson, Mr. H.J. OL'Beirne, and Captain of H.M.S. "Hampshire", H.J. Savill; Two-page illustration of German light cruiser sinking in the North Sea with British destroyers in background; Two pages with six photos of damage to British light war-ships after the North Sea victory; Two illustrations of the opening encounters of the naval battle, 31 May, 3:30pm; One-page memorial photo portrait of Field-Marshal Early Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome, K.G., etc.; Two pages with nine photos illustrating Lord Kitchener and the armies raised by the magic of his name; Two pages with seven photos illustrating Lord Kitchener as Secretary of State for War, the last phase of his great career; Photo of Lord Kitchener visiting wounded Indian soldiers; Photo of Lord Kitchener visiting the wounded V.C., Subadar Mir Dast; Page with seven photos of Lord Kitchener with French, Russian and Italian allies; Center page includes nine photos of Lord Kitchener at the Dardanelles, visiting Gallipoli to consider the question of evacuation; Brief article on automobiles and 24-hour distance records; Several pages of charming vintage ads. Please note: Extra-heavy wear to this copy, particularly the last leaf which is missing the ads on its lower third. Center page loose but present. Outer page holding by one staple. A worthy copy of this special WWI isssue dominated by content on Lord Kitchener. Book
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Ewing, William
From Gallipoli to Baghdad
pp. xii, 306, [1] map. Eighteen black and white photographic plates. "The story of the campaigns is the framework in which is set the picture of our gallant men, and the actual conditions of their soldierlife, as I knew them during more than two years of close intimacy on the shell-swept Peninsula of Gallipoli, in the Egyptian desert, and along the banks of the Tigris, in that forlorn land of mighty memories." - Foreword. William Ewing (1857-1932) was a Chaplain attached to the 4th Battalion of the Royal Scots. Former library copy with usual markings. Above-average wear to publisher's navy blue cloth. Binding intact. Gilt lettering upon spine remains legible. 20 x 14cm. No dust jacket. Enser p.221. Book
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Eliot, George Fielding [Signed]
The Ramparts We Watch - A Study of the Problems of American National Defense
Signed, without inscription, by George Fielding Eliot (1894-1971) atop half-title. Eliot was a Major, Military Intelligence Reserve, United States Army. pp. x, 370. Selected Bibliography. Index. Fold-out maps. Color map endpapers. "The purpose of this book is to place before the citizens of this republic a clear presentation of the military principles upon which their security rests, and of the military instruments by which that security may be conserved." - Introduction. "The most comprehensive survey of American military policy ever made. With war flaring in Asia and Europe, his bold and accurate book carries urgency and importance." - Dust jacket. "This book is not merely timely; it is pretty close to invaluable." - Walter Millis. Book clean and unmarked with moderate wear to publisher's red cloth. Binding sound. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A special copy of this historic pre-WWII treatise. Book
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Consumer Branch - the Wartime Prices and Trade Board; Pattern Companies
The Miracle of Making Old Things New - A Re-Make Revue
48 pages. Undated but probably circa 1942 as this is clearly a WWII-era publication intended to provide ideas for readers to slash their requirement for wool, "106 pounds of which is needed to outfit the average solder with uniform, blankets, etc., in his first year." - back cover. Profusely illustrated with black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. "Speed up the day of Victory! Give your old garments a new life... and save buying new. Enlist in the fabric conservation programme - reclaim every inch of usable material. Each inch saved means more strength for our own fighting forces. Every yard of fabric gained means a greater supply for the United Nations. Conservation of material is a wartime responsibility of every Canadian." - front cover. "The principal pattern companies have collaborated to provide practical working patterns for making weary wardrobes into Victory garments. In the following pages are specific suggestions for re-modelling. Let's tune up our old sewing machines, get out our sewing kits, and enjoy the miracle of making old things new." - page 1. "Eat It Up, Wear It Out, Make It Do - Take Care of What You Have." - back cover. A sound example of this fascinating and informative Canadian WWII memento from the home front. Book
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Taylor, Wilfred; et al
The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, Friday, June 7, 1940, No. 3482, Vol. CLXVII - Sports Live On [In Wartime]
32 pages. Features: Children and Dogs Amuse Each Other; Britain Without Sign-posts; Cover photo of Mrs. Michael Menzies (the former Kay Stammers) playing tennis; Some Candidates for the New Derby - Photos of 11 fine horses; Wilfred Taylor - Broadcasting the Derby; Sport Lives On; Rapier Sums Up the New Derby; Winchester Avoid Defeat by the M.C.C. (cricket news); Derbys and Oaks of the Last War - photos of winning horses from 1915-1918; Now is the time to know something about a rifle - Sir Pelham Warner changes his bat for a gun - brief article with 13 photos; Bombay Hunt's Gymkhana (near Bombay) - 13 photos; How They Race at Beersheeba - six photos of camel racing in Palestine; Stowe Too Strong for Bedford - 14 cricket photos with brief captions; Roehampton Sunday - six photos of the Red Cross Lawn Tennis Tournament, including photos of Murray Deloford, Mrs. Frank Strawson, Miss G.M. Harvey, and Rosemary Thomas; Photos of theatre stars Evelyn Laye and Robert Helpmann (in drag); Movie news and photos; Centuries Plentiful in Public Schools Cricket; Sergeant Braddock rejoins marines at age 52; Openings along coverfold, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy example of this vintage wartime issue Book
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Close, Bill
A View From The Turret: A History of the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment in the Second World War
"This is the story of the exploits of the 3rd Battalion Royal Tank Regiment during World War II as seen through the eyes of one of its most experienced tank commanders." - dust jacket. "A marvelous account of leadership at the front. How lucky 3RTR and A Squadron were to have him. How lucky we all are that this outstanding soldier has now put his experiences on paper." - Brigadier Christopher Dunphie. pp. [v], vi-xviii, [2], 167. Occasional black and white reproductions of archival photos. Book very clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Light wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A superior copy. Book
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Webber, Bert
Retaliation: Japanese Attacks and Allied Countermeasures on the Pacific Coast in World War II (Oregon State Monographs: Studies in History)
pp. vi, 178. Index. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of fascinating archival photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Map endpapers. "Weaves together the story of Japanese attempts to retaliate [after the Doolittle raids on the Japanese islands] with an account of wartime situations and the effects of the attacks along the west coast of the United States and Canada. Describes coastal defenses, the evacuation of Japanese-Americans, and beach patrols. Written with the assistance of Japanese scientists who developed and launched the fire bomb balloons, surviving members of the crews of the Japanese submarines that attacked the U.S. mainland, and the only airplane pilot to bomb the United States." - dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear to publisher's mauve cloth decorated in gilt. Binding tight. Light wear to dust jacket which is partially sunned at spine and now preserved in Brodart. A quality copy of this intriguing and little-known WWII history. Enser p.134, Smith 5828-34. Book
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Michelin Tire Co.
Arras Lens-Douai and The Battles of Artois
pp. 128, [2] ads. Index. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos and maps. Text in English. "Proud and valorous City, previously the witness of many fierce strifes - for more than four years bore with admirable fortitude the horrors of the unprecedented battle fought at her gates. Ruined and almost annihilated, did not despair but as soon as delivered, set to work again with admirable ardour." - Legion d'Honneur and Croix de Guerre. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A well-preserved copy of this detailed history. Enser p.26. Book
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Welchman, Gordon
The Hut Six Story: Breaking the Enigma Codes
pp. ix, 326. Index. Bibliography. Black and white reproductions of photos. Diagrams. "Now, for the first time, the insider's view of the Enigma story and other clandestine operations is revealed by Gordon Welchman, a top British mathematician who was largely responsible for the crucial achievements at Bletchley Park in the first months of WWII. Goes beyond Bletchley to show how the lessons learned from Germany's errors in using the Enigma codes can - and must - be applied to the use of military communications today." - dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket now preserved in Brodart. A quality copy of this essential cryptographic chronicle. Enser p.75. Book
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Roe, F. Gordon; Lewittes, Esther; Snow, Julia D. Sophronia; Plimpton, Fanny Hastings; Rose, James H.; Ward, J.D.U.; Moss, Sanford A.
The Magazine Antiques, October 1941, Vol. XL, No. 4: Belles and Bustles / Early English Baby Chairs
A magazine for collectors and others interested in times past and in articles of daily use and adornment devised by the forefathers. Features: Cake Molds Carved from Mahogany (cover); Silver Coffeepot by Paul Revere (frontispiece); Some Early Andirons; The Mexican War on Printed Cottons; Antiques in Domestic Settings - English Craftsmanship in a New York Apartment; Pottery Postscripts; Bells and Bustles; Midwestern Cup-Plate Designs; Early English Baby Chairs; Silhouettes by Edouart; and more. Many pages of nostalgic ads from a broad assortment of prominent dealers. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. pp. 189-260. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with above-average wear. Covers all but detached from textblock. A worthy reference copy of this informative issue. Book
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Stow, Charles Messer, Ormsbee, Thomas Hamilton; Taylor, Francis Henry; Carrick, Alice Van Leer; Bement, Alon; Benny, Mark; McClelland, Nancy V.; deValinger, Leon Jr.; Stainforth, A.; Overton, Jacqueline; Williams, H.W. Jr.; Frary, I.T.; Dowling, R.L.
The Magazine Antiques, January [Jan.] 1942, Vol. XLI, No. 1: John Janvier - Delaware Cabinetmaker / William Mount, Long Island Genre Artist
A magazine for collectors and others interested in times past and in articles of daily use and adornment devised by the forefathers. Features: Frontispiece engraving by Edward Savage entitled 'Liberty and the American Eagle'; Milestones; Trends in Collecting; The Integrity of the Antique; What Would I Save in Case of Fire?; Is There an American Design?; Craftsmen at War; Decorating with Antiques; John Janvier - Delaware Cabinetmaker; An Antique Dealer's Yesterdays; The Ornamentation of Silver - A Pictorial Demonstration; William Mount - Long Island Genre Artist; A Rare Engraving by Kensett Identified; Antiques in Domestic Settings - 'Shandy Hall' in the Western Reserve; The Springfield Rifle of the Civil War; Firing Glasses - American (?); and more. Many pages of nostalgic ads from a broad assortment of prominent dealers. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. 96 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with above-average wear. Covers detached but present. A worthy reference copy of this informative issue. Book
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Jurs, August
Estonian Freedom Fighters in World War Two [II/2]
xii, 323 pp. Black and white maps and reproductions of archival photos. First English edition. "Describes all the Estonian military units of the Second World War. These units fought the Soviets who invaded the independent State of Estonia in 1940, destroying its independence and freedom. The Soviets killed and deported to Siberian forced labour camps over sixty thousand Estonians in 1940/41. [This book is] a collective effort of a group of retired Canadians of Estonian heritage [which] shows what kind of people the communists are." - Foreword. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A must-read for anyone of Estonian extraction. Book
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Stacey, Colonel C.P.
The Victory Campaign - The Operations in North-West Europe 1944-1945, Volume III [3]: Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War
xiii, 770 pp. Index. Footnotes. Black and white photographic plates. Many fold-out colour maps. Colour map endpapers. 25 x 18cm. The third and final volume of the Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War. Describes in detail the Canadian Army's part in the North-West European campaign - from the invasion of France on D Day, 6 June 1944, to the final capitulation of the German forces in May 1945. Concludes with an account of the repatriation of the Canadian Army and the work of the Canadian Army Occupation Force. The product of an exhaustive investigation in Canadian, Allied and enemy records. Prior owner's details upon verso of colour frontispiece. Somewhat above-average wear to publisher's red cloth. Dust jacket not included. A sound reference copy of this exceptionally informative history. Book
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Hurd, Archibald; Osborn, E.B.; Grey, C.G.; Chesterton, G.K.
The Illustrated London News, Saturday June 1, 1918 - Zeebrugge and Bruges Canal Seized
Features: Title page illustration of nocturnal Western Front troop movement; Two-page photo spread illustrates British and French troops, women's work, the knighting of Lieut.-General Alexander Cobbe, V.C., and Sir Edward Ward shaking hands with Inspector Ernest Wild, K.C.; Mastering the Submarine (article); The Meaning of 'Here's a Ho' (article); Youth in the Air Force (article); Half-page map of the new German offensive near Soissons and Reims; G.K. Chesterton discusses German public pronouncements; Five fascinating photos on one page illustrate how Paris is warned of air raids by the new alarm sirens - the six-horn siren, the hand-powered siren, a twin-horn siren powered by compressed air, and a six-horn siren also powered by compressed air; The Mastery in the Air (article); Page of seven photos entitled "The Kite-Balloon Observer's 'Life-Belt' - Parachutes in War; One-page aerial photo above Zeebrugge shows block ships and shell holes from a recent raid; One-page aerial photo shows the Bruges Canal sealed and U-boats and German craft imprisoned; Illustrated article on whale-meat as food; Roll of Honour - page of photos of 18 officers who were awarded or killed in action; Centrefold illustration of the first battle between British and German tanks on the Western Front; One-page illustration of the successful new 'Whippet' tanks dispersing a German brigade; Aerial photo of Red Cross painted onto the roof of a hangar at a German Aerodrome; One-page of illustrations of fancy jewelery to be offered in the Children's Jewel Fund Sale. Half-page panoramic map of the district between Locre and Voormezeele where French troops were attacked. 32 pages including ten pages of fabulous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. In particular, the back cover ad for Gentlemen's Spring Suits offered by Chas. Baker & Co's is simply marvelous. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
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The Illustrated London News, Saturday March 9, 1918 - War Rations
Features: Title page photo of the Prince of Wales riveting in a Clyde shipyard; The Barometer and the Weather (article); The War Debt - How Shall We Pay It? (article); The Fish of Our Inland Waters - 'Coarse' v. 'Game'; Three photos of British day-bombing aeroplanes and one of their big bombs; Interesting one-page map entitled "Japan and Russia - Their Relative Geographical Postions, and the Siberian Railway; Photos of leading Japanese statesmen - Viscount Motono, Viscount Chinda, and Viscount Uchida; Photo of debate in the Japanese Parliament with Prime Minister speaking; Article by G.K. Chesterton includes photo of Sir W.H. Raeburn and Emperor Yoshihito of Japan; Five photos of Ukrainians, including Gen. Petljura and Professor Grushefski, beneath heading 'At Peace with Germany, At War with Bolsheviks; Two photos of the making of charcoal for use in trenches; Fascinating one-page illustration of a U.S. tree-climbing observer's camouflage; What is a Battle-Plane? - article with photos of fallen Gothas; Fascinating page of illustrations and text describe 'A Contrast Indeed - British and Enemy [German and Austrian] Civilian Food Supplies; Two-page spread of six photos illustrating the British taking over of a French sector near St. Quentin; Centrefold illustration the last stand of the Essex at Moeuvres; One-page illustration of carrier pigeon being used for raising funds for the great Tank Bank campaign; Excellent one-page photo portrait of General Sir Henry Hughes Wilson in staff car; Article discusses the overlooked food value of rabbits; Eight photos of famous French architecture protections against bombs; One-page illustration of British raiding-party crossing the Piave by night; How the Cost of Production is Met by the Bovril Co. - one page (advertorial?); Photo of the late Mr. Alan Lupton driving (horses) four-in-hand; and more. 36 pages including several pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Lovely ad for Napier Motor Carriages. Wonderful back cover ad for Gentlemen's Spring Suits by Chas. Baker & Co's. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
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Chesterton, G.K.; et al
The Illustrated London News, Saturday May 18, 1918 - The "Vindictive" at Ostend / First Photos of German Tanks "Panzerkraftwagen"
Features: Title page illustration of nurses tending to the happy wounded on a British hospital-train; Two-page illustration of "The Glorious End of the 'Vindictive' - Blocking the Fairway at the Entrance to Ostend Harbour; War as The Artist Sees It (article); The "Vindictive's" Gallant End (article); Three sketches of "The Ostend Harbour Exploit - The First Attempt; Article by G.K. Chesterton includes photos of Prince Sixte of Bourbon, Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice, and Commodore Hubert Lynes, C.M.G., who led the blocking operations at Ostend; Two excellent side-view photos of the "Vindictive" on her way to Zeebrugge; Two-pages with eight photos illustrating "Concrete Ship-Building - War-work for which there is a very urgent demand - showing main stages of construction; First six photos of German Tanks "Panzerkraftwagen"; Photo of the swearing in ceremony for Field-Marshal Lord French and Edward Shortt; Article on Stunt Flying; Six fascinating photos explain how flax is harvested and processed for use in Aeroplane wings; Dramatic centrefold illustration of the burning of Pozieres on the Albert-Bapaume Road; Malaria - The Return of an Old Enemy (article); Four photos of U.S. troops arriving in England under Colonel Whitman and Lieut.-Col. Wagner, including the Royal salute they received; Roll of Honour - photos of 18 officers, including Major William A. Craies; One-page Kenilworth Cigarettes ad shows couple chatting in front of fireplace; Illustration of a 'curfew' dinner-dress; Nice two-colour "Greys" cigarette ad on back cover features illustration of a Greys warrior on horseback circa 1678; and more. 36 pages including several pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
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Chesterton, G.K.; et al
The Illustrated London News, Saturday June 22, 1918 - Austrian Offensive on the Italian Front / Supreme War Council at Versailles
Features: Title page photo of large column of British and French infantry on the march; Seven excellent photos document the Austrian offensive on the Italian Front; Photo of Italian naval regiment being reviewed on St. Mark's Piazza; G.K. Chesterton writes about the pacifist/patriot groups; One-page illustration of pilot guiding burning plane while standing on its wing; The Japanese Fleet in the War (article); The"New" Star - of 1895!; The Woman, The Boy, and the Land; Page of illustrations present "Sons of Sister Republics - Franco-American Brothers -in-Arms; The Acrobatics of Aviation (article) One page illustration with inset sketch describes the "Immelmann Turn" performed by aircraft; Two pages of photos and illustrations of personalities of the Supreme War Council meeting at Versailles; Muscles, Nerves, and Brains - article describes how to take care of our health; Photo of artillery horses wearing gas-masks; Photo of American ambulance men evacuating wounded soldiers down a ladder from a French hospital under German shell-fire; Six photos illustrate the West in the East - British methods in Mesopotamia; Glorious centrefold illustration shows French, American, and British fighting shoulder to shoulder; One-page illustration shows the salvage of scrap metal in the Midlands; One-page illustration shows copper driving-bands for shells being thrown into annealing furnace at Birmingham in the National Shell Factory; Roll of Honour - 18 photos of officers including Lieut.-Col. Arthur L. Wrenford; Photo of Japanese General being received at a French headquarters; Photo of Canadian nurses picking through a downed Gotha aircraft; Charming two-colour back cover ad for Cavanders "Army Club" cigarettes features well-dressed young lady with umbrella chatting with man in uniform; and more. 36 pages including several pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
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