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Scales, John; Keyes, Frances Parkinson; Russell, J. Almus; Mabie, Hilda; Gregory, Velma Gray; Runyan, Anna E.
The Granite Monthly - A New Hampshire Magazine, August 1927
Pages 225-256. Black and white photos. Features: The Battle of Bennington; Compensation; The Memory of John Boynton - Tin Peddler and College Founder - illustrated article with photo of the Class of 1922, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; The Birth of the American Navy; The Dean of the N.H. Bar - Hon. Ezra M. Smith; Poems; New Hampshire Necrology; and more. Average wear. Interesting news clippings laid inside front cover have discolored most of the first page but all text remains legible. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Dean, F.E.; Bowen, F.C.; Howard, Sidney; Keble Chatterton, Lieut.-Com. E.
Shipping Wonders of the World - The Romance of the Panama Canal - Part 10 (Ten)
Pages 293-324. Features: Story of the Marine Engine (1); The Record Breaker "Lightning" - a famous racing clipper; Through the Ithsmus of Panama; Alain Gerbault and the "Firecrest"; Launching Ceremonies - various methods are used to launch new ships; Epics of Submarines - stories of gallantry and escapes from death. Includes photos of the liner St. Paul on her side beside a quay in New York. Moderate wear. Three-hole punched. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Howard, Sidney; Dean, F.E.; Bowen, F.C.; Bywater, Hector C.
Shipping Wonders of the World - Part 12 (Twelve)
Pages 357-388. Many nice black and white photos. Features: Continuation of Sir John Franklin article; Diving for Pearls - article with great photos; Marine Engines and their Story - part 2; The Wild Boat of the Atlantic - the clipper Dreadnought; In the Royal Navy - much training is required before a youth may enter the Royal Navy; Seven Years Under the Sea - the sunken White Star liner Laurentic; Moderate wear. Three-hole punched. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Carr, F.G.G.; Bowen, Frank C.; Bywater, Hector C.; Wood, Walter; Hardy, A.C.; Chatterton, Lieut.-Com. E. Keble
Shipping Wonders of the World (Magazine) - The French Navy - Part 45 (Forty-Five)
Pages 1413-1444. Many great black and white photos. Features: Youth at the Helm - William Albert Robinson sailed round the world from New York between June 1928 and November 1931 in a ketch only 32 feet 6 inches long (conclusion); Vanishing Coastal Craft - no fewer than 200 distinct types of coastal craft round the shores of Great Britain are rapidly disappearing; Pelagic Whaling - old methods of whaling have been largely superseded by floating factories that can work independently of any land base; The French Navy; Fishery Protection - Britain's Fishery Protection Service; Britain's Passenger Ports - many interesting ports deal with cross-Channel packets which ply regularly to and from Great Britain; The Battle of Tsushima. Moderate wear. Minor markings on page 1444. Three-hole punched. A sound copy. Book
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Gould, Lieut.-Com. R.T.; Ellis, C.Hamilton; Bowen, Frank C.; Campbell, Vice-Admiral Gordon; Masters, David
Shipping Wonders of the World (Magazine) - Scotland's Premier Shipping Centre - Part 46 (Forty-six)
Pages 1445-1476. Many great black and white photos. Features: The Battle of Tsushima (conclusion); Survey Ships at Work; Scotland's Premier Shipping Centre - along the banks of the River Clyde from Glasgow to Greenock are situated some of the biggest shipbuilding yards in the world; Menace of Fire at Sea - stricter regulations and preventative devices have almost eliminated the risk of serious fire in a modern vessel; Marine Measurements - the principles on which the various tonnages and other standards of capacity or water displacement are based are clearly outlined in this review of the subject; H.M. Coastguard Service; Raising the "Maine" from the bottom of Havana Harbour, Cuba, on February 15, 1898 (first part); Moderate wear. Unmarked. Three-hole punched. A sound copy. Book
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Arbuckle, Graeme
Customs and Traditions of the Canadian Navy
179 pages. "Traces the origin and development of a wide selection of naval practices and ceremonies" - from dust jacket. Printed on glossy stock. Illustrated in black and white. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A lovely gift-quality copy. Book
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McKeown, Robert; Marjoribanks, Robert; Curtis, Linda; Smith, Philip; Moss, Bruce; O'Brien, Andy; Clark, Gregory; Curtis, Linda
Weekend Magazine, Vol. 16, No. 20 - May 14, 1966 - Fran Drummond Cover Photo
72 pages. Features: Great article on Lorne Green and Family with colour photos; Dr. Barry Goldthorpe - Canadian Doctor in the Malaysian Jungle - article with colour photos; Frances Drummond - The Boss of Twin Falls - she manages a chalet at Field, B.C. - article with great colour photos; What's ahead for Paul Hellyer - article with photos; Coin dealer Fred L. Samuels of Van Horne Sales, Ltd.; Great colour photo centrefold showing Canada's Navy in the Atlantic - the Kootenay, St. Croix, Saguenay, Stettler, Antigonish, Nipigon, Skeena and Restigouche; The Flying Ray-Dens Flying trapeze act - article with photos; Great ad for 1966 Mercury pickups and vans; Mickey Mantle - Baseball's Ailing Wonder - article with colour photo; Beautiful colour photo ad for Jantzen beachwear; Sensual full-page black and white photo ad for Warner bras; Strathcona (Alberta) County's volunteer firewomen - article with nice photos; Wild colour photo full-page ad for Philco TVs shows a large arrangement of TVs at the top of which is a model aboard an exotic moped - wild!; Nipper comic. Centerfold loose but present. Printed by newspapers across Canada as a weekend supplement. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
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Comfort, Peggy; Fahey, Sequoia; Dillon, Jack; Kerr, Geoff; Scott, Ian; Segal, Dan; Grayson, Stan; Jepson, George D.
WoodenBoat (Wooden Boat) Magazine, March/April 2010
136 pages. Features: Sawyer "Duke" Besozzi; Mr. Natural Perseveres; Tern, L. Francis Herreshoff, and Bill; Iain Oughtred's Double-Enders; Pegasus; Cocktail Class Runabouts; Exploring America's Oldest Marine Engine; Truscott Boat Manufacturing Company; and more. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. A worthy reference copy. Book
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Gaal, Julius; Newberry, Stephen G.; Trimble, Robert; Wolf, Stephen W.D.; Calvert, Denis J.; Schakelaar, H.J.; March, Peter; Sweatt, Dennis; Nixon, Harry
Air Combat Magazine, May 1978 - HMAS Melbourne
98 pages. Features: Italian Transport Aircraft During WWII; New Markings for VP-19 (USN Orion Squadron); Douglas Skyknight - military markings features a little-known USN fighter; Royal Army Air Day - Giant helicopter fly-in; HMAS Melbourne - a visit with Australia's only carrier; Low-Level Luftwaffe - the Fiats of LeKG-43; Fradu - this unusual unit provides military aircraft targets flown by civilians; XFV-12A - VTOL for the Navy?; Flying Tigers win RAF Competition - USAF A-7Ds take on the RAF's best; Six Decades of USAF Service - The history of Kelly AFB in Texas. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound reference copy. Book
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Trimble, Robert L.; Boghosian, S. Samuel; DiGiordano, Michael J.; Garretson, Mathew J.; Thompson, Leroy
Air Combat Magazine, Vol. 9, No. 4, July 1981
74 pages. Features: Salute to the Skyraider - examining its color schemes and markings; Air Intelligence; Navy Accepts First Operational Hornet; Over 1,000 Hours in the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird; History of Reserve Squadron VA-205; How We Listened To the Ho Chi Minh Trail in stereo; A New Paint Scheme on a Blue Angels Aircraft; Re-engined F-16 planned for sale to smaller countries; How the USMC developed the helicopter into a fighting machine for aerial envelopment. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Ross II, Al; Cressman, Robert J.; Becton, Julian; Braybrook, Roy; Vukmanovich, George
Sea Combat Magazine, April 1980 - Special Battleship Issue
82 pages. Features: Fearless British MGBs during WWII; The U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo; A Mighty Task Force Prepares to Strike Iran; The USS Pennsylvania; Remembrance of the Iowa; British Naval Equipment on Show; Battleships of the French Navy, 1913-1965. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Peters, Gary: Co-ordinator
BC (British Columbia)/Yukon Command Military Service Recognition Book, Volume III (3)
368 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos. Presents brief biographies and pictures (if available) of Canadian military veterans from British Columbia and the Yukon. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Brown, Zenith; Laing, Frederick; Martin, William; Stewart, Ramona; Moore, James Merriam; Bohne, F.H.; Gervasi, Frank; Smith, R.A.; Manuel Gordon; et al
Collier's Magazine, April 6, 1946 - Truman's Troubled Year
90 pages. Fiction: Jealosy (part 1 of 4); That Samba Dress; The Pawn; The Music Stops; The Pipe; Navy Gal. Articles: Truman's Troubled Year; India's Crisis - famine and 100 millioln Muslims create a hard problem for the British government; 70,000 to One! (conclusion) - adventures on New Britain; Surgery can save 'Blue Children'; Are Baseball Managers Necessary?; Guy Madison; Big Business in Ham Radio; Rainy Day Fashions. Ads include: Ford Trucks; Gaines Dog Meal; Lord Calvert ad features photo portrait of author Stuart Cloete; New York Centra Railroad; Jayson Sportswear; Goebel Beer; Lucky Strike (back cover). Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Book
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Heal, S. C.
A Great Fleet of Ships: The Canadian Forts & Parks
312 pages. Index. Bibliography. Illustrated with black and white sketches and reproductions of photos. "Describes the technical factors involved in the design of these ships, their construction and operation... Explains how this potential merchant fleet was dispersed at the end of WWII, so that Canada's merchant marine all but vanished after 1950... Discusses the rationale involved in this disposal and provides an insightful look at the complex subjects of marine underwriting and chartering... Recalls wrecks, war losses, globe-girdling voyages and a variety of personal experiences by individuals who served aboard. Includes a complete Fleet List with concise details of builders, name changes, ownership changes and their fates... Large folded plan inside back board is taken from the original plan of the North Sands ship brought from England in 1940, from which the entire Canadian program for these 10,000 ton ships originated." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. An excellent copy of this impressive reference. Book
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Rowland, John
Slipping the Lines: Adventures Around the World in Peace and War
512 pages. A most engaging biography of this adventurous Canadian, born in London, Ontario in 1910. Quickly realizing his first job is a dead end he hits the road as a magazine salesman, a career which at that time, combined with his ingenuity, allowed him to see the world while making a healthy income. The resulting adventures make for a most enjoyable and informative read. Heavily worn but still a worthy reading copy. Book
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Macpherson, Ken; Burgess, John; Pullen, Rear Admiral
The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910-1985: A Complete Pictorial History of Canadian Warships
240 pages. Index. Bibliography. "Pictures and describes 495 of the ships that have served in Canada's naval forces. Text and photographs combine to create a book of lasting appeal for all who have served in the naval forces and a reference work of importance to Canadian history. Appendix includes operational status charts, ship's particulars, commanding officers, RN ships under Canadian control, convoys and 'special assignments". - from dust jacket. Unmarked with moderate wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A quality copy of this exceptional reference. Book
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Canada Wire and Cable Company
Wire Rope and Fittings Catalogue No. W.R. 42 - Steel Wire Rope for Every Purpose
289 pages. Index. Handsome colour-decorated flexible black leatherette covers. Printed on glossy stock. Black and white photos, illustrations and diagrams. Topics include: General Information; Flattened Strand; Wire Rope Slings; Wire Rope Fittings; Care and Maintenance; Splicing of Wire Rope; Excavating and Contracting Ropes; Industrial Ropes for Material Handling; Ropes for Mining; Logging Ropes (includes interesting diagrams of log-moving techniques); Marine Ropes; Gas and Oil Well Ropes; Elevator Ropes; Engineering Data; Glossary of Rope Terms. Average wear. Binding intact. Prior owner's name inside front cover. Ink stamp atop title page and page 7. This wonderful vintage catalogue illustrates many now antiquated industrial practices of the 1950s. A very nostalgic item. Book
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Hirschmann, Werner; Graves, Donald E.
Another Place, Another Time : A U-Boat Officer's Wartime Album
253 pages. Index. Bibliography. Profuselly illustrated with black and white photos. Printed on glossy stock. "Provides a unique view of the day-to-day life of a U-boat officer who, like young men on both sides, did his best to enjoy life while trying to do his duty. An epilogue describes his postwar life as a prisoner-of-war in Canada and Britain and his subsequent postwar move to Canada... Technical section provides a detailed pictorial tour of the Type IXC/40 U-Boat, including previously unpublished photos." - from dust jacket. Usual library marks and above-average wear to book. Dust jacket clean, bright and unmarked with light wear, and now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Book
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Powers, W.A.; Doyle, Charles J.; Walsh, Thomas; Lamson, David; Forrestal, JamesSpingarn, Stephen J.; White, Leigh; et al
The Saturday Evening Post, November 27, 1948 - How We Trapped Spies in World War II / Allah's Oil
156 pages. Features: Nice color ad for Duraglas inside front cover; Nice color-photo 1-page ad for Elgin watches features opera star Mrs. Lawrence Tibbett; Sexy 1-page color-illustrated ad for Palmolive soap features amorous couple; Can the Army and Navy Get Together? - photo illustrated article - Secretary of Defense James Forrestal replies to criticism of the way unification of our armed services has - or has not - worked out; Fabulous Iron Ore Strike in Labrador - photo-illustrated article describes what may be the mining find of the century; The Haunted Meadow (fiction); What You Don't Know About Thanksgiving; The Unwelcome Neighbor (fiction); How We Caught Spies in World War II - part 1 of a photo-illustrated article by Stephen J. Spingarn, former commanding officer of the American 5th Army's Counter Intelligence Corps tells the real story of what spy catching was like; The Gay Deceiver of Georgia Tech - Bobby Dodd has made a name for himself as a teacher of football make-believe - article with photos; He Is My Friend - Southern White Boy Hodding Carter describes his friendship with Negro boy Son McKnight - article with photo; Man Trap (fiction); Allah's Oil - World's Richest Prize - conclusion of fascinating photo-illustrated article on Middle Eastern Oil over 60 years ago; First Quarrel (fiction); Everybody Gets In the Act - color-photo illustrated article on the John B. Rogers Company, of Fostoria, Ohio, the country's most prolific producer of amateur shows; Murder for Millions (fiction); 1-page color ad for 1949 Ford cars; Dishonored (fiction); 1-page color-photo Goodyear ad features Norma Halverson of Salt Lake City and Emile Schurmacher of N. Salem, NY; I Might Have Married Him (fiction); Nice 1-page color ad for RCA Victor radios; Nice 2-page Buick ad; Nice 1-page color ad for Mobiloil Arctic; 1-page ad for Martin Aircraft features the 202 Airliner; 1-page Plymoth ad; 1-page ad for the Underwood All Electric Typewriter; Vitalis half-page ad features illustration of Nat Holman; Nice photo-illustrated 1-page ad for radio stations of the ABC network features photos of Milton Berle, Gordon MacRae, Meredith Willson, Arlene Francis, John K.M. McCaffrey, Kay Kyser, Ted Mack, Jo Stafford, Johnny Olsen and Dr. Frank Black; 1-page illustrated ad for General Electric washing machines; 1-page Brunswick bowling ball ad features illustrations of Joe Norris, Ned Day, Catherine Fellmeth and Andy Varipapa; Nice 1-page color ad for 1949 Kaiser cars features a red convertible; 1-page 2-color ad for the new 1949 Remington De Luxe Portable Typewriter; Super 2-page Bord-Warner presents their company accomplishments in Ripley's Believe It or Not format; Very colorful and handsome 2-page Cadillac ad features a large illustration of their new engine and the front end of a red car; Photo portrait of Harry A. Bullis of General Mills in Northwestern Mutual ad; Nice color-photo 1-page Christmas ad for Zenith radios; 1-page ad for the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE); Nice 1-page ad for Cory appliances; 1-page color ad for Cutler-Hammer motor controls; Very attractive 1-page color-photo recruiting ad for the U.S. Air Force features young man in flying gear with illustration of jets overhead; Nice 1-page color ad for Corning Glass features woman holding multi-coloured Pyrex cookware; 1-page color ad for the Great Lakes Steel Corporation promotes their Quonset Huts; Nice 1-page color ad for De Beers diamonds features reprint of "Honeymoon at Sea Island, GA" by Andre Girard; Very nice one-page color-illustrated ad for Bell & Howell movie cameras; Nice 1-page color ad for Gibson electric refrigerators features two young ladies scantily clad in Eskimo clothing; 1-page color ad for Sheaffer's pens; Nostalgic half-page color ad for Dow Plastics Styron with illustrations of many vintage toys; Nice half-page color ad for Hi Ho Crackers; Nice 1-page 2-color Kleenex ad featuring Little Lulu; Nice 1-page color ad for Coolerator fridges and freezers; Photo Magazine
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Heyman, Edward; Green, John W.; Freed, Ralph; Fain, Sammy; Robin, Leo; Whiting, Richard; Rose, William; Eliscu, Edward; Youmans, Vincent; Roberts, Allan; Fisher, Doris; et al
Army Navy Hit Kit of Popular Songs - "W" Issue (Songbook)
20 pages. Features sheet music for piano and voice for these songs: You Came Along; Please Don't Say "No"; Louise; More Than You Know; I Wish; Good, Good, Good; I Walked In; There Must Be A Way; Bell Bottom Trousers. "Issued monthly by special services division, Army Service Forces, United States Army. Distributed for the navy by the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, United States Navy. For use by the U.S. Armed Forces only. Not for Sale." - from front cover. 2" x 1" chip from lower corner of front cover and openings along coverfold, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A vintage copy of this nice WWII collectible. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Newsweek Magazine, December 3, 1945
Contents: Color ad for 'Ask for Ethyl'; Bankers Trust ad - Buy Victory Bonds; Babcock & Wilcox ad - bombs and beauty aids need steam; Color ad for Ford trucks; Color ad for 1946 Packard cars; Auto strike raises new issue for Industrial Wars in America - the nation's biggest union asks stake in affairs of management by cry of 'Let's see the books'; Mrs. Damato of Shenandoah, Pa. christens the U.S.S. Damato - she lost two sons in the war; Photo of James Hendrix, Army hero; Matt Kimes - cop killer; Why the Fleet could not retreat to the West Coast - Admiral William V. Pratt; Congressional Investigation of the Pearl Harbor attack; Where the War Cause Lies - Japan; Nice color ad for General Tire; Color ad for the Aeroprop division of GM; Ezra Pound returns to the US to face charges of treason - with photo; The Federation of Atomic Scientists; Native world from Zion to Java stirred by nationalist little wars; 4 photos of Japan's Hirohito visiting the shrines of Ise to report Japan's defeat to his predecessors; Thorez, red architect of France; the Nuremberg Tribunal - with labelled photo of 20 defendants in their courtroom positions; two photos of Eva Braun; War-Winning Old Guard Begins Exodus from Top Service Jobs - retirements of Staff Chief and Fleet Commander are first of many peacetime moves; Super color centerfold for the new 1946 Chevrolet; Seabees dig in darkly for spell with Eskimos - Navy installations in the far north; Photo of the real Kilroy; C.D. Howe has his fingers in many pies; Canada's Baby Bonus; Heavy heavy over stock boom hangs wage-price policy delay; Inventor Gilbert Brereton and ramie; S. DeWitt Cough, President of Abbott Laboratories, calls for national health care; Robert Benchley 1889-1945; Color ad for teh Douglas DC-6; The reality of Salvador Dali; Unusual color Monsanto ad on back cover features young lovely speaking into a huge contemporary walkie-talkie. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. A sound copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
Newsweek Magazine, April 17, 1944 *COVER PHOTO OF H.R.H. PRINCESS ELIZABETH ALEXANDRA MARY*
Contents: Nash-Kelvinator military ad in color inside front cover; Ad for the Chrysler Sea Mule; Dewey triumph poses question - will Willkie bolt from party?; Hull's speech attempts to divorce politics from our foreign policy; Gun Play in Wichita - Bargel K. Stanley holds police off for an hour; Prelude to Torture - Jap Propaganda in Pictures - 3 pages reprinted from a mysterious undated English-language publication called 'Freedom' put out in Shanghai - "... these pictures show the great score the American people still have to score with the little men across the Pacific."; Navy Raids on Palau and Yap uncover secrets of Jap bases - old Sea Dogs are excited by size of U.S. attack force and nearness of Philippines; Photo of landing strip construction in China - 300,000 Chinese workers and 100,000 hand-made wheelbarrows have been conscripted to this end; British Rocket Battery - photo and article; Elizabeth, the future Queen of world's soundest monarchy; De Gaulle Triumph - finally becoming No. 1 Frenchman, he takes in reds - on his terms; Great photo of Curtiss Helldivers under construction at a new Fort William, Ontario plant which will produce for the U.S. Navy; SWPA starts setting policy on sale of surplus war goods; Andrew F. Howe, owner of 100 patents, finally settles with General Steel Castings for over $1 million; Trappist monks set up in Conyers, Georgia. Above-average wear. All pages stained to varying degrees, presumably by water - all text legible. A worthy reference copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Northern Mariner: Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society - July 1992
Articles: Instruments of Security - The Royal Canadian Navy's Procurement of the Tribal-Class Destroyers, 1938-1943; Robert Steele and Company - Shipbuilders of Greenock; Hell Boats of the RCN - The Canadian Navy and the Motor Torpedo Boat, 1936-1941; plus part of Gerald E. Panting's Canadian Maritime Bibliography and several book reviews. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Author Not Stated
Canada Wire and Cable Company: Wire Rope and Fittings Catalogue No. W.R. 42
287 pages. Index. Black and white photos. Detailed diagrams. Features "Canada Tru-Lay steel wire rope for every purpose". Contents include: Flattened Strand; Wire Rope Slings; Wire Rope Fittings; Care and Maintenance; Splicing of Wire Rope; Excavating and Contracting Ropes; Industrial Ropes for Material Handling; Ropes for Mining; Logging Ropes; Marine Ropes; Gas and Oil Well ropes; Elevator Ropes; Engineering data; Glossary. Diagrams of the High Lead, North Bend/Tight Skyline, Skidder, Slack Line, and Tyler Systems of log transport. Great series of photos demonstrating how to splice a very thick wire rope. Decorated black imitation leather covers. Prior owner's detaills inside front cover. Binding somewhat tender but intact. Average soiling and wear. A worthy copy of this nostalgic, interesting and informative volume. Book
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Author Not Stated
The London Scottish Regimental Gazette, No. 157, Vol. XIV, January 1909
Photo and story of Lieutenant Downie and his friend Lieutenant T. Godo of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Prize Distribution article. Full-page photo of The Right Hon. Viscount Esher, G.C.V.O., G.C.B. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. Book
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Author Not Stated
The London Scottish Regimental Gazette: No. 131 - Vol. XI, November 1906
Features: Frontis photo portrait and writeup on Colonel-Sergeant John Menzies; Company Notes; Hallowe'en Supper; Editorial; Shooting results; Skye and the Navy League; and more. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Explorer's Journal, September 1978
Features: The Aviaries of Edward Marshall Boehm; Nomads of the Gabra - wanderers of the wasteland; Photogrammetry Breakthrough - formulas bring honors to an amateur, John P. Snyder; The Space Oblique Mercator Projection; Marine fish in a Freshwater Lake - the enigma of Lake Nicaragua; Photos of rock carvings by Harrison Forman; Sonic Exploration for Subterranean Resources - seismic reflections probe the earth; Ankh linked to Supernova - ancient Egyptian symbol records astronomical event; The Wrangel Island Affair - Vilhalmur Stefansson's expedition; Pampas, Gulls and Gauchos - life on the Argentine Plain. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, September 1979
Features: Fiery Vesuvius; The Peregrine Falcon's Return; Marine Chart Revisions Urged; In the Wake of Typhoon Pamela - survey of the effect on the Guan Reefs; Offshore Migration of Land Birds - Weather Fronts assist long-distance fliights; Meteors; Underwater Archeology - Photogrammetry of artifacts near Bimini; Native Iron in Western Greenland - discovery and interpreation; Semiotics; St. Lucia Expedition - to collect and photograph wildlife. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, September 1980
Features: South Nahanni River Valley Expedition - a canoe-and-climb journey in Canada's Northwest Territories; Exploration of Today's World; Martin and Osa Johnson - exploration was their way of life; Arnold Hauerslev-Haverlee - an unorthodox explorer; Continued Exploration of Venus; Medical Detective in Africa - solution of an explosive medical mystery in Mali; Meteorites and Man-made Satellites - when they fall to earth; Observing Marine Mammals in Alaska - students gain field experience; Goal - to Penetrate Tibet - a hazardous 19th century attempt - Mr. T.T. Cooper. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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The Explorer's Journal, June 1989
Features: Richard Leakey's Search for Prehistoric Man & the Land of the Turkana; A Return Journey Through Masailand; Africa by "Flying Boat'; Namibia Notebook - Himbas, Bushman and Modern Warfare; Convervation on the East African Coast - Exploring Kenya's Marine Parks. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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The Explorer's Journal, Fall 1991
Features: Once around Lesotho; 1990 Cueva de Aqua Carlota Expedition; Early Lamellar Body Armor in China and Tibet; The Way to Shangri-La in the Alps; The Ria Deseado - a Mosaic of Marine Life. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Heal, S. C.
Conceived in War, Born in Peace: Canada's Deep Sea Merchant Marine
234 pages. Index. Bibliography. Copiously illustrated in black and white. "Deals specifically with Canada's very special war shipping effort in both world wars, and gives attention to the postwar aftermath." - from Introduction. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Perkins, J. David
The Canadian Submarine Service in Review
208 pages. Index. Glossary. "A very readable insight into the rich history that surrounds Canada's submarine ventures... Tells the many tales in a way that brings out the drama and the humour of the exploits of Canadian submariners while leaving just enought fo the imagination to give the reader some clues that there is still more to be told." - from dust jacket. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Minor undulations to lower corner of last 10 pages from moisture. A nice copy. Book
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Bureau of Ships, Department of the (US) Navy
Wood: A Manual for Its Use as a Shipbuilding Material, Volume IV Boat and Ship Construction Techniques - NAVSHIPS 250-336 - Supt. Doc. Cat. No. D 211.6: W85/V II
144 pages. Duo-tang binding. Many informative black and white photos. "A comprehensive, up-to-date, collection of information based on recent investigations and tests... Should prove useful to shipyards, naval architects, Supervisors of Shipbuilding, Inspector of Naval Material; and officers and those concerned with all phases of wooden ship and boat design, construction, or maintenance." - R.E. Harris, Dept. of the Navy. Chapters include: Bending and Machining of Wood and Plywood; Gluing and Laminating; Fabrication of Wood Boats and Ships. Average wear. A sound copy of this very practical and informative work. Book
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Maclean's Magazine: Bound Issues July 1, 1985 Through September 30, 1985
Over one inch thick. Some of the many topics include: Beirut Hostages; American Protectionism; Sting; Closing the Levesque Era; Air India Flight 182 is blown up; Peter Loughheed's Legacy; Office Politics; Jenilee Harrison; Judy Chicago; Paul Desmarais (?) stalks Southam Inc.; Forty Years after Hiroshima; Nagasaki then and now; Fighting the fires of Summer; Boris Becker wins Wimbledon; Tina Turner; Reagan's surgery; Tears are not enough - starvation in Africa - Live Aid; Prairie Drought; Moves to buy Gulf Canada; South Africa Under Seige - the world debates sanctions; Bryan Adams - Superstar; Rock Hudson and AIDS; Toyota announces plans for Canadian plant; Debating Star Wars; Whale Watching; New Terror of AIDS; Paul Reichmann and his brothers buy Gulf Canada; Recovery in Tibet; The Race to Dominate the Arctic - the Polar Sea in Canada's north; Pierre Marc Johnson; Maple Leaf coins gain in popularity vs. the Krugerrand; Apartheid inferno in South Africa; Two-day Major League Baseball Strike; The Crisis of Canada's Water; Mulroney's first visit to B.C.; Year of the Dragon - Movie by Michael Cimino; The Takeover Frenzy; Botha's defiant stand; Cover photo of The Boss - Bruce Springsteen; Mulroney Cabinet Shuffle; War in Afghanistan; Pressure on Canada's wheat industry; Hard days for Canada's Navy; Special Report on Mulroney's Second Year; Pia Zadora; South Africa - a nation on the brink; Beer Battle; Quebec's garish crime press; Free Trade - climax to a historic debate; Swedes prepare to elect a new government; Canada's rapidly vanishing wilderness; Agnes of God - film; Joshua - Canada's costliest movie; Travels of Joseph Savimbi in Angola; Collapse of the Canadian Commercial Bank; Marcel Masse; Cover Photo - The Blue Jays race to the World Series; Mexico's week of death; The Tainted Tuna Scandal; TV Shows; Fishing Treasures of the Bow River. Light wear. Firmly bound. Former library copy with usual markings. Book
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No Author
Life in the Royal Navy: Wills Cigarette Card Album Complete with All Fifty (50) Colour Cards
18 pages. Circa 1927. Somewhat above-average wear and soiling. Minor scribble on front cover else unmarked. Binding intact. Bottom two inches of coverfold open. Faint pencil erasures to back cover. A sound copy of this nostalgic and informative set. Book
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Hopkins, Anthony
Songs from the Front and Rear: Canadian Servicemen's Songs of the Second World War
192 pages. Bibliography. Title Index. First line index. "Herein you will find the words and music that sustained Canadian soldiers, sailors, and airmen through the six years of loneliness and fears... Contains jovial drinking songs, outrageous songs, fighting songs, wistful songs, cynical songs, and just plain bawdy songs!" - from back cover. Gift greetings inside front cover else unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this precious keepsake. Book
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Evans, F.J.; Smith, Archibald
Admiralty Manual for the Deviations of the Compass
211 pages plus two fold-out diagrams, two black and white plates and four pages of world maps indicating lines of equal vertial force, 1905. "The increased use of iron in the construction and armature of ships of war has led to a revision of the various instructions relating to the deviation of the compass heretofore published by order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty." - from page iii. Prior owner's date and name stamps to front endpaper and title page. Some writing to front endpaper. Occasional pencil markings to contents. Above-average wear. Binding open in places. Backstrip open along back edge. A worthy reference copy of this fascinating treatise. Book
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Texaco
Lubrication - A Technical Publication Devoted to the Selection and Use of Lubricants: Volume 33 - 12 Issues from 1947 Bound in One Volume
Topics include: Oil filtration, purification and reclamation; Service experience in controlling low temperature engine deposits; The Hydra-matic Transmission; Lubrication of the portable air compressor; Crawler track lubrication and maintenance; Metals grinding machinery lubrication; Inboard marine engines; Lubrication in forging operations; Lubrication of communication apparatus; Automotive hydraulic transmissions; Flow properties of lubricating greases - relationship of apparent viscosity. Prior owner's name on cover of first issue otherwise contents tight, clean and unmarked. Moderate wear to boards. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Star Weekly Magazine, 15 March 1958 *Canada's Busiest Party Givers, in Vancouver*
56 pages. Cover photo of sport fisherman using an outboard motor which 'has replaced oars for fishermen'. Features: The Golden Key, by Lee Russell; When the Risk Overshadows the Skill - Roger Bannister blames the 'criminal negligence' of braggarts for tragedies which mar sport; Classy colour ad for Chef Boy-Ar-Dee canned Ravioli; Canada's Busiest Party Givers - Mr. and Mrs. F. Ronald Graham of Marine Drive in Vancouver - with enough dishes for 700 people - nice photos; Dictatorship due for France? - article by George Langelaan with photos; The Low-Down on Hi-Fi - how to tell what you get for your money; My Love Affair with Canada, by Bing Crosby - with photos; I Always Love to Scrap - boxer Yvon Durelle - with photo; The Sinclair Luck, by Gordon Sinclair; Boats are Bustin' Out All Over - an examination of the quarter-billion-dollar canadian recreational boating industry; Predictions for the Oscar Awards; Colour ad for Goodyear tires features colour illustrations of vehicles for each year, 1915 through 1957; Sean O'Malley's Daughter, by Brian Cleeve; Young Man in a Hurry, by Margaret E. Barnard. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. Book
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MacGibbon, W.C.; Martin, Arch.; Barr, Hugh
Board of Trade (B.O.T.) Orals and Marine Engineering Knowledge - Steam and Motor
1182 pages. Index. Many fold-outs of detailed diagrams. Undated. Appears to be circa early 1900s. Topics include: Strength of Materials; Shipbuilding; Heat; Definitions; Electricity; Turbines; Steam Engines; Condensers and Auxiliaries; Refrigeration; Boilers; Oil Fuel; Internal Combustion Engines; Fire Precautions. Above-average wear to maroon cloth-covered boards. Binding intact. Some pencil writing upon endpapers. Central portion of back free endpaper torn. A worthy reading copy of this magnificent tome. Book
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Ernst, Carl H.;Barbour, Roger William
Turtles of the United States
347 pages. Index. Massive bibliography. Glossary. "The first comprehensive work in its field... offers a survey of current knowledge concerning the life histories of the forty-nine species of turtles native to the United States and Canada. A series of striking colour photographs shows each turtle in its natural setting,k and black and white photographs depict the skulls and details of physical structure... More than 500 illustrations... Maps indicate the range of each species in the United States." - from dust jacket. Heavily worn former library copy with usual markings. A worthy reading copy of this excellent reference. Book
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Author Not Stated
Marine Centrifugal Pumping Engines
59 pages. Black and white photos. Detailed drawings. Handbook for Superintendant Engineeers, Chief Draughtsmen, Engineer-Officers and others responsible for the selection, installation and running of Drysdale Centrifugal Pumping Machinery." - Subtitle. Large piece clipped from front free endpaper. Minimal markings. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Author Not Stated
Handling Ships: B.R. 2092 - Restricted
165 pages. Fold out illustration inside back cover. Black and white diagrams. Two amendments hand-written upon page ii. Few other markings to contents. Last page loose but present. Chapters include: Propulsion; Steering Arrangements; The Behaviour of Ships when Turning; Handling Ships in Narrow Waters; Entering Harbour; Leaving Harbour; Handling Ships in Heavy Weather; Handling Ships in Ice; Handling Ships during Towing Operations; Handling Ships During Replenishment Operations; Handling Ships in a Fleet; Fleet Work in Pilotage Waters; Capabilities and Limitations of Machinery. Appendices include: Results of Turning Trials; Miscellaneous Tables; Grounding of H.M.S. Nelson in the Portsmouth Channel; Example of a Fleet Approaching an Anchorage. Average wear. Gilt lettering upon front board and backstrip. A worthy copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Maclean's Magazine, August 1, 1943 *INSIDE GERMANY*
52 pages. Features: Colour Sunkist orange juice ad inside front cover; Fairchild Engine and Airplain Corporation ad - 'From Plans to Planes at Wartime Speed; End of Steel - Dawson Creek, B.C. is a hundred boom towns rolled into one, a stampede, a bedlam of activity... on the road to Tokyo - with photos; Movie Boom - war has brought Canadian movie theatres their greatest boom - 180 million customers a year; Story - Sockeye in the River, by Clive Grierson Cornish; Navy Type - Trent Frayne writes about life aboard a Canadian minesweeper - with photos; Lightning - article by William B. Crist; Inside Germany, by Alfred Kantorowicz - article with photos; Story - The Touch of a Vanished Hand, by Laurence Wilson; Sky Troops, by Ronald A. Keith - Canadians who will soon be dropping into Hitler's back yard - with photos; RCAF recruiting ad for women; Nice colour ads for Nabisco Shredded Wheat and Pepsi-Cola (in the old bottle style!); Colour ad for Orange Crush - showing the old brown glass bottle!; Colour GoodYear ad on back cover shows a downed air crew in a life raft being rescued by a plane. Address label atop front cover. Average wear. A sound wartime issue. Book
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Vancouver Sun Staff
Industrial British Columbia 1945
152 pages. Large oblong book measuring 10" x 14.5". "Because war censorship forbade publicity there is a widespread lack of knowledge of the outstanding production job for the war effort done by British Columbia industry... Few British Columbians - certainly very few Eastern Canadians, United States business men or British Empire industrialists - realize the extent of the accomplishments and the facilities that are now available here for manufacturing of all kinds. This survey has been prepared to place on record the information that is felt should be known. It is in two parts: First, an illustrated news section graphically telling the story of leading manufacturing developments; second, a concise factual compilation of statistics giving complete authoritative basic data." - from title page. The section on leading manufacturers is profusely illustrated with glorious black and white photos. Companies presented include: West Coast Shipbuilders Ltd.; Western Bridge and Steel Fabricators Ltd.; Vivian Engine Works Ltd.; Vivian Diesels and Munitions Ltd.; Arrow Transfer Co. Ltd.; Canada Western Cordage Co. Ltd.; Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd.; Boyles Bros. Drilling Company Ltd.; Canadian Mixermobile Company; United Distillers Ltd.; The H.R. Macmillan Export Company Limited; Industrial Engineering Ltd. (power/chain saw manufacturer); British Columbia (B.C.) Packers; W.R. Carpenter (Canada) Ltd. - crushers of copra and oil seeds; Edward Lipsett Ltd - commercial fishing supplies; Vancouver Iron Works Limited; British Columbia Telephone Company The Canadian Fishing Company Ltd; British Columbia Distillery Company Limited; Hammond Furniture Company Ltd; American Can Company Limited; Empire Sheet Metal Works Ltd; Canada Chain and Forge Company; Vancouver Engineering Works Ltd; Dominion Bridge Company Limited - including a grand photo of their new Pattulo Bridge looking toward the barrens of Surrey, plus a photo of the Hotel Vancouver's underlying steel structure during construction; Smith Bros. & Wilson Ltd - General Contractors; Heaps Engineering (1940) Limited; Marwell Construction Company; Canadian Sumner Iron Works; McDonnell Metal Manufacturing; Jones Tent and Awning Limited; Leek & Company Limited; McCarter & Nairne - Architects and Structural Engineers; Stewart-Lovick Ltd - Advertising; Terminal City Iron Works; Westland Foundries; British American Paint Co. Ltd; Bloedel Stewart & Welch Ltd.; Straits Towing and Salvage Co. Ltd.; Island Tug and Barge Ltd.; Standard Oil Company of British Columbia Limited; The Vancouver Sun; The Vancouver Daily Province; A-1 Steel and Iron Foundry Ltd.; A-1 Pattern Shop & Brass Foundry Ltd; Pacific Coast Terminals Co. Ltd.; Canadian Forest Products Limited; Alaska Pine Co. Ltd; Newcastle Ship Building Co. Ltd; Bennett & White Construction Co. Ltd; Evans Coleman & Evans Ltd; Falconer Marine Industries Limited; Yarrows Ltd.; Victoria Daily Times; The Daily Colonist; The Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada Limited. Also included in this section are photo illustrated features on power generation, brewing, the pulp industry, technical education, tourism, mining, highways, mining, printing, the British Columbia Police Force, New Westminster, Victoria, and Prince Rupert. A very uncommon and informative publication which proudly and abundantly presents the bold industrial might of Canada's pacific province in the immediate aftermath of the second world war. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this important record of British Columbia's industrial history. Book
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Hutchinson, Walter: Editor
Hutchinson's Pictorial History of the War, Series 2, No. 6, November 29th - December 5th, 1939
40 pages. Circa 1940s. 77 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: In defence of the coasts of Britain - coastal defence batteries; On the high seas with the French Navy; Letters and parcels for the fighting forces; To combat the German submarine menace - depth charge testing; At the front with the French Army; Entertainments National Service Association, by Sir Seymour Hicks; H.M.S. Renown hunting the Deutschland; Russia invaded Finland on 30th November; The B.E.F. on the Western Front; 1914-18 Men join up again; French Curtiss fighter brings Nazi Heinkel bomber down in flames; British troops training with heavy guns; Centerfold illustration by Frank H. Mason of enemy warships bombed by the R.A.F. in daring raid on Heligoland; Warfare by Submarine and Mine; British women motor drivers for France; News from the home front; British submarine chaser hunting u-boats; Great photos of flying boats of the coastal command air patrol; The Red Cross lamp in war, by Sir John Kennedy; Photo of Army Council in session; Making small arms for the British Army - Bren guns; Testing huge balloons for the barrage; His Majesty the King of France; A Commentary on the War; Activity on the Siegfried Line; South African Air Force catch a Nazi Raider - the German liner Watussi is scuttled; Summary of the chief events of this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Hutchinson, Walter: Editor
Hutchinson's Pictorial History of the War, Series 2, No. 7, December 6th - December 12th, 1939
40 pages. Circa 1940s. 72 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Great ad for part I of Hitler's Mein Kampf inside front cover; Big guns of the coast of France; Australia prepares to fight for the Allied cause - nice full-page photo of troops of the Australian Scottish Regiment marching on a road near Victoria, Australia; Royal Navy Gunners in training at sea; Photo of the Fire Region Nerve Centre; Princess Royal inspecting the Royal Corps of Signals on December 12th; The Corps of the Military Police - illustrated article by Sir Malcolm Campbell; Refuelling a Nazi seaplane; Finland holds out against the Soviet Invaders - eight great photos; British Air Supremacy - illustrated article by Sir Kingsley Wood; Torpedoed survivors have second adventure - the Belgian steamer Louis Sheid beaches on the coast of Devonshire on December 7th after rescuing survivors of the Dutch motor-ship Tajandoen - two super photos; Wonderful centerfold illustrations show how the R.A.F. has obtained thousands of valuable photos of German territory on the Western front; French Army activity on the Front; Training sailors for the Fleet Air Arm; The War at Sea - statement by Winston Churchill with photos; Sweden strengthens her defences - ten great photos including a full-page photo of the Drottning Victoria with guns ablaze; Commentary on the war this week; Photos of bomb-making for the Royal Air Force; Nazi Heinkel reconnaissance aircraft crashes into sea off Sheringham on December 6th; Summary of the chief events of this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Hutchinson, Walter: Editor
Hutchinson's Pictorial History of the War, Series 3, No. 1, December 20th - December 26th, 1939
40 pages. Circa 1940s. 72 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Excellent illustrated article on Mine Warfare by Professor A.M. Low; Nazi reconnaissance photo of British Contraband Control Station; French Contraband Control at Work; French catapult-launch flying boats join in the U-Boat hunt; In the French lines at the front; The Ark Royal calls at Cape Town - a warship the Nazis claimed to have sunk; Tommies spend Christmas at the front; Text of The King's 1939 Christmas Day message; How the R.A.F. forecasts the weather; Newfoundland fishermen train for the navy; Britain gets ready her big guns - 9.2 howitzers in southern England; Centerfold illustration/map of mine-layer bases which the R.A.F. continually patrol; The Finns continue to resist Soviet agression - counter-attack in the Karelian Isthmus plus 8 other photos; Patrolling the Empire's trade routes - full-page photo; South African forces in training; Illustrated article entitled "How Australia Plans to Help" - the second A.I.F. in training; Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) prepares for war effort - eight great photos; Mortar gun crew in training; A commentary on the war this week; General von Brauchitsch on the Siegfried Line - six related photos; Summary of the chief events of this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Hutchinson, Walter: Editor
Hutchinson's Pictorial History of the War, Series 3, No. 4, January 10, 1939 - , January 16, 1940
40 pages. Circa 1940s. 71 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Full-page photo of Australian troops marching down Martin Place, Sydney as they leave for overseas; Training Britain's Submarine Heroes; Article entitled The Farmer and The War, by Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, with photos; Photo portrait of Admiral Jean Francois Darlan, Commander-in-Chief of the French Navy; Arctic conditions on the British front; Pictorial news on the home front; Resignation statement by Leslie Hore-Belisha and the Prime Minister's reply; Rumania - her oil and her army; R.A.F. penetrate deep into Germany; With the Frenchmen who face the Siegfried Line; French shoot down three Nazi planes in a day; Photos of British submarines lost - the Undine, the Seahorse, and the Starfish; Neville Chamberlain surveys the progress of the war; Excellent photos of the struggle on the Finnish front; Nazi mountain troops in the Alps; Commentary on the war this week; Indian troops on the Western Front, including excellent full-page photo of hundreds of transport mules of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps; Summary of the chief events of this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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