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1928Pages 422-504 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: Ten Months Overdue - a stirring account of the luckless voyage of the Liverpool ship Denbigh Castle, which finally reached her point nearly a year overdue; Hunting the Tapir; Imam Baksh's Escape - a murder story from India; Sanna's Eagle - the strange fate that befell a South African lammarfanger, or lamb-eating eagle, which attacked a little Boer girl and caused her death; The Death Circle - two men wander in a Canadian prairie blizzard - one finds shelter, the other dies; In Quest of Gold - gold-seekers from San Francisco on their way to the land of the Yaqui Indians are forced to turn back; Levenson's Ordeal - Albert S. Levenson, a prominent California merchant, goes missing for five days while on a mountain holiday; Life in a Land of Death (part II) - adventures among the head-hunters and other picturesque inhabitants of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea - article with great photos; The Way of the East - a curious story from Vancouver's Chinatown; The Mitimoni Man-Eaters - two white men get involved with African native witchcraft, resulting in their responsibility for fatalities caused by two man-eating lions; "Square Pegs" (part II) - This absorbing tale will teach prospective immigrants more about Canadian prairie life than stacks of guide-books and official pamphlets; Wind - a tale told at the Roscoe Hotel in Campbell River, B.C. which explained why a man dreaded wind; The Yellow Box - a missing box sets a whole West Africa colony seething; The Smallest Park in the World. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Back cover loose but present. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
194766 pages. Short Stories: Queen's Gate Incident; Competition at Slush Creek; Big Game; Jacobs' Beachcombers. Articles: Basketball Beanpoles - with action photo of 6'-7" Howie Schultz of Hamline; Delayed Combat Fatigue - an alarming new trend in the increase of neuropsychiatric disorders among veterans who have been discharged for a year or more;; Inside Spain; I Deserted Franco - a Spanish Republican who was forced into Franco's Army goes over the hill and describes what made him desert; Eager Beaver - photo-illustrated article on playwright Garson Kanin - with sexy backdoor photo of Judy Holliday; Bradley's Beachhead - General Omar N. Bradley reviews his first year as chief of the VA (Veteran's Administration); How Job Training Became a Scandal; My Lost Division - John Hillard Dunn, his 106th Division, and the Battle of the Bulge; Robbers on the Racetrack - Don Meade says Arcaro and other jockeys will steal a horse race as quick as they flash a whip ; Murder in the Soap Operas - Dan Banion detects too many corpses among the cornflakes; Iron Roof Over Harlem - article on prospects for the people of Harlem, with photos of Billie Holliday, Canada Lee, Romare Beardon, Bert Alves, Kenneth Spencer and Vivian Richardson; You Don't Die Bored; Happy Landing - Gerald L.K. Smith is now on Los Angeles City Council - article with photos. Picture Stories: Anything Goes - great photo-illustrated feature of "The Painted Post - America's only True Western Dance Hall", in the San Fernando Valley; Hot on Ice - people pay big money to see figures skaters such as Donna Atwood, Phil Taylor, Don Condon and Mary Irwin. Labor's Publicity Battle - with sexy photos of Colleen Sullivan of Detroit, and Elayne Keenan of Detroit; Bergen College Boom - great photo feature on how this sleepy college suddenly snapped awake under the GI Bill of Rights; One Block West of Broadway. Special Features: Merry Christmas; Salute of the Month - one-page photo of Elliott Roosevelt; Reconverted; Photos of three vets in the new lives - Alan Rockwell, David Pressman, and Milton Burns; Pin-Up - Martha Vickers. And more. Ads: Great one-page ad for movie "Never Say Goodbye" with photo of Errol Flynn and Eleanor Parker; Lovely back cover color ad for Eagle Clothes features man and woman at airport. Light wear. Unmarked. Light age-toning to contents. A high-quality vintage copy. Book
1947114 pages. Articles: Wanted - A Miracle in Greece - staving off economic collapse and Communist inroads; Hollywood Headache - The movie moguls are atwitter these days - audiences down, censors upset, costs up, etc. - nice color photos; Tuned in on the Surgeon - doctors now witness operations via television; The Abundant Henry Wallace - study of a man who'd like to be a key in the 1948 political scene; Heartless Harvest (conclusion) - plight of the country's migrant field workers; Behind Your Stick of Gum - men brave death in tropic jungles to gather its basic ingredients - with photos; They Can't Fool the Revenue Man - few succeed in income-tax evasion; Young Man of Fashion - Mr. Charlie James and his super dress designs - article with great color photos. Fiction: Sweet Water (part 1 of 5); Charlie Squires and the Seven Marchettis; Banner Over First; The Split Hickory; A Wonderful Mixer; Wait and See. Includes ads for: Parker pens (featuring Lily Pons); RKO movies; De Beers - featuring Miss Jean Bullitt of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia; Philco radio-phonographs; Plymouth cars; Firestone; Dodge cars; Mansfield Jogs shoes; Chevrolet cars; Cory all-glass coffee brewers - two pages!; Miller beer; DeSoto cars; Vintage cartoonPepsi ad involving large excavator; Fantastic two-page color ad for movie "Unconquered" starring Gary Cooper; American Airlines; Caterpillar - great color-photo ad with dozer and scraper; Westinghouse record players; Kodak film; Remington electric shaver ad features Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald in scene from movie "Welcome Stranger"; Are You Mitty?: Gillette razors; Budweiser; National Guard - with large photo of President Truman; Lucky Strike cigarettes (back cover). Somewhat above-average external wear. Covers holding by one staple. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1964pp. 469. "Discusses some of the problems of creation, particularly the existence of death and suffering and sin upon this earth prior to the creation of man, his fall and the consequences, the second coming of the Lord Jesus, and the heading up of error and false doctrines." - dust jacket. Undated reprint of this work first printed in 1876. Based on information on the back flap, our best guess is a printing date circa 1964. Book tight and square with moderate wear to publisher's teale boards. Address label upon front free endpaper, otherwise contents clean, bright and unmarked. Dust jacket, now preserved in archival-grade Brodart, bears heavy wear and multiple tape repairs. A worthy vintage copy of this important and enduring treatise. 19.5 x 14cm. Book
1944100 pages. Features: Nice one-page photo-illustrated Boeing ad shows Flying Fortresses being assembled; Bill Robinson (Bojangles) marries Elaine Plaines - with photo; Thornton W. Burgess turns out his 10,000th syndicated nursery classic - with photo; Gene Tunney returns home from action; Jimmy Stewart promoted to Major; Brief obituaries for William Allen White, William T. Dewart, Sen. Frederick Van Nuys, Dr. Charles H. Townsend, Mrs. Cathleen Vancerbilt Arostegui and Dr. Daniel M. Molloy; Nice color-photo Union Pacific ad shows locomotive "The City of Los Angeles"; Nation replies in grim fury to Jap Brutality to Prisoners - "March of Death" in the Philippines - article with grim photo; From the Official Record of Jap Bestiality; Allies Shape Victory Pattern in Pacific; Major war coverage; Rome landing shows hurdles ahead when Allies invade Western Europe; Photo of "Jumbo Wilson"; Photo of Air Marshal Coningham; Third Reich admits bomb damage; Vichy regime hands over power to 'Chief with the iron fist'; Dramatic photos of occupied France; Argentina splits from Germany and Japan; Uncommon photo of Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret in pantomime costume; Finnish crisis - with photo of Premier Linkomies; Should Yugoslav King Peter alienate Serbs or risk losing British support?; Nice color ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes; Nice color Pontiac ad features artillery illustration and devasted Pacific Island landscape; Photo of Grand Mufti of Jerusalem heiling Storm Troops in Berlin; Photo of Indian Subhas Chandra Bose sharing platform with Hideki Tojo; Soldier Ballot dispute; Dramatic photo of Lt. Tommy Harmon returning home - now a seasoned P-38 pilot; Nice wartime color ad for Kodak full-color snapshots; The Neutrals' Honeymoon is over; Fantastic Schlitz one-page color ad called "Memories of a Kiss"; Great wartime International Harvester ad illustrates their conversion to war production; Great military Motorola ad shows soldier with walkie-talkie; Partial fascimile reproduction of US bond issue entitled "City of Tokyo, Japan - Destruction and Extermination"; Photos of INS correspondent Richard Tregaskis who was struck in the head by a shell fragment; Photo and article about Casey Stengel; Photo of boxer Ike Williams knocked out; Photo of James Hulbert and Mitford Mathews and their Dictionary of American English; Article about looted paintings acquired by the Nazis; Color-photo ad for Columbia Records shows Bruno Walter, Robert Casadesus, Nathan Milstein, Lotte Lehmann and Dimitri Mitropoulos; The Clark Williams family of Warrenville, IL deals with infantile paralysis/polio; Color-photo ad for Canadian Club features the Castle of Kul-Kul-Kan; Great back cover wartime Chesterfield cigarette ad features happy soldier opening carton of cigarettes and letter from his girl; and more. Above-average wear. Covers pulling from staples. A worthy vintage copy. Book
194064 pages. Features: Color ad for Schenley Whiskies inside front cover features singing swallows (birds); Mimeograph ad claims 500 copies can be made while you smoke a cigarette; Ford ad announces production of their 28 millionth car; Photo of Princess Elizabeth on her 14th birthday; Mrs. Edith Graham Mayo named American Mother for 1940; Obituaries for Kid McCoy, John Henry Montagu Manners, Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt Sr., and writer Thomas Beer; Heublein's Cocktails ad; Great one-page photo ad for H.J. Heinz soups features happy lunch counter scene; Allies apply squeeze to German invaders of Norway - major war coverage; Photos of A.A. Mussert and Milan Stoyadinovich; Problems of the Allied Expeditionary Movement; The Race Against Time in Norway; Danes and Norwegians feeling pinch of involuntary economy; Fantastic one-page color ad for Firestone Tires features illustration of Ab Jenkins; Nice one-page color ad by the airlines of the US provides chart showing how flying costs 'less than you think'; Death of Kathi Schratt; Gandhi's Satyagraha No. 3; US Keeps Wary Eye on Japan Amid Mounting Pacific Tension; Photo of terrible accident of the Lake Shore Limited passenger train near Little Falls, NY; Photo of tornado destruction at Amite, LA; Baseball pitcher Bob Feller - article and photos; Doc Prothro; Nice one-page color ad for the 1940 Packard One-Ten Touring Sedan; WRUL - World Radio University; Fred Allen - three decades; One-page Plymouth car ad; One-page United Aircraft ad features illustration of a Flying Forty in flight near city skyport; Nice Chrysler ad says "Why Shift Gears? Fluid-Driving in a Chrysler is the Fun-Way to go!"; One-page ad by the New York World-Telegram highlights Larchmont, NY; Color ad for Lord Calvert Whiskey inside back cover features "singing bird" mirror given by Napoleon to the Countess Walewski; Back cover color ad for Grace Line South American Cruises features couple preparing for fancy dress party; and much more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
197948 pages. Features: Safire on No-Name Nomenclature; Black & White Scotch ad features photos of championship backgammon players Paul Magriel, Herb Roman, Laurie Arnold, Joe Dwek, Jan Goldberg, Lord Rennell of Rodd, Ms. Demerdjian, W. McClintock, and more; The Lucky 1970's; The Threatening Economy - with comments by twenty economists, including Milton Friedman, John Kenneth Galbraith, Murray Rothbard, etc.; How to Snow the Voters in New Hampshire - Eugene McCarthy offers tips to the hopefuls; Jack Kerouac - The Beat Goes On - Ten years after his death, his myth is being recycled for a new generation - article with great photos; TV Director Bob Giraldi is featured in a Phoenix Mutual ad; Great photo-illustrated article "Decoding the Styles of the 70's"; All About Champagne; Souffle Recipes; Fleeting Fads of 70's Decor - color-photo illustrated article - Peter Andes, Ruben de Saavedra, Mimi London, Seymour Avigdor, Alan Buchsbaum; Real estate and Camp ads; and more. Small library stamp on front cover. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1979188 pages. Features: Nice Sue Brett Fashion ad; Beautiful Danskin ad features model lying atop white grand piano; Sony Portable Radio ad entitled "A Moveable Feast"; Safire on "Taking a Dare"; Lovely Alfred Dunner/Fortrel ad; The One-Necktie Man; Two-page color Farberware (cookware) ad; Interesting Harry Winston ad features large diamond on model's forehead; A Decade of Constitutional Revision (part 1 of 2) - The U.S. Supreme Court; Immortal Anna O. (Bertha Pappenheim) - from Freud to Feminism - the young Viennese patient who spurred Freud on to the development of psychoanalysis became a zealous champion of women's rights and pioneered new approaches to social work; The Kennedy Network - After JFK's death, his tough, tight entourage of political intellectuals offered their high-powered services to Bobby - Now it's Teddy's turn to mobilize the Kennedy Network; The "House" Charles De Gaulle Built - his personal home is now a museum and his country is undergoing subtle but significant renovations; Nice mink coat ad shows model on shoeshine stand; Lauren Bacall is featured in a Fortunoff ad; Britain's Notable Nonagenarians - the fond admiration accorded to England's senior citizens is unimaginable in the youth-oriented United States - with photos of Lord Brockway, Lord Shinwell, Catherine Bramwell-Booth; Prince Alice, and Ben Travers; Peugeot 504 car ad; Great one-page color-photo Izod ad features golfers Jerry Pate and Hubert (Hubie) Green; Nice two-page Carlsberg ad; Marlboro ad features fall leaf theme; Half-page ski ad for Park City, Utah; Nice one-page color Technics turntable ad; Nostalgic one-page ad for solar alarm watches by The Sharper Image; Look 37 ski binding ad; Black and White Scotch ad features photos of backgammon players including Harry Joe Brown, Jr., Kenneth Lubben, and many others; How Robert Kennedy's people blew the 1968 Oregon campaign; Humble Hampton's home designed by Tod Williams; Color fashion photos of sweaters for cool nights; Michael Norman describes a Vietnam wound that will not heal - the loss of his friend Jim Payne; Chivas Regal ad on back cover; and more. Above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1979Features: Howard Baker - Contender for the 1980 Presidential nomination; Nazi-Hunting is Their Life - Serge and Beate Klarsfeld have dedicated themselves to preparing dossiers on and confronting unpunished Nazi war criminals, including three now on trial in Cologne; Pilgrimage to the Country of Light - Elie Wiesel revisits Auschwitz and other Nazi death camps; Beyond the Avant-Garde - The MOMA considers Modern's function in a postmodern era - wonderfully illustrated; The New MOMA - Mixing art with real estate; Dressing Up With Ease - color photos of women's fashions; Shopping Around for Shampoos - deciding between skim milk and nucleic acid, and everything in between; The Pioneers of Streamlining - Fifty years ago Raymond Loewy launched the industrial design movement that changed the look of American life - illustrated article; Shank recipes; Article on Air Pollution and its impact hundreds of miles from source; Magnificent two-page color ad for the 1980 Cadillac; and more. 136 pages. Excellent color and black and white photo reproductions including fabulous fashion ads, and more. Above-average wear to covers which are nearly loose. A worthy vintage copy. Book
197685 pages. Author spent over three years as a WWII prisoner of the Japanese in Singapore, Malaya and Siam. "The vivid scenes of forced building of the Railroad of Death through 250 miles of virgin jungle, of bombings, rapes, and sordid POW living conditions, come to life with astonishing clarity in this true story." - dust jacket. Bookplate upon front free endpaper, otherwise clean and and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Enser p.43. Book
1967Contains Sol Stern's important article 'NSA and the CIA' in which he exposes CIA funding of the United States National Student Association (NSA). 60 pages. Other features include: The Death of a President - The firing of U.C. president Clark Kerr; The Passamaquoddy Indians - a native tribe of eastern Maine; Jean-Paul Sartre - The Marxist Phase; The Social History of Hippies - article with many excellent color photos and works of psychedelic art; Book Reviews; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Address label removal patch on front cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
1960140 pages. Features: Numerous gorgeous color-photo fashion ads, our favorite being the Stardust slip modelled on page 35; Castro Tries to Export 'Fidelismo' - article with great photos; Which is the Best Road to the White House?; As They See Things in the Holy Loch - article (with photo) on reaction in Holy Loch, Scotland, where it has been announced that a U.S. nuclear sub base will be located; Integration - The Third Critical Phase as it begins in the core states - article with dramatic photos; In Pakistan, "Maybe President Mohammed Ayub Khan Can Help Us" - article with photo of the President confering with Prime Minister Nehru of India; 'Welfare State' a Debate That Isn't - the real question is, to what extent should government intervene in the economy?; Tyrants of the Podium - Famous Musical conductors speak loudly and carry a small stick; Les Halles Must Move - Maybe - article and photos of the ancient Paris market which is to be modernized; Powerful two-page color ad for Accutron watches by Bulova; Top Denizens of the Myth Zoo - mythical animals; A Niagara of Power - construction photos and sketch of the new Niagara Power Project; The Vision of Spanish artist Velasquez - the 300th anniversary of his death; When Royalty Marries Commonality - photos of famous 'mixed' royal couples; Vintage full-page color ad for Parker Bros. game Kimbo; Nice color photo one-page ad for Medaglia D'Oro Espresso Coffee; Interior design photos with a medieval taste; Nice one-page color ad for nine of Milton Bradley's board games; The Child of 'Emotional Divorce' - the rift that can exist between parents who stay together 'for the sake of the kids'; Nice women's swimwear and hat fashion photos; Photos of raising a 60'x90' US flag on the George Washington Bridge; Wonderful one-page color ad for Cobbs Christmas gift baskets (yes, back then ads could mention Christmas). Unmarked. Average wear. Paper tender with peripheral age-toning. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1945Cover: The Late U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt Whose Sudden Death on April 12, Came as a Shock to the Entire Civilized World. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Our Heritage of Widl Nature" by A.G. Tansley; and The Great World War: Nearing the End in Germany (inc map). Pictorial Journals include: Great President: Scenes From the Life of Mr. Roosevelt; Pictures From America, Germany and Italy; The Allied Advance in Western Germany; British Storm Arnhem - Avenging Men of the First Airborne Division; The Invasion of Germany: Incidents in the Allied Advance; The Sharp Point of a Spearhead: British Armour and Airborne Troops (2nd Army) Piercing the Defences of a Village near Hanover, Germany (Illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); Some of the 2,000,000: A Small Fraction of the Total Haul of German Prisoners by the Allied Armies in the West; Lest We Forget: The Massacre of Welsh Prisoners (53rd Welsh Division) at Rethem on April 11 (Illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); Allied Air Power: German Targets Pulverised by Bombing; British Prisoners of War Regain Freedom - The Arrest of (Franz) Von Papen; Bits and Pieces of the V-2 Jigsaw Puzzle: Captured Transport and Launching Equipment; Lauching Sites, Apparatus, and Factories Overrun by the Advancing Allied Armies; Spectators at a London Exhibition Watching a Vivid Reconstruction of a Bomber-Command Raid on a German Target (Illus. by Terence T. Cuneo); and The Eagle's Nest: Hitler's Former H.Q., Now in American Hands. Pages 419/420, 441/442 and back page missing. Remainder of contents clean and unmarked with minimal wear. A worthy reading copy. Book
1961100 pages. Features: Fulbright Becomes a National Issue - Internationalism; On and Off Stage at the 16th U.N. Assembly - Eight photos including JFK addressing the assembly; Close View of the 'Nonaligned' - an analysis of the deeds and omissions of the Belgrade group of nations; Russia - What We Don't Know, by Leon Goure; West Berlin Waits, uncertainly; On Patrol with the Seventh Fleet - roving the reaches of the Pacific under conditions of 'special readiness'; How to Lose an Election; Hurricane and Hunters; The Actor's 'Method' - His Life, by Lewis Funke and John E. Booth; Why Men Race with Death - Robert Daley explains the homage some pay to 'the voracious god of fast cars' - article with photo of the Von Tripps crash which killed 13 spectators at Monza; Diamonds are a Boy's Best Friend - Business Agent Frank Scott helps baseball players maximize their income from endorsements - article with photo of Frank Scott between Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris; Fashion Photos - Taking Cover from the Weather; The State Department's Operations/Crisis Center; Conductor Aaron Copland - five photos; Art out of Anything; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Gently yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Book
1915Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Circle of Death - dangerous fall into the great drum of the winding-engine at a Pennsylvania coal mine; In Search of Adventure part II - the story of a chequered cruise aboard a six-ton yacht; "Kermis" Time in Belgium - an annual week-long celebration during which young and old alike compete in curious races and competitions - article with many interesting photos; Trapped in a Furnace - terrible experience for Ira MacDonell at a Lewis Run, Pennsylvania brick plant; The "Apache Kid's" Last Fight - F.S. McDonald describes his terrible death-duel in the desert with a notorious Indian outlaw; A Memorable Man-Hunt - tracking down murderers Jimmy and Joe Governor in New South Wales; "Dangerous Jobs" - bronco-busters, steeplejacks, bridge-builders, shrapnel-shell makers, underground miners, steel-makers, firemen, window cleaners, undersea divers, sewer workers - article with great photos of each of these occupations; Behind the Nailed Door - Englishman A.H. Hinde posed as an Arab traded with the Moors of the African coast while trying to locate a lost silver mine; An Ill-Starred Elopement - disaster strikes two unfortunate lovers; A Woman Alone in China - part IV - Mary Gaunt set forth in a Peking cart with an interpreter and her cart men, meeting many odd experiences; ; Petre's Island - a bit of New Zealand history, showing something of the lives of the earliest settlers among their Maori hosts. pp. 6 [ads], 387-480, 7-24 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1905réf. 133382London: by Authority of the Registrar-General 1905-06. The certificates of registration are from a run of 15000 copies the 18th impression made in May 1906 the Medical Certificates 20000 copies 16th impression November 1905; large enough numbers however for obvious reasons unused examples of these "volumes" are scarce. 2 vols landscape booklets; the first named 238 x 125 mm sewn in original printed blue paper wrappers the second 140 x 338 mm wire-stitched in original salmon pink printed paper wrappers; both complete with 50 uncompleted perforated forms the second-named with title page and 5 pages of explanatory text/examples. In adjustable cream book box. Wrappers a little rubbed and soiled the second with a couple of splits to the lower panel of the wrappers and minor chipping to the spine very good. unknown
1870réf. R300271139Décembre-Alonnier. 1870. In-12. Relié demi-cuir. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 329 pages. Plats et contreplats jaspés. Dos cuir à titre, autueur et ornements dorés. Quelques traces de mouillures sans conséquences sur la lecture.. . . . Classification Dewey : 306.9-La mort
1925Pages 353-440 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: What Happened to Mary Clark near Indianapolis - her car was hit by a train and she ended up on the front of the train which thundered on through the night!; The Haunted Bungalow - extraordinary story from South Africa; A Thousand Miles From Anywhere - Reverend Martyn Rogers and his family spent three years on the island of Tristan da Cunha - where mail came only once per year!; The Living Death - an eccentric chemist marries an Aztec girl in the hope of discovering the secrets of ancient Aztec dyes; Sands of Destruction - the fierce Atlantic is destroying the coast of Donegal in the north-west of Ireland - article with graphic photos; How I Lost My Job - the author worked as a teamster in British Columbia, until he lost a wagonload of explosives near Burns Lake; Two Years in Borneo - part 3 - the exciting outbreak at the Lubuk Estate; Trial by Ordeal in Africa; A Woman in Unknown Morocco - Fay Sutton's photo-illustrated narrative; Where Cannibals Roam - part 4 of 4 of this photo-illustrated article on a trip to the interior of Papua; The Stolen Telluride - A West Australian gold-miner's story; A Double Event - members of the South African Constabulary gets involved with horse racing; The Montreal Hold-Up - Canada's most daring armoured car robbery in broad daylight; The Downfall of "The Colonel" - a very clever American crook; Anderson's Pole-Cat - an exhausted British Columbia prospector stumbles upon a fortune in a trackless wilderness. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1917Pages 290-382 plus 16 pages of ads. Features: My Escape From the Turks Disguised as a Woman - the incredible story of Private Miron D. Arber and his Sinai ordeal; The Log of the "Moewe" - the adventures of a modern pirate, told by her Commander Count Dohna-Schlodien - article with photos; A Brush with the Kisi - in quest of ivory, J.A. Jordan encounters a hostile African witch doctor; Historic Crimes and Mysteries - William Shaw and a Joke on Justice; On the Borders of Tibet - part IV of the story of two years' wanderings - largely among wild lands and wilder people, whose chief desire is to build the intruding foreigner up in a damp bonfire to smoulder to death - with photos; A Bandit's Bride - Part II of the story of Elena Villa-Pinillos, once married to Mexico's Francisco Villa - no more graphic picture of the state of anarchy and terrorism prevailing in unhappy Mexico can be imagined; Strange Stories of the War; Wang Yin-Shee and the Panther - a missionaries story of a Chinese hunter's terrible experience - a death wrestle with a huge panther; A Flying Man in South Africa - Part V of a very interesting account of John G. Barron's flying adventures- with photos; How We Stole The Tugboat - Sergeant Maurice Prost recounts his sensational escape from the Germans; The Downfall of Dave Rodger - a prospector in the West turns the tables on a 'bad man' and his lawless satellites; "Punch" - the unruly kangaroo pet of nuns at an Australian convent; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
1945Pages 169-196. Features : Cover photo of Field-Marshal Montgomery with General Crerar of the Canadian First Army and General Dempsey of the British Second Army; The Battle of the Roer Dams - photos of the Urftstausee - a German defense key-point; Twelve great photos at various locations on the Western Front, including the capture of Colmar; Eighteen fantastic photos of the Reichswald Offensive where German towns were smashed by Allied bombing and infantry and armour moved through mud and flood; Article 'Prospects on the Western Front' by Cyril Falls; Two-page illustration of the victory over the Roer Triangle by the British 2nd Army - the crossing of the Vloed Beek; Two-page illustration of the victory of the Roer Triangle by the British Second Army - the gallant fight in Susteren; Two-page illustration of the victory of the Roer Triangle by the British Second Army - the critical Schilberg Cross-Roads; Seven photos of cities in the path of the Russian advance; Three photos of Royal inspection of the "Indefatigable"; Three photos of victory celebration in Colmar; Photos of personalities of the week include Captain J.R.O. Thompson, G.C., Guy Byam, The Northern Sudan Advisory Council, Sir Edward Bridges, Sir Ernest Bird, Lord Fairfield, General McNaughton of Canada, P.N. Loxley, Sir Gordon Nairne, Captain John Henry Brutn, V.C., and Sir Walter Citrine (addressing paratroops in Greece); Six photos of the Crimea conference - which sounded the death knell of Nazism - with FDR, Stalin and Churchill in five photos; Photo of official disbandment of the R.A.F. Balloon Command, with Sir Archibald Sinclair addressing members; Photo of part of 500 Dutch children arriving by boat on their way to Coventry; Photo of Bristol's Colston Hall which has just burned to the ground; Photos of damage to the Compo Santo of Pisa, and protective measures; Two pages of art from Bali - village scenes; nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Coverfold taped. A sound vintage copy. Book
194132 pages. Features: Cover photo of Wellington bomber of a Czech squadron setting out on a night raid over Germany; Photo of Admiral Sir Percy Lockwood Harmer Noble; One-page photo of group of R.A.F. cadets parading in flying kit for the first time; Two pages of photos of training of cadets training as R.A.F. pilots and observers; Six photos of Keren, the key to Eritrea, where Italians are strongly resisting; Attractive colour illustration of British aircraft painted in camouflage; Page of colour illustrations of German military aircraft painted in their sombre camouflage colours; Photos of devastation by German bombs in Clydeside, Cardiff and London; Six photos of Buckingham Palace - bombed again; Five photos of Britain's "Invasion Barges - new landing craft at the Lofotens; Article entitled 'The Battle of the Atlantic'; Six photos illustrate the war in Africa - Berbera recaptured / revolt in Abyssinia; Six photos of A.T.S. Specialists - Gunnery school observation tasks; Centrefold illustration of the women of Britain's fighting services - anti-aircraft A.T.S. training at the school of Anti-Aircraft Defense; Photos of femail representatives in Parliament include Beatrice Rathbone, Thelma Keir, Eleanor Rathbone, Florence Horsbrugh, G.D. Hardie, J.L. Adamson, Megan Lloyd George, H.B. Tate, Edith Summerskill, Viscountess Astor, Viscountess Davidson, Irene M.B. Ward, and Ellen C. Wilkinson; Photos of the "King George V" at sea; Illustrations of many weapons, including their prices; Photo of Bulgaria signing away her independence - M. Filoff; Photo of Jews required to wear arm bands in Poland; Photo of one-hundred Poles, hands tied behind their heads, being marched to their execution as revenge for the death of a German soldier; Photos of the Poles being shot, being forced to dig their own graves, and performing a 'death dance' before being shot; photo of Jewish women and old men forced to repair road damage; Photos of personalities of the week include Sir Walford Davies, A.St. G. Lyster, W.G.S. Dobbie, Tom Mann, Anthony J. Biddle, Constance Smedley, F.G. Beaumont-Nesbitt, Hugh A. Drum, Dr. C.R.M.F. Cruttwell, Col. G. Contoleon, M. Nicolas Titulesco, John G. Winant and family, Sir Arthur Salter, Robert H. Brand, and Averell Harriman; Colour Guiness ad shows fighter pilot targeting a bottle; Colour Dunlop ad illustrates how to recognize rank in the Royal Navy; and more. Staples disintegrated. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
1925Pages 442-528 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads, many illustrated. Features: The Luck of the 'Moro' - a vessel which possessed an uncanny knack of getting in and out of trouble; Photo of Harry Houdini in a strait jacket hanging from the twenty-story Oakland Tribune building; Old Man Crag - a New Zealand tale of a stolen map to a gold mine; Wild Tribes of the Amazon - the author penetrates deep into Amazonia - with photos, including photo of a floating island (part 1); Eskimo Wireless - a strange story from the Far North of Canada; The Ivory Raiders - paints a vivid picture of the dangers and difficulties of suppressing the ivory-raiders and their fierce satellites in Turkanaland, a wild district of Central Africa bordering on the western shores of Lake Rudolf - includes photos; A Woman Travels Across Arizona's Painted Desert - article with great photos; Zaman's Paradise - a story from India; The Resurrection of Klaas - the story of a Kaffir's miraculous escape from what seemed a certain and horrible death; New Zealand Sea Fishing - with photos of huge fish; From the Great Craters of the Congo Game-Lands - with gorilla photos (part 1); The Puzzle of Martenelle - it took 24 years to prove a death was not a suicide; A Missionary on the 'Mosquito Coast' - Rev. L. Taylor recalls tales from nine years spent as a Moravian missionary in Nicaragua - with photos; An Amazing Escape - Creswick escapes in South Africa; Full-page ad for a most unique General Electric electric truck for hauling utility poles. Above-average wear. Back cover loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1917Cover portrait of M. Kerensky. Abundantly illustrated with black and white photos. Contents: Rise of the Soviet; Bolsheviks and Maximalists; Jewish Influences; Indiscipline in the army; Kerensky abolishes the death penalty; Alexeieff as Generalissimo; German Propaganda; Lenin and his agents; Resignation of Miliukoff; Provisional government's note to the allies; replies of Great Britain and France; No annexations and no indemnity; Resignation of Gutchkoff; A coalition cabinet; the 'soldier's charter'; dismissal of generals; Kerensky's visit to the armies; chaos in Russia; confiscation of land; mutinees in the fleet and armies; The Sukhomlinoff Trial; All-Russian congress of Soviets; Drunkenness revived; Treatment of the Imperial family; The Revolution and the Church; Fraternization with the enemy; women solderis. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Please note: the following issues may be of interest: Part 13 - The History of the Russian Army/The Russian Army at the Outbreak of War; Part 32 - Russia's Problem - The First Invasion of East Prussia; Part 33 - The Russian Conquest of Galicia; Part 44 - The last phases of the Russian Winter Campaign (1914-15); Part 50 - The Russian Offensive in the Carpathians (1915); Part 55 - The Campaign against the Baltic Provinces/ The Austro-German Victory on the Dunajec; Part 56 - The Reconquest of Przemysl and Lemberg; Part 61 - The Fall of Warsaw; Part 65 - The Advance from Warsaw, Last stages of the summer campaign (1915); Part 97 - Russia at War; Part 105 - The Russian Offensive of 1916 - first phase; Part 110 - The Russian Offensive of 1916 - Second phase; Part 122 - The Russian Offensive of 1916 - last phase; Part 124 - The Russian Campaign in 1915-16 in Armenia; Part 159 - The Adbication of the Tsar. Magazine
1916Pages 97-192 plus 32 pages of vintage ads. Features: A Battle With a Bear - a young sportsman drops into a lively rough-and-tumble fight with a big black bear; Real-Life Romances of the War (part I) - Malcolm Savage Treacher, a sergeant in a famous regiment who has been invalided to England after an exciting time in the Near East sets down stories - cameos of the Great War - told to him by soldiers during his seven months' sojourn in various hospitals (part I); From Job To Job Around the World (part IV) - the continuing remarkable adventures of two young Americans who set out from San Francisco with ten dollars between them to work their way around the world - this instalment featuring their adventures in the Philippines, with photos; The Darkest Hour (part I) - Our experiences in the Great Serbian Retreat; A Year in Arctic Siberia (part II) - a well-known Polish lady describes her experiences in the little-known regions of far-northern Siberia; The Strategy of Sister Madeleine - the story of a French Captain's Escape from the Germans; The River That Won't Behave - the mighty Mississippi regularly floods enormous areas - article with many dramatic photos; Fallen Among Thieves - the author finds himself in a very nasty hole after taking a job offered him by strangers; A Holiday in Mongolia - Juliet Bredon offers a chatty description, illustrated with photos - of a trip into Mongolia on donkey-back; A Prisoner of the Rocks - F. Hopkins Graves was caught in a British Columbia avalanche and only escaped death by a miracle, only to find himself caught in a veritable rat trap among the rocks which he only escaped after two days; Photo of terrible street-car accident in Spokane, Washington; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1915Pages 294-388 pages plus 32 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Captain's Baby - a respected officer of the Australian Steam Navigation Company takes a little urchin under his protection, leading to humorous difficulties; A Journey into Arabistan - photo-illustrated account of a journey through a little-known part of Persia; The Quest of the Peso-La-Ki - the romantic story of a hidden Western Navajo silver mine, sought for vainly by daring prospectors for over a century; Tight Corners (part II) - photo-illustrated adventures from West and Central Africa; The Girl-Man - a young woman aged 23 tires of an unhappy marriage and sinks her identity and sex to reappear as a man named Frank Duffy and wander the United States for three years - until she is discovered by a policeman and a court orders her to 'go back to the skirts'; Icebergs - interesting photo-illustrated article by Lacey Amy; Dodging Death - in Australia, Sydney Wright falls from a building under construction, only to be saved by landing on telegraph wires (per cover illustration); A wife on an Indian coffee plantation cures her husband of constantly 'talking shop'; Milly's Hobby; Europe's "Wild West" - photo-illustrated article on the great Hungarian Hortobagy; "The Doctor" - in Ceylon Gunner Duncan is tragically burned to death; Our Travels in Safari-Land (part III) - Mrs. Fred Maturin (Edith Cecil-Porch) describes her ambitious journey through British East Africa; The Missing Ship - in 1897 the American clipper T.F. Oakes and her crew were considered lost, but miraculously saved by the crew of the "Kasbek"; Interesting photo of the grave of a British Columbia Indian chief in a hit above stumps; Photo of a Burmese boy 'undergoing the operation of tattooing', with brief write-up; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
