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1948Pages 593-620. Features: Cover photo of Gen. Cunningham as he leaves Government House, Jerusalem, for the last time as the British mandate in Palestine comes to an end; Samples of ingenious medieval printed works; Two pages of photos of Princess Elizabeth's "New Look" clothes for her first visit to the continent; 5 Dramatic Photos in Palestine and Jerusalem - scenes and factors of the coming struggle for supremacy between Jews and Arabs; Excellent two-page panoramic map of Jerusalem, which has been battered by Arab guns and Jewish mortars and whose future concerns every Christian community; Seven more photos of Palestine illustrate harsh results of the ongoing conflict; Large photo of the horrible wreck of the London-Bradford express train at Wath, which killed six; Article discusses Spain as a factor in European politics; Photo of the Dutch Royal Palace on fire; Photo of the 150th anniversary of the burial of Capt. Vancouver; Photo of Sissinghurst Place, the home of Mr. Lindsay Drummond, the main part of which was destroyed by fire on May 22; Wonderful centrefold illustrations explain how ASDIC locates enemy submarines while they are still submerged; Page of illustrations explain how "Hedgehog", deadliest of the Royal Navy's submarine killers, works; page of illustrations of personalities of the week includes Kathleen Lady Hartington, Lord Fitzwilliam, Alfred Edwards, Petronella Ferguson, Richard Wyndham, George Beurling, Col. J. L. Ralston, Sir Robert Clive, Herbert Morrison, Mr. Bevin, Count Bernadotte, David Ben-Gurion proclaiming the birth of a Jewish state of Israel, Moshe Shertok, and Dr. Chaim Weizmann; Photos of Princess Elizabeth's visit to Coventry; Two pages of photos present some aspects of the present day curriculum at Queen's College, Harley St., which celebrated its Centenary this month; Photo of the US cruiser Salt Lake City, still dangerously radioactive nearly 2 years after test; Photos of Britain's greatest combined naval and air exercise since1939; Two pages of photos of a great treasure of Nelson relics bought by the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Unmarked with average wear. A few minor archival tape repairs. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
1931Pages 881-921 plus advertising covers. Features: Cover illustration of new American idea using mirror to protect bank tellers from gun-toting robbers; Six captioned photos of the Nonni Front / Tsitsihar and the relics of the original cause of trouble between the Japanese and Chinese in Manchuria; Review of "The Coinage of England" by Charles Oman; Photos of horse racing; Photo of burning passenger steamer the L.M.S. "Duke of Lancaster"; Photos of sinking of the "Nautilus", the first submarine to attempt reaching the North Pole; Photo of Bert Hinkler, the first airman to fly solo from South America to West Africa; Photo of J.A. Mollison's Gipsy moth upside-down in an Egyptian maize field; Photos of Jammu - occupied by British troops after riots; Bronze-age discover in Cyprus - prehistoric snake-worship; Two excellent photos show New York City's skyline (overlooking Central Park) twenty-five years ago and now (dramatic difference); Two pages of photos (and captions) of New York skyscrapers; Five photos of Captain C.W.R. Knight and white-headed sea-eagle "Miss America" - trained to falconry; Two photos of the first anniversary of the Coronation of Haile Salassie; Photo of Miss Peggy Salaman feeding one of her lion cubs; Photos of the Indian Conference ending and the Burman Conference beginning; Photos of personalities of the week include E.G. Pretyman, Maj.-General Sir P. Hambro, Mr. S.R.C. Bosanquet, Lady Bruce, Maj.-Gen. Sir David Bruce, Dr. Sze of China, Yotaro Sugimura, Mr. Yoshizawa, Yehudi Menuhin performing at the Albert Hall, Mr. C.J. Longmore - the first man to loop-the-loop in a glider in England; Preparing the New Gorilla Group for the Natural History Museum; Four photos of mural discovered in Little Missenden's 12th century church; Five photos of scenes in new film "Tsar Lenin"; Photos of Christmas gift suggestions; plus many nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
194244 pages. Features: Fantastic War Savings Stamps ad by the National War Finance Committee inside front cover shows silhouette of Hitler whispering into ear of housewife, encouraging her to "Go on, Spend it... What's the difference?"; Nice colour Ritz cracker ad shows serviceman being served by young lovely; News digest includes 'The Case of Madagascar', 'Mr. Churchill's Warning about Gas', and 'Rationing Our Canadian Supplies'; Editorial discusses advertising and wartime rationing; Back Yark Job (short story); The Riddle of Rubber - photo-illustrated article on rubber and synthetic rubber with fascinating photos from Ceylon, Russia and the U.S.; Bermuda on the Hudson (short story); Britannia Rules Beneath the Waves - great photo-illustrated article on Britains submarine forces with photos of the H.M. "Thunderbolt", H.M. "Sea-Wolf", and crewmembers in various scenes; Not Like Nicky (short story); Born Scared (short story); Hollywood photos and news; Fashion article; Delphic Oracle (short story); Pepsodent ad features photos of twins Margaret and Marilyn Rick; On the Kitchen Front - article provides jam and jelly tips, hints for feeding under-fives, hot weather menus, and contest results; Swift's Premium colour-photo ad includes illustration of Martha Logan; Nice half-page illustrated ad for Sisman's Scampers (kids' shoes); Beauty and Fashions article discusses bathing suits and slacks; Woodbury Powder ad features photo of Paulette Goddard; Photo of child submitted by Ann L. Seaton of Port Arthur, Ontario; Rare ad for Hollywood Patterns inside back cover lists the over 600 Canadian stores where they may be purchased; Back cover colour ad for Marboleum Flooring includes illustration of naval corvette at sea; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
1923Pages 353-440, plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The Magician's Curse - a vendetta on Sardinia; With a Motion-Picture Camera Under the Sea - using the ingenious technology invented by Mr. J. Ernest Williamson - article with wonderful photos; Three Asses In the Pyrenees - part 3 of a fun pursuit of adventure travel in Europe; The Soul of Burma - Part 2 of 2 - nice photo-illustrated article on a trip to Irawadi; "Sugar" - ; The Tragedy of "Miss Miami" - this flying boad crashed on a trip to Bimini from Miami; On the Spoor of the Elephant - J. Morewood Dowsett describes his escape from elephants, and recounts stories of his companion John Deacon - article with photos; My Boa-Constrictor - Sir Curtis Lampson and a snake which escaped in a crowded hotel; Paper Money - a quick tale from West Africa; Caught in a Death-Trap - Part 2 of 2 of the remarkable tribulations of two motorcyclists crossing the Mojave desert in California; The Odyssey of Humbert Rulliere - Part 3 of 3 of this incredible biography; Millions in Oil - the marvels of Mexia, America's latest field - article with photos; Luck - a story from Alaska. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1916Pages 290-380 pages plus 36 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Sunken Submarine - the experience which befell the U.S. submarine "Diver" which shot its men from its torpedo tubes! (per cover illustration); The Fetish Man's Downfall - a tale from Accra in 1899 involving prisoner Yao Dwirra; Building a Transcontinental Telephone Line - marvelously photo-illustrated article about the engineering and scientific wonders of the first phone line connecting New York to San Francisco; "Black Tom" - an exciting story from the early days of the Pennsylvania oil-fields; "On the Wing" - extraordinary adventure with a big rattlesnake in southern Mississippi; Down the Amazon From Source to Mouth (part V) - incredible tales of a party working its way through hostile svages and the forces of nature; The Train-Robbers - the tragic story of a hold-up on the Northern Pacific Railroad and the long man-hunt which followed, 1892-1894; Wicks's Ordeal - the terrible menace which a man-eating tiger constitutes to a community; Two Girls on a Ranch (part II) - two young ladies try to win fortune by running a ranch in the wilds of Arizona; The Secret Post Office - an amusing echo of the Boer War showing how the well-known 'slimness' and fertility of resource of the Boers were for once turned against them; Concerning Camels - some amusing stories; A South Pacific Piracy - an account of the tragic voyage of the brig "Moa," of Auckland, New Zealand in 1870; The beacon of the Gulf - photo-illustrated article on Bird Rock, which lies in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; Photo of a 'home-made' train run on the only railway in British North Borneo; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
réf. 277Paris. Ferenczi & fils. Récit complet en 75 fascicules (de 16 pages, avec couvertures illustrées conservées ; chaque fascicule possède un hors-texte en deux couleurs), parus de mai 1936 à octobre 1937. In-4°, reliure pleine percaline bleue de l'éditeur, illustrée sur son premier plat. Une charnière fendillée, sans gravité. Bon exemplaire. Peu commun.
1909réf. 76677Place Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified. Very Good-. 1909. Leather. This book is hard-bound in a custom fine binding of full black leather with a gilt stamped heraldic/armorial insignia to the upper cover a gilt stamped anchor insignia on the lower cover gilt tooling to the cover edges and spine. There are silk doublures inside the covers. The covers show scuffing and soiling edge-wear and rubbing to the joints corners and spine-ends. The hinges are cracked with the text-block loosening and with some of the pages loosening or loose laid-in. The contents are bright and generally clean with illustrations of Battleships Submarines Etc. some actual/real photographs and some color illustrations pasted-down but also with some toning. Some of the ships in the acutal photographs include The "Dreadnought" - Submarine On The Surface - Submarine In The Act of Diving - Submarine Submerged - Submarine Beached - Torpedo Boat Destroyer Going 30 Knots - And - Torpedo Boat Destroyer Going 36 Knots. . (Publisher Not Identified) hardcover
1909réf. 76677Place Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified. Very Good-. 1909. Leather. This book is hard-bound in a custom fine binding of full black leather with a gilt stamped heraldic/armorial insignia to the upper cover a gilt stamped anchor insignia on the lower cover gilt tooling to the cover edges and spine. There are silk doublures inside the covers. The covers show scuffing and soiling edge-wear and rubbing to the joints corners and spine-ends. The hinges are cracked with the text-block loosening and with some of the pages loosening or loose laid-in. The contents are bright and generally clean with illustrations of Battleships Submarines Etc. some actual/real photographs and some color illustrations pasted-down but also with some toning. Some of the ships in the acutal photographs include The "Dreadnought" - Submarine On The Surface - Submarine In The Act of Diving - Submarine Submerged - Submarine Beached - Torpedo Boat Destroyer Going 30 Knots - And - Torpedo Boat Destroyer Going 36 Knots. . (Publisher Not Identified) hardcover books
réf. 74349E-264. Paperback. Very Good. Trade PB. 8vo. The Lake Submarine Corporation New York. No Date 1900. 32 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. Issued in stapled stamped blue wrappers that are lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The series of photographs contained herein shows the evolution of this type from . 1894 up to the present time July 1900. "--Preface. Simon Lake September 4 1866 – June 23 1945 was a Quaker American mechanical engineer and naval architect who obtained over two hundred patents for advances in naval design and competed with John Philip Holland to build the first submarines for the United States Navy. Argonaut was a class of submarines built by engineer Simon Lake. When used without clarification Argonaut generally refers to the second-built and larger submarine launched in 1900 at Baltimore. She was 36-foot 11 m long cigar shaped and built of steel. She had a White and Middleton gas engine and propeller dynamo searchlight and pumps for air and water. Her main attribute like that of the older sibling and predecessor Argonaut Junior 1894 ; was a wet diving chamber that allowed a diver to leave and re-enter the submarine. Argonaut No 1 and Argonaut No 2 are used as the name of this vessel. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . paperback
19198vo., Second Impression, with a coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 20 full-page line illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in navy blue full morocco, back gilt with raised bands, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. First published in the previous year. A lovely copy of one of the relatively few contemporary accounts of submarine actions during the Great War. Includes the Baltic, Dardanelles, P-boats, Q-boats, Zeebrugge and Ostend. Enser, p.343.
1863réf. 42775(London, Taylor and Francis, 1863). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1862 - Vol. 152 - Part II. Pp. 987-1017. Clean and fine.
1863réf. 42775London Taylor and Francis 1863. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1862 - Vol. 152 - Part II. Pp. 987-1017. Clean and fine. First appearance of a main paper in the electrical theory of submarine cables."An important paper of thirty quarto pages published in the ‘Transactions of the Royal Society’ for June 19 1862 under the title ‘Experimental Researches on the Transmission of Electric Signals through submarine cables Part I. Laws of Transmission through various lengths of one cable by Fleeming Jenkin Esq. communicated by C. Wheatstone Esq. F.R.S.’ contains an account of a large part of Jenkin’s experimental work in the Birkenhead factory during the years 1859 and 1860. This paper is called Part I. Part II. alas never appeared but something that it would have included we can see from the following ominous statement which I find near the end of Part I.: ‘From this value the electrostatical capacity per unit of length and the specific inductive capacity of the dielectric could be determined. These points will however be more fully treated of in the second part of this paper.’ Jenkin had in fact made a determination at Birkenhead of the specific inductive capacity of gutta-percha or of the gutta-percha and Chatterton’s compound constituting the insulation of the cable on which he experimented. This was the very first true measurement of the specific inductive capacity of a dielectric which had been made after the discovery by Faraday of the existence of the property and his primitive measurement of it for the three substances glass shellac and sulphur; and at the time when Jenkin made his measurements the existence of specific inductive capacity was either unknown or ignored or denied by almost all the scientific authorities of the day." William Thomson Lord Kelvin in "Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin" by Robert Louis Stevenson.Jenkin a British engineer served as secretary of the British Association's Electric Standards Committee formed in 1861 which was responsible for setting and naming the standard units of electrical quantity and resistance. unknown
1942Pages 425-452. Features: Wonderful one-page colour Guinness ad entitled "Guinness for Strength" shows farmer pushing huge wheelbarrow loaded with veggies - presumably in the spirit of promoting wartime home food growing; Map of great R.A.F. bombing raid on Lubeck; Five graphic air photos of R.A.F.-inflicted bomb damage to Rostock; Five photos of bomb damage in Valetta, Malta; Three photos of terrible smoke and fire on Rangoon's waterfront as the great oil refineries of Syriam and the Burma Company's oil warehouse are destroyed before the Japanese arrive; Two photos of Nazi reprisal bomb damage in Bath; Photo of six R.A.F. men returning from the spectacular raid on the Diesel works at Augsburg, including Squadron-Leader J.D. Nettleton, V.C.; Photo of British-Italian prisoner exchange at Alexandria; Photo of smiling returing British POWs at Cairo Station; Five photos of the King and Queen visiting Canadian Armoured Division "Sansom's Rough Riders" (named after Major-General E. Sansom; Commandos and Their Raids - article with two photos of Major Lord Lovat and his landing force before their successful reconnaissance raid near Boulogne; Two photos of Scottish Command forces practicing marine landing excercises jumping off barges, some with scaling ladders; Two pages of illustrations of battle drill under the most rigorous and realistic conditions; Nine photos on two-page spread illustrated the H.M.S. "Illustrious" at sea again, carrying American fighter planes - Grumman Martlets; photo of 'Dodge'ems' used to move aircraft on aircraft carrier deck; Magnificent centerfold aerial photo of R.A.F. bomb damage inflicted upoin the city of Lubeck - a mile of roofless houses, great blasted areas and ruined war factories; Six photos illustrate novel U.S. method of rapidly fabricating a 173' submarine chaser at the Defoe Yards at Bay City, Michigan; Two great photos compare the instrument panels of an Me. 109 fighter and a Halifax bomger; Two-pages of illustrations wonderfully explain the mechanism behind aircraft dials - "Marvels of Lilliputian engineering for delicate modern aero instruments; Photos of eleven personalities of the week include General H. Giraud, Rifleman John Beeley, V.C., Sec.-Lieut. C. Ward Gunn, V.C.,Lieut.-Colonel C.G.W. Anderson, V.C., Lieut.-Colonel A.E. Cumming, V.C., and Princess Elizabeth in Girl Guide uniform; Drake's Globe-Cup sold at Christies (large photo); Classy half-page Rover car ad; Nice colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover shows shipyard outside window; more nice vintage ads. This copy was never stapled. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this vintage issue. Book
1942Pages 161-192. Features: Two pages of illustrations of dozens of U.S. Navy, Army and Air Force badges of rank; Photo of the H.M.S. "Barham", lost in the Mediterranean on November 25, 1941; Photo of crashed 'Sunderland' aircraft and her crew who were taken prisoner by Italy when they drifted to shore; Maps and photos of Burma and Amboina; Photo of Dutch submarine bringing U-boat prisoners to a British port; Photo of Capitan-Lieut. Gert Schreiber, of the sunken "U-95" coming ashore from the Dutch submarine; Pearl Harbor burial scene in Nuuanu Cemetery; Photo of "Norness" sunk 60 miles off Long Island; Photos of Damaged enemy vehicles outside Bardia, and dug-outs for Officers; Six photos in the Western desert (in Africa) - captured Panzer Commander General Von Ravenstein, captured U-boat crew, Axis naval prisoners under Sikh guard, German anti-tank mines removed by South African Engineers; The Debate and Its Results - article with maps of the Donets Basin and Benghazi; Photos of twelve personalities of the week include Major Barbara Stimson, Lieut. Achsa Bean, Sir Edward Meyerstein, Pan-American Conference at Rio, Mr. Curtin meeting defense chiefs, Vidkun Quisling, Sir Cecil Graves, Mr. R.W. Foot, Manuel Quezon and General Douglas MacArthur; Two photos of Japan's Imperial Household Guards; Five photos of American 'White' trucks used to haul British tanks; Photo of scorched earth at what was a Malayan rubber plantation; Photos from Singapore and the Malay Peninsula; Centerfold relief map entitled "Singapore Island Besieged by Japan - from Johore to our beleaguered fortress in the far east; Two-page illustration of an American Infantry Unit in an Irish village; Two pages with eleven dramatic illustrations of the Battle of Macassar Strait - Japan's greatest naval defeat of the war; One-page illustration shows how the main tank force is screened and supported by other mechanised units; One-page illustration of the formation of a battle fleet steaming into action; Two photos and cross-section diagram of the Jet-propelled Caproni-Campini Aeroplane; Photo of ladies shredding confidential documents; Five great photos of an Australian crew manning a British 25-pound Howitzer; Vintage ads; Classy back cover colour ad for BSA features Robert Havell illustration of The Oxford and Opposition Coaches. This issue was never stapled. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great wartime issue. Book
191988 pages plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Features: The End of the Master Bandit - The Death of Emiliano Zapata; The Women Snake-Charmers of Mount Popa, Burma (Myanmar); The Revenge of the Kuki Khels - a grim story from the North-West frontier of India; Photo of storehouse of human skulls and bones beneath church at Hythe, Kent; In Quest of Cannibals - part 1 - Exploration and Adventure in Unknown New Guinea - with great photos; Desert Flying - part 1 - over Sinai, Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Persia; Morrison's Moose - adventure at a logging camp near the borders of Maine and New Brunswick; Relief Worker's Adventures - part IV - thrilling illustrated experiences among the war victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia; My Day with Royalty - at a Royal Review in Siam; The Sheep Thief; My South African Adventures - part 3; The Bear Man; The Adventures of Newspaper-Man - part VI - odd experiences as an emigrant; Trapped in a Sunken Submarine; Black Man's Magic - amazing photo-illustrated article in the fetish and witchcraft practiced in the Belgian Congo; 'Twixt The Snake and the Rock - thrilling adventure while mountain climbing near Delolali, India; Dragged by an Airship; The Apostle of the Coco-nut (Coconut) - a man in the German New Guinea Islands professes coco-nuts are the proper and only food for man - article with many photos. Openings to and loss from backstrip. Minor moisture-induced undulating. A worthy copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
1902réf. 16714Paris, Fékix Juven, 1902 ; fort in-8, demi-chagrin rouge, titre doré ; XII, 450 pp. , 2 planches hors-texte à double page et plus de 170 figures (photographies, dessins ou croquis).
1917Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Secret Death - A weird story from Georgia in Russia, a wild land where might is right and feuds never end; Capturing Wild Animals Alive - how John Alfred Jordan captured a collection of African animals to be shipped to Zoos in Europe; A Tragedy in the Clouds - Frenchmen Sergeant Legendre and Adjutant Casale of the French Aviation Service bring down their eighth German plane piloted by a German named Haspel; Six Weeks Among the Buddhas - Part I - Juliet Bredon and her husband toured temples in China; The Man Who Found Himself - munitions worker William Francis claims to have entirely lost his memory for two years after an injury; Across Germany to Freedom - Part I - French soldiers Georges Prieur and Tristan du Tartre escape from Hammelburg camp in Bavaria; When the Dam Burst - a 'Santa Rosa' (South American monsoon) causes a night of terror at the harbour works of the 'Obras del Nuevo Puerto de la Capital' in Argentina; Almost a Tragedy - forgetful nearly results in multiple deaths; Between the Devil and the Deep - a French fishing-smack sinks a German submarine - article with photos; When the Fuses Spluttered - Roy Norton, F.R.G.S. escapes death in a mine by seconds; Buried Alive - injury while filming 'The Jarvis Case'; A Fight With An Ostrich - the awful plight of engineer Geo. Daws who tried to cross an ostrich 'camp' during their breeding season; Historic Crimes and Mysteries - The Sign at the Gallows, The Law & The Lackey; The Pirates of the 'Flowery Land' - mutiny and murder on the high seas between London and Singapore; The Hidden City - Tulum is located in the thick jungle of the Yucatan; Bethlehem's Distressing Christmas Scenes - festive occasion marred by petty quarrels of rival sects;The Last of the Bandits - The Poe-Hart Gang terrorizes Oklahoma by robbing banks and fighting sheriff's posses; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2], 92-176, 9-24 [ads]. Covers partially loose. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
1920Pages 273-360, plus 24 pages of great ads. Features: The Black Hand - a curious story of the abortive Egyptian revolution; The Land of Model Husbands - In the Marshall Islands women are the queen of all they survey - fascinating article with many wonderful photos; "Blue Mary's" Last Run; Photo of petrified forest in Arizona; The Trials of a Naturalist's Wife - Part 2; The Smallest Republic in the World - interesting photo-illustrated article on San Marino; In Quest of Cannibals - Part 4 - Exploration and Adventure in Unknown New Guinea; The Ship That Sought Adventure - The skipper of the "Zodiac" was a glutton for excitement during the anxious days of the submarine campaign during WWI; Cave-Dwellers of Today - article with wonderful photos of cave-homes around the world; Blue Bandits - Part 2 - criminals who operated near the Italian/French border murder the Abbe Rossignol of La Bessee; On Foot Through South America - Part 3 - the wilds of northern Peru; My Two Years' Captivity Among the Turks - Part 2 - the adventures and daring escape of airman Capt. T.W. White; A Human Tiger - a man in British Baluchistan declares war on the government; Photo of airplane caught high in a tree near Coshocton, Ohio. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1919Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Pages 90-176 plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Features: In a Submarine in War-Time - Perils and harships; Billy the Kid - Photo-illustrated article on his demise at the hand of Sheriff P.F. Garrett; The Valley of Wonders - The first description and photos ever published of Red Rock Canyon in Southern California; Photo of ostrich-powered cart in Pasadena, California - the ostrich is named 'Black Diamond' and is worth $2k!; The Golden Image; In Quest of Cannibals - part 2 - Exploration and adventure in New Guinea - with interesting photos; Brief photo-illustrated article of an Indian juggler who lifts heavy weights with his eyelids; Snipe-Hunting; A Sapper's Night Out; On Foot Through South America - part 1 - Author tramped the entire terrible length of the Andes, a feat probably never accomplished before - with nice photos; On the Trail of the Big Black Elk - Hunting adventure in the Umpqua Mountains of Oregon; My South African Adventures - part 4 - In Search of Kruger's Millions; Cutting Ships in Halves - Photo-illustrated article on how a difficult transport problem was solved; Desert Flying - part 2 - The difficulties of flying over Sinai, Palestine, Mesopotamia and Persia; The Saving of Freddie Wilson - The incredible story of how Negro woman Agnes Henderson witnessed the Mexican murder of an American couple, saved their son, and took him to Tampico to return him to his relatives; African Snakes. Unmarked with average wear. Covers detached as one but present. A worthy copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
1940Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Long Distance enters Canada's North Country; Telephone reunites B.C. Mother, Whilma Hincks, with son in Switzerland; Bayview and West win traffic service contest; Telephone calls that keep the doctor away; Article on diet/eating by K.F. Robins, Health Supervisor; The dial telephone's magic wheel and how it works - 4 page illustrated article; 2 photos and caption of the only Chinese telephone office outside of China - Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, San Francisco; Statistics re: number of telephone sets per community province-wide; Numerous changes in Vancouver's new telephone directory; Many merry mix-ups followed the directory changes; Calls to Australia now routed across the Pacific; Fred Buckle; A visit to London, England via its telephone directory; The Rolling Pin to the Rescue - the tabulators in the information office; B.C. Ship-to-Shore service expands rapidly in year; Harley D. Miller; Paving the way for Vancouver's dial system; White Rock to have dial system; Carrier now used on Gulf cables linking Vancouver and Nanaimo; New submarine cable laid from Copper Cove to Bowen Island; Greater Vancouver and Royal City have big cable programme; Half a million calls daily in Vancouver; William Tyre; Robert Browning Smith; Vacation from work but not from health; Cover photo of King George and Queen Elizabeth bidding farewell at Chilliwack; Gordon Farrell's yacht on Burrard Inlet; Telephones at the fingertips of Royal Couple throught the tour - 5 page article with great photos; Australia wins telephone 'ashes' in Port Day 'word match'; Wire Photos Transmitted from Vancouver for First Time - 3 pages with photos; "Our PNE exhibit was a crowd magnet - voice mirror"; Cecil Austin McMaster; Robert Smyth; Telephoning popular pastime of singers; Telephone equipment in new Hotel Vancouver - many photos plus article entitled "The House with 700 Phones"; White Rock now has dial system; Percy H. Wilson; Miss Dorothy Howard; Ernest E. Harris; Article on operators by Damon Runyon; Our Al Hunter now a one-man phone company in Liberia, Africa; Vancouver's First Dial Office now in service - 8 page article with photos; Thirtieth Year of Telephone Talk; Flood waters fail to keep Courtenay operators from work; Photos of heavy gang work near Kamloops; Fraser Office will go dial in fall of 1941; The Marine Office Power Plant; A.L. Creech; Some highlights of Vancouver's first dial office - 3 page article with photos; Take Care of your Skin; West Vancouver Office is doubled in size to keep pace with growth; Miss Grace D. Smith; Telephone displays are features of 'Bay' anniversary windows; Walter Hughes, Royal City Plant Man; Sunspots 'sabotage' service - one page article with diagram; Community gift of phone to Colebrook couple Mr. and Mrs. George Frith; Phone Company joins Vancouver's dial system; Allan W. Hunter in Liberia - 4 pages with photos; UBC Silver Jubilee section with many nice photos; Frederick J. Tremblay; Back cover devoted to Dunkerque (Dunkirk); Lumber for the Empire - 9 super pages of great photos (all with captions) of sawmills, logging scenes, buildings constructed of B.C wood; 3 page PNE report with photos; Marine Office now serves over 11,000 telephones; sensational 11-page photographic tribute to B.C's fishing industry; New Book
réf. CP11Collection d'environ 350 cartes postales.
réf. SO1Brest, Janvier 1931. Album in-4 de 234 planches de dessins techniques.
1997741 pages. "Contains reports relating to all merchant and naval vessels of 500 tons gross and over reported to have been either totally lost or to have been declared constructive total losses due to all causes, including war losses, during the complete 34-year period from 1963 to 1996. Also included are those vessels between 100 grt and 499 grt where loss of life was reported to have exceeded 15 persons." - from Preface. Appendixes provide details of: Loss of life by year; War Total Losses; Largest vessels lost by year; Oil Tanker total losses; Bulk/Ore Carrier Total Losses; Largest Container Carrier Losses; Cruise Ship Total Losses; The Worst Passenger Ferry Disasters; Largest Tanker oil spills; Submarine Losses. Minimal library markings. Moderate wear. A sound reference copy. Book
1918Features: Cover photo of the submarine that breached Zeebrugge Mole being towed behind a destroyer; The St. George's Day Raids - article by Archibald Hurd which includes map showing where the block-ships were sunk and the viaduct was breached; Page of photos of the heroes who led the naval raid at Zeebrugge includes Commander R.S. Sneyd, Capt. H.C. Halahan, Lieut. R. Bourke, Lieut. Stuart Bonham-carter, Wing-Commander Frank A. Brock, Leiut, R.D. Sandford, Commander Hamilton Benn, Vice-Admiral Sir roger Keyes, Capt. A.F.B. Carpenter and Admiral Sir R. Y. Tyrwhitt; Two pages of illustrations show how fog screens and star-shells were used at Zeebrugge; Superb two-page aerial photo of Zeebrugge (with an inset diagram of the harbour) indicates the positions of the sunk ships; G.K. Chesterton article includes two photos of the military funeral for celebrated German Airman Captain Baron Von Richthofen; One-page photo of the heavily damaged funnels of H.M.S. "Vindictive" after the Zeebrugge mole attack; Two pages of illustrations and text explain the objectives and results of the naval raid - Zeebrugge mole and harbour - and the submarine explosion; Half-page photo looking aft from the forecastle of H.M.S. "Vindictive" shows mantleted bridge, etc.; Great half-page photo shows dozens of the cheering crew of H.M.S. "Vindictive" cheering as their ship returns safely to port, with Captain Carpenter visible with his arm in a sling; Two more half-page photos of the heavily-damaged H.M.S. "Vindictive" back in port; Six photos crew members of the H.M.S. "Vindictive" and their damaged vessel; Centrefold illustration of landing on the mole from "Vindictive"; Two-page illustration of Marines from the "Vindictive" charging along the mole; Page of photos of "Vindictive", "Iris", and "Daffodil" after the Zeebrugge attack; One-page illustration of the wounded being rescued under fire on Zeebrugge mole; Five photos of last honours for the Zeebrugge heroes - The Dover Funeral; Wonderful illustrated back cover ad for Gentlemen's Spring Suits offered by Chas. Baker & Co's; 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
