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194548 Pages. Features: Cover photo of bombing crew mission debriefing session; Nice one-page color ad for Woodbury film-finish powder features Sonja Henie; Temple radio ad; We must not delay rebuilding the world; Photo of B-17s over the Reich; Photo of Allied infantry and armor fighting along the German Westwall; Dramatic photo of B-29s thundering over Mount Fuji on way to Tokyo; Photo of American troops in landing barges on way to a Pacific Island; Last Fortress of the Nazis - article and photos explain how in the Alps east of Switzerland Hitler's henchmen are expected to make a final stand - includes caricatures of Hitler, Himmler, Goebels and Goering; The Soviet Soldier Does Not Forget - he remembers the long ordeal of his people and says it must not happen again; The Censor Defends the Censorship - Director of Censorship Byron Price replies to those who complain that too much news is kept from the public; General Lewis A. Pick of 'Pick's Pike' - photo-illustrated article of the builder of Stilwell Road, the 620-mile land route to China from Burma; One-page color ad for the Parker '51' pen; Poem - "Lincoln's Last Birthday"; One-page color ad for Benson & Hedges Virginia Rounds cigarettes; The Horace Mann-Lincoln School of teachers College; Photo and article on Shirley Temple - who tells how she evolved from gurgling to glamor; ad for Philharmonic radio-phonographs; William Gallacher - the only Communist M.P. in Britain, and one of the most persistent Churchill-baiters in Parliament - article with photo; Nice color ad for Valliant Vineyards; Great letter about jobs for men and women by Ann Maulsby; Lieut. Gen. Kurt Dittmar is 'The Voice of the Wehrmacht" - article with photo; Color ad for Nestle's evaporated milk; Nice color photo ad for Thomas' Protein Bread; Meals with Little or No Meat; Color Crisco ad; The Bare Arm Look (fashion); Decorating Ingenuity; Kingergarten Enterprises; Cocomalt ad features boy on stilts; Lovely two-page fashion section features attractive photos of formal fashions; Nice half-page color ad for Marlboro cigarettes features lady in red polka-dot summerwear; Postman's Daily Rounds - article on letter carriers of the New York area distribute 80 tons of mail daily; Color one-page ad for Fabrics by Stafford, sold by Goodman & Theise; Fantastic color-photo back page ad for Rheingold Beer features Miss Rheingold 1945, Pat Boyd, bowling. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage wartime issue. Book
197572 pages. Songs include: A Glorious Church; A Mighty Fortress is Our God; All That Thrills My Soul; Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken; Immortal, Invisible; Ring the Bells of Heaven; The Unveiled Christ; You Can Experience. Moderate wear. Prior owner's name atop title page. A sound copy. Book
194268 pages. Features: Brief obituaries for Capt. James H. Cook, M. Sayle Taylor, William Fortune, Madame Hranoush Bey, and Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick; Jap threat in Pacific Grows; Sea Strategy of the Japanese Thrust; Singapore Siege; Battle of Macassar Strait; Bloody Bataan; Defensive Tactics of Germans Wring Praise from the Reds; Photo (from last year) of crashed Russian pilot being interrogated by Germans; Hawaii is a testing ground for command; Churchill wins showdown by Parliament still testy; Charles Yoshii is the voice of Japan's Lord Haw Haw; Photos of Sir Stafford Cripps and James Maxton; Photo of Corinne Luchaire, pal of Nazis; Quisling becomes Premier of Norway; Photo of last Plymouth coming off line before plant converted to war production; Disney and Donald Duck are recruited to help Americans complete their income tax forms - and sooner; Iron Fireman ad features Howard A. Lincoln, President of Bemis & Call Co.; Great photo of a Vought-Sikorsky flying boat Excalibur taking off on maiden flight at Stratford, CT; Bomb shelter to be built for Liberty Bell; Two reasons for sugar rationing; Agriculture Department insists average Amercan woman is dumpy; The tall players for West Texas State College's basket ball team - article with photo of Charlie Halbert; Photo of Pastor boxing Lesnevich; Photo and article on Dr. Seuss (Ted Geisel); Photo of news headline where FDR asks parasites to leave Washington; Photo of Donald Forbes; Photos of Veronica Lake; Photos of Rev. Lawrence Lacour with his wife; Commissionner Alexander M. Damon and his wife retire from Salvation Army; Canadian Club whiskey color photo ad inside back cover looks at Mardi Gras in New Orleans; Nice color back cover ad for Chesterfield cigarettes features Lois January, star of state and screen. Somewhat above-average wear and external soiling. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
194396 pages. Features: Dramatic color ad inside front cover for Nash Kelvinator shows Allied bombers flying over flaming enemy factories; B.F. Goodrich ad shows New Guinea scene where ammunition is being transported by Jeep; Red Skelton divorce; Brief obituaries for Walter Kidde, Mrs. Bernice Houdini, Daniel M. Casey, John W. Considine, Marjorie, Countess of Warwick, and James T. Powers; Hotel Pennsylvania ad illustration shows businessmen being hauled in the backpacks of unhappy Indian women; Setting up Axis for knockout blow next year; Lots of war coverage; Hitler knows what's coming; U.S. Day Raids and RAF Night Bombings are best use of each force; Why Tunisia must be cleaned out; Stalingrad's Story; Photo of hundreds of German POWs at Stalingrad; Japs Island Network; US Politics; Nice one-page color ad for Good Year shows blimp as watchdog over convoy; Texaco one-page color ad features girl asking her mommy "Who was Hitler?"; Great color one-page ad for United States Steel features large image of soldier pointing rifle at reader; Plane maker Eero Koskinen; "Quit India" Fast by Mahatma Gandhi finds Britain's Foes at Odds - article with photo of Gandhi; Nice centerfold ad for Willys-Overland features great battle image of Jeep; Dr. Robert Ley - photo and brief article; Photo of Danes cheering King Christian X; Specter of Inflation Looms behind 48-hour Week Order; Amazing photos of Liberator bombers being built at Ford's mammoth Willow Run factory; Super one-page color-illustrated Studebaker ad shows Flying Fortress in flight and war truck being unloaded from ship; Women wearing sweaters are sent home from work at the Vought-Sikorsky Co. due to safety concerns - photo shows plastic safety 'bra' being modelled; Iron Fireman ad shows Marshall C. Stone of Pacolet Manufacturing in New Holland, GA; Photo and article on the Archbishop of Canterbury; Nice color ad for the Lockheed P-38 Lightning; Photos and article about Emily Post; Photo of Coast Guard basketball player Dorn; Release of film "The Outlaw" with photo of Jane Russell and Jack Beutel; Nice color ad inside back cover for Bell Aircraft's Airacobra. Covers pulling from staples. Somewhat above-average soiling and wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
194492 pages. Features: Great photo-illustrated Cleaver-Brooks ad features the L.S.T. landing craft their steam generators are used in; "Weird' Kreml Hair Tonic illustrated ad; One-page photo-illustrated Boeing ad entitled Schweinfurt Story shows horrendous bomb damage and boasts of their Flying Fortress aircraft; Rare one-page color ad illustrated by Walt Disney shows a Flying Fish alongside a Mars aircraft - sponsored by ADEL Precision Products; Rep. Albert Gore of Tennessee becomes first Congressman to enter the armed forces as a private; Brief obituaries for Art Young, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Leon Gordon, Frederick Hill Wood and Hobart Bosworth; Nice one-page photo-illustrated ad for Beech Aircarft shows their AT-11 bombing trainers in flight; New Allied Chiefs Confident This is Our Year of Victory; Major war coverage including organizational charts for the Allied High Command for European invasion and Mediterranean Operations; Article on the Air War of 1943 - with dramatic photo of Flying Fortresses over Europe, with one of them crashing to earth in flames; Defending convoys against surface raiders; Plane-supported Chinese troops give Japanese a real fight - Changteh; War photos from Sicily; Problems of restoring France epitomized by Algiers troubles; Plan for the trial of Adolph Hitler and his lieutenants; Manpower and the Draft; Letter mystery involving Harry Hopkins; Dramatic letter and photo from POW Lt. Col. James Patrick Devereux to his son, Patrick; Nice color Lucky Strike ad shows farmer holding large tobacco leaf; Color centerfold ad for Good Year industrial belting - showing mine/ore installation; Photo-illustrated article on Dr. Vannevar Bush; Labor unrest threatens our invasion production; Nice one-page military Plymouth ad; Interesting article on wartime censorship; Photo of runner Gil Dodds; Color photo Canadian Club ad inside back cover features Mexico's state fo Michoacan; *Fantasti* color back cover ad for Chesterfield cigarettes features WWII pin-up queen Betty Grable; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding sound. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1960Pages 113-150 plus eight pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Taming the Tides of Fundy - article with great photos; The Preposterous Fortress of the North - The Story of Fort Prince of Wales; Lebanon; Spanish Explorations in British Columbia; One-page two-color RCAF recruiting ad for their Air Transport Command; Back cover ad for Canadian Pacific passenger travel shows family chatting with engineer; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
196996 pages. Features: Stupendous prairie grain harvest - with photo of Alta Atcheson of Saskatchewan; Farmer Fred C. Langmaier of Zehner, Saskatchewan; Photo of Pierre Trudeau yachting in the Mediterranean; Peter Lebensold and his 'The Five Cent Review'; Fortress of Louisbourg; Nice color-photo as for the Mercedes-Benz 280s; Color Quantas ad features photo of Koala under blanket in first class seat; Racial Revolt - why the summer was quiet; Photo of burned-out Newark ghetto two years later; photo of fire and riot in Hartford; Ramson for kidnapped U.S. Ambassador C. Burke Elbrick in Rio; Mary Jo Kopechne inquest delayed; Feature article on the passing of Ho Chi Minh - with photos; Can the hijackers be halted? - already 46 aircraft hijacked this year; Coup in Libya - King Idris is overthrown; Albert Speer - Hitler's personal architect; Isle of Wight music concert - great two-page photo-illustrated article of hippies, Bob Dylan and Marsha Hunt; John O'Brien and Shintaro Okada study Tay-Sachs disease; Charles Templeton is featured in ad for Progress wool fashions for men; Harvey Matusow and the Guerrilla war against computers; James and Diane Pike become lost in the desert near Qumran; Wheat Price War; Restoration of Novgorod Kremlin - article with three pages of color photos of Soviet architecture; Passing of Rocky Marciano, David Karnofsky, Right Reverenc James A. Pike, Josh White, Erika Mann, Drew Pearson, Norman Washington Manley, Betty Gram Swing and Arthur Upham Pope; The Track of the Quarck; One-page illustrated Cominco ad; Toyota Crown ad; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
1941Pages 161-192. Features: Cover photo of German aircraft downed at Palmyra with Vichy markings painted over swastika - absolute proof of collaboration between Vichy and the Axis powers; Photos of personalities of the week include Wing Commander Whitney Straight, Sir Emsley Carr, Sgt. Pilot James Allen Ward, V.C. (the first New Zealand V.C. in the present war), British POWs from Syria detraining at Baalbek; New British 18-ton "Crusader" tank; Photos of the "Beaufighter"; R.A.F. Channel rescue craft; Six photos of fighting at see in the Mediterranean and in Heligoland Bight; Air-photo of submarine building yards at Le Trait bombed by "Blenheims" in daylight; Two-pages of illustrations demonstrating that tanks are not invincible; Fishermen at War (article); Photos of British units ousting snipers from the ruins of Zenobia's Palmyra; Seven great sepia-tone photos illustrate the end of the Syrian campaign as Beirut fetes the entry of Allied troops under Generals Wilson and Catroux; Two pages with ten fascinating photos from the Russian Front, showing U.S.S.R. army units fighting with magnificent elan against the common enemy; Soviet Russia At War (article); Photo of signing of Poland's Pact of Friendship with Russia - Prime Minister Sikorski and M. Maisky, with Eden and Churchill at head of table; Centerfold illustrations demonstrate the value of pigeon-post as an accessory to wireless in war; Four excellent photos of the "Fortress I" bomber as it arrives in England - on its way to Germany; Two pages of photos of night and day scenes at a Fleet Air Arm training station; Two pages of photos of construction of the "Trans-Saharan" rail line to Dakar - with map and two artist's renderings of the diesel electric locomotives planned to service the line; Romantic discovery of a vast and unknown cavern on Mendip - article with three photos and map; Three pages of photos inside the newly-discovered Stalactite Caves at Mendip; Half-page photo-illustrated ad for the British Power Boat Company; Nice half-page Burberry services equipment ad; more vintage ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this informative wartime issue. Book
1941Pages 321-352. Features: Photos of capture of U-boat at sea; Britain Seizes Spitzbergen - two great photos; Photo of the Duke of Kent addressing thousands of workers at the vast Glenn Martin factory in Baltimore; Photo of N.C.O. prisoners enjoying their first meal since release from Vichy France; Two photos of Lord Louis Mountbatten aboard the 'Illustrious'; Photos of British toll on shipping at Rotterdam docks; Two pages of ten great photos of Britain's Army being toughened by intensive physical and endurance training; One-page photo of Italian submarine sailors standing aboard their sinking craft as they await pickup by British warships; Russia Fights On - article with map of the German pressure on Russia and map of the environs of Leningrad; Two photos of Leningrad; Photo of Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada; Photos of seventeen people of the week, including numerous religious leaders, General Sir John Dill receiving an award from Polish President, M. Raczkiewicz, Prof. R.B. Mowat, King Peter's coming of age - in London, and Mrs. James Roosevelt (mother of FDR); Nine sepia-tone photos illustrating the 'Nazi Horror' - taken from a German propaganda film being transported to America; Centerfold illustration of a great British press exerting a 'squeeze' of 6,000 tons on a red-hot ingot as part of shaping an 80-foot propeller-shaft; Excellent one-page photo of super 'flying fortress', the Short 'Stirling' bomber in flight; Six photos of airmen who bomb Berlin - component members of a 'Stirling' crew; One-page graphic compares British naval losses, 1914-1916 with 1939-1941; Seven photos of the Soviet Ambassador's Luncheon to Allied Heads on August 29, 1941; Fascinating two-page composite of illustrations show the effects of blast and how research and experiment have helped to cope with this vital problem; Six photos of concrete and steel wartime barges; vintage ads. Unmarked with only moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating wartime 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
1942Pages 253-280. Features: Cover photo of coffin of H.R.H. The Duke of Kent being taken to Windsor; Seven photos illustrated the Russian Soldier - a good friend, but a fierce foe; Two pages of photos from Russia, highlighted by a large photo of Stalingrad's massive Tractor Works, now converted to the production of tanks and heavy guns; Aerial photos of tank factory at Gien before and after R.A.F. raid; Air photos of U.S. attack on Abbeville Aerodrome; Aerial photos of devastating bomb damage to Mainz and Osnabruck; The Russian Achievement (article); Six informative illustrations on one page present 'The Best Field Gun in the Worls" - the British 25-Pounder; Five photos of the Army'snew six-pounder in action in the desert; Two photos of British forces in North Africa; Eleven fascinating photos illustrated "The Vigil of the Desert Patrol and the Qattara Depression - Problems of the Arid Region Which Lies South of El Alamein; Fantastic centerfold illustration of the Short "Sunderland" Flying Boat of the R.A.F. Coastal Command - skimming along the water; Seven illustrations of the extraordinary exploits of the "V.C. Submarine" H.M.S. "Torbay" during her Mediterranean cruise; Five photos of the Dieppe debacle - 'according to German propaganda photographs'; Page of great photos of the "Flying Fortress" and its guns; Photos of Egypt's Natural Defence Zone - The Qattara Depression; Photos of eleven personalities of the week include Leiut. J. Lowther, P.O. The Hon. M. Strutt, Mr. L. Hannen, Hitler meeting Raschid Ali El Gailini, Ilya Ehrenburg, and Lieut.-General Montgomery; Interesting page of illustrations explain "When a German Fighter-Pilot Bales out of an "F.W.190" - i.e. how his parachute pack is harnessed, and how it and his rubber dinghy are operated; Vintage ads including a nice colour one for Johnnie Walker on back cover which shows horses pulling plough in field outside window. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1942Pages 337-364. Features: Cover photo of Winston Churchill watching a parade of heavy infantry tanks named after him; Photos of Wendell Willkie visiting our forward positions in Egypt; Two pages of devastation - the wreckage left behind after Rommel's forced retreat from the Western Desert; Page of desert photos including German POWs, a 'sticky' bomb, minesweeping and Communion for the wounded; One-page illustration of deserted village in East Anglia; The Position of Madagascar - article; Six photos of tanks and their landing craft; Malta "Island Fortress of Heroism" Receives her George Cross - six photos of the pomp and ceremony; Photo of the "Wakefield" ablaze, and photo of her passengers on deck awaiting rescue; Photo of FDR beside large Japanese flag - which he refused to touch; Photos of H.M. destroyer "Zulu" and flying-boat "Clare", both lost; Twelve photos from the Russian Front; Centrefold map of Australia, "Japan's Main Objective in the Pacific"; Six Photos of the last moments of the "Yorktown", sunk off Midway Island; Photos of ten personalities of the week include Commander E.P. Tomkinson, General Von Kleist, Admiral Sir William James, Lieut. Cutler, V.C. (of Australia), and Sergt. Murray Smythe, V.C. with Major-General Dan Pienaar; Three aerial photos of Rouen after first raid by U.S. "Fortresses"; Photos of London's evacuated statues; Four large before and after photos of Dusseldorf after raid of September 10; Victory Through Air Power (article); Five photos of Marines vigorously training; Four photos of U.S. Troops learning to swim through seas of blazing oil; One-page illustration of British naval losses since the war's outbreak, from capital ships to submarines; Six illustrations of the life of British War Prisoners in Germany; Sixteen portraits of war prisoners in Oflag VIe, by Lt. J.F. Watton; vintage ads. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
194056 pages. Features: Nice Heinz beans ad inside front cover; Attractive one-page illustrated ad by the Automotive Industries of Canada proclaims "Canada's Industries in Action at Britain's Side"; Good Neighbours - photo-illustrated article on the St. Stephen-Calais border crossing between Canada and the U.S. (Maine and New Brunswick); Britain's Island Fortress - photo-illustrated article presents how her free people repel Hitler's invasion whilst massing forces for his overthrow; For Women (short story) The Fool-Proof Lift (short story); Discovery (short story); Historical Rhymes of Canada; Sixty Days to Live (short story); Hockey Despite Hitler - NHL hockey will go ahead buy military service makes it tough to predict the final outcome - article with photo of Howard and George McNamara, labelled the "Dynamite Twins" of hockey, back in 1911; Nice one-page green and white 1941 Chevrolet ad; One-page Kodak Christmas ad shows nine of their cameras, with specs and prices; One-page Parker Pen ad; Bold one-page Oldsmobile ad shows large clutch pedal stroked out by large red X; Movie news and photos; Photos of Josephine Johnson and Joan Bennett in Woodbury ads; Photo and bried write-up of Brenda Marshall; I'll Be Ready in a Minute, Darling! - article for ladies; Fashion illustrations; In the English Manner - cooking article; Colour subscription ad for this magazine inside back cover features row of Santas; World Sayings; Back cover colour Coke ad features classic image of Santa; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
194540 pages. Features: Cover photo of large portraits of Truman, Stalin and Churchill displayed in Berlin; Dumont TV ad features photo of Jimmy Durante; William fulbright writes of how America's role is to lead the world to continuing peace; The Floating Fortress - article on battleships; The Trail Blazers - piece of writing by Duffus on soldiers; This is Berlin Without Hitler - article with photo; A Base Surpassing All Others - The epic story of how engineers and Seabees are transforming the Philippines; Article on clothing shortages; What Makes for Presidential Greatness?; The Nations beautiful War Monuments; Nice one-page color ad for Drene Shampoo features three photos of Dorian Leigh, New York fashion model; One-page color ad for Kellogg's All-Bran cerial features talking plum; Healing by Magic - Dr. Abraham Hurwitz; Two pages of photos of fur fashions for ladies; Back page color-photo ad for the GE Musaphonic radio-phonograph; and more. Moderate external soiling and wear. Unmarked. Moderate age-toning to paper. A sound copy of this vintage WWII issue. Book
1944Pages 365-392. Features: Cover photo of the burning town of Cassino; Excellent one-page Karsh photo-portrait of Lieutenant-General Henry Ducan Graham Crerar, D.S.O., Commander of the First Canadian Army; Two pages of illustrations and text explaining life at medium bomber stations in Britain; One-page portrait of Marshal Pavel Alexeyevitch Rotmistrov who commands probably the largest tank group on the Eastern Front; Article entitled "Russians Approach the Inner Fortress" includes aerial map of Berlin showing considerable bomb damage; One-page Pictorial Map of the terrain of Russia's advance in the Balkans; The Battle of Berlin - seven aerial photos of utter devastation; The Battle of Cassino - seven photos of the terrain and conflict scenes; Incredibly hellish 1.75 page photo of smoke and fire in Cassino; U.S. Conquest of the Marshall Islands - scenes on Kwajalein Atoll, Namur Island, and Darry Island; Photos of the successful raid on Truk - burning Japanese cruiser, seaplane base at Dublon Town, fires on Eten Island, and fires on Dublon Island; Photos of personalities of the week include Lord Charles Cavendish, Susan Travers, J.S. Bache, G. Stronach, O.C. Wingate, Maj.-Gen. Alexander M. Patch, Sergeant Thomas C. Derrick, Sir Frederick Wall, M. Kallay, General Sztojay, Rt. Rev. G.A. Hollis and General E. De C. De Castelnau; Photos of "Salute the Soldier" in London; Photo of German Gigant Wicking, 7000 RS flying-boat; Photo of ten miles of the French coast taken from the British side; Presentation to Lord Gort; Two aerial photos of bombing at the Creil Railway marshalling yards in France; Photos of Churchill visiting U.S. troops in Britain; Photos of artifacts from Nishapur, Iran; Nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked with above-average wear. Clear archival tape along coverfold. Note: this copy was never stapled. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1944Pages 617-644. Features: Cover photos of the Mosquito Mark XVIII and its U-Boat strafing gun and six-pounder cannon; One-page Karsh photo-portrait of Sam Rayburn; Twelve excellent photos from Geilenkirchen, recently captured by British and French forces; Four photos at the Koenigsmacher Fort, which apparently made marine fittings; The Liberatioin of Metz - six photos in the city; Photos in the recently liberated cities of Belfort and Strasbourg; Photos of the advance on Venlo; Variety of photos of mine-clearing, destroyed German rolling stock, and humorous signs; Article entitled "Allied Advance to the Rhine" with maps; Photos of Field-Marshal Sir Harold Alexander, General Sir Henry Maitland-Wilson, and Lieut.-General Mark Clark; Two pages of illustrations of the launching of V-2 rocket bombs with explanation; Six photos of V-2 rocket parts found wrecked in Belgium; One page of illustrations explaining a simple system for castaways to make sea water drinkable; Photo of the U.S.S. "Missouri"; Interesting photos shows long contrail of V-2 rocket, four short contrails of fighters and flying fortress in foreground; Two photos of the burning U.S. light aircraft carrier "Princeton" which sunk in the battle of the Philippines; Aerial photos of the obliterated towns of Duren and Julich; Before and after aerial photos of V-2 factory at Weimar which was hammered by U.S. heavy bombers; Photos of personalities of the week include General Philippe Leclerc, Sir George Clausen, Daniel Sultan, Naik Yeshwant Chadge, V.C., John D. Baskeyfield, V.C., Col. C. Meyer, Maj.-Gen. Dunckern, Duncan Sandys, M. Mikolajczyk, David Vivian Currie, V.C., Sir Edward Grigg, M. Joseph Caillaux, C.W. Alfrey, Sir A.S. Eddington, Count Carandini, and Tulbahadur Pun, V.C.; Photos of damage to Florence - medieval sites destroyed by hun vandalism; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Coverfold taped. A sound vintage copy. Book
1945Pages 281-308. Features: Great cover photo of Patton, Eisenhower, Hodges and Bradley standing side-by-side in uniform; Nice full-page colour Guiness ad illustrated by H.M. Bateman inside advertising front cover shows men unloading boat; Captured Cologne - photos of devastation near the Cathedral; Twelve photos of scenes in Cologne after its fall to the American First Army, under General Hodges; Photo of General Crerar assisting Churchill into captured German caravan now used for guests at First Canadian Army Tactical H.Q.; Three photos of the latest German Tiger Tank which fires a 14.5" shell; Photos inside and outside the Cologne Cathedral show it largely unharmed; Two pages of photos of Remagen and its now-famous bridge - the first Rhine crossing - with U.S. First Army troops advancing across it; Article 'Double Offensive Against Germany' includes map and photo of Leonard T. Gerow; One-page map of the Western Front indicates the terrain and the various commands under Eisenhower; Photos of destruction in Germany, including Bonn University, a street in Xanten, the (formerly) beautiful old gate of Xanten, and the south bridge over the Moselle at Trier; Six photos of new Rocket Barrage and its ammunition - a devastating British infantry and tank weapon; Centrefold illustration of General Crerar's surprise night assault which smashed the important fortress town of Goch; Photos with the Red Army as it drives toward Berlin; Great page of eight photos of Heroines of the U.S.S.R. - combatant members of the Red Air Force, including Major Yevdokia Bershanskaya, Leiut. Natalia Meklina, Major Yevdokia Mikulina,Irina Sebrova, Lieut. Rufina Gasheva and Flight Commander Yevgenia Zhigulenko; Photos of personalities of the week include Carl Timmerman, W.D. Morgan, Lance-Corporal Henry Harden, V.C., Field-Marshal Alexander with Marshal Tito in Belgrade, F.A.B. Fasson, Dr. Janet Vaughan, Peter Lawless, Viscount Dawson of Penn, and Lieut.-General Mario Roatta in the Rome High Court of Justice (his subsequent escape caused rioting); Naval photos including H.M.S. "Implacable," Admiral Somerville boarding the battleship H.M.S. "Queen Elizabeth," German U-Boat crewmembers floating after their vessel was sunk by the Canadian corvette "St. Thomas," and a gaping hole in a British submarine which, remarkably, survived; Photos and illustrations of Mandalay and its relief; Six interesting photos of camouflaged pill-boxes in Britain; Nice colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover shows shipbuilders at work; nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Coverfold taped. A sound vintage copy. Book
1940Originally printed in 1938 in Britain, this copy reprinted with permission in Canada in 1940 with amendments Nos. 1 and 2. Quite a detailed treatise with chapters entitled: Organization of a Coast Fortress in Peace; Responsibility for Training; Annual Training; Charts and Maps; Range-Finders and Other Instruments; Misc. Instruments; Laying; Ballistics; Gunnery Calculations; Gunnery Calculations - Automatic Sights; Range Tables and Initial Corrections; Calibration; Battery Drill and Fire Discipline; Instructions for Training and Examination in Range-Finding; Instructions for Training Examination in x, 224 pages. Plotting Room Duties; Instructions for Training and Examination in Laying; Instructions for Training and Examination in Telephony; Instructions for the Examination for Skill-At-Arms Badges for Gunnery; plus appendices on probability and the slide rule. Several fold-outs. Black and white diagrams. Unmarked with average wear. Binding tight. A sound copy of this vintage WWII reference. Book
1689Due vedute della fortezza di Philippeville nell’Hainaut Two views of the Philippeville fortress
1988New Era Publications, ottobre 1988. Rilegato con sovraccoperta. Prima edizione. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Hardback cover with dust jacket in fine conditions, no price clipped, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
1993réf. 2608120102Augsburg Fortress Pub 1993-01-01. hardcover. New. 5x0x8. New Condition Paperback book Augsburg Fortress Pub hardcover
2009réf. 1-0806680598Augsburg Fortress Publishers 2009. Hardcover. New. new revisedised standard version edition. 2112 pages. 9.25x6.50x2.25 inches. Augsburg Fortress Publishers hardcover
1996réf. x-0789060094Haworth Pr Inc 1996. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 293 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.75 inches. Haworth Pr Inc paperback
réf. SONG164123301XUsed: Good unknown
1978réf. x-080063330XAugsburg Fortress Pub 1978. Hardcover. New. pew ed edition. 960 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.50 inches. Augsburg Fortress Pub hardcover
