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1945Cover: A Triumph of Road-making: The First Allied Convoy to China to Break the Japanese Blockade. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Persons and Places" by George Santayana; The Great World War: The American Passage of the Roer (inc maps); Books of the Day; and The World of Science: The Locust's Year of Decision. Pictorial Journals include: The Rocket That Would Not Go Up! - Photos of an ill-fated rocked experiement by Herr Johannes Winkler in 1932; U-Boat Warfare - 1939 - 1945: A Survey of Changing German Submarines and Tactics in a Never-Ceasing Battle (Illus. by G.H. Davis); War Scraps: Incidents at the Front and Behind the Lines; On the Western Front: The American Advance into Germany; Battle Incidents with the Third and Seventh U.S. Armies; The Battle for Goch: British Troops in the Wrecked German Fortress Town; General Crerar's Offensive: The Storming of Cleve (Illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); General Crerar's Offensive: British Troops in Mortal Combat With the Germans in the Reichswald (Illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); The Zeitz Synthetic Oil Plant: Before the R.A.F. Attack - And After; War in the Pacific: Luzon Island and Iwo Jima; With the Red Army: Scenes From Liberated Poznan; Bombed Bath: Proposals for Replanning; and Masterpieces of Painting From the Cook Collection. 8" opening to page 241/242. Remaining contents clean and unmarked with minimal wear. A worthy copy. Book
1945Cover: The Battered Belgian Town of Houffalize. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Britain in Pictures" series; The Great World War: The Second Stage on the Eastern Front (inc map); Books of the Day; Notes for the Novel-Reader; and The World of Science: The Last Ice Ages in Russia. Pictorial Journals include: Mortars Firing "Flying Dustbins", Demolition "Beehives" (illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); The Night Retreat of German Guns: Pictures from the Western Front; British Troops in Action in the Snow: The Occupation of Heinsberg; U.S. First Army Takes St. Vith; Masters of a Difficult Technique - Mosquitoes in Norwegian Fjords; Liberated Warsaw - Largely in Ruins; Inside a Modern British Cruiser (Illus. by Lieut. Stephen Bone); The Russian Hurricane Offensive into Germany: Important Cities and Industrial Centres Captured by their Arms; German Pockets Still Resisting in Liberated France (inc. maps); Community Heating: A System Which Keeps an Entire Town Warm (illus. by G.H. Davis); Damaged Naples Churches Repaired in the Face of all Difficulties; and Typifying the Trend of Russian Art in General: An Exhibition of Soviet Graphic Art in London. Page 115/116 missing. Page 137/138 loose but present with moderate wear. A very small soil spot to pages 126 - 130 inclusive. Moderate wear. A sound reference copy. Book
1944Cover: Air Chief-Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory Conferring with General Montgomery. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Reviews: "China, My China" by H. Rattenbury and "China and Britain" by Sir J. Pratt; The Great World War: The Stroke Launched at Hitler; Books of the Day; and The World of Science: Australia's Wool Effort. Pictorial Journals include: Bombing Used as a Super Artillery Barrage Before an Attack; The Ramparts and Moats of the "European Fortress": A Perspective Map of Continental Europe, Indicating Contours, as Viewed from the Ural Mountains, Looking Westward; Germany's "Human Torpedo" Compared with the British Version; British Offensive On the Western Front: Troops in Action, and a Map of the Normandy Battle Zone; Mr. Churchill Pays a Three-Day Visit to the Normandy Front; Germany's Internal Crisis: Leading Rebel and Pro-Hitler Generals; Battle Scene in Normandy; The Eastern Front: Russian Generals Directing the Westward Surge (inc. map); The Eastern Front: Aspects of the Red Army's Great Forward Drive; U.S. Troops Landing in Guam; The Capture of Saipan Island; Germany's Most Appalling Crime: The Ghastly Massacre of Oradour-sur-Glane; Troglodytes of 1944: Some Aspects of Life in London's Deep Shelters; Sidelights on War - And the Peaceful Scene of Ruskin's House; and Army/Air Co-Ordination: A Mobile Control Unit of the 2nd T.A.F. (illustrated by Flight Lieut. H.W. Hailstone). Binding sound. Large clipping missing from page 139/140. Prior owners ink stamp with some writing centre front cover. Some ink smudges to back cover. Contents clean and unmarked. Moderate wear. Book
1944Cover: The King's Visit to the Western Front: His Majesty Enjoying a Joke with General Dwight Eisenhower on the Steps of the U.S. First Army H.Q., With Them Are Lt. General Omar Bradley and Lt. General Courtney Hodges. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Verdict on India" by Beverley Nichols; The Great World War: U.S. Landing in the Philippines (inc. maps); Books of the Day; and The World of Science: A Bomb-Sensitive Plant. Pictorial Journals include: Pictures Taken During His Majesty's Five-Day Visit to the Front; Just Retribution - The German Civilians' Turn to Be Refugees; U.S. Troops Mop Up the Last Remaining Enemy Strong Points in Aachen; The Way of Desolation: Once a Busy Street in Aachen; On the Western Front: Scenes From the Battlefields of Holland; Building Up the Dutch Salient: Allied Armour Pouring into Holland for the Great Offensive (illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); A Huge Factory-Made Invasion Port: "Mulberry" The Pre-Fabricated Harbour of the Normandy Bridgehead; British Troops Landing in Greece: Scenes in Liberated Athens; The Surrender of Polish Patriots in Warsaw: Capitulation Scenes; The "Leigh" Light: A German Explosive Speed-Boat; Paris Cycle-Taxis; Fort Driant; Winning a Jumping-Off Area for the Philippines: Peleiu, in the Palaus; An Isle of Vital Weather Forecasts: The Lonely Jan Mayen Island; Links With Turner: Relics of the Great Painter for the Nation; and The Start of Civil Aviation - London to Paris 25 Years Ago. Page 479/480 missing. Page 501/502 loose but present. Contents clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy reading copy. Book
1946Cover: The Drawing Room Window of Jane Austen's Cottage at Chawton, Hampshire. Features include: Our Notebook; Aftermath of War: The Greek Complaint to the Security Council (inc. map); Book Review: "Foreign Mud": by Maurice Collis; The World of Science: Ennerdale Water and Its Fauna; Notes for the Novel-Reader; and Books of the Day. Pictorial Journals include: The Birthplace of Immortal Books: Chawton Cottage - Where Jane Austen Lived and Wrote; The Princesses' Personal Setting: T.R.H. in Their Private Apartments; A Problem Confronting the United Nations: The Greek Guerilla War; "Blotmaster" But Notable Artist: The Tate Alexander Cozens Show; India at the Crossroads: Nehru's Proposal of a Republic at the First Constituent Assembly; Events of the Day: Hamburg Tribunal on Inhuman Crimes at Ravensbruck Concentration Camp, Manhattan Tenement Disaster; The Setting of the Christmas Story: Christendom's Birthplace; Naval Relics Exhibited in Paris; Clearing the Corfu Channel (Minesweeping); The Glow of Cape Town at Night: Floodlit Table Mountain; The March into Azerbaijan: Persian Troops on the Frontier; Life and Trade in the Deep Snows of the Canadian Arctic (Baker Lake Settlement), Where "Skins" Buy Gramophones for Thriving Eskimos; Heating Homes in England; Clay Sculptures Which Summarise the Blackfellow's Legends and Culture: An Australian Artists's (William Ricketts) Thoughts About The Aborigines; Wild Flowers that Bloom Where Christmas Falls in High Summer; and Unique Flowers of a Unique Landscape: Some of Australia's Lovely Flora. Binding sound. Contents clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
1915Pages 385-420. Please note: pages 399-406 missing. Features: Cover illustration of Lieutenant Miller of the King's (Liverpool Regiment) driving back Germans at Givenchy; Przemysl - Fallen to the Russians after a Long Seige; Illustration of how the enemy's mines float downstream resulting in the loss of battle-ships in the Dardanelles; Photos of Lord Kitchener at Liverpool and Manchester Parades; Two-page illustration by Richard Caton Woodville depicts an heroic attack by the King's (Liverpool Regiment) on German trenches; Photos of City (London) Volunteers as the National Guard marches to the Palace; Large photo of an unexploded german 42 cm. Howitzer shell; Two-page spread with photos, names and ranks of dozens of British officers killed in action; Two-page illustration by John de G. Bryan depicting the gallant attack on the Givenchy Ridge which contributed to the Neuve Chapelle Victory; Interesting photo-illustrated article on the disinfection of wounds; Fight for the Narrows - three photos including one of the French battle-ship "Bouvet" before it was lost to a mine; Photos of five ships prior to their being lost or damaged - H.M.S. Inflexible, the French battleship Gaulois, H.M.S. Irresistable, H.M.S. Ocean and the German cruiser Karlshruhe; Wonderful full-page illustrated at for Buchanan's Scotch Whiskies shows food ship coming up the Thames at night; Touching full-page Oxo ad shows commrades at the bedside of a wounded friend in Northern France; Beecham's Pills ad inside back cover; Wana-Ranee (Ceylon Perfume) ad on back cover; Many other magnificent vintage ads. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Book
1946Cover: Nature as a Jeweller: Actissa Princeps, One of the Protozoa, Resembling a Jewelled Decoration. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Reflections in a Mirror: Second Series" by Charles Morgan; Aftermath of War: Record of the Seventy-Ninth Armoured Division; Books of the Day; and The World of Science: The Problem of the Edible Frog. Pictorial Journals include: A Drop of Water as Nature's "Jewel-Case": The Strange Beauty of Microscopic Living "Gems" Modelled in Glass; An Echo of Our Greatest Blow at the Ruhr: The Mohne Dam Today; Lord (Harold) Alexander's Installation as Governor-General of Canada; MacKenzie King, Prime Minister, Addressing a Welcome to the Lord (Harold) Alexander, the New Governor-General of Canada; "The Grace of Humility": His Majesty Dispensing Alms in the Royal Maundy Ceremony at Westminster Abbey (Illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); When Gold is Found: The Ancient Art of Assaying; The New Home of the Royal Greenwich Observatory: Historic Hurstmonceux Castle, in the Sussex Weald; The American Scene: News Pictures From the States; The Ionosphere Rocket: A New Projectile to be Used For Meteorological Purposes; Camouflage on the Grand Scale: A "Housing Estate" on Netting Above a Vast American Aircraft Plant; The British Scene: News Events in London, Yorkshire and Oxfordshire; The Ingenuity of Prisoners-Of-War: Mechanical Gadgets Made of Junk; News Items at Home and Abroad; Classified By Hoefnagel with Insects: The Mysterious Hairy Folk; Pages From Artists' Sketchbook: A Novel Exhibition; and Masterpieces of British Water-Colour at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Binding sound. Contents clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
1944Cover: Major-General Patton, Commanding the American Third Army in Northern France. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "English Social History" by G.M. Trevelyan; The Great World War: Offensive Campaigns in France (inc map); Books of the Day; and The World of Science: A Secret Weapon in the Insect War. Pictorial Journals include: "The Army of France is in Being Again, Fighting on Its Own Soil for the Liberation of Its Country"; A Massed Daylight Attack by R.A.F. Heavy Bombers on German Positions Near Falaise: Aircraft Flying In and Bombs Bursting on the Target Area; Shattered Falaise: The Birthplace of William the Conqueror To-Day; With the British and Canadian Forces in Normandy: Action Photographs as Our Men Sweep Forward; The Citadel - Last Enemy-Held Strong-Point in St. Malo - Captured; Sidelights on the Fighting in Northern France: The Capture of Orleans and Dreux and Other Points in the General Advance; Destruction of the Retreating Enemy Army - As Seen From the Air; The Allied Invasion of Southern France; The Scene of Successful Allied Landings in Southern France: A Pictorial Map From Coasts to Mountains (Illus. by G.H. Davis); First Allied Landings in Southern France: Mr. Churchill in Italy; The Allied Entry into Florence; Sidelights on the War: News From Various Battlefronts; and One of the Greatest Donations of Eighteenth Century French Painting Ever Received by a Museum - The Kress Collection. Binding Sound. Contents clean and unmarked with minimal wear. A quality copy. Book
1946Cover: Hungarian Hyperinflation - Pengo Notes of High Denomination Not Worth Picking Up and Considered as Rubbish. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "The Drawings of Leonardo Da Vinci" by A.E. Popham and "Fragonard Drawings for Ariosto": by Elizabeth Mongan et al; Aftermath of War: Record of the 19th Indian Division; The World of Science: Speed in Water; Notes for the Novel-Reader; and Books of the Day. Pictorial Journals include: Inflation in Hungary: Where a Million Pengos Buys a Cigarette; A Modern Pompeii: Cassino and Its Famous Abbey (Abbey of Monte Cassino) Two Years After the Battle Which Laid Town and Monastery in Ruins; Abdication and Accession in Italy: The New King (Umberto II) and His Family; Travelling Comfortably at 25,000 Ft.: Pressure Cabins in Air-Liners (Illus. by G.H. Davis); Royal Occasions: At Home and Abroad; The Princesses at a London Rally of 8000 Rangers: Ceremonies in Hyde Park and the Albert Hall; The King and Queen Received Ad Portas at Winchester College; Mosaics at the Low Ham Roman Villa: Further Beauties Revealed; The "Gateway of England" for the Airborne Visitors: London Airport (Illus. by G.H. Davis); Life and Still-Life Portrayed by Dutch and Flemish Masters; Fine Paintings from the Golden Age of Dutch Art; and Speed-Kings of the Seas and Rivers: A Pictorial Chart Showing the Speeds of Aquatic Animals (Illus. by G.H. Davis). Front cover present but attached with tape. Back page missing. Contents clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1944Cover: Le Touquet, France Canadian Soldiers Walking Along Promenade. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Norfolk Portraits" by R.W. Ketton-Cremer; The Great World War: Is This the Final Round? (inc maps); Books of the Day; and The World of Science: The Problem of Migrating Birds. Pictorial Journals include: Stubborn Resistance - American Troops in Moving Up for the Final Assault; The Greatest of Airborne Operations - The Invasion of Holland; Canals and Rivers of the Netherlands, Scene of a Vital Battle (inc map); Le Havre: The British Capture of the Important Enemy-Held Port; Infantry and Flame-Throwers in Action: Some of the Prisoners; The Triumphant Advance of the Allies: Scenes of Liberated France and Belgium; The Dutch Landscape Covered with Grounded and Falling Allied Parachutes; The First Penetration By U.S. Troops of the Siegfried Line; The A.V.R.E.: A British Mortar Tank Designed for Breaching Fortifications; The Battle of Britain Commemoration Service in Westminster Abbey on Sunday, September17, 1944; Secrets of the Flying Bomb: Constructional Details Revealed; The Mystery Structure Near St. Omer - Believed a Long-Range V-2 Base; The Quebec Conference, 1944; War Items of Interest; Pencil Studies of Gandhi and Jinnah, Who Recently Met in Bombay (illus. by Feliks Topolski); and Norman Wilkinson's Exhibition of "War at Sea" Paintings in London. Advertising cover: moderate to excessive wear, with prior owners ink stamp with some writing centre front cover. Page 339/340 missing. Page 361/362 loose but present. Covers loose and taped at fold. Contents clean and unmarked. A worthy reading copy. Book
1946Cover: A British Tribute to a Great American: An Artist's Impression of the Layout for the Proposed (Franklin Delano) Roosevelt Memorial in Grosvenor Square. Features include: Our Notebook; The World of Science: Meteorites and Meteors; A Cast Iron Ring 2500 Years Old: Further Discoveries in the Byci Skala Cave; 100,000 Years of Central European History: Recent Moravian Discoveries Related to the Story of Man; Book Review: "Four Studies in Loyalty": by Christopher Sykes; Notes for the Novel-Reader; and Books of the Day. Pictorial Journals include: The King Opens Parliament in Semi-State: Historic Pageantry Tempered by Austerity; Veteran Cars in the London to Brighton 50th Anniversary Run; For the Grand Tour or Round of Calls: A Museum of Carriages; The Price of the Palestine Mandate: British Losses in a New "Reign of Terror"; In Honourable Retirement After Many a Hazardous Duty: The Little Ships of the Navy at Anchor; Maritime and Other News Items; From Aircraft to Car - And Vice Versa - In Seven Minutes!; A Great Meteor as Seen in New Mexico, USA (1933); To Clean or Not to Clean (Art Restoration); Restoring Confidence and Self-Reliance in Blinded Servicemen: Work and Recreation at St. Dunstan's (Illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); From the World's Scrapbook; and Postscripts of Two Wars: Air and Fire Disasters. Page 581/582 missing. Page 595/596 loose but present. Contents clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
1944Cover: For Training in Bombing of Enemy Ships: A Replica of a Japanese Battleship, Used as a Target for Practice Precision Bombing by the U.S. Air Forces. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Years of Victory, 1802 - 1812" by Arthur Bryant; The Great World War: Australia and the Pacific War; Books of the Day; and The World of Science: New Problems of Meteoritic Bombs. Pictorial Journals include: Two Sketches From the British Second Army Front in Holland (illus, by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); The Approaches to Germany: The Active Fronts, West and East (maps); The Western Front: Scenes from British and U.S. Battlefields; U.S. Troops in Fort Driant: The Fall of a Formidable Metz Fortress; The War at Sea: From H.M.S. "Howe" at Suez to Prefabricated Tugs; The Troubles in Athens: Alexander's Arrival - Partisan Prisoners; Our Heavy Sacrifices for the General Liberation of Greece; The Difficult Situation in Greece: Personalities and Events; One of the Gallant Acts for Which Lt. Colonel Henry Robert Bowreman Foote, D.S.O., has Been Decorated With the V.C. (illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); Sidelights on the Western Front: News From Germany and France; The New "Lungs" of the U'Boat: The Schnorkel Breathing System (illus. by G.H. Davis); Tito's Partisan's, With British Gunners and R.A.F., Score in Yugoslavia; Allied Partisans in Italy: Scenes Taken Behind Enemy Lines; and Trails of War Destruction in Normandy: Famous Churches and Historic Monuments Destroyed. Page 703/704 missing. Page 725/726 loose but present. Contents clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
1944Cover: The First Entry of Canadians into Caen. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "The Bank of England: 1694 - 1944" by Reginald Saw; The Great World War: Moving on in Italy (inc maps); Books of the Day; and The World of Science: Wood Comes of Age. Pictorial Journals include: In Liberated Caen: The Mayor Hoisting the Tricolour; Caen After the Battle: The Key City of Lower Normandy, whose Capture Marked a Valorous British Victory; Two Aerial Photos: German Atlantic Wall, Eastern Section of the Cherbourg Peninsula; On the Western Front (Battle of Normandy): War and Its Aftermath; On the Western Front: Scenes From the Battle Zones of British and American Armies in Normandy; The Red Army Surges On: Important Cities in the Path of Battle; A Lancashire Fusilier's V.C.: Fusilier (Francis Arthur) Jefferson, Single-Handed, Breaking Up an Enemy Tank Attack (illustrated by Captain Bryan de Grineau); The Onward Advance of Gen. Alexander's Armies: War Scenes at Castiglione, Lake Trasimeno, The French Entry into Siena; Mediaeval San Gimignano and Its Towers; The War in Burma: The Clearing of the Kohima-Imphal Road; The Japanese Main Fleet Caught Napping - Another U.S. Sea Victory (Battle of Philippine Sea); New Additions to our Fighting Power: Flying Bombs from Start to Finish; A Threatened View - Durham Cathedral from River and Railway (illustrated by Sir Muirhead Bone); and War's Trail of Devastation in Normandy: Historic Buildings Wrecked in Fierce Armoured Battles on the Allied Front. Binding sound. Clean and unmarked with minimal wear. A quality copy. Book
1944Cover: The Conquest of the Palau Islands. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Bath" by R.A.L. Smith; The Great World War: A New Situation in Russia; Books of the Day; and The World of Science: Vegetable Oils in Warfare. Pictorial Journals include: The Palau Isles, Last Stepping-Stone to the Philippines: Landings on Peleliu; Sidelights on the Battle for Aachen as Fighting Rages for the Ancient City; Inside the Battered City of Aachen; Battle Scenes Amid the Smoking Ruins; Watching Germany: British Artillery Observers Overlooking a Countryside Littered with Gliders and Parachutes South-east of Nijmegen (illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); Advancing on Overloon: British Troops of the Second Army Fighting Eastward From the Nijmegen Salient (illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); War News in Pictures; A Birthplace for Robots: Planned for 100 Flying Bombs a Day; Britain's Tempest Fighter; German Jet and Rocket Aircraft; "General Mud" Again Comes into Action on the Eighth Army Front: Italy; Fighting the Japanese in Burmese Jungle During the Monsoon Months; and The Village of Burnham Thorpe - Birthplace of Lord Nelson. Page 453/454 and 471/472 missing. Binding sound. Contents clean and unmarked with minimal wear. A worthy reading 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
1979130 pages. Features: No Arms or Legs, by the Reverend Graham Dowell; Renaissance Festivals; Pictures from the Past; A Pass from the King - laisser-passers were used long before passports - wonderful photos; Capital Letters - signs; Christmas Numbers; Shropshire's Political Ceramics; Louis Wain's Cat Portraits; Fen's Creator - Bruce Montgomery; Christmas in Norway; The Artists of Palekh - beautiful colour photos; Rich Men's Castles; The Christmas Story; Something Nasty in the Bedroom; Jubilee at Bekonscot; A Royal Governess - Lady Lyttelton; Ellen Terry and Sarah Bernhardt; Stamp of Ricard; Mary Celeste - The Truth; Jonathan Jeeves is Mean; The Felt Makers - making felt from wool in Turkey; Crafts of India; Christmas Quiz. 1" openings to fore-edge of back cover and back two pages. Average wear. Crossword completed, otherwise unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1919Pages 65-100. Features: Charming ad for Kruschen Salts inside advertorial front cover; Front cover photo of German soldiers returning to Berlin "Undefeated"; Article by G.K. Chesterton about the hope of the Polish people; Photo of the late great actor Sir Charles Wyndham; Photo of German troops entering Berlin; Photo of Liebknecht addressing large crowd in Unter Den Linden in Berlin; Two-page photo spread of the new "Lloyd George" Coalition Government - the Premier and some of the chief members - 32 photos in all; A Great Day in Prague - several photos show President Masaryk's Triumphal Entry; Photo of Filippo Cavallini, Luigi Dini and Adolfo Re-Riccardi in prisoners dock as they face charges of treason; Several photos of the aftermath of war; Photos of British Peace Delegates departing to Paris; Three pages of photos of Theodore Roosevelt - A Friend of Britain; Aerial Records and Record Making - article by C.G. Grey - Editor of "The Aeroplane"; Superb full-page photo portrait of Poland's Ignace Paderewski; Two pages of illustrations depicting heraldic symbols for commemorating naval traditions - some new badges for British War-Ships; Nice centerfold illustration by Arthur Watts shows a coastal motor-boat engaging a German seaplane; Large aerial photos of bombs exploding at sea; Illustration of new Undersecretary of State for Air - The Rt. Hon. Major-General J.E.E. Seely, D.S.O., on his charger Warrior; Photo from Baghdad of the British Commander-in-chief reading a proclamation announcing the surrender of Turkey; Great full-page ad for Kenilworth Cigarettes shows young lady on bed lighting her smoke from that of her male companion in uniform; Aerial photo of bombed Red Cross hospital at Etaples; Photo of Herr Ebert addressing a meeting of non-commissioned officers; Interesting photo of the interior of the Sopwith Aviation company's big factory at Ham, Surrey; "Astol" ad on back cover claims to restore natural colour to hair which is grey or faded; numerous other gorgeous vintage ads. Moderate wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Book
1944Photos - The Liberation of Brussels by British Troops; Photos of Nazi 'Flying Bomb' equipment (launching ramp, etc.); More V-1 Flying bomb-related photos; Photos of London's balloon flying-bomb defences; Germans thrown out of Brussels; dummy airfield and guns; a smashed Tiger Tank; Scenes during the Liberation of France; photos of the great allied advance on the western front; Photos of the breaching of the Gothic Line on the Adriatic sector by the Eighth Army. Advertorial covers not included. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1944Cover: Civil Strife in Athens: Lt. Gen. Ronald Scobie, British Commander in Greece, and the Prime Minister, M. George Papandreou, Who Have Been Striving to Restore Law and Order. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "The Island" by Francis Brett Young; The Great World War: The Menace of Private Armies; Books of the Day; and The World of Science: Birds of Australia and New Zealand. Pictorial Journals include: Anarchy in Athens: Views of the Principal Areas Affected; British Troops in Blerick: Frontline Pictures from Holland; Sidelights on the War in the West: Scenes from the Fighting Zones; Showing the Width of the Rhine at Various Strategic Points: Road and Rail Bridges Spanning the Great River; The Jungle Road to Mandalay: Obstacles Faced by the 36th Division; Sweeping the Vital Waterway of the Scheldt: A Fleet of British Minesweepers Clearing the Channel to Antwerp (illus, by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); The Eastern Front: Scenes of the Great Soviet Drive Across Hungary; Bombing Through the Clouds: A British Target-Finding Invention (illus. by G.H. Davis); The National Fire Service: The Control Room at Lambath (illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); The Queen Inspects Firewomen; Arnhem Heroes at the Palace; and An Exhibition That No One Should Miss "Constable to Cezanne" In Aid of the Airborne Forces Security Fund. Page 677/678 missing. 3" clipping removed pages 686-687. Page 695/696 loose but present. Remainder of contents clean and unmarked with minimal wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
1945Cover: The Modern Pompeii - A City Overwhelmed by the Tide of War. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Life, Work and Setting of Philip Wilson Steer" by D.S. MacColl; Aftermath of War: Record of the Eighth Indian Division; Books of the Day; and The World of Science: The Atom and Its Isotopes. Pictorial Journals include: Glimpses of the Japanese Navy: Warships in Their Graves; The Anniversary of Rundstedt's Last Offensive: Bastogne and St. Vith Revisited; The Ardennes Battlefields of Last Christmas: Scenes of Germany's Final Effort; The Price of War in Once-Proud Nurember; The Hutments of Berlin: Wooden Shacks and Improvished Dwellings of Some of the Homeless Hordes in the Shattered Capital; One of the War's Most Daring Exploits: British Midget (XE3Class) Submarine Attack Which Sank the Japanese Cruiser "Takao" at Singapore (Illus. by G.H. Davis); What Happens When You Dial "999": Scotland Yard's "Operations" Room (Illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); Princess Elizabeth at Brighton; Lieut.-Commander E.M. Brown, test pilot of the jet-propelled de Havilland Vampire taking off / landing on the deck of the H.M.S. "Ocean"; A "Shangri-La" for British Troops on Leave in the Far East: The Mullinger Club, Mussoorie; The Weapons of War and War's Aftermath; The New Waterloo Bridge: Officially Opened on December 10; Stills From (Bernard) Shaw's "Caesar and Cleopatra" - Perhaps the Most Important Film Produced in Great Britain (starring Vivian Leigh and Claude Rains); News From All Quarters: A Pictorial Survey; Picasso and Matisse Pictures Exhibited at the Victoria and Albert; and Masterpieces from Lockinge House on Loan to Birmingham Museum. Prior owners ink stamp and signature upon advertorial front cover. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
1946Cover: The Commemoration of the Battle of Britain: An Altar in St. George's Chapel Showing Two of the Six Oak Panels Forming the "Pilots'" Memorial. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "John Varley": by Adrian Bury and "Cox the Master" by F. Gordon Roe; Aftermath of War: New Light on Allied Strategy; The World of Science: The Mystery of the Harvest Bug; and Books of the Day. Pictorial Journals include: The Vital Harvest of 1946: Destruction by Floods and Gales; Safety in the Air: Wartime Discoveries to Assist Civil Aviation; British Aircraft Christenings: A New Transport (The "Hastings") and a New Service; A Window on Europe: News Events Portrayed by the Camera; Saving Coal: Main-Line Railways Convert Engines to Oil Fuel (Illus. by G.H. Davis); Training Air Hostesses: Putting Theory into Practice in the Air; The Old and the New: Camera News From Sea, Air and Land; Wren's Temple Bar as an Entrance to Theobalds Park, and on Its Original Site; Now Awaiting Judgment at Nuremberg: Twenty-One Defendants Who Made Final Pleas Before the Tribunal; Scenes of Japanese Life Today: How the Common People are Living; At the R.P.S. Exhibition: A Portrait Study of a Gorilla; At the R.P.S. Exhibition: "The Wheel's Kick and the Wind's Song..."; Peaceful Cologne: The "Patton Bridge" Across the Rhine and the Bomb-Damaged Cathedral Area; Camera Miscellany: News Pictures of the Week; The C.M.F. San Carlo Opera Company's Debut at Covent Garden: "La Traviata" with Margherita Carosio as Violetta; Locating and Rescuing Airmen (R.N. Air Ambulance) Who Crash in Mountain Districts (Illus. by Richard E. Jennings); and Drawings of a Little-Known R.A.F. (Mountain) Rescue Service in Action (Illus. by Richard E. Jennings). Binding sound. Contents clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
1946Cover: The Lastest Portrait of Her Majesty the Queen (Elizabeth I, Queen Mother). Features include: Our Notebook; Aftermath of War: Farewell to the Netherlands East Indies; Book Review: "The Life of Neville Chamberlain": by Keith Feiling; The World of Science: The Mystic Mistletoe; Notes for the Novel-Reader; and Books of the Day. Pictorial Journals include: Their Majesties and the Princesses: Royal Family Circle Home Portraits; H.M.S. Vanguard's "Shake-Down" Cruise: A Prelude to the Royal Tour; The Viceroy (Viscount Wavell) and Indian Leaders in London for Intensive Talks; The Lights of London: Experimental Fluorescent Lamps By Night; The Worst U.S. Disaster of Its Kind: The Winecoff Hotel (Atlanta, Georgia) Fire; Exiled Italian Royalty: Ex-King Umberto and His Family; Belgian Royalty in Geneva: The King (Leopold III) and His Children; A Window on the World; Events at Home and Abroad; A Sport for Model Enthusiasts: How to Build a Car Which Will Race at Speeds in Excess of 40 mp.h. (Illus. by G.H. Davis); Like a Straw Hat: The Atomic Bomb, A Split Second After Explosion; Harvesting Grapes for Wine: France's Historic Vendange; Gainsborough's Best Portrait of Garrick Lost in a Stratford Fire; Progress of Rocket Research: German Scientists in America; The Bones of Cortez; Palestine Explosions; New and Old Memorials; Where (Horatio) Nelson Flew His Flag as Commander-In-Chief (Antigua) at the Age of 28; and Likely to Become National Possessions: Trafalgar House and Its Nelson Relics. Pages 677/678 and 699/back cover missing. Cover and page 691 loose but present. Average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
1944Cover: Our Royal Field-Marshal (King George VI) Viewing the Fighting in Italy. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Excellenz X: The Leader of To-Morrow's Germans" by R.G. Waldeck; The Great World War: What Next on the Eastern Front? (inc maps); Books of the Day; and The World of Science: Summer's Emptying Nests. Pictorial Journals include: The King (George VI) in Italy: His Majesty Awards Honours and Decorations; Obstacles in the Path of Our Normandy Advance: German Defensive Methods in a Compact Countryside (illustrated by Captain Bryan de Grineau); Britain's 17-Pounder: More than a Match for German Tanks (illustrated by G.H. Davis); The Armour Against Us: Some Details of Germany's Modern Armoured Vehicles in Use in Normandy To-Day (illustrated by G.H. Davis); Blazing the Trail: Bulldozers Carving Roads Through Debris in Normandy; The Allied Offensive in Normandy: Montgomery's Great Drive; Scenes of Action at Caumont and Other Sites; Advance in Normandy: The Type of Landscape Our Forces Experience; The Devastation of Modern War: St. Lo Cathedral and Other Ruined Sites; Three Famous Places in Brittany - Now in the War News; The Scene of an Invasion Rehearsal - The Invasion Staged in Reality; The 14th Army's Success in Burma Amid Arduous Conditions; Warsaw Yesterday: Poland's Capital Under Nazi Domination; The War From Varied Angles: Topicalities Recorded by the Camera; Flying Our Wounded Home From the Battlefields of Normandy (Illus. by Flight Lieut. H.W. Hailstone); Dover-Photographed by the Enemy for His Cross-Channel Guns; and A Puzzle Posed by High-Speed Photographs of a Bullet in Flight. Prior owners ink stamp with some writing centre front cover. Some ink smudges to back cover. Contents clean and unmarked. Moderate wear. Book
1944Cover: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Henry Yevele, c. 1320 to 1400" by John H. Harvey; The Great World War: A Survey of Naval Operations (inc maps); Books of the Day; and The World of Science: Pastures of the Sea. Pictorial Journals include: Novel Ships of War of the Royal Navy (illus. by C.E. Turner): Sketches From Holland: Dutch Civil Guards and U.S. Paratroops (illus. Capt. Bryan de Grineau); The Ubiquitous Bulldozer: A Mechanical Tool of Peace Now Becomes an Important Weapon of War (illus. by G.H. Davis); Battlegrounds of Holland: Scenes of Walcheren Island and the Moerdijk Bridges; The Perilous and Exhausting Operations of British Troops on Walcheren Island: Landing-Craft Difficulties; The Gallant Landing of British Marine Commandos at Westkapelle, Walcheren Island, in the Face of Heavy Enemy Fire; Our Steady Advance in Italy: Scenes in the Mountain War; Shakespeare's London Modelled; Glasgow Faces Housing Problem; The Funeral of Dr. (William) Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, in Canterbury Cathedral; The War in Europe: A Gibraltar "Find": An Historic Enthronement; How the Battle of the Flying Bomb was Won: An Exhibition in London; News Items of Interest from Holland, France, Belgium and Russia; Oxford in Wartime: Uniforms, Caps and Gowns; and Oxford "The Mother of Arts and Eloquence". Page 535/536 missing. Page 557/558 loose but present. Binding sound. Contents clean and unmarked with minimal wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
1945Cover: The Invasion of Iwo Jima: U.S. Marines Storming the Beaches and Digging in on Suribachi Volcano After Capturing the Enemy Pill-Boxes. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Dismembered Masterpieces" by Thomas Bodkin; The Great World War: Allied Thrust to the Rhine; Books of the Day; and The World of Science: Australia's Living Fossils. Pictorial Journals include: Scenes in Manila, The Philippine Capital Destroyed by the Retreating Japanese; General Crerar's Offensive: Allied Armour Driving into the Reichswald (Illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); General Crerar's Offensive: British Troops and Armour Fighting in the Centre of Cleve (Illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); The Battle of the Bridges: Important Rhine Crossings; The Allies' Great Victory of the Rhine from Wesel to Coblenz: A Bird's-Eye Map of the Terrain (Illus. by G.H. Davis); Munchen-Gladbach, Krefeld, and Neuss Fall to the U.S. Ninth Army; U.S. Ninth Army Drive: Scenes in Captured German Towns; Scenes of Bitter Fighting by the Canadian First Army and United Kingdom Forces: Victorious Progress to the Rhine Against Rundstedt's Crack Paratroopers; General Crerar's Offensive: British Infantry of the Canadian Army Penetrating Enemy Positions by Artificial Moonlight South of the Hochwald (Illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); General Crerar's Offensive: Scottish Medium Artillery Covering the Advance of British Tanks South of Goch (Illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); The Invasion of Iwo Jima; The Eastern Front: Some Captured Volkssturmers and Enemy Goods; The Eastern Front: Soviety Guns, Tanks, and Cavalry on the Move; Pagan, the Romantic City of Pagodas Again in British Hands; and Pagan, the Ancient Buddhist Capital of Burma: City of Five Thousand Colourful Pagodas and Sacred Shrines. Binding sound. Prior owners faint ink stamp and signature upon advertorial front cover. Contents clean and unmarked with minimal wear. A quality copy. Book
