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1981réf. 14307Ross-Erikson 1981. Hardback. Good. Good condition. There are scuffs and wear to the edges and corners of the dust cover as well as the remnants of a sticker around the base of the spine and some light damage there also. There are 5mm and 1cm tears to the top corners of the front and a 5mm tear to the top corner of the back of the dust cover and a black marker scribble on the top corner of the inside front flap. There are some marks to the page edges but otherwise in very good condition with pages crisp and clean. Ross-Erikson hardcover
2007réf. 1-0763738808Jones & Bartlett Pub 2007. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 298 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. Jones & Bartlett Pub paperback
1873réf. 697671873. Hardcover. Good. Circa 175 pages of holograph text; remainder of book blank. Scuffed leather minute book. 34cm. Ruled pages. This railroad seems to been relatively short running from the Connecticut border south of Longmeadow Massachusetts to East Hartford. At the final 1887 meetings of the stockholders and directors recorded in this minute book the Company appeared to be facing a foreclosure suit by the Connecticut State Treasurer. The railroad appears to have ceased in 1887. hardcover
1873réf. 697671873. Hardcover. Good. Circa 175 pages of holograph text; remainder of book blank. Scuffed leather minute book. 34cm. Ruled pages. This railroad seems to been relatively short running from the Connecticut border south of Longmeadow Massachusetts to East Hartford. At the final 1887 meetings of the stockholders and directors recorded in this minute book the Company appeared to be facing a foreclosure suit by the Connecticut State Treasurer. The railroad appears to have ceased in 1887. hardcover books
réf. 35194166-nnew. unknown
1923Pages 90-178 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads, many illustrated. Features: The pitfalls of a man who purchased three submarine-chasing 'M.L.'s' and set out to bring them from Rosyth to the Thames - with only one boat reaching her destination - with illustrations and a photo of the boat which survived; Some Adventures with Jaguars; Photo and brief write-up of a nine-foot boa constrictor housepet in Ecuador which showed remarkable affection for its master; Unkown Peru - an Englishman who has lived in Peru for many years describes his experience in unknown regions - illustrated with his photos (part 1); Mangahau the 'Magician' - a Maori tale of a prodigal son and Tapu ; In Search of Sea Monsters - F.A. Mitchell-Hedges sets out on a two-year expedition to find and catch the world's largest fish - with photos (part 1); The Poker Bandits; a 'hold-up' at the Red Deer Lumber Company's camp in Manitoba leads to an exciting and tragic man-hunt; A Miracle of Marine Salvage - the strange case of the 'St. Paul' - with photos; The Road to Timbuctoo - another humourous adventure of Leo Walmsley of the "Three Asses in the Pyrenees" articles; A Motorcycle in High Albania - Kenneth Robertson was the first motorcyclist to cross the Albanian Alps; Winter Wild-Fowling in Friesland (Northern Holland) - with great photos of their decoys and more; Our Adventure in Normandy - a cycle-camping trip leads to an odd experience; Frank Miller's Last Fight - a gas bomb is used to overcome a cop-killing desperado in Jersey City, New Jersey - with photos; Above-average wear. Covers loose but present. Pencil writing atop front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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
193158 pages. Features: Nice color ad for General Electric radios inside front cover; Hudson Essex car ad shows mother dropping kids at school; Nice full-page ad for Mimeograph; They'll Come Shooting (short story); Power and Glory - the gutsy story of Boies Penrose, one of the most prodigious figures in American political life - article with photos; Wild Geese (short story); A Lady of Resource (short story); Naughty Girl - Lenore Ulric serves allure in generous portions - article with photos; The Meanest Beast - battle between black leopard and shark; The Road Back (part VI of short story); You Couldn't Hate Patrick (short story); Thoughts that Win - Advice by champion golfer Jerome D. Travers - article with photo; Nice full-page color ad for Seald Sweet grapefruits; Full-page ad for Canada Dry ginger ales; The Scotty Dog (short story); Fantastic centerfold two-colour ad for Colorado tourism; Louisville & Nashville (L&N) Railroad full-page ad; Full-page ad for Philco radios features photos of Gary Cooper; Nice Chrysler ad; Full-page Fleischmann's Yeast ad encourages readers to eat three cakes per day (!); Back page article on prohibition; Attractive color Ford ad inside back cover shows doctor making housecall in the evening snow; Color Ipana ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
1899Pages 588-610. Features: Cover illustration by Ernest L. Blumenschein entitled "Wards of the Nation - Their First Vacation From School" depicts a Native American scene; British Problems in Asia; This Busy World; The Passing of John Barrett, United States Minister to Siam; Photos from the Philippines - Admiral Dewey Going for a Drive Around Manila, Admiral Dewey at the Office of the Captain of the Port at Manila, Dakota and Montana Troops Crossing Wrecked Bridge over the Rio Grande; The Philippine Revolt - The Malolos Campaign; Photos and write-ups of these men in the news - Frank Thomson of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Major Arthur M. Diggles who was lost in the Malolos Campaign, Augustin Daly, Rev. W.H.P. Faunce of Brown University, and George K. Nash, Republican candidate for Governor of Ohio; Full-page illustration by W.A. Rogers entitled "Conquering a Desert in Southern Arizona"; A page of photos and illustrations along the route of the proposed Nicaragua Canal; The Nicaragua Canal in Sight - article by Francis E. Leupp; Ballad of Leiutenant Miles; Two-page centerfold compilation of photos and illustration depicting the proposed Nicaragua Canal, the country through which it will pass, and the people along the route; Hawaiian-America; An American Sovereign (continued); Amateur Sport - considerable text with six photos; Poem To Augustin Daly; The Conspirators (continued); Great vintage ads, including an illustrated one for the Columbia Bevel-Gear Chainless Bicycle from the Pope Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Conn. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality copy. Magazine
1964456 pages. Frequently illustrated with black and white photographs and line drawings. Topics include: New Dams in the UK; New Marine and Riverside Structures; Loading Tests on Large Bored Piles in Clay; New Zealand House, London; Some New Ecclesiastical Structures; The Economic Design of Members Subjected to Shearing (Ultimate-load Method) - parts I and II; Concrete Structures in Israel; The Principal Post-Tensioning Systems for Prestressed Concrete; Loading Tests on Deep Bored Cylinder Foundations; Precast construction of a training college; Prize-winning Designs for a Motorway Bridge; Research on Concrete Members Reinforced with Deformed Bars; The Inelastic Space Frame - Prestressed Concrete; Concrete Construction at Tinsley Park Steelworks; Construction of Student Hostels; The Counteraction of the Self-weight of Prestressed Concrete Beams; Pressures in Containers of Granular Materials - Parts I and II; Reconstruction of Benghazi Harbour; Model to Determine Temperature Effects on a Cylindrical Structure; A Specification for Concrete; Effects of Oiling and Grouping Prestressed Wires; Continuous Bridges on Elastic Supports; Developments in Foundation Engineering; Progress at Nuclear Power Stations; Removable Wide-slab Construction of a Car-Parking Building; Stresses in Stiffening Beams of Skewed-slab Bridges; A Theory of Bonding - Parts I, II and III; Extensions at Gatwick Airport; Research by the German Committee for Reinforced Concrete; The Design of Concrete Hinges; Installing Pipe-lines by the Thrusting Process; Critical Loads of Plane Frames; Tunnelling Machines for Tube Railways; The Analysis of Stairs with Unsupported Intermediate Landings; The Newark By-pass Road; Special Boundary Conditions in Membrane Shells - Parts I and II; A Multi-Storey Car Park at Leeds; Bridges on the Newark By-Pass Road; Tests on Helical Stairs; Bridges on the Heads of the Valleys Road; Chimney's Constructed with Precast Blocks; New Bridges on the New Motorways - Parts I and II; Practical Analysis of Frames with Beamless Floors; Stiffness Coefficients for Cylindrical Shells; Rapid Construction of a Precast Concrete Building; An Approximating Analysis for Shallow Shells of Translation; Ultimate-Load Analysis of an Edge-Loaded Rectangular Slab Resting on Soil; and more. Prior owner's name in gilt upon front board. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Tightly bound. High quality copy. Book
1965470 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Topics include: Some New Concrete Bridges; Stithians Dam; Cruachan Dam; Prestressed Precast Concrete Construction at Cardiff; A Calculator for Concrete Mixes; Motorway M6 - Preston/Lancaster Section; New Equipment for Concrete Road Construction; Piccadilly Plaza Building Manchester; Prestressed Concrete Pressure-Vessel for Wylfa Nuclear Power Station; Building Constructed over a Railway Tunnel; Large Cooling-water Chambers at Tilbury; Sewage Works, Dalmarnock; Sewage Works, Godstone; Restrained Ribbed Slabs with Distribution Ribs; Library and Swimming Baths, Hampstead; The Analysis of Symmetrically-loaded Circular Conical Shells - I; Early Concrete Buildings in Britain; Precast Construction of Asbestos-cement pipe factory, Eire; A Precast Concrete Fire-drill Tower; A Cantilevered Concrete Grandstand - Coventry City Football Club; Pierced Shear-Walls - I; Modern Designs for Prestressed Concrete Bridges; Stockbury Viaduct; The Analysis of Symmetrically-loaded Circular Conical Shells - Parts II and III; Oil-Tanker Jetty at Milford Haven; Repairs to Piles in Sea-water; Market Hall, Wakefield; Pierced Shear-Walls - II; Developments in Formwork for concrete structures; Air-Permeability of Concrete; A simplified Method of Analysing Free-standing Stairs; Pierced-Shell-Walls - III; Recent Lightweight-Concrete Structures; Prestressed Concrete Pressure-Vessels; Research on Concrete Structures in Nuclear Engineering; Stresses in Wide-Flanged T-beams; Members Subjected to Bending and Thrust; Town Hall Extension, Ealing; Foundations and Other Construction Below Ground; The G.P.O. Tower during construction; The Design of the G.P.O. Tower, London; Data for Load-Factor Design of Beams and Slabs; The Interaction of Parallel Frames; A Pioneer of Concrete - George Semple of Dublin; Fatigue Behaviour of High-Yield Steel Reinforcement; A Computer Programme for the Analysis of the Effects of Torsion; Design of Continuous Concrete Slabs Supported on Steel Beams; Concrete Roads in Nigeria; Economic Design by the Ultimate-Load Method - Parts I, II and II; Cracking of Slabs Spanning in Two Directions; Design of Bow Bridge Intersection; Membrane Analysis of Parabolic Conoids; Concrete Dam in Yorkshire - The Thruscross Dam; A Code for Structural Lightweight-aggregate Concrete; A New Gauge for the Measurement of Internal Strains in Concrete; Circular Members Subjected to Bending and Thrust; Recent construction of silos; and more. Prior owner's name in gilt upon front board. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Tightly bound. High quality copy. Book
1964160 pages. Features: What was killed was not only the President but the Promise; How to Survive in the Kremlin; General Westmoreland - inheritor of a wretched war; The Road Back for teh G.O.P., by Jacob K. Javits; White Mercenaries on a 'rabbit hunt' in The Congo; Photos of the new Verrazano-Narrows bridge; Michelangelo Antonioni - 'Most Controversial Director'; Gallery of Presidential Also-Rans, including Goldwater-Miller; The dizzying pace of Luxembourger life - and why Common Market bureaucrats don't want to make it their headquarters; After the Yankees What? - a TV Drama - C.B.S, the Columbia Broadcasting System; New Musicals, New Songwriters; Petain - of Verdun, of Vichy, of history; When children don't achieve. Crossword completed in pencil. Moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
1921Contents: The Man from the Coffin - the amazing story of Albert Juge of Paris; The Fire-Walkers of Singapore - at a Tamil Temple, with photos; How Willy Saved the Orange Crop - a resourceful schoolboy in California; My Strangest Experience; The Hidden Treasure of Santa Fe; Into the Unknown - III - Chasing Outlaws in New Guinea, with 5 photos; The Pirates of the 'Souirah'; Anthropop - Apology; The Passing of the Queen - Mother of Siam, Many Photos; The Cruise of the Dream-Ship I, by Ralph Stock, with photos; The LIfted Veil - VII; Our Adventures among the Berbers - I, the 'White Arabs' of Algeria, with photos; The Road to Fortune; Three Times!; plus many very unusual contemporary advertisements for such things as nose-straightening devices! Unmarked. Above-average but not excessive wear. Covers present but detached as one. A worthy copy of this rare issue. Book
197060 pages Photos of Boots in color and black and white. Includes sheet music for B flat tenor sax, E flat alto sax, and piano for these songs: Ave Maria; Crackety Jacks; Games People Play; King of the Road; Little Big Horn; Lost Sinner; Mickey's Tune; Moon River; Night Train; Yakety Sax; Yodelin' Sax. Rare and wonderful songbook by the genius composer of Benny Hill's theme song 'Yakety Sax'. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
1960140 pages. Features: Numerous gorgeous color-photo fashion ads, our favorite being the Stardust slip modelled on page 35; Castro Tries to Export 'Fidelismo' - article with great photos; Which is the Best Road to the White House?; As They See Things in the Holy Loch - article (with photo) on reaction in Holy Loch, Scotland, where it has been announced that a U.S. nuclear sub base will be located; Integration - The Third Critical Phase as it begins in the core states - article with dramatic photos; In Pakistan, "Maybe President Mohammed Ayub Khan Can Help Us" - article with photo of the President confering with Prime Minister Nehru of India; 'Welfare State' a Debate That Isn't - the real question is, to what extent should government intervene in the economy?; Tyrants of the Podium - Famous Musical conductors speak loudly and carry a small stick; Les Halles Must Move - Maybe - article and photos of the ancient Paris market which is to be modernized; Powerful two-page color ad for Accutron watches by Bulova; Top Denizens of the Myth Zoo - mythical animals; A Niagara of Power - construction photos and sketch of the new Niagara Power Project; The Vision of Spanish artist Velasquez - the 300th anniversary of his death; When Royalty Marries Commonality - photos of famous 'mixed' royal couples; Vintage full-page color ad for Parker Bros. game Kimbo; Nice color photo one-page ad for Medaglia D'Oro Espresso Coffee; Interior design photos with a medieval taste; Nice one-page color ad for nine of Milton Bradley's board games; The Child of 'Emotional Divorce' - the rift that can exist between parents who stay together 'for the sake of the kids'; Nice women's swimwear and hat fashion photos; Photos of raising a 60'x90' US flag on the George Washington Bridge; Wonderful one-page color ad for Cobbs Christmas gift baskets (yes, back then ads could mention Christmas). Unmarked. Average wear. Paper tender with peripheral age-toning. A worthy vintage copy. Book
194332 pages. Features: Cover photo of camouflaged marines crossing rope bridge in South Pacific; Article on freedom of movement for aircraft after the war by Vice-President Wallace; Russia's 'Burma Road' Through Iran - article and six photos; Needed - One American Peace Plan; Moscow Learns to Relax Again - The heart of fighting Russia beats calmly now and nerves are less tense as victory looms ahead; The Pentagon - illustrated article on this maze of corridors, courts, ramps and roads; Runner Gunder Haegg - A Modern Hermes From Sweden; Chicago Isn't So Sure - The city's isolationist spirit has changed since Pearl Harbor; "This is the Army" On the Screen - with six photos; Nice half-page color ad for Marlboro cigarettes - America's Luxury Cigarette (featuring lady in two-piece swimsuit as the Marlboro Man had not yet been concocted); What Kind of School? - a progressive educator says the time has come to harmonize our conflicts and work for the best possible in American education; Nice one-page color ad for Mazola Salad Oil; How to Salt Away Food; Nice half-page color ad for Ten-B-Low condensed milk; The Home in Wartime; That New Black Magic - Lovely two-pages of fashion photos of elegant black dresses; Great vintage Aircraft Spotter's Handbook ad on back cover helps readers determine if an aircraft is friend or foe. Unmarked with moderate wear and external soiling. A quality vintage wartime issue. Book
1859réf. 189711Calcutta.: Surveyor Generals Office. 1870. Reissue of 1859 edition. Lithographed map 57.2 x 93 cms; 61.1 x 96 cms sheet original folds old paper repairs to the verso and a sealed marginal tear central folds archivally strengthened some toning to the folds and creasing but the map in remarkably good clean condition. Impressive large Calcutta printing from the Survey of India showing Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh and surrounding states with extremely detailed delineation of settlements roads railways rivers and major points of interest the Taj Mahal is highlighted. . Surveyor Generals Office. unknown
réf. BN313350Softcover. La reliure fait par vous-même La reliure fait par vous-même Sylvie Estrada et Collectif paperback
1975144 pages. Index. Discography. "The Greatest Singer and Entertainer of the Century - Bessie Smith comes alive again in this unique collection of 30 of her most famous songs. Not just copies of sheet music, here are actual transcriptions of her most famous songs, with piano reproductions and guitar chords... Gunther Schuller contributes notes on her singing style - perhaps the only good critical description of her art. This is the ideal companion to the record set of Bessies's complete recordings." - from back cover. Songs include: It Makes My Love Come Down, Long Road, Jailhouse Blues, Dirty No-Gooder's Blues, Down in the Dumps, In the House Blues, Shipwreck Blues, Safety Mama, Take Me For a Buggy Ride, Blue Blues, Wasted Life Blues, Standin' In the Rain Blues, Squeeze Me, Baby Won't You Please Come Home, Pickpocket Blues, Backwater Blues, Young Woman's Blues, See if I'll Care, New Orleans Hop Scop Blues, Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out, Baby Doll, Please Help Get Him Off My Mind, Reckless Blues, My Man Blues, Poor Man's Blues, Hard Time Blues, Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do, Cake Walking Babies from Home, Gimme a Pigfoot, Gulf Coast Blues. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Sound copy. Book
1983Contains separate piano and trumpet sheet music, plus guitar chords and lyrics, for some of the most popular music of the 1960s and 70s. Songs include: Acapulco 1922; Fandango; Jerusalem; (The) Lonely Bull (El Solo Toro); Magic Man; Mexican Shuffle; Rise; Rotation; Route 101; So What's New; Spanish Flea; (A) Taste of Honey; This Guy's In Love With You; Tijuana Taxi; Up Cherry Street; Wade in the Water; What Now My Love; Whipped Cream. Four pages of colour photos of Herb Alpert, with two more pages in black and white. Prior owner's reference page of instrument transpositions fastened inside front cover by a staple. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. It is hard not to feel good when you listen to these timeless songs! Book
1942Pages 47-84 plus advertorial covers. Features: cover photo of Air Vice-Marshal Arthur Coningham; Dramatic 10-photo sequence of Italian 'S.M. (Savoia Marchetti) 79' bomber as it crashes after attacking a British warship near Malta; Twelve action photos of action on the Russian front where "Colossal losses are inflicted by Timoshenko's troops in steady withdrawal"; Wonderful two-page spread of 42 photos and brief write-ups of "Heroes of the Present War - The Men Who, For Conspicuous Bravery, Have Won the Victoria Cross (V.C.)"; Photos of personalities of the week include Dr. P. regis De Oliveira, Major K.M. Cariappa, Mr. Ivor Brown, Sir Daniel Hall, Commander Miers and men of the submarine Torbay with Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Pridham-Wippell, Dr. Refik Saydam, M. Sarajoglu, the King with George Robey's son, Maj.-Gen. Carl Spaatz, J. Jagger M.P., Sir W. Phene Neal, Sir W. Windham and Leiut.-Gen. Sir G. MacDonogh; Page of photos and diagrams of Germany's Latest - the Dornier "Do.217e," with tail dive-brake; Photo-illustrated book review of "I Rode With Stonewall" by Henry Kyd Douglas; Five photos of fighting French forces celebrating Bastille Day in London with De Gaulle; Article discusses Von Bock's powerful thrust on the Don and towards Caucasus - with map; Photo of the "Airacobra' P-39 fighter in flight with guns blazing; Photo of the 170 "Mars" XPB2M-1 on its maiden flight over Chesapeake Bay; Eleven photos of catastrophic R.A.F. bomb damage inflicted on the Renault works in the Ile Seguin and adjacent banks of the Seine at Billancourt (photos taken by a Free French agent and smuggled to London); Six photos from the El Alamein front; Illustration and photo show how 'Stukas' opened a road through Tobruk's minefield; 5 Photos of North African battles past and present; Five photos of Rommel's troops in the battle for Egypt; Four pages of photos of life-like simulations of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Japan's first important naval defeat; nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Spine taped. A sound vintage copy. Book
194132 pages. Features: Cover photo of message being passed by line from destroyer to cruiser while at sea; Series of illustrations show 'Position' land-mining a road surface for depth-charges; Two-page illustration of night training for attack in enemy country; Photo of Packard draughtsmen at work in the U.S. where they are contracted to produce 6,000 Rolls-Royce engines; Two impressive photos of Pittsburgh's impressive steel productive capacity; Aerial photos of R.A.F. bomb strikes on Boulogne and Addis Ababa; Ten photos of Tripoli, the beautiful capital of Italian Libya; Map-illustrated article considers German invasion of England; Personalities of photos of the week include Lady Austen Chamberlain, Dr. W.M. Carter, Colonel Lindbergh (who urged a negotiated peace), H.W. House, Dr. E.G.W. Braunholtz, The King and Queen inspecting bomb damage, P.W. Kerr, Walter Krivitsky, Major-General Fleischer of the Norwegian forces, M. radu Florescu, and C.F.A. Voysey; Illustration and photo of German inflatable dinghy for downed airmen; Two-page photo of dawn paratroop attack; Seven photos of America's parachute troops training at Fort Benning; Full-page cutaway illustration of Wellington bomber; Photos of London statues being saved; Photo of huge unexploded Nazi bomb now used as a $ collecting box outside St. Paul's Cathedral; Photos of gas masks in use in Brighton as part of gas 'alert' test; Photos aboard corvettes - little ships which are grappling with the U-boat menace; Six large photos show meal preparation at Liverpool's communal feeding centre - capable of serving 16,000 repasts daily; and more. Staples disintegrated. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this important wartime issue. Book
194132 pages. Features: Cover photo of formal handing-over ceremony to the Australian Brigadier; Six photos of the snow and ice Greek soldiers overcame in Albania; Six photos from the Greek Front - awaiting Tepelini's fall; Photo of Greek troops in tiny captured Italian tanks near the Albanian front; Photo of forlorn captured Italian Colonel, commander of a crack Alpini regiment, in German sidecar driven by Greek soldier; Two-page illustration/map of Singapore and vicinity - stubborn obstacle to Japan's ambitious projects in southern Asia; One-page map of the U.S.' strategic Pacific sites, which envelope Japan at all points; Article entitled "The War with Nazi Germany - The Far East" includes photos of Japanese troops on Hainan; Photos of personalities of the week include Trygve Lie, Sir H. Harty, Dr. Tevfid Rustu Aras, M. Charalambos Simopoulos, M. Yosuke Matsuoka, Australian Prime Minister Menzies inspecting troops in London, Lord Gort in a Bren gun carrier, Sir Frederick Banting (killed in Newfoundland plane crash), Sir Shenton Thomas, Sir R. Brooke-Popham, L.A. Strange, Dan Pienaar, A.G. Cunningham, and Joe Coyne; Photos of the wood carvings at St. Stephen's, Walbrook; Aerial photo of R.A.F. bomb damage in Eritrean port of Massawa; Aerial photo of R.A.F. bomb damage at Valona; Fascinating illustrations explain German incendiary bombs - clockwork and electric types; Dramatic centrefold photo of F.D.R. addressing the House to demand fullest help to the democracies; Twelve photos of the Capture of Derna (a small town between Tobruk and Banghazi); Two pages of photos of the Capture of Derna - minefields cleared, booty seized, examples of Italian road engineering; Two pages of photos of the occupation of Benghazi by Australian troops - and welcoming crowds; and more. Staples disintegrated. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this extraordinary wartime issue. Book
1942Pages 505-532. Features: Cover photo of Monty pinning Sgt. Keith Elliot with the V.C., for outstanding gallantry at Ruweisat; The Battle of the Solomons - U.S. Sea Losses and Land Fighting, with photo of aircraft carrier "Wasp" ablaze and dramatic photo of U.S. auxiliary vessel "Colhoun" and U.S. destroyer "Little" shortly before they went under; Multiple photos of the Battle of the Solomons; Photos of Guadalcanal's vital airfield, Henderson Airport; Six photos of U.S. troop life on Guadalcanal; One-page illustration of sappers 'Hoovering' a minefield in the Western Desert; Photos of Allied airmen waging ceaseless war on Rommel's troops and supply columns; Multiple photos of the Eighth Army's steady progress in the Western Desert - aspects of the battle in its initial stages; The Third British Offensive in Egypt - article; Photos of eleven personalities of interest include Pilot Officer George F. Beurling, John Grix, and Mrs. Roosevelt meeting her U.S. Army son, Elliott, in Britain; Two pages of photos of lively episodes and incidents in the desert battle; Three photos of "Reprisal" raid bombing damage in Canterbury; Seven photos from Madagascar - successful British operations despite road blocks and blown-up bridges; Photos of renewed raids on Malta; Amazing daylight photo from 1 of 94 Lancasters flying low over France enroute to bombing the Schneider words at Le Creusot on October 17th; Illustrations explain how low-flying tactics create new problems for the enemy; Large high-resolution aerial photos of bomb damage to Schneider Works and Breuil Steelworks; Eight woodcuts by Chinese children illustrate the ongoing drama in that nation; Nice colour back cover ad for Johnnie Walker shows iron fence being installed in front of stately home. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1942Pages 533-560. Features: Cover photo portrait of Sir Harold Alexander; The Strategic Brains Behind the Air Battles Over the Desert - brief write-up with photos of Sir Arthur Tedder and his staff, Lieut.-General Montgomery and Sir Arthur Coningham; Photos of remnants of Rommel's war machine littering the road to Libya; General Montgomery Meets captured German General Ritter Von Thoma; Sherman tanks provide unwelcome surprise for Germans; Two pages with eleven great photos of the British and U.S. aircraft commanding the skies over Rommel's broken army; The Victory of El Alamein (article); Photos of fifteen personalities of the week include Mrs. Roosevelt with Queen Mary, Red Army sniper Lieut. Lyndmilla Pavlichenko in London, Vice-Admiral Chanchak, Captain Frances Riley of Winnipeg, and Mr. George M. Cohan; Numerous photos of Axis POWs on the road to Alexandria; Very dramatic centrefold photo of Australian Eighth Army soldiers advancing into smoke screen with revolvers and bayonets; Eleven photos of Vichy's Crucial African Sea Ports - Scenes of Anglo-American Pressure; One-page contour map of the Algerian and Tunisian coasts, with distances from Algiers to important sites; Photos of Allied Commanders in North Africa - including General Giraud; An American Tribute to British Achievement (article); Six photos from Madagascar where hostilities have ceased; Two pages of photos of destruction in Stalingrad; Four aerial photos of severe bomb damage at Genoa; Back page colour ad for Daimler, B.S.A. and Lanchester includes illustration of the first Royal car and a modern Daimler 4-Litre Cabriolet. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
