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1943rif. 739g0172London: The London Illustrated News. Good. 1943. First Edition. Paperback. 28 pages. Features: Cover illustration of "Silent Telephony on the Battlefront" - showing one of our troops in Tunisia using throat microphones and "silent speech" transmitters to report to base from under the noses of the enemy; Scenes during the Eighth Army's Advance into Tripolitania - includes photos of anti-tank and anti-personnel mines removed from the airfield at Marble Arch; Dramatic two-page illustration of the damaged Stirling bomber piloted by Flight Sergeant Rawdon Hume Middleton about to plunge into the Channel - how he won the Victoria Cross V.C. - Devotion "Unsurpassed in the annals of the Royal Air Force"; The Great World War - Lessons from Papua - article by Cyril Falls; Rabaul - Main Japanese Base in New Guinea Area Campaign - three illustrations and two photos; The German Retreat Across the Snow - Dramatic Views of Hitler's Sorry Army - Russians Close on Their Heels - 13 photos; How a "Liberty" Freighter was built in less than five days - Henry J. Kaiser's shipyards built the "Robert E. Peary" using pre-fabricated sections; Photos of personalities and events of the week - including Von Ribbentrop welcoming Laval to Berlin Lloyd George at age 80 and a ceremony in London honouring American airman Sec. Lieut. Johnson; Pictures Behind the News - photo of the new Lockheed Constellation on its maiden voyage aerial photo of now free Leningrad; A Japanese Bomber's Suicide Dive on the U.S. Aircraft-Carrier "Hornet" - dramatic photos; Centerfold illustration of Captain Robert Sherbrooke V.C. in H.M.S. "Onslow" Challenging Superior Naval Forces of North Cape; Photos of enemy bombers down over London; Scenes in Malta's War Headquarters; Illustration of Flak over London; Three dramatic photos show Squadron Leader T.M. Bulloch settle the fate of a U-boat; Two-page illustrated map indicates the vast economic development of French Africa - roads and communications from Algeria to Congo; The Trans-African Air Route - a six-thousand miles daily flight over virgin forests and desert tracts - three great photos; The Rivals of Rubber - article by E.S. Grew; Nice colour-illustrated ad for Johnnie Walker on back cover; Unmarked. Average wear. Centerfold loose but present.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; The Illustrated London News Saturday January 23 1943 ilent speech" transmitters to report to base from under the noses of the enemy; Scenes during the Eighth Army's Advance into Tripolitania - includes photos of anti-tank and anti-personnel mines remov . The London Illustrated News paperback
1943rif. 739g0190London: The Illustrated London News 1943. Magazine. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 24 pages. Please note - this copy missing 4 pages 135-139 Features: Fantastic cover photo of Il Duce waving his hand while speaking from the balcony of the Palazzo Venezie in Rome; 10 photos of the Red Army - "The Soviet Armies have again taken the offensive against a weakening enemy - varied Red Army scenes from the battlefront and behind the lines; The Ruhr Dams in Miniature - How Crews Memorised their targets; Airborne Invasion Troops - They Saved us Eight Days in Sicily - eight photos; The Sicilian Invasion Armada on its way - ten photos; The Invasion of Sicily - Stages in the land fighting during the rapid Allied advance across the island - twelve photos; Thousands of Axis prisoners from Sicily now in our hands - five photos; Sicily Welcomes her conquerors with scenes of hysterical joy - five photos; Centerfold illustration of "Glider troops' striking victory in Sicily - Heavy Panzer attack smashed in a two-days battle; Germany's defeat in Russia - article by Cyril Falls; Six Sicilian snapshots - sidelights on the island campaign; Two-page photos spread entitled "The Fall of Benito Mussolini - Outstanding highlights in the fascist dictator's amazing career - fourteen photos; Rome Marshalling yards bombed and damage to San Lorenzo Basilica - two dramatic aerial photos; Great full-page photo of a new "Baby" aircraft carrier; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Two pages loose but present. The Illustrated London News Paperback
1943rif. 739g0176London: The London Illustrated News. Good. First Edition. Paperback. 28 pages. Features: Front cover photo of London's great "Wings for Victory" Week - 100000 people in Trafalgar Square; 12 related photos on the following two pages; Wonderful full-page photo of flying fortresses - prominent in the sensational Bismarck Sea battle; The Battle of the Bismarck Sea - article by Cyril Falls; Axis Forces Take a Pounding in the Retreat from Kasserine - Six photos; Indians gathered around a downed Japanese plane; Sketch of Germany's latest air transport - the Me. 323 six-engined "Powered Glider"; Large separate photos of submarine chasers the H.M.S. "Abelia" and the H.M.S. "Rother"; Hour-by-Hour the Bombs Rain Down on Emeny Targets in Europe - seven aerial photos; London Air Raid Shelter Tragedy - three photos of the shelter where 178 people died; Funeral of the Late Captain E.A. Fitzroy; The New Speaker of the House of Commons and his wife Colonel Douglas Clifton Brown; Before and after photos of factory of the Societe des Produits Chimiques at Tessenderloo in Belgium - apparently when the factory was bombed there were 1200 caualties and 4000 left homeless; Squadron Leader H.R.K. Wells; Photos of new German anti-personnel bomb; Footbal cup final in Tripoli; Centerfold illustrations of doctors and dentists at work in the desert Army's Front Lines; Photos of London's "Wings for Victory" truimphal march through the city; Subhas Chandra speaking in Berlin; Captain S.H.A. Haggard; Alvar Liddell joins the R.A.F.; Haj Amin Al-Husseini the ex-Mufti of Jerusalem; Photos of some of the international pilots of the Air Transport Auxilliary; Photos from two recent war films the Russian "One Day of War" and the British "Desert Victory"; Fascinating photos of a training school for submarine crews; Glimpses of Nazi Germany - article by Charles E. Byles; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; The Illustrated London News Saturday March 13 1943 Wings for Victory" Week - 100000 people in Trafalgar Square; 12 related photos on the following two pages; Wonderful full-page photo of flying fortresses - prominent in the sensational Bismarck Sea ba . 1943. The London Illustrated News paperback
1943rif. 739g0181London: The London Illustrated News 1943. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 28 pages. Features: Cover photo of Brigadier Wingate making final plans for his Chindit Expedition through the Burmese jungles to spread confusion and terror behind Japanese lines; Photos of Brigadier Wingate and his Chindits who sabotaged Japanese plans in Burma; From Mareth to Cape Bon - 267000 prisoners were taken by the Allied Armies in Tunisia - four large impressive photos of thousands of POWs; Tunisia Freed - Final Scenes of the Victorious Campaign; Photo of Air Commodore Sir Nigel Norman; The Great World War - Sea Land and Air - article by Cyril Falls; R.A.M.C. Hygiene Fight Disease - photos of drinking water inspection; Havoc at Tunisian Key Points - three photos of major bomb damage; Numerous photos of personalities of the day; Air Sea and Land Pictures from the World's Battlefronts - includes two photos of a soviet seaman being loaded into a torpedo tube ready to be launched!; Photo of captured General H. Cramer and Major Von Meyer; Photo of Beaufighters at work. and a blazing enemy cargo vessel; Dramatic centerfold illustration of the destruction of the Mohne Dam by Lancasters "The Dambusters" Inflicting Irreparable Damage to Ruhr War Industries; Six air photos of the tremendous destruction wrought be the destruction of the Eder Reservoir and the Mohne Dam; Full-page illustration of Westphalia - disorganized by the Mohne and Eder Floods; Six photos of captured enemy guns that can be turned against the enemy; Article by E.S. Grew on the Chemistry of Coal with four interesting photos; Two-pages of illustrations of "Progressive Training" for WAAF Personnel; Britain's Optical Glass Industry - Ten interesting photos with text; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. The London Illustrated News Paperback
1943rif. 739g0171London: The London Illustrated News. Good. 1943. First Edition. Paperback. 28 pages. Features: Cover photo of the Great Sphinx - with a 'bib and tucker' to protect it from possible air raid damage during the war; Last Pictures of Admiral Darlan - the lying in state at Algiers; The Campaign in Tunisia - British troops in action in Tebourba; Scenes in War Areas - Our Captured Paratroops and Axis Prisoners; General Giraud succeeds Darlan; New Pictures and Personalities; The Trail of Axis Defeat in Libya - General Montgomery's Spartan Meal - photo of Monty with his luncheon of Bully Beef and Tinned Potatoes with a cup of tea from a thermos flask; Rommel's Trail of Defeat - Abandoned Equipment Litters the Desert - including many pieces in perfect order; Points of View in Libya; Apollonia Abandoned; Prisoners "Caged" - amazing photo of hundreds of Axis prisoners being marched into their Libyan "cages"; Achievements of the British Soldier - article by Cyril Falls; The "Knock-Out Blow" that was no "K.-O." - Dramatic Pearl Harbour photos; "Remember Pearl Harbour!" - The Act of Treachery That Will Surely Prove to Be Japan's Death Warrant - 12 great photos; Fantastic centerfold skeleton-view of a Lancaster Bomber - the bomber with more than 50000 parts; Photos of Personalities and Events of the week; Cumulo-Numbus - These majestic clouds are a danger-signal to aircraft - multiple illustrations; A Mad Orgy of Upside-Down Levitation - The Curious Adventures of the crew of a Sunderland Flying Boat - illustrations of what happened over the Bay of Biscay; Milne's Seismograph - with photos of quake damage in Japan and India; "Hitler in a Raving Mood" - Violent Gestures during the Munich Speech - Six great photos; The Great Russian Offensive - Photos from Various Sectors Hinting at the Magnitude of the Russian Victory - captured equipment German prisoners and more; Photos of Christmas with our fighting men at land and sea - including a shot of R.A.F. armoured cars passing under the Libyan Marble Arch. Unmarked. Average wear. Centerfold loose but present.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; The Illustrated London News Saturday January 2 1943 Great Sphinx - with a 'bib and tucker' to protect it from possible air raid damage during the war; Last Pictures of Admiral Darlan - the lying in state at Algiers; The Campaign in Tunisia - British tr . The London Illustrated News paperback
1953rif. 844g0443London: The Illustrated London News 1953. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 52 pages. Features: Many nice ads for naval suppliers including Babcock Marine Boilers J. Samuel White & Company Ltd. J. Stone Westland's and more; Photo of H.M.S. Surprise acting as Royal Yacht at Spithead; Excellent full-page photo of the H.M.S. Vanguard seen from the U.S. cruiser Baltimore during the fly-past; Photos of foreign warships and aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm; Wonderful full-page colour ad for Kensitas cigarettes; Nice full-page colour ad for Daimler automobiles; Two excellent photos of Russia's latest cruiser Sverdlov - the first Russian warship to visit British waters for many years; Photos and cutaway drawings of Britain's only battleship now in commission and a typical ocean minesweeper; Amazing two-page aerial photo of warships congregated at Spithead; Massive 4-panel centerfold measuring 39"x14" illustrates the entire British navy of today in a single panarama!; Many additional photos. Average wear. Unmarked. Centerfold and next page loose but present otherwise a sound copy. The Illustrated London News Paperback
1937rif. 844g0441London: The Illustrated London News and Sketch 1937. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 52 pages. Features: Great full-page photo of the King Queen and two Princesses in coronation dress; Larger Royal Family photo in Coronation Dress; The Surprise Royal Drive in North London - Great Popular Enthusiasm; Three incredible photos of the Hindenburg disaster in progress; Monte Carlo Casino - photo-illustrated article by General Pierre Polovtsoff; The Royal Visit to the City - Their Majesties Passing Temple Bar - full-page photo; Huge almost two-page photo of the King and Queen at Luncheon with the Lord Mayor in Guildhall; Mr. Baldwin's CAll to Youth in a Farewell Speech as Premier; Coronation Naval Review - photos of the "Revenge" and the "Hood"; Photos of numerous foreign warships at Spithead to pay respects - including the swastika flying over the Graf Spee; Incredible huge 4-panel centerfold measuring 38"x14" presents a cutaway drawing of the recently commissioned "Southampton" - a vessel of novel features including 6-in guns in tripple turrets athwartship catapult and multiple A.A. guns; Large photos of Coronation Lights O' London - Panoramas taken from the summit of the Duke of York's Column; The King of Denmark's Silver Jubilee - photos; Nice full-page ad for the Austin Eighteen car; Wonderful half-page black and white photo ad for Rolls-Royce Automobiles; Unmarked with average wear. Centerfold and next page loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. The Illustrated London News and Sketch Paperback
1920rif. 844g0444London: The Illustrated London News 1920. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 48 pages. Features: Lovely full-page ad for Benger's Food; Front page photo of the King - Chief Mourner of the Unknown British Warrior; Article by G.K. Chesterton; Photos of notable world events in the news; Sport and Earnest - photos of notable events at home and abroad; Photos of personalities of the week; Illustrations and photos of the famous pall-bearers for the unknown warrior; Full-page photo of the H.M.S. Verdun; Gassing the Gassed - photos of Paris Doctor Arnold's apparatus for curing victims of Germany's poison gas weapons; Colour centerfold loose but present illustrates the burial place of the unknown warrior in Westminster Abbey; Excellent colour full-page ad for Treloar Carpets; Rare photo of doubl-column of fume and incandescent gas 40000 feet high rising from the Hawaiian volcano Mauna Loa; The Greatest Poison Trial of Modern Times - The Greenwood Case at Carmarthen - with illustrations of the dramatis personae and a view of the court in session; Full page ads for Johnny Walker Scotch Whisky Cadillac automobiles Rolls-Royce Ltd. and smaller ads for other auto manufacturers. Full-page Michelin ad inside back cover missing chips as is two-colour ad for McClinton's Colleen Toilet Cream on back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Faint ink stamps on front cover. External advertorial coverfold mostly open. A worthy copy. The Illustrated London News Paperback
1942rif. 727c8406London: The Illustrated London News and Sketch 1942. Book. Illus. by Captain Bryan de Grineau. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 28 pages. Features: Cover photo of Air Vice-Marshall Arthur Coningham outside his travelling H.Q.; Illustration by Captain Bryan de Grineau of a flotilla of tank-landing craft manoeuvering against Air Attack; Great 2-page illustration by the same artist of the interior of a British Landing Craft nearing its objective seen from the bows; Article on Service Pay by Cyril Falls; Photos of items of interest including a packed concert at the Albert Hall Sergeant F. Rich being awarded the Purple Heart and more; Multi-Illustration montage illustrating the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit M.S.F.U. at work - a System Which Has Defeated the Long-Range Bomber - a Hurricane is catapulted into action from the deck of a merchantman; Three photos of Vichy French warships in North Africa; Three photos of guns on tanks - German mobility; The War against the Axis by Land Sea and Air - with 5 photos; 11 Great photos show scenes from the Russian front - Germans in action - and out of it as prisoners plus a photo of Hitler at his headquarters and proof of Maikop oil going up in flames; Centerfold illustration of a Royal Navy salute to the Mercantile Marine - warship's crews cheering the ships they have convoyed to Malta; Photos of 16 personalities of the week; Full-page photo shows German mass-production of U-Boats; Key points in Madagascar occupied by the British - seven photos plus map; Seven informative photos of new deep tunnel shelters for 64000 more Londoners; 11 excellent photos show canine recruits for the R.A.F. - Guards of our Aerodromes; Two illustrations by Sir Muirhead Bone; Full-page photo aboard the H.M.S. Barham which was later sunk in the eastern Mediterranean; Six photos of wild flowers bestowing beauty on London's "Blitzed" Sites; Nice colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover. Four-inch opening to fore-edge of front cover. Somewhat above-average external wear. Centerfold holding by one staple. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this wartime issue. The Illustrated London News and Sketch Paperback
1941rif. 825c7793London: The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd. 1941. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Features: Photos of Russia's scorched earth policy; London's civil defence forces reviewed by Mr. Churchill - five photos; The Allied Capture of Damascus - Free French Troops March In - five photos; Photo of Frank Knox at the commissioning of the new super-battleship "Washington"; Four illustrations of Britain's latest shock troops in army tests - advance assault methods by a 'Recce" battalion; Photo of Russian pilots; Photo of Russian military officials in London; Photos of the Leading personalities of the week including the first Indian V.C. Lieut. P.S. Bhagat who cleared landmines for four days and was blown up twice; Scenes of the Allied success in Syria - Twelve photos; Devastating R.A.F. daylight precision bombing in occupied France - four super aerial photos; Fascinating before and after air photos showing camouflage of Hamburg's rail station; Article - The Second Stage in Russia by Cyril Falls; Air photos of bomb carnage in Munster; Eleven photos of Russian resistance to the "German Hordes"; Britain's Tank Drive - photos of tanks and their assembly - includes photo of the first Canadian-built Valentine tank at the Angus works - admired by hundreds of workers after being handed over to Colonel Ralson Canadian Minister of Defense; The Life of British POWs in a German Camp - ten sketches by Lieut. J.F. Watton at Oflag VII and Posen Poland; Navy sporting events in a Mediterranean Harbour - the H.M.S. "Kelvin"; ME 109F of German flying ace Hauptmann Peter Pingel is recovered intact neara St. Margaret's Bay on the Kent coast; The "Alstertor" Nazi prison ship is scuttled - 3 photos of the sinking and survivors; Three photos of enemy vessls just hit by the R.A.F.; Navy pictures at the latest war exhibition; Article on Bees; Huntley & Palmers Biscuits full-page ad; Nice colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover with manicured gardens in background. Average wear. Faint Ink stamps to front cover. Clear tape inside each cover along spine and externally along spine. A sound copy. The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd. Paperback
1941rif. 825c7790London: The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd. 1941. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Features: Nice colour Guinness ad inside front cover; Photos of enemy supply shipping under air attack and aflame; The new "Covenanter" Tank; Super page of 14 illustrations of Russian aircraft including a photo of the L-760 six-engined bomber; 2 pages of illustrations of the work of air crews; Photos of the Navy's latest aircraft-carriers - "Formidable" and "Victorious"; Photos of Marshal Vorshilov Marshal Budenny and Marshal Timoshenko; Illustrations of Nazi army and air force commanders on the Russian front; Personalities of the week include photos of Lord Gort's official call at Algeciras and Bruno Mussolini the Duce's second son killed in an air crash; Elevin Interesting photos of action on the Russian front - including the pathetic image of dozens of Russian refugees in a ditch; Impressive centerfold illustration depicts the bravery of the first New Zealand V.C. of the war awarded to Sergeant J.A. Ward who climbed onto his planes wing to extinguish a fire at 13000 feet; Photos of British Australian and Indian forces defending Malaya against Japanese 'Chess-Moves" in the Pacific; Great photos of the Netherlands East Indies Indonesia/Java in military and naval preparations; Photos of Boeing's "Flying Fortress" on the ground with R.A.F. members; Wonderful photos of Mrs. Washburn - the first woman to attain the summit of Mount Bertha Alaska; Colour ad for North British Rubber inside back cover; Nice colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover shows grain being cut by a horse-drawn machine. Average wear. Faint ink stamp to front cover. Clear tape inside each cover along spine and externally along spine. A sound copy. The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd. Paperback
1941rif. 825c7794London: The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd. 1941. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Features: Two-pages of Soviet cities now facing the gigantic Nazi battering-ram; Illustrations of two missing aces - Flight Lieut. J.C. Mungo-Park and Wing-Commander J.R. Kayll; Clearn photo of the Soviet emergency "Council of Defense" including Stalin Molotov Voroshilov Malenkov and Berya; Wonderful photo of three large drums built for Haile Selassie and his new Abyssinian state; How the Nazis took Crete - five enemy views of paratroop operations; Thirteen photos of personalities of the day including good photo of the funeral cortege of German ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II; Nine great photos of the besieged garrison of Tobruk; Article - Hitler's assault on Russia by Cyril Falls; Air photos of French Aerodromes at Boulogne and St. Omer smashed by the R.A.F.; Super before and during photos of R.A.F. attack on the rail marshalling yard at Hazebrouck; Centerfold illustration of large-scale English mimic night attempt to land barge-borne troops and tanks early D-Day training; Photos of Home Guard excercises - street fighting on London; Four photos of camouflaged snipers; Iraqi armistice - six photos including one of Imir Abdul Illah the Regent; After the Battle of Amba Alagi - The Italians Surrender - Two good photos; Photo of Nazi glider in Crete; Amazing photos of the "Imperial Transport" cut in half by a U-boat but still salvaged!; Article - the nutritive value of plankton; Syria's historic invasion route - inscriptions at the Dog River - seven photos; Nice half-page ad for Rolls-Royce cars. Average wear. Faint Ink stamp to front cover. Clear tape inside each cover along spine and externally along spine. A sound copy. The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd. Paperback
1941rif. 825c7791London: The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd. 1941. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Features: Australia's first air V.C. - Wing Commander H.I. Edwards; Photos of Italian and German POWs in Africa; Presentation of the Polish air force flag in England - six photos; Russia bombs Rumanian oil-fields; Diagram of German gliders used at the battle of Crete - landing air troops; Four fantastic low-level daylight photos of the R.A.F. attack on Rotterdam - 100000 tons of enemy shipping crippled; Russia's resistance - article by Cyril Falls; Photos from Russia - where Soviet troops are at death-grips with the German enemy; Centerfold illustration of 'Winnie" a huge camouflaged English gun which hurls vast shells across the channel into German-occupied territories; Two full-page illustrations of giant English guns mounted on rail cars; Photos of England's 'Front-Line" Town - Dover; Photos of leading personalities of the week; Two-page map of the western Pacific illustrates America's strategic air and naval position in relations to Japan and Singapore; Photos of the "Robin Moor" being blown up by the Germans - the first U.S. ship torpedoed by Germany; Three photos of the Robin Moor's survivors at sea; Full page family photo of the Duke and Duchess of Kent with their two children aged five and four; Article on the Plover; Full-page Dunlot ad shows how they serve agriculture; Full-page ad for The Nuffield Organization shows air crews with their planes in background. Average wear. Faint ink stamps to front cover. Clear tape inside each cover along spine and externally along spine. A sound copy. The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd. Paperback
1941rif. 825c7787London: The Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd. 1941. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Features: Nuffield Organization ad inside front cover; Photos of U.S. Shipping Aid Wing Commander John Gillan; Anzac Lumbermen; Brooklyn USA Dockland Fire - great aerial view; Great large photo of a long line of "Valentine" tanks in use with the Polish tank corps; Photos of Pierre Laval and Marcel Deat - shot by Paul Collette on August 27th; 10 wonderful aerial photos of Ancient Persia's Ruined Cities - the Palace at Persepolis etc.; Article on the situation in Thailand today; When Oil Fails - illustration of German tanks used as fortified posts; Super war photos from the Soviet Untion; Article - The War with Nazi Germany - Russia and Iran; Photo of Iran's peacock throne; Four awesome large photos of the Low-level R.A.F. attack on Rotterdam on August 28th; Centerfold painting of British Aircraft No. 6-A "Swordfish" swinging away from H.M. Aircraft-Carrier "Illustrious"; 10 interesting photos illustrate made-to-measure lifeboats and other equipment for imperilled R.A.F. pilots; Photo of Queen Wihhelmina inspecting Dutch troops in the Midlands; Variable-Pitch air screw education by de Havilland; Article about Sea Cucumbers with illustrations; Colour Dewar's "White Label" Scotch ad on back cover shows men playing darts. Minor inkstamp to front cover and twice to contents. Clear tape inside each cover along spine and externally along spine. A sound copy. The Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd. Paperback
1941rif. 825c7786London: The Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd. 1941. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Features: A pictorial message for friends and relatives of war prisoners - sketches of POWs; Amazing photos of camouflaged Russian soldiers; Large overhead photo of Leningrad; Great overhead photos of military positions near Tobruk; Photo of Churchill in Liverpool; photo of Guderian; Photos of Fascist prisoners in Peveril Camp at Peel Isle of Man; Science and World Order - The British Association Conference - photos; Article - The War with Nazi Germany - The New Developments; Large portrait of U.S.S.R. Marshal K. Voroshilov of Leningrad; Photo of Rumanian prisoners of the Soviets; Photo of German prisoners under Soviet escort; Photos from the Vast Eastern Battlefront - Russia fights on; Two-page illustration of the Caucasion Oilfield Region - Russia's Achilles' Heel - Objective of the German Drive on Kharkov and Rostov; Centerfold illustration entitled "Rosyth Dockyard" by Sir Muirhead Bone showing H.M.S. "King George V."; Photos of "Mickey" The Dog mascot of the A.I.F.; Air force photos - electric gloves larynx microphone etc.; Photo of French Quadricycle; America's new light cruiser the "Atlanta"; New black state police uniforms in Vichy France; Inter-Allied Conference Photo; British tanks for Russia; Many photos highlight Sarawak's hundred years under the rule of the white rajahs - excellent photos of the Dyak Dayak peoples including their tattoos; Personalities and events of the week including Brigadier D.A. Sandford; London Sixty Years After the Great Fire - article; Illustrations of fire-fighting in the 18th century - early appliances in use; Large photo of London's Auxiliary Fire Service A.F.S. battling a large blaze; Article on Gourds - edible ornamental and poisonous; Nice colour BSA ad inside front cover; Colour Dewar's "White Label" Scotch ad on back cover. Clear tape inside each cover along spine and externally along spine. A sound copy. The Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd. Paperback
1941rif. 825c7795London: The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd. 1941. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Features: Russia mobilizes 13000000 men to defend her freedom - six photos including an excellent shot of an L-760; Photos of U.S.S.R. leaders and Soviet Navy and Army Chiefs; Good photo and caption of Mr. R.A. Watson Watt - originator of radiolocation which helped to win the Battle of Britain; Three photos of the "Bristol" Beaufort - a deadly torpedo-carrier and bomber; Super photo in the massive wind tunnel at Langley Field USA; Photos to indicate the power of English Radiolocation technology; Photos of Russian arms and troops on display; Page of photos and illustrations illustrating the Navy of the U.S.S.R. - Red units in the Baltic and Black Sea; Article on Tank Fighting by Cyril Falls; Two interesting illustrations of the Armoured Command H.Q. Car which directs a fast tank brigade; Centerfold illustration of activity within the mobile Tank H.Q.; Photos of 15 personalities of the week; The Duke of Aosta and his generals surrender at Amba Algagi - with two good photos; Three excellent photos of the "Illustrious" under attack in the Mediterranean; Several photos of Polish sailors training and at rest; Various interesting naval photos including a shot of the new U.S.S. "Washington"; Five photos from Jibuti - French Somaliland - which must be Free French or Anti-Axis; Six photos of swimming in battle-dress and full kit - strenuous army training; Illustration of Churchill on the compass platform of a minelayer by Sir Muirhead Bone; Illustration of Commander navigation for his mine-laying squadron also by Sir Muirhead Bone; Article on the Curlew; Artistic full-page ad for Firth Brown; Schweppes full-page ad; Full-page ad for Vat 69. Average wear. Faint Ink stamp to front cover. Clear tape inside each cover along spine and externally along spine. A sound copy. The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd. Paperback
1941rif. 825c7792London: The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd. Good. 1941. First Edition. Paperback. Features: Admiral Somerville says Mediterranean convoy must go through with 12 great illustrations of the action; Canadian tank brigagde practices in their "Matildas"; Captain Fritz Weidermann expelled from U.S.; Photo of Churchill and a "Stirling" bomber; Photo of Camrahn Bay recently given to the Japanese by the Vichy government; Great action photos from Russia and Finland; Photos of Nazis in Russia; Doughty Russian guerilla fighters harass Nazi communications - six photos including hundreds of women diggin an anti-tank trench outside Moscow; German Offensive Tactics - article by Cyril Falls; The Russian War as seen through Russian Eyes - Twelve great photos; Two photos of the signing of the Syrian armistice; Italy attacks Malta with E-Boats - Three excellent photos; Centerfold illustration depicts London Home Guards at grips with the Canadian 'enemy' in a mock attack; Photo secrets of the new ME 109F fighter; Three super photos of the Short "Stirling" - Britain's mighty dreadnought of the air; Photos of personalities of the week - including General McArthur; The Atlantic Battle - Corvette Sinks U-Boat - Raider destroyed - photos; Vichy Surrenders Indo-China - Saigon occupied by Japan on July 17 - with six photos of Saigon; Large photo of a captured 42-foot Whale Shark before its escape; full-page ads for Schweppes and Haig whisky; Quarter-page ad for Vosper Motor Torpedo Boats; Colour Dewar's "White "Label" Scotch whisky ad features herring drifter in background. Average wear. Ink stamps to fore-edge of each page. Clear tape inside each cover along spine and externally along spine. A sound copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; The Illustrated London News August 2 1941 Cover Photo of Churchill with Cigar in Mock Battlefield with live ammo Admiral Somerville says Mediterranean convoy must go through with 12 great illustrations of the action; Canadian tank brigagde practice . The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd. paperback
1941rif. 825c7789London: The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd. 1941. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Features: Three pages of great photos of the Churchill/FDR meeting at sea aboard the H.M. Battleship "Prince of Wales"; Photos of the life of seamen aboard the latest battleships; Photos of fly-killing and tank repair operations in the African desert; War article by Cyril Falls with photos including overhead shot of the Cernavoda railway bridge across the Danube before it was destroyed by the Soviet Air Force; 2-page illustration of a 'cutting-out' excercise by a flotilla of fast motor-boats and amphibian troops in East Anglia; Personalities and Events of the week; Super aerial photo of bombs falling on Knapsack power station August 12th during a daylight raid; Centerfold illustration of the "Bristol" Blenheim Mark IV; Four amazing photos of the immediate aftermath of the attack in the Knapsack power plant; 13 photos of Nazi defeat on the Russian front; Interesting tables and graphics depict petrol rations and oil tankers - an analysis for car owners; Article on the Spider Wort with photos; Nice half-page ad for Eno's "Fruit Salt". Average wear. Faint ink stamp to front cover. Clear tape inside each cover along spine and externally along spine. A sound copy. The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd. Paperback
1941rif. 825c7785London: The Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd. 1941. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Features: Cover photo of Chiang Kai-Shek "The Great Leader of the 400000000 people who celebrated on Oct. 10 the "Double Tenth" the 30th anniversary of the Chinese Republic; Tobruk photos; Four photos of Wuchang in 1911 - aftermath of the revolt; Berline Diary - William L. Shirer; Photos of "Beauforts" and Torpedoes the flying terror of enemy shipping; Many photos depicting Viscount Gort's Despatches - Corps and Divisional Commanders of the B.E.F. in the battle of Flanders; Photo of new Soviet Stormovik Dive-Bomber; Photo of U.S. 15 ton tank with rubber treads; Illustrations of German tank transporters; Article - The War with Nazi Germany - The Fourth Phase in Russia; Large portrait of Marshal Budenny - Commander of the Red Armies in the Ukraine; Photos of the Soviet Army in Retreat; Photos from the Eastern Front where rages the greatest battle in world history; Excellent centerfold illustration of "Britain's mighting long-distance bomber the "Stirling"; Photos of the Bell Airacobra; R.C.A.F. Squadron No. 1 photos with captions; Trawler the "Lady Shirley" captures U-Boat with photo; Personalities and events of the week; Photos illustrating how the Airgraph service is operated; The Yates Thompson Mss.; Nice colour Guiness ad inside front cover; Navy-themed colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover. Faint library stamp to front cover. Centerfold holding by one staple. Clear tape inside each cover along spine and externally along spine. A worthy copy. The Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd. Paperback
1941rif. 825c7796London: The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd. 1941. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Features: Two-page illustration shows the German "Lutzow" being torpedoed by Beaufort aircraft off Norway; The capture of Maleme airfield - with two great aerial photos of dozens of wrecked JU-52s; Photo of a meeting of the Vichy government after the Darlan-Hitler talks; Twopage overhead illustration of Alexandria Egypt - "the focus of fascist ambition and Nazi air savagery"; Three photos of Polish troops en route to Norway; Coverage of the Allied Advance in Syria - Damascus Tyre and Sidon; The Drama of the "Bismark's" last moments - five illustrations by J. Brooks Midshipman on H.M.S. "Dorsetshire"; Article on "Planning for Victory" by Cyril Falls; Excellent photo of Churchill addressing allied statesmen at St. James's Palace on June 12th; Four illustrations of Home Guard realistic training for enemy invasion; Two-page centerfold illustation of activity at the mobile H.Q. of an army - air force intelligence liaison officer; Eight super photos of German paratroops landing in Crete; Nineteen photos of the leading personalities of the week; Photos of several warships who met their fate; Interesting photos of a "Bristol" Boeing Flying Boat used by the British for Air Communications; Photos of the British Garrison in Iceland - scenes of everyday life; Interesting naval photos include running a line between ships to pass a bag of important documents; Illustrations of bombed Wren City churches; Photos of ancient temples including the temple of Jupiter; Colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover in a library setting. Average wear. Faint Ink stamp to front cover. Clear tape inside each cover along spine and externally along spine. A sound copy. The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd. Paperback
1936rif. 827c6809London: The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd. 1936. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 225 pages. An extra large issue profusely illustrated with incredible images of events after King's . Large full-page colour portraits of both the King and his Queen. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. A quality copy. The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd. Paperback
1937rif. 739c6319London: The Illustrated London News 1937. Magazine. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Ten full colour plates including portrait of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Crowning of King and Queen and scenes from the processional. "Together with many drawings and photographs illustrating the whole of the Coronation ceremony in detail and the various stages of the processional drives from Buckingham Palace tot he Abbey and thence through the great London thoroughfares back to the palace; and with numerous pictures of the acclamation of the King and Queen by the People of the Empire on the great occasion of their crowning." - from contents pg VI. Key Feature: Our Note Book - The Church's Crowning of the King: Its meaning for the Empire. Pages numbered 851 - 922 Supplement marked in Roman Numerals I to XXIV. Average wear. Tiny white spatter on front cover. Small openings front/back cover fore-edge. Pages XIX to XXIV stuck together at top of page. A worthy copy. The Illustrated London News Paperback
1974rif. 853a1000London: The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd. 1974. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 162 pages. Features: Churchill Centenary; The Sargassum Saga; The Turner Mystery; Before Columbus; Treasures of the Medici; Jungle City Gone to Seed; New Building in Bath; The Victorian Seaside. Above-average wear. Unmarked. The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd. Paperback
1883rif. 146a2167London: The Illustrated London News 1883. Magazine. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Mr. Pakenham passes away under allegedly outrages circumstances at Tamatave. Suez Canal difficulty - cutting a second canal parallel to the first. Echoes of the week. The Playhouses; Weather; National Sports; The Cholera in Egypt - Quarantine with full-page engraving entitled 'Quarantine Examination at Brinsisi'. Crab-Catching in Cornwall - 9 sketches on one page plus text on next page; News from the Court and Church plus Benevolence and Self-Help. New Townhall Dover - with sketch; The Westminster Townhall - with sketch; The Swanley Homes for Little Boys - with sketch; Sketches in Egypt - Thebes. The Advantages of Wet Weather. Supplement includes: Chapter V of The Canon's Ward by James Payn; The Savage Club at the Royal Albert Hall which is featured on front cover illustration and pages 52 and 53; The Jesmond Dene Park Newcastle; A dramatic two-page engraving entitled "Departure of Irish Emigrants at Clifden County Galway please note that this engraving bears a large tear; Obituaries; Chess; Wills and Bequests; Departure of Irish Emigrants; Classified Ads. The Jesmond Dene Public Park Newcastel-on-Tyne - 8 lovely sketches. The Suez Canal - 3 pages of text and sketches including map of the proposed Canal and sketch of M. Ferdinand De Lesseps President of the Suez Canal Company. New Books. Musical Publications. Chipping at edges. Some pages loose but all appear to be present. Perforations along spine indicate this copy from a disbound volume. The Illustrated London News Paperback
1883rif. 146a2168London: The Illustrated London News 1883. Magazine. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Front cover sketches of Tamatave Madagascar Surgeon-General W.G. Hunter - Government Medical Advisor in Egypt and Mr. John Marshall New President of the Royal College of Surgeons. Topics: Mr. Waddington appointed French Ambassador to England. Cholera in Egypt. Echoes of the week. Opening of the Homes for Little Boys at Swanley by the Prince and Princess of Wales - 7 sketches on one page. The Prince of Wales at Work - 10 sketches on one page. Presentation of Regimental Colours. City Echoes. The Playhouses. Music. Evening Fete at the Fisheries Exhibition - several sketches on one page. Sketches in Cairo - 3 sketches on one page. Round about Paris. Uproar about plan for a second Suez Canal - Sketches of personalities involved on page 88. Education. Benevolence and Self-Help. 7 sketches of Nidderdale Yorkshire. Chinese manufacture of great guns. General Home News. Classified ads. Supplement includes Chapters VII and VIII of The Canon's Ward by James Payn. The Wimbledon meeting. Our fishing industries - with splendid 2-page engraving entitled 'Shrimping at the Mouth of the Thames'. Obituary. Chess. Wills and Bequests. Classifieds ads. 9 sketches of various fishing boats from the International Fisheries Exhibition. Engraving of Captain Matthew Webb - the celebrated swimmer who drowned last Tuesday in his attempt to swim the whirlpool rapids below Niagara Falls. Excellent 2-page engraving entitled "War Preparations in China - Welding a Coil for a Great Gun at the Arsenal Shanghai". The Church. Sonnets. The Inland Parcels Post. Perforations along spine indicate this copy from a disbound volume. Average wear. The Illustrated London News Paperback
