Condition: Very Good

The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, January [Jan.] 1924, Vol. LII, No. 309: To Afghanistan in Disguise

By: "Lanham"; Dickson, John; Cronstedt, Count Nills; Truscott, Charles; Digby, Bassett; Weddall, A.; Albert, Captain M.H.; Verrill, A.Hyatt; Denys, Courteney; Grimshaw, Beatrice; Smith, L. Marsden; Richards, Kenneth F.

Price: $395.00

Publisher: New York, The International New Company : 1924

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 346h5239

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

Condition: Very Good

Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part I - the story of a British officer's remarkable exploit - a journey, disguised as an Oriental, across a large part of India and finally into forbidden Afghanistan and beyond, living among the natives as one of themselves; Two Wanderers in the Faroes - John Dickson's account of the wild nature and unsophisticated people - article with excellent photos; "Grip" and I - Count Nils Cronstedt saved a doomed thoroughbred bull-terrier which proceeded to save him on several occasions during ...
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Eight Bells and Green Ones - Memories of a Retired Chief Boatswain Mate

By: "The Buffer" (Ron Elliott) (Signed)

Price: $129.95

Publisher: Canada, Self-Published (Van Coillie, Dries) : 1985

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 13804681

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

56 pages. Undated but appears to be circa 1985. A brief history of service at HMCS Cornwallis from May-Sept 1949. "Gives the reader a look at New Entry Training, Naval Lore, Human Interest Stories and some Naval Characters, of which the Navy had its share." - Joseph Lay. Black and white photographs. Author's signature and lenghty inscription to V.L. Swanton inside front cover. Foreward by CIER Joseph Lay G.M. C.D. taped to page one. A quality copy.
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Two Major Depressions in One Life Time

By: (Ad hoc) Winnipeg Committee of Unemployed Youth and Veterans of the Great Depression

Price: $59.95

Publisher: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, (Ad hoc) Winnipeg Committee of Unemployed Youth and Veterans of the Great Depression : 1982

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 83700782

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

72 pages. Circa 1982-83. Perhaps the first book to be written by workers on the question of Canada's entering the second depression. Their dismay at finding another generation of young families faced with the same prospects of unemployment, has prompted them to compile an outline of world and national development leading to recurring crises in private enterprise systems. The authors have used a historical materialist approach in attempting to make the history and background of depressions understandable to the average working class reader. Gift greetings inside front cover else clean and ...
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Wasatch Silhouette

By: (Barstow, John)

Price: $54.95

Publisher: USA, North Star : 1990

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 83201384

ISBN-13: 9780918457073

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Circa 1990. Unpaginated. Gorgeous colour photography throughout. Book as new but for small stains in each lower corner of blue cloth front board. Splendid copy.
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WAR: Dieppe Summary, No. 28, October (Oct.) 3rd, 1942

By: (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs

Price: $199.95

Publisher: Canada, (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs / Government of Canada : 1942

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 665h0380

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

12 pages. "Not to be Published - the information given in this publication is not to be communicated, either directly, to the Press or to any person not holding an official position in His Majesty's Forces." - from front cover. Reprinted in Canada October, 1942. Contents: Reconnaissance in Force - The Dieppe Story Written in Outline - with two maps; Personal History - The Dieppe story as it was lived by the men who fought there - personal observations of nineteen participants in the raid. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy.
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Current Affairs, Number 39: Spain, March (Mar.) 13th, 1943

By: (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs;

Price: $79.95

Publisher: Canada, (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs / Government of Canada : 1943

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 665h0403

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

12 + iv pages. "Not to be Published - the information given in this publication is not to be communicated, either directly, to the Press or to any person not holding an official position in His Majesty's Forces." - from front cover. Reprinted in Canada, March, 1943. Contents: Spain's geography, farming, mining and industry, population, problems amongst her nationalities, the Spanish Civil War, organisation of the Falangist state, armed forces, religion, and education. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy.
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Current Affairs, Number 41: Germany's New Order, April (Apr.) 10th, 1943

By: (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs; Aris, Dr. R.

Price: $99.95

Publisher: Canada, (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs / Government of Canada : 1943

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 665h0405

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

12 + iv pages. "Not to be Published - the information given in this publication is not to be communicated, either directly, to the Press or to any person not holding an official position in His Majesty's Forces." - from front cover. Reprinted in Canada, May, 1943. Contents: This bulletin tells the story of how the Continent has been mobilised and provides an account of Germany's design for Europe; The release of the Big Lie; Promises Cost Nothing; Idealists and Traitors; The New Order; Sack of a Continent; The Theory Behind It All. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy.
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Current Affairs, Number 38: The Middle East and Turkey, February (Feb.) 27th, 1943

By: (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs; Baxter, Professor J.H.

Price: $79.95

Publisher: Canada, (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs / Government of Canada : 1943

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 665h0402

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

12 + iv pages. "Not to be Published - the information given in this publication is not to be communicated, either directly, to the Press or to any person not holding an official position in His Majesty's Forces." - from front cover. Reprinted in Canada, April, 1943. Contents: The Middle East and Turkey; Centrefold map of the Middle East. Unmarked with light wear. A quality copy.
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WAR: Survey of the Japanese Army, No. 37, February (Feb.) 6th, 1943

By: (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs; Bennett, Lieut. Richard

Price: $69.95

Publisher: Canada, (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs / Government of Canada : 1943

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 665h0384

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

12 pages. "Not to be Published - the information given in this publication is not to be communicated, either directly, to the Press or to any person not holding an official position in His Majesty's Forces." - from front cover. Reprinted in Canada March, 1943. Contents: Little Men, What Now? - Survey of the Japanese Army including two-page map of Japan's Asiatic Empire - where they were and where they are; The Role of the R.A.F. Regiment - They Guard the Airfields; Boot Quiz. Light wear. Unmarked. A quality copy.
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WAR: The Trouble with Italians, No. 35, January (Jan) 9th 1943 - The Trouble with Italians

By: (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs; Bennett, Lieut. Richard; De Polnay, Pte. Peter

Price: $69.95

Publisher: Canada, (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs / Government of Canada : 1943

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 665h0382

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

12 pages. "Not to be Published - the information given in this publication is not to be communicated, either directly, to the Press or to any person not holding an official position in His Majesty's Forces." - from front cover. Reprinted in Canada January, 1943. Contents: The Trouble with Italians - summary and estimate of the Italian Army with map showing where Italian troops were as of June 1940, and another map showing same as of January 1943; The First Time They Saw Paris - Peter de Polnay of the Pioneer Corps relates his experiences of witnessing German troops enter Paris; Dental Quiz a...
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Current Affairs, Number 32: North Africa/America's Colour Problem. December (Dec.) 5th, 1942

By: (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs; Brodrick, Alan Houghton

Price: $99.95

Publisher: Canada, (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs / Government of Canada : 1942

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 665h0398

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

12 + iv pages. "Not to be Published - the information given in this publication is not to be communicated, either directly, to the Press or to any person not holding an official position in His Majesty's Forces." - from front cover. Reprinted in Canada, December, 1942. Contents: North Africa - article with one-page map of Tunis and vicinity; The Color (Colour) Problem as the American Sees it (Black/White Racial issues); Unmarked with light wear. A quality copy.
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Current Affairs, Number 36: North African Resources. January (Jan.) 30th, 1943

By: (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs; Brodrick, Alan Houghton

Price: $69.95

Publisher: Canada, (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs / Government of Canada : 1943

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 665h0400

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

12 + iv pages. "Not to be Published - the information given in this publication is not to be communicated, either directly, to the Press or to any person not holding an official position in His Majesty's Forces." - from front cover. Reprinted in Canada, April, 1943. Contents: North Africa - its position, products and people; North Africa's Economic Role. Top-half of centerfold is map of North Africa. Unmarked with light wear. A quality copy.
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WAR: This is the Red Army, No. 38, February (Feb.) 20th, 1943

By: (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs; Brooke, General Sir Alan

Price: $99.95

Publisher: Canada, (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs / Government of Canada : 1943

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 665h0385

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

12 pages. "Not to be Published - the information given in this publication is not to be communicated, either directly, to the Press or to any person not holding an official position in His Majesty's Forces." - from front cover. Reprinted in Canada March, 1943. Contents: A Message to the Red Army from General Sir Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff; This is the Red Army - A Survey, and an Appreciation; Centerfold map entitled Russia's Offensive indicates the limit of Germany's advance in 1942 and the approximate location of the German line Feb. 9, 1943; Home Guard Quiz. Light we...
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WAR: And What Did They See?, No. 36, January (Jan) 23rd, 1943 - Maritime Artillery

By: (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs; Cotterell, Captain Anthony

Price: $69.95

Publisher: Canada, (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs / Government of Canada : 1943

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 665h0383

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

12 pages. "Not to be Published - the information given in this publication is not to be communicated, either directly, to the Press or to any person not holding an official position in His Majesty's Forces." - from front cover. Reprinted in Canada February, 1943. Contents: The part played by Maritime Artillery; Routine convoys in a destroyer and in a collier - with diagrams; Prisoners Quiz (with answers). Light wear. Unmarked. A quality copy.
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Current Affairs, Number 37: The Nation's Health, February (Feb.) 13th, 1943

By: (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs; Jameson, Sir Wilson

Price: $79.95

Publisher: Canada, (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs / Government of Canada : 1943

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 665h0401

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

12 + iv pages. "Not to be Published - the information given in this publication is not to be communicated, either directly, to the Press or to any person not holding an official position in His Majesty's Forces." - from front cover. Reprinted in Canada, March, 1943. Contents: Talking About Health; National Health. Unmarked with light wear. A quality copy.
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Current Affairs, Number 35: Rumours and Rumour-Mongers. January (Jan.) 16th, 1943

By: (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs; Pritchard, Dr. R.

Price: $99.95

Publisher: Canada, (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs / Government of Canada : 1943

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 665h0399

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

12 + iv pages. "Not to be Published - the information given in this publication is not to be communicated, either directly, to the Press or to any person not holding an official position in His Majesty's Forces." - from front cover. Reprinted in Canada, January, 1943. Contents: Discussion on Rumour - what is it, five kinds, how does it arise?, how does it spread?, what harm does it do?, how to scotch them?. Unmarked with light wear. A quality copy.
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WAR: Life in the R.A.C. (Royal Armoured Corps), No. 27, September (Sept.) 19th, 1942 - Dieppe Transcript

By: (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs; Trooper Frank Owen; Watts, Captain Stephen

Price: $99.95

Publisher: Canada, (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs / Government of Canada : 1942

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 665h0379

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

12 pages. "Not to be Published - the information given in this publication is not to be communicated, either directly, to the Press or to any person not holding an official position in His Majesty's Forces." - from front cover. Reprinted in Canada October, 1942. Contents: Life in the R.A.C. - tank crews in training; The Tanks at Dieppe - actual dialogue of R.T. wireless conversation between members of the tank crews of B and C Squadrons of the 14th Canadian Army Tank Regiment (The Calgarys); Finding New Officers; Index for numbers 1-26 of this publication. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A...
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Current Affairs, Number 27: Reconstruction - Town Planning, September (Sept.) 26th, 1942

By: (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs; Tubbs, Ralph

Price: $99.95

Publisher: Canada, (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs / Government of Canada : 1942

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 665h0396

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

12 + iv pages. "Not to be Published - the information given in this publication is not to be communicated, either directly, to the Press or to any person not holding an official position in His Majesty's Forces." - from front cover. Reprinted in Canada, October, 1942. Contents: Talking of Reconstruction - does it take our mind off the job of winning the war?; Shall We Rebuild Without a Plan?; How Town Planning Would Affect You if You Live in a Large Industrial City - illustrated article. Unmarked with light wear. A quality copy.
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Current Affairs, Number 46: Facts About Italy, July 3rd, 1943

By: (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs; Wilfrid, David

Price: $79.95

Publisher: Canada, (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs / Government of Canada : 1943

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 665h0406

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

16 pages. "Not to be Published - the information given in this publication is not to be communicated, either directly, to the Press or to any person not holding an official position in His Majesty's Forces." - from front cover. Reprinted in Canada, September, 1943. Contents: Talking points about Italy; Facts about Italy; Centrefold map of Italy; Rise of fascism; Fascist State; Results of Fascism in Italy. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy.
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Current Affairs, Number 31: Taking Stock, November (Nov.) 21st 1942

By: (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs; Williams, W.E.

Price: $69.95

Publisher: Canada, (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs / Government of Canada : 1942

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 665h0397

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

12 + iv pages. "Not to be Published - the information given in this publication is not to be communicated, either directly, to the Press or to any person not holding an official position in His Majesty's Forces." - from front cover. Reprinted in Canada, November, 1942. Contents: A temperate assessment of the African victories; A reiteration of why the United Nations are in arms against the Axis; A series of reflections, mostly cautionary, upon the post-war prospects of thee average soldier. Centerfold map of North Africa, Southern Europe and most of the Middle East. Unmarked with light wea...
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