The Illustrated London News, Saturday March 23, 1918 - Hong Kong's Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir and Dam / Ingenious German Food Substitutes / The Surrender of Jerusalem
The Illustrated London News, Saturday March 23, 1918 - Hong Kong's Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir and Dam / Ingenious German Food Substitutes / The Surrender of Jerusalem | Rare and modern books | Chesterton, G.K., Et Al
The Illustrated London News, Saturday March 23, 1918 - Hong Kong's Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir and Dam / Ingenious German Food Substitutes / The Surrender of Jerusalem
The Illustrated London News, Saturday March 23, 1918 - Hong Kong's Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir and Dam / Ingenious German Food Substitutes / The Surrender of Jerusalem | Rare and modern books | Chesterton, G.K., Et Al
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1918
- Place of printing
- London
- Author
- Chesterton, G.K., Et Al
- Publishers
- The Illustrated London News and Sketch, Ltd.
- Size
- Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall
- Edition
- F First Edition
- Keyword
- Palestine, Men's Work, Women's Work, Zeppelin, Journalism, Aaland Islands, Tai Tam Tuk dam, Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir, Hong Kong, G.K. Chesterton, Sir George Alexander, John Dillon, Canon Scott Holland, Rheims Cathedral - stained glass, Underground on the British Front, Air Force, Merckem, German food substitutes, British mine-sweeper, Palestine photos, Mayor of Jerusalem, Surrender of Jerusalem, Beecham's Pills, Greys cigarettes, Mitre cap, Grenadier cap Magazine Back Issues Military History
- Binding description
- S Stapled
- State of preservation
- Good
- Languages
- English
- First edition
- True
Description
Features: Title page illustration of a tank stuck in Palestine; Wonderful two-page photo spread illustrates "Men's Work and Women's Work - In England, Ireland, France, and Palestine; The Reappearance of the Zeppelin (article); The Power of the Press - A Complete Journalist (article); Occupied by the Germans - The Aaland Islands (article); Page of six photos regarding Hong King's new Tai Tam Tuk dam and reservoir; Article by G.K. Chesterton includes photos of Sir George Alexander, John Dillon, and Canon Scott Holland; Five photos of the wrecked stained glass of Rheims Cathedral, and related salvage work; Six photos entitle 'Underground on the British Front' illustrate activites in subterranean tunnels and rooms; The New Air Force and Its Future - article; Before and after aerial photos of Merckem in Flanders which was destroyed by shells; Fantastic page of illustrations and text presents some ingenius food substitutes used by 'our ill-fed foes'; Centrefold illustration of British mine-sweeper protecting a neutral cargo ship from a drifting surface mine; Four wonderful half-page photos of the terrain of the Palestine Campaign - a land of wadis, sands and foliage; Fabulous one-page photo of the Mayor of Jerusalem coming out to surrender the city to General Allenby - meeting the first British outposts; Wonderful one-page ad for Beecham's Pills features lady fortune-teller with big hair, crystal ball and playing cards; Nice two-colour back cover ad for Greys cigarettes features illustration of two mounted soldiers circa 1742 in Mitre or Grenadier cap; and more. 36 pages including several pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine