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Cover: Hungarian Hyperinflation - Pengo Notes of High Denomination Not Worth Picking Up and Considered as Rubbish. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "The Drawings of Leonardo Da Vinci" by A.E. Popham and "Fragonard Drawings for Ariosto": by Elizabeth Mongan et al; Aftermath of War: Record of the 19th Indian Division; The World of Science: Speed in Water; Notes for the Novel-Reader; and Books of the Day. Pictorial Journals include: Inflation in Hungary: Where a Million Pengos Buys a Cigarette; A Modern Pompeii: Cassino and Its Famous Abbey (Abbey of Monte Cassino) Two Years After the Battle Which Laid Town and Monastery in Ruins; Abdication and Accession in Italy: The New King (Umberto II) and His Family; Travelling Comfortably at 25,000 Ft.: Pressure Cabins in Air-Liners (Illus. by G.H. Davis); Royal Occasions: At Home and Abroad; The Princesses at a London Rally of 8000 Rangers: Ceremonies in Hyde Park and the Albert Hall; The King and Queen Received Ad Portas at Winchester College; Mosaics at the Low Ham Roman Villa: Further Beauties Revealed; The "Gateway of England" for the Airborne Visitors: London Airport (Illus. by G.H. Davis); Life and Still-Life Portrayed by Dutch and Flemish Masters; Fine Paintings from the Golden Age of Dutch Art; and Speed-Kings of the Seas and Rivers: A Pictorial Chart Showing the Speeds of Aquatic Animals (Illus. by G.H. Davis). Front cover present but attached with tape. Back page missing. Contents clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book