Author: CHESTERTON, G.K.; ET AL
Title: The Illustrated London News, Saturday May 11, 1918 - Major Wwi Coverage / Hong Kong Racecourse Fire Kills 600
Description: London: The Illustrated London News and Sketch, Ltd, 1918. First Edition. Stapled. Illustrated by Leete, Alfred; Rilette. Features: Title page photo of German prisoner being interrogated by French officer; Photo of Brazilian airmen newly arrived in England for training; Photo of crowd and smoke rising from distant stand at Hong Kong racecourse where over 600 lives were lost; Photo of Mr. Marcus M. Marks and others as they advance clocks one hour across the U.S.; The Heroism of the Stokehold (article); Will America Produce a Great General? (article); The Harvest of Hedgerow and Meadow(article); Photos of scenes near Es Salt (since evacuated); Article by G.K. Chesterton includes photos of The Right Hon. Lord Justice Sir Charles Swinfen Eady, Sir William Weir, and Edward Shortt, K.C. M.P.; One-page illustration of German POWs at work on British farm under guard; Two-page illustration of French and British Artillery co-operating before Amiens; America and the Air Problem (article); Five photos of the sinking of a German mine-laying trawler and her survivors; Article discusses how aliens, naturalised or otherwise, are taking jobs from British people; Great photo of British destroyer arriving in port with its deck full of survivors of a U-boat attack; Eight before and after photos show the devastation caused by an earthquake in Guatemala, particularly to the Guatemala City Central Railway Station and the cities fine cathedral; Centrefold reproductions (black and white) of notable pictures in this year's Royal Academy Exhibition (plus two additional pages of images from the Exhibition); Roll of Honour - photos of 18 officers including Brig.-Gen. Robert Gore, C.B, C.M.G, KIA; Wonderful illustrated quarter-page ad for very long Aviation boots, "The "Charfor" designed and sold by Harrods Ltd.; Fantastic two-colour back cover ad for "Erasmic" Shaving Stick shows fashionable young man and woman in bathrobes meeting on balcony as they water their plants; 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; Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall; Brazilian airmen, Hong Kong racecourse fire, Marcus M. Marks, daylight savings time - United States, Stokehold, Es Salt, Jordan, G.K. Chesterton, Sir Charles Swinfen Eady, Sir William Weir, Edward Shortt, German POWs, Amiens, America and the Air Problem,. Good .

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