Author: TAYLOR, WILFRED; ET AL Title: The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, Friday, June 7, 1940, No. 3482, Vol. CLXVII - Sports Live on [in Wartime]
Description: London: The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 1940. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 32 pages. Features: Children and Dogs Amuse Each Other; Britain Without Sign-posts; Cover photo of Mrs. Michael Menzies (the former Kay Stammers) playing tennis; Some Candidates for the New Derby - Photos of 11 fine horses; Wilfred Taylor - Broadcasting the Derby; Sport Lives On; Rapier Sums Up the New Derby; Winchester Avoid Defeat by the M.C.C. (cricket news); Derbys and Oaks of the Last War - photos of winning horses from 1915-1918; Now is the time to know something about a rifle - Sir Pelham Warner changes his bat for a gun - brief article with 13 photos; Bombay Hunt's Gymkhana (near Bombay) - 13 photos; How They Race at Beersheeba - six photos of camel racing in Palestine; Stowe Too Strong for Bedford - 14 cricket photos with brief captions; Roehampton Sunday - six photos of the Red Cross Lawn Tennis Tournament, including photos of Murray Deloford, Mrs. Frank Strawson, Miss G.M. Harvey, and Rosemary Thomas; Photos of theatre stars Evelyn Laye and Robert Helpmann (in drag); Movie news and photos; Centuries Plentiful in Public Schools Cricket; Sergeant Braddock rejoins marines at age 52; Openings along coverfold, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy example of this vintage wartime issue; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, June 7 1940, No. 3482 Vol. CLXVII, Sports Live On [In Wartime], Children and Dogs, Britain Without Sign-posts, Mrs. Michael Menzies, Kay Stammers, the New Derby, Wilfred Taylor, Sport Lives On in wartime, Rapi. Fair .
Keywords: 7 1940 . 3482 . [ ] Sign Posts . Back Issues
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