Author: VARIOUS CONTRIBUTORS
Title: The Illustrated London News, 16 December 1944
Description: London, England: 30 January 1943, 1944. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Cover: Civil Strife in Athens: Lt. Gen. Ronald Scobie, British Commander in Greece, and the Prime Minister, M. George Papandreou, Who Have Been Striving to Restore Law and Order. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "The Island" by Francis Brett Young; The Great World War: The Menace of Private Armies; Books of the Day; and The World of Science: Birds of Australia and New Zealand. Pictorial Journals include: Anarchy in Athens: Views of the Principal Areas Affected; British Troops in Blerick: Frontline Pictures from Holland; Sidelights on the War in the West: Scenes from the Fighting Zones; Showing the Width of the Rhine at Various Strategic Points: Road and Rail Bridges Spanning the Great River; The Jungle Road to Mandalay: Obstacles Faced by the 36th Division; Sweeping the Vital Waterway of the Scheldt: A Fleet of British Minesweepers Clearing the Channel to Antwerp (illus, by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); The Eastern Front: Scenes of the Great Soviet Drive Across Hungary; Bombing Through the Clouds: A British Target-Finding Invention (illus. by G.H. Davis); The National Fire Service: The Control Room at Lambath (illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); The Queen Inspects Firewomen; Arnhem Heroes at the Palace; and An Exhibition That No One Should Miss "Constable to Cezanne" In Aid of the Airborne Forces Security Fund. Page 677/678 missing. 3" clipping removed pages 686-687. Page 695/696 loose but present. Remainder of contents clean and unmarked with minimal wear. A worthy reference copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Civil Strife in Athens: Lt. Gen. Ronald Scobie, British Commander in Greece, and the Prime Minister, M. George Papandreou, Who Have Been Striving to Restore Law and Order. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "The Island" by Francis Brett Young;. Fair .

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