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The SPHERE 1904 Iroquois Theatre Fire, Rock Climbing, California Oranges, Asahi
The SPHERE 1904 Iroquois Theatre Fire, Rock Climbing, California Oranges, Asahi
The SPHERE 1904 Iroquois Theatre Fire, Rock Climbing, California Oranges, Asahi
The SPHERE 1904 Iroquois Theatre Fire, Rock Climbing, California Oranges, Asahi
The SPHERE 1904 Iroquois Theatre Fire, Rock Climbing, California Oranges, Asahi
The SPHERE 1904 Iroquois Theatre Fire, Rock Climbing, California Oranges, Asahi
The SPHERE 1904 Iroquois Theatre Fire, Rock Climbing, California Oranges, Asahi
The SPHERE 1904 Iroquois Theatre Fire, Rock Climbing, California Oranges, Asahi
The SPHERE 1904 Iroquois Theatre Fire, Rock Climbing, California Oranges, Asahi
The SPHERE 1904 Iroquois Theatre Fire, Rock Climbing, California Oranges, Asahi
The SPHERE 1904 Iroquois Theatre Fire, Rock Climbing, California Oranges, Asahi

The SPHERE 1904 Iroquois Theatre Fire, Rock Climbing, California Oranges, Asahi

$ 13.2

Availability: 52 in stock
  • Condition: good used condition, no missing pages, any other defects will be described in the listing details
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    Description

    The Sphere Illustrated News.   Jan     9 ,   1904 .
    10 x 14 inches - 40 pages.  disbound from a volume,  no damage to spine or pages, no missing pages.  the RARE Original Authentic Period News magazine
    Contents
    (magazine stored in Row 1)
    for those of you not familiar with the Sphere it is similar to Illustrated London News but superior, while ILN used second rate illustrations in this time period of the early 20th Century, the Sphere featured superb and rare high definition photos, most of the photos you will see in ILN in this time period are heavily and crudely retouched. the Sphere is truly a magnificent publication and Very RARE
    Cover
    -   the King and Queen at Chatsworth House, Devonshire
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    Articles -
    full
    page of text and photos - the Cricket on the Heath at the Garrick Theatre - Maud Hildyard, Beerbohm Tree, Lena Ashwell, Empsie Bowman
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    full page of text and photos- Rock Climbing - Wharncliffe Crags, the Owls Gully, the Alport Stone in Derbyshire, the Refuge Des Bosses, Mont Blanc.
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    full page of text and photos- the Orange Groves of Ontario, California.
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    serial story - the Tavern Knight - by Rafael Sabatini
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    full page photo - Highland Sheep in Scotland - by Charles Reid.
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    4 pages of text and photos - ships of the Russian and Japanese Navies - the Rivadavia, the Moreno, the Fuji, the Shikishima, the Asahi, the Rossia, the Pobieda, the Retvisan
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    many fascinating old ads - Birds Custard Powder, Bovril, Lemco Meat Jelly, Sunlight Soap, Pine Oxygen by Sanitas, Metrostyle Pianola player piano rolls, Lazenby Soup Squares,
    Dewar's
    Whisky, Broadwood Pianofortes.
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    Photos
    - illustration of the Iroquois Theatre in Chicago and text on the devastating fire there in which 587 people lost their lives during a performance of Bluebeard.   the Casino at Monte Carlo.  group photo of the staff of the Mombasa Post Office including Postmaster Henry Holt.  the City Hall Subway Station in New York City on the 2 Penny Tube.   half page illustration - a Huge Cask of Wine that holds 1,232,560 Imperial Gallons at Klosterneuburg, Austria. Admiral Tora Ijuin of Japan.                                         .
    NOTE :
    shipping prices reflect packaging ( special envelope , archival poly bag and backing board ) for this news magazine shipped flat ,  I want you to be satisfied with our transaction from start to finish . Any issue you have can be resolved prior to leaving feedback by contacting me,
    good condition  - the authentic period news magazine,
    fascinating magazine with first hand reportage and photographs ,  i sell no reproductions ,  i ship worldwide and will combine auctions,
    payment due within 2 days of auction end ....