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The SPHERE 1931- Society Ladies, Native Drums, Ostrich Farm, Great Bridges

$ 10.56

Availability: 68 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.   October    3 ,   1931 .
    10 x 14 inches - 40 pages.  disbound from a volume,  no damage to spine or pages, no missing pages.  the RARE Original Period News magazine
    Contents
    Cover
    -    the Paris Bourse or Stock Exchange
    Articles
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    full pages of text and photos - Society ladies - Film Star Corinne Griffiths, Miss Pole Carew with Jean and Marjorie Montagu Douglas Scott, the marriage of Captain Ian MacLeod and Stephanie Kathleen Pocock.
    full page of text and photo - great bridges of the world - the George Washington Memorial Bridge at Fort Lee, the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia,  the Putney Bridge, the railway bridge at Kalabagh, India
    full page of text and photos  - Native Drums of the World - Giant Communication Drums of the Amazon, a Lokali Signal Drum of the Congo
    full page of text and photos - Ostrich Farming at Karroo South Africa, Meknes, Morocco, the Great Ostrich Farm in Los Angeles, California, Cairo
    2 pages of text and photos - Japan Today - the open air school at the Zojoji Temple in Shikabu, Tokyo, Major Nagayama of the Tokyo Arsenal, gymnastics at the Athletic Research Institute in Yoyohata, Tokyo, a crowd of strikers at Kanegafuchi Spinning Company
    full page of text and photos - the ruthless severity of the Japanese occupation of Mukden in Manchuria
    full page of text and photos -
    Engineering Today - a colossal 112 ton mold in Sheffield pulled by a traction engine, a giant cast stern frame of 190 tons at the Darlington Forge,84 ton rudder posts at the Darlington Forge.
    full page of text and photos - Men in the news - Admiral Horthy of Hungary, Don Marcelino Domingo of Spain, Prince Aly Khan - son the the Aga Khan, Prince Stahremberg of Austria, M. Gelardi of Claridge's Hotel, Antoine the hairdresser king who introduced the Eton Crop- 2 photos of the effete snob
    Photos
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    Mahatma Gandhi at Greenfield Mills, Darwen.  Lady Catherine Heathcote Drummond Willoughby.
    Illustrations/ full page ads
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    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 ....