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The SPHERE 1953- Battersea Power Station, Sir Edmund Hillary Makalu, Ailsa Craig
The SPHERE 1953- Battersea Power Station, Sir Edmund Hillary Makalu, Ailsa Craig
The SPHERE 1953- Battersea Power Station, Sir Edmund Hillary Makalu, Ailsa Craig
The SPHERE 1953- Battersea Power Station, Sir Edmund Hillary Makalu, Ailsa Craig
The SPHERE 1953- Battersea Power Station, Sir Edmund Hillary Makalu, Ailsa Craig
The SPHERE 1953- Battersea Power Station, Sir Edmund Hillary Makalu, Ailsa Craig
The SPHERE 1953- Battersea Power Station, Sir Edmund Hillary Makalu, Ailsa Craig

The SPHERE 1953- Battersea Power Station, Sir Edmund Hillary Makalu, Ailsa Craig

$ 13.2

Availability: 17 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 ,   1953  .
    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 Battersea Power Station in London
    Articles
    -
    3 pages of text and photos -the Challenge of Makalu Peak - Sir Edmund Hillary expected to lead the assault on the unconquered peak next year - with photo of Sir Edmund Hillary at Everest Base Camp, Maps and photos of Makalu Peak.
    full page of text and photos - the Masai Tribe of Africa.
    full page of text and photos - Mau Mau General Kerihinya surrenders to Kikuyu Tribesmen at Gathuti, Kenya
    full page of text and photos  - the American War Cemetery at Maddingley
    full page of text and photos - reclamation efforts in the Barony of Culbin - Britain's only desert being planted with Corsican Pines.
    2 pages of text and photos  - life on Ailsa Craig - the rocky islet in the Firth of Clyde - the mermaids cave, the slunk, curling stones being quarried,  the lighthouse, the northern foghorn, James and Jimmie Girvan loading rough curling stones.
    Photos
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    the Goodwood Trophy Race - 4 photos -  Hawthorn wins in 4.5 Ferrari, Tony Rolt with his crashed Connaught, the Cooper of R. Nuckey leading, Juan Fangio in #1 BRM.         the sex change operation of Farideh Najafi - who has undergone 3 operations - photo of her taken in Teheran Hospital.
    2 pages of text and photos
    - Lt Commander M. Lithgow sets a new world speed record of 737.3 MPH in a Vickers Supermarine Swift Jet Fighter in Libya
    Illustrations/ full page ads
    -  bizarre color Energol Oil ad .
    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 ....