Author: BRYANT, ARTHUR; FALLS, CYRIL; SQUIRE, SIR JOHN
Title: The Illustrated London News (Iln), June 28, 1952 - First Photo Ever Taken Inside the Western Cwm of Mount Everest on Cover
Description: England: The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd, 1952. First Edition. Paperback. Illustrated by Bone, Stephen;. Pages 1069 - 1108. Features: Royal fashions at Ascot; Photos at Ascot which Elizabeth attended for the first time as Queen; Photos of the Swiss assault on Everest; Photos and illustration of British Railways' latest and largest car ferry - details of the Lord Warden; Ten Years ago at El Alamein - article with photos; A Russo-Swedish Incident - the Catalina shot down by MIG-15s in the Baltic - five photos and brief write-up of the plane piloted by Ensign Karl O. Arbin; Excavations at Nippur, the 4400 -year-old holy city of Sumeria and Babylonia; The Wedding of Inanna and Tammuz; Lovely 1952 Wimbledon photo montage over two pages features 20 of the top male and female competitors; 400th anniversary of Shrewsbury School; Recent royal sightings; Photos of people in the news, including The Maharani Seeta Devi Gaekwar of Baroda with her colt Aquino II which won the Ascot Gold Cup; One-page photo of Wimbledon match between Richard Savitt and Narish Kumar; Two photos show the growth of an island volcano, Didicas in the Philippine seas; Photos of Field Marshal Alexander touring military sites in Korea; Photos of Koje Island prisoners as order is restored under Brigadier-General Boatner; Nice one-page ad for the David Brown companies features their Aston-Martin and Lagonda cars; Nice colour ad for Nuffield cars inside back cover; Colour BOAC ad on back cover features their new Comet jetliner; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy.; Magazine; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; The Illustrated London News (ILN), June 28, 1952 - First Photo Ever Taken Inside the Western CWM of Mount Everest on Cover Royal fashions at Ascot; Photos at Ascot which Elizabeth attended for the first time as Queen; Photos of the Swiss assault on Eve. Good .

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