Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 53 — page 134: what you’re looking at

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AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION consideration of fundamen- tals, the author works up to a clear exposition of modern electrical devices. Very good. THE BOYS’ BOOK OF AIR- CRAFT, by Laurence C. Bagley, is put out by Blackie (16 William IV Street, W.C.2) at 3s. 6d. Boys aren’t the only people who willderive pleasure from this collection of draw- ings and data on twenty-nine types of aircraft, including many foreign makes. Our many photography- minded readers will be inter- ested to know about four little publications. HINTS, TIPS AND GADGETS FOR THE AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER, is published by Fountain Press (46 Chan- cery Lane, W.C.2) at 8s. 6d, It is choc-full of all manner of devices that the home photo- grapher can easily construct and which will be of great aid in his hobby. YOUR BOOK OF PHOTOGRAPHY WITH BASIC CAMERAS, by William P. Gott- 133 lieb, comes from Faber and Faber (24 Great Russell Street, W.C.1) at 5s. 6d. It deals with all the principles of taking. good pictures with simple cameras and is extremely well illustrated with photo- graphs showing the right and wrong ways. CAMERA TIPS FOR EVERYONE is another Fountain Press title, selling at ls. 6d. In small compass, the book lays down all the bare essentials of photography from the purely practical point of, view. It is well illustrated with pictures taken with box cameras. The AMA- TEUR PHOTOGRAPHER'S DIARY comes from Iliffe (Stamford Street, S.E.1) at 4s. Id. in rexine, and 5s. 10d.in Morocco leather. In addition to the diary section, there are many departments for photographic notes and much very useful information in the form of tables and formule. No photo- grapher should be without one of these slim, handy little diaries. comicbhooks.com | |