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Présentation des escrimeurs parisiens, classés par salles, et de professeurs de petites salles, par Albert de SAINT-ALBIN, vaudevilliste, rédacteur en chef du "Jockey", rédacteur au Figaro et chroniqueur sportif sous le pseudonyme de Robert Milton (1843-1901); avec 20 portraits d'escrimeurs hors texte gravés sur cuivre par Charles COURTRY; index. Tirage à 550 exemplaires: 1 des 500 sur Van Gelder Zonen, justifié n°408 (après 20 sur chine et 30 sur Whatman), relié. Français
Features: Killer Whale in the Net - Alaskan Diver Virgil Burford tells his tale; Take off to Trouble - Blizzard forces a crash landing in Greenland for Gerald Abrahams; Night Duel with a Bear - Young men out for fun on the Queen Charlotte Islands have a near-tragic experience; How I became a White Fulani Warrior; Toopua - I Know An Island - Part I; Soldiers of the Sky - Paratrooper John Seymour Townsend; Hekla - Gateway to Hell (the worst volcano in the world); The Night it Rained - a Northern Quebec Adventure by Ronald H. More; The Belles of Mbowe; Ask the Man Who Owns One - a story about dogs by Lt.-Col. T.A. Lowe; Little Sir Echo - Bats; Ham-Handed Hero - Harry Higgs; and more. Chips from backstrip. Average wear. Unmarked. Decent copy. Book
- A. Hardel, Caen 1858 & 1835, 13x22cm & 12x19cm, 2 volumes reliés en 1. - Edition originale pour chacun des volumes. Reliure en demi chagrin vert bouteille à coins, dos à cinq nerfs orné de fleurons dorés, mots comportant des traces de frottements, plats de papier marbré, deux manques de papier sur le premier plat, gardes et contreplats de papier peigné, tête dorée, coins émoussés, ex-libris encollé en tête d'un contreplat. Quelques petites rousseurs. Rare. Il a été monté sur onglet, en tête de l'ouvrage, un rare fascicule intitulé "Combats judiciaires en Normandie" par le même auteur et consistant en un tiré à part du Recueil de la société libre d'Agriculture, sciences, arts et belles-lettres de l'Eure paru en 1835. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
56 pages. Features: Nice color Bermuda tourism ad inside front cover features golf scene with young black caddy; Nice one-page photo ad for Plymouth cars; 1/3-page ad for United Air Lines with photos; Mercury 8 one-page illustrated car ad; Lawrence Olivier and Jill Esmond divorce; Orson Welles and Virginia Nicolson divorce; Novelist Adela Rogers St. Johns is jailed; Brief obituary for Dr. George De Bothezat, builder of the first successful helicopter; Nice one-page photo ad for Dodge cars; The work of Martin Dies; Rev. Charles Coughlin under attack by the Jewish People's Committee; Census Revolt; Photo of tent city build for Californai Okies; Punxsutawney, PA groundhog predicts weather; The Convoy System - Britain depends on it; A look at the Finnish situation; Poultney Bigelow reveals ex-Kaiser Wilhelm wants the Nazis to turn on the Bolsheviks; Swedish volunteers help Finns resist Russia; Bombers supplanting U-Boats and Mines in Blockade Duel; Eddie Arcaro Rides Winners; Photo of basketball being played on skaes!; "Grapes of Wrath" hits movie screen as powerful social drama - with photo of Henry Fonda and his movie parents; Nice one-page color ad for the Good Year Double Eagle Air Wheel (tire); James Jefferson Davis Hall is the Bishop of Wall St.; Photo and write-up on the Air Corps' new 400 mph Airacobra; Nice 2/3-page two-color ad for Beech-Nut Gum features young lady reading mystery book; Neutrality Dodge - photo of big Lockheed bomber, destined for Allied war service, crossing the North Dakota/Canada border behind a team of horses; Big Pepsi-Cola skywriting contract; Nice color-photo ad for Four Roses Whiskey on back cover; and much more. Middle page holding by one staple. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
279 pages. Index. black and white illustrations. Bookplate signed by author affixed to front free endpaper. "Few men have played as many roles in this colourful pageant of changing times as John D. Nicholson, whose life story is told in this book. Few have had the opportunity to serve in so many ways in the exciting, hazardous and inspiring task of founding this last great homeland as this vigorous character with whose name and life are linked so many of the incidents which make up such a large part of the traditions and history of our Canadian West." - from Preface. Prior owner's details lightly pencilled upon half title page. Above-average external wear and soiling. Binding intact. Book
Contents: Color ad for GM's Electro-Motive Division; Color ad for the new Pontiac (car); Color Kuppenheimer clothing ad; Moscow-London duel attests problems of Truman and Attlee in shaping policy on atomic bomb; Nice color military-themed Coke ad (in Leyte, Philippines); Nice color Camel cigarette ad; Stalin rumors kindled by failure to show up for Red celebrations; photo of tubby Col. Esao Tokunaga who abused Allied prisoners in Hong Kong; Evidence of Japanese war crimes in the Philippines; Blood over Manchuria; The idle GI and liberated France are mighty tired of each other; Dee Balla - Sweetheart of the Marines; Color ad for Pullman-Standard; Great color centerfold ad for the new 1946 Chevrolet; Two photos of a German weapon, the "Viper", a rocket-powered, piloted midget plane which was to be aimed at enemy bombers at 620 mph - the pilot would bail out pre-impact; Canada's arctic exercise Musk Ox; Lewis-Murray feud blurs start of labor-management meeting; Clarence Birdseye now holds 300 patents - his latest invention is a quick-dehydration method; nice color White truck ad; Edgar Bergen marries Frances Westerman; Prokofieff's voice is cosmopolitan - his theme is the spirit of Russia; Photo of German POWs at Fort Custer, Michigan; color ad for Philip Morris & Co. - Bond Street and Revelation; William Keighley; It's Pepsi's Money - Portrait of America Exhibition at Rockefeller Center; Color ad for Scheaffer's pens inside back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. A sound copy. Magazine
56 pages. Features: Bold and dramatic Canadian Red Cross ad inside front cover shows nurse with outstretched arms pleading for help in a war-torn world; Why German Surrender Must Be Unconditional; Editorial on tax inequities between private businesses and co-operatives, mutual insurance organizations and government-owned businesses; Generalship with Genius - photo-illustrated article on Field-Marshal Sir Harold Alexander; A River Fights the War - photo-illustrated article on the St. Maurice River and the major industries it supports; Sky Duel (short story); The Sheriff Says "No" (short story); East Wind (short story); The Fleet is the Town - great photo-illustrated article on H.M.C.S. "Cornwallis" in Nova Scotia; Cocooney Kelly (short story); The Canadian Red Cross in Scotland - article with photos including N/S Barbara Stanton of Port Stanton, Ontario, Gunner Robert Lattman of Prince George, B.C., and seven Canadian Nursing Sisters working at the Canadian Orthopaedic Unit at Hairmyers Hospital, East Kilbride, Scotland; One-page ad for Heinz soups features illustration of lady swooning over the taste; Great one-page black and white photo ad for Kodak features Tpr. K. Kosak of Mundare, Alberta with Dutch lady in traditional garb; Mend Your Manners; Woodbury soap ad features photos of newlyweds Elizabeth Strong of Montreal and Flying Officer Leonard Barrett, of the Royal Australian Air Force; Photo of Bonita Granville in Arrid ad; Photo of Lucille Ball in Jergens Lotion ad; Easter Fare on the Kitchen Front; Chase & Sanborn ad features colour Charlie McCarthy comic; Great one-page wartime Canada Post Office ad includes photo of troops overseas receiving mail and instructions how to address letters "to face the rigors of war'; Fashion article and illustrations; Colour ad for Singer sewing machines; World Sayings; Proud Ford ad inside back cover entitled "These 700" explains how they stopped making civilian vehicles on March 31, 1942 but are now resuming civilian production - and all 700 of their dealers remain!; Colour back cover ad for Marboleum floors; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
français Paris, Paul Ollendorff, 1888. In-4 de (8)-XLVII-281 pp.; cartonnage de toile décorée de l'éditeur (Magnier & ses fils). Illustré de reproductions de vieilles estampes et de photogravures. Traduit de l'anglais par Albert Fierlants, Président du Cercle d'Escrime de Bruxelles. Bon état. Un tampon d'ancien Ex-Maître d'escrime en marge du titre, cernes claires en marges des premiers feuillets.
- Germer Baillière, Paris 1872, relié. - Edition originale. Reliure en demi chagrin rouge, dos à quatre nerfs sertis de doubles filets dorés orné de doubles caissons à froid ornementés d'un fleuron doré en leurs centres, plats de papier marbré, gardes et contreplats de papier à la cuve, reliure de l'époque. Envoi autographe signé d'Antony Chipault, le nom du dédicataire ayant été rogné par le relieur qui l'a rendu illisible : "... membre du Conseil général du Loiret et membre de la Commission administrative de l'hospice d'Orléans..." Ouvrage illustré de 37 planches en couleurs hors-texte. Quelques petites rousseurs sans gravité. Rare. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
88 pages. Features: Fantastic fold-out two-panel colour cover photo of the four Richardsons of Regina who are world curling champions; Brief article on how Nanaimo Realty paid its realtors to lose weight - and sales increased!; Nice one-page black and white Volkswagen photo ad entitled "Who backs up the Volkswagen?"; Nice one-page colour photo ad for Florida orange juice shows smiling girl wearing white ear muffs; What Winter Does to Canada - and vice versa; What to wear to a Fashion Opening - photo-illustrated article; Duel in the Kitchen (fiction); The Return of the Winter Carnivals; The Simple Joys of Camping in a Snowdrift; Hockey Isn't As Rough as it Used to Be - Part 1 of Jack Adams' "My 43 Years in Hockey" - photo-illustrated article (with large photo of Howie Meeker pounding a limp Canadien); The Second Splendid Discovery of Spices; How to Gain Entree to the Social Pages; Canada's world champions of Curling - Ernie Richardson and the Richardsons of Regina; Population Explosion on the Ski Slopes; Skier's Dream - two-page colour-photo-illustrated brief article with two maps describe how Franz Wilhelmsen and the Garibaldi Olympic Committee seek to have the massive potential of Whistler Mountain developed for the Winter Olympics of 1968; Best and Worst Movies of 1960; Escape to the Sun - Robert Thomas Allen's road trip from California to Florida; Seagrams ad features colour painting of winter carnival by Henry Simpkins; Large colour ad for Apollo Beach waterfront real estate development near Tampa; Canadian Club colour-photo one-page ad features Walter Gonnason falling into an ice crevasse on Mount Victoria Glacier in Alberta; Why color TV isn't here yet - and when it may be; Colour-photo Coke ad on back cover features skating couple; and more. Discrete six-inch clear archival tape repair to bottom left corner of front cover, otherwise unmmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
- janvier 1834, 32x50cm, une feuille. - Master's Certificate (or Brevet) of sieur Léger, a student of M. Radulphe Pierre<br>January 1834 | 32 x 50 cm | one leaf<br>A very nice illustrated certificate in coated watercolors, gum and manuscript, of a master fencer, signed by all the masters of the garrison at Ancona (66th Infantry Regiment) on the occasion of Jean François Victor Léger (a student of Pierre Radulphe) receiving the rank of Master of «Counterpoint» (sabre). «We, the masters of counterpoint in the garrison of Ancona, having examined the abilities of sieur Léger Jean François Victor hereby record our having received him as Master, as a token of which we have issued him with the present Bre vet for his benefit and to witness what is true and therefore invite our brothers in arms to lend him aid and assistance wherever he shall have earned their esteem and friendship.» A nice fencing scene in the foreground of the document. Marginal spotting as well as a few repairs using paper strips to verso. The town of Ancona, where this certificate was issued, was occupied by French troops from 1832 to 1838, which is to say during the Italian crisis pitting France against Austria in a battle for influence in the peninsula. Fencing was widespread during in Empire period when each regiment had its Master of Arms. Optional in the army from 1815 on, it was made obligatory once more in 1824 before becoming optional again in 1834, the year this document was produced. A highly regulated discipline, fencing inspired a number of writers (including Stendhal, Dumas, and others) before becoming an Olympic sport in 1896. [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Très beau brevet illustré, aquarellé, gommé et manuscrit, de maître d'escrime, signé par l'ensemble des maîtres de la garnison d'Ancône (66è régiment d'infanterie), à l'occasion de la réception au rang de maître de « contre-pointe » (sabre) de Jean François Victor Léger, élève de Pierre Radulphe : « Nous maîtres de contre-pointe de la garnison d'Ancône après avoir examiné les capacités du sieur Léger Jean François Victor reconnaissons l'avoir reçu en qualité de maître en foi de quoi nous lui avons délivré le présent BREVET pour lui servir et valoir ce que de raison et invitons nos frères d'armes à lui porter aide et assistance partout où il aura mérité leur estime et leur amitié. » Belle scène de combat d'escrime au premier plan du document. Rousseurs marginales ainsi que quelques restaurations à l'aide de bandes de papier au verso. La ville d'Ancône, lieu de réception de ce brevet, fut occupée par les garnisons françaises de 1832 à 1838. C'est-à-dire à l'époque de la crise d'Italie opposant la France à l'Autriche pour la maîtrise de l'influence sur la péninsule. La pratique de l'escrime était largement répandue sous le premier Empire où chaque régiment avait son maître d'arme. Facultative dans l'armée à partir de1815, elle redevint obligatoire en 1824 avant d'être optionnelle en 1834, année de rédaction de notre document. Discipline extrêmement codifiée, l'escrime inspira de nombreux écrivains (Stendhal, Dumas...) avant de devenir un sport olympique en 1896.
