WILLIAMS P.M.MareMagnum
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8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy.
Sm. 8vo., Second Edition, with a portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), and numerous diagrams in the text, free endpapers lightly browned, small neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original burgundy pictorial cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, white and black lettered in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, a remarkably bright, clean copy. With 2pp publisher's catalogue at end. With a relevant contemporary cutting loosely inserted. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Betts 30-11.
2 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs (a number full-page) throughout; original pictorial boards, a near fine set. The set comprises Vol. I: Road to War; Vol. II: Enigma. Ten years in the making, this comprehensive study chronicles the life of Reinhard Heydrich, Hitler's probable heir apparent. This extraordinary man rose to become second only to Himmler within the SS, controlling the entire Security Service through a career of controversy which continues to this day. He was considered so dangerous that the British had him assassinated. Volume 1 details Heydrich's life from birth to the outbreak of WWII; Volume 2 covers Heydrich's involvement in the Jewish question, the Wannsee Conference, his posting as Acting Reichsprotector for Bohemia-Moravia, his assassination in 1942, his State Funeral, and the precarious life of his wife Lina and their family until her death in 1985. A major feature of this work is the unique collection of over 700 photographs, many never seen before, assembled by the authors during a decade of intensive research. Already very scarce.
Sm. 8vo., Second Impression, with a portrait frontispiece, plates and plans, and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, covers very lightly faded else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss at upper edge of front panel.
8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured illustrations (a number double-page) and decorative endpapers; grey-green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt and black, a near fine copy in publisher's gilt-blocked board slip-case.
New York, Harmony Books, 1984, 4to (cm. 30,5 x 23) legatura editoriale cartonato telato, pp. nn. (120 circa) completamente illustrato da tavole a colori, con una tavola ed un'illustrazione a colori applicate all'occhiello e al frontespizio (firma di possesso) .
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE. Not recorded by Enser.
8vo., First UK Edition; original blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published simultaneously with the US (Random House) edition. The UK edition is uncommon in this condition
4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs, illustrations and maps (a number full-page) in the text, and a folding plan; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Detailed and valuable account of the minesweeping component of Operation NEPTUNE by the founder of the Algerines Association. The narrative structure includes much eye-witness and other vernacular material not available elsewhere. An excellent contribution to a still largely forgotten (and largely thankless) aspect of the RN's operations in WWII. VERY SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette and illustrations in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The author's last work, telling largely of his adventures in Burma between the wars.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with coloured frontispiece (original captioned tissue guard present) and plates, neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with blue-toned frontispiece, 20 blue-toned plates and front endpaper map; original series binding of green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at joints. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. Enser, p.152. Essentially the 'prequel' to 'The Wooden Horse'. Here Williams continues his fictional persona as 'Peter Howard' to tell the story of his and 'John Clinton's' [Michael Codner] earlier escape from Oflag XXIB at Szubin.
8vo., later impression, handsomely bound in red full morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Arguably the most ingenious POW escape of WWII, it became a legend among servicemen long before its publication here in 1949. Two officers made home runs via a tunnel dug in the open air beneath a wooden vaulting horse. The scene was Stalag Luft III (site of the 'Great Escape' later in the war) and the story one of the true classics of WWII. Endlessly reprinted, it has now achieved the status of popular folklore. It was filmed by Jack Lee in 1950 starring Leo Genn, David Tomlinson and Bryan Forbes. Published in the same year as the first edition. Astonishingly, not recorded by Enser.
8vo., First Edition; light blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at edges.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; green cloth, gilt back, grey endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., Second Edition, with coloured and monochrome plates, and maps and diagrams in the text; original series binding of green buckram, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Sold from an institution with its neat stamp on title. New Naturalist, 36. First published in 1958. Dustwrapper artwork by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a folding map; original black buckram, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy. Includes a list of all HAC members in South Africa showing rank and branch of service. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Hackett, p.12; White, p.197.
Paris, L'Illustration, 1937. N° 833 de La Petite Illustration, Roman N° 394, du 7 août 1937. Ensemble de 4 fascicules de format in 8° de 144 pp., pagination continue. Illustrations in et hors texte de J. Simont. Bon état. Bien complet. Peu commun.
Roy. 8vo., Sole Edition; original cloth, a fine copy. [Transactions of the] Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Records Branch, vol. XII. EDITION LIMITED TO 350 COPIES. Contents includes 'Accounts for Works on the Royal Mills and Castle at Marlborough'; 'The Veredictum of Chippenham Hundred'; 'Pleas in the Liberty of the Abbot of Battle at Bromham'; 'Fragment of an Account of the Cellaress of Wilton Abbey'; 'Clerical Poll-Taxes in the Diocese of Salisbury' and 'Wiltshire Deeds in the Bath Public Library'. As usual, the work concludes with valuable indexes by person, place and subject. Very scarce.
Un volume broché au format poche de 252 pp.; couverture illustrée. Bon état. Voir photo.
Paris, Folio, 1995. N° 2773. Un volume broché au format poche de 272 pp.; couverture illustrée. comme neuf.
236 pages including black and white photos. Provides vivid, captivating portraits of eight men and their families, and stories of their triumphs and struggles now that they have broken away from life on the ice. Johny Bower, Yvan Cournoyer, John Ferguson, Randy Gregg, Reggie Leach, Eric Nesterenko, Bobby Smith, Tiger Williams. Book clean, bright and unmarked with faintest wear. Light wear to attractive dust jacket. Excellent copy. Book
