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VG in stapled paper covers. Illustrated by Jean Wetta. 20159. eng
Incisione all'acquaforte e acquatinta impressa su carta di Cina, parte incisa mm.253x360, ampi margini bianchi. Firma e titolo incisi al marg. inf. Datata 1878. (Per notizie sull'A. cfr. Benezit II, p.265)
332 pages. Features: Ravishing holiday fashion; A Few Good Men - Bradley Cooper, Benedict Cumberbatch, Adam Driver; Amazing Amy Adams; Kendall Jenner; Botox in a Bottle? - the truth about the latest anti-wrinkle treatment; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
Incisione all'acquaforte e acquatinta impressa su carta di Cina, parte incisa mm.370x550, ampi margini bianchi. Firma sulla lastra, datata 1877. (Per notizie sull'A. cfr. Benezit II, p.265)
Incisione all'acquaforte e acquatinta impressa su carta di Cina, parte incisa mm.370x520, ampi margini bianchi, un poco fioriti. Firma sulla lastra, senza data (1877 circa). (Per notizie sull'A. cfr. Benezit II, p.265)
Incisione all'acquaforte e acquatinta impressa su carta di Cina, parte incisa mm.180x360, ampi margini bianchi. Titolo e firnm a penna dell'a. al margine inf., senza data (1877 - 1878 circa). Fiorit. non gravi sulla parte incisa(Per notizie sull'A. cfr. Benezit II, p.265)
33 pages. Features: Photo of smiling Eisenhower and an animated Patton, plus smiling Bradley and Hodges; Photo of Japanese Shrine on Saipan plus journal notes from a Japanese soldier; Photos of Juan Trippe, Lewis Douglas, Army nurses drilling at Camp Capson Colorado, Forger Alexander Thiel; Article on Okinawa; Full-page military map entitled "The Floods Come" shows positions centered around Hitler's inner fortress of Berchtesgaden; photo of U.S. armour on one of Germany's fine roads; Photo of very long column of German prisoners; Article and photo on German youth; Photo of "German Looters"; Photo of Chiang Kai Shek with General Hurley; Photo of St. Louis Browns' one-armed baseball player Pete Gray; Photo of a Brooklyn Public School classroom trashed by three young boys; Great photo of a navy bank in a quonset hut on Guam. No ads in this edition. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy of this excellent Patton collectible. Book
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome plates; green cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON BLANK PRELIMINARY
8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter browned on rear panel.
40 pages. Divinely illustrated front cover. Features: Paris in War Time - an impression of 1916, by E.V. Lucas; The Surrender - a story by Mary Gaunt; Russia - The Charm of Old Moscow, by Alan Lethbridge and illustrated by Arthur Watts; The Sculptor of the Madonna and of Countless Angels - the Della Robbia, by Cecil Headlam; Navarino - a battle of the allies - France, Russia, and Britain against the Turks; The Mystery of a Dress Coat, by Shelland Bradley; Several beautiful full-page colour portraits; Colour centerfold portrait entitled The Last Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois, from a painting by F. Matania; How He Proposed - the different ways in which heroes have proposed to heroines in the novels of 1916; Louvain, 1916; Nice full-page colour ad for Eno's 'Fruit Salt'; Fantastic black and white photographic full-page ad for Napier Motor Carriages; Nice black and white photo ad for the Invincible Talbot automobiles, manufactured by Clement Talbot Limited; Smaller attractive black and white ads for Humber Cars, Austin Motor Co. Ltd., Vauxhall Motors Limited, Crossley Motors, and The Sunbeam Motor Car. Original protective advertising outer layer still present and affixed. Prior owner's name and address atop front advertising cover. Prior owner's name atop front cover. Moderate wear. A very beautiful magazine indeed! Book
100 pages. Features: Our Two Toughest Allies - Greece and Turkey, the two poorest countries in NATO, kick in 40% of their budgets for defense; A Soldier's Farewell (part 2 of 2) - General Omar N. Bradley; The Things You Can Make in Your Cellar - basement woodworkers; Why Ike Had to Draft Fathers - 13,000 'students' a month were turning temporary deferments into permanent exemptions; The Most Expensive City in the World - great photo-illustrated article on Robert Sherrod and his family who live in Tokyo; The Mystery of the Mayan Temple - secret stairway in the temple of Palenque may suggest an ancient link between Egypt and America; They Sell People to Pets - San Francisco's "House of Pets"; Fiction: Midnight Mike; Love Has No Sense; The Bully of Uvada; The Betrayal of Tio; Spy and Counterspy (part 2 of 8); Young Captain Hornblower (part 6 of 8). Ads: Nice color-photo ad for RCA Victor TVs; Creepy two-page Kent cigarette ad says "If You'd Like the greatest health protection in cigarette history... these facts can help you..."; Color-photo ad for American-Standard bathroom fixtures features garish blue, pink and green examples; Nice color ad for Grehound bus lines; Color ad for the Oldsmobile Super '88' 4-door sedan, red with white roof; Mobiloil color ad features the 1953 Indianapolis 500; Nice color-photo ad for Lincoln cars; Nice two-page color-photo ad for Frigidaire Electric Ranges; Nostalgic Texaco Sky Chief cas ad features large red boxing glove; One-page elegant color-photo ad for Packard cars; Webcor tape recorders; Vintage ad for the new Homelite 5.5 HP chainsaw; Color-photo ad for Ford cars features the A.M. Brown family of Westchester County, NY; Dayton Rubber Tire ad features H.O. Vincent, Secretary of Service Lines, Inc. of Nashville; Gulfpride oil ad features nice color photo of Ralph J. Cahall of Annandale, VA, and William P. Snyder, III, of Sewickley, PA; Nice color Convair ad features shapely lady in purple dress; Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
180 pages. Features: 1-page color ad for Timken tapered roller bearings; 1-page color ad for Lumite auto seat covers; 1/2-page color ad for Fatima cigarettes; 2-page color ad for General brand Winter-Cleat tires; Fantastic 1-page color ad for White Trucks features log-hauling scene; Nice color 2-page ad for General Electric radios and tvs; Nice color 1-page ad for Whitman's Samplers; What Kind of Man is Stalin? - Part 1 of 'My Three Years in Moscow - article with photos - the author met Stalin personally; The Innocent Buccaneer (fiction); How to Get Rich After Dark - photo-illustrated article on the men who fish the Gulf Stream off Florida; The Rebellious Age (fiction); Moutain Rescue Man - color-photo illustrated article on Ranger William Butler of Washington's Mount Rainier; The Woman Hater (fiction); John Pastore - Rhode Island's Little Firecracker - article with photo; Hilarious Memories of Albert J. Rothe "The Red Barber" who trimmed famous men such as Truman, Bradley, Byrnes, Leahy and Patton - article with photos; Anxious Night (fiction); Tuss McLaughry of Dartmouth's football program - article with photo; Collision Course (fiction); Feature article on Miinot, North Dakota, with photos; New York City's Food Trades Vocational High School - article with great color photos; The Doctor of Unkown Island (fiction); Photo-illustrated article on Jimmy Dunn of America's foreign service; *SENSATIONAL* full-page color-photo ad for the New Chrysler Town & Country in a bird hunting locale; That Ain't The Way I Saw It - former newspaperman Robert M. Yoder on the glamorous adventures thata befall a reporter in the radio serials; Fantastic two-page Borg-Warner ad highlights their products in the Ripley's Believe It or Not! format; U.S. Army photo-illustrated recruiting ad; Nice 1-page color ad for Old Gold cigarettes; 2-page color-photo ad for Sun-Maid Raisins; Borden's ad features Elsie the Cow; Nice 1-page color-illustrated ad for American Airlines; Magnavox TV ad; Nice photo-illustrated ad for Pullman cars; 1-page color ad for Rice Krispies; Two-page ad for Listerine and dandruff; Gorgeous 2-page color illustrated Chevrolet ad featuring a red Styleline De Luxe 4-Door Sedan; Auto-Lite Spark Plug ad features photos of Jane Wyman; Nice 2-page color-illustrated General Motors ad highlights the safety of their vehicles; Nice 1-page 2-color photo-illustrated ad for Eaton 2-speed axles features tank truck driver Mr. J.T. Ebling; Eveready battery ad features photos of Mr. Axel Lober, Mr. Everett Smith, Janice Winters and Mr. Sam C. Kuster; Nice 1-page photo illustrated ad for the Underwood All Electric Typewriter; Color ad for Crosley fridges; Nice color ad for Kraft Cocao Mix; Wonderful full-page color 7up (Seven-Up) ad features photo of a square dance scene; Color ad for Del Monte Catsup; Hydrox cookie ad; Color ad for Hamilton watches; 1-page 2-color ad for Red Heart dog food features photos of Lassie; Nice 1-page color ad for United Aircraft; Cream of Wheat ad features Li'l Abner cartoon; Full-page tire chain ad for American Chain & Cable Company; 1-page 2-color ad for Cavalier Cedar Chests; Statler Hotels ad features cartoon. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. This issue noteworthy for its many exceptional ads. Magazine
8vo. Fifth Edition with frontispiece (original tissue guard browned present) numerous plates and 5 large folding plans on japon; blue pictorial cloth upper board blocked in yellow gilt back covers very lightly dust-soiled else a very good bright clean cop A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER UNSIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. With the erratum slip mounted facing text as proper. Mrs Smith's third work on the Abbey was first published in 1902. It provides a detailed survey of
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome plates, folding coloured map in pocket at end, and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With the coloured reproduction of Bradshaw's 1894 map in pocket at end.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 16 plates on 10; cloth, gilt back, a good, clean copy. Fascinating insight into rural China between the wars. Uncommon in this condition. Graham & Cole F7 (recording the first edition).
pp. xxi, 468. Illustrated with numerous photographs. XLib. 4to. Original full buckram binding. Hardbound. Nice copy. GAMES BOX 3
Incisione all'acquaforte e acquatinta impressa su carta di Cina, parte incisa mm.170x400, ampi margini bianchi, lievemente fioriti. Firma e titolo a matita al marg. inf. della parte incisa (1877 circa). (Per notizie sull'A. cfr. Benezit II, p.265)
32 pages. Features: Cover photo of Longstop Hill - taken before the gallant assault which dislodged the enemy; Photos of Allied Leaders of the Victorious Land and Air Forces in Tunisia - Leiut.-General K.A.N. Anderson, Major-General Omar M. Bradley; Air Marshal Coningham, Major-General Carl Spaatz, and Air Chief-Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder; Large photo portraits of General Dwight Eisenhower and General Sir Harold Alexander; Bizerta - The Powerful Naval Base which fell to the Allies on May 7 - five photos; The Tunisian Capital Captured by the British - Two photos of the city from the air; Prelude to Victory - Five photos of infantry in Tunisia, laying the foundations; Armour and Air Power in Action for the final forward surge - five photos; Collapse of Tunis and Bizerta - article by Cyril Falls; Sicily now our war front-line objective in Axis eyes - large map of Sicily; Dramatic photos of an enemy minesweeper being beaten up by cannon fire off the Dutch coast; Photos of the Thunderbolt in flight and on the ground; Photo of the handing over of ten cub-chasers by the U.S. to Cuba; The Miles M-28 aircraft; Photo of Montgomery being presented with a signed photo of Chang Kai-Shek; Photo of young King Feisal of Iraq with Victor Lampson, son of the British Ambassador in Cairo; Great centerfold photos of the Allies' new "outsize" landing barges off the coasts of North Africa - loaded with troops; Many photos of Hitler's Concrete Atlantic Wall under feverish construction; The Queen inspects the Black Watch of Canada; Photo of an R.A.F. Hurricane mounted on the bow of an Allied cargo vessel; Oldsmobile Armament Training School - photo of students assembling 20mm cannons while blindfolded; Precision bombing of Sousse - Harbour, Ships and Installations; Brought up in England - photo-illustrated article by H.R.H. Prince Chula Chakrabongse of Thailand; Photos of Carthage - Once mistress of the seas - now a suburb of Tunis; Catching Food and Water from the Sea - a new survival kit for Castaways - seven photos with captions; The Great Famine in Honan, China - three dramatic photos, including an image of a family stripping bark from a tree to eat; Photos of Pre-fabricated Tugs being built inland in England; Nice photo of Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral under construction; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Centerfold loose but present. Book
Cover: The King's Visit to the Western Front: His Majesty Enjoying a Joke with General Dwight Eisenhower on the Steps of the U.S. First Army H.Q., With Them Are Lt. General Omar Bradley and Lt. General Courtney Hodges. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Verdict on India" by Beverley Nichols; The Great World War: U.S. Landing in the Philippines (inc. maps); Books of the Day; and The World of Science: A Bomb-Sensitive Plant. Pictorial Journals include: Pictures Taken During His Majesty's Five-Day Visit to the Front; Just Retribution - The German Civilians' Turn to Be Refugees; U.S. Troops Mop Up the Last Remaining Enemy Strong Points in Aachen; The Way of Desolation: Once a Busy Street in Aachen; On the Western Front: Scenes From the Battlefields of Holland; Building Up the Dutch Salient: Allied Armour Pouring into Holland for the Great Offensive (illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); A Huge Factory-Made Invasion Port: "Mulberry" The Pre-Fabricated Harbour of the Normandy Bridgehead; British Troops Landing in Greece: Scenes in Liberated Athens; The Surrender of Polish Patriots in Warsaw: Capitulation Scenes; The "Leigh" Light: A German Explosive Speed-Boat; Paris Cycle-Taxis; Fort Driant; Winning a Jumping-Off Area for the Philippines: Peleiu, in the Palaus; An Isle of Vital Weather Forecasts: The Lonely Jan Mayen Island; Links With Turner: Relics of the Great Painter for the Nation; and The Start of Civil Aviation - London to Paris 25 Years Ago. Page 479/480 missing. Page 501/502 loose but present. Contents clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy reading copy. Book
Pages 281-308. Features: Great cover photo of Patton, Eisenhower, Hodges and Bradley standing side-by-side in uniform; Nice full-page colour Guiness ad illustrated by H.M. Bateman inside advertising front cover shows men unloading boat; Captured Cologne - photos of devastation near the Cathedral; Twelve photos of scenes in Cologne after its fall to the American First Army, under General Hodges; Photo of General Crerar assisting Churchill into captured German caravan now used for guests at First Canadian Army Tactical H.Q.; Three photos of the latest German Tiger Tank which fires a 14.5" shell; Photos inside and outside the Cologne Cathedral show it largely unharmed; Two pages of photos of Remagen and its now-famous bridge - the first Rhine crossing - with U.S. First Army troops advancing across it; Article 'Double Offensive Against Germany' includes map and photo of Leonard T. Gerow; One-page map of the Western Front indicates the terrain and the various commands under Eisenhower; Photos of destruction in Germany, including Bonn University, a street in Xanten, the (formerly) beautiful old gate of Xanten, and the south bridge over the Moselle at Trier; Six photos of new Rocket Barrage and its ammunition - a devastating British infantry and tank weapon; Centrefold illustration of General Crerar's surprise night assault which smashed the important fortress town of Goch; Photos with the Red Army as it drives toward Berlin; Great page of eight photos of Heroines of the U.S.S.R. - combatant members of the Red Air Force, including Major Yevdokia Bershanskaya, Leiut. Natalia Meklina, Major Yevdokia Mikulina,Irina Sebrova, Lieut. Rufina Gasheva and Flight Commander Yevgenia Zhigulenko; Photos of personalities of the week include Carl Timmerman, W.D. Morgan, Lance-Corporal Henry Harden, V.C., Field-Marshal Alexander with Marshal Tito in Belgrade, F.A.B. Fasson, Dr. Janet Vaughan, Peter Lawless, Viscount Dawson of Penn, and Lieut.-General Mario Roatta in the Rome High Court of Justice (his subsequent escape caused rioting); Naval photos including H.M.S. "Implacable," Admiral Somerville boarding the battleship H.M.S. "Queen Elizabeth," German U-Boat crewmembers floating after their vessel was sunk by the Canadian corvette "St. Thomas," and a gaping hole in a British submarine which, remarkably, survived; Photos and illustrations of Mandalay and its relief; Six interesting photos of camouflaged pill-boxes in Britain; Nice colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover shows shipbuilders at work; nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Coverfold taped. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 131-160. Printed upon glossy stock. Nice reproductions of black and white photos. Features: Helen Peabody and Western College - with one-page photo portrait of Ms. Peabody; The Milford Woman's Club; New Hampshire's Daughters - origins and history of the club; Three Important Acts of New Hampshire; A Hint to New Hampshire Clubs; A New Light; Obituaries for Hon. Joseph W. Fellows, Joseph H. Coit, Oscar Holmes Bradley; Poems; Nice illustrated ad for the Boston and Maine Railroad features the Seashore Lake and Mountain resorts; Back cover ad for Brown & Batchelder's clothing store at 50 North Main St.. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and diagrams in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ottley, 12244.
xii + 149pp. + 1p. theses, 21cm., softcover, text in English, Doctoral Dissertation (Universiteit Leiden), small stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, F110356
8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in dark red full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of one of the seminal Shakeapeare studies of the early twentieth century.
Incisione all'acquaforte e acquatinta, parte incisa mm.365x260, ampi margini bianchi. Firma a matita in basso a destra. Datata 1873. (Per notizie sull'A. cfr. Benezit II, p.265)
