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1971742370PN. New. 1971. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1970739946PN. New. 1970. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
Features/Photos: The TSR-2; De Gaulle in Latin America; Report of the Warren Commission; Malta excavations in the footsteps of Cicero and St. Paul; Operation Teamwork- NATO's biggest sea exercise of the last 12 years; The new 1 million pound W.R.A.C. barracks; Car of the month - Citroen Safari; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
1970739744PN. New. 1970. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
20111353374PN. New. 2011. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1971741907PN. New. 1971. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
Original photographic print measuring 6.75 x 11.5 ins (approx. 17.0 x 29.0 cms) laid on badged and captioned mount of beige card, the mount moderately age-soiled at extremities. The photograph depicts the 2nd Battalion on parade at Chelsea Barracks. The mount is badged for the Battalion and captioned 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards, Chelsea Barracks, June 1925. A superb and most unusual momento of the 2nd Battalion between the wars. The 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards (1684-1993) was placed in suspended animation on 31 December 1993. Its traditions are maintained by in the incremental No. 7 Company. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
Pages 161-196 plus 4 pages of ads. Features: Cover photo of the Eiger, where Barry Brewster lost his life, plus text and more photos; Russian dock collides with the South Goodwin lightship; Photo of Simon Paterson coming ashore after swimming the English Channel underwater in just under 14 hours; Photo of Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the pro--fascist union movement, being knocked to the ground by demonstrators in Manchester on July 29; Four photos of the Queen at Plymouth and Dartmouth; Indian forces attack Chinese post in Ladakh - article with photo; Photo of Egyptian tank and Conquerer rocket; Major Michael Banks, Lieut. Hugh Wiltshire, and John Hinde successfully climb Mount McKinley; Major E. J. E. Mills and Capt. M. R. Jones are killed 5000 feet from the summit of Khingyang Chish in the Himalayas; Photo of new French bathyscaphe, L'Archimede, which successfully plunged to a depth of 31,350 feet on July 15; Photo of First Lady Mrs. Kennedy and Col. John Glenn waterskiing near Hyannis Port Massachusetts, Photo of Russian high jumper Valeriy Brumel setting world record of 7'5" at Stanford on July 22; America's Cup sailing photos, Aerial photo of devastation caused by exploding propane truck at Berlin, New York; Honolulu crash scene photo where 27 people died when a Britannia airliner crashed while landing; Photo of triple-hulled airship under construction at Trenton, New Jersey; Two photos of NASA's "Project Apollo"; Review of "Red Plush and Black Velvet", by Joseph Wechsberg - Dame Nellie Melba was Australia's queen of song; Two pages of illustrations show how the USA proposes to land two men on the moon in a few years; Two pages of photos of the new Chelsea barracks; Fantastic centrefold aerial photo of a packed Los Angeles Dodgers baseball stadium surrounded by many acres of cars; Four illustrations of the threatened monuments of Nubia; Photos of historic English buildings to be dismantled and rebuilt elsewhere; Photos of personalities of the week include Richard Aldington, Sir Burke Trend, Sir Laurence Hellsby, W. Armstrong, the Very Rev. M. M. Gibbs, Mr. C. Dearrsley, Aelred Watkin, Lord Freyberg, V. C., Major E. J. E. Mills, Capt. M. R. Jones, Mr. J. Mannings, Mr. J. T. Molony, the Duke of Norfork, The Right Honourable T. Rinfret, P. C.; Page of photos of horses and riders at the Royal International Horse Show; One-page photo of Miss Pat's Smythe riding Flanagan at the White City; Three photos of Bubbles, the 14 foot black pilot whale at Marineland, California, performing her tricks; Beautiful one-page aerial photo of the Colossus of Chiba, Kwannon, the Japanese goddess of mercy, standing 170 feet tall; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
13129One of the six items on R.A.M.C. letterhead Delhi Barracks Tidworth Salisbury Plain Wiltshire; dated 20 February 1918. Four of the others also 1918 and the sixth 1904. Henry Wentworth Windsor Aubrey was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Dorset Regiment Militia on 21 April 1875 and resigned his commission three years later. He qualified as a Doctor in 1885 and practiced in Clifton where he was a keen cricketer and golfer. During the First World War he served in the RAMC reaching the rank of Temporary Captain Home on 1 December 1917. The six items including Item Four a typescript of Item Three are in very good condition on lightly-aged paper. Aubrey's six poems all apparently unpublished are written in an effective Kiplingesque style with occasional minor corrections to the text by him. ONE: Titled 'The Yellow Peril. Dedicated to the German Emperor'. In autograph and signed 'H W Aubrey May 21/04'. 5pp. 4to. Thirteen six-line stanzas. First stanza: 'Soldier of Christ on thy watch-house Tower Look far to the shrouded East! Mine eyes are dark with the darkening hour Tell to me what thou see'st. "I see a cloud like a man's right hand Its shadow falls o'er The Eastern Land."' TWO: 'A Mess Waiter. sub-titled in autograph 'RAMC Barracks Delhi Tidworth'. Typed. Signed 'HWA Feb 8/18'. 1p. foolscap 8vo. 36 lines in nine four-line stanzas. First stanza: 'I'll sing a panegyric on a waiter of the mess. He's earned the title given him - Well! rather more than less. You'll be as near the mark to put the cart before the horse The "Mess" before the waiter. But that is rude of course.' THREE: Untitled autograph poem on 'Brimstone Bottom'. Signed 'HWA Feb. 20/18'. On Tidworth letterhead. 2pp. 8vo. Forty-eight lines in six eight-line stanzas. First stanza: 'I've travelled North I've travelled South I've travelled the East and West Peered down the belching crater's mouth And dared the great Sahara's drouth. The rigors of malarial pest In Afric's swamps have wracked my breast. Whate'er these ills - Be sure it's got ''em That damnèd spot called Brimstone Bottom.' FOUR: Typed version of Item Three. Signed in type 'HWA Feb 20th 18.' 1p. foolscap 8vo. FIVE: 'A Delhi Mess Drinking Song.' Mimeographed typescript. Signed in type 'H.WA Mar. 2/18.' Forty lines in seven stanzas. First stanza: 'Come! Pass around the stately Port But snakes alive don't swill it. They'll find you if you swallow aught Some Brimstone Bottom billet.' SIX: 'Arma Virumque Cano Stirring appeal to the Delhi Mess by Capt Jones O.C. Digging.' subtitled in autograph 'Transln. "Of Jones & his Tools I sing"'. Typed. 32 lines arranged in eight four-line stanzas with the first stanza repeated after each successive one as a chorus. First stanza: 'Dig! Brothers! Dig! Our food is running low Your Country calls on you to dig. Yes! Calls you to a man Dig! Brothers! Thus your Patriotism show By taters only we escape the Hun's eternal ban.' One of the six items on R.A.M.C. letterhead, Delhi Barracks, Tidworth, Salisbury Plain [Wiltshire]; dated 20 February 1918. Four unknown
14993Printed heading Lieut.-Colonel H.M. Lazelle Acting Inspector General Headquarters Department of the Columbia Office Acting Inspector General . 25 Jan. 1887. Three pages 12mo bifolium small closed tear not affecting text some staining but text clear and complete.He acknowledges receipt of his "favor" and books which are "doubly valued since he through whose friendship they were sent is gone. I was inexpressibly shocked to learn of his death. . I admired him very much - a man of great character a noble heart and a lion like nature - well worthy of your great ancestors - He was to me in every way a most fascinating man -." He has received a photograph of him which dispappointed him since "it was not a full face view as I want a painting from it." He requests a full face photograph. Note: For some details of his life on the Frontier see "Frontier Soldier: An Enlisted Man's Journal of the Sioux and Nez Perce ." By William Frederick Zimmer fn. 73 and elsewhere no doubt. [Printed heading] Lieut.-Colonel H.M. Lazelle, Acting Inspector General | Headquarters Department of the Columbia, | Office Acti unknown
32 pages. Features: If Christ Came to Constantinople - ; Intimate Glimpses of Elbert Hubbard - a unique genius without parallel in literature; Where Americans Go When In Europe; Why So Many of Us Behave Like Imbeciles - with photo and content related to Gertrude Ederle of New York who swam the English Channel; Housing an Army in Hovels - permanent shelter for troops may not be ready in this generation - article with photos of ramshackle barracks; Levacha - a Thief Hunt in Abyssinia; Henry Ford's Page - two essentials of wisdom are knowledge of fundamentals and awareness of development; Editorials - farm relief, the McFadden Branch Banking Bill, New York's Stage Reform; Courage and Endurance - matters of stomach, not of heart; Clearing the Name of a President (Andrew Johnson) - Part 3; This Country Needs More Able-Bodied Loafers of a Certain Sort; The American Black Bear - a much abused animal; Nice one page ad for the Venice Company of Venice, Florida; Chats with Office Callers; Q & A; I Read in the Papers - turning wind into electricity at the University of Nebraska, Retirement of Peach Davis of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, check signing scam in Manhattan; News Bits; Nice animal photos inside back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Openings along each end of coverfold. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
116 pages. Features: Cover photo of U.N. Delegates in Session; RCA Victor "Dynagroove' record ad features Henry Mancini, Peter Nero, Ann Margret and six other stars; Beautiful fashion ads for men and women; Columbia Masterworks one-page photo ad features Isaac Stern playing with kids; Skeptical Looks at 'Scientific Experts'; WWII Cartoons by David Low; Toynbee considers if a race war is shaping up between the white and colored races - particularly if Communist China makes a bid for world dominion; What Next after the march on Washington and the Birmingham Bombing? - Five Negro Leaders Reply; The Southern Negro Drives for the Vote - Six photos with text; New Record for V.I.P. Hosting at the White House brings changes to their care and feeding; Algeria's Ben Bella; Gentle and Tough Women in History; The World Series (Serious) Then and Now - with photo of fans on the field during the first World Series; Handicap for New Nations - Climate - article with photo of dozens of swamp workers in the Congo; Julius Rudel of the New York CIty Opera; The Old Care Craze Shift Into High - article with photos of vintage cars; Nice color-photo Jace East ad; RCA Victor consumer electronics - massive 8-page color advertising feature; Beach, Bohemia, Barracks - Brooklyn, the city-within-a-city of 2,600,000; Nice color-photo ad for Collins & Aikman toys; Sara Lee Danish Coffee Cake color ad; Suede fashion photos for women; L&M cigarette hunting scene ad; Photo of JFK in an open (convertible) Lincoln Continental limo. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy Book
Pages 177-264 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The "Black Cat's" Kitten - a story from the cattle lands of Brazil; Fighting Forest Fires with Seaplanes - an interesting photo-illustrated account of new developments in Canada; Mulga Tom's Secret - a curious Australian quest; In Quest of the Unknown - part 2 - wonderfully photo-illustrated article on adventures among the Chucunaque Indians; The Haunted Room of Tower HIll Barracks - a remarkable story from the early days of Sierra Leone; "Mad Mike" - part 2 - his romantic association with Laumona in the South Seas; Sergeant Ralph F. Douglas hangs by a rope in mid-air; The Two Inseparables - a tale from the Punjab of two men, four rugs and criminal convictions; The Case for the Sea-Serpent narratives of reliable witnesses to sightings of 'sea-serpents' over the past 25 years; The Whisky Pirates - a prohibition tale from the U.S.; Through Savage Europe - part 4 of 4 of the humourous account of a painting vacation in the Balkans; A Deal in Cocoa - an amusing story from the Gold Coast. Covers detached as one but present. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
48 pages. Features: Cover illustration of saluting Canadian female service member; Trans-Canada Telephone System ad inside front cover features illustration of operator; News digest touches on Hitler "Playing for a Draw", Russia's great offensive, and more; Hollywood news and photos; They Bring Down the Barracks - great photo-illustrated article documents the many Canadian entertainers who entertain our troops, including photos of the London Little Theatre Concert Party including Teresa Chandler, Pearl McCullough, Nora Rooney, Gerry Farquharson, Gloria Hamlyn and Monica McGarrell, plus the cast of the Lifebuoy Follies - Jimmy Devon, Sasha Dener, Harold Rich, Pat Rafferty, Helen, Bruce, Mildred Moray, Irene Hughes and Dorothy Merrall, and the Montreal Masquers; The Country of the Young (short story); A Use for a Decent Pay-Day; My Grandma's No Saint; Selectiver Service; Booze - The Saboteur - scientific research throws a startling light on an old problem and upsets some long-held beliefs; Mad Flight (short story); Canadian General Electric ad entitled "Victory Diet"; R.C.A.F. recruiting ad aimed at women; Woodbury Soap ad features lovely photos of Margaret Knight, of Toronto, who serves as private secretary to the Wing Commander of the R.A.F. Delegation in Washington; Woodbury Cold Cream ad features photo of Paulette Goddard; Photo-illustrated articl on Nursery Nutrition - on the Kitchen Front; Nutrition Goes to Sea; Fashion Illustrations; Angels in Nurseries; Small illustration shows smiling beaver in soldier gear saying "Eat Right to Fight"; Quotes from Around the World; Fantastic colour-photo Coke ad on back cover features sailors; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
183359198Kiel 6. Novbr. 1833. Paper size 50 x 76 cm. Manuscripts elevation Caserne-defensive pen and ink with watercolour on thick paper. Drawn by C. Krag a Danish military officer. A fine and well-preserved elevation of the large building. With scale. unknown
183359198Kiel, 6. Novbr. 1833. Paper size 50 x 76 cm. Manuscripts elevation Caserne-defensive, pen and ink with watercolour on thick paper. Drawn by C. Krag, a Danish military officer. A fine and well-preserved elevation of the large building. With scale.
32 pages. Features: A Preacher Tells The Inside Story of Sinclair Lewis and His Preacher Book; A $20,000,000 Bond Issue That Will Cost the Taxpayers $49,500,000 (second in a series presenting some of the hidden features of modern finance underlying public bond issues); Gibson Girls, Gibson Men and the Chicago World's Fair; Japan Looks to America to Prevent Wars - Freedom from Extra Taxation for Armaments What They Most Want - article with wonderful photos; Every Person Has At Least One Book in Him; Henry Ford's Page - Finance Must Get Into Step; Editorials - Professor E.W. Kemmerer and Polish debt, Conspiracy, Fraud, the Elk Hills Oil Reserve, and Messrs. Doheny and Fall, attempt to impeach Judge Frank Cooper for upholding the country's prohibition law; People of the British Isles - The English; A Doctor Looks at Doctors - and sees them as they cannot see themselves; The True Story of Mary's Little Lamb - article with illustration of Mary Elizabeth Sawyer (Mrs. Columbus Tyler) and teacher Miss Polly Kimball; One-page ad (with photo) for Edison - Columbia - Victor recordings of the Old American Dances, as played by the Henry Ford Dance Orchestra; What is a Dollar Worth? (short piece); Chats with Office Callers - Smedley Butler cleans liquor from the San Diego Marine Barracks; Q & A; I Read in the Papers - Controversial play entitled "The Captive" and Otto H. Kahn of Famous Players, Ripon College student Lynn Wells operates a bookstore but carries no inventory, with nearly all his orders going to foreign countries; News Bits; photos of large sailboats inside back cover. Somewhat above-average wear with nibbling along coverfold. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
187554097Melbourne: By Authority : George Skinner 1875. Very Good. small octavo. original boards 140pp. music appends. indexes Part I consists of Regulations under the Orders in Council of 1874; Part II is a compilation from the "Queen's regulations and orders for the army" with considerable alterations and modifications to meet local and existing conditions ; Part III treats of such minor details and minutiae as are nowhere laid down in H.M. regulations or field exercise but are based upon the usages of the Service and the "Custom of war" . Last 2 pages addenda are not in Ferguson nor in the Victorian State Library copy. Original leather boards rather worn o/w nice clean copy. RARE By Authority : George Skinner hardcover
26461Watermark 1794. Four pages folio fold markssl. aged text clear and complete. Title: " A General Statement of Barracks to be erected of those which have been executed what remains for consideration with a State of the number of Regiments of Cavalry and Troops during the last Peace and a Distribution of Barracks for the same. First page: Listing under categories "A. Cavalry Barracks in the first Distribution" and "B. Barracks ordered subsequent thereto" places towns and numbers of troops e.g. Sheffield 186 and Manchester 372. Second page: Listing of "Barracks that have been erected or are building" and "Barracks ordered but postponed" with numbers of Cavalry and Infantry. Third page: "Numbers of Regiments of Cavalry stationed in Great Britain at the last Peace upon which the original Distribution was made" AND "Distribution of the 15 Regiments of Cavalry in the Barracks" columns Regiments; No. of Troops; Places . Remarks including "to be Erected". See partial Image limited by scanner. [Watermark 1794] unknown
185157804Bruxelles, Simonau et Toovey, 1851. Large folio. (54 x 36 cm.). Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Gilt lettering. Stamps on title-page. Lithographed title-page. (6) pp. and 8 lithographed plates, 2 of which are in colour ( views of La Caserne du Petit Chateau). A marginal dampstain to 1 plate.Bound in is an autographed manuscript by a Danish engineer-officer describing the ""Caserne du petit chateau i Bruxelles opførte i Aaret 1852"". Folio. (26 x 22,5 cm.). (24) pp. Handwritten in black ink on paper. With construction-figures in the text and tables with building costs. MS dated Copenhagen 1855.
185157804Bruxelles Simonau et Toovey 1851. Large folio. 54 x 36 cm. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Gilt lettering. Stamps on title-page. Lithographed title-page. 6 pp. and 8 lithographed plates 2 of which are in colour views of La Caserne du Petit Chateau. A marginal dampstain to 1 plate.Bound in is an autographed manuscript by a Danish engineer-officer describing the "Caserne du petit chateau i Bruxelles opførte i Aaret 1852". Folio. 26 x 225 cm. 24 pp. Handwritten in black ink on paper. With construction-figures in the text and tables with building costs. MS dated Copenhagen 1855. unknown
1916c2412270493xbvkSydney, printed by Max Politzky (1916). 24 unnumbered pages on medium-glossy paper, mainly photographically - partly wholepage - illustrated throughout (''Die Original-Aufnahmen sind mit gütiger Erlaubnis des Kommandanten, Major S.R. Sands, hergestellt''). - Grey-brown original illustrated cardboard-cover (decent art-nouveau design: Richard Kunze), stapled; oblong-4to.(ca. 22 x 29 cm).