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Features: Sam Colt... Opted - for British Steel; Cavilli's Artillery; Saxton's Cane Gun; Percussion Dagger-Gun; Rare Pepperbox. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
Features: Story of the Shoulder Stock - Part I of II; History of Military Pyrotechnics - Part II of III; The Rags to Riches Martial Pistol; Let Us Have Peace; 1914 Model DWM Artillery (Naval Boat Crew Issue). Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
petit in-4 carre, 156 pp., illustrations en couleurs, cartonnage illustre de l'editeur.- RARE Tres bon etat. [PIL-HA]
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and maps (a number full-page) in the text; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Excellent, detailed and profusely illustrated account from an established team. Appendices include Escape and Evasion; POW; Guns, Ammunition and Training; Glider Lifts; Nominal Roll; H&A. SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with 9 folding maps on japon in pocket at end (the maps lightly browned at edges), free endpapers mildly browned; original boards printed in red and blue, red cloth back, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. With the errata slip. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.79.
8vo, 8, 115, [1]pp., orig. printed wrappers bound-in, nineteenth-century cloth-backed marbled boards.
pp. (1) [Recommendations], 282, 6 [Recommendations of military men]. Illustrated with drawings. Very foxed. Damp stain. Early pencil ownerships. 12mo. 185 mm. Original cloth binding, worn and soiled. Paper spine label perished. Hardbound. Fair. 'Prepared by Brevet Captain S. Cooper. Under The Supervision of Major General Alexander Macomb, Commanding the Army of the United States.' First edition. S&S/AI 36933. PAIMP 25
ISBN : 2840481006. EDITIONS HEIMDAL. 1997. In-4 Carré. Relié. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 196 pages. Nombreuses illustrations en couleurs et noir et blanc hors texte.
Please note: we are offering Volume II only. xvi, 535 pages. Index. Fold-out tables. Translated from the German. Blue cloth-covered boards adorned with gilt. "An epitome of the interpretation and application of tactical principles in the cavalry, field and heavy artillery of the various armies, discussed in the light of tactical views and methods prevailing in Germany, and amplified by numerous examples from military history." - Preface. Moderate soiling to edges. Light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
176 pages including index, bibliography and appendices. Black and white illustrations. Maps. "For months the Finns, who received scant help from an admiring world of sympathizers and avowed allies, held on. Yet the holding could only last until the Russians gathered themselves. When that happened and Red wheel-to-wheel artillery attacks and new hordes of troops and tanks again took their toll, the Finns bowed to the inevitable defeat... Describes the big picture and relates the stories of many individual Finns and Russians in combat. The result is a fascinating and moving book." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Worthy reading copy. Book
24 pages. Consolidating British Positions in the Balkans; Photos of flame attacks by night and day; Photos of British troops in respirators walking through poison gas from their own bombs; Photo of a French artillery commander's hardened headquarters; Photo of French troops and their gun which fires 220lb shells - such guns helped the French win at Champagne in 1915; Roadside photo of German troops killed and wounded by a French bombardment of howitzers; Photo of a floating bridge being constructed across the Tigris by Indo-British Pioneers; Photo of dozens of British sailors pulling a naval gun across a Mesopotamian desert; Photos of belligerents carrying goods in Cameroon; Photo of Russian machine guns and gunners on the bessarabia front; Good Bye to Gallipoli! - the last scenes - four photos and one two-page illustration (which is loose but present); Records of the Regments in the War - XI - The Dorsets; Photos of mascots; Before, during, and after photos of the German demolition of the church of Lampernisse; Three photos of Damage in Paris after a Zeppelin bombing raid; Photos of 17 brave British sons decorated for Valour. Lacking outer wraps. Last page loose but present. Appears to have been disbound from a hardcover volume. A rough but worthy reference copy. Book
Illustration Features: Heroic Middy of H.M.S. Broke; The Battle of the Coastwise Lights - how Swift and Broke beat odds of 3 to 1 - article; Nelson's spirit led them in the Channel Fight; Artillery behind the Arras Advance; Victory near Arras and the Aisne; Victors of Vimy on Ground they had Rewon; Victorious Canadians who Captured Vimy Ridge; King Albert's Men as I know them - by Basil Clarke; Scenes in the Storied Battle area of Artois; Mesopotamia and its future - article by Captain George Lloyd, M.P.; Hindenburg's Handiwork in France and Flanders; The lighter side of camp life in Egypt; West Point and Kitchener - An Anglo-American Reminiscence (article); Save or Starve - a talk about food economy; and more. Staples disintegrated. Above-average wear. Book
Features: Deputy Marshal Johnson Breaks a Long Silence - Boone Marlow Killed; The Vigilante Years - Colonel George Hunter; Bathhouse John Coughlin's Colorado Come-Down - amusement park and zoological gardens in Colorado; Me - An Old-Timer? - Hosstail's 'Small Talk'; Ma-Si... Alias Apache Kid; Artillery has never been given its due in the winning of the west; "Tell the Boys I Died Game" - Fleming Parker; The Spinnin' Horse and the Montana Kid - Leonard Stroud; Indian Georgie - Most famous guide and scout of the Panamint Tribe; Wild Old Days!. A quality copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, 5 coloured plates (all original captioned tissue guards present), 40 plates in monochrome and illustrations in the text, neat contemporary inscription on half-title; original blue cloth, upper board blocked and ruled in gilt, blue leather back with flat bands lettered and ruled in gilt, gilt top, uncut, boards mildly age-soiled else a very good, bright, ,clean, crisp copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 250 NUMBERED COPIES WITH TWO EXTRA COLOURED AND TWO EXTRA MONOCHROME PLATES (THIS COPY NO. 185). With 2pp publisher's advertisement at end. The inscription presents this copy from his parents to a Private of the Company who served from 1916 to 1919. White p.198.
ISBN : 2950948502. LELA PRESSE. 1996. In-4 Carré. Relié. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 256 pages. Nombreuses photographies en noir et blanc dans et hors texte. Nombreuses illustrations en couleurs hors texte.
ISBN : 2914017057. LELA PRESSE. 2001. In-4 Carré. Relié. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 191 pages. Nombreuses photographies en noir et blanc hors texte. Quelques illustrations en couleurs hors texte.
ISBN : 2950948529. LELA PRESSE. 1997. In-4 Carré. Relié. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 411 pages. Nombreuses photographies en noir et blanc dans et hors texte. Nombreuses illustrations en couleurs hors texte.
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Illustration of John F. Kennedy inside front cover as promotion for his book "Why England Slept"; Nice photo of a 2-seat Defiant; Incidents in Britain's air battle; Her majesty visits the homeless; Photos of Winston Churchill in Scotland; Text of Broadcast by Lord Lloyd entitled "War Effort of the Colonial Empire" - illustrated; Illustration of Italian armoured unit trapped in British artillery fire, by Montague B. Black; Photos of Greece at war with Italy; Map of Greece - the stepping-stone to the east; Centerfold illustration by S. Drigin shows Beauforts swooping to torpedoe German supply ships on 23 October in Dutch waters; Life afloat - our sailors at sea; Great photo of England's newest class of aircraft carrier - 1,300 tons larger than the Ark Royal; Photo of a next of Skua dive-bombers on the deck of a British aircraft carrier; Before and after photos of the vessel S.S. Empress of Britain, the flagship of the Canadian Pacific fleet which was sunk on 26th October - 598 survived of a total of 643 on board; The Bondage of Czechoslovakia - text of broadcast message by Dr. Edward Benes, with photos; With the forces in the desert war; A Commentary on the war this week; Germany gets bomb for bomb - photos; Photo of a very long trainload of American tanks arriving at Camp Borden, Canada. Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
48 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos. Contents: Advice for Officers; Security; Crossing of the Moro; Meaning of S Gradings; Hints on F.T.; Plenty More; Letter from France; The Sappers; Film Strips; Ortona; Every Man a Marksman; A Battle in Normandy; Passing it On; Correcting Artillery Fire From a Tank; Films; Precedence of Corps. Laid-in is a 4-page leaflet entitled Schedule of Courses, 4th Quarter, 1944 which lists dozens of courses across Canada at such locations as RMC, Camp Borden, Cdn Bomb Disposal School (Ottawa), Cdn Small Arms School (Nanaimo), etc. Moderate wear. Canadian militaray ink stamp (dated 15 September 1944) upon back cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
Four photos of Canadians at work in the snow in France. Arms and Apparatus for Night-Flying Airmen - 5 photos plus inset photo of Lieut. Dostier, one of Germany's crack airmen. Remarkable photo of the raid by Gothas on Paris in January 30th. Avengers of Arras Advance Their Artillery - Two Photos. Pitiful Plight of the Little Country Places - 3 photos. 'Butoire' - how in fighting one foe he conquered another, by Henry Barbusse. Trench cookhouses. Valuable war-time village vegetable industry - 6 photos. Activity of shipways and gunworks in America - 6 photos including 2 of Hog Island. Wartime wastage of the navy - a heartening contrast with the Napoleonic war, by Percival A. Hislam. French contrivances and fortitude - 5 photos. Critique of the book 'Englishman, Kamerad!'. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. Still a worthy copy. Book
Full page illustration of the new chief of the Imperial General Staff, Lieut.-General Sir Henry Hughes Wilson. Some Lighter Aspects of a Fleet Action - by 'Bartimeus'. Preaching and Practising Prudent Economy - 5 photos. An Aeroplane Shoot on the Western Front, by 'O.Pip'. Artillery Preparation Against the Great Attack - 3 photos of a massive British rail-mounted gun and a French shell dump. Amazing photo of French observers serving as part of an anti-aircraft battery. Five photos of kite balloons. Women at work. Tanks and Trimphs from the French Front - 4 photos. From the Forge of Vulcan to the Field of Mars - two illustrations of massive guns. The U Boats and the U.S. - a confident view of the Transatlantic Transport (article). At Army Headquarters, article by Hamilton Fyfe. Arresting Attila's Advance to the Adriatic - 5 photos. New Laws for New Conditions - how the Australian Commonwealth Set the Example. Photos of decorated soldiers. Adventures of an ensign, article by 'Vedette'. Average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. Sound copy. Book
760 pages. Index. References. Black and white photographic plates. Fold-out maps. This volume covers the period from the end of WWI until 1967. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent reference. Book
P., ANCRE " Archéologie navale française", sans date (env.1990). In-4 broché dans une chemise toile bleue avec rabat et jaquette, 88 pages avec des dessins-19 plans dépliants.
8vo., First Edition, with folding maps; original red cloth, backstrip sunned, covers lightly age-marked else a very good, clean copy. Includes actions at Frise, the Somme, Arras, Messines and Passchendaele. The original edition of this classic account is very scarce. Scarce. Enser, p.80.
ISBN : 2914017073. LELA PRESSE. 2001. In-4 Carré. Relié. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 299 pages. Nombreuses photographies en noir et blanc hors texte. Nombreuses illustrations en couleurs hors texte.
