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188537814Santa Rosa 1885. Engraved invitation top flap with color illustration of American flag. Bottom half in several elegant type styles and fonts. "Grover Cleveland" in manuscript. Mild wear Very Good.<br /> offered with REGULATIONS OF THE GRAND MILITARY CARNIVAL OF CO. E. 5TH INF. REG. N.G.C. AT ARMORY RINK SANTA ROSA THANKSGIVING EVENING 1885. Small broadside 3-1/2" x 5-3/4" on purple paper listing rules 1-9 with ticket prices Floor Tickets $2; Spectators' Tickets $1. Very Good.<br /> <br /> The elegant Invitation is from the National Guard Corps on Thanksgiving 1885. Whether President Cleveland made the trip from Washington to Santa Rosa is doubtful. Regulations required guests to be "masked and in costume." Moreover "Sharp weapons must be secured to the scabbard. Firearms examined by the committee. unknown
19182092902138200775Imperial Regiment History Publishing Society 1918. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 154 pages Size: B6 size Number of books: 1 volume Imperial Regiment History Publishing Society paperback
19302092902138200983Kawaryudo Kobayashi Matashichi Branch 1930. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 240 pages Size: A5 size Number of books: 1 volume Kawaryudo Kobayashi Matashichi Branch paperback
47959Mulhouse.1946.In-12 br,couv.ill.en couleurs.59 p.Photos. Etat correct,couv.légèrement salie.
13842(Document) Belley, 1850. 31.5 x 21.5 cm - feuillet simple imprimé sur les deux faces rempli manuellement pour le Sergent Dupominier Antoine, caporal de voltigeur... Trace de pliure sur le document et légères rousseurs.
1017434085.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Numerous black and white photographs. "...Framed with the object of producing an account of the great contest now in progress, which shall be at once popular and authoritative... An account written by men of great experience in political, military, and naval matters... Will contain a great deal of first-hand material which will be really valuable to historians of the future." - From Preface. Contents: Chapter CLI - The Battle of the Somme (I). Includes map entitled "The German Positions and Trenches from Thiepval to Combles." Laid in is table of contents for Vol. IX. Includes index to volume IX plus list of illustrations, places, and maps and plans. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Magazine
Pages 97-192 plus 32 pages of vintage ads. Features: A Battle With a Bear - a young sportsman drops into a lively rough-and-tumble fight with a big black bear; Real-Life Romances of the War (part I) - Malcolm Savage Treacher, a sergeant in a famous regiment who has been invalided to England after an exciting time in the Near East sets down stories - cameos of the Great War - told to him by soldiers during his seven months' sojourn in various hospitals (part I); From Job To Job Around the World (part IV) - the continuing remarkable adventures of two young Americans who set out from San Francisco with ten dollars between them to work their way around the world - this instalment featuring their adventures in the Philippines, with photos; The Darkest Hour (part I) - Our experiences in the Great Serbian Retreat; A Year in Arctic Siberia (part II) - a well-known Polish lady describes her experiences in the little-known regions of far-northern Siberia; The Strategy of Sister Madeleine - the story of a French Captain's Escape from the Germans; The River That Won't Behave - the mighty Mississippi regularly floods enormous areas - article with many dramatic photos; Fallen Among Thieves - the author finds himself in a very nasty hole after taking a job offered him by strangers; A Holiday in Mongolia - Juliet Bredon offers a chatty description, illustrated with photos - of a trip into Mongolia on donkey-back; A Prisoner of the Rocks - F. Hopkins Graves was caught in a British Columbia avalanche and only escaped death by a miracle, only to find himself caught in a veritable rat trap among the rocks which he only escaped after two days; Photo of terrible street-car accident in Spokane, Washington; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
253165+= Saigon, SILI 1943. in-8 (16 x 25 cm), 32 pp., illustré d'un frontispice, de bandeaux, lettrines et culs-de-lampe, et de 3 hors-texte en couleurs exécutés par les élèves de l'Ecole d'Art de Gia-Dinh, broché, couverture rempliée illustrée en couleur d'une reproduction d'une carte du XVIIIe siècle. Tirage total à 1000 exemplaires numérotés,Exemplaire numéroté (243/1000) sur papier offset.exemplaire reservé du Commissariat General de l'Education physique. Jolie typographie. fente aux charnieres,petit manque au dos,texte frais.
19291067201929 Editions du Nord, collection "Les Gloires Littéraires" N° IX - 1929 - In-8, broché, couverture rempliée, feuillets partiellement coupés - 229 pages - Illustrations en couleurs de Joseph Hémard - L'un des 1000 exemplaires sur Vélin pur fil Allura contenant un état en couleurs. Exemplaire numéroté N° 547 / 1076
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original series binding of red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Cooper's concise 'Famous Regiments' series. Sutcliffe, p.359.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND HORROCKS ON TITLE. Published in Horrocks' concise Famous Regiments series. SIGNED COPIES ARE SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.359.
45320Printed for the Author and Sold by J. Robson T. Payne Messrs. Cadell et al. London. 1799. First edition. SCARCE. viii 316pp. The military travels of Croker presented in a series of letters a few years before the Peninsular Wars. The tone is very honest and engaging. In one town the locals decided that it would be fun to throw stones at the troups and only stopped their sport when the use of guns were threatened. Croker writes in detail about the food and wine and is also very observant of the interest the Spanish men pay to the English women that travel with the soldiers. Recently rebound in quarter maroon calf and marbled boards original endpapers and half-title present. Some occ. light foxing one page has a close short tear to margin not affecting text. The pages are remarkably clean and fresh and the volume is very sound. Please contact us for photographs. hardcover
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, numerous monochrome plates and illustrations in the text, and 30 folding maps; original red cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly sunned else a very good, clean copy. Not recorded by Enser; Sutcliffe p.140; White p.74.
8vo., First Edition, with a fine portrait frontispiece, 11 plates on 8, 7 full-page maps in the text and front and rear endpaper maps; cloth, regimental badge blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper. The 2 and 1/7 Bns landed in Normandy; 1 Bn served in India and Burma; 2 Bn fought across North-West Europe. Includes index of officers and men, and separate index of places and events. Sutcliffe, p.53; White, p.57.
xvi, 192 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Black and white photos. "A record of happenings, from 1885 to 1939, which tells the story of the first unit of the permanent force to be stationed in Canada's North-West." - from page iii. Light wear to clean and unmarked book. Average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Book
xi, [1], 166, [1] pages. Black and white photographic plates. Maps. "This book stands in the main a personal account of the actions of the 1st Brigade, Canadian Infantry." - Preface. Heavily-worn with usual library markings. A worthy reference copy. Bibliographic references: Cooke (2nd Edn) pg 120, Enser pg 87, Dornbusch 308. Book
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; blue cloth, upper board with regimental badge blocked in gilt, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first major assault on mainland Europe recounted by participants. SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece,8 full-page maps, 13 large folding maps and pictorial endpapers; original regimental cloth, badges blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one small nick at front panel and unevenly faded at rear panel. A presentation copy from the author with his long signed holograph inscription on front free endpaper verso. The 98th served in France, North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Holland; the 144th served in Africa, Sudan, Abyssinia, Eritrea, Egypt, Libya, Cyrenaica, Persia, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. Notable actions include Alamein, the Sangro, Cassino, Gothic Line, Keren, Tobruk, CRUSADER and Gazala. Includes ROH, honours and awards, glossary and bibliography. Scarce, especially in this condition. Not recorded by Enser.
73291E. Flammarion, Editeur, 1894, 1 volume de 23.5x32.5 cm environ, demi-maroquin à coins bleu marine et cartonnage marbré, (1) ff., xi pp., 952 pp., iv pp. (tables), (2) ff., dos à 5 nerfs orné de titres dorés, tranche de tête dorée, gardes marbrées, cuir souligné d'un filet doré sur les plats. Ouvrage illustré de drapeaux & uniformes en couleurs par G. Gostiaux, de cartes ou croquis dressés par l'auteur et gravés par L. Rose, de nombreux portraits, gravures anciennes & reproductions en phototypie. Reliure signée H. Ducharne. Exemplaire nominatif numéroté (N° 71/120). Léger manque de papier sur la première garde de couleur, légers frottements sur les mors, les coins et les coupes, quelques rousseurs, bon état pour le reste.
34063Madrif. 1964. In-8. Br. Qlques ills. Original : Caractères gothique. Pas de pagination. Trascripcion : 156 p. Ouvrage en espagnol. Ex. N° 849 / 1000 numérotés. BE. Qlques rousseurs sur les couvs.
8vo., First Edition, with plates, and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A vividly-written account of Deane-Drummond's eventful service career. His wartime service culminated with Divisional Signals at Arnhem where he was captured, only to escape yet again after spending 13 days and nights in a broom cupboard. After WWII he served as Brigade-Major of 3 Para, was wounded in Cyprus, became British Gliding Champion and then commander of 22 SAS Regiment. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition, with 2 full-page maps and 2 full-page diagrams in the text, and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly browned at fold-ins and lightly spotted on (predominantly white) rear panel. A vividly-written account of Deane-Drummond's eventful service career. His wartime service culminated with Divisional Signals at Arnhem where he was captured, only to escape yet again after spending 13 days and nights in a broom cupboard. After WWII he served as Brigade-Major of 3 Para. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.148
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Smith p.78, 80; Sutcliffe, p.126.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Smith p.78, 80; Sutcliffe, p.126.
