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8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, numerous photographs in the text, folding maps (several coloured in outline) and endpaper maps; white cloth, upper board blocked in black, backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The official history of the Island Dominion's contribution to WWII. Two RA regiments were formed: 166 Field Regiment and 59 Heavy Regiment; almost 3500 men joined the Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy; some 700 airmen served as air or ground crew. Includes ROH and awards.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
108 pages. Features: Rex Woods cover illustration of the Royal 22nd Regiment in Quebec City; Nice colour ad for International Trucks shows them at work in a growing baby-boomer subdivision; Colour-photo ad for GE kitchen mixers in '3 Festive Colours'; Duplessis is Not Unbeatable; Colour photo ad for Hoover Vacuums features lady in heels, dress and apron happily cleaning her home; One-page colour ad for Dodge features Dodge Mayfair Hardtop with push-button transmission; Who Really Owns Canada? - great article by Peter C. Newman explains how outsiders own most of our oil, mining, pulp and other biggest industries; How Man Will Conquer Mars - the detailed story, complete with timetable, of how the first Mars journey may be carried out - with nine illustrations, eight in colour, by Chesley Bonestell (not in Schuetz); I Married a Count - Catherine Cziraky explains how she married Hungarian Count Laszlo Cziraky; You Don't Have to Panic Over Rabies; The B.C. Coast - with large colour night photo of the intersection of Georgia and Granville in Vancouver; One-page photo of logger (faller) beside gigantic cedars he has taken down on the west coast of Vancouver Island; The Most Baffling Show on Television - Holiday Ranch is Canada's most popular show; You Really Run by Electricity - the electrical system of the human body is so ingenious that it makes man's inventions seem like clumsy toys; The Secret of Stolen Love Letters; I Cry at the Movies; Classy one-page colour-photo ad for the Remington 60 de luxe Auto-Home electric shaver shows it at work at home and in a car; Nice 2/3-page colour ad for Tappan electric and gas ranges; Fancy half-page ad for Allied Van Lines in bright orange; One-page colour ad for Chevrolet features six of their station wagons for 1956; Classy colour-photo one-page ad for Leonard appliances features glamorous photo of Anne Leonard; Heinz baby food colour-photo ad features mother breastfeeding; Nice 2/3-page colour ad for Maxwell House coffee features smiling lady and card game; Classy one-page colour ad for the (yellow) 1956 Chrysler Windsor Newport; Trans-Canada Air Lines ad; Colour Molson's Export ad features smiling newspaper man at quitting time; Half-page Olsonite ad features open toilet seat which eerily resembles a crocodile waiting to snap someone's backside!; One-page colour ad for Ford 225 HP V-8 cars (battling a big truck on the highway); 3/4-page photo ad for Electrohome Fans, of Kitchener, Ontario; Toronto-Dominion (TD) Bank colour-photo ad features funky family checking into Motel; Classic colour O'Keefe's Ale ad features lumberman with peavey jumping over floating logs outside mill; Colour ad features five of the 1956 car models made by Packard - Clipper - Studebaker; R.O.T.P. (Regular Officer Training Plan) ad features smiling young man; Labatt's ad features photo of Arthur G. Turner of Toronto delivering ice(?); Nice colour GWG ad inside back cover features lineman climbing utility pole; Back cover colour-photo Coke ad shows four scenes; and more. Unmarked with average wear and external soiling. A sound vintage copy of this stellar issue. Book
194464901Kampala: U. P. & P. Co. 1944. 8vo. 24 pp. The King's African Rifles was a British East Africa regiment recruited from native inhabitants of the various territories and commanded primarily by officers from the regular British army; it was active from 1902 through the early 1960s participating in both World Wars. Caption title: "Notes on Ki-Swahili as Spoken in King's African Rifles." "These notes will not cover sufficient ground to enable Officers to speak grammatically but are intended to help officers to 'speak at any rate a little' soon after arrival in the country and to avoid the more glaring grammatical atrocities" introduction. Inscribed on verso of front wrapper: "Capt. W. Jamieson / 'Z' Bn. 103 EA Holding Depot. K.A.R. / July 1944." OCLC locates five copies Yale Texas A&M Cape Town SOAS U. of London Durham. Very good. Original printed tan wrappers stapled. 11117. <br/><br/> U. P. & P. Co.) unknown books
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96173Very Good. These two orders are printed on the rectos of two adjoined leaves as folded. Versos are blank. Modest browning and wear. 31 cm. A General Court Martial had been convened on Sept. 6 at which John D. Jaques Surgeon of the First Regiment was convicted and adjudged to be cashiered. Jaques appealed to the commander who disapproved to some portion of the conviction whereupon General Steddiford revived the court and ordered it to re-assemble and review its proceedings. We don't know why Jaques was being court martialed why the review was ordered or the ultimate resolution of the proceedings against Jaques. unknown
2g1833Mittler & Sohn Bln. 1903. VI/90 S. mit 6 altcolor. lithogr. Uniformtafeln 1 Karte 4 Skizzen u. 2 Marschkarten. original Halbleinen. Einband fleckig u. berieben/Widmung der Zeit auf Vorsatz. unknown
192693246ABOldenburg, Stalling, 1926. Bd. 1 (Wohl alles Erschienene). Mit 31 Abb. auf 18 Tafeln, 24 Textskizzen u. 1 mehrf. gefalt. Übersichtskarte. 8,200 S. OHlwd. - Erinnerungsblätter dt. Regimenter, Truppenteile des ehemaligen preußischen Kontingents, Bd. 172. - Gutes Ex.
2002Ze32YSEC 2002 In8 broché in 8 - 80 pages - nombreuses illustrations - très bon etat - port rapide et soigné
2002Ze32YSEC 2002 In8 broché in 8 - 80 pages - nombreuses illustrations - très bon etat - port rapide et soigné
193837933New York: Seventh Regiment N.G.N.Y. 1938. First Edition. First Printing. fair to good. 641 illus. index compliments card laid in some weakness to front board boards somewhat worn and soiled some endpaper soiling. Seventh Regiment, N.G.N.Y. hardcover
182821229London: John Murray/Thomas and William Boone 1828-1840. 1st Edition. 3/4 calf with marbled boards. All volumes Very Good throughout boards/leather lightly scuffed and rubbed. 6 volumes 8vo. b&w maps Complete set in 6 volumes of Napier's Peninsular War published between the years 1828-1840 first volume published by John Murray volumes 2-6 by Thomas and William Boone; all volumes 3/4 maroon calf with 6 compartments to spine 2 black title labels with gilt titling 4 gilt devices marbled boards marbled endpapers and text block; includes numerous full-page plates being maps illustrating key battle moments and strategies; also includes substantial reference appendices; to foot of title page vol 5 reads 'to which are prefixed answers to some attacks in Robinson's Life of Picton and in The Quarterly Review; with counter-remarks to Mr. Dudley Montagu Perceval's remarksupon some passages in Colonel Napier's fourth volume of The History of the Peninsular War' and similar to vol 6; vol 1 530pp with 96pp appendices 8 plates; vol 2 467pp 67 8 plates; vol 3 564pp 76 12 plates; vol 4 479pp 110 9 plates; vol 5 581pp 41 8 plates; vol 6 688pp 22 10 plates; all volumes with foxing to endpapers and prelims mild-medium offset from maps shelfwear to boards o.w. Very Good throughout; leather scuffed and with occasional minor loss to corners and to head and tail of spine and along hinges; leather a little tanned to spines. John Murray/Thomas and William Boone hardcover
182830668London: John Murray 1828. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Volume I only. xx 530 pages 1 xcvi appendix 16 page publisher's catalog. Illustrated with 8 plates. Original publishers gray paper covered boards and spine with paper title label on spine. Untrimmed edges. Spine is creased. Outer joint cracked. Mild edge wear to boards. This is volume 1 of 6. John Murray published the first volume. Thomas and Boone published the next 5 volumes. John Murray hardcover
18322352London: Thomas and William Boone 1832. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. To Which is Prefixed A Reply to Various Opponents; Together With Observations Illustrating Sir J. Moore’s Campaigns. 8vo full calf raised bands and gilt titles and decoration on spine. Marbled endpapers and edges. A uniformly bound set of mixed editions mainly first. 1832-1840 with vol.s I & II second edition 1832 vol.s III 1831 IV 1834 V 1836 & VI 1840 first editions. Vol. I lxxix 618pp illustrated with 8 plates; vol. II xi 530pp with 8 plates; vol. III xiii 640pp with 12 plates; vol. IV xvi 589pp with 9 plates; vol. V lxxxvi 622pp with 8 plates; vol. VI cv 710pp with 10 plates corner of a couple of pages missing with no loss of text looks like an error during binding. A little damp staining to the base of a couple of volumes. With occasional pencil notes inside and a little age toning generally to the plates. Occasional chipping small tear to a couple of plates. An extensive history of the war the political machinations battlefields state of the countries involved strategy letters state of the various armies etc. Vol VI has prefixed Several Justificatory Pieces in reply to criticism. From the collection of George Gilbert Ramsay of Glasgow University with his personal bookplate on the front pastedowns. A very attractive matching set of these volumes in excellent condition with a fine provenance.Heavy and may require extra overseas postage. Thomas and William Boone hardcover
12186Photographie encadrée 170 x 105 - 11 Personnages en costume de zouave avec leurs instruments de musique ention Jouve à Tlemcen
Photographie encadrée 170 x 105 - 11 Personnages en costume de zouave avec leurs instruments de musique ention Jouve à Tlemcen
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Published in Cooper's concise Famous Regiments series edited by Lt.-Gen. Sir Brian Horrocks. Sutcliffe, p.300
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND HORROCKS ON TITLE. Published in Horrocks' concise Famous Regiments series. SIGNED COPIES ARE SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.300.
1966128613Hamburg, Buchdruckerei Heinrich Siepmann, 1966.