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First edition, 8vo (225 x 145 mm), xv, [4], 143, [9] pp., with half-title, frontispiece, title in red and black, 15 plates, folding plan of the trenches, original cloth, faded, edges uncut (2 roughly opened but no loss of text), spine lettered in gilt. The folding sketch of the trenches, shows "where the City Battalion men fell on July 1st, 1916."
Revue Trimestrielle, puis annuelle - In-8 Broché - Environ 80 pages par fascicule, pour les premiers N° + 10 de Pub - Nombreuses photographies NB HT Années : 1931, N° 3 & Oct - 1932, 2, 3 - 1933, Complète - 1936, 25 & 26 - 1937, 30 - 1938, 32 , 33 - 1939, 36 & 37 - 1940, 39 - 1945, 44 - 1946, 46 - 1947, 03/06, 47 - 1949, 50 - 1950, 52 - 1951, 55 - 1952, 56, 57 & 58 - 1953, 59 & 60 - 1954, 61 & 62 - 1955, 65 - 1958, 69 - 1960, 71 - 1961, 72 - 1962, 73 - 1963, 74 - 1964, 75 Total : 37 Numéros, dont N° 47 N° spécial "350 années au service de la france 1597/1947"
222 pages. Bibliography. Many black and white photographic plates. "The gripping story of how one man's half-century of service and devotion helped build and develop the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment; and how that regiment played a vital role in Canada's efforts during the Second World War. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with plates; pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy.
Pages 65-134. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: History of the sixteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers (part 2); The town of Canaan - feature article with many interesting photos; To a Chickadee; After Many Years; Two Quatrains; Representative Agriculturists - Alfred J. Gould of Newport, Philip C. Clough of Canterbury; The Winter tenants of an old well; On the stair; Polly Tucker (continued); Point of View; Educational department; New Hampshire Necrology. Some peripheral chipping. Contents in quality condition. A worthy copy. Magazine
First edition, 8vo, xvi, 263, [1]pp., author's presentation inscription to title page, tape to inner hinges, cont. half calf, joints cracked, spine worn.
8vo., First Edition, with 13 plates on 8, a full-page map in the text and front and rear endpaper maps; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. This remarkable and moving account is, astonishingly, the only memoir of Arnhem to come from the pen of a private soldier. Sims served with 2 Para at the Bridge. He was captured at the surrender and held at Fallingbostel Stalag XIB. Enser, p.13.
First edition, small 4to, [6], 91, [1]pp., 3 plates, orig. red publishers cloth, re-backed. Rare, JISC locating copies at the British Library and University of East Anglia only.
xv, 184 pages. Maps. Lists of Honours, Awards, and Mentions in Despatches. "A clear, concise and interesting account of (the Regiment's) achievements during the last great war." - Foreword. Armorial bookplate upon verso of half-title. Moderate wear to silver-decorated pale green cloth-covered boards which are sunned at spine. Binding intact. A sound copy. Enser p.80, White p.88. Book
8vo., First Edition, with 8 maps in the text; regimental green cloth, badge blocked in silver on upper board, a very good, clean copy. Covers the wartime operations of 1-9 Bns, 70 Bn, 18 Infantry Holding Bn and the Home Guard. Includes ROH, awards, MIDs and the regimental association. The Borders had a distinguished war; notably the 1st fought at Arnhem and the 4th at Kohima. Sutcliffe, p.212; White, p.88
40 pages. Features: Dr. George D. Scott of Kingston is proud of his don who dropped out of grade 10 to enlist in the U.S. Army - photos and article; Hockey's Biggest Reshuffle - looking ahead to the doubling of NHL teams in the 1967-68 season - article by Andy O'Brien; Gail Ross and her Horse Hobby - article with photos; Roloff Beny - a rather enviable reputation has been forced upon me; Nice full-page colour photo ad for Arrow shirts; Aylmer Tomato Product colour centerfold; How to Spend $12 million - that's how much Mickey Rooney spend during his rise, fall and long haul back (Part 3 of 3); Great vintage colour photo full-page ad for the Honda S90; Dr. Hamendra Banerjee is trying to discover if twins Jennifer and Gillian Pollock are the reincarnation of twins Joanna and Jacqueline who were killed in an auto accident 17 months before they were born; The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) at Sanctuary Wood; Laid in is a large colour BP chart which indicates which of their gasolines should be used for which car; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO HISTORIAN RICHARD HOLMES WITH THE FORMER'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. SCARCE. Includes coverage of Irrawaddy, 19th Indian Division, 11th Sikh Division. Graham & Cole M68.
A PARIS, de l'Imprimerie Nationale - 1791 - complet des 2 tomes en 1 volume (Texte & planches) Edition Originale - Reliure plein veau parphyre de l'époque (1 mors fragilisé) - dos à nerfs à caissons fleuronnés - pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, titre doré - Tranches jaspées - signet - 176 pages & XVII planches dépliantes & LII pages - Bel exemplaire - envoi rapide et soigné
8vo., First Edition, with 71 plates on 32, 10 maps (6 double-page) in the text, and endpaper maps, small inscription on front free endpaper verso; red cloth, Pegasus blocked in blue on upper board, gilt back, case a little shaken else a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with short closed tear at headband. The best modern account of the epic action, and the basis of Richard Attenborough's immensely successful film (1977) starring Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Olivier, James Caan and a host of others. Enser, pp.13, 87.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 7 plates, 22 full-page maps and large folding coloured map at end; original navy cloth, gilt back, lower joint rubbed, backstrip chafed (not affecting lettering) at headband else a very good, bright, clean copy. Compiled by a Committee of Officers of the Battalion. VERY SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.220; White, p.89.
61 pages. Index. Recounts and honours the WWII history of this Canadian regiment. Former library copy with usual markings. Tightly rebound in brown buckram. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. A sound copy. Cooke [3e] p.267, Dornbusch 478, Book
Pages 503-598, plus 28 pages of vintage ads. Features: Eight Days On a Capsized Ship - three seamen tough it out upon the overturned hull of the 'Anna Rebecca' in 1906 off Memel (with photos); My Adventures in Sarawak (part I) - Her Highness the Ranee of Sarawak describes her experiences getting to know 'the loveable little people and their language' (with photos); The Girl Who Came to Copperfield, Oregon - Miss Fern Hobbs was sent at the head of a regiment of soldiers to restore order in the lawless town of Copperfield - article with photo of Miss Hobbs; Across Canada by Motor-Car (part II) - Photo-illustrated account of the second half of Mr. Wilby's arduous journey, ending in British Columbia; My Escape from Kelantan - a veteran pioneer of Malaya, W.E. Nash, relates how he took a frail stern-wheel river steamer across the China Sea in the teeth of a monsoon; The Case of "Jack Thompson" - an Englishman in a Bolivian prison; The Haunted Trees - The Malays believe evil spirits take up residence in certain 'hantu' trees; Pieter Erberfeld, Traitor - the story behind this man and a memorial tablet, bearing his skull, in Batavia, Dutch West Indies (Indonesia); The Hermit of Smith's Mountain - a strange character in San Diego County; Man-Eaters - the menace wild animals constitute to dwellers in less-favoured parts of the world; Sport in the Ukraine - with photos; Freshwater Pearl-Fishing - clam-fishing as carried out on the rivers of Illinois - with great photos; Wanted, A Wife - the amusing adventures of Dominick Forese of Butte, Montana; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
8vo., single-fold menu, printed and illustrated in blue, with Musical Programme leaf loosely inserted, a very good, bright, clean copy. The front cover features Bairnsfather's 'Better Ole'; the rear cover lists Great War battle honours of the Birmingham battalions. Music was provided by the Band of 7th Bn The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers. The Birmingham City battalions fought with 5th Division variously in France, Flanders and Italy from 1915 to the Armistice. A RARE SURVIVAL.
First edition, 8vo, 72pp., coloured frontis., and 2 further coloured plates, orig. publishers pebble cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt and detached, spine split, in need of recasing. Rare, not listed by JISC. Provenance: Ink signature of Lieut.-Colonel Hubert Arthur Oldfield Hanley; bookplate of Ernest J. Martin.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 4 coloured plates and 8 plates in monochrome; original cloth, gilt back, covers lightly faded else a very good, clean copy. Includes one plate of uniform and one of colours. SCARCE. Sutcliffe p.220; White p.89
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and maps, small neat signature on front free endpaper; blue tweed cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy. Loosely inserted is a compliments slip from 12 Anti-Tank Regiment RA (the unit's later designation). Then stationed in Tripolitania, 12 ATR comprised R, S, T (Shah Sujah's Troop) and U Batteries. Includes ROH, honours & awards. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
xxiv, 559, [65] pages. Eight fold-out maps. Black and white photographic plates. "Almost sixty years have passed since the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada was authorized as a regiment in the Canadian Militia. This volume covers the story of the regiment from the time it returned home in 1919 up to the present day." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A superb copy. Edwards & Lort 3060. Hale 2487. Cuddy & Scott page 77, Cooke (2nd Edn) page 185. Book
244 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. The events surrounding the march of New York's famous Seventh Regiment to the defense of Washington during the critical opening months of the Civil War. Unobtrusive library markings to interior only. Average wear. Dust jacket preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Sound copy. Book
3 vols., roy. 8vo., First Editions, with 2 frontispieces, 166 illustrations and facsimiles (a number in colour and a number full-page) in the text and 154 maps (a number folding); regimental cloth, gilt backs, a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Vol. I: (Robinson): 1685-1815 (1988); Vol. II (Aggett): 1815-1914 (1994); Vol. III (Aggett): 1914-1969 (1995). The definitive history, compiled and published for The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment. The Devonshire Regiment [formerly 11th Foot] amalgamated with The Dorset Regiment in 1958. Individual volumes, especially in this condition, are already scarce. Complete sets are seldom offered for sale
[11], 252, [2] pages. Maps. Several black and white reprodutions of photos. "In this honest and often very moving book, James Roberts looks back over a business, military, civil service and diplimatic career, recalling the ups and downs and above all the people he has known and loved in a long and active life. Roberts served for Canada with distinction in WWII and rapidly rose to the rank of Brigadier at the height of the battle for the opening of the strategic Scheldt estuary. The next year, from within the German lines, he negotiated details of the unconditional German surrender on the Canadian front." - dust jacket. Few tiny markings to military map printed upon front endpaper otherwise book quite clean and unmarked with light wear. Minor lean to spine. Quarter-inch opening in publisher's olive cloth at lower tip of back board. Average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this fascinating life story featuring significant WWII involvement. Book