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Original Wraps. 8vo. 11, [1] pages. 25 cm. First edition. In French. 'Memorial Ceremony; Eternal Memory! For the Martyrs 1940-1944'. With two full page illustrations (wall memorial in Bordeaux, for those who perished 1940-1944; photograph of the minute of silence held during the memorial ceremony) ; contains an introduction, and the content of memorial speech given by Rabbi Joseph Cohen to survivors of the Bordeaux Jewish community. Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - France - Bordeaux - Sermons. OCLC lists only one copy worldwide (HUC) . Light soiling to wraps, light soiling to margins, otherwise fresh. Good + condition. Rare early Bordeaux Holocaust imprint. (HOLO2-117-3)
Original Wraps. 8vo. 11, [1] pages. 25 cm. First edition. In French. 'Memorial Ceremony; Eternal Memory! For the Martyrs 1940-1944'. With two full page illustrations: wall memorial in Bordeaux, for those who perished 1940-1944; and photograph of the minute of silence held during the memorial ceremony. Contains an introduction, and the content of memorial speech given by Rabbi Joseph Cohen to survivors of the Bordeaux Jewish community. Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - France - Bordeaux - Sermons. Slight toning. Mild edgewear. Very minimal markings. Very good + condition. Rare early Bordeaux Holocaust imprint. (HOLO2-117-3A)
<p>2 volumi, 25 cm, rilegatura coeva in piena pelle, titolo e fregi in oro ai dorsi, risguardi marmorizzati, tagli colorati, segnalibro.Al primo volume un ritratto di Grotius a piena pagina in antiporta, frontespizio in rosso e nero con marca tipografica animata.; dedica a Giorgio I preceduta da bella vignetta di testa incisa; p.1 cb, 1 di titolo, frontespizio, (4), xxxvii, 587; Secondo vol. 1 cb, una carta di titolo e frontespizio in rosso e nero, (4), 587. (1).</p>
Gr-8vo (cm.20), IV, 2094 pp. Legatura coeva in piena pelle con filetti impressi a secco sui piatti, fermagli in metallo e bindelle in cuoio, originali, tagli blu
In -4°, cc. (80), 316, piena pelle con fregi ai piatti e al dorso. Il primo dei due volumi del Saraceni, pensatore e filosofo di origine bolognese o, secondo alcuni, veneziana. The first of two volumes of Saraceni, a philosopher of uncertain birth (Venice or Bologna).
First edition. Original blue, yellow, and grey paper wrappers. 4to. About 122 pages each; 24 cm. In Hebrew and English. Title translates to Archives of the Yishuv Rescue Board in Istanbul. Volume 5 includes Register of the Palestinian Swiss, Swedish, English, Spanish and Portugese Files. Volume 6 includes Register of the Hungarian (corrected) , Italian, Albanian, Yugoslavian, Greek, French, German, Danish, Dutch, Belgian Files. Volume 7 includes Register of the Romanian and the Bulgarian Files. The most important part of the letters contains a description of the changes taking place in the Golah, in the nature of a summary of the reports received from the lands under Nazi occupation, and from countries subject to German influence. All these reports were received either directly or via the bureau in Switzerland. The time span embraced the peak period of the mass murders in Eastern Europe, including also the desperate attempts to effect rescue, especially of the remaining Jews in Slovakia and Hungary. SUBJECT(S) : Holocaust, Records, Archives. OCLC lists only 2 holdings for one or more of these volumes (Harvard, Swiss Nat Libr) . Slight rubbing. Very minimal markings and stains. Very minimal edgewear. Very good + condition. Scarce and important (HOLO2-134-54)
No Date, proabably 1944 based on dates in image on front cover. 1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 4to, [4] pages. Single-fold oversize pamphlet. Big illustration on front of newspapers with headlines such as The Jew Refugee Invasion of America Through Immigration and What To Do About It and Gentile News. THESE ARE DANGEROUS WORDS! is written across in red. On the back is the title Truth is a Weapon! and text calling for the support and expansion of The Joint Defense Appeal. Inside is more headlines and newspapers under the title of Missiles of Hate. One such is a poster campaigning for Loyd Smith for congress. It says, Loyd Smith will oppose having this nation, the United States of America, controlled by, or by the influence, of either, international Nazi, international Communist, Japanese imperialism, British imperialism or the international Jews. I solicit only the support of true Americans. Acorss the 2 inside pages, Circulated by thr hundreds and thousands, these are the words of the demagogue, who exploits Anti-Semitism to destroy the American way of Life Their Repercussions Appear in the Daily Press with Increasing Frequency. Not listed on OCLC or for sale anywhere else. Few horizontal creases, else Very Good Condition. Very displayable and exceedinly rare (HOLO2-144-27)
First edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers with black-and-white photographs. About 12 pages; 28 cm. Good Nazi-era run of this sometimes monthly, sometimes bimonthly periodical published by the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America covering news related to Orthodox Jews. Issues filled articles, advertisements for Kosher products, a list of Kosher food options, and photographs. The question is insistent and cannot be evaded: As what kind of Jews shall we survive? SUBJECT (S) : Orthodox Judaism, Periodicals. OCLC and WorldCat list 6 holdings worldwide. Overall, very good condition. Postage and mailing address. Slight toning. Minimal edgewear. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Very minimal staining. (SPEC-44-4)
A livre d'artiste devoted to World War I naval battles, illustrated with 87 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS (with drypoint and aquatint), including 27 hors texte, BY CHARLES FOUQUERAY (1869-1956), official artist of the MinistËre de la Marine during World War I and one of the outstanding maritime artists of his time. 3, 317 pp. From a total edition of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by the author, this is one of 99 printed on extremely fine Arches wove paper, with an extra remarque suite of the etchings. Folio. Loose as issued in the original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT, with no defects. Housed in the original chemise (quarter leather and marbled boards) and matching slipcase (some wear and damage to slipcase).
73 pages plus eleven fold-out plans. Index. Gilt lettering upon navy blue front board and backstrip. Average wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
85 pages plus six pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part I - Robert Wilton and his adventures as a British War Correspondent on the Eastern Front, with photos. (Wilton's book entitled 'Russia's Agony' was first published in 1918); The Man-Eating Tigers of Rengarih; My Bear Hunt in the British Columbia Rockies - Part II, by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; The Water-Wheels of Hama, Syria - with photo; Beyond the Law - part V - The Dalton Gang, the Condon Bank and the First National Bank at Coffeyville, Kansas; Fishing as a Vocation for War Heroes, by Ralph Stock; Photo of a fallen California Redwood - said to have been the largest tree in the world; In Unknown British Guiana - Part I - many nice photos; Tales of the Service - Part V - My Smuggle-Catching Adventures - by G.W. Hindmarch, a retired Customs and Excise officer in the Shetland Islands; Wonders of the Silver Spruce of British Columbia - in high demand for aircraft construction; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part V - by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman - with excellent photos; Our Seaplane Adventure - Captain Abbott Meade and his plane go down in the Indian Ocean; Photo of large pile of licorice root at Aleppo; The Revenge that went Wrong - James Bestow and his problem with a Yaqui Indian in Mexico; The Railway Conquest of the Australian Desert - construction of the thousand-mile transcontinental railway, from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta - with many excellent photos; The "War Wolf" - Serbia's war hero Colonel Voyin A. Popovich; Whale Flesh as Human Food - informative brief article on the growth of the whale processing industry in Canada, with photo; Doctoring War Horses - the personal experiences of Blue Cross worker Charles W. Forward in France and Italy. Nice ad for the Hudson Navigation Company's New York - Albany - Troy route. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
5 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises: Vol. I: September 1939 to September 1940 (1996); Vol. 2: September 1940 to December 1941 (1998); Vol. 3: January 1942 to June 1943 (2001); Vol. 4: July 1943 to June 1944 (2002); Vol. 5: June 1944 to May 1945 (2004). Complete sets of the first edition of this standard reference are very scarce.
Together 4 vols., 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), 7 maps in the text (a number folding and coloured in outline) and 27 maps (a number folding) in separate volume; navy cloth, upper boards framed and blocked in gilt enclosing regimental badge in gilt and colours, gilt backs, uncut, a near fine extended set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises: Hall. The Coldstream Guards 1885-1914 (1 vol., 1929); Ross-of-Bladensburg. The Coldstream Guards 1914-1918 (3 vols., 1928). The standard history of the regiment from the conclusion of the Egyptian Campaign to the end of the Great War. First and Second Battalions served in the Boer War. In the Great War the regiment fielded three battalions , all of which went to France and remained there throughout the conflict. A fourth battalion became the Pioneer Battalion of the Guards Division on its formation in 1915. EXTREMELY SCARCE AS AN EXTENDED SET IN THIS CONDITION. Falls p.126; Sutcliffe, p.6; White p.43.
Third edition, with large additions, alterations, and corrections, 8vo (200 x 120 mm), [8], xl, 214, [2]pp., with a final advert leaf, engraved frontispiece and 28 folding engraved plates, cont. calf, upper cover rubbed otherwise a nice copy. John Muller (1699-1784) a German mathematician and engineer, was appointed Head Master of the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich in 1741. Later, he was appointed Professor of Fortification and Artillery. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Thomas Francis Fremantle (3rd Lord Cottesloe) to front paste-down.
First edition, 4to, [6], 75, [1]pp., without the initial imprimatur leaf, running title on last leaf cropped ( one or two others just shaved), cut close on some lower margins with the occasional loss of a catchword, recent quarter calf, marbled boards. Details the damages which the English East India Company had sustained by the East India Company of the United Provinces that includes the capture of over 30 ships on the coast of America, including their cargoes, and the burning down of the English Factory of Cape-Corse, claimed by the English and Dutch East India Companies, the English Turkey-Company, &c, followed by a rebuttal of the Dutch demands. A large part of the work relates to transgressions in the West Indies. There is also a section dealing with fishing rights off the Greenland coast. European Americana 664/42; Goldsmith, 1743; Kress, 1130; Sabin, 11492; Wing C1371.
Coimbra, Impresa da Universidade, 1924-1930, 4 tomos, 24,5 x 16 cm., hol. piel moderna, conserva las cubiertas originales, 424 págs. = 427 págs. + 1 h. = 462 págs. = 214 págs. + 3 h. (Ejemplar intonso).
(Codice MF/0375) In folio (41 cm) 379 pp. Monumentale, sontuosa edizione celebrativa, numerata (esemplare n° 683) su carta Modigliani bianca appositamente prodotta dalla Cartiera di Cordenons e impressa in tre distinti caratteri Century. Illustrata con molte fotografie originali, di grande formato. Legatura editoriale eseguita a mano, in piena pelle pregiata, ornata con artistico ritratto a sbalzo al piatto realizzato in foglia d'argento, opera dello scultore Francesco Invernizzi. Titolo e impressioni argento al dorso e al piatto. Completo con una tavola allegorica a colori, su carta pergamena. Perfetto esemplare, in elegante confanetto in seta moiré. Splendido volume, adatto anche per importante regalo. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
4 vols., 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with 4 frontispieces and numerous plates; terracotta/brown cloth, gilt backs, a near fine extended set in unclipped dustwrapper (one wrapper price-clipped). The standard biography of the WWI poet and literary disciple of Sassoon. He was killed in action at the Sambre Canal only seven days before the Armistice. The extended set comprises Vol. I: Childhood (1963); Vol. II: Youth (1964); Vol. III: War (1965); Vol. IV: Aftermath (1970). THE SECOND VOLUME IS A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO JOHN & MYFANY [sic] PIPER WITH OWEN'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.
Madrid, Ministerio de Instrucción Pública y Bellas Artes, Noviembre 1936, 18 x 13,5 cm., holandesa piel con nervios y tejuelos, conserva las cubiertas originales, 93 págs. + 1 h. (Única parte publicada. Buen ejemplar).
8vo., First Edition, with map as frontispiece; handsomely bound in full navy morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of the first volume of Mackenzie's 'Eastern Mediterranean' tetralogy describing his experiences as an intelligence office during the Great War. Enser, p.144.
3 vols., in 4, roy. 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with 4 frontispieces (showing 8 plates), 288 plates on 142 (1 double-page), 87 folding maps (74 coloured in outline), 30 full-page maps (6 coloured in outline), 17 maps in the text and 111 tables (7 double-page) in the text, neat inscription on front free endpapers; green cloth, gilt backs, a very good, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers very lightly dust-soiled with small damp-mark (wrapper only) on backstrip of second volume. With personal bookplate on front paste-downs. A previous owner has annotated neatly the backstrips of the wrappers to indicate the years covered by each volume. The official British account published in the UK Government's series History of the Second World War. The set comprises: Volume I: The Defensive, 1954 (fifth impression 1961); Volume II: The Period of Balance, 1957 (third impression 1962); Volume III/1: The Offensive Part 1: 1 June 1943-31 May 1944, 1960 (first impression); Volume III/2: The Offensive Part II: 1 June 1944-14 August 1945, 1961 (first impression). The last two volumes contain their respective errata slips (errors in the first two volumes are corrected in the text of the later printings). Roskill's masterpiece is an absolutely basic source and a model of its kind. Enser, p.383; Law, 0647.
Roma, Rassegna Internazionale, [1923], in-8, br. editoriale, pp. 278, [2]. Seconda edizione, coi tipi della Rassegna Internazionale, ampliata e modificata: sono qui aggiunte la premessa editoriale "L'autore e la guerra", il «Ritratto» e la postfazione "Resultati". Il libro, come successo per la prima edizione (1921), fu fatto sequestrare dal governo italiano. Minimo forellino alle ultime 4 carte, altrimenti perfetto esemplare.
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous maps, and maps in the text; original brown cloth, boards framed in blind, gilt backs, black endpapers, backstrips lightly chafed at heads and tails, hinges of first volume tender (but binding wholly sound), a remarkably well-preserved, bright, crisp set. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM LORD ABERCONWAY TO HIS GRANDDAUGHTER ROSALIND NORMAN WITH THE FINE ENGRAVED ABERCONWAY ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE AND SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION BY LORD ABERCONWAY. The set comprises Vol. I: 1649-1651 (1894); Vol. II: 1651-1654 (1897); Vol. III: 1654-1656 (1901). COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Davies 220.
3 v. illus., maps (part fold.) 23 cm. No more published. Edited by Arthur Latham Conger & Robert Matteson Johnston. Last issue states that war duties of Col. Conger & Prof. Johnston caused them to suspend publication. Magazine Ex-library, Very good condition, v. one rebacked with cloth library tape Includes articles both current & historical on military tactics and economic causes and consequences of war. Articles cover submarine warfare, Grant's tactics, armored cars, Jutland, Italian women in war industries, etc..
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, boards with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Keynes, A33a.
