Hayes, Lt. Col. Joseph; Currie, Sir Arthur W. [Foreword]; Ralston, Lieut-Col. J.L. [Introduction]MareMagnum
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362 pages. Fold-out map inside back board indicates operations of the Battalion. Twenty-one black and white photographic plates (including one at page 56 not included in List of Illustrations). Lists of: Service Dates; Engagements of the Battalion; Wastage in France; Casualties; Honours and Awards. Also includes Nominal Roll of Officers, including name, address and record of service, and Nominal Roll Other Ranks, including number, name, address and record of service. "Being a history of the justly famous 85th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders) in the various theatres of the war [WWI], together with a Nominal Roll and synopsis of service of Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men who served with the Battalion in France." - subtitle. Gilt lettering and decoration upon forest green cloth-covered boards. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this important Canadian military history. [Enser p. 88. Cooke p. 130. Dornbusch 426. Amtmann H523] Book
18952091502135500052Not Available 1895. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 10 in Japanese style Size: Small version 12x17 cm Not Available paperback
1930PHO-1046Paris : Plon, 1929. 3 grands volumes in-folio ; 354 planches dont 18 en couleurs, tables des noms et des matières. En feuilles sous chemise cartonné à lacets. Quelques rousseurs sur les feuillets de texte préliminaire.TomeI: Texte. Planches I à 66 (XVIesiècle-1826); TomeII: Planches 67 à 217 (1827-1837); TomeIII: Planches 218 à 354 (1838-1871) Les planches rassemblent plus de mille illustrations constituées par des peintures, dessins, estampes, images populaires, sculptures, médailles, représentant des portraits, vues de ville et vues du pays.
14824Amsterdam, sans non, 1775 ; in-8. 86 pp. Maroquin rouge, dos lisse orné, large dentelle dorée composée aux petits fers sur les plats, petites armes royales aux centres, roulette dorée sur les coupes, gardes de soie moirée bleue. Un coin un peu frotté. Bon exemplaire.
1670PHO-1560Paris, chez Antoine Bertier, 1670. In-8 (165x110mm), 9ff.-478pp., illustré d’un frontispice, relié demi-chagrin rouge, dos à nerfs orné avec auteur et titre, tranches peignées (reliure 19eme), légers frottements, travail de vers en marge
SHL-43Paris, Les Editions de Minuit, 1943, 1 vol. in-16 broché, couverture blanche ivoire imprimée, titre répété en long au dos, 91 pp. dont 2 ff. blanc, faux-titre, titre - 2 ff. n.c. dont l’achevé d'imprimer “Cet ouvrage publié aux dépens de quelques bibliophiles patriotes a été imprimé sous l’occupation nazie le 25 juillet 1943 jour de la chute du tyran de Rome [Mussolini est mis en minorité par le Grand Conseil fasciste, destitué et placé en résidence surveillée]”. Annotation manuscrite au stylo à bille sur la page de titre autour du nom de l’auteur “ = BRULLER […] graveur, caricaturiste d’origine hongroise [...] prononcer ère n’a écrit ensuite que “la marche à l’étoile” dans cette même collection” Bon état général : très légères et discrètes salissures dans les marges de la couverture, pliure au dos se prolongeant sur un centimètre environ sur le plat sup. au niveau de la couture basse, petites rousseurs pâles au dos de la page de titre et au f. de dédicace en regard “A la mémoire de SAINT-POL-ROUX, Poète assassiné.” [pp. 8 et 9] ; tranche sup. salie. Très rare seconde et ultime édition clandestine de ce titre fondateur des Editions de Minuit.
ONE OF ONLY TEN (10) AD PERSONAM COPIES PRINTED ON ANTIQUE JAPANESE PAPER OF THE FIRST EDITION. 292 pp. This tragedy is fictitious reconstruction of the last days in the life of France's Soldat Inconnu (unknown soldier), a casualty of the Great War who has lain underneath the Arc de Triomphe since 1920. It was extremely popular between the wars in both France and Germany. This copy was printed for Georges Ricou, co-director of the OpÈra Comique from 1925 to 1931. BOUND IN IS RAYNAL'S ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TREATMENT FOR THE WORK, WITH NUMEROUS CORRECTIONS AND REVISIONS. Squarish 8vo. Elegantly bound in contemporary three-quarters morocco, spine gilt. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Original wraps and backstrip preserved. Silk ribbon page marker. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS.
188828636New York::: Charles L. Webster & Company 1888. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Very Good set with marbled endpapers in full sheep leather bindings with green and red spine labels. The front hinge of volume one has be strengthened. Very uncommon in the leather binding. The gilt lettering is bright. Philip Sheridan was a Union general in the Civil War and his career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close association with Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Grant transferred Sheridan from command of an infantry division in the Western Theater to lead the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac in the East. In 1864 he defeated Confederate forces in the Shenandoah Valley and his destruction of the economic infrastructure of the Valley called "The Burning" by residents was one of the first uses of scorched earth tactics in the war. In 1865 his cavalry pursued Gen. Robert E. Lee and was instrumental in forcing his surrender at Appomattox. Sheridan prosecuted the later years of the Indian Wars of the Great Plains. Both as a soldier and private citizen he was instrumental in the development and protection of Yellowstone National Park. The general suffered a series of massive heart attacks two months after sending these memoirs to the publisher. Charles L. Webster & Company,, hardcover
151955380Inglewood CA: North American Aviation Inc. January 15 1944. 8vo. Approx. 250 pp sections all separately paginated. Sepia-tinted illustrated title w/ mylar printed overlay with Restricted & Report No. With 100s of text illustrations plates 1 large folding of P-51C diagrams several large folding many illustrations in colour colour charts graphs each section w/ tan thumb tabs. Publisher’s brown simulated leather 6-ring binder gilt stamping on front cover rounded corners yapp edges slight shelfwear very slight interior toning still NF copy. First edition of this remarkably scarce flight manual for the famed Mustang P-51B and P-51C fighter which established Allied air superiority over Nazi Germany in World War II. The P-51B/C the Mustang Mk III was outfitted with a Rolls Royce Merlin engine allowing it to achieve remarkable performance at altitudes above 15000 feet and beginning in late 1943 were the key bomber escort fighters for the US Army Air Force 8th Air Force in raids over Germany. This flight manual prepared for Mustang pilots and ground personnel contained general descriptions of the airplane sequence of operations to be followed operation of guns bombs and radio emergency operating instructions and charts designed for long-range flying and auxiliary fuel tanks. No copies located in Worldcat; See: Gardner Hatch & Frank Winter P-51 Mustang 1993. North American Aviation, Inc., hardcover
1918113012-VNew York: American Defense Society 1918. Book. Illus. by Jean Gabrial Domergue. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st. and only edition by the ADS 1918 Soft cover in green stiff paper wraps 188 page book with 23 full page one sided black & white drawings by Domergue of war crimes . This is original soft cover printing a very scarce book on the war crimes of Germany in the First World War by the American Defense Society of New York City 1918. Condition : Good with tape repair on the front cover edge rubs and ware with dog ears and creasing chipping at the head and foot of spine.This copy has a damp stain on the back cover and light water staining and waving to the pages. see the images Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. American Defense Society Paperback
First edition, 12mo (149 x 90 mm), xii, 296, [4]pp., 4 engraved plates, upper and lower margins cut close affecting several page numerals or catchwords, paper flaw to leaf Y4 causing slight tear, nineteenth-century half calf, marbled boards, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. First published in 1707 under the title 'The Art of War' with a new edition appearing in 1711 followed by this third printing. Part I is by the Sieur de Birac, parts II-III by M. de Lamont, part IV by the Chevalier de la Vali?re. Provenance: Bookplate of the Royal Artillery Institution, Woolwich.
1955171714Beijing: Chinese Youth Publishing House 1955. First edition first printing presentation copy inscribed on the front free endpaper in Chinese by the Chinese delegation to the Fifth World Festival of Youth and Students "Presented to our dear young friend from America - China Youth League Delegation Warsaw August 1955". Convened by the World Federation of Democratic Youth the festival took anti-imperialism as its theme. More than 30000 people from 114 countries participated and the programme of events included parades speeches performances and sports meets. The proceedings gave everyday Poles an unprecedented opportunity to peek behind the Iron Curtain and ironically helped lay the foundations for the Pozna Protests. Sino-American relations remained strained amidst the fallout from the Korean War. One year earlier at the Geneva Conference John Foster Dulles had famously refused to shake hands with Premier Zhou Enlai. In Warsaw to protest American hard power China's representatives joined Russian and Japanese young people in a spirited rendition of the song "Never Let the Atom Bomb Explode Again". Building bridges with left-wing Americans sympathetic to Beijing was likewise an important part of the Chinese delegation's strategy. Below the presentation inscription is another reading in Chinese "Long live friendly relations between Chinese and American youth! Liu Meiqing". Quarto. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white; floral vignette on title page. Text in Russian English and French. Original green boards tan cloth backstrip spine lettered and decorated in black front cover lettered in black blue and white decorative endpapers. Boards sunned one tip worn occasional staining and foxing in text: a very good copy. Martin Parr & WassinkLundgren The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present second edition 2016 p. 160-1. hardcover
1855141218London: Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty 1855. First edition of this highly impressive and scarce large-scale map centring on Sevastopol but also showing the country as far east as Albat giving British French and Russian dispositions fortifications and redoubts and the location of field batteries plus profile views of Sevastopol Balaclava and Eupatoria and inset maps of the Black Sea and Eupatoria Bay. It was compiled and drawn up by W. Lowrie and lithographed by Malby & Sons. Unsuprisingly at least three editions appeared in 1855 and all are very thinly represented among institutional libraries. Coloured lithographic map dissected into 36 panels and mounted on linen opening to 760 x 1230 mm folding down into the original green roan slipcase gilt-lettered on front "Krimea" 215 x 149 mm. Some marks and scuffs to slipcase the map in excellent condition. unknown
17379717Lugd[uni] Bat[avorum] / Rotterodami, apud Samuelem Luchtmans / apud Johannem Danielem Beman, 1737. Fort volume in-4 de [26]-1035-[33] pages, plein veau moucheté, dos à 5 nerfs orné de fleurons, encadrements et titre dorés, étiquette de titre bordeaux, filet à froid sur les plats, double filet doré sur les coupes, tranches marbrées. Quelques petites épidermures, petit manque à la coiffe supérieure rousseurs. Ex-libris Rigaud.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece and 6 facsimiles (2 double-page and 4 full-page), 39 maps, charts and diagrams (19 double-page and 20 full-page) and 12 smaller maps, charts and diagrams all in the text; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, backs with raised bands, second, third and fourth compartments lettered and numbered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt tops, hand-made endpapers, ribbon markers, an elegant set ideal as a gift or for presentation. First two-volume edition, containing the unabridged text of the original four volumes augmented with revisions from the 1931 re-issue. For this edition, Churchill prepared a new Foreword to Vol. I and an updated Appendix I in Vol. II. In order to achieve the compression, the publishers provided slightly fewer and smaller maps. See Woods, p.46; ICS A31f.
191838150Place_Pub: Washington DC: GPO 1918. fair. Small format 566 total stiff card covers with snap in front 4-vol. set illus. fold-out maps index covers worn and soiled rear sleeve empty. Somewhat worn shaken binding somewhat weak. Very rare military intelligence item related to World War I and the Russian Intervention in four volumes: Part 1 General Description and Introductory Information 103 xv pages plus plates; Part 2 Pacific Coast to Irkutsk 180 xv pages plus plates; Part 3 Central Siberia 121 xv pages plus plates; and Part 4 Western Siberia and Eastern Russia 162 xv pages plus plates. Classified Confidential For Official Use Only. Copy No. 186 of 3000 Parts 1 and 4 and Copy No. 186 of 2000 Parts 2 and 3. GPO unknown
1st printing of the 1938 edition. October, 1938. Original illustrated wrappers, 12mo (small) , 191 pages, including many, many period ads. Published just one month prior to Kristallnacht, this is a Name and Address Directory of the worlds leading Fur business district, the Brühl, and its counterpart in Berlin, both very heavily Jewish. Divided into 2 sections, one for the Brühl in Leipzig, and the other for Furriers in Berlin. In the 19th and early 20th Century, the Brühl had become synonymous with the Leipzig fur and Tobacco trade. It was the name of the large street where the trade was concentrated (also including Nikolai- and Reichs-strasse) . The Brühl reached its highest density with 794 shops in 1928. Of these, about 58 percent were Jewish run and owned. In the period 1926-1930, the Brühl controlled about one third of the world market in furs. With the great depression, followed by the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, the fur trade went into decline. For political reasons the fascist leadership limited the import quotas for goods from the USSR, such as raw fur. And, of course, increasingly, Jewish merchants in the Brühl were discriminated against and expelled. Many fled to England or the United States, where they established new fur businesses. Following Kristallnacht, which came only 1 month after the publication of this guide in October 1938, it became impossible for Jewish furriers to function. Some of the most famous Jewish fur traders included: Julius (Judel) Ariowitsch (1855-1908) ; Chaim Eitingon (1857-1932) , known as "Fur King from Brühl", founder of the Ez Chaim Synagogue and the Jewish hospital; the Frankel family; the Harmerlin Family; John B. (John [Joel] Berend) Oppenheimer & Company; F. Weiss (1893-1982) ; and Theodor Wolf (1833) . OCLC lists only one holding worldwide (German National Library) . Light wear, occational pencil scribbles, overall Very Good Condition. Quite rare and important. (holo2-125-28)
In 4° gr., bella leg. amatoriale mod. in mz. pelle, dorso a quattro nervi, tit. e fregi in oro al dorso, pp. (2nn)-XII-188. Bellissimo frontespizio in litografia, impreziosito da delicata colorutura coeva all'acquerello, 48 belle tavole fuori testo e due carte geografiche, sempre in litografia e colorite. Bella copia, marginosa e in barbe. Celebre opera munita di un apparato iconografico di grande bellezza composto perl opiù da scene di battaglie terrestri e di mare e ritratti dei generali coinvolti nel comando delle azioni belliche nell'Europa orientale (Turchia, Balcani, ecc.) che ebbero luogo nella metà dell'800. Esemplare privo dell'appendice finale di 8 pagine comprendente le due tavole intitolate: I piemontesi in Crimea e che non appare in tutte le copie.
261 pages. "Nazi theory has evolved the concept of 'Lebensraum' (living space) - Nazi practice has realised the fact of 'Todesraum' (death space)" - subtitle. Author conversed with scores of Polish refugees in Paris. "As I listened to their stories I saw with searing vividness the similarity between what is happening in Poland today and what happened in Belgium 25 years ago; the similarity and the difference, which lies in the fact that the Germans today are even more brutal, more bestial than they were in 1914-1918. I decided to publish these stories, together with an essay comparing German conduct during the last war and during the present one, and showing that if they have changed at all it has been for the worse. Some of the stories are so horrible that they exhaust all ordinary human capacity for horror and indignation. However, some, at least, of the victims of German blood lust have escaped death. Let them speak." - Publisher's Statement, pages 6-7. Heavy soiling to publisher's yellow cloth. Front hinge starting. Moderate foxing to and near endpapers. Dust jacket not included. A worthy reference copy of this grim testament to the suffering of the Poles in WWII. Enser p.341. Book
167563465CBAmsterdam, Verlag von Meurs & von Someren, 1675. 4°. 22 x 18,5 cm. 3 Blatt, 370, 428, 296, 316 Seiten, 10 Blatt. Insgesamt 28 (von 59) Tafeln (inklusive allegorischem Titelblatt). Neuerer Halblederband auf drei Bünden mit blindgeprägtem Rückentitel und erneuerten Vorsätzen. [4 Warenabbildungen]
1942005575Buenos Aires Editions de l'Aigle 1942 In-4 Broché, couverture rempliée Edition originale
10695in 12 broché, faux-titre, titre, 245 pages, 2 page de table. .Gallimard novembre 1934. Edition originale numérotée. Un des 20 exemplaires hors-commerce marqué S sur vélin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre. Premier grand papier sur 2. Proche de l’état de neuf. Rare.
Features: X for Escape - Photo-illustrated article (part 2 of 2) by Flt.-Lieut. Tony Pengelly describes the dramatic Great Escape from Luft Stalag III involving 83 prisoners, 50 of whom were later shot - basis for the classic WWII film The Great Escape starring Steve McQueen; Shakedown - Political favours and liquor licences; Life with Ivan - How does the average Russian live?; Marriages Mended - Domestic Relations Judge H.S. Mott has a 90% success rate; The Mine That Shook the World - A vivid photo-illustrated report on Eldorado, the super-secret mine in the Arctic which produces the raw material for atomic bombs; King Size Tenor - Lauritz Melchior, mighty tenor of the "Met"; Russia - A Split Personality; Backstage Ottawa - the taxpayer wins a battle; Big Business Farmer - George Wesley of Wrentham, Alberta, farms 16,000 acres in Alberta and grows enough wheat to feed a small city; The Truth About Epilepsy - Robert H. Feldt, M.D., has made immense strides toward taming this dreaded brain disease; Man of Many Voices - Meet Mercer (One-Man Cast) McLeod, first radio actor to sell a Canadian-recorded program for U.S. broadcasting; If You Should Get Venison - cooking tips; and more. Short Stories: World Premiere; Uncle Alfred; For These Thy Gifts. Nice ad for: C-I-L; Imperial Oil (How an oil well works); Good Year (with color illustration of firemen and forest fire); Snyder's Furniture; G.E. Electric Blankets (& Electric Flying Suits); Aunt Jemima Pancakes; Westinghouse in the electrical age 1920-1945; Life Savers (nice one-page color ad); Chase & Sanborn - featuring Charlie McCarthy in colour; Waterman's Taperite pen; Once-page colour-illustrated ad by Carling's honouring Jack Miner of Kingsville, Ontario; T.S. Simms "Pure Badger" shaving brushes; Lovely 1946 Ford (dark red) ad inside back cover; B.C. Apples ad on back cover features charming colour illustration of young lass holding basket of fruit. 72 pages. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this historic vintage issue. Book
ORD-6155Où l'on traite de ce que doit sçavoir tout jeune Militaire qui se propose de faire son chemin à la Guerre; Avec des Notes sur différens ouvrages de Campagne, & sur les Plans des principaux Camps de Guerres de 1740 & 1756. Ensemble la Description d'un Instrument nouveau pour lever promptement toutes sortes de Plans. Ouvrage enrichi de 55 planches. Paris. L'Auteur. 1760. In-8 à l'italienne (230 x 195mm) replié en 1 volume in-8 (135 x 198mm) plein veau raciné, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre maroquin rouge, gardes marbrées, tranches rougies, 30 pages, 1f. (table des plans et cartes), bien complet des 55 planches. Dos un peu écaillé, coiffes arasées, coins un peu émoussés, excellent état intérieur. Bel ex-libris de H. RASP gravé par Ch. Muller.
[12], 304 pages. 21.3 x 14 cm. Reprint of the 1944 first edition. Seventeen pages of black and white photographic plates. World War II required the United Nations to prepare for the threatened invasion of the American continent by the Axis Powers. Careful study indicated the Nazi timing of this invasion was the early winter of 1941-42. So confident in this plan were the Nazi Storm Troopers that German prisoners of war, landing at a port in the St. Lawrence from England in 1940, were convinced they would soon be released by air-borne troops and armed again to assist in the plan of Nazi invasion. The George McNamara Construction Company of Toronto was awarded the contract for building the airport at Goose Bay, Labrador, and Mr. William Durrell (to whom this book is dedicated) was appointed General Superintendant of construction.- Paraphrased from Chapter 1. Carr [1895-1595] was appointed Senior Naval Officer at Goose Bay in June 1943. Here he recounts his fascinating experiences there, concluding with his reflections on the war and the nature of man. Appendix provides a partial list of the mountain of equipment brought in by ship or plane to construct this mammoth project. Somewhat above-average wear to publisher's blue cloth. Binding intact. Prior owner's name, Maj. W.A. Randall, penned atop front free endpaper. Dust jacket not included. Carr, who served in both world wars, would later pen Pawns in the Game and The Red Fog Over America, which sold by the hundreds of thousands. A sound copy of this fascinating and relatively unknown WWII history. Cooke [3] p.81, Enser p.32, Whiteman 994. Book
