Pratt, William V.; Fuqua, Stephen O.MareMagnum
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92 pages. Features: Promo for Movie of the Month, "Du Barry Was a Lady" with photo of Red Skelton, Lucille Ball and Gene Kelly; Fantastic one-page photo ad for the Carbine Rifle made by the Underwood Elliott Fisher Company; Lana Turner's marriage annuled; Brief obituaries for Getulio Vargas, Jr., Frank Burke, Frank Calder, Gen. Senjuro Hayashi, and Woodbridge S. Van Dyke II; Nostalgic one-page photo ad for Bell Telephone shows Operator with clunky voicepiece hung around her neck; Axis armies take it in Europe; Japs punch back in Pacific - with photo of dead Japanese soldiers in New Guinea; Considerable war coverage, including Tunisia; Photo of Paulus surrendering to Rokossovsky and Voronoff; US manpower crisis looms; Outstanding one-page color-photo ad for Camel cigarettes features Curtiss dive-bomber test pilot "Red" Hulse; War Dog Fund; Photos of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Sullivan of Waterloo, Iowa and their five sons (the fighting Sullivans) who were all lost after the sinking of the cruiser Juneau at Guadalcanal; Nice one-page color-photo ad for the Union Pacific Railroad showssome of their workers preparing bandages for the Red Cross; Errol Flynn is found not guilty of raping Betty Hansen, 17 and Peggy Satterrlee, 16 - article with photos; Finland puts out feelers for Red Peace; Depressing Michigan Smelting ad shows horse-drawn wagon collecting scrap; Germany defeated at Stalingrad; Nice one-page color Ballantine's Ale ad shows young couple inspecting house plans; Photos of glass fishing floats made in Seattle; Interesting two-page ad for Pan American Clippers shows young boy and girl and talks of curing disease; The Fight Against Runaway Inflation; Article about working the the mammoth Pentagon; Nice one-page color ad for Kimberly-Clark shows Pacific soldiers waiting in line for a meaty meal; Mrs. Beatrice Houdini quits trying to contact her husband's (Harry) spirit (article with photo); Boxing photo of Jacob La Motta snapping Ray (Sugar) Robinson's victory string; Artist Maxim Kopf - article with photos; Elmer Davis back on the air; and much more. Middle six pages loose but present. Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Hardcover in-4° oblong, non pagine (54 pages), Introduction et 25 planches a pleine page et texte au verso. Page de titre decorative. Cartonnage d'editeur illustre en noir et rouge, dos toile verte.- RARISSIME E. O. Excellent etat, TRES FRAIS. (Exempt d'inscription, de plis, de dechirures ou de rousseurs) TTBE - VG+++ Very rare. [PLG-1]
Sm. 8vo., Tenth Edition, with a frontispiece, 6 photographic plates, a full-page outline map coloured by hand, 5 engraved illustrations in the text and a large folding plan of the battle coloured by hand, page-edges browning slightly as usual; handsomely bound in red full morocco, back with raised bands lettered in gilt, original printed wrappers preserved, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Cotton served in the 7th Hussars and later spent fourteen years as resident guide to the battlefield. This edition is one of the several issues printed by Tilbury for the Hotel de Musee. A lovely copy.
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured portrait frontispieces, numerous coloured plates, many maps (a number coloured in outline) in the text, and patterned endpapers; pictorial cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in publisher's board slip-case framed and lettered in gilt. The set comprises Vol. I: The Rise. February 1793 - September 1805; Vol. II: The Zenith. September 1805 - September 1812; The Fall. September 1812 - June 1815. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Sandler 689 (recording the first edition of 1966)
76 pages. Features: Cover illustration of an evening scene on Montreal's Des Erables St. shows residents watching baseball game in distant Delorimier Stadium; One-page ad for Sparton TVs; Vintage one-page Bank of Montreal (BMO) ad features family finances; Wedding photos of Meribah Baxter and her husband-to-be, Lieutenant Brian Stark; One-page Holland-America Line ad features photo of their new flagship, the Rotterdam; One-page colour-photo Royal Trust ad features wealthy grandmother with grandson; The Day Canada Went to War - September 10, 1939 - excellent photo-illustrated article; My strange encounter with the world's most mysterious assassin - Terence Robertson's photo-illustrated article on the anonymous killer ('Jacson-Mornard-Mercadcer') of Leon Trotsky, who has been imprisoned in Mexico for 19 years; How TV Writers Get That Way - article on Frank Peppiatt and John Aylesworth with photos including Julie London and Andy Williams; Portrait of a High School - wonderful photo-illustrated article on Vancouver's King Edward High School; Are the British Better Off Than We Are? - photo-illustrated article; The Tragic Failure of Organized Medicine, by Harry Paikin, M.D.; "My Week In and Out of Modeling Schools' - R.T. Allen's great photo-illustrated article; Attractive colour one-page Black Label beear ad features golden prairie scene looking to the horizon; Northern Electric one-page colour ad features Saskatchewan theme; Canadian National (CN) passenger rail ad features photo of traveler and black porter; One-page Electrohome features their TVs, stereos and furniture; Waterloo County's Great Tombstone Mystery - tombstone of the two young wives of Dr. S. Bean; One-page Caterpillar ad features large aerial colour photo of Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting's Flin Flon, Manitoba operation; Colour-photo ad for La Renault Dauphine car; GE Ultravision TV one-page photo ad features a young Robert (Bob) Goulet; Nice Hammond organ ad; Hertz ad on back cover features four photos of a ghastly pink 1959 Chevrolet; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features. Coronation-sized crowds meet Billy Graham at Waterloo Station in England (article by Beverley Baxter; Can Hees revitalize the Tories?; Let's Stop Monopoly Television - Scott Young challenges the decree that TV competition isn't allowed in Canada; Kitimat, B.C. - how to start a city from scratch, with photos; 24 Hours in the Old Quarter of Montreal - with photos; The Exalted deaths of the Midland Martyrs - part four of a series by Thomas B. Costain; The Men who can't stand Marriage - Sidney Katz; A Hill of Solid Gold - Prince Obermuller; Wawanesa, Manitoba - the one-horse town that spawned a Giant - the Wawanesa Insurance Company; Down the Yukon in an open boat - Part 2 of 'I Married the Klondike' by Laura Beatrice Berton; He's Made a liar out of Kipling - Canada's Colombo Plan chief, Nik Cavell; The most successful fraud in show business - Gerald Peters and his radio show Memory Music Hall. Lovely colour photo Wabasso Cottons ad inside back cover. Average wear. Moisture stains along all fore-edges. Address label. Half of page1/2 removed, affecting a Royal Bank add, most of the editorial, and most of the table of contents. Portion of page 41, 57 and 61 clipped, removing a portions of mundane ads. Book
72 pages. Features: Great cover art of a confused Lineman atop a utility pole; Jergens Lotion ad featuring photos of Esther Williams and Barry Sullivan; The Greatest Three-Cent Show on Earth - The Toronto Star got to be one of the loudest, craziest and most successful papers in the world by unleashing an army of reporters on stories and stunts carefully calculated to please - as well as infurate - some of the people all of the time - article with photos of many famous personalities, by Pierre Berton (part 1 of 2); How Racketeers Sold Entry into Canada - Corrupt Canadian Government Officials and Unscrupulous Travel Agents Have Extorted Thousands of Dollars to Smuggle Italian Immigrants into Canada; The Princess and the Wild One - story by W.O. Mitchell, illustrated by Duncan MacPherson; The Lord Will Take Care of Us - The Hutterites of Alberta - article with photos, including colour photo of Ann Wurtz and her sister Susie Waldner posing with Anne's twins; The Beard - Feature photo-illustrated article on Robertson Davies; Qu'Appelle - The Saskatchewan Valley That Calls; Marie Dressler - Queen of the Movie Queens - a Maclean's Flashback to the Cobourg-born 1931 winner of the best actress Oscar; Chase for Killer Stanley Buckowski - How Detective A.J. (Trigger) Payne tracked the murderer of Alfred Layng, Robert and Gloria McKay, and Helen Edmunds - interesting article with photos; A Secret Manual for Week-End Guests - humour by Eric Nicol, illustrated by Harold Town; Royal Roads Military College ad; Nice colour photo Kodak camera ad; Li'l Abner-themed Cream of Wheat ad; Nice Sweet Caps ad; Nice full-page colour-photo ad for Snyder's Fine Furniture of Waterloo, Ontario; Peter Whalley Cartoon; Virginia Mayo is featured in an Auto-Lite spark plug ad; The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment (Motor) is honoured in a colour ad sponsored by O'Keefe's Brewing Company; Murrell Belanger and his Belanger 99 Special and pit crew are featured in a two-colour Champion spark plug ad; Great Coke ad on back cover features attractive young nurse. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Book
16 pages. Features: Is the End Near?; A Russian Waterloo; The German and English Replies; "American Independence Union" - Committee on organization appointed at Washington conference holds its first meeting in New York and elects officers; Must be Interned - Armed English Merchant Ships; Warning! - it is the intent of the English government to sink an American vessel in the war zone by one of her submarines and make it appear that the destruction was wrought by a German craft (false flag attack); New York's German Theater; The Duty of German-Americans, by Kuno Francke; Russia's Black Record; Map of the Old German Empire; Shells and Foodstuffs; New York Sun prints passages from a book that never existed - "Britain as German's Vassal" by Friedrich von Bernhard; England and Providence, by Dr. Edmund von Mach; News from Germany by Louis Viereck; Advertising Talk# 8 - Persuading advertisers to support this publication; Captives in Japan - Rules for the prison camp in Kurume; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Front cover loose but present. A worthy copy. Magazine
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition (save one volume), with numerous maps in the text and endpaper maps, neat contemporary signature on half-title of first volume; purple cloth, gilt backs, a bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers mildly rubbed at extremities. THIS SET WAS PRESENTED BY THE AUTHOR TO THE EMINENT NAVAL AND MILITARY HISTORIAN J. H. OWEN. THE SECOND VOLUME BEARS THE FORMER'S LONG AND WARM ENCOMIUM TO OWEN ON COLLINS STATIONERY MOUNTED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER VERSO, AND SEPARATE HOLOGRAPH SIGNATURE ON TITLE. The trilogy comprises The Years of Endurance 1793-1802 (second impression, 1942); Years of Victory 1802-1812 (first impression, 1944); The Age of Elegance 1812-1822 (first impression, 1950). 'A well-written narrative of the years of war with France and of return to peace' (Brown & Christie). With a small quantity of relevant cuttings loosely inserted. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Brown & Christie 98; Sadler 525.
Pages 197-224 plus advertorial covers. Features: Cover photo of North African sand storm; Two photos of H.M. aircraft-carrier "Formidable" at sea; Two pages of photos of American bomber crews training in Britain; Two pages of photos of Caucasus landmarks; Five photos from the El Alamein front; Page of photos of the "Do.217e" Bomber and its tail-brake controls - diving speed to 500 mph; Photos of Churchill in Cairo, Moscow (with Stalin and Molotov), and the Alamein area with Aussie troops; Five photos of the Solomon Islands - now mainly taken from Japan by U.S. Forces; Centrefold artist's rendering of the new Waterloo Bridge as it will appear when completed; Photos of personalities of the week include E.N. Syfret, Sir W. Welsh, Air Marshal P. Babington, Dr. A.P. Newton, Capt. C. Bain-Marais, Canadian air chiefs Breadner, Power and Edwards in London; Princess Margaret, A.C.G. Mars, Harold Drew, Admiral Vian, Sir George Philip Langton, Vincent Harris, Lord Loch, and G. Kingsley Sheils; Page of photos of the Shah of Iran with Queen Fawzieh and baby princess Chahnaz; Photos of Polish submarine "Sokol" returning home after daring Mediterranean exploits; Illustration of blitzed Guildhall in York with charred timbers still standing; Photos of H.M.S. "Manchester" and "Eaglle", both of which are now sunk; Photos of the U.S. Mustang aircraft and the Lancaster bomber under construction; Photo of Aussie female 'picketers' greeting U.S. soldiers with signs warning them not to reveal troop movements with innocent talk; Seven excllent illustrations depict duties of a Merlin bomber crew of seven; Twelve excellent photos show the life of coal miners at a large Midland group of collieries; nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 677-728. Features: Twelve photos (over 4 pages) of Nazi Parachutists in training - falling and rolling, landing and fighting; Three illustrations of the British local defence volunteer force and how it confronts invading parachutists; Dramatic two-page aerial photo of R.A.F. operating against a Nazi motorized column between St. Menges and Floing, north of Sedan (a huge crater at a fork in the road forces Nazis to detour); Air photo of R.A.F. bombing on Dinant; Air photo of demolished bridges at Sedan; Sketch of destroyed Church of St. Pierre at Lessines, west of Brussels; Four sketches from Belgium show downed Heinkel near Waterloo, British troops shooting at German planes, bomb damage in Tournai, and Refugees fleeing Brussels; The War with Nazi Germany - The Great German Offensive (article); Flanders again devastated - six pictures from war-ravaged Belgium; Six photos of refugees from Belgium and the Netherlands receiving sanctuary in England; Centerfold illustration of the second martyrdom of Belgium - a swarm of German planes bombing Tournai, while a British roadside post with Bren gun waits for low-flying attacks; Nine excellent photos of Nazi mechanized units - heavy, medium and light tanks, armoured cars, motor-cyclists, and motorised guns; Photos of personalities of the week include Turkish delegation in London, Nazi prisoner in London, Class 'B' enemy aliens being marched through Liverpool, and Dutch Premier Jonkheer de Geer with four colleagues in London; One-page illustration of Nazi 'Blitzkrieg' offensive combining air and tank attacks; Photo-illustrated article on the vanishing American Bison; Photo of Hitler with his Army leaders; Illustrations of General Von Brauchitsch and Halder; Two-page world map illustrates 66 items which are still available to Great Britain via world trade; Weather Predition (article); Many nice vintage ads including a fantastic one-page photo ad for "Staybrite" steel by Firth-Vickers of Sheffield which shows large-scale production in their mill; Two photos of troops on the Faroe Islands (The Faroes) at Thorshavn; Photos of Bedford, Ford, and Fordson tractors being exported from Britain; Photo of General H. G. Winkelman, Commander-in-Chief of the Netherlands Army. Please note: Brown discolouration of unknown origin to bottom 0.75" of all pages. All text legible. Average wear and a minor nibble from foot of spine. A sound copy of this dramatic wartime issue. Book
52 pages. Features: Great New Year cover art by Harold Eldridge; Fantastic International Harvester ad inside front cover shows large crawler dragging a massive log through the woods; Interesting full-page ad for Canadian General Electric's fluorescent lighting; Strike Town - A Close-up of Windsor, Ontario when 20,000 auto workers went on strike; Photos of prize-winning writers - Kay Webster (Mrs. Paul Belanger) of Vancouver, Jean Howarth of Vancouver and Anka Stewart of Sarnia; Money in Mushrooms - Charles Slack of Waterloo, Quebec is the British Empire's top mushroom grower - article with photos; Wilfred and the Two-Ton Romeo (fiction); They Sleep to Survive - article on animal hibernation; Field Marshal Alex (Major-General the Honorable Harold R.L.G.Alexander) - article with photo; When You Win You Lose - short story; How Fast Can We Fly? - Aviation article by Wolfgang Langewiesche; Hot-Heads (people with bad tempers); Laurentian Playground - article with photos; Nice half-page 2-colour ad for Aunt Jemima Buckwheats; Colour photo ad for Caterpillar Diesel inside back cover shows equiment moving a mountain near Charleston, West Virginia; Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
44 pages. Features: Gorgeous cover illustration of Newfoundland outport by John Phillips; Morley Callaghan asks "Which Myth Do You Follow?"; Half-page colour ad for Swift's Prem tinned meat; Handsome one-page ad for Snyder's Furniture of Waterloo, Ontario; Newfoundland (is welcomed to Confederation) - Photo-illustrated article by Prime Minister Joseph R. Smallwood; Quicksand (short story); Girl Overboard! (short story); Nice one-page colour O'Keefe's ad includes large reproduction of John Worsley painting of boy watching construction of new high school; Hot From the Cold War - Austin Cross reports from Europe; Half-page two-colour ad for Canadian Admiral Corp features their AC-DC-Battery "Personal" portable radio and Model 5R12 Mahogany radio; 3/4-page two-colour (black and blue) Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) recruiting ad; Cats, Cats, Cats! - photo-illustrated article; Half-page ad for the 1949 C.N.E.; Uncommon half-page ad for Burgess batteries; Half-page Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) ad shows paperboy visiting accountant in branch; Charming half-page colour ad for Canada Dry; Photo-illustrated article on swimwear fashions for ladies; Half-page colour ad for Heinz baby foods; Attractive half-page colour ad for Aylmer Tomato juice, catsup and soup; Great vintage one-page colour-photo ad for Burns tinned meat balls, bologna and hamburgers; Cooking article with recipe for blueberry jelly; Small photo ad for Kranich & Bach pianos of Toronto; Tips for keeping your home cool; Half-page Javex ad; Half-page ad for Frigidaire ranges; Nice one-page Frigidaire fridge ad; Magnificent back cover colour Coke ad shows aerial image of busy supermarket with enormous Coke cooler on its roof; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A nice copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
The Eleventh annual report from 1923 includes: Annual Meeting, President's Address - Early Settlements in Upper Canada - W.H. Breithaupt; Aboriginal Agriculture in Southwest Ontario - William Herriot; War Memorials of Waterloo County - Miss L.M. Bruce; Brubacher Family History - Benjamin Brubacher; Eby Family - A.A. Eby; Biography of Miss L.M. Bruce; Biography of Dr. John Beattie Crozier; Illustrations of the Ayr Monument, Trinity Church Tablet (Galt), and Miss L.M. Bruce. Twelfth Annual Report from 1924 includes: Early Days in Ayr - Miss E.D. Watson; The Trees of Waterloo County - William Herriot; Jacob Y. Shantz and Russian Mennonites - H.M. Bowman; Reminiscences of Freeport - M.G. Sherk; Biography of Thomas Carscadden; Biography of David Forsyth; Illustrations of Jacob Y. Shantz, Shantz homestead, Shantz barns, Freeport Academy, Group photo of Freeport Academy teachers and students (with names) circa 1869, Thomas Carscadden, David Forsyth. Thirteenth Annual Report from 1925 contains: History of the Galt Collegiate Institute, 1881-1914; Reminiscences of Early Waterloo; Galt, Sixty Years Ago; The Exiles of 1838; Biography of Sir Adam Beck; Biography of Dr. John Beattie Crozier (Supplemental). Includes illustrations of Galt Collegiate Institute, Thomas Carscadden, The Old Galt Hish School, Sheriff A.S. Allan and Sir Adam Beck. Fourteenth Annual Report from 1926 includes: The Galt Collegiate Institute 1914-1926; The Waterloo County Pioneers Memorial Tower; The Public Schools of Galt; Also includes a biography of Dr. Augustus Stephen Vogt. Illustrations include: Pioneers' Memorial Tower; Galt Collegiate Institute, 1924; Dr. Augustus Vogt; Officers Pioneers' Memorial Association. Additional articles: Blazing the Trail in New Dumfries; The Pennsylvania-German in History; Significance of the Memorial Tower. Fifteenth Annual Report from 1927 covers: The Trail of the Aborigines through Waterloo County; History of the Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School; Early Days of Elmira; Hespeler Public Schools; Hespeler Public Library; The Reserve of the Six Nations Indians on the Grand River, and the Mennonite Purchase; Origin of the Place and Stream Names of Waterloo County; Museum Report, etc.; Current History; plus biographies of Hugh McCulloch and John Mickleborough. Illustrations include: Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate & Vocational School; Map of Waterloo County-Places and Streams; Old Waterloo Mill. Unmarked with average wear. Binding sound. Gilt lettering upon green spine. Prior owner's small bookplate inside front board. A sound copy. Book
In-8° (cm. 21,2x13,6), pp. (4), IV, 297, (1) + 6 TAVOLE, di cui 4 ripieg. (panorama de la bataille de WATERLOO, cm. 61x21,2; idem, continuaz. del panorama, cm. 61x21,2; plan de l'ensemble des opérations, con la dispos. d. truppe colorate in rosso o blu, o giallo o verde, cm. 38,5x23,5; strappetto senza perdite; plan de l'invasion de la Belgique par Buonaparte en juin 1815, cm. 21,2x15,5 posiz. truppe a colori; plan de la bataille 18 Juin 1815, con la dispos. d. truppe colorate in rosso o blu, o giallo o verde, cm. 38,4x24,4; idem 16 juin 1815, cm. 21,2x15,5. Br. muta coeva, tit. ms. al ds., mende esterne, ma ottimo l'interno nelle sue barbe, poche fior., tracce di polvere a qc. marg. Contro NAPOLEONE, "le plus téméraire des soldats parvenus qui ont dévasté le monde". L'Autore potrebbe essere Ernst Otto Innocenz ODELEBEN "attaché" immaginiamo diplomatico) allo Stato Maggiore di NAPOLEONE, che probabilm. lo scrisse in tedesco; inizia la relaz. dal ritorno di Napoleone dall'Elba a Cannes; non manca di riconoscere "cette valeur française qui ne s'est jamais démentie" in una "campagne où elle a plus que jamais brillé", benché "on n' a point dissimulé l'indiscipline des troupes et les excès auxquels se sont livrées". Rarissimo, censito da ICCU alla sola Sagarriga di Bari.
un vol in 8 cm. 25x16,5 pp.VIII- 640 legatura moderna in mz. tela con angoli rinf. tassello con scritte al dorso piatti marezzati contropiatti e sguardie moderne in carta riso azzurra ritratto di Napoleone in antiporta fogli intonsi ultima carta restaurata ma buon esemplare.
Ouvrage complet en 3 tomes : xiii,486 + 492+ vii,437,[1] pp., illustré de 7 portraits hors-texte et 22 cartes/plans (dont 19 dépliantes) hors-texte (tout complet), Edition originale (1856-1857), 26cm., reliures uniformes cart. en bon état (plats marbrés, dos en cuir avec titre et nerfs dorés, deux petits trous de ver au bout du dos de t.3), feuilles de garde marbrées, peu de rousseurs occasionnelles, bon éat, peu commun, poids: 3.4kg., [Détails sur les illustrations: TOME I contenant 15 planches: portrait de Wellington, portrait de Napoleon Ier, portrait de Soult, 12 cartes/plans hors-texte (dont 9 dépliantes) numérotées de 1 à 12, TOME II contenant 11 planches: portrait de Masséna, potrait de Hill, et 9 cartes dépliantes (numérotées de 13 à 21), TOME III contenant 3 planches: portrait de Marmont, portrait de Blucher, grande carte dépliante d'Espagne et de Portugal (non numérotée)], G104307
8vo., SOLE EDITION, some age-marking on half-title, neat repair to last leaf without loss of text, fore-edges browned, new endpapers; newly bound in black coarse-grain cloth, gilt back, uncut, a very good, clean copy. WITH THE SIGNATURE OF BRIGADIER-GENERAL [HENRY] CLINTON, DATED JUNE 1810, ON HALF-TITLE. The author was an officer of infantry. Sir Henry Clinton, the younger (1771-1829), was the second son of Sir Henry Clinton the elder and victor of Charleston. Beginning his career as ensign in 1787 he served in Holland from 1788-89 and was gazetted captain in 1791. He was appointed aide-de-camp to the Duke of York in 1793 and promoted lieutenant-colonel in 1795. A distinguished career followed: as adjutant-general in India, 1802-5; military attaché with the Russian Army at Austerlitz, 1805; commandant at Syracuse, 1806-7; MP, 1808-18; adjutant-general in Sir John Moore's campaign, 1808-9; major-general, 1810, commanded sixth division in Peninsular, 1811-14; KB, 1813; lieutenant-general, 1814; at Waterloo, 1815. A SPLENDID ASSOCIATION COPY OF A SCARCE WORK OF CONSIDERABLE NAPOLEONIC INTEREST. Apparently not in BLPC; not recorded by Sandler.
8vo., Second Edition, on laid paper, with a portrait frontispiece in photogravure, 2 plates in photogravure and 5 folding maps, neat signature on front free endpaper verso, half-title, frontispiece and title mildly spotted ; original red cloth, upper board framed in blind enclosing regimental crest of 16th Light Dragoons in gilt, gilt back, black endpapers, upper hinge tender (but binding entirely sound) else a very good, bright, clean copy. SIR CHARLES OMAN'S COPY WITH HIS NINETEENTH CENTURY ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE MOUNTED ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Tomkinson's Diary was first published in 1894 (a number of Press reviews is given on half-title verso). Widely regarded as a classic personal account of the campaign, it has been several times reissued but usually without the plates. This second edition contains the editor's final amendments, including the correction to the part played by Vivian's brigade at Waterloo. A RARE, POSSIBLY UNIQUE, ASSOCIATION COPY. Sandler 3277.
In folio (mm. 465x320), bella legatura in mz. pelle coeva a grandi ang. con fregi dorati, dorso a cordoni con decorazioni e titolo oro, pp. 76,(28), magnificamente illustrato fuori testo da: 1 tavola con 10 piccoli ritratti in medaglione, 1 mappa “exhibiting the retreat of the French Army from Moscow to Paris”, 1 tavola con facsimili, tutte inc. in rame e 19 splendide acquetinte colorate a mano (di cui 4 a doppia pagina) che raffigurano per lo più vedute di: “Mosca (2) / Danzica / Berlino / Francoforte / Dresda / Amburgo / L’Aja / Lipsia (4) / l’Isola d’Elba, ritratto di Napoleone, Porto Ferrajo / Amsterdam / Rosiere / Smolensko / Hanau / Paris / Ceremony of Te Deum by the Allied Armies on the Square of Louis XV, at Paris, the 10th April 1814”, tutte ampiamente descritte. Sempre dello stesso A., è unita la seguente opera: - "The Campaign of Waterloo", illustrated with engravings of “Les quatre bras. La belle alliance. Hougoumont. La Haye Sainte”, and other principal scenes of action. Including a correct military plan, together with a Grand View of the Battle on a large scale. To which is prefixed a history of the campaign, compiled from official documents and other authentic sources. London, 1816, di pp. (2),34,10 (“Biographical notices of the sovereigns, warriors and statesmen who have eminently signalised themselves in the campaigns of Moscow, Leipsic, France and Waterloo”), arricchita da: una bella veduta dell’Isola di S. Elena, inc. su legno nel t., 2 tavole con numerosi picc. ritratti in medaglione “of the British and their allied - The royal family of France, The family of Buonaparte, French generals, statesmen, etc.; 1 piano della battaglia, inc. in rame f.t. e 4 splendide acquetinte colorate a mano (di cui 1 a doppia pagina): “View from Mont St. Jean of the Battle of Waterloo.. the Evening of the 18th June 1815”. Entrambe le opere sono in "prima edizione". Cfr. Benezit,II, p. 701: “Robert Bowyer (1758-1834), britannique. Acquarelliste, miniaturiste. Il fut très apprécié à la cour de George III et exposa à la Royal Academy, entre 1782 et 1828 et à la Free Society en 1828” - Tooley “English Books with coloured plates..”, nn. 97 e 98. Testo con qualche lieve uniforme ingiallitura; una tav. con piccolo alone al margine super., altrimenti bell’esemplare ben conservato.
