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8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and facsimile endpapers; original red cloth, gilt back, red top, backstrip lightly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. Wheeler served with the 51st in the Walcheren Expedition, the Peninsula and Waterloo. Sandler 3456.
58, [8 ads] pages. Features: Cover photo of memorial service for Ramsay MacDonald; Seven photos illustrated Ramsay MacDonald's last homecoming - Bermuda to Lossiemouth; Nice photo of M. Chautemps and M. Delbos of France outside French embassy in London; Two-pages of photos entitle "An Australian Problem - The Primitive 'Black Fellow' [Aborigine] of the Bush, Threatened with Extinction - 'Living Human Fossils' of Australia; One-page illustration of Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret inspecting the Rosetta Stone at the British Museum; One-page illustration of construction of the New Waterloo Bridge; Fifteen photos of the Quetzal - the Aztec symbol bird - first speciments ever kept alive in captivity or photographed; Article on ships includes cross section illustration of boat with flash steam propulstion; Wonderful three-page article 'English Women's Clothing in the Nineteenth Century' includes five beautiful colour photos of clothing samples; Five-photos illustrate airplane de-icing techniques; Photo of the 'Ayro' wheel being demonstrated to air apprentices; Photo of wreckage after German plane crashed into Croydon hangar; Photo of Prince Bernhard's car after it crashed with a truck; Article and colour photos of jewels found at Tsarskoye Selo; Colour centrefold illustration of the Cango Caves in South Africa; Nice one-page colour Dunlop tire ad with red background; Photos of personalities of the week include: J.D. Low, J.A. Brett, Nahas Pasha with Sir Miles Lampson, E.O.W. Hunt, D.E. A. Pettit, the Maharaja of Kapur-Thala; General Iwane Matsui and his wife, Miss Lilian Baylis, Dr. C. Tate regan, Clive Forster Cooper, H.L. Murphy, Maurice Hely-Hutchinson, Herr Walther Funk, Laurence D. Holt, Sir Robert Gordon-Finlayson, M. Janson of Belgium; Ten photos of Japanese military recruits being honoured with ceremonies, scrolls, money and 'senin-baris'; Three interior photos of Hitler's mountain home near Berchtesgaden where he recently spoke with Lord Halifax for five hours; Three photos from Goering's estate where he too met Lord Halifax; Nice colour Peek Frean's ad; Colour ad for Craven 'A' cigarettes; Nice Martell ad shows butler bowing mid-table between two imbibing gentlemen; Harrod's Christmas gift ideas; Classy Bentley car photo ad; and more. Unmarked with above-average external wear. A worthy vintage reference copy. Book
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
Topics/Photos: America's Gemini 3 blasts into space; Man's first steps into space as Leonov swims from Voskhod 2; American steps to reduce Russian lead; Selma Civil Rights March; The future of the public school; Battle of Waterloo refought upon the Chelsea table-top; Rowing Battles; Hancock's Heroic Dash saves day for England; Oldest Sardis begins to emerge in American diggings; Rocking-Horse School; 3 Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
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
Pages 977-1032.. Features: Nice colour-illustrated Rolex ad inside front cover features illustration of divers; Royal Airforce recruiting ad; Nice half-page Hooper car ad for the 7-seater Limo., design No. 8400; Royal photos of the Queen Mother's return from the U.S. at Waterloo; Great two-page series of illustrations of "Tridac" - the biggeset calculating machine in England - used to assist in the design of guided missiles and high-speed aircraft; Photo of the two vessels of the Onassis whaling fleet seized by Peru; 80th birthday ceremony for Winston Churchill in Westminster Hall; Photos of Royal occasions; Passing of Mr. A. Vyshinsky; Unearthing the world's oldest funerary boat - the start of the Gize excavations; Lightshipi South Goodwin wrecked on the Goodwin sands by a mighty gale; Centerfold photo of this vessel on her side on the Goodwin Sands; Liberian tanker "World Concord" breaks in half; Photos of 17 personalities in the news, including Sir Edward Keeling, Professor Enrico Fermi, Alger Hiss, Sir George Robey, and Mr. Ronald Murton, the only survivor of the wrecked South Goodwin lightship; Magnificent Greco-Etruscan remains of 2400 years ago recovered from the mud of Lake Comacchio; the making of fine Britihs glass; Burbery's fashion ad; Colour-photo ad for Gilbey's Royal Whisky inside back cover with horse racing theme; back cover colour ad for Meltis New Berry Fruits; and more. Advertorial cover loose but present, otherwise moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
In-8 (cm. 25.30), tela editoriale, sovracoperta editoriale illustrata, pp. 237, (1), con illustrazioni in bianco e nero nel testo. Text in English. Prima edizione. In ottimo stato (nice copy).
Sm. 4to., Seventh Impression, with illustrations in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly browned at edges else a good, clean copy. Imrie/Risley Uniform Color Guides. Series No. 1. Booklet No. 1.
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
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.
Features: Editorial Consultant's Notes; The R.P.S.C. Junior Stamp Collector; A Look into Naturopathy - the Complimentary Way; The 1815 Battle of Waterloo; Vignettes of Early British North American Postal History; Postmarked Ottawa; Varia - Batavius; Fellow of the Royal Society - Henry D. Hicks, C.C., Q.C.; Precancelled Admirals Die 1 and Die 2 on the 1 cent Yellow and 3 cent Carmine. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
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)
8vo., Fourth Edition, with 2 folding maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. The separately published atlas is not present with this copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Sandler, 2909
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates and maps; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, red endpapers, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. SCARCE.
n.p. (18 leaves). Illustrated with three maps. Lithograph throughout. Stamped ownership of M. F. Lobo on title page with his comments on first fly leaf "Creasy's name omitted from scroll". 170mm. Original decorated printed wraps. Moses Finzi Lobo was born in Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies (1834). He came to Philadelphia about 1845, and lived there until his death (1904). He was a respected journalist, scholar, author, and leader in community affairs. His skill and knowledge of shorthand was exceptional, and he was frequently called upon to record scientific addresses, and other important events. He served as private secretary to the Superintendent of the Mint, before resigning that post to engage in literary work. We feel fortunate to be able to present Short-Hand books owned by him. SHORTHAND
n.p. (18 leaves). Illustrated with three maps. Lithographed throughout. 170mm. Original decorated printed wraps, soiled with small loss at bottom corner. SHORTHAND
pp. 33, (2) [Publisher's catalogue]. Illustrated with three maps. M. F. Lobo stamped on title page. Lithograph. 177mm. Original decorated printed wraps, slightly soiled and chipped. Penciled note from Lobo "A comparatively late issue with some errors corrected". Moses Finzi Lobo was born in Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies (1834). He came to Philadelphia about 1845, and lived there until his death (1904). He was a respected journalist, scholar, author, and leader in community affairs. His skill and knowledge of shorthand was exceptional, and he was frequently called upon to record scientific addresses, and other important events. He served as private secretary to the Superintendent of the Mint, before resigning that post to engage in literary work. We feel fortunate to be able to present Short-Hand books owned by him. SHORTHAND
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 7 coloured plates and 6 plates in monochrome; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 250 COPIES. Detailed biographical roll of the battalion, now part of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment).
Sm. 8vo., with engraved frontispiece, and engraved and printed titles, engraved title lightly dust-soiled, neat contemporary signature on on printed title; attractviely bound in contemporary halF calf, marbled boards, back with five raised bands, second compartment with green leather labeL ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments elaborately tooled in gilt, red sprinkled edges, ochre endpapers, joints mildly rubbed else a very good, firm copy. With the nineteenth century engraved armorial bookplate of John W Trist FSA FSI, and the binder's ticket of Cunningham & Son of Ashton under Lyne, on front paste-down. The same owner has augmented this copy by mounting numerous relevant cuttings on endpapers and preliminaries at front and rear. A later issue of the first Bentley Standard Novels edition of 1833 (engraved title so dated) but with no sign of the usual BSN titling. The frontispiece is by Greatbatch after Pickering. Sandler (2305) records a still later edition.
Mm 125x200 Volume cartonato, legatura non editoriale in tela verde, titoli in oro al dorso, 461 pagine. Esemplare in buone condizioni. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
Mm 110x180 Collana "Saper Tutto" - Brossura originale, 675 pagine con cartine in bianco e nero nel testo. Copia ottima. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
Mm 160x225 Traduzione di Lucia Meucci Jo e Cesare Falessi, edizione italiana a cura di Maurizio Pagliano. Volume cartonato rigido con sovraccoperta, 660 pagine con figure in nero nel testo e 22 tavole a colori non comprese nel testo, Buona-ottima copia nelle sue legature ben salde. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
Mm 175x245 Volume rilegato in tela privo della sovraccoperta, 863 pagine con cartine in nero comprese nel testo. Tracce d'uso estene e rare sottolineature a matita rossa in pochissime pagine, una firma in apertura, legature ben salde. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
292 pages including index. "Edna Staebler brings to her writing the same qualities of subtle perfection she brings to her bean saled." - Pierre Berton. "Chock full of old standbys and everything from coffee cakes to one-course meals. There are special recipes for celiacs and enough breads and cookies and cakes to keep even the most dedicated baker busy." - from dust jacket. Light wear to unmarked book. Some sunning to spine of lightly worn dust jacket. A quality copy. Book
