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Hardcover in-4°, 184 pages abdt ill. in-t. n./coul., cartes, index, reliure plein cuir ill. ed. Tres bel exemplaire. [P-1]
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 31 plates (one double-page) on 22, 4 illustrations (one full-page) and full-page plan; original series binding of blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Batsford's notable 'British Battles' series. NMM V, 1919.
28 pages. Features: Front cover photo of London's great "Wings for Victory" Week - 100,000 people in Trafalgar Square; 12 related photos on the following two pages; Wonderful full-page photo of flying fortresses - prominent in the sensational Bismarck Sea battle; The Battle of the Bismarck Sea - article by Cyril Falls; Axis Forces Take a Pounding in the Retreat from Kasserine - Six photos; Indians gathered around a downed Japanese plane; Sketch of Germany's latest air transport - the Me. 323 six-engined "Powered Glider"; Large separate photos of submarine chasers the H.M.S. "Abelia" and the H.M.S. "Rother"; Hour-by-Hour the Bombs Rain Down on Emeny Targets in Europe - seven aerial photos; London Air Raid Shelter Tragedy - three photos of the shelter where 178 people died; Funeral of the Late Captain E.A. Fitzroy; The New Speaker of the House of Commons and his wife, Colonel Douglas Clifton Brown; Before and after photos of factory of the Societe des Produits Chimiques, at Tessenderloo, in Belgium - apparently when the factory was bombed there were 1,200 caualties and 4,000 left homeless; Squadron Leader H.R.K. Wells; Photos of new German anti-personnel bomb; Footbal cup final in Tripoli; Centerfold illustrations of doctors and dentists at work in the desert Army's Front Lines; Photos of London's "Wings for Victory" truimphal march through the city; Subhas Chandra speaking in Berlin; Captain S.H.A. Haggard; Alvar Liddell joins the R.A.F.; Haj Amin Al-Husseini, the ex-Mufti of Jerusalem; Photos of some of the international pilots of the Air Transport Auxilliary; Photos from two recent war films, the Russian "One Day of War" and the British "Desert Victory"; Fascinating photos of a training school for submarine crews; Glimpses of Nazi Germany - article by Charles E. Byles; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Mm 125x185 Collana "Il mondo nuovo" - Volume in copertina rigida, sovraccoperta con leggere tracce d'uso, 286 pagine. Libro in buone-ottime condizioni complessive; spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
Mm 125x185 Collana "Il mondo nuovo" - Volume in copertina rigida, mancante della sovraccoperta NO DJ, firma di precedente proprietario. Opera in buone condizioni. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
Mm 125x185 Collana "I Libri Pocket" - Brossura originale, 246 pagine. Segni di usura al dorso, testo in ottime condizioni.
No marks or inscriptions. Faint creasing adjacent to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 16pp. Detailed inventory of the ship, description of and two-page wide painting of the panorama of Trafalgar.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps; black cloth, gilt backs, navy endpapers, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Complete set of Sugden's acclaimed biography, more than twenty years in the making and virtually certain to become the definitive account. COMPLETE SETS OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
Mm 135x190 "Collana di monografie sull'Ardimento italiano in ogni tempo" - Brossura originale con sovraccoperta, 151 pagine con 8 tavole in nero non comprese nel testo. Copia ottima.
8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. The sixteenth Ramage novel.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Acclaimed modern biography. 'Tom Pocock's biography of Horatio Nelson is written with obvious authority. It takes us through his life from birth to death, not only with a wealth of new detail but also with a richness of quotation from contemporary letters and papers which dramatically points up the detail' (Peter Kemp). The first edition is already scarce in this condition.
Un fort volume de format in 8° de 2ff.; 382 pp.; reliure en demi basane vert empire, dos à 4 nerfs; titres dorés. Traduit de l'espagnol par Francis de Miomandre. reproductions hors texte de Francisco Goya. Très bel état. Voir photos
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread and numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout, neat inscription on front free endpaper; navy cloth, gilt back, red endpapers, a bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
7 vols., 8vo., First Paperback Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, a double-page plan of the Nile, a full-page plan of Trafalgar and several full-page facsimiles in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean fine set. The standard edition of Nelson's correspondence, first published by Henry Colburn in 1844-46.
No marks or inscriptions. Faint creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked slightly foxed boards and no bumping to corners. Staples not rusty. 24pp. Concise, very well illustrated biography of Nelson.
714 pages. Contents include: How Mrs. S.E. Waller's Pictures Have Been Painted; The Money Kings of the New World, by W.T. Stead; Dr. Niels Finsen and his remarkable discovery of healing rays - with wonderful photos; The Making of a Flume - with great photos; The Tame Fish of Logan; The New Khartoum - with many photos; The Floor of the Pacific, by The Hon. W.E. Meehan, Fish Commissioner of the State of Pennsylvania - with photos; The Money Kings of the Modern World II - The Rothschilds, by W.T. Stead - with several photos and illustrations; The Momentous Motor - great vintage technology article with photos; "Skin O' My Tooth" - Edited and Compiled by Baroness Orczy; Bird Babies; Strong Mac; The Making of a Mandolin - with photos; The Money Kings of the Modern World - Part III - Mr. J. P. (Pierpont) Morgan; Municipal Ambulance Work - with fantastic photos of horse-drawn ambulances; Baron Shibusawa of Japan - with great photos; The Game of Sticke - its evolution and progress; The Fiscal Policy of The Empire, by John Holt Schooling; Coalport Porcelain - the story of an ancient and famous industry; The Most Wonderful Map in the World - France, in Jasper, Set with Jems; Hints on Sea-Swimming - Mr. Montagu A. Holbein give advice, and suits the action to the world for photographic illustration; The Nelson Room at Trafalgar House; The Money Kings of the Modern World - Some European Potentates - M. Witte, Baron Hirsch, Alfred Nobel, Alfred Beit, Herr Krupp, M. Jean de Bloch; The Fiscal Policy of the Empire - Part II; A Painter of the Sea-Coast - Mr. Elmer Keene and his Art; Sir James Brooke - Rajah of Sarawak; Pictures in Postage Stamps - using old postage stamps to create art; Capturing A Sperm Whale - with awesome photos; plus many fictional stories. Backstrip all but detached. Front free endpaper and first several pages loose but present. Several other pages loose. Hinges open. Above-average wear. Reading copy only, but remains a very informative and enjoyable reference. Book
Book shows light wear only to covers, faded spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Small maroon hardcover with titles on spine in gold. Previous owner's plate on inside cover. 222 pages with photos and illustrations throughout. Chapters include: Chelsea, Knightsbridge to Soho, Trafalgar square to Fleet Street, Round about the tower, Round about Cheapside, Holborn, Chancery Lane, Charterhouse, St. Bartholomew's, Whitehall, Westminster, etc.
Grand Livre du mois, 2005. In-8 relié cartonnage souple éditeur de 393 pages. Très bel état.
Oblong 4to., Second Impression, with a frontispiece, very numerous illustrations from photographs and detailed scale drawings in the text, terracotta cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Published in Conway's outstanding 'Anatomy of the Ship' series. First issued in 1987. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
grand in-8°, 371 pages, ill. in-t., cartes, broche, couverture illustree.- Bon état. [CA26-0][SO-7]
8vo., Second and Best UK Edition, with portrait frontispiece (original captioned tissue guard present), 11 plates and 21 maps and battle plans on japon, endpapers faintly browned; original navy ribbed cloth gilt, upper board elaborately blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, covers very lightly rubbed at extremities, an unusually bright, crisp, clean copy. First published in two volumes in 1897. The revised edition recasts and amplifies the original discussion of Nelson's action towards the Neapolitan Republicans in 1799. New material is included connected with the separation of Nelson and his wife. Mahan also expands some points, most importantly the reasons for withholding the medals at Copenhagen. Hattendorf, A6d; NMM II/1 975. See also Sandler 2198 (recording the first edition).
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispieces (original tissue guards present), 17 plates and 20 maps and plans (a number folding); original navy blue cloth, upper boards elaborately blocked in gilt, gilt backs, gilt tops, black endpapers, uncut, a near fine copy. Printed from the American sheets of the same year. 'Admiral Mahan's work, though open to correction in detail and proportion, remains a landmark in Nelson studies' (Warner). SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Hattendorf, A6b; NMM II/1: 974; Sandler 2198.
Stories of the Royal Navy's actions. With seven illustrations and five maps. Light blue cloth covers, dark blue title on spine. Foxing on covers and quite heavy on page edges; light wear to cover and spine edges, spine slightly sunned.
Pages 1317-1348. Many great black and white photos. Features: Extracts from the Log of the late Captain J.W. Holmes (continued); Britain's Coastal Trade; From Aegean to Black Sea - the series of straits dividing Europe from Asia Minor; The Glory is Departed - Beneath the dirty paint of many hulks to be seen in various parts of the world are concealed the beautiful lines of proud sailing ships that were once undisputed mistresses of the Seven Seas; Undersea Weapons - torpedoes, mines and depth charges; The "Rex" and the "Conte Di Savoia" - transatlantic records have been broken by these vessels of the Italia Line; Battle of Trafalgar. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Three-hole punched. A sound copy. Book