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pp. viii, 439 + Plus photographs. Top edge red. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, torn with small loss. WWII 3
LIBRAIRIE MILITAIRE BERGER-LEVRAULT. 1926. In-12 Carré. Cartonné. Etat d'usage. Plats abîmés. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 795 pages - Coins tres abimés - Coiffes legerement frottés ainsi que les plats. DIRECTION DE L'INFANTERIE - EDITION DE MAI 1925.
PARIS.. 1884. In-18 Carré. Cartonné. Etat passable. Couv. défraîchie. Dos très frotté. Intérieur acceptable. 196 pages.
32 page facsimile reprint of the 1828 first edition. "A series of figures showing all the motions in the manual and platoon exercises, and the different firings according to his Majesty's Regulations - 1828." - front cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
4to., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 5 portrait plates and 30 large folding maps, free endpapers very lightly spotted, ; original regimental green buckram, badge blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, upper board lightly dust-soiled at outer edge else a near fine copy. The regiment's service in two world wars. SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.94; White, p.66.
Signed, without inscription, by author upon title page. 42, [2] one-sided pages. Black and white reproductions of photos, maps, and many fascinating wartime documents. Undated but appears to be circa 1989. "I compliment you on your vivid account of your capture and escape at Verrieres Ridge. It is fascinating and very well expressed. I wouldn't suggest you change a word." - Col. C.C.I. Merritt V.C. Author's address ink stamped inside back cover, otherwise clean and unmarked. A sound copy of this important and dramatic personal WWII account. Book
Second edition, large 8vo, xvii, [3], 455, [1]pp., frontis., 24 plates and plans (some coloured), orig. publishers red cloth, gilt, slight wear to head of spine otherwise a very good copy. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Francis Jack, Second Earl of Kilmorey.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; original series binding of grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Cooper's concise 'Famous Regiments' series, edited by Lt.-General Sir Brian Horrocks. Sutcliffe, p.319.
Pages 597 through 714 pages. Several additional pages of illustrated advertisements. Contents include: The 'Lost Battalion' of the 77th Division; The Enveloping Attack; Motor Transportation in Military Operations; The Philippines Maneuvers; The Company's Personnel; Trotski and the Conscription of Labor; German Infantry Training; The War Stock Uniform. Black and white illustrations. Average wear. Top inch of backstrip open but present. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
28 pages. Features: The Great Battle in the West - Troops, Guns, and Refugees on the British and French Front - 11 photos; Food Conditions in Germany, by Percy Shuttlewood; An Australian Soldier Poet - The Gallipoli Campaign, by E.B. Osborn; Organising the Small Producer, by S.L. Bensusan; The Gallant stand of British infantry at Bucquoy - illustration; Our Notebook, by G.K. Chesterton; Large photo portrait of General Foch, a great French General; Photo of Captain J.B. McCudden V.C.; Photo of women making goldbeater's-skin bags to line non-rigid airships; The Great Battle - French and British Divisions Fighting Shoulder to Shoulder by Regiments and Battalions - Six photos; Two-page illustration of British troops advancing at Bucquoy; Two-page centerfold illustration entitled When it is Instant Death to move a Hair's Breadth - Night Raiders Motionless Beneath a Verey Light; America's Splendid Troops Fighting Side-by-Side with British and French - 11 photos; Article about the shelling of Paris - Germany's long-range gun (approximately 75 miles); Nice ads for the following automakers - Lanchester, Daimler, Napier, Hudson. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
Features: One page photo of two Canadian-built submarines at dockside; Anzac gunners at work; The Black Watch on the march; The 27th Bengal Infantry Regiment; Washing day aboard a French prison ship; Her Majesty the Queen inspects East-End street rolls of honour; With the British troops at Salonika; Two-page photo of a massive British gun at the moment of firing; Italy's Victorious Advance; Crippled Austrians practising walking with artificial limbs; Air-torpedo in a gun; Short range pieces effective for trench bombards; Sir Charles Wakefield entertains wounded soldiers - and General Mackintosh - at The Karsino, Hampton Court. Above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
Illustration Features: a couple of Spahis (Algerian Cavalry) on patrol; The epic story of Lieven and Lagnicourt - article on how the Australians broke the Prussian Guard; 'Tanks' at work on British and French fronts; Work and play behind the lines in the West; Vandal Passion and British Phlegm under fire; Conquerors of Courcy - Russians in Champagne; Forward with the Tricolour North of Soissons; What Italy's Navy is doing - article be Dr. James Murphy; Ships that keep watch and ward in the Adriatic; Ousting the Hun from the shelter of Oppy Wood; The Serbian as I know him - article by H. Charles Woods; One Trawler that tackled 4 U-boats at once; Courageous women nurses; Fokker and Albatros and some of their fallen flyers; Prussia's ruthless havoc in the Somme Valley; The Seventh (7th) Australian Infantry. Above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
Illustration Features: M. Kerensky, Russian Minister of War; Why Germany's Colonies are Forfeit - better the untutored savage than the Kultured Hun (article); Making Firm Hold on Vimy's Famous Ridge; Gloating Pirates give proof of their guilt; From captive Ostend to Recaptured Messines; Small screens that guard great guns; The retreat on Paris - article by Hamilton Fyfe; First of America's fighters arrive on the Aisne; Brothers in arms from East and West in Bagdad; Bad Business Methods and High Prices - Britons who profit by U-boat Piracy (III) article; Varied work for women volunteers; The Rumanian Soldier as I know hime - article by Basil Clarke; From Kultur to Agriculture in Hainault Forest; With Albion's Oldest Ally on the Western Front; Courage and Courtesy in France; The 3rd South African Infantry - article with photo. Staples disintegrating. Above-average wear. Book
Features: The Story of the Growth of the Admiralty War Staff (story and photos); The Queen of the Adriatic and the Holy City; Venice Preserved and Jerusalem Delivered; Intervals of play in the wearying work of war; Duty and Piety from Dieppe to the Piave; American Ardour at home, abroad and afloat; The Vision of a New Europe (story); Vain German Rain of Bombs and shine of armour; Labour that paves the way for further progress; Theft and 'Protectsie' in Russia - Some Evils of the Old Regime as I saw them, by Hamilton Fyfe; Side Shows in the Panorama of War; Kaiser Wilhelm Gloats over Italy at Gorizia; Where Allies are Aiding the Intrepid Italians; Destroyers and their doings (story); New signs in the sky of coming air activity; U Boat Outrage on a Helpless Hospital Ship; Scarred Heroes Reach the Sanctuary of Home; The Somerset Light Infantry (story). Above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
Features: My Life in the French Foreign Legion, by Trevor S.H. Jones, late 1st Regiment Legion Etrangere Infanterie; The Snow Surveyors - men who keep track of the snowfall in the wild mountain ranges of Canada and the United States; My Pistol - a bride not experienced with firearms receives an automatic as a wedding present; A Sailor Adrift - a sailor ends up working at a Rocky Mountain lumber-camp where he has memorable experiences; Through the "Big Bend" of the Rio Grande by Canoe; The Ordeal of Juan Rosas - an Ecuadoran enters the wilds to cut balsa wood; Hair of the Dog - a story of African superstitions; The Will to Live - An Australian example of human endurance along the coast south of Cairns; A Fool Afoot in France - reprint of a 1929 story of an English Walker in France; One Day's Work - New Zealand Volcano; Military Mystery at Benghazi; and more. Two-inch opening at base of front cover fold. Average wear. Binding sound. Book
68 pages. Features: Judge Clement Haynsworth; Defense Secretary Melvin Laird; Photo of 9th Infantry Division leaving Vietnam; SALT; The anguish of Ted Kennedy after Chappaquiddick; Killer Camille - the greatest storm - article with photos; A tighter (Soviet) vise on Czechoslovakia; The Burning of the Al Aqsa mosque - article with photo; Two flags over Ulster; Biafra situation worsens - article with color photos; India - Indira Gandhi v. the Syndicate; Woodstock and the message from history's biggest happening - article with color photos; Why Louis Blaiberg died (after heart transplant); Who owns the (Miami) beaches?; Sherman Skolnick's Guerilla war against the Illinois justice system - article with photos; Article and photos in memory of architect Mies van der Rohe, creator of the glass and steel high-rise; Evangelist Billy James Hargis in Jerusalem; Merv Griffin; The Smothers Brothers; Interesting article on the rock music scene with photo of Blind Faith seated around large tree; The influence of the LP record; Controlling inflation; The Hilton Hotel family - Conrad and son Barron; and much more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features: Dark Deed at San Miguel - Jim Beckwith stumbled onto a scene of carnage; Santa Fe Gambling Lady - Dona Maria Gertrudis Barcelo, aka La Tules; "We'll Never Forgive Old Harney" - song of the maltreated 2nd Infantry at Fort Pierre - General William S. Harney; The Red Front Feed Barn - wagon freighters of Southeastern Colorado - Elkhart, Kansas and the barn on the O.K. Osteen farm; Expendable Harrisburg, Arizona (5 miles SE of present day Salome, Arizona); Stray Leaves - the first foreign imported Thoroughbred horse ever to be shipped to Addington, Indian Territory - St. Swithen; Sins of the Father - John A. and Johann Augustus Sutter - Sutter's Fort; Tragedy on Salmon Falls Creek - Contact, Nevada; The Old Cartwright Ranch - Jackson Manford and one of Arizona's most successful spreads; Wild Old Days!. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; red cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Cooper's concise Famous Regiments series edited by Lt.-General Sir Brian Horrocks. Sutcliffe, p.375.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 4 coloured plates, a full-page illustration and 5 maps (2 double-page) in the text, and a large folding coloured chart, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original regimental green cloth, crest blocked in gilt on upper cover, gilt back, green top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned and with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. Lovely copy of the first of four volumes of the author's standard history . Scarce in this condition. Sutcliffe, p. 373; White, p.117.
411 pages. Undated but appears to be circa 1957. Numerous black and white photographic plates. Magazine photo of the founder, Colonel and Mrs. Hamilton Gault, taped to verso of title page - the tape has yellowed and is partially visible through title page. Bit of writing and numerous yellowed adhesive tape marks inside front board where, presumably, another photo was removed. Bit of ink underlining to page xii. Only moderate external wear. Gilt lettering upon spine clearly legible. Binding sound. A handsome copy in red cloth. *PLEASE NOTE: ALL MAPS AND CHARTS HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND ARE NOT INCLUDED. Book
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 4 plates in monochrome, fore-edges lightly spotted as often; cloth gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, firm copy. Scarce. White p.208.
8vo., Second Edition, with portrait frontispiece; green cloth, upper board blocked in regimental badge in silver, backstrip lettered in silver, black endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy. Considerably enlarged version of the original edition of 1917. Sutcliffe, p. 447; White, p.134.
Second, best, and last edition of this comprehensive guide to military strategy. A how-to guide for all ranks of soldier, from private to general. With three folding plates, showing typographical diagrams of military formations. Cockle 588. 4to. Contemporary vellum, title in manuscript on spine. Binding lightly soiled but surprisingly unworn. A little minor, faint, old staining in margins of the first few leaves, but otherwise very fresh internally. A very good copy of a rare book.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped, mildly browned dustwrapper. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE, AND BY HORROCKS FOLLOWING HIS SERIES INTRODUCTION. Published in Horrocks' concise Famous Regiments series. SIGNED COPIES ARE SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.96.
