Chesterton, G.K.MareMagnum
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Features: Title page illustration of British despatch-rider delivering Christmas pudding by bicycle in deep snow; G.K. Chesterton makes the case that the English are ignorant; One-page aerial photo of French tanks attacking a German trench-line; Excellent photo of hundreds of "China's Army of Labourers for the Western Front - A Big Muster on Parade"; Two pages of illustrations show the difficulties faced by British patrols in nocturnal search of German North Sea raiders; Three pages provide ten photos of the aftermath of the terrible Halifax explosion on December 7th, 1917; One-page portrait of Admiral Sir Rosslyn E. Wemyss; Two photos show the difficulty of transportation after recent French snow; One-page aerial photo of French bombs raining down upon a German munition factory in Lorraine; Two-page illustration of the breaking of the Hindenburg Line near Cambrai with Ulster and Yorkshire troops advancing on Bourlon Wood and crossing the Bapaume-Cambrai Road; Two-page illustration of British troops moving forward to the River-front Line; Two-page illustration of brilliant infantry work by the Italian Army on the Northern Front; Eight photos on two pages illustrate the British victorious advance in Palestine - hoisting the flag at Jaffa, and other scenes;Two half-page photos show the restoration of a water well in Palestine which was blown up by the Turks; Article on the impending shortage of food; and more. 36 pages, including seven pages of charming vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. In particular, the back cover ad for "Harlene Hair-Drill" will fascinate anyone interested in early women's hair treatments. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
171 pages. Features include: The PPCLI Comedy Company; Regimental Depot; First Battalion; Second Battalion; Regimental Band; Mobile Command Headquarters; CFB Rivers; Max Flex (Canadian Airborne Regiment); The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (3 PPCLI); 2551 Airborne Cadet Corps; 2554 PPCLI Cadet Corps; Quevrain to Mons; Back to the Battlefields; Ottawa Ceremonies; 3 Bn The Royal Green Jackets; PPCLI Association; etc. Prior owner's neat ink stamp upon each half of front endpaper else unmarked. Moderate wear. Flexible forest green cloth boards with gilt lettering and emblem. Nice copy. Book
PARIS, Hachette & Cie - 1875 - In-8 - Débroché - 370 pages + Catalogue libraire
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. Published in Cooper's concise Famous Regiments series, edited by Lt.-General Sir Brian Horrocks. Sutcliffe, p.312.
pp. (1) [Recommendations], 282, 6 [Recommendations of military men]. Illustrated with drawings. Very foxed. Damp stain. Early pencil ownerships. 12mo. 185 mm. Original cloth binding, worn and soiled. Paper spine label perished. Hardbound. Fair. 'Prepared by Brevet Captain S. Cooper. Under The Supervision of Major General Alexander Macomb, Commanding the Army of the United States.' First edition. S&S/AI 36933. PAIMP 25
Front cover photo of the King and an Australian V.C. Abundantly illustrated with black and white photos. Contents: The Daring Deeds of Captian Ball; The Honourable Artillery Company Crosses for the Fighting Fifth; Succouring the Wounded; A cross won in the bush; more posthumous awards; Gallant officers; Canadian Exploits; Machine Gun Acts; An Airman's Rescue; Presentation by the King; Colonial Heroes; Cruel Treatment of a V.C. POW; Death of Captain Chavasse, V.C. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Please note: it is recommended that the following two issues be read in conjuction with this: Part 118 - Victoria Crosses of the War (I); Part 148 - Victoria Crosses of the War (II). Magazine
IMPRIMERIE DE FRANCE. 1967. In-4 Carré à l'italienne. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 111 pages augmentées de nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc dans le texte -
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 25 plates on 16 and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The 51st (Highland) Division was one of the finest units of the regular army at the outbreak of war. Sent to France, it became a political pawn in Churchill's determination to maintain French military involvement, and despite a magnificant defensive campaign against overwhelming odds, was eventually forced to surrender to Rommel at St. Valery-en-Caux, Normandy in 1940. This long overdue account includes much veteran and eye-witness material. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
52 pages. Features: Cover photo of the HMS Torquay in dry-dock; Ferry Disaster at Zeebrugge - Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes; On the Waterfront; Ships Pictorial; Infantry Landing Ships - John de S. Winser describes the merchant ships converted during WWII for landing troops on the beachheads; Cruise Ship Review; Scandinavian Paddlers; New York's Shrinking Luxury Liner Row - article with excellent photos; Ports of Call; New Ship News; "Rothesay" Class Frigates - Part 1; Ship Sales; Large colour photo of the Salford City inside front cover; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
16 pages. Features: Great color cover photo of Marine Sergeant Franz E. Silas, Jr. of Jacksonville, Florida; Which Service to Choose?; At Home with Career Soldier Sergeant Vinson N. Rose, of Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Recipe for Napoleon's Battlefield Stew; Two-page of information about educational opportunities through the military; "The First Day My Father is Home" - fiction; Fantastic color retro ad on back cover for "Dolls of the World". Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Magazine
240 pages including glossary. Author reveals the story of his life as an infantry lieutenant on the ground in Vietnam. If some soldiers, barely out of high school, might die there, others might find hidden steel in themselves and grow. Author was one who grew, also one who fought, one who killed, and one for whom the helicopter finally came to take away a shattered body. A book of truth and power which stands proudly with the best books written about men in combat. Prior owner's bookplate upon front endpaper, else unmarked. Light wear to clean book. Several tiny tears to dust jacket which shows light wear. Very nice copy. Book
In-8 p. (mm. 225x130), brossura muta coeva (con mancanze), pp. 421, con 3 tavole f.t., inc. in rame e ripieg. L’opera è divisa in due parti: “Notices historiques sur l’infanterie légère, et son influence sur la tactique des différents siècles” e “Fonctions et services de l’infanterie légère”. L’autore, il francese Gillaume Philibert Duhesme (1766-1815), “Lieutenant-Général des armées du Roi, Grand-Officier de la Légion d’Honneur, comte de l’empire”, fu attivo durante le guerre napoleoniche. Con lievi uniformi arross. e fiorit. interc. nel t. ma discreto esemplare con barbe.
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates and maps; original pictorial wrappers, crease in rear wrapper else a very goos, clean copy. This important work, to which Sassoon was a primary contributor, was first published privately in 1938 (see Keynes B16). A public edition was issued in 1987, which was followed, in turn, by this paperback version. Sassoon's main contribution A Subaltern's Service in Camp and Action (12 March to 1 April 1917) stands as Chapter XII where it is here retitled A Chapter in a Subaltern's Life (March 12th to April 16th 1917). The account was written early in 1926 and except for his diaries of 1918, was the first prose Sassoon wrote about the war. It was afterwards expanded in Memoirs of an Infantry Officer (1930) as pp. 190-237 (see Keynes A33). Not recorded by Enser.
8vo., interleaved with blanks throughout, small neat signature on front free endpaper; regimental green cloth, gilt badge on upper cover, red cloth back lettered in gilt, corners very lightly frayed else a very good, bright, clean copy. Appendices include sample forms, list of books to be maintained by companies, and instructions for officers' dress. The record of 1 and 2 Bns covers the period 1758 to 1936, including lists of officers and order of precedence of LI regiments. With unusually detailed index. SCARCE.
40 pages. Undated but appears to be circa 1975. Contents: Peninsular Papers, part 3; The Sea Cavalier, part 2; The Field Service Uniform of the Imperial German Army, 1914-1915; Colonel Percy H.S. Barrow CB, CMB. - the 19th Hussars in the Sudan; The Dress of the French Infantry, Part 1; British Campaign Medals - the Naval General Service Medal, 1793-1840; Iron Laughter in Andalus, Part 1; Interesting Guns - Hand Guns of the German Army; French Cuirassiers, Part 6; The Bersaglieri; British General Officer c. 1743; The War Game, Part 18. Somewhat above-average external wear and soiling. Contents clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; original photographic covers, a near fine copy. Published to commemorate the history of the Regiment from 1945. Covers Regular and TA units of King’s Own and Border Regiments up to 1959 and King’s Own Royal Border Regiment from 1959-2006. Detailed appendices include ROH, honours & awards, and key personalities.
4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. The story of the King’s Own from its formation as the 2nd Tangier Regiment in 1680 to its amalgamation with the Border Regiment in 1959. Sutcliffe, p.42.
CHEZ L AUTEUR.. 1955. In-8 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Couv. légèrement passée. Coiffe en tête abîmée. Intérieur acceptable. 400 pages environ. Non paginé. Ouvrage perforré est relié par deux vis. Nombreux schémas en noir et blanc dans le texte. Plastique de couverture qui se décolle partiellement .
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps in the text; printed wrappers, a near fine copy. SCARCE.
4to., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 5 fine coloured plates, 11 monochrome plates and 22 maps (6 large and folding), front endpapers very lightly browned; original half morocco gilt, green cloth sides with regimental emblem in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, backstrip a little chafed at head else a near fine copy. The coloured plates comprise three of uniforms, one of colours, one of Afghan flags. Includes the regiment's service in the Napoleonic Wars, Afghanistan, Burma, the Indian Mutiny, the Zulu War and the Boer War. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Sutcliffe, p. 94; White, p.65.
302 p. illus. 25 cm. Hardcover Very good condition, top of spine lightly worn
174 pages including index. History abounds with smaller battles eminently suitable for reconstruction because of the relatively low numbers of troops and the compactness of the terrain. This book lists 15 such affrays, and the troops who took part include the legions of Julius Caesar; English archers and French Knights; Cavaliers and Roundheads; American militia; Napoleonic French and their British opponents; Federals and 'Rebs'; General Custer and Chief Sitting Bull; Boers; ANZACs at Gallipoli; British Commandos and UN infantry in Korea. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy working copy. Book
181 pages including index, bibliography and black and white plates. The first book in a series of Concise Guides to various campaigns. A short guide to the whole war. Includes among the appendices a complete key to the British cavalry and infantry regiments with their titles i n1854, 1900 and 1971. Illustrations lean heavily upon the well-known engravings from the drawings by William Simpson. Usual library markings. Moderate lean to spine. Above average but not excessive wear. Pocket removal from front endpaper has caused some peeling. Book
Sm. 4to., Fifth Impression, with 8 full-page coloured plates and numerous monochrome photographs and illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a nesr fine copy. Men at Arms 114. First published in 1981.
Sm. 4to., Fourth Impression, with 8 full-page coloured plates and numerous monochrome photographs and illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Men at Arms 119. First published in 1982.
