Whitaker, W. Denis; Whitaker, ShelaghMareMagnum
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470 pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. Author interviewed 150 men who fought alongside him on the Dutch polders. Their revelations are frank and disturbing... This important true story of nineteen- and twenty-year-old soldiers, many of whom died misereably on the sodden polders of Zeeland, deserves to be read again and again." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Gift quality. Book
18993083AGWerner, 1899. Farblithographie, mit Goldrand, nach Arnould, Darst. 23,2 x 33,6 (H) (excl. Text), Bll. 31,5 x 43,2 Auf Wunsch Digitalaufnahme in jpg-Format erhältlich- photo in jpg-format available. Je nach Versandart können die Portokosten bis zu 2 ? weniger als angegeben betragen.+
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
1956MILI2274Fürth, Eckert 1956. 21 x 18 cm. 19(1) S., ill. OBrosch., Umschlagtitel, Umschlag mit Namenszug, ansonsten tadellos.
0267456689.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
47371n.p.: n.p. WWII era. fair. 44" x 32" 1 poster large poster 44" x 32" closed size 11" x 8" black & white illus. wear and tears along folds. Scenes illustrating how to orient maps determine direction resection and intersection. Also contains four illustrations with instructions on how to use a compass with a luminous index in order to march at night. This training chart was prepared at the Infantry School under the direction of the Commanding General Army Ground Forces. n.p. unknown
193110483Hollywood California: A. Mazzanovich 1931. First Printing of the Revised 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. 8vo. pp. 25-112 illustrations 115-320 text maroon cloth color frontispiece of Geronimo mirrors the illustration on the dust jacket. Two other frontispiece illustrations; Lieutenant Chas. B. Gatewood & the author. -- Private book plate pasted to the first free endpaper. Minor rubbing to the tips of the spine. Dust jacket has a small piece rubbed of at top of the spine. Book is internally clean and sound. A. Mazzanovich hardcover
40 pages. Undated but appears to be circa 1980. Features: The Royal Scots Greys; The Japanese Army of 1904-1905, Part 2; The Seventh New York National Guard 1861; The Uniiform of the 21st (Empress of India's ) Lancers; Zulu War 1879, Infantry Officers; Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. Bit of writing on front cover. A sound reference copy. Book
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
81163Hérissant P., Jean-Thomas Héressant, 1754, xlviij p. (épistre dédicatoire, préface, avertissement, table des matières, table des plans), 233 p., [3] (approbation et privilège du roi), plein veau d'époque, 17x10.5cm, 12 planches, coiffe de tête manquante, quelques rousseurs, bon état.
1957ROD0029192ECOLE MILITAIRE. 1957. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 2 fascicules.Cartes en couleur.. . . . Classification Dewey : 356-Infanterie
1988133289Melbourne: Melbourne University Press 1988. Pp. xviii268last blank 12 plates full page maps and plans appendices index; dust wrapper; date stamp 25 Mar 1988 on upper free endpaper; Melbourne University Press Melbourne 1988. First edition. The 39th Australian Infantry Battalion was formed in late 1941 and existed as a unit for less than two years. Almost immediately the largely untrained battalion found itself in the front line of Australia's defence in Port Moresby just after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. Melbourne University Press unknown
1905RO80149382. 1905. In-18. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. Carnet d'environ 100 pages manuscrites, à l'encre. Quelques planches dépliantes.. . . . Classification Dewey : 356-Infanterie
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
RO80101743CHARLES-LAVAUZELLE & Cie. Non daté. In-8. Relié demi-cuir. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos fané, Intérieur acceptable. 250 pages. Etiquette de code sur la coiffe en-tête et tampons de bibliothèque sur la page de titre et dans quelques marges.. . . . Classification Dewey : 356-Infanterie
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
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
Pages 178-264 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: "Ju-Ju" Justice - a startling West African Ju-Ju incident and its sequel, involving the Elder Dempster branch boat "Lagoon"; Tales of the Service - The Smuggler's Cave (part III) - stirring stories of the Service contributed by a customs-house officer on the West Coast of Scotland and also in Ireland; The Wooing of Abia - a charming yet thrilling love story involving natives of Papua, with great photos; Beyond the Law (part III) - The Dalton Gang terrorized the Western States of America for years while committing train robberies and holding up banks; The Empire's Only Eskimo Soldier - John Shiwak, of Labrador, the only Eskimo soldier to lay down his life for the empire (article with photo); Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram (part III) - the Himalayan exploits of Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman (with photos); A Nightmare Voyage - in 1905, the American barque Challenger left Port Townsend for Japan in the command of Captain Pedersen; Photo of a Papuan chief's daughter wearing a necklace of hundreds of dog teeth; Lion-Hunting as a Business - Frank Allen of Rhodesia is the only known lion-hunter - article with photos; A Woman's Journey Across Africa (part IV) - a 4,000 mile honeymoon trip east to west across the Dark Continent - with photos; The Baboon and the Baby - a baboon steals a baby from a home; My Experiences in German East Africa - James Henry Butcher relates his thrilling experiences as a private in the South African Infantry, with photos; The Shining Town - a fascinating photo-illustrated sketch of life and scenes in Granada; The "White" Chief of Penrhyn Island - the shipwrecked author was adopted by a chief in the South Sea Islands and went on to become the ruler of an island and its people; Only a Half-Breed - in South-West Colorado in 1869 a white man's squaw prevented a war; Fantastic ad "Swear Off Tobacco" by the Newell harmacal Company of St. Louis inside back cover; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
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.
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
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
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
0484889788.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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
1945034672Munich Germany: Printed By F. Bruckmann. Hardcover. 1945. 1st Edition. Thin 4to 119pp . Very Good in Very Good DJ. Fold-out Maps B&W Photographs. Laid in is a large fold-out map in a paper envelope. DJ has edgewear . Printed By F. Bruckmann hardcover
