176 résultats
8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Epinal, G. Froereisen, 1887. In-12 relié à la Bradel demi-toile, dos long, couvertures conservées, 106 pp. Envoi de l'auteur sur la couverture papier. Le plat supérieur de la couverture d'origine est salie, quelques rousseurs au début de l'ouvrage, quelques passages indiqués au crayon de couleur.
Berger-Levrault & Cie éditeur, 1913. Fort In-8 relié demi-toile mauve, pièce de titre rouge, 864 pages. Très nombreuses cartes dépliantes. Septième année. Tome XIV. Juillet à décembre 1913. Petites taches en reliure et trace d'humidité au second plat, petit manque en coiffe sinon bon état
Octavo. Pp. 81. Hardcover, bound in contemporary quarter cloth and marbled boards, shelf ticket to spine, old military institutional stamps to title; some underlines in blue pencil. In good condition. ~ Dritte, umgearbeitete Auflage.
pp. 784, (4) + Photograph frontis, full page portraits and large folding pocket map. XLib stamp on title page and elsewhere. Pocket map has XLib stamp on back. Tall 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, gold lettered spine. Front cover ruled in blind with heavy gold embossed decoration of saddle, sword and gun. Hardbound. Though XLib, still a very good copy. The 15th PA Vols. saw action at: Antietam, Stone River, Nashville, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and other battles and skirmishes in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina. Dornbush I-P90; Nevins I-118. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 33
Octavo. Pp. 84. Plus 8 plates on 3 large folding sheets bound at end. Original printed wrappers, bit soiled; faded old military institutional stamps to cover. Bit shabby but in a very good condition. ~ First French edition. Translated from the Russian.
Crown quarto. Pp. 144. Plus 7 large folding lithographed plates with numerous illustrations. With 42 illustrations to the text; tables. Hardcover, contemporary half cloth and marbled boards, spine gilt. Textual part is in a very good condition with some old institutional stamps and markings. Folding plates are in poor condition, torn, repaired. Working copy only! ~ First edition. A remarkably detailed study on the construction of horse-drawn carts in military use. Probably the last such treatise to be written on the subject. Rare, albeit in poor condition.
Small octavo. Pp. 23. Set in Gothic type. In the original printed self-wrappers, stapled as issued; faded stamp ("Inspecteur der Cavalerie"), staples rusty. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Extremely rare. Only a single copy is located worldwide (Both OCLC and KVK), that in Berlin State Library - Prussian Cultural Heritage.
pp. xiii, 347 + Portrait Frontis and full page plates. Map endpapers. Inked ownership of C. H. Just. Foxed. Sm. 4to. Original full orange cloth binding. Hardbound. John Singleton Mosby (1833-1916), also known as the "Gray Ghost," was a Confederate partisan Ranger (guerrilla fighter) in the American Civil War. He was noted for his lightning quick raids and his ability to successfully elude his Union Army pursuers and disappear (like a ghost) with his men, blending in with local farmers and townspeople. SHELF W21
Pages 194-286 plus 16 pages of ads. Features: The Floating Death - a North Sea trawler skipper's heroic battle with a mine entangled in the trawler's nets; The Darkest Hour - Part II - experiences in the great Serbian (WWI) retreat to Albania (with photo of the Serbian Cavalry fording the River Drin and more); The Snake-Hunter - John Rolliston's terrible fight; The Sheriff's Ruse - how the Sheriff of Deadwood tricked three desperadoes; Real-Life Romances of the War (WWI) - Part II; A Year In Arctic Siberia - Part III - amazing article and photos taken by Polish authoress M.A. Czaplicka as she travelled 6,000 miles researching the nomadic Yenisei tribes; Baiting the "Boche" - the people of Brussels turn their humour upon the humourless huns who have taken possession of their city; Remarkable Rocks - photo-illustrated article of remarkable rocks around the world; The Girl Sergeant - young Zoe Smirnova joined the Russian Army at age 15 and fought in the battlefields of Galicia; From Job to Job Around the World - Part V - two young Americans spend time in India, with great photos; A Theatre in Cannibal-Land - Papuan savages entertain themselves with amateur theatricals! (article with great photos); A Black Outlaw - a native desperado gives Natal Police much trouble; On the Way to War - the adventures of two young Americans, Herbert H. Hope and Jack Heward, who struggle to make their way to England to fight the Germans; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
8vo., First Edition, with 20 plates on 16, and 4 full-page charts and a double-page map in the text, fore-edges lightly browned as often; cloth, gilt back, brown endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at edges. Uncommon in anything like this condition
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Sandler 1850.
186 pages. Undated. Meet General Custer and the troopers of his Fighting Seventh Cavalry as they match their strength and wits against Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. Gift greetings upon front endpaper. Contents well-yellowed. Average wear to book. Dust jacket well-worn with several small tears but remains quite functional. Book
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 2 coloured plates, monochrome plates, and 6 folding maps; original blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt and colours, gilt back, marbled endpapers, backstrip just slightly dulled and rubbed at head and tail else a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean, crisp copy. A MS NOTE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN STATES 'ORIGINAL PROOF COPY 1936'. LOOSELY INSERTED IS A TYPED AND HANDWRITTEN SHEET STATING THAT THIS COPY WAS PRESENTED TO RMA SANDHURST ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICERS OF 19TH KGO LANCERS. Includes service in the Mutiny, Second Afghan War, NWF (Tirah) and WWI ( Western Front and Palestine). 'A superb publication, beautifully prepared and presented' (Perkins). EXTREMELY SCARCE. Perkins, p.418.
8vo., First Edition thus, with title in gilt and colours, and 2 fine full-page coloured plates of colours; de luxe binding of full navy roan, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt doublures, blue silk endpapers, a near fine copy. The de luxe binding is very scarce.
Royal octavo. Pp. iv, 149. Set in Gothic type. Hardcover, bound in contemporary full cloth with the original decorated cover laid-down. In a very good condition. ~ First edition.
P., Louis Westhausser, 1887. In-8 reliure à la Bradel demi-toile verte, dos long orné d'une fleur et de filets dorés, III-411 pp. TB état.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text, some light offseetting to free endpapers; 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, p5.
10 pages. Piano sheet music. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Water-stained. A worthy working copy. Sheet music
Sm. folio, First Edition, with fine coloured plates; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with 43 plates on 16 and 10 maps (several full-page) in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Smith, p.95; Sutcliffe, p.128.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations throughout; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. 'Grimshaw's comments regarding the logistical difficulties of maintaining a cavalry regiment so that it was battle-worthy, even when resting in a rear area, are revealing' (Smith). Smith p. 416.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 4 plates (3 portraits) and 3 plates of sketch maps; regimental blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt and white and lettered in black, gilt back, black endpapers, a very good, bright, fresh, clean copy. The first volume (1886) concerns the period 1794 to 1886. Two thirds of this volume covers the service in the Boer War of 1st, 2nd and 63rd companies of Imperial Yeomanry. All were sponsored by the Royal Wilts, through the 63rd was raised in South Africa. Scarce in this condition. Sutcliffe, p.240; White p, 174.
First edition, 2 vols., 8vo, [8], 267, [1]; viii, 192pp., both with author's presentation inscription to quarter master Highman on endpaper, frontis., plates, original publishers blue decorated cloth, a very good copy.