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192763424Dresden: im Eigenverlag, 1927. Mit 18 farbig ausgetuschten Bildtafeln, 64 S.,. 4°, 2 OHLn.-Bde. im Originalschuber
19433081A PARIS. PARIS (VI°). LIBRAIRIE MILITAIRE CART. 1943-1948. 6 SERIES IN-4 (25 X 32,5 X 2,5 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) DE 55 + (1) PAGES ET 52 PLANCHES HORS TEXTE EN COULEURS, SOUS COUVERTURES CREMES ILLUSTREEES. ILLUSTRE DE 52 PLANCHES EN COULEURS HORS TEXTE PAR BEGNINI, BUCQUOY, FEIST, GIFFARD, HILPERT, LELIEPVRE, PIERRE ALBERT LEROUX, MALESPINA, LUCIEN ROUSSELOT, MAURICE TOUSSAINT, EDITION ORIGINALE ET PREMIER TIRAGE LIMITE A 450 EXEMPLAIRES NUMEROTES, CELUI-CI PORTANT LE NUMERO 72. COLLECTION COMPLETE DE CETTE RARE ET BELLE PUBLICATION. BEL EXEMPLAIRE.
19433830PARIS (VI°). LIBRAIRIE MILITAIRE CART. 1943-1948. GRAND IN-4 (25,5 X 32,5 X 4 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) DE 55 + (1) PAGES ET 52 PLANCHES HORS TEXTE EN COULEURS, RELIURE D’EPOQUE 1/2 CHAGRIN BLEU, DOS A CINQ NERFS, TITRE DORE, AVEC LES 6 COUVERTURES DE LIVRAISONS CONSERVEES. EDITION ORIGINALE ET PREMIER TIRAGE LIMITE A 450 EXEMPLAIRES NUMEROTES, CELUI-CI PORTANT LES NUMERO 196, 79, 86, 161, 164 ET 166. ACCOMPAGNE D’UNE LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE SIGNEE DU CDT BUCQUOY. COLLECTION COMPLETE DE CETTE RARE ET BELLE PUBLICATION. QUELQUES TRACES DE FROTTEMENTS EXTERIEURS, SINON BEL EXEMPLAIRE.
xv, 376 pages. Color map endpapers. Generously illustrated with black and white photos. Includes eleven maps, a fifty-five page roster of former members and their hometowns, and a twelve-page list of members who lost their lives in service. Documents the history of this elite American-Canadian WWII commando unit which was famously dramatized in the 1968 motion picture "The Devil's Brigade". Somewhat above-average wear to navy blue boards. Beige evidence of moisture exposure to bottom edge of entire textblock. Binding intact. Minimal markings. A sound copy of this important history. Enser p.440, Cooke (2) p.156, Dornbusch 505. Book
219989Paris, Mongie, 1819 3 vol. in-8, XLVIII-368 pp., 523 pp. et 400 pp., 4 planches gravées dont un frontispice à chaque vol., 15 fac-similés repliés, 8 plans et cartes, 8 tabl. dépl., demi-cuir de Russie à coins, dos à nerfs, filets et roulettes dorées, fleurons à froid, tranches mouchetées de bleu (reliure de l'époque). Qqs rousseurs. Coins usés. Ex-libris héraldique.
199242374ABBraubach, Deutsche Burgenvereinigung e.V. zum Schutze Historischer Wehrbauten, Schlösser und Wohnbauten, 1992-2024. 4°, pro Jahrgang um die 250 S. (die früheren Hefte weniger) mit zahlreichen Farb- und s/w-Abbildungen, Illustrationen, Bau- und Entwurfszeichungen, Grundrißdarstellungen, Architekturdetails, Kartendarstellungen, Dokumenten, Immobilienanzeigen (sehr interessant!) etc. etc., mehr Burgen und Schlösser geht nicht!, illustr. original Kartonagen, durchgängig sehr schöne, saubere Exemplare aus Erstbesitz
Signed [Joe] and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. iv, 337 pages. Footnotes. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Halow [1927-2014] " Worked as a court reporter during the U.S. Army's courts-martial at Dachau where he witnessed some of the most gripping testimony from some of the most sensational trials of the postwar years. He soon saw the flaws and abuses of these trials: reliance upon ex post facto law and broad conspiracy theories; abuse of prisoners during interrogation; and the encouragement of perjured testimony by concentration camp survivors. Four decades later he reviewed the long-classified records of these trials and found astounding confirmation of his misgivings about them." - dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear, tape repair and touch-ups to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Book
1829237131829 PARIS, Eymery, Fruger et Cie Editeurs, 1829 - EDITION ORIGINALE - Bien complet des 50 cartes couleurs (certaines fortes traces d'humidité) - In-folio, 52,5 x 37,5 cm - 1/2 Reliure -1 mors fatigué - Dos lisse orné - 4 + 100 pages de texte (mouillures) puis 50 cartes gravées par Lallemand, en double pages montées sur onglet et colorées à la main excepté les 2 premières : systemes Planétaires et Planispheres Célestes qui sont en noir - Envoi rapide et soigné
xxiv, 179 pages. Index, bibliography, references, glossary. Almost one hundred black and white reproductions of photos and documents. Two fold-out maps. "This study was exciting and personally rewarding to me. I treasure the many Dutch and Canadian friends who so patiently worked with me to reconstruct the events of half a century ago. I still think it highly important that the record of Canadian actions in helping to throw off the Nazi yoke in the Netherlands be accurately and fully told to Canadian and Dutch peoples before we have all passed on. But this publication is really devoted to the 363 killed and 1760 other casualties suffered by the South Saskatchewan Regiment in the Second World War, to the other units involved in the liberation of Kamp Westerbork, but most of all to the 876 prisoners, mainly Jewish, we helped to liberate in Kamp Westerbork, the 4000 or so who passed through this transit camp to hell, but lived, and to the more than 103,000 who did not." - Foreword. After serving in WWII Professor Law [1922-2011] moved on to a career at Queen's University where he established the Business School's microcomputer lab in the 1980s, where this bookseller had the opportunity to meet him. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this important and highly-detailed study. Book
18823174PARIS. LIBRAIRIE MILITAIRE DE J. DUMAINE, LIBRAIRE-EDITEUR. L. BAUDOIN & CIE, SUCCESSEURS. 1882. IN-FOLIO (32 X 42 X 3 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) DE (2) + VII ET 120 PAGES, RELIURE DE L’EDITEUR 1/2 PERCALINE BLEU ROI, PLAT SUPERIEUR ORNE D’UN DECOR EN BLEU ET EN DORE, AVEC TITRE DORE. ILLUSTRE EN FAIT DE 57 PLANCHES (49 + 8). EDITION ORIGINALE. PETITS DEFAUTS EXTERIEURS, SINON BON EXEMPLAIRE DE CE BEL OUVRAGE DEVENU RARE.
1734411734 Paris, chez Pierre Emery, 1734.
175864867Wien, Johann Thomas Trattner, 1758. 4°. Mit gest. Frontispiz, gest. Titelvignette, einigen Textkupfern, 5 gefalt. Tabellen u. 22 gefalt. Kupfertafeln. 3 Bll., 348 S., 6 Bll., Marmor. Ldr. d. Zt. a. 5 Bünden m. reicher Rückenverg., goldgepr. Rückenschild u. Rotschnitt.
64 pages. Features: Cover photo of "Dr. Weir's Young Men" manning guns on ship; Great Ford Motor Company of Canada colour ad inside front cover shows their heavy vehicles at use on the fighting front and on the home front; Nice colour half-page Ritz crackers ad shows male and female members of Canada's forces and encourages readers to invite them to their homes; Interesting comments by Dr. H.L. Stewart as speculation over invasion of continental Europe rises; Photo of Lieut.-General H.D.G. Crerar; One-page colour illustration of frigate H.M.C.S. Swansea by Gordon Grant; One-page ad for Sisman Shoes of Aurora, Ontario highlights their desire to 'make your new shoes'; Telling the Score - article on Canada's Wartime Information Board with photos of Davidson Dunton and John Grierson; All Fixed for Saturday (short story); Canada Catches On - photo-illustrated article explains how wartime production has brought a flood of new technical and manufacturing knowledge to Canada; Maypole on Ice (short story); A Time for Tact (short story); Maggie Make-Believe; Dr. George Weir's Young Men - Lt.-Col. Donald Hugh Williams is Army Venereal Disease (V.D.) Control Officer, Dr. George F. Davidson is head of the Canadian Welfare Council, Flt.-Lt. James Sinclair, Canada's beloved soldier-politician (Grandfather of Justin Trudeau), and Captain Iann Eisenhardt, National Director of Physical Fitness for the Dept. of P.& N.R.; Hollywood Report; Aewsome two-colour centrefold Victory Bond ad features huge caption "Invasion" and illustration foreshadowing the imminent massive invasion of continental Europe (D-Day); Time Stops in Italy - photo-illustrated article on the "downtrodden race" of Italians; Attractive colour one-page Dunlop Fort tire ad shows their logo with sunbeams bearing down on the fruited plain behind; Kitchen article entitled "The Cupboard is Bare"; Nice Swift Canadian one-page colour ad features advice from Martha Logan; Great one-page colour GM ad features illustration of their 6-pounder anti-tank gun in use, with ominous black background; Fashion illustrations and article entitled 'Weddings and War Brides'; Woodbury Powder ad features lovely colour photo of Judy Garland; World Sayings; Nice colour recruiting ad inside back cover for Canadian Women's Army Corps (C.W.A.C.) is titled "New Faces - New Places" and shows ladies visiting attractive foreign site; Colour back cover for Old Dutch cleanser shows long row of shiny silver pots; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy of this sensational wartime issue. Book
176416541Donnée à Versailles le 22 mars 1764 ; signée Louis et plus bas le Duc de Choiseul, cachet de cire rouge aux armes de Le Courtois de Surlaville. Beau document in-folio (36,5 x 24,5 cm), dans un cadre doré (45,5 x 33,5 cm).
18251306A PARIS. CHEZ DECROUAN, GRAVEUR. SANS DATE (1825). 3 VOLUMES PETIT IN-FOLIO (27 X 36 X 11,5 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) RELIURE D'EPOQUE 1/2 CHAGRIN ROUGE MAROQUINE, PLATS RECOUVERTS DE PAPIER MAROQUINE ROUGE ENCADRE D'UNE DENTELLE DOREE, DOS LISSE ORNE DE FILETS, FLEURONS A LA LEGION D'HONNEUR MODELE RESTAURATION AUX 3 FLEURS DE LYS ET ARABESQUES DORES, TITRE ET TRANCHES DORES. CHAQUE VOLUME COMPORTE UN TITRE IMPRIME SUIVI D'UN TITRE GRAVE. AVEC EN FIN DU TROISIEME VOLUME, 70 PAGES SOUS SERPENTE DES «LETTRES DES SOUVERAINS, PRINCES, MINISTRES, ET AUTRES PERSONNAGES ILLUSTRES DE L'EUROPE, ADRESSEES A M. TERNISEN D'HAUDRICOURT, HISTORIOGRAPHE DES FASTES DE LA FRANCE ET DES PUISSANCES ALLIEES». ILLUSTRE DE 3 TITRES GRAVES ET DE 206 PLANCHES GRAVEES A MI-PAGES (76 + 84 + 46), SOUS SERPENTE, EN TAILLE-DOUCE OU A L'EAU-FORTE, PAR SWEBACH, MARTINET, COUCHE, LAFFITTE, BLANCHARD, CHARON, LEROUGE, ETC. CES GRAVURES REPRESENTENT LES PERSONNAGES ET LES ACTIONS LES PLUS FAMEUSES DES ARMEES FRANCAISES DE LA REVOLUTION ET DE L'EMPIRE, MAIS AUSSI DE L'ANCIEN REGIME ET DE LA RESTAURATION, ET SONT ACCOMPAGNEES D'UN TEXTE EXPLICATIF, EGALEMENT GRAVE. PETITS DEFAUTS EXTERIEURS, SINON BON EXEMPLAIRE.
208129Paris, chez Avril de Gastel et chez Ponthieu et Cie, 1826 5 vol. in-8, env. 360 pp. par vol., 4 pl. dépliantes de plans de bataille (Brienne, Toulouse, Ligny et les Quatre-Bras, Waterloo), bradel papier rouge, filets dorés au dos (rel. de l'époque). Petites usures aux coiffes et aux coins, qqs rousseurs.
184525376Nantes Paris P. Sébire, Goujon, Gihaut Frères et chez les Principaux Libraires et Marchands d'Estampes 1845 -in-folio plein-chagrin 1 volume, reliure plein chagrin chocolat in-folio Editeur (binding full shagreen in-folio Editor)(46,8 x 31,5 cm), RELIURE ÉDITEUR DE LUXE D'ÉPOQUE, dos 5 nerfs (spine with raised bands,) décoré "or" et à froid (gilt and blind stamping decoration), Auteur et Titre frappés "or", entre-nerfs à Fleur de LYS "or" au centre et HERMINE "or" aux angles, 2 filets fins "or" en place des nerfs avec un filet large à froid de part et d'autre des nerfs, 3 filets fins "or" en tête et en pied, plats décorés "or" et à froid, ornés d'un décor "Fleur de LYS et HERMINE" "or" au fer évidé aux angles supérieurs et inférieurs se rejoignant par 3 filets fins "or", dans un encadrement de 4 filets fins à froid et d'un filet large à froid, coins émoussés, dentelle "or" sur les chasses (lace-like decoration on the turn-ins), toutes tranches lisses, gardes peignées, orné d'un titre frontispice lithographié représentant les Armoiries de la Vendée Militaire : Anjou, Poitou et Bretagne + 40 vues de Vendée, Loire-Inférieure et des Deux-Sèvres avec texte explicatif lithographiées en deux tons avec serpentes par le Baron Olivier DE WISMES, rousseurs habituelles sur certaines planches, sans pagination (seule l'introduction est paginée : 40 pages) [138 pages], sans date (1845) Nantes : P. Sébire, Paris Goujon, Gihaut Frères et chez les Principaux Libraires et Marchands d'Estampes Editeurs,
1940231951940. Women's wartime military mobilization photo archive documenting female military service across Allied wartime culture in the United States and southern France during the 1940s. Official press photographers commercial postcard publishers and private snapshot makers record women in uniform within military structures wartime publicity systems and informal social settings while the comic material makes clear that women's enlistment was also processed through satire about masculinization labor reversal and altered domestic authority. The August 22 1944 Army Radiotelephoto press photograph captioned "FRENCH WACS COME HOME" includes helmeted French women carrying rifles and duffel bags as they debark from landing craft "US 38" on the Riviera to join the liberation of their homeland placing women's military service directly within Allied invasion reporting and wartime news transmission.<br /> <br /> Photo archive of 13 silver gelatin and colored real photo postcards ranging from 10 x 8 inch press photos to smaller 3 x 2.5 inches vernacular photos United States and southern France circa 1940s. The grouping joins official press photography commercially printed comic postcards and private snapshots: women serving in uniform within military structures news agencies translating that service into public wartime narrative and vernacular photographs framing servicewomen through friendship memory and off-duty self-presentation. One large press photograph includes a WAC marching unit in tight alignment behind a guidon for a unit attached to a Naval Operating Air Station the elevated viewpoint emphasizing drill uniformity and command structure rather than individual identity. The Radiotelephoto print retains its typed verso caption identifying French WACs coming ashore in southern France. Four color comic postcards published by Beals in Des Moines turn women's enlistment into wartime humor through slogans including "WE'RE GIVING 'EM A BIG WAAC . . . " "I'M BRINGING HOME THE BACON!" "I'M GETTING A BIG BANG OUT OF THIS ARMY LIFE" and "MY HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED." The most pointed of these "I'M BRINGING HOME THE BACON!" has a uniformed woman dragging a defeated male figure on a rope recasting military service as a comic transfer of masculine power and economic authority to women. "MY HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED" extends that logic by imagining a man in an apron cooking and sweeping at home making domestic reversal itself the joke. The remaining cards similarly convert women's service into exaggerated spectacle through a rolling-pin attack on a caricatured Axis figure and a smiling servicewoman posed between oversized cannons. Seven small vernacular snapshots shift to individualized presence: one is signed "Love Sherry" two versos identify "Hazel" one verso reads "Golden Gate Park" and the images include women in uniform seated on an urban balustrade standing along city streets posed in landscaped parks visiting a pagoda-like garden site and appearing together outdoors in a paired portrait.<br /> <br /> Women's military service during World War II expanded through the WAAC WAC and related Allied formations while press agencies commercial print culture and snapshot photography assigned that service different public meanings; this archive preserves those overlapping channels in a single grouping. The postcards register wartime unease and fascination around women entering socially masculine roles turning military participation into jokes about strength breadwinning authority and domestic displacement. Minor corner and edge wear to the larger photographs one crease and caption wear to the Radiotelephoto print light rubbing and handling wear to the postcards and general wear curling and minor soiling to the vernacular snapshots; overall very good condition. The grouping preserves women's wartime military presence as it moved between official documentation commercial gender satire and private snapshot culture. unknown
1945193511945. Witmer Richard L. Caribbean Coastal Artillery officer training archive circa 1940s documents the instructional framework and operational doctrine taught to U.S. Army Coast Artillery officers during World War II with particular emphasis on antiaircraft defense chemical warfare preparedness and logistical coordination in domestic coastal defense. This archive belonged to Captain Richard L. Witmer of York Pennsylvania an officer in the 87th Regiment of the Caribbean Coastal Artillery Command of the US Army during WWII. Its contents include 385 printed and manuscripts pages of notes lessons assignments and documents primarily from Witmer's education in officer academy.Witmer served as an officer in the 87th Regiment of the Caribbean Coastal Artillery Command a unit tasked with protecting Gulf Coast installations against aerial and maritime threats during a period of heightened concern over Axis attack on the continental United States. His notes record formalized military instruction alongside personal synthesis of tactical principles including his definition of tactics as the "Science of placing weapon so as to carry out mission" and his articulation of defensive priorities such as "Make provision to guard against a surprise" and "Take advantage of terrain for all round defense." The archive includes detailed engagement with antiaircraft gunnery where Witmer identifies primary targets as "Bombers Observation planes" and emphasizes the need for "continuous instantaneous and accurate data" and "volume of fire" demonstrating the technical and strategic demands placed on officers responsible for air defense.<br /> <br /> Witmer Richard L. Caribbean Coastal Artillery officer training archive. United States: U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps circa 1940s. Archive comprises approximately 385 pages of manuscript and typed material primarily organized within a ring binder accompanied by three small notebooks and approximately fifteen loose leaves. Contents include notes instructional outlines assignments and technical summaries covering antiaircraft artillery ordnance ballistics supply systems transportation logistics and mess operations. Numerous pages feature hand-drawn diagrams graphs and marginal annotations. Sections devoted to weapons systems describe characteristics of artillery including "40 mm - Easily operated" "37 mm - Accurate fire" "50 cal - Rugged" and "30 cal - Simple & Rapid Min. of men." Additional material addresses chemical warfare including references to mustard gas and Lewisite with Witmer posing operational questions such as "Would the combat efficiency of my men remain high in the event of chemical attack" A formal evaluation included in the archive notes his promotion stating that he "has demonstrated outstanding ability and fitness for promotion by performing the duties of a gun battery officer" citing his leadership of an antiaircraft range section.<br /> <br /> Produced during the expansion of U.S. defensive infrastructure in World War II this archive aligns with the strategic role of the Coast Artillery Corps in safeguarding domestic installations prior to the consolidation of air defense under later Cold War military structures. The detailed instructional content reflects the Army's investment in technical specialization particularly in response to the increasing threat of aerial warfare and the lingering memory of chemical weapons deployment in World War I. Witmer's materials preserve the pedagogical methods used to train officers in integrated defense systems combining mechanical knowledge tactical planning and command responsibility. The subsequent dissolution of the Coast Artillery Corps in 1950 underscores the transitional nature of this material within the evolution of U.S. military organization. Light wear to covers with minor fading internal pages well preserved and legible with occasional handling wear; overall very good condition. unknown
1929186831929. U.S. Army and Navy holiday dinner menus and related materials 1929 to 1945 document organized communal life ceremonial observance and institutional identity within the American military across the interwar and World War II periods. The group includes menus for Independence Day Thanksgiving Armistice Day and Navy Day situating the material within official holiday programming that reinforced morale and unit cohesion during both peacetime training and global conflict. The presence of menus from the 189th Field Artillery at Fort Sill in 1940 and later examples from the U.S.S. Pine Island including those produced at Sasebo Japan places the archive within the geographic expansion of U.S. military operations from domestic bases to overseas occupation zones. The inclusion of named rosters and autograph signatures connects these printed artifacts to specific service members documenting how collective identity and hierarchy were formalized and commemorated through shared meals.<br /> <br /> Archive of eight original military holiday dinner menus and four printed cloth napkins. United States and Japan 1929 to 1945. Menus measure approximately 7 x 5.5 inches and are printed in paper wrappers with illustrated covers. The earliest menu issued for the 189th Field Artillery at Fort Sill Oklahoma Thanksgiving 1940 includes an ornamental napkin a printed roster of personnel multiple autograph signatures and a "wooden certificate" voucher redeemable within the Cherokee Strip region. Additional menus originate from the U.S.S. Pine Island for Independence Day Navy Day and Armistice Day observances including examples produced at the Sasebo naval base in Japan. Menus list standardized holiday meals including roast turkey baked ham potatoes and pie. The archive also includes four cloth napkins from the 70th Service Squadron dated 1929 to 1931 each approximately 14 x 14 inches printed with thematic imagery such as turkeys cornucopias and holly leaves and bearing full rosters of personnel organized by rank. The 70th Service Squadron was stationed at March Field California a major Army Air Corps training installation during this period.<br /> <br /> Military holiday menus functioned as both practical documents and ceremonial objects recording foodways hierarchy and unit composition while reinforcing institutional traditions across dispersed service environments. The continuity of menu design and meal structure across years and locations reflects standardized provisioning practices while the inclusion of rosters and signatures preserves individual participation within collective settings. The presence of materials spanning prewar Army Air Corps units and wartime naval operations including occupation-era Japan provides a longitudinal view of military culture across a period of rapid organizational and geopolitical change. Light wear consistent with handling; overall very good condition. unknown
58086Manilla 1945. Oblong 4to. 26 x 34 cm. 38 leaves of black paper. Album of string-bound navy-blue leatherette containing 44 black & white photos of the Liberation of the Philippines and 5 semi-nudes approximately 9 x 11.5 cm each four to a leaf across 10 leaves one leaf with photographs to recto and verso remainder blank. The majority of the photographs display gruesome scenes of violence death and destruction. Excellent condition. The Philippines campaign Battle of the Philippines or the Liberation of the Philippines code named Operation Musketeer I II and III was the American Mexican Australian and Filipino campaign to defeat and expel the Imperial Japanese forces occupying the Philippines during World War II. The Japanese Army overran all of the Philippines during the first half of 1942. The liberation of the Philippines commenced with amphibious landings on the eastern Philippine island of Leyte on October 20 1944. The United States and Philippine Commonwealth military forces were progressing in liberating territory and islands when the Japanese forces in the Philippines were ordered to surrender by Tokyo on August 15 1945 after the dropping of the atomic bombs on mainland Japan and the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. [Manilla, 1945.] hardcover
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Paperback. Oblong large roy. 8vo. (17 x 25 cm). In Ottoman Turkish. [287] p., unnembered b/w plates. 395 members with his photos and descriptive texts. First 20 pages include a history of Grand National Assembly of Turkey from Ottoman Empire to the Republic (1923). TBMM Library: 1262. Not in OCLC. Not in Özege. Extremely rare.
194576270Washington D. C.: U. S. Army. Very Good. 1945. First Edition. Paperback. Softcover mounted on black wooden board with screw posts. Oblong elephant folio 18" x 12 3/4" with backing board a slight bit larger . One of 182 copies of the formally classified history of the Third Army produced by the Third U. S. Army Headquarters and the XIX Tactical Command. Classified as Secret when first published but later declassified. Volume 1 The Operations contains a monthly accounting of overall army operations in the European theater commanded by Lt. Gen. George S. Patton. Volume 2 "Staff Section Reports " not available at present is a compilation of general and special staff sections operations reports. The volume offered here "The Operations " combines narratives of specific operations with data on movements casualties and loss of materiel supplemented with maps and supporting documents. Condition is very good or better. There are some creases on the front wrap along with a signature of the former owner Maj. L. V. Frisch. Interior pages are clean and unblemished. Each section in the book is introduced by a clear acetate page. Scarce in its original edition though available in various electronic forms. 421 pp. Plus annexes 22 pp 36 pp. 66 pp and 146 pp. Large bulky and heavy--may require special shipping arrangements. . U. S. Army paperback
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with a folding facsimile on blue stock and a double-page map as frontispieces, a folding map and a double-page map, and two large folding maps (one coloured in outline) in pocket at rear of second volume, some very mild occasional foxing, fore-edges dusty; original decorative cloth blocked in blind, gilt backs, uncut, covers moderately soiled (boards to volume two stained with black ink), volume one neatly rebacked with original backstrip (faded) laid down else a good, firm, sound copy of a work scarce in any condition. This volume bears the neat contemporary signature of 'Frank Cooper' and the following holograph inscription: 'Maps drawn by my brother Harry, who was with Colonel Colley as Adjutant of Transport. Col. Colley, afterwards Sir G[eorge]. Pomeroy Colley, was killed in the fatal action of Majuba Hill in Natal fighting against the Boers'. Henry Brackenbury was Assistant Military Secretary to Wolseley; Cooper (as stated correctly above) was sometime Adjutant of Transport during the campaign. The official records were placed by Wolseley at Brackenbury's disposal 'without reservation' and augmented by the latter's private journal which he kept whilst serving at headquarters. The account of Captain Glover's expedition is taken entirely from letters between Wolseley and himself. The missions of Captains Butler and Dalrymple are described from their own letters. Frank Cooper's signature is dated 1874; the Battle of Majuba Hill took place on 27th February 1881 during the First South African War (this action was, incidentally, the last occasion on which British regimental colours were carried into battle). It would seem, therefore, that this was originally Frank Cooper's copy (until at least 1881) which then passed into the Brackenbury family. It was then in the library of Major-General Charles Booth Brackenbury (1831-1890) and bears his signature on the half-title of the second volume. The author's elder brother, he spent his career in the Royal Artillery culminating in his appointment as Director of Artillery Studies at Woolwich, from which position no-one did more to spread sound ideas throughout the service on tactical changes demanded by the advancement in weapons technology. On Charles's death this copy passed to his youngest son, Hereward Irenius Brackenbury and bears his engraved armorial bookplate on front paste-down of first volume. Hereward Brackenbury was a talented engineer and director of the prominent defence contractor Hawthorn Leslie & Co. The Brackenbury family was well represented in nearly all the British wars of the nineteenth century. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT AND DESIRABLE FAMILY COPY SHOWING MULTIPLE ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE AUTHOR OF A CLASSIC VICTORIAN CAMPAIGN MEMOIR.
194334305-xBerlin - Lichterfelde: Columbusverlag Paul Oestergaard [1942 oder 1943]. [4 Warenabbildungen]
