Williams, Jeffery (Signed)MareMagnum
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278 pages. "With best wishes, Jeffery Williams" written upon title page in the author's hand. Index. Footnotes. Black and white photographic plates. "...Balanced, absorbing and long overdue." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's small inkstamp atop front free endpaper else unmarked. Clean with light wear. Foreward laid inside front board. Dust jacket price-clipped. Nice copy. Book
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispieces, 9 maps in the text, and front and rear endpaper maps in the second volume, tops lightly dust-soiled; cloth (black/red respectively), gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper. Comprises: The Turn of the Tide 1939-1943. A Study based on the Diaries and Autobiographical Notes of Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke. (1957); Triumph in the West 1943-1946. Based on the Diaries and Autobiographical Notes of Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke. (1959). By common consent the greatest CIGS in the history of the British Army, Alanbrooke occupied a unique position at the heart of Britain's efforts in WWII. Scarcely a man to pull punches, he provides a blow-by-blow account of how the war was waged and won, sparing no-one from politicians to generals of virtually every Allied nation. Enser, pp.199, 474 respectively.
2 vols., roy. 8vo., Revised Edition; original red cloth, gilt backs, a fine set.
4to. First Edition with 16 coloured plates on 12 60 monochrome plates on 32 and very numerous maps and plans (many full-page) in the text; regimental cloth with badge blocked in gilt on upper board gilt back red endpapers a very good bright clean copy.
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Shelfwear. ; English translation of Thucydides' De bello peloponnesiaco, book V, chapters 61-75, followed by the author's interpretation of the events therein described. Reprint of 1933 edition. ; 161 pages
M., Miguel de Burgos, 1825, 20,5 x 15 cm., 4 h. + 70 págs.
M., Imp. del Boletín del Ejército, 1844, 19 x 12’5 cm., p.e., 358 págs. – 1 h. – 3 estados plegados.
Madrid, Editorial Naval, 1970, 24,5 x 17,5 cm., rústica editorial, 559 págs. + XXXIV láminas en papel couché.
8vo., Second Impression, with a frontispiece, 12 plates and 5 maps in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper; cloth, backstrip lettered in red and white, red top, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter very lightly chafed at extremities, with small scuff to backstrip and tiny loss to rear panel Published a month after the first edition. Classic study of the notorious gulf between High Command and the Front Line on the Western Front in 1915, particularly the disastrous generalship of Second Ypres, Neuve Chapelle and Loos. Compiled with free access to the private files of Liddell Hart, it takes its title from the well-known quotation: Ludendorff: 'The English fight like lions.' Hoffman: 'But don't we know that they are lions led by donkeys'. This book is the inspiration for Joan Littlewood's acclaimed stage musical 'Oh, What a Lovely War!'. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Enser, p.23.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with 5 double-page maps on japon, free endpapers browned from fold-ins; original maroon cloth, upper board framed in blind, gilt back (lettering faded but entirely legible), a very good, clean copy. Written on active service with the Dorsetshire Regiment, these are the author's personal reminiscences of service in Egypt, Mesopotamia and Palestine. Scarce in this condition. Not recorded by Enser.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 60pp. Stapled typed study of the Old Dalby Station for vehicles, machine and weapons base in Leicestershire, established in 1940 to assist in the Second World War. Many photographs of buildings, personnel and vehicles. Extremely scarce.
4 vol.: 536 p., qq. fig.; 392 p., nbr. ill.; 423 p., qq. fig. et 554 p., nbr. ill. Sommaire sur demande. Inv. 19407.
XXVIII, 1184 S. ; 22 cm Ppbd. Zustand neuwertig. - The indicated shipping costs refer to books weighing up to one kilogram. - Bücher, die schwerer als ein Kilogramm oder größer als 35 x 25 cm sind, werden als Paket verschickt und kosten innerhalb Deutschlands bis zu zwei Kilogramm 6 Euro, darüber hinaus 7 Euro Porto. -
petit in-4 carre, 156 pp., illustrations en couleurs, cartonnage illustre de l'editeur.- RARE Tres bon etat. [PIL-HA]
(ca. 23,9 x 18,1 cm). Original-Photographie. Photographie (schwarz/weiss) mit weißem Bildrand. Mit rückseitig montierter Beschriftung und Stempel des Urhebers. Unterkante etwas gerändert, rechte untere Ecke mit größerem Knick, sonst wohlerhalten. Altersentsprechend guter Zustand. Die Photographie aus dem Jahr 1951 wurde vom Berlin Bureau der United Press-Acme Photo (UP-ACME) angefertigt. Die Aufnahme zeigt amerikanische Soldaten bei einer Parade in West-Berlin, am Rand wurde das Maskottchen der Einheit (ein Alligator) postiert. Die zeitgenössische Photographie besitzt auf der Rückseite den Stempel der UP-ACME und einen montierten Beitext mit folgendem Text: "Parade des 6. Infanterie Regimentes in Berlin Dahlem. Das Maskottchen des 6. Infanterie Regimentes, ein Alligator mit Namen 'Seminole' nahm an einer Parade, wenn auch ziemlich uninteressiert, als Zuschauer teil. United Press-Acme 21.7.51". Seltene und zugleich kuriose Original-Photographie aus der Zeit des Kalten Kriegs in Berlin!
Oblong quarto, First Edition, with 64 fine large plates, one or two plates with short closed tears neatly repaired; pictorial boards, blue cloth back, covers mildly age-worn and soiled as usual, neatly recased, a very good, bright copy. Well-chosen selection of plates emphasising both the traditional and the innovative elements of each service in the context of the Great War. SCARCE.
Very Good Turkish Original b/w portrait photo of Ali Nihat Tarlan with his soldier uniform. 13x8,5 cm. Signed and inscribed by Tarlan to B. Münir Gönen as 'Kardesim B. Münir Gönen'e sonsuz sevgilerle, 3-7-1940'.
2 Small tears to DJ at spine (1cm) (repaired with cellotape). Former bookseller's plate on inner cover. ; 0.54 x 8.5 x 5.5 Inches; 218 pages; In this study, Bosworth looks at Alexander the Great's activities in Central Asia and Pakistan, drawing a bleak picture of massacre and repression comparable to the Spanish conquest of Mexico. He investigates the evolution of Alexander's views of empire and concept of universal monarch, and documents the representation of Alexander by historians of antiquity. The book is directed to specialists and general readers alike.
DJ is discolored along edges of front panel. DJ has minor shelfwear. ; Noyes Classical Studies; 288 pages; Looks at the history of the Roman Empire in the middle part of the third century A. D. From the reign of Philip the Arab to Carus and his dynasty before the reign of Diocletian. Book is heavily illustrated with pictures of coins of the period.
Dustjacket spine is slightly discolored. Tiny chip to DJ at head of spine. Former owner's name on ffep. ; Noyes Classical Studies; 288 pages; Looks at the history of the Roman Empire in the middle part of the third century A. D. From the reign of Philip the Arab to Carus and his dynasty before the reign of Diocletian. Book is heavily illustrated with pictures of coins of the period.
Former owner's bookplate on ffep. ; The Roman world in the Imperial period was ruled by a succession of autocrats for whom the army remained the single most important source of political power. But how could one man win the loyalty and affection of an army which numbered up to to half a million? Although financial benefits and legal privileges had the most direct impact on the soldiers, every emperor sought some kind of additional bond through a personal association and identification with them. ; 468 pages; Special edition for Sandpiper Books. Reprint of 1984 Edition.
Electrum: Studies in Ancient History Vol. 14; 153 pages; Slawomir Sprawski, Leonnatus's Campaign of 322 BC; Tomasz Grabowski, Ptolemy's Military and Political Operations in Greece in 314-308 BC; Peter contents: Franz Mittag, Blood and Money. On the Loyalty of the Seleucid Army; Everett L. Wheeler, Anti-Deceit Clauses in Greek Treaties: An Apologia; Elisabetta Todisco, La strategia deipraesidia romani nelle citta italiche; Oliver Stoll, , , How to get to my regiment?" Die tirones Asiani - einige Gedanken zur Praxis der Aushebung und zur Kommandierung von Rekruten in der Romischen Armee; Mihai Popescu, Notes sur les pretres dolicheniens en Dacie; Jean-Baptiste Yon, Documents sur l'armee romaine a Palmyre.
Minor shelfwear else Fine. ; Electrum: Studies in Ancient History Vol. 14; 153 pages; Slawomir Sprawski, Leonnatus's Campaign of 322 BC; Tomasz Grabowski, Ptolemy's Military and Political Operations in Greece in 314-308 BC; Peter contents: Franz Mittag, Blood and Money. On the Loyalty of the Seleucid Army; Everett L. Wheeler, Anti-Deceit Clauses in Greek Treaties: An Apologia; Elisabetta Todisco, La strategia deipraesidia romani nelle citta italiche; Oliver Stoll, , , How to get to my regiment?" Die tirones Asiani - einige Gedanken zur Praxis der Aushebung und zur Kommandierung von Rekruten in der Romischen Armee; Mihai Popescu, Notes sur les pretres dolicheniens en Dacie; Jean-Baptiste Yon, Documents sur l'armee romaine a Palmyre.
