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8vo., First Edition; strongly bound in red buckram, gilt back, very good, bright, clean copy.
8vo., First Edition; strongly bound in red rexine, gilt back, very good, bright, clean copy. With pictorial bookplate on front paste-down.
8vo., First Edition; original printed wrappers, lower wrapper repaired with tape else a bright, clean copy.
8vo., First Edition; original printed wrappers, lower wrapper repaired with tape else a bright, clean copy.
8vo., First Edition; original printed wrappers, lower wrapper repaired with tape else a bright, clean copy.
8vo., with coloured frontispiece, and numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations in the text; red cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy in mildly age-marked dustwrapper. First published in 1782.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped, lightly rubbed dustwrapper.
Folio, with illustrations in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one short closed etar at lower edge of front panel.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition, with title in red and numerous coloured badges in the text; maroon cloth, gilt back, backstrip gilt dulled (but entirely legible), a very good, bright, clean copy.
Sm. 8vo., with numerous plates (a number folding), illustrations and diagrams in the text; original red cloth, covers framed in blind, gilt back, radial corners, a very good, bright, clean copy. Publication code 40/2052. The standard Great War issue, with 23pp advertisements on red stock at front and rear. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition thus; red cloth, upper board framed in blind and lettered in gilt, gilt back, buff endpapers, covers mildly age-soiled and worn, backstrip amateurishly relaid (but binding entirely sound) else a good, bright, sound copy. With the stamp of 124th Battery, Royal Field Artillery on title. SCARCE.
Sm. 4to., Sole Edition, 4pp leaflet, folded once, printed in black; some very faint age-staining else a near fine copy. The rarest of all the major Services of Thanksgiving throughout the British Army in WWII, this humble document is considerably harder to find than its Second or Eighth Army counterparts. Anderson's First Army was formed in November 1942 as the spearhead of the land forces of TORCH, the Allied landings is Algeria and Morocco. Taking its final shape as Eastern Task Force in January 1943, it eventually comprised American II Corps, British V and IX Corps, and French XIX Corps. Following the landings First Army attempted to secure the Tunisian shoreline, but time was against it and the campaign became principally one of long-distance logistics. After the success of Eighth Army at Alamein, First Army carried eastwards the main thrust of 18 Army Group's offensive that resulted in the final defeat of the Axis in North Africa in mid-1943 (a victory often compared strategically with Stalingrad). Its job done, First Army was disbanded later in the year and its units reallocated. Rare in any condition.
60 pages. Undated. Circa 1944. Loaded with amazing black and white photos and supporting text. Above-average wear. Folded in half. Fragile to handle but still a worthy reference copy. Book
8vo., red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy.
Sm. 4to., with coloured formation signs of twenty-six Second Army units on front wrapper; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers very lightly age-soiled, staples very lightly rusting else a remarkably crisp, bright, clean copy. This humble Order of Service is surely the single document which, for every individual soldier in Dempsey's Second Army, symbolised the end of the gruelling twelve months which lasted from from the beaches of Normandy to the heath at Luneberg and brought the end of war in Europe. The front wrapper carries a striking coloured montage of badges of the major formations involved, comprising Second Army, 1 Corps, 8 Corps, 12 Corps, 30 Corps, Airborne Corps, Guards Armoured Division, 7 Armoured Division, 11 Armoured Division, 3 Infantry Division, 5 Infantry Division, 15 (Scottish) Infantry Division, 43 (Wessex) Infantry Division, 49 (West Riding) Infantry Division, 50 (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, 51 (Highland) Infantry Division, 52 (Lowland) Infantry Division, 53 (Welsh) Infantry Division, 59 (Staffordshire) Infantry Division, 6 Guards Tank Brigade, 4 Armoured Brigade, 8 Armoured Brigade, 27 Armoured Brigade, 33 Armoured Brigade, 34 Armoured Brigade, 115 Independent Infantry Brigade. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Cole reproduces the wrapper in his standard reference 'Heraldry in War' (plate facing p.120).
512 p. + Frontis and full page engravings, some torn with loss. Very XLib. Very age stained. Some signatures loose. Several penciled ownerships including Harry C. Bubb (Montoursville, Pennsylvania?) on page 253. Large 8vo. Original quarter leather over cloth boards. Binding very worn. Hardbound. SHELF W28
8vo., First Edition, with plates; purple cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With personal bookplate on front paste-down.
pp. vi, 332 + Plus frontis. A few pages loose. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, worn. WWI 4
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs, and coloured folding maps; green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, green endpapers, a near fine copy.
130 pages pluss x pages of appendices. Black and white photographic plates. Reprint of the 1952 first edition. Average wear to book which bears prior owner's signature atop title page. Binding sound. Chunks missing from dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A worthy copy of this informative reference. Book
72 pages. Features: Nice ballerina cover art by R. York Wilson; Colour ad for the Parker "51" pen inside front cover; One-page colour recruiting ad for the Canadian Army entitled V.I.P. shows young man in uniform walking on sidewalk; Nice one-page colour ad for the 1949 Monarch car shows a red two-door; Photos of the Sandler's Wells Ballet; One-page colour Waterman's Pen ad presents the Crusader, Stalwart and Dauntless; Excellent photo-illustrated article on the Women's Penitentiary in Kingston; The River (short story); Toronto the Terrible - photo-illustrated article by Hugh Garner; Daniel Boone and his trusty Five-Iron (golf short story); Can Les Lear and the Calgary Stampeders (football club) Make It? - photo-illustrated article; Ram's Way (short story about a cop); Simis - photo-illustrated article on the Service d'Information Montreal Information Service which answers questions about anything (permitted by law) by phone - with photos of Roger Nadeau - a fascinating predecessor to modern-day search engines; One-page Seagram ad features grain threshing scene with horse-drawn wagon; Morley Callaghan explains how to talk to high-brows; Massey-Harris one-page colour ad features tractor in rural European town; Elegant half-page colour-photo ad for Sovereign Potters presents their Montcalm Pattern, Number 718; Nice half-page Canadian Admiral Corp. ad presents their model 5V12 radio-phonograph; Article on Teen-agers in Hollywood includes photos of Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Evans, Terry Moore, Shirley Temple, Barbara Lawrence and Claudia Barrett; Article on the wonderful freedom in Canada, compared to post-war Europe; Uncommon half-page ad for Black Horse Brewery explains why rice is thrown at weddings; Colour one-page Calvert Distillers ad says "The Canadian Family Owes Much to... Ireland"; One-page photo ad for Northern Electric's Gainaday 200 washing machine; Half-page colour-photo ad for Canada Dry; One-page colour-photo Marboleum ad shows nostalgic 1949 kitchen design; One-page colour-photo ad for Singer Sewing Centers; One-page colour-photo ad for Northumbria Sterling Silver cutlery; Back to school fashion photos; Nice half-page colour ad for Aylmer canned peaches; Half-page colour ad for Heinz Vinegars; Article on table manners for children; Half-page colour-photo Baker's Coconut ad; One-page colour-photo ad for Burns Corned Beef Hash, Wieners and Beans, and Chili Con Carne; Recipes for preserves; World Sayings; Colour ad inside back cover for Wabasso Cottons shows lady making bed; Back cover colour ad for O'Keefe's features lovely illustration by Rex Woods of penny bazaar scene with boy buying muffin; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A nice copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
32 pages. Features: Front cover Thompson Valves ad salutes Pan American Airways and their 107 airliners; The Moment Distribution Method for Solving Continuous Frameworks; Compound Floating Ailerons; Army Lighter-Than-Air; The Zap Flap; Effect of Controllable Pitch on Airplane Performance; The World's Largest Autogiro - ferries between two Florida country clubs; The Bryce Fuel-Injection Pump; A Radio Transmitter for the Itinerant Flyer; Symposium on Arctic and Winter Flying; Traffic Control at the Alleghany Airport; The Switlik Parachute Chair; Racon Electric Co. photo ad shows crowd at Cleveland Air Races; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Light dustsoiling to top of textblock. Minor shelfwear to book. Dustjacket has edgewear with chipping and a few small tears. 1 large tear crudely repaired with cellotape. DJ spine is sunned. Rubbing to DJ. ; 1.92 x 9.1 x 6.94 Inches; 784 pages; This study of the size of the Italian population from 225 B. C. To A. D. 14 draws on early Roman census figures and yearly estimates of the number of men under arms to assess the nature of Italian emigration, the effects of wars and land settlements in the peninsula, and the economy of Cisalpine Gaul and other regions.
