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Minor shelfwear. Sticker damage to upper corner of front wrap. Light yellowing to wraps. ; 51pp, illustrated, + folding plan. ; 51 pages
Light discoloration to spine. Dustjacket has a few small nicks and tears. Corners are bumped. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. DJ is price-clipped. ; First general survey of the development of Roman Army, deals with its organisation, equipment, camps, forts and frontier works as well as its battle and siege tactics. ; 334 pages
Dustjacket has edgewear with chipping to top and bottom edges and tiny piece missing from bottom edge. ; First general survey of the development of Roman Army, deals with its organisation, equipment, camps, forts and frontier works as well as its battle and siege tactics. ; 330 pages
8vo., Second and Best Edition, with numerous photographs, illustrations and plans (a number full-page) in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Considerably enlarged version of this standard reference, first published in 1969.
First edition, 8vo, vi, [2], 192, xlvipp., coloured frontis., and one further coloured plate, orig. blue publishers pebbled cloth, decorated in gilt and blind, rebacked.
pp. x, 219, (4) [Publisher's catalogue] + Folding map. Text illustrated with maps. XLib. Bookplate of R.E. Chislett. 12mo. 190 mo.Original full dark blue cloth binding, lettered in gold. Front board decorated in blind with rifle, sword and bayonet. Extremities only slightly worn. XLib. Hardbound. Very Good. W25 / YORK HS
4to., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 17 coloured plates (original tissue guards present), 28 plates and plans in monochrome, 4pp of music; original half morocco gilt, upper board with crest and mottoc blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, slightly pulled at head and tail of backstrip else a very good, bright, clean copy. Sutcliffe, p.85; White, p.64.
Second edition, large 8vo, xxvii, [1], 336, [2]pp., frontis., 36 plates, new buckram with partial orig. cloth laid-down.
Pages 183-233 plus fifteen pages of nice vintage ads. Features: The Day of Chrysler's Farm - major article with many excellent illustrations and maps; Upper Canada Village; The Ontario-St. Lawrence Development Commission - article with photo; Nice Canadian Army recruiting ad inside back cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Single sheet, a near fine copy. Signed simply 'Wavell' in the writer's usual manner, the letter is written to Geoffrey Moore, founder of the Buccaneers Cricket Club, and demonstrates the soldier's keen and continuing interest in the sport. It is noteworthy that Wavell was particularly proud of his membership of the MCC at Lords. The letter confirms that Wavell will propose the toast at the Buccaneers' annual dinner (held at Lords). Field-Marshal Earl Wavell (1883-1950) was one of the twentieth century's most distinguished British soldiers. Following considerable success against the Italians in North Africa, his career reached its peak with his appointment as Supreme Allied Commander, South West Pacific, ABDA (American, British, Dutch and Australian) Command in 1942 and subsequently as an outstanding Viceroy and Governor General of India from 1943-1947. He was recognised also as a scholar, compiling the well-known anthology of poetry 'Other Mens's Flowers' (1944). The bulk of Wavell's papers are now housed in the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives at King's College, London. Founded in 1930, The Buccaneers is one of the oldest and most famous 'wandering' clubs in English cricket (a 'wandering' club has no fixed home ground but plays as an away team relying on the hospitality of the home clubs against which it competes). The Club's history has been written twice, by Clifford Bax in 1956 and more recently by Howard Spencer. ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY WAVELL ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.
Single sheet, a near fine copy. Signed simply 'Wavell' in the writer's usual manner, the letter is written to Geoffrey Moore, founder of the Buccaneers Cricket Club, and demonstrates the soldier's keen and continuing interest in the sport. It is noteworthy that Wavell was particularly proud of his membership of the MCC at Lords. The letter declines Moore's invitation to attend the annual dinner, but carries Wavell's best wishes for the Club for the coming year during which he hopes to see tham in action. Field-Marshal Earl Wavell (1883-1950) was one of the twentieth century's most distinguished soldiers. Following considerable success against the Italians in North Africa, his career reached its peak with his appointment as Supreme Allied Commander, South West Pacific, ABDA (American, British, Dutch and Australian) Command in 1942 and subsequently as an outstanding Viceroy and Governor General of India from 1943-1947. He was recognised also as a scholar, compiling the well-known anthology of poetry 'Other Mens's Flowers' (1944). The bulk of Wavell's papers are now housed in the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives at King's College, London. Founded in 1930, The Buccaneers is one of the oldest and most famous 'wandering' clubs in English cricket (a 'wandering' club has no fixed home ground but plays consistently as an 'away' team relying on the hospitality of the 'home' clubs against which it competes). The Club's history has been written twice, by Clifford Bax in 1956 and more recently by Howard Spencer. ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY WAVELL ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.
Bruxelles, Lebègue, 1905. Un volume broché de format in 8° de 134 pp., nombreuses planches photographiques hors texte, planches dépliantes, fac-similés, tableaux... Bon état. Peu courant.
238 pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. "Tells the story of Canada's 'forgotten war' in which soldiers in Korea suffered needless casualties and endured conditions that bordered on criminal neglect." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear. Minimal library markings. Dust jacket preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
318 pages. Bibliography. Price clipped dust jacket bears moderate wear. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
Single sheet measuring 8.0 x 6.5 ins (approx. 20.0 x 17.0 cms), on stationery of 53 (W) Divisional Dinner Club printed in red and black, and dated 20 November 1995; near fine state. THE LETTER IS WRITTEN, DATED AND SIGNED ENTIRELY IN SIR TASKER'S HAND, AND IS SOLD WITH A BRIEF RESUME OF HIS POST-WAR CAREER AND A POOR QUALITY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT. Sir Tasker Watkins was gazetted for the Victoria Cross on 2 November 1944. The citation reads: 'On 16 August 1944 at Barfour, Normandy, Lieutenant Watkins' company came under murderous machine-gun fire while advancing through corn fields set with booby traps. The only officer left, Lieutenant Watkins led a bayonet charge with his 30 remaining men against 50 enemy infantry, practically wiping them out. Finally, at dusk, separated from the rest of the battalion, he ordered his men to scatter and after he had personally charged and silenced an enemy machine-gun post, he brought them back to safety. His superb leadership not only saved his men, but decisively influenced the course of the battle'. Sir Tasker Watkins (1918-2007) was commissioned into the Welch Regiment in 1941 and was the first Welshman to win the Victoria Cross in WWII. He retired from the Army as a major in 1946 and entered the law. He was called to the bar in 1948 at the beginning of a distinguished legal career that culminated in his serving as Deputy Chief Justice of England from 1988-1993. He was knighted in 1971 and appointed a CBE in 1990. Watkins was President of the 53 (W) Divisional Dinner Club.
A few indents to rear board. Minor shelfwear. ; This superbly illustrated volume traces the evolution of the art of warfare in the Greek and Roman worlds between 1600 B. C. And A. D. 800, from the rise of Mycenaean civilization to the fall of Ravenna and the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. John Warry tells of an age of great military commanders such as Alexander the Great, Hannibal, and Julius Caesar - men whose feats of generalship still provide material for discussion and admiration in the military academies of the world. The text is complemented by a running chronology, 16 maps, 50 newly researched battle plans and tactical diagrams, and 125 photographs, 65 of them in color. ; 224 pages
xl, 413 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "Documents the vital but unrecognized contribution of this important segment of Canada's army. From North Africa to Normandy, from Germany to Korea, Asia, and the Middle East, and from home training camps to the bush strips of the Arctic, the story of the Corps with its unfailing service and bustling supply lines is told in lucid prose." - dust jacket. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Former library copy with usual markings. Dust jacket in clear protection which has been affixed to map endpapers. A sound reference copy. Dornbusch 178, Cooke [3e] p.153, Spadoni & Donnelly 1599. Book
8vo, 174 pp. Illustrated. Blue cloth with vG dj. w [EN-1] Stories from famous battles of those regiments who fought in them, including the SAS , the Punjabis, the South Wales Borderers, the 2nd Devons, the Royal sappers and miners etc.
Sm. folio, First Edition, with numerous photographs (a number full-page) throughout; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with 36 plates on 16 and a full-page map in the text; green cloth, gilt back, covers lightly sunned else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Small tear to base of spine. Institution stamp to front wrap. No other markings. Former owner's name on ffep. ; Offprint Pages 175-199, pl xlix-LX. From the Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume LI; From the Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume LI; 24 pages
4to., First Edition, on laid paper, with a portrait frontispiece, divisional sign on title, 29 plates on 17, 5 maps in the text and 4 large folding maps on japon, neat signature (member of the Middlesex Regiment) on front free endpaper, some mild spotting (mainly marginal and fore-edges); original divisional pebble-grained cloth, divisional insignia blocked in gilt and blind on upper board, gilt back, patterned endpapers, backstrip frayed at head and tail, covers unevenly sunned (rather more so at backstrip) else a very good, firm copy. Includes OOB, embarkation, postings of battalions, corps and divisional orders, the five battalions in France and roll of officers commanding. The division served at Gallipoli and under Allenby in Egypt, Palestine and Sinai. Five battalions served in France. SCARCE IN ANY CONDITION. Enser, p.61.
Sm. 8vo., with numerous technical illustrations and diagrams; original series binding of red cloth, radial corners, boards framed in blind, gilt back, boards edges frayoing slightly as often, a very good, bright, clean copy. Publication code: 40/WO/1071. With the publisher's catalogues on the usual pink stock at front and rear.
8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous technical illustrations and diagrams (a number folding), small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy. Printing code: 25/463. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Sm. 8vo., original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.