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8vo., Seventh Edition; original red cloth, upper board lettered in blind, backstrip lettered in black, all advertisement endpapers present, a remarkably bright, crisp, well-preserved copy. LOOSELY INSERTED ARE SEPARATELY PRINTED AMENDMENTS NOS. 1 AND 2. With 9pp trade advertisements bound in at at front. The compilation of the Manual of Military Law was initiated by Secretary of State for War Stanley in 1879. In order to produce a single comprehensive manual the Rules of Procedure required considerable legal amendment, including the repeal and replacement of the Army Discipline and Regulation Act 1879 by the Army Act 1881. The first edition was approved by both Childers and Hartington and published in 1884; the sixth edition (1914) carried through the Great War. For this seventh edition 'the events of the war and of the period succeeding the war have necessitated very considerable modifications and additions. Several of the introductory chapters have been almost entirely rewritten' (Editor's Note).
8vo., with a plate, large folding coloured maps and several diagrams and tables in the text; original printed wrappers, covers lightly browned at edges, wire-stitched as issued, staples a little rusty as often else a very good, clean copy. Notified in Army Orders for September 1929. 26 Manuals 412; code 57-212-1
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations and diagrams in the text; original wrappers printed in red, wire-stitched as issued, a remarkably bright, clean copy. Unusually well-preserved copy. Supersedes the editions (and related supplements) of 1937, 1939 and 1941. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Sm. 8vo., with 34 plates on 32; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers very lightly age-soiled else a remarkably bright, crisp, well-preserved copy. M.I. 14. January 1941. First issued in July 1940. 'The Information given in this document is not to be communicated, either directly or indirectly, to the Press or to any person not holding an official position in His Majesty's Service.' The purpose of this pamphlet is to give all ranks an idea of the appearance of the German soldier and his armament. It is being issued down to Platoon, etc. commanders'. The first edition is extremely scarce. COPAC gives only two entries (BL and NLS) for the 1941 reissue.
27x22. XXI+276p. 273p. 2 Vols. Fotogr. Mapas. Intr., rev. Y capítulos complementarios, N. González. Enc. Cart. Ed.
1 page creased. Pencil underling to some pages. ; A classic treatment of the morality of war written by one of our country's leading philosophers, with a new introduction considering the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo. Just and Unjust Wars examines a variety of conflicts in order to understand exactly why, according to Walzer, “the argument about war and justice is still a political and moral necessity. ” Walzer's classic work draws on historical illustrations that range all the way from the Athenian attack on Melos to this morning's headlines, and uses the testimony of participants—decision makers and victims alike—to examine the moral issues of warfare.; 400 pages
86 pages Features: Kid Killers at the Wheel are turning highways into human slaughterhouses; New York's Biggest Attic - The Manhattan Storage and Warehouse Company - article with great photos; The 25 Men Who Run the World; Wizards of Words - The National Spelling Bee; The Great Larynx - Art Linkletter and Familiy; I Was the King of the Safecrackers (part 2 of 5) - Herbert Wilson; Inside Sports; Collier's Out of Doors. Fiction: A Young Man Marred; One Day When I Was Lost; How Are You in Trunks?; Lionheart; The Golden Dart (part 3 of 8); The Parked Car. Ads include: Magnificent Studebaker Truck ad inside front cover; Trailways Bus ad; Elsie the cow in Borden ad; Firestone; Pontiac; Fisher Body; *Beautiful* two-page color ad for Packard cars; Hudson cars; Dodge Trucks; *Gorgeous* Canada Dry ad features their Spur Cola, Ginger Ale, Club Soda and Hi-Spot; Greyhound bus lines; The US Army; Old Thompson Whiskey; Great color photo Blatz Beer ad inside back cover features photo of Brian Donlevy; Coke ad on back cover features many fashionable ladies. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
8vo., Second Edition, with photographs, illustrations and maps in the text; pale blue cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in in 1977. VERY SCARCE.
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, coloured plates and numerous photographs in the text; original red cloth, upper board framed and blocked in blind, and lettered in gilt, gilt back, covers moderately age-soiled, case lightly shaken else a good, clean copy. With prize bookplate on front paste-down.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a portrait frontispiece, 41 plates on 16 and 3 folding maps, some light soiling throughout; original regimental cloth, battalion badge in gilt on upper board, gilt back, covers moderately age-marked else a good, sound copy. Includes register of officers and personnel. This territorial battalion served in Malta, Alexandria, Mudros, Gallipoli (October 1915-January 1916) and Rouen. It was disbanded in June 1916 and replaced by 3/4th battalion which then took its name. SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.62; White, p.201
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with coloured frontispiece, 3 coloured plates, 40 plates in monochrome, and 35 illustrations and facsimiles in the text; small neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; original blue cloth, badge in gilt on upper board, gilt back, red top, a very good, bright, clean copy. With a relevant cutting loosely inserted. White, p.198.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with coloured frontispiece, 3 coloured plates, 40 plates in monochrome, and 35 illustrations and facsimiles in the text; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. White, p.198.
8vo., Second Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 4 coloured plates, 42 plates in monochrome, 29 illustrations in the text and 3 folding maps on japon; original blue cloth, arms blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chafed at head and tail of backstrip. A PRESENTATION COMPANY FROM THE COURT OF ASSISTANTS OF THE HAC TO THE LIBRARY OF THE CITY OF LONDON TERRITORIAL AND AUXILIARY FORCES ASSOCIATION. Second edition of the original history of 1926, updated to include the regiment's service in WWII. White, p.198.
8vo., First Edition, with 2 plates on 1 as frontispiece, 32 plates on 15, and 4 illustrations and 9 maps and plans in the text, some light worming to preliminaries and title margins, and to lower blank corner of last few leaves; neatly rebound in tan buckram, arms blocked in gilt from original binding mounted on upper board, gilt label from original binding mounted on backstrip, a very good, tight copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with some light worming at extremities. The standard history in WWI of the oldest and most famous territorial regiment. 1 Bn served in France from 1914; 2 Bn from October 1916. Two Horse Artillery batteries served with Palestine Expeditionary Force from July 1915. The two second-line batteries and a siege battery served in France. Scarce, especially in the dustwrapper. Enser, p.66; White, p.198.
Signed and inscribed by author to the son of Francisco B. Caingcoy who saw action on Bataan with the 14th Eng. 2nd Btn and was captured on 9 April 1942 by the Japanese, started the Death and escaped. 240 pages. Black and white illustrations. Winner of the Book of the Year award by the American Bookdealers Exchange. "A true narrative by Sergeant Waldron, who risked his life in keeping a day by day diary, for three and a half years as a Prisoner of War under the Japanese... A true saga of the first five months of World War Two in the Philippines, and life as a Prisoner of War." - from dust jacket. Average wear bo book. Above-average wear to dust jacket. Book
Minor edgewear/rubbing to boards. Light shelfwear. Corners a bit rounded. Spine slightly sunned with light spotting. ; Looks at the military and political career of Aratos of Sicyon. ; Thiriwall Prize Essay 1933; 222 pages
2 tomes reliés en un volume In-4, 341-92p. Illustré en tout de 111 planches hors texte coloriées à la main, à savoir 89 planches de décorations et 8 planches de costumes dans le premier volume; 11 planches de décorations et 3 planches de costumes dans le supplément. Premier plat de la reliure taché, minime accroc en tete, autrement très bel exemplaire.
Very Good Turkish Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. [xviii], 525 p., 6 folded plans and maps. Kafkas Harekâti: 1828-1921. Türk-Kafkas sinirindaki harplerin tarihi. Caucasus Campaigns: History of the military operations at the borders of Turkish and Caucasus, 1828-1921. First Edition.
Vg/Vg (one very minor area of loss to bottom corner of clipped dj faded on spine, clean red cloth with bright silver titles on spine, lengthy ink gift inscription front free endpaper, pages clean and unmarked, faint yellowing outside page edges) octavo 176pp. Over 100 photographs and diagrams, 4pp of which in colour.
Book is in excellent condition, new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 314 pages, 9 contributors write about the subject and its correlatives, each on a different subject: Way of life, the Emancipation, Religion, the Army, the Village commune, the Factory, Literature etc.
Paris, Plon, 1962. in-8, cartonnage et jaquette de l'éditeur, 378 pp. Nouveau tirage.
25x18. 40p. Col. Men at Arms. Fotogr. Ilstr. M. Roffe.
25x18. 40p. Col. Men at Arms. Fotogr. Ilstr. M. Roffe.
Madrid, Eduardo Airias, 1911, 22 x 15 cm., cubiertas originales, 227 págs.
