SMITHERMAN, P. H.MareMagnum
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37x25. Spp. Ilstr. Enc. 1/2 tela cart. Ed. Sobrecubierta.
38x25. 71p. Ilstr. Enc. Tela ed. Sobrecubierta.
346 pages including glossary, notes, index and black and white photographic plates. The story of a group of Canadian Army officers who volunteered to serve in the British Army in Europe between D-Day, 1944, and V-E Day, 1945, in a scheme called CANLOAN. Author was one of the participants and has based this work upon research supplemented by the recollections of survivors. A vivid account both of the experiences of the CANLOAN officers and of the scheme itself, from the initial concept to its realization. Presents slit-trench views of the battles in Normandy, Arnhem, Italy, the Rhineland and beyond the Rhine. Covers the role of the platoon commander in battle, the experiences of prisoners of war, the wounded, and the 50 Ordnance Corps volunteers who with 623 junior infantry officers made up CANLOAN. This copy appears to have come from a low circulation library, perhaps in a senior's home. Stickers have been removed from dust jacket and their former presence is nearly invisible. Otherwise, dust jacket remains very attractive and shows only light wear. Prior owner's address label and three small library stamps upon decorated front endpaper. No other markings to book which is clean and bears light wear. Blue boards decorated with gilt. A lovely copy. Book
30 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos Features: Cover photo of Barbara Young of Haines, Alaska; Arrival of the Salvation Army in Skagway in 1898; Train trip to Nenana aboard the Aurora, more fondly referred to as the "Moose Gooser"; Know Your Husky Dogs; Airline Formula for Better Business; Life at the University of Alaska; Photo of Joan Studdart enroute from Ireland aboard the CPR liner Empress of France; Pictorial Report of Alaska Day at the Chicago Fair of 1950; Photo of line of Atlantic City pageant contestants includes Maxine Cothern, Alaska's candidate; Photo of infant George Stanley Laughline entering Alaska after a trip from Hillsboro, IL; Nice vintage ads for local businesses; Recipes; Personal ads. Light wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
41p. + Frontis. Title page printed in red and black. Marble endpapers. Very XLib. All edges marbled. Tall 8vo. Original quarter leather over marbled boards. Gilt decorated spine with raised bands. Small loss at head of spine. Binding rubbed with slight loss at extremities. Hardbound. Quite scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AMERICANA BOX 1
This account traces each stage of the critical struggle between the Persian Empire and the early Greek states, from the first clashes to the miraculous return home of 10,000 Greek mercenaries stranded in the heart of Persia. Carefully examined sources and placing events within their geographical and historical contexts, the author attempts to define cultural and political differences between the two peoples. His balanced, questioning approach places fresh emphasis on the Persian perspective and will provide an accessible and informed introduction to the period. ; Classical World Series; 101 pages
385-480, [102] ads, pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and drawings. Printed upon glossy stock. The many pages of ads include an abundance of nostalgic illustrations. Features: Barracks Group and Hospital of the U.S. Army School of Military Aeronautics at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio - Joseph N. Bradford, Architect; The Debt of Landscape Art to a Museum of Trees; Modern Industrial Plants, Part I; Housing for Women War Workers; Henry Hering's Sculpture for the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago; Portfolio of Current Architecture; The Work of Olmsted Brothers - Part I; The Character of Renaissance Architecture; The Expressiveness of Light; The Architect's Library - war books of the French Cathedrals - Part IV; Notes and Comments. Average external wear. Library stamp atop front cover, otherwise unmarked. Binding intact. Two small binding holes near spine. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
8vo., First Edition, with plates; pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy The original edition.
Guter Zustand. -- Wer waren die Männer, die den militärischen Apparat Hitler-Deutschlands aufbauten und ihn während des Krieges handhabten? 27 Historiker aus Deutschland, den USA und Großbritannien versuchen hierauf im vorliegenden Band eine Antwort zu geben." -- -- Auf höchstem fachlichen Niveau, gleichwohl auch für den interessierten Laien verständlich, geben die biographischen Skizzen kritisch Auskunft über die Elite der deutschen Wehrmacht, über Hitlers Generäle und Admiräle - von Dönitz bis Guderian, von Manstein bis Rommel. ISBN 9783548332208
94 pages. Features: Cover photo of river crossing demonstration by the 16th and 17th Engineer Combat Battalions at Fort Hood in April 1963; Shore power for the USS Enterprise; Hutment Construction in Thailand; Fallout Protection at military installations; The Stalwart - new British cross-country amphibious load carrier; Richard Gridley - First Chief Engineer of the Army; Tracing Sediment Movement with Radioisotopes; Design with Threaded Nails; Inventory of Freeways by Aerial Photography; The Solar Disc; Navy Crane Moment Indicator; Combat Engineers 21 - The Battle for Ipo Dam - water supply of Manila; Wellington's Peninsular Engineers; Geographical Survey of the West, 1871-1879; Nuclear Power Plant Field Tests - field testing for the PM-1, and Atoms for Antarctic Power; Navy Mobile Power Reserve; Salvaging Rigid Pavements in Georgia; Geology Study for Navy Pier Construction; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy of this very informative issue. Book
8vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Sm. folio, First Edition, text in Polish, with numerous coloured plates, numerous illustrations and charts in the text, and pictorial endpapers; maroon cloth, upper board lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed OOB covering WWI and WWII. SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and 21 maps (the majority folding), some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, top lightly dust-soiled; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with loss at head of front panel and backstrip. Personal account of the war in Burma by the Commander-in-Chief British forces, and now generally recognised as one of the great military memoirs of all time. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE. Graham & Cole, B20; Enser, p.91.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and 21 maps (the majority folding), some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, top lightly dust-soiled; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one small loss (just affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. Personal account of the war in Burma by the Commander-in-Chief British forces, and now generally recognised as one of the great military memoirs of all time. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Graham & Cole, B20; Enser, p.91.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and 21 maps (the majority folding); handsomely bound in full dark green 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 with XIV Army emblem, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, original backstrip gilt mounted on new and separate leaf at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Personal account of the war in Burma by the Commander of the 'forgotten' Fourteenth Army, and now generally recognised as one of the great military memoirs of all time. AN ELEGANT COPY. Cole & Graham B20; Enser, p.91
8vo., First Edition, with 3 folding maps, some moderate offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, fore-edges dust-soiled; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter with one or two creases at edges, one closed tear and minor loss (affecting letting) at head of backstrip. Following his masterpiece 'Defeat into Victory', the present work covers the smaller battles and campaigns of his outstanding career. Includes Mesopotamia, India, North-West Frontier, Middle East and Persia. Increasingly scarce with the dustwrapper in any condition.
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, 40 pages of monochrome plates and 21 maps; green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, green endpapers, a fine copy in publisher's pictorial board slip-case.
8vo., red faux-morocco cloth, gilt back, gilt top, a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 150 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO.51).
299 pages. Black and white photographic plates plus a selection of colour art plates. Author's signature, inscription and handwritten book number 911/5000 upon verso of front free endpaper. Map endpapers. The biography of a Slovenian who survived the horrors of the second world war and later moved to Canada and served a s a Roman Catholic Priest. "These lines are being written more than 50 years after the beginning of the Second World War... My life has been profoundly influenced by it... Much of this book is on one way or another related to that war... With my limited ability I tried to point out the enormity of war and godliness of genuine peace." - from Author's Dedication. Light wear. Clean and unmarked but for minor blemish atop front board. Binding tight. Nice copy. Book
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs, illustrations and diagrams throughout, and pictorial endpapers; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The definitive history, extending and augmenting 'British Service Lee' with many detailed new features including recently discovered Pattern Room samples. VERY SCARCE.
Fine Turkish Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 296 p. 19. yüzyil baslarinda Avrupa dengesi ve Nizam-i Cedid ordusu. European diplomacy in the early 19th century and Turkish Nizam-i Cedid army. The Nizam-i Cedid Army refers to the new military establishment of the Nizam-i Cedid reform program. The Nizam-i Cedid army was largely a failure in its own time, but proved to be a much more effective infantry force than the Janissaries. After losing the Russo-Turkish War of 1787-92 in 1792 to Austria and Russia, Selim III concluded that Ottoman military was in serious need of reform if the empire was to survive. As a result, he began implementing a series of reforms aimed at reorganizing the military after the fashion of European militaries. This included the usage of European training tactics, weapons, and even officers. These reforms troubled the Janissaries, who were suspicious and unreceptive towards the reforms. To this end, Selim III created the Nizam-i Djedid in 1797 in order to develop a replacement for the Janissaries. By 1806 this new army stood 26,000 men strong, equipped with a French-style uniforms, European weapons, and a modern artillery corps. Due to their distinctly modern nature, the army was named Nizam-i-Cedid, which has the meaning, in Turkish, of 'New Order.'
574 pages including index and many black and white photographs. The epic autobiography of one of America's greatest soldiers. Recounts his exploits over four decades of unconventional warfare, espionage, covert missions, and frontline action in recent history's pivotal theatres: World War II, the Chinese Revolution, the Vietnam War, and most recently the war in Nicaragua. A highly decorated OSS officer who became a founding member of the CIA, Singlaub here draws on recently declassified records and original interviews with military and government leaders, as well as his own experiences, to vividly describe details of key covert missions which have never before made public. "An exciting story... Singlaub was the Cold Warrior incarnate." - Los Angeles Times Unmarked. Light wear and rubbing to glossy illustrated covers. Solid attractive copy. Book
