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Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original paper autograph letter handwritten signed by Mehmed Refet Ülgen. 21x13,5 cm. In Ottoman script (Turkish with Arabic letters). 1 pp. Ink stains and chipped on margins. Folded. A good copy. Written with a unique riq'a script. Mehmed Refet Ülgen, (1888-1964), was a member of parliament from Urfa city, educator (he was manager of several Turkish schools), director of Ziraat Bank.
Lisboa, Henrique Valete de Oliveira, 1659, 18,5 x 14 cm., encuadernación en holandesa piel del siglo XIX, 8 hojas + 189 págs. con apostillas marginales, en realidad 195 págs. ya que repite la numeración de las páginas 73 a 76 dos veces. (Ejemplar falto de la portada y del retrato que se encuentran reproducidos en papel de época y con mancha en las dos últimas hojas aunque sin impedir la lectura del texto).
First edition, 4to, 175, [1]pp., frontis., 15 plates full-page plates, and an additional 45 plates showing 350 photographic portraits, orig. publishers red cloth, gilt, spine faded. A very good copy of this rare Staffordshire regimental history.
8vo., First Edition, with 37 plates on 16; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Astonishingly, the first biography of 'Boy' Browning. Mead throws fresh light on the failure at Arnhem, and details Browning's close post-war relationship with the Royal family. In the light of Buckingham's recent critical assessment Browning comes off here very lightly.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Astonishingly, the first biography of 'Boy' Browning. Mead throws fresh light on the failure at Arnhem, and details Browning's close post-war relationship with the Royal family. In the light of Buckingham's recent critical assessment Browning comes off here very lightly.
8vo., First Edition, with plates, maps in the text and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. 331 pages. Reproductions of archival black and white photos. Author presents WWII stories of Hong Kong, Sicily, Italy and Northwest Europe related by her father, two uncles, and cousins. "The resulting manuscript tells a story which began on the plains of the Canadian West and went out to the battlefields of WWII." - from dust jacket. Spine leaning. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations in the text; printed wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy.
342 pages. "This story of Canadian victories in the great struggle, with an entertaining analysis of what lay behind them, makes up a book which will not only be immediately interesting, but will also be a strong feature in your library in years to come. Look, for instance, at the story of our boys' capture of Vimy Ridge, and think with what avidity your children will read this ten years from now." - from dust jacket. Book unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. Unmarked. Dust jacket bears several peripheral tears and is missing several chips but is handsome in new archival-grade brodart cover. Rare in jacket. WALLACE P.64. Book
177 p. Numerous color illustrations. Folio. Original full dark blue cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Hardbound. Very good copy. Reprint of the "Flags of the Army of the United States Carried During the War of the Rebellion" and "Tabular Statements Showing the names of Commanders of Army Corps, Divisions and Brigades." Originally published in 1887. SHELF W26
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 261 pages.
8vo., First Edition, with plates, map and charts; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Graham & Cole I38.
208 pages. Black and white photographic plates. "Tells, in vivid yet modest terms, the story of the wartime exploits of No. 4 Commando, seen from the viewpoint of the particular troop in which the author served as a section officer from 1942 until it dispanded after the war." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Unmarked. Complete dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A sound copy. Book
Some foxing to endpapers and textblock. Rubbing to corners. Narrow white streak stain to rear board. ; "Being Translations of such Portions of the Works of these and other Classical Authors as describe Alexander’s Campaigns in Afghanistan, the Panjâb, Sindh, Gedrosia and Karmania. With an Introduction containing a Life of Alexander, Copious Notes, Illustrations, Maps and Indices." reprint of 1896 edition. ; 432 pages
223p. Hardcover Very good condition
Rubbing to spine. Slight creasing to corners of wraps. Former owner's initials on ffep. Small stains to back wrap. ; Hesperia Supplement XI; 125 pages
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers. Library stickers to front panel and bottom of spine. Chipping to spine ends and to middle of spine cover. Upper corner frayed. ; Hesperia Supplement XI; 125 pages
312 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
pp. 465, (14) [Publisher's catalogue] + Frontis folding map of Antietam battle field, old tape repair at top fold, and full page plans of battle fields. Age stained. Inked ownership of H. R. Pratt, 1935. Large 12mo. Original full cloth binding, lacks spine. Hardbound. SHELF W29
107p. (3)[Publisher's catalogue]. Illustrated with forms and conversion tables. Inked ownership of E. M. Tierney. Paper beginning to brown but not brittle. 16mo. Original full blue cloth binding, front cover gold vignette of World War I soldier. Worn and spotted. First edition. WWI 4
Milano, 1916, estratto con copertina originale illustrata, pp. 657/662 con illustrazioni in nero e a colori. - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo di rivista, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perchè ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “estratto” or “stralcio” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.
Small stain to top of textblock. Minor shelfwear to book and DJ. ; Weapons of biological and chemical warfare have been in use for thousands of years, and Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs, Adrienne Mayor's exploration of the origins of controversial weaponry, draws extraordinary connections between the mythical worlds of Hercules and the Trojan War, the accounts of Herodotus and Thucydides, and modern methods of war and terrorism. Drawing on sources ancient and modern, Mayor describes ancient recipes for arrow poisons, booby traps rigged with plague, petroleum-based combustibles, choking gases, and the deployment of dangerous animals and venomous snakes and insects. She also explores the ambiguous moral implications inherent in this kind of warfare: Are these nefarious forms of weaponry ingenious or cowardly? Admirable or reprehensible? ; 319 pages
The Poison King describes a life brimming with spectacle and excitement. Claiming Alexander the Great and Darius of Persia as ancestors, Mithradates inherited a wealthy Black Sea kingdom at age fourteen after his mother poisoned his father. He fled into exile and returned in triumph to become a ruler of superb intelligence and fierce ambition. Hailed as a savior by his followers and feared as a second Hannibal by his enemies, he envisioned a grand Eastern empire to rival Rome. After massacring eighty thousand Roman citizens in 88 BC, he seized Greece and modern-day Turkey. Fighting some of the most spectacular battles in ancient history, he dragged Rome into a long round of wars and threatened to invade Italy itself. His uncanny ability to elude capture and surge back after devastating losses unnerved the Romans, while his mastery of poisons allowed him to foil assassination attempts and eliminate rivals. ; 448 pages
