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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
(ca. 19,5 x 13,6 cm). 280 S. (Fraktur). Halbleinen der Zeit. Einband etwas fleckig und berieben. Papier etwas gebräunt, teils leicht fleckig. Mit mehreren mehrfach ausfaltbaren eingebundenen Tafeln im Anhang: Blatt I, II und III sowie Tafel I.
Madrid, Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1949, 27 x 20 cm., cartulina editorial, 56 págs., incluso varias figuras + 10 láminas en papel couché + 2 hojas.
21x15. 41p. Núm. 3. Lomo deteriorado.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome plates; navy buckram, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, a near fine set.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and fine coloured illustrations throughout; green tweed cloth, black cloth back lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition, with 43 plates on 16 and 10 maps (several full-page) in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Smith, p.95; Sutcliffe, p.128.
Minor shelfwear. ; Aspects of Greek & Roman Life Series; 151 pages; Traces the development of Ancient Greek armaments from the Mycenae period to Macedon, and discusses the role that military events played in the history of the Greeks. 60 illustrations.
Three Volumes. Profusely illustrated with maps, photographs and drawings, many in color. 4to. Original pictorial wraps. Original pictorial box. Very nice set. CW W19 **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
Sm. folio, First Edition, with numerous photographs (a number full-page) throughout; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
Edgewear and light scores on the covers and spine. Pages are clean, bright and tight,
20 pages. Features sheet music for piano and voice for these songs: You Came Along; Please Don't Say "No"; Louise; More Than You Know; I Wish; Good, Good, Good; I Walked In; There Must Be A Way; Bell Bottom Trousers. "Issued monthly by special services division, Army Service Forces, United States Army. Distributed for the navy by the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, United States Navy. For use by the U.S. Armed Forces only. Not for Sale." - from front cover. 2" x 1" chip from lower corner of front cover and openings along coverfold, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A vintage copy of this nice WWII collectible. Book
Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with very numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. One of the best pictorial surveys of the battle, comprising day-day coverage with many useful photographs not easily available elsewhere. Published a year after the German edition. Enser, p.13.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary, this is the finest overall treatment of the airborne battle (Operation MARKET). It is Middlebrook at his best, painstakingly combining many valuable vernacular accounts with a characteristically well-researched view of the background. Note that it does not cover the ground forces making their way towards Arnhem (Operation GARDEN). A beautiful copy of a superb tribute.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps; grey cloth, backstrip letterd in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Published to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary, this is the finest overall treatment of the airborne battle (Operation MARKET). It is Middlebrook at his best, painstakingly combining many valuable vernacular accounts with a characteristically well-researched view of the background. Note that it does not cover the ground forces making their way towards Arnhem (Operation GARDEN). A beautiful copy of a superb tribute.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The last decade has seen a sharpened focus on logistics and supply during the battle. This admirable account includes much eye-witness and vernacular detail; it is also incidentally the first combat history of what is now the Royal Logistic Corps.
8vo., First Edition, with 48 plates on 24, and 13 full-page maps (one double-page) in the text; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with 'airborne Pegasus' emblem, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. An elegant copy. This classic memoir by the commander of 1 Airborne Division remains the best eye-witness account of the most poignant (and by far the most documented) airborne operation in history. Includes transcripts of the airborne corps instruction, confirmatory notes of GOC's verbal orders, glider and unit allotments and 1 Airborne Div OOB. Enser, p.36.
Former owner's seal indented on front free-page. Previous owner has deleted his name in black marker and has bled to title page. Corners have been taped to prevent damage. ; Concentrating on land warfare, distinguished U. S. Military historian Jones argues that most military events can be explained by military factors. The framework of his analysis is strategy, which Jones sees as remaining consistent for 2500 years. When applied, however, strategy becomes dependent on tactics and logistics. These in turn are constantly modified by technology. The result is an ever-changing dialectic of options that continues to make war a viable political option even in the nuclear age. ; 740 pages
Upper corner bumped else fine. ; The essays in this book discuss the architecture and associated functions and military tactics of nuraghi, their social significance and their association with weapons. Illustrated with case studies from the island of Sardinia. Essays in English, Italian and French. ; Skrifter Utgivna Av Svenska Institutet I Rom, (Acta Instituti Romani Regni Sueciae) , 4°, XLVIII; 195 pages
xx, 363 pages. Index. Frontis photo-portrait of Currie with Sir Douglas Haig, February, 1918. Seven colour map plates. Four pages of black and white photographic plates. Four pages of facsimile reproductions of field notes from the Battle of Ypres, 1915. "This book is a worthy detailed record of his service, such as the future will wish to possess for remembrance, and for imitation." - J.C. Smuts on page xiv. Gift greetings and prior owner's name upon front free endpaper. Two-inch marginal line on page xiii. Binding intact. Average wear. A sound copy. (Cooke Page 101) Book
Small inscription on front end paper. No other marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with a little creasing to upper and lower edges. 258pp. Biography of the actor behind Captain Mainwaring of Dad's Army and Leonard Swindley of Coronation Street. Illustrated.