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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.
24x17. 412p. 538p. 505p. 3 Vols. ISBN 8478231722 - 9788478231720 - 8478231714 - 9788478231713.
Paris, Nouvelles éditions Latines, 1961. In-8, broché, couverture illustrée, 250 pp. Ouvrage illustré avec huit planches hors-texte et une carte. Bel exemplaire.
Madrid, Revista de Occidente, 1943, 19'5 x 13 cm., rúsica editorial, XLIX + 246 págs. + 1 h. (Colección: Aventureros y tranquilos. Memorias, diarios, biografías. Prólogo de José Ortega y Gasset).
32 pages. Features: Front cover Thompson Valves ad salutes Pan American Airways and their 107 airliners; The Moment Distribution Method for Solving Continuous Frameworks; Compound Floating Ailerons; Army Lighter-Than-Air; The Zap Flap; Effect of Controllable Pitch on Airplane Performance; The World's Largest Autogiro - ferries between two Florida country clubs; The Bryce Fuel-Injection Pump; A Radio Transmitter for the Itinerant Flyer; Symposium on Arctic and Winter Flying; Traffic Control at the Alleghany Airport; The Switlik Parachute Chair; Racon Electric Co. photo ad shows crowd at Cleveland Air Races; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with 6 coloured plates, 39 plates and monochrome and over 750 line drawings in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter very lightly creased at extremities. Superbly illustrated standard reference. Elusive in this condition.
New Turkish Paperback. 4to. (30 x 21 cm). In Turkish. 354 p., ills. Bahtiyarzâde okçuluk risâlesi. This book is the oldest known manuscript written in Turkish about traditional Turkish archery. The book tells the names of the menhirs, stone striking archers and other men in the other cities. In addition, some personalities and their adventures are mentioned, and there are reminiscences of some sea and land wars. And includes arrow shooting techniques, arrows and archery information.
Madrid, Memoria del Ingenieros, 1883, 22'5 x 15'5 cm., 95 págs. + 1 lámina plegada. (Falto de cubiertas originales).
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
62 pages. Presents thirty-one ballads penned by a Canadian prisoner of war in Germany's Oflag VII/B during WWII "...in the belief that they may be of some interest to the folks in Canada, and that our friends at home may get some inkling of the things we do and the things we think about behind the old barbed wire." - page 3. Ominous cover art depicts large Nazi boot treading on silhouette of POW behind barbed wire. Reproduction of the author's POW photo on page 6. Photo of the Pipe Band of Oflag VII/B on page 30 includes Brigadier W. Southam (Canada). Sketch of Oflag VII-B on page 62. Dedicated to the men of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, and the South Saskatchewan Regiment. Laid-in is an undated WWII news clipping entitled Poem Found on Body of Unknown Soldier. Prior owner's name stroked out atop first leaf. Average wear. Binding sound. A sombre WWII memento. Book
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., Second Impression, with endpaper maps; olive cloth, backstrip lettered in brown, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Enser, p.55 (recording the first edition).
Librairie de J.-B. Baillière et Fils, Paris. 1892. In-12 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Plats abîmés. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur acceptable. 328 pages. Illustré de nombreuses gravures en noir et blanc dans le texte. Pages légèrement jaunies. Papier et étiquette de code collés sur le dos. Tampon et annotation de bibliothèque en page de titre. 'Biliothèque scientifique contemporaine'. Avec 132 figures intercalées.
Very light shelfwear to DJ else fine. ; 224 pages; Acknowledging that Homer is a poet, not a staff instructor, Albracht works carefully through the Homeric text to produce a persuasive picture of the workings of battle in the Iliad, in two parts: in Part I the council of war, marshalling of the troops, the use of chariots, the advance into battle, the standing fight, the massed attack and defence, retreat, flight and pursuit; in Part II protection in the field, attack and defence of a fortified camp, and the siege and defence of a fortified city. Throughout, he offers the reader fascinating explanations of the details of the battle narrative.
Gift inscription from Peter Jones to ffep. Else book is fine. DJ has chipping along lower edge of front panel and light creasing along upper edge of rear panel. ; 224 pages; Acknowledging that Homer is a poet, not a staff instructor, Albracht works carefully through the Homeric text to produce a persuasive picture of the workings of battle in the Iliad, in two parts: in Part I the council of war, marshalling of the troops, the use of chariots, the advance into battle, the standing fight, the massed attack and defence, retreat, flight and pursuit; in Part II protection in the field, attack and defence of a fortified camp, and the siege and defence of a fortified city. Throughout, he offers the reader fascinating explanations of the details of the battle narrative.; Signed by Editor
Very light shelfwear to DJ else fine. ; 224 pages; Acknowledging that Homer is a poet, not a staff instructor, Albracht works carefully through the Homeric text to produce a persuasive picture of the workings of battle in the Iliad, in two parts: in Part I the council of war, marshalling of the troops, the use of chariots, the advance into battle, the standing fight, the massed attack and defence, retreat, flight and pursuit; in Part II protection in the field, attack and defence of a fortified camp, and the siege and defence of a fortified city. Throughout, he offers the reader fascinating explanations of the details of the battle narrative.
Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; 224 pages; Acknowledging that Homer is a poet, not a staff instructor, Albracht works carefully through the Homeric text to produce a persuasive picture of the workings of battle in the Iliad, in two parts: in Part I the council of war, marshalling of the troops, the use of chariots, the advance into battle, the standing fight, the massed attack and defence, retreat, flight and pursuit; in Part II protection in the field, attack and defence of a fortified camp, and the siege and defence of a fortified city. Throughout, he offers the reader fascinating explanations of the details of the battle narrative.
249 pages. Index. Bibliography. Footnotes. Few black and white illustrations. "Introduces a new kind of military history that will transform existing views of the Canadian Army's experience during the Second World War... Examines the behaviour of soldiers under the extreme stress of war and the medical and military attempts to manage this behaviour." - from dust jacket. Pertinent news clippings laid in at back. Average wear. Usual library markings. Remainder mark to bottom edge. A sound working copy. Book
8vo., First Edition thus, with 12 maps (one folding); laminated pictorial boards, a very good, clean copy. Niepold was 1st General Staff Officer of 12. Panzerdivision; this scarce and valuable account is based on primary sources including unit war diaries. Includes a bibliography. Enser, p.70.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, illustrations in the text and endpaper maps; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 7 plates and 4 maps, endpapers and title lightly spotted; blind-blocked red cloth, gilt back, uncut, corners lightly bruised and deckled edges a little dusty else else a good, clean tight copy. The standard reference. Includes alphabetical and chronological lists of honours, and full index by regiment.
8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The result of more than twenty years' research, this is now the standard single-volume reference. The work is divided into four main sections: pre-1914; the Great War and Third Afghan War; the Second World War and Korea; other post-WWII conflicts to the first Gulf campaign of 1991. In addition to the extensively tabulated honours themselves, there are very useful extended introductions to each section covering structure and organisation by country.
Scholar's name to half-title (Robert Brown). Very light shelfwear. ; The experience of warfare shaped soldiers and their families in the ancient world. Drawing partly on modern studies of battle `syndromes', this collection of essays examines this important phenomenon. Contributions include: Warrior Mentality in Homer (Hans van Wees) ; Hoplite Warfare in Ancient Greece (Stephen Mitchell) ; Homosexuality and Warfare in Ancient Greece (Daniel Ogden) ; The Moulding of Macedon's Army (Alan Lloyd) ; Morale and the Roman Experience of Battle (A. D. Lee) ; The Roman Army and Morality in War (Catherine Gilliver) ; Battle in Ancient Egypt: the Triumph of Horus or the Cutting Edge of the Temple Economy (Ian Shaw).; 277 pages
Dustjacket is protected in mylar. Minor wear to rear panel of DJ. ; The experience of warfare shaped soldiers and their families in the ancient world. Drawing partly on modern studies of battle `syndromes', this collection of essays examines this important phenomenon. Contributions include: Warrior Mentality in Homer (Hans van Wees) ; Hoplite Warfare in Ancient Greece (Stephen Mitchell) ; Homosexuality and Warfare in Ancient Greece (Daniel Ogden) ; The Moulding of Macedon's Army (Alan Lloyd) ; Morale and the Roman Experience of Battle (A. D. Lee) ; The Roman Army and Morality in War (Catherine Gilliver) ; Battle in Ancient Egypt: the Triumph of Horus or the Cutting Edge of the Temple Economy (Ian Shaw).; 277 pages
