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8vo., First Edition, with 32 plates on 16; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
Minor shelfwear with creasing to spine. ; 304 pages; Incorporating research found in ancient literary, iconographic, epigraphic, and archaeological sources, this book explores the experiences of the soldiers who conducted battle on the small plains of ancient Greece. The volume, which draws on the accumulated expertise of nine American and British scholars, emphasizes the actual techniques of fighting and practical concerns as the use of commands, music in warfare, the use of "dog-tags", and ritual on the battlefield.
8vo., First Edition, with 36 plates on 16 and a full-page map in the text; green cloth, gilt back, covers lightly sunned else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
4to., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome plates, and 22 maps; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Book is in excellent condition but with heavily foxed endpapers. Text block is made of glossy paper, but endpapers are not and have aged, as has the dust jacket similarly. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows nothing but light edge wear, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is worn with edge wear and tears at top and bottom spine. Unpaginated, about 100 pages with a great many large b&w and some color photos, 30 plates in all, reproduced from original Kodachromes: notably bright reds and deep blacks.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiee and illustrations in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 156 p. Hulâsatü'l-i'tibar. A summary of admonitions: A chronicle of the 1768-1774 Russian-Ottoman War. Translated by Ethan L. Menchinger. Preface Acknowledgements Introduction English Translation Ottoman Transcription Glossary Geographical Setting Map Dating System Bibliography.
40 pages. Circa 1940s. 72 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Great ad for part I of Hitler's Mein Kampf inside front cover; Big guns of the coast of France; Australia prepares to fight for the Allied cause - nice full-page photo of troops of the Australian Scottish Regiment marching on a road near Victoria, Australia; Royal Navy Gunners in training at sea; Photo of the Fire Region Nerve Centre; Princess Royal inspecting the Royal Corps of Signals on December 12th; The Corps of the Military Police - illustrated article by Sir Malcolm Campbell; Refuelling a Nazi seaplane; Finland holds out against the Soviet Invaders - eight great photos; British Air Supremacy - illustrated article by Sir Kingsley Wood; Torpedoed survivors have second adventure - the Belgian steamer Louis Sheid beaches on the coast of Devonshire on December 7th after rescuing survivors of the Dutch motor-ship Tajandoen - two super photos; Wonderful centerfold illustrations show how the R.A.F. has obtained thousands of valuable photos of German territory on the Western front; French Army activity on the Front; Training sailors for the Fleet Air Arm; The War at Sea - statement by Winston Churchill with photos; Sweden strengthens her defences - ten great photos including a full-page photo of the Drottning Victoria with guns ablaze; Commentary on the war this week; Photos of bomb-making for the Royal Air Force; Nazi Heinkel reconnaissance aircraft crashes into sea off Sheringham on December 6th; Summary of the chief events of this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
40 pages. Circa 1940s. 77 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Ad for Mein Kampf, part 3, inside front cover; The army of France at the front; Ministerial and R.A.F. changes - photos of A.S. Barratt, Sir John Reith, Oliver Stanley and Sir Andrew Rae Duncan; Full-page photo of France honouring Sir Edmund Ironside and Lord Gort; Contraband control strangling Germany's tradep Nazi watch on the western front; Text of speech by Lord Snell entitled "The British Empire - In War and After"; Photo portrait of Admiral Sir Charles Forbes; Lumberjacks of the Land Girls Army; British tank gunners in training; Admiral Graf Spee visitors pay courtesy visits - the Ajax in Montevideo and the Achilles in Buenos Aires; Centerfold maps illustrate European industrial targets and bases most vulnerable to raids; At an R.A.F. Aerodrome in France; Norway prepares to defend her neutrality - 12 great photos; photo of partially submerged vessel Dunbar Castle which struck a German mine; photo of bombed Trinity House vessel which was attacked by a Nazi plane on January 9th; Illustrated article - The Royal Army Chaplain's Department; At an R.A.F. fighter station; A 25-pounder shoot at the front; Commentary on the war this week; Finland's fight for freedom - 8 excellent photos including one of a Soviet amphibious tank; Summary of the chief events of this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with high quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: full-page photo of a heavy German gun near Calais which hurls shells at Dover; Our army in large-scale exercises; Excellent photo portrait of Norway's Crown Prince Olaf with two Norwegian officers; Photos of the R.A.F. in Northern Ireland; Photo-illustrated article containing the text of a speech by Ronald H. Cross entitled "Britain's Merchant Service"; Progress of the Greek War; Photo of Argyrokastro - another base abandoned by the Italians; Illustrations showing how the Greeks went forward on the Southern Front; bomb damage photos from London, Liverpool and Southampton; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black shows R.A.F. bombers blasting Bordeaux Nazi U-Boat base on 8 December 1940; Canada patrols the seas - the H.M.S. Ottawa and the H.M.C.S. Reindeer; With Britain's desert warriors; Illustrated article entitled How Italy's Attack on Greece has benefitted the British Navy; Wings of the Fleet - photos including a Walrus and Skua taking off from aircraft carriers; A commentary on the war for this week; South Africa's airmen in action; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A tight, sound copy. Book
Front endpaper is detached but present. Rebound in red boards with gilt lettering and designs to spine. Light edgewear to spine ends. Browning to endpapers. Else VG. ; 50 pages
In-folio, stampato su 4 facciate. Con 8 ritratti.
8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION
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.
Fine English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English, French, and Turkish; and original facsimile manuscript in Russian, pp. 129-188. [v], [2], 188 p., ills. I witnessed and lived through.= Ce que j'ai vu et vecu moi-même.= Gördüklerim, yasadiklarim: Erzurum, 1917-1918. Memoirs of Tverdohlebov during World War 1, Erzurum and Sarikamis fronts. "The documents embracing Lieutenant Colonel Tverdohlebov's first hand experiences of Armenian atrocities realized in and around Erzurum and Erzincan, between the last months of 1917 and the first months of 1918, serve as a witness to world history. While Lieutenant Colonel Tverdohlebov's original handwritings, found at the Archives of the Turkish General Staff Directorate of Military History and Strategic Studies, are being submitted to the attention of the world public opinion and to the use of the academia, in Turkish, English, and French languages, together with the originals in Russian, in a single volume, the extent which Armenian terror reached is revealed with all its nakedness.".
M., José Cayetano Conde, 1870, 22’5 x 14’5 cm., 45 págs. – 1 estado.
Zahlreich illustriert - Holzschnitte.
Folio, First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs, coloured aircraft profiles and endpaper maps; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy.
EA. (Wilpert/G. II, 73).
8vo., First Edition, with 42 plates on 16 and 4 maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and numerous monochrome reproductions (a number full-page) in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter with one short closed tear and small loss at tail of backstrip. Bright copy of the Invaluable standard reference.
First edition, 4to, x, 488pp., ex-library, coloured frontis., 50 illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. The work records for the first time all known British military costume prints. Over 15,000 plates are described, in sets, collections, and books, and as single prints.
