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Very light rubbing to wraps with a bit of colour loss to front wrap. Scholar's name to titlepage (Robert Brown). ; BCP Greek Texts; 200 pages; This volume offers some 800-850 lines of the 'Anabasis' in Greek with English summaries of the intervening passages to give an idea of the whole of Xenophon's exciting adventure. Notes at the foot of each page assist with content and language; they asssume only basic grammatical knowledge. There is a consolidated vocabulary.
Pages lightly tanned. Spine creased. ; Penguin Classics; 7.6 X 5.0 X 1.1 inches; 384 pages
Minor shelfwear. ; Penguin Classics; 7.6 X 5.0 X 1.1 inches; 384 pages
Scholars' bookplate to inner cover. Very light soiling to wraps. Minor shelfwear. ; Text is in German; Erträge Der Forschung 111; 163 pages
8vo., with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial boards, a fine copy.
Faint foxing to top of textblock else book is fine. Very light shelfwear to DJ. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; W. H. Friedrich's "Verwundung und Tod in Der Ilias", originally published in 1956, discusses in detail the plausibility (or otherwise) of the wounds received on the Homeric battlefield and is therefore of considerable interest to historians of medicine. It also makes a serious and sustained effort to grapple with the question of style, and thus confronts an issue which oral theory has scarcely touched. Peter Jones adds a preface briefly locating the work within the terms of oral theory. A medical analyses in a full appendix is also added. ; 192 pages
Folio, with photographic title-spread, photographs and charts throughout, and diagrammatic endpapers; olive cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Revised version of the original edition of 1984. VERY SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Spine slant. Foxing to top of textblock. Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). ; 320 pages
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, a coloured plate and 29 plates in monochrome; original printed wrappers, sewed as issued, a near fine copy. With the errata slip facing p.190. Collects three extended essays: 'The Likeness of Wolfe' (Kerslake), 'The Genealogy of James Wolfe' (Wagner), 'James Wolfe: A Chronology' (Shaw-Zambra). Includes several plates of uniform, pedigrees and comprehensive historical tables. Very scarce.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), plates, maps in thre text and large folding coloured map at end; original green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in silver, uncut, backstrip lettering lightly faded (but wholly legible), a remarkably bright, fresh copy. With the separately printed errata slip mounted facing text, and trade ticket of Rees of London on front paste-down. The author was Special Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph newspaper during the Balkan War of 1912. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First English Edition, with plates; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly creased and frayed at edges. This classic memoir of the Great War was first published in Germany 1935; this is the first edition in English. Ironically the author fought for Britain in WWII. Enser, p.28 (recording the original edition)
8vo., First English Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece, title in red and black, 118 plates and 4 maps (2 folding; 2 full-page), title lightly browned; elegantly bound in dark green full 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, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, uncut, original backstrip gilt mounted on new leaf at front, a most attractive copy ideal as gift or for presentation. With 16pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. The author, better known as the Swedish explorer of Central Asia, spent two months with the German forces in France and Belgium early in WWI. His account, although criticised strongly for its apparent partiality, is nontheless valuable for its first-hand observations of the German Army at war, from command structures through to weapons and equipment. Many of the photographs are not easily available elsewhere. Enser, p.155.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with 5 double-page maps on japon, free endpapers browned from fold-ins; original maroon cloth, upper board framed in blind, gilt back (lettering faded but entirely legible), a very good, clean copy. Written on active service with the Dorsetshire Regiment, these are the author's personal reminiscences of service in Egypt, Mesopotamia and Palestine. Scarce in this condition. Not recorded by Enser.
8vo., First Edition, with sepia-toned frontispiece and 10 sepia-toned plates on 8, small neat date stamp on front free endpaper; teracotta cloth, backstrip lettered in navy blue, a good, clean copy. The first contemporary account of the RAC in the early years of WWII, including Egypt, Dieppe, Crete, Mandlay and Rangoon. 'Despite being written during the war the propaganda tone is kept to a modest level' (Smith). Enser, p. 34; Smith, p. 291; Sutcliffe, p.134; White, p.9.
8vo., First Edition, with folding maps; original red cloth, backstrip sunned, covers lightly age-marked else a very good, clean copy. Includes actions at Frise, the Somme, Arras, Messines and Passchendaele. The original edition of this classic account is very scarce. Scarce. Enser, p.80.
206p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition very good d.j. good
An account of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Highland Regiment (Black Watch) in Mesopotamia - the two years spent by the Battalion in Iraq. When published both the regiment and author were kept anonymous. Gilt title on front cover. 165 pages, many photographs. Includes Summary of Officer Casualties, List of Officers who Served, Nominal roll of W.Os, N.C.Os., and men killed in action and list of same reported 'Missing' or 'Wounded' Covers worn at extremities, page edges greyed with dust marks. Inscription on recto of frontispiece photograph.
8vo., Second Edition; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1948. The author was one of the earliest volunteers.
8vo., Second Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece, plates and maps; terracotta cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy. Revised and enlarged version of the first UK edition of 1944. SCARCE. Graham & Cole, G29 (recording Harrap's later 1946 edition).
48p. Illustrated. Damp stained. Tall 8vo. Original printed wraps, damp stained. Bicentennial series marking the role of Cumberland County in the American Revolution. A paper presented before the Cumberland County Historical Society, March 18, 1976. PA PAMPH 20_17 BX2
Pages 194-286 plus 16 pages of ads. Features: The Floating Death - a North Sea trawler skipper's heroic battle with a mine entangled in the trawler's nets; The Darkest Hour - Part II - experiences in the great Serbian (WWI) retreat to Albania (with photo of the Serbian Cavalry fording the River Drin and more); The Snake-Hunter - John Rolliston's terrible fight; The Sheriff's Ruse - how the Sheriff of Deadwood tricked three desperadoes; Real-Life Romances of the War (WWI) - Part II; A Year In Arctic Siberia - Part III - amazing article and photos taken by Polish authoress M.A. Czaplicka as she travelled 6,000 miles researching the nomadic Yenisei tribes; Baiting the "Boche" - the people of Brussels turn their humour upon the humourless huns who have taken possession of their city; Remarkable Rocks - photo-illustrated article of remarkable rocks around the world; The Girl Sergeant - young Zoe Smirnova joined the Russian Army at age 15 and fought in the battlefields of Galicia; From Job to Job Around the World - Part V - two young Americans spend time in India, with great photos; A Theatre in Cannibal-Land - Papuan savages entertain themselves with amateur theatricals! (article with great photos); A Black Outlaw - a native desperado gives Natal Police much trouble; On the Way to War - the adventures of two young Americans, Herbert H. Hope and Jack Heward, who struggle to make their way to England to fight the Germans; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
8vo., Fourth Impression, with plates; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and 17 plates on 15, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper, endpapers very lightly spotted; original green buckram, gilt back, gilt top, a very good, clean copy
Roy. 4to., Second Revised Edition, with illustrated title, 4 full-page coloured maps and very numerous monochrome photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Revised and expanded edition of the splendid pictorial history based on a huge compilation of photographs from public and private records. First published in 1994, this is the book which began the 'new wave' of Arnhem unit photographic documentaries. As one would expect, about half the book is given over to the battalion's role in Operation MARKET. Includes battalion ROH, honours and awards, battalion roll for Arnhem, operation orders for MARKET and much other data. This edition includes more than 135 new photographs, minor corrections, additions to the Battalion ROH and detailed additions to the Battalion roll. Sutcliffe, p.293 (recording the first edition of 1994)
