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1944ABE-163660704622 PAGES FORMAT 43 CM X 60 CM-P1: POLOGNE ET BALKANS SUJETS ESSENTIELS DE LA CONFERENCE DE MOSCOU-LYON AURA SON "MEMORIAL DE L'OPPRESSION"-L'ULTIMATUM AYANT EXPIRE HIER MATIN L'ARTILLERIE ET L'AVIATION AMERICAINES PILONNENT AIX-LA-CHAPELLE-SUR LE FRONT DE LORRAINE AVEC LE REGIMENT BLINDE DES FUSILIERS MARINS-LE SAINT-SIEGE ACQUIERT UN PALAIS-"MON SILENCE EUT ETE UNE TRAHISON" AFFIRME L'EVEQUE DE MONTAUBAN-PARIS RAVITAILLE A 80 KILOMETRES A L'HEURE-DESSIN DE SORO "-IL PREPARE SA CAMPAGNE D'HIVER", PETAIN COUPANT DU BOIS AVEC UNE FRANCISQUE-P2:LES ANCIENS MINISTRES FLANDIN ET PEYROUTON TRANSFERES A FRESNES-DECOUVERTE D'UNE NOUVELLE OFFICINE FRANCAISE DE LA GESTAPO-LA SCULPTURE AU SALON D'AUTOMNE, PHOTO-LE TRANSATLANTIQUE "NORMANDIE" N'EST PAS UTILISE (PJ12)
Pages 353-440, plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Flying in Central Africa - part 2 - tales from the log book of an R.A.F. officer during the campaign in German East Africa - article with interesting photos; Torn by Starving Jackals in Macedonia - Private James McDade of the 6th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers recounts his experience - with photo of McDade; Death-Struggle with An Alligator - what happened to Van Campen Heilner when he was photographing an alligator in a Florida swamp - photo-illustrated article; The Thrills of Parachuting - early and marvelously photo-illustrated article on this topic; Photo of tourist party in Solomon's Quarry, the world's most ancient quarry; My South African Adventures - part 1 of Jack West's incredible recollections, including photo of him aged 17; Ship Built By One Man - Liberian missionary, the Rev. James E. Lewis - photo-illustrated article of him, his wife and "The Coloured Missionary Yacht"; John A. Jordan and his African Leopard-Hunting Adventures; Our Trip to Catch Murderers - the rough and ready methods of achieving justice in Bolivia; An Exciting Night Drive - 35 miles in a South African Cape Cart; Relief Workers' Adventures - part 2 of this superb photo-illustrated article on thrilling experiences among the War Victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia; With a Caravan in Corsica - photo illustrated article which relates the primitive life of the people; A Mountain of Gold - photo-illustrated article about the discovery made by the Fisk Expedition - Captain James L. Fisk and Dr. William Denton Dibb; In the Wilds of Siberia - part 2 - fascinating article with great photos document the explorations of Harry Somerset-Lister; The Adventures of a Newspaper-Man - part 4 - Exploring New York - article with nice photos and fascinating observations of the people; A Butterfly Farm in France - French Entomologist M. Andre's farm near Macon - article with photos; Fascinating photo of flume in British Columbia, by which logs are carried to the sawmills; Photo of amber mine on the coast of Samland in the eastern Prussian peninsula. Somewhat above-average external wear. Openings and loss at each end of backstrip. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy of this marvelous issue. Book
1875BOOKS315052Nottingham: Thos Forman and Sons. VG/NO DUSTJACKET. 1875. Hardcover. Sm 8vo. 628 pp. All edges guilt. . Thos Forman and Sons hardcover
1992LFA-126742111Revue de 16 pages, format 290 x 425 mm, illustrée, bon état
ORD-4182S.l.n.d. (La présence de la chanson Maréchal nous voilà nous donne une idée de la date). In-8 br. couverture illustrée couleurs, 36pp. ornées de petits dessins humoristiques. Couverture un peu piquée.
38889London: P.S. King & Son Ltd. 1938. . First edition limited to 500 copies 8vo. pp.xvi61327 red cloth gilt b/w facsimiles of hand-drawn sketch-maps to rear of volume; foxing to prelims light foxing to edges some marking and light splash-marks to cloth with foxing to spine and rubbing to extremities overall a very good copy. No dust-jacket. London: P.S. King & Son Ltd., 1938. hardcover
1999LFA-126741163Une revue de 16 pages, format 220 x 285 mm, illustrée, brochée couverture couleurs, Editions Atlas, bon état
1897RO80061277IMP. CENTRALE. 1897. In-18. Broché. Etat d'usage, 2ème plat abîmé, Dos fané, Intérieur acceptable. 173 pages. Une planche dépliante, illustrée d'un plan en noir et blanc. Dos toilé. Manques et accrocs sur les plats de couverture. Quelques notes au crayon à papier. Ouvrage légèrement débroché.. . . . Classification Dewey : 355.021-Militaria
8vo., First Edition, with original photographic print toned in sepia mounted as frontispiece, 16 coloured plates and 10 plates in monochrome, half-title and frontispiece verso lightly spotted, some very minor marginal spotting to a few leaves; black cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt and regimental colours, gilt back, black endpapers, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. The frontispiece is of the regimental mascot Billy the Goat. The coloured plates comprise 1 of colours and 15 of uniforms. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Sutcliffe, p. 147; White, p. 75.
Pages 521-548. Features: Great cover photo of Churchill celebrating with the masses in Whitehall; Photo of Churchill celebrating with Royal Family at Buckingham Palace; Five photos of celabratory night lights on London; Photos of vast crowds outside Buckingham Palace; Two pages of photos of the King and Queen with celebrating crowds, visiting bombed sites, at Thanksgiving services and among their subjects in South London; Photos of the Royals taking carriage to St. Paul's; Page of photos of the Royal Family and other distinguished personages at the national thanksgiving in St. Paul's Cathedral; Article "Field-Marshal Montgomery as a Soldier'; Three photos of captive German cruisers at Copenhagen and two photos of the first U-Boat, U-249, arriving at Portland; Six photos of unconditional German surrender signing at Rheims; Eight photos of the last act of German surrender ratified in Berlin; Twelve joyous centrefold photos of celebrations in Holland, Denmark, Belgium, and Norway; Twelve amazing post-war photos include Soviet troops planting their flag atop the Brandenburg Gate, Former French men and women political prisoners in striped garb walking home from Berlin, Field-Marshal Montgomery being saluted by cheering Copenhagen crowds, American soldier standing beside partially completed V-2 rocket underground at Nordhausen, German prisoners (opponents of the Nazi regime) in striped garb walking to freedom, Glum crowd of German civilians in Luneburg listening to reading of terms of surrender, and an amazing photo of an American soldier of the Seventh Army walking uphill toward a burning Berchtesgaden, Hitler's Bavarian home; Photo of captured Field-Marshal Von Rundstedt and his son after their capture by the Seventh Army; Photo of the notorious Seyss-Inquart - Reichskommissar of the Netherlands during the German occupation - who was captured in Hamburg by the Royal Welch Fusiliers; Pages of photos documenting the liberation of the Channel Islands - scenes of surrender and rejoicing; Photos of personalities of the week include Princess Elizabeth talking to R.S.M. J. Baker, Charles Sweeny, A.E. Saunders, Sir Basil Brooke, Jemadar Parkash Singh, V.C., Ingleby Oddie, Count Schwerin Von Krosigk, James Doolittle, and Field-Marshal shaking hands with "Johnny" Johnson; Page of photos of prominent captured Nazis and anti-Nazis including Kurt Von Schuschnigg, M. Leon Blum and his wife, Pastor Niemoller, Field-Marshal Kesselring, and five photos of Goering, without his medals, after his personal surrender to the U.S. Seventh Army; Photo of Hamburg radio station, made famous by Lord Haw-Haw, now operated by the British - showing desk and microphone; Amazing photo of gaping hole in 15' of reinforced concrete atop submarine pen caused by 22,000lb bomb; Page of six photos of vast celebrating crowds in Paris; Page of scenes of celebration in Denmark; Page of photos of distinguished prisoners released by the U.S. Seventh Army includes M. Reynaud, Mme. Weygand, General Gamelin, M. Daladier, and General Weygand, General Bor-Komorowski and his chief of staff, General Pelczynski, The Master of Elphinstone and Lord Lascelles, Colonel De La Rocque of the Croix de Feu, M. Jean Borotra, and M. Michel Clemenceau; nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Coverfold taped. A sound vintage copy. Book
4 vols., 8vo., with numerous coloured and monochrome plates and maps throughout; original blue cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set. The set comprises Vol. I: 1689-1815; Vol. II: 1816-1914; Vol. III: 1914-1918 France and Flanders; Vol. IV: 1915-1918 Turkey, Bulgaria, Austria. The Regiment's own reissues of the original editions of 1921, 1921, 1928, 1929 respectively. Volume three contains a useful list of all battalions with their movements. Volume four contains an appendix on the Welsh Horse (later 25th Battalion RWF) at Gallipoli. Sutcliffe, p.146; White, p.76. Scarce as a set
First edition, 8vo, xxiv, 185, [1]pp., six coloured plates, inner hinges a little shaken, orig. publishers brown cloth, decorated in gilt, some light wear.
Numerous black and white photographs. "...Framed with the object of producing an account of the great contest now in progress, which shall be at once popular and authoritative... An account written by men of great experience in political, military, and naval matters... Will contain a great deal of first-hand material which will be really valuable to historians of the future." - From Preface. Contents: Chapter CLI - The Battle of the Somme (I). Includes map entitled "The German Positions and Trenches from Thiepval to Combles." Laid in is table of contents for Vol. IX. Includes index to volume IX plus list of illustrations, places, and maps and plans. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Magazine
Pages 161-200. Cover illustration of a rifle grenade. Considerable text is supported by the following photos and illustrations: exploding German howitzer shell, blowing up barbed-wire entanglements, Private Morrow of the 1st Royal Fusiliers - an Irish V.C., great photo of a British heavy gun ready for action, British heavy howitzer on a railway mounting, snipers on the western front, one-page photo of Lieutenant Jean Navarre in flight, German airmen Immelmann and Boelcke, Lieut. McCubbin, Shell-makers at Woolwich lined up for dinner at YMCA, Lloyd George, Sir George Williams, J.J. Virgo, Lord Kinnaird, A.K. Yapp, photos of the YMCA entertaining troops at home and abroad, Lady Askwith, 'cabbage patch' in London, and more. Moderate external wear. Ink stamp atop front cover, otherwise unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs, maps and facsimiles in the text; original photographic wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. The battalion was destroyed attacking Thiepval on 1 July 1916. The remnants returned to England where the battalion was reformed. Includes statistics, rolls and other appendices. SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p. 131.
225, [20] pages. Bibliography. Generously illustrated in colour and black and white. "Primarily a history of the past 30-odd years in the life of an infantry regiment of the British Army as seen through the eyes and told in the words of those who have served in the Regiment." - dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light to moderate wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Book
198086195Copernic 1980 In-4, 167 pp. ill. couleurs, reliure éd. sans jaquette. Assez bon état d’occasion
198014686Copernic 1980 170 pages in4. 1980. Relié jaquette. 170 pages.
1980100151192Grasset 1980 356 pages in8. 1980. Broché. 356 pages. L'ouvrage retrace l'épopée des fusiliers marins de la France libre de leur création à Londres en juillet 1940 jusqu'à la fin de la guerre. Il décrit leur participation aux combats de Dakar de Syrie à la défense de Bir-Hacheim puis leur transformation en régiment blindé engagé en Italie en Provence et jusqu'au Rhin
198013598Grasset 1980 356 pages in8. 1980. broché. 356 pages. Cet ouvrage retrace l'histoire des fusiliers marins de la France Libre une unité d'élite formée à Londres en juillet 1940 par des marins ralliés au général de Gaulle. Il couvre leur parcours depuis le débarquement manqué de Dakar et les combats de Syrie jusqu'à leurs campagnes en Italie et sur le Rhin de 1940 à 1945
1980118708Grasset 1980 Grasset, 1980, 356 p., broché, environ 24x15 cm, bon état.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE AND BY HORROCKS FOLLOWING HIS SERIES INTRODUCTION. Published in Horrocks' concise Famous Regiments series. SIGNED COPIES ARE SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.60.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. Published in Horrocks' concise Famous Regiments series. Sutcliffe, p.60.
1938135011Couverture souple. 22 pages 24 x 32 cm. Reliure spirale. Un tirage photo 22 x 29 cm.
1938135011Imprimerie Wallon 1938. Spiral Bound. <b>Livre en français</b>. Couverture souple. Dédicace manuscrite d'un des participants sur la page de titre. 22 pages 24 x 32 cm. Reliure spirale. Un tirage photo 22 x 29 cm. <i>ref. 135011</i> Imprimerie Wallon unknown
