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8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations from contemporary engravings in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled and frayed at extremities. Uncommon, especially in this condition. Turan 210.
8vo., First Edition, with maps in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with folding coloured frontispiece, plates and maps; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, mildly browned dustwrapper. Enser, p.164.
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Big-Game Hunting for the Cinema - John A. Jordan leads a film expedition into the wilds of British East Africa; The "Gordon" of the Pacific - Thos. J. McMahon visit's Germany's former South Sea possessions - German New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Samoa - and reports on the work of Captain Hunter among the savages of the Solomons - lots of nice photos; Our Chase After A Rogue Elephant - photo-illustrated story from Ceylon; Our Chase After a "Rogue Elephant"; In the Jaws of a Lion - J.S. Cowie was carried about the engine room of his ship in the jaws of a lion!; Kidnapped - a young woman finds herself at the mercy of two desperate men; The Holy City of the Mormons - photo-illustrated article on Salt Lake City; The Strap-Hanger of the Ganges - The crocodile Captain J.G. Bennett thought he had killed comes back to life!; Chased by a Boa Constrictor - a 1902 story from Argentina; My Night With Wolves - hunter is surrounded by wolves in Northern Minnesota; The Lake of Soda - Magadi Lake, in British East Africa; The "Black Hole" of Gottingen - Corporal A. Bramwell of the Royal Welch Fusiliers earned the D.C.M. for his service to fellow POWs suffering from cholera and typhus at the Prisoners' Camp, Gottingen, in WWI; A Woman's Travels in Unknown Asia - Part II - Mary Gaunt set out to explore much of China but, under the influence of bandits, rerouted north to the wilds of Siberia - article with many photos; Humours of the East African Campaign; The Reds of the Maranoa - Two cattle-rustlers in Queensland are killed; A Couple of Pirates - "Dr. Martin" of the U.S. Navy served in Honduras during the Nicaraguan War but encountered difficulties later; My Visit to the Veddas - R.L. Spittel visits primitive natives in the interior of Ceylon - article with photos; Photo of the largest book in the world in Chicago; Photo of monster swordfish caught by Mr. W.C. Boschen off Santa Catalina Island, California; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2], 444-528, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Covers detached as one but present. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
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
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
1922152374London: Headquarters of the 4th London Regiment 1922. Pp. xii532 frontispiece 9 plates 21 sketch maps by the author several printed in red & black 2 folding appendices index; demy 8vo; maroon cloth lettered and ruled in gilt & blind gilt insignia to upper board lightly split at head of spine fore-corners lightly bruised boards slightly marked; uncut and partly unopened; book label of David Levine Sydney on upper pastedown bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown endpapers offset and browned some light foxing mainly to outer leaves and edges; Headquarters of the 4th London Regiment London 1922. First edition. White p. 201; Sutcliffe 1/p. 60. Headquarters of the 4th London Regiment unknown
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
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
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, a coloured plate, 9 plates in monochrome and numerous illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in red full morocco, back gilt with raised bands, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Scarce. Sutcliffe, p.149; White, p.75
1915152520London: Country Life 1915. Pp. xii282last colophon14publisher's advertisements title page printed in red & black coloured frontispiece and 10 plates 1 coloured text illustrations maps and battle-plans appendices including roll of Honour index; med. 8vo; navy cloth lettered ruled and decorated in gilt & blind edges and fore-corners lightly bruised boards marked and lightly faded; book label of David Levine Sydney on upper pastedown ownership inscription on upper free endpaper leaves lightly browned; Country Life London 1915. First edition. "Country Life" Military Histories Series. White p. 75; Sutcliffe 1/p. 149. Country Life unknown
296234London: Howlett & Son. hardcover. very good. 117 pages. 12mo dark blue cloth; lightly shelf-worn. London: Howlett & Son no date c. 1880. Unlettered spine slightly darkened. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Howlett & Son unknown books
1882j4636London: Jas. Gale printer. G : in good condition. Respined and with new endpapers. Leather worn and scuffed towards extremities and spine. Spine darkened. Edge-tears to title page and some pages within have been sympathetically repaired and rebacked onto new sheets. Contents otherwise clean and tight. Aeg. 1882. First Edition. Green and gilt embossed leather cover. 230mm x 160mm 9" x 6". vi 150pp 55pp. Illustrated with colour plate of regimental flags; b/w plates of equipment and field plans additional charts musical notation etc. Included within are details of bivouac and camp layout for the regiment in India; cooking equipment and recipes for the soldiers including Crimean Kebbobs Artillery Pie and China Chilo. Instructions for arranging the accoutrements of the barrack room ordnance details method of laying down kit in the field etc. Gilt embossed leather cover bears the emblem of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 'Quo Fata Vocant' Wither the Fates Call. . Jas. Gale [printer] hardcover
296234London: Howlett & Son. hardcover. very good. 117 pages. 12mo dark blue cloth; lightly shelf-worn. London: Howlett & Son no date c. 1880. Unlettered spine slightly darkened. A very good copy.<br/> <br/> Howlett & Son unknown
1810861T46London: Stirling 1810. Paperback. Good. 6" by 4". None. A very scarce pamphlet of poetry from the Royal Scots Fusiliers. Scarce work. Dated from the British Library. A collection of verses from the Royal Scots Fusiliers. The Royal Scots Fusiliers were a line infantry regiment of the British Army from 1678 until 1959. The regiment saw combat at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 and took part in the Siege of Bergen op Zoom in March of 1814 during the Napoleonic Wars. Bound in contemporary paper wraps with the original pamphlet bound in. Externally very smart with light shelf wear and minor ageing to the wraps. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean though discoloured from ageing. The odd small closed tear. Good Stirling paperback
Roy. 8vo., Best Edition, with a coloured portrait frontispiece, 15 fine coloured plates (including one of badge, one of colours and 5 of uniform), 2 plates toned in sepia, and several illustrations and a full-page map in the text; regimental cloth, badge blocked in gilt on upper board, covers lightly marked else a very good, clean copy. The first and second editions appeared in 1926 and 1932 repectively. Sutcliffe, p.61; White, p.58.
19384751Gale & Polden Aldershot 1938. Roy. 8vo. Best Edition with a coloured portrait frontispiece 15 fine coloured plates including one of badge one of colours and 5 of uniform 2 plates toned in sepia and several illustrations and a full-page map in the text; regimental cloth badge blocked in gilt on upper board covers lightly marked else a very good clean copy. The first and second editions appeared in 1926 and 1932 repectively. Sutcliffe p.61; White p.58. Gale & Polden, Aldershot, hardcover
1969mon0000566398The Royal Welch Fusiliers 1969T. paperback. Good. in x in x in. NOT an ex-library book. Clean copy in good condition. The Royal Welch Fusiliers paperback
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
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a portrait frontispiece, 41 plates on 16 and 3 folding maps, some light soiling throughout; original regimental cloth, battalion badge in gilt on upper board, gilt back, covers moderately age-marked else a good, sound copy. Includes register of officers and personnel. This territorial battalion served in Malta, Alexandria, Mudros, Gallipoli (October 1915-January 1916) and Rouen. It was disbanded in June 1916 and replaced by 3/4th battalion which then took its name. SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.62; White, p.201
1993152377Stroud Gloucestershire: Alan Sutton 1993. Preface by Lieutenant General James Wilson. Pp. viii232 15 plates 1 double page text maps and plans appendix bibliography index; super roy. 8vo; orange papered boards spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine Sydney on upper pastedown Alan Sutton Stroud Gloucestershire 1993. First edition. Sutcliffe 1/p. 130. Alan Sutton unknown
8vo., First Edition, with photographs, illustrations and maps in the text; regimental red cloth, crest blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With the separately printed errata slip mounted on page ix. The sole dedicated account of the 1st London Regiment, from formation in 1859 to redesignation post-WWII. Sutcliffe, p.451.
3 vols., 8vo., with frontispieces, title-vignettes and numerous illustrations in the text; pictorial cloth, gilt backs, red tops, red endpapers, a near fine set in publishers board slip-case blocked in gilt. Bright set of Sassoon's classic fictional autobiography, first published by FS as single volumes in 1971, 1974 and 1974 respectively. The first two volumes are illustrated by Lamb; the last by Lawrence. This is the 1993 reissue with redesigned slip-case.
xiii, [1], 129 pages. Footnotes. Glossary. Index. Maps. Many reproductions of archival black and white photos in text. Colour frontispiece illustration depicts logging equipment on shore of Loch Ness. "Covers the experiences of the thirty companies of the CFC from their mobilization across Canada to their operations throughout the Scottish Highlands and ultimate return to Canada." - back cover. Former library copy with usual markings. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this informative Canadian military history. Cooke [3e] p.278. Book
107303un deuxième chapitre de l’histoire des fusiliers marins (10 novembre 1914 20 janvier 1915) in 12 broché, faux-titre, frontispice, titre, 307 pages, 14 gravures hors-texte y compris le frontispice, 2 cartes dépliantes en fin de volume. Plon Nourrit & Cie 1917. Très bon état
