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22048The first of the four letters on letterhead of Little Parkhurst Abinger Common Nr Dorking Surrey; the other three without place. One from 1940 two from 1941 one from 1943. The recipient Simon Nicholson was a colonial civil servant and a neighbour of Lugard at Tallboys in Abinger Hammer. He and his wife Molly were a cultured couple and were friends of Edith Wharton and Bernard Berenson. The four letters are in good condition lightly aged and worn and each is 2pp 12mo. Each folded once. The first three are signed 'Lugard' and the last to Molly Nicholson 'Fred Lugard'. In the first letter 23 September 1940 after expressing pleasure at seeing Nicholson again and having 'a talk' he begs him 'not to postpone your week-end here. Molly needs it – badly – She did not say so – quite the contrary but I did not need to be told.' He asks him to come the following Saturday adding: 'You can bring papers & have the drawing-room to yourself.' He asks to be informed 'as much in advance as is convenient as I may have Reg Brackenbury & his wife any week-end'. Lugard's brother 'was disappointed that you forgot to hand me some papers you had for him'. The second letter 21 March 1941 concerns arrangements for a meeting with Lugard stating that 'it is a monstrous long time since I have seen you'. He also expresses regret that Nicholson is 'selling Tallboys'. The third letter 9 May 1941 begins: 'My brother & I are both delighted to hear that you are coming back to Tallboys & selfishly hope that you will continue to fail in your attempts to sell it. If Little Parkhurst can be of any use to you in the transition don't fail to make use of it.' He has 'been much engrossed with Abyssinia of late' and looks forward to talking to Nicholson about it. In a postscript he names two individuals who 'are coming “to talk over old timesâ€'. In the final letter to Molly 22 January 1943 he regrets that it is so long since he has seen her and her husband 'for though so comparatively close the lack of petrol has as you say placed a gulf between us. Simon wrote me a most welcome letter from his office & I enclose this little note to you in my reply.' He find the 'news from Russia … very cheering - & wonderful' and does not suppose it will be 'very long now before our turn comes to face the Nazis in Europe'. He ends in the hope that 'some obliging friend' will give the Nicholsons 'a lift over'. The first of the four letters on letterhead of Little Parkhurst, Abinger Common, Nr Dorking, Surrey; the other three without pla unknown
87818Paris, Société Littéraire de France, 1917, 1 volume de 250x335 mm environ, 18 dessins de Guy Arnoux avec texte explicatif imprimé sur les serpentes, cartonnage toilé illustré d'un dessin de l'auteur, avec un envoi enrichi d'un dessin inédit de l'auteur.
198948238ABBerg am See, Kurt Vowinckel-Verlag, 1989. 22 cm, 432 Seiten, mit Illustrationen Karten, schwarzer Pappband, goldgeprägter Rückentitel, Original-Schutzumschlag. wenig gebraucht, gut erhalten.
32 pages. Features: Cover illustration representing the waking up of the old American dances; News Bits; How Deadly Snake Venom is Collected to Save Lives; Peddling U.S. Citizenship Rights - the farce of making American citizens in bunches - forcing a hyphenated allegiance i.e. "Induced Naturalization" should be stopped; Gain, Not Glory, Guides the Chinese Soldier - their military tactics are beginning to change under the impact of modernism (with photos); Dr. Joseph Collins Gives "My Definition of a Freudian" (part 3) - the monstrous doctrine of Freud is further and brilliantly exposed; Researching the Colossus of Rhodes - did this statue bestride the harbor entrance?; Mr. (Henry) Ford's Page - Industry's service is social, and so must be judged; Editorial comments on censorship of pictures sent abroad (after recent Japanese revulsion), concern of Colonel House visiting the Whitehouse, and more; A Shylock Nation? - Here are the facts about American financial support to foreign nations; How Connecticut Handled the Movies - Movie trust faces defeat on taxes and the showing of immoral pictures; The Tichborn Claimant, by Charles J. Finger; Helping the Blind to See - photo-illustrated article shows how boys and girls use their fingers to see; Sidelights on Richard Harris Barham, author of Ingoldsby Legends; The Signers - 56 of 1776 - three from New Hampshire including Dr. Josiah Bartlett, Dr. Matthew Thornton, and Willian Whipple; The "Comeback" of Artist H.L. (Harry Loud) Bridwell; Items read in the papers; Instructions for Waltz dancing, including piano sheet music for "An Old Southern Waltz"; Back cover devoted to excellent Daniel Webster quote about showing the world that an elected government can maintain public liberty. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
222 pages. The account of a German soldier held captive behind the Iron Curtain. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Sound copy. Book
94 pages. Nice one-page Diebold ad promotes War Bond purchases and their Cardineer product; Nice one-page color GM ad shows tanks being offloaded from ship by soldiers; Interesting TWA ad shows illustration of native American looking up at plane; Draft dodger Grover Cleveland Bergdoll is released from prison (with photo); Photo of boxer Joe Louis with his wife, Marva; Timken Bearing ad features Admiral Nimitz portrait; Brief obituaries for Raymond Clapper, Yvette Guilbert, Dr. Arthur Eugene Bestor, Will B. Johnstone and Janet R. Aiken; One-page military-theme Chevrolet ad; Ferocity of Nazi Defense shows importance of Rome Beachheads - with aerial photo of military train in Italy; Major war coverage; Battle of Kwajalein; The Marshall Islands - another stop on the road to Tokyo; Donald Bennett's Elite Forces use fireworks to Light Targets; Push toward Finland; The Battle for Rome; Russia's 16 for 1 split shows drift to regional setups; Photo of Aga Khan taking sleigh ride with lady friend in Switzerland; Photos of 'deserter's passport' to be used by Croats to give themselves up to the Germans; Soldier vote problem; Nice one-page color Camel cigarette ad features soldier home on furlough; US Steel color ad shows steel car and steel helmet; Victory garden stats and seeds; Nice wartime Trailmobile ad; Nice one-page United Airlines ad; Fantastic one-page two-color ad for REO trucks features logging and loggers; Styrene centerfold ad loose but present; Milwaukee Road military-themed ad; Lighters, Irons and Bathtubs returning to American Scene; Reproductions of Japa atrocity posters which were posted in war production plants to boost production; Nice photo ad for Dodge Trucks features photos of troops in action and heavy snow removal at home; Reporter Raymond Clapper is killed - article with photos; Nice photo of Army show in New Guinea with Phyllis Brooks onstage; Photo of 'sex rejuvenator' Serge Voronoff with his younger wife; Nice promotional ad for the Metropolitan Oakland area has nice aerial photo; Classy one-page color-illustrated ad for McCall's Magazine features mother reading to son; Daniel Fosdick Parker; Color Studebaker ad inside back cover features military equipment; Back cover ad for Seagram's 7 Crown; and more. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
48 pages. Cover photo of convoy watcher. Features: Arctic Convoy - photo-illustrated article describing the adventure and danger of escorting munitions to North Russia in a destroyer north of the Arctic Circle; Listen, Soldier! - a sergeant provides some army humour; Can the Conservatives Come Back? - at Winnipeg Canada's Conservative Party can resume its historic mission or write its obituary; All Are for the State - Canadian Editors tour Britain's military production facilities and are impressed - article with photos; London Letter - Should We Hate the Germans?; "The Crucial Moment" - Douglas Reed reports that war hope centres on a major victory in North Africa; He Saved Fundy's Eider - Taxidermist Allan Moses saved the American eider ducks from extinction; No Lady of Leisure - Elissa Landi, actress, author, ballet dancer, singer and lecturer will have a Broadway play produced. Fiction; Wimmen is Humans (by W.O. Mitchell); A Kind of Magic. Nice one-page recruiting ad for the Royal Canadian Air Force Air Crew ("Women Too"). Half-page "Del Maiz" brand corn appears to be a predecessor to the Green Giant brand(?). Nice half-page ad for Waterman's pens includes illustration of Billy Bishop, a WWII airman, and a small photo of the company's plant in St. Lambert, PQ. Back cover colour G.M. of Canada ad shows brown armoured vehicles in action. Unmarked with moderate wear. Two neat vertical creases to front cover. Ads on half of page 3/4 missing. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this vintage wartime issue. Book
1938143335Verlag von J. F. Schreiber, Eßlingen a. N. (und München). (1938). 5 stark kart. Bll. Mit orangem Leinwandrücken. Tadelloses Exemplar ! Querformat 15x23 cm
344844to. 1 pp. Folded for mailing. Very good. In addition to his service in the War of 1812 the Creek War 1836 and the Sminole War Jesup served 42 years as the quartermaster general; "under his able direction the quartermaster department was organized upon a sound military and business basis. officer's in the department have always venerated him" DAB. <br/><br/> unknown books
P., Plon, 1896. Cinq volumes in-8 reliure (d'époque) demi chagrin rouge, dos long souligné de filets dorés, tranches mouchetées, portrait -V-477 pp-un fac-similé, gravure-515 pp., portrait-419 pp., gravure-440 pp., portrait-452 pp. Rousseurs éparses. Tampon sur les pages de faux titre et de titre. Portaits et gravures sont reproduits en héliogravure.
10483Manuscript "Constitution" for a Confederate Veterans Association in Walnut Grove possibly Tennessee or Missouri no date 5½ pages folio. The constitution states that "All Confederate veterans who was honorable discharged from service is eligible to membership in this Association." The objectives of the association are set forth: ".the Conservation of Confederate memories the formation of fellowship and the Cultivation of friendship between the veterans of the late Confederate War the Exhibition of loyal respect to the recollection and Impulses of a Confederate past the Encouragement and practice of manly virtues the Extension of reasonable aid and sympathy to fellow members in time of sickness and distress and in case of death the rendition of suitable funeral honors. The titles of the officers their duties and the order of business are noted. There is much concern about members who become ill or die. A few members of one committee are written on verso of the last page; some research might tell more about this interesting and touching document. unknown books
191821085London: St. Thomas' Hospital 1918. Very Good. London: St. Thomas' Hospital ca. 1918. Original necklace of twenty-one hand-made wallpaper beads each approx. 4cm. in length interspersed with colored glass beads. Wallpaper beads a bit browned else a fine piece of vernacular jewelry. <br /> <br /> Slightly later manuscript card attached to necklace stating "Necklace made of wall paper by a wounded soldier / In St. Thomas' Hospital London. 1914 - 1918 War." The hospital located on London's South Bank would indeed have seen many convalescing soldiers though we have been unable to find mention of other similar examples of soldier-made wallpaper beads this example possibly made to be sold at a local fundraiser or bazaar. St. Thomas' Hospital unknown
177662764ABLeipzig, Hilscher, 1776. 8o. [8] Bl., 480 S. Papiereinb. d. Zt., dieser am Rü. m. kl. Fehlstellen,Exlibris. 2 kl. Stempel auf Titelbl., alle Seiten unbeschnitten , Ecke gestaucht, innen tls. braunfl., insgesamt gut erhalten.
Very Good Turkish Original b/w photograph in its special cardboard. Signed and inscribed in Mersin, February, 23, 1934 as 'Kenan Bey kardesime: Miralay Sadik.'. No photograph studio's emblem. 24 x 21 cm. Miralay Sadik Bey, (Miralay or Mîr-i alay (Gendarmerie: Alaybeyi ) was a military rank of the Ottoman army and navy. It corresponds to a Colonel (modern Turkish: Albay). Miralay is a compound word composed of Mir (commander) and Alay (regiment). The rank was junior to the Mirliva and superior to the Kaymakam (Lieutenant Colonel).), (1860-1941), an Ottoman soldier and politician. He graduated from Mekteb-i Harbiye (Militarian Academy) in 1882. He went for duty to Trablusgarb (Libya), Syria, and Macedonia. He was in Manastir City, joined to Jalvatiyya order, and then joined to Ittihad ve Terakki Party (Committee Union and Progress) in secret (1906). He was the leader of Hâlaskâr Zâbitân (Saviour officers -Ottoman Turkish: Halâskâr Zâbitân-) was the name of a secret organization during the dissolution era of the Ottoman Empire), during the Bab-i Âlî raid in 1912, but it was failed. After a fail assassination of Mahmoud Chevket Pasha (Mahmud Sevket Pasa), he escaped to Paris, after that Egypt on the eve of the Balkan Wars (1912-1913). He was in adjacent relation to the British always. He returned to the country (25 April 1919) after Armistice (30 October 1918), and was elected to Heyet-i Ayan. And was elected to Hürriyet ve Itilâf Party -Committee Freedom and Entente- in 1920. He captured the management of the British Friendship Society in 1921. He was a dissident to Ankara Government during the Turkish National Struggle, but after the achievement of Ankara Government, he went to Romania with an English ship. Therefore he was got into '150 personae non-gratae of Turkey'. After the Turkish War of Independence (1919-1923), the newly established Republic of Turkey presented a list of 600 names to the Conference of Lausanne, which were to be declared personae non-gratae. Later, a list comprising only 150 of these, put into effect by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on April 23, 1924 (revised on June 1, 1924), was included in the Treaty of Lausanne. The list (known as Yüzellilikler in Turkish, literally, Hundredandfiftyers), which is a who's who of the Ottoman Empire, had the purpose of eliminating the ruling elite of Ottomans from the Republic. The list is famous as it became the center of discussions of the nature of the new Republic: mainly, whether the Republic was to remain a continuation of the old Empire or not. The list has served as proof that the administration and ideologists of the Empire were not transferred to the Republic. The formation of this list is also related to studies analyzing the jurisdictional conflict between the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and the Ottoman Empire. These powers were fighting each other for their existence, as they were both active (using diplomatic and military means) until the Conference of Lausanne On June 28, 1938, the law restricting the entry of these people into Turkey was lifted, with the return of only a few on the list. In very good+ condition.
26808Chatham 16 March 1824. Three pages cr.8vo bifolium small closed tear at fold aging text clear and complete. See Image for partial Image of titles listed ordered from Mittler's "Catalogue of Military Books 1823" adding a postscript as follows: "NB I am not anxious to have the Books very soon and will therefore wait your usual period of important German Books if more convenient to you than ordering the immediately."Note: Wikipedia "soldier and military engineer who wrote the defining text on the role of the post-American Revolution British Empire: An Essay on the Military Policy and Institutions of the British Empire published in 1810. This text changed how Britons thought their empire should relate to the rest of the world. He warned that Britain could not keep its Empire by its "splendid isolation". Britain would need to fight to gain its empire and by using the colonies as a resource for soldiers and sailors it grew by an average of 100000 square miles 260000 km2 per year between the Battle of Waterloo and the American Civil War. Serving in the Royal Engineers in the Napoleonic Wars he was Europe's leading demolitions expert and siege warfare specialist." Chatham, 16 March 1824. unknown
19982Docketed as from Stratton Street with date 31 January 1803. . 2pp. 4to. Bifolium. In fair condition lightly aged. Written in a difficult hand. Docketed on reverse of second leaf in a neat hand explaining the context: 'Genl Thomas Graham Stratton Street 31 Janry 1803 wrote him first febry that Peers could not be Commssrs of Supply 1803 3 Febry wrote Lord Keith.' Graham's letter reads: 'There is the list – except two names wch. Lord Keith wishes to have inserted & the memorandum. Of wch. I have mislaid – one is the Baillie of Kinkardine sic for the time being I think – but it wd. be best to apply to him for the proper designations & if necessary afterwards to write to Mrs. Paton abt. them – I think it wd. be worth while to have this list printed - & carefully examin'd & any errors corrected – I will be at the expense & then no mistake can take place in the names or designations in the act of parliament. Transcribing them from this printed list'. He ends by asking to be advised on the matter. [ Docketed as from Stratton Street, with date 31 January 1803. ] unknown
22140Woodthorp nr Wakefield 27 March 1826. Five pages 12mo a little grubby with selltape securing the bifolium text clear. P.4 docketing with details of contents. Text: He thanks Wilson for his letter but says he can't "render you any efficient Service in facilitating your arduous and most interesting remarks. I certainly used my best Andeavours to obtain for you the Distinction which you conceived and seem still to imagine could have been useful to you I was not o fthat opinion. But as it was clear that it could do you no harm if it did you no good and that you wished it I very much regretted to find an obstacle in my Way as immoveable as any of the Mountains you have ascended. What you have already given to the publick and done me the Honor of sending to me And the Letters you favored me with during your Travels gave to the Ladys sic of my Family in particular Lady Cathcart and to myself the greatest delight." He then thanks his for sedning a copy of his latest book in wnich he gives "a most interesting Survey of the Nations and Countreys sic under the usual heads of Observation But to have collected particular and very interesting Details and Documents in Regard to military means . and Civil constitutions which are not of very easy Attainment and most of which as far as I recollect have not yet appeared in any Publication of authority in the English Language. ." He concludes with emphasising his current address and giving instructions for posting the book. In a postscript he passes on Lady Cathcart and his daughters' compliments. Note: Wilson published "Travels in Norway Sweden Denmark Hanover Germany Netherlands & c." in 1826. Woodthorp, nr Wakefield, 27 March 1826 unknown
232805 Grand Parade Eastbourne Sussex 27 June 1860. Two pages 12mo bifolium. good condition. Text: "Herewith I return the Proofs corrected to the best of my ability. The speech is wonderfully well reported I think. I have not touched any speech but my own. Lady Edwardes joins me in kind regards to Mrs. Phillips & yourself; & I assure you we look back with pleasure to our stay under yur roof. ." He is perhaps referring to his speech at the Church Missionary Society's Meeting in London in May 1860. 5 Grand Parade, Eastbourne, Sussex, 27 June 1860. unknown
23270Unknown Newspaper 1930 or 1931. Substantial Article extracted from a newspaper 38 x 29cm good condition in which Wilkins discusses his project of taking a submarine the "Nautilus" of course under the Arctic. His signature "Hubert Wilkins" appears top left probably in pencil. Unknown Newspaper [1930 or 1931] unknown
20228Place indecipherable. 15 August <1809>. 1p. 16mo. In fair condition on aged and worn paper. Reads: Dear Sir - I am directerd by the Commander of ther Forces to request that you will pay the enclosed on account of the Extraordinaries of th Army.' Torrens was Military Secretary between 1809 and 1820. Place indecipherable. 15 August <1809?>. unknown
25450Both on revolutionary letterheads. Secretarial letter: ‘Valence le 20 frimaire an 12 de la République française. i.e. 12 December 1803’ Printed decree: ‘Valence le 7 brumaire an 12 de la République française. i.e. 30 October 1803’. The two items are on variations of the revolutionary letterhead of the Prefect of the Drôme Department with oval medallion illustration of a seated liberty with a phrygian cap on a stick forearm leaning on the fasces and the words ‘Libérté’ and ‘Égalité’. The printed decree is in good condition lightly aged with slight foxing and discoloration. The secretarial letter is in fair condition with darker patches of discoloration. ONE: Eighteen-line official communication in a secretarial hand from ‘ Préfet du Département de la Drome / Au maire de la Commune de propiac’ ‘sur les points limitatifs du territoire et sur l’étendue du secrétaire’. Addressing the mayor as ‘Citoyen’ and signed ‘Marie D’escorches’ note the apostrophe. 2pp 4to. TWO: Printed decree from ‘LE PRÉFET du Département de la Drome/ Aux Ecclésiastiques et aux ci-devant Religieuses du Département’. 2pp 4to on first leaf of bifolium. Signed in type ‘MARIE DESCORCHES’. Begins: ‘CITOYENS / Je vous préviens que le gouvernement a par son arrêté du 7 thermidor dernier dont extrait m’est parvenu aujourd’hui donné un extension au terme fixé pour que ceux d’entre vous qui n’ont pas encore présenté leurs titres puissent le faire.’ See Image heading of one text of the other. Both on revolutionary letterheads. Secretarial letter: ‘Valence, le 20 frimaire, an 12 de la République française. [i.e. 12 unknown
ria9781032666235_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Le Soldat’s Voluntary Servitude. Masochism and Morality presents an extraordinary analysis of masochism the subject death drive and sexual discourse inspired by Freudian drive theory philosophy gender theory political science and hardcover
1860CCC-1460150. Edition Garnier Frères, 1860. Un fort volume, in-4 (27,6 cm X 19 cm) et 1 frontispice gravé, 328 pages. Reliure de l'époque de demi-chagrin , filets gras et maigres à froid et filets stylisés à froid encadrant les plats, dos à nerfs orné de filets gras à froid, caissons d'encadrement gras à froid, quadruples caissons d'encadrement maigres dorés, large décor fleuronné doré, filets dorés en tête et queue, titre doré, les 3 tranches sont dorées. Edition originale. Elle s'agrémente de planches gravées d'après Winterhalter par Ferdinand Delannoy et Wilman, de plans dépliants ainsi que de planches en couleurs figurant les types militaires des différents corps des armées française, sarde et autrichienne.... L'Autriche abusait de sa force pour établir son système de compression dans toute l'Italie centrale, en même temps qu'elle faisait peser un joug de fer sur les populations de la Lombardie et de la Vénétie. On pouvait donc prévoir le jour où les peuples de la Romagne, de la Toscane, du Parmesan et du Modénais se soulèveraient contre le régime qui pesait sur eux. Evidemment, il y avait là un immense danger pour le repos de l'Italie et pour la paix du monde : une explosion inattendue pouvait se produire qui eût embrasé l'Europe. Ainsi l'Autriche rendait une intervention armée dans la Péninsule inévitable... coins légèrement cogné, Intérieur très frais. Photos possibles
18886517Paris, Calmann-Lévy, Collection E. Guillaume et Cie, 1888 ; petit in-4 ; demi-maroquin à coins tête-de-nègre, dos à nerfs pincés, auteur, titre et date dorés, listels de box noir mosaïqué sur les plats, tête dorée, couverture illustrée et dos conservés, non rogné (Léon Lapersonne) ; (8), 317, (7) pp., illustrations en noir et en couleurs.
64 pages. Contains piano music, lyrics and guitar chords for the following songs: For America; Soldier of Plenty; In the Shape of a Heart; Candy; Lawless Avenues; Till I Go Down; and Black and White. Most importantly, also includes Browne's landmark song Lives in the Balance, which has returned to prominence with the ongoing American loss of life in Iraq. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
