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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
Agen, imprimerie moderne, 1934. In-8 broché, 429 pages, iluelques épidermures sur la couverture, très bon état pour le reste.lustré par des documents photographiques et des cartes. q Liste des morts par canton et par commune - Historique des régiments lot-et garonnais - Souvenirs et récits
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
in-8, 135 pp, broché, couv. Bel exemplaire.. [NV-23]
in-4, 240 pages entierement iIlustrees n&b et couleurs, index, reliure skyvertex havane avec image contrecollee sur le premier plat, titre dore. Tres bel exemplaire. [PIL-5A]
grand in 8° carre broche, 348 pp, couverture illustree rempliee. Bon etat (dos us., papier jauni). [BL-4]
Features: La revolte gronde chez les etudiants americains - et les Noirs humilies, et le Vietnam, et Saint-Domingue, c'en est trop!; Le Rimouskois a la Cobra - Jean Ouellet - many photos; Quand le Cardinal Roy etait soldat - trois temoins racontent les annees de guerre du nouveau prince de lEglise; L Guerre a la Pacotille - Yves Sylvestre; A Chacun sa Gaspesie, par Louis Martin; Un Remede contre la mort - le froid!, par Jacques Keable. Text in French. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
32p. Profusely illustrated with photographs of French soldiers. Oblong 12mo. Original full printed wraps. Inked stamped ownership of Eisenhart (York, PA) on front wrap. Remains of album mountings on rear wrap. Nice copy of a scarce piece. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! WWI 13
in-8°, 432 pages, photos in-t. n&b, cartes, rel. demi-percal. à coins, dos lisse, titre et fleuron dores. Bel exemplaire. [DV-3]
in-8°, 800 pages, photos in-t. n&b, rel. demi-percal. à coins, dos lisse, titre et fleuron dores. Bel exemplaire. [DV-3]
in-8°, 608 pages, photos in-t. n&b, cartes, tabl depl. h.t., rel. demi-percal. à coins, dos lisse, titre et fleuron dores. Bel exemplaire. [DV-3]
A letter from the front, sent after the author had been killed in combat. Printed on fine wove paper. Photographic portrait frontispiece. Small 4to, sewn in wraps (with red, white, and green string, modeled on the Italian flag). Uncut. Some discoloration to front cover caused by offsetting from another book. Internally fine. Very scarce.
PARIS, chez Germain Mthiot - 1817 - seconde édition-broché, sans couverture - frontispîce - XII-176 pages + table - tache en tête aux 5 dernières pages - envoi rapide et soigné
in-12 broche de 260 pages, couverture imprimee. Bel exemplaire. [TX-23]
201p. + Plus portrait frontis. Age stained. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding. Canadian first edition. "Iowa born Hall, was on vacation in the UK in the summer of 1914, when World War I began. Posing as a Canadian, he enlisted in the British Army, Serving in the Royal Fusiliers as a machine gunner during the Battle of Loos. He was discharged after his true nationality was discovered, and then returned to the US. This is his first book. Recounting his wartime experiences with vigor. He later returned to France, where he joined the French-American Lafayette Escadrille before the United States officially entered the war. After the war, Hall co-wrote the Bounty Trilogy, including the wonderful 'Mutiny on The Bounty'. " WWI 2
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.
470 p. 8vo. Original full green paper covered binding. Original priced dust jacket, slightly worn at front edge. Hardbound. First edition. SHELF W21
Pages 187-318. Features: James Whitcomb Riley; John W. Foster - Soldier and Politician; Octave Chanute - Pioneer Glider and Father of the Science of Aviation; James Woodburn - Hoosier Schoolmaster; Judge Horace P. Biddle; A Search After Truth; A Visit to Easton; First Steps Towards a Public Law Library; Indiana Genealogy; and more. Prior owner's stamp atop first page otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy. Book
n.p. Fully illustrated with large photographs. Oblong folio. Original full pictorial printed covers. XLib stamps on covers. Spine taped. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SCARCE. WWI 12
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 69pp. Periodical magazine with feature articles on King Alfred - an Eleventh Centenary, Vienna in the Year of Revolution 1848, The Fronde Pt2 - the Battle for France, Ferguson and his Rifle 1776-80, Simon de Montfort as a soldier 1208-65, The Macaronis in the late 18th century, the Courtesies of War in Napoleonic Spain, Meals on the Mess Deck plus book reviews and letters.
222 pages. The account of a German soldier held captive behind the Iron Curtain. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Sound copy. Book
574 pages including index and many black and white photographs. The epic autobiography of one of America's greatest soldiers. Recounts his exploits over four decades of unconventional warfare, espionage, covert missions, and frontline action in recent history's pivotal theatres: World War II, the Chinese Revolution, the Vietnam War, and most recently the war in Nicaragua. A highly decorated OSS officer who became a founding member of the CIA, Singlaub here draws on recently declassified records and original interviews with military and government leaders, as well as his own experiences, to vividly describe details of key covert missions which have never before made public. "An exciting story... Singlaub was the Cold Warrior incarnate." - Los Angeles Times Unmarked. Light wear and rubbing to glossy illustrated covers. Solid attractive copy. Book
16 pages. Contents: Commencement, Confirmation, and First-Communion Dresses - text and illustrations on front cover; A Good Word for Gossip; New York Fashions - Bonnets, Round Hats, Girls' White Dresses, Corsets, Tournures, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Neck-ties; Personal; Privileged Persons; Illustrations of Talmas and sleevless jackets; The Lovels of Arden, by Miss Braddon (continued); An Ancient Dame's Counsel to her Daughter; Nice illustrated centerfold entitled "Spring and Summer Suits for Boys and Girls from Three to Fifteen Years Old"; Masquerading; The Lunch-Table - Custards and Creams; Sayings and Doings; Full-page illustration entitled "Honors" by C.G. Bush shows bouquets tossed to a pianist; Illustration entitled "The Last German in Paris" shows a German soldier trudging past onlookers; Illustrated ad for Mayhon, Daly & Co. of Wabash Ave., Chicago; Humor on back cover; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Magazine
New Turkish Paperback. In special publisher's slip-case. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkissh. 2 volumes set: ([ix], 1213 p.). Günlükler, 1925-1979. 2 volumes set. Prep. by Ahmet Demirel. CHP Kocaeli milletvekili secildigi 1945'ten Cumhuriyet Senatosu uyeliginin sona erdigi 1977'ye kadar siyasetin hep on saflarinda yer alan Erim Gunlukler'inde icinde bulundugu olaylarin perde arkasini ayrintilariyla yansittigi gibi, deneyimli bir siyaset adami olarak yer yer olaylar ve kisilere iliskin dikkat cekici degerlendirmeler de yapiyor. Gunlukler'in Turk siyasi hayatinin golgede kalmis bazi evrelerine isik tutacagi kusksuzdur.
Faded blue cloth cover with 'Rupert Brooke' in gilt to front. 10"w x 12 1/2"h. In pocket on the inside front cover are four individual folded grey paper files, each containing loose reproductions of the notes and ephemera relating to each poem . This set appears to be missing three sheets in comparison to other booksellers' descriptions. The contents of the folders in this set are The Fish, five sheets; The Soldier, three sheets; Granchester, five sheets; The Dead, two sheets. Also included are eighteen bound pages of commentary and associated text by Geoffrey Keynes. The tipped in print of Rupert Brooke is missing.
