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56 pages. Features: Cover illustration of oxen pulling timbers at the Lunenberg Shipyard; What Happened in the Bismarck - One of the few German survivors, Helmut Keune, tells what happened when his ship was sunk after it sunk the Hood; Ordeal (fiction); Blind Date With Fate - side-street swamis/fortune-tellers; New Hope for Arthritic Cripples - Dr. Edward C. Kendall of the Mayo clinic and his new drug, an extract from the adrenal glands; Doesn't Anybody Like Kids? - angry father accuses adults of making this world unfit for happy youngsters; They Live Next Door to the Russians - tiny Finland sticks to her own fierce brand of freedom; Edmonton - A Boom at the Crossroads; Leading Lawyer Margaret Hyndman; After Twenty Years Guy Lombardo is still Tops; Sailer's Son (fiction); China's Red Ruler - photo-illustrated article on Mao Tze-tung; Dow Brewery ad highlights Fred Ryan of Toronto who halted a runaway train; Nice colour Massey-Harris ad shows tractor on African peanut plantation; O'Keefe's ad features nice colour illustration of bazaar by Rex Woods; Nice colour vintage Coke ad on back cover features picnic scene; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
in-8, 3 volumi., tela (macchie), titolo oro al dorso e fregi ai piatti, pp. XXIV,564;VI,484;VII,407. Testo in buono stato (text in good copy)<br> Il diario di Moritz Busch e il racconto di venticinque anni di consuetudine con il grande statista, edito a Londra da Macmillan nel 1898.
Pages 693-724. Features: Photo of Major John Bagot Glubb Pasha, reportedly killed in action in Iraq; Four photos of British evacuation from Greece; Informative two-page, seven-illustration feature describes the winged invaders of Crete - troop-carrying gliders - and the JU '52' sky tug; Excellent two-page illustrated feature entitled 'War in the Stratosphere' explains some problems presented by the enigma of flight miles above the earth; Six photos beneath the caption 'Eagle Wings of the Royal Navy - The Victorious Fleet Air Arm; H.M.S. Hood lost May 24 - photo of the ship and photo of part of her crew on deck during firing practice; Photo and illustration of the "Bismarck," sunk on May 27; The Battle for Crete - article; Three maps showing the strategic importance of Crete and Cyprus; Centrefold illustration depict Germany's air invasion of Crete - the first major attack by air-borne troops, across over 200 miles of sea; Photos of the "Beaufighter" night-fighter-bomber and the famous U.S.A. "Catalina"; Photos of thirteen personalities of the week include Igor I. Sikorsky setting record in Connecticut, Vice-Admiral L.E. Holland, Captain R. Kerr, Lord Austin of the well-known automaker, General Smuts, Sir Horace Rumbold, Flight-Officer F.H. Hanbury - first member of the W.A.A.F. to receive the M.B.E.; Two pages with twelve photos from Libya illustrate "Where Panzer Units Become Junk" - The Gallant Defenders of Tobruk; Five photos illustrate fighting in the western desert of North Africa where British patrols harass Nazis; Air photos of the cities of Rakki, Palmyra and Falluja; Photo of the King inspecting paratroops; Photo of truck carrying the wreckage of the ME. 110 fighter which Rudolf Hess flew to Glasgow; New discoveries in Iran exemplify the superb art of Persian goldsmiths over a period of seventeen centuries. Nice vintage ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this informative wartime issue. Book
Pages 725-756. Features: Cover photo-portrait of FDR; Photo of Admiral Sir John Cronyn Tovey being piped on board H.M.S. "Prince of Wales"; One-page photo of coastal command station armourers getting ready to bomb up; Eight photos of the vigils of the coastal command - bomb preparation, photo-processing, anti-aircraft stations, operations room and telegraphy section; Two pages of explanatory illustrations show how aircraft carriers, fighter and reconnaissance planes have revolutionised naval warfare and influenced naval architecture; Photos of recen Nazi vandalism - damage to Gray's Inn, the wrecked Canterbury Music Hall, Serjeants Inn, Queen Victoria St., and Dublin; Two pages with fifteen photos of bomb damage to the destroyed Church of the Knights Templar; The Fleet and its Air Arm (article); Air photo of Mannheim-on-the-Rhine shows destroyed western span of Autobahn bridge; Dramatic two-page illustration of "Catalina" under heavy fire as it spots the Bismarck in a heavy sea; Two-page illustration of the last of the "Bismarck", shelled, bombed and on fire as the Nazi mammoth is torpedoed by H.M.S. "Dorsetshire"; Thre photos of the last of the "Bismarck", including dozens of heads of bobbing survivors floating in the sea; Scene in "Petticoat Lane" where, on June 1st, rationing of clothing, cloth and footwear came into force; Photo of Averill Harriman welcoming the first of four million eggs to Britain from the U.S.; Photo of some of the few "Bismarck" survivors being landed at a British port; Photo of H.M.S. "York" which was lost; Photos of personalities of the week include the pilot of the "Catalina" which discovered the fleeing "Bismarck", Lieut. B. Stubbs, Dr. Kurt Heinrich Reith, Max Schmeling, King Victor Emanuel of Italy, Sir Hugh Walpole, Prajadhipok - Prince of Sukhodaya, Lord Cadman, and Admiral Boehm; Photos of Ilkley, which won War Weapons Week; Photos of Haile Selassie's Return to Addis Adaba; Illustratins of bombed Wren Churches - Christ's, St. Mildred's, St. Andrew's, St. James's, Piccadilly, and St. Anne; Interesting one-page Guiness ad entitled "Guiness at Waterloo - and Guinness today". Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Mm 100x150 Collana "Manuali Hoepli". Volume cartonato, legatura editoriale in tela marrone, XV-417-64 pagine. Cerniere in po' allentate, lievi tracce di umidità, firma d'appartenenza al frontespizio, peraltro buona copia. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and diagrams in the text, some mild and occasional spotting; blue cloth, gilt back, a bright, firm copy in price-clipped dustwrapper This popular account devotes half its length to the famous ship's wartime service (Home Fleet and Force H), and describes in much detail her tragic end. Enser, p.58; Law 0982.
Mm 245x320 Volume in copertina rigida con titolo in oro al dorso, custodia editoriale, XIV-497 pagine con numerose tavole e illustrazioni in nero e a colori nel e fuori testo. Testi dalle opere di A. Dunois, E. Dolleans, A. Chuquet, P.O. Lissangaray, C. Pelletan, E. Reclus, C. Seignobois, M. Vuillaume. Buona-ottima copia, spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
309pp., 21cm., softcover, text in German, Doctoral Dissertation (Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde der Philosophischen Fakultät der Universität Hamburg), stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, G110673
Mm 160x220 Volume nella sua brossura 197 pagine con illustrazioni in nero nel testo. Opera in buone condizioni, presenta alcune pagine ancora intonse e segni d'uso al dorso. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
In-16, mezza tela, pp. XII,448. In buono stato (good copy).
Mm 155x240 Collana "Storia dell'arte militare moderna". Volume in tela editoriale con titolo impresso al dorso e al piatto, xiii- 398 pagine di cui alcune intonse, cartine ripiegate fuori testo. Lieve ingiallimento dovuto al tempo. Buono stato. Spedizione entro 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
22 S. Original Karton mit Deckeltitel. Einband leicht berieben, am Scharnier ein wenig eingerissen, sonst in gutem Zustand.
Gr.8°. 16 S. Original Broschur mit Deckeltitel. Deckeltitel und letzte Seite lose, papierbedingt gegilbt und etwas gerändert, letzte Seite mit Einriß und kleiner Fehlstelle (1-2 Buchstaben Textverlust), sonst in Ordnung.
Gr.8°. 75(4)S. Original Leinwand mit goldgeprägtem Rücken- und Deckeltitel. Einband leicht berieben und etwas fleckig, Eigenvermerk auf fliegendem Vorsatz, letzte Seite etwas stockfleckig (Verlagswerbung), sonst sauber und gut erhalten. Mit einem faksimilierten Frontispiz-Porträt und 6 weiteren Abbildungen auf Tafeln.
24,5 x 31 cm. 40 S. + Abbildungstafeln. Original Halbleinwand mit farbig illustriertem Deckeltitel. Einband stärker berieben, Ecken gestaucht und Kanten beschabt, 2 Doppelseiten lose, durchgängig mit leichten bis deutlichen Fingerspuren, sonst in Ordnung. Mit 40 ganzseitigen farbigen Abbildungen.
Br. ed. in-8, pp. 291-(1), a cura di Z. Zini, 1 ritr. in n. f.t., coll. I grandi scrittori stranieri. Ottimo.
Stuttgart, Berlin, J.B. Cotta'sche, 1913, voll. 2, in-16, legatura editoriale in piena tela, titolo sui piatti anteriori e sui dorsi, pp. 406, [2] - 398, [2]. Ottime condizioni.
8vo., First Edition thus, with 6 plates on 4 and a double-page map in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Imaginative account of the battleship's last cruise from the German viewpoint; strong depiction of the horror of the final engagement. Increasingly uncommon in this condition. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.58; Law, 0247.
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates, and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Vividly-written hour-by-hour account of the chase, the battle and the sinking. First published in the US in the previous year.
in-8°, 446 pages, rel. bradel pl. toile moderne, pièce de titre. Qq. rouss. sinon tres bel exemplaire. [CA27/5]
4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. One of the most famous RN warships of WWII, the 'Shiny Sheff' achieved 12 battle honours and continued to serve until 1966.
4to., First Edition, with very numerous colour and monochrome plates throughout, and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Mm 135x200 "Biblioteca di coltura politica" a cura di Franco Ciarlantini - Brossura originale di 144 pagine. Bruniture, strappetti e piccole lacune esterne, testo ben conservato e fruibile. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
16 pages. 13" x 10.5" oblong. Wonderful full-page black and white photos of: St. Paul's Cathedral, London; Scarborough, england - from the spa grounds; Stuttgart, germany; Triumphal Arch of Septimus Severus; The Stock Exchange or Bourse, Paris; Romsdalhorn, Norway; The Palace of Gezireh, Cairo; Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem; Dai-Butsu - Kamakura, Japan; A Narrow Algerian Street - in Algiers; The United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.; The Royal Gorge, Colorado; The City of Vera Cruz, Mexico; Hyde Park Corner, London; Palace of Prince Bismarck, Berlin; Church of St. Marks, Venice. Above-average wear. Covers loose but present. Unmarked. Back cover very heavily worn and chipped. Book
In 8 Dim. 19x13 cm. Pp. XIX+386. Opera completa in un volume, uno studio sul Principe di Bismarck dello scrittore francese Antonin Proust (1832-1905). L'opera è senza data ma del 1876. Si tratta della raccolta della corrispondenza di M. de Bismarck messa in ordine storico attraverso la quale possiamo ricostruire la sua vita. Nella prima parte del libro la storia degli antenati di Bismarck. Copertina mancante. Legatura in cattive condizioni. All'interno le pagine si presentano in buone condizioni con fioriture, margini usurati e qualche strappo. complete work in one volume, a study about the Prince of Bismarck written by the french writer Antonin Proust (1832-1905). The book is not dated but of 1876. It is a collection of the correspondance of M. de Bismarck put in historical order. Thanks to this we can understand his life. In the first part of the book the history of the ancestors of Bismarck. Cover is missing. Binding in bad conditions. Inside pages are in good conditions with foxings, worn edges and some tear.
