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Cover illustration of Sir Douglas Haig and his Army Commanders on horseback. How the Germans Received the Armies of Occupation - article. Allied flags off the Golden Horn - 5 photos. Gallipoli - where Britons now keep watch and ward - 6 photos. Signs of the Conquest from Kiel and Cologne - 5 photos. Photogravure centerfold includes the following: Excellent photo portrait of Sir Douglas Haig, King George at the St. Quentin Canal, Allied Battleships off Constantinople and a photo portrait of President Poincare presenting General Petain with his baton as a Marshal of France. Photos of British troops in Beirut. Huns yield tribute to their masters in the air - 5 photos. Homewards from Horror-camps of the Boche - 4 photos. Revitalising our Villages - article by Basil Clarke, and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. A worthy copy. Book
Front cover illustration of a raving Bolshevik. Secrets of the London Air Raids - Where Zepps and Gothas dropped their bombs - article. Allied flags at Constantinople and Cattaro - two photos. New World Knights Guard River of Old Romance - 5 photos of American troops in Germany. Two photos of British soldiers in Germany. Four photos related to the escape of 29 British officers from the POW camp at Holzminden. Bolshevism in its True Colours - article by Sir Sidney Low. Photogravure centerfold includes images of the British in Cologne. Shall we Hang the Kaiser - article by Lovat Fraser. Equine and Canine Transport Bound for the Rhine. Ships of the Allies Anchor Off Sebastopol Again - 4 photos. Two photos of a British 'mystery' aeroplane' dropping a torpedo. And more. Average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. A sound copy. Book
Cover illustration with caption 'Damascus in British Hands." Topics include: Hindenberg's 'super-barrier', the Wotan line; The Man Who Would Be King; What Bulgaria's Surrender Means; Hope amid the French ruins; American's First Army Moves Towards the Moselle; The Flanders Battlefields, by Hamilton Fyfe; Mating the Huns' Insidious Moves in Siberia; Recruits Who Rally to Freedom's Allied Flags; Allied Activity Against Bolshevist Anarchy; Dawn of the Day of Deliverance for Siberia; Road Signs of the War; Active Anzac Guns that Give the Foe No Rest; Air and Sea Escorts Defy Underwater Craft; Up in a 'Zepp' Hunting the U Boat, by Sydney A. Moseley; Varied Activities of the Devoted V.A.D.; Problems in the Labour Market, by W.L. George; Red Cross Targets at which the Teuton Aims; Huns Crumbling - Not Yet Broken, by Frederic William Wile; The Breach in the Balkans. Above-average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. Still a worthy copy. Book
Features: The "Hard-Case" Skipper; a young Merchant Navy radio-operator tries his luck aboaord a North Sea Trawler; A God Comes Home - a missing bronze statue of Zeus; The Buring Ship - An attempted rescue during a fire at sea; The Ju-Ju Snake - a West African tale; Sea Lion Islands - the author visits Sea Lion Rookeries on islands off British Columbia at breeding time - photos; Under Two Flags - a Brit on leave on the French Riviera is mistaken for a French deserter and ordered to perform 18 months military service in France!; Unlucky Mica - a prospector's story about the discovery and abandonment of a rich deposit of Mica in Nigeria; The Hottest Place on Earth - Death Valley, California - photos include one of a 20 mule team; The Regimental Ghost - strange happenings with a famous unit of the Indian Army; Canadian Loggers - describes Hastings Street, Vancouver in the 1950s - a fascinating historical backdrop to the problems which currently plague the area; The World's Richest Treasure Store - Fort Knox Depository, Kentucky; A bed of bayonets; The Gibraltar Apes; A Hippo with Toothache - a hippo turns nasty; and more. Small chip from backstrip. Binding intact. Average wear. Faint signature atop front cover. Quality copy. Book
Features: The "Hard-Case" Skipper; a young Merchant Navy radio-operator tries his luck aboard a North Sea Trawler; A God Comes Home - a missing bronze statue of Zeus; The Burning Ship - An attempted rescue during a fire at sea; The Ju-Ju Snake - a West African tale; Sea Lion Islands - the author visits Sea Lion Rookeries on islands off British Columbia at breeding time - photos; Under Two Flags - a Brit on leave on the French Riviera is mistaken for a French deserter and ordered to perform 18 months military service in France!; Unlucky Mica - a prospector's story about the discovery and abandonment of a rich deposit of Mica in Nigeria; The Hottest Place on Earth - Death Valley, California - photos include one of a 20 mule team; The Regimental Ghost - strange happenings with a famous unit of the Indian Army; Canadian Loggers - describes Hastings Street, Vancouver in the 1950s - a fascinating historical backdrop to the problems which currently plague the area; The World's Richest Treasure Store - Fort Knox Depository, Kentucky; A bed of bayonets; The Gibraltar Apes; A Hippo with Toothache - a hippo turns nasty; and more. Small chip from backstrip. Binding intact. Average wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Book
68 pages. Features: Judge Clement Haynsworth; Defense Secretary Melvin Laird; Photo of 9th Infantry Division leaving Vietnam; SALT; The anguish of Ted Kennedy after Chappaquiddick; Killer Camille - the greatest storm - article with photos; A tighter (Soviet) vise on Czechoslovakia; The Burning of the Al Aqsa mosque - article with photo; Two flags over Ulster; Biafra situation worsens - article with color photos; India - Indira Gandhi v. the Syndicate; Woodstock and the message from history's biggest happening - article with color photos; Why Louis Blaiberg died (after heart transplant); Who owns the (Miami) beaches?; Sherman Skolnick's Guerilla war against the Illinois justice system - article with photos; Article and photos in memory of architect Mies van der Rohe, creator of the glass and steel high-rise; Evangelist Billy James Hargis in Jerusalem; Merv Griffin; The Smothers Brothers; Interesting article on the rock music scene with photo of Blind Faith seated around large tree; The influence of the LP record; Controlling inflation; The Hilton Hotel family - Conrad and son Barron; and much more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
144 pages including index. A detailed and well-illustrated explanation of the technical terms and rules of blazon and of the science of Armory. Explains how individual coats of arms properly interpreted can be a valuable source of historical knowledge. Chapters include: heralds and heraldry; tinctures, partitions, ordinaries and sub-ordinaries; common charges; the rules of blazon; differencing and marshalling of arms; crests, crowns and coronets; the description of the achievement, and some famous arms; ecclesiastical heraldry; arms of heiresses, and hatchements; the seal; the badge; banners of arms, standards and flags. Average wear. Usual library markings else unmarked. Minor lean to spine. Book
In-4°, 12, 120pp, frontespizio danneggiato al margine superiore, mancante della carta C1, legatura in carta semplice, numerosi stemmi xilogrsfici In-4°, 12, 120pp, title page spoiled at the upper margin, leaf C1 missing, simple paper binding. various xylographic coats of arms
177 p. Numerous color illustrations. Folio. Original full dark blue cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Hardbound. Very good copy. Reprint of the "Flags of the Army of the United States Carried During the War of the Rebellion" and "Tabular Statements Showing the names of Commanders of Army Corps, Divisions and Brigades." Originally published in 1887. SHELF W26
pp. 136 + 20 Full-color illustrations. Some very unusual American pennants and flags are shown. Small 12 mo. 185 mm. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt lettering, faint staining of covers. Text very clean. A wonderful guide for American citizens in the World War I era. PA 30L
Fantastique exemplaire d'un ouvrage rarissime, qqs. photos N/B. Magnifique travail historique. "Forces Armées Belges". 1er plat de couverture conservé"
unpaged. illus. 26 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured plates, and numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE.
Gr. In-4, 115p. Traduction française par Paul Roche. Introduction du Général Guisan. Illustré de 25 planches en couleurs contrecollées. Bon exemplaire.
3 delen; 56 + 56 + 37pp. met illustraties in tekst (en enkele platen buiten tekst in deel I), 19cm., originele omslagen, goede staat, B93434
81p. Color illustrations. Tall 8vo. Original blue pictorial wraps. Excellent copy. PA PAMPH 20_14 BX2 + PA PAMPH 20_10 BX3 + PA PAMPH 20_6 BX4 x 2c
[16] pp. (texte) + 40 planches hors texte en couleurs, 33cm., couv. cart. illustrée, dos en toile, bilingue: français-néerlandais (tweetalig: Frans-Nederlands), bon état, B31636
Tome 4 complet en 1 volume: x + 408pp. avec qqs. figures dans le texte + 20 planches gravées hors-texte + 35pp. "Bulletin, séances XXVI-XXXV" & 42pp. "Supplément", reliure cartonnée moderne (dos en toile avec titre doré, trace d'une étiquette enlevée du dos), quelques cachets, bon état, rare, [contient des articles en français et en allemand sur les antiquités classiques et la numismatique, dont e.a. DE MURALT: Aperçu chronologique des tombeaux des deux cotés du Bosphore Cimmérien (pp.17 à 109), VOSSBERG: Die Banner (Fahnen) des Deutschen Ordens und seiner Verbündeten welche in Slachten des XV. Jahrhunderts eine Beute der Polen wurden (pp.392-408 + 8 planches représentant 55 bannières/drapeaux, à suivre)], G93372
Tome 5 en 1 volume: xi + 398pp. avec quelques figures dans le texte + 19 (des 21) planches gravées hors-texte (pl.14-15 manquent) + 52pp. "Bulletin, séances XXXVI-XLV", reliure cartonnée moderne (dos en toile avec titre doré, trace d'une étiquette enlevée du dos), quelques cachets, bon état, rare, [contient des articles en français et en allemand sur les antiquités classiques et la numismatique, dont e.a. VOSSBERG: Die Fahnen (Banner) des Deutschen Ordens und seiner Verbündeten welche in Slachten und Gefechten des XV. Jahrhunderts eine Beute der Polen wurden (fin, pp.8-40), etc.], G93373
Le Léopard d'or, 1992. In-4 carré, broché, 207 pp. avec des illustrations dans le texte en noir et blanc et h-t. en couleurs.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full silver cloth boards with gold lettering. Slight wear and fading to dust jacket. 9 5/8"w x 11 1/4"h. 148 pages.
329p. Hardcover Very good condition
Paris, Le Club Français du Livre, 1976. In-8, reliure éditeur, 540 pp. Edition du trentenaire du Club Français du Livre. Un des cent exemplaires destinés aux collaborateur du Club, N° XXIX. bel ex.
Pages 389- 416. Features: Cover photo of Field Marshal Lord Alexander on board the "Aquitania" with Lady Alexander, their children and dogs; Two photos of M. Gromyko walking out of the United Nations Security Council during discussion of the Persian question; Eight photos of Hameln (Hamelin), the town of a famous legend (The Pied Piper) hardly touched by the war; Two pages of photos illustrate Nash's Terraces, "the most breathtaking architectural panorama in London" - saved from the house-breaker; Photos of Royal occasions illustrate Princess Elizabeth's civil and military duties; Photo of the "ionosphere" rocket developed by Caltech; Photo of the G-B 4 television glide bomb; Photo of the "ROC" television high-angle bomb, whose TV eye transmit a picture of the target to the pilot of the parent aircraft; Fascinating photo of a "Haslar" mobile smoke producer, used to protect British towns threatened by bombing; Article entitled "A Record of the Commandos" includes photos of Brig. J. C. Haydon, Maj. Gen. R. G. Sturges, Lieut. Col. G. Keyes, Lieut. Col. A. C. Newman, Brig. Lord Lovat, Maj. Gen. R. E. Laycock, and Brig. D. Mills-Roberts; Page of illustrations demonstrate radar as used by modern ships; Under two flags? - the case of H.M S. "Seal", and other pictures; Wonderful centrefold photo of water jump in the Grand National horse race with huge crowd and background; Photo of Yung Yat and Astometer falling at the first fence in the Grand National at Aintree on April 5, when only six riders of a field of 34 finish the race; Photos of personalities of the week include Sir Mark Young, E. R. Guest, Lord and Lady Louis Mountbatten with the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and Prince William, Lieut. Gen. Homma, Gen. Mihailovitch, Lieut. Col. Hutchison, Dr. Marcel Petiot, C.S.M. J. R. Osborn, V. C., Mr. Hugh Dalton, Field Marshal Keitel, Herbert Hoover, and Dr. Kurt von Shuschnigg; Page of photos of women detectives in the making - policewomen at a C.I.D. School; Photos of the USS "Helena" at Southampton; Three photos of the victory parade rehearsal; Photo of huge crowd celebrating the seventh anniversary of the ending of Spain's Civil War; Photo of Gen. Franco on his Madrid balcony acknowledging cheers; Photo of desperate Hungarians swarming a train at Budapest as they desperately search for food; photos of food offerings in Brussels; photo of Viennese housewife with her weekly food ration; Two photos contrast Australia's generous war food rations with that of Britain; Photo of France honouring the memory of Maquis heroes; Two photos of the funeral of field Marshal Lord Gort, V.C., at Penshurst, Kent; One-page photo of statue of King Charles I on horseback is returned to Whitehall after years of evacuation. Outer advertising pages not included. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Paris, Robert Laffont, collection "Pavillons", 1950. In-12, broché, 310 pp.
