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130 pages. Features: No Arms or Legs, by the Reverend Graham Dowell; Renaissance Festivals; Pictures from the Past; A Pass from the King - laisser-passers were used long before passports - wonderful photos; Capital Letters - signs; Christmas Numbers; Shropshire's Political Ceramics; Louis Wain's Cat Portraits; Fen's Creator - Bruce Montgomery; Christmas in Norway; The Artists of Palekh - beautiful colour photos; Rich Men's Castles; The Christmas Story; Something Nasty in the Bedroom; Jubilee at Bekonscot; A Royal Governess - Lady Lyttelton; Ellen Terry and Sarah Bernhardt; Stamp of Ricard; Mary Celeste - The Truth; Jonathan Jeeves is Mean; The Felt Makers - making felt from wool in Turkey; Crafts of India; Christmas Quiz. 1" openings to fore-edge of back cover and back two pages. Average wear. Crossword completed, otherwise unmarked. A sound copy. Book
229 pages including bibliography and index. "Any friend of heraldry will eventually run into difficulties when trying to become acquainted with the customary heraldic practice of foreign countries. There is the problem of discovering which books to study and where to find them, and there is the frustrating experience of seeing one's efforts handicapped by language barriers. I have been collecting information about international heraldry for many years, with emphasis on its pictorial peculiarities and the peculiarities of customs, rules and styles, excepting those regions in the Balkans which underwent different trends of development during their occupation by the Turks... This book is the result. It is far from being encyclopaedic but should be of value to anyone wishing to gain a more international view of the subject. It should also serve as an introduction to heraldry for a newcomer to the field. Chapters include: Introduction; The Sheild; Charges; The Helm, Crest and Mantling; Blazon; Supporters; Augmentations; Differencing and Cadency; Marshalling of Arms; Burgher-Arms; Gentry, Untitled Continental Mobility, Knights and Baronets; Titled Nobility; Princes, Kings, Dukes and Emperors; Corporate Arms; Religious Orders of Chivalry; Heraldry in the Roman Catholic Church; Heraldry in the Church of England; Badges. Glossy colour illustrations throughout. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
54 pages. Features: Robbie Rappoport Interview; Florence, Italy - an adventure in art and fashion; Brooke Shields cover photos; and much more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
pp.1-160 (= partie du volume 5), avec illustrations, 34cm., non relié (en fascicules orig.)
468pp.avec illustrations (des armoiries) dans le texte, tirage limité à 1000 exemplaires (en français) numérotés: ceci est le no.287/1000, 30cm., reliure toile d'éditeur, sous étui d'éditeur, très bon état, on y joint un article de Lieve Viaene-Awouters: "Fusions de communes et armoiries communales" (15pp., 1977, extrait du Bulletin trimestriel du crédit communal de Belgique), B83586
8vo., First Edition thus; original series binding of navy buckram, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy. NRS vol. 161.
628 p. + Chromolithographed plates showing coats of arms and others with people in native costumes, engaged in local tasks + Colored map, steel engravings, etc. Wood engraved text illustrations. The artists for these include: Bellange, Gigoux, Raffet, Isabey, Morel Fatio, Saint Germain, and Daubigny. 4to. 270 mm. Original leather backed pebbled boards binding, Spine decorated in gold gilt. Extremities rubbed. An attractive copy of a wonderful book on Brittany. By the way - Brittany is a great place to visit in modern France. The author, Jules Gabriel Janin (1804-1874), was a French writer and important drama critic. FR4
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous fine coloured photographs throughout; green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With the printed list of estimates loosely inserted. First of two parts of the celebrated Visser collection, arguably the finest private assembly of arms to come to auction in the twentieth century. The catalogue lists 208 lots.
210 pages. Author's signature and inscription upon front free endpaper. Colour plates throughout. "The author has devoted his study of heraldic emblems to the 'nations and tribes of Israel in the early days of the patriarchs and the wanderings of the tribes prior to their being formed into a Kingdom. He shows by prophecy that these tribes maintained their emblems after their captivities and dispersions, until their development into the Celto-Saxon nations of today - the modern counterparts, therefore, of ancient Israel." - from dust jacket. Author was president of the Canadian British Israel Association. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Minor warping to book. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in an archival-grade Brodart cover. Nice copy overall. Book
156 pages. Includes two contributions by Jack O'Connor: Gambling for Gambrels - a long chance on finding some Arizona quail; The .250/3000 Can Shoot!. Other features include: Great cover art by J.F. Kernan; Leave Some Game for the Future!; A penny proves its worth for a California deer hunter; Scrappy little panfish; The Oakland County Sportsmen's Club and the Detroit Sportsmen's Congress - two successful clubs and how they got that way; Wrong-way buck all but fools Massachusetts hunters; The Annual Alpena Wildcat (Bobcat) Hunt; Color illustration of wildfowl on the Mississippi flyway; Illinois sportsmen overcome ringneck pheasant shortage by raising them; Which rifle to use on Britihs Columbia Bighorn Sheep? - great photo-illustrated article; Choosing and Shooting Your Handgun; Hurricane-happy trout in New Jersey; Raccoon hunting near Grand Rapids, Michigan; Furry Son of Satan - savage king of the North Carolina wilderness - an 8-page, true-to-life biography; Hunting Seasons for 1946-47; Teach Your Pup Obedience; and more. Ads include: Color ad for Remington Express shells inside front cover; How to pick up a porcupine bare-handed!; Photo of T.J. Harman of York PA with his Alaska moose bearing antlers 64 inches wide. Interesting one-page color ad for Hallmark Christmas Cars for Men - with colored game bird designs; One-page Savage ad for the Model 99 and Model 745. One-page Christmas ad for Harrington & Richardson Arms Co. features beautiful lady offering gift guns; Classy one-page color ad for Ballantine Ale; Nice one-page color ad for Goebel Beer; Feather Foam coat ad; Nice two-color ad for Gaines dog food features photo of Elias C. Vail; Lovely color Santa-themed ad for Prince Albert tobacco and Camel cigarettes on back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
48 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos. Contents: Advice for Officers; Security; Crossing of the Moro; Meaning of S Gradings; Hints on F.T.; Plenty More; Letter from France; The Sappers; Film Strips; Ortona; Every Man a Marksman; A Battle in Normandy; Passing it On; Correcting Artillery Fire From a Tank; Films; Precedence of Corps. Laid-in is a 4-page leaflet entitled Schedule of Courses, 4th Quarter, 1944 which lists dozens of courses across Canada at such locations as RMC, Camp Borden, Cdn Bomb Disposal School (Ottawa), Cdn Small Arms School (Nanaimo), etc. Moderate wear. Canadian militaray ink stamp (dated 15 September 1944) upon back cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
36 pages. Features: Armorial Bearings - Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Heraldry in the Netherlands; An Heraldic Monstrosity - the many 'quartered' arms of Capt. T.L. Jones-Parry; The Annual Meeting; A Recent Grant of Arms; Book Plate Collecting; Heraldic Book Plate; Une Quebecoise Duchesse de Bassano; Ottawa Honours Foot Guards; 'Cromwell' Good on Heraldry; Un Cardinal Italien Cure au Canada; Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk (including one-page photo of him); A Very Special Grant; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Illustration Features: Miss D. Truscott, of St. Veep, Cornwall; The Marvel of Three Years - article by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; King George visits Vimy where Canada won glory; Fragments of fighting from four fronts; One the Marne Battlefield - article by Hamilton Fyfe; Italy sweeps Austria from the Adriatic Sea; Canadians enter Avion through fire and blood; Using bullet-proof shields; Ready for all emergencies afloat; The Long Arm of the Navy - it's wonderful to work in the seven seas (article by Percival Hislam); Miss Matilda of 'The Scrubbs' - article by Harold Ashton; Allied Artillery of Assault - 'Tanks' in action; Greece girds on her sword for war; Keeping Fit in the Navy - the Friendsly boxing bout; The Seaforth Highlanders - article with photo of officers. Above-average wear. Staples almost disintegrated. Book
Four photos of Canadians at work in the snow in France. Arms and Apparatus for Night-Flying Airmen - 5 photos plus inset photo of Lieut. Dostier, one of Germany's crack airmen. Remarkable photo of the raid by Gothas on Paris in January 30th. Avengers of Arras Advance Their Artillery - Two Photos. Pitiful Plight of the Little Country Places - 3 photos. 'Butoire' - how in fighting one foe he conquered another, by Henry Barbusse. Trench cookhouses. Valuable war-time village vegetable industry - 6 photos. Activity of shipways and gunworks in America - 6 photos including 2 of Hog Island. Wartime wastage of the navy - a heartening contrast with the Napoleonic war, by Percival A. Hislam. French contrivances and fortitude - 5 photos. Critique of the book 'Englishman, Kamerad!'. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. Still a worthy copy. Book
Features: Fears over the barricades/where will the violence end - Norther Ireland; UN attempts at arms limitation; Aims of young Israelis; Crime fascinates television audiences; Germany decides - general election; A Swedish naturalist (Sigvard Berggren) has a new plan to save wildlife; spotlight on the little theatres; The House of Augustus - Archaeology 2319; Scimitar 3-litre; Rembrandt in Amsterdam; What Rembrandt taught; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. The spine is not creased, binding firm and tight. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from October 21, 2009 to January 10, 2010. Essays by Morihiro Ogawa, Hiroshi Ikeda, and Kazutoshi Harada. Illustrated in color. 213 objects in the exhibition, most with extensive entries. Chronology. Glossary. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 344 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
pp. (8) 298 (32) + Engraved frontis and thirty two (32) engraved plates showing around 500 coats of arms; additional woodcuts in text. Marbled edges. 12 mo. 170 mm. Original full leather binding, worn. The Jesuit Claude Francois Menestrier (1631-1705) was a prolific researcher and author in the field of heraldry and emblemata. First published in 1661, versions of this concise handbook became very popular, and continued to be issued over almost two centuries. This 1718 Lyons edition is quite scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! FR-VOYAGE 3RD FL
8vo., Third Impression, with a frontispiece, title-vignette, and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; pictorial cloth blocked in black, backstrip lettered in black, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, firm copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned, and frayed with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. Published three months after the first edition. THIS COPY WAS PRESENTED BY DONALD RUSSELL OF THE LYGON ARMS AT BROADWAY, WORCESTERSHIRE, TO E B DAVIES, FIRST LIEUTENANT OF HMS BROADWAY - A DOUBLE 'BROADWAY' CONNECTION. It carries Davies's signature and Russell's inscribed business card on front paste-down. The Town-class destroyer HMS Broadway became famous as one of three escorts (the others being HMS Aubretia and HMS Bulldog) which captured U-110 intact in May 1941. The U-boat's capture led to the first seizure of a working Enigma machine and many vital cipher documents. The capture, subsequently code-named Operation PRIMROSE, was one of the greatest secrets of the Battle of Atlantic and was not revealed until ULTRA began to be declassified in the 1970s. Donald Russell was the owner-manager of the prestigious The Lygon Arms. The hotel was purchased, restored and made famous by his father, but during WWII Donald Russell turned it into a haven for servicemen on leave. It was doubtless while Davies was staying there that Russell caught sight of the 'Broadway' connection that resulted in the presentation. It is a remarkable added coincidence that HMS Broadway and HMS Newmarket should be sister ships. 'Destroyer from America' is a vividly-written and personal account of the war service of Town-class destroyer HMS Newmarket (here thinly disguised as 'HMS Porchester'). The simple device nevertheless allows the author to describe the war in the Atlantic with much less than the usual censorship. In addition to his work as a book illustrator, the artist John Worsley is best remembered as the creator of 'Albert RN', the dummy prisoner so lifelike that it enabled a series of successful escapes from the famous naval prison camp Marlag Milag Nord. The story is told in Lewis Gilbert's well-known feature film 'Albert RN' (1953) starring Jack Warner and Anthony Steel. Law 0231 (recording the first edition).
Features: Photo and write-up on Lance-Corporal L. Graham H. Horton-Smith; Company Notes; Football Results; Our Regimental Plate - No. II - The Lord Elcho Cup - photo and article by Ian Bhreatannaich; Scots Abroad - a letter from John MacDonald in Bulawayo; Editorial; Buglers; Class Firing - the conditions under which Class Firing will be conducted for the current year; The History of the Glenworple Highlanders - Chapter III - Assyria; Photos of the "H" Co. Cup and the Sergeant's Mess Cup; Assault at Arms; Peninsular War - Second Campaign... Corunna (October 1808, to 16th January, 1809), Lecture by Major F.H. Neish (with map); Correspondence; and more. Average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. Book
Features: Photo portrait of "A" Company - winning team in Inter-Company Football; Company Notes; Assault-At-Arms; Sketches at the Annual Assault-at-Arms, 1907; Notes by the C.O.; School of Arms Notes; Ten to Eight - short sketch of the histories of Companies C and I which have been absorbed; Company Dinners; and more. Average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. Book
82 pages. Features: Great action cover photo shows Gerry Cheevers - with no mask - with arms and legs flailing; Vintage ad for CCM Tackaberry (Tacks) skates; Cooper-Weeks photo-hockey equipment ad features their white three-piece helmets; Bauer Bobby Hull Skates ad features photo of Bobby; Photo-illustrated article in Alan Eagleson - the man who pushes salaries up and up; Photo-illustrated article on Gerry Cheevers; Photo-illustrated article on Wayne Hillman; Photo-illustrated article on Yvan Cournoyer, "Yvan the Terrible"; Great six-page off-ice photo feature of the Red Wings visiting Chicago for a game; Dazzling Denis Dejordy - photo-illustrated article; The Big Train - Lionel Conacher excelled at every sport he tried - photo-illustrated article; Article on Brian Conacher - who comes from a great hockey family; Early Philadelphia Flyers article with photos of Bud Poile, Keith Allen, and their arena under construction; Long Island Arena - The Ebbets Field of Hockey; Article on the Hershey Bears with photos of Gil Gilbert, Wayne Rivers and Gene Ubriaco; Columbus Checkers article on their playing coach Edward (Moe) Bartoli; Murray Davison puts the blaze in the Oklahoma City Blazers; San Diego Gulls article with photos of Fred Hilts, Warren Hynes and Larry McNabb; Small ad for Northland sticks; Great half-page vintage ad for Eagle Toys tabletop hockey game; Modest moisture marks to covers and contents near each end of spine. Two-inch opening at bottom of coverfold. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this excellent vintage issue. Magazine
320 pages including bibliography. An authoritative and readable illustrated record of now completed chapters in U.S. Military arms history - the Service use of the "Springfield" rifle and of the .30-'06 cartridge. Based upon 20 years of study by a former arms Research and Development Engineer. For arms collectors there are over 175 pages of text and exact scale drawings. Covered are 5 prototypes and 21 standard rifles, with additional variations as to sights, 'scopes, and attachments. Also covered are the Pederson Device, Garand firing pin and Woody set trigger. For cartridge collectors there are some 60 pages with drawings devoted to every significant standard .30-'03 and .30-'06 cartridge, to past Match ammunition, and to Cal. .22 ammunition in the Service. For shooters, a third of the book is devoted to adjustment and maintenance, rational approach to Sporter rifle design, modern methods of modifying the '03 for target use, and informed selection of hunting loads. Includes over 100 illustrations. Unquestionably the most complete and useful work ever produced on a specific subject, and merits the attention of all arms men. Small bookseller's sticker upon each endpaper else clean and unmarked. Price-clipped dust jacket bears average wear with some tears and is protected by clear plastic cover. Remains a nice copy of this magnificent work. Book
96 pages. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos and illustrations. Substantial text describes the development of the company, its products, and their manufacture. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. A qualty copy of this very nostalgic and informative Colt memento. Book
88 pages. Colour photographs. Includes music and lyrics from the super-popular 1980s album of the same name. Songs include: Sultans of Swing; Down to the Waterline; Portobello Belle; Twisting by the Pool; Romeo and Juliet; Where to you think you're going?; Walk of Life; Private Investigations; Telegraph Road; Money for Nothing; Brothers in Arms. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
315 pages including footnotes and index. "This explosive book lays bare the personalities and institutional relations behind the headlines. It goes beyond the recent events to discern the roots of contemporary U.S. covert activity within the past two decades. Delves into the details of CIA and extra-CIA operations, including drug-trafficking, gun-running, government-toppling, and assassination." - from back cover. "An informative and shocking book that takes us from the Bay of Pigs fiasco to the drug-fuelled secret war in Laos, from the urban hustle-and-bustle of Tehran to the steamy jungles of Central America. Profiteers pose as patriarchs, mercenaries claim to be humanitarians, and totalitarian thugs commit their atrocities in the name of political freedom - while back in Washington it's all just one more day at the office." - R.T. Naylor, author of Hot Money. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. Good working copy. Book
