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Very detailed account of the situation prior to and the assault on German held Europe in World War II and of the final collapse of Hitler's Germany. With a nice frontispiece picture of the brylcreamed author holding a pipe. Also numerous maps. Appendices and Index. Dust jacket has small loss at top of spine, corners and edges.
4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs, illustrations and maps (a number full-page) in the text, and a folding plan; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Detailed and valuable account of the minesweeping component of Operation NEPTUNE by the founder of the Algerines Association. The narrative structure includes much eye-witness and other vernacular material not available elsewhere. An excellent contribution to a still largely forgotten (and largely thankless) aspect of the RN's operations in WWII. VERY SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition thus, with 12 photographs and 12 maps; printed wrappers, a near fine copy. Photocopy facsimiles of the original edition of 1956. Covers the three major airborne operations in NW Europe during World War II: NEPTUNE (D-Day), MARKET GARDEN (Arnhem) and VARSITY (Rhine Crossing). Well illustrated and with much statistical detail of troops and transports.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, and photographs and maps in the text; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON HALF-TITLE. Wartime service on a typically hard-worked B-Class destroyer. Includes West African convoys, Scharnhorst, Normandy, and Arctic convoys.
16 pages. Features: Why I Believe - Wernher von Braun talks about science and God; A Funny Thing Happened in North Conway, New Hampshire - for 45 hours the town decided to live without time - includes photos of Ray Walker, Mrs. Peter Pinkham, Carol Gaudette and Mrs. Lawrence Sherman; Nine-Year-Old Timmy Walsh recovers from terrible burns suffered in Neptune, New Jersey; Dutch Treat - Charlie Rice writes of his time in Amsterdam, with photo of woman police officer "Greet" Berenschot; Gourmet Bachelor - Chicago's Ed Johnson swaps his summer special recipes; 3/4 page ad for the LBJ Barbecue (BBQ) Cook Book features nice photo of Walter Jetton, caterer to the LBJ ranch; Zipcode USA - Teen Q&A includes photo of Bobby Vinton being mobbed by fans; Nice Mother Goose cartoons by Oldden. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Book has been re-bound by the library into very strong hardback boards that show very little wear, interior/text is mostly clean with underlining on two pages only, a 1/2" closed tear on another page, otherwise clean and neat. 119 pages, lots of maps, many full-page b&w photos, index. Volume I in the series.
4to., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs, maps and diagrams in the text, and front and rear endpaper maps, four leaves poorly opened at upper margin, page-edges very lightly browned as usual; cloth, gilt back, a very good, firm copy in price-clipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. SIGNED BY TUTE, COSTELLO AND HUGHES ON A BOOKPLATE AFFIXED TO FRONT FREE ENDPAPER VERSO. Excellent overall survey by three acclaimed naval and military historians. Published to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the landings, the strong and deceptively detailed text is supported by a wealth of well-chosen and captioned photographs. It was the first major publication to utilise recently declassified official records, and also includes numerous eye-witness accounts. Material signed by Costello in particular is very scarce.
11538in folio demi-toile cde couleur crème, à la bradel et à coins, pièce de titre chagrin rouge, fer, filets dorés. Faux-titre, frontispice sous serpente (CLODION buste en terre cuite) 514 pages, non rogné, illustrations hors-texte en héliogravure, sous serpentes. Illustrations en noir dans le texte. Couverture conservée. Paris A. Quantin imprimeur éditeur 1885. Bon exemplaire
198410603Salem Massachusetts: Peabody Museum 1984. 68 pages; Quarterly periodical devoted to maritime history; with articles Shipowning and Shipbuilding in Colonial South Carolina: An Overview Converse D. Clowse; William Bainbridge A Journal from City of Washington to Pensacola on USS Hornet Return on USS John Adams and By Stagecoach from Savannah Georgia to Petersburgh Virginia October-December 1825 by George F. Pearce; The Confederate Naval Squadron at Charleston and the Failure of Naval Harbor Defense Paul D. Lockhart; more; 8 1/2" x 11" format; paper wrap covers; light wear; very good condition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Peabody Museum Paperback books
20162-1634810422Zaftig Publishing 2016. Paperback. New. 180 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.41 inches. Zaftig Publishing paperback
20162-1634810597Zaftig Publishing 2016. Paperback. New. 446 pages. 8.00x5.00x1.01 inches. Zaftig Publishing paperback
20162-1634810473Zaftig Publishing 2016. Paperback. New. 182 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.41 inches. Zaftig Publishing paperback
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ria9781634810784_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Years ago I swore off love. He's a huge growly barbarian of a man. And I'm assigned to have his baby.When I packed my bags and moved to Aesirheim to be with my sister and her new alien husband I told myself I wouldn't get involved. I hardcover
20162-1634810449Zaftig Publishing 2016. Paperback. New. 240 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.55 inches. Zaftig Publishing paperback
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in white, boards lightly age-faded else a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. The story of the Gooseberries or blockships used in the Mulberry Harbours during D-Day, told by the naval OIC. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.384; Law 0587.
20201-1524853992Andrews McMeel Pub 2020. Paperback. New. 116 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.50 inches. Andrews McMeel Pub paperback
112 pages. Features: The Uranus/Neptune Infusion for Spiritual Magnification; It's Time to Claim Your Magnificence; Human Predatory Impulses Have Been Activated; Dancing with My Dad - a guide to lucid dreaming; and much more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
8vo., First Edition thus, with illustrations, maps in the text and endpaper maps; pictorial cloth, black cloth back lettered in red and white, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. Published to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
8vo., Third Impression, with 28 plates on 16 and coloured endpaper maps; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. 'Third Impression before Publication'. Includes a good bibliography. The dustwrapper is unusual in that the publisher's blurb occupies the whole of the inner surface. Compiled from many participants' accounts, this is still the finest one-volume account of D-Day. It is the basis of Ken Annakin's well-known feature film (1962) starring John Wayne, Kenneth More and a host of other stars. VERY SCARCE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.292.
8vo., First Edition, with 28 plates on 16 and coloured endpaper maps; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made-slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Includes a good bibliography. Compiled from many participants' accounts, this is still the finest one-volume account of D-Day. It is the basis of Ken Annakin's well-known feature film (1962) starring John Wayne, Kenneth More and a host of other stars. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.292.
8vo., First Edition, with 28 plates on 16 and coloured endpaper maps, fore-edges lightly browned as often; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrapper lightly chafed at head and tail of backstrip. Includes a good bibliography. The dustwrapper is unusual in that the publisher's blurb occupies the whole of the inner surface. Compiled from many participants' accounts, this is still the finest one-volume account of D-Day. It is the basis of Ken Annakin's well-known feature film (1962) starring John Wayne, Kenneth More and a host of other stars. INCREASINGLY ELUSIVE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.292.
180522636HAMBOURG 1805 un volume (RELIURE SEULE SANS LE TEXTE DU BILAN), reliure plein maroquin rouge mosaîqué de maroquin marron et noir in-octavo (24,4 x 17,5 cm), dos muet, filet "vague" "or" en place des nerfs et en tête et en pied, entrenerfs à fleuron "or", plats décorés "or" et mosaïqués, d'une roulette large "dentelle" "or" avec un filet "vague" "or" de part et d'autre avec un fleuron "or" aux angles le tout dans un encadrement d'une roulette "ruban et étoile" "or" avec un filet "or" de part et d'autre sur maroquin Mosaïqué de cuir orange avec un fer "soleil" doré aux angles sur un fond de maroquin mosaïqué Noir, avec au centre haut du 1er plat un titre frappé "or" sur une pièce de maroquin Noir Mosaïqué ovale avec une suite de fleuron "or" tout autour de l'ovale, et au centre de la 4ème de couverture une colonne stylisée de mosaïque dec uir noiur et orange supportant une statuette stylisée représentant Neptune, dieu romain de la mer (en grec : Poseidon) avec son trident et debout sur son char tiré par des chevaux de mer (Hyppocampes) le tout faisant office pour l'epoque de "LOGO" de la Compagnie....reliure de l'époque 1805, faite par un relieur Hambourgeois,