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8vo., First Edition, with plates; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. An important account of the women of the French Resistamnce and Maquis in Occupied and Vichy France.
8vo., First Edition, with 59 plates on 24 and maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Valuable summary by the author of the official history. Enser, p.191.
Plon 1980, In-8 broché, 512 pages. Bon état
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. After capture as a French soldier, Rieul escaped to become an important intelligence hub in Occupied France. Enser, p.205.
1st edition. Later brown boards. 8vo. 84 pages; 20 cm. Photo cover. With military abbreviations and glossary of Hebrew terms. The author was the senior Jewish chaplain to the Eighth Army. SUBJECT (S) : World War, 1939-1945 participation, Jewish; World War, 1939-1945 Palestine; World War, 1939-1945 Middle East. Ex library markings. Minimal pencil markings that minimally affect text. Slight browning to pages. Very good condition. (MX-2-15A)
208 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "Guerrilla fighter, undercover agent, diplomat, Director of Chatham House, chief editor of of Penguin Books, MP for Oxford, industrialist and author, Mr. Woodhouse ventured much.... he spent the war years with the Greek Resistance and describes the hazards of working with rival guerilla groups as well as the rigours of partisan warfare in the mountains... A witty, stylish and above all thought-provoking account of a colorful and distinguished career." - dust jacket. Light wear to clean and unmarked book. Prior owner's blindstamp upon front free endpaper. Binding tight. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A nice bright copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 17 plates on 14, and 2 illustrations (one full-page) and full-page map in the text; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, gilt back, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. One of the earliest separate publications on the activities of Special Operations Executive by the Head of French Section. 'I do not claim that the incidents described in these pages are completely factually accurate' (Preface). 'Quite so' responds Foot, although he is also the first to recognise the restrictions placed upon the author at the time. Enser, p.410; Foot, p.455.
Mellotée 1946, In-8 broché, 136 pages. Bon état.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece and 16 pages of plates; pictorial boards, backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. SCARCE.
IN HEBREW. Contains b&w plates. 215x140 mm. 320 pages. Hardcover. Cover rubbed. Spine yellowing and rubbed. pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
Broch?. 400 pages.
8vo., First Edition, with 11 plates on 8, front endpaper maps and rear endpaper diagram; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The most detailed separately published account of the 'greatest amateur spy operation of all time' - the work of French patriots in penetrating and passing to the Allies, in the two years before D-Day, the secrets of Hitler's Atlantic Wall in Normandy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.370.
8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.208.
8vo., First Edition thus; grey tweed cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Published a year after the French edition. Bruller was co-founder of Editions de Minuit, the publishing house which flourished under the nose of the occupying Nazis. 'The Silence of the Sea' was his first clandestine book.
VG. paperback -minor spine-creasing but no inscriptions or underlinings. a collection of 11 new essays by leading scholars of the chartist movement from britain australia and the united states
18x10.5 cm. 168 pages. Soft cover. Spine is scuffed and slightly faded. Cover is slightly scratched and stained. Edges of book are slightly stained and dirty. Pages are slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper. Roxanne Pitt was one of the few of the UK's principal women agents to escape arrest in occupied France and elsewhere. Enser, p.400.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
82 pages. "Being a Text-book of Data collected from Investigations in the Research Laboratories and in the Works of Thos. Firth & Sons, LTD., Sheffield." - from title page. Chapters include: The Requisitioning of Stainless Steel; Stainless Steel and its Manufacture; The Working and Treatment of Stainless Steel; The Strength of Stainless Steel as Shewn by Mechanical Tests; The Mechanical Strength of Stainless Steel at High Temperatures; General Physical Properites; Resistance to Rust - Corrosion Resisting Properties; The Effect of Various Reagents upon Stainless Steel; Contact with Other Metals; Stainless Iron. Illustrated. Undated. Circa 1950s? Unmarked. Moderate wear. Bright gilt lettering to front board and spine. Spine leaning. Binding intact. Nice clean copy. Book
140X220 mm. 447 pages. Hardcover. Cover corners slightly bumped. Ex-library copy with usual marks on spine, front and rear inner covers and title page. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
IN HEBREW. 250x190 pages. 557 pages. Hardcover. In good condition.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece map; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With presentation bookplate on front free endpaper. Enser, p.371.
8vo., First Edition thus; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The harrowing story of Gunvald Tomstadt was first published in Oslo in 1965. Enser, p.299.
8vo., First Edition, with maps in the text; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE.
