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Features: Australia's first air V.C. - Wing Commander H.I. Edwards; Photos of Italian and German POWs in Africa; Presentation of the Polish air force flag in England - six photos; Russia bombs Rumanian oil-fields; Diagram of German gliders used at the battle of Crete - landing air troops; Four fantastic low-level daylight photos of the R.A.F. attack on Rotterdam - 100,000 tons of enemy shipping crippled; Russia's resistance - article by Cyril Falls; Photos from Russia - where Soviet troops are at death-grips with the German enemy; Centerfold illustration of 'Winnie", a huge camouflaged English gun which hurls vast shells across the channel into German-occupied territories; Two full-page illustrations of giant English guns mounted on rail cars; Photos of England's 'Front-Line" Town - Dover; Photos of leading personalities of the week; Two-page map of the western Pacific illustrates America's strategic air and naval position in relations to Japan and Singapore; Photos of the "Robin Moor" being blown up by the Germans - the first U.S. ship torpedoed by Germany; Three photos of the Robin Moor's survivors at sea; Full page family photo of the Duke and Duchess of Kent with their two children, aged five and four; Article on the Plover; Full-page Dunlot ad shows how they serve agriculture; Full-page ad for The Nuffield Organization shows air crews with their planes in background. Average wear. Faint ink stamps to front cover. Clear tape inside each cover along spine, and externally along spine. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Cover photos of Churchill and Viscount Halifax approaching battleship 'King George V'; Excellent two-page illustration of sappers throwing a box-girder bridge with nose union across an enemy tank trap; Photo of Carl J. Hambro with M. Carton De Wiart; Photo of King Haakon with Polish President M. Raczkiewicz; One-page photo of General Wavell with Maj.-Gen. O'Connor outside doomed Bardia; Eight pages of fantastic photos of the fall of Bardia - first views; Magnificant centrefold photo of Britain's latest and greatest battleship, H.M.S. 'King George V'; Eight photos of patriot Abyssinians training for battle against Italian tyrants; Six photos of Greek heroism in arctic cold - latest pictures from Albania; Two pages of photos of Wendell Willkie, supporter of the aid for Britain policy, at work; Photos of personalities of the week include General De Gaulle, Count Ciano, Marshal Griziani, Count Csaky, Commander Roger Bureau, P.D. Willeringhaus, John Oxenham, Daniel Hopkin, L.F. Sinclair, and David Lloyd George at his wife's funeral; Five photos of the Chinese military which stands undaunted after four years' heroic resistance; Four photos of Chiang Kai-Shek and his wife, plus a photo of her Pekinese dog; Photo of amazing Italian 'Land Yacht' (captured from Commander Gatti) presented to Britain as a symbol of the resistance by the Belgian Congo; and more. Staples disintegrated. Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this important wartime issue. Book
20x13.5cm. 331 pages. Softcover. Spine slightly bumped. Else in good condition.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
96 pages. Index. "Debates the goals and actions of militias and examines whether these groups constitute a danger to America." - from Introduction. Usual library markings. Clean and bright with light wear. Nice copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout, and pictorial endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
IN HEBREW. contains b&w plates. 23.5x15.5cm. 518 pages. Hardcover. Spine edges slightly bumped. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, black endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.190.
8vo., Second Impression, with frontispiece, 22 plates on 8 and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Reconstructed account of the notable survivors. Standard reference by one of SOE's two pioneer historians. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.396; Foot, p.456.
8vo., First Edition thus, page-edges lightly browned as often; burgundy cloth, gilt back, a remarkably bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with small hole at centre of backstrip. Complementing 'Specially Employed' (1952), this is the second and final account by the wartime head of SOE's French Section. As in the case of its counterpart, content was subject to the rigorous restrictions of the period. This issue was published a year after Odhams' first edition; the inevitable page-tanning aside, this is a remarkable copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.410 (recording the first edition).
8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, red ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Complementing 'Specially Employed' (1952), this is an elegant copy of the second and final account by the wartime head of SOE's French Section. As in the case of its counterpart, content was subject to the rigorous restrictions of the period. VERY SCARCE. Enser, p.410 (recording the first edition).
X-147-[1] pp., 1pl. dépliante demi-maroquin vert à coin postérieur 1862, 1862, in-8, X-147-[1] pp, 1pl. dépliante, demi-maroquin vert à coin postérieur, Rédaction "succincte" des cours de mécanique appliquée donnés par l'auteur à l'École centrale des Arts et Manufactures. Mention de "seconde édition, augmentée". Jean Baptiste Bélanger (1790-1874) étudia à l'École polytechnique (X 1808). Il est associé à d'importantes recherches sur l'hydraulique et à l'équation qui porte son nom. Il fait partie des 72 savants dont le nom est inscrit sur le premier étage de la tour Eiffel. Étiquette ex-libris de Henri Vieillard. Cachet annulé de l'institut catholique de Paris
Ediciones Grijalbo 1974. In-8 cartonage éditeur sous jaquette illustrée rempliée. 290 pages. Photos en noir. Comme neuf. Primera edicion
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind.The glue in this perfect bound book is over 50 years old and is likely fragile. Green page ends, creaseless covers and spine. 158 pages.
Paris, Jacques Grancher, 1977. In-8, broché, couverture illustrée et à rabats, 226 pp. Planches illustrées hors-texte.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 13 plates on 8 and 2 full-page maps in the text (repeated as endpaper maps); green cloth, backstrip lettered in yellow, green top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with loss (affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. Dustwrapper artwork by Peter Rudland. Classic account of the author's exploits as a shipping observer/radio operator in occupied Norway. UNCOMMON. Enser, p.300.
Paris Les Editions Ouvriéres 1945, In-12 broché de 102 pages. Photo. Déchirure au 2° plat, pour le reste exemplaire non coupé en trés bon état.
Seuil, 2010. In-8 broché de 487 pages. Rares passages discrètement soulignés au crayon de papier sinon très bon état
Grand Livre du Mois 2005, In-8 relié cartonnage souple éditeur, XXXII pages de photos et documents + 294 pages pour le texte. Très bon état
Calmann-Levy, 1973. In-8 broché de 316 pages. Rares passages discrètement soulignés au crayon de papier sinon bon état
A book about measuring electrical quantities - voltage, current and resistance - with meters. Contains easy to follow instructions and clearly illustrated examples. Includes index and glossary. Partial 'discard' rubber stamp upon top edge, else unmarked with moderate wear. Book
In-12, 236 p., ill. h.t. n., croquis in-t., 1 cart [HI-1]
