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8vo., with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial boards, a fine copy.
8vo., with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial boards, a fine copy.
Folio, First Edition, parallel text in French and English, with many hundreds of coloured badges throughout; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy.
8vo., First Edition thus, with very numerous photographs and diagrams in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper.
15 vols., sm. 4to., First Edition, with numerous monochrome photographs and illustrations in the text; original coloured pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine set. The set comprises: 1: The Sussex Yeomanry Cavalry; 2: North Somerset Yeomanry; 3: The Yorkshire Hussars; 4: Westmorland and Cumberland Cavalry; 5: 3rd County of London (Sharpshooters); 6: The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry; 7: The Yorkshire Dragoons; 8: Lovat Scouts & Scottish Horse; 9: Warwickshire Yeomanry; 10: The Yeomanry Force at the Coronation; 11: Worcestershire Yeomanry; 12: The Yeomanry Cavalry of Norfolk; 13: The East Kent Mounted Rifles; 14: Yeomanry Drum Banners and Mounted Bands; 15: Staffordshire Yeomanry. COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Oblong octavo. Leporello of 24 panels, numbered I-XXIV with a total of ca. 120 chromolithographs of uniformed figures. Last plate shows ranks and insignia. Original maroon stiff wrappers, chromolithograph title-plate mounted on cover, spine worn, two chipped corners, small repair to back cover. In a very good internal condition. ~ First edition. This extremely rare variant copy includes the text "Nach Original-Skizzen von E. R. Barteau" lithographed in blue on the cover plate. A splendid production. The beautiful plates are printed with rich, dense colours and excellent gloss. An authoritative manual on chromolithography in 1885 (Colour and Colour Printing, by W. D. Richmond) asserts the need for at least 9 separate stones to achieve such richness, but in fact the number of stones used was often more than 20. Colas 230 .
8vo., First Edition, with 25 plates on 8; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, yellow endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The development of radar and its part in winning WWII. The author spent five years with AMRE at Worth Maltravers in Dorset. Extremely scarce.
98 pages. Top 30 uniforms ranked in order. Great colour photos throughout. Discusses innovators and logos. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
9544Assouline Grand In-4° (33x22cm),reliure éditeur semi toilée rouge, premier plat illustré contre collé,dos orné d'un texte (Napoléon) sérigraphié à l'or , gardes décorées d'extraits du catalogue vestimentaire du ministère de la guerre,non paginé,toutes les photographies sont à pleine page et couleur sur un remarquable papier.Bel exemplaire.
8vo., with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial boards, a fine copy.
Royal quarto 32x24 cm. Pp. 64, separated with semitransparent tissue-guards. Complete with all 360 colour mounted cards. Original thick wrappers, cord tied, cover nicely illustrated, title printed in gilt relief; spine and back cover trifle faded. In a very good condition, fine interior. ~ First edition. Nice colour card depicting the uniforms of various European armies from 1913 to 1932. With extended explanatory texts. Nice, well preserved copy.
Crown quarto. Pp. 72. Plus 10 plates, one coloured, with multiple images to each. Original printed wrappers split along spine, edge frayed, spine worn. With fine, crisp interior. Neatly preserved in handsome custom made buckram threefold and matching slipcase, black morocco lettering-piece in gilt on spine panel. In fine condition. ~ First edition thus. Printed in a limited edition of 125 copies, reprinted from the American Journal of Numismatics, XLIX. Extremely rare. The handsome plates depict 58 monochromatic illustrations of medals and campaign badges; and 25 coloured illustrations of ribbons. The last are particularly handsome, being first printed in halftone with the colours later superimposed from different blocks.
14719Paris, J.-J. Dubochet, 1844 ; in-8. VII-112 pp. 50 planches gravées sur bois et coloriées hors-texte. Demi-chagrin rouge à coins, dos lisse orné de filets et petits fers rocailles, tranches dorées. Les feuillets de texte sont jaunis, les planches sont fraîches et sans rousseurs. Inscriptions manuscrites sur la première garde : "From Charles Tulin, British Vice-Consul. Oran Algeria".
Original single-sheet, hand-coloured print of fine quality. Overall size 24.5 x 16.5 cm, printed on heavy paper with ample margins. Bearing at foot the legend "Général républicain et son Guide, 1795". Excellent. - - Write for a full list of these prints. - - Beautiful, exquisitely produced print from a highly acclaimed work, Bellangé's hallmark series of Napoleonic military uniforms. It is rich in fine details and delicately hand-coloured by contemporary hand. Preserved in acid-free, pH-balanced archival paper. Colas 287. Glasser p. 59/60.
Original single-sheet, hand-coloured print of fine quality. Overall size 24.5 x 16.5 cm, printed on heavy paper with ample margins. Bearing at foot the legend "Légion polonaise, 1810. Régiment de la Vistule". Excellent. - - Beautiful, exquisitely produced print from a highly acclaimed work, Bellangé's hallmark series of Napoleonic military uniforms. It is rich in fine details and delicately hand-coloured by contemporary hand. Preserved in acid-free, pH-balanced archival paper. Colas 287. Glasser p. 59/60.
Original single-sheet, hand-coloured print of fine quality. Overall size 24.5 x 16.5 cm, printed on heavy paper with ample margins. Bearing at foot the legend "Mameluck, Garde Impériale". Fine (marginal spotting). - - Beautiful, exquisitely produced print from a highly acclaimed work, Bellangé's hallmark series of Napoleonic military uniforms. It is rich in fine details and delicately hand-coloured by contemporary hand. Preserved in acid-free, pH-balanced archival paper. Colas 287. Glasser p. 59/60.
Original single-sheet, hand-coloured print of fine quality. Overall size 24.5 x 16.5 cm, printed on heavy paper with ample margins. Bearing at foot the legend "Régiment des Dromadaires, 1798. Armée d'Égypte". Fine (very light marginal soiling, far away from image area). - - Beautiful, exquisitely produced print from a highly acclaimed work, Bellangé's hallmark series of Napoleonic military uniforms. It is rich in fine details and delicately hand-coloured by contemporary hand. Preserved in acid-free, pH-balanced archival paper. Colas 287. Glasser p. 59/60.
Crown quarto. Pp. vii, (i), 112. Letterpress device to title, engraved headpiece to each chapter. Lacks all plates. Hardcover, bound in contemporary cloth and marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, binding broken, contents loose. Good working copy. ~ Text only, lacks all plates.
Crown quarto. Pp. x, 364, (4). Plus wood engraved, tinted allegorical title-page with several illustrations and motifs. Plus 50 contemporary hand-coloured wood engraved plates, each with facing tissue guard. Half-title present. Hardcover, bound in the original half calf and pebbled cloth, spine richly decorated in gilt, beautiful marbled endpaper; corners chafed. In a very good binding and with fine interior, with all the plates in superb condition, free of any sign of age. ~ First edition. Uncommonly, all the wonderful plates in this particular copy are bound together as one section at the end of the book. They are bound in accordance with the called-for order. This rare arrangement allows viewing the plates as a whole, being a complete visual part of the work.
Crown quarto. Pp. x, 364, (4). Plus wood engraved, tinted allegorical title-page with several illustrations and motifs. Plus 50 contemporary hand-coloured wood engraved plates, one as frontispiece, each with facing tissue guard. Half-title present. Hardcover, bound in the original half calf and pebbled cloth, spine decorated in gilt, floral endpaper; corners chafed, neatly restored, spine bit rubbed and cracked dry in places, equally neatly restored, inner hinges cracked; some sporadic foxing, particularly to tissue-guards due to inferior paper quality; plates are clean. In good binding and with a very good interior. ~ First edition.
17003201A AMSTERDAM. CHEZ HENRI SCHELTE. 1700. BEL ENSEMBLE DE 13 AQUARELLES, 12 A PLEINE PAGE ET UNE ILLUSTRANT LE FEUILLET DE TITRE, TOUTES MONTEES SUR ONGLET EN UN VOLUME (32,5 X 41 X 2 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) RELIURE A LA BRADEL 1/2 CHAGRIN ROUGE A COINS, PLATS RECOUVERTS DE PERCALINE GRISE, TITRE DORE SUR DOS LISSE. COMPREND:- FEUILLET DE TITRE MANUSCRIT, ILLUSTRE PAR UN TROMPETTE DU 9° CUIRASSIERS (1828).- TROMPETTE DU 1° REGIMENT DE CUIRASSIERS DE LA GARDE ROYALE (1824).- TROMPETTE DU 2° REGIMENT DE CUIRASSIERS DE LA GARDE ROYALE. TENUE DE SERVICE. (1825-1830). REMONTE SUR DES CHEVAUX GRIS VERSES AU REGIMENT PAR LA COMPAGNIE DES GRENADIERS A CHEVAL DE LA MAISON DU ROI, LORS DE SON LICENCIEMENT.- MARECHAL-DES-LOGIS TROMPETTE DU 2° REGIMENT DE CUIRASSIERS DE LA GARDE ROYALE. GRANDE TENUE. (1825).- TROMPETTE DU 1° REGIMENT DE CUIRASSIERS DE LA GARDE ROYALE. PETITE TENUE DE SERVICE (1825).- TROMPETTE DU REGIMENT DE CUIRASSIERS DE LA REINE. (1° REGIMENT. 1816).- TROMPETTE DU REGIMENT DE CUIRASSIERS DU DAUPHIN. (2° REGIMENT). GRANDE TENUE. (1816).- JEUNE TROMPETTE DU REGIMENT DE CUIRASSIERS D’ANGOULEME. (3° REGIMENT). GRANDE TENUE. (1816).- TROMPETTE DU REGIMENT DE CUIRASSIERS DE BERRY. (4° REGIMENT). GRANDE TENUE. (1816).- TROMPETTE DU REGIMENT DE CUIRASSIERS D’ORLEANS. (5° REGIMENT). PETITE TENUE DE SERVICE. (1816).- TROMPETTE DU REGIMENT DE CUIRASSIERS D’ORLEANS. (5° REGIMENT). GRANDE TENUE. (1816).- TROMPETTE DU REGIMENT DE CUIRASSIERS DE CONDE. (6° REGIMENT). GRANDE TENUE. (1818).- TROMPETTE DU REGIMENT DE CUIRASSIERS DE CONDE. (6° REGIMENT). GRANDE TENUE. (1816). D’APRES UNE AQUARELLE DU LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JOLY (CABINET DES ESTAMPES).TRES BEL ENSEMBLE, D’UNE TRES BELLE QUALITE D’EXECUTION.
Royal octavo. Pp. iii, 14, 140, 15-31. Plus colour frontispiece portrait of King Edward. Plus 10 colour plates of uniforms, one of which is colour lithograph; 2 line-drawn plates; 2 photographic plates with 34 depictions of buttons. Hardcover, bound in the original red cloth with gilt embossed lettering and crown, bit shabby, rebacked with new spine, manuscript title on spine, new endpapers; few plates with offset in blank margins, one line-drawn plate edge-frayed with tear at blank margin. A sturdy copy, just about good. ~ First edition. Fully collated. The extended, illustrated advertisement section is divided into two parts, one at the beginning and one at end. This copy contains an amendment "Colonial Service: Evening Dress" tipped-in. From the library of C. P. Mulder, renowned collector and international heraldry authority, with his charming armorial bookplate,"Nil Desperandum" tipped-in. For a complete catalogue of Mulder's library, from which we offer a considerable number of items, see: C. P. Mulder: "Catalogue of Works on Orders, Decorations and Medals in the Library of C. P. Mulder" (Rotterdam, 1988). See also: C. P. Mulder & A. A. Purves: "Bibliography of Orders and Decorations" (Copenhagen, 1999).
Royal octavo. Pp. vi, (ii), 9-103. Plus colour frontispiece portrait of King Edward. Plus 7 plates of uniforms, six of which are in colour, some with tissue-guards. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's burgundy full cloth, large crown embossed in gilt on cover, gilt lettering; spine-ends at corner-tips trifle worn, inscription at top of first free endpaper crossed-out. In a very good condition, fine plates. ~ New edition, revised and enlarged. Extremely rare special issue, "Edition for Thresher and Glenny". This text is embossed in gilt on cover. Messrs. Thresher and Glenny, Military and Civil Tailors and Outfitters by Appointment to the King, specialized in court and diplomatic tailoring. From the library of C. P. Mulder, renowned collector and international heraldry authority, with his charming armorial bookplate,"Nil Desperandum". For a complete catalogue of Mulder's library, from which we offer a considerable number of items, see: C. P. Mulder: "Catalogue of Works on Orders, Decorations and Medals in the Library of C. P. Mulder" (Rotterdam, 1988). See also: C. P. Mulder & A. A. Purves: "Bibliography of Orders and Decorations" (Copenhagen, 1999). Fully collated.
8vo., First Edition, with 156 coloured illustrations on 96 plates; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with 113 coloured illustrations on 80 plates; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Scarce, especially in this condition.
