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2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 208 fine plates; original printed wrappers, a near fine copy. Vil. I: Armour; Vol. II: Arms.
P., Le livre chez vous, 2002. In-4 relié toile verte avec jaquette, 502 pp., abondamment illustré. Excellent état.
Octavo. Pp. 122. Plus 2 chromolithograph plates of uniforms and insignia printed on one folding sheet bound at end. Plus 16 photographs. Some text figures. Title-page replaced in facsimile which is bound-in. Original illustrated stiff wrappers, spine bit rubbed. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. With handsome uniform plates and with rare photographs.
A suite of 13 original copperplate etchings, on 7 single sheets, for "La France Militaire". Overall size ca. 270 x 180 mm. With two impressions on each of the first 6 prints, measuring ca. 90 x 110 mm each. Plus one single-image print, size ca. 110 X 155 mm. Good impressions with ample margins all-round. In overall good condition (margins foxed & soiled to various degrees, hardly affecting images, save one). - - First edition. Martinet's and Bullura's signatures are on the metal, succeeded by "del." implying this is the artist from whose drawing the engraving or etching was made. Various craftsmen signatures, succeeded by "sculp." meaning "carved", implying he who has drawn on the metal. The prints, involving both etching and engraving, depict various scenes of uniformed soldiers and officers. Represented are Grenadiers à pied; Géneral et Chevau léger Bavarois; Hussards volontaires, Gendarmerie Nationale; and Russian Grenadiers, Dragons, Fusiliers, and Carabiniers. Furthermore included views of military life and at least one battle scene. The accompanying general views of places and sites are all identified by name and location. An impressive visual representation of the military and landscapes of the Premier Empire (1805-1815). Preserved in acid-free, pH-balanced Renaissance archival paper. Scarce.
A suite of 14 original copperplate etchings, on 7 single sheets, for "La France Militaire". Overall size ca. 270 x 180 mm. With two impressions on each print, measuring ca. 90 x 110 mm each. Good impressions with ample margins all-round. In overall good condition (margins soiled & foxed to various degrees, slightly affecting 2-3 images). - - First edition. Martinet and Lacouchie, along others, are signed on the metal, succeeded by "del." implying this is the artist from whose drawing the engraving or etching was made. Lacouchie cut himself the metal, and his signature, as well as those of other craftsmen, is succeeded by "sculp." meaning "carved". The prints, involving both etching and engraving, depict a beautiful array of military and civilian uniforms and costumes, very finely executed. An impressive visual representation of the military and civilian human landscape of the Premier Empire (1805-1815). Preserved in acid-free, pH-balanced Renaissance archival paper. Scarce. ADDED: 4 similar prints, each depicts a costume study and a landscape view (2 prints foxed.)
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with 6 coloured plates, 39 plates and monochrome and over 750 line drawings in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter very lightly creased at extremities. Superbly illustrated standard reference. Elusive in this condition.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured illustrations in the text; laminated pictorial boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Includes Germany, USA, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, USSR, France, British Empire, other Axis and other Allied.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations in the text; printed wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy.
Royal quarto. Unpaginated. Complete with a total of 84 pictorial cigar bands, printed in colour, each within gilt frame. The first two series, with 28 cards each, are mounted; the 28 cards of the third series are still fresh-new, unmounted, preserved in an envelope. Extended captions. Plus 4 pages of advertisements, one in colour. Original pictorial thick card wrappers, ring-bound as issued. In fine condition. Excellent copy, complete in all respects, remarkably well preserved. ~ First edition. A charming collection, depicting the cavalry of Britain, France, and Germany respectively. Produced with the collaboration of the Army Museums in Leiden and Bruxelles. Ritmeester published these collectibles from 1887. Rare.
Square 8vo. Pp. 116. With a suite of 12 fine colour plates, printed on different paper bound in. Fine colour illustration to title page. Hardcover, original cloth with dust-jacket (this just good, with some tears). In fine condition.
88 pages. Features: 1683 - Sobieski saves Vienna; 1700s - Iron Men and Wood Ships; 1798 - Uniforms of the US Marines; 1984 - Today's Soviet Tanks; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
499p. + Plus Index and three color folding charts of Army Insignias. Numerous drawings, charts and photographs. Inked ownership of Robert H. Deardoff. Tall 8vo. Original full tan cloth binding, decorated with officer's hat on front cover. Top edges slightly faded. Original dust jacket, worn and torn. Nice example. WWII 1
In-4, 234p. Abondante iconographie en noir et en couleurs. A l'état de neuf.
Oblong 4to., First Edition thus, with many hundreds of photographs and drawings in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Mollo and Taylor's standard reference was originally published in seven volumes between 1963 and 1976. The first six volumes have been individually updated and re-issued; the scarce seventh volume has not been reprinted to date. The six volumes included here comprise: 1. Allgemeine-SS 1923-1945 (Mollo; fourth edition, 1991); 2. Germanische-SS 1940-1945 (Taylor, third edition, 1991); 3. SS-Verfugungstruppe 1933-1939 (Mollo & Taylor, third edition, 1991); 4. SS-Totenkopfverbande 1933-1945 (Mollo, second edition, 1991); 5. Sicherheitsdienst und Sicherheitspolizei 1931-1945 (Mollo, second edition, 1992); 6. Waffen-SS Clothing and Equipment 1939-1945 (Mollo, second edition, 1992). The seventh volume, Waffen-SS Badges and Unit Distinctions 1939-1945 (1976), is not included in this edition.
Oblong 4to., Second Edition, with very numerous photographs and drawings in the text; original pictorial green cloth blocked and lettered in white, a very good, clean copy. The standard reference.
IN-8°, PP. 228 (4), 334 ILL. COL. N.T., CART. EDIT., SOVR. ILL. COL. (LIEVISSIME TRACCE D'USO E DI POLVERE), TESTO IN INGLESE / ENGLISH TEXT, OTTIMO STATO (F/F), (BLANDFORD COLOUR SERIES).<BR>ISBN 0713706295 PT5A 106
Quarto. Pp. 234. Profusely illustrated throughout. About 150 colour plates. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's light green cloth, spine gilt, pictorial endpapers, with dust-jacket (this very good). In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition.
Royal octavo. Pp. 350, (2). Plus colour frontispiece and plates. With line drawings. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's red full cloth, gilt lettering piece, without dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent interior, crisp plates. ~ First edition.
Roy. 8vo., Second Impression, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Published a year after the first edition.
16 pages. Features: Funding for the Kinsmen Club's new health unit; Doukhobor women denounce Stefan Sorokin and the Fraternal Council in preference to John Lebedoff; E.C. (Terry) Whitelock - His paintings of Napoleonic era uniforms win world respect - nice photo with article; Renovating the Nelson Canadian Legion; Palm Dairy gets rid of milk bottles in favour of Pure-Pak cartons; Kootenay Cadets - with photos of Mike Molloy, Harry James, Vic Young, and others; Continuing sabotage by Doukhobor radicals; Should Nelson sell the North Shore Power Line?; Dozens of wonderful local vintage ads, our favourite being the Gala Opening of Totem Burger. Average wear. Yellowed with age. Moisture markings. Bit of writing on front cover. A worthy copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Newspaper
Almost two inches thick. Some of the many topics include: Blood feud between Iraq and Iran; Uniforms for white collar industries; Shelly Duvall; Helmut Schmidt; Pierre Trudeau and Canada's Arctic Oil; Lindsay Wagner; Urban Cowboy; Strike by PSAC; Anne Murray; Politically incorrect lawn jockeys; Burt Reynolds; William Pollock and Drake International; France's Nuclear Gamble; Rita Moreno; Vietnamese Boat People; CDC - Canada Development Company is now majority-owned by private shareholders; El Asnam Earthquake; Brian Peckford - Confederation's Bad Boy; Carter vs. Reagan campaign; Tennessee Williams; Monique Leyrac; Big Government Squeezes Big Oil; Trudeau's National Energy Policy (NEP); Sterling Lyon; Michaele Jordana; Reza Pahlavi assumes the mantle of Shah in exile; Reagan Beats Carter; Single parent poverty; Problems with the Dall Sheep in the Kluane Lake area of the Yukon; Lockeport Nova Scotia has lost three fish plants but the people remain strong; Melody Anderson; The Global Struggle for Human Rights; Discovering Saturn; Susan Jacks; Lynn Johnston; Roy McMurtry and RCMP wrongdoing; The West Goes Wild over federal energy policy; Douglas Christie and the Western Canadian Concept; Sharon Timmins; Nick Taylor; John Fraser views China; The Pain Threshold; Mood Drugs - cure or curse; Cherie Lunghi; Farewell to Jules Leger; Devastating earthquake in southern Italy; Search for an industrial strategy for Canada; Viktor Beleko lands his Soviet Union Foxbat aircraft in Japan; Two Hungarians defect to Canada; Soviet tanks roll into Poland; Joni Mitchell dons black face to play a pimp; John Lennon killed - cover photo; Brooke Shields; Poles in search of food; The Kent Commission looks at the concentration of Newspaper ownership; Light wear. Firmly bound. Few library markings. Book
Features: Carolyn Nemrow and her outstanding collection of miniature room settings; G. Huntley Williams' miniature rendition of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"; Nadia and Stan Stanford's solid gold ornaments and miniatures in Tiffany's windows in Chicago; Cynthia Buffum and her holiday dolls; Frank Bruno crammed 2,000 miniatures into Santa's workshop; Christening gowns designed by Nadia Stanford; DIY Victorian Christmas Trees; Learn it with Cernit; Back to Basics - Part IV - the last segment of building and decorating the Greenleaf wallhanger; Joann's winter sleds, skis, skates and other accessories; Mary Eccher's Christmas mouth-watering dishes; Civil War Uniforms; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
67 pages. Selected bibliography. Black and white illustrations. "Translated from German sources and embelished with uniform and other data to provide a more complete overview of the armies of these two nations." - Introduction. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this informative reference. Book
Quarto. Pp. 341. Profusely illustrated throughout. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth with pictorial dust-jacket. In mint condition. A splendid copy. ~ First edition.
Paris, Grange Batelière 1973. In-4 relié cartonnage éditeur de 64 pages illutrées en couleurs. Bon état