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4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs througghout; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
Octavo. Pp. 241. Hardcover, rebound in burgundy full cloth, spine gilt. Few pages with underlines and corrections in neat contemporary hand in coloured pencil. In fine condition. ~ First edition. 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). earlier small stamp on title-page. Interesting and unique copy in which contemporary additional information has been added by hand.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 48 plates and 8 full-page maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter rubbed at joints. The Imperial Services Library, vol. VIII.
8vo., First Edition thus, with very numerous coloured illustrations throughout; pictorial blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in white, a backstrip very faintly sunned else a very good, clean copy. Collects the author's earlier 'Air Force Badges and Insignia of WWII' and 'Naval and Marine Badges and Insignia of WWII'.
Quarto. Pp. 119. Plates with numerous illustrations in colour. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's illustrated boards. In fine condition. ~ First edition. This particular copy comes from the bequest of renowned uniform historian and researcher Dr. Pieter Roelse and includes, loosely inserted, a large number of newspaper and magazine photographs, colour extracts from periodicals for the study of uniforms, etc., all closely related to the book's subject.
iv, 124 pages. Index. Black and white reproductions of photos. "This volume has been reproduced in facsimile with the addition of photographs to illustrate the various uniforms described, together with the principal amendments published in Militia Orders and other documents until 1914." - Preface. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound reference copy. Book
Quarto. Two double-page colour plates printed on card, title-page to each, illustration on back. Plus two 8-page booklets with instructional text and description of the figures, one in French and one in English. Placed in a plain paper folder. In fine condition. Excellent copy, practically unused. ~ First printed in 1943. Text both in French and in English. Colour plates by Clémenceau Villejuif. From the private library of noted militaria collector F. J. Smits.
Sm. 4to., with text in red and black, and numerous photographs in the text; original photographic wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a good, clean copy. Reprint of the revised edition of 1964.
Octavo. Pp. lxxv, 1322, (20) illustrated ads. Tinted frontispiece portrait with facing tissue-guard and 2 such other plates. Plus chromolithograph plate depicting 2 orders, both heightened with silver. Armorial device to title-page. Set in double columns. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth, elaborately decorated in blind and gilt, decorative endpapers; spine-ends trifle frayed. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. 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). Original publisher's complimentary slip is added.
Octavo. Pp. 46. Profusely illustrated throughout. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's pictorial boards. In mint condition. A brand new copy. ~ Originally published by Moritz Ruhl.
Octavo. Pp. 84. Profusely illustrated throughout. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's pictorial boards. In mint condition. A brand new copy. ~ Originally published by Moritz Ruhl.
Quarto. Pp. 24. Privately produced facsimile of high quality. All 12 original plates are reproduced here in colour photographic prints (c-type prints) in actual size, and mounted on blank leaves. Text is reproduced on copy machine. Hardcover, professionally bound in nice red full cloth. In new condition. ~ Originally published in 1933.
Royal octavo. Pp. 35, (1) publisher's illustrated ad. Plus 24 colour lithograph plates of uniformed officers and soldiers, ranks, insignia, etc. Original pictorial wrappers, inscription at top; minor age related blemishes, bit thumbed in places, old annotation in pen to one plate and a few underlines. In a very good condition. ~ Third, improved and enlarged edition. The title-page calls for 23 plates only. In practice there are 24 plates in the book. Additional contemporary publisher's material inc. small colour map of Europe, etc., is loosely inserted.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Fascinating account of this pre-rader early warning system in experimental devlopment at the outbreak of WWII. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, coloured illustrations and numerous photographs in monochrome; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout and illustrated inner wrappers; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
Octavo. Pp. 24. Plus a folding chart bound at end. Plus a set of 12 single-sheet plates of uniform studies loosely inserted. Errata leaf loosely inserted. Bibliography. In fine condition. ~ 2. Jahrgang, Sonderheft 2, erratically titled as Sonderheft 1.
Royal octavo. Pp. 54. With 310 catalogue entries, mostly illustrated. Original illustrated wrappers, worn and torn but with no loss of text. In good condition internally. ~ Undated, ca. 1890. Extremely rare Price List for uniforms and equipment for firefighters; smoke devices; small rescue equipment; santerns and signal instruments. etc., of one of the oldest German manufacturers of such equipemt.
Quarto. Pp. 579. Profusely and lavishly illustrated throughout. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth with pictorial dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition. Kataloge des Bayerischen Armeemuseums Ingolstadt, III. Related material of period newspaper and magazine clippings, etc., is loosely inserted.
Two parts in one volume. Royal quarto (34.5x26 cm). Pp. 96; (ii), 97-139; 106. Plus 22 exquisite chromolithographic plates including frontispiece. Wood-engraved armorial main title-page; tinted elaborate allegorical first book title-page; engraved armorial second book title-page. Text within woodcut decorative borders. Elaborate wood-engraved initials, text figures; main title and last plate foxed. Hardcover, bound in later red full cloth. In about fine condition. ~ First edition, using unpublished divisional title-pages from 1857 and 1861, respectively. Very rare. Splendid plates with rich, dense colours and excellent gloss, beautifully finished by hand. An authoritative manual on chromolithography in 1885 (Colour and Colour Printing, by W. D. Richmond) asserts the need for at least nine separate stones to achieve such richness, but in fact the number of stones used was often more than twenty. ~ Provenance: From the library of C. P. Mulder, renowned collector and international heraldry authority, with his charming armorial bookplate,"Nil Desperandum", to first free endpaper. 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).
Three parts in one volume. Royal quarto (33x26 cm). Pp. 20; 6; 90. Plus 2 colour lithograph plates, each with facing tissue-guard. Wood-engraved armorial title-page, foxed. Text within woodcut decorative borders. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's red full cloth, large gilt decoration on cover, sides decorated in blind, cloth inner hinges, white silken endpapers, ribbon cloth marker, later lettering-piece to spine; extremities rubbed, corner-tips chafed, some leaves loosening due to dry gutta-percha in binding. In good condition. ~ First edition. From the library of C. P. Mulder, renowned collector and international heraldry authority, with his charming armorial bookplate,"Nil Desperandum", to first free endpaper. 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. 423. With numerous plates and illustrations. Colour frontispiece. hardcover, bound in the original publisher's light blue cloth, large royal emblem embossed in gilt on cover, spine gilt. In fine condition. ~ First edition. Rare. From the library of C. P. Mulder, renowned collector and international heraldry authority, with his charming armorial bookplate,"Nil Desperandum", to first free endpaper. 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).
Two parts in one volume. Quarto (31x22 cm). Pp. 60, (1); 65-148, (3). Plus 15 plates including frontispiece with numerous images to each, partly printed in chromolithography and partly in collotype. Original printed green wrappers, front detached, spine worn, bookblock consequently loosening. In fine internal condition, excellent plates. ~ First edition. Very rare. The wonderful plates are printed in monochromatic collotype and in chromolithography, respectively. Collotype is one of the most accurate and attractive methods of photomechanical tonal printing processes. Highly skilled and expensive process, it cannot produce more than a limited number of impressions. It has been used for single-sheet prints and luxury portfolios, and since the 1950s has been abandoned by all except a few small specialist firms. An authoritative manual on chromolithography in 1885 (Colour and Colour Printing, by W. D. Richmond) asserts the need for at least nine separate stones to achieve such richness, but in fact the number of stones used was often more than twenty. ~ Provenance: From the library of C. P. Mulder, renowned collector and international heraldry authority, with his charming armorial bookplate,"Nil Desperandum", to first free endpaper. 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).
Octavo. Pp. 48. Colour frontispiece. Original illustrated wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. This particular copy comes from the bequest of renowned uniform historian and researcher Dr. Pieter Roelse and includes, loosely inserted, a number of newspaper and magazine photographs related to the book's subject, some original photographs, colour plate, and a professionally hand-drawn and coloured of the standard of the Bayerische Landespolizei, made at around 1934.
Small octavo. Pp. 304. Illustrated throughout. In the original stiff wrappers, small scratch to back cover, else a fine copy in excellent condition. ~ First edition.
