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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.
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.
In-4, 234p. Abondante iconographie en noir et en couleurs. A l'état de neuf.
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
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
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.
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.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations in the text; printed wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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.
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.
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.)
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.
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.
P., Le livre chez vous, 2002. In-4 relié toile verte avec jaquette, 502 pp., abondamment illustré. Excellent état.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 208 fine plates; original printed wrappers, a near fine copy. Vil. I: Armour; Vol. II: Arms.
Quarto. Pp. iv, 83. Hardcover, bound in green full cloth with the original printed wrappers bound-in, spine-ends gilt-ruled; inner hinges bit darkened front wrap dusty, very vague dampmark at lower corner of some leaves slightly more visible on title-page. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Extremely rare. There exists some certain unclarity regarding the author's first name, with some sources claim it to be "Fraugott" (see for example Henning & Herfurth: "Orden und Ehrenzeichen: Handbuch der Phaleristik"); while others (WorldCat) insist on "Traugott". ~ 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).
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slightly sunned spine and traces of storage. 136pp. A collector's guide to rail relics and collectable items associated with the railways including actual railway accessories plus furniture, memorabilia, tickets, uniforms, cards, stamps and books etc.
Octavo. Pp. 239. Illustrated throughout. Plates, some in colour. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth with pictorial dust-jacket boards. 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 large number of period newspaper and magazine photographs related to the book's subject, almost all with source and date. Also added several clippings, copied and original, of related articles as well as of uniforms regulations, etc.
Crown quarto. Pp. 104. Profusely illustrated throughout. Original pictorial stiff wrappers. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition. Bilingual. Parallel texts in English and Italian. An old plate from "La Voce del Collezionista - L'Uniforme" with studies of insignia and headgear is inserted in the appropriate place in the book.
4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and illustrations; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Includes swords, daggers, knives and bayonets of the armed forces.
8vo., with 50 plates of line-drawings; navy pebble-grain cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 400 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 382). High-quality facsimile reissue of the original Clowes edition of 1852.
Royal octavo. Pp. 167. Plus a booklet of 20 maps placed in rear pocket. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth with dust-jacket; few marginal pencil annotations in neat hand. In fine condition. ~ Second edition. First published 1949.
8vo., with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial boards, a fine copy.
8vo., with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial boards, a fine copy.
8vo., with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial boards, a fine copy.
