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8vo., First Edition, with plates; pictorial boards, a near fine copy. Produced in association with the Airborne Assault Museum, this is the first detailed history of the iconic garment, covering all British airborne smocks from the very earliest models to the present. Lavishly illustrated; many of the photographs appear here for the first time.
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).
Small octavo. Pp. 20. Illustrations of uniforms, insignia, etc. Original illustrated stiff wrappers, stapled as issued, short split at head of spine, minute wormhole at back cover running through dozen leaves, diminishing to microscopic size with practically no loss; covers bit finger soiled. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Of utmost rarity.
Quarto. Pp. 64. Illustrated. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's boards. In a very good condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition. Uniform und Ausrüstung Deutscher Streitkräfte, 4. 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, original insignia charts lithographed in colour, original photograph, old manuscript by uniformologist Oskar Höfer, Chemnitz, dated 1935, etc.
Octavo. Pp. 32. Illustrations. Original pictorial wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. The first issue of this short-lived series. Nicely illustrated.
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.
Quarto. Pp. 16. Plus 16 plates of which one is in colour, with numerous illustrations to each. Original stiff wrappers, bit shabby, finger soiled. In good condition. ~ First edition.
Quarto. Pp. 21. Plus 18 plates of which one is in colour, with numerous illustrations to each. Original stiff wrappers. In a very good condition, fine interior. ~ Fourth, revised and enlarged edition.
Quarto. Pp. 63. Plus 5 plates with numerous illustrations to each. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's white boards. In a very good condition, fine interior. ~ First edition. Third volume.
Quarto. Pp. 154. Illustrated throughout. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's boards. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition. Extensive encyclopedic survey of German military belt buckles with around 1000 photographs.
Small octavo. Comprising of 20 coloured plates with numerous illustrations to each, explanatory text and captions within the plate. Plus large fold-out table in leporello, bound at end. Publisher's ads on last 2 pages and inside of covers. Original stiff double-wrappers printed in red, 2 covers. In fine condition. Splendid plates, free of any mark. ~ Fifth edition, revised by T. Starcke. Each pair of plates is dedicated to a certain force or unit and is preceded by the appropriate sectional title.
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.
Three books bound in one volume. With a total of 446 chromolithograph uniform studies on 42 plates. Octavo. I. Pp. 40, plus 10 chromolithographic plates; II. 2, plus 16 chromolithographic plates; III. 32, plus 16 chromolithographic plates. Hardcover, bound in three-quarters cloth and marbled boards, general title in gilt on spine, floral endpapers; old signature to first free endpaper; last work with contemporary scholarly annotations in a very neat hand to verso of title and first few leaves of text. In a very good general condition with all plates are in fine condition. ~ First edition. Rare collection of uniform studies of several European armies at the very early of the 20th Century. Originally issued individually as leporello, the 3 works are bound here together as a book.
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.
Octavo. Pp. 20, 16 publisher's catalogue. Plus a leporello of 12 panels with numerous chromolithographic illustrations of uniformed figures, ranks, insignia, etc. Original pictorial wrappers almost detached, spine panel worn, small rust stain on cover. In a very good internal condition, fine plates. ~ First edition of this splendid work. With contemporary faded stamp "Commandant Veldleger" to head of title-page and small shelf ticket to cover.
Oblong octavo. Pp. 24. Plus a leporello of 12 panels with a total of 279 chromolithographs of uniformed figures. Title-plate inside cover. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's red full cloth with chromolithograph title-plate mounted on cover. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ Rare first edition of this splendid work.
Oblong octavo. Pp. 24. Plus a leporello of 12 panels with a total of 279 chromolithographs of uniformed figures. Title-plate inside cover. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's light blue full cloth with chromolithograph title-plate mounted on cover, cloth bit faded. In a very good condition, fine interior and leporello. Excellent copy. ~ Second edition of this splendid work.
Quarto. Pp. 253-267, (1) commercial advertisements. Illustrated throughout. Original wrappers printed in green and black, Nazi emblem of eagle and swastika on front cover, illustrated commercial ads on back cover both sides. In a very good internal condition. ~ First edition. Heft Nr. 14, 9. Jahrgang, 15. Juli 1941.
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.
Quarto (30x25 cm). Pp. 413. Profusely illustrated throughout. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth with pictorial dust-jacket. Bookblock edges bit soiled else in fine condition, crisp interior. ~ First edition.
Oblong crown quarto. Comprises of 4 chromolithograph plates bound as leporello. Original colour lithographed cover, back cover detached. In good condition, fine plates. ~ First edition.
Octavo. Comprising of 16 colour lithograph plates in 4 leporellos of 4 panels each, bound in original pictorial wrappers, these bit edge frayed, slightly creased. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Without the text brochure.
Octavo. Pp. 56, (4) publisher]s ads. Plus a leporello of 18 chromolithograph plates with numerous illustrations of uniformed figures, ranks, insignia, etc. Original pictorial wrappers, edges frayed, chipped, spine restored. In good condition, very good interior, fine plates. ~ Fourth edition.
Quarto. Pp. 54. Plus frontispiece. With numerous illustrations. Decorative title-page. Bound in the original illustrated boards, adhesive traces at gutter margin side of frontispiece, cover bit soiled. In good condition. ~ First edition.
Octavo. Pp. 14. Plus 4 leporellos of 4 panels each with numerous chromolithographs of uniformed figures, ranks, insignia, etc. Original illustrated stiff wrappers, spine bit frayed. In a very good condition, excellent plates. ~ First edition.