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Single-sheet chromolithographic print. With numerous illustrations of military uniforms in 9 groups. Captioned at head on the stone. Plus original leaf of text with explanatory notes. Print trimmed bit close on 3 sides. In fine condition. ~ Extract from Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. Signed by Richard Knötel on the stone. Beautifully illustrated military uniforms of various armies and forces. With 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. The print measures 20x26.5 cm image size.
Single-sheet chromolithographic print. With numerous illustrations of military uniforms in 7 groups. Captioned at head on the stone. Plus copied leaf of text with explanatory notes. Print trimmed close on 3 sides. In a very good condition. ~ Extract from Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. Signed by Richard Knötel on the stone. Beautifully illustrated military uniforms of various armies and forces. With 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. The print measures 20x26.5 cm image size.
8vo., with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial boards, a fine copy.
Octavo. Pp. x, 157. With 80 illustartions. Original publisher's illustrated wrappers, cover soiled, foot of spine chipped, dampstain to first ca. 20 leaves, otherwise clean. ~ Third, revised and enlarged edition. Nicely illustrated with engravings after originals by Richard Knötel, Herbert Knötel, Friedrich Krekler, a.o. Very scarce survivor of this very early edition.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured plates, and numerous photographs in monochrome throughout; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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.
Two parts on one volume. Royal quarto (33x20 cm). Pp. 7; 3. Plus 15 superbly engraved plates, captioned within the plate mark. Near contemporary plain wrappers, manuscript title in old hand. In fine condition. ~ First edition. Of utmost rarity. Proclamation on the institution of the Royal Guelphic Order. 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).
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. The story of the race to develop radar told by one of the two survivors of the unit which learned how to jam German radar
Octavo. Pp. 95. Plus colour and monochromatic plates of uniforms, insingia, etc. With full-page portraits of Nazi higher echelon personalities. Original illustrated stiff wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ The rare first edition.
Oblong quarto. Pp. 63. Illustrated throughout. Original pictorial stiff wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Clipped period newspaper photograph loosely inserted.
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy.
Quarto. Pp. 64. Profusely illustrated throughout. Original pictorial wrappers. Fine. ~ First edition. Well illustrated comprehensive survey of the Soviet Army. [ADDED:] A set of 8 single-sheet prints of Soviet decorations and insignia. Published in Moscow in 1996, with text both in English and Russian, including the original printed paper band.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, text in German, with photographs, illustrations and diagrams in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Octavo. Pp. 20. Plus 2 folding plates with 37 colour lithograph illustrations of uniforms and accoutrement. Original printed wrappers, old oval stamp, two small ink stains, extremities bit frayed. In good condition, very good interior, fine plates. ~ First edition. Regulations for uniforms and equipment of the fire brigades of the Bayern Provincial Fire Brigade Association during the 3rd Reich. See also: Rolf Schamberger: Feuerwehren im Nationalsozialismus (2012). Extremely rare.
Octavo. Pp. 51, (1) publisher's ad. Plates and other line-drawn illustrations. Illustrated head- and tail-piece. Original illustrated stiff wrappers printed in red & black. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Very rare first issue of this short-lived series. Beautifully illustrated.
Small octavo. Pp. 16. First page with two illustrations. Original self-wrappers, bit finger-soiled. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Extremely rare. No institutional copy located. No imprint. Published 1937 (cf. Deutsche Bibliothek). Contemporary inscription on cover says: "IV. 39" and might refer to a date. With added text, typed, next to main illustration on first page: "Die Schützen tragen dieses Stoffabzeichen auf dem linen Ärmel."
16mo. Unpaginated. With numerous illustrations Original illustrated wrappers. In fine condition. ~ 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.
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and diagrams in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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.
106 p. + Plates, many in color. Double column. 4to. Original publisher's cloth binding lettered in gold. Original dust jacket. Volume Two 1840-1841. Volume One virtually unavailable. Fine copy. Facsimile of one of the most important of all American military journals. Great illustrations of naval battles, etc. PA 21
8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous illustrations in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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., Third Edition, with very numerous photographs and drawings in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy.
