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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.
Quarto. Pp. 240. Illustrated. original Errata slip loosely inserted. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's pictorial boards. In mint 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 period and modern newspaper and magazine photographs related to the book's subject, extracts from publications, etc.
Octavo. Pp. 224. Illustrated in colour throughout. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's pictorial boards. A BRAND NEW copy. ~ First edition. A standard work on the subject. Beautifully illustrated, exceptionally rich in detail.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; original photographic wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean set. Scarce, especially as set and in this condition.
Small quarto. Pp. 24. Complete with all 50 mounted colour cigarette cards. Text illustrations and decorations. Original illustrated stiff wrappers printed in red and green. In a very good condition. ~ First edition.
Quarto. Pp. 224. Illustrated throughout. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth with very good pictorial dust-jacket. Book is in fine condition. ~ First edition. A Collector's Volume, numbered and signed by the Authors. Copy number 400 of 500 collector's copies. 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, extract from an illustrated German catalogue of air-force badges and decorations with pre-Euro prices, etc.
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs througghout; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
Square crown qaurto. Pp. 200. Set in three columns. Frontispiece. With a large section of colour plates, depiction 100 uniformed soldiers of all armies involved. With 100 halftone illustrations and line-drawn battle-maps, many of which are full- or double page. Bibliography, appendices. Hardcover, original dark tan cloth, spine gilt, with pictorial dust-jacket (this near fine). Book is in a fine, fresh-new condition. Excellent copy, bright and crisp. ~ First edition.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, and numerous photographs, drawings and maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Unusually comprehensive review of electronics in battle. The coverage of WWII is greatly enhanced by the revelations in Hinsley's 'British Intelligence'. Already elusive.
Sm. 4to., Fourth Impression, with 8 full-page coloured plates and numerous monochrome photographs and illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Men at Arms 119. First published in 1982.
Sm. 4to., Fifth Impression, with 8 full-page coloured plates and numerous monochrome photographs and illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a nesr fine copy. Men at Arms 114. First published in 1981.
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with 8 full-page coloured plates and numerous monochrome photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, covers lightly browned else a very good, clean copy. One of the very early titles in this well-known series, it was later numbered as No. 34.
Sm. 4to., Fifth Impression, with 8 full-page coloured plates and numerous monochrome photographs and illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Men at Arms 141. First published in 1983.
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with 8 full-page coloured plates and numerous monochrome photographs and illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Men at Arms 160.
Sm. 4to., with 8 full-page coloured plates and numerous monochrome photographs and illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Men at Arms 64. First published in 1977
Sm. 4to., Second Impression, with 8 full-page coloured plates and numerous monochrome photographs and illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Men at Arms 96. First published in 1979.
Crown quarto. Pp. 72. Complete with a total of 100 colour cigarette cards. Plus 4 colour plates tipped-in. Text illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Hardcover, original illustrated quarter cloth. In a very good condition. (Inner front hinge neatly strengthened; a smudge or two.) Nice, well preserved copy. ~ First edition. Text both in English and Afrikaans.
Single-sheet chromolithographic print. With 48 numbered illustrations of military uniforms in 6 groups. Captioned at head on the stone. Plus copied leaf of text with explanatory notes. 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 24.5x31 cm overall size and 20x26.5 cm image size and is most suitable for framing.
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout and illustrated inner wrappers; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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
Royal quarto. Pp. 254, (i). Plus etched frontispiece; 22 wood-engraved portraits; and 3 chromolithographed plates, all printed on fine thick paper, each with protective tissue guard. Numerous charming engraved head- and tail-pieces. Hardcover, bound in contemporary handsome red calf and marbled boards, spine with raised bands between compartments, gilt lettering-piece, green vellum French corners, handsome marbled endpapers. Preliminaries and blanks at beginning and end foxed. In fine condition. ~ First edition. With attractive, albeit unidentified, old engraved armorial bookplate to first paste-down.
Quarto (31x24 cm). Pp. 50, (2). Plus 2 colour plates after paintings. Many tinted photogravure images. Hand-drawn emblematic illustration to each of the 7 Chasseurs by Jacques Touchet. Original stiff wrappers, armorial emblem embossed in colour on cover; wraps bit shabby, spine trifle worn. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Printed in a limited edition of 500 copies, this is copy number 385. Dedicated on title-page to "Monsieur de Jong, consul général de Hollande, Saigon", dated 1947. A letter from the same to the same is loosely inserted. Scarce.
Quarto. Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated throughout. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's pictorial boards. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition. Prepared by the International Professional Commission of IPA. 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, as well as correspondence with different sections of IPA regarding the subject of uniforms and insignia regulations.
P., Le livre chez vous, 2002. In-4 relié toile verte avec jaquette, 502 pp., abondamment illustré. Excellent état.
Royal quarto. Pp. 271. Profusely illustrated throughout. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth with pictorial dust-jacket, placed in original pictorial slipcase. In a very good condition, fine book. ~ First edition.
