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Quarto. Pp. 40. Plus 5 hand-coloured collotype plates, printed on thick card, tipped-in. With (full-page) line-drawn illustrations to text. In the original stiff wrappers, bound into full cloth hardcover. In mint condition. A superb copy. ~ Le passepoil, Bulletin périodique illustré de la Société d'Études des Uniformes. Numeros hors abonnement, numero 2, aout 1931. Published under the directorship of E. L. Bucquoy. With a fine set of plates. 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. Richly hand-coloured. Rare. No other copies found on KVK nor OCLC worldwide.
Quarto (31x25 cm). Unpaginated. Pp. (4), (1) verso blank, (1) verso blank. Plus 5 lithographic plates with several images to each. Half-title present. Original printed wrappers with large armorial emblem, margin of cover and first leaf soiled, thread stiching defective. In good condition. ~ Braunschweig, am 25sten April 1834. Published 1893.
Two works in one volume. Crown quarto. Pp. 160; 341-488. With 10 contemporary hand-coloured engraved plates to each book and with numerous engraved illustrations throughout. Hardcover, bound in contemporary red quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine with 5 raised bands, rubbed and chafed, title embossed in gilt, marbled endpapers; some spotting, neat paper repair to inner margin of one leaf. In a very good condition. A well preserved interior of two lovely books. ~ First edition. A celebration of military life in numerous drawings, sketches, and coloured plates. Scarce.
Quarto. Pp. 395. Plus 14 fine aquatint heliogravure plates, one as frontispiece, all printed on thick paper, some with tissue-guards, bound-in. Hardcover, bound contemporary three-quarters calf and marbled boards, spine with raised band between compartments, green morocco lettering-piece in gilt to second compartments, direct gilt fleurons to remainders, marbled endpapers, joints discreetly mended for split, head of spine trifle worn. In good condition, very fine interior. ~ 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).
Octavo. Pp. 284. Title-page printed in red and black and with nice engraved vignette. Hardcover, bound in quarter calf and marbled boards, spine with gilt-tooled raised bands, trifle rubbed, gilt lettering direct; old stamp to title and two other pages. In about fine condition. ~ First edition. Rare. Printed in a limited edition of 150 copies only, this is copy number 23, monogrammed by the Author for authenticity. With the Author's signed dedication at head of half-title. 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. Comprising of a leporello of 12 panels with a total of 24 chromolithograph plates of uniformed officers and soldiers. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's cloth and boards, both sides richly lettered and decorated in gilt, back cover with large armorial emblem, spine partly split. In good condition, fine leporello of plates. ~ First edition. Of utmost rarity. No single institutional holding could be located. The wonderful plates are 11.5x15 cm in size, chromolithographed on thick, glossy paper, with each image captioned at bootom.
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.
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.
16 pages. Features: Funding for the Kinsmen Club's new health unit; Doukhobor women denounce Stefan Sorokin and the Fraternal Council in preference to John Lebedoff; E.C. (Terry) Whitelock - His paintings of Napoleonic era uniforms win world respect - nice photo with article; Renovating the Nelson Canadian Legion; Palm Dairy gets rid of milk bottles in favour of Pure-Pak cartons; Kootenay Cadets - with photos of Mike Molloy, Harry James, Vic Young, and others; Continuing sabotage by Doukhobor radicals; Should Nelson sell the North Shore Power Line?; Dozens of wonderful local vintage ads, our favourite being the Gala Opening of Totem Burger. Average wear. Yellowed with age. Moisture markings. Bit of writing on front cover. A worthy copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Newspaper
Octavo. Pp. 16. Plus a set of 8 single-sheet plates of uniform and insignia loosely inserted. In fine condition. ~ 2. Jahrgang, Sonderheft 3, erratically titled as Sonderheft 2.
Oblong small octavo. Pp. 111. Illustrated in colour throughout. Original printed stiff wrappers over brass fasteners; old military institutional stamps to cover. In a very good condition, excellent interior. ~ First edition. Published for the "information and guidance of all Allied personnel".
Oblong small octavo. Pp. 111. Illustrated in colour throughout. Original printed stiff wrappers over brass fasteners; faded, practically invisible old military institutional stamp and neat contemporary inscription to cover and spine. In a very good condition, excellent interior. ~ First edition. Published for the "information and guidance of all Allied personnel".
Oblong small octavo. Pp. 111. Illustrated in colour throughout. Original printed stiff wrappers over brass fasteners; old military institutional stamps, numbers and shelf ticket to cover. In good condition, fine interior. ~ First edition. Published for the "information and guidance of all Allied personnel".
Single-sheet chromolithographic print. With 39 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.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and coloured illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy.
8vo., First Edition thus, with very numerous photographs and diagrams in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper.
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.
Single-sheet chromolithographic print. With 44 numbered illustrations of military uniforms in 6 groups. Captioned at head on the stone. Plus copied leaf of text with explanatory notes; small light dampmarks at two blank corners. 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.
4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and numerous monochrome reproductions (a number full-page) in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter with one short closed tear and small loss at tail of backstrip. Bright copy of the Invaluable standard reference.
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.
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.
Eight volumes. Crown quarto. Plus 620 lithographic plates of costume studies. (The pagination of the plates in volume 5 is somewhat haphazard, skipping some numbers and duplicating others on different plates.) Hardcover, uniformly bound in contemporary full molted blonde calf, spine richly decorated in gilt, green morocco lettering-piece in gilt to each spine, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, cloth ribbon markers; some scuffs to boards, spine-ends occasionally slightly worn, one foot chipped. Some spotting and browning due to paper quality, otherwise fresh and bright. Attractive set, very wide margined. ~ First edition. Rare complete set. 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 earlier small ownership tickets, one rubbed, to each first pastedown.
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.
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.
160 pages. Profusely illustrated with color and black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. "Tells the complete story of the A-2 and G-1 and other famous jackets, like the B-3, B-6, B-10, B-15, WEP and British Irvin. Covers the origin and development of these jackets, their role in war and peace and the movies, and the paintings and patches that decorated them. Explores the booming market for original and replca jackets, including a detailed look at the jacket manufacturers, past and present." - dust jacket. Unmarked with average wear. Small clipping from top corner of front free endpaper. Binding intact. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this sensational reference. Book