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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
192875448Chicago: A. G. Meier & Co. ca. 1928. First edition. Octavo. 40 pp. but a previous owner likely a policeman has excised pp. 9/10. Publisher's pictorial color wrappers. Some rubbing and finger soiling but overall a very good copy despite the missing page. OCLC only records one copy. A. G. Meier & Co. unknown
193658351Philadelphia PA: Jacob Reed’s Sons Printed by The Drake Press Inc. 1936. 8vo. 15 1 pp. Colour-illustrated throughout text in red & black red & black borders. Textured black limb boards red plastic comb-binding as issued gilt & red lettering & ornament on front cover minor shelfwear slight scuffing still VG copy. First edition of this uncommon Great Depression-era catalogue documenting the uniforms for theatre band hotel club and apartment workers in the years before World War II. At one time Jacob Reed’s Sons was the oldest uniform manufacturing firm in the U.S. and focused on providing tailored uniforms with colourful fabrics which held their shape with heavy use. Fitted theatre & hotel jackets in white with double rows of buttons theatre usher uniforms in brown & maroon and some provided in a blue-gray West Point braided blouse to provide extra authority. In addition they supplied caps for bellmen doormen and drivers and with embroidered monograms. No copies in Worldcat. Jacob Reed’s Sons, [Printed by The Drake Press, Inc.], hardcover
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.
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.
Tall folio, First Edition, with 20 full-page coloured plates; maroon cloth, upper board blocked with RA badge in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, mildly sunned dustwrapper.
189242929London, Belmont-Maitland Publs.Limited. Published by Max Hochsprung ( Berlin, 1892). 2x origi.Broschur, 8°, ca.15 Seiten
Oblong 4to., First Edition thus, with 16 coloured plates; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
8vo. First Edition with coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers wire-stitched as issued a near fine copy. Comprehensive and detailed standard reference. SCARCE
Small octavo. Pp. 67. With over 30 colour plates with numerous illustrations to each. Original pictorial stiff wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Parallel texts in English and German. Pocket guide on German Army uniforms and Personnel equipment.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight bumping to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of handling. Photographs + 121pp. With thirty two pages of colour plates depicting the elite forces including the SAS and the American Special Forces.
Original poster, measures 75.5x50.5 cm. Multiple uniformed persons depicted in colour. Explanatory texts underneath each group of images. Folded in four, minor nicks at bottom fore-edge, two small repairs at upper corners. In a very good condition. ~ First edition of this version. Earlier version was printed in 1948 with different text. Scarce.
IN-8°, PP. 228 (4), 334 ILL. COL. N.T., CART. EDIT., SOVR. ILL. COL. (LIEVISSIME TRACCE D'USO E DI POLVERE), TESTO IN INGLESE / ENGLISH TEXT, OTTIMO STATO (F/F), (BLANDFORD COLOUR SERIES).<BR>ISBN 0713706295 PT5A 106
Three volumes. Royal octavo. Pp. 448; 416; 640. Profusely illustrated throughout. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's pictorial boards. In fine condition. ~ First edition. A Collector's Set, each volume numbered and signed by the Author. Volume 1: Signed but unnumbered collector's copy; Volume 2: Copy number 369 of 500 collector's copies; Volume 3: Copy number 300 of 500 collector's copies. This particular set comes from the bequest of renowned uniform historian and researcher Dr. Pieter Roelse and includes, loosely inserted, a large number of rare newspaper and magazine photographs related to the book's subject. The clippings are often additionally captioned in neat hand, and source and date are often given. Rare period material is often included. Many of these clippings correspond directly to illustrations in the book and enhance image and word, providing extra, useful reference. It should be noted that this material, the result of a lifelong research, study, and collection is provided herewith strictly as-is, gratuitous, and subject to what is physically present in the book.
Sm. folio, First Edition, with very numerous fine photographs (many full-page) throughout; laminated pictorial boards, backstrip lettered in white, marbled endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Crown quarto. Set of 51 single sheet colour plates (only 50 are called-for) printed on card, captioned and explained in German at bottom and in English and French on verso, placed in original illustrated portfolio, printed inside with lists of plates. Stamp inside portfolio. In mint condition. A splendid set, practically new ~ Reprint of the 1891 edition. Parallel texts in German, English, French. A somewhat unique copy, containing completely different two variations of plate number 21.
Two volumes. Royal quarto. Pp. 51, plus 160 coloured plates; 71, plus 82 coloured plates. All the plates captioned and explained on verso. Hardcover, uniformly bound in the original publisher's full cloth with very good pictorial dust-jacket with just few blemishes. Both volumes are in fine condition. Excellent set. ~ First edition. This particular set comes from the bequest of renowned uniform historian and researcher Dr. Pieter Roelse and includes, loosely inserted, a number of rare period newspaper and magazine photographs related to the book's subject, extracts from manuals on Italian military uniforms, etc. Many of these clippings correspond directly to illustrations in the book and enhance image and word, providing extra, useful reference. It should be noted that this material, the result of a lifelong research, study, and collection is provided herewith strictly as-is, gratuitous, and subject to what is physically present in the book.
Paris, Grange Batelière 1973. In-4 relié cartonnage éditeur de 64 pages illutrées en couleurs. Bon état
Small octavo. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout with insignia, ranks and decorations of various armies. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's cloth and printed boards, small tear at foot of spine. In fine internal condition. ~ First edition. With hundreds of illustrations in colour. Captions in English, French, German.
