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Two volumes. Octavo. Pp. xvi, 923; 1160. Depictions of coat-of-arms throughout. Plus colour plates. Hardcover, uniformly bound in the original publisher's full brown leatherette, gilt covers and spines. In fine condition. Excellent set. ~ First edition. Part III, Volumes I+II. From the library of C. P. Mulder, renowned collector and international heraldry authority, with his charming armorial bookplate,"Nil Desperandum" to each volume. 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. viii, 279. Plus engraved 46 engraved plates including frontispiece, numerous depictions of coat-of-arms to each, almost all hand-coloured. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's quarter red calf and matching cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, side gilt ruled; corner-tips trifle chafed, first inner hinge cracked. In a very good condition. ~ Eighteenth edition, revised and corrected. With beautiful armorial bookplate to first paste-down and small institutional stamp to verso of title.
Sm. 4to., with text in red and black, and numerous photographs in the text; original photographic wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a good, clean copy. Reprint of the revised edition of 1964.
Crown quarto. Pp. 20, (2) blank. Complete with all 120 chromolithograph mounted cards. Each card is captioned in red. Explanatory text on each page. Typographical title-page. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's red cloth and board, large white lettering to cover; spine-ends trifle worn, a tidemark on cover, minute repair to bottom margin of title-page. In a very good condition, rather fine plates. ~ First edition. Very rare original album, complete with all the wonderful plates. One bibliographical source (RHC Groninger Archieven) quotes publication period that lasted two years, from 1914 until 1915.
Disponemos de un cuaderno, tela original, 28 x 33'5 cm., con las 15 entregas de esta colección publicada en París, s.a. (fines del siglo XIX), cada una con 16 págs. con 16 fotografías en color. (Comprende: Infantería, Caballería, transportes, artillería, marina, bomberos,guardia republicana, tropas de África, escuelas militares).
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured illustrations and monochrome photographs throughout; green tweed cloth, black cloth back lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Covers armoured cars, tanks, gun carriers, supply tanks and experimentals of Britain, France and Germany.
47 vols., 8vo., First Edition, each volume with monochrome photographs and double-page coloured illustration; original series wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine run. Profile's complement to its parallel series 'AFV'. The run comprises: 18: Chieftain and Leopard (Development); 19: Chieftain and Leopard (Description); 20: Churchill and Sherman Specials; 21: Armoured Cars; 22: PanzerKampfwagen 38 (t) and 35 (t); 23: Soviet Mediums T44, T54, T55 & T62; 24: The M48-M60 Series of Main Battle Tanks; 25: Cromwell and Comet; 26: Hellcat, Long Tom and Priest; 27: The Saladin Armoured Car; 28: S-Tank; 29: M4 Medium (Sherman); 30: Armoured Cars - Marmon-Herrington, Alvis-Straussler, Light Reconnaissance; 31: Australian Sentinel and Matildas; 32: The M6 Heavy and M26 Pershing; 33: German Armoured Cars; 34: Scorpion Reconnaissance Tank; 35: British Armoured Recovery Vehicles; 36: Chars Hotchkiss, H35, H39 and Somua S35; 37: Russian BT Series; 38: Conqueror Heavy Gun Tank; 39: Panhard Armoured Cars; 40: US Armoured Cars; 41: M103 Heavy Tank & M41 Light Tank (Walker Bulldog); 42: Modern Swedish Light Armoured Vehicles; 43: PanzerKampfwagen IV; 44: Ferrets and Fox; 45: Vickers Battle Tank; 46: Light Tanks M22 Locust and M24 Chaffee; 47: Russian T34; 48: PzKpfw VI Tiger I and Tiger II (King Tiger); 49: Japanese Medium Tanks; 50: Swiss Battle Tanks; 51: Abbot FV433 Self-Propelled Gun; 52: M47 Patton; 53: The FV 432 Series; 54: Japanese Combat Cars, Light Tanks and Tankettes; 55: German Self-Propelled Weapons; 56: Missile Armed Armoured Vehicles; 57: Schutzenpanzerwagen SdKfz 251 & SdKfz 250; 58: French Infanty Tanks: Part I (Chars 2C, D and B); 59: French Infantry Tanks Part II (R35 and FCM 36); 60: Russian Armoured Cars (to 1945); 61: Elefant and Maus (& E-100); 62: Commando, Twister and High Mobility Vehicles; 63: AMX-30 Battle Tank; 64: Armoured Personnel Carriers; 65: The PT-76 Light Amphibious Tank and Variants. RUNS OF THIS CALIBRE ARE VERY SCARCE.
17 vols., 8vo., First Edition, each volume with monochrome photographs and double-page coloured illustration; original series wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine run. Profile's sequel to its earlier and renowned series 'Armour in Profile'. The run comprises: 1: Churchill, BIT Mk.IV; 2: PanzerKampfwagen III; 3: Tanks Marks I to V; 4: Light Tanks M1-M5; 5: Light Tanks Marks I-VI; 6: Valentine Mark III; 7: Medium Tanks Marks A-D; 8: Crusader-Cruiser Mark VI; 9: Early Armoured Cars; 10: PanzerKampfwagen V Panther; 11: M3 Medium (Lee/Grant); 12: Mediums Marks I-III; 13: Ram and Sexton; 14: Carriers; 15: PanzerKampfwagen I & II; 16: Landing Vehicles Tracked; 17: Russian KV and IS. RUNS OF THIS CALIBRE ARE SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with double-page coloured plate and numerous monochrome photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy.
Quarto. Pp. 24. Privately produced facsimile of high quality. All 12 original plates are reproduced here in colour photographic prints (c-type prints) in actual size, and mounted on blank leaves. Text is reproduced on copy machine. Hardcover, professionally bound in nice red full cloth. In new condition. ~ Originally published in 1933.
Small octavo. Pp. 24. Numerous illustrations. Includes Publisher's catalogue. Original illustrated wrappers, spine discretely reinforced, closed tear at back discretely mended; bit finger soiled here and there, small old signature to cover. In good condition. ~ First edition. With illustrations of uniforms, insignia, ranks, decorations, etc.
Octavo. Pp. 36, xvi commercial advertisements printed on different paper. Many illustrations of ranks, insignia, uniforms, etc. Original stiff wrappers, spine trifle faded. In a very good condition. ~ First edition.
Small octavo. Pp. 31. Illustrations of ranks, insignia, uniforms, etc. Schematic tables. Illustrated commercial advertisements. Original printed stiff wrappers, back cover with illustrated advertisement; name at head of first page, small tear at bottom corner of last 3 leaves with no loss. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Very rare.
Octavo. Pp. xxxii, 588. Plus 28 engraved plates with multiple images to each. Hardcover, bound in contemporary blonde half calf and matching marbled boards, spine with gilt-tooled raise-bands, gilt morocco lettering-piece at second compartment, remainder compartments richly decorated in blind, cloth ribbon marker; extremities bit rubbed, corner-tips bit chafed. In fine condition. ~ First edition. ~ Provenance: 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). With an earlier, splendid engraved armorial bookplate belonged to "Coenen", and a minute old stamp of advocate in law, F. Besier.
2 v., illus. Hardcover Very good condition chipped d.j. fair
London, Norman Military Publications, 1962-1967, 5 tomos, 25 x 19,5 cm., símil piel original con sobrecubiertas, frontis en color + XVI + 213 págs. con 118 figuras = frontis y lámina en color + XVI + 276 págs. con 220 figuras = frontis y 2 láminas en color + XII + 264 págs. con 133 figuras = frontis y 3 láminas en color + X + 197 págs. con 131 figuras + 2 hojas = frontis y 2 láminas en color + VIII + 184 págs. con 133 figuras.
8vo., with 50 plates of line-drawings; navy pebble-grain cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 400 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 382). High-quality facsimile reissue of the original Clowes edition of 1852.
Crown 4to. Pp. lxx, 812. Portrait frontispiece. With nearly 60 halftone illustrations. Hardcover, original blue artificial calf, lettered and decorated in gilt, with original glassine dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent, handsome copy, practically unused. ~ A facsimile reprint of the 1911 limited edition.
Crown quarto. Unpaginated. With 30 plates, almost all chromolithographed. Chromolithographed title-page. Engraved head- and tail-pieces. Includes List of Subscribers. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's red full cloth, gilt decoration to cover within decorative frame; back cover with light waterstains, corner-tips rubbed. In a very good condition, fine interior, excellent plates. ~ First edition. This beautifully illustrated book come 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 volumes bound in one. Octavo. Pp. x, 285; 268. Plus 82 engraved plates including frontispiece. Hardcover, bound in later handsome three-quarters blond calf and marbled boards, crimson gilt morocco lettering-piece to spine, gilt fleurons, gilt-tooled raised bands, date stamped in gilt at foot; index and blank verso of few leaves with scholarly annotations inked in a very neat contemporary hand. In about fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition.
8vo., with plates, some light marginal damp-marking; original wrappers printed in red and black, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy. The catalogue lists 2645 items, arranged in sections by unit seniority. Includes general and regimental indexes. A splendid and historically invaluable assembly of military art collected and offered by The Parker Gallery, established in 1750 and a Royal Warrant holder. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
A suite of 14 original copperplate etchings, on 7 single sheets, for "La France Militaire". Overall size ca. 270 x 180 mm. With two impressions on each print, measuring ca. 90 x 110 mm each. Good impressions with ample margins all-round. In overall good condition (margins soiled & foxed to various degrees, slightly affecting 2-3 images). - - First edition. Martinet and Lacouchie, along others, are signed on the metal, succeeded by "del." implying this is the artist from whose drawing the engraving or etching was made. Lacouchie cut himself the metal, and his signature, as well as those of other craftsmen, is succeeded by "sculp." meaning "carved". The prints, involving both etching and engraving, depict a beautiful array of military and civilian uniforms and costumes, very finely executed. An impressive visual representation of the military and civilian human landscape of the Premier Empire (1805-1815). Preserved in acid-free, pH-balanced Renaissance archival paper. Scarce. ADDED: 4 similar prints, each depicts a costume study and a landscape view (2 prints foxed.)
A suite of 13 original copperplate etchings, on 7 single sheets, for "La France Militaire". Overall size ca. 270 x 180 mm. With two impressions on each of the first 6 prints, measuring ca. 90 x 110 mm each. Plus one single-image print, size ca. 110 X 155 mm. Good impressions with ample margins all-round. In overall good condition (margins foxed & soiled to various degrees, hardly affecting images, save one). - - First edition. Martinet's and Bullura's signatures are on the metal, succeeded by "del." implying this is the artist from whose drawing the engraving or etching was made. Various craftsmen signatures, succeeded by "sculp." meaning "carved", implying he who has drawn on the metal. The prints, involving both etching and engraving, depict various scenes of uniformed soldiers and officers. Represented are Grenadiers à pied; Géneral et Chevau léger Bavarois; Hussards volontaires, Gendarmerie Nationale; and Russian Grenadiers, Dragons, Fusiliers, and Carabiniers. Furthermore included views of military life and at least one battle scene. The accompanying general views of places and sites are all identified by name and location. An impressive visual representation of the military and landscapes of the Premier Empire (1805-1815). Preserved in acid-free, pH-balanced Renaissance archival paper. Scarce.
Original single-sheet chromolithograph print of fine quality. Overall size 250 x 310 mm. Image size 220 x 270 mm. Printed with strong, bright dyes, heightened with gold and copper. With ample margins all round. In fine condition. (Vague centre fold-mark.) Excellent. - - First edition. Depicts over 40 fine examples of the main German and Prussian medals, order, and decorations of the time, as well as some of other nations. Each is numbered, and captioned at bottom. Excellent printing. Preserved in acid-free, pH-balanced Renaissance archival paper.
