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Square royal quarto. Unpaginated. Complete with all 328 colour card plates, neatly mounted. Decorated title-page and head-pieces. Detailed index. Each page within decorated border. Set in Gothic type. Original decorated card wrappers, eagle embossed in red and black within gilt border, spine gilt, small repair at head of spine, some age related blemishes, bit finger soiled inside. In good condition, fine plates. First edition. A charming collection, depicting the richness of the uniforms and the diversity of activity of the various divisions of the Imperial German Army, mostly at war.
Royal octavo. Two parts in one volume, paginated continuously. Pp. (ii), 90; 91-356. Letterpress device to title-page, Imprimatur, dated 1824, on verso; half-title with Approbation, dated 1818, on verso. List of subscribers. Footnotes. Printed on laid paper. Hardcover, contemporary half cloth and marbled boards, spine gilt, with small shelf label, all edges speckled, old institutional stamps and label. In about fine condition. ~ Travel account to the Holy Land. Not in Tobler, who lists the 1819 edition and the 1860 edition only.
Royal octavo. Two parts in one volume, paginated continuously. Pp. (ii), 90; 91-356. Letterpress device to title-page, Imprimatur dated 1824 on verso; half-title with Approbation dated 1818 on verso, list of subscribers, footnotes. Original printed wrappers slightly edge frayed. In a very good condition, with contemporary Prize label in manuscript. ~ Travel account to the Holy land. This edition not in Tobler who lists the 1819 edition and the 1860 edition only.
Small octavo. Pp. 28. Some text figures. Original limp boards, bit shabby and marked, old signature to title. In good condition. ~ First edition.
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).
pp. 350, (1) [Publisher's catalogue]. Marbled edges. Foxed. Some signatures very browned. XLib stamp of Lancaster Mechanics' Society on title page and elsewhere. Last few leaves loose. 8vo. 210 mm. Original full leather binding; boards detached; spine worn. Hardbound. Text Good. Based on Navarrete's research in the collection of Obadiah Rich. BAL 10133; Sabin 35205; S&S/AI 7690. PAIMP 22
Complete series of 25 colour cigarette cards. Each is captioned, numbered, and with extended explanatory text on verso. Placed in pockets in 3 clear plastic sheets. In a very good condition. ~ First edition of this rare series. One of the earliest Player's card series, (ca. 1910). The beautifull cards were printed in chromolithography, a process which yielded a much more delicate result than later, mechanical processes. Complete series of this work, comprising of unused, unglued cards which are preserved entirely in the original state, are very scarce.
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.
Some 180 colour cigarette cards. Each is captioned, numbered, and with extended explanatory text on verso. Placed in pockets in clear plastic sheets which are kept in original ring binder. In good to fine condition. One series was tipped-in into book and has been removed with some loss of serial title at top verso of each card (caption, number, explanatory text retained in full). ~ First edition. For the greates part comprising of unused cards which are preserved in the original state. Series are almost complete. [ADDED:] 50 brand new John Player's cards from the Nostalgia reprint edition.
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.
Octavo. Pp. 239, (1), (5) publisher's catalogue. Hardcover, bound in contemporary calf and marbled boards, green morocco lettering-piece in gilt to spine, gilt decoration direct to head and foot, old shelf ticket to spine, old military institutional stamps to title; binding worn at extremities, joint mended, neat repair to one leaf for a tear, chip to blank corner. In fair condition. ~ First edition.
Crown quarto. Paginated in sections. Pp. ca. 275. Plus numerous colour- and b&w plates with portraits, decorations, flags, equipment, and combat situations. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous halftone and line-drawn illustrations. Errata slip laid-in. Printed on glossy paper. Original printed wrappers, plasticized. In excellent condition. ~ Covers in excellent photographs and drawings almost every imaginable aspect of military training for recruits.
Small octavo. Pp. v, 98. With numerous illustrations, particularly concerning ranging. Original printed stiff wrappers, cloth spine lettered in black. In mint condition. ~ First edition.
Oblong octavo. Paginated in sections. Plus large folding lithograph "Verklaring der teekens, kleuren en afkortingen van de chromo-topographische kaart van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, op schaal van 1:50000" placed in rear pocket. With about 100 pages of illustrations, covering numerous aspects of the infantry, including light engineering, obstacles, defenses, earthworks, trenches, grenade warfare, equipment, etc., colour identification guide of flags and symbols. Hardcover, original cloth, ring-bound as issued, with button-lock, gilt lettering. Overall in fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ [ADDED:] This copy contains a second large folding colour lithograph of the "Verklaring der teekens, kleuren en afkortingen." published in 1915, in addition to the standard one issued in 1930.
Small octavo. Pp. 170. With 126 illustrations, photographs, drawings, plans and tables, one folding. Original card wrappers; faint stamp, of the 11th Regiment Huzaren, inside. In a very good condition. ~ First corrected edition. Deals with the various methods of transporting troops across water and rough terrain. With detailed instructions and very informative illustrations.
Two volumes bound in one. 12mo. Pp. 149; iv, 134. Interleaved with blank leaves for annotations and additions. Illustrations, some in colour, inc. flags, symbols, ordnance and survey map legends, aeroplane silhouettes. Extended general index. Tables, appendices. Hardcover, three-quarter cloth and patterned boards, with title label. Excellent field officer's working copy with numerous notations in neat hand, colour pencil marking, etc. With updates, additions, and corrections pasted or tipped-in.
Octavo. Pp. vi, 57. Original stiff wrappers printed in red, old shelf ticket to spine, old military institutional stamps to title. In a very good condition. ~ First edition.
16mo. Unpaginated. With numerous illustrations Original illustrated wrappers. In fine condition. ~ First edition.
Small octavo. Pp. 48. Plus 2 extra pages with 3 photo-plates, and 6 other such illustrations. With a folding line-drawn map tipped-in onto inside of back wrap. Appendices. Original decorated wrappers, lettered in red, with a woodcut illustration of a Holy Land landscape, spine very lightly rubbed. In about fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ Second edition. A fascinating publication, published by the Zionist Information Office of the Jewish National Fund, and printed in Tel Aviv. Not a traditional traveller's guide to the Holy Places, it is an invitation to visit the Zionist community in Palestine. It includes background information for visits in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and its region, Haifa, Valley of Yisrael, Nazareth, Afula, Beth Shean, as well as some newly established villages. Further, there are detailed programmes for a three-day, a five-day, a week, and two-weeks visits, with advise what to do and where to go on each day. There is also a train timetable and a currency conversion table. The second part is the history of the Zionist Movement in Palestine, and the book concludes with a financial report of the Fund's activities. This copy includes the road map "Erez-Israel" with indication of railways, main roads, paths and tracks, marshes and rivers, as well as Jewish National Fund land and national frontier.
Royal octavo. Pp. 52. Photographs and text figures. Original stiff wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition.
Duodecimo. Pp. 70. Plus 17 plates with multiple illustrations, partly folding, bound at end. Tables. Original printed stiff wrappers, manuscript shelf number at corner of cover, old military institutional stamp to cover and title, minute stamp repeated inside. In fine condition, excellent plates. ~ First Dutch edition. Adapted from the English "Military Engineering".
Duodecimo. Pp. 87. With 18 plates. Tables. Original printed stiff wrappers, manuscript shelf number at head of cover, old military institutional stamp to cover and title. In fine condition. ~ First Dutch edition. Adapted from the English "Military Engineering".
Small octavo. Pp. 88. With 42 line-drawn illustrations, tables some folding. Original printed wrappers, old signature on cover. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Wealth of information in a nutshell. Deals with numerous kinds of physical obstacles in different terrains and their use. Various kinds of concertina barbed wire fences, double-apron fences, spider-web entanglements and the like are dealt with, but also mine warfare is discussed. Instructive drawings throughout.
Small octavo. Pp. 207. Plus folding chart bound at end. With 230 illustrations. Original wrappers; old military institutional stamps. In a very good condition.
Small octavo. Pp. 44. Original printed wrappers. In fine condition. ~ Revised edition.