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8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 31 plates (one double-page) on 22, 4 illustrations (one full-page) and full-page plan; original series binding of blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Batsford's notable 'British Battles' series. NMM V, 1919.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 30 plates on 22 and numerous plans (a number full-page) in the text; original series binding of blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Batsford's notable British Battles series.
8vo., First Edition, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at backstrip and with medium closed tear on (predominantly white) rear panel. Very scarce in anything like this condition.
8vo., First Edition thus; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Updated version of the original edition of 1973.
8vo., First Edition with 41 photographs, 9 maps and endpaper maps; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper.
Fourth printing. Slight wear to cover. Signed on front free endpaper. 149 pages. From back cover: "This is the story of Edith Warner, who lived for more than twenty years as a neighbor to the Indians of San Ildefonso Pueblo, near Los Alamos, New Mexico. She was a remarkable woman, a friend to everyone who knew her, from her Indian companion Tilano, who was an elder of San Ildefonso, to Niels Bohr, Robert Oppenheimer, and the other atomic scientists who worked at Los Alamos during World War II. "
8vo., First Edition, with 21 plates on 16; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Lambe (1900-1960) began his career as a midshipman in 1917 and rose to become Admiral of the Fleet and First Sea Lord. His WWII service included command of Dunedin, several staff appointments (lastly as Director of Planning) and finally a year is command of Illustrious, principally in the Pacific. Law, 0709; see Heathcote, pp.149-150.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Enser, p.74.
8vo., First Edition, with 36 plates on 16 and a full-page map in the text; green cloth, gilt back, covers lightly sunned else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, a double-page coloured plate and 16 monochrome plates on 10; pictorial boards lettered in black, backstrip lettered in black, black top, a fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF TIN PLATE WORKERS ALIAS WIRE WORKERS WITH ITS COLOURED ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY FREDERICK ERNEST CLEARY, MASTER OF THE COMPANY. Published to commemorate the tercentenary of the Company.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Unpaginated. 7 5/8"w x 10"h. Exhibition catalog.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. PC L84.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps in red; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter frayed and creased with minor loss at edges. The Far Eastern Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph newspaper relates a decade of covering south-east Asia immediately after WWII. SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Includes a bibliography. SCARCE.
Sm. 8vo. First Edition with line illustrations as frontispiece and 16 coloured plates; original series binding of pictorial boards a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. King Penguin 60.
Interior pages are clean and unmarked, but several have tears. Wear to cover. Part of front endpaper has been torn off. Black and white and color illustrations by Warner Carr. 64 pages. 6 1/8"w x 7 3/4"h.
A historian's view of the relationship between American history and the American film industry, this book is a witty and perceptive account of Hollywood and its films in the years from the outbreak of the Second World War in Europe to the end of the war in Korea. 152 pages.
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates, small neat signature on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published by John Murray in 1977. Turan 199 (recording the first edition).
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, yellow endpapers, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
256p. + Frontis and full page color Phototypes. Numerous wood engravings. Inner hinge cracked. Inked ownership and label of John Warner Mifflin, Bloomsburg, PA and Tommy Moore. A few pages stained. Sm. 4to. Original full red cloth binding. Front board decorated with an oval Photograph of Teddy Roosevelt. Binding worn and stained. Hardbound. AMER PRESIDENTS BOX 1
Copia ottima in rilegatura rigida con dorso telato. Presenza della scheda bibliografica, Il precedente proprietario ha fotocopiato, in buona qualità, la sovra copertina e ha usato il foglio, di questa copia, per ulteriore protezione al libro.
LeRoy's story of his love affair with Hollywood and the art form that was once the wonder of the world. 244 pages. Dust jacket price clipped and with small chips and worn corners and top/tail of spine. Massive inscription by previous owner on front free endpaper.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.38.
Gutes Ex.; Umschlag berieben; Fußschnitt gestempelt; Arbeitsexemplar Dr. Hansdieter Heilmann; mit (wenigen) Bleistift-Anstreichungen und Beilagen. - »Eine faszinierende Studie über die Bemühungen der Warner Brothers, auf die Verhältnisse in Nazi-Deutschland zwischen den beiden Weltkriegen aufmerksam zu machen, als kaum einer sonst dem Beachtung schenkte... Dieses Buch ist Pflichtlektüre für alle, die wissen wollen, auf welchen subtilen Wegen Hollywood ethische und politische Entscheidungen zu beeinflussen suchte.« - Chronicle ... (Verlagstext) // INHALT : Zeittafel ---- Einleitung ---- 1934-1939: Die erste Kampagne der Warner Brothers gegen das nationalsozialistische Deutschland ---- "Black Legion": ---- Der Faschismus in Amerika ---- Der Film "Confessions of a Nazi Spy" entsteht ---- Der Sinneswandel: Alvin York und der Spielfilm "Sergeant York" ---- Gottes Werk mit dem Werkzeug des Teufels vollbringen: "Sergeant York", America first und die Interventionsdebatte ---- Hollywood unter Anklage: Die Untersuchung des Senatsausschusses für Propaganda in Spielfilmen ---- "Das haben wir nicht gewollt" ---- Nachtrag ---- Anmerkungen ---- Bibliographie ---- Register. ISBN 9783203755403
428p., illus. Hardcover Good condition; top corners worn, endpapers stained
