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8vo., First Edition, with plates; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Feilding served for four years on the Western Front with the Munro Motor Ambulance Corps. She was the first woman to be awarded the Military Medal plus two other awards for bravery
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and front endpaper maps, endpapers lightly spotted; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a good, firm copy in the dustwrapper, the latter mildly frayed and creased at edges. One of the earliest escape narratives. The author was captured near Tobruk whilst commanding 5th New Zealand Infantry Brigade and placed in Campo 12 near Florence. During his captivity he shared quarters with VC holders Neame and Carton de Wiart whose exploits he recorded in detail. Hargest was one of the highest ranking Allied escapers on WWII. After a successful home run he returned to Europe on D-Day with 50th (Northumbrian) Division to be killed in action two months later. Enser, p.149; Mulholland & Jordan, H28.
8vo., First Edition, with 31 plates and numerous maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. Enser, p.29.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, numerous plates and endpaper maps; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper mildly chafed at extremities. The story, told by his sister, of the hero of the raid on Rommel's HQ in the Western Desert in December 1941. An appendix includes an eye-witness account of Keyes' death by a German soldier present. Enser, p.111; Mulholland & Jordan, K23.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, grey endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Already elusive in this condition
8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured illustrations (a number full-page) throughout; red cloth, gilt back, red endpapers, a fine cvopy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with 48 plates on 24 and 9 maps in the text; original black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Based on previously classified archives, this fascinating if controversial study examines why and how Haig and the government conspired to pervert the history of the Western Front in World War I. Section by section Winter decries the version presented by the Official Histories , comparing it to the uncensored versions of Dominion records. Ten years in the making, this may in the future be judged a tuning point in our understanding of the Western Front.
8vo., Second Impression, with portrait frontispiece and maps; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. Enser, p.471.
8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece, plates, 2 full-page maps in the text and front and rear endpaper maps; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chafed at extremities and browned on (predominantly white) rear panel. First Book Club Edition of the first dedicated biography. Enser, p. 374 (recording the first edition of 1950).
pp. 471, (7) [Publisher's catalogue, includes advertisement for the Deaf, The Audiphone, hearing through the teeth and a Catarrh cure, a Nasal Respirator to prevent snoring] + Frontis and full page drawings. Lacks first fly leaf. Inner hinges cracked. Paper browning and slightly brittle. First few leaves penciled scribbled. Small 8vo. 200 mm. Original full black buckram binding. Front board decorated with design of a cowboy and his horse, lacks embossed gilt. Spine also lacks gilt. Graff 3328; Howes P500; Jenkins. Texas #689; Adams. Rampaging Herd #1819. W4
pp. xlii, 454. Illustrated with photographs. Top edge gilt. 12mo. Original full publisher's brown cloth binding. Lakeside Classic Christmas gift. Hardbound. Fine. Significant autobiography of a man who was best known for being Deputy Sheriff in Tombstone during its early lawless years - especially at the time of the "Shoot-out at OK Corral". He also worked as a rancher, and for the railroads, etc. W5
pp. xv, 367 + Frontis and full page plates. Map end papers and text maps and drawings. Book label of Dorothy K. Bond on front paste down. 240 mm. Original full orange cloth binding decorated in gold. Edges soiled. Original dust jacket, very worn with loss. The Guild selection for February, 1931. Hardbound. Good. W11
New English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English, Turkish, and Greek. [2], [xiv], 314 p., color and b/w ills. Human rights report on Greece 2014.= Insan haklari açisindan Yunanistan'in görünümü 2014.
Very Good French Original half cloth with marbled boards. Foolscap 8vo. (17 x 13 cm). In French. [ix], 387, [1] p., errata. Dictionnaire des Gallicismes les plus usites expliques brievement, illustres par des exemples et accompagnes de leurs equivalents Anglais et Allemands.
pp. xvii, 157. Small 8vo. Original binding. Original dust jacket, price clipped. Second printing. The Western Frontier Library. Hardbound. Very good. Adams. Six Guns #724. W8RtRear
480p. + Frontis. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Worn. Hardbound. Fascinating diary, 1835 to 1864, of an early Brethern minister whose labors took him through the wilds of western Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland. L43
pp. xx, 346 + Illustrations. Penciled ownership of H. W. Martin, 1950 on first fly leaf. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, faded at extremities. Original priced dust jacket, major loss on spine. First Edition. Hardbound. Very good. Adams. Six Guns #1120. One of the best books on California outlaws. W5
pp. xvii, 217 + Frontis. Illustrated with drawings by the Author. Booklabel of The Newbook Library, Columbus, OH on front paste down. Rear hinge cracked. 240 mm. Original full cloth binding, soiled. Hardbound. Very good. Will James (1892-1942) was a popular artist and writer of the American West. W8 LEFT REAR
Fine English Paperback., Fine., 24 x 16 cm., 2 volumes set: (362, [6] p.; 382 p.). "Açik toplum ve düsmanlari. 2 volumes set: (Cilt 1 : Platon, Cilt 2: Hegel, Marx ve sonrasi).", Karl Popper, Remzi Kitabevi, Ist., 1989.
pp. 289; 306; 294. Paper browning but not brittle. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, corners worn with small loss. Spine some what faded and worn. Hardbound. Good. W7
287 p. + Portrait Frontis. Top edge slightly foxed. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original priced dust jacket, slightly chipped. Third printing. Hardbound. Very good. John Henry "Doc" Holliday (1851-1887) was a gambler, gunfighter and dentist of the American Old West. He is best remembered for his friendship with Wyatt Earp, and his involvement in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Adams. Six Guns #1586. W7
New Turkish Paperback. Demy 8vo. (22 x 15 cm). In Turkish. 288 p., b/w and color ills. Seyahatnamelerde Kâgithane. Kagithane district according to the western travel memoirs.
64 p. Illustrated with drawings. Tall 8vo. Original full pictorial cloth binding. The Way of Life Series, edited by Eric Bender. Hardbound. Very good. Adams. Six Guns #1785. William MacLeod Raine (1871-1954), was a British-born American novelist who wrote (mostly fictional) adventure stories about the Old West. He greatly influenced our ideas of western outlaws, gun fighters, and law enforcement. W10
pp. xiii, 350. Illustrations by Louis Lundean and Frederic Remington. Edges very slightly foxed. 235 mm. Original full glossy binding. Original dust jacket. Second printing. Hardbound. Very good. 'A Well written biography which shows scholarly work. Includes - Sam Bass, the Taylor-Sutton feud, and a good account of the killing of Ben Thopmson.' Adams. One Fifty 114; Jenkins, Basic Texas Books 167; Howes R83. W8 LEFT REAR
