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8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps (4 folding and coloured in outline); green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the lattter with one small closed tear on front panel. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.374.
Signed 'Jack Merewood' on title page. No other marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor indentation to front. 209pp. A very well considered book drawing on the author's time as a tank gunner in North Africa and Italy in WW2 including the minutiae of army life. He was awarded the Military Medal after the Battle of the Mareth Line. Also tucked in is a letter from the author to the book purchaser.
français Slnd (circa 1950). Album en provenance de l'Afrique du Nord. Format oblong (32 x 23 cm) de 36 pages ; plein cuir, premier plat richement orné.
Sirey 1966, In-8 carré relié toile éditeur sous rhodoïd de 908 pages. Cartes dépliantes.
Paris, Fernand Sorlot, "Les Artisans du style", 1940. Petit in-8, broché, couverture rempliée, 185 pp. Cinquième volume de la Collection. Un des 900 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin condat. Bel ex.
Small green quarto in pale green wraps; 736 p. : ill., bibliographical references (p. 727-729) ; 24 cm In Arabic. Uncommon. // Northeast Africa; politics and government; history. Detailed history of the political development of Somalia and Ethiopia // Alternative title: Tuhfat al-awfiya li-masirat al-tahrir wa-al-tarib fi al-qarn al-Afriqi
8vo., First Edition, with plates, maps in the text and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The first major study of command in the Western Desert, this important work was recognised as at once authoritative and controversial. Montgomery, in particular, is called to account on several occasions, with Second Alamein criticised not only for its handling but as a needless engagement. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.293.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and illustrated endpapers; black cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter rubbed and worn at edges. One of the earliest personal accounts of the turning point in North Africa. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE IN DUSTWRAPPER. Enser, p.146.
français In-4 de 334 pp.; demi-chagrin vert orné de l'éditeur, tranche de tête dorée. Introduction géographique de R. Lespès, illustration de Roger J-Irriéra. Edition originale, un des 5.500 exemplaires sur papier Torpelio.
français Tunis, Editions de la "Kahena", 1930. Grand in-12 de 66 pp. + Table; broché, couverture imprimée et illustrée. Edition originale. Envoi signé de l'auteur à Jacques Monjou. Bon état. Piqûres dans les pages. Rare.
Broché. 261 pages. 17x25cm.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, and many hundreds of photographs, illustrations and maps (a number full-page) in the text, some very light and occasional spotting; cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in red, a very good, clean copy. A splendid collection of photographs, and inexplicably scarce.
8vo., First Edition, with double-page map; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers very lightly creased at extremities else a very good, bright, clean copy. IN THIS CONDITION, A RARE SURVIVAL. Enser, p.428.
Gr. In-8, 172p. Edition sur papier vergé. Illustré de 30 planches en couleurs contrecollées d'après des tableaux de Mathilde Arbey. Très bel exemplaire.
Gr. In-8, 172p. Edition sur papier vergé. Illustré de 30 planches en couleurs contrecollées d'après des tableaux de Bouchor. Ornementations de David Burnand. Inscription en page de faux-titre, sinon très bel exemplaire.
8vo., First Edition, with fine portrait frontispiece and 65 plates and maps (a number full-page) on 39; red cloth, gilt back, red top, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. One of the key military memoirs of the twentieth century, this is as much an autobiography as a soldier's account of war. Written entirely by 'Monty' himself (in pencil, as so many of his official communications were composed), this characteristically straightforward (and often politically outspoken) account covers boyhood, early service with the Warwickshires, WWII and beyond (notably, about a third of the work covers his post-war career as CIGS and after). For technical military detail we look to the author's other works; here we find the simple account of a 'soldier who kept the faith'. A great read from one of the unforgettable leaders of our times. Baxter, 268; Enser, p.277.
Reliure percaline de l'éditeur. 365 pages. Tranches dorées. Premier plat décoré. 17x28cm.
8vo., Second Impression, with frontispiece, plates and maps in the text, and endpaper maps in red; original black cloth, divisional emblem blocked in red on upper board, backstrip lettered in red, red top, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with closed tears repaired on inner surface. Published in the same month as the fist edition. Reasonably detailed history of the service (Middle East, Western Desert, Europe) of one of the most renowned allied armoured formations of WWII. Includes OOB, commanders and senior staff, and a fascinating account of the creation of the famous divisional emblem. Enser, p.35 ; Smith, p.273.
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.
8vo., Second Edition, with 18 plates on 8; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip. In the war in North Africa, LRDG (Long Range Desert Group), forerunner of the SAS, won a reputation out of all proportion to its size and short existence. Lloyd Owen's classic account of Y2 Patrol was first published by Cassell in 1957 and now appears for the first time in the Special Forces Library. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.251 (recording the first edition).
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, numerous plates and 5 folding maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Scarce collection of essays by the master naval historian. Much of the work is concerned with two major studies, the first of Churchill at the Admiralty during 1939-1940 and the second with the controversial attack on the French fleet at Mers-el-Kebir. Enser, p.62; Law, 0643
Recueil de 6 numéros de Noël de "L'Armée d'Afrique. Organe de liaison entre les officiers de réserve de l'Algérie, Tunisie et Maroc et leurs camarades de l'active", revue publiée à Alger de 1924 à 1929 (gérants: L. LE PORT puis H. PASTRE): "Le Sahara français" (1924), "Le Maroc" (1925), "La Tunisie" (1926), "L'Afrique Occidentale Française" (1927), "L'Afrique Equatoriale Française" (1928), "Madagascar" (1929): articles géographiques, historiques et économiques sur les différentes colonies, illustrés de cartes et photos. Français
96 pages. Features: Reports on Wasthington, North Africa, and Israel - David Ben-Gurion becomes Minister of Defense; Owen Wister's Journals - the unpublished journals; Russia's Calamity, by Edward Crankshaw; The Grand Trunk Road to Agra, by Vice Admiral Leslie C. Stevens; Streams (poem), by W.H. Auden; A Patron of the Arts, story by Donald Heiney; Have we Conquered the Business Cycle?, by Sumner H. Slichter; The Diamond Cutters (poem), by Adrienne Cecile Rich; The Oedipus Myth, by Robert Graves; The Under-Educated, by Robert C. Wilson; What Happened to the Girl Scouts?, by Ben H. Bagdikian; Twenty Years of Writing, by William Saroyan; Teaching Creative Writing, by Roy Cowden; Styrian Festivities, by Merloyd Lawrence. Color ad for the Tennessee Gas Transmission Company inside front cover. Color ad for Old Charter Straight Bourbon Whisky on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
français Paris, Horizons de France, 1927. Grand in-quarto de 304 pp., (1) ff.; demi-basane verte foncée, dos à quatre nerfs avec titre en lettres dorées ( les premiers plats des 5 fascicules sont conservés ). Avec de très nombreuses photographies en N&B et sépia, in et hors-texte, tirées en héliogravure. ( Les photographies de cet ouvrage ont été prises spécialement par MM. Arlaud, Girard et Prouho. Préface du Maréchal Lyautey. Bel exemplaire. Quelques rousseurs.
142pp VG/none PB Prima edizione, in italiano. Brossura editoriale, minime tracce d’uso, nel complesso ottimo. Secondo volume della Nuova Serie “Quaderni dell’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Tripoli”.