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190621095611906. Strasbourg Cie. Alsacienne c. 1906. Oblong 12mo original printed card wrappers 20 photogravure postcards in sepia with tissue guards; wrappers a little spotted otherwise well-preserved.A scarce survival from the beginning of the 20th century documenting the Westernized urban settings of the French colony. unknown
1906ALGERIAA004933A. & C. Black London. 1906. First edition. Royal octavo. pp x 229. Seventy colour plates with captioned tissue guards. Folding map at rear. A title in the 20/- series. Fine period binding by Root & Son of full red crushed morocco with raised bands inner floral dentelles gilt marbled endpapers all edges gilt. On the front pastedown are the pictorial bookplate of Apollonia Denkmann Davis and the nameplate of Helen Davis Stibolt who were members of a wealthy Rock Island family.Fine. A. & C. Black, London. hardcover
2000BN252491Edition Atlantis 2000. 2000. Algérie 1960: la victoire trahie. Guerre psychologique en Algérie. Collection France-Algérie <br/><br/>Algérie 1960: la victoire trahie. Guerre psychologique en Algérie. Collection France-Algérie Algerien / Algerienkrieg - Kayanakis Nicolas Edition Atlantis unknown
196923641CB1969. Erstausgabe 1. - 10. Tsd. Frankfurt am Main Suhrkamp = edition suhrkamp 337 1969 8° 150 S. original Kartonage Paperback mit original Schutzumschlag Schutzumschlag minimal beriebenund an den Kanten zum Teil minimal beschabt Mängelexemplarstempel auf Fußschnitt sonst schönes sauberes Exemplar. Abholung im Ladengeschäft in Frankfurt am Main Nordend ggü. Musterschule möglich. Das spart die Portokosten. Pickup at the store in Frankfurt am Main Nordend close to Musterschule is possible. It saves the shipping costs. paperback
1950233911950. French military photo album tracing the movement of French servicemen from infantry instruction at Saint-Maixent-l'École into North African field service during the Algerian War era with sustained documentation of rallye exercises convoy organization patrol work barracks labor communications equipment and winter combat preparation. The album's training sequences include helmeted soldiers assembled beneath a road sign reading "ST MAIXENT" and "N 138" men gathered around field maps spread across drums and teams identified by painted helmet markings including "A5" corresponding to the postwar role of Saint-Maixent's École d'application de l'infanterie as a training center for officer candidates reserve officers and noncommissioned officers. Later leaves shift into French North Africa through photographs taken at Camp Maréchal Lyautey and surrounding mountainous terrain where armed patrols move across ridgelines machine-gun crews occupy snow-covered overlooks radio operators carry field communication equipment with extended antennas and transport convoys navigate exposed roads and desert valleys. Rather than concentrating on formal portraiture the album follows the routine structure of French army service during the final decade of French colonial rule in Algeria through field movement instruction logistics temporary encampments and small-unit operations.<br /> <br /> Photo album containing 91 silver gelatin photographs most approximately 4 x 3 inches mounted on black binder leaves with removable plastic photo corners circa 1950s. Locations include Saint-Maixent-l'École Camp Maréchal Lyautey at Aïn Harrouda near Casablanca and additional unidentified sites in French North Africa. Numerous photographs retain handwritten French captions on the versos. A training image captioned "Avant le départ du Rallye l'équipe A5" identifies a rallye exercise team assembled before departure while other photographs record helmeted infantry carrying rifles along dirt roads soldiers seated inside troop transport vehicles men shoveling earth beside barracks structures and servicemen gathered in mess or recreation spaces beside French-plated automobiles and jeeps. Winter field scenes show armed patrols advancing across snow-covered terrain two soldiers resting in sleeping bags against a stone wall machine-gun positions overlooking valleys and a solitary radio operator standing in open snow with transmission equipment mounted on his back. Additional landscape photographs document roads encampments ridgelines and arid mountain terrain associated with French military movement through North Africa during the conflict.<br /> <br /> The Algerian War emerged from coordinated FLN attacks launched on November 1 1954 and developed into a prolonged colonial conflict that destabilized the French Fourth Republic expanded compulsory military service and ended with the Évian Accords and Algerian independence in 1962. French military training schools such as Saint-Maixent prepared officers and NCOs for a war increasingly defined by patrol operations convoy security communications networks and counterinsurgency deployment across difficult rural terrain. The album preserves that structure at soldier level through sequences focused on preparation movement field coordination and environmental conditions rather than ceremonial imagery. Black binder leaves show moderate handling wear; photographs remain sharp and well-preserved with occasional light silvering and minor corner wear from mounting. The removable mounts preserve access to the captioned versos and maintain the documentary character of the archive as a continuous record of French military service during the final decade of colonial rule in North Africa. unknown
19752092902137305476Shinchosha 1975. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Shinchosha paperback
1948H33163Alger: Editions Pierre Vrillon 1948. First Printing. Wraps. Very good. Edition Grand Luxe no. 7 of 500 copies. 2 volumes small quarto 10 x 8.5 inches wraps with glassine overlay books very good with some light soil tanning and minor stains to wraps contents very good some tanning pages to the second volume uncut and unopened glassine yellowed worn with some longish tears especially the first volume. This edition of 500 is supposed to be accompanied by a loose suite of the 32 plates but we don't have it; the plates bound in are collated complete some in color. An account of the Third Infantry Division of Algeria in Italy during WWII first volume and in France and Germany second volume. Handsome beautifully printed substantial volumes. Editions Pierre Vrillon unknown
1957N4481Oran: Imprimerie Maritime 1957. Orig. Wrappers. Very Good. 8vo. 21pp. French and Hebrew text. Corner of the back cover with insignificant repair. A VERY GOOD CLEAN AND FRESH COPY. RARE. <br/> <br/> Imprimerie Maritime unknown
194647003Paris: Consistoire Central 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Good condition. Small Quarto. 62pp. Original printed boards with black lettering on gray square with black frame of cover protected by glassine jacket. Preface by Grand Rabbi Isaie Schwartz. Introduction by Léon Meiss President of Consistoire Central. Memorial publication and homage by the Consistoire Central to twenty Rabbis "victims of the awful world drama" who died martyrs by the hand of the Nazi barbarians. Illustrated with twenty b/w reproductions of portrait photographs of Rabbis and Chief Rabbis and biographical contributions for each of the honored Rabbis on opposing pages. The Consistoire Central was set up by Napoleon I. in 1808 by Imperial Decree to administer Jewish worship and congregations.<br /> <br /> The Rabbis honored in this publication include Chief Rabbi Léon Berman known for his 1937 publication a systematical attempt to present French-Jewish history Ernest Ginsburger known Jewish historian Robert Brunschwig Rabbi in Vichy and member of the resistance Elie Cyper member of the resistance Nathan Hosanski mobilized in 1939 entering the Regiment of Algerian Tirailleurs and member of the resistance aiding immigrants on the run to Spain Samuel "Samy" Klein joined the resistence movement in 1943 among others. The publication lists four Rabbis not affiliated with the Consistoire Central and thirty-six Jewish ministers at rear.<br /> <br /> Laid in a printed card announcing the death and funeral of the widow of Léon Antkowicz born Perla Feldman at the Bagneux-Parisian cemetery on Tuesday February 21st 1989. Text in French. Glassine jacket with light wear and staining rubbed. Binding with light wear. Block lightly age-toned with light water stain effecting the lower third of the block throughout. Consistoire Central hardcover
1980ZB1203308CONACULTA 1980. 279 pp. paperback very good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. CONACULTA paperback
196205748New York: American Committee for France & Algeria 1962. First edition. Fifteen corner-stapled leaves mimeographed on rectos only includes cover and contents sheets. A report situating the Algerian nationalist movement within the broader Communist revolution. The American Committee for France & Algeria published a newsletter called "Integration" and argued for an Algeria integrated with France. A scarce report with only three copies in OCLC Yale Rice Stanford. Our copy with American Opinion Library stamp to front cover. New York: American Committee for France & Algeria unknown
1914318298London: Hurst and Blackett 1914. First Edition. Illus. with 26 plates from photos by the author. xvi 319pp. 8vi. Bound in modern three quarters crimson morocco and marbled boards. Fine. First Edition. Illus. with 26 plates from photos by the author. xvi 319pp. 8vi. Hurst and Blackett unknown
1942232231942. American serviceman's Sgt. T. Mansker's photo album compiled from experience moving between France and French colonial Algeria circa 1942-1945 A majority of the approx. 270 photographs take place in wartime Algeria under Allied military presence in French colonial Algeria. The album centers on occupied Algerian street life public space transport and military circulation in North Africa preserving roughly 100 views of of colonial Algeria spanning religious sites social street views and commercial districts shaped by foreign military presence during the war. Real photo postcards addressed by Mansker to Mrs. T. Mansker in Chicago place the album as depicting Mansker's time in France stamped and sent in November 1944 through the US Army's mailing system while the larger body of photographs are numbered North African and Algerian views indicating a commercial photographic market serving foreigners in North Africa.<br /> <br /> Photo archive of 274 items including 268 silver gelatin photographs and real photo postcards one press photograph and 5 unique negatives North Africa and France circa 1942-1945. The album begins with mailed postcards from France to Mansker's wife and continues with a dense run of black and white photographs mounted on black paper leaves many of the Algerian images uniformly numbered and consistent with commercial views sold to soldiers. Content includes parade formations marching through city streets lined with civilian spectators; a Red Cross "Enlisted Men's Service Club" entrance; harbor and rail scenes with locomotives freight cars wrecked machinery and transport corridors; bomb-damaged streets rubble and collapsed masonry in French urban settings; mosque and church exteriors and interiors; shrines cemeteries gardens monuments and civic buildings; palm-lined boulevards and colonial public architecture; and numerous Algerian street scenes with robed men children posed in portraits merchants and vendors donkey and horse transport roadside labor shepherding courtyard gatherings and small groups seated or standing beneath walls and arcades. Several street views also retain wartime control signs in the background including one reading "British Personnel Only" and another marked "Off Limits to U.S. Forces" giving direct visual evidence of restricted military space and overlapping Allied jurisdictions within the urban environment of wartime Algeria. Many photos record everyday business and movement continuing in streets and market spaces amid military passage colonial institutions. Some photos depict servicemen's entertainment and staged theatrical performance extending the album's wartime scope beyond transport and occupation into the organized leisure and morale culture surrounding Allied military life.<br /> <br /> French colonial Algeria served as a port staging ground administrative center and transportation hub after the North African landings with routes linking North Africa southern France and the wider Mediterranean war. The album's Algerian majority includes street commerce religious sites child portraiture transport routes and public ceremonies alongside Allied military presence in cities and towns under French colonial administration during the war. Black-paper leaves heavily worn with crumbling edges worn and delicate spine lots of tape residue lifted and loose photos and loose pages; photographs generally remain in good condition RPPCs remain legible. Mansker's postcards and the album's large numbered Algerian sequence anchor the material in the overlap of U.S. military movement colonial Algeria and wartime commercial photography. unknown