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Photographs of the heroic and tragic 63-day struggle to liberate World War II Warsaw from Nazi German occupation. Text in Polish. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
Over 200 pages. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Includes contributions from: Ruta Sakowska, Marek Edelman, Jan Karski, Franz Blattler, and Maria Kann. Clean and bright with negligible wear. Unmarked but for Warsaw Ghetto ink stamp dated 1998 upon title page. A premium copy. Book
28 pages. Features: Nice cover photo of a French woman cutting grapes from the vine on her home for British troops; The British Field Force making friends in France; Full-page diagram of the extensive fortifications of Heligoland; Switzerland prepares her defences for all emergencies - Five photos; Photos of Switzerland frontiers - fortified and manned - plus mobilisation scenes; Photo of the daily rations of the German people - less in every respect than those of the British field force; Various photos - churchyard and nursery A.R.P., Polish leaders in Paris; British Submarine Epic - illustrations show how it escaped by tenacity and engineering skill; The Fall of Warsaw - Vivid war photos; Photos of the Nazi "triumphal" parade in Warsaw; Full-page photo of a huge stack of British artillery shells; Photos of British practice with heavy guns; Illustrations show events leading to the end of a U-Boat; Numerous photos show the French bombarding German lines with guns mounted on German soil; Several illustrations show a comprehensive shelter scheme for the people of Bermondsey; Photos of personalities of the week; Interesting photos of British items painted white to improve safety during blackout; The Campaign in the West - article by Cyril Falls; Full-page new map of the Western Front - giving all strategic features; and more. Small name written atop front of outer cover. Missing page 597-98 from back. Some pages loose but present. Magazine
In 12° (14x9,5 cm); (4), 474 pp. Brossura marmorizzata. Prima edizione, rarissima, di questa importante opera genealogica. L'autore, Viton de Saint Alais, fu uno dei più grandi studiosi e compilatori di alberi genealogici del XIX° secolo. La sua opera pià famosa è Nobiliaire Universel de France, 1814 (Graesse VI, 220) , e l'opera qui presentata sembra essere uno studio preparatorio. L'opera è assai rara venne stampata in poche copie a spese dell'autore. Nello stesso anno si ebbe poi altre edizioni ma sempre in numero ridotto di copie. Esemplare in barbe ed in buone-ottime condizioni di conservazione. l'oper riporta la cronologia e genealogia dei personaggi delle principali corti europee. Con tavole dedicati ai vari paesi (Francia, Inghilterra, Svezia ecc.) e ducati (Varsavia, Costantinopoli, Baviera, ecc.). First edition, Rare.
8p. 8vo. Original full printed wraps. Remains of album mountings on rear wrap. Very nice copy. Scarce. WWI 13
Canaletto's views of Warsaw, many of which were used as reference in the rebuilding of Warsaw after the Second World War. 37 pages. 118 black and white plates, 4 colour plates. Heavy browning to pastedowns and free endpapers. Light wear to cover extremities. Dust jacket has small loss at lower edge of front, some tears to edges and light wear to edges
Front cover portrait of Lieutenant-General W.P. Pulteney, K.C.B., D.S.O. The clash of Slav and Prussian Brilliantly Described. Centerfold illustrates how "The Cossacks harried Hindenberg in his attempt to take Warsaw." Photos and illustrations include: Retreat of the Kaiser's Troops in East Prussia; Russian soldiers breaking ice on a Polish river; The German advance on Warsaw; The 'Lava' method of attack used by the Cossack army; and more. Front cover loose but present. Back cover missing. Book
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, numerous plates and front endpaper street plan; red cloth, gilt back, red top, a very good, bright, clean copy. Classic and valuable eye-witness account of the Warsaw uprising of 1944. Enser, p.469.
8vo., with plates and endpaper maps; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the original UK edition of 1958. One of the best (and best illustrated) eye-witness accounts of the Uprising, with useful photographs not easily available elsewhere. The endpapers give a detailed street map of the Ghetto quarter. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Enser, p.469 (recording the first edition).
