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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.
Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 28 pages. 23 cm. Wolff #I: 1441. At head of title: S. Mendelsohn. "This paper was read at the eighteenth annual conference of the Yiddish scientific institute on January 9, 1944 ...The paper was delivered in Yiddish and is published in the Yivo bleter, Journal of the Yiddish scientific institute, XXIII, 1 (January-February, 1944) " Early report on the uprising: "It is as yet impossible to give a complete picture of the resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto....The material is as yet too scarce. " Very good condition. (HOLO2-65-17)
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
Numbered pages run from 501 to 540. Lots of photographs and nice advertisements, covering wraps in colour. Staple bound. Page 515 loose. Mark on top edge of front cover. Slight wear to edges.
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
Features: Great cover photo of men viewing Paris election news; What it is like to live in Warsaw - the daily struggle to achieve the ordinary wears a man out, physically and spiritually, but Poles have not yet quite lost their pride and hope, gaiety and individualtiy; France Chooses a new Assembly - with great photos; Big Three of Algeria's Rebels - Premier Ferhat Abbas, Foreign Minister Mohammed Lamine-Debaghine, and Belkacem Krim, Vice Premier; A 600 Billion Dollar Economy?; The Egghead vs. the Muttonhead - too few people dare to be themselves; Small Wonder Called the Gene - How will radioactive fallout affect human genetics?; Rodgers and Hammerstein Brand on a Musical; Real World in the Abstract - photos; He Calls the Signals for Pro Football - Article on NFL Commissioner Bert Bell; Fantastic two-page color-photo as for American Airlines promotes the first jet service in the U.S.A., 707 service scheduled to begin in January, New York to Los Angeles in 5.5 hours!; Impressionistic View of an Art Opening; When Cities Put Out the Welcome Mat to host conventions; Captains of the Subway - brief article on New York subway conductors, with photos; Two Movies - Two Audrey Hepburns; Stuffing recipes; Building the Child's Sense of Ethics; Fashion photos of two-piece swimwear for women; Photo-feature of new five-story Manhattan home designed by Felix Augenfeld and Jan H. Pokorny; Photos of "The Disenchanted" starring Jason Robarts; and more. 96 pages. Many fascinating black and white reproductions of photos plus sensational fashion ads, some of which are in color. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
8vo., First Edition thus, page-edges very slightly browning; original black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Bright copy of the book that forms the basis of Roman Polanski's Oscar-winning feature film (2002) starring Adrien Brody. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
105 p. Woodcut illustrated title page stained and slightly chipped at fore edge. Text woodcuts in Bewick style. Second leaf and page 9 torn without loss. Age stain. 12mo. 175 mm. Original full leather binding, rubbed at extremities. Original leather spine label. S&S/AI 5978. Hardbound. Very good. AI BX 6
8vo., First Edition thus, with front and rear endpaper maps; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Detailed and inspiring history of the Polish Underground by its foremost leader. A cornerstone of the literature of Poland in WWII. VERY SCARCE. Enser, p.342.
Photos: Pictures from the Korsun area of the Russian front during the encirclement operations; Destroying the Lutfwaffe's aircraft factories - the biggest day raid of the war, carried out by 2,000 American planes; The return of the blitz to London; Photos from inside the Warsaw ghetto; equipment pours into Britain; American action againt the Japanese; Anzio Fighting; Photos from Finland; The German Battleship Gneisenau out of action - photos; and more. Front cover loose but present. Above-average wear. Still a worthy copy. Book
Wrappers; 8vo. 23 pages. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Warsaw. Jews -- Poland -- Warsaw. World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistance -- Poland -- Warsaw. Warsaw (Poland) -- History -- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943. Pages brown. Some marks in pen and soil on cover; otherwise, good condition. (H-35-8)
8vo., First Edition thus, with fascimiles and photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Facsimile of Stroop's report on the clearance and destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto, presenting the original document page by page with parallel English translation. After declassification post-Nuremberg, the report was published (in Germany and controversially) in 1960 due largely to the efforts of writer Gunter Grass, with Wirth providing editorship. This is the first appearance in English of a harrowing document, all the more so since it was never intended for publication. Enser, p.236.
320 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
Cloth; 8vo. 320 pages. First edition. Illustrated with photographic plates. Frontispiece map of Warsaw ghetto; other maps throughout text. Includes bibliographical references and index. The author's gripping account of the fall of Poland to Hitler's Nazis, and his life under Nazi occupation, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the Concentration Camps, and on his death march when he was rescued by liberating American troops. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Personal narratives. Jews -- Persecutions -- Poland. Poland -- Ethnic relations. Very good condition in good dust jacket. (H-35-11)
Numerous black and white photographs. "...Framed with the object of producing an account of the great contest now in progress, which shall be at once popular and authoritative... An account written by men of great experience in political, military, and naval matters... Will contain a great deal of first-hand material which will be really valuable to historians of the future." - From Preface. Contents: Chapter XCV The Advance from Warsaw... Last Stages of the Summer Campaign. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. As this was the last issue of Volume V, laid in is a table of contents for the volume. Also included is an index to Volume V plus a list of illustrations, places and maps and plans. Coloured Map of the Russian Front not included. Magazine
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
8vo., Second Impression, with map in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Arguably the leading academic record to date. Published a year after the first edition. Enser p.468.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; navy cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy. Enser, p.468.
135 pages, very large format (13" H x 9"W) with many large b&w photos, text is in French, with scenes from specifc productions in Polish theaters. Tear to bottom of spine. Interior is clean and unmarked. Chapters include La saison polonaise du theatre des nations, Chronique des spectacles du theatre des nations Varsovie, 1975 (from a June festival of drama from companies around the world in Warsaw) Quelques spectacles Varsoviens pendant la saison 1975 du theatre des nations, Nouvelles tendances du theatre contemporain - symposium du theatre des nations, Opinions de la presse mondiale sur le theatre des nations Varsovie 1975, (text only) & Universite de la recherche a Wroclaw.
72 pages. Features: Three-panel front cover with photo of Polish protesters; Feature color-photo-illustrated article on Time's Man of the Year, Lech Welesa; Colour photo of massive Warsaw crowd greeting Pope John Paul II, and much more content on life in Poland; Color-photo ad for the 1982 Chrysler Cordoba; Marx's Theory , in Soviet Practice, is both dangerous and in danger; Two-page Midland-Doherty ad with photos including Peter Green, Allister MacLellan, Dennis McColgan and Paul Jelec; Looking for kidnapped General James Dozier in Italy; Harsh words between Israel and U.S.; Two rulings hurt the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment); 30 million pounds of surplus cheddar!; Furor over extradition of Abu Eain to Israel; Ken (Kenny) Anderson and the Cincinnati Bengals; Bankers pressure Poland to pay interest on debt; Nuclear pacifists question the 'just war' theory; Passing of Mathaniel Benchley, Mehmet Shehu, Donald Cook, Eugene Conley, Karl Struss and Allan Dwan; Big boom in champagne; New qualms about bringing up babies alone; Philadelphia physician Dr. Arthur Lintgen can identify music by inspecting the grooves on LP recoreds!; 1981's Best Performances; Retro duMaurier cigarette ad on back cover shows large colour photo of young couple in big city apartment adorned with huge reel-to-reel stereo system; and more. Minor doodling on page 28. Above-average but not excessive wear. Moderate moisture exposure. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Cloth, 8vo, 689 pages. 21 cm. In Yiddish. Includes frontis portrait Fiction. In Yiddish. Soviet Yiddish Novel of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. SUBJECT(S): Yiddish literature. Photo endpapers. Light dampstains to paper, Good Condition. (H-40)
1st edition. Original Cloth with dust jacket, 8vo, 689 pages. 21 cm. In Yiddish. Includes frontis portrait Fiction. In Yiddish. Soviet Yiddish Novel of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. SUBJECT(S): Yiddish literature. Photo endpapers. Some faint old dampstains, otherwise Very Good Condition in Good Jacket with two stickers removed (H-40-20)
8p. 8vo. Original full printed wraps. Remains of album mountings on rear wrap. Very nice copy. Scarce. WWI 13
in-8°, 276 pp., broche, couv. Bon etat. [LA-3]
in-4 carre, 326 pages, abdt ill. in-t., cartes, rel. cartonnage ed., jaq. ill. Jaq. leg. us. sin. bel exemplaire [PLG-1]