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1944317696London: Macmillan & Co 1944. Reprint. Illus. 586; 633pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in modern three quarters brown mottled polished calf and marbled boards leather title labels. Fine. Reprint. Illus. 586; 633pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Macmillan & Co unknown books
7907Letter dated 21 May 1932; on 'World Explorers' letterhead. The two reports from 1988 with one dated 'JS James Stilwell Oct 88'. An interesting collection of material relating to an extraordinary woman whose exploits deserve recognition. According to one obituary Mitchell sister of American General 'Billy' Mitchell was 'he only foreign woman to serve with the Chetniks' for whom she acted as a dispatch rider. Captured by the Gestapo while swimming at Dubrovnik 'still in her bathing suit and with papers on her that would have caused her to be executed without trial she turned to the agents and asked: "Gentlemen you will permit me to change my trousers" They agreed. "In that instant I got rid of my papers" she later recounted. After a court-martial however she was condemned to death. "Under certain circumstances" Miss Mitchell told her judges "it is an honor to be shot". She defended herself in excellent German and so astounded the court that instead of being executed she was sent to prison. In 13 months she was transferred to 12 different prisons many of them in Germany. She was finally released in 1942 as a result of pressure from the Swiss Government and returned to the Unite States where reports of German atrocities and torture were widely disseminated.' Mitchell's status as model for the character 'Mrs Gerda Millett' in the film 'The Yellow Rolls-Royce' has not been previously noted. Slight staining to all three items. Letter: 4to 1 p. On aged paper with chipping and closed tears to extremities. Ornate letterhead with illustration of globe and ship and printed matter across head and in left-hand margin in which Knowles is named as 'Skipper' of 'The Clippership "Friendship" Charing Cross Pier London.' and the 'purpose' of 'World Explorers Ltd' 'Non-Profit Making' is given as 'By the co-operation of Governments and Local Authorities so to reduce the cost of travel as to make it a practical part of every average education.' Stilwell's reference is complimentary. He has questioned in red ink the description of the boat as a 'Clippership' 'A Barquentine 109' long in Lloyd's Register 1876-1934 as the "Emma Ernest" Some "Clippership"!' and Knowles's right to be called a 'Skipper' 'No BOT Certificates to my knowledge.' With two typed reports by James Stilwell each one page on a leaf 29.5 x 18.5 cm. The first report 19 lines is headed 'Emma Ernest' and gives a history of the ship which was acquired by Knowles around 1929: 'Masts unshipped for the trip up the Thames to moorings at Charing Cross pier for use as a floating club house in connection with Mrs Knowles' International Friendship organisation. . Mrs K as owner right up to 1934.' Beneath the report is a magazine photograph 10.5 x 17.5 cm of the boat moored on the Thames with the sweep of London to St Pauls behind it. Laid down on the reverse are the four original photographs. Two of these both 8.5 x 13.5 cm one landscape and one portrait show the boat on the Thames with the flags of the world in her rigging. The other two photographs both 8 x 5.5 cm are deck shots with individuals. The second report 33 lines stamped '06 OCT 1988' is headed 'Mrs R. Knowles' and includes personal information: 'My Father first saw the vessel at Charing Cross pier and imagined that she was going somewhere . He obtained employment with Mrs Knowles and we spent May-Dec 29 down at Ramhurst Manor where he did shipwright work . When we knew her she was married to Sam Knowles who taught Mathematics at the Tonbridge Public School. My Mother acted as Housekeeper/Cook Maud Quick was the maid and Larkin was the chaufeur of 'KO 6568. My Father ship-keeper at Charing Cross -30. Lost contact 1931.' The report end regarding the film 'The Yellow Rolls-Royce' 'In the film her final owner was a really 'get-up-and-go' American woman played by Ingrid Bergmann who linked up with a Yugo partisan Omar Sherif sic using her yellow RR to get him out of Austria to where he belonged. The resemblance to our 'Mrs Knowles' is really very close.' Laid down on the leaf is a cutting from 'Life' magazine with photograph relating to Knowles's joining of 'the secret society of Serb patriots called Chetniks': 'In a peasant hut near Belgrade . Ruth Mitchell was handed a phial of poison and a black fur hat with silver skull-and-crossbones emblem.' On the reverse of the leaf are laid down three cuttings two relating to Knowles's home of Ramhurst Manor and the third with a photograph 11 x 11.5 cm showing Knowles at the wheel of the boat 'the clubhouse of the Honourable Company of Friendly Adventurers' 'wearing her new uniform which has been specially designed'. See Image Letter dated 21 May 1932; on 'World Explorers' letterhead. The two reports from 1988, with one dated 'JS [James Stilwell] Oct 88 unknown
36 pages. Cover: 'Friendly Feelings': Motorized Japanese Machine Gunners in China Contents: Far East: Japan Takes Center of Creation (Peiping), But Both Sides Strive to Avert Much-Feared War; Japan: Hills and Hardihood; Yugoslavia: Death Takes Patriarch (Varnarva) and Casts Shadow of a Religious War; Britain: Partition Troubles, Old and New, Plague the Empire; Spain: Planes Make History And So Does British Premier (Neville Chamberlain); Salvador: Dictator (General Maximiliano Martinez) Relaxes After Writing Note to League (of Nations); Siam: The Little King (Ananda Mahidol) Loses His Government, Doesn't Care; Congress: Wage-Hour Bill Survives Southern Oratory on Uses of Poverty; Labor: Steelworkers Refuse to Admit the Strike is Over; (Charles) Michelson: Rise of a Cynic From Sheepherder to Gadfly; Morning Post: Old Tory Daily Fears Night Will Fall; Syphilis: War on 12,000,000 Cases Progresses on 2 Fronts; Pyorrhea: Harvard Instructors Back a Three-Year-Old Theory; Davis Cup: Americans Win It and Worry About Keeping It; Headliner: A Rich Mixture of Beer, Baseball, Bachelorhood (Col. Jacob Ruppert); Screen: Queen of Burlesque (Gypsy Rose Lee) Changes Name and Profession; Band: Maestro (Edwin Franko) Goldman Seeks to Boost the Brasses' Standing; Stadium Leader (George King Raudenbush) Pays His Respects to the Poet (Shakespeare); Education: University (of Pennsylvania) To Help Solve Civic Problems; (Eugene) O'Neill: NBC Tries to Prove He Isn't Too Good for the Air; Earnings: Six-Months Statements Reveal Effects of Steel and Auto Strikes; Music: Pianos, Tubas, Kazoos Making Money for Their Makers; Investments: Counselors Get Together on House-cleaning; and Today in America: Reform Grows Cautious. Binding sound. Small mailing label bottom front cover. Clean, Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy. Magazine
295 pages. "An account (of Croatian atrocities in World War II) based on German, Italian and other sources." - from title page. Horrific black and white archival illustrations. Dedicated to the one million Serbians, Jewish and other innocent victims massacred by the Croatian Ustashi during World War II. Somewhat above-average wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. Front free endpaper neatly removed. A sound working copy of this sobering work. Book
Features: The rise and fall of the VNAF - the rise and fall of the South Vietnamese Air Force, from 1951 to 1975; America's Spitfires - the USAAF was second only to the RAF as a major operator of the Supermarine Spitfire - a review of their operational history in American service; The RAF in Greece - 1940/41 - the fulfillment of Britain's treaty obligations; CW-21 - the St. Louis Lightweight - the story of the relatively unknown Curtiss-Wright CW-21 fighter in WWII; Sixes and Sevens - completing the story of the 4-engined Douglas transport family, begun in AE/15 - the DC-6 and DC-7; The Blenheim in Yugoslavia - two successful years of Blenheim operations in Yugoslavia were followed by eight days of disaster in 1941; F13 - the Pioneer from Dessau - first flown in 1919, the Junkers F 13 was still serving after WWII; Armstrong Whitworth's Flying Wings - Laminar flow research and boundary layer control, as applied to the A.W.52 flying wings; Walrus - amphibious angel of mercy - designed by Reginald Mitchell; PR Flying and the Spitfire - an account of war-time photographic reconnaissance operations in the Middle and Far East; "Britain Captures Schneider Trophy" - this 1931 headline summed up the culmination of an 18-year endeavour; The MiG Killers of Korea - the North American F-86 Sabre achieved the greatest success in air-to-air combat; Fokker's D VIII - the reluctant Razor - the world's first operational cantilever-winged fighter; Caught by the wing-tip - C.E. 'Bud' Anderson's experiences as a test pilot in the wing-tip coupling experiments; Bombay - Pegasus Draught, Bristol Dray - the flying characteristics and operational career of the Bristol Bomber-transport; Quest for Altitude - The First Generation MiGs - a comprehensive account of the first fighters to bear the MiG appellation; Return of the Razorbacks - the restoration and flight demonstrations of the only Allison-engined Mustangs now extant; A seversky in the Spanish War - the SEV-3; Stratocruiser - ending an airline era - the role of the Boeing Stratocruiser in post-war air transport evolution; Destination - Disaster - how 8 new Saab B 18Bs of the Swedish Air Force met their doom, and how they came back; Estonian Air Power, 1918-1945. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A lovely copy. Book
193486191Belgrade: Ivo Vidovitch 1934. Fine. Ivo Vidovitch Belgrade 1934 24.50 x 16 cm agrafé First edition of this pamphlet published for the funeral of Alexander I of Yugoslavia in Belgrade. Iconography. During his visit to Marseille first stage of his official trip to France King Alexander I was killed by a Bulgarian nationalist who may have acted for the Ustashi the Croatian nationalists. During the shooting French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou was also killed along with 10 other people wounded. Rare and handsome copy. Ivo Vidovitch unknown
1975No Imprint 1946. Soft cover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Two volumes. Royal quarto. I. Text Volume: Pp. 16 printed on recto only of thick leaves; II. Map Volume: 40 leaves of card-paper numbered 1-29 tipped-in onto paper stubs printed with maps plans diagrams and other graphics many in colour many double-page. Some maps and overlays printed separately and tipped-in onto card leaves. Divisional title leaves. Original printed card wrappers. In about fine condition. Wraps of map-volume bit rubbed creased along extremities. Excellent set. ~ First and only edition. Very rare. The large Atlas Volume was published as an annex to the Memorandum and titled: "Annexe au Mémorandum du Gouvernement de la République Fédérative Populaire de Yougoslavie sur le problème économique de Trieste." Trieste Trst seaport in Northeast Italy on an inlet Gulf of Trieste of the Adriatic. Part of Austria since 1382 it was annexed by Italy in 1918. In September 1943 the German army has occupied the city. It was liberated by Partisans in 1945 and went under Allied military occupation until 1947. Under the terms of the 1947 Peace Treaty with Italy a Governor for the Free Territory of Trieste was to be selected and appointed by the United Nations Security Council. Until such appointment was made the United States Great Britain and Yugoslavia were to administer and protect that Territory. In 1954 it was divided between Italy and Yugoslavia. Descriptive text Copyright Librarium The Hague METAL-9 <br/> <br/> No Imprint (1946). paperback
19833681Paris Chez l'artiste 1983 in-12 leporello Paris, Chez l'artiste, 1983. 16,5 x 10,5 cm, in-12, 20 ff. montés en accordéon et imprimés au recto seul, 7 gravures hors texte en couleurs, page de titre gravée et illustrée en couleurs, texte entièrement gravé, en feuilles sous couverture paille à petit rabats ornée sur chaque plat d'une gravure en noir , étui.
227034Beaune, Madeleine Girard, 1936 in-8 carré, [7] ff. n. ch., 150 pp., un f. n. ch., avec des illustrations en noir dans le texte et une planche en couleurs hors texte, broché sous couverture de carton souple illustrée en couleurs.
193486191Ivo Vidovitch | Belgrade 1934 | 24.50 x 16 cm | agrafé
Photos include: The capture of the capital of Saar; Naval pictures from the Pacific Ocean; New pictures from the battle-line in Germany; Fighting in Mandalay; photos from the Russians; Coblenz (Koblenz) and Remagen; Massive captured German rail-mounted guns; The German citizen and the war; Iwo Jima conquest completed; The R.A.F. attack in Burma, Yugoslavia and Norway; Photos of the great 10-ton bombs of the R.A.F.; British scenes in field and shipyard; and more. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
160 pages. Features: Connectedness with nature; The ecological imperative; Waste land; Landscape and abstraction - continuities and connections; Ambiguity as continuity and connectedness in art; Seeing nature whole; Art in search of an environment; The search for continuity in art and connectedness with nature; Truth and continuity in the nature of things; Continuity in modern architecture; The Bauhaus- Avant-Garde or tradition?; The Avant-garde in Yugoslavia 1921-1927; Symposium on systematic and constructive art; The social significance of constructive, concrete art today; Differences between European and North American constructivism; Naum Gabo - some reminiscences and an unpublished interview; book reviews. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
278 pages. Originally published in 1935. "Surveys the political situation in Yugoslavia between the two World Wars, and shows how the Yugoslav state was created for the simple purpose of implementing Serbian domination over the non-Serb nations within Yugoslavia." - from Publisher's Note. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Book
in-8, pp. X, 297, con 1 carta geografica su velina, più volte ripiegata, 1 tavola fuori testo, ripiegata, con dati sul commercio d'esportazione. Broch. edit. Edizione originale, rara. "Per noi italiani il libro è soprattutto degno di essere letto per le informazioni abbondanti ed attinte a fonti di prima mano sulla produzione agricola, industriale e mineraria, sui commerci e sulle vie di comunicazioni del vicino Stato. Egli crede che Italia e Jugoslavia siano due Stati economicamente conglomentari, più che concorrenti." scrive Einaudi nella bella prefazione. Buon esemplare, minime ingialliture alla coperta. . .
Municipality of Vrbovsko: its past, its present. Vrbovsko is a town in western Croatia, situated at the far east of the mountainous region of Gorski Kotar.Edited by Antic Krunoslav this is a comprehensive official account of this community covering all aspects of history and development. Very detailed d documentation and statistics on the population and the social, religious, cultural, economic, commercial and industrial development of the community as well as its history. 335p, illus, colored plates, maps. NOTE : VERY large [13x10x1"] and heavy volume.[Only ONE copy found in Worldcat] Book
191924Paris, Dumaine, 1881 in-8, 380 pp., 57 figures in-t. et 15 plans et pl. dépl., une carte en couleurs, demi-chagrin bordeaux, dos lisse, filets dorés (rel. de l'époque). Cachet (annulé).
a53392Beograd 1952. Federal statistical Office. In Serbo-Craotian. 4to. 176pp. printed wraps. Good leaves lightly browned. Rare. paperback
19,5x13 cm; 215, (5) pp. Brossura editoriale con sopraccoperta illustrata (qualche macchiolina, strappetto e piccoli difetti alla sopraccoperta). Leggera brunitura al margine esterno delle pagine. Prima, rara, edizione dello scritto più celebre della grande scrittrice, giornalista e traduttrice e viaggiatrice, Irene Brin (pseudonimo di Maria Vittoria Rossi) nata a Bordighera (Imperia) nel 1914. Collaboratrice di numerosi giornali già in giovanissima età fu apprezzata da gran parte del mondo intellettuale italiano dove strinse un'ottima amicizia con Longanesi e Montanelli. Nel 1937 Maria Vittoria Rossi divenne Irene Brin: lo pseudonimo le fu attribuito da Leo Longanesi, che invitò la giornalista a collaborare al rotocalco settimanale Omnibus. Olga a Belgrado è riconosciuta da tutti come l'opera migliore della Brin. Questa prima edizione del dicembre del 1943 è rarissima in quanto, come raccontò in seguito la stessa Brin “fu sequestrato quasi dovunque perché il titolo e il contenuto sembravano troppo favorevoli ai partigiani jugoslavi”. Venne poi ripubblicato da Elliot nel febbraio dell'anno seguente. L'opera è una specie di diario di guerra che descrive la Jugoslavia dei primi anni quaranta con una sensibilità e una precisione considerata ancora oggi assai rara. L'autrice nel maggio del 1941 aveva raggiunto il marito Gasparo del Corso in Jugoslavia dove prestava servizio come ufficiale. L'autrice doveva fermarsi qui pochi mesi ma invece vi si trattenne per tre anni. É visitando Belgrado e Lubiana, attraversando villaggi e località turistiche abbandonate e distrutte che l'autrice riesce a dare una descrizione vivida e profonda dell'atrocità della guerra e della forza dell'idea di libertà. Opera assai rara.
192686860Paris, Librairie des Arts Décoratifs, A. Calavas, coll. « Orbis Terrarum » 1926 In-4. Reliure éditeur pleine toile bordeaux, jaquette papier gris, XIV pp., 192 photographies en noir & blanc, index des lieux et des noms propres. Ouvrage peu courant en bon état.
19991318164PN. New. 1999. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
4to., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs (a number full-page) throughout; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. With personal bookplate on front free endpaper. SIGNED COPIES ARE EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE.
8vo., Second Impression, on laid paper, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 15 plates, 5 illustrations in the text and large folding map; red cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, uncut, a near fine copy. With 8pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Published in the same year as the fist edition. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
233772Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1892 in-8, LXIII pp., 285 pp., un f. n. ch. d'errata, broché, non coupé. Sans les couvertures.
Formato cm 19x13,5. Pagine 122, (19). Rilegatura in tela con titolo al piatto. Stato di conservazione complessivamente buono. All'interno sono presenti alcune illustrazioni ed una tavola più volte ripiegata raffigurante la pianta della città. Raro.
In 4° (28,8x21 cm); due tomi: XXIV, 504 pp. e (4), 504-1008 pp. Legatura coeva in mezza tela con applicata al piatto anteriore la brossura editoriale. Prima non comune edizione di questa celebre descrizione, ricchissima foto, di Tripoli e della Cirenaica durante il periodo della Guerra Italo-Turca e della conquista della Libia. L'ultima parte dell'opera è dedicata alla guerra balcanica. L'opera descrive i luoghi, i costumi e le abitudine libiche dell'epoca. Esemplare in ottime condizioni di conservazione. Non comune.
