Thompson, Alex M. (Dangle)MareMagnum
2 175 résultats
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, minor creasing to spine. A very clean very tight copy with dusty unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 240pp. A story of the author's affection for London with other excursions to Gorleston near Yarmouth and to Paris.
Features: Civil war rarity - An identified American English Dragoon; Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Gunsmiths; T. Ketland & Company - Birmingham and London. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and numerous photographs in monochrome throughout; red cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
30 cm, br. illustrata, p. 75, alcuni disegni
Previous owner's name/address/date to front end papers. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with very slightly marked front board, light dusting to page edges and no bumping to corners. 144pp. An introduction to the vast, complicated history of London
Dozens of great black and white photos. Features: Cover photo of the Prince of Wales presenting colours to Canadians; Conclusion of Chapter CCCIX - Wonders of Wireless in the War; Chapter CCCX - The Empire and the War - Progress of the Overseas Dominions and India, 1914-18; photo of Princess Patricia decorating Canadian colours and inspecting the P.P.C.L.I.; Great centerfold photo of Anzac Day in London, 25 April, 1919 - Australian Cavalry marching down Fleet St.; Photos of Officers of the Canadian 4th Division leaving Liverpool for the west; and more. Staples disintegrated. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
28 pages. Many excellent black and white photos. Front cover portrait of Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe. Contents: Chapter 2 - The Gathering of the (British) Fleet; Chapter 3 - London on the Eve of War; Chapter 4 - The Untangled Skein; Chapter 5 (first part) - How Germany Strove to Gain Command of the Sea. Covers detached (as one) but present. Centerfold holding loosely by one staple. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Front cover portrait of Lieutenant-General Edwin Alfred Hervey Alderson, C.B. The Russian Stand on the Five Rivers and the Battle of the Carpathians; Photos and illlustrations include: Germany's Christmas Day Air Raid on London; Bird's-eye view of Cuxhaven Harbour, at the mouth of the River Elbe; Full-page photographic portrait of Lieut.-General W.P. Pulteney, K.C.B., D.S.O., Commanding Third Army Corps; Austrian General Steger Steiner and staff in Galicia; 28-ton Austrian seige gun which fires a thousand pound projectile; and more. Covers secured by tape. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Book
Please note: Coloured map not included. Cover portrait of the London Scottish marching past Crimea Memorial on arrival home. Chapter CCCII - Records on the Regiments, II - English 1914-15, with photos. Great centerfold photos. First portion of Chapter CCCIII - Records of the Regiments: III. English, 1916-18. Many great photos. Above-average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. A worthy reference copy. Book
Cover portrait of the Prince of Wales with the Guards. Opens with the concluding portion of the chapter "Wonderful Work of the R.A.M.C.". Chapter CCCI - Records of the Regiments: I. The Guards. Large centerfold photos of the Guards in London upon their return from France. Many great photos. Average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. A worthy reference copy. Book
Cover photo of where a Gotha bomb fell in London, near a Sphinx. Includes concluding portion of "The March to the Rhine", with great photos. Chapter CCXCIII - Final Phases of the War in the Air, I. - The Air Battles Over London - How the Gothas were Defeated. Many great photos. Above-average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. A worthy reference copy. Book
Front cover illustration of General Gallieni, the Military Governor of Paris. The march of events from Austria's debacle at Lemberg to the turn of the tide in the west. Photos and illustrations include: The Belgian Mission in London; Eager young recruits for Lord Kitchener's new army; The Defences of Paris; Glimpses of Paris under the threat of another siege by the Prussians; Entry of the Huns into Picardy; centerfold illustration of French infantry hurrying forward to meet the hereditary foe on the battleground of Northern France; The horse in the war; Canada's aid in the war - superb rally of 108,000 men for active service; infantry of the First Canadian Contingent passing Stonehenge on their way from Salisbury Plain to London; Italian demonstration at the Queen's Hall, London; The Battle of the Marne; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
Front cover portrait of Temp. Surgeon-General Humphry Davy Rolleston, Consultant physician to the Royal Navy and Senior Physician of St. George's Hospital, London. British agriculture on a war footing (conclusion). Life of the "Lower Deck" - How it was affected by War Service. Covers secured by tape. Book
Features: The Terrible Progress in Battle Machinery. Staples have disintegrated. Average wear. Colour illustration laid in shows the London Scottish returning to rest camp after heavy fighting. Centerfold contains many photos of contemporary tools of war. Book
Portrait of Colonel T.H.J.C. Goodwin on front cover. Features: The Closing Victories on the Passchendaele Ridge (conclusion); The Man Who Willed the War - Words and Wanderings of the Kaiser William - with numerous photos; Centerfold portrait of Lieut.-General Travers Clarke; Centerfold portrait entitled Representatives of the Allied Powers attending the first meeting of the Allied Naval Council, London, January 22nd, 1918; Back cover advertisement for National War Bonds. Staples disintegrated. Average wear. Book
Cover portrait of Lieut.-General Sir Francis Lloyd, who has commanded the London District since 1913. Features: The Socialisation of Great Britain (conclusion); The Life of Germany During the Year 1916 - with many interesting photos. Moderate wear. Prior owner's name upon front cover. A sound copy. Book
8vo., with frontispiece, plates and maps (a number folding); red cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, backstrip mildly sunned and chipped at head else a bright, clean copy.
32 pages plus 4-page advertising cover. Cover photo of large new WWI artillery piece being readied for firing. Features: The Way of the War; The Great German Offensive - photos; What the German Invasion means for France - photos; Our artillery in the Great Offensive - photos; With the American Army in the Field - by Henri Bazin; Bombing London - the story of a Hun (conclusion of the story begun in the previous issue) - Karl Lowenstein; Anarcy in Russia -illustrations by Russian artist Mr. Wladimiroff; Centerfold illustrations under the heading "The Rival Armed Forces of Russia - the real army in dissolution, the red army in revolution; The spread of Uric Acid - how to correct the gouty habit; Photos of women at work in the Humber (armaments) Works; ads for the following automotove manufacturers: Maxwell, Humber, Lanchester, Arrol-Johnston; Buick. Average wear. Bindint intact. Unmarked. A wonderful vintage issue. Book
Pages 287-320. Features: The State Senate of 1879-80 - with full-page engraving of Hon. Jacob H. Gallinger; New Hampshire Hills - poem; Major General Amos Shepard; Hymnology of the Churches; Items and Incidents in Hopkinton; New London Centennial; Ads on back cover for New Hampshire Conference Seminary and Female College, Tilton, N.H. and Fred'k S. Crawford, Bookbinder and Blank Book Manufacturer, of Concord, N.H. Prior owner's name atop front cover, otherwise unmarked. Front cover partially loose, otherwise average wear. Magazine
319 pages including bibliography, index and dozens of black and white illustrations. Will attract anyone interested in regional history and the early days of Ontario and anyone whose roots lie in southern Ontario. Light wear overall. Gift greetings upon and small clip to top corner of half-title page else unmarked. Slight lean to spine. Small bookseller sticker upon front endpaper. Very nice copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with a tinted frontispiece, 23 plates on 16 and 6 illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter frayed and worn.
xiii, 287 p. illus. Hardcover Very good condition
80 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Contents: Ruwenzori - Flights and further exploration, by Dr. Noel Humphreys; Changes in Land Utilization in the South-West of the London Basin, 1840-1932; The Agrarian Contribution to Surveying in England; Woutneel's Map of the British Isles, 1603; Watkins' Kayak. Fold-out map of 'Ruwenzori - illustrating the expeditions of Dr. Noel Humphreys, 1932'. Average wear. Binding intact. Ink stamp to front cover and several pages. Library bar code on first page of advertisements. Covers beginning to loosen from textblock. A worthy copy. Book
Tall 8vo. pp: 128. Cloth, Gilt Lettering. Near Fine/No Jacket. First Edition. Illustrated with 130 b&w photographs. Indices. An excellent history of the theatre. The two people listed as illustrators were, in fact, not the photographers but rather the archival researchers who found all the marvellous photographs. Good [PL-EN] Good
