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Elegante incisione all’acquaforte che mostra vascelli olandesi all'interno di una ricca cornice decorativa. Esemplare tratto dall’ Atlante Veneto, Nel quale si contiene la Descrittione Geografica, Storica, Sacra, Profana e Politica degli Imperi, Regni, Provincie, e Santi dell’Universo […] In Venetia MDCXC. Coronelli visse un periodo di straordinaria fecondità editoriale a partire dal 1689, quando ebbe la cattedra di geografia presso l'Università alle Procuratie, con la pubblicazione, nel 1690, del primo volume dell'Atlante Veneto. In effetti sotto il nome di Atlante Veneto va tutta la raccolta di tredici opere composte nell'arco del decennio successivo, dall'Isolario allo Specchio del mare. L'opera era intesa come un'estensione dell'Atlas Maior di Blaeu. Non è una semplice raccolta di mappe, ma piuttosto "un compendio di informazioni geografiche, cosmografiche e scientifiche... sulla scienza e la geografia italiana contemporanea" (Scammell). Oltre alle mappe, il primo volume include molte delle celebri tavole navali di Coronelli, molte con i bordi "farnesiani" stampati separatamente e commissionati appositamente dal patrono di Coronelli, Ranuccio II Farnese, duca di Parma. Incisione in rame, magnifica prova, con pieni margini, in perfetto stato di conservazione. Bibliografia Ermanno Armao, Vincenzo Coronelli (Firenze, 1944), nn.59-60, p.237. Etching engraving showing Dutch vessels within rich decorative frame. Example taken form Coronelli’s Atlante Veneto, Nel quale si contiene la Descrittione Geografica, Storica, Sacra, Profana e Politica degli Imperi, Regni, Provincie, e Santi dell’Universo […] In Venetia MDCXC. Coronelli lived a period of extraordinary editorial fecundity starting from 1689, when he had the chair of geography at the University at the Procuratie, with the publication, in 1690, of the first volume of the Atlante Veneto. Under the name of Atlante Veneto goes the entire collection of thirteen works composed over the next decade, from the Isolario to the Specchio del mare. The work was intended as an extension of Blaeu’s Atlas Maior. It is no mere collection of maps, but rather “a compendium of geographical, cosmographical, and scientific information... on contemporary Italian science and geography” (Scammell). As well as maps, the first volume includes several of Coronelli’s celebrated naval plates, many with the separately-printed “Farnese” borders especially commissioned by Coronelli’s patron, Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma. Copperplate, with full margins, very good condition. Very rare. Literature Ermanno Armao, Vincenzo Coronelli (Florence, 1944), no.59, no.60 and p.237.
Elegante incisione all’acquaforte che mostra navi mercantili olandesi all'interno di una ricca cornice decorativa. Esemplare tratto dall’ Atlante Veneto, Nel quale si contiene la Descrittione Geografica, Storica, Sacra, Profana e Politica degli Imperi, Regni, Provincie, e Santi dell’Universo […] In Venetia MDCXC. Coronelli visse un periodo di straordinaria fecondità editoriale a partire dal 1689, quando ebbe la cattedra di geografia presso l'Università alle Procuratie, con la pubblicazione, nel 1690, del primo volume dell'Atlante Veneto. In effetti sotto il nome di Atlante Veneto va tutta la raccolta di tredici opere composte nell'arco del decennio successivo, dall'Isolario allo Specchio del mare. L'opera era intesa come un'estensione dell'Atlas Maior di Blaeu. Non è una semplice raccolta di mappe, ma piuttosto "un compendio di informazioni geografiche, cosmografiche e scientifiche... sulla scienza e la geografia italiana contemporanea" (Scammell). Oltre alle mappe, il primo volume include molte delle celebri tavole navali di Coronelli, molte con i bordi "farnesiani" stampati separatamente e commissionati appositamente dal patrono di Coronelli, Ranuccio II Farnese, duca di Parma. Incisione in rame, magnifica prova, con pieni margini, in perfetto stato di conservazione. Bibliografia Ermanno Armao, Vincenzo Coronelli (Firenze, 1944), nn.59-60, p.237. Etching engraving showing Dutch merchant ship within rich decorative frame. Example taken form Coronelli’s Atlante Veneto, Nel quale si contiene la Descrittione Geografica, Storica, Sacra, Profana e Politica degli Imperi, Regni, Provincie, e Santi dell’Universo […] In Venetia MDCXC. Coronelli lived a period of extraordinary editorial fecundity starting from 1689, when he had the chair of geography at the University at the Procuratie, with the publication, in 1690, of the first volume of the Atlante Veneto. Under the name of Atlante Veneto goes the entire collection of thirteen works composed over the next decade, from the Isolario to the Specchio del mare. The work was intended as an extension of Blaeu’s Atlas Maior. It is no mere collection of maps, but rather “a compendium of geographical, cosmographical, and scientific information... on contemporary Italian science and geography” (Scammell). As well as maps, the first volume includes several of Coronelli’s celebrated naval plates, many with the separately-printed “Farnese” borders especially commissioned by Coronelli’s patron, Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma. Copperplate, with full margins, very good condition. Very rare. Literature Ermanno Armao, Vincenzo Coronelli (Florence, 1944), no.59, no.60 and p.237.
Opera premiata alle esposizioni di Livorno 1903, Brescia 1904, Milano 1906 (42a).
In-8 (mm. 235x102), 6 volumi + 2 astucci contenenti le tavv. f.t. (stessa legatura), cartonato muto novecentesco, tit. oro su due tasselli al dorso. Offriamo una importante raccolta completa - non solo dei volumi di testo ma soprattutto delle numerosiss. tavole f.t., come da Indici - della “Guerra nel mare del Nord”, così composta: - Vol. I “Dalla origini del conflitto al principio di settembre 1914”, compilazione del Capitano di Corvetta O. Groos, traduzione del Capitano di Fregata Wladimiro Pini (Livorno, 1923), pp. XV,315, con XXI + 3 bis “appendici” nel t. e 35 “tabelle e carte” in b.n. e a colori, f.t. e più volte ripieg. - Vol. II “Dal principio di settembre alla fine di novembre 1914” di O Groos, traduzione del Ten. di Vascello Carlo De Angelis (Livorno 1923), pp. XV,380, con XVII “appendici” e 6 “schizzi” nel t., e 14 “carte” a colori, f.t., più volte ripieg. - Vol. III “Dalla fine di novembre 1914 al principio di febbraio 1915” di O. Groos, traduzione di W. Pini (Livorno 1923), pp. XV,345, con IX “appendici” e 3 “schizzi” nel t., e 18 “carte” a colori, f.t. e più volte ripieg. - Vol. IV “Dal principio di febbraio alla fine di dicembre 1915” di O. Groos, traduz. del Capitano di Fregata R. de Courten (Livorno 1927), pp. XIX,522, con 12 “appendici” e 14 “schizzi” nel t., e 16 “carte” a colori, f.t. e più volte ripieg. - Vol V “Dal gennaio al giugno 1916” di O. Groos, traduz. di W. Pini (Livorno, 1928), pp. XXIII,581, con 17 “allegati”, 6 + 15 “schizzi” (dal gennaio fino al maggio 1916 - lo Skagerrrak) nel t. e 7 + 36 “carte” a colori, f.t. e più volte ripieg. - Vol. VI “Dal giugno 1916 alla primavera 1917” di Gualtiero Gladisch, ammiraglio in servizio, traduz. dell’ammiraglio di squadra Wladimiro Pini (Roma, 1940), pp. XV391, con 19 “schizzi” f.t. (contenuti nel volume) e 18 “carte” a colori, f.t. e più volte ripieg. Solo un astuccio con spacco al dorso, altrimenti esemplare molto ben conservato. Molto raro trovare l’opera così completa.
Un vol. in 8 cm. 24,9x16,2 pp. VIII-632 Elegante legatura coeva firmata Andrieux in pieno marocchino marrone con grande veliero inciso in oro ai piatti racchiuso in triplice cornice la prima in 7 filetti incisi in oro, la seconda incisa a secco la terza duplice filetto inciso in oro Dorso a 4 nervi con riquadri multifiletto in oro ; titolo ed autore scritte in oro; dentelle a fleurons in oro; tagli in oro; sguardie e controsguardie in seta bianca. Dedeca autografa dell'autore "A son Altesse Royale Monseigneur le Prince de Goniville..."Frontespizio litogr. con grande medaglia commemorativa (1845); 18 tavv. con velina f.t. in litogr. seppia dei navigatori francesi con i rispettivi blasoni miniati e le armi di contorno a colori in acquerello. Modeste fenditure a tratti delle cerniere; diffusi ed abituali arrossamentei della carta Esemplare molto ben conservato in elegante legatura.
Acquarello in delicati colori su cartoncino Schoeller. Cm. 32 x 20. Non firmato, ma l'autenticità è stata riconosciuta dall'autrice.
Amsterdam Chez Henry et Théodore Boom 1677. 2 parties en un volume In-16 plein vélin de l'époque à rabats, 2 feuillets blancs, page de titre gravée, page de titre avec vignette,18 + 480 + 256 + 14 pages. Portrait de Michel de Ruyter. Bon exemplaire.
Tiratura del 1900, cm 44,5 x 56,5 (alla battuta), in recente e bella coloritura a mano, titoli al margine inferiore, sulla sinistra, in lastra “Randon delineavit et sculpsit”. Passpartout con filo oro, vecchia cornice in legno di noce con smusso oro. Buono stato di conservazione.
In-16 p. (mm. 168x108), tela edit., decoraz. impressa a secco ai piatti, titolo oro al dorso, pp. 377, incluse 2 Appendici: la prima contiene “cenni sui siluri B 20/356 e B 43/356” - la seconda “esplosivi e loro conservazione”. Unito: - "Aggiunte e varianti" alla descrizione del siluro B 90/450 (Roma, Cecchini, 1907), pp. 28, con 10 figure in b.n. nel t. Unito: - “Pubblicazioni intorno al materiale elettrico e subaqueo”, da p. 378 a 383. Il volume contiene un importante apparato iconografico di XXXIII (la VII è bis) tavole litografate a colori f.t., più e più volte ripieg., ciascuna con numerose figure + 1 tavola non numerata che riporta 20 esempi a colori di “tinte convenzionali” (da acciaio a fuoco indicatore). "Prima edizione". Raro trovarla completa. Sottolineature a penna da p. 265 a 273, ma certamente un buon esemplare.
In 4, pp. (4) + 91 + (1b) con 3 tavv. f.t. inc. all'acq. Br. muta coeva. Pubblicazione curata da Ottaviano Targioni, figlio di Giovanni Targioni, professore di botanica e custode del giardino dei Semplici di Firenze, bibliotecario della Magliabechiana, contenente il catalogo delle piante marine composto a partire dalle osservazioni del botanico Pier Antonio Micheli e poi ampliato con nuove osservazioni derivate anche da successive scoperte (Micheli riteneva, ad esempio, che i Litofiti e gli Zoofiti fossero piante, mentre studi successivi stabilirono la loro appartenenza al regno animale). Lo studio contiene un discorso sulla natura, le proprieta', la struttura e il nutrimento delle piante marine, la loro fruttificazione e i diversi usi economici e medici per i quali sono utilizzate. Bell'esemplare.
In 8, pp. VI + (2) + 155 + (1b) + 32 di catalogo editoriale di volumi di nautica dell'editore inglese Imray con una tav. con ill. all'antip. Timbretto dell'ex possessore al fr. Legatura edit. con stemma oro e tit. al p. ant. Interessante e poco comune opera di tecnica nautica.
La Guerra Miguelina Azione di guerra navale a Capo S. Vincenzo, Portogallo - Documento datato 4 luglio 1833. Manoscritto a inchiostro marrone scuro (mm 320x200). 1 bifolio, 1 pagina scritta. In testa è, indicato: «,A diagram of the action fought between the Squadrons of Don Pedro [&hellip,] 4 july 1833 - Cape S.t Vincent»,. Seguono le 3 posizioni delle navi di Don Pedro di Braganza e del fratello Michele nelle diverse ore della giornata. In calce i nomi delle navi. Il manoscritto rappresenta uno dei momenti finali della guerra civile sulla successione al trono combattuta in Portogallo tra il 1828 e il 1834 tra i liberali costituzionalisti e i tradizionalisti/assolutisti. Descrive i movimenti dell'ammiraglio britannico Napier che a Capo s. Vincenzo distrusse gran parte delle navi dei micheliti. In questo modo i liberali ripresero possesso di Lisbona. Michele di Braganza venne esiliato in favore del fratello Pietro.
68 pages. Features: One-page photo ad for the Boeing-Vertol HC-1B Chinook helicopter in flight; Guerrilla War Paperback Bibliography; One-page photo ad for the Bell HU-1B helicopter; One-page photo ad for the Hiller TEN99 helicopter; WWII - The Military Balance Sheet - part 1 of 2 articles assessing the conduct of WWII by the top Allied civilian and military leadership; Aviation Safety vs. Combat Readiness; The Unsolved Mystery of Pete Ellis - the man whose secret study forecast the events of WWII; Tanks and Vertical Envelopment - the Forsyth Brothers propose a solution; Tax Time Tips; The M73C Machine Gun - A Special Report; Foulmouths Aren't Tough - They Foul Up the Corps; Promotions and Transfers; Back cover photo ad for the Kaman Huskie VMO helicopter; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Some soiling to front cover. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
286 pages. Index. Spiral bound in chocolate brown cloth-covered boards. Fold-out map of the world indicates zones and seasonal areas. A very detailed work covering: Marine Department Organization; Ship's Organization; Safety Measures, Pollution, Life Saving, Fire Fighting; Shipping Casualties, Damage to Property, Salvage; Cargo and Cargo Handling; Repairs and Alterations; Personnel; Ship's Business; Operations - Deck Department, Engine Department, Steward Department; Marine Department Forms; Valve Markings; and more. Number stamped inside front board otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this vintage company manual which was presumably relied upon for the safe nautical transport of oil and related products the world over in the immediate aftermath of WWII. Book
72 pages. Features: Great article on Lorne Green and Family with colour photos; Dr. Barry Goldthorpe - Canadian Doctor in the Malaysian Jungle - article with colour photos; Frances Drummond - The Boss of Twin Falls - she manages a chalet at Field, B.C. - article with great colour photos; What's ahead for Paul Hellyer - article with photos; Coin dealer Fred L. Samuels of Van Horne Sales, Ltd.; Great colour photo centrefold showing Canada's Navy in the Atlantic - the Kootenay, St. Croix, Saguenay, Stettler, Antigonish, Nipigon, Skeena and Restigouche; The Flying Ray-Dens Flying trapeze act - article with photos; Great ad for 1966 Mercury pickups and vans; Mickey Mantle - Baseball's Ailing Wonder - article with colour photo; Beautiful colour photo ad for Jantzen beachwear; Sensual full-page black and white photo ad for Warner bras; Strathcona (Alberta) County's volunteer firewomen - article with nice photos; Wild colour photo full-page ad for Philco TVs shows a large arrangement of TVs at the top of which is a model aboard an exotic moped - wild!; Nipper comic. Centerfold loose but present. Printed by newspapers across Canada as a weekend supplement. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
Contents: Nash-Kelvinator military ad in color inside front cover; Ad for the Chrysler Sea Mule; Dewey triumph poses question - will Willkie bolt from party?; Hull's speech attempts to divorce politics from our foreign policy; Gun Play in Wichita - Bargel K. Stanley holds police off for an hour; Prelude to Torture - Jap Propaganda in Pictures - 3 pages reprinted from a mysterious undated English-language publication called 'Freedom' put out in Shanghai - "... these pictures show the great score the American people still have to score with the little men across the Pacific."; Navy Raids on Palau and Yap uncover secrets of Jap bases - old Sea Dogs are excited by size of U.S. attack force and nearness of Philippines; Photo of landing strip construction in China - 300,000 Chinese workers and 100,000 hand-made wheelbarrows have been conscripted to this end; British Rocket Battery - photo and article; Elizabeth, the future Queen of world's soundest monarchy; De Gaulle Triumph - finally becoming No. 1 Frenchman, he takes in reds - on his terms; Great photo of Curtiss Helldivers under construction at a new Fort William, Ontario plant which will produce for the U.S. Navy; SWPA starts setting policy on sale of surplus war goods; Andrew F. Howe, owner of 100 patents, finally settles with General Steel Castings for over $1 million; Trappist monks set up in Conyers, Georgia. Above-average wear. All pages stained to varying degrees, presumably by water - all text legible. A worthy reference copy. Book
44 pages. Features: Gorgeous cover illustration of Newfoundland outport by John Phillips; Morley Callaghan asks "Which Myth Do You Follow?"; Half-page colour ad for Swift's Prem tinned meat; Handsome one-page ad for Snyder's Furniture of Waterloo, Ontario; Newfoundland (is welcomed to Confederation) - Photo-illustrated article by Prime Minister Joseph R. Smallwood; Quicksand (short story); Girl Overboard! (short story); Nice one-page colour O'Keefe's ad includes large reproduction of John Worsley painting of boy watching construction of new high school; Hot From the Cold War - Austin Cross reports from Europe; Half-page two-colour ad for Canadian Admiral Corp features their AC-DC-Battery "Personal" portable radio and Model 5R12 Mahogany radio; 3/4-page two-colour (black and blue) Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) recruiting ad; Cats, Cats, Cats! - photo-illustrated article; Half-page ad for the 1949 C.N.E.; Uncommon half-page ad for Burgess batteries; Half-page Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) ad shows paperboy visiting accountant in branch; Charming half-page colour ad for Canada Dry; Photo-illustrated article on swimwear fashions for ladies; Half-page colour ad for Heinz baby foods; Attractive half-page colour ad for Aylmer Tomato juice, catsup and soup; Great vintage one-page colour-photo ad for Burns tinned meat balls, bologna and hamburgers; Cooking article with recipe for blueberry jelly; Small photo ad for Kranich & Bach pianos of Toronto; Tips for keeping your home cool; Half-page Javex ad; Half-page ad for Frigidaire ranges; Nice one-page Frigidaire fridge ad; Magnificent back cover colour Coke ad shows aerial image of busy supermarket with enormous Coke cooler on its roof; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A nice copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
336 pages. Bibliography. Printed upon glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of archival black and white photos. "The first five chapters of this book are a narrative glossary of carrier operations. In the pages that follow, recollections by shipmates have been interwoven to give an easy flow. The main commentary has been given over to her Captains, who were less compartmentalized than the average sailor, petty officer or officer. These senior people saw the overall picture and this book is essentially a Captains' chronology of Bonaventure... To those who served aboard Bonnie, I hope that this will be a scrapbook of nostalgia giving life to familiar and beloved circumstances. To those who remember only the name Bonaventure, these pages will provide an insight into an era and an expertise that is no longer a part of Canadian Naval life." - from Introduction to First Printing. Prior owner's name and date inkstamped upon illustrated front free endpaper, otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A high-quality copy. Book
64 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of moose towering over hunter and his dog; Colour ad for Masonite Presdwood inside front cover; Vintage one-page ad for the Gainaday 200 washing machine made by Northern Electric; One-page Waterman's pen ad features fall maple leaves; Wonderful one-page two-colour (black and blue) recruiting ad for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) entitled "Advance with the Navy" shows sailors climbing onto deck; Very nice colour ad for Monarch-Knit sweaters features pipe-smoking man in yellow sweater raking leaves; One-page Weston's / George Weston Limited ad features the Canadian farmer; Canada Under C.C.F. - Socialism? - article with photos of Pat Conroy, C.H. Millard, Percy Benough, Professor George Grube, Professor Frank Scott and Premier Tommy Douglas; The Torch (short story); Leader of the C.C. F., M.J. Coldwell - photo-illustrated article; Whoa, Pete! (short story); Forum on religious faiths; What it Takes (short story); Nice one-page Chevrolet ad features green 1948 Fleetline; One-page text ad by The House of Seagram entitled "What Price Democracy"; Dot and I Meet Flaming Youth - two adolescent femmes fatales meet the life of the party; D.P. (Displaced Persons) Success Story - article explains how Poles Joe Korol and Leo Polenz have fled their homeland for Canada and are succeeding as independent farmers near Ottawa - with eighteen great photos, including some of their friends Annajean and Rose; Women's section includes photos of Mrs. N.C. Stephens, Mrs. Egmont Frankel, Miss Margaret Hyndman, Mrs. F.C. Brunke and Miss Orian Warwick; One-page colour ad for Heinz soup; Marboleum one-page colour ad shows nostalgic home colour scheme; Half-page colour ad for McClary ranges; Half-page colour ad for Westinghouse fridges; Fashion article with photos; Carling's ad inside back cover features colour reproduction of Rocky Mountain Sheep painting by Beverley Herbert; Wonderful colour Coke ad on back cover features young couple proudly holding six-pack while grocer looks over their shoulders; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
Pages 401-498, plus 28 pages of vintage ads. Features: "Hoodlum" - the plucky deed of fireman Roger Berry aboard the tug-boat "Elmer" on Lake Erie one stormy night - article with photos; Some New British Climbs - George Abraham describes a new route up the famous Pillar Rock and more, illustrated with remarkable photos; Like a Rat in a Trap - a nerve-trying adventure from 1888 near Southall, Middlesex finding leaks in a sewer pipe; Hurri Singh's Cobra - an adventure from the lake district of Kumaon; A Remarkable Open-Air Theatre at Interlaken, Switzerland; The Ship of Death - a strange story of the awful experience which befell a party of Royal Navy officers and men who boarded a mysterious barque on the high seas in 1908; East Africa As I Saw it (part IV) - photo-illustrated adventures illustrate life in Portuguese East Africa; The Swift Saskatchewan - what happened to a man who fell asleep in a canoe in the mighty Saskatchewan River in 1907; "Back to the Land" - a man in South Africa discovers he is not likely to become a successful farmer; The Poacher-Catchers - adventures of the five-man teams which guard the fur-bearing animals of Yellowstone Park; Pedro the Ladrone - an exciting story from the Philippines told by an officer of the U.S. Army who was in charge of a company of native scouts, with photo of the surrender of General Ramon Santos at Liago; Across Canada by Motor-Car (part I) - the first and only attempt ever made to cross canada from Ocean to Ocean - this marvelously photo-illustrated article deals with Thomas Wilby's experiences on the way to Winnipeg, where his worst troubles began; The Fight in the Moonlight - H. Randolph Spencer and his adventure with two bears in the Olympic Mountains in 1905; Photo of huge floating (?) Burmese pagoda in the form of a hen; Photo of large metallic anklets riveted to young women of Southern Nigeria; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
210 pages. Index. Printed on glossy stock. Abundantly illustrated with reproductions of black and white photos. Magnificently illustrated endpapers. "The story of HMS NAbob's short career which climaxed when she was torpedoed off Norway's North Cape on August 22, 1944." - from dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A quality copy of this engaging and informative work. Book
[800 Fig. Arte - Legatura](cm. 29) Bellissima legatura originale in mezzo marocchino rosso. Dorso e piatti stupendamente impressi in oro con ricche ornamentazioni. Tagli dorati sguardie decorate in oro. -pp. VIII, 580 con 36 tavv. f.t. magnifico libro d'arte sui costumi, moda, teatro, feste, armi, marina, finanza ecc... Le incisioni in cromolitografia sono fra le più perfette che mai siano state stampate. Opera ricercata per l'imponente apparato iconografico, per le varie edizioni vedi Graesse, brunet, Lippereide, Colas, e Hiler. rari sono gli esemplari completi e perfetti in ogni sua parte come il nostro. * Hiler 518; * Vicaire IV 858. [F. 82] Libro
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, and numerous photographs and maps in the text; navy cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO VICE ADMIRAL SIR ROY NEWMAN, PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION, WITH THE FORMER'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. A splendid association copy of the very scarce clothbound issue (the paperback edition is difficult enough!). Mulholland & Jordan, F22.
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and illustrated title, and over 400 illustrations, plans and diagrams in the text; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The standard reference, providing both a technical and operational review from 1912 to 1959. Detailed and profusely illustrated, it is increasingly elusive in any condition. Law, 1028.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 15 plates on 12 and 7 full-page maps and plans in the text; original blue cloth, backstrip lettered in darker blue, boards faintly faded at extremities, a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with lateral loss at upper edge of front and rear panels. AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT OF CAPTAIN DONALD WILLIAM ROY IS MOUNTED ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Sole edition of an early and vivid account, written by the naval force commander, of Operation CHARIOT, the famous raid on the dry dock at Saint Nazaire. Ryder, together with the military force commander Newman and three others were awarded the Victoria Cross. Captain Donald ('The Laird') Roy led a fourteen-man troop of 2 Commando charged with disabling two gun emplacements of the roof of the pump-house, and then securing a bridge to provide an escape route from the docks. Both tasks were fulfilled: Bridge 'G' is now known as 'Roy's Bridge' and Roy was awarded the DSO. Betrayed by a French policeman, Roy was captured, taken to Oflag IX-A Spangenberg Castle and despite two attempts at escape remained a POW for the duration of the war. A HIGHLY DESIRABLE ASSOCIATION COPY OF BY FAR THE SCARCEST OF ALL THE CHARIOT ACCOUNTS, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Enser, p.392; Law, 0476; Mulholland & Jordan, R90.