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in 8°; pp. 368 (ill. bn.); leg. * testo in inglese
8vo., First Edition, with 46 plates on 16; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Excellent account of the development of the Royal Navy's 'kipper boxes' combining history with much valuable vernacular material. One of the best contributions to a still greatly under-written aspect of naval operations in WWII. Law, 1093.
The Old Times Come Again, by Max Pemberton who explains how Christmas is re-won. Photos of the 'Great Leaders Who Have Saved The World.". The First U.S. President to visit Europe - 3 photos including smiling shot of Woodrow Wilson. Photos of U.S. vessels which protected convoys, including the destroyer Warmington and the destroyer Shaw. The Wonderful Year, article by Sir Sidney Low. Portrait of Marshal Foch. Photo of the formal re-entry of the Belgians into Liege. Photos of British Cavalry entering Spa. My four war Christmases, by Hamilton Fyfe. Photos of mementoes gathered for the Great War Museum. Photo of General Maistre, commander of a French Army Group, distributing decorations in front of Rheims Cathedral. Photos of civilian prisoners trudging back to France from Germany. With the Editor by Air (aboard the Handley Page) to France & Back Again - article and photos. Photos of desecrated statues in Metz. New Names in our Old Navy, by Percival A. Hislam. Average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. A sound copy. Book
Cover illustration of H.M. Field Pigeon Post. Illustration of a runner. "How Japan May Rescue Russia" by Lovat Fraser. Photos of Allenby's Anzacs reaching Jericho and the Jordan. Photos of Maple Leaf Heroes Who Hold the Line at Lens. Photos of Men of the Navy Active Mid Arctic Snow & Ice. Photos of Getting Ready for the Roaring of the Guns, including photo of a great dump/shell park along the French Western Front. Photos of Great Naval Ordnance that Awaits the Onset. "The Assembly Trench" by 'Sapper'. Photos along the Allied Line; Peaceful pursuits over classic battlefields. Illustration of Canadian narrow-gauge armoured engine supplying ammunition to the front. "F.O.O. in a Daylight Raid" - 20 minutes in an enemy trench. Wounded borne in barges by quiet waterways. Women's war work. Illustration of German observer post concealed behind an image of Christ on the cross. Safeguarding the Soldier - how Australia has taken thought for the future. Photos of Americans in France. Mascots and Pets share their masters' peril - photos. And more. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. Sound copy. Book
Four photos of Canadians at work in the snow in France. Arms and Apparatus for Night-Flying Airmen - 5 photos plus inset photo of Lieut. Dostier, one of Germany's crack airmen. Remarkable photo of the raid by Gothas on Paris in January 30th. Avengers of Arras Advance Their Artillery - Two Photos. Pitiful Plight of the Little Country Places - 3 photos. 'Butoire' - how in fighting one foe he conquered another, by Henry Barbusse. Trench cookhouses. Valuable war-time village vegetable industry - 6 photos. Activity of shipways and gunworks in America - 6 photos including 2 of Hog Island. Wartime wastage of the navy - a heartening contrast with the Napoleonic war, by Percival A. Hislam. French contrivances and fortitude - 5 photos. Critique of the book 'Englishman, Kamerad!'. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. Still a worthy copy. Book
24 pages. Map of Sollum, Western Egypt showing the various centres of defence along the Suez Canal; Photo of camels arriving by rail to support Major-General Peyton's force; photo of British and Australian officers consulting in the desert of Western Egypt; One-page illustration of Private G. Ingle, 4th Hussars, rescuing his troop leader, Lieut. Radclyffe, for which he received the D.C.M.; Photos round about the Allied base at Salonika - including General Mahon; Photos of personalities and pawns in the Verdun contest - German prisoners, an artillery horse, General Petain (in fur coat), and General Joffre; Two interesting photos above and below ground near the French Front; Two-page illustration of a busy scene along the Tigris on the way to Kut; Five photos of Portugal in arms; The Great Push against German East Africa - two photos; In the wake of General Smuts' offensive - four photos; Three photos of humane interludes amongst the strife; Six photos of British training in the art of bomb throwing; Will the German Navy Come Out?; Four photos of a large captive observation balloon arising from the H.M.S. Canning; Photos of 21 brave British sons decorated for Valour; One-page photo of a French '155' (6 inch) gun; Four photos of British submarine sailors in a Turkish prison. Lacking outer wraps. Centre and last pages loose but present. Appears to have been disbound from a hardcover volume. A rough but worthy reference copy. Book
Illustration Features: a couple of Spahis (Algerian Cavalry) on patrol; The epic story of Lieven and Lagnicourt - article on how the Australians broke the Prussian Guard; 'Tanks' at work on British and French fronts; Work and play behind the lines in the West; Vandal Passion and British Phlegm under fire; Conquerors of Courcy - Russians in Champagne; Forward with the Tricolour North of Soissons; What Italy's Navy is doing - article be Dr. James Murphy; Ships that keep watch and ward in the Adriatic; Ousting the Hun from the shelter of Oppy Wood; The Serbian as I know him - article by H. Charles Woods; One Trawler that tackled 4 U-boats at once; Courageous women nurses; Fokker and Albatros and some of their fallen flyers; Prussia's ruthless havoc in the Somme Valley; The Seventh (7th) Australian Infantry. Above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
Features: What really happened at Kut (article); Winter photos from the western front; Photos of massive guns in France; Cairns to the memory of Verdun; Why were we misled? - an article to shed some light upon the corruption and ineptitude in Russia; French allies who aided in Allenby's advance; Article - Meeting the Spy Menace - how Britain's counter-espionage was successfully carried out; Help for homeless Hun victims; Airplane caught in mast of wireless station!; article - dealing with the U-Boat - some wonderful episodes in the hunting of the Submarine Hun; Photo of Col. J.H. Patterson, D.S.O. inspecting the Jewish Battalion; glimpses of some warships in the American Navy; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. A sound copy. Book
Opera in 4 volumi. Legatura editoriale in piena tela, sovraccoperta, titoli al piatto e al dorso, volumi della collana "History of the second world war. United Kingdom military series" a cura di J. R. M. Butler, testo in inglese, illustrato in b/n nel testo anche con carte geografiche. Al vol. I 39 tavole fotografiche in b/n fuori testo, anche a doppia pagina, e 43 tavole fuori testo con mappe e carte geografiche a colori ripiegate in più parti; al vol. II 33 tavole fotografiche in b/n fuori testo e 42 tavole fuori testo con mappe e carte geografiche a colori ripiegate in più parti; al vol. III 30 tavole fotografiche in b/n fuori testo e 21 tavole fuori testo con mappe e carte geografiche a colori ripiegate in più parti; al vol. IV 42 tavole fotografiche in b/n fuori testo e 25 tavole fuori testo con mappe e carte geografiche a colori ripiegate in più parti. Alle sovraccoperte segni d'uso e dorsi bruniti con rade e piccole gore, all'interno in ottimo stato.
3 vols., in 4, roy. 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with 4 frontispieces (showing 8 plates), 288 plates on 142 (1 double-page), 87 folding maps (74 coloured in outline), 30 full-page maps (6 coloured in outline), 17 maps in the text and 111 tables (7 double-page) in the text, neat inscription on front free endpapers; green cloth, gilt backs, a very good, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers very lightly dust-soiled with small damp-mark (wrapper only) on backstrip of second volume. With personal bookplate on front paste-downs. A previous owner has annotated neatly the backstrips of the wrappers to indicate the years covered by each volume. The official British account published in the UK Government's series History of the Second World War. The set comprises: Volume I: The Defensive, 1954 (fifth impression 1961); Volume II: The Period of Balance, 1957 (third impression 1962); Volume III/1: The Offensive Part 1: 1 June 1943-31 May 1944, 1960 (first impression); Volume III/2: The Offensive Part II: 1 June 1944-14 August 1945, 1961 (first impression). The last two volumes contain their respective errata slips (errors in the first two volumes are corrected in the text of the later printings). Roskill's masterpiece is an absolutely basic source and a model of its kind. Enser, p.383; Law, 0647.
4 voll., completo <br/> TITOLO: The War at Sea 1939-1945. Vol.I: The Defensive. Vol.II: The Period of Balance. Vol.III: The Offensive (Part One: Ist June 1943-31st May 1944; Part Two: Ist June 1944-14th August 1945). <br/> AUTORE: Roskill,S.W. (Captain).<br/> CURATORE: Edited by Sir James Butler.<br/> EDITORE: Her Majesty's Stationery Office<br/> DATA ED.: 1954-1961,<br/> COLLANA: di appartenenza agli occhietti e a
8vo. First Edition with portraits plates and endpaper maps; cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in the dustwrapper.
256 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
410 p., illus. Hardcover Good condition; fore edge foxed, boards spotted
98 p., illus. Story of the Swedish warship Vasa, its sinking in August 1628, and salvage attempts over the centuries. Hardcover Good condition in pictorial boards
<br/> TITOLO: The USS "Flier". Death and Survival on a World War II Submarine. <br/> AUTORE: Sturma,Michael.<br/> EDITORE: The University Press of Kentucky<br/> DATA ED.: 2008,<br/> EAN: 9780813124810
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and illustrations in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper, rear free endpaper creased but complete; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly browned and chipped at head of backstrip. First edition of a maritime classic. Scarce in this condition.
No marks or inscriptions and no bumping to corners. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely very clean crisp very tight copy with bright burgundy leather-cloth boards with very clear gilt lettering/embossing on the front and spine. 286pp. This book discusses the events shaping life at the University during the war plus Times Remembered following responses from over 400 Alumni. The In Memorium section lists a Roll of Honour.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked burgundy leather cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine and no bumping to corners. 286pp. An account of the events shaping life at Manchester University during the Second World War plus Times Remembered following responses from over 400 Alumni. The In Memorium section lists a Roll of Honour.
SIGNED 'Eric E Rowley and Colin Lees 11.11.01.' on ffep. No other marks or inscriptions and no bumping to corners. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely very clean crisp very tight copy with bright burgundy leather cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine. 286pp. This book discusses the events shaping life at the University during the war plus Times Remembered following responses from over 400 Alumni. The In Memorium section lists a Roll of Honour.
508 p. Hardcover
564p. SOFTCOVER. Paperback Very good condition good
n.p. Profusely illustrated with photographs of WWI naval ships. Title page slightly stained. Oblong 8vo. Lacks original wraps. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! WWI 13
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With publisher's stamp on title and small press-mark on front free endpaper.
184p., illus. North Star Books 34 Hardcover Very good condition good