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Sm. 8vo., First Edition, text lightly toned; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy. Published in Allen's series 'Worth-While War-Time Books'. IN THIS CONDITION, A RARE SURVIVAL.
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 144 pages. 10"w x 9 5/8"h. Mark on back cover. Text in Chinese and English.
8vo., First Edition; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip. Includes bibliography.
8vo., Third Impression, with tinted frontispiece and 7 fine tinted plates by Searle; blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip mildly faded (but all gilt wholly legible), a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter browned on (predominantly white) rear panel and with small loss at upper edge of rear panel. Published two months after the first edition. The particularly striking dust-wrapper carries a dramatic illustration by Searle not repeated in the book. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser p.409 (recording the first edition).
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; green faux-morocco cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With 23rd Indian Division. SCARCE. Graham & Cole M36.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE. Graham & Cole E23.
8vo., First Edition, with full-page map; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First detailed account of Imperial Japan's military intelligence service during WWII.
8vo., First Edition, with 24 pages on half-tone plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout, and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With a copy of the publisher's single-leaf prospectus loosely inserted. Lovely copy of a standard reference.
8vo., First Edition, with title vignette, 12 plates on 8, and numerous decorations and 2 full-page maps in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper; decorative cloth gilt, gilt back, boards with very light fade marks else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with loss (affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip, and at lower left-hand corner of front panel. With dustwrapper artwork by Michael Harvey. Effectively a sequel to his splendid 'Bugles and a Tiger' (1956). Masters served as a middle-ranking officer in Burma throughout the war. This striking personal record of service with Gurkhas and Chindits (including his participation in Operation BLACKPOOL) therefore stands between the more usual views of generals and private soldiers, and includes illuminating portraits of Slim, Wingate and Stilwell among others. UNCOMMON. Enser, p.90; not recorded by Graham & Cole, which lists only the US (Harper) edition as M55.
8vo., First Edition, with maps in the text; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE.
IV + 543 p., 145 gravures, 37 cartes et 819 dessins schématiques in-texte. Bel exemplaire récemment relié: demi percaline rouge cerise, à coins, filets, palettes et titre dorés. (2 kilos) Inv. 17004.
8vo., Second Impression, with coloured frontispiece and 20 plates in monochrome, neat contemporary signature on front inner wrapper; original yellow wrappers printed in red, a near fine copy. With the trade ticket of University Book Store, Singapore, on front inside wrapper. Published in the series 'Malayan Heritage Books'. SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 16 plates on 14 and a full-page plan in the text, some moderate offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; cloth, gilt back, backstrip a little dulled else a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned and with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. The harrowing story of the author's experiences from capture at Sittang Bridge to his service as SMO at Rangoon from 1942 to the liberation. SCRACE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.90; Graham & Cole M49.
8vo., First Edition, with fine portrait frontispiece, 48 plates on 22, 4 folding maps in red and black, 15 full-page maps, and front and rear endpaper maps; armorial cloth gilt, gilt back, blue top, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. 'I consider Slim was the finest general World War II produced' (Earl Mountbatten). General Evans fought under Slim as a divisional commander in Burma and has also provided (with Anthony Brett-James) the definitive account of Imphal, Slim's greatest victory against the Japanese. Increasingly elusive in this condition. Enser, p.406; Graham & Cole, L5.
8vo., Uncorrected Proof Copy, with title-vignette; original printed wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Effectively a sequel to his splendid 'Bugles and a Tiger' (1956). Masters served as a middle-ranking officer in Burma throughout the war. This striking personal record of service with Gurkhas and Chindits (including his participation in Operation BLACKPOOL) therefore stands between the more usually recorded views of generals and private soldiers. Includes illuminating portraits of Slim, Wingate and Stilwell among others. PROOF COPIES ARE VERY SCARCE. Enser, p.90; not recorded by Graham & Cole, which lists only the US (Harper) edition as M55.
8vo., with a frontispiece and maps in the text; grey boards, ivory cloth back lettered in red, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Vernacular account of the events and aftermath of two days following the atomic bomb attack. THE CLOTH EDITION IS ALREADY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION
8vo., Tenth Edition, free endpapers lightly browned; navy ribbed cloth, boards framed in blind, gilt back, covers lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE.
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, title in blue and black, text in red and black, very numerous photographs and facsimiles (a number ful-page) throughout, and printed endpapers; laminated pictorial boards, backstrip lettered in red and black, a fine copy. Collects eye-witness accounts from 67 survivors. SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with plates, maps and illustrations in the text; green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, a near fine copy. SCARCE.
P°ARIS, A. Quillet - 1948 - 4 Volumes in-4, couverture rempliée -Très importante iconographie en et H.T.en couleurs - T. I : Introduction Générale, Primitifs, ancien Orient, Indo-Européens - Introduction VII à XX, 548 pages - T. II : La Crète & Mycènes, la Grèce, les Etrusques, Rome, 426 pages - T. III : Christianisme médiéval, la réforme Protestante, Catholicisme Moderne, Islam, Extrème-Orient, 555 pages - T. IV : Indo-Iraniens, Judaïsme, Origines Chrétiennes, christianismes Orientaux, 484 pages - A l'état neuf.
4to., First Editioon, with numerous cartoons and illustrations in the text, and endpaper maps; original beige cloth, upper board blocked in blue, backstrip lettered in blue, a near fine copy. A lovely copy of one of the very few books attempting to see a lighter side of the Burma campaign. VERY SCARCE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.106; Graham & Cole G5
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO HISTORIAN RICHARD HOLMES WITH THE FORMER'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. SCARCE. Includes coverage of Irrawaddy, 19th Indian Division, 11th Sikh Division. Graham & Cole M68.
In-8, 312p. Première édition. Bon exemplaire.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and maps (a number folding), free endpapers very lightly spotted; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, uncut, a near fine copy. With personal bookplate on front paste-down. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, No. 106.
