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B9781732845916Paperback / softback. New. paperback
1935169367Aden: 1935-36. A superb window onto Yemen in the 1930s Two albums depicting the experiences of British servicemen stationed in Yemen around the time of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War 1935-7 mixing the documentary and the personal. The images include very rare contemporary aerial photographs of towns including Aden Ta'izz and Shibam graphic pictures of war in Addis Ababa urban military and agricultural scenes and records of free time on the RAF base at Khormaksar. Nearly all carry explanatory manuscript captions. Aden was of crucial strategic importance to the British Empire having been brought under the control of the East India Company in 1839. After the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 it became one of the world's busiest ports. The RAF maintained a base at Khormaksar now Aden International Airport which played host to numerous squadrons throughout the 1930s. Of these No. 8 Squadron was stationed at Khormaksar for the longest period of time maintaining a policing and day-bombing role. Photographs of military aircraft belonging to No. 8 Squadron can be seen in these albums alongside pictures of planes flown by Nos 203 41 and 55 Squadrons. The photographs give a vivid impression of the volume of air and maritime traffic - mostly British but also French and Dutch - which passed through Aden after Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia. Aerial shots show Fairey MK IIIs and Vickers Vincent planes flying in formation as well as night and day bombers and flying boats. There are also detailed close-ups of ships including British aircraft carriers. It seems probable that the photographer who assembled these albums was involved in surveying: there are fine aerial shots of Aden and Crater the Sultan's palace at Lahij Shuqra Shibam Tarim Ibb al-Mukalla and Ta'izz giving an outstanding sense of how these towns looked in the early 20th century. The pictures of Ethiopia include one aerial photograph of Addis Ababa a number of ground shots of an execution the wounded and the dead and images of buildings on fire. There is only one photograph captioned as having been taken in Somaliland but this provides a further clue that the photographer was sent from Yemen to the Horn of Africa with the intention of documenting Italian military activities there. As a result of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War Ethiopia was incorporated into Italian East Africa consisting of Italian Somalia Ethiopia and Eritrea. Britain ruled British Somaliland and France controlled French Somaliland Djibouti. Many of the images may have been taken when the photographer was off duty. There are several almost touristic shots of everyday life in Crater showing children playing and Friday prayers images taken on the beach and in the salt pans around Aden pictures of Yemeni pastoralists with their cattle and photographs of Yemeni Indian and Somali women. A significant minority of the pictures show downtime at Khormaksar with a string of images depicting airmen in fancy dress playing football and drinking. There are even two photos of the squadron's dog in a cap and glasses and with a pipe in its mouth. 2 albums. Album I with 175 silver print photographs of various dimensions 100 x 65 mm - 240 x 180 mm mounted on card. Album II with 55 silver print photographs all c.100 x 150 mm or c.75 x 100 mm. Almost all photographs with period ink captions. Album I: quarto 290 x 230 mm. Original cloth covers spine and sides decorated with pictorial designs in relief marbled endpapers 36 card stock leaves. Album II: landscape octavo 130 x 187 mm. Contemporary black card wrappers "Aden" title sticker on front cover 22 card stock leaves. Album I: superficial rubbing to spine and rear cover short splits to inner hinges fore edges nicked. Album II: rear inner hinge split glue residue to gutters. Photographs all in very good condition. hardcover
1987AUB-6850Editions AGEP / Éd. Olizane 1987. Bel exemplaire relié, reliure pleine toile, jaquette conservée, gd in-4 ((33x28), non paginé (plus de 140 pages).
0071586873.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
179221421A Paris, chez Briand, 1792. Un fort vol. au format in-8 (201 x 132 mm) de 2 ff. n.fol., vi - 440 pp. Reliure de l'époque de pleine basane racinée brune, filet à froid encadrant les plats, dos lisse orné de filets dorés, roulettes dorés, larges fleurons stylisés dorés, pièce de titre de maroquin cerise, titre doré, tranches mouchetées.
1982AUB-3353Lausanne, éd. 24 Heures 1982. Bel exemplaire broché, couverture ornée d'éd., in-8, 183 pages avec carte et table.
17835Fixot, 1992. Format 16x24 cm, broche, 308 pages. Tres bon etat.
New English Original bdg. HC. 4to. (31 x 23 cm). In English. 152 p., color ills. "This book focuses on the banknotes of Kazakhstan with respect to their cultural, historical and technical content. It also tells the little known history of how Kazakhstan became one of the best producers of banknotes in the world in less than 20 years time." "Kazakhstan has been an eager adopter of innovative anti-counterfeiting technologies, including many firsts in world banknotes. Collectors everywhere will appreciate adding this book to their numismatic libraries as the first specialized reference to the nation's beautiful and groundbreaking new notes." (Owen W. Linzmayer, Publisher of the Banknote Book). Contents: Introduction.; Acknowledgements.; H. E. Nursultan Nazarbayev the First President of the Republic of KAzakhstan, his bright vision on the news technologies and innoivation.; Mr. Grigoriy Marchenko, the governor...; Historical characters depicted on the banknotes of Kazakhstan.; Technical definitions of the Security Features used on the banknotes of Kazakhstan.; Regular issues: 1993 - Tenge, 1993 Tiyn, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2011-2012 issue: Commemorative banknotes of Kazakhstan...".
