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4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations in the text; pictorial wrappers, slight forward lean else a near fine copy.
8vo., First Edition, with 38 plates on 16; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Formed at Kiel in 1935, the First Flotilla fought for nine years against increasing odds. The fame of many of its captains - Kretschmer, Topp and Suhren among them - could not prevent its few surviving crewmen fighting in trenches around the Brest citadel in September 1944.
8vo., First Edition; grey cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Second novel (following 'Convoy') in the Ned Yorke sequence with the Royal Navy in WWII. With striking wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Ian Robertson.
PARIS / NANCY, Berger-Levrault - 1894 - In-12 - Reliure toile un peu frottée, avec inscription "Lycée de Brest" entourée de palmes & d'1 couronne de laurier au 1er plat - Dos lisse avec titre et fleuron dorés - Couverture conservée - 334 pages - Très frais
PLOUDALMEZEAU (29), Ed. Label LN - 2005 - In-4 - Cartonnage éditeur illustré en couleurs 1 et 4 plats - Nombreuses illustrations NB dans le texte et HT, certaines PP, et 16 planches in fine en couleurs - Glossaire, bibliographie - 311 pages + 16 planches - Neuf
8vo., First Edition thus, with 30 plates on 16; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first comprehensive account of 'Vaddi' Schultze and U-48; by August 1941 she had sunk no fewer than 56 merchant vessels and one corvette. Both U-boat and commander survived the war: U-48 was scrapped in 1945; Schultze died in 1987 at the age of 78. First published in Germany in 2007.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 6 plates and a full-page map in the text; cloth, gilt back, a good, clean copy. The first year of the war as fought by a fictitious 'V&W' based on actual events and certainly not fiction. Plates have naturally been censored. Scarce in this condition. Enser, p.126; Law, 1078.
Printed boards show minor shelf wear, bumped slightly at ends of spine. Contents clean, sound, bright. Used
8vo. First Edition with 2 plates on 1 as frontispiece 8 plates on 4 and a full-page map in the text; cloth backstrip lettered and blocked in yellow and blue a very good clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper the latter lightly age-marked on lower panel. The first full-length study of a North Atlantic convoy vividly-written and carefully compiled from official sources supported by personal accounts on both sides. At times it delivers a minute-by-minute of the 'fiercest battle' against several wolf-pack
ISBN : 2733500236. Herscher. 1981. In-4 Carré. Relié, Jaquette. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 132 pages. Illustré de nombreuses photos en noir et blanc dans et hors texte. 'Les archives de la Société de Géographie'. 8 mai 1902, une éruption de la montagne Pelée anéantit la ville de Saint-Pierre...
AUTREMENT. 1989. In-8 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 250 pages environ- quelques illustrations en noir et blanc dans le texte
ISBN : 2855181089. Delroisse. 1984. In-4 Carré. Relié, Jaquette. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 96 pages. Illustré de nombreuses photos en couleur hors texte. Texte en anglais, français, néerlandais et allemand. Grand In-4°. Quelques annotations au crayon dans le texte. Traité franco-hollandais de 1648. Description. Le climat. Flore. Peuplement...
Kümmerly & Frey - Editions Géographiques - Sequoia. 1971. In-4 Carré. Relié, Jaquette. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 167 + env. 25 pages. Illustré de nombreuses photos en couleur hors texte. Jaquette abîmée. (Rare) Photographies de Walter Imber.
ISBN : 2842771338. DU CHENE. 2006. In-4 Carré. Relié, Jaquette. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 159 pages augmentées de nombreuses photos en couleurs dans et hors texte - Jaquette en bon etat -
8vo., First Paperback Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; library binding of laminated boards preserving front and rear panels of dustwrapper else a very good, bright, clean copy. Sold from an institution in its binding with label trace on front free endpaper and cancelled stamp on title. This classic work was first published by Macmillan in the previous year. The author was awarded the Glenfiddich Book Author of the Year (Food) as a result
Tiny name/address label to end papers and to title page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 236pp. The story of the Laconia, a cruise ship requisitioned as a troop carrier in the Second World War which was sunk by a German U-Boat in 1942 with the loss of almost 2,000 lives, many being Italian prisoners of war. Attempts were made to rescue as many as possible by other U-Boats, an Italian submarine and three French warships until Admiral Donitz forbade his submarines to attempt any more rescues. Illustrated. .
Mm 410x305 Volume cartonato, legatura editoriale in tela, pagine non numerate con XXXIV tavole a colori e in nero. Libro in condizioni di nuovo. Testo in inglese - english text. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
Beebe SC. D., LL. D, William/Beebe, Charles William (Direttore del Reparto Ricerche Tropicali della Società Zoologica di New York) - Scortecci, Prof. G./Scortecci, Giuseppe (Direttore del Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano): Prefazione di Mille Metri Sott'Acqua. Milano - Verona, Editore Valentino Bompiani (Soc. An. Editr. V. Bompiani and C.) - Arti Grafiche Chiamenti (stampa) 1935 (XIII) italian, in ottavo pp. XXIV+384=408 I ed. italiana: 1935 - XIII (ed. originale: Half Mile Down, New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company 1934). Traduzione di Carlo Coardi. VIII/XXIV+384=408/rilegatura in mezza pelle bianca con titoli e disegni oro e con i piatti rifiniti in carta patinata illustrati a colori. Con 124 figure in nero f.t. e in b/n in tavole patinate f.t. e XII figure a colori in tavole patinate f.t. protette con acetato trasparente. Fogli di guardia con cartae in nero delle 26 discese della Batisfera nelle Bermuda). Stato buono (manca il cofanetto editoriale - leggera usura della copertina - fogli di guardia e pagine bruniti - usura degli acetati a protezione delle tavole a colori).
8vo., First Edition thus, with 6 plates on 4 and a double-page map in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Imaginative account of the battleship's last cruise from the German viewpoint; strong depiction of the horror of the final engagement. Increasingly uncommon in this condition. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.58; Law, 0247.
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, very numerous photographs in the text and large folding plan at end; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. The first dedicated study of this class, the acquisition of which proved an invaluable boost to a hard-pressed Admiralty at a crucial period. Good selection of photographs of virtually every vessel balances the enormous publicity accrued elsewhere by HMS CAMPBLETOWN following the St. Nazaire raid.
8vo., First Edition thus, with a fine portrait frontispiece and 6 plates; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with small loss at upper edge of front panel and head of backstrip. First trade edition of an account first issued in a limited edition by the 'Liverpool Daily Post' in 1948. Enser, p.298; Law, 0222 (recording the 1948 edition).
323 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition; dampstain of bottom edges
Oversize. 385 p., illus. Drawings by the author. Hardcover Very good condition good
PORNIC, Éditions de la Vague, 1972 - In-12 - Broché - couverture illustrée - Frontispice, illustrations et planches photographiques hors-texte - 244 pages - Bon état. - Envoi rapide et soigné
