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32 pages. Features: The Gallant New Zealanders in action in the North African campaign - ten illustrations by Captain McIntyre of the fighting advance from El Alamein; Convincing proof of bomb-raid damage revealed by stereoscopic photographs - article with photos; "The Ship", by C.S. Forester - the story of a British Cruiser in the Mediterranean; Full-page contour Map of Pantellaria - First loss of Italian Soil; Allied Bombing Offensive - article by Cyril Falls; Photos from the Southern War Zone - including photo of Churchill inspecing a captured German Mark VI Tiger Tank; Two-pages of photos entitled "Hitler, Goering and Ribbentrop Keep a Tight Control on Their Collaborators" , including images of/with Slovakian Premier Dr. Tuka; Mussolini, Laval, Quisling, King Boris of Bulgaria, Admiral Horthy of Hungary, and Dr. Tiso of Slovakia; Two pages of illustrations entitled "The Little Ships" - and the Gallant Crews who Man Them - incidents during night operations on patrol; Dramatic centerfold illustration shows British Gun-Boats at high-speed returning to base at dawn; Photo of Lieut.-Co. Lorne MacLaine Campbell, V.C.; photo of Major Le Patourel, V.C.; Full-page photo of crew of the U-Boat "Wolf" cowering undersea while depth-charges shake the hull; The End of the Attu Campaign - three photos; The U.S.S. Oklahoma Salvaged at Pearl Harbor - three photos; The Vought-Sikorsky Helicopter - Several versions of a novel aircraft - five interesting photos with some text; Photo of the crew of the flying fortress "Memphis Belle"; Sketches of POWs by Lieut. J.F. Watton; Photos of Midshipmen ("Snotties") taking an advanced course in a warship; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
28 pages. Features: Cover photo of Brigadier Wingate making final plans for his Chindit Expedition through the Burmese jungles to spread confusion and terror behind Japanese lines; Photos of Brigadier Wingate and his Chindits who sabotaged Japanese plans in Burma; From Mareth to Cape Bon - 267,000 prisoners were taken by the Allied Armies in Tunisia - four large, impressive photos of thousands of POWs; Tunisia Freed - Final Scenes of the Victorious Campaign; Photo of Air Commodore Sir Nigel Norman; The Great World War - Sea, Land and Air - article by Cyril Falls; R.A.M.C. Hygiene Fight Disease - photos of drinking water inspection; Havoc at Tunisian Key Points - three photos of major bomb damage; Numerous photos of personalities of the day; Air, Sea, and Land Pictures from the World's Battlefronts - includes two photos of a soviet seaman being loaded into a torpedo tube ready to be launched!; Photo of captured General H. Cramer and Major Von Meyer; Photo of Beaufighters at work... and a blazing enemy cargo vessel; Dramatic centerfold illustration of the destruction of the Mohne Dam by Lancasters ("The Dambusters") Inflicting Irreparable Damage to Ruhr War Industries; Six air photos of the tremendous destruction wrought be the destruction of the Eder Reservoir and the Mohne Dam; Full-page illustration of Westphalia - disorganized by the Mohne and Eder Floods; Six photos of captured enemy guns that can be turned against the enemy; Article by E.S. Grew on the Chemistry of Coal with four interesting photos; Two-pages of illustrations of "Progressive Training" for WAAF Personnel; Britain's Optical Glass Industry - Ten interesting photos with text; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
28 pages. Features: Nice cover photo of a French woman cutting grapes from the vine on her home for British troops; The British Field Force making friends in France; Full-page diagram of the extensive fortifications of Heligoland; Switzerland prepares her defences for all emergencies - Five photos; Photos of Switzerland frontiers - fortified and manned - plus mobilisation scenes; Photo of the daily rations of the German people - less in every respect than those of the British field force; Various photos - churchyard and nursery A.R.P., Polish leaders in Paris; British Submarine Epic - illustrations show how it escaped by tenacity and engineering skill; The Fall of Warsaw - Vivid war photos; Photos of the Nazi "triumphal" parade in Warsaw; Full-page photo of a huge stack of British artillery shells; Photos of British practice with heavy guns; Illustrations show events leading to the end of a U-Boat; Numerous photos show the French bombarding German lines with guns mounted on German soil; Several illustrations show a comprehensive shelter scheme for the people of Bermondsey; Photos of personalities of the week; Interesting photos of British items painted white to improve safety during blackout; The Campaign in the West - article by Cyril Falls; Full-page new map of the Western Front - giving all strategic features; and more. Small name written atop front of outer cover. Missing page 597-98 from back. Some pages loose but present. Magazine
Features: Dead Man's Double - the strange story of a landsman who, anxious to get home to Australia, shipped aboard a foreign tramp to work his passage; Baptism of Fire - the story of a young Forest Ranger employed by the British Columbia Forest Service in 1927, and how a fire trapped over 100 people in a logging camp; A Case of Contraband - An amusing story of how, between revolutions, men had ways of their own of getting around difficulties; The Golden Ingot - the diverting story of an ingenious Gold Coast version of the time-honoured "confidence trick"; Down Mexico Way - The exciting adventure of two young seafarers who light-heartedly set out to explore the Mexican countryside; The Fire-Walker; Pioneer Pilot - Mr. Peter Strong flew over the Drakensberg Mountains between Basutoland and Natal; One Thing After Another - Recalls the narator's fall and subsequent rise in the depression days of Australia; The Burma Road - will recall poignant memories to many ex-Servicemen; South Sea Burial Customs - Visiting the outlying islands of the remote Cook Group, in the South-East Pacific, the authoress came upon many curious death-customs; Olsen's Secret - A grim story from the American coalfields; Front cover was attached with tape but is now detached. Back cover missing. Contents unmarked and in decent condition. Magazine
106.397Paris, Le Portulan, 1948. 15 x 23, 549 pp., broché, bon état (couverture défraîchie).
9921Lyon, A. Storck & Cie, Imprimeurs-Editeurs, 1906. 1 volume in-12, 354 pp., broché, non coupé. Ouvrage orné de 31 figures dans le texte (dessins, photographies) et d'une carte,couvertures, dos et tranches poussiéreux, bon état d'ensemble. Un autre exemplaire est disponible, avec une reliure moderne plein cuir, vendu à 130 .
106.517Paris, Librairie Plon, 1908. 13 x 20, 329 pp., 2 cartes dépliantes en fin de volume, broché, état moyen (couverture plastifiée et défraîchie).
198013183Paris: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Vol XXII - No. 3-4 1980. 3/8 inch tear top left of front cover. 557pp. Soft Cover. Very Good Minus/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Vol XXII - No. 3-4 Paperback
1854va1773J. Dumaine, libraire-éditeur de l'empereur Relié 1854 In-8 (17 x 25,5 cm), reliure demi-toile à coins, 284 pages, bien complet des 3 cartes hors texte in fine ; dos insolé, frottements aux plats, coupes et coiffes, quelques rousseurs éparses à l'intérieur, bon état général. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
86431Presses Univesitaires de France, Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques, 1965, 192 p., un tampon sur la page de garde et le second plat, dos frotté, bon état pour le reste.
Mm 215x285 Volume cartonato rigido, sovraccoperta editoriale, 191 pp. con tabelle ed illustrazioni in nero e a colori. Saggio sugli aspetti bioagronomici di Giuseppe Fontanazza, introduzione di Guido Ferrara. Dorso scolorito. Opera in buone condizioni. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
'Onore e gloria a tutti i soldati d'Italia' - Lettera di Mussolini facsimile manoscritto, stampa sul retro - Premessa- Indice dei nomi 1 27x20 cm., legatura in piena seta damascata, titolo impresso in oro al dorso, e al piatto, senza sopraccoperta, pp. 365 (2), in antiporta ritratto del Generale Valle a piena pagina, numerose illustrazioni in bianconero su tavole fuori testo, prima edizione, in italiano, buone condizioni. Dedica autografa ad personam dell'A., seguita da altra.
Mm 175x270 Collana "Cataloghi dei Musei e gallerie d'Italia" - Volume irilegato in tela con sovraccoperta, xii-176 pagine con centinaia di figure in nero su tavole fuori testo. Copia in perfette condizioni di nuovo, spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
6584New York / London, Val Landi / Collier Books, 1982. In-4 broché, couverture ill., 440 p. More than 1200 entries, ill. with over 550 photos and original drawings. Très bon état. Field Notes on Animals, Plants, Historic Sites, and the Natural Environment.
31193Genève Slatkine - Mégariotis Reprints 1975 in 8 (23x16) 1 volume reliure skivertex de l'éditeur, 432 pages. Réimpression de l'édition de Paris 1904. Bon exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
46790Paris Librairie Académique Perrin et Cie, Libraires-Editeurs 1925 in 8 (20,5x13,5) 1 volume reliure reliure demi percaline bleu, dos lisse orné d'un fleuron doré fleurdelysé, pièce de titre de cuir beige, 432 pages, quelques petites rousseurs éparses sur les premières et les dernières pages. Pierre de Vaissière, Aurillac 1867 - Ferrières-Saint-Mary 1942. Bon exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
39691in-8 reliure éditeur - 1968 - 646p - Ed. Editions Sociales, Paris / Editions en Langues Etrangères, Moscou
8vo., First Edition, with a title-vignette and illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper
8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette and illustrations in the text; green cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy in dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with a title-vignette and illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly marked and with minor loss at head of backstrip.
197355752Washington DC: GPO 1973. fair to good. 17000 approx. complete 30-vol. set wraps illus. charts some fold-out tables footnotes some fading and wrinkling to spines. Complete 30-volume set of the Watergate hearings including 26 volumes of hearing transcripts 1 volume of indexes 2 volumes of appendices and 1 volume final report. Contents include Books 1-9 Phase I: Watergate investigation 9 volumes; Books 10-12 Phase II: Campaign practices 3 volumes; Book 13 Phase III: Campaign financing; Books 14-17 Milk fund investigation 4 volumes; Books 18-19 Use of incumbency-responsiveness program 2 volumes; Books 20-24 The Hughes-Rebozo investigation and related matters 5 volumes; Book 25 Supplemental material on campaign practices and finances; Book 26 Appendix to the Hughes-Rebozo Investigation and exhibits relating to chapter 8 of the final report; volume 27: Indexes to the Public Hearings; volumes 28-29: Appendix to theHearings Legal Documents Relating to the Select Committee Hearings Part Iand Part II; volume 30: The Final Report Report No. 93-981. Small piecesmissing to base of spine in a few volumes some soiling and small stains tosome covers some pages discolored volume 18 has volume number written on spine and ink comment and soiling on front cover and some ink marks on a few pages. Approximately 17 000 pages of the seminal investigation of Presidential conduct on the 20th century forecasting the later Clinton investigations but perhaps rising to a higher level than the investigationsat the end of the century. GPO paperback
197447365Washington DC: GPO 1974. fair to good. 1250 wraps fold-out chart footnotes tables appendices spine discolored and creased small stains to front cover. Subtitled: Pursuant to S. Res. 60 February 7 1973 A Resolution to Establish a Select Committee of the Senate to Investigate and Study Illegal or Improper Activities in the Presidential Election of 1972. 93d Congress 2d Session Report No. 93-981. GPO paperback
2003117668Editions du Rhin, La Nuée Bleue 2003 In-8 cartonnage éditeur. 23,5 cm sur 16,5. 363 pages. Plusieurs illustrations en noir et blanc. Très bon état d’occasion.
295876New York: Sweeney Litho Co. Lithographed canvas banner. 46" x 29"<br/><br/> This large World War I-era poster was sponsored by the United War Work Campaign. Established in 1918 by Woodrow Wilson the campaign brought together seven organizations--the YMCA the YWCA the American Library Association the War Camp Community Service the Knights of Columbus the Jewish Welfare Board and the Salvation Army--to form a group fundraising effort with the hope of raising over $170 million for the war. The canvas banner depicts a red and white striped top hat on a blue background. The hat is full of dollar bills and coins symbolizing the collective fund that had been created and encouraging citizens to donate. The poster is in very good condition. Folds as issued. The vintage colors are rich and emblematic of the era.<br/><br/> Sweeney Litho Co unknown books
295336New York: Heywood Stasser & Voigt Litho. Co. Original poster mounted on linen. Page measures 30" x 20 1/4"<br/><br/> This World War I poster is part of a series published by the United War Work Campaign or UWWC a coalition of seven service organizations charged with raising $170000000 to help demobilize the army and maintain morale in the final few years of the war. The campaign was a success and was at the time recognized as the largest fundraising event in history. The War Camp Community Service was one of two secular organizations in the campaign. Their work was largely focused on the social and recreational needs of enlisted men in homefront training camps. This poster features the organization's emblem with an illustration of servicemen sharing a home cooked meal. The caption reads 'Home Hospitality'. Poster is in good condition with some wear to upper margin and repairs to right margin. Library notations in ink lower right.<br/><br/> Heywood Stasser & Voigt Litho. Co unknown books
