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WYATT H.F.
The Passing of the Great Fleet. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION
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FLEMING Peter
The Siege at Peking.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 33 plates on 20, 5 maps in the text and 2 coloured maps; cloth, a good, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter a little browned at backstrip. Standard account of the Legations in Peking under attack from both the Boxers and the Imperial Chinese Army in 1900.
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BENNETT G.
Charlie B. A Biography of Admiral Lord Beresford of Metemmeh and Curraghmore.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 27 plates and 7 maps and diagrams (one double-page) in the text; red cloth, gilt back, red top, covers mildly faded, one corner bruised else a good, sound copy. VERY SCARCE. NMM II/1 291a.
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FORSTER E. M.
The Development of English Prose between 1918 and 1939. The Fifth W.P. Ker Memorial Lecture delivered in the University of Glasgow, 27 April 1944. 1000 COPIES WERE PRINTED
8vo., First Edition; original brown wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, wrappers very lightly dust-soiled else a very good bright clean copy. Published as Glasgow University Publications No. LXIII. 1000 copies were printed. Kirkpatrick A25.
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TAYLOR A.J.P.
England 1914-1945. Introduction by Chris Wrigley. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
8vo. First Edition thus, on laid paper, with numerous coloured and monochrome plates; blue cloth, upper board framed in gilt, gilt back, blue endpapers, a fine copy in publisher's slip-case lettered in gilt, the case very lightly marked at edges.
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RODGER N.A.M.
The Insatiable Earl. A Life of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, 1718-1792. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; lilac cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Acclaimed biography of the First Lord of the Admiralty ('in a class by himself') during the American War of Independence - and the inventor of our favourite fast food.
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PACK S.W.C.
The Wager Mutiny. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo. First Edition with portraits plates and endpaper maps; cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in the dustwrapper.
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BEVAN David
Drums of the Birkenhead. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With a copy of the 'Troopship Birkenhead Project' loosely inserted.
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CLAVER Scott
Under the Lash. A History of Corporal Punishment in the British Armed Forces. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates (a number folding); blue cloth, gilt back, a good, clean copy. A massively under-written aspect of British military history. VERY SCARCE.
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ROBINSON C.N.
The British Tar in Fact and Fiction. The Poetry, Pathos, and Humour of the Sailor's Life. With Introductory Chapters on the Place of the Sea Officer and Seaman in Naval History and Historical Literature by John Leyland. [Second Impression]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL CLOTH
8vo., Second Impression, with coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 15 plates in sepia and 113 monochrome plates on 64; original navy blue ribbed cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. First published in 1909. Bright copy of a substantial and learned work. Its four sections examine the British tar in (i) literature, biography, pamphlet and satire; (ii) mystery, pageant, comedy and drama; (iii) sea stories, novels, magazines and chap-books; (iv) poems, ballads, songs and doggerel. There is a final section on the seaman and nautical life in pictorial form.
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HAWKEY Arthur
HMS Captain. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and illustrations in the text, neat signatures on front paste-down and frront free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The story of the ill-fated early ironclad.
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HEWITT H.J.
The Organization of War under Edward III 1338-62. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates, maps in the text and large folding map on japon at end; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, mildly browned dustwrapper, the latter with closed tears at head of backstrip.
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MACDOUGALL Philip
Royal Dockyards. NEAR FINE COPY UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and plans in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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MARCUS G. J.
Heart of Oak. A Survey of British Sea Power in the Georgian Era. NEAR FINE COPY UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; navy cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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MAHAN Alfred T.
Naval Strategy compared and contrasted with the Principles and Practice of Military Operations on Land. Lectures delivered at the US Naval War College, Newport RI between the Years 1887 and 1911. IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First UK Edition, with 13 maps and charts (6 folding; 7 full-page) on japon, small blind stamp on title; handsomely bound in navy blue full morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, gilt top, uncut, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Widely considered Mahan's most useful work, this comprehensive survey brings together the core studies of the author's celebrated 'sea power' series, together with more recent examples. Published simultaneously with the US edition. A lovely copy. Albion, p.211; Hattendorf, A18b.
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JAMES William
The Naval History of Great Britain. from the Declaration of War by France in 1793 to the Accession of George IV. A New Edition, with Additions and Notes, and an Account of the Burmese War and the Battle of Navarino, by Captain Chamier. BRIGHT WORKING SET IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING
6 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with 6 engraved portrait frontispieces, 19 engraved portraits, numerous diagrams in the text and 28 folding abstracts, some light and inoffensive age-staining; strongly bound in contemporary half roan, marbled boards, backs with flat bands lettered and numbered in gilt, red edges, three volumes expertly rebacked to style with old backstrips laid down, a good, bright, firm copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplates on front paste-downs, and neat press-mark on title rectos and versos.
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MACLEOD Donald
Memoirs of the Old Highlander Serjeant Donald Macleod. Reprinted from the original Edition of 1791, with Introduction and Notes by J.G. Fyfe. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece, small neat inscription on front free endpaper; marbled boards, olive cloth back with printed paper label, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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MURPHY William Scanlan
Father of the Submarine. The Life of the Reverend George Garrett Pasha. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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EVANS Stephen H.
The United States Coast Guard 1790-1915. A Definitive History. [Third Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Third Edition, with plates, and photographs and maps in the text, small neat signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1949.
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EVANS Wilson P.
Deeds not Words. [The Victorian Navy]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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JOHNSON D.H.
Volunteers at Heart. The Queensland Defence Forces 1860-1901. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates, tape marks on free endpapers; brown cloth, backstrip lettered in white, red endpapers, a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with tape marks on inner surface. With personal bookplate on front free endpaper.
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DAVIS John
The Post-Captain or the Wooden Walls well manned. Comprehending a View of Naval Society and Manners. Edited with Introduction from the Third Edition, 1808, by R.H. Case. 1000 COPIES WERE PRINTED
8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original boards, red cloth back lettered in gilt, dark, uncut, fore-edge a little dusty else a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES.
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HIGGINSON Rear-Admiral Francis J.
Naval Battles in the Century. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition; brown cloth, boards framed in blind, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. With prize bookplate on front paste-down. Published in The Nineteenth Century series.
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BROOKS F.W.
The English Naval Forces 1199-1272. With a Foreword by Professor Geoffrey Callender. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 2 plates, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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CORDINGLY David
Cochrane the Dauntless. The Life and Adventures of Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 1775-1860. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome plates, several maps in the text and pictorial endpapers, neat inscription on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. The epitome of the Romantic hero, Thomas Cochrane was the inspiration for both O'Brian and Forester, leading to the creation of Jack Aubrey and Horatio Hornblower - two of the most popular figures in naval and maritime literature. Based partly on unpublished letters, Cordingly's detailed biography is arguably the fullest to date.
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EARLE Peter
The Last Fight of the Revenge. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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FEVYER W. H.
The Africa General Service Medal to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition; printed wrappers, a near fine copy.
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CAMPERDOWN Earl of
Admiral Duncan. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), 2 plates in photogravure (original tissue guards present) and full-page battle-plan, some negligible spotting; original navy diced cloth, boards framed in blind, gilt back, black endpapers, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. Neat inscription on half-title: 'Amy M. Cowper. The life of her great-grandfather from HSC 15.4.1911'. NMM II/1, 522.
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FUNSTON Frederick
Memories of Two Wars. Cuban and Philippine Experiences. Illustrations by F.C. Yohn. [First UK Edition]. BRIGHT, FRESH COPY
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and numerous illustrations; original red cloth, gilt back, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, crisp, clean copy. The US edition was published in the previous year. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION
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MURRAY (Viscount ELIBANK) Lt.-Col. Arthur C
An Episode in the Spanish War 1739-1744. Admiral Lord Anson and Capt. The Hon. George Murray. With a Preface by Admiral Sir William James. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY WITH EPHEMERA
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and folding map; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO MRS. LAIDLAW THOMPSON, WITH SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTIONS AND SEVERAL OFFPRINTS OF ARTICLES BY THE AUTHOR.
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GRANT James
Cassell's History of the War in the Soudan. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET IN PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BINDING
6 vols., roy. 8vo., with frontispieces (original tissue guards present) and many hundreds of woodcut illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; original pictorial red cloth, upper boards elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt and black, bevelled boards, gilt edges, primrose endpapers, corners lightly bruised, fade-mark on upper board of third volume else a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean set in publisher's original pictorial binding. A HANDSOME SET IN PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL BINDING. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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WARE Chris
The Bomb Vessel. Shore Bombardment Ships of the Age of Sail. Illustrated with Draughts from the Collections of the National Maritime Museum NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, and photographs and diagrams throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper.
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CORRY Commander Alvin Coote
The Executive Officer's Orders, etc. with regard to the Internal Economy of a Man-of-War. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original blue cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, gilt back, primrose endpapers, expertly recased, a near fine copy. With the QRAI revision slip (printed in red) mounted facing p. 71. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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KEEVIL J. J.
Medicine and the Navy 1200-1900. Introduction by Sir Henry Dale. NEAR FINE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
4 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 3 frontispiece and numerous plates and charts (a number folding); navy cloth, backstrips blocked and lettered in gilt and red, a near fine set in dustwrapper, the wrappers lightly sunned as usual at backstrips. BRIGHT, CRISP SET OF THE STANDARD REFERENCE. The set comprises: Vol. I: 1200-1649 (1957); Vol. II: 1649-1714 (1958); Vol. III: 1714-1815 (1961); Vol. IV: 1815-1900 (1963). With relevant ephemera loosely inserted and/or mounted on paste-downs. COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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SHARF Frederic A.
China, 1900: The Eyewitnesses Speak.. The Experience of Westerners in China during the Boxer Rebellion, as described by Participants in Letters, Diaries and Photographs. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates and plans; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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JAMES William
The Naval History of Great Britain. from the Declaration of War by France in 1793 to the Accession of George IV in January 1820. A New Edition, with considerable Additions and Improvements, including Diagrams of all the principal Actions. [VOLUMES V and VI. THESE VOLUMES ONLY] TWO ODD VOLUMES IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING
2 vols., [of 6], 8vo., with diagrams in the text,and 9 large folding Abstracts in second volume, some mild spotting (slightly heavier in second volume); strongly bound in contemporary half calf, marbled boards, backs with flat bands ruled in gilt, second compartments lettered in gilt, both very good, firm copies. With the fine nineteenth-century armorial bookplate of James Wells Armstrong on front paste-downs. Volume V covers the period 1808-1811; Volume VI from 1811 to 1820.
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LENIHAN Padraig
1690. Battle of the Boyne. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Ediion, with illustrations and maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed monograph on the largest battle in Irish history. With extensive bibliography. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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MAHAN Captain Alfred T.
The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire 1793-1812. [Second UK Edition]. UNUSUALLY BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF THE SECOND UK EDITION
2 vols., 8vo., Second Edition thus, with 7 maps (one folding) and 6 battle-charts; original blue cloth, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, gilt tops, black endpapers, uncut, a remarkably bright, crisp copy. The second of Mahan's three great historical surveys of 'sea power' (a term coined by Mahan) which taken together cover the period 1660-1812. 'A valuable work, much more so than his 'Life of Nelson' [Albion]. Albion, p.244; Hattendorf A4d; NMM V:I, 2163; Sandler 2197 (recording the first edition).
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PADFIELD Peter
Maritime Power and the Struggle for Freedom. Naval Campaigns that shaped the Modern World 1788-1851. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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MAY Richard
HMS Warrior. 1860 to date. Owner's Workshop Manual. An Insight into owning, operating, maintaining and restoring the Royal Navy's first armoured iron Warship. FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with coloured photographs, and numerous diagrams throughout; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy.
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BANCROFT N. W.
From Recruit to Staff Sergeant. With an Introduction and Epilogue by Major-General B.P. Hughes. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and facsimiles in the text, and endpaper maps and charts; red pictorial boards, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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MAHAN Alfred T.
Types of Naval Officers drawn from the History of the British Navy. With some Account of the Conditions of Naval Warfare at the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century, and of its subsequent Development during the Sail Period. [First UK Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST UK EDITION
8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard captioned in red), 5 plates of portraits (all original tissue guards captioned in red) and full-page plan, neat inscription on blank preliminary recto; original navy cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, hand-made endpapers, a bright, clean copy. Collects essays on Hawke, Rodney, Howe, Jervis, Saumarez and Pellew. Published simultaneously with the US edition. Hattendorf A10b.
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ROGERS P. G.
The Dutch in the Medway. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread, plates and endpaper maps; rose cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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MAHAN Alfred T.
The Influence of Sea Power upon History 1660-1783. [Tenth UK Edition]. TENTH UK EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., Tenth Edition thus, with 18 plates containing 24 plans of naval battles, 3 full-page maps and large folding map (this last lightly age-soiled); handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled with anchor in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, uncut, gilt blocking from original upper board and backstrip mounted on new and separate preliminaries, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Mahan's most celebrated work, written whilst still a captain and first published in Boston earlier the same year. It is here that Mahan coins the term 'sea power' and in a masterly opening chapter defines the elements of this concept. Thereafter he embarks on a stage-by-stage analysis of the maritime conflicts that resulted in Britain's naval supremacy, illustrating his strategic assessments with a flood of examples. After some while in the doldrums, Mahan's reputation as a naval historian and strategist is once again on the rise. Albion, p.211; Hattendorf, A2b; NMM V/1 514; Sandler 2196 (all recording the first UK edition).
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CORRIERE DELLA SERA
1918/06/21
(21 giugno 1918)[CORRIERE DELLA SERA.]Gli austriaci costretti a indietreggiare sul Montello e lungo il Piave. [Euro 10,00]
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CORRIERE DELLA SERA
1918/02/15
(15 febbraio 1918)[CORRIERE DELLA SERA.]Incursione di "Arditi" fra Garda e Adige. [Euro 10,00]
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IL POPOLO D'ITALIA
1918/04/29
(29 aprile 1918)[IL POPOLO D'ITALIA.]Il documento dell'accusa suprema contro gli Imperi Centrali nel memoriale del Principe Lichnowsky. [Euro 12,00]
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CORRIERE DELLA SERA
1914/12/15.
(15 dicembre 1914)[CORRIERE DELLA SERA.]Belgrado rioccupata dai Serbi. La nuova tappa dell'offensiva Serba. [Euro 10,00]
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CORRIERE DELLA SERA
1918/11/09
(9 novembre 1918)[CORRIERE DELLA SERA.]L'entrata delle navi italiane a Pola ; I delegati tedeschi per l'armistizio al Quartiere Generale francese. [Euro 10,00]
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IL RESTO DEL CARLINO
1914/09/28
(28 settembre 1914)[IL RESTO DEL CARLINO.]A nord i francesi guadagnano terreno. Nel centro i Tedeschi sembrano sfondare la linea dei Forti. (due cartine geografiche) [Euro 10,00]
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