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Author Not Stated
FARC-EP, Historical Outline (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia - People's Army)
147 pages. Chronology. Presents "a history not to be found in the official history books, riddled as they are by lies and distortions." - from page 9. Unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A sound copy. Book
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McNair, Sherry (Signed)
Soldiers All!
Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. 331 pages. Reproductions of archival black and white photos. Author presents WWII stories of Hong Kong, Sicily, Italy and Northwest Europe related by her father, two uncles, and cousins. "The resulting manuscript tells a story which began on the plains of the Canadian West and went out to the battlefields of WWII." - from dust jacket. Spine leaning. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Newman, Joseph
Goodbye Japan
xvii, [3], 338 pages. Author spent time in Japan prior to WWII and wrote this book in an effort to aid the democracies in concluding peace in the Pacific at the war's conclusion. He seeks to do this by examining "the developments which led to the outbreak of war in the Pacific after the Japanese army and navy had secured the support of a group of aristocrats, diplomats, politicians and ambitious capitalists whose cowardice and subservience made them as guilty of aggression as the militarists themselves." - from Preface. Former IODE library copy with related internal markings. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating work. Book
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Miller, Francis Trevelyan
History of World War II - Armed Services Memorial Edition: Personal Copy of Canadian Serviceman R.E. Trembath
Personal copy of R.E. (presumably Robert/Bob) Trembath, of Vancouver, B.C. who signed and dated the front free endpaper and entered his WWII service record on the following page. 66 pages. Numerous reproductions of WWII black and white photos accompanied by text. At back is a list of thirteen handwritten names and hometowns, presumably of fellow members of Trembath's Motor Service mates from western Canada. This book appears to contain excerpts of a much larger WWII history, not included. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
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Dancocks, Daniel D.
Sir Arthur Currie: A Biography
ix, [1], 332 pages. Bibliography. Footnotes. Index. Several maps and reproductions of black and white photos. "The battle for British and world recognition of Canadian independence was fought on the plains of Belgium and France, bought with the blood of almost sixty thousand men and won in the end by the unparalleled achievements of the crack Canadian Corps. That these troops could go from victory to victory in a war best remembered for its bloodshed and defeats testifies to the strength of character and the tactical brilliance of the Corps Commander, Canada's greatest soldier, Sir Arthur William Currie. In this first reappraisal of Currie to appear in over thirty-five years, the author brings to life this giant of a man blessed with courage, intelligence and uncommon common sense, and reveals the true scope of his achievements not only as a solder but as a confidant of four prime ministers and as principal and vice-chancellor of McGill University which he led to its greatest prestige and renown." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear. Usual library markings. Half-title page missing. Dust jacket now in archival-grade Brodart. A worthy reading copy. Book
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Muir, Alexander; et al
Songs of Canada: Sheet Music for Piano and Voice
16 pages. Ad inside front cover suggests a printing date circa 1901. Songs include: The Maple Leaf Forever; Upon the Heights at Queenston; Rule Britannia; Red, White and Blue - The Army and the Navy For Ever; May God Preserve Thee Canada; Dear Canada, To Thee; The Beaver. Unmarked. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this vintage piece of Canadiana. Book
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Curry, Frederic C.
From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st (First) Canadian Brigade
xi, [1], 166, [1] pages. Black and white photographic plates. Maps. "This book stands in the main a personal account of the actions of the 1st Brigade, Canadian Infantry." - Preface. Heavily-worn with usual library markings. A worthy reference copy. Bibliographic references: Cooke (2nd Edn) pg 120, Enser pg 87, Dornbusch 308. Book
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Kelland, Clarence Budington; et al
Country Gentleman Magazine - The Magazine for Better Farming, Better Living, August (Aug.) 1951 - Ton of Beef From an Acre of Corn
108 pages. Features: How good can we make grain crops?; Ton of beef from an acre of corn; Silage 'funnel' wagons; Everybody's state fair; Henhouse timesavers; You can find 'meat type' hogs right in your herd; Here come the tanks! - shipping milk from the farm by truck tanker; Farm buildings that do more work; Bullheads and carp; Scipio swaps for clues (fiction). Ads: Prince Albert tobacco ad with William A. Poucher and Harry W. Jones; B.F. Goodrich ad with photo of Raymond Gould of the Wilbur Wilson farm in Lewis, Kansas; Lee work clothes; Champion spark plug ad features photos of nineteen Indy 500 winners; Oldsmobile super '88' car; 7up one-page photo ad with family fishing scene; Auto-Lite ad features Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd); De Laval milkers; Firestone ad with photos of Everett Lewison of Vermillion, SD and Leaf Larson of the same town; Ford trucks - nice color photo ad with beekeeper Herbert Light of Colusa, CA; International Harvester McCormick Farmall Super C; MoorMan's ad with photo of Amos Stout of Washington County, IA; Dreft ad features Robert Snodgrass and Mrs. Lloyd Dowd; Plymouth cars; Buick car; Chevrolet truck; International truck; USS Steel ad with photo of Marvin Price of Mullinsville, KS; Full-page color ad for the U.S. army shows paratroops in action; Blue Bell work clothes; Pontiac cars; Harley-Davidson Hydra-Glide ad with illustration of biker at farm; Dodge car; Tide detergent; Mrs. Laura Holman of Benton, Il; Toni ad features Eva Gernay, Marilyn West and Barbara and Beverly Dahm; Kitchen Aid mixer; Studebaker trucks (color inside back cover); Stark Bros. Nurseries (back cover). Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Athanas, Verne; Stuart, Jesse; Shaftel, George Armin; et al
Country Gentleman, The Magazine for Better Farming, Better Living - February (Feb.) 1951: Does Butter Have a Future?
148 pages. Features: Does butter have a future?; Bulls to make more beef with less feed; A house to keep pace with your life; Soil tillers - weed killers; Calves are getting better care; Little farm, bountiful life; Record weights at weaning time; Helping others helps us; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
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Rydberg, Ernie; Cave, Hugh B.; Et al
Country Gentleman - The Magazine for Better Farming, Better Living - August (Aug.) 1950: New Chemical Weapon for Farms
104 pages. Features: Cornland takes the rest cure; They built a new home - Thome Johnson and Jean Claney were married in Broken Bow, Custer County, NE twenty years ago; Desert ranching is not for tenderfeet - the JHJ ranch in the Sacramento Valley; How to rebuild blackland soil (Texas); Amazing chemical - Maleic Hydrazide; Ladino packs a protein punch; Are you going to buy hybrid chicks? and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Law, Ernest; Milne, A.A.
The Sphere Magazine, Volume LXXVII, No. 1006, 3 May 1919 - The Unrest in Egypt
Pages 81-102 plus 18 outer pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Cover photo of scene at Cairo's Kasr-en-Nil Bridge; B.S.A. Motor Bicycles ad shows mechanic and sidecar model; First page illustration of great flying display by Australian airmen over London; Photo of Italians protesting outside the Italian Embassy in London; Three photos of stray and abandoned dogs at the Battersea Dogs' Home; Excellent photo and map-illustrated article "With Our Forces in Northern Russia - The Difficulties of Life in a Frozen Zone; Shakespeare at the Peace Conference of 1604 (article); Photos of men in the news include: R.A. Gregory, J.E. H. Williams, Sir John D. Rees, Reginald Blomfield, Sir R.T. Hermon-Hodge, Dr. Adolf Muller, Dr. Eduard David, M. Warburg, Prof. W. Schucking, Count Rantzau, Frank Brangwyn, Ernest Newton, George Harcourt, Adrian Stokes, and W.R. Colton; One-page illustration of Italian peasants praying at wayside shrine; After Caporetto - fascinating photo-illustrated article about who fought and who won on the Piave; Two-page illustration "The Dread Days of the Lenin Experiment in Russia" depicts a most depressing scene in front of Petrograd's winter palace, under the Bolshevik regime; Interesting article about smoking by A.A. Milne; The Unrest in Egypt - two photos including one of celebration over General Allenby's Proclamation in Cairo, and another of a large crowd in Opera Square, Cairo; One-page illustration of Aerial aviator; Centerfold reproduction of Montague Dawson painting "Alone", an impression of Transatlantic Flight (free of staples but present); Page of illustrated text about lady's fashion; Nice back cover color-illustrated ad for Army Club cigarettes shows fashionable young couple fishing. Bit of writing on advertorial front cover. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
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Bodsworth, Fred; Newman, Peter C.; Hardy, W.G.; Curry, Ralph L.; MacLennan, Hugh; et al
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 4 July 1959 - Scandal of Our Lost Art Treasures
48 pages. Features: Brief piece on North Vancouver sprinter Harry Jerome; Non-Profits should pay taxes; Bruce Bairnsfather and his friend, Old Bill; Studebaker Lark car ad; The Scandal of our lost art treasures - while our museums were buying Chinese and Greek antiquities foreign collectors practically swept this country bare of irreplaceable native relics and pioneer art - article with colour photos of impressive U.S. collections of northwest coast native art; John Diefenbaker shows his souvenirs of John A. MacDonald; The Day Canada Was Born - interesting photo-illustrated article about July 1, 1867; The Unknown Years of Stephen Leacock - photo-illustrated article; The Languid and Lovely St. John River; Canada House in London - Everybody's Home Away From Home; How I Came to Burn Sir John A. - Bruce Hutchison convesses to a youthful sin; CNR passenger train ad; Canadian Army recruiting ad features their work in the Gaza Strip; Colour-photo Coke ad on back cover shows kids under sprinkler; and more. Scratching/tearing to upper corner of front cover and first few pages, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Bruhn, E.; Medvedeff, N.; Smith, P.; Gassner, A.
Aviation Engineering (Magazine), March (Mar.) 1933 - World's Largest Autogiro / Army Lighter-Than-Air
32 pages. Features: Front cover Thompson Valves ad salutes Pan American Airways and their 107 airliners; The Moment Distribution Method for Solving Continuous Frameworks; Compound Floating Ailerons; Army Lighter-Than-Air; The Zap Flap; Effect of Controllable Pitch on Airplane Performance; The World's Largest Autogiro - ferries between two Florida country clubs; The Bryce Fuel-Injection Pump; A Radio Transmitter for the Itinerant Flyer; Symposium on Arctic and Winter Flying; Traffic Control at the Alleghany Airport; The Switlik Parachute Chair; Racon Electric Co. photo ad shows crowd at Cleveland Air Races; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Smedile, J.; Livingstone, F.; Ellis, R.; Ingram, L.; et al
The Military Engineer - Journal of the Society of American Military Engineers, May-June 1963, Volume 55, Number 365 - Richard Gridley
94 pages. Features: Cover photo of river crossing demonstration by the 16th and 17th Engineer Combat Battalions at Fort Hood in April 1963; Shore power for the USS Enterprise; Hutment Construction in Thailand; Fallout Protection at military installations; The Stalwart - new British cross-country amphibious load carrier; Richard Gridley - First Chief Engineer of the Army; Tracing Sediment Movement with Radioisotopes; Design with Threaded Nails; Inventory of Freeways by Aerial Photography; The Solar Disc; Navy Crane Moment Indicator; Combat Engineers 21 - The Battle for Ipo Dam - water supply of Manila; Wellington's Peninsular Engineers; Geographical Survey of the West, 1871-1879; Nuclear Power Plant Field Tests - field testing for the PM-1, and Atoms for Antarctic Power; Navy Mobile Power Reserve; Salvaging Rigid Pavements in Georgia; Geology Study for Navy Pier Construction; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy of this very informative issue. Book
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Scarfe, Norman; Field-Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (Foreword)
Assault Division: A History of the 3rd [Third] Division from the Invasion of Normandy to the Surrender of Germany
288 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Maps. Glossary. Endpaper maps of The Assault Beach and Bremen. "I had the great honour to command the 3rd Division in the early days of World War II. During those days the Division gained for itself a very fine reputation; it never failed to achieve what was required from it; it always stood firm as a rock in battle. This reputation was maintained in the campaign in North-West Europe from the assault on the beaches of Normandy until the capture of the City of Bremen; right up to the end of the war." - Foreword. Name upon verso of frontispiece photo. Narrow opening in binding at last page. Dust jacket not included. A worthy reading copy of this important history. . Book
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Carmichael, Hoagy; Mercer, Johnny; Arodin, Sidney; Lerner, Sammy; Vallee, Rudy; Caesar, Irving;
Hoagy Carmichael Song Book: Sheet Music for Piano and Voice with Ukulele Chords
48 pages. Songs include: Story; Lazybones; Georgia on My Mind; Lazy River; Rockin' Chair; Judy; The Army of Hippocrates; Daybreak; Sing it way Down Low; Old Man Harlem; Thanksgivin'; After Twelve O'Clock; Moon Country; Down T' Uncle Bill's; Ballad in Blue; Mr. Bluebird; My Introduction to Love; New Orleans; Come Easy, Go Easy, Love; Poor Old Joe. Writing on front cover. Few markings to contents. Somewhat above-average external wear. Spine taped. A worthy vintage copy of this marvelous compilation. Book
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Bryant, Arthur; et al
The Illustrated London News (ILN), September (Sept.) 25, 1943 - Mediterranean Naval Heroes / The Battle of Salerno
Pages 337-364 plus advertorial covers. Features: Cover photo of Italy's Naval chief, Admiral Dzara, surrendering the Taranto fleet at Malta; Page of illustrations of Britain's powerful new 5.5 Gun-Howitzer; Full-page photo portrait of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew Cunningham; Nice photos of Mediterranean naval heroes Sir A.U. Willis, Sir Neville Syfret, Sir James Somerville, Sir Philip Vian, Sir H. Burrough and Sir Arthur L. St. G. Lyster; Great photo of the H.M.S. "Warspite's" big guns in action; Two-page illustration of Allied landings on Salerno beaches; Two pages of great photos document the Battle of Salerno - the Allies first brushes with the enemy after landing on the beaches; Two-page illustration of naval bombardment at Salerno and Eboli; Fantastic centrefold illustrations of Germany's new Tiger tank super-weapon; Photos of Important German bases seriously threatened by the Red Army - Kiev, Smolensk, and Poltava; Photos of personalities of the week include Colonel Knox and Admiral Stark, Sir Kingsley Wood, Metropolitan Sergius, Sir V.M. Grayburn, Lord Kenmare, Dame Enid Lyons, Mrs. Bernard Shaw, and Mr. Churchill with his wife and daughter Mary; Photo of signing of the Italian armistice; Photos of Mussolini after his release from his mountain hotel prison at Gran Sasso; Photos of the surrender of Italy's navy; Photo of Maltese residents surrounding the fuselage of "Faith", one of the island's three original defenders; Six photos illustrate Nazi demolition at the Hague as they fear invasion; One of the first photos of the R.A.F.'s 8000 lb bomb which is delivered by Lancaster; nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound vintage copy of this excellent WWII issue. Book
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Bryant, Arthur; et al
The Illustrated London News (ILN), July 15, 1944 - The Liberation of Caen / Iceland Independence
Pages 57-84. Features: Cover portrait of Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky; Informative diagrams of Germany's E-Boat - a naval mosquito with torpedoes and guns; Photos of the four Cherbourg forts, situated on the outer breakwater, which were the last to surrender; Review of "Behind the Steel Wall" by Arvid Fredborg; The campaign in Italy - seven recent photos; Montgomery's Great Success - the liberation of Caen by British and Canadian Troops - four photos; Article entitled "Offensives on All Fronts"; Five aerial photos of bomb damage to Peenemunde, home of the flying bomb, attacked by the R.A.F.; Photos of German flying bombs in flight, and damage they have done; One-page illustration of R.A.F. control centre battling flying bombs; Fascinating two-page centrefold illustration shows flying bomb installations in Northern France; Three photos inside London's massive bomb shelters; Photo of Copenhagen department store ablaze, with fire-fighters held back by people who accuse the owner of collaborating with the nazis; Poland's underground army shows well-organised resistance - seven photos; Eleven photos in the wake of the Red Army's great advance - Minsk and other bastions of the shattered German lines; U.S. Troops capture Saipan Island - ten photos of the most ambitious amphibious operation yet attempted in the Pacific; Photos of personalities of the week include Major W.H. Smith, The Rev. Dr. J. Moore Ferguson, Fd.-Marshal Von Kluge, Sir Bernard Montgomery visiting the "Rodney", The Duchess of Kent with her children, Roosevelt welcoming De Gaulle to the White House, Captured German nurses in Cherbourg, Wing Commander J. Johnson, General Ivan Chernyakhovsky, and Field-Marshal Von Rundstedt; One-page illustration of airborne tug aircraft hooking to glider on the ground; Photos of underground hot water tapped by the people of Reykjavik; Iceland declares her independence - six photos; Nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Bryant, Arthur; et al
The Illustrated London News (ILN), January (Jan.) 27, 1945 - The Great Russian Offensive / Massacred U.S. Prisoners Found Near Malmedy
Pages 85-110. Features : Cover portrait of Stalin; One-page map of the main combat areas of the great Russian Offensive on their way to the Reich; Two-page photo spread of photos of Polish and other milestone cities, mixed with photos of Russian leaders General Petrov, Marshal Rokossovsky, Marshal Koniev, Marshal Zhukov, Marshal Tolbukhin, and Marshal Malinovsky; Book review of "Things Past" by Michael Sadleir, including photo of author; Three pictures of the Russian offensive, including Marshal Rokossovsky with Marshal Zhukov, a super-heavy Josef Stalin tank fording a river, and self-propelled guns in action; Article entitled "The Winter Campaign of the Red Army"; Three photos from Belguim where Germans captured a short Allied convoy at Five Corners near Baugnez, took 150 U.S. prisoners, including Red Cross men, and machine-gunned them in a field; Two pages of great photos of the British Second Army advancing north of Sittard into the Roer Salient; Five photos of the U.S. 7th Army on the Alsace Front - Battle Scenes; Five photos from Houffalize - where two U.S. armies blunted the German salient; Excellent centerfold illustration of the making of a "Mulberry", a concrete caisson of the prefabricated harbour towed to Normandy; The Ware in Burma - six photos with General Festing's gallant 36th Division; Five photos in Burma - scenes at the capture of the Port of Akyab; Photos of personalities of the week include Sir Buckston Browne, Sir Harold Burrough, FDR being sworn in, Maj.-Gen. R.N. Gale, The Earl of Gowrie, V.C., Dr. James Hall, Sir Henry Gauvain, V.A.C. Crutchley, V.C., The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and their sons; Photo of the coronation of the Maharajah of Manipur; Aerial photos of bomb craters near the Mittelland Canal; Photo of mourning Belgians at Bande saying farewell to 34 young men shot in cold blood by the Germans; Photo of Captain Muller negotiating with American and French officers at St. Nazaire; Last scenes of fighting from Greece - where Archbishop is proclaimed; Two pages of illustrations of the Fleet Air Arm Squadron's Heraldic Badges; Eight photos of Australia's horrific "Dust-Bowl"; nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Coverfold taped. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Bryant, Arthur; et al
The Illustrated London News (ILN), May 19, 1945: VE-Day Celebrations!
Pages 521-548. Features: Great cover photo of Churchill celebrating with the masses in Whitehall; Photo of Churchill celebrating with Royal Family at Buckingham Palace; Five photos of celabratory night lights on London; Photos of vast crowds outside Buckingham Palace; Two pages of photos of the King and Queen with celebrating crowds, visiting bombed sites, at Thanksgiving services and among their subjects in South London; Photos of the Royals taking carriage to St. Paul's; Page of photos of the Royal Family and other distinguished personages at the national thanksgiving in St. Paul's Cathedral; Article "Field-Marshal Montgomery as a Soldier'; Three photos of captive German cruisers at Copenhagen and two photos of the first U-Boat, U-249, arriving at Portland; Six photos of unconditional German surrender signing at Rheims; Eight photos of the last act of German surrender ratified in Berlin; Twelve joyous centrefold photos of celebrations in Holland, Denmark, Belgium, and Norway; Twelve amazing post-war photos include Soviet troops planting their flag atop the Brandenburg Gate, Former French men and women political prisoners in striped garb walking home from Berlin, Field-Marshal Montgomery being saluted by cheering Copenhagen crowds, American soldier standing beside partially completed V-2 rocket underground at Nordhausen, German prisoners (opponents of the Nazi regime) in striped garb walking to freedom, Glum crowd of German civilians in Luneburg listening to reading of terms of surrender, and an amazing photo of an American soldier of the Seventh Army walking uphill toward a burning Berchtesgaden, Hitler's Bavarian home; Photo of captured Field-Marshal Von Rundstedt and his son after their capture by the Seventh Army; Photo of the notorious Seyss-Inquart - Reichskommissar of the Netherlands during the German occupation - who was captured in Hamburg by the Royal Welch Fusiliers; Pages of photos documenting the liberation of the Channel Islands - scenes of surrender and rejoicing; Photos of personalities of the week include Princess Elizabeth talking to R.S.M. J. Baker, Charles Sweeny, A.E. Saunders, Sir Basil Brooke, Jemadar Parkash Singh, V.C., Ingleby Oddie, Count Schwerin Von Krosigk, James Doolittle, and Field-Marshal shaking hands with "Johnny" Johnson; Page of photos of prominent captured Nazis and anti-Nazis including Kurt Von Schuschnigg, M. Leon Blum and his wife, Pastor Niemoller, Field-Marshal Kesselring, and five photos of Goering, without his medals, after his personal surrender to the U.S. Seventh Army; Photo of Hamburg radio station, made famous by Lord Haw-Haw, now operated by the British - showing desk and microphone; Amazing photo of gaping hole in 15' of reinforced concrete atop submarine pen caused by 22,000lb bomb; Page of six photos of vast celebrating crowds in Paris; Page of scenes of celebration in Denmark; Page of photos of distinguished prisoners released by the U.S. Seventh Army includes M. Reynaud, Mme. Weygand, General Gamelin, M. Daladier, and General Weygand, General Bor-Komorowski and his chief of staff, General Pelczynski, The Master of Elphinstone and Lord Lascelles, Colonel De La Rocque of the Croix de Feu, M. Jean Borotra, and M. Michel Clemenceau; nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Coverfold taped. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Grey, Jeffrey
The Australian Centenary History of Defence: Volume 1 (One): The Australian Army
300 pages. Footnotes. Index. Reproductions of black and white photos. "A history of the Australian Army as an institution, with its shortcomings and failures paid due attention, its triumphs and successes duly noted." - dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with very light wear. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A nice copy. Book
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Ross, C.E.; LeCocq, Thelma; Dexter, Grant; Sharp, E.L.; Young, Scott; et al
Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, June 15, 1942, Vol. 55, No. 12 - Escape From Hong Kong
52 pages. Cover photo of female Canadian munitions worker surrounded by room fulled with 500lb bombs, 'exports for Germany'. Features: Escape from Hong Kong (part 1) - Excellent photo-illustrated article by Canadian C.E. 'Ted' Ross on the heroic last days in Hong Kong and a daring flight to freedom; Woman Power - will they remain in the work force when the war ends?; The Army's Keyman - Lt. Gen. Kenneth Stuart, the Army's C.G.S. is responsible for blueprinting Canada's army and plan for the nation's defense; Page 15 provides brief statistics on Japanese residents moved inland from the B.C. coast; Fun and Games - a grand time is had by all when Vernon goes cow-town, Kelowna has a regatta or Princeton runs a ski-meet; Conducted by Fricker - conductor Dr. Herbert Austin Fricker of Toronto. Fiction: The Shinging Links; Apple Boy the Soothsayer; Green Geese (part 2). Nice Pepsodent photo ad features twin brothers and swimming champions Jack and Alan Sampson. Caterpillar ad inside back cover shows one of their crawlers pushing through wartime jungle. Back cover colour Coke ad shows brawny worker's arm, sleeve rolled up, clutching a cold bottle. Unmarked with average external wear and soiling. Portion of Swift ad on page 25 is removed, taking with it a portion of the Green Geese short story on the back side. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage wartime issue. Book
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Taffrail, Allen, Ralph; O'Leary, G.; Moore, H. N.; Reed, Douglas; Mitchell, W.O.; Et al
Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, December (Dec.) 1 1942, Vol. 55, No. 23 - Arctic Convoy / Elissa Landi of Vancouver
48 pages. Cover photo of convoy watcher. Features: Arctic Convoy - photo-illustrated article describing the adventure and danger of escorting munitions to North Russia in a destroyer north of the Arctic Circle; Listen, Soldier! - a sergeant provides some army humour; Can the Conservatives Come Back? - at Winnipeg Canada's Conservative Party can resume its historic mission or write its obituary; All Are for the State - Canadian Editors tour Britain's military production facilities and are impressed - article with photos; London Letter - Should We Hate the Germans?; "The Crucial Moment" - Douglas Reed reports that war hope centres on a major victory in North Africa; He Saved Fundy's Eider - Taxidermist Allan Moses saved the American eider ducks from extinction; No Lady of Leisure - Elissa Landi, actress, author, ballet dancer, singer and lecturer will have a Broadway play produced. Fiction; Wimmen is Humans (by W.O. Mitchell); A Kind of Magic. Nice one-page recruiting ad for the Royal Canadian Air Force Air Crew ("Women Too"). Half-page "Del Maiz" brand corn appears to be a predecessor to the Green Giant brand(?). Nice half-page ad for Waterman's pens includes illustration of Billy Bishop, a WWII airman, and a small photo of the company's plant in St. Lambert, PQ. Back cover colour G.M. of Canada ad shows brown armoured vehicles in action. Unmarked with moderate wear. Two neat vertical creases to front cover. Ads on half of page 3/4 missing. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this vintage wartime issue. Book
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Roche, Arthur Somers; Kent, F.R.; Rice, Grantland; Flynn, J.T.; Cohen, O.R.; Et al
Collier's - The National Weekly (Magazine), December (Dec.) 15, 1928, Vol. 82, No. 24: Gus Edwards (Pt II) / President-Elect Herbert Hoover
58 pages. Features: Cover illustration of boy standing in icy water; Nostalgic one-page illustrated ad for the circular Western Electric 560-AW loudspeaker; Marriage for Two (fiction by Roche); President Elect Herbert Hoover - It's Going To Be Different; Other Men's Poison (fiction by Roark Bradford); Thunder in the Backfield - Grantland Rice reviews the star-studded running backs of 1928, with photos of Ken Strong N.Y.U., and Chris Cagle of Army; In Loving Memory (fiction by Fred Sweet); "Too Collegiate" - fiction by Lucian Cary; Good Clean Fun - two pages of charming vintage illustrations of how people amused themselves before movies, radios and cars; The Ticker's In a Jam - great photo-illustrated article explaining stock ticker technology; Cabaret (fiction by O.C. Cohen); The Kid's Clever - Part 2 of the Gus Edwards story; Marvelous one-page illustrated ad for Flexible Flyer includes their seven sled models for children, plus an illustration of Commander Byrd at the South Pole; I Can Pick Winners, But - A famous horse racing handicapper explains why he still works for a living; The Shepherd of Guadaloupe, by Zane Grey (part VIII); Nice one-page Atwater Kent Radio ad includes photos of their Models 40 A.C., 42 A.C., a Model E circular speaker, Model 44 A.C., and Model 52 A.C.; Master of Sinister House (fiction by E. P. Oppenheim); Nice one-page color ad for the 50 box of Gillette shaving blades; Color centerfold ad for Remington Rand procalims "The Emancipation of the American Business Man" with illustration of "the bent and withered office drudge"; Nice one-page Edgeworth pipe tobacco ad includes illustration of their four-sized tin and letter from one F.W. Fitzpatrick; Classy one-page photo-illustrated ad by Bosch Radio (American Bosch Magneto Corporation) displays their Model 29B, 28A and features photo of the Model 28; Marvelous one-page ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes includes illustration and endorsement of Lady Grace Drummond Hay, the first woman to fly the Atlantic from Europe to the United States, aboard the Graf Zeppelin (which is also illustrated in the ad); Smoth Brothers' cough drops ad includes photo of vaudeville comedian Joe Cook; Quarter-page illustrated ad for Daisy Air Rifles - "That's What Our Boy Has Been Asking For"; Classic back cover Victrola ad displays their Models 835, 918, 43, 711, 255, and 1069. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
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Hayward, Charles B.; Dayton, Thaddeus S.; Harwhite, John S.; Slauson, HArold Whiting; White, T.L.; Bangs, John Kendrick; La Rue, Lawrence; Scheffauer, Herman; Witherup, Anne Warrington; Nathan, George Jean; Bacon, Leonard; Whiting, H.S.; Harrison, Henry
Harper's Weekly (Magazine), January (Jan.) 7, 1911, Vol. LV, No. 2820 - Motor Car Issue
This issue devoted to motoring. Features: Title page photo of the sport of winter motoring; One-page cartoon by E.W. Kemple represents the G.O.P. as a car tilting in the 'stand pat' direction; Improvement to be offered auto purchasers in 1911; Photo comparison of Fifth Ave. traffic between 1901 and today (many more cars in use and no horses to be seen now); How to Sell a Car; The Anatomy of the Motor; Joy-Riding of the Real Kind - new car models are brutally tested; Motoring in Winter; Boggs Sees Naples and its Environs; Two photos of new fire truck for the Bradford, England fire brigade; First Aid to Broken Cars - article with great vintage photos; Laocoon (snake fiction by Herman Scheffauer); Article on Superstitions; Witherup's Cyclopaedia of the Months; Romances of the Recruiting Offices (for the United States Army); Home Song for Montana (poem by Leonard Bacon); Blanche Bates (article with photo); The Well-Kept Car "At Home" - article with photo of home grease pit in use, small home machine shop, and large storage building with several cars parked in front; The Horse and the Motor Car - article by Henry Harrison; One-page Goodyear tire ad; Automobile Horns - article by Steven D. Thatton; Sensational one-page illustrated ad for the Phipps-Grinnell Electric Car, featuring the Model "C" 1911! (yes, electric cars were in production well over 100 years ago!); Bond Markets Renewal - article by Franklin Escher; Nice one-page ad for the Carhartt Thirty-Five automobile; Nice half-page photo ad for the Speedwell Motor Car Co. of Dayton, OH features the 4-passenger Torpedo; Quarter page ads for the Premier Motor Mfg. Company and the Atlas Motor car Company; Motoring on European Highways; Nice illustrated ad for the Hupp-Yeats Electric Car Co. of Detroit; Full-page ad for the White Company of Cleveland features illustration of a Western canada Flour Mills Co. truck. Middle leaf loose but present. Please note: front cover is numbered page 3. Presumably this issue originally included an illustrated outer wrap which is no longer present. Otherwise, it appears complete and unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy, notable for its wonderful coverage of a formative time in the history of motoring - both gas and electric. Book
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MacPhail, Sir Andrew
The Medical Services: Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War 1914-19 (1919)
viii, [2], 428 pages. Index. Fold-out map. Chapters include: Preparation for War; The First Contingent; The 2nd Division; The First Winter 1915-1916; The Field Ambulance; The Salient to the Somme; The Somme / Vimy Ridge / Passchendaele; The Surgery of the Front; Development of the Service in the Field; The Year of Controversy - 1916; Reorganization 1917; Establishment at the Base and on the Lines of Communication; The Ancillar Services; Diseases of War; Special Organs; Various Details (including poison gas); The Red Cross; and more. Heavily-worn with usual library markings. Front hinge open. Narrow opening along back hinge. Openings along backstrip. Lacking Addenda and Corrigenda leaf. Strictly a reading copy of this informative history. Bibliographic references: Enser page 88; Dornbusch 169, Book
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Paterson, T.W.; Whalen, Dwight; Basque, Garnet; Gattinger, Marie M.; Smith, Guy G.
Canada West Magazine - The Pioneer Years, Summer 1979, Volume 9, Number 2, Collector's Number 34 - Bulldog Kelly
44 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Features: Bulldog Kelly - Cold-Blooded Murderer; Victoria Mariner's Search for Gold - Capt. C.H. McLeod; Daredevil in a Petticoat - Mrs. Annie Edson Taylor was the first person to plunge over Niagara Falls in a barrel and live to tell the tale; Some Facts About Gold (part 2); A Land Flowing With Milk and Honey - when colonists arrived in the promised land there was no one to meet them and none of the food, lodging or transportation they had been promised; The Night of the Meteors; West with the Harvesters - an army of 1,500 adventurers headed west to harvest the wheat and perhaps grow up with the country; Ghost Town Log (part 1) - British Columbia offers hundreds of ghost towns, mining camps and historic sites; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Defence Council
The Army Field Manual Volume I, The Fundamentals, Part I, The Application of Force - Army Code No. 71344 (Pt.1) D/DAT/13/34/25
377 pages. Bibliography. Maps. Many black and white reproductions of photos, plus some in colour. Provides historical examples of the principles of war dealing with: Selection and Maintenance of the Aim; Morale; Seven Faces of Morale; Surprise; Offensive Action; Co-operation; Concentration of Force, Economy of Effort, Security, Flexibility, and Administration. Prior owner's armorial bookplate on back of title page otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound copy. Book
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Windham, William; Townsend, Viscount George
A Plan of Discipline for the Use of the Norfolk Militia - Limited Edition Military Series
#350 of 700 facsimile copies of the 1759 first edition specially reprinted in 1969. xxxviii, [2], 60, [4], 49 [plates] pages. This work "formed the basis on which the drill of the Continental Army was prepared." - dust jacket. Armorial bookplate upon front free endpaper, otherwise book clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Book
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LeBlond, Guillaume
A Treatise of Artillery: Or, of the Arms and MacHines Used in War Since the invention of gunpowder - Limited Edition Military Series
#350 of 700 facsimile copies of the 1746 first edition specially reprinted in 1970. [10], 118, 15 [plates] pages. "Being the first part of Le Blond's Elements of War - written in French by that eminent mathematician, for the use of Lewis Charles of Lorraine, Count de Brionne, and published for the introduction of the young gentlemen in the armies of France." - subtitle. "Was a standard reference on the continent. Covers much the same field as Muller and Rudyerd in the period just prior to the French and Indian Wars." - dust jacket. Armorial bookplate upon front free endpaper, otherwise book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Book
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Muthanna, I.M.
General Cariappa (The First Indian Commander-in-Chief)
x, 148 pages. Index. Black and white photos. Errata page. "My aim in attempting to write this is to humbly present to the Indian public, a life of a true soldier who has come out with original ideas and shone high above the others on all controversial and national view-points. Here I have touched Cariappa's career in the Army and his subsequent activities as a public man who is still active with his 'self-appointed good-will missions' to Pakistan." - Preface. Armorial bookplate upon front free endpaper. Faint erasure inside front board. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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Chichester, Henry Manners
Records and Badges of the British Army
xv, 942 pages. Twenty-four colour plates. Two hundred and forty illustrations in the text. Facsimile reprint of the 1900 revised edition entitled "The Records and Badges of Every Regiment and Corps in the British Army." Armorial bookplate upon title page otherwise unmarked with average wear. Appears to have been issued without dust jacket. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent reference. Book
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Anders, Lt.-General W.; F.-M. Viscount Alexander of Tunis [Foreword]; The Rt. Hon. Harold Macmillan [Introduction]
An Army in Exile: The Story of the Second [2nd] Polish Corps
xvi, 319 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Maps. First reprint of the 1949 first edition. "In the great WWII Italian campaign against the German Army, the Poles played a part which gained them the admiration of their comrades and the respect of their enemies. They fought many a victorious battle alongside their Allies, but their greatest was at Monte Cassino. When the Polish standard floated proudly from the ruins of the monastery, it signalled the march to Rome." - Foreword. Hinges starting. Former military library copy with relatively few related markings to endpapers only. Somewhat above-average wear to publisher's red cloth-covered boards. A worthy copy of this proud history. ENSER p.341. Book
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Luxton, Captain Eric: Editor; Crerar, General H.D.G. [Foreword]
The 1st [First] Battalion The Regina Rifle Regiment 1939-1946
70 pages. Attractive silver and maroon regimental decoration upon front cover. Printed upon glossy stock. Many black and white photos of members and war scenes. Includes: Photos and biographical information of Commanding Officers; Roll of Honor; Paintings; Honors and Awards; The R.A.P. (Regimental Aid Post], with photos of Captain G.M. Jamieson being decorated by Montgomery; The Story of the Regiment (considerable text supplemented with photos); Two-page map of Northern Europe and the English Channel showing movements of the Regiment. Moderate wear. First page partially free of binding. Minor bits of peeling from front cover. Faint evidence of label removal inside front cover which bears armorial bookplate. 3" x 1" blacked out portion atop page two, contents unaffected. A well-preserved copy of this handsome and proud history. Dornbusch 157, Cooke (2) p.178. Book
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Moore, Leslie Spencer G. [Signed]
30 [Thirty] Days - A Lifetime: A True Story of the Second World War [WWII]
Signed, without inscription, by author upon title page. 42, [2] one-sided pages. Black and white reproductions of photos, maps, and many fascinating wartime documents. Undated but appears to be circa 1989. "I compliment you on your vivid account of your capture and escape at Verrieres Ridge. It is fascinating and very well expressed. I wouldn't suggest you change a word." - Col. C.C.I. Merritt V.C. Author's address ink stamped inside back cover, otherwise clean and unmarked. A sound copy of this important and dramatic personal WWII account. Book
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Gordon Alexander Craig
The Battle of Koniggratz: Prussia's Victory over Austria, 1866
xii, 211 pages. Footnotes, bibliography and index. Maps. "The political consequences of this battle were so profound and so far-reaching that it is not difficult to understand why it has generally been considered one of the 'decisive battles' of the modern era." - x. No dust jacket, as issued. Moderate foxing to top and fore-edges otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear to publisher's blue cloth. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
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Batty, Captain Robert
Campaign of the Left Wing of the Allied Army in the Western Pyrenees and South of France in the Years 1813-14 Under Field-Marshal the Marquess of Wellington
Hand-numbered copy #123 of 250. Facsimile reprint of the 1823 first edition. "Illustrated by a detailed plan of the operations, and numerous plates of moutain and river scenery." - title page. Fold-out map at title page. "The history of European warfare affords few examples of battles which have been more important in their results, or more brilliant in their achievement, than that of Vitoria. The campaign too which preceded it was distinguished by a series of the most able manoeuvres, compelling the enemy to retreat from the frontiers of Portugal to a defensive position behind the Ebro, without being able to oppose the allies in any general action. Thus, in the short space of one month, the influence which the French had held over the Peninsula, during several years, was brought to a fatal crisis." - pages 1-2. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy. Book
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Jean-Baptiste Antoine Marcellin Marbot; Arthur John Butler [Translator]
The Memoirs of Baron De Marbot: Late Lieutenant-General in the French Army (Napoleonic Library) - Volume 2 Only
472 pages. Index. "Although 1814 was without physical danger Marbot experienced great mental anguish as the enemy's armies marched on Paris and the cause of the Emperor was lost." - dust jacket. Light soiling to top edge, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Please note that we are offering Volume II only. Book
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Gunther E. Rothenberg
Napoleon's Great Adversaries: The Archduke Charles and Austrian Army, 1792-1814
219 pages. Index. Footnotes. 16 Maps. 23 Black and white photographic plates. "This account will do much to redress the balance of recorded military history of the period and in so doing it provides both the historian and the military enthusiast with a very readable story of a most important military force and its leaders." - dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. Pages yellowed with age. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
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Philip Haythornthwaite
Frederick the Great's Army (3): Specialist Troops (Men-at-Arms Series 248)
48 pages. Illustrated in color and black and white. "Covers the 'Specialist' and technical corps, and the light troops, equally specialists in their own way." - Author's Note. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
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Philip Haythornthwaite
Frederick the Great's Army (1): Cavalry - Men-at-Arms Series, 236
48 pages. Illustrated in color and black and white. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
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Mitchell, Major T.L.
His Majesty's Regulations - 1828: Historical Arms Series No. 5 [Five]
32 page facsimile reprint of the 1828 first edition. "A series of figures showing all the motions in the manual and platoon exercises, and the different firings according to his Majesty's Regulations - 1828." - front cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Bill Rawling
Surviving Trench Warfare: Technology and the Canadian Corps, 1914-1918
325 pages. Footnotes and index. Black and white reproductions of photos. "Takes a close look at the tactics that developed from 1914 to 1918, focusing on the relationship between the tools of war and those who had to used them." - half-title page. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Tight and square. A quality copy. Book
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Thorne, Andrew
The Allies in Norway
52 pages. Profusely illustrated with wonderful photos. "Compresses into a brief pictorial review, the story of the Allies in Norway during the five momentous months after May 8 1945. With the American and British forces who took part in these events, there will remain many memories which we shall treasure - the warmth of the welcome extended to us, and the hospitality of Norwegian famillies." - Andrew Thorne, General, Head of the SHAEF Mission to Norway. A fascinating photographic history of how the Allies controlled, disarmed and evacuated the large German garrison from Norway at the end of WWII. Prior owner's name stamped atop half-title page, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Halow, Joseph [Signed]
Innocent at Dachau
Signed [Joe] and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. iv, 337 pages. Footnotes. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Halow [1927-2014] " Worked as a court reporter during the U.S. Army's courts-martial at Dachau where he witnessed some of the most gripping testimony from some of the most sensational trials of the postwar years. He soon saw the flaws and abuses of these trials: reliance upon ex post facto law and broad conspiracy theories; abuse of prisoners during interrogation; and the encouragement of perjured testimony by concentration camp survivors. Four decades later he reviewed the long-classified records of these trials and found astounding confirmation of his misgivings about them." - dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear, tape repair and touch-ups to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Book
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John A. English; Gunther E. Rothenberg [Foreword]
The Canadian Army and the Normandy Campaign: A Study of Failure in High Command
xx, 347 pages. Index, footnotes, appendices, list of abbreviations, and select bibliography. Black and white maps and reproductions of photos. "Analyzes the impact of the British military model on the Canadian corps in terms of doctrine, training, command and staff appointments, equipment, and organization. Presents a critical analysis of Canadian operations in Normandy, giving special attention to the Canadian Army's inability to close the 'Falaise Gap' in a timely manner." - dust jacket. Former library copy with usual markings, heavy wear, major spine slant, and open binding at last page. Not pretty but a worthy reading copy of this informative study. Book
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Westphal, General Siegfried
The German Army In the West
x, 222 pages. Index. Black and white maps and photographic plates. First published in German in 1950 as 'Heer in Fesseln'. Author was sometime Chief of Staff to Rommel in North Africa, Kesselring in Italy, and Rundstedt in France. "Shows the English reader the western campaigns of WWII through German eyes - eyes that were as well placed to observe the manoeuvring behind the scenes as to watch the deployment of troops in the field. The author's qualifications for such a task cannot be challenged, and are unmatched by any contemporary German military writer." - dust jacket. Prior owner's name and date inside front board. Binding intact. Above-average wear. Moisture exposure to lower corner of back board and dust jacket. Not pretty but a sound reading copy of this informative work. Book
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Canadian Army
Canadian Army Recipe Book
230 pages. Index. "The recipes have been developed to yield amounts sufficient for 100 persons. The yield is stated by weight or measure, depending upon whether the cooked food is solid or liquid. The size of serving is included as a guide in preparation and service. Intended for use by Army Cooks. Accordingly, one copy will be issued to each cook. One copy will be issued also to RCASC Food service Officers, RCAMC Dietitians and to all units of the Canadian Army having messing facilities, for the use of Unit Messing Officers." - Preface. Prior owner's name, Pte Kreilkamp, printed atop front free endpaper. Two small, faint bits of writing upon front free endpaper. Above-average soiling and staining, consistent with a used army kitchen cookbook. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Not listed in Driver or Cooke. Book
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Nicholson, Colonel G.W.L.
Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1919
xiv, 621 pages. "Official history of the Canadian Army in the First World War." - subtitle. Fifty-five black and white sketches, forty-nine illustrations and fiften maps [all present], several of which fold out. Map endpapers. Moderate wear to publisher's red cloth adorned with gilt. Binding intact. Gift greetings upon verso of front free endpaper otherwise unmarked. Tissue frontispiece protector loose but present. Heavy wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this exceptional reference. COOKE [3e] p.200, Book
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Kerry, Colonel A.J.; McDill, Major W.A.
The History of the Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Volume I 1749 - 1939
Please note: we are offering volume I only. xx, [2], 389 pages. Index. Footnotes. Fold-out maps. Black and white photographic plates. Colour map endpapers. Bookplate across from half-title page. Very light wear to unmarked book which bears light soiling to top edge. Light wear to dust jacket preserved in mylar. A quality copy of this very informative reference. COOKE [3e] p.137, DORNBUSCH 196. Book
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