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Warren, Arnold
Wait for the Waggon: The Story of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
xl, 413 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "Documents the vital but unrecognized contribution of this important segment of Canada's army. From North Africa to Normandy, from Germany to Korea, Asia, and the Middle East, and from home training camps to the bush strips of the Arctic, the story of the Corps with its unfailing service and bustling supply lines is told in lucid prose." - dust jacket. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Former library copy with usual markings. Dust jacket in clear protection which has been affixed to map endpapers. A sound reference copy. Dornbusch 178, Cooke [3e] p.153, Spadoni & Donnelly 1599. Book
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Wonders, William C.; Joss, R.A.(Foreword)
The 'Sawdust Fusiliers": The Canadian Forestry Corps in the Scottish Highlands in World War Two (WWII)
xiii, [1], 129 pages. Footnotes. Glossary. Index. Maps. Many reproductions of archival black and white photos in text. Colour frontispiece illustration depicts logging equipment on shore of Loch Ness. "Covers the experiences of the thirty companies of the CFC from their mobilization across Canada to their operations throughout the Scottish Highlands and ultimate return to Canada." - back cover. Former library copy with usual markings. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this informative Canadian military history. Cooke [3e] p.278. Book
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Copp, Terry; Vogel, Robert
Maple Leaf Route: Victory
[5], 6-144 pages. Index. Generously illustrated with maps and black and white reproductions of archival photos. "The fifth and final volume in the Maple Leaf Route series on the Canadian campaign in Northwest Europe 1944-45. Concentrates on the battles in the Rhineland during February and March 1945. A careful examination of the available documents, Canadian, British, American and German, has produced an account of this period which provides new insights. The Rhine crossing and the battles of April-May 1944 in the Netherlands and Germany are also described in some detail." - dust jacket. Average wear to book which is bound in golden boards. Binding intact. Prior owner's bookplate and tiny erasure upon front free endpaper. Fly specks [?) to right edge of front panel of dust jacket which otherwise shows average wear and is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this important Canadian military history. Cooke [3e] p.237. Book
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Melville, Lieut. Tom (Scotty)
Barbed Wire Ballads
62 pages. Presents thirty-one ballads penned by a Canadian prisoner of war in Germany's Oflag VII/B during WWII "...in the belief that they may be of some interest to the folks in Canada, and that our friends at home may get some inkling of the things we do and the things we think about behind the old barbed wire." - page 3. Ominous cover art depicts large Nazi boot treading on silhouette of POW behind barbed wire. Reproduction of the author's POW photo on page 6. Photo of the Pipe Band of Oflag VII/B on page 30 includes Brigadier W. Southam (Canada). Sketch of Oflag VII-B on page 62. Dedicated to the men of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, and the South Saskatchewan Regiment. Laid-in is an undated WWII news clipping entitled Poem Found on Body of Unknown Soldier. Prior owner's name stroked out atop first leaf. Average wear. Binding sound. A sombre WWII memento. Book
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Noyes, Frederick Walter; Case, B.S.; Patterson, A.F.; Rutherford, H.R.
Stretcher Bearers... At the Double! History of the Fifth [5th] Canadian Field Ambulance Which Served Overseas During the Great War of 1914-1918
[8], 315, [13] pages. Black and white photographic plates. Eight maps on seven fold-outs. Roll of Honor. Nominal Roll. "A candid presentation of the human side of our experiences - highlighting the humorous incidents and skipping over, for the most part, the darker side of the war. We hope that those who read the book may recapture some of that wonderful spirit which then existed among us; and we use soldier language in order to stimulate the rousing of that spirit." - Introduction. Heavy wear to publisher's gilt-adorned navy blue cloth. Hinges open. Openings along backstrip. Undated but two of our three references suggest a 1937 printing date. A worthy reference copy of this informative World War I history. Dornbusch 329, Enser p.89, Cooke [3] p.201. Book
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Chajkowsky, William E. [Signed]
The History of Camp Borden, 1916-1918: Land of Sand, Sin and Sorrow
Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. 106, [2] pages. Many black and white reproductions of archival photos and documents. "This is the story of the founding of this camp and what happened shortly after." - Introduction. Chapters include: The First Attempts; Success; Construction; Official Opening and Mutiny; The First Year; Second and Third Year; Aerodrome Development; Aircraft and Training; Return to Borden - 1918; End of War. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality signed copy of this important history. Cooke [3e] p.172 Book
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Ken Ford [Signed]
Assault on Germany: The Battle for Geilenkirchen
Signed, without inscription, by author upon title page. [5], 6-192 pages. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. Maps. Black and white reproductions of photos. First published in 1989. "Geilenkirchen was the first battle on German soil to be fought by the British since Minden in 1759, but for the American 84th Division, it was a first faltering step into war and a bitter lesson in the attrition and savagery of combat. The story is told with eye-witness accounts by the men who were there: the British, the Americans and the Germans, fighting desperately for their homeland. Neither side was victorious." - dust jacket. Book as new. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. An excellent signed copy. Book
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Joachim Hoffmann
Stalin's War of Extermination, 1941-1945: Planning, Realization and Documentation
An unread copy, new in shrinkwrap. "Describes in detail the desperate attempt of the German Army to prevent Stalin's plan for a World Revolution by conquering Europe in a war of extermination." - dust jacket. "Stalin conceived and accomplished his war against the German Reich as an extermination war of conquest. To this end, Hoffmann furnishes overwhelming data from German and Soviet archives." - Berliner Morgenpost, Oct. 10, 1995. Light edgewear from handling, otherwise as new. [Approved by German Public Censors] Book
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Gurr, Robert; Thornton, Sir Leonard [Foreword]
Voices From A Border War: A History of 1 Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, 1963 to 1965
170 pages. Index. Footnotes. Nominal Roll, Irnzir, 8 May 1964. Black and white reproductions of photos. "This valuable monograph is above all a tribute to the traditional qualities of the Kiwi soldier at all levels - responsible, resourceful, compassionate and professionally competent. New Zealanders can be proud of what is recorded here, as well as grateful for the way it is presented." - Foreword. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
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David Lethbridge [Editor]
Bethune: The Secret Police File
170 pp. Bibliography of books [in English] about Bethune. Eighty-five black and white reproductions of documents. Opens with an informative fifteen page footnoted introduction by David Lethbridge. Dr. Norman Bethune [1890-1939] is revered to this day in China for his front-line medical service to the Communist Army in the late 1930s. "But from the moment he joined the Communist Party of Canada, the RCMP secret intelligence division kept extensive and detailed files on his every move. Only recently declassified, and fully reproduced for the first time in this volume, are the actual secret police files on Bethune. Never before have Bethune's own words spoken so clearly about the political convictions and personal courage that have led him to be remembered as a revolutionary militant of 'absolute selflessness.'" - back cover. Former library copy with usual markings and above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
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Cornelius, Charles Over
The Architectural Record, July 1918, Vol. XLIV, No. 1, Serial No. 238 - The Country House of Francis L. Hine, Esq., Glen Cove, Long Island
96, [106] ads, pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and drawings. Printed upon glossy stock. The many pages of ads include an abundance of nostalgic illustrations. Features: The Country House of Francis L. Hine, Esq., Glen Cove, L.I.; Semi-Military Buildings in the National Army Cantonments; English Architectural Decoration, Part VIII; Industrial Housing Developments in America, Part V, Triumphing over the Gridiron Plan, A Development at Elizabeth, N.J.; Portfolio of Current Architecture; Architecture and Democracy - Before, during and after the war, I - Before the War; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear Library markings to front cover. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
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Smith, Howard Dwight; Farrand, Beatrix; Nimmons, George C.; Moulton, Robert H.; Cornelius, Charles Over; Boyd, John Taylor Jr.; Moore, Charles H.; Luckiesh, M.; Ferree, Barr
The Architectural Record, November [Nov.] 1918, Vol. XLIV, No. 5, Serial No. 242 - The Work of Olmsted Brothers (Part I)
385-480, [102] ads, pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and drawings. Printed upon glossy stock. The many pages of ads include an abundance of nostalgic illustrations. Features: Barracks Group and Hospital of the U.S. Army School of Military Aeronautics at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio - Joseph N. Bradford, Architect; The Debt of Landscape Art to a Museum of Trees; Modern Industrial Plants, Part I; Housing for Women War Workers; Henry Hering's Sculpture for the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago; Portfolio of Current Architecture; The Work of Olmsted Brothers - Part I; The Character of Renaissance Architecture; The Expressiveness of Light; The Architect's Library - war books of the French Cathedrals - Part IV; Notes and Comments. Average external wear. Library stamp atop front cover, otherwise unmarked. Binding intact. Two small binding holes near spine. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
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Law, Cecil E.
Kamp Westerbork Transit Camp to Eternity : The Liberation Story
xxiv, 179 pages. Index, bibliography, references, glossary. Almost one hundred black and white reproductions of photos and documents. Two fold-out maps. "This study was exciting and personally rewarding to me. I treasure the many Dutch and Canadian friends who so patiently worked with me to reconstruct the events of half a century ago. I still think it highly important that the record of Canadian actions in helping to throw off the Nazi yoke in the Netherlands be accurately and fully told to Canadian and Dutch peoples before we have all passed on. But this publication is really devoted to the 363 killed and 1760 other casualties suffered by the South Saskatchewan Regiment in the Second World War, to the other units involved in the liberation of Kamp Westerbork, but most of all to the 876 prisoners, mainly Jewish, we helped to liberate in Kamp Westerbork, the 4000 or so who passed through this transit camp to hell, but lived, and to the more than 103,000 who did not." - Foreword. After serving in WWII Professor Law [1922-2011] moved on to a career at Queen's University where he established the Business School's microcomputer lab in the 1980s, where this bookseller had the opportunity to meet him. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this important and highly-detailed study. Book
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Raycroft, John
A Signal War: A Canadian Soldier's Memoir of the Liberation of the Netherlands
"A Canadian soldier's memoir of the liberation of the Netherlands and the capture of the Rhineland. Takes readers on a guided tour of the ground-level experiences of a small-town Canadian boy, from his training at Camp Petawawa and Kingston to the soggy battlefields of the Netherlands and beyond to the Canadian Army of Occupation in Germany. xiv, 394 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white reproductions of photos. Gift greetings upon title page otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this important Canadian WWII memoir. Book
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Nicholson, Lt.-Col. G[erald] W.L.; Stacey, C.P. [Foreword]
The Canadians in Italy 1943-1945 - Volume II (2): Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War
pp. xv, 807. Extensive index and footnotes. Numerous fold-out colour maps and black and white photographic plates. Map endpapers. Second printing of the 1956 first edition. "Describes in detail Canada's part in the Italian campaign - the operations which began with the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943 and, developing into an arduous advance up the Italian peninsula, ended with the German capitulation in May 1945. Directed primarily to the general reader, and particularly to the Canadian reader who wishes to know what the Canadian Army accomplished and why its operations took the course they did." - Foreword. Gilt emblem and lettering upon publisher's red cloth. Prior owner's name and date discretely upon first blank leaf. Dust jacket not included. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this important and highly informative history. Enser p.96, Cooke [3rd Edn] p. 259. Book
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Fraser, R.J.; Browne, J.E.; Colston, Laura Frances; Trench, Paul; Harold, S.J.; Murphy, E.J.; Gates, David A.; Besley, J. Campbell; Groeper, A.D.; McGovern, Mrs. Janet B.; Brown, Captain George
The Wide World, The Magazine for Men, January [Jan.] 1916, Vol. 36, No. 213: Down the Amazon / Housekeeping in Far Japan
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Doctor's Story - Thrilling narrative from Hudson's Bay country from the ship's doctor, Dr. Craig, of the Canadian survey steamer "Minto"; The Princess Haamoura - a stirring tale of love and adventure on the South Seas island of Aitutaki; Two Girls on a Ranch - Part I - City girl Miss Laura Colston describes how she and her sister Mildred adventured to run a ranch in the wilds of Arizona - article with photos; Under False Colours - A very strange story of life in the United States Army in which the author enlists with another man's papers and is rapidly promoted; A City in the Rocks - a photo-illustrated visit to the remarkable ancient city of Petra; Mr. X.'s Ghost - a decidedly creepy story; Raiding the "Moonshiners" - David A. Gates, a high official of the U.S. Revenue Service, describes an eventful raid on "moonshine" stills in the wilds of Kentucky, and the thrilling battle which followed; Down the Amazon From Source To Mouth - Part IV - J. Campbell Besley and his party continue their dangerous trip down the Amazon, losing one man who was shot with a poison arrow; A Persistent Stowaway - time and again an Irishman bobs up in most unexpected fashion; Housekeeping in Far Japan - A bright little photo-illustrated article describing the experiences of the first white woman to be seen or set up house in a village in remote Satsumaland, in the extreme southern corner of Japan; Five Men in a Boat - the terrible tale of mutiny and murder on the last voyage of the barque "Veronica"; Sensational six-page two-color ad for the Burlington Watch Company; and more. pp. 6 [ads], [3], 196-284, 7-40 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Dalton, Emmett; Freeman, Lewis R.; Temple, Alan; Jordan, Eva J.; Paterson, George W.; Lean, L.C.; Rose, C.; Workman, Fanny B. And William H.; Lees, George F.; Et al
The Wide World, The Magazine for Men, May 1918, Vol. 41, No. 241: The Dalton Gang
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Beyond the Law - Part I of the First True Account of the Exploits of the World's Most Noted Outlaws, by Emmett Dalton, the only survivor of the "Dalton Gang" - article with photos and great cover illustration; Wonders of the Teleferica - an interesting account of the remarkable aerial lines/cableways used by the Italians to transport men, guns, and provisions in the high Alps - article with many photos; The Youngest Soldier in the French Army - photo of 11-year-old Charles Meux of the French Army; Tales of the Service - Part I - A Night in a Vat; A Woman's Journey Across Africa - Part II - Eva J. Jordan, F.R.G.S. travelled with her husband for four-thousand miles through the great Equatorial Forest of Central Africa, becoming the first woman to penetrate this area - article with photos; A Night of Terror - an associate of Izaak Walton sinks into quicksand while fishing; Buried in a Snowdrift - a mining engineer is caught in an avalanche in the Andes; "Hooshta!" - the Tragedy of an Australian camel race - a stirring story from the West Australian goldfields; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part I - Fanny and William Workman describe their Himalayan mountaineering exploits - article with map and great photos; Thrice Through the Jaws of Death - Sergeant J. Harte of the Inland Water Transport relates hair-breadth escapes at sea and on land; How We Built the Bridge - War story related by a corporal of the canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps; Crossing the Canal - A despatch orderly attempts to cross the Suez Canal at night; Some Adventures of a Newspaper Woman - Marie Harrison provides a graphic and thrilling account of her startling adventures in search of 'copy'; The Railway Conquest of the Bay - a photo-illustrated account of the building of the Hudson Bay Railway; A Happy Family - humorous account of the antics of a number of strange pets belonging to a party of colonials in Singapore; A Modern Grace Darling - Miss Ella Trout rescues a sailor from a torpedoed ship off the coast of Devon - article with nice photos of Miss Trout; Photo of a group of Solomon Islands head-hunters reading The Wide World Magazine; Interesting four-page illustrated stock offering by Guaranteed Tractors, Inc., Edmund G. Soward, President; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [3], 4-88, 9-24 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
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Taylor, Merlin Moore; Hogg, John Edwin; Elliott, Richard; Martin, Minnie; Henderson, J.R.; Domville-Fife, C.W.; Webb, Harry E.; Rayne, Major H.; Methley, M.M.; Dennis, Joan; Brooke, W.; Charles, Bernard; Barns, T. Alexander; Barrow, R. Granville
The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, May, 1925, Vol LV, No. 325: Early California Seaplane Fishing / Wild Tribes of the Amazon
Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Antonio the Counsellor - Antonio Conselheiro cast himself into the wilderness, only to become leader of a tribe of Indians which he then led in battle against the cream of the Brazilian army; Our Seaplane Fishing Trip - Summary of a novel seaplane trip recently carried out by a party of Pacific Coast anglers with the assistance of Ellard A. Bacon, manager of the Pacific Marine Airways, a passenger seaplane line operating between Los Angeles and Santa Catalina Island - article with excellent photos; Crops of Gold - An amusing story from the vicinity of Ten Mile House, British Columbia; The Mystery of the Pool; - Sequel to a story published here about three years ago about a South African prospector's account of a monstrous snake which is supposed to live in a pool in the Orange River; Three Incidents - J.R. Henderson led an uneventful life, aside from a three-month span; Wild Tribes of the Amazon - Part II - C.W. Domville-Fife and a couple of Indians ventured far into the interior of Amazonia, meeting with many strange and exciting adventures - with photos; "Number Twenty-Three" - A bobcat adventure of Harry E. Webb, a federal hunter employed by the U.S. Government Bureau of Biological Survey to trap and destroy predatory animals that infest the state of Nevada - with photos; The Ivory Raiders - Part IV - Continued adventures from Turkanaland, Africa, where unscrupulous Swahili elephant poachers and bloodthirsty Turkana warriors make things interesting for the white officers responsible for maintaining order - with photos; The Knock-Out - Judkins and Bunney, the bullies of the battalion, were manipulated into boxing each other; A South African Bushranger - A policeman named Mahon turns highwayman in Filabusi, Rhodesia; A Sailor Out Back - The amusing first day experiences of a sailor who tries farming in Willanga Township, Australia; When the Fire Came - A bush fire swept the Matawai district of New Zealand last year - with two photos; From the Great Craters to the Congo Game-Lands - Part II - Elephant hunting in the teeming game country of the Congo - with great photos; Diamond Cut Diamond - R. Granville Barrow and friends need to outwit rapacious South American officials to successfully salvage the passenger steamer Whitney in the Orinoco River; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Covers detached as one but present, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Book
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Hughes, C.V.; Livingston, Carl B.; Simons, G.Grant; Baker, R. St. Barbe; Cassidy, Frank; Cook, Oscar; Carson, Captain John H.; Nicholas, Mrs. Mary J.; Walter, Hugh; McGill-Nutt, Capt. J.C.; Taylor, Merlin Moore; Hayter, C.N.C.; Ferguson, Ronald Muir
The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, July, 1925, Vol LV, No. 327: The Jogi's Curse / Two Years in Borneo / Forbidden Nepal
Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Jogi's Curse - An Indian government official is cursed by a wondering jogi (priest) and the prophecy is tragically fulfilled; An Underground Wonderland - Fantastic photo-illustrated article on the Carlsbad Cavern of New Mexico; Adrift in the China Seas - Sent off to fetch help for their crippled steamer, H.W. Millard, G. Grant Simmons and their companions are blown off course and suffer an eight-day ordeal; "Watu Wa Miti" - R. St. Barbe Baker founded the "Men of the Trees" in Equatorial Africa to preserve trees which were continually being burned to secure land for cultivation - with photos; The Man Who Wanted a Change - A factory hand seeking escape travels to the South Seas, only to return sadder and wiser; Two Years in Borneo - Part I - Oscar Cook spent eight years there, the last two of which were quite strenuous - with photos; "The Man With the Buried Head" - photo of alms-seekers in India; The Promotion of Private Smith - The inside facts of an affair involving Private Smith, a young soldier in the American Army, stationed in the Philippines; The Last of the Bushrangers - Mrs. Mary J. Nichols reflects on the old pioneer days in Tasmania and the 'sticking-up' of an isolated station by the last gang of bushrangers that operated in the island - with photos; Forbidden Nepal - Hugh Walter had unusual opportunities to visit this closed state and provides interesting glimpses of the manners, customs, and principal religious festivals of the Nepalese - with photos; White Man's Magic - While exploring the interior of New Zealand the author and his companion fell afoul of a rascally Maori tohunga, or medicine man; Where Cannibals Roam - Part II - An eventful journey into the unknown interior of Papua, with photos; "Old Peter" - C.N.C. Hayter, formerly of the Royal North-West Mounted Police, describes instances of 'second sight' he witnessed among Eskimos, thus providing independent corroboration of a story about apparent Eskimo telepathy in this publication a few months ago; What Happened to Spott - A funny story about a miserly old South African storekeeper and a black mamba snake; The World's Largest Goldfish Farm - founded by Eugene Shireman of Martinsville, Indiana - with photo. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Book
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Chesterton, G.K.; Et al
The Illustrated London News, Saturday May 27, 1916, No. 4023, Vol. CXLVIII - The Fall of Trebizond / WWI Coverage
28 pages. Features: Cover illustration of dauntless Italian women packing 50lb rolls of military barbed wire up a treacherous mountain slope; The Fall of Trebizond - Victorious Russians in the captured Black Sea port of Tragic Memories - four photos plus informative captions; The Fate of a German "U" Boat - Captured, Sunk and Refloated, with two photos and captions; Photo of the bows of the Dutch Mail-Steamer "Columbia", wrecked by a German mine; Photo of the Prince of Wales, with King Victor, at the Italian front, visiting the Baptistery of Aquileia Cathedral; Page of six photos of King Alfonso opening the Spanish Parliament in Madrid; Two pages of photos of scorched earth at the Bois de la Caillette, retaken by the French, and held; Twelve photos of oases in Western Egypt from which British forces are clearing the enemy; Photos of Zeppelin shot down at Salonika; "Anzac" Sports on the Suez Canal, attended by the Prince of Wales; Six center page illustrations depict the British Army in France seen through French eyes, from the sketch-book of J. Simont; Two-page illustration of British troops advancing under cover of smoke-bombs (a smoke-screen); Article and photos of technology and techniques used to test the physical abilities of soldiers to resist fatigue, hear, steady their hand, steady their pulse, etc.; Three photos from a Turkish paper of British and French POWs at Afion Kara Hissar; Brief article on the electric vehicles of George Heath; Nice vintage ads. Unmarked. Above-average wear. Centre page held by one staple. A worthy copy of this fascinating WWI isssue. Book
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Stacey, Colonel C.P.
The Victory Campaign - The Operations in North-West Europe 1944-1945, Volume III [3]: Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War
xiii, 770 pp. Index. Footnotes. Black and white photographic plates. Many fold-out colour maps. Colour map endpapers. 25 x 18cm. The third and final volume of the Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War. Describes in detail the Canadian Army's part in the North-West European campaign - from the invasion of France on D Day, 6 June 1944, to the final capitulation of the German forces in May 1945. Concludes with an account of the repatriation of the Canadian Army and the work of the Canadian Army Occupation Force. The product of an exhaustive investigation in Canadian, Allied and enemy records. Prior owner's details upon verso of colour frontispiece. Somewhat above-average wear to publisher's red cloth. Dust jacket not included. A sound reference copy of this exceptionally informative history. Book
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The Illustrated London News, Saturday February 23, 1918 - The Ration Question
Features: Title page illustration of General Sir Henry H. Wilson, K.C.B., D.S.O.; How To Use Your Meat Card (article); Raid Psychology - Dolls Versus Gothas; Strafing a Fritz (article); One-page illustration of the Prince of Wales taking his seat in the House of Lords; Nice photo of a French motor-patrol Vedette U-boat hunting; Excellent half-page photo of Mr. and Mrs. Charles a-Court Repington and fur-bedecked supporters leaving Bow Street Police Court; Photo of a downed German Gotha airplane on display in Dunkirk; Fascinating half-page photo of three Brits preparing a bomb load beneath a bombing-plane; Two pages of intriguing photos of Observation and kite-balloons used for observing the enemy; Article by G.K. Chesterton includes illustration of Major-General E.B. Ashmore, C.M.G., M.V.O.; One-page illustration of sad funeral scene for a Parisian child killed by a German air raid; Fascinating two pages of text and illustrations explain the meat [ration] card plus other rationed and unrationed forms of food; Article discusses the use of oils attained from sea-leopards, seals, and penguins (!); Two illustrations of the sinking of the "Aragon" in the Mediterranean; Two-page illustration of the British destroyers 'Pellew' and 'Partridge' fighting in the North Sea; Centrefold illustration of machine gun duel in the sky between a French 'Voisin' and a German 'Aviatik'; Photo-illustrated article on the difficulty of catching air-raiders; Two fascinating half-page photos of giant British rail-mounted guns in France; Two-page photo of British troops attacking an enemy trench-line on the Western Front; One-page illustration of 'German Sacrilege' whereby a German observation post is built upon a crucifix; and more. 36 pages including eight pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Lovely quarter-page photo ad for Wolseley Motors, Ltd. Fantastic two-colour back cover ad for "Cavander's Army Club" cigarettes features illustration and interview with"The Stunt Pilot (R.F.C.)". Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
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The Illustrated London News, Saturday April 6, 1918 - Massive WWI Coverage
Features: Title page photos of the King visiting soldiers on the Western Front during the German offensive; Two-page illustration of advancing German hordes being mown down by British artillery; Battle Numbers, Ancient and Modern (article); The Picture of a Democratic Army (article); The Tame Rabbit for Food (article); Photo of General Foch; G.K. Chesterton discusses the state of the war; Photos of British troops; Six photos of captured German soldiers; Five photos of wounded British and German soldiers; Seven photos of heavy British guns and their big shells; The Aerial Circus - Its Origin, Organisation, and Operation (article); Centrefold illustration of steep hill tank testing at Birmingham; Nice one-page ad for Kenilworth Cigarettes features couple with dog on rainy beach; Nice back cover ad for Edwards' hair products; and more. 36 pages including several pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
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The Illustrated London News, Saturday June 22, 1918 - Austrian Offensive on the Italian Front / Supreme War Council at Versailles
Features: Title page photo of large column of British and French infantry on the march; Seven excellent photos document the Austrian offensive on the Italian Front; Photo of Italian naval regiment being reviewed on St. Mark's Piazza; G.K. Chesterton writes about the pacifist/patriot groups; One-page illustration of pilot guiding burning plane while standing on its wing; The Japanese Fleet in the War (article); The"New" Star - of 1895!; The Woman, The Boy, and the Land; Page of illustrations present "Sons of Sister Republics - Franco-American Brothers -in-Arms; The Acrobatics of Aviation (article) One page illustration with inset sketch describes the "Immelmann Turn" performed by aircraft; Two pages of photos and illustrations of personalities of the Supreme War Council meeting at Versailles; Muscles, Nerves, and Brains - article describes how to take care of our health; Photo of artillery horses wearing gas-masks; Photo of American ambulance men evacuating wounded soldiers down a ladder from a French hospital under German shell-fire; Six photos illustrate the West in the East - British methods in Mesopotamia; Glorious centrefold illustration shows French, American, and British fighting shoulder to shoulder; One-page illustration shows the salvage of scrap metal in the Midlands; One-page illustration shows copper driving-bands for shells being thrown into annealing furnace at Birmingham in the National Shell Factory; Roll of Honour - 18 photos of officers including Lieut.-Col. Arthur L. Wrenford; Photo of Japanese General being received at a French headquarters; Photo of Canadian nurses picking through a downed Gotha aircraft; Charming two-colour back cover ad for Cavanders "Army Club" cigarettes features well-dressed young lady with umbrella chatting with man in uniform; and more. 36 pages including several pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
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Istruzione sul servizio dei giudici di campo
In-16 (Cm 18 x 11,7), pp. 18, brossura editoriale, unatavola a colori fuori testo. Un tagliandino di catalogazione alla brossura anteriore e posteriore. OTTIMO
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Ministero della guerra
Regolamento di istruzione
In-16 (Cm 18 x 11,7), pp. 125, brossura editoriale, unatavola a colori fuori testo. Un tagliandino di catalogazione alla brossura anteriore e posteriore, macchia di inchiostro al taglio superiore. OTTIMO
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Ministero della guerra
Norme per il servizio di presidio
In-16 (Cm 18 x 11,7), pp. XIII-II-194, brossura editoriale telata, firma di possesso alla prima carta bianca. Tagliandino di catalogazione alla brossura anteriore e posteriore. Normali segni del tempo. OTTIMO
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Ministero della guerra
Regolamento per le licenze nel regio esercito
In-16 (Cm 18 x 11,7), pp. 28 brossura editoriale telata. Tagliandino di catalogazione alla brossura anteriore, macchioline di inchiostro al taglio superiore. OTTIMO
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Leyva, Meredith
Married to the Military: A Survival Guide for Military Wives, Girlfriends, and Women in Uniform
Scheda di una biblioteca in ultima di copertina
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Department of Natural Resources Staff
Forest Insect Pests in Canada
Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 732 pages with color and b&w photos, 70 chapters on all aspects of insect control, pesticide use, sampling, phermones, natural antifeedants, application technology and equipment. Front cover is a bit loose at hinge.
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Bellamy, Edward
Looking Backward: 2000-1887
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 276 pages. Full blue cloth boards.
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Masters, John
Nightrunners of Bengal
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Yellowing pages. 362 pages.
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Grey, Zane
Nevada
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Yellowing paper. 288 pages.
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Short, Luke
Ambush
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Yellowing paper. 180 pages.
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Vuchinich, Wayne W. (ed.) John S. Curtiss; Terence Emmons; Donald Fanger; Many Matossian; Michael B. Petrovich; Nicholas V. Riasanovsky Etc.
The Peasant in Nineteenth-Century Russia
Book is in excellent condition, new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 314 pages, 9 contributors write about the subject and its correlatives, each on a different subject: Way of life, the Emancipation, Religion, the Army, the Village commune, the Factory, Literature etc.
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McIlroy, James G.
A Military Attache in Japan: 1929-1933
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 261 pages.
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Bolton, Charles Knowles
Private Soldier Under Washington, the
Book is in excellent condition with a publisher's flaw at inside upper back cover at corner: the endpaper was not glued quite correctly; otherwise flawless in light blue cloth covers. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears and is wrapped in archival clear cover. With sections on 18th Century Revolutionary Army, Patriot Forces, Valley Forge, How Formed, Maintained, Food , Equipment, Relations between officers and privates, Camp Duties, Diversions Hospitals Prison Ships, Diaries, Soldier's Letters. B&W illustrations, 258 pages.
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legge-Bourke, Henry
Household Cavalry, the: On Ceremonial Occasions
Book is in excellent condition but with heavily foxed endpapers. Text block is made of glossy paper, but endpapers are not and have aged, as has the dust jacket similarly. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows nothing but light edge wear, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is worn with edge wear and tears at top and bottom spine. Unpaginated, about 100 pages with a great many large b&w and some color photos, 30 plates in all, reproduced from original Kodachromes: notably bright reds and deep blacks.
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Larson, Suzanne B.
Dig the Ditch: The History of the Lake Washington Ship Canal
Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Very heavy, very solid library binding in orange buckram with some scuffing due to shelf wear. 48 page chronological history of the Lake Washington Ship Canal with introduction then starting in 1853, with entries continuing '54, '60, '67,,'69, '71, (2) '74,'81,'82, (2) "83 (2) etc. through 1972. Bibliography at back with Pertinent Congressional Reports and Documents Consulted, numerous other appendices, and maps section at back.
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Franklin, Bruce; Courtland Cox, Malcolm X, Bob Dylan, Carl Oglesby, Vietnam Day Committee, SNCC, Eldrige Cleaver, Pqat Mainardi, Vonda Black, Roxanne Dunbar, Doug Youngblood, Robert Williams, Don Cox, Weather Underground
From the Movement Toward Revolution
Book shows general wear to covers and suffers warping of much of the fore edge of the page block due to moisture exposure, with some staining of the lower R. corner. Large format publication with b&w illustrations throughout, mostly photos, some full page. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Contents include: Civil Rights:Songs of the Freedom Movement; The Voter Registration Campaign; Into the Urban Ghettoes; The White Student Movement; Vietnam: "Masters of War"; Let Us Shape the Future; A Statement on Civil Disobedience; The Anti-Napalm Campaign; Against the Army; Support for Liberation of the Black Nation: The Liberation of Women; Serve the People; The Panther Program; Community Union Projects: JOIN & Its Successors; Armed Struggle; Toward a Revolutionary Decade, Bull Conner's jail, Port Huron Statement, Rise up angry, Negroes with guns, Executive mandate #3, Organizing self-defense groups, etc. 175 pages.
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Ritter, E. A.
Shaka Zulu: The Ruse of the Zulu Empire
Book is in excellent condition with a tiny bit of edge wear only, creaseless covers, appears unread. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 407 pages, back cover: " Beginning with a nucleus of five hundred warriors and a hundred square miles of territory, he wen on to unify the warring tribes of the Zulus through dazzling force of arms and brilliant diplomacy. Murdered at the height of his power, he left behind an empire of over a hundred thousand square miles, a harem of twelve hundred women, an amazingly enlightened system of government and law, and a magnificent military machine that later would challenge the full might of the British empire. .... vivid authenticity of a great black Afrincan civilization at its very peak of power and pride."
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Freud, Sigmund
Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 88 pages.
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Cottrell, Leonard
Life Under the Pharaohs
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Pages are age-toned as the only flaw. Several pages of glossy b&w pics and illustrations. Chapters include: The land, the people and their gods, Houses and furniture, The Vizier gives a party, Lovers and freiends, The Pharaoh's army, magic and medicine, etc.
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Barsac, Jacques; Jean-Louis Cohen,;Arthur Ruegg
Charlotte Perriand: Complete Works. Volume 1: 1903-1940
Huge book is in excellent condition, flawless, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 12 12" x 9", 510 pages on heavy paper, lavishly illustrated throughout in color and b&w, with photos, architectural drawings, floorplans, layouts, interior designs, notes, prints, etc. Contents include: Metal: a revolution in furniture design, Partnership with Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret for furniture and home furnishings, Photography, The militant years, Prefabricated leisure architecture, Public exhibitions and social engagement, after the break with the Rue de Sevres Studio.
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MUZAFFER ERENDIL.
Topçuluk tarihi.
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 16 cm). In Turkish. [viii], 341 p. A comprehensive work on Ottoman and Turkish gunnery. Topçuluk tarihi.
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HAKKI TÜMERDEM.
Türkiye askerî cografyasi. Sevkulceys, tabiye ve harp tarihi bakimindan tetkik.
Very Good English In modern cloth bdg. Demy 8vo. (22 x 15 cm). In Turkish. 60 p. A study on Turkish military geography. Rare first edition. Türkiye askerî cografyasi. Sevkulceys, tabiye ve harp tarihi bakimindan tetkik. MILITARY HISTORY Turkish Republic Geography Reference Topography.
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Prep. by I. AYDIN YÜKSEL.
Okçuluk sicil defteri, (1093 / 1682-1322 / 1904).
New English Original bdg. HC. 4to. (30 x 21 cm). In Turkish. 192 p., ills. Okçuluk sicil defteri. Inventory of Ottoman archers between the years 1682 and 1904.
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Prep. by GÜRSEL GÖNCÜ, SAHIN ALDOGAN.
Gallipoli Battlefield guide.= Çanakkale Muharebe Alanlari gezi rehberi.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Demy 8vo. (22 x 14 cm). In English and Turkish. 212 p., color and b/w ills., 4 battlefield maps included. The Gallipoli Battlefields are an area of humanitarian and historical meditation. Whatever nation you may be from, it is essential to show respect to the memory of the fallen soldiers from all sides and to the historical fabric of the region. This guidebook to the land on which the Gallipoli Campaign took place covers 99 visitors sites -accompanied by photographs- studying each in regard to their historical importance and geographical location and providing information on the course of the campaign at each point. In the book there are 4 detailed scale maps of the battlefield prepared using satellite technology. Visitors can both set their route by looking at these and easily find the points of interest.
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ALAN W. FISHER.
Ottoman Kamanets - Podolsk. Offprint from 'Turks, Hungarians and Kipchaks, a festschrift in honor of Tibor Halasi-Kun.
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. 4to. (29 x 23 cm). In English. 54-83 pp. Ottoman Kamanets - Podolsk. Offprint from 'Turks, Hungarians and Kipchaks, a festschrift in honor of Tibor Halasi-Kun.
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NECDET ÖKLEM.
1. Cihan Savasi ve Sarikamis. Ihsan Pasanin anilari, Sibiryada esaretten kaçis.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. [vi], 128, [1] p., b/w ills. 1. Cihan Savasi ve Sarikamis. Ihsan Pasanin anilari, Sibiryada esaretten kaçis. Memoirs of Ihsan Pasha fought against Russians in Sarikamis during World War I. This study contains his captivity in Siberia. First Edition.
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