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Liddell Hart, B. H.
Storia militare della seconda guerra militare
1st Italian edition. Hardback in a protected dust jacket. VG/VG. Translated from the English by Vittorio Ghinelli. Signed by Kathleen Liddell Hart on the front endpaper. Also included are 2 press photographs of the author, and a newspaper cutting on the author's funeral written by Bernard Levin. 18097. eng
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Longford, Lord
Abraham Lincoln
Hardback reprint in a protected dust jacket. VG/VG (one closed tear). Introduction by Elizabeth Longford. (Great Lives). 20181. eng
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Lyall, Gavin (ed.)
The war in the air 1939-1945 : an anthology of personal experience
VG hardback reprint in an incomplete dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription on the front endpaper. 15469. eng
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Mars, Alastair
Unbroken
1st Pan edition. Good pbk. Covers worn and soiled. 19967. eng
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Maule, Henry
Caen 1944: the Brutal Battle
1st Coronet edition. Very good condition paperback. 160 pages, ISBN 0340260947. 50620. eng
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Mayne, Richard
Channel Islands occupied : unique pictures of the Nazi rule 1940-1945
VG pbk reprint. With parallel text in French. 18955. eng
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Morton, H. V.
Atlantic meeting : an account of the Mr. Churchill's voyage in H.M.S. Prince of Wales, in August 1941, and the conference with President Roosevelt which resulted in the Atlantic Charter
1st edition. VG hbk in original green cloth. Maps on the endpapers. 16624. eng
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Pearce, Frank
Sea War : Great Naval Battles of World War 2
1st edition. 8vo, 255 pages, illustrated. Former public library hardback in good condition, page edges are discoloured, usual stamps in very good condition dust jacket. 40383. eng
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Poolman, Kenneth
The Giant Killers
Good pbk reprint. Covers worn. 21422. eng
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Read, Pat
A Daisy for Dorothy : the Love Story of a Family in Wartime
1st edition. Very good condition hardback in a very good condition sleeved dust jacket. 224 pages, illustrated, introduction by Leslie Thomas. ISBN 0747504547. 51013. eng
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Reeman, Douglas
Torpedo run
Hbk reprint in dustjacket. Fine/Fine. Bookplate on the front endpaper. 11671. eng
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Ryan, Cornelius
A bridge too far
Hardback reprint in dustjacket. G++/G. 12432. eng
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Soltikow, Michael
The Cat : a true story of espionage
1st UK edition. VG in original black cloth, gilt. Translated from the German by Mervyn Savill. 14496. eng
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Stiff, Peter
The road to Armageddon
1st pbk edition. Near VG. Light creasing to the back cover. ISBN 0947020012. Cover design and painting by Francis Lategan. 17899. eng
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Strawson, John
El Alamein : Desert Victory
Very good condition paperback reprint. 216 pages, illustrated. ISBN 0722182082. 50621. eng
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Vacha, Robert
A spy for Churchill
1st edition. Good paperback. Covers worn.8902. eng
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Ward, John and the BBMF crew of 1986 (eds.)
Spitfire and Hurricane Tribute : Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
1st edition. VG pbk. ISBN 0711016682. 19846. eng
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Whiting, Charles
The Destroyers: Operation Kill Ike
1st in this edition. Hardback in a protected dust jacket. G++/VG. Former public library copy. Staining to the prelims and title page. ISBN 0854221212. 20837. eng
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Wicks, Ben
Waiting for The All Clear
1st edition. 8vo, 209 pages, illustrated. Former library hardback in very good condition in very good condition dust jacket. Usual library stamps. 40168. eng
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Williams, Eric
The wooden horse
Revised edition. VG/ Incomplete. 9172. eng
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Wylie, James
The Homestead Grays
1st NEL paperback edition. Good condition. 50696. eng
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Young, Desmond
Rommel
1st edition. VG hbk in brown cloth with faded spine lettering. 16874. eng
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Young, Peter
D-Day
1st edition. Hardback in a protected dust jacket. Fine/VG. ISBN 0861240340. 21976. eng
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Boulle, Pierre
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1st Fontana edition. 12mo, 191 pages, not illustrated. Good condition paperback, hinges repaired, light creasing to the covers. 39439. eng
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Keegan, John
The First World War
Reprint. 8vo, 500 pages, illustrated. Paperback in very good condition. Blue mark on last page does not effect text. 40412. eng
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Taylor, A. J. P.
The Second World War : an Illustrated History
VG large format paperback reprint. 240 pages, illustrated, ISBN 0140041354. 50608 eng
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Linklater, Eric
Private Angelo: A Novel
272 pages, fading to covers, page edges tanned, previous owner details on front endpaper. eng
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The Penguin Hansard. Vol. 2: The National Effort
192 pages, index to speakers, foxing to covers, page edges tanned. eng
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Borsi, Giosue
L'ultima lettera di Giosue Borsi a sua madre
A letter from the front, sent after the author had been killed in combat. Printed on fine wove paper. Photographic portrait frontispiece. Small 4to, sewn in wraps (with red, white, and green string, modeled on the Italian flag). Uncut. Some discoloration to front cover caused by offsetting from another book. Internally fine. Very scarce.
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Lafont (Canuel)
Defendez-vous: ne calomniez pas, ou lettre de M. Lafont, Officier Superieur, a M. Canuel, Lieutenant-General
An extremely rare pamphlet relating to the troubles in the Vendee in 1815 and the "Affaire de Lyon" of 1818. 8vo. Disbound. A little discoloration to first leaf. Internally fine and bright.
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Contreras, Remedios (Pablo Morillo) (Real Academia de la Historia)
Catalogo de la coleccion Pablo Morillo, Conde de Cartagena (catalogue of manuscripts relating to the War of Independence of Venezuela and Colombia, 1814-1820)
Two volumes, complete. A monumental collection of manuscripts relating to the wars for the independence of Colombia and Venezuela (1814-1820). XI, 598; [VI], 632 pp. 5,283 manuscripts described. 4to. Original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT. A fundamental source.
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Faure, Georges
Poemes de la Guerre. Saint Etienne, Aout 1915
FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE FIRST BOOKS OF POEMS ABOUT WORLD WAR ONE. 79 pp. Edition limited to ONLY 25 NUMBERED COPIES PRINTED ON FINE DUTCH LAID PAPER. This is furthermore A PRESENTATION COPY, signed and inscribed by the author to M. Bardel. 8vo. Original wraps. ENTIRELY UNCUT AND UNOPENED. Faint staining to front cover, else FINE AND BRIGHT. There is no copy of this book in NUC, WorldCat, or the Bibliotheque Nationale. In fact, I have not located any other copy anywhere.
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Peisson, Edouard, FrÈdÈric Boutet, Pierre Louys, and Charles-Theophile Feret (RenÈ Fauchois, introduction) (Paul-Louis Guilbert, etchings)
Hans le marin [with] Un scandale au XVIIIe siËcle [with] La femme et le pantin [with] Le manchot. Eaux-fortes originales de Paul-Louis Guilbert
A COMPLETE SET--PERHAPS UNIQUE--OF THE FOUR BOOKS PUBLISHED BY "INTER NOS" IN PARIS DURING WORLD WAR TWO, THE FIRST TWO OF WHICH WERE ISSUED DURING THE OCCUPATION. The first three are EXTREMELY RARE because of the tiny edition sizes (by the time the fourth was published, the Germans had surrendered, so a somewhat larger edition could be printed). While many livres d'artiste were printed in France under the Occupation, they were subject to Nazi censorship, and thus limited themselves to uncontroversial subject-matter. "INTER NOS", as the name implies ("among us", in Latin), was the only organization (in fact a small group of friends) that published clandestine livres d'artiste, with texts and illustrations depicting graphic sex and sadistic violence. *****(1) Edouard Peisson, "Hans le marin" (1943), with 22 origlnal etchings by Paul-Louis Guilbert. EDITION LIMITED TO 17 COPIES PRINTED ON FINE WOVE PAPER, OF WHICH THIS IS ONE OF ONLY FIVE "EXEMPLAIRES DE COLLABORATEURS" ("collaborators" in a positive sense, we must assume). THIS COPY WAS SPECIALLY PRINTED FOR EDOUARD PEISSON, THE AUTHOR. This copy includes a second suite of the 22 etchings in second (remarque) state, as well as a suite of the three "planches refusÈes" and an additional proof without text of one of the etchings. One of the subversive remarques features a small portrait of a German officer complacently smoking a cigarette, with the etched text, "26 MARS 1943 / 1.005e jour / DE L'OCCUPATION_". Folio. Loose as issued in original wraps, housed in a custom clamshell box. FINE AND BRIGHT. ******(2) FrÈdÈric Boutet, "Un scandale au XVIIIe siËcle" (1943), with 20 original etchings by Guilbert. EDITION LIMITED TO 17 COPIES PRINTED ON FINE WOVE PAPER, OF WHICH THIS IS ONE OF FIVE COPIES WITH A REMARQUE SUITE OF THE ETCHINGS AND TWO SIGNED ORIGINAL DRAWINGS. This copy additionally has two etchings justified "Èpreuve unique", a working proof of one of the etchings, two additional drawings, the "planche refusÈe", two signed letters from Guilbert, and a signed original drawing opposite the half-title. This book and the following one have an extremely unusual feature: many of the etchings in the suites are actually other versions of the etchings in the book, rather than merely other states (in other words, they were not printed from the same plate). In some cases, the etchings used in the book are "decent" and the etchings in the suites are most certainly not. Folio. Loose as issued in original wraps. Board chemise and slipcase. FINE AND BRIGHT. ONE COPY IN WORLDCAT (BN). *****(3) Pierre Louˇs, "La femme et le pantin" (1945: completed April 25, two weeks before VE Day), with 41 original etchings by Guilbert. EDITION LIMITED TO 30 COPIES PRINTED ON FINE BFK RIVES WOVE PAPER, OF WHICH THIS IS ONE OF 13 WITH THREE SUITES OF THE ETCHINGS AND TWO ORIGINAL DRAWINGS. This copy additionally has four drawings (in addition to the two announced in the justification); two additional proofs of etchings (including one signed and annotated "Èpreuve unique"); twelve pages of typographical proofs (including two with etchings); a proof of the title-page with an original drawing; and two additional proofs of the spine label. 4to. Loose as issued in original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT, in the slightly worn original chemise and slipcase. NO COPIES IN WORLDCAT. EVEN THE BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE DOESN'T HAVE THIS ONE. *****(4) Charles-ThÈophile FÈret, "Le manchot" (1945), with 21 original aquatints by Guilbert. Edition limited to 66 numbered copies beautifully printed on fine Arches wove paper, of which this is ONE OF TEN WITH AN ORIGINAL SIGNED GOUACHE PAINTING IN FULL COLOR. In this copy, the gouache is the preliminary design for the aquatint on p. 37. 4to. Loose as issued in original wraps, board chemise, and slipcase. A bit of light foxing, else FINE AND BRIGHT. Very rare. ******** COMPLETE SETS LIKE THIS ONE ARE OF THE GREATEST RARITY: EVEN THE INDIVIDUAL BOOKS ARE EXTREMELY RARE, AND I HAVE FOUND NO REFERENCE TO THE EXISTENCE OF ANY OTHER COMPLETE SET.
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Montherlant, Henri de (Edy Legrand, illustrator)
Sous les drapeaux morts. Illustre par Edy Legrand
ONE OF 30 LARGE-PAPER COPIES ON FINE MADAGSCAR WOVE PAPER, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND WITH SEVEN ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY EDY-LEGRAND. This is a collection of unpublished pieces on various subjects, especially World War I and Spain. Although the entire edition (3500 copies) is illustrated with reproductions of line drawings by Edy Legrand, ONLY LARGE-PAPER COPIES INCLUDE THE SEVEN ORIGINAL HORS-TEXTE ETCHINGS. This copy is boldly SIGNED BY MONTHERLANT on the half-title. 8vo. Publisher's wraps. Uncut. A bit of faint spotting, else FINE AND BRIGHT. Edy Legrand was one of the great book artists of the 20th century.
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Mana, Josep and Isidre Valles
Joan Miro. L'Arrel i L'Indret (Joan Miro. The Root and the Place)
A very substantial and profusely-illustrated exhibition catalogue, focusing on how Miro was influenced by folk art, the various places in Catalonia where he lived (Montroig, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca), and historical events he witnessed (especially the Spanish civil war). 118 pp. Over 100 plates, mainly in color. Large 4to. Original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT. Scarce.
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Barthou, Louis
L'heure du droit. France -- Belgique -- Serbie
First edition of Barthou's polemics on World War I. 107 pp. From a total of only 70 numbered large-paper copies, this is ONE OF ONLY 12 COPIES ON OLD JAPANESE WOVE PAPER, WITH HUGE MARGINS. 12mo. Original wraps. Uncut. Some spotting to extremely wide margins, caused by impurities in paper. Otherwise pristine.
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Barthou, Louis
L'heure du droit. France -- Belgique -- Serbie
First edition of Barthou's polemics on World War I. 107 pp. From a total of only 70 numbered large-paper copies, this is ONE OF ONLY 58 COPIES ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER. 12mo. Original wraps. Uncut. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS.
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Sem (Georges Goursat), Caran d'Ache (Emmanuel PoirÈ), Henry Fournier, Rola, et al.
Au grand artiste Robert Lafosse (UNIQUE sketchbook with original drawings, many relating to Word War I, by Sem, Caran d'Ache, Henry Fournier, Rola, et al.)
A UNIQUE SKETCHBOOK WITH ORIGINAL DRAWINGS (including several spectacular ones on color) BY SEVERAL OF THE MOST NOTED CARICATURISTS OF THE BELLE EPOQUE AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR, including SEM, CARAN D'ACHE, and HENRI FOURNIER. 40 leaves, almost all of which with drawings on both sides. Many of the drawings are unsigned (some are by Lafosse himself), but among the signed ones are several by Sem, Caran d'Ache, and Rola, and one by Fournier. First leaf: "Au grand artiste Robert Lafosse. Ses admirateurs." On very good wove paper. Oblong 8vo (13 x 21 cm). Original plain cloth cover. A couple of leaves detached (but present), else very good. Unique and important.
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Benjamin, RenÈ
Grandgoujon
A BEAUTIFULLY-BOUND LARGE-PAPER PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT NOVELS TO COME OUT OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR. 342 pp. From a large-paper edition limited to only 130 numbered copies, this is ONE OF ONLY 30 printed on Imperial Japanese paper. With an amusing presentation inscription to noted Breton bibliophile NoÎl Cordon, SIGNED BY RENE BENJAMIN. Cordon's attractive bookplate, etched by Laszlo Barta, on front pastedown. 8vo. Elegantly bound in three-quarter morocco and decorated boards by J. Vitoz (Rennes), with his sticker. Original wraps and backstrip preserved. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. A few tiny traces of wear to extremities, else FINE AND BRIGHT.
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Chack, Paul (Charles Fouqueray)
On se bat sur mer. Illustrations gravÈes sur cuivre par D. Charles Fouqueray
A livre d'artiste devoted to World War I naval battles, illustrated with 87 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS (with drypoint and aquatint), including 27 hors texte, BY CHARLES FOUQUERAY (1869-1956), official artist of the MinistËre de la Marine during World War I and one of the outstanding maritime artists of his time. 3, 317 pp. From a total edition of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by the author, this is one of 99 printed on extremely fine Arches wove paper, with an extra remarque suite of the etchings. Folio. Loose as issued in the original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT, with no defects. Housed in the original chemise (quarter leather and marbled boards) and matching slipcase (some wear and damage to slipcase).
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Raynal, Paul
Le tombeau sous l'Arc de Triomphe. TragÈdie en trois actes.
ONE OF ONLY TEN (10) AD PERSONAM COPIES PRINTED ON ANTIQUE JAPANESE PAPER OF THE FIRST EDITION. 292 pp. This tragedy is fictitious reconstruction of the last days in the life of France's Soldat Inconnu (unknown soldier), a casualty of the Great War who has lain underneath the Arc de Triomphe since 1920. It was extremely popular between the wars in both France and Germany. This copy was printed for Georges Ricou, co-director of the OpÈra Comique from 1925 to 1931. BOUND IN IS RAYNAL'S ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TREATMENT FOR THE WORK, WITH NUMEROUS CORRECTIONS AND REVISIONS. Squarish 8vo. Elegantly bound in contemporary three-quarters morocco, spine gilt. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Original wraps and backstrip preserved. Silk ribbon page marker. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS.
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Duhamel, Georges (Paul Baudier, illustrator)
Vie des martyrs. IllustrÈe d' eaux-fortes & de gravures sur bois de Paul Baudier
A livre d'artiste beautifully illustrated by Paul Baudier, one of the great book artists of the 20th century, with 20 ORIGINAL FULL-PAGE HORS-TEXTE ETCHINGS (with aquatint) AND NUMEROUS WOOD-ENGRAVINGS. Edition limited to 580 numbered copies, of which this is ONE OF ONLY 50 COPIES (tÍte) PRINTED ON FINE ANTIQUE JAPANESE PAPER, WITH THE ETCHINGS IN THREE STATES. 4to. Original wraps. Uncut. FINE AND BRIGHT. sxxi Paul Baudier
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Charles Lucas de Peslo¸an
Amicitiae in hortis
COPY NUMBER ONE, ONE OF ONLY 25 LARGE-PAPER COPIES OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST LITERARY WORK, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. VII, 341 pp. An anonymously-published collection of love poems by Peslo¸an (1878-1952), an engineer and close friend (and editor) of Charles PÈguy who went on to produce several more literary works. In this collection, the main themes are frustrated love and the deaths of Peslo¸an's close friends in World War I. THIS IS COPY NUMBER ONE, one of only 25 numbered large-paper copies printed on fine Rives wove paper. SIGNED BY PESLO‹AN on a preliminary blank. 8vo. UNCUT AND UNOPENED IN ORIGINAL WRAPS. Wraps a little dusty, else FINE AND BRIGHT, A PRISTINE COPY.
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Raymond PoincarÈ (PrÈsident de la RÈpublique FranÁaise, 1914-1918)
Card with long inscription and autograph signature of Raymond PoincarÈ
PoincarÈ's official carte de visite (elegantly printed "Raymond PoincarÈ / PrÈsident de la RÈpublique"), with a lengthy inscription WRITTEN DURING HIS PRESIDENCY, AND DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR to a close friend: "Merci, mon cher ami, de votre bienveillante apprÈciation. On a peu de mÈrite ‡ parler clairement, lorsqu'on rend la pensÈe de ce merveilleux pays: il suffit d'Ítre un bon philosophe. Ami, je me rappelle cette charmante aprËs diner que nous avons passÈ au PrieurÈ. Dites, je vous prie ‡ Madame Dumay, en lui prÈsentant mes respects, que nous vous rÈinviterons aprËs la paix. Votre serviteur dÈvouÈ. PoincarÈ (signed with initials). 6.6 x 10.7 cm. In perfect condition.
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Jean des Vignes Rouges (pseudonym of Jean Taboureau)
Bourru, soldat de Vauquois
A LARGE-PAPER COPY OF THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT OF THE AUTHOR'S BOOKS, A WORLD WAR I NOVEL WRITTEN JUST AFTER THE AUTHOR FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, AND PUBLISHED WHILE THE WAR WAS STILL RAGING. 4, 299 pp. ONE OF ONLY 25 NUMBERED LARGE-PAPER COPIES PRINTED ON FINE LAFUMA WOVE PAPER, the only large-paper issue. 8vo. Attractively bound in quarter calf and marbled boards by Franz (signed). Original wraps and backstrip preserved. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Silk ribbon page marker. FINE AND BRIGHT.
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COME VENNE LA GUERRA ALL'AMERICA.
(1917)[COME VENNE LA GUERRA ALL'AMERICA.] Washington, 22 agosto 1917, in 8, 48 pp, br. [Euro 14,00]
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POGGIOLINI ORESTE
IL RITORNO ALLA VITA DEI
(ciechi di guerra)[POGGIOLINI ORESTE.]Il ritorno alla vita dei ciechi di guerra. Conferenza. Firenze, Vallecchi, 1920, in 16, 30 pp, br. [Euro 12,00]
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PANZINI ALFREDO
DIARIO SENTIMENTALE DELLA GUERRA
(1914-18)[PANZINI ALFREDO.]Diario sentimentale della guerra. Milano, Mondadori, 1923, in 8, 226 pp, br. [Euro 14,00]
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BARZILAI S.
CONTRO LA TRIPLICE ALLEANZA.
(1915)[BARZILAI S.]Contro la triplice alleanza. Milano, Rav…, 1915, in 16, 28 pp, br. [Euro 12,00]
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ALBERTI MARIO
ADRIATICO E MEDITERRANEO.
(guerra 1915)[ALBERTI MARIO.]Adriatico e Mediterraneo. Milano, Rav…, 1915, in 16, 32 pp, br. (Problemi Italiani Nø5) [Euro 12,00]
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