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MP. de Lapparent M. P.
Soldier's-Sailor's Diary and English-French Dictionary
<p>An artifact from "The Great War" "the war to end all wars" World War 1 this is a completely clean unmarked diary of the sort soldiers would carry when they went off not knowing if they'd return. In remarkable very good/near fine condition with only lightly rubbed corners to mar its perfection after all these almost 100 years it must be valued higher than its timeworn competitors.</p><p>Photo on request.</p> World Syndicate Co., Inc. hardcover
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War Department Office of the Chief of Staff
Combined infantry and Cavalry Drill Regulations For Automatic Machine Rifle Caliber 30
<p>It appears this is the ONLY one of its kind listed for sale at this time. This "office copy" it says so someone has written it across the top front is a little roughed at top and bottom of spine but otherwise all together and servicable. A rarity indeed.</p><p>Photo on request.</p> Government Printing Office paperback
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McCall Pate
The Naval Artificer's Hand Book
<p>Someone in charge of fixing stuff often consulted this venerable manual which tells how to do anything you need to keep a ship afloat or keep a house standing. I know they did because a number of page tips are worn and there are figures scribbled on the rear end papers. Crammed so full of info on fixing and doing stuff anyone with an ounce of industry could put it to good use around the work shop. Photo on request.</p> Bureau of Construction and Repair paperback
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Bruno Schulz
The Street Of Crocodiles
<p>This is a very nice clean very rare copy of Bruno Schulz' first book in a minimally worn dust jacket. Someone has inked-out their name on the front end paper this being the only flaw. Schulz paints a Kafka-esque mural of under the shadow of Nazis and Communists alike and it was at the hands of a Nazi that he died.</p><p>Photo on request.</p> David Walker & Co. hardcover
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Heinrich Hoffman, edited by RHF R. H.
Storm Trooper
<p>This is a near fine/very good tiny soil slight corner wear extremely rare reissue of Hoffman's photographic quest to depict Hitler's rise.</p><p>Photo on request.</p> R.H.F. paperback
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Kerr, Wilfred Brenton
Shrieks And Crashes" Being Memories Of Canada's Corps 1917
Toronto: The Hunter Rose Co. Limited 1929. HB. Blue cloth black lettering on front cover and spine 12mo 218 pp. Account of the World War I experiences of the Canadian Army. Kerr 1896-1950 was from Seaforth Ontario. He enlisted in 1916 and was a signaller with the 11th Battery of the Canadian Field Artillery serving at Vimy Ridge Passchendale and during the final offensives of 1918. After the war Kerr was educated at Oxford and Toronto and at the time of this book being published was Professor of History at the University of Buffalo. This book privately printed by the author in an edition of five hundred copies. Inscribed on the front paste-down "To the Chancellor With Best Wishes. The Author" and dated October 25 1929. Old price in pencil front paste-down only mark in book binding tight. Covers clean with very light edge wear and slight fading to spine. Book condition VG. The Hunter Rose Co., Limited hardcover
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Williams, T. Harrry
Lincoln and His Generals
New York: Alfred a Knopf Inc 1952. Hardcover in dust-jacket. 363pp. plus index. Bibliography. Illustrated with photographs. Book club edition ex-library copy with property of US Army stamped on titlepage. Dut-jacket in mylar covers pasted to insides of front and rear boards. Spine number and card removed from rear endpaper. Top and bottom page edges stained black. A sound clean internally unmarked copy in complete dust-jakcet. Good in a good dust-jacket. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Alfred a Knopf Inc Hardcover
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Pre Congress Conference on War Its Causes and Correlates University O; Nettleship Martin A.; Givens R. Dale; Nettleship Ande
War Its Causes and Correlates
Herndon Virginia U.S.A.: Walter De Gruyter Inc 1975. Hardback. Hard Cover. Good Plus/Poor. Ex-Library. Walter De Gruyter Inc Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 24001 ISBN : 9027976597 9789027976598
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AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR
RECUEIL D'ESTAMPES Représentant Les Différents Évenemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'Indépendance aux États unis de l'Amérique
Paris: Ponce & Godefroy c1784. 1784. 4to. 16 engraved plates incl. title. contemporary bds. rebacked in calf. First Edition. An attractive series of sixteen plates and maps of the American Revolution engraved by Nicolas Ponce and François Godefroy after designs by Fauvel Marillier Le Paon and other notable French artists of the period. Recorded here are some of the major events of the War and of the larger global conflict between Great Britain and France including the tarring and feathering of John Malcom at Boston the battle of Lexington the capitulation of Burgoyne at Saratoga the capture of Dominica Senegal Grenada Pensacola and Tobago the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown the battle of St. Eustache the siege of Fort S.Philippe and the attack on Brimstomhill. There is also a general map of the United States and a composite map of the Gulf of Mexico Barbary Minorca and Tobago. Below each view forming part of the engraved surface is brief explanatory text by Niquet. The engraved title contains a précis of the War surmounted by five inset views of military and naval engagements while the final plate decorated with four similar insets gives a précis of the Treaty of Versailles in 1783 and a list of the principal officers killed or wounded in the war. Howes describes this as the first French book with a title-page mentioning the United States. Another issue of the book is also recorded with additional title-page Collection d'estampes. and with several of the plates unnumbered. Cohen-De Ricci 862. Howes C-576. Sabin 68421. Winsor VI p. 185. cfJCB II 2997. 1st Edition. Paris: Ponce & Godefroy, [c1784]. unknown
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Lakeside Press
Facsimile Of Abraham Lincoln Letter Oct. 17 1861
<p>This copy is a highly accurate FACSIMILE idendified as such by a tiny label on reverse. Lakeside Press a unique specialty printing arm of the RH Donnelley & Sons Co. produced these original-looking documents as apromotion in the mid-20th century this one probably in 1943. Very rare as is.</p><p>Photo on request.</p> Lakeside Press paperback
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Brady, Mathew B.; Meredith, Roy
Mr. Lincoln's Camera Man Mathew B. Brady
Dover Publications New York 1974 Soft Cover. 4to - over 9 3/4" - 12 3/4" tall. 369 pages. 350 photographs. Second Revised Edition. Book Condition: Near Fine. Some smudge to inside cover and front endpaper and light age-toning otherwise fine. No inscriptions. No marks. Not Ex-library. NF. Soft cover. Dover Publications, New York paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 01831 ISBN : 048623021X 9780486230214
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Aroostook War
Historical Sketch and Roster of Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Men of the Aroostook War
Clearfield 1989. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Clearfield Hardcover
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Abbot, Willis J
The Nations at War A Current History
New York: Syndicate Publishing Company 1914. HB. Red cloth gilt lettering and designs on front cover and spine 4to 366 pp. Many illustrations covering the first year of World War I. No marks in book. Covers show some wear hinges loose but holding. Book condition Good. Syndicate Publishing Company hardcover
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Tschan, Francis J., Grimm, Harold J. and Squires, J. Duane
The First and Second World Wars War Backgrounds Edition of Western Civilization
Chicago: J. B. Lippincott Company 1943. HB. Green cloth black lettering on front cover 8vo Pages numbered 1269 to 1475 with 30 pp. bibliography and index at rear. Stamped "U.S. Government Property" on front and rear endpapers no marks in text binding tight. Covers show two white marks on front cover backstrip sunned. Book condition VG-. J. B. Lippincott Company hardcover
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Gamble C. F. Snowden
The Story Of A North Sea Air Station; Being Some Account Of The Early Days Of The Royal Flying Corps Naval Wing And Of The Part Played Thereafter By The Air Station At Great Yarmouth And Its Opponents During The War 1914-1918
London: Oxford University Press 1928. First Edition. HB. Green cloth gilt lettering on spine 8vo xvi 446 pp. With 33 plates and 27 illustrations in the text. Large fold-out map of the operational area of the North Sea at rear in very nice condition. Review copy with publisher's review slip tipped in at title page and a two page review pasted on the front endpapers. Review is by Lieut. Comdr. Sherwood Picking U. S. N. Picking was a noted American submarine commander during World War I. Above the review on the ffep is written "American Society of Naval Engineers." No marks in text binding tight. Covers show minor fading and light soiling to spine area. Book condition VG. Oxford University Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : GJ6703
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Cornet Auquier Andre
A Soldier Unafraid; Letters From The Trenches On The Alsatian Front
Boston: Little Brown and Company 1918. First Printing April 1918 of the First American Edition. HB. Blue cloth gilt lettering on front cover and spine 12mo xvi 110 pp. frontis portrait of the author. Cornet-Auquier 1887-1916 was a graduate of the University of Dijon. He was a professor at Glasgow when World War I began and as a French reservist was called to active duty in August 1914. He served as Captain in the 133rd Infantry Regiment in the Vosges and died March 2 1916 from shrapnel wounds suffered in combat. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre and made a Knight of the Legion of Honor. This book consists of letters sent to his family. Edited and translated with an introduction by Theodore Staton. No marks in book binding tight. Light moisture stain at top of ffep half-title and frontis. Covers clean but top edge of text block shows some soiling. Book condition VG. Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
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Silhouettes D'Avions Allies Et Ennemis Echelle de 1/200
Paris: Imp. Paul Dupont Mai 1918. Wraps. Brown illustrated string-tied wraps illustration of planes over the front on front cover oblong 8vo 62 pp. Detailed drawings and specs to identify German French British American Italian and Belgian Airplanes of World War I. "2nd Btn." written on front cover in pencil no other marks in book binding tight. Front cover shows light moisture stains and some chipping on fore edge with no loss of illustration. Book condition VG-. Imp. Paul Dupont paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : GH6691
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Casualty, [Capt. Arnold Gyde]
Contemptible
London: William Heinemann 1916. Second Impression October 1916. HB. Maroon cloth black lettering on front cover and spine 12mo vi 226 pp. Author's account of the opening battles of World War I. Gyde was a member of the 2nd Bn. South Staffordshire Regt. from Aldershot that landed at Le Havre 13 August 1914. He participated in the retreat from Mons and at Aisne before being wounded and returned to England. Owner's name ffep only mark in book binding tight. Light foxing to preliminaries. Covers show light edge wear spine darkened. Book condition VG-. William Heinemann hardcover
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Schellhase, F. J
Der Heiland auch im Schutzengraben. Eine Erzahlung aus dem Weltkriege
COL. O.L.B.C. HB. Light green paper covered boards black lettering and color paste down illustration of ocean scene on front cover 12mo 95 pp. Frontis photograph of American servicemen posing with a group of children with the caption "Unsere Jungen in Frankreich" translated as Our Boys in France. Undated but 1924 written on front paste-down. No marks in book pages toned but not brittle. Covers clean with minor edge wear tear to paper bottom of spine. Text in German. Uncommon title. COL., O.L.B.C hardcover
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Guerra A., Cario MB., Sealey MJ. & Lozano Soldevilla F., 2013 M. B. M. J.
Two new records of octopods in Canary Islands: Amphioctopud burry Voss 1959 ans Macrotritopus defilippi Vrany 1851 Cephalopoda: Octopodidae. In 8vo offp. pp. 8 with 4 color figs. Offprint from Iberus. 312
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Steen, Marguerite (Nicholson, Jane)
Shelter
New York: The Sun Dial Press 1942. HB. Green cloth black lettering on spine 8vo 241 pp. map endpapers. Top edge of text block stained purple. Owner's name and numbers rear pastedown no other marks in book binding tight. Covers show light soiling and edge wear. Book condition VG-. Fictional account with World War II setting. The Sun Dial Press hardcover
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Williams, Kenneth
Lincoln Finds a General: A Military Study of the Civil War 5 Voume set
New York: The MacMillan Company Complete five volume set in dust-jackets. 1950-1959. Ex-library. Vols. I II third printings; Vols. III IV. V first printings. All voulmes in dust-jackets last three price-clipped. Top and bottom edges of volumes IIII IV and V stained black all edges of volume II stained blue. Extra illustrated by previous owner who has affixed numerous color plates and captions to prelims and half-title pages. Cloth shows wear on vols. I and II at lower spines all 5 vols. protected by reinforced mylar covers some of which are affixed to inside boards. A clean square internally unmarked set but for inclusion of art-work with resulting show-through of mounting glue on some pages. A good set in very good dust-jackets. International orders will require additional postage Scans sent on request. . Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. The MacMillan Company Hardcover
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Castro BG. & Guerra A., 1989 B. G.
Feeding pattern of Sepia officinalis in the Ria de Vigo NW Spain. In 8vo offp. pp. 9 with 3 figs. Disbound from Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK Volume 714
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(civil war ephemera)
CIVIL WAR EMBALMERS
2 recent negatives and 6 3 copies each modern glossy 8x10 inch photo prints of each view. The first view is a photo of a photograph of Civil War Army Embalmers at work showing a corpse with 4 embalmers flanked by two upright coffins each with an embalmed soldier standing inside. The 2nd view is a photo copy of the embalmer's printed commission signed by Lincoln. Head embalmer: D. Chamberlain. Photos are in excellent condition and have sharp striking views. . unknown
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Acosta C., Herrero C., Guerra A., Fabregas J. & Montes J., 1987
Estudio de la mortalidad ciclo gametognico y composicion bioquimica en dos poblaciones de ostra plana Ostrea edulis L. cultivadas en dos rias gallegas. In 8¡ offp. pp. 14 con 7 figs. Offprint from Iberus 71
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FRANCISCO GONZALEZ LEDESMA / RAUL GUERRA GARRIDO
CRONICA SENTIMENTAL EN ROJO / EL AÑO DE WOLFRAM
<p>FINE</p> CIRCULO DE LECTORES hardcover
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Bureau of Libraries and Periodicals A. E. F; YMCA (compiled by)
Popular Songs of the A. E. F
Paris: A. E. F; YMCA. Good with no dust jacket. 1918. Softcover. B000R022IG . 1918 Stapled pamphlet. Distributed to the Allied Expeditionary Forces in France during the 1st World War. Moderate outer wear check marks in the margins tanning. Complete and sound. 83 songs many with musical notation.; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 97 pages . A. E. F; YMCA paperback
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Crosby, Lieut. P. L
That Rookie from the 13th Squad
NY: Harper. Fair with no dust jacket. 1918. Hardcover. B00087XNTU . 1918 1st printing. Cartoon/comic style experiences of Private Dubb as he enlists for WW1. Fair/ndj hinges loose but still holding. Substantial outer wear contents solid with edge tears finger marks mainly in the margins. Contents G; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . NY: Harper hardcover
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Garber, David S
Service With Battery "C" 107th Field Artillery 28th Division A. E. F
Philadelphia: Innes & Sons 1919. First Edition. HB. Red cloth gilt lettering with black ruled border and 107th insignia on front cover small 8vo 149 pp. plus 3 page index at rear. World War I history of this field artillery battery. Battery C of the 107th saw action at the Vesle Sector August 13-18 1918 during the Oise-Aisne offensive August 18 to September 8 and in the Argonne Forest from September 26 to October 10 1918. The Battery was then transferred to Flanders and saw action in the Ypres-Lys Sector until November 11 1918. Illustrated with photographs of the officers of the battery and scenes of action. A complete roster of the battery is included at the rear. Signed by a previous owner and member of Battery C Private First Class John Valenteen on blank after title page. No marks in book binding tight and pages clean. Covers show light edge wear. Book condition VG. Innes & Sons hardcover
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Froisland Frois
The Man With The X-Ray Eyes & Other Stories From The Front
New York: Harper & Brothers 1930. Stated First Edition. HB. Quarter tan cloth over paper covered boards paper title label on spine 8vo ix 276 pp. Frontis illustration plus 7 full page drawings in text. First American edition translated from the Norwegian by Nils Flaten. This work was originally published in 1928 in Norwegian as Fortellinger fra fronten. Ti rs minner og mer fra verdenskrigen. Froisland 1883-1930 was a journalist working for the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten reporting from the front in Europe during World War I and these are stories based on his experiences. No marks in book binding tight light foxing to preliminaries. Covers show edge wear chipping to title label not affecting any text. Book condition VG-. Harper & Brothers hardcover
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Neillands, Robin H
Grant: The Man Who Won the Civil War
Cold Spring Harbor NY: Cold Spring Press 2004. Hardcover blue cloth lettered in silver in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 221pp. Chronolgy Bibliography Index. Illustrated with photographs and maps. First edition. No previous ownership marks. A very clean square fresh and unmarked copy near as new. Very fine in a very fine dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cold Spring Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009556 ISBN : 1593600224 9781593600228
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Wouk Herman
The Caine Mutiny
PA: The Franklin Library 1978. In Near Fine condition. Bound in rich blue buffalo hide lushly gilt-stamped on all sides. Raised hubs on the spine. All page-edges gilt. Gray silk moire endpapers with a matching ribbon bookmark. 576pps. The gilt on the top of the textblock is faintly mottled with dullness -- due it would seem to dust. Otherwise clean tight square and bright. All tips are sharp. No aparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. A very nice copy of this Pulitzer Prize winner and 'the most exciting sea-story since Mutiny On The Bounty.'<br><br><b><font color=#003366> ".Of the major war novels to emerge from World War II one of the best was The Caine Mutiny published in 1951. A gripping story about the officers and men on a Pacific Fleet destroyer-minesweeper -- the U.S.S. Caine -- and the subsequent court-martial of an officer who removed the captain of the Caine from his command."</b></font><br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books gradings and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. Limited Edition. Full-Leather. Illus. by Vebell Edward. The Franklin Library Hardcover
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Robert Ryan
The Blue Noon
<p>BRAND NEW. Excellent condition. Has remainder mark on bottom edge. 90-2H0755301781</p> Review
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 90-2H0755301781 ISBN : 0755301781 9780755301782
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[Civil War].
Register of Officers Commissioned in Volunteer regiments from the State of New York 1861-1865 Annual report of the Adjutant General 1868 Volume Three.
8vo original green cloth gilt title on spine 371 pp. Hinges weak some aging to contents; otherwise about very good. This register provides a fairly complete listing of officers regiment by regiment including the Fighting 69th that fought in the Civil War. It also provides details on the fates of the individuals listed. Charles Van Benthuysen & Sons,
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Hoehling A. H.;Hoehling Mary
Last Days of the Confederacy
New York: The Fairfax Press 1986. Hardcover red cloth in non clipped dust-jacket. 270pp. Bibliography Index. Illustrated with photographs. Third impression of this reprint edition originally published in 1981 as "The Day Richmond Died". An eyewitness account of the fall of Richmond Capital City of the Confederate States. No previous ownership marks. A very clean square fresh and unmarked copy. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. . Reprint. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Fairfax Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009410 ISBN : 0517603586 9780517603581
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Sedlet, Solveig
My Seven Lives
La Crosse Wi: By Author 2005. Wraps. Illustrated trade paper 8vo 242 pp. Signed and inscribed by the author at bottom of title page. Author's memoirs of childhood in Denmark and her life during the Nazi occupation during World War II and her later relocation to America. No marks in book binding tight. Book condition VG. By Author paperback
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Guerra A., Gabin C. & Andres MC., 1988 M. C.
Analisis de crecimiento mortalidad y produccion de ostra plana O. edulis en diferentes condiciones de cultivo.In 8vo offp. pp. 9 with 6 figs. Offprint from Iberus 82
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Wheeler, Richard
Sword over Richmond: An Eyewitness History of McClellan's Peninsula Campaign
New York: Harper and Row Publishers 1986. Hardcover brown cloth in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 371pp. Quotation Sources Supplementary References Index. Illustrated with reproductions of engravings drawings and maps. First edition first printing. No previous ownership marks. A very clean square unmarked copy. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harper and Row, Publishers Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009321 ISBN : 0060155299 9780060155292
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(ENGLISH CIVIL WAR)
Les Juges Jugez Se Justifiants Ou Récit De Ce Qui Sest passé en la Condamnation & Exécution de quelques Uns des Juges du dernier défunct Roy DAngleterre & autres Seigneurs du Parti du Parlement
np: 1663. First Edition of the French Translation. This appears to be a translation of The Speeches and Prayers of Some of the Late Kings Judges viz Major General Harison 1660 Wing S4875. small 8vo. pp. 235 2. woodcut ornaments & initials. contemporary vellum a few minor wormtracks in covers moderate browning np: 1663 hardcover
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UNITED STATES. CONGRESS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR
Fort Pillow Massacre. BOUND WITH: Returned Prisoners. Reports Nos. 65 & 67
Washington: 1864. 1864. 8vo. pp. 128; 34. second item with 4 wood-engraved plates showing 8 wounded prisoners. A nice copy in original cloth light dampmarks to lower margins. Hardcover. [Washington: 1864]. Hardcover
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FRANCE. MINISTERE DE LA GUERRE
Compte Générale De L'Administration De La Justice Militaire Pendant L'Année 1844-1856
Paris: Imprimerie Royale 1847-58. 1847. 13 Annual Reports bound in 3 Volumes. woodcut title vignettes. 4to. contemporary quarter roan heads of spines chipped neat gilt library stamp at foot of spines. Hardcover. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1847-58. Hardcover
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( World War I )
La Guerre Recontee par dos Generaux Commandants de Groupe D' Armees
Paris. Librarie Schwartz 1921. Sumptuously bound in the High Art Deco style in full burgundy period morocco. Elaborate gilt-ruling to spine and covers with gilt titles. Silk moire endsheets. Each volume presents a gorgeous and unusual multi-chromatic raised enamel onlay of a beleagured French soldier to front covers. Folios. Profusely illustrated in Art Deco style with plates panoramas fold-out colour maps photographs sepias etc. by Charles Foqueray Lucien Jonas et al. A huge and graphically stunning history of the Great War encased in a fabulous Deco binding without peer. A magnificent and rare item. Some minor wear to extremities a bit of chipping to spine gutters minor water staining to lower edges not affecting internal text or illustrations. A Very Good eye-boggling set. Librarie Schwartz unknown
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(Civil War)
Confederate Victories in the Southwest- Prelude to Defeat- From the Official Records
Albuquerque. Horn and wallace. 1961. Bound in gilt titled cloth. 8vo. This volume designed and directed by Jack Rittenhouse of the Stagecoach Press. All type and plates were destroyed after the printing of 1000 volumes of which only 900 were for sale. Illustrated with a frontis map and various and various maps en texte. A Fine copy in a Good only heavily chipped dustwrapper. Horn and wallace. hardcover
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Fuller, Captain Stephen M.; Cosmas, Graham A
Marines in the Dominican Republic 1916-1924
Washington DC: History and Museums Division Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps 1974. Paperback. Good. Red oversized softcover. Wear at the corners and spine tips some bending and fraying. Text is clean and unmarked and the binding is solid. Creasing at the center of the front cover and spineward at the rear cover. 109 pp. bibliography black and white photos throughout. A history of the occupation of Monte Cristi and the Marines stationed in the Dominican Republic during and following the first world war. History and Museums Division Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps paperback
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Ruth Jr., Colonel Joseph B
A Brief History of the 25th Marines
Washington DC: History and Museums Division Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps 1981. Paperback. Fair. Red stapled softcover 1981. A fair to good copy with the major flaw being soil to the page edges and covers. The soiling is a light brown and scattered in spots. The text is not affected although the bottom corner of 2 pages are stuck together. General edgewear and some bending at the corner tips. Binding is solid. Previous owner's inscription on the title page from a marine in "George" company. 60 pp. filled with black and white photos and appendices detailing honors officers and a chronology. History and Museums Division Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps paperback
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JOHNSON, Mark W
That Body of Brave Men: The U.S. Regular Infantry and the Civil War in the West
Cambridge: Da Capo Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0306812460 . First printing. Fine in a very near fine light corner crease to front flap dust jacket. . Da Capo Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 23744 ISBN : 0306812460 9780306812460
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EDWARDS Bernard
Beware Raiders!: German Surface Raiders in the Second World War
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 1557502102 . First American edition. As new in like dust jacket. . Naval Institute Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 23307 ISBN : 1557502102 9781557502100
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The Story of Christian Science Wartime Activities 1939-1946
Boston: Christian Science Publishing Society 1947. HB. Brown cloth black lettering on spine 8vo 434pp. No marks in book binding tight minor offsetting to end papers. Covers clean with just light edge wear to corners. Book condition VG. Christian Science Publishing Society hardcover
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Brinkley, David
Washington Goes to War - The Extraordinary Story of the Transformation of a City and a Nation
<p>New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1988. Third printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Black hardcover 3rd printing in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front endpaper "To Don Stiffler - Happy Father's Day! David Brinkley." Included in an envelope affixed to the front pastedown is a card providing provenance pictured. General shelf-wear to the boards and a bit of bending at the heel of the spine. Text clean and tight as if unread. Unclipped jacket with matching shelfwear at the edges and a bit of browning to the extremeties. 286 pp. some black and white photos.</p> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 427 ISBN : 0394510259 9780394510255
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The War Office
Manual of Driving and Maintenance for Mechanical Vehicles wheeled 1937
HMSO 1940. Official copy notifiied in Army Orders for January 1938. Cloth. Good. HMSO Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 33998
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