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Troak, Malcom
We Will Remember Them. A Tribute to the Men on the Peacehaven War Memorial
East Sussex UK: New ANZAC 2000. x 110pp appendices num bw ills. Or pictorial card covers. Very light edge wear to covers. Signed and inscribed by author on half-title page. Looking at the 26 names on the Peacehaven Sussex War Memorial the author was struck by the lack of detail about these young men who made the supreme sacrifice for their country. This book presents the story of each of those men as well as listing a further eighteen that were not listed on the memorial. The author also details the growth of Peacehaven from the early 1920s and the pioneers who came from all over Britain to settle thee. Signed & Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Small 4to. New ANZAC Paperback
Référence libraire : 020343 ISBN : 0953911500 9780953911509
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Fraser, Antonia
The Gunpowder Plot: Terror & Faith in 1605
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1997. xxxv 347 pages 24 pages of colour and b/w plates genealogical tables map notes index. Paperback. The primary purpose of the book is to explain so far as is possible why there was a Gunpowder Plot in the first place. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Trade Paperback. Weidenfeld & Nicolson Paperback
Référence libraire : 019695 ISBN : 0297840797 9780297840794
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White Michael and Gribbin John
Einstein: A Life in Science
London: Simon & Schuster 1993. 279 pages notes index. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. In this book Einstein's life and his work are recounted in an unprecedentedly accessible way. Gribbin enables the reader to appreciate the great physicist's achievements by laying out the context in which he developed his theories and the way that they were received. The ups and downs of his life as a political activist violin player and family man closely linked to the history of his time are charted by Michael White. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Simon & Schuster Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019765 ISBN : 0671711709 9780671711702
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Harris, Melvin
The True Face of Jack the Ripper
London: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd. 1994. viii 216 pages b/w plates 10 appendices index. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. The author presents his evidence identifying Jack the Ripper. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Michael O'Mara Books Ltd. Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019871 ISBN : 1854791931 9781854791931
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Reisz, Matthew
Europe's Jewish Quarters
London: Simon & Schuster 1991. 215 pages illustrated in colour and b/w with photos sketches maps bibliography. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. A beautifully illustrated celebration of the Jewish history and heritage of twelve great European cities: Rome Toledo Amsterdam Venice London Vienna Copenhagen Glasgow Marseilles Antwerp Prague and Paris. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Simon & Schuster Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019882 ISBN : 0671710222 9780671710224
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The Duchess d'Abrantes (Madame Junot)
Memoirs of Napoleon His Court and Family. Two-volume Set
New York: D Appleton and Company 1894. Volume I: xx 588 pages 6-page book catalogue. This first volume has pink-tinged damp stains: at the upper front corner decreasing in size to about page 8 and again increasing in size from about page 500 to the end; at the spine from the upper edge from the title page to about page 100. at the spine from the lower edge to about page 50 and again from about page 200 increasing in size to the end of the book where the lower edge and lower page corners are affected too. The front board of is slightly warped and the rear board in damp-stained; Volume II: xvii 548 pages. Decorative red cloth boards gilt with lightlly worn corners and at the spine head and foot. Condition: Volume I: Fair; Volume II: Very Good. An attractive set. Hard Cover. Fair; Very Good. 8vo. D Appleton and Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019428
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Windrow Martin
Military Dress of the Peninsular War 1808-1814
London: Windrow & Green 1991. 200 pages with 100 colour paintings more than 80 photographs and contempoary engravings appendices: tables of uniform facings detailed orders of battle for both sides in 15 major actions. Red cloth boards in dust-jacket. The chronological text offers a concise account of the progress of the war. Major battles are described in detail and accompanied by maps. New Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Colour Paintings by Gerry Embleton. Square 8vo. Windrow & Green Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019424 ISBN : 1872004709 9781872004709
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Cooper, Leonard
British Regular Cavalry 1644-1914
London: Chapman & Hall 1965. 216 pages frontispiece and 8 pages of b/w plates bibliography index illustrated end-papers. Cloth boards in price-clipped dust-jacket. The book explains the role and function of regular cavalry in British military history from the formation of Cromwell's New Model Army to the beginning of the 1914 war. Accounts of a series of battles typical of a campaign rather than detailed desciptions of individual battles are given. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Chapman & Hall Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019423
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Kirk John and Young Jr Robert
Great Weapons of World War II
New York: Walker & Company 1961. HEAVY. Introduction by Hanson W Baldwin.348 pages b/w illustrations throughout. Relevant newspaper cuttings in English and as well in Hungarian colour and b/w photographs and a book jacket cover have been taped to prelims to but not including the title page and at the rear on pages 323 324 325 and the recto of the rear flyleaf. There are a few marginal notes in biro. Cloth boards in rubbed and chipped dust-jacket which has a creased 75 mm tear by the upper edge of the front panel and some loss. The book describes the most famous weapons of the Second World War. More than 300 planes ships tanks small arms and artillery weapons are illustrated in this edition and nearly 100 are discussed in detail. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair to Good. 4to. Walker & Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019425
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Dinnage, Paul (introductoin and notes)
British Military Uniforms: a Portfolio of Prints Depicting Officers of Cavalry Regiments
London: Neville Spearman & The Holland Press 1958. First published by W Spooner circa 1830. Unpaginated. Eight full-page full-colour plates on page rectos with descriptions regimental history battles and campaigns. Tinted end-papers. Half-title page and verso of last page tanned. Fully bound in cloth gold-blocked in dust-jacket which is complete apart froma small section at the spine but which has tears repaired with sellotape at and by the spine. The plates: Cavalry Regiments: 1st Life Guards Royal Horseguards Undress 5th or the Princess Charlotte of Wales's Dragoon Guards 6th Inniskilling Dragoons 13th Light Dragoons Undress 14th or the King's Light Dragoons 15th or the King's Hussars Field-day order. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Drawn by L Mansion and St Eschauzier; Coloured by C H Martin. Elephant Folio. Neville Spearman & The Holland Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019405
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Pratt, Fletcher
The Empire and the Glory: Napoleon Bonaparte: 1800-1806
New York: William Sloan Associates 1949. xvi 535 pages text-ills brief timetable index. Cloth boards faded spine and edges with some wear at the spine head. . First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Inga. 8vo. William Sloan Associates Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019416
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Helder W Introduction
Battlefield Weapons and Uniforms of World War II Photographed at The Royal Arms and Army Museum Leiden-Delft the Netherlands
Secaucus NJ: Chartwell Books Inc 1978. 191 pages 48 pages of full-colour photographs and more than 130 pages of b/w pictures index. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. Thje book covers combatants and their weapons from among the Allies and the Axis nations: Germany England the United States France Italy China Yugoslavia Australia the USSR Poland Belgium the Dutch East Indies Rumania Japan Finland and Holland. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Chartwell Books Inc Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019426 ISBN : 085690063X 9780856900631
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Foster, John L. (translator)
Napoleon's Marshal: The Life of Michel Ney
New York: Morrow Junior Books 1968. 224 pages Frontispiece by Leonard Everett Fisher 4 maps by Cynthia Basil bibliography index. Cloth boards in price-clipped dust-jacket. An account of Michel Ney's career. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Morrow Junior Books Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019412
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Smitherman, P H (illustrated and with a Preface by)
Uniforms of the British Army: A Selection
London: Hugh Evelyn 1970. Unpaginated. Forty-five full-page full-colour plates. End-papers foxed. There is some wear at the spine. Cloth boards in dust-jacket which has a faded spine. The album contains a collection of drawings illustrating the uniforms of various arms of the British army: infantry artillery and yeomanry regiments to show the development of military costume from the 17th century to the 1970s. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio. Hugh Evelyn Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019408
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Goodspeed D J
Bayonets at St Cloud: The Story of the 18th Brumaire
London: Rupert Hart-Davis 1965. 192 pages 16 pages of b/w plates references appendix index. There is some wear at the spine. Cloth boards in rubbed price-clipped dust-jacket. Napoleon's coup d'etat. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo. Rupert Hart-Davis Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019413
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Smith, Mabell S C
The Story of Napoleon
New York: Thomas Y Crowell Company 1928. Foreword by Ida M Tarbell. xii 370 pages colored portrait frontis and 15 colored plates 4 maps index. Decorative cloth boards with a bump at the upper edge of the front board in scarce but rather worn dust-jacket which has tape at its edges the spine head and foot and at a repair and covering a 10 mm hole on the front panel. A biography covering Napoleon's life from Corsica to his exile in St Helena. Also included is his effect on the new republic in America the chief instance of which was in his outright sale to Jefferson of the Louisiana Territory. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Drawings By Baron Myrbach. 8vo. Thomas Y Crowell Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019431
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Seidler, Franz W
Fritz Todt. Baumeister Des Dritten Reiches
Schnellbach: Verlag S. Bublies 2000. 435pp index bibliography bw ills. Or card covers. Small crease to top front corner place/year written on half-title page. Text in German/auf Deutsch. Reprint. Soft Cover. Fine. Verlag S. Bublies Paperback
Référence libraire : 019457 ISBN : 3926584599 9783926584595
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Kemble, James
Napoleon Immortal: The Medical History and Private Life of Napoleon Bonaparte
London: John Murray 1959. xi 307 pages 12 pages of b/w plates sketch maps genealogical chart two appendices medical bibliography index. One line of print on copyright page blacked out. Cloth boards in price-clipped dust-jacket. The author 'examines Napoleon's whole health record from his birth to his death and he discusses the effects of certain vital events and significant circumstances in his private life and personal habits'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. John Murray Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019461
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Sutherland, Christine
Marie Walewska: Napoleon's Great Love
New York: The Vendome Press 1979. 265 pages double-page map of Europe in 1812 bibliography index. Cloth boards in price-clipped dust-jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. The Vendome Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019478 ISBN : 0670284734 9780670284733
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French History and Napoleonana. Supplementary Catalogue. Private Library of Mr George S Davis
Detroit 1893. 88 pages. Stapled booklet rusty staples exposed with paper wrapper which has a tear from the spine head. Supplementary catalogue: items 3278 to 3823. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo. Paperback
Référence libraire : 019480
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Paris, W Francklyn
Napoleon's Legion
New York: Funk and Wagnalls Company 1928. HEAVY. x 240 pages frontispiece: The Cross of the Legion of Honor; profusely illustrated with b/w plates one of which is missing index. Decorative green cloth boards gilt. The book covers the foundation of the French Legion of Honor by Napoleon its privileges and obligations its home; changes in the insignia foreigners in the Legion educational institutions women Legionnaires help for the needy; American Society of the French Legion of Honor and America's roster. Popular Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Funk and Wagnalls Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019474
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Hinde, Thomas
The Domesday Book: England's Heritage Then and Now
Book Club Associates 1985. HEAVY. Introduction by Dr Elizabeth Hallam. 351 pages illustrated with more than 100 colour photographs county maps of Domesday settlements gazetteer glossary biographies of major landholders bibliography index. Papered boards in dust-jacket. The central text is divided into 37 counties. Each begins with a general survey and continues with short essays. The county gazetteer lists more than 12500 entries alphabetically under their modern names. Book Club Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Book Club Associates Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019538
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Tranter, Nigel
The Queen's Scotland: The North East. The Shires of Banff Moray Nairn with Easter Inverness and Easter Ross
London: Hodder & Stoughton 1974. 390 pages b/w photo plates index. Prelims endpages and edges lightly foxed. Papered boards in price-clipped dust-jacket. The alphabetical place by place guide to the shires of Banff Moray Nairn with Easter Inverness and Easter Ross. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Hodder & Stoughton Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019671
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Grinnell-Milne, Duncan
The Silent Victory September 1940
London: The Bodley Head 1958. 206 pages 8 pages of b/w plates 2 appendices indes folding chart: 1 Sealion crossing plan; and 2 Disposition of British and German warships. Prev owner's name and personal greeting on the front paste-down. End-pages lightly foxed. Green cloth boards in dust-jacket which has tears and minor loss at the spine head. The author contends that 'it was the Royal Navy which more than any other single factor frustrated the German plans to invade Britain in 1940'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. The Bodley Head Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019652
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Burton, Elizabeth
The Jacobeans at Home
London: Secker & Warburg 1962. 448 pages text-ills bibliography index. Prev owner's name by the upper edge of the front flyleaf. Prelims endpages and edges foxed. The lower page edges are soiled. Cloth boards in dust-jacket which is frayed at the spine head. From the blurb the author gives 'an account of how the people of Great Britain high-born or low-born the princes and the London artisans the noblemen and the agricultural labourers the merchants and the gossips the scientists and the apothecaries lived during the period when but for the 11 years of the Commonwealth the Stuart dynasty was on the throne'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Felix Kelly. 8vo. Secker & Warburg Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019670
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Dittrich, Karl
Der grosse Verrat von Bukarest bis Wien 1944/45
Berg am See: Kurt Vowinckel Verlag 1988. 255pp bibliography bw ills maps. Or black cloth in jacket. 2 words in Hungarian on title page and several very brief marginal notes also in Hungarian. Text in German/auf Deutsch. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo. Kurt Vowinckel Verlag Hardcover
Référence libraire : 018919 ISBN : 3921655601 9783921655603
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Cowles, Virginia
The Great Swindle. The Story of the South Sea Bubble
New York: Harper & Brothers 1960. 191pp index bw ills. Or black boards with purple cloth spine in jacket. Jacket price clipped rubbed and with tape reinforcement/repair at head and foot of spine. The story of the South Sea Bubble from its origins with Daniel Defoe through the dizzying rise as speculation grew rife and the inevitable crash which left many destitute. Well worth reading in the light of recent and current economic events. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo. Harper & Brothers Hardcover
Référence libraire : 018937
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Rohl, John C. G
Kaiser Hof und Staat. Wilhelm II und die deutsche Politik
Munchen Munich: Verlag C. H. Beck 1988. 262pp index notes. Or brown papered boards with jacket. Lengthy notation in Hungarian on title and copyright pages place/year written on half-title page otherwise an excellent copy. Kaiser Wilhelm II and his role and effect on German politics. Text in German/auf Deutsch. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo. Verlag C. H. Beck Hardcover
Référence libraire : 018956 ISBN : 3406323588 9783406323584
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Anisimov, Evgenii V. (translator John T. Alexander.)
The Reforms of Peter the Great. Progress Through Coercion in Russia. The New Russian History Series
Armonk NY: M. E. Sharpe 1993. xi 327pp index further reading notes map. Or green boards with olive cloth spine in jacket. As new. Condensed English translation of 'Vremia petrovich reform'. Exciting and psychologically penetrating account of the life and rule of Russia's eighteenth century Tsar-reformer whiuch examines what happens when the drive for 'progress' is linked to an autocratic expansionist impulse rather than a larger goal of human emancipation. What was the price of power- for Russia and for Peter himself. First English Language Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. M. E. Sharpe Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019002 ISBN : 1563240475 9781563240478
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Flynn, James T
The University Reform of Tsar Alexander I 1802-1835
Washington DC: The Catholic University of America Press 1988. xiii 283pp index bibliography. Or brown cloth in jacket. Spine slightly sunned. One of the most important reforms undertaken in the early years of the reign of Tsar Alexander I was the foundation of the university system in Russia. This volume traces in detail the introduction and development of the western style university system to Russia and the series of compromises that allowed the reforms to proceed. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. The Catholic University of America Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019003 ISBN : 0813206537 9780813206530
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Johnson, Warren A
Public Parks on Private Land in England and Wales
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press 1971. xv 136pp index references. Or brown coth in jacket. Tiny 1mm tear to bottom of front jacket panel. Most public parkland in England and Wales remains in private ownership- the book examines the way in which public use of private land for recreation was mediated and legislated in a unique faashion. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. The Johns Hopkins Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019076 ISBN : 0801812445 9780801812446
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Waissenberger Robert editor
Vienna in the Biedermeier Era 1815-1848
New York: Mallard Press 196. 280 pages 300 illustrations 80 in color index. Remains of a price sticker by the upper corner of the front flyleaf. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. Eleven social and art historians examine a fascinating era in the history of one of Europe's most vibrant capitals. From the blurb 'Gottfried Biedermeier a humorous and popular fictional character from the journal Fliegende Blatter came to symbolize the new values giving his name to the style that would become popular among the nouveau riche throughout Europe and England. Emphasis was on the decorative arts -- on graceful furniture glass clock and porcelain. In painting genre scenes portraits and lyrical landscapes were in vogue while in music late-classical musicians Beethoven and Schubert delighted audiences and the Viennese waltzes of Johann Strauss the Elder had their debut. Biedermeier architecture which placed emphasis on the comfortable aspects of home decor is represented chiefly in the work of Josef Kornhausel'. First English Language Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Mallard Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019164
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Mollo, Boris
The Indian Army
Poole: Blandford Press 1981. 191 pages illustrated throughout in colour and b/w glossar index of Indian Regimental names bibliography. Prelims and endpages lightly foxed. Lower corners of boards bumped lower page corners lightly creased. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. The book traces the Indian Army's history and illuminates the more interesting and significant uniforms from the early sepoys through to Skinner's Horse. The book contains a section which shows the changes of title and status of Indian Regiments including details of successor units which were formed in the Indian and Pakistan armies in 1947. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Fine/Very Good. 4to. Blandford Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 018633 ISBN : 0713710748 9780713710748
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Ludwig, Emil
Die Neue Heilige Allianz. Uber Grunde Und Abwehr Des Drohenden Krieges
Strasbourg: Sebastian Brant Verlag 1938. 57pp. Or stapled card covers. No date 1938. Tape reinforcement at top and bottom of spine place/year written on first blank page. The grounds for and a defence of the upcoming war published in France the year before the outbreak of WWII. Text in German/auf Deutsch. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Sebastian Brant Verlag Paperback
Référence libraire : 018699
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Kitchen, Martin
The German Officer Corps. 1890-1914
Oxford: Clarendon Press 1968. xxix 242pp index bibliography. Or black cloth in jacket. Jacket slight faded on spine with several short tears pencil notation on rear flap and front panel. Prev owners name inside front cover place/year written on half-title page lengthy notation in Hungarian on title page and following 2 pages several brief maginal notations in Hungarian throughout and some light pencil underlining. Explores how the inability of the German army in the pre-WWI era to find its proper place in society contributed to the lack of political equilibrium in Germany and offers new insights into the complexities of the Germany of the period. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo. Clarendon Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 018825
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Kemp, Anthony
The Maginot Line: Myth and Reality
London: Frederick Warne 1981. 120pp b/w photos diagrams maps appendix bibliography index end-papers front: Simplifed cross section of an artillery block; rear: power station & filter section of a large ouvrage. Personal note not in English in blue ink 8 lines written between author's name and publisher's details on the title page. There are marginal notes not in English in blue ink on more than 20 pages. There is a colour photograph taped to the verso of the ffep and on the half title page are a colour photograph and a short printed note about the author Anthony Kemp with a book shop stamp by the lower edge. Red cloth boards. The book is designed to help those who are interested in the period to understand the significance of the French fortifications and to put the Maginot Line in its correct historical perspective. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Frederick Warne Hardcover
Référence libraire : 018375 ISBN : 0723227128 9780723227120
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Gardner, David E and Smith, Frank
Genealogical Research in England and Wales. VOLUME 2 ONLY
Salt Lake City: Bookcraft Publishers 1959. 324pp maps of the counties end-paper maps. There are a few brief notes lightly written in biro and pencil. Prev owner's details four lines by the upper edge of the half title page. The cloth boards are a little edge worn. This volume discusses in detail the record sources in England and Wales. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Bookcraft Publishers Hardcover
Référence libraire : 018361
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Robbins, George and Thomas, Alan
Kaleidoscope of London Buses between the Wars
London: Marshall Harris & Baldwin 1980. Unpaginated c100pp illustrated with 250 photogaphs illustrated end-papers. Printed on glossy paper which is lightly tanned at the edges. Red cloth boards in dust-jacket which is faded at the spine and by the upper edge. The memorable and interesting views of London buses have informative captions. In the Kaleidoscope series. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. 4to. Marshall, Harris & Baldwin Hardcover
Référence libraire : 017868
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Hartley Keith; Hughes Henry Meyric; Schuster Peter Klaus; and Vaughan William editors
The Romantic Spirit in German Art 1790-1990
London: Thames and Hudson 1994. VERY HEAVY. Preface: Timothy Clifford and Henry Meyric Hughes. Introduction: Keith Hartley. 503pp with 340 illustrations 185 in color exhibition catalogue biograhies chronoogy. Decorative blue cloth boards in dust-jacket. The book was published to coincide with a major exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Art Edinburgh and the Hayward Gallery London in 1994-1995. This is a study of the Romatic influence in German art of the past two centuries with contributions frommany of the world's leading art scholars. It is in two main sections the first devoted to a series of general essays exploring themes such as the link betwen Romanticism and Modernism Romantic irony and colour theory the second examining the subject chronologically tracing the subject through each period of German art to that produced in the Third Reich and after 1945. First British Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Folio. Thames and Hudson Hardcover
Référence libraire : 017974
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Gloag, John
English Furniture. The Library of English Art
London: Adam & Charles Black 1973. xvi 184pp colour frontispiece 40 plates and 137 line drawings in text index. Prev owner's stamp with ref no at rear. Cloth boards in dust-jacket which has a ref label taped by the spine foot. The book is designed to show how the design of English furniture has since the late 15th century reflected changes in national taste. The last three chapters were rewritten for the fifth revised and enlarged editionin 1965. Various amendments and additions have been made to the present edition and some fresh illustrations included in the text and plates. In the series The Library of English Art. Sixth Edition Revised with Additions. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Adam & Charles Black Hardcover
Référence libraire : 018005
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Tillett, E D
The Royal House of Windsor 1837-1937: a Record of Its Personages Their Standards Coats-of-Arms Emblems Etc. since the Accession of Queen Victoria. Edited by Sir Frank Fox
London: The Royal Warrant Holders Association 1937. 82pp four colour plates illustrated throughout in b/w. There is a tear in the lower margin of pp73/74 wear at the spine by pp 38/39 and a small stain on each page; End-papers tanned paste-downs slightly wrinkled. Front hinge slackening. Decorative blue cloth boards with the Arms of HM the King on the front cover in colour. Boards flecked rubbed and a little worn at the corners and spine. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair to Good. 4to. The Royal Warrant Holders Association Hardcover
Référence libraire : 018009
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Hickey, Des and Smith, Gus
Operation Avalanche: The Salerno Landings 1943
London: William Heinemann 1983. 379pp 16pp of b/w photos bibliography index. Cloth boards in dust-jacket which has a sunned spine. The book recreates the 21 critical days from 9 September 1943 when the operation under US General Mark Clark involving 500 ships and 175 British and American servicemen attempted to establish a beachhead on the mainland of Occupied Europe. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. William Heinemann Hardcover
Référence libraire : 018028 ISBN : 0434391808 9780434391806
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Carter, E F Cato
Order Out of Chaos: A History of the Loss Adjusting Profession. Part I: Evolution and Early Development
London: Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters 1984. Foreword by C P Harris. 247pp b/w illustrations four appendices index: adjusters assessors etc 1790-1920 general index. Large presentation plate to an Alderman at the time of the 1993 Conference in Australia laid down on the front flyleaf. Endpapers and edges lightly foxed. SIGNED on the title page by the author. Cloth boards in lightly edge-worn dust-jacket. This first volume covers the period from 1790 to 1920. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters Hardcover
Référence libraire : 018032
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Gentle, Rupert and Feild, Rachael
Domestic Metalwork 1640-1820 Revised and Enlarged By Belinda Gentle
Woodbridge Suffolk UK: Antique Collectors Club 1994. Foreword by John D Davis. 461pp 25 colour plates more than 1000 b/w illustrations bibliography glossary index illustrated end-papers. Prev owner's rubber stamp with ref no at the rear. Cloth boards in dust-jacket which has a ref no by the spine foot. The book was first published in 1975. This revised and enlarged edition has been extended to include European items as well as objects in iron steel and copper although brass remains the principal subject. Following the introductory sections the book covers lighting the kitchen the dining-room the fireplace and smoking the library the bedroom door-knockers and locks accessories and ornaments domestic/hobbies and coffin furniture. The four appendices cover: Dates of events affecting the development of the brass industry in England; Marks and signatures found on brass in Great Britain; Metals and alloys sympathetic with brass; and Processes and materials used in working decorating and finishing brass. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to. Antique Collectors Club Hardcover
Référence libraire : 018148 ISBN : 1851491872 9781851491872
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Barker Dudley
Grivas: Portrait of a Terrorist
London: The Cresset Press. 1959. 202pp 14 bw ills. Or blue cloth in jacket. Endpapers & edges heavily toned-internally clean and tight externally no problems with cloth. Jacket has several short edge tears crease at top of rear panel stain at top rear corner and minor insect damage at lower corner rear panel. The story of retired Greek Army officer George Grivas who led the EOKA campaign of murder and violence in the British colony of Cyprus. He evaded British troops for 4 years. In all 600 people were killed and twice as many injured. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus/Good. 8vo. The Cresset Press. Hardcover
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Howe, Maud
Sicily in Shadow and in Sun: The Earthquake and the American Relief Work
Boston: Litle Brown and Company 1910. xviii 491pp illustrated with drawings and photographs folding map. Upper edge gilt. Fore- and lower-edges uncut. Decorative green cloth bords gilt with an illustration with Etna in the background laid down at the centre of the front board. An extremely attractive copy. Following a short history of Sicily the book starts with the destruction of Messina in the earthquake of 1908 and covers the cruise of the Bayern royal visitors at Palazzo Margherita building the new Messina the camp by Torrente Zaera the Villaggio Regina Elena Taormina Syracuse palermo Mr Roosevelt at Messina and Easter. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by John Elliott. 8vo. Litle, Brown, and Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 017415
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Noyes, Ella
Salisbury Plain Its Stones Cathedral City Valleys & Folk
London: J M Dent & Sons 1913. xii 320pp coloured frontis tipped-in with tissue-guard illustrated throughout with 15 tipped-in colour illustrations with line drawings throughout index. Lightly foxed prelims endpages and edges with occasional light foxing throughout. Prev owner's blind stamp by the upper corner of the ffep. Upper edge gilt. There are a few small marks on the fore-edge. Green cloth boards with some wear at edges and corners gilt decoration and titles on the front board and on the spine. A look at Salisbry Wiltshire and the surrounding areas before the first World War. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Dora Noyes. 8vo. J M Dent & Sons Hardcover
Référence libraire : 017416
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Tournoux, General P. E
Defense des Frontieres du Nord et de l'Est. Haut Commandement - Governement 1919-1939
Paris: Nouvelles Editions Latines 1960. 352pp index 5 maps. Or paper wraps. Tape reinforcement at top of spine place/date written on first page several news clippings taped in crease on rear cover. French defenses on her northern and eastern frontiers between the wars with particular regard to military command and the government. Attention is given to the rearmament of Germany and the rise of Hitler and the Nazis. Text in French/en Francais. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Nouvelles Editions Latines Paperback
Référence libraire : 017681
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Pendleton, J
Newspaper Reporting In Olden Times and To-day
London: Elliot Stock 1890. x 24pp. Fore- and lower-page edges uncut. There are a few capital letters on page 140 marked lightly in pencil. Cloth boards gilt titles and decoration on the front board. Gilt spine titles rubbed. The book covers Reporting in olden time; the reporter in Parliament; incidents and traditions of 'the Gallery'; Reporting to-day in 'The House'; A gossip about shorthand; The reporter's work; Some experiences and adventures of reporters; Writings on newspapers and reporters. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo. Elliot Stock Hardcover
Référence libraire : 017011
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Laffin John
Scotland the Brave: The Story of the Scottish Soldier
London: White Lion Publishers 1974. xiii 191pp 24pp b/w plates index. Page edges lightly foxed. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. With a compound of aanecdote eye-witness report and historical detail the book fills in the background to the illustrious story of the Scottish solder. He traces the life of each regiment through many notable battles and campaigns of three hundred years telling the story of 'the Jocks' some of 'the most courageous soldiers in the world'. First White Lion Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. White Lion Publishers Hardcover
Référence libraire : 017061 ISBN : 0856171069 9780856171062
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