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194256 pages. Features: Rex Woods cover illustration features WWII sailor dancing with attractive blonde; Drying Eggs - a new war industry - article with photo of egg drying room in Trenton plant of the Canadian Doughnut Co.; Are Farmers Indifferent? - article with photos of the homesteads of Orley Shaw near Forest, ON, and K.M. Betzner of R.R.2 Waterloo, ON; Farmers of the Lower Saint John - article with photos of the Fox and Dingee homesteads of Gagetown, N.B.; Treasure of a Derelict (fiction); Storm Tide (fiction); Fascinating half-page ad by the Department of Munitions and Supply says "Drastic New Regulations Are Now In Effect" restricting sales of new and used tires, tubes and retreading services; Half-page ad for Findlay Ranges of Carleton Place, ON shows military scene and housewife saying she can wait for her range in order to provide metal to the military; An Army Without Banners - article explains how women are producing food at home to supply the military, with photos of Beth Kellington and Mrs. Will Hewlett of the Stouffville district in York County; Photo-illustrated article on the 1942 Kemptville Conference of the Women's Institutes; Aunt Helen's Boys and Girls; Illustrated half-page ad by the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario says WWII is "A War of Steel and Electricity"; Nice photo of horse-drawn hay wagon in action on the Cotton farm near Orillia; Photo of Wallace Knapp of Galt, Ontario on horse-drawn potato planter; Photo of young John McTaggart feeding lamb at the Don Head Farm in Richmond, Hill; Photos of prize animals owned by Featherstone Bros. of Oakville, Haas Bros. of Paris, Byron Rath of Mossley, J.R. Beattie of Aurora, R. Norman Hogg of Uxbridge, and Alfred Bagg of Edgeley; Poultry section includes photo of chicken 'apartment building' of Dr. D.F. McKinley of Unionville, ON; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label remnant on front cover. Five-inch diameter hole neatly cut from back cover, otherwise a sound vintage copy of this fascinating wartime issue. Book
195180 pages. Features: Coverage of the Royal Visit; Nice Westclox ad; The Edinburghs - eight pages on the Royal Family - text with numerous photos, including young Prince Charles; How I Photographed the Royal Couple - by Karsh - illustrated with his colour photos, including the Queen with Princess Ann; When a Queen Ruled Britain - article with photos from the Victorian era; The Runaways - story by Ware Torrey Budlong; The Butcher with a Poet's Soul - Canada Packers President James Stanley McLean - article with photos; Let's Abolish Homework, by Sidney Katz; Charlottetown Likes to Laugh - article and photos on the capital of Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.); Humor by Robert Thomas Allen and William Frederick Miksch - "Shopping's a game women play but men don't know the score"; Confessions of a Big-Town (Toronto) Cabbie - by John Rowland - article with photo; Nice Kodak colour-photo ad; Vintage Massey-Harris ad shows corn cobs being harvested by a man on an implement with no cab; Cartoon by Peter Whalley; Colour centerfold for Snyder's fine furniture of Waterloo, Ontario features their Dynavista sectional designs; Full-page ad for Imperial Furniture manufacturing of Stratford, Ontario; Nice Chrysler ad; Rare full-page colour Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Recruiting Poster - very nice!; Dodge car ad; The Hargreaves Quads - Joan, Janice, Jennifer and Joyce - are featured in a nice colour ad for Aylmer strained peaches; Betty Grable is featured in a Auto-Lite battery ad; Colour Karsh Portrait of Prince Philip in full-page ad for O'Keefe's Brewing Company; Nice vintage ad for GMC heavy trucks; Babe Didrikson Zaharias - world's greatest woman athlete - featured in Prest-o-lite battery ad. Several short external archival tape repairs. Bits of writing on front and back covers. Much writing on Westclox ad on page 1. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1942Pages 197-224 plus advertorial covers. Features: Cover photo of North African sand storm; Two photos of H.M. aircraft-carrier "Formidable" at sea; Two pages of photos of American bomber crews training in Britain; Two pages of photos of Caucasus landmarks; Five photos from the El Alamein front; Page of photos of the "Do.217e" Bomber and its tail-brake controls - diving speed to 500 mph; Photos of Churchill in Cairo, Moscow (with Stalin and Molotov), and the Alamein area with Aussie troops; Five photos of the Solomon Islands - now mainly taken from Japan by U.S. Forces; Centrefold artist's rendering of the new Waterloo Bridge as it will appear when completed; Photos of personalities of the week include E.N. Syfret, Sir W. Welsh, Air Marshal P. Babington, Dr. A.P. Newton, Capt. C. Bain-Marais, Canadian air chiefs Breadner, Power and Edwards in London; Princess Margaret, A.C.G. Mars, Harold Drew, Admiral Vian, Sir George Philip Langton, Vincent Harris, Lord Loch, and G. Kingsley Sheils; Page of photos of the Shah of Iran with Queen Fawzieh and baby princess Chahnaz; Photos of Polish submarine "Sokol" returning home after daring Mediterranean exploits; Illustration of blitzed Guildhall in York with charred timbers still standing; Photos of H.M.S. "Manchester" and "Eaglle", both of which are now sunk; Photos of the U.S. Mustang aircraft and the Lancaster bomber under construction; Photo of Aussie female 'picketers' greeting U.S. soldiers with signs warning them not to reveal troop movements with innocent talk; Seven excllent illustrations depict duties of a Merlin bomber crew of seven; Twelve excellent photos show the life of coal miners at a large Midland group of collieries; nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
193758, [8 ads] pages. Features: Cover photo of memorial service for Ramsay MacDonald; Seven photos illustrated Ramsay MacDonald's last homecoming - Bermuda to Lossiemouth; Nice photo of M. Chautemps and M. Delbos of France outside French embassy in London; Two-pages of photos entitle "An Australian Problem - The Primitive 'Black Fellow' [Aborigine] of the Bush, Threatened with Extinction - 'Living Human Fossils' of Australia; One-page illustration of Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret inspecting the Rosetta Stone at the British Museum; One-page illustration of construction of the New Waterloo Bridge; Fifteen photos of the Quetzal - the Aztec symbol bird - first speciments ever kept alive in captivity or photographed; Article on ships includes cross section illustration of boat with flash steam propulstion; Wonderful three-page article 'English Women's Clothing in the Nineteenth Century' includes five beautiful colour photos of clothing samples; Five-photos illustrate airplane de-icing techniques; Photo of the 'Ayro' wheel being demonstrated to air apprentices; Photo of wreckage after German plane crashed into Croydon hangar; Photo of Prince Bernhard's car after it crashed with a truck; Article and colour photos of jewels found at Tsarskoye Selo; Colour centrefold illustration of the Cango Caves in South Africa; Nice one-page colour Dunlop tire ad with red background; Photos of personalities of the week include: J.D. Low, J.A. Brett, Nahas Pasha with Sir Miles Lampson, E.O.W. Hunt, D.E. A. Pettit, the Maharaja of Kapur-Thala; General Iwane Matsui and his wife, Miss Lilian Baylis, Dr. C. Tate regan, Clive Forster Cooper, H.L. Murphy, Maurice Hely-Hutchinson, Herr Walther Funk, Laurence D. Holt, Sir Robert Gordon-Finlayson, M. Janson of Belgium; Ten photos of Japanese military recruits being honoured with ceremonies, scrolls, money and 'senin-baris'; Three interior photos of Hitler's mountain home near Berchtesgaden where he recently spoke with Lord Halifax for five hours; Three photos from Goering's estate where he too met Lord Halifax; Nice colour Peek Frean's ad; Colour ad for Craven 'A' cigarettes; Nice Martell ad shows butler bowing mid-table between two imbibing gentlemen; Harrod's Christmas gift ideas; Classy Bentley car photo ad; and more. Unmarked with above-average external wear. A worthy vintage reference copy. Book
1981Hand-numbered copy #123 of 200. vii, 162 pages. Several fold-out tables at back. No dust jacket, apparently as issued. A facsimile reprint of the second edition, published in 1820. Light foxing to top edge, otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A high-quality copy. Book
2003pp. 379, cm 21x14, rilegatura editoriale con sopracoperta, collana Robinson/Letture. Nuovo.
1960In 8? (cm 25), Brossura, pagg.90-(8) con numerose ill. b.n.e a colori n.t., cop. ill. a colori, segni del tempo alla cop., buon es. Dal Sommario: "Erode il Grande: l'uomo dalla vita sfarzosa e dall'anima percossa" di Gian Paolo Punia; "Pizarro l'atroce ?conquistador? del Per?" di Aldo Montoli; "Varsavia: calvario e morte (agosto 1944)" di Bor-Komorowski; "Somalia italiana, addio!" di Piero ombardo; "Waterloo: La ?vecchia guardia? non attacca!" di Robert Merget; "Diecimila uomini, diecimila eroi" di Angelo Romani;m "Mi hanno sganciato da una superfortezza" di W. Bridgeman e J. Hazard; "Garibaldi: Mito e letteratura" di Luigi Russo; "L'agitata vita di Roberto Schumann" di Bernard Gavoty; "la misteriosa tragedia di itonto" di Guido Petriccione; "Ivan il terribile" di Romain d'Ange. Tra le rubriche: "Giochi e giocatori: Storia della bambola"; "Storia minore: Ettore Petrolini"; "Donne alla ribalta della storia: Clara Maffei"
1989No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards and small bump to upper front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 192pp. Detailed description and evolution of the British Army and its Allied foreign contingents, from the earliest campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars until the final triumph at Waterloo. Well illustrated.
1978Un volume di 422 pagine, brossura editoriale. Dimensioni: 17,5x24,5 cm. Minime tracce d'uso alla brossura, per il resto ottime condizioni. Illustrazioni in b/n nel testo, alcune carte in fascicolo slegato fuori testo. Contiene: Vincenzo Gallinari, Le riforme militari di Cesare Ricotti; Salvatore Loi, Gli ideali del Risorgimento italiano nella indipendenza latino-americana; Massimo Mazzetti, L'armistizio con l'ITalia in base alle relazioni ufficiali anglo-americane; Mario Montanari, Sul campo di battaglia di Waterloo; Oreste Bovio, Il Principe Eugenio; Gabrio Lombardi, Il Generale Umberto Utili nella Guerra di Liberazione; Dal fondo "Umberto Salvatores": Un ciclo operativo coloniale; ANtonello F.M. Biagini, La questione d'Oriente del 1875-1878 nei documenti dell'Ufficio Storico dello Stato Maggiore dell'Esercito; Oreste Bovio, Note di araldica e di vessillologia militari; Patrizio Flavio Guinzio - Roberto Pertici, La biblioteca di Artiglieria e Genio.
1965DISPONIBILITÀ GARANTITA AL 99%; SPEDIZIONE ENTRO 12 ORE DALL'ORDINE. PERFETTO, LIEVISSIMI SEGNI DEL TEMPO; GRAFFIETTI AL DORSO DELLA SOVRACCOPERTA. PESO DEL VOLUME: 2 KG. Octave Aubry (Parigi, 1881/1946), storico francese allievo di Albert Sorel, Albert Vandal e di Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu, compose anche romanzi a soggetto storico. Eletto all'Académie Française nel febbraio 1946, si spense il mese seguente alla vigilia del suo discorso di accoglimento in essa. Fra le sue opere, ispirate in prevalenza al periodo napoleonico e al Secondo Impero: Napoléon III, L’Impératrice Eugénie, Une histoire du Second Empire, Le Roi de Rome, La Vie privée de Napoléon, La Révolution française e Le Voyage à Sainte-Hélène, per la cui redazione compì personalmente un soggiorno nell'isola africana. Les grandes études historiques. Informazioni bibliografiche Titolo: Napoleone Titolo originale dell'opera: Napoleon Collana: La grande storia illustrata Autore: Octave Aubry Editore: Bergamo: Istituto italiano d'arti grafiche, 1965 Lunghezza: 379 pagine; [12! c. di tav.: ill.; 28 cm. Peso: 2 Kg Soggetti: Biografie, Storia moderna, Napoleone Bonaparte, Biografia, Vita, Imprese, Battaglie, Rivoluzione francese, Ottocento, Codice napoleonico, Italia, Francia, Primo, Secondo Impero, Austerlitz, Waterloo, 100 giorni, Direttorio, The Private Life, Soldier and Emperor, Revolution, Talleyrand, Paris, Josephine, Giuseppina, Corsica, Fontainebleau, Roma, Tuileries, Murat, Napoli, Russia, Metternich, Sant'Elena, Histoire de France, Révolution française, Le roi de Rome, Egitto, Campagne militari, Brumaio, Piramidi, Consolato, Fouché, Amiens, Trafalgar, Austria, Prussia, Nobiltà, Cultura, Errori strategici, Blocco continentale, Papa, Carlo V, Grande Armée, Aquile, Moreau, Maria Walewska, Libri rari, illustrati, vintage, Storiografia, Biographies, Modern History, Napoleon Bonaparte, Biography, Life, Businesses, Battles, French Revolution, Nineteenth Century, Napoleonic Code, Italy, France, First, Second Empire, Austerlitz, Waterloo, 100 days, Directory, Rome, Naples, Russia, Metternich, Saint Helena, Egypt, Military Campaigns, Brumaire, Pyramids, Consulate, Austria, Prussia, Nobility, Culture, Strategic Errors, Continental Block, Pope, Charles V, Grande Armée, Eagles, Moreau, Maria Walewska, Rare Books, Illustrated, Vintage , Historiography
Cm. 27; pp. (2), V, (3), 569, (3). Legatura editoriale in tela rossa, titoli in oro al piatto e al dorso. Ritratto di Napoleone in antiporta, una cartina nel testo a piena pagina, 10 tavole fuori testo, 5 carte ripiegate custodite in tasca al fine volume. Ottimo esemplare, qualche lieve traccia d'uso. (729/P) 958/32
Cm. 27; pp. (2), V, (3), 569, (3). Legatura editoriale in tela rossa, titoli in oro al piatto e al dorso. Ritratto di Napoleone in antiporta, una cartina nel testo a piena pagina, 10 tavole fuori testo, 5 carte ripiegate custodite in tasca al fine volume. Ottimo esemplare, qualche lieve traccia d'uso 729/P
1911ref. 9129Librairie Académique Perrin et Cie 1911 642 pages in8. 1911. broché. 642 pages. Ouvrage historique d'Henry Houssaye consacré à l'année 1815 couvrant la Première Restauration le retour de Napoléon de l'île d'Elbe et la période des Cent-Jours. Le récit suit les événements de manière très détaillée parfois heure par heure dans un style haletant
ref. 11804J. Hetzel Editeur 399 pages in12. Sans date. reliure editeur. 399 pages. Waterloo est un roman historique d'Erckmann-Chatrian publié en 1865 qui constitue la suite du Conscrit de 1813. Il suit le personnage de Joseph Bertha un conscrit de l'armée napoléonienne qui survit aux batailles de Ligny et de Waterloo avant de suivre la retraite de l'armée impériale vers Paris. Le roman dépeint la brutalité de la guerre et les conséquences de la conscription de masse
1982ref. 13911Bloomsbury Publishing plc 1982 48 pages 18 4x24 6x0 8cm. 1982. Broché. 48 pages. Ce livre de Bryan Fosten publié dans la série Men-at-Arms d'Osprey examine l'histoire l'organisation et les uniformes de la cavalerie lourde de Wellington en se concentrant notamment sur ses performances à Waterloo
1954ref. 16241DEUX RIVES 1954 245 pages in8. 1954. reliure editeur plein cui dos à nerfs. 245 pages. Cet ouvrage de Marcel Gobineau retrace la vie amoureuse de la reine Hortense (Hortense Eugénie de Beauharnais) mariée contre son gré à Louis Bonaparte en 1802. Devenue reine de Hollande en 1806 son union fut malheureuse mais elle resta fidèle à Napoléon après Waterloo lui offrant un collier précieux avant son exil
1955ref. 17192Hachette 1955 270 pages in8. 1955. broché. 270 pages. Cet ouvrage de René Maine publié initialement en 1955 par Hachette analyse la bataille de Trafalgar (1805) comme le 'Waterloo naval' de Napoléon. Il décrit les conséquences de cette défaite maritime qui a progressivement affaibli la flotte française jusqu'au débarquement allié victorieux en Normandie
ref. 17480Dans une même reliure début 19ème en demi-cuir, 6 textes présentés en page de garde de façon manuscrite- Les Prussiens dénoncés à l'Europe par une Société de Témoins et de Victimes, de leur invasion dans la Province de Hollande. Paris 1789. 107 pages. -Relation fidèle et détaillée de la dernière campagne de Buonaparte terminée par la bataille de Mont-Saint-Jean dite de Waterloo. Paris 1815. 1 carte dépliante en couleurs. 69p. - Général de division J.H Bécaysferrand : Précis de la Défense de Valenciennes. Paris 1805. 78p -Mémoire du Duc de Rovigo sur la Mort de Pichegru du capitaine Wright, de M.Bathurst. Paris 1825. 72p. -Explications au sujet de la Commission Militaire instituée en l'An XII, pour juger le Duc D'Enghien. 15p. -Léonard Gallois : Trois mois au Portugal en 1822. Lettres. Paris 1822. 93p. Etat correct.Demi-reliure d'époque aux mors supérieurs ouverts.Coins émoussés.Ex-libris du Baron de Neuflize.
ref. 7204Ernest Bourdin, éditeur sd Illustrations de Horace Vernet et Hippolyte Bellangé. In-8. Reliure de l’époque demi-chagrin brun à coins, filets à froid, dos à 5 nerfs ornés d’un double filet doré, caissons ornés de cadres à froid, IX + 330 pp. Rousseurs, coiffes et coins légèrement frottés, sinon bon exemplaire.
1857ref. 19030Paris, Jules Tardieu - Bruxelles, E. Guyot et Stapleaux Fils & Charles Tanera 1857 In-8 relié 27,5 cm. Bon état d’occasion.
1870ref. 128157Paris, Henri Plon 1870 In-8 23,5 x 15 cm. Reliure postérieure bradel toile rouge, dos lisse orné d’un petit fer doré, VII-442 pp., 5 cartes et plans repliés, table. Dos passé, rousseurs marginales. Exemplaire en bon état.
1862ref. 140396Paris, Lheureux 1862 In-12 18 x 11,5 cm. Reliure demi-basane verte, dos à nerfs, 354 pp., table analytique des matières. Ex-libris du Comte Stanislas d’Imécourt.
1969ref. 140624chez l'Auteur 1969 In-4 33,5 cm x 25,5 cm en feuillets sous étui et chemise toile bleu marine. 39 pages + 20 planches coul. sous serpente. ATTENTION : étui sali, frotté et fendillé État correct d’occasion.
ref. 231154(Début du XIXème siècle.) 25 x 38.5 cm, dessin à la plume. Légères pliures et petites rousseurs.
ref. 022253William Howe De Lancey (1778-1815), militaire britannique, quartier maître général, mort à Waterloo. L'un de ses faits d'armes est le siège de Ciudad Rodrigo en 1812. L.S., Gallegos de Argañán, 8 janvier 1812, 2p 1/2 in-4. Importante lettre à Alexander Dickson (1777-1840), autre officier important lors du siège de Ciudad Rodrigo, sur la préparation de ce siège, qui commence le 8 janvier et se finit le 19 janvier par la prise de la ville aux français par les troupes anglo-portugaises du duc de Wellington. Ce document détaille toutes les instructions pour l'organisation du siège. Citons quelques détails : les troupes doivent se relayer toutes 24 heures pour réduire l'exposition au froid et aux intempéries, il indique les trajets à emprunter, chaque soldat ne droit prendre que le nécessaire, des ouvriers viendront aider pour les positions d'artillerie, gestion des munitions, organisation des soins médicaux, etc. Lancey signe « Wm De Lancey DWMG » pour Deputy QuarterMaster General, i.e. quartier-maître général adjoint, son titre d'alors. Exceptionnel document sur cette bataille. [541]
