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rif. 210664A Constantinople, A. Percheron et J. Schranz, Paris, Imp. de Jacomme & Cie, (1854) 89 x 129 cm, lithographie en deux tons, mise en coloris de l'époque, en feuille, sous cadre doré ancien. Sans verre.
1916rif. 000483Istanbul: Tanīn 1916. Book. As new. Hardcover. 8vo over 7¾–9¾ in. An official report issued by the Ottoman Fourth Army under Jamal Pasha concerning the proceedings of the Supreme Court Martial Tribunal convened at ʿĀliyah Aley Lebanon established to prosecute alleged Arab separatists and Pan-Arabist movements in Syria and Egypt during the First World War. The report claims that the names of prominent Arab nationalists were discovered by the Ottoman authorities among documents seized from the French Embassy in Beirut reportedly placed under the safekeeping of the American Embassy following the outbreak of war. These documents formed the evidentiary basis for the tribunal's investigations. 125 pages of Arabic text accompanied by over 50 facsimile plates issued as a supplement reproducing original documents and correspondence between the accused Arab nationalists and other related parties examined by the tribunal. Preserved in a modern hardcover binding. A significant and controversial contemporary Ottoman publication providing rare primary documentation on wartime military justice Arab nationalist movements and Ottoman intelligence practices during the final years of the empire. An important Arabic political and legal work presenting the Arabic version of La Vérité sur la Question Syrienne addressing the investigations and proceedings of the Ottoman Martial Law Tribunal DīwÄn al-Ḥarb al-ʿUrfī convened in ʿĀliyah Aley during the First World War. The work constitutes a contemporary defense and documentary clarification of political accusations brought against Syrian and Lebanese figures shedding light on: Ottoman wartime judicial procedures political repression and accusations of separatism and the broader Syrian Question in the late Ottoman period. As the original Arabic edition this publication is a key primary source for the study of Ottoman military justice Arab political movements and Syro-Lebanese intellectual history during the final years of Ottoman rule. A scarce and historically significant work particularly sought after in collections relating to the Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire World War I Middle Eastern politics and constitutional and legal history. Tanine hardcover
1805rif. 21362Paris, L. Duprat-Duverger, imprimerie de Baudouin, an XIII-1805 ; 6 tomes in-8 et Atlas grand in-4° (338 mm), demi-veau fauve et petits coins de vélin, pièces de titre décorées rouge-orangé et de tomaison décorées vert-empire, plat de papier rouge à l’époque, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l’époque); XI, 88, 332 pp., frontispice de Girodet, gravé par Robert De Launay, [1] f. serpente imprimée de l’explication de l’estampe ; [2] ff. (Table et Errata) ; 446 pp., [1] f. (Errata) ; 444 ; 410 ; 372 ; 372; 360 pp. ; Atlas : [1] f. Titre, IV pl. pour les Mémoires ; 35 planches sur le cerveau (XXXII et II bis, V bis et XXIIbis), dont 8 doubles.
rif. 63833G.S.I. T. Headquarters Ninth Army February 1942. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 24 x 17 cm. pp.vi Title and Contents plus pp.ii Errata plus iii-xv The Bedouins of Northern Arabia by Lt. Col. J.B. Glubb and pp.186. Original blue printed paper wrappers rubber stamped 102 and in red "This Document will be kept under lock and key when not in actual use". Ownership inscription of "P.M. Holt/28.0.59/Hastings" A fascinating handbook on the tribal peoples of Syria with a remarkable folding map of 'The Arab Tribes in Syria' a French map overprinted with the tribes' names and their Summer and Winter locations. The handbook was compiled by the British 'Ninth Army' which occupied Syria and Lebanon after the allied defeat of Vichy France in 1941. An official publication it was issued for a limited readership: "This document is the property of H.B.M. Government and is issued for the information of officers and responsible officials." Most surviving copies show signs of official ownership and this is no different with sporadic manuscript annotations updating the intelligence. Uncommon. LibraryHub lists three holdings in the UK at SOAS the British Museum and Oxford. OCLC adds six holdings at the American University in Beirut Princeton Duke University NYU Abu Dhabi Monash University and Keio University. Peter Malcolm Holt 1918 -2006 eminent historian of the Middle East and Sudan and a founding editor of the Cambridge History of Islam. G.S.I. (T). Headquarters, Ninth Army, February, 1942. unknown
rif. PF29Oblong Folio album ca. 275x37 cm or 10 ¾ x 14 ½ in. 40 card stock leaves. With ca. 510 original mounted gelatin silver photos including eight large images from ca. 195x285 cm 7 ¾ x 11 ¼ in to ca. 13x195 cm 5 x 7 ¾ in; the rest of the photos are from ca. 115x16 cm 4 ½ x 6 ¼ in to ca. 35x5 cm 1 ¼ x 2 in. All photos with period ink captions on the mounts some captions relate to several images. Period brown quarter sheep album with cloth boards. Gilt-lettered initials “J.R.C.” and title “India” on the front board. With a printed program of an amateur theatre show which lists J.R. Connor as one of the actors mounted on the rear pastedown endpaper. Spine with tears on top and bottom corners bumped front board slightly loosened at the stub several leaves at the back detached and loosely inserted several images slightly faded but overall a very good album. With a loosely inserted printed farewell address ca. 345x215 cm 13 ½ x 8 ½ in. Ca. 1942. 1 p. Text printed in gold. A very good copy. With an album of Connor’s family photos. Oblong Folio ca. 22x31 cm or 8 ¾ x 12 in. Ca. 1930s-1940. With ca. 330 original mounted gelatin silver photos from ca. 85x14 cm 3 ½ x 5 ¼ in to ca. 4x65 cm 1 ¾ x 2 ½ in. Most photos with period white ink captions on the mounts captions mostly relate to several images. Period black full cloth album. Several images previously removed several images slightly faded but overall a very good album. Historically significant album with an extensive collection of ca. 510 original gelatin silver photos from the private archive of a notable military officer of British India and later Pakistan Colonel John Richard Connor who for over a decade served in King George V’s Own Bengal Sappers and Miners in Roorkee modern-day Bengal Engineer Group of the Indian Army and later became the founder and first Commandant of a training centre of the Royal Pakistan Engineers in Sialkot modern-day Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers. Over fifty images show the Bengal Sappers and Miners’ headquarters officers and various operations in Roorkee including two large group portraits of “The Officers K.G.O. Bengal S. & M. Roorkee” in 1932 and 1933 all names thoroughly recorded Connor presents on both photos views of Royal Engineers Mess “No. 9” and “No. 10 Bungalow” “my room in No. 10 Bungalow” the regiment’s camp in “the jheels” scenes from the “Corps Sports Mar. 1932” obstacle and mule races long jump competitions &c. panoramic views of “the Hills from Roorkee Aug. 1932” two photos with “the last Corps elephants demobbed 1932” &c. Numerous images illustrate tiger hunting and leisure trips of Connor and his fellow officers in “Chilkia April 1932” and Malani “Xmas 32” “Feb. 1933”. Very interesting are ca. 190 photos of the Hindustan-Tibet Road taken during two trips in 1932-1933. The images show various rest houses settlements road tunnels bridges Himalayan hills peaks glaciers and valleys local villagers and mule men Connor and his travel companions &c. The images are grouped according to the following route stretches and stops: “The H.-T. Road Aug. 1932” “Narkanda – Khadrala” “Khadrala – Bahli” “Taklech – Daranghati” “Sarahan – Wangtu” “Wangtu – Urni” “The Chini Cliffs” “Chini” “Chini – Jangi” “Jangi – Shasu” “Rupa Valley” “Shivi Valley” “H.-T. Road 1933” “Jangi – Shiasu” “Poo – Namgea” “Tashigang” “Tashigang – Nako” “Chango” “Beyond Changar” “Changarezing” “Shivi Valley” &c. About twenty photos show the construction of bridges in Jehangira and Akora in 1934 modern-day Khyber Pashtunkhwa Pakistan Attock Bridge and “boat bridge & railway bridge Nowshera.” There are also over fifty photos from Connor’s travel to Kashmir in 1934 showing Jhelum River Srinagar mountain valleys Razdani Pass Burzil Pass Rupal Valley a series of views of Nanga Parbat the peak glaciers slopes “my tent and the side of a glacier” portraits of Connor his guides and local people. Over twenty photos document road construction near Haryankot North-West Frontier Province now Khyber Pashtunkhwa Pakistan in October-December 1934: digging and pouring bridge foundations “building the abutments” “fixing reinforcements” “preparing shuttering for 6’ span culvert” “Haryankot Camp” “view from my tent” &c. There are also six interesting images from the “Loe Agra Operations 1935” – one of the military campaigns of British forces in the North-West Frontier Province. The images show “Kot Camp” “Barghai from top of Waruki Kandao” “S. & M. working on mule track” “2nd/15th Punjabis on the new mule track” &c. The “Indian” part of the album closes with five large excellent photos taken on the “Hindustan. Tibet. Road” showing “Nanga Parbat 1934” “View from Narkanda Bungalow” two stunning panoramas of the Himalayan ridges and “mules and driver on H.T. Road.” The album also contains over thirty snapshot photos taken during Connor’s voyage to India in November 1931 H.M.T. “Somersetshire” scenes on board and other British military men views of Malta Suez Canal and Aden and several images from one of the trips back to England Port Said scenes on board a ship. Ca. 26 photos at the rear show England during Connor’s leave in 1932: the town of Hythe “views from Uplands drawing room” portraits of Connor his parents sister and friends “Uplands” estate King's College Emmanuel College &c. The rear pastedown endpaper of the album has a mounted program of a performance of “The Fourth Wall by A.A. Milne” which lists “J.R. Connor” playing “Sergt. Mallet.” The gold-printed farewell address was presented to Connor by one “Subedar Mela Ram and Clerical Staff Orderly Room K.G.V.’s O. Bengal S. & M. Group I.E.” on his departure from service as S.O.R.E. Staff Officer Royal Engineers and is dated “Roorkee 15th Aug. 1942.” The family album is mostly dedicated to the early years of Connor’s niece Elizabeth Ruth Fisher 1938-1955 in England and contains the portraits of the family of Connor’s sister Hazel Evelyn Connor 1907-2002: husband William Hugh Trueman Fisher OBE 1905-1987 daughters Ruth and Annette 1940- parents and other relatives nannies residences in England Hythe “Waterside” Wexham “Spicers” Bourne End Faringdon &c. Overall an interesting extensive collection of original snapshot photos of the Bengal Sappers’ compound in Roorkee Hindustan-Tibet Road and the North-West Frontier Province of British India in the 1930s. “John Richard Dick Connor <…> was educated at Harrow School 1922-7 the RMA Woolwich 1927-8 and Emmanuel College Cambridge 1929-31. He was commissioned into the Corps of Royal Engineers on 30 August 1928 a member of 20 YO Batch and his first posting in 1931 was to India where he joined the KGV’s Own Bengal Sappers and Miners at Roorkee. He continued to serve with that Corps until 1942 mostly in Roorkee but with interludes on active service on the North-West Frontier in the Loe Agra operations of 1935 and in the Waziristan operations of 1936-7. His long service in Roorkee which he loved dearly gave him the opportunities which he took so enthusiastically to become an expert big and small game shot and fisherman. <…> In 1942 he attended the 6th War Course at the Quetta Staff College and after a short spell at SORE II G Trf North-Western Army India he was appointed CRE 15 Indian Corps Troops Engineers and saw active service in the Arakan where he was mentioned in despatches and was awarded the Burma Star and the OBE 1945. Later in 1945 he returned to Roorkee to become Assistant Commandant Training and in 1947 he became the last Commandant of the Bengal Group of the Royal Indian Engineers before “Partition.” When Connor first joined the Bengal Sappers and Miners in 1931 their role was primarily for employment in mountain frontier warfare and they were equipped for the most part with had tools and horse and pack-mule transport. There was even an elephant on their establishment possibly the last elephant of the Indian Army. During his long service with that Corps a great transformation took place and Connor personally played a very considerable part in the conversion of the Corps to a role in keeping with employment in a World War completely equipped with modern mechanized transport power tools and highly technical engineer equipments and when hostilities broke out the enormous expansion of that magnificent Corps which served with such distinction in the Middle East and Burma. He understood appreciated and admired the Punjabi Musselmen Hindus Sikhs and Pathans who formed the Bengal Sappers and Miners and they loved and greatly respected him. When independence came to India in 1947 he was selected to take those Bengal Sappers who were destined for Pakistan from Roorkee to Sialkot where he set up the new Training Centre of the Royal Pakistan Engineers and became their first Commandant. He remained in that appointment with short periods with the E-in-C Pakistan and as Director Pakistan Engineers until 1958 when he retired. He was created CBE in 1954. <…> On retirement he settled in Melrose where he spent much of his time adding to his already considerable reputation as a fisherman and taking a heavy toll of the salmon in the Tweed and other Scottish rivers” Memoirs: Colonel J.R. Connor CBE// The Royal Engineers Journal. Vol. LXXXIV June 1970 No. 2 p. 167. hardcover
1943rif. 005853Tunisia: British Eighth Army 28 April 1943. Leaflet. This compelling Second World War artifact is an original message from General Bernard Law Montgomery to his Eighth Army troops on 28 April 1943 during the final Allied effort to expel Axis forces from North Africa. This printed message is not only a remarkable survivor but is signed by Montgomery B. L. Montgomery just below his printed name. While the signature is undated it seems almost certainly to have been signed in situ; Montgomery was created Viscount Montgomery of Alamein in January 1946 and thereafter routinely signed Montgomery of Alamein. The leaflet measures 8 x 10 inches 20.3 x 25.4 cm printed in black on a single side of thin acidic stock. Condition shows wear expected for an original piece of North African theatre ephemera. A single vertical crease and two horizontal creases testify that the leaflet was folded notionally to fit in a soldiers pocket. The folds and edges show wear and fractional chipping there is overall soiling particularly to the blank verso and a central rectangle of the printed and signed recto is differentially toned indicating that it was once framed and thereby exposed to sun. Nonetheless like the solder to whom it once belonged and the General who authored and signed it this copy survived. Montgomerys EIGHTH ARMY Personal Message from the Commander specifies that it is To be read out to all troops and consists of eight numbered points. The first three points encapsulate recent Eighth Army objectives and accomplishments. Points 4-7 are a spur to action with a specific repeated exhortation to KEEP UP THE PRESSURE!. The final point 8 is Good luck to each one of you. You can rest assured that I am watching over the battle carefully and together we will finish the job. Montgomerys signature is faded but still clear below his printed name at the lower right and the leaflet is printed 28.4.43 Tunisia. at the lower left. Operation Vulcan which began on 22 April 1943 was among the final Allied initiatives to overcome the last Axis North Africa defenses. By 13 May 1943 British Middle East Commander-in-Chief Harold Alexander sent Churchill the message the Tunisian campaign is over We are masters of the North African shores. Churchill THoF p.780 Nearly two and a half millennia after Thucydides discussed the unpredictable role of chance in war Bernard Law Montgomery 1886-1976 and the Eighth Army found one another in North Africa. In July 1942 British troops checked Rommels forces in the First Battle of El Alamein but Allied momentum stalled. Churchill flew to Cairo on 1 August to assess command replacing Middle East Commander-in-Chief Claude Auchinleck with General Alexander and appointing General Gott to command the Eighth Army. When Gott was killed on 7 August flying back to Cairo Churchill acceded to General Montgomery in Gotts stead. Montgomery seized command two days earlier than authorized by his C-in-C and began an historic transformation of a beaten body of men into the legendary Eighth Army that fought its way from Alamein to Tunisia between August 1942 and May 1943. North Africa and the Eighth Army proved the perfect milieu for Montgomerys messianic vitality and vanity. Montgomerys political ineptitude and diplomatic limitations earned him significant postwar hostility and criticism but did not prevent his becoming widely regarded as the outstanding British field commander of the twentieth century. As this Personal Message testifies Above all Montgomery understood soldiers hearts and minds thousands of miles from home in a citizen army The men of the Eighth Army wanted to know what they were required to do Montgomery gave them an immediate answer. ODNB Montgomery later said the intent of his Personal Messages was to define the common objective and thereby foster unity of purpose.I like to think that these messages did much to foster the spirit and the will-to-win El Alamein to the River Sangro British Eighth Army unknown
1889rif. 80-1454GNY: Whitlock c. 1889. 1889. Volume I in two parts: Complete set of 44 color plates in portfolio wth Text bound in matching volume. Olive cloth spines over textured Tan colored boards with gilt lettering. Plates 15x17 inches. List of plates available on request. Plates all Fine. Label of QM Corps indicating copy number inside. Minor abbrasion to front cover of portfolio. Very Oversize. Fine Set. Hardcover. Fine. Illus. by Ogden H.A. Whitlock, c. 1889. Hardcover
1921rif. ABC_45215Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing 1921. Contemporary half calf green cloth sides gold-stamped red spine labels. 8vo. With frontispiece 31 plates 7 maps 3 in pocket on inside of back board and 8 panoramas mostly folding. First edition of the British-Indian armys official account of the 1919-20 Waziristan campaign marked "Confidential" on the title-page. The operations followed unrest that arose in the aftermath of the Third Anglo-Afghan War; they were conducted in the mountainous region of Waziristan now in Pakistan by British and Indian forces against the fiercely independent Waziri and Mahsud tribesmen that inhabited it. Since the 1870s the British government agencies were assiduous in compiling internally published histories of their military frontier operations with the intention of providing a "valuable guide" to such British commanders and policymakers as "might have future dealings with these turbulent neighbours" as the Punjab Government phrased it in 1866.The title-page reports the catalogue number and location of what may be the original report: Catalogue no. C.W. 4 - Case no. 8987 N.S..Serial No. 1235 stamped on the title-page. Occasional light marginal staining. A few edge flaws consistent with army use repaired by a contemporary owner. Otherwise in very good condition.l WorldCat 11497145. Superintendent of Government Printing, hardcover
rif. 241398A Kralovelhoya, [Paris, Cailleau], 1780 2 volumes in-8, (2)-224 pp. et (1)-148 pp., 2 tableaux sur une même feuille repliée et 20 planches dont 18 repliées, demi-veau havane clair à coins, dos à nerfs orné, pièces de titre et de tomaison de maroquin vert et brun (reliure vers 1820).
1824rif. 39395ABLondon, Robert Jennings, 1824. EA. First edition. 3 Bde. Folio. Mit 3 gest. Titelbl., 81 Tafeln (davon 70 handkol., 25 Tafeln m. Gold), 27 kol. Initialen u. 3 tls. kol. Bleistiftzeichnungen. Rot. Halbleder. Vergold. Rückentitel, Rücken-und Deckelvergold. Kopfgoldschnitt. Red half calf. Gilt title on spine, gilt images on back and boards. Top edge gilt. Etw. ber. u. best., Rü. aufgehellt. Tls. stockfl. 3 Exlibris. Schöne dekorative Ausgabe. Slightly rubbed and bumped. Partly foxed. 3 exlibris. Very nice copy.
1979rif. SBBI-mon0000059135Hodder & Stoughton 1979. paperback. Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining water damage writing missing dustjacket etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Hodder & Stoughton paperback
2011rif. SBBIH-ECXVA6KQKTV4Hodder & Stoughton Ltd 2011. paperback. Very Good. Most of our very good books have only minor imperfections such as shelf wear consistent with a new book that's sat on a bookshop shelf for a year or two. Occasionally we may miss other minor imperfections as we have to grade books at speed. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Hodder & Stoughton Ltd paperback
1941rif. 38-1008Ordnance School July 1941- May 1945. 1941. Partial set of six volumes. 35 issues. No issues for 1942. Complete 1943-to VE. Issued monthly. Covers Maintenance and repair of ordnance materiel. Very Heavy. Exlib. Bound in red cloth. Original wraps bound-in. Rubbed. Some pages missing in volume 9. Very Good set. Hardcover. Very Good. Book. Ordnance School, July 1941- May 1945. Hardcover
1947rif. 28740Washington DC: United States Army Air Forces. Very Good. ca.1947. First Edition. Hardcover. no dust jacket probably as issued light external soiling a little darkening to the spine. charts maps A massive catalog of all and I do mean all the photo-technical data related to the photography both still and motion picture both black & white and color of "Operation Crossroads" the first two post-World War II nuclear bomb tests conducted at Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific in July 1946. The first test took place on July 1 and was nicknamed "Able Day"; the second on July 25 was "Baker Day." The names were directly taken from the first two letters of the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet. The stated purpose of the tests was to assess the level of damage that the massive explosions would inflict on naval vessels of various kinds that were stationed in the vicinity; all humans were evacuated from the ships although a large number of small animals were placed on board thousands of rats; hundreds of goats pigs and mice; and even a few dozen guinea pigs in order to measure the effects on them of the radiation emitting from the blasts. Short version: not good. The two tests were designed to measure the effects of two different kinds of explosions: the Able bomb was an "air burst" detonated 520 above the surface; the Baker bomb was suspended beneath a landing craft and detonated 80 feet underwater. The stated purpose of this catalog was "to provide a systematically-combined record of photography available from the two operations for study measurement and analysis purposes." The bulk of its 756 pages is devoted to reproductions of the three data sheets that documented each roll of film that was shot: 1 the "Film Data Sheet" giving the technical specs of the camera and a summary of its coverage; 2 the "Time and Position Data Sheet" with detailed data on each individual exposure; and 3 the "Aircraft Track and Position Chart" a map of Bikini Atoll with the positions of each camera-carrying aircraft plotted thereon. Those aircraft by the way were essentially drones operated by radio remote control and the cameras were automatic so that no humans needed to be too close to the blasts. There are also at the beginning of both the Able and Baker sections abstracts of the contents of each roll of film. Example: "This roll shows phenomena from fireball through development of mushroom cloud in a series of exposures made in rapid succession 3 per second." Although the volume itself was apparently not classified neither was it a U.S. Government Printing Office issue intended for wide circulation; it's stated in a couple of places that "a limited number of additional copies of this publication are available" and informs the reader where to procure them. Its obvious purpose was to facilitate the users' ability to locate the film footage or still photography needed for purposes of their own analysis and it's likely that a certain level of security clearance was required. There is however this note among the introductory matter: "All data and sheets pertaining to Able Day Sortie H and bomb carrying aircraft have been deleted from this catalog and will be found in a classified addendum." Keeping wraps on info about the plane that actually dropped the Able bomb I can understand but I wonder what the deal was with "Sortie H" A small amount of the film footage documented here was incorporated into the official U.S. Government documentary film of the events called "Operation Crossroads: Able and Baker Day Tests Bikini Atoll Summer 1946" released in 1949. One would hope that all this photography has been preserved in the National Archives -- maybe even the stuff from the mysterious "Sortie H." The present volume is quite rare with OCLC recording just three copies: at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC; the Air University Library at Maxwell AFB in Montgomery Alabama; and at the Phillips Research Site Technical Library which was merged in 1997 into the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio the OCLC link however is dead -- the latter two of which I suspect are not readily if at all accessible by the public. NOTE by the way that there is no actual photography reproduced in this book: it's strictly a non-visual catalog. . United States Army Air Forces hardcover
1947rif. 28740Washington DC: United States Army Air Forces. Very Good. ca.1947. First Edition. Hardcover. no dust jacket probably as issued light external soiling a little darkening to the spine. charts maps A massive catalog of all and I do mean all the photo-technical data related to the photography both still and motion picture both black & white and color of "Operation Crossroads" the first two post-World War II nuclear bomb tests conducted at Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific in July 1946. The first test took place on July 1 and was nicknamed "Able Day"; the second on July 25 was "Baker Day." The names were directly taken from the first two letters of the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet. The stated purpose of the tests was to assess the level of damage that the massive explosions would inflict on naval vessels of various kinds that were stationed in the vicinity; all humans were evacuated from the ships although a large number of small animals were placed on board thousands of rats; hundreds of goats pigs and mice; and even a few dozen guinea pigs in order to measure the effects on them of the radiation emitting from the blasts. Short version: not good. The two tests were designed to measure the effects of two different kinds of explosions: the Able bomb was an "air burst" detonated 520 above the surface; the Baker bomb was suspended beneath a landing craft and detonated 80 feet underwater. The stated purpose of this catalog was "to provide a systematically-combined record of photography available from the two operations for study measurement and analysis purposes." The bulk of its 756 pages is devoted to reproductions of the three data sheets that documented each roll of film that was shot: 1 the "Film Data Sheet" giving the technical specs of the camera and a summary of its coverage; 2 the "Time and Position Data Sheet" with detailed data on each individual exposure; and 3 the "Aircraft Track and Position Chart" a map of Bikini Atoll with the positions of each camera-carrying aircraft plotted thereon. Those aircraft by the way were essentially drones operated by radio remote control and the cameras were automatic so that no humans needed to be too close to the blasts. There are also at the beginning of both the Able and Baker sections abstracts of the contents of each roll of film. Example: "This roll shows phenomena from fireball through development of mushroom cloud in a series of exposures made in rapid succession 3 per second." Although the volume itself was apparently not classified neither was it a U.S. Government Printing Office issue intended for wide circulation; it's stated in a couple of places that "a limited number of additional copies of this publication are available" and informs the reader where to procure them. Its obvious purpose was to facilitate the users' ability to locate the film footage or still photography needed for purposes of their own analysis and it's likely that a certain level of security clearance was required. There is however this note among the introductory matter: "All data and sheets pertaining to Able Day Sortie H and bomb carrying aircraft have been deleted from this catalog and will be found in a classified addendum." Keeping wraps on info about the plane that actually dropped the Able bomb I can understand but I wonder what the deal was with "Sortie H" A small amount of the film footage documented here was incorporated into the official U.S. Government documentary film of the events called "Operation Crossroads: Able and Baker Day Tests Bikini Atoll Summer 1946" released in 1949. One would hope that all this photography has been preserved in the National Archives -- maybe even the stuff from the mysterious "Sortie H." The present volume is quite rare with OCLC recording just three copies: at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC; the Air University Library at Maxwell AFB in Montgomery Alabama; and at the Phillips Research Site Technical Library which was merged in 1997 into the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio the OCLC link however is dead -- the latter two of which I suspect are not readily if at all accessible by the public. NOTE by the way that there is no actual photography reproduced in this book: it's strictly a non-visual catalog. . United States Army Air Forces hardcover books
rif. 4911Four vols. 8vo orig. polished mottled green calf a little rubbed single gilt fillet round sides flat spine gilt orange leather lettering piece on spine crown stamped in gilt at head of spine Vol. I orig. fine brown sheep maroquiné single gilt fillet round sides flat spine gilt orange leather lettering piece on spine crowns stamped in gilt at head & foot of spine a.e.g. Vol III orig. boards Vols. II & IV. Munich: 1832-33-48-72. The first catalogue issued with its three supplements of the maps and plans in the Bavarian Army Library founded in 1822. This was one of the most important collections of maps of the period. Very fine and pretty set from the Wittelsbach library of the dukes and kings of Bavaria. unknown
rif. 4911Four vols. 8vo orig. polished mottled green calf a little rubbed single gilt fillet round sides flat spine gilt orange leather lettering piece on spine crown stamped in gilt at head of spine Vol. I orig. fine brown sheep maroquiné single gilt fillet round sides flat spine gilt orange leather lettering piece on spine crowns stamped in gilt at head & foot of spine a.e.g. Vol III orig. boards Vols. II & IV. Munich: 1832-33-48-72. The first catalogue issued with its three supplements of the maps and plans in the Bavarian Army Library founded in 1822. This was one of the most important collections of maps of the period. Very fine and pretty set from the Wittelsbach library of the dukes and kings of Bavaria. unknown books
1851rif. STLD0090München, Cotta (1851). Quer-Folio, 1 lithogr. Titel, 24 lithogr. Taf. m. Textblättern, OHLn., stärker berieb., Ecken u. Kanten berieben, vord. Deckel fleckig. Blätter leicht stockfleckig, Textbll. tlw. zerknittert, randrissig u. staubrandig. Die Abbildungen zeigen Szenen aus dem italienischen Aufstand gegen die Habsburger: Reitergefechte, Straßenkämpfe, Belagerungen in norditalienischen Städten. Lipperheide Qc 20.
rif. 229591974. Cold War U.S. Defense Official U.S. Army intelligence and doctrinal publications on Soviet equipment and artillery produced at key Cold War moments when Soviet conventional forces missile technology and weapons systems were undergoing rapid modernization. These publications illustrate how American military institutions trained analysts and officers to identify Warsaw Pact weapons systems and to interpret Soviet organizational doctrine at a time when NATO planners were assessing conventional force balances and missile developments across Europe. Archive of 5 manuals from the 1970s-80s. Ranging from the immediate post-Vietnam period through the Reagan-era reintensification of U.S.-Soviet strategic competition these manuals document how American military institutions trained analysts intelligence officers and commanders to identify classify and counter Soviet equipment from tanks and artillery to missiles and aircraft using standardized imagery technical profiles and organizational analysis. Collectively the materials illustrate the evolution of U.S. threat perception as it moved from broad equipment identification toward increasingly specialized assessments of missile systems and advanced weapons platforms. Archive includes: 1 U.S. Army Missile Command. Technical Report RD-SS-86-10. Redstone Arsenal Alabama: U.S. Army Missile Command September 1986. Produced at Redstone Arsenal during the late Cold War missile buildup this technical report represents a shift toward highly specialized analysis of weapons and rocketry. This book demonstrates rigorous mathematical treatment of Rhode's theory of monopulse radar a foundational signal-processing method that enabled precise real-time tracking and guidance of missiles and aircraft during the Cold War. 2 U.S. Army Intelligence Center and School. Communist Weapons and Equipment Handbook. Fort Huachuca Arizona: USAICS January 1976. This handbook SupR 66152 explicitly marked as superseding earlier editions from 1971 and 1972 reflects the institutional updating of intelligence curricula in response to changing Communist bloc arsenals. Intended for classroom and field use it consolidates identification criteria hazards to identification and dichotomous keys revealing how U.S. intelligence sought to systematize recognition of Warsaw Pact weaponry during a period of détente. 3 Department of the Army Combined Arms Combat Developments Activity CACDA. Organization and Equipment of the Soviet Army. Fort Leavenworth Kansas: Headquarters Department of the Army 31 July 1978. Issued as Handbook HB 550-2 and distributed under special controls this striking red-covered manual analyzes Soviet ground force organization and equipment at a moment when NATO planners were reassessing conventional force balances in Europe. The text stresses its role in simulations and training exercises linking Soviet organizational structure directly to anticipated battlefield employment. 4 Department of the Army Soviet Artillery Doctrine. RB 30-3. Fort Leavenworth Kansas May 1976. This handbook corrects and updates specific technical and identification details within Organization and Equipment of the Soviet Army highlighting the dynamic nature of Cold War intelligence production and the continual need to revise assessments as new information about Soviet systems emerged. 5 U.S. Army Intelligence Center and School. Soviet Equipment. Fort Huachuca Arizona: USAICS March 1974. Issued as Supplemental Reading SupR 62810 this manual was designed as a study aid for intelligence students learning to identify Soviet equipment through imagery. The preface emphasizes mastery of visual recognition skills prior to classroom instruction with appendices organized by equipment type; tactical vehicles tanks artillery rocket launchers antiaircraft systems aircraft and electronic equipment; underscoring the centrality of imagery intelligence IMINT during the Cold War. Each manual shows light to moderate handling wear consistent with training and professional use including staple binding punched holes for binders minor edge wear toning and occasional marks; all text remains legible and intact. Overall very good condition. Together this archive offers a revealing primary-source record of how the U.S. Army studied taught and revised its understanding of Soviet equipment and missile capabilities across three decisive Cold War decades making it particularly relevant for collections focused on military intelligence history missile development and U.S.-Soviet strategic rivalry. unknown
rif. 229591974. Cold War U.S. Defense Official U.S. Army intelligence and doctrinal publications on Soviet equipment and artillery produced at key Cold War moments when Soviet conventional forces missile technology and weapons systems were undergoing rapid modernization. These publications illustrate how American military institutions trained analysts and officers to identify Warsaw Pact weapons systems and to interpret Soviet organizational doctrine at a time when NATO planners were assessing conventional force balances and missile developments across Europe. Archive of 5 manuals from the 1970s-80s. Ranging from the immediate post-Vietnam period through the Reagan-era reintensification of U.S.-Soviet strategic competition these manuals document how American military institutions trained analysts intelligence officers and commanders to identify classify and counter Soviet equipment from tanks and artillery to missiles and aircraft using standardized imagery technical profiles and organizational analysis. Collectively the materials illustrate the evolution of U.S. threat perception as it moved from broad equipment identification toward increasingly specialized assessments of missile systems and advanced weapons platforms. Archive includes: 1 U.S. Army Missile Command. Technical Report RD-SS-86-10. Redstone Arsenal Alabama: U.S. Army Missile Command September 1986. Produced at Redstone Arsenal during the late Cold War missile buildup this technical report represents a shift toward highly specialized analysis of weapons and rocketry. This book demonstrates rigorous mathematical treatment of Rhode's theory of monopulse radar a foundational signal-processing method that enabled precise real-time tracking and guidance of missiles and aircraft during the Cold War. 2 U.S. Army Intelligence Center and School. Communist Weapons and Equipment Handbook. Fort Huachuca Arizona: USAICS January 1976. This handbook SupR 66152 explicitly marked as superseding earlier editions from 1971 and 1972 reflects the institutional updating of intelligence curricula in response to changing Communist bloc arsenals. Intended for classroom and field use it consolidates identification criteria hazards to identification and dichotomous keys revealing how U.S. intelligence sought to systematize recognition of Warsaw Pact weaponry during a period of détente. 3 Department of the Army Combined Arms Combat Developments Activity CACDA. Organization and Equipment of the Soviet Army. Fort Leavenworth Kansas: Headquarters Department of the Army 31 July 1978. Issued as Handbook HB 550-2 and distributed under special controls this striking red-covered manual analyzes Soviet ground force organization and equipment at a moment when NATO planners were reassessing conventional force balances in Europe. The text stresses its role in simulations and training exercises linking Soviet organizational structure directly to anticipated battlefield employment. 4 Department of the Army Soviet Artillery Doctrine. RB 30-3. Fort Leavenworth Kansas May 1976. This handbook corrects and updates specific technical and identification details within Organization and Equipment of the Soviet Army highlighting the dynamic nature of Cold War intelligence production and the continual need to revise assessments as new information about Soviet systems emerged. 5 U.S. Army Intelligence Center and School. Soviet Equipment. Fort Huachuca Arizona: USAICS March 1974. Issued as Supplemental Reading SupR 62810 this manual was designed as a study aid for intelligence students learning to identify Soviet equipment through imagery. The preface emphasizes mastery of visual recognition skills prior to classroom instruction with appendices organized by equipment type; tactical vehicles tanks artillery rocket launchers antiaircraft systems aircraft and electronic equipment; underscoring the centrality of imagery intelligence IMINT during the Cold War. Each manual shows light to moderate handling wear consistent with training and professional use including staple binding punched holes for binders minor edge wear toning and occasional marks; all text remains legible and intact. Overall very good condition. Together this archive offers a revealing primary-source record of how the U.S. Army studied taught and revised its understanding of Soviet equipment and missile capabilities across three decisive Cold War decades making it particularly relevant for collections focused on military intelligence history missile development and U.S.-Soviet strategic rivalry. unknown books
rif. 220742Paris, Pierre Gandouin, Julien-Michel Gandouin, Pierre-François Giffart, 1727-1730 6 vol. + 1 vol. de supplément in-4, avec quelques figures dans le texte, des vignettes en-tête et 127 planches hors texte (un portrait-frontispice, 3 cartes à double page, et 123 vues), veau brun marbré, dos à nerfs fleuronnés, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque). Epidermures (parfois fortes) et petites galeries vers sur les plats, pièces de tomaison frottées. Quelques mouillures angulaires.
rif. 200801720Paris, Imprimerie de C.L.F. PANCKOUCKE rue des Poitevins, n°14, 1828-1831 ; in-8, demi-basane vert ornée plat marbré (très bon état). Les 34 volumes. Série complète rare de ces 34 volumes - seconde édition et seconde publication ornées de Cartes et de cent cinquante-deux portraits-depuis les temps les plus reculés jusques et compris la bataille de Navarin, depuis l’an162 de la fondation de Rome jusqu’au règne de Clovis -tome 2,3,4,5 et 6 : depuis les gaulois jusqu’en 1792-1792-1793-1793-1794-1794-1795-1795-1796-1796-1796-1797-1798-1798-1799-1799-1800-1800-1801-1801-1803-1803-1805-1805-1806-1807-1808-1809-1809-1810-1811-1812-1813-1814-1815-appendices - tables du temple de la gloire-table du temple dictionnaire géographique-couronne poétique- guerre d’Espagne de 1823.
1764rif. AMO-1480THE OPERATIONS OF THE ALLIED ARMY, UNDER THE COMMAND OF HIS SERENE HIGHNESS PRINCE FERDINAND, DUKE OF BRUNSWIC AND LUNEBERG, during the greatest Part of SIX CAMPAIGNS, beginning in the year 1757, and ending in the Year 1762. By an officer, who served in the British Forces. Illustrated with Maps and Plans. London, Printed for T. Jefferys, Geographer to the King, M. DCC.LXIV. [1764] 1 volume in-4 (25,5 x 21 cm) de 2 feuillets non chiffrés (titre et Advertisement by the Publisher placement des cartes et errata), 288 pages chiffrées (erreur de pagination) et 10 feuillets non chiffrés d'index topographique. 12 cartes et plans dépliants (sur 13 - la carte de la bataille de Minden a été arrachée). Une grande carte est déchirée coupée en deux morceaux. Petites déchirures à quelques cartes (plis, bords). La plupart des cartes sont de grande dimension (notamment les 4 cartes reliés à la fin du volume). Reliure de l'époque plein veau brun, dos orné de fleurons dorés (reliure anglaise) usagée. Le premier plat est presque détaché, le deuxième plat se détache, manque aux coiffes et aux coins, l'intérieur du volume est frais avec quelques rousseurs sans gravité. FIRST PRINTING. ÉDITION ORIGINALE. Provenance : George S. Bailey, 1843 et L. George P. Bailey (ex libris manuscrit répété et calligraphié avec note autographe). A noter également 3 petites notes manuscrites en anglais et signées B. H. (écrites par quelqu'un qui a pris part aux batailles). Cet important ouvrage, des plus rares, contient le récit militaire des six campagnes menées par le Duc Ferdinand, de 1758 à 1762. Batailles de Crevelt, Bergen, Minden, Warburg, Vellinghausen, Wilhelmstall, Hesse, etc.
rif. 222998S.l., s.d. (1796) in-folio, [468] pp. n. ch., couvertes d'une écriture moyenne, régulière, assez lisible (environ 40/45 lignes par page), vélin souple, dos lisse muet, tranches marbrées (reliure moderne). Gardes refaites.
rif. 244716S.l. [Naples], décembre 1789 in-folio, [26] ff. n. ch., couverts d'une écriture cursive, mais régulière et lisible (environ 40 lignes par page), avec 5 planches aquarellées en dépliant "in fine" regroupant 21 figures (costumes, insignes, ornements, armes), broche sous couverture à rubans, chiffra AS peint sur la première couverture, le tout dans double emboîtage moderne demi-chagrin marine, dos lisse orné de filets dorés, pièce de titre du même contrecollée sur le plat supérieur.
