WAVELL Field-Marshal EARLMareMagnum
1947Single sheet, a near fine copy. Signed simply 'Wavell' in the writer's usual manner, the letter is written to Geoffrey Moore, founder of the Buccaneers Cricket Club, and demonstrates the soldier's keen and continuing interest in the sport. It is noteworthy that Wavell was particularly proud of his membership of the MCC at Lords. The letter confirms that Wavell will propose the toast at the Buccaneers' annual dinner (held at Lords). Field-Marshal Earl Wavell (1883-1950) was one of the twentieth century's most distinguished British soldiers. Following considerable success against the Italians in North Africa, his career reached its peak with his appointment as Supreme Allied Commander, South West Pacific, ABDA (American, British, Dutch and Australian) Command in 1942 and subsequently as an outstanding Viceroy and Governor General of India from 1943-1947. He was recognised also as a scholar, compiling the well-known anthology of poetry 'Other Mens's Flowers' (1944). The bulk of Wavell's papers are now housed in the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives at King's College, London. Founded in 1930, The Buccaneers is one of the oldest and most famous 'wandering' clubs in English cricket (a 'wandering' club has no fixed home ground but plays as an away team relying on the hospitality of the home clubs against which it competes). The Club's history has been written twice, by Clifford Bax in 1956 and more recently by Howard Spencer. ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY WAVELL ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.
1944rif. 8061C1944. Washington. AMS. 1944/47. ca. 91 x 88 cm. 1 map English Language. Original map folded with title to front cover. Low signs of use a bit browning at the back. Appropriate to its age in good condition. Die vorliegende Karte beinhaltet den geographischen Stand bis 1945. Sie zeigt Europa Asien Afrika und den Großteil Ozeaniens. Sie trägt oben den Hinweis: "For use by War and Navy Department Agencies only". / The military map shows Europe Asia Africa and wide parts of Australia. The map contains the geographic status up to 1945 and contains the note "For use by War and Navy Department Agencies only". =================== LIEBE KUNDEN ICH MACHE MEINE DIESJÄHRIGE HERBSTAKTION MIT 30% AUF DEN GESAMTEN BESTAND. DIE AKTION LÄUFT BIS EINSCHLIESSLICH SONNTAG 25. OKTOBER. WICHTIG: DER 30%-RABATT WIRD ERST NACH IHRER BESTELLUNG ABGEZOGEN SIE ERHALTEN EINE EMAIL MIT DEN AKTUALISIERTEN ZAHLUNGSINFOS VON MIR. ICH FREUE MICH WIE IMMER AUF IHR INTERESSE AN MEINEN SELTENEN BÜCHERN ARCHIVALIEN UND UNIKATEN. ==================== unknown
1944rif. 8061CWashington., AMS., 1944/47. (ca. 91 x 88 cm). 1 map (English Language). Original map, folded, with title to front cover. Low signs of use, a bit browning at the back. Appropriate to its age in good condition.
(ca. 91 x 88 cm). 1 map (English Language). Original map, folded, with title to front cover. Low signs of use, a bit browning at the back. Appropriate to its age in good condition. Die vorliegende Karte beinhaltet den geographischen Stand bis 1945. Sie zeigt Europa, Asien, Afrika und den Großteil Ozeaniens. Sie trägt oben den Hinweis: "For use by War and Navy Department Agencies only". / The military map shows Europe, Asia, Africa and wide parts of Australia. The map contains the geographic status up to 1945 and contains the note "For use by War and Navy Department Agencies only".
1944rif. 870171Washington DC: Army Map Service. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1944. Map. This is a survival map issued to airman on missions which might result in going down in or near China. It contains information on wind and currents along with the usual feature of a physical map. It is printed on 26.5" x 20" silk-like fabric two maps back to back and folded to a 3"x5" size. The maps were compiled in 1943 and are dated 1944. This map shows no signs of use and is in very good condition. . Army Map Service unknown
1938rif. 108443Adelaide: AAMC Reunion Committee 1938. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide AAMC Reunion Committee 1938. Oblong octavo ii title page verso blank 201 pages plus 19a and its printed verso numbered 21a with some illustrations all produced in brown ink from processed typescript plus 47 pages of plates and 8 unnumbered sectional title leaves all versos blank; all but 6 of the first 30 and 2 later pages are printed rectos only. Flush-cut pictorial wrappers with light wear to the extremities and a few trifling surface blemishes; occasional light foxing and mild signs of handling; a very good copy of a rare and unusual item. 'Ever since the cessation of hostilities of the Great War 1914-1918 it has been the wish of Australian Army Medical Corps AIF ex-servicemen in South Australia that we should have some permanent record of our Fallen Comrades and to those who have "Passed On" since returning to Australia. The following pages are the expression of that wish' foreword. The Honor Rolls run to 18 pages. Other contents include the reunion programme with a list of guests Digger songs 'War and Other Verses' and a lengthy section of war statistics and related items of interest. We have previously handled a copy in which was loosely inserted a 'Critique of the book by the Editor "Rising Sun"' dated Adelaide 31 March 1938. The information contained in our catalogue note at the time is worth repeating: 'Presumably the reference is to "The Rising Sun. A Journal of the AIF in France. With which is incorporated 'The Honk'"; nineteen numbers were issued between 25 December 1916 and 24 March 1917 see Fielding and O'Neill page 264. The anonymous critic is not only onside; his intimate remarks about the compilation and production of the book suggest he was very much inside as well. He writes the following about the AAMC Orderly Room in Adelaide where the work was done: "the well remembered atmosphere of a dug-out was warmly recaptured. On the walls were Leyshon White pictures crisp of technique and so faithfully capturing the spirit that existed 'over there'. War-time quips were bandied freely; each chic female helper may well have been the ghost of Mam'selle herself; each flurry of sound from passing traffic may well have been the whine of more sinister objects"'. Dornbusch addenda 535; Fielding and O'Neill page 233 supplying the name of the editor; Trigellis-Smith 316. [AAMC Reunion Committee] paperback
2002rif. 1339258PN. New. 2002. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
rif. 183262Berlin, Gustav Fincke, 1836 in-4, [2]-42-[2] pp. de texte sur deux colonnes, et 150 planches gravées au trait, demi-chagrin brun à coins, dos lisse cloisonné et orné en long, double filet doré sur les plats (reliure de l'époque). Quelques épidermures, rousseurs, mais bon exemplaire.
1838rif. 147628Bamberg, Verlag Lachmüller, 1838. Format (Bildbereich): 26 x 35 mm. Blattgröße: 40 x 46,5 cm. Gedruckt auf Büttenpapier mit dem Wasserzeichen Einhorn.
1916rif. 33127-yg5523Berlin: August Scherl (1916). 43 Seiten und 2 Falttafeln. Original Broschur (die Klammerung oxydiert, Achtung, leichter Kellergeruch, sonst gutes und sauberes Exemplar). Gr.-8°.
1941rif. 67365München: Eher Verlag, 1941. 174 S. mit Abb. u. 1 beiliegenden gefalteten Karte welche den Marschweg der Division zeigt. Gr.-8°, Halbleinen
rif. 118363sd London, Gale & Polden, Ltd. - Sans date (circa 1914) - In-12, broché, couverutre illustrée - 114 p. - Illustrations in et hors texte en N&B - Ouvrage en anglais
1956rif. 39604ABHamburg, Verlag Die Friedensrundschau, o.J. [1956]. 8°, 40 S., original Kartonage (Paperback), papierbedingt nachgedunkelt, die Rückendeckel oben mit kleiner Termin-Notiz, sonst ein gutes, textsauberes Exemplar,
1990rif. 1054502Zürich :Beratungsstelle für Militärverweigerer, 1990. 136 S. Originalbroschur.
1944rif. 224806Cairo.: Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Fosh & Cross Ltd. March 13th to March 26th1944. Two colour maps showing theatres of war in Europe and North Africa and three black and white maps of the Russian Advance: Finland and Her Frontiers: In the Line of the Japanese Retreat. On the reverse sixteen images and a chart 'This Business of Vitamins" illustrated in black and white. Compares'The Standards and Expedients of War-time with 'The Standards and Ideals of Peacetime.' Sheet measures 101 x 76cm. Some faint foxing a few repairs at edges and folding points but a good copy. This map is part of a series of double-sided large-scale educational posters and maps published during and immediately after WWII primarily by the British HMSO. They were used as visual aids to educate Allied troops American British Canadian and Australian armies on the progression of the war geopolitics and global economics. . Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Fosh & Cross Ltd. unknown
1853rif. 143761853 demi-reliure en basane havane in-octavo (half binding leather in-octavo), dos - quelques épidermures (some scratches) - 5 nerfs ceints de filets à froid (spine with 5 raised bands encircled of blind-stamping decoration line) - pièce de titre comportant le nom de l'auteur sur fond rouge (red label of title with author's name) - pièce de titre comportant le titre abrégé de l'ouvrage sur fond vert foncé (label of the title with the title abbreviated by the work), coiffe supérieure accidentée (head of the spine damaged), papier peigné aux plats (cover with painting paper), toutes tranches jaspées (all marbled edges), pages de garde peignées (painting endpapers), page de faux-titre avec le frontispice sur son verso (frontispiece on the back of half title page), nombreuses illustrations (many illustrations), de naissances de rousseurs à légères rousseurs (of beginning of the redness marks in light redness marks), II+494 pages, 1853 à Paris Derache - Didron - Dentu - à Caen Imprimeur Editeur - à Rouen Le Brument Successeur de Frère et Chez les principaux Libraires des départements,
1982rif. 15801Piper Verlag, München, 1982. 208 Seiten, OLeinen m. OU signiert, gewidmet. ("Für Hugo Schneider Hilde Domin 12.4.86"). Gutes Exemplar. 4.-5. Tausend. Selten. Rare. Good copy, signed by the author. Das Buch stammt aus der Bibliothek eines Autographensammlers.
rif. 467.1aafo.J. um 1940. 45x63.5 cm Original poster for the swiss Army re-using old to make new! Einzelblatt
1756rif. 64106Halle, ohne Verlag bzw. Drucker, 1756. 4°. 16 S., Lose unbeschnittene Bogen (ausgebunden).
1756rif. 3354381Wien, Trattner, 1756. 6 Bll. OBroschur.
1782rif. 61061Dresden, Waltherische Hofbuchhandlung, 1782. 8°. Mit 12 gefalt. Kupfertafeln. 6 Bll., 467 S., HLdr. d. Zt. m. Rückenverg., goldgepr. Rückenschild u. dreiseitigem Rotschnitt.
rif. 232267Paris, Librairie nouvelle [Imprimerie Serrière], 1851 in-16 carré, 192 pp., broché sous couverture jaune imprimée. Couvertures salies, rousseurs.
1912rif. R150178538MICHAUD LOUIS.. 1912. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 192 pages. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc dans le texte et hors texte. Manque le premier plat de couverture et une partie du dos.. . . . Classification Dewey : 359-Marine militaire
MICHAUD LOUIS.. 1912. In-8 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur acceptable. 192 pages. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc dans le texte et hors texte. Manque le premier plat de couverture et une partie du dos.
1925rif. 2212090363xbvkLondon, Jonathan Cape, not dated (ca. 1925, acc. to the 'Impressions' mentioned in the ads). 8 pages, with 3 halfpage illustrations by Lofting; the last 2 p. contain 'A compete List of the Dolittle-Books written & illustrated by Hugh Lofting' ('The Story of Doctor Dolittle - 4th Impression', 'The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle - 3rd Impression', 'Doctor Dolittles Post Office - 2nd Impression', 'Doctor Dolittle's Circus') ''and for smaller children'' ('The Story of Mrs. Tubbs'; 'Porridge Poetry') as well as 'A List of some other Books for children' ('The Twin Series', 'The yellow-maned Lion', 'The Forest Dweller Series', 'Fairy Stories', 'Stories by Laurence Housman', 'Lions 'n Tigers 'n Everything', 'The Child's Story of the Human Race'). - Stapled publisher's yellow cardboard-cover with large colourful tipped-on ''frontispiece to 'The Voyage of Dr. Dolittle', a book by Hugh Lofting'' in fact representing the illustrated frontcover of 'The Voyages . . .'; 8vo.(ca. 20 x 14 cm).
