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194328 pages. Features: Cover photo of Brigadier Wingate making final plans for his Chindit Expedition through the Burmese jungles to spread confusion and terror behind Japanese lines; Photos of Brigadier Wingate and his Chindits who sabotaged Japanese plans in Burma; From Mareth to Cape Bon - 267,000 prisoners were taken by the Allied Armies in Tunisia - four large, impressive photos of thousands of POWs; Tunisia Freed - Final Scenes of the Victorious Campaign; Photo of Air Commodore Sir Nigel Norman; The Great World War - Sea, Land and Air - article by Cyril Falls; R.A.M.C. Hygiene Fight Disease - photos of drinking water inspection; Havoc at Tunisian Key Points - three photos of major bomb damage; Numerous photos of personalities of the day; Air, Sea, and Land Pictures from the World's Battlefronts - includes two photos of a soviet seaman being loaded into a torpedo tube ready to be launched!; Photo of captured General H. Cramer and Major Von Meyer; Photo of Beaufighters at work... and a blazing enemy cargo vessel; Dramatic centerfold illustration of the destruction of the Mohne Dam by Lancasters ("The Dambusters") Inflicting Irreparable Damage to Ruhr War Industries; Six air photos of the tremendous destruction wrought be the destruction of the Eder Reservoir and the Mohne Dam; Full-page illustration of Westphalia - disorganized by the Mohne and Eder Floods; Six photos of captured enemy guns that can be turned against the enemy; Article by E.S. Grew on the Chemistry of Coal with four interesting photos; Two-pages of illustrations of "Progressive Training" for WAAF Personnel; Britain's Optical Glass Industry - Ten interesting photos with text; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Best.-Nr. 13981945Paris: Chez Cerrioux et Galland, an XI (1802) 2 vol in-8, iv-335 et 323 pages, 2 tableaux dépliants. Reliure d'époque, dos lisse ornés de fleurons, pièces de titre et de tomaison vertes, coiffes érasées, coins usés, autrement bon exemplaire. Edition originale. Ex libris de Joao da Costa Santiago de Carvalho Souza. Antoine Galland, né à La Tour-d'Auvergne, dans le Puy-de-Dôme le 24 novembre 17631 et mort le 20 septembre 1851 à Paris, est un imprimeur, historien et pamphlétaire français. Il participa à la campagne d’Égypte aux côtés de Bonaparte. Ref. Prince Ibrahim-Hilmy, The literature of Egypt and the Soudan, from the earliest times to the year 1885 inclusive, 252.
1865In-8° pp. 2-400 con 4 tavole f.t. Legatura in mezza pelle coeva con titolo al dorso. Rare segnature a matita a margine. Ben conservato.
1831Best.-Nr. PHO-2158Paris, Denain, 1831, 3 volumes in-8 (23x14cm), 2ff.-525pp., 2ff.-502pp., 2ff.-504pp., demi chagrin époque, dos à nerfs avec titre et tomaison, Illustré de 3 gravures dépliantes en frontispice. Frottements aux plats, coupes usées, coins émoussés, rousseurs.
1883Best.-Nr. 12345Paris, E. Plon et Cie, 1883 ; in-4, demi-chagrin maroquiné rouge cerise à coins, dos à nerfs soulignés de filets à froid et dorés, caissons richement décorés et dorés, titre doré, doubles filets dorés sur les plats, tête dorée, non rogné (reliure de l’époque) ; (6), 412 pp. ; 10 planches en héliogravure et 1 carte dépliante en couleurs hors-texte, très nombreuses illustrations in-texte, 17 à pleine page.
2024Best.-Nr. SKU1746461Elsevier 2024-09-18. hardcover. New. 8x2x11. New Book Ships with Tracking Elsevier hardcover
2024Best.-Nr. SKU1716757Elsevier 2024-09-18. hardcover. New. 8x2x11. New Book Ships with Tracking Elsevier hardcover
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1840Best.-Nr. 28485N.p. but Andover Ma. 1840. Massachusetts Railroad Man Runs for Congress An 1840 campaign broadside on behalf of Amos Abbot distinguished Massachusetts public servant and founder of the Boston & Portland Railroad. His campaign was successful and he returned for three consecutive terms. He retired from Congress in 1849 and died in 1868. Moderate wear at edges and along horizontal and vertical creases mostly split where previously folded in half. Extensive editorial copy beneath bold heading and patriotic woodcut vignette. Very good. REYNOLDS p.455. unknown
1840Best.-Nr. 28485N.p. but Andover Ma. 1840. Massachusetts Railroad Man Runs for Congress An 1840 campaign broadside on behalf of Amos Abbot distinguished Massachusetts public servant and founder of the Boston & Portland Railroad. His campaign was successful and he returned for three consecutive terms. He retired from Congress in 1849 and died in 1868. Moderate wear at edges and along horizontal and vertical creases mostly split where previously folded in half. Extensive editorial copy beneath bold heading and patriotic woodcut vignette. Very good. REYNOLDS p.455. unknown books
1867Best.-Nr. MILI0683Paris, Bachelier, Imprimeur-Libraire du Bureau des Longitudes 1845/Paris, Gauthier-Villars 1867. quer-4°, 46 (+4) Schlachten-Kupferstiche mit erläut. Text, HLdr. d. Zt., leicht berieben, Ecken etwas bestoß., kl. Klebe-Et. am vord. Deckel u. am Rückenschwanz, einige Taf. mit Eselsohren. U. a. Schlacht von Marengo, Austerlitz, Wagram, Waterloo, Toulouse, Malplaquet, Kollin, Friedland u. Hanau. [3 Warenabbildungen]
Best.-Nr. 4230Paris, Imprimé par Thunot et Cie, 1859-1860. 1 volume in-12,182 pp., reliure moderne cartonnée, envoi de l'auteur à un ami médecin, bon état général. Très rare.
2006Best.-Nr. SHL-38Paris, Le Livre Chez Vous, 2006, un fort vol. in-4 oblong (25x31) pleine percaline verte d'éditeur, titre doré au dos et sur le premier plat, jaquette et étui illustrés, 519 pp. Croquis in-texte et 231 planches en couleurs avec explications en regard. Inédite et unique édition des recherches uniformologiques, notes, croquis et dessins aquarellés de Jacques Domange, collaborateur et successeur de Lucien Rousselot, comprenant entre autres des planches rares sur les troupes étrangères auxiliaires, les corps de volontaires ou les corps francs de la République. Très bon état général, infimes traces en tête de la jaquette, toutes petites salissures en tête de l’étui.
1943Best.-Nr. 221445Japan.: 中支派遣登部隊本部 Chushi Haken Nobori-butai Honbu. Koki 2603 1943. Maps 4 tipped-in colour plates illustrated throughout with black and white photographic illustrations unpaginated 74pp 23.7 x 33cm oblong hardback with pictorial paper covered boards. Hinges strengthened with paper tape endpapers a little marked lower endpaper torn with loss at upper corner boards a little worn marked and lifting a little. Contents clean and sound. This is a comprehensive official campaign record of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign which took place in the vicinity of Zhejiang province and Jiangxi province between May and September 1942. The book was published by the headquarters of the 13th Army Noboru Butai 登部隊 and dedicated to those who sacrificed their lives during the campaign. The campaign was aimed at attacking Chinese airfields in Zhejiang and Jiangxi areas after the Doolittle Air Raid in April 1942. Although the Japanese troops claimed victory they struggled and faced difficulties with complex geography and climate in the area. The book opens with words given by an Imperial family member and the commander-in-chief of the China Expeditionary Army General Hata. This book includes numerous photographic illustrations as well as 4 beautiful colour art illustration plates of local sceneries. The chronology of the campaign is printed at the end as well as a notice that a documentary film which covers the campaign Tairiku Shin Sanjo 大陸新戦場 A New Front Line in the Continent received a recommendation from the Ministry of Education. . 中支派遣登部隊本部 [Chushi Haken Nobori-butai Honbu]. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 11858Shanghai, 1900. 1 large map, 48*44 cm, depicting the military operations during the Boxers Events. Operations against the Chinese position on the Lu-tai Canal, 13th July 1900 - Route of Russian-German Relief Column 23rd June 1900 - Operations against the Native city, 13ty July 1900. - Line of Defense around Settlements
2019Best.-Nr. 1-1119057019Blackwell Pub 2019. Hardcover. New. 5th har/psc edition. 585 pages. 11.00x8.50x1.25 inches. Blackwell Pub hardcover
2021Best.-Nr. x-3030912337Springer Nature 2021. Paperback. New. 990 pages. 9.25x6.10x2.91 inches. Springer Nature paperback
1919Pages 353-440, plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Flying in Central Africa - part 2 - tales from the log book of an R.A.F. officer during the campaign in German East Africa - article with interesting photos; Torn by Starving Jackals in Macedonia - Private James McDade of the 6th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers recounts his experience - with photo of McDade; Death-Struggle with An Alligator - what happened to Van Campen Heilner when he was photographing an alligator in a Florida swamp - photo-illustrated article; The Thrills of Parachuting - early and marvelously photo-illustrated article on this topic; Photo of tourist party in Solomon's Quarry, the world's most ancient quarry; My South African Adventures - part 1 of Jack West's incredible recollections, including photo of him aged 17; Ship Built By One Man - Liberian missionary, the Rev. James E. Lewis - photo-illustrated article of him, his wife and "The Coloured Missionary Yacht"; John A. Jordan and his African Leopard-Hunting Adventures; Our Trip to Catch Murderers - the rough and ready methods of achieving justice in Bolivia; An Exciting Night Drive - 35 miles in a South African Cape Cart; Relief Workers' Adventures - part 2 of this superb photo-illustrated article on thrilling experiences among the War Victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia; With a Caravan in Corsica - photo illustrated article which relates the primitive life of the people; A Mountain of Gold - photo-illustrated article about the discovery made by the Fisk Expedition - Captain James L. Fisk and Dr. William Denton Dibb; In the Wilds of Siberia - part 2 - fascinating article with great photos document the explorations of Harry Somerset-Lister; The Adventures of a Newspaper-Man - part 4 - Exploring New York - article with nice photos and fascinating observations of the people; A Butterfly Farm in France - French Entomologist M. Andre's farm near Macon - article with photos; Fascinating photo of flume in British Columbia, by which logs are carried to the sawmills; Photo of amber mine on the coast of Samland in the eastern Prussian peninsula. Somewhat above-average external wear. Openings and loss at each end of backstrip. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy of this marvelous issue. Book
1935xl, 403 pages. Six maps, including two which fold out inside back board. New edition of the 1902 first edition. "In the first place [the Battle of Adowa] may rank as a peculiar phenomenon, - for it amounts to nothing less, - that a European army of about twenty thousand men should be annihilated by a native African race. To the best of my belief there is no parallel case in modern history." - Preface to first edition. Prior owner's details written atop front free endpaper. Small address ink stamp upon half-title. Armorial bookplate upon verso of half-title. Bit of writing atop recto of back free endpaper. Prior owner's name rubber stamped in several places through book. Prior owner has written a handy map list in calligraphic hand upon title page. Average wear to publisher's red cloth-covered boards which are sunned at fore-edges and backstrip. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
1919Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Big-Game Hunting for the Cinema - John A. Jordan leads a film expedition into the wilds of British East Africa; The "Gordon" of the Pacific - Thos. J. McMahon visit's Germany's former South Sea possessions - German New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Samoa - and reports on the work of Captain Hunter among the savages of the Solomons - lots of nice photos; Our Chase After A Rogue Elephant - photo-illustrated story from Ceylon; Our Chase After a "Rogue Elephant"; In the Jaws of a Lion - J.S. Cowie was carried about the engine room of his ship in the jaws of a lion!; Kidnapped - a young woman finds herself at the mercy of two desperate men; The Holy City of the Mormons - photo-illustrated article on Salt Lake City; The Strap-Hanger of the Ganges - The crocodile Captain J.G. Bennett thought he had killed comes back to life!; Chased by a Boa Constrictor - a 1902 story from Argentina; My Night With Wolves - hunter is surrounded by wolves in Northern Minnesota; The Lake of Soda - Magadi Lake, in British East Africa; The "Black Hole" of Gottingen - Corporal A. Bramwell of the Royal Welch Fusiliers earned the D.C.M. for his service to fellow POWs suffering from cholera and typhus at the Prisoners' Camp, Gottingen, in WWI; A Woman's Travels in Unknown Asia - Part II - Mary Gaunt set out to explore much of China but, under the influence of bandits, rerouted north to the wilds of Siberia - article with many photos; Humours of the East African Campaign; The Reds of the Maranoa - Two cattle-rustlers in Queensland are killed; A Couple of Pirates - "Dr. Martin" of the U.S. Navy served in Honduras during the Nicaraguan War but encountered difficulties later; My Visit to the Veddas - R.L. Spittel visits primitive natives in the interior of Ceylon - article with photos; Photo of the largest book in the world in Chicago; Photo of monster swordfish caught by Mr. W.C. Boschen off Santa Catalina Island, California; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2], 444-528, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Covers detached as one but present. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
1920Pages 273-360, plus 24 pages of great ads. Features: The Black Hand - a curious story of the abortive Egyptian revolution; The Land of Model Husbands - In the Marshall Islands women are the queen of all they survey - fascinating article with many wonderful photos; "Blue Mary's" Last Run; Photo of petrified forest in Arizona; The Trials of a Naturalist's Wife - Part 2; The Smallest Republic in the World - interesting photo-illustrated article on San Marino; In Quest of Cannibals - Part 4 - Exploration and Adventure in Unknown New Guinea; The Ship That Sought Adventure - The skipper of the "Zodiac" was a glutton for excitement during the anxious days of the submarine campaign during WWI; Cave-Dwellers of Today - article with wonderful photos of cave-homes around the world; Blue Bandits - Part 2 - criminals who operated near the Italian/French border murder the Abbe Rossignol of La Bessee; On Foot Through South America - Part 3 - the wilds of northern Peru; My Two Years' Captivity Among the Turks - Part 2 - the adventures and daring escape of airman Capt. T.W. White; A Human Tiger - a man in British Baluchistan declares war on the government; Photo of airplane caught high in a tree near Coshocton, Ohio. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
191791 pages plus 24 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Features: The Artificial Volcano - an incident of the Italian campaign in the Dolomites; Soko the Stanleyville Chimp - raised by the author J.A. Jordan - with many photos; Seven to One - a vendetta and Arkansas farmer Walter Ridgeley of the Texarkana area; A Lofty Ambition - Tom Needham of Cleveland, Ohio recounts how he tried to perform a high dive from a lofty bridge to become a famous actor - with photos; A Canadian Lumber Camp at Riviere aux Ecorces, Quebec - Part II - with photos; In the Casting Pit - a tale of one of the finest deeds of courage and self-sacrifice on record; On the Road in the country of Georgia, by R.Courtier-Forser - illustrated; The White "Maori" - Kimble Bent spent 50 years in the bush - with photos; The Old Firm - a remarkable mystery is recounted from the documents and personal narratives of W.H. Holloway; The Strength of Dan Dempster - this Canadian frontier railway track foreman saved the men of a work-train from destruction with a superhuman act of strength; Round Labrador and Hudson's Bay - Part 1 of E.W. Hawkes' 3,000 mile journey, with great photos; Finding a Wife - S.A. Beattie went hunting for Jaguars in the British Honduras... but ended up with a wife; Throssell's "V.C." - How Hugo Throssell won the Victoria Cross at Gallipoli; Photo of two Jewish street merchants in New York's east side. Lovely color ad for the Vose Player Piano on back cover. Above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this interesting vintage issue. Book
1904Best.-Nr. RO30039209IMP. MODERNE. 1904. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Non coupé. 42 pages. Illustrations en noir et blanc hors texte avec serpentes. Quelques planches en noir et blanc à déplier.. . . . Classification Dewey : 510-Mathématiques
