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2003New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 256 p. The Turkish straits and the great powers: From the Montreux Convention to the early Cold War, 1936-1947.
2012New English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English and Turkish. 111, [61] p., color and b/w ills. The Turkish war medal. Gallipoli Medal - Eiserner Halbmond.= Harp madalyasi. Çanakkale madalyasi. Often and incorrectly referred to as the 'Gallipoli Star' or 'Iron Half-Moon', my interest in the Harp Madalyasi (War Medal) , started a few years ago and I was immediately confronted with a myriad of unanswered questions due to the general lack of substantiated information on the subject. Luckily, I befriended other collectors interested in this award and eventually met the author in one of these online forums. First, let me say, that a printed reference on this subject was long overdue and I could not think of a better, more knowledgeable person, to bring this subject to light. The book briefly discusses the history of the Ottoman Empire and how it's military awards came into being, along with the European influence on design and purpose that led to the establishment of the War Medal. Various battles and campaigns are mentioned and examples of the various clasps often encountered on the War Medal ribbon are also shown. One of the book's highlights centers around the award regulations and amendments that applied, which are shown in great detail and reprinted with full translations. This is something many references overlook and often the collector has to rely on hearsay or other collector opinions, which often lead to confusion or erroneous statements as facts.
19738vo., with illustrations in the text and endpaper maps; cloth, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Plain spoken book of English country life, first published in 1947.
19738vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. The author's second book, describing the natural history of cities and suburbia and a landmark of the ecological movement. The original edition is very scarce in the dustwrapper
19148vo., First Edition, endpapers lightly browned; blind-blocked cloth, gilt back, backstrip sunned else a good, clean copy. Uncommon.
ref. 0260732648.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1990xi + 281 pages, illustrated, bibliography, index. eng
19478vo., First Edition, on laid paper, neat signature on front paste-down; cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. The author's second work and first novel. Very scarce, especially in this condition.
19538vo., First Edition; black cloth, backstrip lettered in yellow; a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Uncommon novel by the brother of H.J. Massingham. Dustwrapper artwork by Leslie Wood
1915Contents: Photo of a troop of British Lancers in Northern France; Triumph of the Aeroplane in the War - specially written for this publication by Claude Grahame-White and Harry Harper; The Coming of the Aerial "Baby-Killers" - photo of Zeppelin and four photos of damage they wrought; Futile Zeppelin Savagery on Norfolk Coast - eight photos; Effective Measures against Marauding Air-Hawks - five great photos of WWI anti-aircraft hardware and techniques; Egypt's Shpinx-like Calm at Turkish Threats - four photos; Our Photographer with the Canadians at Salisbury - five photos; Sons of the Dominion prepare to meet the Foe - five photos - 12th Battalion 1st Canadian Expeditionary Force; Monster British Guns in Action and Transport - three photos; The David and Goliath in Gun Power - three photos; Centerfold illustration entitled "The Epic of Soissons - How Our Heroic Allies held firm the Paris Road; Five photos with the valiant leaders of our French Allies; "Blonde Bestiality" and some of its exponents - six photos villainizing the Huns; Russia's Warm Campaign in Cold Regions - five photos; Tragedy & Triumph in Serbia's Fight for Freedom - two photos; The War by Land -article by F.A. McKenzie; The War by Sea - article by Commander Carlyon Bellairs; Firing-Line Fashions for Winter's Cold and Mud - two interesting photos; The War in the Air - article by C.G. Grey; The Lonely Vigil of the Courageous Scout - five photos; Photos of nineteen Brit's killed in recent action. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. All pages present. A sound copy. Book
1906374 pages. Index. Appendices. Heavily-worn former library copy with usual markings. Spine slant. Some plates and maps missing. Binding intact. Offered as is. A worthy reading copy. Book
19658vo., First Edition, top and fore-edge lightly spotted; green tweed cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by Leigh Taylor.
19448vo., First Edition, with frontispiece; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by A.E. Barlow. SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER.
19658vo., First Edition, with illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; yellow cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
19488vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; blue-green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
1937VG in green cloth with black spine lettering. Cover spine sunned. Previous owner's inscription on the front endpaper. 13357. eng
19428vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and title-vignette by Reynolds Stone, small neat signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a very bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly spotted, browned and frayed at edges, and chipped with minor loss at head and tail of backstrip (not affecting lettering). The second volume of Sassoon's factual autobiography. Increasingly elusive in this condition, especially in the dustwrapper. Keynes, A49; V&A Catalogue 124.
19428vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and title-vignette by Reynolds Stone; blue cloth, gilt back, a very bright, clean copy. Second volume of Sassoon's famous factual autobiography. Keynes, A49; V&A Catalogue 124.
ref. MILI2067o.J. I.: Barclay, C.N.: Against great Odds. The Story of the First Offensive in Libya in 1940-41, the First British Victory in the Second World War. London, Sifton Praed 1955. OLn. m. OU. / II.: Featherstone, Donald: Tank Battles in Miniature. A Wargamers' Guide to the Western Desert Campaign 1940-1942. Cambridge, PSL 1973. OPpbd. m. OU. / III.: Sandars, John: 8th Army in the Desert. (= Airfix Magazine Guide 20). Cambridge, PSL 1976. OPpbd. / IV.: Crisp, Robert: Brazen Chariots: An account of tank warfare in the Wester Desert, November-December 1941. London, Muller 1959. OPpbd. m. OU. / V.: Strawson, John: The Battle for North Africa. London, Batsford 1969. OPpbd. m. OU. / VI.: Jarrett, G.B.; Mizrahi, Joseph V.: West of Alamein. Northridge, Sentry Books 1971. OPpbd. m. OU. / VII.: Perrett, Bryan: Desert Warfare. From its Roman Origins to the Gulf Conflict. Cambridge, PSL 1988. OPpbd. m. OU.
19348vo., Second Impression, with a frontispiece, 7 plates and 24 illustrations in the text; original pictorial brown cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in brown, a very good, bright, clean copy. C DAY LEWIS'S COPY, PRESENTED TO HIM BY HIS FATHER IN APRIL 1934 AND WITH THE LATTER'S INITIALLED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Second appearance of Sturt's classic account (first published in 1923). Complete with extended glossary.
19624to., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations(many full-page) in the text; coloured pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Covers heavy draught horses, army and police horses, ponies and all manner of equestrian sports.
19548vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper. Striking dustwrapper artwork by Lynton Lamb
1919Pages 266-352 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: Flying in Central Africa (part I) - adventures from the flying log-book of an R.A.F. officer during ther campaign in German East Africa; My Adventures in Bolivia - Frank Rose was arrested as a dangerous revolutionary but managed to escape; Relief Worker's Adventures (part I) - thrilling adventures among the war victims of Armenia, Syria, and Persia, with photos; Hunting Big Game by Motor-Car - Captain F.A.M. Webster describes how he does it, with photos; The Adventures of a Newspaper-man (part III) - Frederic Martyn's adventures - with photos; Pukalofa's Tragic Revenge - Captain Samuel Randall recounts the brutal behavior of a whaling captain towards his crew in 1868, and what followed; In the Wilds of Siberia (Part I) - great photo-illustrated article by Harry Somerset-Lister describes his adventures; The Theft of the Zuni God - in New Mexico three U.S. Cavalry troopers stole the idols of the Indians, thus incurring their wrath; "The Surf Deer" - Reminiscences of the Dover Destroyer Patrol by Captain E.R.G.R. Evans, the Commander of the destroyer Viking; Shooting Elephants in the Middle of a Battle - what happened during the German East African Campaign; Hunting an Elephant During War - another thrilling incident of an elephant hunt during stern fighting in German East Africa, related by a Rhodesian soldier; Our Life at Holzminden - Lieut. J. Whale describes his life in this German POW camp in Brunswick, and provides his own illustrations; The Making of a Mandarin - photo-illustrated explanation of the curious and picturesque examinations which are held every three years in China and Indo-China for the coveted diploma of Chu-Jen, which entitles the holder to call himself a full-fledged Mandarin; Smugglers' Strategy Unveiled - photo-illustrated article explaining the many ingenious methods used by German and Swiss smugglers to get food and other things into enemy territory; The Tragedy of the Sling-Chain - Miner Bill Burton is killed in Australia; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1952Features: Dead Man's Double - the strange story of a landsman who, anxious to get home to Australia, shipped aboard a foreign tramp to work his passage; Baptism of Fire - the story of a young Forest Ranger employed by the British Columbia Forest Service in 1927, and how a fire trapped over 100 people in a logging camp; A Case of Contraband - An amusing story of how, between revolutions, men had ways of their own of getting around difficulties; The Golden Ingot - the diverting story of an ingenious Gold Coast version of the time-honoured "confidence trick"; Down Mexico Way - The exciting adventure of two young seafarers who light-heartedly set out to explore the Mexican countryside; The Fire-Walker; Pioneer Pilot - Mr. Peter Strong flew over the Drakensberg Mountains between Basutoland and Natal; One Thing After Another - Recalls the narator's fall and subsequent rise in the depression days of Australia; The Burma Road - will recall poignant memories to many ex-Servicemen; South Sea Burial Customs - Visiting the outlying islands of the remote Cook Group, in the South-East Pacific, the authoress came upon many curious death-customs; Olsen's Secret - A grim story from the American coalfields; Front cover was attached with tape but is now detached. Back cover missing. Contents unmarked and in decent condition. Magazine
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
