Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: HMSO, London, UK, 1961
Anbieter: All Lost Books, Wollaston, Vereinigtes Königreich
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EUR 47,59
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Part of the huge official history of the Second World War published for the British Government, though a set, each individual volume refers to a specific period or area of the War and provides a depth of analysis often missing from other works. Includes 15*maps, 20*sketches and 57*b/w photographs. xx, 559pp. DJ spine a little sunned.
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st edition. 204pp, small octavo, blue cloth, tight binding, frontispiece, map endpapers, clean throughout, worn boards, worn edges & corners, spine titles dulled but legible, mild spine lean.
Verlag: The Army Service Schools Press | Staff College Press, [Fort Leavenworth, Kansas], 1911
Anbieter: BLACK SWAN BOOKS, INC., ABAA, ILAB, Richmond, VA, USA
Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good binding. The essay on the Military Prison, -- [14] 124 pp. -- is illustrated with portraits of Brigadier General Thomas F. Barr, Brigadier General W. D. Flagler, Major General John Pope; and with photographs of the U.S. Military Prison in 1876, the Main Yard of the Prison with Prisoners Turning out for Work, the U.S. Military Prison in 1910 and the Shoe Manufacturing Establishment at the Prison in 1890. With much on the rules and regulations of the Prison, as well as punishments.~~The essay on the Army Service Schools -- [10], 69, [1] -- covers The Army School of the Line, the General Service and Staff College; the Army Signal School, the Army Staff College, with notes on the Exemption of Graduates, the Library, etc. There are a number of photographic illustrations, including the Academic Building, a folding montage of cdv's of Staff, Instructors and Student Officers at the Infantry and Cavalry School in the 1880s, portraits of Elihu Root, Brig. Gen. William H. Carter, and others.~~With the signature of Charles D. Roberts who was Capt. 7th U.S. Inf. at Ft. Leavenworth at the time, dated Dec. 5, 1913 and with his elaborate bookplate bedecked with military insignia of many conflicts. Capt. Roberts was a life-long soldier rising to the rank of Brig. General. Among other notable incidents in his long service, he was present at the surrender of Geronimo in 1886 (and is in the famous photograph of that event) and was taken prisoner at the Battle of Makahambus Hill in the Spanish-American War. ~~Not found in commerce, and not especially common in institutional holdings. Very Good binding.
Verlag: The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, Springfield, IL, U.S.A., 1949
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Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Illustrated by Tobey, Barney; Hawes, Charles; Fleischmann, Glen; Kling,Wendell; Lee, Robert J.; Brusstar, Gordon; Glanzman, Louis S.; (illustrator). First Edition. 82 pages. Articles: Terror/Crime in Our Cities - No. 1 - Detroit; University of North Carolina Football Coach Carl Grey Snavely - article with nice color photos; The Schary Script - M-G-M's Dore Schary is one of the busiest men in Hollywood; Clowns after Hours - The Minneapolis Aquatennial festival and its Aqua Jesters; My 4-Year War with the Reds; (part 3 of 5); So You Had a Virus?; Down with the Little Things; I Hate a Dumpy Woman; A Good Clean-Cut American Boy; Owl, He Crow For Midnight; Champion of Sonora; Valley of the Tyrant (part 2 fo 4); A Game of Skill. Includes these nice vintage ads: General Electric tvs; Herbert Tareyton cigarettes - featuring colour image of Mrs. Herbert Bayard Swope, Jr.; B.V.D. shirts; Admiral tvs; Lord Calvert Whiskey ad features full-page color photo portrait of author James Michener; Dodge Trucks; Pabst beer ad features photo of Sid Luckman; Plymouth cars; Puerto Rican Rum; General Motors; Bicycle playing cards; Nice full-page color Schenley Whiskey ad features Ed Sullivan; Camel cigarette ad on back cover includes Vic Scott, Albany to New York out-board racing champ. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Collier's - The National Weekly Magazine, November 19, 1949 Terror/Crime in Our Cities - No. 1 - Detroit; University of North Carolina Football Coach Carl Grey Snavely - article with nice color photos; The Schary Script - M-G-M's Dore Schary is one of th.