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Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Revised, Augmented, Retitles. Hardback. German Weapons, Uniforms, Insignia, 1841-1918. Previous owners name and ex-libris name sticker to inside cover. Couple of small tears to top edge of D/J. Sunned spine to D/J. Here is a book relating the authentic facts about the old Imperial German Army, its weapons, uniforms, insgnia and accoutrements. Commencing in 1841, the year that the Prussian King, Frederick William IV, adopted Nikolaus V. Dreyse's Zundnadelgehr (needle gun), this book follows all the various types of weapons used in the years between then and 1918. The artillery section treats the varied types of Field Artillery weapons as used throughout World War, 1914-1918, trench mortar artillery, grenades with detailed information as to loads, ranges, etc. The uniform section deals with the diverse uniforms as worn by the various Contingents of the German Armies from 1856 through the new Field Uniform adopted for use by all troops in 1915. Illustrated are insignia of grade, weapib proficiency, helmets and shakos, body armour, swords, bayonets and various items of accountrements. On these pages will be found a wealth of little-known and hard to find facts, all gathered from a multituse of authentic sources, and for the first time compiled into one book. This book is a must for any interested in any phase of The Imperial German Army. Illustrated. 158 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…

Cloth. Zustand: Good. First edition. A charming set of American poetry, all first editions signed by the authors, including an early work from Pulitzer Prize winner Leonard Bacon. A charming set of American poetry, all signed with inscriptions from the authors. All four works are first editions, published between 1920 and 1953.Sophia Trenton: A Moral Poem, an early and scarce work of 1941 Pulitzer Prize winner Leonard Bacon. (Published by Stanford University, when Bacon was a Phi Beta Kappa poet, in 1920).The Power of Love: The City of Comrades, A Voice from the Inifinite and Other Verses, written by Irving S. Richter, with an inscription signed to fellow American author Zane Grey, a key figure in the Western literary genre (Published by Richter in 1920).Inspiration Poems, written by poet and psychologist David V. Bush, who hired H.P. Lovecraft to revise some of his works during the 1920's. An advocate of self-help, his anthology contains uplifting verse. (Published by Hicks Almanac in 1921).Bread Out of Stone, written by Scharmel Iris, an intriguing poet, most famous for forging praise from many successful writers, including W.B. Yeats, who 'wrote' the preface of this anthology. (Published by Henry Regnery Company in 1953).Trenton and Power are in the publisher's original paper wraps, while Inspirational and Bread are in the publisher's original cloth. Signatures of Inspirational and Bread are on the front free end papers, while the signature for Trenton is on the title leaf, while the signature Power is on the frontispiece. Power, Inspirational, and Bread contain frontispieces of the poets. Trenton and Power are in the publisher's original paper wraps, while Inspirational and Bread are in the publisher's original cloth. Externally, smart. Signs of shelf wear, with small chips to the top edge of Trenton, and slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine of Power and Bread. Fading to the spine of Bread and to the extremities of Trenton. Mottling to the edge extremities of Inspirational. Minor marks to the wraps of Power. End papers are generally bright and clean, with slight signs of browning. A bookplate to the front paste down of Inspirational. Wear to the center of the hinge to Power end papers. Internally, firmly bound, with slight wear to hinge of Inspirational between leaves pp.144-145, and to hinge of Power between frontispiece and title leaf. Pages are bright and clean to Trenton, Power and Bread, with browning to leaves pp.20-21 of Inspirational. Good. Unknown; Diego Rivera (illustrator). signed by author. book. …