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Düsseldorf: Floeder-Verlag, 1934. DeLuxe first edition. Bound in red paneled leather with gilt spine and cover titles in Fraktur, top edge gilting. Published Düsseldorf: Floeder-Verlag, 1934. 4to., 8 1/4" x 11", 319pp., illustrated with full page photo plates, 5-panel fold out panorama attached at rear, frontis portrait. Text in German. Published in the early days of Hitler's rise to power as a "book of honor" to chronicle and commemorate his achievements. Slight rub/scuffing to extremities, else a well preserved example in very good plus condition. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 4to. DeLuxe Edition.
Flight to Arras - Limited edition by Antoine de Saint-Exupery - 1942
by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Flight to Arras - Limited edition
by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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- good
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- first
1942 Reynal and Hitchcock first edition. Numbered copy 341 of 500. Signed by Saint-Exupery and illustrator Bernard Lamotte.
Quarter bound in leather over tan boards. Gold topstain with reading ribbon. Decorated endpapers.
The book is an account of the author's experiences as a wartime aviator in France during the early phases of World War Two.
Condition of the book is Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete. The main condition issues are:
1) Moderate wear to the leather spine (see photo)
2) Light soil to the outer edges of the text block
The book shows general age related wear.
Please message me with any questions.
Quarter bound in leather over tan boards. Gold topstain with reading ribbon. Decorated endpapers.
The book is an account of the author's experiences as a wartime aviator in France during the early phases of World War Two.
Condition of the book is Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete. The main condition issues are:
1) Moderate wear to the leather spine (see photo)
2) Light soil to the outer edges of the text block
The book shows general age related wear.
Please message me with any questions.
- Bookseller Harpo Speaks Books (US)
- Illustrator Bernard Lamotte
- Book Condition Used - Good
- Edition first
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Reynal and Hitchcock
- Date Published 1942
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Das Ehrenbuch Des Führers. Der Weg zur Volksgemeinschaft
by Heinz Haake, Reichsinspekteur der NSDAP (Herausgeber)
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
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- 1st
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- 1
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Granville, New York, United States
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A$1,546.33
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Across the River and into the Trees
by Hemingway, Ernest
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Lanvellec, France
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A$1,143.01
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First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Published 1950" printed on the copyright page. The original dustjacket has very minor wear to the head and base of the spine and corners. This First Issue dust jacket has a light "coffee cup" stain towards the 9s.6d. net printed price on the uncut bottom front flap. The printer appears to have had some difficulty with the name Cantwell. Also of importance: note the DJ has a spelling error "deeps" for "depths" in the final sentence of the 2nd. para. The book, 254 pp., 8vo., is in excellent condition. The binding is tight, with no cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with only minor wear. A great copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION that precedes the American edition by 3 days. Ex libris Stanislas Joly bookplate inside front cover.
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Post-War Speeches (5 vols.-Sinews of Peace, Europe Unite, In the Balance, Stemming the Tide and The Unwritten Alliance)
by Winston S. Churchill
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Unknown
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Saint Charles, Illinois, United States
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A$1,942.62
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London: Cassell, 1948. First. Very Good+/Very Good-. A complete set of first editions of all of Churchill's speeches after WWII These volumes are scarcer than his War Speeches, since they were published in smaller quantities These are all the "true first" British editions US editions were published for the first four, but there was no US edition of the last, The Unwritten Alliance All DJ's are in protective mylar covers The Set includes: 1 The Sinews of Peace - 1948, 256 pp Book is fine in orange cloth, with no marks or damage at all Unclipped DJ is near fine, with just slight edge wear at spine ends [Woods A124] 2 Europe Unite - 1950, 506 pp Book is near fine in green cloth, with just very slight bumping at spine ends and extremely slight fading at top spine end Unclipped DJ is very good, with slight chipping at spine ends, and slight darkening on rear [Woods A128] 3 In the Balance, 1951, 406 pp Book is near fine in blue cloth, with just slight bumping on spine ends Cipped DJ is very good, with…
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Post-War Speeches (5 vols.-Sinews of Peace, Europe Unite, In the Balance, Stemming the Tide and The Unwritten Alliance)
by Winston S. Churchill
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Unknown
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Saint Charles, Illinois, United States
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A$1,701.74
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London: Cassell, 1948. First. Very Good+/Very Good-. A complete set of first editions of all of Churchill's speeches after WWII These volumes are scarcer than his War Speeches, since they were published in smaller quantities These are all the "true first" British editions US editions were published for the first four, but there was no US edition of the last, The Unwritten Alliance All DJ's are in protective mylar covers The Set includes: 1 The Sinews of Peace - 1948, 256 pp Book is near fine in orange cloth, with just slight bumping on spine ends and slight darkening of endpapers Unclipped DJ is very good, with just slight chipping at spine ends and slight foxing on rear [Woods A124] 2 Europe Unite - 1950, 506 pp Book is very good in green cloth, with front hinge cracked and very slight bumping at spine ends and top corner Unclipped DJ is very good, with chipping at spine ends, and minor foxing on rear and flaps [Woods A128] 3 In the Balance, 1951, 406 pp Book is near fine in blue cloth, with just…
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My Japan: 1930-1951
by Hiroko Nakamoto
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- first
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Scotia, New York, United States
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A$169.40
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1970 McGraw Hill first edition. Uncommon as a true first.The author was born in 1930, and tells the story of Japan in World War Two from a child's perspective. The book includes an account of the Hiroshima nuclear bomb, which injured the author, and killed her mother.Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The top edge of the text block shows some light soil.Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It is protected in a new mylar cover.Please message me with any questions
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Das Ehrenbuch Des Führers. Der Weg zur Volksgemeinschaft
by Heinz Haake, Reichsinspekteur der NSDAP (Herausgeber)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Granville, New York, United States
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A$1,546.33
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Düsseldorf: Floeder-Verlag, 1934. DeLuxe first edition. Bound in red paneled leather with gilt spine and cover titles in Fraktur, top edge gilting. Published Düsseldorf: Floeder-Verlag, 1934. 4to., 8 1/4" x 11", 319pp., illustrated with full page photo plates, 5-panel fold out panorama attached at rear, frontis portrait. Text in German. Published in the early days of Hitler's rise to power as a "book of honor" to chronicle and commemorate his achievements. Slight rub/scuffing to extremities, else a well preserved example in very good plus condition. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 4to. DeLuxe Edition.
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A$1,546.33
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Across the River and into the Trees
by Hemingway, Ernest
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lanvellec, France
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A$1,143.01
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First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Published 1950" printed on the copyright page. The original dustjacket has very minor wear to the head and base of the spine and corners. This First Issue dust jacket has a light "coffee cup" stain towards the 9s.6d. net printed price on the uncut bottom front flap. The printer appears to have had some difficulty with the name Cantwell. Also of importance: note the DJ has a spelling error "deeps" for "depths" in the final sentence of the 2nd. para. The book, 254 pp., 8vo., is in excellent condition. The binding is tight, with no cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with only minor wear. A great copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION that precedes the American edition by 3 days. Ex libris Stanislas Joly bookplate inside front cover.
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Post-War Speeches (5 vols.-Sinews of Peace, Europe Unite, In the Balance, Stemming the Tide and The Unwritten Alliance)
by Winston S. Churchill
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Unknown
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Saint Charles, Illinois, United States
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A$1,942.62
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London: Cassell, 1948. First. Very Good+/Very Good-. A complete set of first editions of all of Churchill's speeches after WWII These volumes are scarcer than his War Speeches, since they were published in smaller quantities These are all the "true first" British editions US editions were published for the first four, but there was no US edition of the last, The Unwritten Alliance All DJ's are in protective mylar covers The Set includes: 1 The Sinews of Peace - 1948, 256 pp Book is fine in orange cloth, with no marks or damage at all Unclipped DJ is near fine, with just slight edge wear at spine ends [Woods A124] 2 Europe Unite - 1950, 506 pp Book is near fine in green cloth, with just very slight bumping at spine ends and extremely slight fading at top spine end Unclipped DJ is very good, with slight chipping at spine ends, and slight darkening on rear [Woods A128] 3 In the Balance, 1951, 406 pp Book is near fine in blue cloth, with just slight bumping on spine ends Cipped DJ is very good, with…
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Post-War Speeches (5 vols.-Sinews of Peace, Europe Unite, In the Balance, Stemming the Tide and The Unwritten Alliance)
by Winston S. Churchill
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Unknown
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Saint Charles, Illinois, United States
- Item Price
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A$1,701.74
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London: Cassell, 1948. First. Very Good+/Very Good-. A complete set of first editions of all of Churchill's speeches after WWII These volumes are scarcer than his War Speeches, since they were published in smaller quantities These are all the "true first" British editions US editions were published for the first four, but there was no US edition of the last, The Unwritten Alliance All DJ's are in protective mylar covers The Set includes: 1 The Sinews of Peace - 1948, 256 pp Book is near fine in orange cloth, with just slight bumping on spine ends and slight darkening of endpapers Unclipped DJ is very good, with just slight chipping at spine ends and slight foxing on rear [Woods A124] 2 Europe Unite - 1950, 506 pp Book is very good in green cloth, with front hinge cracked and very slight bumping at spine ends and top corner Unclipped DJ is very good, with chipping at spine ends, and minor foxing on rear and flaps [Woods A128] 3 In the Balance, 1951, 406 pp Book is near fine in blue cloth, with just…
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My Japan: 1930-1951
by Hiroko Nakamoto
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- first
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Scotia, New York, United States
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A$169.40
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1970 McGraw Hill first edition. Uncommon as a true first.The author was born in 1930, and tells the story of Japan in World War Two from a child's perspective. The book includes an account of the Hiroshima nuclear bomb, which injured the author, and killed her mother.Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The top edge of the text block shows some light soil.Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It is protected in a new mylar cover.Please message me with any questions
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A$169.40
Santa Barbara Photographs
by Bill Zeldis; Editor-Zeldis; Illustrator-Zeldis
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780971908079
- ISBN 10
- 0971908079
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Littlerock, California, United States
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A$77.70A$38.85Save A$25.00!
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Santa Barbera: Zeldis Publishing, 7-04. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Large format hardback with dust jacket which is has minor wear, Signed by Photgrapher Bill Zeldis
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Hasen
by Bercovitch, Reuben
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sebastopol, California, United States
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A$41.96
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New York: Knopf, 1978. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Jacket woodcut from Rockwell Kent Legacies, cover design by Lidia Ferrera.. This First Edition title translates to "Hare", a story of two young boys surviving in the wild near a concentration camp, and the day everything changes. "As simply and beguilingly told as a fairy tale, this is a novel whose terror belongs to reality-a novel that evokes with extraordinary power the essence, the beauty, of loyalty and commitment tested to the utmost." (from DJ). 5½ x 8". Original black boards over cloth, silver letters to spine, black top edge. Bottom spine slightly bumped, DJ has tiny chips at top & bottom spine and light wear to back, else a near fine dustjacket over a near fine book with Kent's striking woodcut on cover.
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THE ASIATICS
by Prokosch, Frederic
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- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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A$38.85
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New York: Editions for the Armed Services, Inc., 1945. 348 pages, Armed Service edition #764, published in July 1945. During World War II more than seventy American publishers cooperated with the Council on Books in Wartime to distribute books free of charge to American servicemen. The flat oblong paperback books were designed to be easily carried into battle in soldiers' pockets. From September 1943 through June 1947, there were 1,322 titles published in Armed Services Editions. The book offered here is in very good condition: clean and tight, with minor edgewear.. First Edition Thus. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong 32mo - over 4" - 5" Tall. Book.
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Yank, The Army Weekly; World War II from the guys who brought you victory
by Steve Kluger
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - good
- Jacket Condition
- good, faded spine (red spine)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9781854091017
- ISBN 10
- 1854091018
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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A$19.60
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Arms and Armour, 1991. Hardback. good/good, faded spine (red spine). with Dw, slightly faded on the spine, slightly foxed and tanned on the page edges otherwise very good
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A$19.60
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Orlando King
by Colegate, Isabel
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780370006529
- ISBN 10
- 0370006526
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- 1
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
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A$69.86
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London, The Bodley Head, 1968, hardcover, 204 pp, True First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Tightly bound and clean with no markings, spine a bit cocked, front endpaper corner-clipped, small spots to front board. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, edge nicks, rubs, light scratches, short edge tears carefully repaired on the interior side with archival quality tape, very faint stains to rear panel, in new Brodart sleeve. The popular author's first book in the Orlando Trilogy followed by Orlando at the Brazen Threshold, and Agatha. A modern classic. ISBN 9780370006529
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Very Ordinary Seaman
by Mallalieu, J.P.W
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- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Good
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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A$29.40
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London: Victor Gollancz, 1944. One illustration, small 8vo, pp 278, very age-toned, a few creased corners, a small signature on the front endpaper, green cloth, dull and slightly worn, spine a little spotted, binding leaning slightly. [First edition, first impression of what is generally considered one of the finest accounts of life at sea in the Second World War. A fictionalised but accurate account, based on the author's experiences in a destroyer on the Murmansk run.]. First Edition. Cloth. Good.
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European Sporting Cartridges Volume 2
by W. B. Dixon
- New
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9789110456990
- ISBN 10
- 9110456996
- Quantity Available
- 4
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Woods Cross, Utah, United States
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A$77.69
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EUROPEAN SPORTING CARTRIDGES, VOLUME TWO: THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN SPORTING CENTERFIRE AMMUNITION FROM 1870 TO 1998Author: Dixon, W.B.Published by Armory Publications, Inc., 2000Seattle, Washington USA 98155
Printed in the United States of America by
Publishers Press / Salt Lake City, Utah 84119
First EditionOUT OF PRINT and SCARCE. Both the Book and the Dust Jacket are in AS NEW condition still sealed in the Original Publishers Shrink Wrap. An opportunity to own a beautiful copy of a RARE TITLE.226 pages. 9.25" x 12.25". Hardcover with a Dust Jacket. Volume Two covers all of the European Sporting Cartridges ( other than German and Austrian which are covered in Volume One ), including those from Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Czechoslovakia, France, and Belgium. There are also a number of patent drawings and descriptions of ammunition and magazine designs as well as photographs of a number of German-made double rifles and combination guns.
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50 Years Later: Remains of the Battle of the Bulge
by Emonts-Pohl, Joseph; Schuren, Hermann-Josef
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly scuffed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9789054330417
- ISBN 10
- 9054330414
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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Grenz-Echo Verlag. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly scuffed.. 1994. Hardcover. 9054330414 . A photoessay on the tank memorials and other military remains of the Battle of the Bulge along the Luxembourg-Belgium border. Many color photos. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 160 pages .
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Die Befreiung 1813 - 1814 - 1815 : Urkunden - Berichte - Briefe mit geschichtlichen Verbindungen
by Klein, Tim
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- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st
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Thessaloniki, Greece
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A$75.64
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A 1st ed. good paperback, soiling & other signs of wear on covs. & spine as in image, with stamp fr. end p. & inside of cov. (image_2) "Alfred Rosenberg spende fur die Deutsche Wehrmacht 1939/1941 Gau Danzig" also FON pasted label. 520p. 19x13cm. 500gr. "Die Stempel mit dem Schriftzug: "Alfred-Rosenberg-Spende für die Deutsche Wehrmacht …". Eine kurze Untersuchung nach anderen Belegen und Formen über diesen Stempel ergab, dass solche Stempel auch mit anderen Gaubezeichnungen bekannt sind. Es handelte sich bei diesen Aktionen um deutschlandweite Buchsammlungen, die das Ziel verfolgten, den Soldaten an der Front Bücher zukommen zu lassen.Durchgeführt wurde die Aktion "Buchspende für die Deutsche Wehrmacht" vom Kriegs-Winterhilfswerk, dem ein Aufruf Rosenbergs voranging. Bis zum Jahr 1940 konnten so 8 ½ Millionen Bücher gesammelt werden. Bis zum Frühjahr 1941 konnten in zwei Sammelaktionen 15 ½ Millionen Bücher an die kämpfende Front verschickt werden . Im Oktober 1941 erfolgte… Read More
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The Damned Engineers: How one battalion of Combat Engineers stalled Hitler's offensive in the Battle of the Bulge
by Giles, Janice Holt
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing stated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780395077443
- ISBN 10
- 0395077443
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
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A$97.91
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Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970, hardcover, xxi-409 pp, First Edition, First Printing stated, Very Good+ in Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end touches, previous owner's embossing to title page. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, small spine-end and corner nicks, wear to folds, short closed edge tears, some discreet tape repairs, in new Brodart sleeve. The definitive account of the participation of the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion at the Battle of the Bulge compiled by the famous Kentucky author from accounts given by her husband, fellow author Henry Giles, and other members of the Battalion who took part. Illustrated with 22 pages of black-&-white plates and 11 maps. Mapped endpapers show the Kampfgruppe Peiper advance route. ISBN 9780395077443
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