Search Results: WW II: The Second World War from Librarium of The Hague

Hilversum, 1943. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Octavo. Pp. 21. Original stiff wrappers, old institutional stamp, shelf ticket and marking to cover. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. E-5 IN

N.p., Wills, N.d.. 1st Edition . Print. .. Complete series of 50 colour cigarette cards. Each is captioned, numbered, and with extended explanatory text on verso. Placed in pockets in 5 clear plastic sheets. In mint condition. ~ FIRST EDITION of this lovely series. While books with the cards glued onto them beyond recovery are rather common, complete series of unused cards which are preserved entirely in the original state, so much so in such fine condition, are rather scarce. Beautifully illustrated cards, published by W. D. & H. O. Wills, branch of the Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland. With instruction of how to choose, prepare and equip a Refuge Room; how to control, cool-down and extinct an incendiary bomb; fire fighting; large chapter on chemical gas warfare which includes the various shelters, respirators and their handling, protective gear, training, etc.; air defence, including fighter planes, balloon barrage, anti-aircraft searchlight and sound locator units, guns,… Read More

Lewiston, Edwin Mellen Press, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. 480. Footnotes, bibliography, index. HARDCOVER, light sand cloth, lettered in dark blue, without dust-jacket as issued. ~ FIRST EDITION. Studies in British History, volume 61. Kate Morris is a Senior Lecturer in Defence Studies in the Department of War Studies, King's College London, teaching at the Joint Services Command and Staff College. Here she presents a thoroughly researched, soundly judged and readable account of how British officials and politicians had sought to create a "new" empire in Africa, and of their attempts to develop and deploy the appropriate techniques of persuasion. G-4 IN

London, His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1946. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Royal octavo. Pp. 175. Profusely illustrated with over 90 photographs. Set in double columns. Original pictorial wrappers bit edge frayes, corner chipped; very small private stamp inside. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. 004-5

Reims, Debar, N.d.. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Oblong small octavo. Comprising of 10 single-sheet plates, 9x14 cm, each captioned at verso. Placed inside original finely made folder, coat-of-arms of the city of Reims embossed in blind within brick-red medallion; neat discreet pairs to folder from inside. In fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Very rare memorabilia item, commemorating the ceremony of the capitulation of Germany at the end of WWII, Reims, May 7, 1945. TIMO-1 IN

Lexington, University Press of Kentucky, 1997. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xii, 228. With two double-page maps, 6 line and halftone maps, numerous halftone photographic illustrations; sources, index. Pictorial wrappers. ~ FIRST EDITION. Features 12 tales of courage told by ordinary men who participated in the war. Col. Kelly (U.S. Army, Ret.), a veteran of the World war II, Korea, and Vietnam, interviewed more than a hundred veterans over the course of a decade for this book. Q-3

Berlin, 2004. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Octavo. Pp. 107. Many illustrations, partly in colour. Original stiff wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. From the private collection of Stewart Dale White, former Treasurer and Trustee of the Egypt Exploration Society, with his ownership signature and inscription to first leaf. 001-2

Hogere Krijgsschool, 1958. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Two volumes. Quarto. I. Text: Typed and stenciled. Pp. (iii), 161; II. Atlas: Very large folding map (ca. 90x80 cm), printed in what seems to be tinted collotype, and 20 single-sheet leaves of maps, graphics, plans etc., including statistical tables on the wartime navies, all placed in original folder. Text volumes in original stiff wrappers printed uniformly with the map folder, bit shabby, slightly edge rubbed; very few small mark in pen to text. In a very good condition and with fine interior and crisp set of maps. ~ FIRST EDITION. Very rare survivor, comprising a text book and atlas as part of a course given to cadets at the Hogere Krijgsschool between 1958-1960. It was compiled by four officers of which two were Captains of Artillery and two Captains of Infantry. 006-9

Weesp, De Haan, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. 480. Illustrated throughout. Original illustrated stiff wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. [NOTE OF IMPORTANCE:] This particular book comes from the bequest of renowned uniform historian and researcher Dr. Pieter Roelse and includes, loosely inserted, a large number of rare newspaper and magazine clippings, mostly visual material, all related to the book's subject. Some actual gelatin silver print photographs are also included. Unique scholar's copy and an invaluable source of background material. 009-5

Köln, Vgs, 1981. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Crown 4to. Pp. 192. With many halftone illustrations and maps, some of which are full-page. Bibliography, index. Original illustrated wrappers. In fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. 009-7

Berlin, Kurt Möbius, 1934. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Quarto. Pp. 284. With 129 tinted aquatint heliogravure plates, some tipped-in, and 16 coloured plates of uniforms and insignia. Tissue-guards present. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's crashed calf and cloth, large crimson lettering-piece in gilt to spine, gilt ornament on cover. In fine condition. A splendid copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. Beautifully illustrated throughout. G-3

Göttingen, Musterschmidt, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Crown quarto. Pp. 310, (2) publisher's catalogue. Plus 28 photo plates, 3 folding maps, printed in black and red, loosely inserted in rear pocket. Footnotes, appendices, bibliography, indices. HARDCOVER, original black cloth, gilt, with fair dust-jacket; bookplate inside. Book is in fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. 005-5

München, Herbig, 1991. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. 336. With 74 illustrations, facsimiles, and tables. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's full cloth with dust-jacket. In fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Some rare newspaper and magazine photographs clippings (from 1916, 1936, undated and modern) are loosely inserted. 009-6

Wiesbaden, Limes, 1951. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Royal octavo. Pp. 444. Plus 6 folding maps in rear pocket. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's full cloth. In fine condition. Excellent copy, crisp maps. ~ FIRST EDITION. Unique copy, the outlines of the monochromatic maps had been hand-coloured by expert hand. 009-6

Berlin-Grunewald, Arani, 1960. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Octavo. Pp. 29, (4). Original stiff wrappers; signature inside. In fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. I-4 IN

Osnabrück, "Der Freiwillige, 1965. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Lot of 2 books. Royal octavo. Pp. 519. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's full cloth, white lettering to cover and spine; small signature to first free endpaper with worn in places dust-jacket. Book is in fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. [ADDED:] George S. Stein: "Geschichte der Waffen-SS." (Droste, 1967). FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER in good condition. 006-3

München, Lehmann, 1962. Hardcover. .. Lot of 2 books. Royal octavo. Pp. . With 106 illustrations. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's full cloth with illustrated dust-jacket. In a very good condition. ~ Fourth, thoroughly revised and enlarged edition. [ADDED:] Gert Buchheit: "Soldatentum und Rebellion. Die Tragödie der deutschen Wehrmacht." (Grote, 1961). HARDCOVER with dust-jacket. In a very good condition. 006-3

London, Dent, 1959. Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. 284. Frontispiece. Plus a number of halftone illustrations, printed on different paper, bound in. Bibliography. HARDCOVER, original leaf green cloth, spine lettered in copper, with dust-jacket. In a very good condition. ~ First British edition. A portrait of the German naval men, the sea battles they fought, their victories and defeats. 009-6

Amsterdam, Nederlandsche Keurboekerij, 1938. Soft cover. .. Octavo. Pp. 122. Plates. Original stiff wrappers with pictorial dust-jacket printed in green over black and a bit foxed on verso due to paper quality. Both book and dust-jacket are in a very good condition. ~ First Dutch edition. 004-5

Berlin-Grunewald, Arani, 1960. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Octavo. Pp. 28, (2). Original stiff wrappers; signature inside. In fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. I-4 IN