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New Revised Edition (as stated upon title page). xxiv, 411 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14cm. Dust jacket rubbed with a slight scuffing/nicks and short tears at edges; some soiling to white rear panel; a few foxing spots evident to panels but much stronger upon dj's blank verso; front flap's top corner is price-clipped. Dark blue cloth spine lightly bumped at ends; gray boards. Foxing to text block edges and endpapers; interior pages remain clean. Binding retains some crispness. A very good+ copy in a very good dust jacket. With six unpaged sections of b/w plates (all new for this revised edition) plus three city maps for Birmingham, Huntsville, and Mobile amongst text; four appendices include Chronology, Bibliography, Map of Alabama in Sections (on pages 391-400 as opposed to the rear pocket large foldout map provided in the 1941 and 1949 editions), and Index. Text divided into three major parts: "Alabama Yesterday and Today" (titled "Past and Present" in the original edition), "Cities" (originally "Courthouse Squares") providing history, description, and points of interest for Anniston, Birmingham, Decatur, Florence, Gadsden, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, Selma, and Tuscaloosa, and "Tours" (same as the original). Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {AL-Shelf#9} ISBN 0803803915.…

Soft cover. Etat : VG+. A VG or better24 -page souvenir program. Book.

New Revised Edition (as stated upon title page). xxiv, 411 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14cm. Dust jacket rubbed; a few nicks at edge with small chip at spine heel; 2cm tear at rear panel's bottom left; both flaps strongly creased/curled at their terminal edges; front flap's top corner is price-clipped too. Dark blue cloth spine; gray boards. A few leaves towards book's rear have shallow bumping at their top fore-edge corners; pages are otherwise bright and clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket. With six unpaged sections of b/w plates (all new for this revised edition) plus three city maps for Birmingham, Huntsville, and Mobile amongst text; four appendices include Chronology, Bibliography, Map of Alabama in Sections (on pages 391-400 as opposed to the rear pocket large foldout map provided in the 1941 and 1949 editions), and Index. Text divided into three major parts: "Alabama Yesterday and Today" (titled "Past and Present" in the original edition), "Cities" (originally "Courthouse Squares") providing history, description, and points of interest for Anniston, Birmingham, Decatur, Florence, Gadsden, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, Selma, and Tuscaloosa, and "Tours" (same as the original). Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {AL-Shelf#10} ISBN 0803803915.…

Soft cover. Etat : VG+. A VG or better 24 -page souvenir program. Book.

Etat : Very Good. 11 pages, 1 colour portrait plate. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 19 x 25 cms. Category: Society for Army Historical Research; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Etat : Very Good. 17 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 19 x 25 cms. Category: Society for Army Historical Research; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Etat : Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original photographic glazed boards, sectional drawings to the end papers. Folio 12'' x 9¼''. Contains 112 pp with archive monochrome photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, £16.95. Member of the P.B.F.A. ZEPPELINS, AIRSHIPS & BALLOONING. …

Etat : Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original taupe paper covered boards, silver title and author lettering to the spine, photographic end papers. Quarto 10'' x 8''. Contains 163 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. Minimal wear to the covers, light foxing to the closed upper edges. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with sun fading to the red of the spine, 25 mm closed tear to the lower front gutter, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 239001346 ZEPPELINS, AIRSHIPS & BALLOONING.…

Etat : Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original brick red cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, end paper maps. Quarto. 10½'' x 8''. ISBN 0246105755. Contains 271 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Top corner of the half-title page clipped, 20 mm damp mark to the lower fore edge, without any ownership markings. Very Good condition book, in near Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper without any tears or chips and supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ZEPPELINS, AIRSHIPS & BALLOONING.…

Etat : Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original dark brown paper covered boards, red and silver title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 191 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs throughout. Spine ends scuffed. Very Good condition book in near Very Good condition dust wrapper with rubs and chips to the spine tips and corners, shallow rubs to the gutters, 20 mm closed tear to the top front gutter, not price clipped 18/-. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ZEPPELINS, AIRSHIPS & BALLOONING.…

Etat : Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. Quarto 10'' x 8''. Contains 160 printed pages of text with monochrome diagrams, illustrations and photographs throughout. Fine condition book in very near Fine condition dust wrapper with light rubs, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1854090453 ZEPPELINS, AIRSHIPS & BALLOONING.…

Etat : Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original brown paper covered boards, red and silver title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 191 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs throughout. Spine ends scuffed, ink name to the front free end paper, a few tan age spots to the end papers and foxing to the closed edges. Near Very Good condition book in near Very Good condition dust wrapper with rubs to the spine tips and corners, shallow rubs to the gutters, 20 mm closed tear to the top of the rear panel, not price clipped 18/-. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ZEPPELINS, AIRSHIPS & BALLOONING.…

Etat : Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original photographic glazed boards. Folio 12'' x 9¼''. Contains 112 printed pages of text with archive monochrome photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Loosely enclosed is an colour envelope from RAFA Sussexdown, Storrington titled 'The Zeppelin Raids on Britain 19th January 1915 to 13th April 1918 and signed Tony T???land. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0715311018 ZEPPELINS, AIRSHIPS & BALLOONING.…

Etat : Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue paper covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. ISBN 0715365517. Contains 296 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout. Small rubs to the ends of the spine, without any ownership markings. Near Fine condition book, in Very Good condition illustrated dust wrapper with sun fading down the spine, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ZEPPELINS, AIRSHIPS & BALLOONING.…

See his entry in Encyclopaedia Britannica. Not to be confused with Fleury (1815-1884), whose handwriting is markedly different. 1p, 12mo. On grey paper. In good condition, lightly aged. Neatly folded twice. Reads: 'Le Général Fleury se rendra avec le plus grand plaisir a l'invitation que Madame la Bne: de Seebach lui a fait l'honneur de lui adresser. / Paris. 2 Mai 1856.' The recipient is presumably the mother of the Alsatian artist Baron Lothar von Seebach (1853-1930).…

Etat : Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 218 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs throughout. Minimal wear to the covers, ghosting to the free end papers, some tan age spots to the early pages, age darkened edges. Near Very Good condition book in Very Good condition illustrated dust wrapper with 10 mm v-shaped piece of paper missing to the top of the spine, surface staining to the white of the rear panel, not price clipped 17/6. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ZEPPELINS, AIRSHIPS & BALLOONING. …

Etat : Good. - 18 words penned in black ink on both sides of a 4-1/2 inch high by 3-5/8 inch wide sheet of United Service Club letterhead with the club's raised insignia printed in blind at top left. Signed in the opening of the letter: "Sir Fenwick Williams regrets." with the place and date at the foot of the note: "U.S.C. / 14th June". A strip of document tape has been mounted down the right edge of the verso, covering up 1 word of the note. Good. Williams writes regretting he is unable to dine with Mrs. Ford because of a previous engagement. The note is accompanied by a newspaper obituary.General Sir William Fenwick Williams, 1st Baronet of Kars [1800-1883] was born in Nova Scotia. He was a renowned military leader for the British during the Victorian era, remembered for his gallant defense of the town of Kars during the Crimean War. He and other British officers inspired the poorly equipped Turkish soldiers to repel Russian attacks for three months. Starvation and lack of ammunition finally forced them to surrender, but they did so on their own terms. Williams was imprisoned but was treated very well and was released when the war ended in 1856. A knighthood, a baronetcy with a pension for life and many other honors were bestowed on Williams for his actions. From 1865 to 1867 he was the first Lieutenant Governor of his birth province of Nova Scotia.…

Etat : Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine, Hutchinson to the front cover. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 112 printed pages of text with 41 monochrome photographs throughout. Damp stain to the front board, not affecting the contents. Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with small chips to the corners and spine ends, not price clipped, 3/6. SIGNED dedication by General Sir John Winthrop Hackett inside the front cover 'To Barbara James, From Commander Hackett, With many thanks for all the little kindnesses rendered, 22nd November 1943'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ROYAL NAVY (RN).…

soft covers yellow covers show marks, very good condition. a few drawings (illustrateur).

Etat : Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, silver title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover, archive photographic end papers. 4to. 11½'' x 12''. Contains 229 pp with monochrome and colour illustrations and archive photographs throughout, one gate-fold painting. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, $60.00. Heavy volume 2.4 kg, extra postage will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0446517844 ZEPPELINS, AIRSHIPS & BALLOONING.…

Etat : Fine. First edition in publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers [softback]. 4to 11½'' x 8¼''. Contains 96 pages of text with detailed aerial and archive monochrome photographs throughout. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9783936519358 ZEPPELINS, AIRSHIPS & BALLOONING.…

Etat : Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original air force blue paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 4to 11'' x 8''. Contains 221 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0851778453 ZEPPELINS, AIRSHIPS & BALLOONING.…

Etat : Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original quarter blue paper, light grey paper covered boards, cream paper title label to the spine, top edge gilt. 12mo. 6'' x 5''. Regarded as Carman's finest volume of poetry. Contains 'The King's Classics Series' wood-cut by B. McM., half-title, tissue-guarded frontispiece plaque from a Greek Gem in The British Museum, (xxiv), 129 pp, colophon. Pencil name and a little foxing to the front free end paper, some small pencil ticks to the contents listing, light rubbing to the boards, else in Very Good sound condition. Loosely inserted small period newspaper clipping 'The Garland Bearer (After Sappho)' by John Addington Symonds. Member of the P.B.F.A. POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES. …

Half-Leather. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. This unique volume consists of all three parts of the Lane Fox Lectures on Primitive Warfare bound with his article 'Roovesmore Fort And Stones Inscribed With Oghams in The Parish Of Aglish, Co. Cork' and also bound in is Hartshorne's illustrated History of Caernarvon Castle, (31pp plus 6 plates). The Primitive Warfare is complete, part I being 35pp plus 6 plates, part II 42pp plus 5 fold-out plates with 8 diagrams and part III 32pp plus fold-out coloured map and plate. Top edges gilt and the binding is firm with marbled end papers. Gilt lettering to spine with minor wear to edges. Overall a great copy.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition Sept + Oct + Dec 1839. Large 8vo. (5) + (1) + (5)pp separated by blank leaves ( 3 articles complete extracted from journal titleunknown. ). Contemporary half brown leather binding, raised gilt bands lettering on spine, marbled boards. Original white eps. Author's signature + later Signature " Major General Nelson with address on fep. Stuck down on rear blanks 6 page newspaper[er cutting " The Prussian Army " Aug 12 '66 ", another 1 page similar at front. Some pencil corrections in margins by author. Covers : rubs top/bottom of spine, few crimps in marble, scuff to lettering on spine. Contents : slight browning to pages else clean. Clean tight copy with some browning. VG. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Original blue cloth, illustrated in red, white and black with a Persian Ardebil design. Octavo volume, xv plus 481 pages, photo illustrations, 7 maps and plans including a large folding map at rear. Very good condition overall. Sykes (1867-1945) was an English soldier, diplomat and scholar who travelled and fought in and around Persia for over two decades. Posted with the British army to India, Sykes was in 1892 sent by land through Persia when returning to India from home leave in England. During this trip, Sykes met Prince Abdul Hussain Mirza Farman Farma, the young Prince of Kerman. The close friendship established between Sykes and the prince set the foundation for British-Persian relations over the next two decades. After several journeys through Persia and Baluchistan (present day Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan), Sykes in 1902 detailed these travels in Ten Thousand Miles in Persia, and was awarded the Royal geographical Society's Gold Medal. Sykes's account was popular, and a second impression was published the same year as the first. Still, the first edition, as presented here, remains scarce, with no copies currently on the market. The Hopkirk copy (lot 1147 in Sotheby's sale 8543 of 1998) made £740, while the Burrell copy (lot 794 in Sotheby's sale 9217 of 1999 made £690.…

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1stedn; 4vo red cloth tape spine over ptdwraps dated June, 1974; Paperback. SCARCE. Ex- Christian Reformed World Mission Library with usual markings. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show slight edge wear ow VG: vi+107pp, maps, foldout map, list of informants, bibl, no index; /cf The Concept of Culture and TIV Cultural Values John Gbor, Published by John Gbor/ Study TIV Language by Major John W T Gbor, Published by Gaskiya Corporation Limited, Zaria, 1986. …

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 2nd Edition. Second edition. Original dark blue cloth with very slight edgewear, bright gilt figures of Cyrus the Great and Shah Abbas the Great on the two volumes. Bright gilt titles on the unfaded spines, and top edges gilt. Large octavo volumes, with 561 and 594 pages. 2 frontispieces, 92 plates and illustrations, and 6 maps including 2 large folding in pockets at end. Very good condition, fresh and clean, with only very slight rubbing to the boards. The maps are in excellent condition. A splendid set. Sykes (1867-1945) was an English soldier, diplomat and scholar who travelled and fought in and around Persia for over two decades. Posted with the British army to India, he made several journeys through Persia and Baluchistan (present day Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan). In 1902 he detailed these travels in Ten Thousand Miles in Persia, and was awarded the Royal geographical Society's Gold Medal. Over the next few years he made extensive journeys in the Middle East and was appointed consul-general for Khuzustan. Toward the end of World War I, he was sent to raise a Persian force to counter the strong German influence in most of South Persia. His forces supported the Russians against the Turks. Sykes's magnificent History of Persia includes a good deal on modern Arabia, Iraq and Afghanistan. It provides a history of Persia from the earliest times to1906, and probably constitutes one of the best histories of the country available in any language other than Persian. The second edition, offered here, is almost as scarce as the first.…

With printed pamphlet. Letter is one page, 12mo, tipped on to page extracted from personal album of Arthur Poyser, trimmed to fit a plastic envelope, with a small nick not affecting text, illustrating his career with the City of London Boy Scouts and the Boy Players (album offered separately). Buchan is only free for luncheon on the Wednesday but would be happy to discuss "the book" [the first "Scouts' Song Book" published in 1912) with him then. Poyser has added a few lines of explanation, about where the luncheon took place and its subject "the Song Book Of the Scout Movement, compiled and edited by AP [Arthur Poyser]". Presumably Buchan declined to contribute. WITH; Printed pamphlet entitled "John Buchan. Some Recollections" [by Arthur Poyser] (offprint of article published in the "Stirling Sentinel", February 20, 1940), 4pp., 8vo, tipped on to the verso of the page extracted from personal album of Arthur Poyser referred to above, some folding of margin but item mainly good. Poyser adds in MS under item, "An Appreciation of John Buchan, by AP [Arthur Poyser], written shortly after tyhe announcement of his death while Governor General of Canada; Lord Tweedsmuir." He discusses showing the Scout songbook to Buchan seekinhg his opinions which Buchan gave with reminiscences. At another meeting they encountered at a Drapers Hall Dinner where Poyser's Boy Players performed some of the songs they had discussed years before. The final meeting involved a speech by Buchan, then becoming frail, at Poyser's University (Edinburgh), encouraging students to think of life as a pilgrimage. …

Four pages, 4to, one page over-written, sl. stained and aged, text complete apart from minor loss with seal, and legible. His first two pages relate to family matters, including (perhaps) significant references to "Elizabeth" - James Campbell had a daughter called but he reflects on "the present state of things" including information and opinion that would be censored in later wars. "But when that most desirable period [return home] will arrive it is impossible in the present state of thingseven to guess at. As far as one can judge however I should think it cannot be very distant - Our Reg[imen]t is so very weak that if we do not get reinforcements out we can be of very little use. We have upwards of 260 sick & our men are dying fast- We can produce perhaps 240 on parade including servants &c but [one?] half of the men have suffered so much that if we were to move the would knock up in three days.- As to the Army at large and its probable movements, every body is in the dark. Should we go again into Spain it will be again[st] the wish of almost every officer - The sic[k]ness is really shocking, & could the English public be made acquainted with its extent would certainly make a great noise - I should think since the Army came into Cantonments at least 5000 men must have died by sickness - In short it is dreadful, and we cannot be in a fit state for the field for a long time - In passing by the hospital of the [82nd?] Regt the other day, I saw them digging some graves, & the Serjeant told me they had eight men laying dead that morning - In the field, one passes over dead bodies without feeling much, but when in quarters you see men dropping off by disease in crowds it really makes a man melancholy - I have seen quite enough of what they call honor & glory, and wish I was quietly settles in some [?] cottage at home, where I could dig up my little garden, and poke up my fire, leaving these scenes of death & destruction to those who are fond of them- It is only a few weeks since I joined the Regt and on looking over a list of men that I brought with me from Lisbon, I find there are already 5 dead, & 12 sick in hospital, out of 30.".…