BENSON, A. C. (ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER)

The Thread of Gold

London, John Murray. 1925. Hard, 8vo. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London, 1925. 8vo. 6" x 8 1/2", xv+215pp. Green cloth with black and gilt titles and black designs. Sheets unopened or uncut with deckle edge, else near fine, clean, crisp, bright in very good dust jacket with sun fading and an internal repair. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 007949

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

BERGER, CARL

The Writing of Canadian History; Aspects of English-Canadian Historical Writing Since 1900

Toronto, University of Toronto Press. 1993. (ISBN: 0802065686). Soft Cover, 8vo. Second Edition. Trade softcover. Published Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993. 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9", xi+364pp. Very good plus, clean, unmarked. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 009028

Catalogue: American History & Americana

Keywords: 0802065686

BERNADOTTE, COUNT FOLKE

The Curtain Falls: Last Days of the Third Reich

NY, Knopf. 1945, 1st. Hard, 12mo. First American edition. Hard cover. Published NY: Knopf, 1945, first printing. 12mo. 155pp. illustrated with b/w plates. Band of sun fade to the cloth at heel and lower edge of front cover, spine lettering dull, else very good. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010186

Catalogue: England & Europe

Keywords: Military History

GROSE, FRANCIS; FERGUSSON, BERNARD (INTRO); AND WILSON, FRANK (ILLUS)

Advice to the Officers of the British Army. With the Addition of some Hints to the Drummer and Private Soldier. Embellished after Drawings in Colour and Line by Frank Wilson. Introduction by Bernard Fergusson

London, Jonathan Cape. 1946. Hard, 8vo. Hard cover. Published London: Jonathan Cape, 1946. First published 1782. 12mo. 96pp. illus. color frontis, color and b/w drawings. Red cloth with gilt titles. Very good plus attractive copy. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010464

Catalogue: England & Europe

Keywords: Military History

BERNARD, BRUCE (EDITOR)

Century. One Hundred Years of Human Progress, Regression, Suffering and Hope

London, Phaidon. 1999. (ISBN: 0714838489). Hard, 4to. Hard cover in laminated boards. Published London: Phaidon, 1999, reprinted 2000. Thick, square 4to. 10 1/4" x 10 1/4", 1120pp. illustrated with nearly 1,000 b/w and color photographs to present a comprehensive visual document of the twentieth century. Very good plus, clean, strong copy. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 009994

Catalogue: England & Europe

Keywords: History 0714838489

LE MAREC BERNARD, PREFACE DU GENERAL KOENIG

Les Francais Libres et leurs Emblemes

Paris, Charles-Lavauzelle. 1964, 1st. Soft Cover, 4to. First edition. Softcover. Published Paris: Charles-Lavauzelle, 1964, 4to. wrappers in printed card covers. 4to. 9" x 11 1/4", 255pp. illustrated with color and b/w plates, reproductions within the text, printed on watermarked paper. text in French. Pages uncut, mild spotting on top edge of page block. Near fine. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 010565

Catalogue: England & Europe

Keywords: Military History

BESSEL, RICHARD

Germany 1945 : From War to Peace

NY, Harpercollins. 2009, 1st. (ISBN: 0060540362). Hard, 8vo. First U.S. edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: HarperCollins, 2009, first printing. 8vo. x+maps+522pp. illustrated with b/w photos. Black cloth with gilt titles. "Explores the devastation and remarkable rebirth of Germany at the end of World War II." Very good in very good, age toned dust jacket. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 010388

Catalogue: England & Europe

Keywords: History 0060540362

BETTENS, EDWARD D

Painter and Patron

NY, Privately Printed. 1918, 1st. Hard, 8vo. Limited Edition, First edition. Hard cover. Limited to 650 copies printed on heavy laid paper. Published NY: Privately Printed, 1918. Gilt stamped green cloth. 64 pp. illus 14 b/w plates - Whistler, Copley, La Farge, Homer..Large 8vo. Bettens was collector of American art and patron of Fogg Museum. A near very fine copy, with his calling card laid in. Near Very Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 000206

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Bettens Edward Painter Patron First Edition Limited Art Collectors Profile Portrait Sketch

BEYENBURG, EDMUND (EDITOR)

Internationaler Geologen und Mineralogen Kalender 1937

Stuttgart, Ferdinand Enke. 1937. Soft Cover, 12mo. Multi lingual edition. Text in German, English, French, Spanish and Dutch. Published Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke, 1937. 12mo. printed wrappers, 587pp. plus ads. Paper uniformly age toned. Very good. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 009334

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: Geology

BIBLE (ARTHUR SZYK, ILLUS)

The Book of Ruth with Pictures by Arthur Szyk

NY, Heritage Press. 1947, 1st. Hard, 4to. First edition. Hard cover in glassine dust jacket and publisher's slipcase. Published NY: Heritage Press, 1947. 4to. 8 1/2" x 11 1/4", 44pp. illustrated with full color tipped in plates by Arthur Szyk. Cream cloth with gilt reverse spine title, brown cover pictorial. Two color title page and chapter heads, recto printed on smooth cream parchment. Some darkening to the cloth along edges, else very good in scarce, very good glassine dust jacket creased on the panels. In very good slipcase. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 009925

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

Keywords: Religion

BIDARI, BASANTA

Kapilavastu the World of Siddhartha

Lumbini, Author. 2007. (ISBN: 9994632205). Soft Cover, 8vo. Softcover. Published Lumbini: Author, 2007, second impression, 1,000 copies. 8vo. wrappers, 285pp. illustrated with b/w plates and reproductions. Very good. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 009905

Catalogue: Far East

Keywords: Ancient World 9994632205

BIDDULPH, JOHN

The Nineteenth And Their Times - Being An Account Of The Four Cavalry Regiments In The British Army That Have Borne The Number Nineteen And Of The Campaigns In Which They Served

London, John Murray. 1899, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published London: John Murray, 1899. 8vo. xxi+330pp. illus frontis. and 12 plates (4 color, 5 maps). Blue cloth with gilt titles and gilt cover crest/insignia in white block, printed on laid paper. Wear at the spine ends and lower edges of boards, mild toning to the paper, bookplate on pastedown. Good, sound copy. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010459

Catalogue: England & Europe

Keywords: Military History

BIERCE, AMBROSE

The Monk And The Hangman's Daughter

NY, Heritage Press. 1967. Hard, 4to. Hard cover in slipcase. Published NY: Heritage Press, 1967. 4to. 7 1/2" x 10 1/2", xiv+80pp. full color illustrations by Michel Ciry. Translated from the German of Richard Voss by Gustav Adolf Danziger and Adapted by Ambrose Bierce, with an Introd. by Maurice Valency. Gold cloth with brown titles. Name on half title, else fine in near fine slipcase. Sandglass Number VIII: 33 laid in. Near Fine.

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Book number: 009444

Catalogue: Heritage Press

BIGEARD, MARCEL [COLONEL]

Aucune bête au Monde

Paris, Éditions de la Pensée Moderne. 1959. Hard, 8vo. Hard cover in original publisher's cloth and dust jacket. Publiished Paris: Éditions de la Pensée Moderne, 1959, 1973 printing. 4to. 9 3/4" x 12", unpaginated, illustrated with b/w photographs of Sergent-Chef Marc Flament. Text in French. Gray patterned cloth with brown spine titles. Mild dust foxing on top and front edge of page block and along the dust jacket flap folds, else fine in near fine dust jacket with light rub at the heel. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 010547

Catalogue: England & Europe

Keywords: Military History

BIGOT, CHARLES

Gloires et Souvenirs Militaires d'aprés les mémoires du Cannonier Bricard,du Maréchal Bugeaud, du Capitaine Coignet

Paris, Hachette. 1898. Hard, 4to. Hard cover in original publisher's decoated cloth. Published Paris: Hachette, 1898. 4to. 8 1/2" x 11 1/2", 280pp. illustrated with color plates. Text in French. Red cloth with gilt titles and elaborate gilt and black decorations, all edge gilting, green endpapers. Some fade to the spine cloth and decorations, age toning to the paper, a few pages have rough edges. Very good minus. Very Good Minus/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010543

Catalogue: England & Europe

Keywords: Military History