Photography by Simon Griffiths. Pp. [viii]+392, profusely illustrated in colour and sepia (many full or double page), full page map, glossary, indices; wide demy 4to; dark blue cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper; Viking, Melbourne, 2002. First edition. More
[Text in French] In three volumes. Volume I: L'appel, 1940-1942. Pp. [vi]+682(last colophon, verso blank), 5 coloured maps on folding sheet at end; Volume II: L'Unite, 1942-1944. Pp. [vi]+716(last colophon, verso blank), 4 coloured maps on folding sheet at end; Volume III: Le Salut, 1944-1946. Pp. [vi]+656(last colophon), 4 coloured..... More
MILITARY OPERATIONS: FRANCE AND BELGIUM, 1914. Two text volumes plus two uniformly bound map cases. Pp. xxvi+544+[4](advertisements)+xxviii+348, 24 full page maps (all but one coloured), coloured endpaper maps (Volume II only), plus a further 72 [of 74] folding coloured maps and a folding plate housed in two separate matching cases..... More
MILITARY OPERATIONS: FRANCE AND BELGIUM, 1916. Maps and sketches compiled by Major A. F. Becke. Five volumes, including two volumes of appendices and a map case. Pp. xxxvi+524(last blank)+[4]advertisements)+xlvi+602(last blank)+viii+232+x+120(last blank), black & white frontispiece to Volume II, 74 full page maps (most coloured), plus coloured endpaper maps in text..... More
MILITARY OPERATIONS: FRANCE AND BELGIUM, 1915. Maps and sketches compiled by Major A. F. Becke. Four volumes, including 2 map cases. Pp. xliv+434(last blank)+[2](advertisements)+lii+488+[4](advertisements), 61 full page maps (58 coloured), plus coloured endpaper maps and a further 24 loose coloured folding maps and one folding diagram printed in red &..... More
Aquarelles de Marius Hubert-Robert. [Text in French]. Pp. 160, 6 coloured plates with lettered guards, black & white frontispiece, title page vignette, and numerous text illustrations (some full page); med. 8vo; rebound (not recently) in half dark brown, morocco, spine lettered in gilt between raised bands, marbled papered boards, a...... More
France and the Foreign Legion. Pp. 352, 16 plates, text plus endpaper maps, appendices, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Grafton, London, 1986. First edition. More
Pp. viii+338(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, 10 full page coloured maps, endpaper maps, further reading, index; tall demy 8vo; cream cloth, spine lettered in red; dust wrapper, front flap creased; The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2009. First edition. More
Pp. 56, 1 double page coloured map, plus numerous black & white text illustrations and maps, pictorial endpaper advertisements; demy 8vo; printed stiff blue textured paper wrappers, lettered in gilt, stapled; dust wrapper, browned, price stamp on upper wrapper; some foxing; Michelin & Cie., Clermont-Ferrand, France, 1930. *From the library..... More
In three volumes. I. L'Ourcq. Meaux, Senlis, Chantilly. Pp. 120, numerous text illustrations and maps (4 double page, printed in colours & black), pictorial endpaper advertisements; II. Les Marais de Saint-Gond. Coulommiers, Provins, Sezanne. Pp. 120, numerous text illustrations and maps (2 double page, printed in colours & black), pictorial..... More
Pp. 64, numerous text illustrations and maps, pictorial endpaper advertisements; demy 8vo; stiff blue textured paper wrappers, lettered in gilt, lightly marked and faded, stapled; printed dust wrapper, browned, price stamp on front panel; two pages of text lightly surface damaged; Michelin & Cie., Clermont-Ferrand, France, 1920. *From the library..... More
Pp. 128, numerous text illustrations and maps, pictorial endpaper advertisements; demy 8vo; limp blue cloth, lettered in gilt; printed dust wrapper, browned, price stamp on front panel; Michelin & Cie., Clermont-Ferrand, France, 1920. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label on title page. With..... More
Pp. 176, numerous text illustrations and maps (1 double page, printed in orange & black), pictorial endpaper advertisements; demy 8vo; limp blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the cloth lightly browned; printed dust wrapper, lightly browned, edges lightly worn and split, price stamp on front panel; some light foxing;..... More
Photographs: Robert Polidori. Pp. 360(last blank), illustrated in colour throughout (many full or double page), coloured double page map, chronology and genealogy of the kings of France, glossary, bibliography; wide post 4to; gilt lettered blue cloth; dust wrapper; Konemann, Cologne, 1997. English language edition. *First published in French. More
A Sketchbook of the Thirties. Introduced by Jonathan Stone. Pp. 16 plus 96 tinted plates; med. 4to; spine and edges of boards a trifle foxed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of small tears; outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Hutchinson , London, 1973. First..... More