Cuthbert Hartington a Tale of Two Sieges of Paris by HENTY G A

London, S. W. Partridge, no date, (1908).. Reprint circa 1908, 8vo, 210 x 135 mm, 8¼ x 5¼ inches, red fine ribbed cloth, embossed red and black floral design on upper cover, red on gilt on spine, titled on gilt panel on spine with author's name printed "Geo. A. Henty", all edges gilt, pages: iv, 292. 6 sepia plates on coated paper (5 by Hal Hurst, 1 by Simon Harmon Vedder). Spine slightly faded (gilt bright), head and tail of spine and corners very slightly worn, corners just very slightly bumped, 1 corner slightly damp faded on lower cover, endpapers slightly browned, rear endpaper slightly pink stained at outer corners, front endpaper pasted onto pastedown to hide inscription, inner paper hinges cracked (binding sound), margins throughout lightly browned (poor quality paper), plates foxed in the margins, some inner joints cracked, binding holding firmly. First published by F.V. White as A Woman of the Commune in 1895, re-issued by Partridge as Cuthbert Hartington in pictorial cloth in 1899 and as… Read More

London, S. W. Partridge, no date, (1908).. REPRINT circa 1908 (inscribed 1911), 8vo, 210 x 135 mm, 8¼ x 5¼ inches, olive green fine ribbed cloth, embossed green and black floral design on upper cover, green on gilt on spine, titled on gilt panel on spine with author's name printed "Geo. A. Henty", all edges gilt, pages: iv, 292. 6 sepia plates on coated paper (5 by Hal Hurst, 1 by Simon Harmon Vedder). Spine gilt just slightly dull, head and tail of spine and corners very slightly worn, 2 tiny splits at head, endpapers slightly foxed, prize inscription on front endpaper dated 1911, page edges very lightly browned, 5 mm (¼") chip to fore-edge of half-title, smaller chip to fore-edge of frontispiece, otherwise contents nice. A very good tight clean copy. First published by F.V. White as A Woman of the Commune in 1895, re-issued by Partridge as Cuthbert Hartington in pictorial cloth in 1899 and as Two Sieges in 1916. See Newbolt 86.2. ZOOMABLE IMAGE ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST.… Read More

London: Partridge undated assumed first edition, chocolate brown cloth with decorative titling and figures of a nurse and soldier in colour, rubbed and worn to edges and joints, some surface rubbing to the illustration colours, starting to fray to head of spine, All Edges Gilt, hinges weak and opened, will need either regluing to stiffen it up or resewing, endpapers age browned or foxed, six illustrations in black and white, 292pp, facing first text page is adverts for 'Books for the boys', if resewn would probably be graded at VG, some minor fingermarking to pages otherwise internally tidy, scarce Henty title. First Edition. Decorative Boards. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

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., 2000
Seattle, 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.

Russell, Bertrand. Satan in the Suburbs, and Other Stories. Bertrand Russell's First Book Of Fiction. Copyright 1953, Simon and Schuster Stated Second Printing Thus. Illustrated by Asgeir Scott. Used. Very good/ Good price-clipped original grey and yellow DJ. Short Story Anthology. Stories Included Here: Satan in the suburbs or horrors manufactured here, The Corsican ordeal of Miss X, The Infra-Redioscope; The guardians of Parnassus, and Benefit of Clergy. 148 pages plus author bio. RARE IN THIS NICE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET.

Leipzig, Germany: Amalthea-Verlag, 1928. This is a very good two volume hardcover set in the original publisher's blue cloth ruled and titled in gilt. Gilt on spine of volume two faded. Very clean inside and out. Previously owned by a German scholar and his name stamped and handwritten on endpapers and title-pages, otherwise clean throughout. Text in German. Fold-out maps + black & white illustrations. 10" high X 7" wide, 297 & 299 pages. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket.

Hilaire Belloc The Girondin Thomas Nelson and Sons, London. FRENCH REVOLUTION. Copyright page states: First Published 1911. VG/ No DJ included. Used. Green boards with gold gilt titling on spine. Titles are bright but some chipping off of gilt. 372 pages plus adverts. 5 1/8 X 7 ½.

T.E. Lawrence. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM, A TRIUMPH. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Privately Printed, 1926. First Published for general circulation 1935. First American Edition. States MCMXXXVI on the title page. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. Garden City, NY. GOOD CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET IS INCLUDED. 672 pages, indexed. Beige buckram boards. Spine has darkened a bit. 6 7/8 X 9 ½.

Valor Publishing, 1987. First Edition. Paperback. Madeja, W. Victor : The Russo-German War, Autumn 1944-25 January 1945. Allentown (PA) : Valor Publishing, 1987. Stated First edition. Demy quarto (4to) size, 10 7/8"/28cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy stock wrappers glued to textblock; front cover features color reprod of German situation map for Army Group South, undated, at Budapest (thus circa early '45). [Iv] pp prelim material, 77 numbered pp plus one (thus 41 leaves in all). Intro, chaps on AGs North, Center, A, South, and F/SE Command; Conclusion, chart of terms and symbols. 10 b&w tables/illus; 23 b&w OOBs; 38 b&w maps. Condition notes: production quality of this volume is mixed - some is quite high quality, others appear to have a photocopied quality. Numerous pages have (fairly discreet) yellow highlighting to unit designations; else clean with sound binding. Light wear to cover with faint remains of price sticker. An extremely data-rich volume for wargamers, game designers, or others… Read More

Game Book Marketing Co, 1989. First Edition. Paperback. Madeja, W. Victor : Russo-German War: Winter and Spring 1944 : Battles for Central Europe/No 32. Allentown (PA) : Valor Publishing Co, PB, 1988. First edition. Demy quarto (4to) size, 10 7/8"/28cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy stock wrappers glued to textblock; front cover features color reprod of German situation map for 11 March 1944; back is 8 April '44. ii pp prelim material, 88 numbered pp, two unnumbered following. 26 separate orders of battle for German army groups during the period in question, along with 15 tables/charts, 57 b&w maps, seven color glossy maps, and ten b&w photos. Condition notes: No notes or highlighting. Pages clean, binding sound. Light wear to cover. An extremely data-rich and interesting volume for those interested in the Russo-German War of 1941-45 (the "Eastern Front" of the European Theater of WWII). Russian units/strengths are treated on maps, in tables, and in descriptive text, but not in OOBs. Author/editor… Read More

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1877. Not stated. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 624 pages with index, illustrated with five fold-out maps. Edited from the lectures and writings of the late Major C. Adams, professor of Military History at the Royal Military and Staff Colleges. Red cloth binding with blindstamped borders on front and back covers and gilt titles on spine, gray end papers. Spine darkened with chip in upper edge affecting part of titles, tear in cloth of spine, spotting, cloth split at spine edges, part of cloth missing at base of spine, corners bumped and frayed, spotting of cover, edge wear, former owner's name "O. B. Mitchall, Lieut. of Ordnance, received August 8th, 1884," interior pages a little tanned at edges, binding tight.

Game Book Marketing Co, 1994. First Edition. Paperback. Madeja, W. Victor : The Russo-German War, Summer 1944/Destruction of the Eastern Front. Allentown (PA) : Valor Publishing PB, 1987. First edition. Demy quarto (4to) size, 10 7/8"/28cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy stock wrappers glued to textblock; front cover features color reprod of (undated) German situation map for Army Group Center, approx August 1944. [iv] pp prelim material, 77 numbered pp, plus one - thus total number of leaves/sheets is 41. 22 separate orders of battle for German army groups during the period in question, along with 11 tables/charts, 29 b&w maps, and a table of abbreviations. Condition notes: 16 pages show fairly discreet yellow highlighting of specific unit names; else clean, binding sound. sound. Light wear to cover. An extremely data-rich and interesting volume for those interested in the Russo-German War of 1941-45 (the "Eastern Front" of the European Theater of WWII). Russian units/strengths are treated on maps,… Read More

Valor Publishing Co, 1988. First Edition. Paperback. Madeja, W. Victor : Russo-German War: Autumn 1941: Defeat of Barbarossa/No 27. Allentown (PA) : Valor Publishing Co, PB, 1988. First edition. Demy quarto (4to) size, 10 7/8"/28cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy stock wrappers glued to textblock; front cover features color reprod of German situation map for 6 Dec, 1941, Army Group North; back is 20 September '41, also northern sector. ii pp prelim material, 81 numbered pp, three unnumbered following. 14 separate orders of battle for German army groups during the period in question, along with 11 tables/charts, 19 photos or sketches, 66 b&w maps, four color glossy maps; small errata sheet tipped in on copyright page. Condition notes: Nine pp have pink highlighting of specific units in orders of battle, pages are thin, so the highlighting shows through to reverse side - irritating, but does not greatly affect utility (all text readable). Pages clean, binding sound. Light wear to cover. An extremely… Read More