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From the Log of the Velsa. 1st US.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Century Co., New York, 1914,:

Seller ID: 80183

BENNETT, Arnold. From the Log of the Velsa . Pictures by E.A. Rickards and a frontispiece by the author. New York: The Century Co., (October 1914). First American Printing. Pp. (10),3-307,(1), colour frontis. (with tissue guard), including plates. Illustrated. 8vo, navy blue cloth with gilt decorated title block to front and spine. An account of a cruising voyage along thecoast of Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, and into the Baltic. Boards ru bbed and somewhat browned, blistering to rear board at hinge, inner hinges tender, some shelfwear, else vg. 20.00
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From the Log of the Velsa. First American Edition.

By: BENNETT, Arnold. RICKARDS, E.A.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Century Co., New York, 1914,:

Seller ID: 105807

BENNETT, Arnold. From the Log of the Velsa . Pictures by E.A. Rickards and a frontispiece by the author. New York: The Century Co., (October 1914). First American Printing. Pp. (10),3-307,(1), colour frontis. (with tissue guard), including plates. Illustrated. 8vo, navy blue cloth with gilt decorated title block to front and spine. An account of a cruising voyage along thecoast of Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, and into the Baltic. With "St. John's Book Club, 1915 " three-page ephemera piece pasted in at front flyl eaf. This paper includes a list of members' names, with information...
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From the Thames to the Netherlands A Voyage in the Waterways of Zealand & down the Belgian Coast. First Edition

By: PEARS, Charles

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Chatto & Windus, London, 1914,:

Seller ID: 108994

PEARS, Charles. From the Thames to the Netherlands A Voyage in the Waterways of Zealand & down the Belgian Coast. Writen & Illustrated by Charles Pears. London : Chatto & Windus, 1914. First Edition. Pp (6),vii-xvi,[1]-[211].(1), + colour frontispiece + 11 colour plates + 20 monochrome plates + 3 charts at rear (2 folding). 8vo, illustrated grey cloth with six blue & whiteDutch tile designs on front board, lettered in blue & red, top edge gilt. Toy 1264 : "Written in early 20th century salty English, but amusing and interesting." A voyage in the Rose, a 25-foot gaff-rigged cutter. Chap...
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Herbert Hoover and Famine Relief to Soviet Russia, 1921-1923. First Edition in dustjacket.

By: WEISSMAN, Benjamin M. Hoover Institution Publications, 134).

Price: $90.00

Publisher: Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 1974, ISBN:0817913416:

Seller ID: 114141

WEISSMAN, Benjamin M. Herbert Hoover and Famine Relief to Soviet Russia, 1921-1923. Stanford, California : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, (1974). First Printing. Pp. (6),vii-xv,(1),1-247,(1). 8vo, orange clothwith black lettering to spine. Hoover Institution Publications, number 134 . "In 1921 oen of the most devastating famines in history threatened the lives of millions of Russians as well as the continuance of Soviet rule. Responding to a plea for help from the Soviet government, the American Relief Administration (ARA) agreed to provide famine relief in the stricken are...
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Historical Geography of Europe. Fourth Edition, signed.

By: EAST, W. Gordon.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, 1950,:

Seller ID: 112966

EAST, W. Gordon. An Historical Geography of Europe. New York: E.P. Dutton &Co., Inc., Publishers, (1950). Fourth Edition. Pp. (6),vii-xx,(2),3-480. W ith 58 maps to text. 8vo, brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Contents: Part I: The Geography of Settlement in Europe: The Mediterranean Lands of the Roman Empire -- The European Frontier Regions of the Roman Empire -- The Barbarian Invasions and Settlement -- Rural Settlement and Agriculture in Western and Central Europe in the Middle Ages (2) -- Medieval Towns and Routes in Western and Central Europe. Part II: The Political Geography of E...
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History of Officer Social Origins, Selection, Education and Training Since the Eighteenth Century : An Introductory Bibliography. 17th Military History Symposium.

By: CONVERSE, Elliott V., III, Dr. WHITE, Elwood L. United States Air Force Academy Library Special Bibliography Series 90.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: United States Air Force Academy Library, 1996,:

Seller ID: 115215

CONVERSE, Elliott V., III, Dr. and Elwood L. WHITE. The History of Officer Social Origins, Selection, Education and Training Since the Eighteenth Century : An Introductory Bibliography. [N.pl.] : United States Air Force Academy Library, September 1996. Pp. (6),[1]-129,(1). 8vo, side-stapled decorated white card covers, no spine, black lettering to front. United States Air Force Academy Library Special Bibliography Series, number 90. Includes entries under the following geographical headings: General/Comparative, Africa (General), Argentina, Australia, Austria-Hungary (Austria and Hungary), Bel...
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Horrors and Atrocities of the Great War Including the Tragic Destruction ofthe Lusitania

By: MARSHALL, Logan PARKER, Gilbert. THOMPSON, Vamce. GIBBS, Philip.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: L.T. Myers, 1915,:

Seller ID: 44687

MARSHALL, Logan. Horrors and Atrocities of the Great War Including the Tragic Destruction of the Lusitania. A New Kind of Warfare Comprising the Desolation of Belgium, the Sacking of Louvain, the Shelling of Defenseless Cities, the Wanton Destruction of Cathedrals and Works of Art, the Horrors of Bomb Dropping Vividly Portraying the Grim Awfulness of this Greatest of All Wars Fought on Land and Sea, in the Air and Under the Waves, Leaving in its Wake a Dreadful Trail of Famine and Pestilence. With Special Chapters by Sir Gilbert Parker, Vance Thompson, Philip Gibbs. Illustrated. No place : (L....
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I'll Walk Beside You : Letters from Belgium : September 1944 - May 1945.

By: TREVELYAN, Mary.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co., London, New York, Toronto, 1946,:

Seller ID: 92840

TREVELYAN, Mary. I'll Walk Beside You : Letters from Belgium : September 1944 – May 1945. London, New York, Toronto : Longmans, Green and Co., (1946).First Edition. Pp [1]-111,(1), frontis + 8 p plates. Small 8vo, green clot h, maroon lettering to front board and spine. “This book consists of seventeen letters written from Brussels between September 1944 and May 1945. MissTrevelyan went out to the B.L.A., for the Y.M.C.A., as a " programme " spe cialist and became Programme Director of the largest Y.M.C.A. Leave Hostel in Brussels for the front-line troops. During the eight months ...
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Illustrated Canadian Forest and Outdoors, Vol. 34, No. 9, September, 1938

By: Forest and Outdoors Magazine BROWNE, N. Milton

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Canadian Forestry Association, Montreal, 1938,:

Seller ID: 83832

(Forest and Outdoors Magazine). Forest & Outdoors, Vol. 34, No. 9, September, 1938. Montreal : The Canadian Forestry Association, 1938. Pp [259]-287. Illustrated. Advertisements. Double Column. 4to, illustrated stapled wrappers. In this issue : After Antlered Giants [Newfoundland moose and caribou] (by N. Milton Browne, pp 261-263); Duck Flights or Empty Skies?; In Search of Belgium; Pike are no Pikers; Dress Right for the Hunt; Paddling Your OwnCanoe – Which Way?; and much more. Rubbed, else very good. 35.00
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Imperial Oil Fleet News. Vol. 7, No. 3, Fall 1955.

By: McKEAN, Gordon R. (ed.). SARTY, E.F. MARTIN, Sid

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Imperial Oil Fleet News, Toronto , 1955,:

Seller ID: 88830

McKEAN, Gordon R. (ed.). Imperial Oil Fleet News. Vol. 7, No. 3, Fall 1955.(Toronto : Imperial Oil Fleet News, 1955). Pp [1]-31,(1) including covers. Illustrated. 4to, illustrated stapled card covers. Contents : “Big Job for Small Ships” [on the Imperial Halifax] (pp 3-7); “Some Memories of a Seama n” (by Capt. E.F. Sarty, from Nova Scotia, pp 8-10, to be continued); “Imperial Alberta becomes Esso Belgium” (p. 11); Port of Call : Saint John” (pp 12-14); “Get the driftwood...” (by Sid Martin, pp 15-16); plus fleet news. Tears to spine ends, sunned, else good. 30.00
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Inland Waterways of Belgium. in dj.

By: BENEST, E.E

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson, 1960,:

Seller ID: 35449

BENEST, E.E. Inland Waterways of Belgium. L: Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson, 1960. Pp 191, frontis., 4 pp plates. 8vo, black cloth. A practical cruising guide. Contents include: "Official Formalities for Entering the Inland Waterways"; "Navigational Notes"; "General Information"; "Some Through Routes"; "List of Rivers and Canals"; "Particulars of Rivers and Canals"; "Conversion Tables"; "Two Short Glossaries". Pencilling to rpep, adhesive marks to eps, else vg in dj. 40.00
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Interdisciplinary Study of Urban Bilingualism in Belgium

By: WITTE, Els and Hugo Baetens BEARDSMORE BEARDSMORE, Hugo Baetens Multilingual Matters 28

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Multilingual Matters Ltd., 1987, ISBN:0905028678:

Seller ID: 54585

WITTE, Els and Hugo Baetens BEARDSMORE. The Interdisciplinary Study of Urban Bilingualism in Belgium. Multilingual Matters 28. Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters Ltd., (1987). Pp. 241. light grey ill. card covers, maroon titles to front and spine. Small nick to head of spine, else vg. 35.00
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International Law of the Sea : A Bibliography.

By: PAPADAKIS, Nikos.

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Sijthoff and Noordhoff, Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, 1980, ISBN:9028602690.:

Seller ID: 103721

PAPADAKIS, Nikos. International Law of the Sea : A Bibliography. Alphen aanden Rijn, The Netherlands / Germantown, Maryland : Sijthoff and Noordhoff, 1980. Pp (6),vii-xvii,(1),1-457,(1). 8vo, blue & green cloth, lettered in white to front & spine. Arranged in nine parts: I. Introduction – The Marine Environment and the International Law of the Sea II. Maritime Zones and Maritime Jurisdiction III. The Legal Regime of the Sea-Bed and Subsoil Beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction IV. Marine Resources V. Protection and Preservation of the Marine Environment VI. Marine Scientific Research VI...
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International Racing Pigeons : History and Memoirs

By: TWOMBLY, George F. STASSART, Guillaume) CROPPER, Richard) LERENA, Perez)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Pigeon News, Medford, MA, 0,:

Seller ID: 97920

TWOMBLY, George F. International Racing Pigeons : History and Memoirs. Medford, MA: The Pigeon News, [n.d. - 1967?]. Pp. (1),2-192. Illustrated. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine. A selective survey of nearly fifty years of pigeon racing. Includes the author's article "Pure Logans" with information on a whole host of pairs and pigeon mating lists for 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1965, and 1966, as well as birds of the Rome Strain, the Belgian Imported Strain, and Show Racers. Also includes the following article...
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Is War Civilization? Authorized Translation by H.G. Wright.

By: NYROP, Christophe

Price: $30.00

Publisher: William Heinemann, London , 1917,:

Seller ID: 93435

NYROP, Christophe. Is War Civilization? Authorized Translation by H.G. Wright. London : William Heinemann, (1917). Pp [i]-vii,(1),1-256. 8vo, grey printed wrappers. Printed on cheap wartime paper. The author wages a “war against war.” Contents : 1. Moltke and Maupassant. 2. Belgium Past and Present.3. 'The Land That Will Not Die.' 4. The Destroyed University. 5. The Cathe dral of Rheims. 6. The manifesto. 7. The Enemies of Germany. 8. To Annex orNot to Annex? 9. Arrested Scholars. 10. Italy under the Yoke. 11. A Greeti ng from a Franciscan to Italy. 12. War and Language. 13. War and Religi...
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Jane's Civil and Military Aircraft Upgrades 1993-94. First Edition

By: MICHELL, Simon (ed.)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Jane's Information Group, Coulsdon, Surrey, 1992, ISBN:0710610467:

Seller ID: 108321

MICHELL, Simon (ed.). Jane's Civil and Military Aircraft Upgrades 1993-94. First Edition. Coulsdon, Surrey : Jane's Information Group, 1992. Pp (1),2-412,(4). Illustrated. Index. Triple Column. Folio, blue cloth, gil lettering to front board and spine. A biennial publication which covers aircraft still flying, but no longer in production. Each entry shows the original quantity built, specifications, manufacturer and history. The book details those which have been upgraded and those which remain unchanged. Contents : Argentina; Belgium; Brazil; Canada; Chikle; China, People's Republic; Czechosl...
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John Gabriel Stedman : A Study of his Life and Times. First Edition in dustjacket

By: THOMPSON, Stanbury STEDMAN, John Gabriel

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Thompson & Co. Publshers, Stapleford, Notts., 1966,:

Seller ID: 114648

THOMPSON, Stanbury. John Gabriel Stedman : A Study of his Life and Times. Stapleford, Notts.: Thompson & Co. Publshers, (1966). First Edition. Pp (6),7-139,(1), frontispiece + 8 pp plates + 2 folding leaves (family tree). 8vo, red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. "John Gabriel Stedman can be classed as a writer, a pioneer, of 18th century social history. He left behind him a Journal stocked full of prolific knowledge, a work both instructive and entertaining. Mignt well he be called a military Pepys. In his memoirs one or two interesting fragmcnents have been preserved on the magnanimous Wi...
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Journal of Private Fraser, 1914-1918, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Paperback Edition.

By: FRASER, Donald). Roy, Reginald H. ed. + with intro.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: CEF Books, Nepean, ON, 1998, ISBN:1896979289:

Seller ID: 111127

(FRASER, Donald). The Journal of Private Fraser : 1914-1918, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Edited with an Introducton by Reginald H. Roy. (Nepean, ON): CEF Books, (1998). First thus printing. Pp. (8),9-334,(2). Illustrated. 8vo, illustrated card covers with black spine, yellow lettering to front, yellow and white lettering to spine. "Dopnald Fraser was in many ways a typical soldier of the Great War. Like thousands of others he enthusiastically enlisted in 1914 to support his King and Country in the great European war.Fraser joined a locally raised Battalion at Calgary, Alberta, the 31st (...
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Know Your Allies

By: Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: P.F.L. Daniel, Paris, 0,:

Seller ID: 50945

(Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe). Know Your Allies. (Paris : Printed by P.F.L. Daniel), n.d. Pp 111. Illustrated in colour. Oblong 12mo, card covers. "This brochure [...] is published for the information and guidance of all Allied personnel." Iincludes colour illustrations of the uniforms and insignia of all Allied forces (Navy, Army, Air Force) in Europe - Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Covers stained and worn, previous owner's name and inscription, else very good. 50.00
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L'Architecture du Rêve. signed. TLS.

By: QUADENS, Olga WEST, Pat

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Éditions Peeters, Louvain, 1990, ISBN:9068312642:

Seller ID: 59540

QUADENS, Olga. L'Architecture du Rêve : Du Verveau à la Culture ; avec la collaboration de Pat West. Louvain: Éditions Peeters, (1990). Pp. 168. 8vo, illustrated white card covers. Minor spotting to rear cover, else vg. Errata slip laid in near front. Signed and inscribed by the author on the ffep. Typed letter signed by the author laid in at front. 35.00
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