walter austin directing editor (8 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A good copy of a scarce title with beautiful color maps, photographs, and illustrations. Many pages uncut. Tissue guards intact. Slight crack to spine at title page. Starting rear hinge. Offsetting to rear endpaper and rear pastedown. Some soiling to front endpaper. Frontispiece facing title page detached, along with preceding leaf describing the binding. An otherwise clean very good copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. This book is registered in the name of a 2 yr old boy presented by his father who was in the war. On facing page is a Tribute by Lord Byng of Vimy. Next (appears to be pasted in) is a certificate. "To the People of the BRITISH EMPIRE This to certify that the Records Bureau of the National Alumni Association has established that (prev owner) rendered patriotic service. Give his engagements, wounds and Demobilization in Toronto in 1919.Some staining (foxing?) from p 64 - 81. Otherwise clean and nice. Not all pages cut.Cover is red with gold decoration and lettering. Some wear upper spine. Large may require extra postage.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. Missing Volume 1. All 3 volumes have a degree of scuffing. All 3 have some chipping to boards at head of spine. Worn and rubbed corners. Age toned pages. Binding and hinges are strong.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A good copy of a scarce title with beautiful photographs. A few pages uncut. Tissue guards intact. Spine cracked between second rear endpaper and page describing the binding. A small black stain on rear cover (as pictured), on an otherwise very nice copy. F2962.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Indianapolis, IN: The American Legion, 1930. Seven Volumes. 1st edition, NF/. Vol. 1 has a somewhat loose first signature which is mostly separate material for a soldier who ordered this series personally. The other volumes have only some light edge wear. Each volume is illustrated with b & w plates.Volume one covers the causes and each volume after covers one year in the war. Volume seven: the aftermath in 1919, plus a Pronouncing Vocabulary (of place names), chronology, detailed bibliography, annotated subject and general indexes. Plus a 153 page article : The War with Germany: A Statistical Summary by Colonel Leonard P. Ayres. This is illustrated with diagrams, tables, graphs and a few maps. This is followed by: Some International Comparisons by Diagrams and Tables, and, finally, 16 pages of color maps. Nice copies, 3,151 total pp. GB.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Complete Seven Volume Leather Bound Registered Edition in the name of Mrs. Robert A. Wallace and signed by Robert Woodside, Commander-in-Chief. A comprehensive and readable source record of World War I with emphasis on important events. Each volume is a complete narrative in actual words of the chief officials and leaders. Dated 1920 on the copyright by The National Alumni. Due to the number of volumes, international shipping rate will be adjusted at time of purchase.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. Approx. 13000 Pp. 8vo. Registered edition. Complete 7 volume set. Publisher's leatherette hardcovers, gilt title/decoration on spine/front board, rear boards blind stamped, gilt upper leaf edges, illustrated text. Each binding design is modeled after the original art binding on the official copies of the Versailles Peace Treaty which were signed by heads of state and deposited in their respective government archives: V1; France, V2; Belgium, V3; England, V4; Italy, V5; Poland, V6; Uruguay, V7; Germany. V1 dedication page to owner for service during the war, certified by the American Legion, signed by Lemuel Bolles, national adjutant, and John R. Quinn, national commander. Within is a comprehensive and readable source record of World War I with emphasis on important events. Each volume is a complete narrative in actual words of the chief officials and leaders. Measures: 1.75 (12 overall) W x 6.75 D x 9.5 H inches. Provenance: Private William O. Winston, Jr. CONDITION NOTES: Fine-near fine; light wear not commensurate with age and use (e.g. slight gilt loss, light age-toned text pages), strong square spines/tight bindings, clean covers, springy boards. Appears unread. A gift quality set.

This set done for L. Gordon Hamersley, First Lieutenant 6th Filed Artillery First Division U.S. Army. Signed by the Registrar and J.W. davison, President War Board, N.A.A. Illustrated with full-page gravures with tissues guards over each. 7 vols. 8vo. Contains in Volume 1: How the Great War Arose; Volume 2:A.D. 1914; Vol. 3: A.D. 1915; Vol.4: A.D. 1916; Vol. 5: A.D. 1917; Vol. 6: A.D. 1918; Vol. 7: Reconstruction and the Peace Treaty, 1919. Cloth. Fine. each volume a facsimile of a famous binding (i.e. Vol.I "the original art binding of the official French copy of the Versailles Peace Treaty which was signed by President Poncaré and Pichon".) Fine Illustrated with full-page gravures with tissues guards over each. 7 vols. 8vo This set done for L. Gordon Hamersley, First Lieutenant 6th Filed Artillery First Division U.S. Army. Signed by the Registrar and J.W. davison, President War Board, N.A.A.