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A friend has a set of books he`s clearing out - many of these are in out of the wrapper condition and would make great additions to your library. Email me privately for the contact - he`s in the Ottawa area but can also do mail out to where you are.
He has pics of the covers and samples of the page quality and illustrations in the books so you can see what condition they are in
Terms - Cash up front - you will not be disappointed
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BMP-01 Nevill, Ralph. British Military Prints. The Connoisseur Publishing Company, London, 1909. Discusses the development of the military print, with specific mention of regiments and the evolution of dress and warfare. The 41-page discussion is followed by 72 pages of reproductions of prints, drawings, sketches, and oils that would have been available to the public of 1900. Contains 24, full page colour plates, with more than a hundred reproductions of prints in either rose or gray tones. Book has 28 pages devoted to advertising. All pages and prints present. Soft covered, red paper. Binding intact, some wear on the exterior spine. No dust cover. Pages 130.
UT-01 Smith, G. Oswald, editor. University of Toronto, Roll of Service, 1914 â “ 1918. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1921. Privately published by the University of Toronto to honour 6,000 former students who served Canada during the First World War. The Roll of Honour gives the biographies of more than 613 former students who were either killed in action or died on service. Each biographical gives full and given names, place and date of birth, including father's name. Academic and sporting achievements are stated, and where applicable, civilian occupation before taking up military service. These
background details are followed by a full paragraph outlining military service, with places and dates of service, honours and awards, cause of death, and name of cemetery. The Roll of Service presents abridged biographies of 5,651 persons; full name, academic achievement, military honours awarded, highest rank attained, and a summary of military service. Contains several appendices, including a 63-page listing of former students who returned to the university to continue their education. Hard cover, blue clothe, title on cover and spine with University crest on cover in gilt. Binding intact. No dust cover. Pages 603.
BM-01 Montreal, Bank of, Memorial of The Great War 1914-1918, A Record of Service. The Ronalds Press, Montreal, 1921. Privately published by the Bank of Montreal to honour 1,409 employees who served Canada during the First World War. The memorial book is divided into several sections. The first section, The Dead, records in photograph and word the biographies of 215 former staff members who died. The biographical sketches record date and place of birth, education, pre-war bank service, and outlines military service including highest rank attained and the final act of death. There are 16 additional biographies of war dead for which no photograph is available. Other sections of the memorial book include; the names and biographies of 102 persons who were decorated and received a Mention in Despatches, 24 sketches of personnel who were captured and
imprisoned by German and Axis powers, 251 biographies of personnel who were wounded, and a final section titled Other Enlistments. An alphabetical index of names is at the back of the book. The title spans a double page, with a steel engraving of a memorial angel surrounded by four soldiers forming an honour guard on the left side. An onionskin sheet covers the steel engraving. At the base of the onionskin is an overprinted memorial passage from The Dead. Hard cover, two tone brown and tan. Colour plate on cover. Binding intact. Dust cover. Pages 261.
CDN-01 Nicholson, G.W.L. Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1919. Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World War. Queen's Printer, Ottawa, 1962. The official account and record of the Canadian Expeditionary Force primarily in Europe, includes other theatres of operations: Mesopotamia, the Eastern Mediterranean, Newfoundland, and Canadians in Northern Russia and Siberia. The historical record is presented in 18 chapters, includes seven appendices, reference tables, and indexed. Book includes 15 colour maps (many are gate-fold), 55 black and white sketches showing battle dispositions, and 48 photographic and war artist illustrations. Hard cover, red clothe with title on spine and Canadian Army symbol on the cover in gilt. Binding intact. Dust cover. Pages 621.
CDN-02 Macphail, Andrew. The Medical Services, Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War 1914-19. King's Printer, Ottawa, 1925. The official account and record of medical service for the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Specific focus on the medical service from mobilization through training to deployment overseas to Salisbury Plain and to Western Europe. The medical response at the Somme, Vimy Ridge, and Passchendale. The development of the field ambulance and field hospital, meeting an ever-expanded requirement. Chapter 21 specifically examines disease of war, while Chapter 23 discusses poison gas. The account concludes a critique of the medical response at Amiens and Arras, and demobilization. One colour, gatefold map, indexed. Hard cover, dark-red clothe with title on spine and Canadian Coat of Arms on the cover in gilt. Binding intact. No dust cover. Pages 428.
CDN-03 Stacey, C.P. Volume I. Six Years of War. The Army in Canada, Britain and the Pacific. Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War. Queen's Printer, Ottawa, 1966. The official account and record of the Canadian Army from the eve of war through mobilization in 1939, its recruitment and training, and operations overseas. Specific focus is on raiding and operations including Spitsbergen and Dieppe, the war against Japan, the campaign in the Aleutians, and others. The historical record is presented in three parts covering a total of 16 chapters. Book includes seven colour maps (several are gatefold), 10 appendices, reference tables and indexed, seven black and white sketches, and 39 photographic and war artist illustrations. Hard cover, red clothe with title on spine and Canadian Army symbol on the cover in gilt. Binding intact. Dust cover. Pages 629.
CDN-04 Nicholson, G.W.L. Volume II. The Canadians in Italy 1943-1945. Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War. Queen's Printer, Ottawa, 1966. The official account and record of the Canadian Army for the Italian Campaign. Specific focus commences with the Allied decision to invade Sicily, the invasion and campaign in Sicily, the invasion of the Italian mainland, from Calabria to the Foggia Plain, the Fortore and Biferno Rivers, the Upper Sangro, Ortona, the Battle for Rome, the advance to Florence, breaking the Gothic Line, the Battle of the Rimini Line, the Lombard Plain, and so forth. The historical record is presented in 20 chapters, includes four appendices, 25 colour maps (many are gate-fold), 14 black and white sketches, and 53 photographs and war artist illustrations. Hard cover, red clothe with title on spine and Canadian Army symbol on the cover in gilt. Binding intact. Dust cover. Pages 807.
CDN-05 Stacey, C.P. Volume III. The Victory Campaign, The Operations in North-West Europe 1944-1945. Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War. Queen's Printer, Ottawa, 1966. The official account and record of the Canadian Army for the North-West European campaign. Specific focus commences with the development of the plan to invade Europe, the Canadian Army's involvement in the invasion planning, a summation of the German position in France, the plan of attack, the Normandy Landing and Bridgehead Battle, the battle for Caen and Bourguebus, the Falaise Road, pursuit across the Seine, the battle for Antwerp and Arnhem, the Scheldt, the Battle of the Rhineland, and so forth to the German surrender. The historical record is presented in 24 chapters, includes seven appendices, 14 colour maps (many are gate-fold), 49 black and white sketches, and 39 photographs and war artist illustrations. Hard cover, red clothe with title on spine and Canadian Army symbol on the cover in gilt. Dust cover. Binding intact. Pages 770.
Note: CDN-03, CDN-04, and CDN-05 are sold as a set.
CDN-06 Feasby, W.R. Volume I. Organization and Campaigns, Official History of the Canadian Medical Services 1939-1945. Queen's Printer, Ottawa, 1956. The official account and record of the Canadian Medical Services, in 32 chapters, from eve of war, through mobilization and training, to its deployment in various operations. Included in account are chapters linking the role of the Medical Service with the Canadian Red Cross and the St John Ambulance. The book includes six appendices, eight charts, 25 photographs, five colour reproductions by war artists, 10 colour maps (several are gate-fold), and seven maps in black and white. Indexed. Hard cover, red-brown clothe with title on spine and Canadian Coat of Arms symbol on the cover in gilt. Dust cover. Binding intact. Pages 568.
CDN-07 Feasby, W.R. Volume II. Clinical Subjects, Official History of the Canadian Medical Services 1939-1945. Queen's Printer, Ottawa, 1953. The official account and record of the Canadian Medical Services, covered in 35 chapters. The book examines a wide range of human conditions from infectious diseases to reparative surgery. Special chapters are dedicated to medical research Chapters 34 and 35 present an array of medical data in tables. Included in the book are five colour reproductions by war artists, and seven photographs. Indexed. Hard cover, red-brown clothe with title on spine and Canadian Coat of Arms symbol on the cover in gilt. Dust cover. Binding intact. Pages 537.
Note: CDN-06 and CDN-07 are sold as a set.
DEN-01 Jackson, H.M. The Story of the Royal Canadian Dental Corps. Industrial Shops for the Deaf, Montreal, 1956. Privately printed, official regimental account and record of the Royal Canadian Dental Corps. The 26 chapters commence with dental service for the Great War of 1914-19 through the post-war period, the Corps response to mobilization in 1939. Specific chapters discuss the Corps and its operations in North Africa, Sicily and Italy, Normandy and North-West Europe, Germany, and so forth. The book includes 15 appendices, 11 full-page black and white photographs, and at the rear, 184 pages of biographical details listing units, personnel, employment of women, and so forth. Hard cover, green clothe with title on the cover and spine and the Corps insignia on the cover in gilt. Fading to gilt. Binding intact. No dust cover. Pages 475.
CDN-08 Schull, Joseph. The Far Distant Ships. An Official Account of Canadian Naval Operations in the Second World War. Queen's Printer, Ottawa, 1952. The official account and record of the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. The historical account commences with a discussion of the Navy on the eve of battle, through mobilization and training, operations in specific theatres, from the North Atlantic through flotilla and escort duty, response to the German U-boat, and so forth. The historical record is presented in 18 chapters, includes four appendices, 26 maps (both colour and black and white), and 30 full-page, black and white photographs and war artist illustrations. Hard cover, dark blue clothe with title and anchor symbol in gilt on the cover and spine. Fading to gilt. Binding intact. Dust cover. Pages 527.
SIM-01 Carman, W.Y. Richard Simkin's Uniforms of the British Army, The Cavalry Regiments. Webb & Bower, Exeter, 1982. Victoria-era compilation of artist Richard Simkin's British cavalry regiments, their dress and uniforms. A presentation of 118, full-colour plates with authoritative text associated with each regiment and plate. There are three appendices, a glossary, and bibliography. Indexed. Hard cover, black board with title on cover and spine in gilt. Dust cover. Binding intact. Pages 224.
SIM-02 Carman, W.Y. Richard Simkin's Uniforms of the British Army, Infantry, Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and other corps. Webb & Bower, Exeter, 1985. Victorian-era compilation of Richard Simkin's British infantry regiments and corps, their dress and uniforms. A presentation of 103, full-colour plates with authoritative text associated with each regiment and corps. There are three appendices, a glossary, and bibliography. Indexed. Hard cover, black board with title on cover and spine in gilt. Dust cover. Binding intact. Pages 224.
Note: SIM-01 and SIM-02 are sold as a set.
He has pics of the covers and samples of the page quality and illustrations in the books so you can see what condition they are in
Terms - Cash up front - you will not be disappointed
The BOOK LIST is also attached to this message
BMP-01 Nevill, Ralph. British Military Prints. The Connoisseur Publishing Company, London, 1909. Discusses the development of the military print, with specific mention of regiments and the evolution of dress and warfare. The 41-page discussion is followed by 72 pages of reproductions of prints, drawings, sketches, and oils that would have been available to the public of 1900. Contains 24, full page colour plates, with more than a hundred reproductions of prints in either rose or gray tones. Book has 28 pages devoted to advertising. All pages and prints present. Soft covered, red paper. Binding intact, some wear on the exterior spine. No dust cover. Pages 130.
UT-01 Smith, G. Oswald, editor. University of Toronto, Roll of Service, 1914 â “ 1918. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1921. Privately published by the University of Toronto to honour 6,000 former students who served Canada during the First World War. The Roll of Honour gives the biographies of more than 613 former students who were either killed in action or died on service. Each biographical gives full and given names, place and date of birth, including father's name. Academic and sporting achievements are stated, and where applicable, civilian occupation before taking up military service. These
background details are followed by a full paragraph outlining military service, with places and dates of service, honours and awards, cause of death, and name of cemetery. The Roll of Service presents abridged biographies of 5,651 persons; full name, academic achievement, military honours awarded, highest rank attained, and a summary of military service. Contains several appendices, including a 63-page listing of former students who returned to the university to continue their education. Hard cover, blue clothe, title on cover and spine with University crest on cover in gilt. Binding intact. No dust cover. Pages 603.
BM-01 Montreal, Bank of, Memorial of The Great War 1914-1918, A Record of Service. The Ronalds Press, Montreal, 1921. Privately published by the Bank of Montreal to honour 1,409 employees who served Canada during the First World War. The memorial book is divided into several sections. The first section, The Dead, records in photograph and word the biographies of 215 former staff members who died. The biographical sketches record date and place of birth, education, pre-war bank service, and outlines military service including highest rank attained and the final act of death. There are 16 additional biographies of war dead for which no photograph is available. Other sections of the memorial book include; the names and biographies of 102 persons who were decorated and received a Mention in Despatches, 24 sketches of personnel who were captured and
imprisoned by German and Axis powers, 251 biographies of personnel who were wounded, and a final section titled Other Enlistments. An alphabetical index of names is at the back of the book. The title spans a double page, with a steel engraving of a memorial angel surrounded by four soldiers forming an honour guard on the left side. An onionskin sheet covers the steel engraving. At the base of the onionskin is an overprinted memorial passage from The Dead. Hard cover, two tone brown and tan. Colour plate on cover. Binding intact. Dust cover. Pages 261.
CDN-01 Nicholson, G.W.L. Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1919. Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World War. Queen's Printer, Ottawa, 1962. The official account and record of the Canadian Expeditionary Force primarily in Europe, includes other theatres of operations: Mesopotamia, the Eastern Mediterranean, Newfoundland, and Canadians in Northern Russia and Siberia. The historical record is presented in 18 chapters, includes seven appendices, reference tables, and indexed. Book includes 15 colour maps (many are gate-fold), 55 black and white sketches showing battle dispositions, and 48 photographic and war artist illustrations. Hard cover, red clothe with title on spine and Canadian Army symbol on the cover in gilt. Binding intact. Dust cover. Pages 621.
CDN-02 Macphail, Andrew. The Medical Services, Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War 1914-19. King's Printer, Ottawa, 1925. The official account and record of medical service for the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Specific focus on the medical service from mobilization through training to deployment overseas to Salisbury Plain and to Western Europe. The medical response at the Somme, Vimy Ridge, and Passchendale. The development of the field ambulance and field hospital, meeting an ever-expanded requirement. Chapter 21 specifically examines disease of war, while Chapter 23 discusses poison gas. The account concludes a critique of the medical response at Amiens and Arras, and demobilization. One colour, gatefold map, indexed. Hard cover, dark-red clothe with title on spine and Canadian Coat of Arms on the cover in gilt. Binding intact. No dust cover. Pages 428.
CDN-03 Stacey, C.P. Volume I. Six Years of War. The Army in Canada, Britain and the Pacific. Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War. Queen's Printer, Ottawa, 1966. The official account and record of the Canadian Army from the eve of war through mobilization in 1939, its recruitment and training, and operations overseas. Specific focus is on raiding and operations including Spitsbergen and Dieppe, the war against Japan, the campaign in the Aleutians, and others. The historical record is presented in three parts covering a total of 16 chapters. Book includes seven colour maps (several are gatefold), 10 appendices, reference tables and indexed, seven black and white sketches, and 39 photographic and war artist illustrations. Hard cover, red clothe with title on spine and Canadian Army symbol on the cover in gilt. Binding intact. Dust cover. Pages 629.
CDN-04 Nicholson, G.W.L. Volume II. The Canadians in Italy 1943-1945. Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War. Queen's Printer, Ottawa, 1966. The official account and record of the Canadian Army for the Italian Campaign. Specific focus commences with the Allied decision to invade Sicily, the invasion and campaign in Sicily, the invasion of the Italian mainland, from Calabria to the Foggia Plain, the Fortore and Biferno Rivers, the Upper Sangro, Ortona, the Battle for Rome, the advance to Florence, breaking the Gothic Line, the Battle of the Rimini Line, the Lombard Plain, and so forth. The historical record is presented in 20 chapters, includes four appendices, 25 colour maps (many are gate-fold), 14 black and white sketches, and 53 photographs and war artist illustrations. Hard cover, red clothe with title on spine and Canadian Army symbol on the cover in gilt. Binding intact. Dust cover. Pages 807.
CDN-05 Stacey, C.P. Volume III. The Victory Campaign, The Operations in North-West Europe 1944-1945. Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War. Queen's Printer, Ottawa, 1966. The official account and record of the Canadian Army for the North-West European campaign. Specific focus commences with the development of the plan to invade Europe, the Canadian Army's involvement in the invasion planning, a summation of the German position in France, the plan of attack, the Normandy Landing and Bridgehead Battle, the battle for Caen and Bourguebus, the Falaise Road, pursuit across the Seine, the battle for Antwerp and Arnhem, the Scheldt, the Battle of the Rhineland, and so forth to the German surrender. The historical record is presented in 24 chapters, includes seven appendices, 14 colour maps (many are gate-fold), 49 black and white sketches, and 39 photographs and war artist illustrations. Hard cover, red clothe with title on spine and Canadian Army symbol on the cover in gilt. Dust cover. Binding intact. Pages 770.
Note: CDN-03, CDN-04, and CDN-05 are sold as a set.
CDN-06 Feasby, W.R. Volume I. Organization and Campaigns, Official History of the Canadian Medical Services 1939-1945. Queen's Printer, Ottawa, 1956. The official account and record of the Canadian Medical Services, in 32 chapters, from eve of war, through mobilization and training, to its deployment in various operations. Included in account are chapters linking the role of the Medical Service with the Canadian Red Cross and the St John Ambulance. The book includes six appendices, eight charts, 25 photographs, five colour reproductions by war artists, 10 colour maps (several are gate-fold), and seven maps in black and white. Indexed. Hard cover, red-brown clothe with title on spine and Canadian Coat of Arms symbol on the cover in gilt. Dust cover. Binding intact. Pages 568.
CDN-07 Feasby, W.R. Volume II. Clinical Subjects, Official History of the Canadian Medical Services 1939-1945. Queen's Printer, Ottawa, 1953. The official account and record of the Canadian Medical Services, covered in 35 chapters. The book examines a wide range of human conditions from infectious diseases to reparative surgery. Special chapters are dedicated to medical research Chapters 34 and 35 present an array of medical data in tables. Included in the book are five colour reproductions by war artists, and seven photographs. Indexed. Hard cover, red-brown clothe with title on spine and Canadian Coat of Arms symbol on the cover in gilt. Dust cover. Binding intact. Pages 537.
Note: CDN-06 and CDN-07 are sold as a set.
DEN-01 Jackson, H.M. The Story of the Royal Canadian Dental Corps. Industrial Shops for the Deaf, Montreal, 1956. Privately printed, official regimental account and record of the Royal Canadian Dental Corps. The 26 chapters commence with dental service for the Great War of 1914-19 through the post-war period, the Corps response to mobilization in 1939. Specific chapters discuss the Corps and its operations in North Africa, Sicily and Italy, Normandy and North-West Europe, Germany, and so forth. The book includes 15 appendices, 11 full-page black and white photographs, and at the rear, 184 pages of biographical details listing units, personnel, employment of women, and so forth. Hard cover, green clothe with title on the cover and spine and the Corps insignia on the cover in gilt. Fading to gilt. Binding intact. No dust cover. Pages 475.
CDN-08 Schull, Joseph. The Far Distant Ships. An Official Account of Canadian Naval Operations in the Second World War. Queen's Printer, Ottawa, 1952. The official account and record of the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. The historical account commences with a discussion of the Navy on the eve of battle, through mobilization and training, operations in specific theatres, from the North Atlantic through flotilla and escort duty, response to the German U-boat, and so forth. The historical record is presented in 18 chapters, includes four appendices, 26 maps (both colour and black and white), and 30 full-page, black and white photographs and war artist illustrations. Hard cover, dark blue clothe with title and anchor symbol in gilt on the cover and spine. Fading to gilt. Binding intact. Dust cover. Pages 527.
SIM-01 Carman, W.Y. Richard Simkin's Uniforms of the British Army, The Cavalry Regiments. Webb & Bower, Exeter, 1982. Victoria-era compilation of artist Richard Simkin's British cavalry regiments, their dress and uniforms. A presentation of 118, full-colour plates with authoritative text associated with each regiment and plate. There are three appendices, a glossary, and bibliography. Indexed. Hard cover, black board with title on cover and spine in gilt. Dust cover. Binding intact. Pages 224.
SIM-02 Carman, W.Y. Richard Simkin's Uniforms of the British Army, Infantry, Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and other corps. Webb & Bower, Exeter, 1985. Victorian-era compilation of Richard Simkin's British infantry regiments and corps, their dress and uniforms. A presentation of 103, full-colour plates with authoritative text associated with each regiment and corps. There are three appendices, a glossary, and bibliography. Indexed. Hard cover, black board with title on cover and spine in gilt. Dust cover. Binding intact. Pages 224.
Note: SIM-01 and SIM-02 are sold as a set.
