Comte Lancelot TURPIN DE CRISSE

Memoires de Montecuculi

Chez Arkstée et Merkus, A Amsterdam & à Leipzig 1770, In-8 (12,5x20cm), XXIV, 398pp. (2) et (4) 432pp. (2) et (4) 493pp. (3), relié.

New illustrated edition of a frontispiece portrait, 3 title vignettes, and 41 folding plates
Binding full brown calf vintage. Back with ornate nerves. title label of beige morocco, piece of tomaison of black sheepskin. Missed at the head of Volume 2 filled. Epidermures on boards reglacé with [...]

1 200 €

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Alexander Cavalié MERCER

Journal de la campagne de Waterloo

Plon, Paris 1933, 13x19,5cm, broché.

First edition of the French translation, one of 38 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, only leading copies.
Small marginal tears without gravity on the boards,
Pleasant copy at all margins illustrated with 8 inset cards and 2 sketches in the text.

300 €

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First edition, Signed book

Lucien JONAS

Verdun Mars-Avril 1916

Dorbon-ainé, Paris 1916, 24,5x32cm, reliure de l'éditeur.

First edition, one of 95 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, head print after 18 Holland paper and 30 clear vellum chamois Navarre off trade.
Bound half marquetry marbled burgundy corners, back with five nerves, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, covers and back [...]

1 500 €

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First edition

Utagawa SADAHIDE

Kawanakajima gunkan (Batailles de l'île Kawanaka)

Sadahide 1860 (S.d), 12x18cm, 50 feuillets., broché.

First edition consisting of 50 illustrated sheets including many scenes on double page. The author of the text could not be identified.
Japanese binding in acordon. Title label with several gaps. Folds on the blue embossed cover.
The battles on Kawanaka Island took place in 1550-1560 [...]

700 €

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Jean-Jacques SUSINI

Histoire de l'O.A.S. Tome I (seul paru)

La Table Ronde, Paris 1963, 16,5x23cm, broché.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, only leading copies.
Small stains and bites on the witnesses of some sheets, a small wetness at the head of the first board.
Rare copy at all margins of the only volume published.

250 €

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First edition, Signed book

Tristan BERNARD

Le poil civil du N°1 au N°15, collection complète

Le Poil civil, Paris Avril-Juillet 1915, 12,5x18,5cm, 15 fascicules relié en 1 volume.

First edition and complete collection of this magazine exclusively animated by Tristan Bernard at the same time editor-in-chief, leader, chief of the echoes, military critic and manager.
Binding in full white percaline, smooth back, rectangles of red and blue percaline in margins of boards, [...]

300 €

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First edition, Signed book

Herbert George WELLS

War and the future. Italy, France, Britain at war

Cassell and Company, LondonNew YorkTorontoMelbourne 1917, 13,5x20,5cm, reliure de l'éditeur.

War and the Future. Italy, France, Britain at War

Second issue, printed in March-April 1917, one month after the first edition published in February of the same [...]

4 500 €

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First edition

André DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC

Notes prises au front

Société littéraire de France, Paris 1917, 26,5x35,5cm, en feuilles sous chemise à lacets.

First edition consisting of a series of 12 boards illustrated drawings of Dunoyer de Segonzac, one of six numbered copies on China, head print.
Publisher's shirt in half red percaline, smooth back mute, flat cardboard cream, label of title glued on the first board, shirt full of all its [...]

800 €

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