World Army, Signed (26 results)

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, printed end sheets. 8vo. 8½'' x 6¼''. Contains 160 pp with colour and monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper. SIGNED by the author to the half-title page 'Malcolm Brown'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Housed in Fine condition marble paper covered open-fronted slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. Illustrated With Photographs (illustrator). Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight); some wear (some rubbing, tiny chips & tears) d/j. 8vo., yellow cloth in dust jacket; 133 pages First Edition. With a rare signed presentation from one of the French Resistance Fighters mentioned in the book on the front endpaper. In French but a rough translation is "To my little sister [illegible name], remembering the bad hours of the war spent together. Bacher [another illegible name, possibly her married name?]. `Baddah'. page 13.". Possibly to Bacher's own sister? Desoline Bacher (aka ?Buddah?) has her involvement in the French Resistance cited on page 13, which she has highlighted by an ink line down the margin. She had also marked her listing in the Index, while someone, presumably her, has also made a spelling correction on page 125. [See scans]. Bacher worked as a secretary at the French Embassy from 1951 until her retirement in 1983. A native of Corsica, she received citations for her efforts in the French Resistance. She died in 1996. Signed.

FOTO (Repro, in SS-Uniform mit Ritterkreuz), EIGENHÄNDIG SIGNIERT.

Eigenhändiger Brief (1 S. 4°) mit Ort,Datum, Unterschrift signiert - über die Wa-SS, Kriegsrechtfertigung. Gelsenkirchen, 21.2.02.

Kurzbiographie (1 S. ca. 8°, aus Der Landser geschnitten,aufgezogen) mit seinem Porträt in Uniform und eigenhändiger Unterschrift signiert (dito : Repro-Porträtfoto (in Uniform mit Ritterkreuz) eigenhändig signiert Euro 45,-).

Porträtfoto (in Uniform mit RK), eigenhändig signiert.

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 320 pp with two maps, monochrome archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'Malcolm Brown'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Housed in Fine condition marble paper covered open-fronted slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).

Condition: Very good. - Letter penned in black ink & filling all 4 sides of a sheet of letterhead folded once to form 4 black-bordered sides, each 6-3/4 inches high by 5-1/8 inches wide. The address where Hoskins is staying is printed at the top. Signed "Reginald Hoskins". There is a light paper-clip mark to the top edge of each side & the recipient's "date answered" stamp is is on the first side at top right. Folded once for mailing. Together with a sample brochure promoting a previous Hoskins lecture tour. Also with a carbon copy of the recipient's reply. Near fine. Hoskins writes to J.B. Pond of the Pond Lecture Bureau, following up on their discussion of a possible American lecture tour. He is about to leave for London and wonders if the financial arrangements will make it feasible for him to return for an extended tour. "I know that it is not easy to foresee with any certainty what sort of a success financially can be made and you quite understood my disinclination to return on an off chance."Major-General Sir Arthur Reginald Hoskins [1871-1942] was a senior British Army officer during the First World War. Hoskins served in the army from 1891 to 1923. Prior to World War I he saw active service In in the Dongola Expedition, the Mahdist War, the Second Boer War and the Somaliland Campaign. In September 1914 he was recalled from East Africa, where he was acting as Inspector of the Kings Africa Rifles, and joined the 8th Division, then engaged on the Western Front. He was given command of the 8th Brigade in 1915 and in early 1916 was transferred to the East African Campaign. He became Commander-in-Chief of British Forces in East Africa in 1917, later serving as commander of the 3rd (Lahore) Division in Mesopotamia and Palestine for the remainder of the war.

First edition thus hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Previously issued in an expensive limited edition in 1939 by Golden Cockerel Press, this issue with new editorial material by Malcolm Brown. Contains (viii), 279 pp with monochrome archive photographs to the central pages. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'Malcolm Brown'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. T. E. Lawrence Society pamphlet loosely inserted. Housed in Fine condition marble paper covered open-fronted slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).

Grosses Repro-Porträtfoto (kl. 8°, in Uniform mit Ritterkreuz), eigenhändig signiert (Alterssignatur) (dito : Bütten-Autogrammkarte (mit Abbildung des Ritterkreuzes) mit eigenhändiger Unterschrift signiert Euro 25,-).

Repro-Porträtfoto (in Marine-Uniform mit Ritterkreuz), etwas blass eigenhändig signiert mit Datum 13.-06.2003.

Repro-Porträtfoto (in Uniform), vorderseitig eigenhändig signiert.

Repro-Porträtfoto, eigenhändig signiert , dazu biographische Beilage (dito : Landser-Kurzbiographir,8° mit eigenhändiger Unterschrift neben seinem Porträtbild in Uniform, für Euro 30,-).

Repro-Porträtfoto (in Uniform mit Ritterkreuz), vorder- und rückseitig doppelt eigenhändig signiert.

Repro-Porträtfoto (in Uniform mit Ritterkreuz mit Eichenlaub), eigenhändig signiert.

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original tawny brown cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9'' x 5½''. When Belgium capitulated, and he was held in camps in Germany and France. On 10 January 1941, he was repatriated to Belgium. After release in German-occupied Belgium, he met his former colleague sergeant-pilot Léon Divoy, and they briefly planned to build an aircraft with which to escape to England. Contains Sir William Rothenstein frontispiece drawing of Michael Donnet, sketched in 1943, (xi), 108 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Touch of foxing to the text block edges. Very Good condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Number 152 of 997 flown cover SIGNED 'Mike Donnet' and Cadet 'Leon Divoy' to the front cover. 13.6.75 Belgium post marked stamp, reverse signed by W. S. O. Randle, Royal Air Forces Escaping Society, + 2 other stamps 'Municipal Airport 14 June, 1975 Southend-on-Sea' and 'Royal Air Forces Escaping Society, 16.6.1975', one cachet insert. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Housed in Fine condition marble paper covered open-fronted slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. WORLD WAR II (Second).

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original deep russet cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, blind publisher's device to the front board, orange paper end sheets. Square 4to. 11'' x 10''. Contains 208 pp with 195, 54 in colour, archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. SIGNED by the author to the half-title page 'Malcolm Brown'. Housed in Fine condition marble paper covered open-fronted slip case. Heavy volume weighing 2 kg, extra postage will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside of the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, water-marked silk end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains [xii] 403 printed pages of text with archive monochrome photographs throughout. Near Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with sun fading down the spine and across the op of the rear cover, not price clipped. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'For John Badock (Royal Signals), a comrade-in-arms - From Tony Farrar-Hockley'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0246640596 MILITARY (Armed Warfare).

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original strawberry cloth cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered in gilt and black, end paper maps. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 285 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Tiny ink squiggle to the verso of the front free end paper. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with rubbing to the spine tips and corners, red band across the spine sun faded, not price clipped + corner mounted close cut signature on light blue sugar paper of the period and probably from a souvenir | autograph book to the title page SIGNED 'Gort' + mounted period monochrome photograph. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. VICTORIA CROSS AWARDS.

Condition: Fine. First edition full black crushed cape levant morocco by Zaehnsdorf, the spine divided into six panels, lettered in the second and third, cannon design to the front cover in gilt with orange and red onlay, all page edges gilt, gilt crown lines and silk headbands, ruled gilt board edges, wide gilt turn-ins, stamp signed in gilt on front turn-in 'Bound by Zaehnsdorf, London, England', brown, cream and beige marble end sheets. 4to. 10'' x 7¼''. Hand written number 154 of 265 (numbers 251-265 were not for sale) Limited Edition copies SIGNED by the author 'Montgomery of Alamein' to the limitation leaf. Contains 584 printed pages of text with colour plates, maps and battle plans throughout. Fine condition book in publisher's original clamshell, fleece lined cream cloth covered case with later title labels to the spine, with small handling marks to the case. Heavy volume weighing 2.5 kg, extra postage and insurance will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. WORLD WAR II (Second).

7½'' x 4½'' No. 979 of 1000 Limited Edition British East African Campaign | 19 January - 27 November 1941 Flown Cover flown cover SIGNED to the front cover 'Eric Wilson V.C.' Certification signed by Group Captain W. S. O. Randle to the rear + three cachet inserts + 5'' x 3'' white card SIGNED 'Eric Wilson V.C. | Somaliland Camel Corps'. Most unusual for E. C. T. Wilson to have added 'Somaliland Camel Corps' underneath his autograph. Two Certificates of Authenticity (one for each signature) also enclosed. The formal citation for Wilson's VC, published in the London Gazette in October 1940 when he was still presumed dead, reads: 'The KING has been pleased to approve of the award of The Victoria Cross to: Lieutenant (acting Captain) Eric Charles Twelves Wilson, The East Surrey Regiment (attached Somaliland Camel Corps). For most conspicuous gallantry on active service in Somaliland. Captain Wilson was in command of machine-gun posts manned by Somali soldiers in the key position of Observation Hill, a defended post in the defensive organisation of the Tug Argan Gap in British Somaliland. Member of the P.B.F.A. VICTORIA CROSS AWARDS.

The topic of this material is wartime training (in part during the Blitz) of sergeants for 'Search Light Control' or SLC (nicknamed 'Elsie'). A larger archive of similar material from the papers of Sgt. J. L. B. Royall on the same theme is offered separately. Sixteen items, a few of which are discoloured and creased, but the collection being in good overall condition. The first three items are in manuscript (i.e. Royall's autograph). The first two are interesting for the contrast between the accounts they give of the morale of those on the SLC course; and the third reports an arrest of two men found in a vehicle. Item Four is an typed circular, signed by Lt B. Dale, RA, discussing a first sergeants' course at regimental HQ. Item Five is a detailed programme of a four-day 'S/L Battery. S.L.C. School'. Items Six to Sixteen are duplicated information sheets for the course. ONE: Manuscript 'Report on Site MPHIO LONGCOT / Arrived: 12.30 HRS, 7.8.42. Left - 20:00 HRS 8.8.42.' 7 to 8 August 1942. Closely written on 1p, small 4to. Divided into: SLC. Personnel available; Weather; SLC Knowledge; Manning Drill; Suggestions; Air Co-op; Morale. The last reads: 'Men are very interested in SLC, and have considerable confidence in its additional training and knowledge should improve this, especially when they know the results of their work in illumination. TWO: Manuscript 'Report Site M.P.H. OY LYFORD / Arrived approx 10:15 hrs 17.8.42. - Left 16:15 hrs 31st.8.42'. 17 to 31 August 1942. Divided much like the earlier list, but with 'Casual Aircraft' instead of 'Suggestions', and after 'Air Co-op' two sections added: 'Maintenance' and '8. AA. Trng Inst No. 2 Y. S/L:- "Target too fast" stage practiced.' 'Morale' moved to the end, and reading: 'Men do not seem to show quite the same amount of interest in S.L.C. as was shown on other sites, and do not seem so interested in training.' THREE: Manuscript statement that two soldiers, a sergeant and a private (all of whose details are given) have been 'Placed under Open Arrest by 2/Lt Williams / Brought in by L/Bdr Milford G.T. No:- 1461203. Who stated he found them in a vehicle (Mt. Bty) on the parade ground.' 1p, 12mo. On reverse of part of duplicated typed list of 'No 4 Detachment. No. 3 Troop, 533rd Searchlight Battery, Royal Artillery.' A list of eighteen individuals, with title, number, rank and name. From 'Detachment Commander, L/Sjt 6825478 L/Sjt Arbuthnot, H. F.' to 'Telephonist & W. T. 1703950 Gnr White, F.' FOUR: Typed Circular Letter Signed by 'B Dale / Lt RA / for O Comd 392 SL Bty RA'. 6 October 1943; from Lyndhurst. 'Subject: Trg - Sjts'. 1p, 12mo. Describing the results of the 'first S[er]j[ean]ts Course at Regtl HQ', over twenty-four lines divided into four points. 'The course was very short, but is thought to have been successful. It can only be looked upon as a preliminary and it is hoped to follow it up by more advanced series at a later date. All Sjts entered into the course with extreme keenness and as I was NOT able to see them at the end of the course I would like my appreciation of this passed on to them.' FIVE: 'Programme' headed: 392 S/L Battery. S.L.C. School.' 1p, landscape 12mo. Signed by 'R. Z. [Lahancey?] / Lieut. R.A. / C. I/C TRAINING "D" TROOP'. Dated 28 November 1942; Romsey. Gives times over four days of more than thirty topics covered, from 'Identification of Components / Maintenance' to 'Fault finding'. Note at foot: 'Administration. The above programme is subject to alteration for weather etc reasons. / Personnel on course will be available to the site D. C. for sentry duties during the hours of darkness.' SIX: 'Scheme "3" / Administration. 1p, foolscap 8vo. Dated at end 17 March 1941. With stamp of the SWSAA at top right, with the name 'SGT. J. L. B. ROYALL' added in manuscript. 2pp, foolscap 8vo. SEVEN: 'P.P.S. No. PLOT/5. / Lesson. Site Procedure - 14 and 15. / Take post, downward plot, upward plot.' Dated at top left: 6 May 1942. With facsimile of drawn diagr.

A complete set of the original official US Army wartime reports, handsomely produced, the personal copies of General Brehon Burke Somervell (1892-1955), George Marshall's commander of Services of Supply, the first two being presentation copies from Marshall, the cover of each volume gilt lettered with Somervell's name and rank. Services of Supply was one of the three "superagencies" organized by the US Army after the United States's entry into the war in December 1941 - the other two being Army Ground Forces and Army Air Forces - and gathered under its overarching aegis, Quartermaster Corps, Chemical Warfare Service, Signal Corps, Corps of Engineers, Ordnance Department, Medical Corps, and Transportation Corps. "General George C. Marshall, the army's chief of staff during World War II, held Somervell in high regard for his ability to perform monumental tasks and was willing to overlook his penchant for antagonizing others. "What he did was a miracle," said Marshall in a postwar interview. The U.S. Army in World War II was probably the best-supplied army that had ever gone to war. Much of the credit for that accomplishment goes to Somervell, who provided the "sinews of war" for a military effort that literally spanned the globe" (American National Biography). Somervell is mentioned directly by Marshall in his concluding remarks to the first volume, where he notes, "The requirements of logistics are seldom understood. The burdens they impose on the responsible military authorities are rarely appreciated. The conflicting demands of our theater commanders, of Allied sovereign powers, and of the home front, pose difficulties never before approximated in war. The necessity for a high degree of efficiency in management is evident and it has been found in the coordination of all the various supplies and administrative departments of the Army, under the command and leadership of Lt. Gen. Brehon B. Somervell). "Published at two-year intervals, these reports provide a comprehensive picture of global war as seen from the perspective of the Chief of Staff. The first report describes the race to mobilize an unprepared country and Marshall's appeal on the eve of war for the renewal of Selective Service, a reminder of how far the U.S. Army had to come to meet the Axis challenge. The second recounts the initial defeats after Pearl Harbor and the ultimately successful efforts of the United States and its Allies to turn the tide. The final report describes the drive to victory and outlines Marshall's analysis of the reasons for the Allied triumph. Summaries give an overall view of the progress of the war, but the scholar and military professional will find most interesting Marshall's comments on such topics as technology, the "90-division gamble," the replacement system, troop morale and the citizen-soldier, and demobilization. These comments and the other material presented in the reports provide not only a fresh perspective on the myriad problems of conducting a global war at the highest levels but also renewed appreciation for the man whom Churchill appropriately called 'the organiser of victory'" (Brigadier-General John W. Mountcastle, foreword to the 1996 Center of Military History edition). This is a set of the scarce original edition produced by the United States Government Printing Office in Washington; trade editions were also produced, by the Infantry Journal Press in the US and HMSO in Britain. The set comprises: Biennial Report of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, July 1, 1941, to June 30, 1943, to the Secretary of War. Octavo, pp. v, 56. 6 folding maps and 19 folding charts. Presentation copy from General George Marshall, inscribed on a preliminary blank: 'To General Somervell, with appreciation and warm regard, G. Marshall". Biennial Report of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army to the Secretary of War, July 1, 1943, to June 30, 1945, to the Secretary of War' Quarto, pp. iii, 123., bound with the supplementary Atlas of World Battle Fronts in Semimonthly Phases to August 15, 1945, pp. 101. Presentation copy from General George Marshall, inscribed on a preliminary blank: "Dear Somervell - Please accept this copy of my final report as Chief of Staff, with appreciation of your tremendous service to the army and support of me, with my affectionate regards - G. Marshall, October 5, 1945". Report by the Supreme Commander to the Combined Chiefs of Staff on the Operations in Europe of the Allied Expeditionary Force, 6 June 1944 to 8 May 1945. Quarto, pp. x, 123. Several colour maps. 3 vols, one octavo (232 x 135 mm), 2 quarto (305 x 210 mm). Contemporary black pebble-grained skiver, gilt lettered on front covers, first 2 vols with dark blue vertical-rib cloth endpapers, third with white moiré silk-effect endpapers. Bindings a little worn at extremities, some mottling to covers, scattered foxing, otherwise very good.

609 x 456 mm. Morris Jeppson's hand-annotated blueprint of the "Little Boy" atomic bomb. Jeppson designates parts of the bomb and writes, in part: "During the flight I removed 3 green electrical plugs and replaced them with red coded plugs. This allowed a detonation voltage to go from fusing to the explosive that fired the projectile of U235 into the target of U235 when the bomb reached about 1500 feet above Hiroshima". - Signed "Morris Jeppson / Weapon Test Officer / Enola Gay Mission / HIROSHIMA 6 Aug. 1945". - Jeppson served as assistant weaponeer on the Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan on 6 August 1945.

Pas de couverture. Condition: Assez bon. RARE - Superb authentic signed large photo. Size : 23.5x18 cm. Condition : slight fold, wear, see scans please. Provenance : Pierre-Marc Siraud collection (Chief of Protocol of the French Republic) Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteur.

Good. Wear along original fold lines. Verso repairs to fold separations. Closed margin tears professionally repaired on verso. Verso repairs to separations at every fold intersection. Slight loss at a few fold intersections. Printed text and images on verso. Size 34.25 x 46.25 Inches. This is a 1946 Army Information Branch Newsmap map of the world celebrating the First Session of the United Nations General Assembly. A map of the world occupies a little less than one quarter of the sheet with the members of the nascent United Nations (U.N.) (and their colonies) shaded red. A black inset focuses on the area from Boston, Massachusetts, south to Princeton, New Jersey, and red stars mark potential locations for the United Nations' permanent headquarters. A photograph of the opening of the session occupies the upper right quadrant, while an image of the U.S. delegation appears below the map in the lower right corner. On the left side, text provides a short history of the creation of the U.N. and the events of the session. Text and graphics in the lower left corner inform the viewer of the existence of the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council. The First Session of the United Nations General Assembly The First Session of the United Nations General Assembly took place from January 10 through February 14, 1946, at Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, London. The Security Council and the Economic and Social Council also met periodically during this session. While numerous topics were discussed, perhaps the most important achievement of this meeting was finishing the organizational phase of the United Nations. The Assembly established the Atomic Energy Commission, determined that the official languages of the United Nations would be Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish, and laid the groundwork for how non-governmental organizations would participate with the UN. Verso Content - The Scuttling of the French Fleet at Toulon The verso of this Newsmap highlights the scuttling of the French fleet at Toulon on November 27, 1942. After the French signed the armistice with Germany after the Fall of France in 1940, the French navy was confined to harbors in France and the French colonies. Following the Allied invasion of North Africa in November 1942, Nazi Germany invaded the 'free zone' and ended any illusion of an independent France. Most of the French fleet was anchored at the naval base at Toulon and had been ordered by high command to not allow any foreigners (Allied or German) to take control of the fleet. After the invasion of the 'free zone', German forces turned their sights to capturing the fleet at Toulon. German tanks arrived in Toulon around 4 a.m. on November 27 and tried to make their way to the harbor. French forces successfully delayed the Germans long enough that seventy-seven naval vessels were successfully scuttled at anchor. Four submarines disobeyed orders and successfully evaded German ships guarding the harbor and fled to North Africa. All major French naval vessels were destroyed, effectively keeping them out of German control. However, the Germans did manage to capture thirty-nine small ships, although this did not keep the operation from being viewed as a disaster. The present broadside celebrates the French 'victory' at Toulon. Silhouettes of warships, images of burning naval vessels, and a portrait of a French sailor are superimposed over the bleu, blanc, et rouge of the French flag, along with text that declares 'They Lost Every Ship But Won The Battle'. Publication History and Census Part of the Newsmap series, this map was prepared and distributed by the Army Information Branch in January 1946. We note seven examples cataloged in OCLC which are part of the collections at Denison University, Ohio Wesleyan University, Davidson College, the Library of Michigan, Southern Illinois University and Edwardsville, the Denver Public Library, and the University of Missouri - Columbia. References: OCLC 6. Signed by Author(s).