The Glory of Uniforms: Military Dress and Accoutrement

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1 HISTORISCHE FAHNEN. DIE WELT IN BILDERN ALBUM 8. NO IMPRINT.

OBLONG CROWN QUARTO. PP. 65. COMPLETE WITH A TOTAL OF 240 COLOUR CARD PLATES, each within gilt frame, many heightened in gold, mounted onto 30 pages. Plus six full-page finely illustrated chromotypograph maps bound in. Extended caption to each card, explanatory text, detailed index. Original illustrated card wrappers. In fine condition. (Wraps bit rubbed, minute chip to cover.) Nice copy, complete in all respects, with excellent set of plates.

- - First edition. A lovely array of guidons, colours, standards, and flags through the ages. Beautiful plates, not the least because not offset lithographed but printed from relief metal blocks. A somewhat laborious process, it could yield exceptionally nice results if done with great attention to detail, and the plates in this collection are an excellent example for such.
€ 42 --



2 MEDALS AND DECORATIONS OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS. MEDALJES EN DEKORASIES VAN DIE BRITSE GEMENEBES VAN NASIES. CAPE TOWN, Hortors, (1941).

Crown quarto. Pp. 72. Complete with a total of 100 colour cigarette cards. Plus 4 colour plates tipped-in. Text illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Hardcover, original illustrated quarter cloth. In a very good condition. (Inner front hinge neatly strengthened; a smudge or two.) Nice, well preserved copy.

First edition. Text both in English and Afrikaans.
€ 55 --



3 UNIFORMES DE L’ARMÉE FRANÇAISE 1937. ALBUM DE 20 PLANCHES EN COULEUR. PARIS, l’Uniforme Officiel; Ministrè de la Guerre, (1937).

Oblong quarto. 20 colour plates with multiple images to each. Plus the Rectificatif & Errata leaf, loosely inserted. Hardcover, bound in half cloth and boards, with the original illustrated folder panels laid-down, a trifle discoloured. In fine condition. Excellent interior with all plates superbly preserved.

- - Ouvrage inédit. Établi d’après les descriptions et documents officiels sous les auspices du Ministère de la Guerre, avec son approbation. Reproduction exacte en coleur des prototypes de Dépot de Modèls de l’Armée Française. First edition. Beautifully produced, very detailed work, identifying the uniforms, accoutrement, insignia, etc. of the French Army. Fully based on official documents and models. TO THIS IS ADDED: “Quelques opinions sur la collection Uniformes de l’Armée Française 1937”, and “Armée Française 1937 Uniformes Équipments”, each a 4-page publisher’s announcemet, as well as the scarce rectification and errata leaf, loosely inserted. From the private library of noted militaria collector F. J. Smits, with his signature to first flyleaf.
€ 580 --



4 UNIFORMS OF THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ARMY: A BOOK OF COLOUR PLATES DEPICTING THE UNIFORMS OF ALL BRANCHES OF THE IMPERIAL AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ARMY, circa 1914. London, Belmont-Maitland, n.d.

Oblong small 8vo. Pp. (4) explanatory notes, 16 leaves, each with a colour plate of uniform studies. Original card wrappers, printed in red. In fine condition.

Reprint of the Leipzig 1914 edition “Die osterreich-ungarische armee” published by Moritz Ruhl.
€ 40 --



5 AMBERT, Joachim. Esquisses historiques des différents corps qui composent l’Armée Française. Nouvelle Édition. Bruxelles, Librairie militaire de J. -B. Petit, (1839).

Crown quarto. Pp. 602. Plus 16 exquisitely hand-coloured lithograph plates by Charles Aubry, each within decorative hand-tinted frame, embodying numerous military motifs. Armorial device to title-page. Half-title, dedication leaf. Footnotes, index. Set in double columns. Hardcover, contemporary half ebony calf, spine gilt, later-covered boards; some imperfections to binding, slightly cracked inner-hinges. In a very good condition (spotting, foxing). Overall a very desirable copy.

- - New edition. An earlier edition was published in around 1835 but contained only 13 plates. This edition, embellished with extra plates, also contains the 235-page “Articles publiés dans divers journaux militaires depuis 1836.” This addition is bound in its rightful place after the “Adieu” which concludes the first part of the book, and paginated consecutively. A later edition, published in 1840, titled “Esquisses historiques, psychologiques et critiques de l’Armée Française” often concluded with the “Adieu”. Several other editions appeared with the prints uncoloured. The fine technique of colouration here is exceptional. The charming plates here are coloured by contemporary hand with rich, dense dyes, more opaque than transparent, and are delicately heightened with fine touches of shellac, adding richness and elegance to the darker tones. Joachim Marie Jean Jacques Alexandre Jules Ambert (1804-1890), son of a General, became a soldier himself, serving from 1824 until 1870, rising to become a Dragoon officer, later a General of the Cavalry. Exceedingly scarce edition; see both Colas and Lipperheide. Not a single copy is listed in OCLC.
€ 1200 --



6 (AMERIKAANSCHE BUREAU VOOR OORLOGSINLICHTINGEN). HOE MEN DEN AMERIKAANSCHEN MILITAIR HERKENT. [AMERICAN FORCES MILITARY AND NAVAL RECOGNITION BOOK FOR THE DUTCH PUBLIC]. (AMERIKAANSCHE BUREAU VOOR OORLOGSINLICHTINGEN, ca. 1944).

Tall royal octavo. Unpaginated. Pp. 36. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original illustrated wrappers. In a very good condition.

- - A very rare guide to military uniforms, ranks, and insignia of the United States Armed Forces, published especially for the Dutch public, civil and military, in order to assist in recognizing and identifying the different soldiers and officers of the liberating American forces. The guide is covering the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Air Force. Only a digital copy is located, in Digitaal Repertorium Bijzondere Collecties, Utrecht University.
€ 120 --



7 BAER, Ludwig. Die Geschichte des deutschen Stahlhelmes von 1915 bis 1945. Selbstverlag Ludwig Baer, 1977.

Crown quarto. Pp. 233. Profusely illustrated throughout. In the original stiff wrappers, bit discoloured along spine. In fine condition.

- - First edition. A standard work on the subject. Well illustrated, exceptionally rich in detail. From the private library of noted militaria collector F. Smits, with his stamp.
€ 100 --



8 BELLANGÉ, Hippolyte. Histoire de l’Empereur Napoléon. [WITH THE HAND-COLOURED PLATES BY BELLANGÉ]. Paris, Dubochet, 1840.

Thick crown quarto. Pp. 832. With a total of 41 plates, as follows: Hand-coloured frontispiece after Vernet, engraved by Breviere. Plus another 38 (of 44) hand-coloured plates by Bellangé. Plus a second frontispiece in tinted lithograph. With about 500 engravings after Vernet throughout the text. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, richly gilt spine in 6 compartments, gilt raised bands, gilt-lettered morocco label. Green gilt-ruled leather on sides and corners. Cloth inner hinges, marbled endpapers and edges. In a very good condition. (Lacks 7 plates; tear to first frontispiece with small loss; lower joint neatly restored.) That said, a very handsome, desirable copy.

- - First edition of this title to include Bellangé’s glorious plates. The edition which appeared in 1839 did not contain the plates, only the text illustrations by Vernet. In 1844, Dubochet published his famous “Collection des types de tous les corps et des uniformes militaires de la République et de l’Empire” incorporating a similar set of plates by Bellangé. Carteret III, 375. Vicaire V, 98-99. Sander 425.
€ 450 --



9 BLECKWENN, Hans. Altpreußische [Altpreussische] Uniformen, 1753-1786. Dortmund, Harenberg, 1981.

Oblong small 8vo. Pp. 141, (3) publisher’s ads. With 60 colour plates. Introduction, epilogue, bibliography. Original blue limp boards with mounted colour plate. In a fine, fresh-new condition. Excellent copy.

First edition.
€ 20 --



10 BOENISCH, Reinhard; Oberst a. D. Hans Jürgens; Friedrich Schirmer, Peter Wacker. Feldgrau. Mitteilungen einer Arbeitsgemeinschaft. Die Husaren-Regimenter der alten Armee [1. Jahrgang, Sonderheft]; Die preußischen Garde-Infanterie-Regimenter 1912-18. [2. Jahrgang, Sonderheft 1]; Kontingentsabzeichen im Heer des Deutschen Reiches von 1871 bis 1918. [2. Jahrgang, Sonderheft 2]; Die Husaren-Regimenter der alten Armee [3. Jahrgang, Sonderheft 4]; Die Kürassier- und Schweren Reiter-Regimenter der alten Armee [Sonderheft 10]. Celle, Schweiger & Pick Verlag, 1954.

Octavo. Assorted Feldrau Special Issues. With a total of 33 single-sheet plates of uniform and insignia loosely inserted (some sets incomplete). Additional 13 plates supplied in photostat. Placed in a custom-made, scarlet cloth-covered case, spine titled in gilt. In fine condition.

- - Feldgrau 1. Jahrgang, Sonderheft; 2. Jahrgang, Sonderheft 1+2; 3. Jahrgang, Sonderheft 4; Sonderheft 10. Plus other illustrated material and plates from the same series. Added: Zeitschrift für Heeres- und Uniformkunde, Herausgegeben von der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Heereskunde, (Nr. 195, 28. Jahrgang, 1964).
€ 20 --



11 BOSSCHER, Ph. M. De Nederlandse Mariniers. Bussum, Dishoeck, 1966.

Octavo. Pp. 120. Plus colour plates and extra suites of halftone photo plates, printed on different paper, bound in. Line-drawn illustrations. Indices. Original pictorial limp boards. In fine condition. Excellent copy.

First edition.
€ 19 --



12 BRÉCARD, Général. La collection Brunon. Paris, L’Illustration, n.d.

Small folio. Pp. (iv) blanks, 4, (12) blanks. With 17 illustrations in colour. Hardcover, bound in contemporary cloth backed marbled boards. In fine condition.

- - A 4-page offprint from the L’Illustration, bound with additional blank leaves. A charming, colourful survey of the Brunon Collection of military uniforms and accoutrement. Written by Général Brécard, Président de la Sabretache. Uncommon.
€ 40 --



13 BRÜCH, Oskar, and Günter Dirrheimer. Das k. u. k. [k.u.k.] Heer, 1895. Wien, Österreichischer Bundesverlag, 1983.

Oblong 8vo. Pp. 101, (3). Set in two columns. Plus 34 colour plates, with explanatory notes on the preceding verso. Four monochrome plates. Bibliography. Hardcover, original pictorial boards. In a fresh-new condition. Excellent.

First edition. Reproducing a set of beautifully executed military uniforms paintings by k. u. k. Lieutenant Brüch (1869-1943).
€ 25 --



14 BRUNINGS, Peter Frederik. Onze krijgsmacht. ’s-Gravenhage, Ewings, ca. 1880.

Crown quarto. Pp. viii, (ii), 108. Plus 26 full-page fine chromolithograph plates, many heightened in gold. Hardcover, bound in the original cloth-backed boards, chromolithograph plate mounted on upper board, decorative lower board, few stains to boards, some leaves loose. In a very good condition. A very handsome copy with plates in excellent state.

- - First edition. Peter Frederik Brunings, 1820-1889. An authoritative manual on chromolithography in 1885 (Colour and Colour Printing, by W. D. Richmond) asserts the need for at least nine separate stones to achieve such richness, but in fact the number of stones used was often more than twenty. First and only edition of Brunings’ hallmark series of Dutch military uniforms of the 2nd half of the 19th century. OCLC lists 4 copies only: in NYPL, Cambridge and Brown universities, and in the US Military Academy. (Lipperheide 2260; Colas 464).
€ 485 --



15 BUCQUOY, E. L., Commandant. (Le Passepoil). Le centenaire de l’armée belge, 1830-1930. (Le Passepoil). Starsbourg, Le Passepoil; Troyes, Imprimerie Coopérative de l’Aube, 1931.

Quarto. Pp. 40. Plus 5 hand-coloured collotype plates, printed on thick card, tipped-in. With (full-page) line-drawn illustrations to text. In the original stiff wrappers, bound into full cloth hardcover. In mint condition. A superb copy.

- - Le passepoil, Bulletin périodique illustré de la Société d’Études des Uniformes. Numeros hors abonnement, numero 2, aout 1931. Published under the directorship of E. L. Bucquoy. With a fine set of plates. Collotype is one of the most accurate and attractive methods of photomechanical tonal printing processes. Highly skilled and expensive process, it cannot produce more than a limited number of impressions. It has been used for single-sheet prints and luxury portfolios, and since the 1950s has been abandoned by all except a few small specialist firms. Richly hand-coloured. Rare. No other copies found on KVK nor OCLC worldwide.
€ 320 --



16 BUCQUOY, E. L. (Guy Devautour, Editor). Les Uniformes du Premier (1er) Empire. Volumes I-X. I: La Garde Imperiale: Troupes à Pied; II: La Garde Imperiale: Troupes à Cheval; III: Les Cuirassiers; IV: L’Infanterie de Ligne et l’Infanterie Légère; V: La Cavalerie Légère: Les Hussards, Les Chasseurs à Cheval; VI: Dragons et Guides d’Etat-Major; VII: État-Major et Services de Santé; VIII: Gardes d’Honneur et Troupes Étrangères; IX: La Maison de l’Empereur; X: Fanfares et Mosiques: Des Troupes à Cheval, 1640-1940. ADDED: Collection Bucquoy: Le Passepoil. Janvier 1922-Decembre 1922. [ELEVEN VOLUMES]. Paris, Grancher, 1977-85.

11 VOLUMES. FULL TITLE-LIST AS FOLLOWS: Les Uniformes du Premier (1er) Empire. Volumes I-X. Volume I: La Garde Imperiale: Troupes à Pied; Volume II: La Garde Imperiale: Troupes à Cheval; Volume III: Les Cuirassiers; Volume IV: L’Infanterie de Ligne et l’Infanterie Légère; Volume V: La Cavalerie Légère: Les Hussards, Les Chasseurs à Cheval; Volume VI: Dragons et Guides d’Etat-Major; Volume VII: État-Major et Services de Santé; Volume VIII: Gardes d’Honneur et Troupes Étrangères; Volume IX: La Maison de l’Empereur; Volume X: Fanfares et Mosiques: Des Troupes à Cheval, 1640-1940. ADDED: Collection Bucquoy: Le Passepoil. Janvier 1922-Decembre 1922. - - Quarto. Each volume profusely illustrated throughout with numerous colour illustrations and plates, many of which are full-page, printed on recto only. Red ribbon marker to each volume. Hardcover, uniformly bound in original forest green leatherette, with pictorial dust-jackets (these fine). In a very fine, fresh-new condition. Excellent set, bright and crisp, practically unused.

- - First edition. Major General F. J. van Lier’s set, with his entry and signature to front flyleaf of one volume. This is the complete 10-volume set of “Les Uniformes du Premier Empire”. A remarkable enterprise, scarce in its entirety, in exceptionally beautiful state of preservation. A celebration of colour and image, accompanied by thorough texts, representing one of the most unique collections of the art of military uniforms. ADDED: A companion volume, “Collection Bucquoy: Le Passepoil. Janvier 1922-Decembre 1922. Bulletin illustré de la Société d’étude des Uniformes.”
€ 706 --



17 BUCQUOY, Eugène Louis. Les uniformes du Premier [1er] Empire. Collection Cartes Postales Documentaires de E.-L. Bucquoy. [COLLECTION OF 1,800 ORIGINAL HAND-COLOURED CARDS]. Nancy, Strasbourg, 1907-52.

Collection of ca. 1,800 (of 1830) unique original hand-coloured cards in 221 series (of 226). Contains the series 1-144, 146-157, 162-226. The cards are printed in collotype and were professionally hand-coloured according to the original artworks before being issued. Collotype is one of the most accurate and attractive methods of photomechanical tonal printing processes. Highly skilled and expensive process, it cannot produce more than a limited number of impressions. It has been used for single-sheet prints and luxury portfolios, and since the 1950s has been abandoned by all except a few small specialist firms. The entire collection is meticulously arranged according to subject in 8 ring albums, each leaf protected with a tissue guard. A most fantastic set in absolutely superb condition.

- - First and only edition. With an ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR by Bucquoy, signed by himself, dated 1922. Measuring ca. 20 x 25 cm, on thick handmade paper, preserved in superb condition. This attractive original was later reproduced as card 134/4: Le Colonel Brincard. - - ADDED: A very rare collection of over 100 original explanatory leaflets, booklets, and books by Bucquoy, some of which are full-length and illustrated, all belong to the present work. These materials were especially issued to accompany the cards and to provide extensive scholarly information on the study of uniforms. - - ALSO ADDED: A rare collection of over 150 original printed envelopes including the first envelope, number 1. Each envelope acts as a title-page to the corresponding series of cards. It is titled, captioned, dated, priced, numbered according to series, and bears the names of the artists who worked on this particular series. - - Eugene Louis Bucquoy (1879-1958) is considered the founding father of French uniform research. His “Bréviaire du Collectionneur d’uniformes renseignements -Conseils -Souvenirs” (1953) became the standard work on research and collection. Bucquoy was an officer of the Gendarmerie Nationale. In 1920 he founded the Société d’Étude des Uniformes de France of which he consequently became President. For his “Les uniformes du 1er Empire”, by far the largest and most complete work ever compiled exclusively on the French army during the First Empire, he invited the foremost military artists at the time. Benigni, Huen, Rousselot, Knötel, Boisselier, Hilpert, JOB, Rouffet, Toussaint are among the best known. He continued to work on the project until his death. - - PROVENANCE: The present collection comes from the bequest of the late Dr. Frans Gerard de Wilde (1903-1999). A pharmacist by profession, a Captain in the Dutch Artillery, a recipient of the Bronze Cross for bravery in battle, he was the supreme expert on Dutch military uniforms, a distinguished collector, and a noted artist. In his youth he was befriended with Hoynck van Papendrecht, the great Dutch painter of military scenes and uniforms. He later became acquainted with the major experts on military uniforms in Europe, in particular with Commandant Bucquoy, with whom he corresponded regularly. He was a major force behind the initiation of the Legermuseum in Delft, and a member of its Board until his death. In 1992, when he decide to part from his extensive collection, a major auction sale was organized, attracting collectors from all over the world and considerable media attention. Though the main reason for his decision to sell his collection was his planned move to a smaller residence, it is remarkable that he was not willing to part from his collection of the Bucquoy’s cards and this was not offered on the sale. He kept this large 8-volume set with him until his death. Extremely rare. Complete sets of this work are practically non-existent. Not in OCLC, KVK, British Library, Library of Congress, nor in any institutional library worldwide. The National Library of France is the only library to hold a fragment of this work - having in their collection only 22 series out of 226.
€ 35000 -- --



18 BUCQUOY, Eugène Louis (Texte); Maurice Toussaint, (Illustrations); Maréchal [Philippe] Pétain (Préface); Général [Augustin] Mariaux (Avant-Propos). Les uniformes de l’armée française. Terre, mer, air. Ouvrage publié sous le haut patronage des ministères da la guerre, de la marine, de l’air. Paris, Editions Militaires Illustrées, 1935.

Thick royal quarto. Pp. ix,
269. Facsimile letter by Pétain bound in. Plus 124 colour plates, each with a facing see-through guard, printed in blue letterpress with captions and explanatory text. With numerous line-drawn illustration to text. Printed on thick paper. Hardcover, later full crimson cloth, gilt spine, original wrappers bound in. In a very fine condition. Excellent copy, exceptionally well preserved.

- - First and only edition. A marvellous production. Printed in a limited edition by Imprimerie Crémieu, N. Fortin et ses fils, of Paris. Some bibliographical references suggest the book was actually published in 1936. Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève quotes 11 May 1936 as the actual publishing date. The copy in the New York Public Library has the imprint date changed in manuscript to 1936. The exquisite colour plates were produced by a complicated and delicate process, now obsolete, which was invented in the early 1850’s by Firmin Gillot. Known as Gillotage, the process turned a lithographic drawing into a relief plate. Employing both planographic and relief methods, the process remained purely manual, involving no photography. The lithograph was transferred to zinc and then etched, in an extremely laborious process, to make a metal relief block from which the final print was made. The colour was added by using multiple blocks, coloured by mechanical tints, to produce the rich, dense, chromatic plates. Eugène Louis Bucquoy (1879-1958); Maurice Toussaint (1882-1974); Augustin Mariaux (1864-1944); Philippe Pétain (1856-1951). Rare. KVK lists British Library and National Library of France only. OCLC 15557256 lists 4 copies only, Brown University, Library of Congress, New York Public Library, and UCLA. Not in French Union Catalog. Provenance: The Maître Pierre Masse’s copy. With the Publisher’s handwritten dedication: “Hommage de l’Editeur a Maître Pierre Masse, en souvenir de la précieuse bienveillance”. Maître Pierre Masse (1879-1942), Ordre de la Nation. Elected deputy of Hérault in 1914. Became Captain of Infantry during the First World War. Later became a lawyer, and was appointed Under-Secretary for Pensions and Military Justice. In 1940, Masse and his brother Roger, a Colonel in the French army, both Jews, were stripped of their ranks by the Nazis. In 1942 they were deported to Drancy, from which they were sent to Auschwitz. Both did not survive.
€ 1200 --



19 (BULGARIA ZIGARETTENFABRIK). BULGARIA FAHNENBILDER. RUHMREICHE FAHNEN DEUTSCHER GESCHICHTE. DIE FAHNEN UND STANDARTEN DER ALTEN ARMEE. DRESDEN, Bulgaria Zigarettenfabrik, n.d.

Oblong crown quarto. Pp. 73, (1). Complete with a total of 256 colour card plates, each within gilt frame, many heightened in gold, mounted onto 32 pages. Each page set within armorial decorated border. Plus 6 full-page finely illustrated chromotypograph maps, bound-in. Caption to each card, extended explanatory text, illustrated tables, one of which is in colour, detailed index. Set in Gothic type. Hardcover, light blue buckram with original richly illustrated gilt wrapper laid-down. In exceptionally fine condition. Excellent copy, complete in all respects, remarkably well preserved.

First edition. A lovely array of guidons, colours, standards, and flags of the German Imperial Army. Beautifully produced plates, not the least because not offset lithographed but printed from relief metal blocks. A somewhat laborious process, it could yield exceptionally nice results if done with great attention to detail, and the plates in this collection are an excellent example for such. A scarce, beautiful collection in superb condition.
€ 325 --



20 CARMAN, W. Y. A Dictionary of Military Uniform. London, Book Club Associates, 1977.

Crown 4to. Pp. 140. Plus 28 unpaginated pages containing many halftone illustrations, as well as colour plates printed on different paper, bound in. Numerous illustrations to the text. Bibliography. Hardcover, original brown cloth, spine gilt. In excellent condition.

First edition. Excellent source of reference.
€ 30 --



21 CARTER THOMAS, and W. H. Long. War Medals of the British Army, 1650-1891. London, Arms and Armour Press, 1972.

Thick octavo. Pp. xvi, 656. With halftone plates and illustrations, tables; footnotes, index. Hardcover, original tan cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with (very good) dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent copy.

- - Facsimile edition of the Norie and Wilson’s 1893 edition. Standard reference work on the subject.
€ 65 --



22 CASBERG, Paul, and D. Freiherr v. d. Osten-Sacken u. v. Rhein. Deutschlands Armee in feldgrauer Kriegs- und Friedens-Uniform. AND: Darstellungen der vorschriftsmäßigen Uniformen. AND: Gold- und Silber-Stickereien an den Waffenröcken der Offiziere. [Text Volume and two Colour Plate Volumes]. Berlin, Weber, (1916).

Three volumes. Oblong octavo. 1. Text Volume: Pp. 36. Elaborate head-pieces. Full-page plate with numerous halftone pictures of buttons, etc.; fine line-drawn or engraved illustrations to the text. Appendices. Set in double columns in Gothic type. Plus the original colour identification card with dye patches printed on thick paper, loosely inserted as issued. In the original illustrated wrappers. AND: Plate Volume I, “Darstellungen der vorschriftsmäßigen Uniformen”: Contains 24 full-colour military uniforms plates, numbered 1-23 with 11a included. Each plate is a multi-image depiction of the soldiers and officers of the different regiments, many of them mounted. The last plate gives a very detailed survey of shoulder insignia. The complete set of plates is loosely inserted in illustrated wrappers, as issued. AND: Plate Volume II, “Gold- und Silber-Stickereien an den Waffenröcken der Offiziere”: Contains 8 full-colour military uniforms plates, numbered I-VIII. Each plate is a multi-image of the arm-, shoulder-, and headgear insignia of the soldiers and officers of the different regiments. Loosely inserted in illustrated wrappers, as issued. All three volumes preserved in original hardcover, pebble-grain cloth portfolio, illustrated with large imperial eagle, elaborately gilt blocked, with contents details printed on inside of upper board. In fine condition. Save minor blemishes, an excellent copy, beautifully well-preserved.

- - First edition. Beautifully produced plates, not the least because not offset lithographed but printed from relief metal blocks. A somewhat laborious process, it could yield exceptionally nice results if done with great attention to detail, and the plates in this collection are an excellent example for such. A scarce, impressive collection.
€ 320 --



23 CASSIN-SCOTT, Jack. Text by Philip Haythornthwaite. Uniforms of the Napoleonic Wars in Colour, 1796-1814. London, Blandford, 1973.

Crown 8vo. Pp. 195. Set in two columns. With 80 colour plates depicting the uniforms of over 15 European armies. Line drawings. Appendix, glossary. Hardcover, original beige cloth, spine gilt, with pictorial dust-jacket. Excellent condition.

First edition. With an appendix on the Order of Battle of the Grand Armée, 1812. An excellent reference.
€ 29 --



24 (CASTELLA, Gaston) Illustrations by Fred Fay. Le garde fidèle du Saint-Père. Les soldats suisses au service du Vatican de 1506 a nos jours. Paris, Clé d’Or, 1935.

Quarto. Pp. 201, (2). Title printed in red and black. Coloured armorial device to title-page. Coloured frontispiece. Fine portrait plate with Papal facsimile signature and stamp, protected by tissue guard, bound in. Plus 23 aquarelle plates coloured by hand, printed on different paper bound in. Dedications and facsimile letters. Uncut. Original card wrappers with integrated illustrated dust-jacket of heavy paper. Handsome bookplate. In exceptionally fine condition. Excellent copy, superbly preserved.

First edition. Printed in a limited edition on hand-made paper, this copy numbered 78.
€ 275 --



25 (CENTRE MARCELIN-BERTHELOT). SOUS LE SIGNE DE L’UNIFORME: LE HUITIÈME SALON DE L’ARMÉE. PARIS, Centre Marcelin-Berthelot, 1956.

Quarto. Unpaginated (ca. pp. 120). With 8 colour plates of uniforms studies, each with a semitransparent overlay; 8 monochrome photographic plates mounted on grey card, depicting various military subjects and scenes; 13-page catalogue with halftone reproductions of art works in the exhibition; facsimiles; list of works exhibited. Numerous pages of commercial advertisements, mostly illustrated (some in colour). Original wrappers, cover lettered in red, gold relief, plate removed from upper cover. In about fine condition.

- - Published to coincide with the exhibition held in July 1956. Nice gallery of military art works, historical and contemporary, as well as a fantastic source of authentic commercial advertisements. Scarce.
€ 150 --



26 (CIGARETTEN-BILDERDIENST). DIE DEUTSCHE WEHRMACHT. [CIGARETTEN-BILDERDIENST]. DRESDEN, Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, 1936.

Royal quarto. Unpaginated. Complete with a total of 270 colour photographic card plates mounted onto 45 pages; extended caption to each. With a 2-page finely illustrated colour guide to the uniforms, insignia, and colours of the Wehrmacht. Each page within decorated border. Set in Gothic type, in 2 columns, printed on grey paper. Original illustrated card wrappers; a heavy-gun and crew are embossed and heightened in gold to a remarkable copper relief effect; lettering and spine gold. In fine condition. (Minor spotting to wraps and some leaves; very short nicks at bottom-margin of some leaves neatly mended.) Handsome copy, complete in all respects.

First edition. A charming collection of high historical and visual value. Opens with a picture of Adolf Hitler, it depicts the immensely diverse activities of the various forces of the German Army in training at the eve of the World War. The original black and white photographs were hand-coloured and than reproduced as chromatic plates. This copy is Major General F. J. van Lier’s copy, with his entry and signature.
€ 125 --



27 D’OSTOYA. PRÉFACE ANTOINE POTOCKI. 915-1915. LA RUÉE GERMANIQUE SUR LA POLOGNE. ALBUM DE SEIZE LITHOGRAPHIES. PARIS, Revue de Pologne, 1915.

Folio. Unpaginated. Album with 16 single-sheet coloured lithograph plates (including title-page), each with extended caption lithographed from the stone; 4 pages of text, 2 coat-of-arms, one illustration, and a tail-piece to text. Placed in the original colour-lithographed brown folder, 2 imperial eagles on front, large illustration of a mounted Grunwald, with the date 1410 on back, with an embroidered string for attachment, minor wear to foot of spine. In fine condition.

- - First edition. Printed by the lithographers firm Arnaudeau of Paris. Beautifully produced. Scarce.
€ 360 --



28 DE LA BERE, Ivan. The Queen’s Orders of Chivalry. London, Spring, 1964.

Royal 8vo. Pp. 228. Plus a number of halftone plates, printed on different paper, bound in. Hardcover, original blue cloth, spine gilt, with pictorial dust-jacket (this good; tear to top of back panel neatly mended). Book is in a very good condition indeed, bright and clean.

First edition. Major General F. J. van Lier’s copy, with his entry and signature to front flyleaf.
€ 22 --



29 DELPÉRIER, Louis, André Jouineau, Bertrand Malvaux. La Garde impériale de Napoléon III. Nantes, Éditions du Canonnier, 2000.

Quarto. Pp. 400. Profusely illustrated throughout. Numerous full- or double-page colour plates. Hardcover, bound in the original crimson leatherette, lettered and decorated in gilt, placed in original pictorial slipcase. A NEW copy in superb condition.

- - First edition.
€ 220 --



30 DETAILLE, Édouard; Jules Richard (texte). Types et uniformes. L’armée françáise. I: Etats majors. Ecoles. Infanterie. Cavalerie; II: Armes spéciales. Corps indigènes. Corps auxiliaires. Marine. [TWO VOLUMES IN ONE]. Paris, Boussod, Valson et Cie, 1885-89.

Two volumes bound in one. Oversized imperial folio, measuring 49 x 37 cm. Complete with all 60 chromotypograph plates, printed on different paper, bound in. Pp. 128, plus 32 colour plates; 116, plus 28 colour plates, (10) indices, printed in red and black and illustrated, (2) colophon, printed in red and black, set within full-page plate with several studies and large armorial decoration. Title-page to each volume, printed in red and black, with large armorial vignette; half-titles present, additional illustrated title to volume II. Large illustrated initials, small chip to lower blank margin of one leaf, nick to few others, all well away from text. Hardcover, recased in contemporary handsome three-quarter red calf and cloth over boards, blind ruled sides, spine in compartments between raised bands, gilt lettered and decorated, cloth inner hinges, first free endpaper creased. A very attractive copy, generally fine.

- - First edition. A remarkable enterprise, reproducing a total of 346 original drawings, made between 1883 and 1888. Originally published in 16 instalments. Édouard Detaille (1848-1912). Accompanied by text by Jules Richard (1888-1910).
€ 1300 --



31 [DUMARESQ, Armand]. Armée Française et Armée Russe. Paris, A. Taride, (1886?).

Crown quarto. Contains 17 fine chromolithograph plates in a leporello, a section loose. Chromolithograph cover (spine repaired with tape). Fine plates.

- - First edition. Beautiful, late 19th-Century plates of French and Russian military uniforms, mostly by Armand Dumaresq. Scarce. KVK locates just 2 copies, in Union Catalog of Canada, and in National Library of France. OCLC adds copies in the Netherlands, and in University of Kansas.
€ 400 --



32 DUPONT, Marcel. Nos vieux houzards. Avec 34 reproductions en couleurs et en noir d’uniformes de l’époque. Paris, Berger Levrault, 1933.

Royal octavo. Pp. 184, (4). Plus colour frontispiece, and in total 34 plates in colour and monochrome. Half-title present, printed on verso with publisher’s catalogue; old underlining and marginal annotations in pencil. Bound in the original publisher’s illustrated wrappers, printed in red and black, with a lovely bookplate pasted inside. Overall a fine copy.

- - First edition.
€ 90 --



33 DUROV, V. A. Russian and Soviet Military Awards. N.p., Order of Lenin State History Museum, 1989.

Crown quarto. Pp. 103. Profusely illustrated throughout. Original pictorial stiff wrappers. A fine copy.

- - First edition. Text both in English and Russian. Beautifully illustrated.
€ 26 --



34 DUROV, V. A. Russian and Soviet Military Awards. N.p., Order of Lenin State History Museum, 1990.

Crown quarto. Pp. 103. Profusely illustrated throughout. Original pictorial stiff wrappers, manuscript dedication to title, else a very fine copy in mint condition.

- - First published in 1989. Text both in English and Russian. Beautifully illustrated.
€ 26 --



35 ESTOPPEY, David; Général Herzog, Joachim Feiss, Ulrich Wille, [Denis] Potterat (Texte). Colonel [Emil] Frey (Préface). L’Armée suisse. Genèva, Eggimann, 1894.

Folio. Pp. (2) preface letter by E. Frey, 73, (5). Plus 34 fine chromolithograph plates, printed on card by Lithographie Artistique Zurich, c. d. Frey & Conrad. Half-title present, title-page and divisional titles printed in red and black. Title vignette, large illustrated head- and tail-pieces. Hardcover, bound in the original pictorial cloth by Hug Frères & Co. of Zurich, illustration heightened with gilt, handsome armorial vignette on lower board, bevelled edges, recased retaining the original decorated paste-downs. With the original publisher’s pictorial card cover bound in. Neat small repairs to fore-margin of first 2-3 leaves, some marginal foxing. In overall fine condition. A very handsome copy, nicely preserved.

- - First edition. Printed for the publisher by Jules-Guillaume Fick. David Estoppey (1862-1952). Colas I, 987. Cf. Lipperheide 2254 (listing the German edition). OCLC 67314501. Provenance: From the private library of the late J. C. Hopperus Buma, Hussar Major, Military Secretary of Prince Bernhard of Orange, Inspector-General of the Armed Forces of the Netherlands. With his handsome bookplate.
€ 750 --



36 FALLOU, Louis. Maurice Orange, E. Grammont, L. Vallet. La Garde Impériale (1804-1815). Ouvrage illustré de 450 dessins le texte par: E. Grammont, M. Orange, L. Vallet et de 60 compositions, hors-texte, en couleurs, d’après les aquarelles de: J. Chelminski, E. Grammont, H. Dupray, M. Orange, Rouffet et L. Vallet. Paris, La Giberne, 1901.

Large, thick folio (36 x 29 cm). Two parts in one volume, paginated consecutively. Pp. xii, 46, colour frontispiece after Chelminski, half-title present, limitation notification with ink signature and number, Dedication by Fallou to Éduard Detaille, dated 1901, Preface; (ii) large “Plaque de shako d’Officier” on verso (recto blank), second frontispiece after Chelminski, title “Livre deuxième”, 49-378, (1) illustrated colophon, (verso blank). Large decorative publisher’s device to title. Plus a total of 60 colour plates, often hand-coloured, each with facing tissue guard with printed caption. With 450 line-drawn illustrations. Tables. Hardcover, bound in contemporary three-quarter crimson morocco, dark spine in 6 compartments between raised bands, direct gilt lettering in second, gilt stamped upper cover, sides gilt ruled, corner-tips bit rubbed, marbled endpapers, cloth inner hinges, top edge gilt. Original wrappers bound in, complete and crisp, the upper wrapper with a full-page illustration by Orange, back wrapper by Vallet, including the original spine, titled and lettered in black, with the emblem of the Imperial Guard as central motif. In fine condition. Beautifully preserved with crisp and bright interior.

- - First edition. Copy number 303 from a limited edition of 600 copies printed on “vélin glacé”. The numerous line drawn illustrations are extremely detailed and serve as a finely produced catalogue of military dress and accoutrements. The exquisite colour plates were printed by the printers firm of Paul Lemaire of Paris. Made by various draughtsmen after the works of Chelminski, Grammont, Dupray, Orange, and Vallet, they are the result of several techniques and processes. Many were produced by a complicated and delicate process, now obsolete, which was invented in the early 1850’s by Firmin Gillot. Known as Gillotage, the process turned a lithographic drawing into a relief plate. Employing both planographic and relief methods, the process remained purely manual, involving no photography. The lithograph was transferred to zinc and then etched, in an extremely laborious process, to make a metal relief block from which the final print was made. Noteworthily, many of Daumier’s lithographic plates were treated in this way before their publication. Other plates here are the result of using compound metal line blocks. The colour was added by using multiple blocks, coloured by mechanical tints, to produce the rich, dense, chromatic plates. Complementing these processes are several chromolithographic plates, printed by the lithographer firm of H. Corbel. Noteworthy is the addition of colours applied by hand to many of the plates, often as a finishing touch but occasionally as the main colouring medium. Rare. OCLC 1858033 locates copies in Library of Congress; National Art Library Victoria & Albert Museum; and San Francisco Public Library. OCLC 53071290 adds copies in Brown University and in University of North Carolina, the latest is copy no. 14, with the bookplate of the original owner, M. Ney, Prince de la Moskowa. KVK locates only Library Network of Western Switzerland; French Union Catalog; and British Library. Not in National Library of France. Copies in Union Catalog North Rhine-Westphalia and National Library of France are modern facsimile reprints. Colas 1030. Loosely inserted is a “Bulletin de souscription” and a 4-page Publisher’s announcement of the contemporary “Histoire des Régiments de Gardes d’Honneur, 1813-1814” by E. Lomier.
€ 1800 --



37 FILIPPI, Richard de. Les coiffures militaires du Troisieme Reich. [Kopfbedeckungen des 3. Reiches. Headgear/Headwear of the Third Reich]. Paris, Jacques Grancher, 1980.

Quarto. Pp. 206. Profusely illustrated throughout. Index, bibliography. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s pictorial boards, old repair to spine, else in fine condition. Excellent interior.

- - First edition. A thorough, beautifully illustrated survey of the military headgear of the Third Reich. With the original “Avertissement aux lecteurs” laid-in.
€ 80 --



38 FORBES WELS, P. De Nederlandse Cavalerie. Bussum, Dishoeck, 1968.

8vo. Pp. 136. Plus colour plates and extra suites of halftone photo plates, printed on different paper, bound in. Line-drawn illustrations, maps. Appendices. Errata slip laid-in. Illustrated endpapers. Original pictorial limp boards. In fine condition. Excellent copy.

First edition. Related newspaper clippings loosely inserted.
€ 30 --



39 FUNCKEN, Liliane and Fred. Anthologie de l’uniforme. Serie Ier Empire. No. I: Grenadiers a pied de la garde imperiale. [Dedication Copy]. Bruxelles, Editions Funcken, 1972.

Crown octavo. Pp. 47. With full-page plates, numerous line-drawn illustrations. Original stiff wrappers, illustrated in gold, spine bit rubbed. In a very good condition.

- - First edition. Written in French, English, German. This copy is dedicated to the noted militaria collector, A. C. Paardekooper. A dedication card from the authors’ personal stationary, illustrated with uniformed military figures, is written in manuscript and signed by both, dated October 25, 1972, loosely inserted. Scarce.
€ 150 --



40 FUNCKEN, Liliane and Fred. Arms and Uniforms: The Lace Wars, I-II. [TWO VOLUMES]. London, Ward Lock, 1977.

Two volumes. Crown quarto. Pp. 156; 158. Profusely illustrated throughout, pictorial endpapers. Hardcover, uniformly bound in the original pictorial boards. In fine condition. Excellent set.

- - First English edition. ISBN 0706355627 0706355660
€ 150 --



41 FUNCKEN, Liliane and Fred. Encyclopédie des uniformes et des armes. I: Le costume et les Armes des soldats de tous les temps (2); II: L’Uniforme et le Armes des soldats du premier empire (2); III: L’Uniforme et les Armes des soldats de la guerre 1914-1918 (2); IV: L’Uniforme et les Armes des soldats de la guerre 1939-1945 (3); V: L’Uniforme et les Armes des soldats de la guerre en dentelle (2); VI: Le Costume, l’Armure et les Armes au temps de la chevalerie (2); VII: L’Uniforme et les Armes des soldats des États-Unis (2); VIII: L’Uniforme et les Armes des soldats du XIXe siècle (2). [17 VOLUMES. COMPLETE SERIES]. Tournai, Casterman, 1966-82.

Seventeen volumes. Complete series. Crown quarto. Profusely illustrated throughout. Hardcover, uniformly bound in the original pictorial boards. In fine condition (two split joints). Excellent set, very well preserved.

- - First edition. Complete 17-volume set of Liliane and Fred Funcken’s remarkable enterprise, the “Encyclopédie des uniformes et des armes”. While single volumes are commonly available, the complete series is remarkably scare. A very handsome set.
€ 750 --



42 FUNCKEN, Liliane and Fred. Historische Uniformen. 18. Jahrhundert Französische Garde und Infanterie, Britische und preußische [preussische] Infanterie. München, Mosaik 1977.

Crown 4to. Pp. 156. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous full-page colour plates of military scenes and uniforms studies. Pictorial endpapers. Hardcover, original maroon cloth with pictorial dust-jacket (this near fine). In fine condition. Excellent copy.

First German edition. Loosely inserted some illustrated publicity material.
€ 23 --



43 FUNCKEN, Liliane et Fred. Encyclopédie des uniformes et des armes. I: Le costume et les Armes des soldats de tous les temps (2 volumes); II: L’Uniforme et le Armes des soldats du premier empire (2 volumes); III: L’Uniforme et les Armes des soldats de la guerre 1914-1918 (2 volumes); IV: L’Uniforme et les Armes des soldats de la guerre 1939-1945 (3 volumes); V: L’Uniforme et les Armes des soldats de la guerre en dentelle (2 volumes); VI: Le Costume, l’Armure et les Armes au temps de la chevalerie (2 volumes); VII: L’Uniforme et les Armes des soldats des États-Unis (2 volumes); VIII: L’Uniforme et les Armes des soldats du XIXe siècle (2 volumes). [17 VOLUMES. COMPLETE SET]. Tournai, Casterman, 1966-82.

Seventeen volumes. Complete series. Crown quarto. Profusely illustrated throughout. Hardcover, uniformly bound in the original pictorial boards. In fine condition (a split joint or two). Excellent set, very well preserved.

- - First edition. Complete 17-volume set of Liliane and Fred Funcken’s remarkable enterprise, the “Encyclopédie des uniformes et des armes”. While single volumes are commonly available, the complete series is very rare.
€ 1200 --



44 GALAIKO, V. M. Simvoly Rodiny i voinskoi doblesti. Mockba, Voenizdat, 1990.

Octavo. Pp. 127. Illustrated in colour. pictorial endpapers. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s pictorial boards. A fine copy.

- - First edition. A beautifully illustrated survey of Russian decorations and insignia. ISBN 5203000190 ISBN 5 203 00019 0
€ 120 --



45 [GALE AND POLDEN]. OFFICIAL MEDALS AND RIBBONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY. LONDON, Gale & Polden, (1912).

Original chromolithograph sheet, measuring 47 x 70 cm, printed on heavy paper. Depicting a total of 48 medals and ribbons, each with faces and reverse. Central title within decorative border. Folded and tipped-in into a crown quarto original card wrappers, dark purple lettered and decorated in gilt, with a chromolithograph plate mounted within gilt border. In a very good condition. (few transparent repairs, mainly marginal or on verso.) Nice, well preserved copy.

First edition. An exceedingly scarce publication by one of the first military printers in Britain.
€ 175 --



46 GIUDICE, Elio e Vittorio Del. L’armata rossa e le sue uniformi (1917-1945). Milano, Edizioni Equestri, 1976.

Quarto. Pp. 224, (6). Illustrated throughout with fine colour plates. Text illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Indices. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s crimson cloth, lettered and decorated in white, with pictorial dust jacket (this very good, faded along spine panel, small repair on the inside). Book is in fine, as-new condition. Excellent copy, beautifully preserved.

- - First edition of this beautifully produced book on the uniforms and insignia of the Red Army.
€ 160 --



47 GOROKHOFF, Gérard, Patrick de Gmeline. La garde imperiale russe, 1896-1914. Paris, Charles Lavauzelle, 1986.

Quarto. Pp. 346. Profusely illustrated throughout. Pictorial endpapers. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s black leatherette, cover and spine gilt stamped, with dust-jacket (this very good). Book is in fine, as-new condition. Excellent copy.

- - First edition of this beautifully produced book on the history and uniforms of the Russian Imperial Guard.
€ 120 --



48 GREENHILL, Peter. Heraldic Miniature Knights. Lewes, Guild of Master Craftsman, 1991.

4to. Pp. 176. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous colour plates and text illustrations. Glossary, suggested reading, useful addresses, index. Illustrated endpapers. Hardcover, gilt-stamped blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with pictorial dust-jacket. In a fine, fresh-new condition. Excellent copy.

First edition. A detailed exploration of the work of connoisseur miniaturists Richard Courtenay, Frederick Ping, Roy Selwyn Smith, Josiane Desfontaines, Gustave Vertunni, Michael Ballada, and others. With a chapter on the miniature castles and mediaeval buildings made by Ian Weekley. An excellent survey of superior craftsmanship, beautifully reproduced in detailed colour photography.
€ 45 --



49 GRIFFITH, Patrick. Illustrated by Emir Bukhari; Michael Head, colour artwork by Chris Warner. French Artillery. (Nations in Arms, 1800-1815). [AND:] French Napoleonic Artillery (Uniforms and Equipment). [LOT OF 2 BOOKS]. London, Almark, 1976.

Lot of 2 books. Square octavo. Pp. 48. Profusely illustrated. Bibliography, notes. The first volume is hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s pictorial boards; the second in stiff pictorial wrappers. Fine copies.

- - First edition, and revised new edition respectively.
€ 18 --



50 (HASSING, Firma A.). Prijscourant van uniformpetten en politie-artikelen, 1932. (Firma A. Hassing, Leverancier van het Koninklijke Huis, Rijks leverancier en leverancier van vele Gemeenten en Groote Instellingen. Export naar Oost- en West-Indië). Amersfoort, Firma A. Hassing, 1932.

Crown quarto. Pp. 16. Illustrated throughout. Original printed wrappers. Fine copy.

- - Illustrated catalogue of the firm A. Hassing of Amersfoort, Holland, offering police cups, helmets, field head-wear, badges and insignia, sabers, swords, etc., handcuffs, buttons, revolvers and ammunition, accessories, etc. With prices. Rare.
€ 60 --



51 (HAUS NEUERBURG). DER BUNTE ROCK. EINE SAMMLUNG DEUTSCHER UNIFORMEN DES 19. JAHRHUNDERTS. KÖLN, Haus Neuerburg, (ca. 1920).

Royal quarto. Unpaginated. Complete with a total of 252 colour card plates mounted onto 21 leaves. With a caption to each, explanatory text on the preceding verso. Decorated title-page printed in gilt and red. Fine pen-and-ink illustrations. Large armorial head-pieces. Musical notes. Detailed index. Each page within decorated border. Set in Gothic type. Original illustrated blue card wrappers, panels and spine printed in gilt and red, false joints gilt ruled. In fine condition. (Small oval stamp; very small patch of rubbing to foot of spine; light offsetting.) Excellent copy, complete in all respects, very well-preserved.

First edition. A charming collection. Depicts in 21 series the richness and diversity of the different Imperial German Army forces and regiments from 1800 to 1863. This copy is Major General F. J. van Lier’s copy, with his entry and signature to front flyleaf.
€ 125 --



52 (HAUS NEUERBURG, Waldorf-Astoria). Das Reichsheer und seine Tradition. [Waldorf-Astoria]. München, Waldorf-Astoria; Köln, Haus Neuerburg; Dresden, Eckstein-Halpaus, (ca. 1925).

Square royal quarto. Unpaginated. Complete with a total of 328 colour card plates mounted onto 29 pages, a caption to each. Decorated title-page and head-pieces. Detailed index. Each page within decorated border. Set in Gothic type. Original decorated card wrappers, eagle embossed in red and black within gilt border, spine gilt. In a very good condition; internally in fine condition. (Lower corner of cover creased/dog-eared; light rubbing to spine, extremities, back cover.) A very handsome copy, complete in all respects.

First edition. A charming collection, depicting the richness of the uniforms and the diversity of activity of the various divisions of the Imperial German Army, mostly at war. A classic.
€ 105 --



53 HAYTHORNTHWAITE, Philip. Illustrated by Michael Chappell. Uniforms of the Retreat from Moscow, 1812. Poole, Blandford, 1976.

Crown 8vo. Pp. 203. Set in two columns. With 64 colour plates depicting over 150 uniforms. Maps, line drawings. Appendices, sources, and bibliography. Hardcover, original light blue cloth, spine gilt, with pictorial dust-jacket. Excellent condition.

First edition. The first book to deal with the uniforms worn during Napoleon’s Russian campaign. An excellent reference.
€ 52 --



54 HEAD, Michael G. French Napoleonic Lancer Regiments. London, Almark, 1971.

8vo. Pp. 72. With eight colour plates. Illustrated throughout. Appendices, glossary. Printed on thick paper. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Very good condition.

First edition. A comprehensive guide to Napoleon’s light cavalry. With details of organization, equipment, and uniforms.
€ 24 --



55 HEAD, Michael G. (With P. S. Walton). Foot Regiments of the Imperial Guard. With a Special Section on Eagles and Colours. [AND:] Chasseurs à Cheval de la Garde Impériale. [LOT OF 2 BOOKS]. London, Almark, 1973-78.

Lot of 2 books. Octavo. Pp. 124. With 12 colour plates and over 150 line drawings. Appendices, glossary. Printed on thick paper. Pictorial stiff wrappers; Pp. 48. With colour plates and line illustrations. Near fine.

- - First edition. Guide to the uniforms, organization and equipment of the foot regiments of Napoleon’s Imperial Guard.
€ 29 --



56 HERFURTH, Dietrich. Militärische Auszeichnungen der UdSSR. Berlin, Militärverlag der DDR, 1987.

Square royal octavo. Pp. 164. Illustrated throughout with numerous colour plates and other illustrations. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s pictorial boards. A fine copy.

- - First edition
€ 20 --



57 HERMINGHAUS, Thomas W. Feuerwehrhelme. Eine Entwicklungsgeschichte. Fire Helmets: History and Development. Hanau, EFB, 1982.

Quarto. Pp. 110, (17). With a second, illustrated title-page for the English section. Profusely illustrated throughout, mostly in colour. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s red cloth, spine gilt, with dust-jacket (this good). In fine condition. Excellent copy.

- - First edition. The history of the fire helmet. With extended English Summary. Beautifully illustrated. ADDED: “Brandweerhelmen uit de verzameling van Lothar de Bruijn” (Zoetermeer, Hofstad, 1987), a booklet with excellent colour photographs of fire helmets from this private collection. With a complimentary slip, addressed to noted militaria collector F. Smits, laid-in.
€ 160 --



58 HERRMANN, Reiner. Militärische Kopfbedeckungen der Kaiserzeit. Stuttgart, Motorbuch, 2000.

Octavo. Pp. 224. Illustrated in colour throughout. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s pictorial boards. A BRAND NEW copy.

- - First edition. A standard work on the subject. Beautifully illustrated, exceptionally rich in detail.
€ 380 --



59 HOGAN, James J. Badges, Medals, Insignia: Óglaigh na hÉireann (Irish Defence Forces). Published in Association with Military Archives, 1987.

4to. Pp. 80. Illustrated throughout. Original printed card wrappers. In a very good condition. (Old institutional stamp).

First edition. A document of the history of the badges, medals, and insignia of the Defence Forces, with details of the uniforms, badges, and insignia of the Irish Nationalist military organizations. Hogan, noted historian on Irish military insignia “has produced a work that will become the basic source of reference.” - T. O’Neill, Chief of Staff.
€ 55 --



60 HOHMANN, J. (Moritz Ruhl). Die Niederländische Armee, nebst den Kolonialtruppen und Freiwilligenkorps in ihrer gegenwärtigen Uniformierung. Leipzig, Moritz Ruhl, ca. 1900.

Oblong small 8vo. Pp. 32, 16 publisher’s catalogue, printed on green paper. Plus 16 chromolithograph plates in leporello, 14 of which depict 84 uniformed men, the last two brings an array of ranks, insignia, and decorations. Attractive letterpress device to title. Original pictorial wrappers, chromolithograph to upper panel. In fine condition. (Extending wraps’ fore-edges bit frayed.) Overall an excellent copy with a remarkable set of plates.

First edition. With the illustrated bookplate of Pat Murray.
€ 275 --



61 HOHMANN, J. [Moritz Ruhl]. Die Niederländische Armee nebst den Kolonialtruppen und Freiwilligenkorps in ihrer gegenwärtigen Uniformierung. Nach authentischen Quellen bearbeitet, nebst 16 Tafeln Abbildungen in lithographischem Farbendruck. [Moritz Ruhl]. Leipzig, Moritz Ruhl, (1906?)

Octavo. Leporello with 16 chromolithograph plates, each with multiple images of uniform studies, captioned underneath. First plate mounted onto cover, detached. Hardcover, contemporary quarter cloth and boards, repair to verso of one plate, else in about fine condition.

- - Plates only, without text.
€ 80 --



62 HUART, Adrien. Illustrated by Draner. La nouvelle vie militaire: Comment on devient soldat. [AND:] La vie d’officier. Paris, Librairie Illustrée; Librairie Dreyfous, (1877).

Two parts in one volume. Crown 4to. Pp. 160; 341-488. Title-page to each part. With ten contemporary hand-coloured engraved plates to each part and numerous engraved illustrations throughout. Hardcover, original quarter red morocco with marbled boards, spine with five raised bands, title embossed in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Very good condition. (Leather rubbed off spine; some spotting; neat paper repair to inner margin of one leaf.) Else, a nice copy of this publication in installments, well preserved.

First edition. A celebration of military life in numerous drawings, sketches, and coloured plates. Scarce.
€ 85 --



63 HUART, Adrien. Illustrated by Draner. La nouvelle vie militaire. [COMPLETE]. Paris, Librairie Illustrée; Librairie Dreyfous, (1877).

Crown 4to. Pp. 636. With 40 contemporary hand-coloured engraved plates, hand-coloured engraved title-page, and numerous engraved illustrations throughout. Hardcover, original quarter black calf with patterned cloth. Marbled endpapers. Very good condition. (Leather rubbed off spine, chipped at head; a small tear to outer margin of 2-3 leaves, paper repair to bottom margin of one leaf.) Else, complete, lovely copy of this publication in installments, surprisingly well preserved.

First edition. A celebration of military life in numerous drawings, sketches, and coloured plates. The rare, complete work.
€ 195 --



64 JACOB, Alain; Gilbert-Jean Malgras. Militaria. Equipements militaires Français du XIXe siecle. Coiffures, Cuirasses, Cuivreries, Gibernes, Sabretaches, Hampes de drapeaux. Paris, ABC Collection, 1981.

Crown quarto. Pp. 130. Profusely illustrated throughout. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s red cloth, gilt, with dust-jacket (this very good). In fine condition.

- - First edition.
€ 60 --



65 (JOHN PLAYER & SON; MILLS FILTER TIPS TOBACCO). MILITARY UNIFORMS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE OVERSEAS. [AND:] UNIFORMS OF THE TERRITORIAL ARMY. [AND:] SOLDIERS OF THE KING. [AND:] BRITISH UNIFORMS OF THE 19TH CENTURY. [COLLECTION OF 159 PLAYER’S CIGARETTE CARDS IN THREE VOLUMES]. N.P., John Player & Son, n.d.

Three album volumes. Square small quarto. Unpaginated. Contains 159 colour cigarette cards tipped-in onto recto’s only, as follows: Military Uniforms of the British Empire Overseas, complete series of 50 Player’s cards in one volume; Uniforms of the Territorial Army, complete series of 50 Player’s cards in one volume; Soldiers of the King, and British Uniforms of the 19th Century, two series, one of 34 (35?) Phillips cards, the other of 25 (complete) Mills Filter Tips cigarette cards, respectively. Most cards are numbered above, many captioned in neat hand bellow. Explanatory text on verso’s of cards can be read as cards are just tipped-in. Hardcover, uniformly bound in custom-made cloth volumes. In fine condition. Excellent set.

- - A beautiful collection, of particular value because of its scale, completion, and unique presentation. The first set, for example, includes KAR Somaliland Camel Corps; Gold Coast Regiment; Nigeria Regiment; British SA Police; Rhodesia Regiment, and more. Very nicely designed, each uniform study is presented against line-drawn background which depicts a famous piece of architecture from the country involved.
€ 175 --



66 JUDEX, K. K. Oberst M.; ( - ); de Witt Clinton Falls; ( - ); ( - ); ( - ); Anton Sassmann. [MORITZ RUHL] Uniformen und Abzeichen der österr.-ungar. Wehrmacht: Uniformen, Distinktions- und sonstige Abzeichen der gesamten österr.-ung. Wehrmacht. [BOUND WITH:] Die ehemaligen kaiserlich Deutschen Schutztruppen in Afrika in ihrer gegenwärtigen Uniformirung. [BOUND WITH:] Die Armee der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika. [BOUND WITH:] Die graublauen Felduniformen der Französischen Armee und deren Abzeichen. [BOUND WITH:] Die Französische Armee in ihrer Uniformierung vor dem Weltkriege. [BOUND WITH:] Die Englischen Armee- und Marine-Uniformen im Kriege. [BOUND WITH:] Das Norwegische Heer. Organisation, Bewaffnung, Ausrüstung, Bekleidung und Uniformen-Beschreibung. / Den Norske Haer. Organisasjon, bevaebning, og uniformsbeskrivelse. [SEVEN MORITZ RUHL BOOKS TOGETHER]. Leipzig, Moritz Ruhl, 1908-32.

7 BOOKS BOUND TOGETHER. FULL TITLE-LIST AS FOLLOWS: Uniformen und Abzeichen der österr.-ungar. Wehrmacht: Uniformen, Distinktions- und sonstige Abzeichen der gesamten österr.-ung. Wehrmacht, in übersicht. Farben-Darstellung mit erläuternder beschreibung. (Fünfte Auflage). BOUND WITH: Die ehemaligen kaiserlich Deutschen Schutztruppen: Die Deutschen Schutztruppen in Afrika (Südwestafrika, Ostafrika, Kamerun und Togo) in ihrer gegenwärtigen Uniformirung, dargestelt durch 78 in Farbendruck ausgeführte Abbildungen. Nebst ausführlichen Beschreibungen. BOUND WITH: Die Armee der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika. Mit 16 Tafeln Abbildungen in lithographischem Farbendruck. BOUND WITH: Die graublauen Felduniformen der Französischen Armee und deren Abzeichen. Nach dem Erlaß des französischen Kriegsministers vom 9. Dezember 1914. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen in lithografischem Farbendruck. BOUND WITH: Die Französische Armee in ihrer Uniformierung vor dem Weltkriege. Mit 18 Tafeln in lithografischem Farbendruck. (Vierte Auflage). BOUND WITH: Die Englischen Armee- und Marine-Uniformen im Kriege. BOUND WITH: Das Norwegische Heer. Organisation, Bewaffnung, Ausrüstung, Bekleidung und Uniformen-Beschreibung. Mit Genehmigung des Königlich Norwegischen Verteidigungsdepartements. 18 farbige Tafeln in originalgetreuer Ausführung. / Den Norske Haer. Organisasjon, bevaebning, og uniformsbeskrivelse. Utgitt med det Kongelige Norske Forsvarsdepartements tillatelse. Med 18 farvelagte tablaer og tekstillustrasjoner. - - Octavo. Collation as follows: Vol. I: Pp. viii, 104. Plus one monochromatic plate and 27 chromolithographic plates, many of which are heightened with gold and silver, set within gilt border. Original decorated card cover, printed in relief with gilt, red, green, and black, embossed on verso. Vol. II: Pp. 32. Plus 7 chromolithographic plates. Original chromolithographic pictorial card wrapper. Vol. III: Pp. 23. Plus 16 chromolithographic plates. Original illustrated card cover. Vol. IV: Pp. 14. Plus 16 chromolithographic plates: 4 double-page plates, and 2 fold-out, 4-panel leporellos. Original chromolithographic pictorial card cover. Vol. V: Pp. 56, (4) advertisements. Plus 18 chromolithographic plates. Original chromolithographic pictorial card cover. Vol. VI: 8 chromolithographic plates in 4 double-pages. Original pictorial card cover. Vol. VII: Pp. 23, (1) illustrated advertisement. Plus 18 chromolithographic plates, some heightened with gold or silver. Original chromolithographic pictorial card cover. Hardcover, privately bound together in contemporary green cloth, with gilt title label pasted onto spine. In a general very good condition. State of preservation varies: some volumes are in about fine condition, others have faults which vary from occasional blemish to edge chipping due to dry-out fragile paper (as often is the case with Ruhl’s plates), marginal repairs (with clear adhesive tape), short splits and tears, etc. Text blocks are in a general fine condition. The plates, originally published in leporello in almost all seven books, are bound-in; the two 4-panel leporellos are repaired edge to edge. Old institutional stamp to each volume.

- - First edition, unless otherwise stated. Exceptional collection of original Moritz Ruhl chromolithograph plates of military uniforms and insignia. While occasionally an individual title may be available, the combination of these books, representing different armies in different periods, makes this set a unique collectible. Some of the titles here are exceedingly scarce; “Das Norwegische Heer / Den Norske Haer” is of particular scarcity.
€ 875 --



67 JÜRGENS, Hans. Plates by [Herbert] Knötel d. J., Joachim v. Roebel, and K. D. Schack. Friedensuniformen: Uniformen des deutschen Heeres im Juli 1914. Zugleich Erläuterungen zu den Bildkarten zur Uniformenkunde gezeichnet von Herbert Knötel d. J., Paul Pietsch, Klaus Dieter Schack u. a. Heft I. Infanterie, Jäger und Schützen; Heft II. Kavallerie. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED SET. Hamburg, Helmut Gerhard Schulz, 1954-56.

2 VOLUMES. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED SET. FULL TITLE AS FOLLOWS: Friedensuniformen: Uniformen des deutschen Heeres im Juli 1914. Zugleich Erläuterungen zu den Bildkarten zur Uniformenkunde gezeichnet von Herbert Knötel d. J., Paul Pietsch, Klaus Dieter Schack u. a. Heft I. Infanterie, Jäger und Schützen; Heft II. Kavallerie. - - Octavo. Paginated consecutively. Pp. 52, vi; 53-96, x. With 6 plates in the first volume and 10 in the second. Original illustrated wrappers. Extra-illustrated by the insertion of a total of 52 plates, as follows: a set of 20 plates, measuring 21 x 14.5 cm; four sets of 8 plates each, measuring 15 x 10.5 cm. The plates, by Schack and Knötel, published by Schulz of Hamburg, depict various uniforms of the German army. Line-drawn, they are printed on thick paper, oddly numbered, the smaller designed as postcards and captioned on verso. All plates loose as issued, each of the smaller sets is in original semitransparent envelope. The two text volumes and the plates are kept in a custom-made scarlet cloth covered case, spine titled in gilt. In fine condition. A very handsome set, practically unused. Excellent.

Originally designed for colouration after the remarkably detailed instructions in the two studies, this is an excellent reference of German army uniforms of the period. An exceedingly scarce collection.
€ 245 --



68 JÜRGENS, Hans. Plates by [Herbert] Knötel d. J., Joachim v. Roebel, and K. D. Schack. Friedensuniformen: Uniformen des deutschen Heeres im Juli 1914. Zugleich Erläuterungen zu den Bildkarten zur Uniformenkunde gezeichnet von Herbert Knötel d. J., Paul Pietsch, Klaus Dieter Schack u. a. Heft I. Infanterie, Jäger und Schützen; Heft II. Kavallerie. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED SET. Hamburg, Helmut Gerhard Schulz, 1954-56.

Two volumes. 8vo. Paginated consecutively. Pp. 52, vi; 53-96, x. With 6 plates to the first volume and 10 to the second. Original illustrated wrappers. Extra-illustrated by the insertion of a total of 52 plates, as follows: a set of 20 plates, measuring 21 x 14.5 cm; four sets of 8 plates each, measuring 15 x 10.5 cm. The plates, by Schack and Knötel, published by Schulz of Hamburg, depict various uniforms of the German army. They are printed on thick paper, oddly numbered, the smaller designed as postcards and titled on verso. All plates loose as issued (one with a touch of watercolour), each of the smaller sets is in original semitransparent envelope. In fine condition. Excellent.

Originally designed for colouration after the remarkably detailed instructions in the two studies, this is an excellent reference of German army uniforms of the period. An exceedingly scarce collection.
€ 200 --



69 JÜRGENS, Oberst a. D. Hans; Friedrich Schirmer, Peter Wacker. Feldgrau. Mitteilungen einer Arbeitsgemeinschaft. Kontingentsabzeichen im Heer des Deutschen Reiches von 1871 bis 1918. [2. Jahrgang, Sonderheft 2]. Celle, Schweiger & Pick Verlag, 1954.

Octavo. Pp. 16. Plus a set of 8 single-sheet plates of uniform and insignia studies loosely inserted. In fine condition.

- - 2. Jahrgang, Sonderheft 2.
€ 20 --



70 KANNIK, Preben. Uniformen in farben. Berlin, Universitas, 1967.

Crown 8vo. Pp. 304. Set in two columns. With about 130 colour plates depicting 512 uniforms. Bibliography, index. Hardcover, original blue cloth, spine gilt, with pictorial dust-jacket (good). In a very good condition.

First German edition.
€ 28 --



71 KAPHANNEL. SAMMELMAPPE HISTORISCHE HELME AUS DER SAMMLUNG SCHUBERTH-WERK, Braunschweig. [Casques à pointe et coiffures de l’armée allemande. Helme und Militärische Kopfbedeckungen. German Prussian Helmets and Headwear/Headgear]. Braunschweig, Schuberth-Werk, 1978-79.

Quarto. 24 single-sheet colour plates of helmets and headgear from the Schuberth-Werk Collection, painted by Kaphannel. Placed in original portfolio (this bit worn). Plates are in fine, as-new condition.

- - Two sets of 12 plates each. Each plate correspond to a month in the calendar. For the years 1978 and 1979.
€ 80 --



72 KIPLING, Arthur L., and Hugh L. King. Head-Dress Badges of the British Army. Volume I: Up to the End of the Great War; Volume II: From the End of the Great War to the Present Day. London, Muller, 1979-80.

Two volumes. Crown quarto. Pp. xii, 479; x, (ii), 242. With photographs of over 3,000 items. Glossaries, indices. Top edges dyed blue. Hardcover, original matching navy blue cloth, spines gilt, with dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent handsome set.

Volume I is a reprint of the 1978 second, revised edition. Volume II is first edition. Major General F. J. van Lier’s set, with his entry and signature to front flyleaf of the first volume.
€ 225 --



73 KNÖTEL, Herbert, Paul Pietsch, and Baron Collas. Uniformenkunde. Das Deutsche Heer: Friedensuniformen bei Ausbruch des Weltkrieges. Volumes I-III. Stuttgart, Spemann, 1982.

Three volumes. Crown 4to. Volume I, Text volume: Pp. 432, numerous (full-page) line-drawn uniform illustrations to the text, illustrated endpapers. Volume II, Plate volume: Pp. (6), 1-122 full-page colour plates. Volume III, Plate volume: Pp. (10), 123-200 full-page colour plates, (2). This total does not include the many interpolated plates. All plates printed on thick, fine paper. Hardcover, uniformly bound in original blue cloth, gilt. The two Plate volumes punch-bound as issued. In a fresh-new condition. Exceptionally fine copies, practically unused. Excellent.

Second edition. Impressive undertaking of high quality. Complete. The two parts of the text volume in the previous edition are published here as one. (3440810550 3440810569)
€ 450 --



74 KNÖTEL, Richard, Knötel Herbert, and Herbert Sieg. Handbuch der Uniformkunde. Die militärische Tracht in ihrer Entwicklung bis zur Gegenwart. Mit 1600 Uniformdarstellungen. Hamburg, Schulz, 1937.

Royal octavo. Pp. 440. With 1600 uniform drawings. Tables. Hardcover, original light blue cloth gilt, with illustrated original dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent copy.

Third edition. “The drawings show not only exact details of all uniforms, but soldiers inside them, fighting men who know how to handle arms; and they are true to type of the divers races and nationalities represented.” - “The United Service Review” 27.1.1938. Loosely inserted: original Publisher’s 4-page illustrated publicity material.
€ 65 --



75 KUBE, Jan K. Militaria der deutschen Kaiserzeit. Helme und Uniformen, 1871-1914. München, Keyser, 1977.

Octavo. Pp. 176. Profusely illustrated throughout. Colour plates. In the original pictorial stiff wrappers, with flaps. In about fine condition. Excellent copy.

- - First edition.
€ 25 --



76 KUBE, Jan K. Militaria. Ein Bilderbuch für Sammler und Freunde alter Helme und Uniformen. N.p. Corvus; Podzun-Pallas, 1987.

Royal octavo. Pp. 240. Profusely illustrated throughout with over 500 illustrations in colour and black & white. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s cloth, spine gilt, with dust-jacket (this very good). Book is in mint, fresh-new condition.

- - A fine copy from the library of Mr [Master of Laws] J. Kist with his blind stamp to first free endpaper. ISBN: 3875401506 3 87540 150 6
€ 30 --



77 L’ARDÈCHE, Laurent de. Illustrée par Horace Vernet. Dix siècles de costume militaire. Paris, Hachette, 1963.

Crown quarto. Pp. 96. Profusely illustrated throughout. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s quarter cloth and pictorial boards. Fine.

- - First edition.
€ 18 --



78 LAINÉ, Didier. L’Armee Allemande en 1914. Planches synoptiques; Das deutsche Heer. Synoptische Tafeln; The German Army: Synoptic Plates. Paris, Chromos, 1987.

Oblong royal octavo. Pp. 297 of synoptic plates. Errata leaf laid-in. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s pictorial boards. In fine condition. Excellent copy.

- - First edition. Text in French, German, English. Exceptionally detailed illustrations. From the private library of noted militaria collector F. Smits, with his stamp.
€ 280 --



79 LARCADE, Jean-Louis. Casques à pointe et coiffures prestigieuses de l’armée allemande, 1842-1918. I: Troupes à pied; II: Troupes à cheval. [TWO VOLUMES]. Paris, Collection Uniformes, Jacques Grancher, 1983-85.

Two volumes. Quarto. Pp. 160; 197. Both volumes profusely illustrated throughout. Appendices, indices, bibliography and sources, list of units. Hardcover, uniformly bound in the original publisher’s crimson leatherette, gilt covers and spines, with dust-jackets (these very good), dedication to first free endpaper of one volume. In fine condition. Excellent set.

- - First edition.
€ 590 --



80 LEE, Nigel de. Illustrated by Emir Bukhari. French Lancers. (Nations in Arms, 1800-1815). London, Almark, 1976.

Square octavo. Pp. 48. Profusely illustrated in colour. Bibliography. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s pictorial boards. Fine copy.

- - First edition.
€ 18 --



81 LIEDER, Friedrich; Professor Jügel. Darstellung der Königl. Preussischen Infanterie in 36 Figuren, woraus die Uniformirung eines jeden Armée-Corps, die Abzeichen einer jeden Charge, und die im Exercier-Reglement für die Infanterie vorgeschriebene Stellung des Mannes, der Marsch, die Haltung und Griffe mit dem Gewehr etc. zu entnehmen sind. Auf Befehl Sr. Majestät des Königs nach der Natur gezeichnet von Friedrich Lieder und in Aqua Tinta gestochen von Professor Jügel. Potsdam, Buber, n.d. (ca. 1900).

FULL TITLE: Darstellung der Königl. Preussischen Infanterie in 36 Figuren, woraus die Uniformirung eines jeden Armée-Corps, die Abzeichen einer jeden Charge, und die im Exercier-Reglement für die Infanterie vorgeschriebene Stellung des Mannes, der Marsch, die Haltung und Griffe mit dem Gewehr etc. zu entnehmen sind. Auf Befehl Sr. Majestät des Königs nach der Natur gezeichnet von Friedrich Lieder und in Aqua Tinta gestochen von Professor Jügel. - - Imperial folio. 14 large colour plates, each measuring 480 x 350mm, with ample margins, depicting a total of 36 uniformed military men and officers. Numbered and captioned. Plus a title leaf, verso with table of contents. Loose as issued in the original portfolio, quarter green cloth and forest-green patterned boards, original title-label to spine, head of spine somewhat worn. In a very good condition (foxing). A very handsome copy.

- - Exceptionally high quality reprint of the 1820 original aquatint plates. The originals at the the Army Library in Berlin, a gift from the Führers and Reichskanzlers, was used by Graphische Kunstanstalt Jütte, of Leipzig, to created this superb set of prints, a fine example of a charming classic. Scarce.
€ 325 --



82 LIEDER, Friedrich; Professor Jügel. Darstellung der Königl. Preussischen Infanterie in 36 Figuren, woraus die Uniformirung eines jeden Armée-Corps, die Abzeichen einer jeden Charge, und die im Exercier-Reglement für die Infanterie vorgeschriebene Stellung des Mannes, der Marsch, die Haltung und Griffe mit dem Gewehr etc. zu entnehmen sind. Auf Befehl Sr. Majestät des Königs nach der Natur gezeichnet von Friedrich Lieder und in Aqua Tinta gestochen von Professor Jügel. Potsdam, Buber, n.d. (ca. 1900).

FULL TITLE: Darstellung der Königl. Preussischen Infanterie in 36 Figuren, woraus die Uniformirung eines jeden Armée-Corps, die Abzeichen einer jeden Charge, und die im Exercier-Reglement für die Infanterie vorgeschriebene Stellung des Mannes, der Marsch, die Haltung und Griffe mit dem Gewehr etc. zu entnehmen sind. Auf Befehl Sr. Majestät des Königs nach der Natur gezeichnet von Friedrich Lieder und in Aqua Tinta gestochen von Professor Jügel. - - Imperial folio. 14 large colour plates, each measuring 480 x 350mm, with ample margins, depicting a total of 36 uniformed military men and officers. Numbered and captioned. Plus a title leaf, verso with table of contents. Loose as issued in the original portfolio, quarter green cloth and forest-green patterned boards, original title-label to spine, very slight wear to spine ends. In fine condition (some foxing). A very handsome copy.

- - Exceptionally high quality reprint of the 1820 original aquatint plates. The originals at the the Army Library in Berlin, a gift from the Führers and Reichskanzlers, was used by Graphische Kunstanstalt Jütte, of Leipzig, to created this superb set of prints, a fine example of a charming classic. Scarce.
€ 375 --



83 LIMBERG, Fred, Ted Koppel. Estonian Army Uniforms and Insignia, 1936-1944. (Weapons and Warfare Quarterly, Special Issue No. 10). Bennington, International Graphic Corporation, 1983.

Quarto. Pp. 27. Illustrated throughout. Stapled, in plain blue wrappers.

- - A Xeroxed copy of the first edition, published as a Special Issue of “Weapons and Warfare Quarterly”, and was similarly economically produced and stapled.
€ 20 --



84 LITTLEJOHN, David. Foreign Legions of the Third Reich. I: Norway, Denmark, France; II: Belgium, Great Britain, Holland, Italy and Spain; III: Albania, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Hungary and Yugoslavia; IV: Poland, the Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania, Free India, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland and Russia. [FOUR VOLUMES]. San Jose, James Bender, 1981-87.

Four volumes. Royal octavo. Pp. 208; 288; 320; 384. profusely illustrated throughout. Hardcover, uniformly bound bound in the original publisher’s pictorial boards. AS NEW. A very fine set, practically unused.

- - First edition (1st volume 2nd printing). ISBN 0912138173 091213822X 0912138297 091213836X
€ 280 --



85 MALIBRAN, H. Guide a l’usage des artistes et des costumiers contenant la description des uniformes de l’Armée française de 1780 à 1848. I. Texte; II. Album. [TWO VOLUMES]. Paris, Combet; Boivin, 1904-07.

Two volumes. Crown quarto. Pp. 946; 248, including 211 full-page hand-drawn plates. Hardcover, uniformly bound in half cloth and marbled boards, bit rubbed along extremities, spines gilt, light sporadic foxing to text volume. Two plates expertly hand-coloured. In a very good condition. Excellent interiors.

- - First edition. With “Au lecteur” by Edouard Detaille. Provenance: From the library of the late Dr. F. G. de Wilde, with his bookplate to each volume. Frans Gerard de Wilde (1903-1999), a pharmacist by profession, a Captain in the Dutch Artillery, a recipient of the Bronze Cross for bravery in battle. He was the supreme expert on Dutch military uniforms, a distinguished collector, and a noted artist. In his youth he was befriended with Hoynck van Papendrecht, the great Dutch painter of military scenes and uniforms. He later became acquainted with the major experts on military uniforms in Europe, in particular with Commandant E.-L. Bucquoy. He was a major force behind the initiation of the Legermuseum in Delft, and a member of its Board until his death.
€ 450 --



86 MALVAUX, Bertrand, Michel Pétard. Le hausse-col Français. N.p., Éditions du Canon, 1997.

Quarto. Pp. 120. With over 300 photographs. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s pictorial boards. BRAND NEW.

- - First edition. Published by Bertrand Malvaux’s “Editions du Canonnier”, “Le hausse-col Français” is arguably the most comprehension work on the French gorgets of the 18th- and 19th-centuries. A remarkable production, beautifully illustrated. Scarce.
€ 180 --



87 MEIJ, J. van der, and J. van Eijk. Ritmeester Cigars. Album voor sigarenbandjes. Cavalerie serie. Veenendaal, Ritmeester, n.d.

Royal quarto. Unpaginated. Complete with a total of 84 pictorial cigar bands, printed in colour, each within gilt frame. The first two series, with 28 cards each, are mounted; the 28 cards of the third series are still fresh-new, unmounted, preserved in an envelope. Extended captions. Plus 4 pages of advertisements, one in colour. Original pictorial thick card wrappers, ring-bound as issued. In fine condition. Excellent copy, complete in all respects, remarkably well preserved.

- - First edition. A charming collection, depicting the cavalry of Britain, France, and Germany respectively. Produced with the collaboration of the Army Museums in Leiden and Bruxelles. Ritmeester published these collectibles from 1887. Rare.
€ 120 --



88 MERICKA, Vaclav. Photographs by Jindrich Marco. The Book of Orders and Decorations. London, Hamlyn, 1975.

Quarto. Pp. 248. Frontispiece. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous halftone and colour plates, many of which are full- or double-page, and text illustrations. Appendices, bibliography. Illustrated endpapers. Hardcover, gilt-embossed black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with pictorial dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent.

First English edition. Authoritative, richly illustrated survey of orders and decorations, both past and present. With detailed descriptions of insignia and their history, as well as chapters dealing with distinguishing originals from fakes, repairing and restoring, organizing and starting a collection, and purchasing decorations.
€ 45 --



89 MERICKA, Vaclav. Photographs by Jindrich Marco. The Book of Orders and Decorations. London, Hamlyn, 1975.

Quarto. Pp. 248. Frontispiece. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous halftone and colour plates, many of which are full- or double-page, and text illustrations. Appendices, bibliography. Illustrated endpapers. Hardcover, gilt-embossed black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with pictorial dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent.

First English edition. Authoritative, richly illustrated survey of orders and decorations, both past and present. With detailed descriptions of insignia and their history, as well as chapters dealing with distinguishing originals from fakes, repairing and restoring, organizing and starting a collection, and purchasing decorations.
€ 45 --



90 METZ, Ernst. Hessische Uniformbilder der Biedermeierzeit 1825-1845. Kassel, Lometsch, 1964.

Square 8vo. Pp. 116. With a suite of 12 fine colour plates, printed on different paper bound in. Fine colour illustration to title page. Hardcover, original cloth with dust-jacket (this just good, with some tears). In fine condition.

€ 25 --



91 MILNE, S. M., and Major-General Astley Terry. (Illustrated by P. W. Reynolds). The Annals of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps: Appendix Dealing with Uniform, Armament and Equipment. London, John Murray, 1913.

Royal octavo. Pp. viii, 52. Portrait frontispiece. Plus 49 plates, numbered alphabetically, of which 25 are fine chromolithographs of costume studies; one is chromolithograph of regimental colours; and 23 are monochromatic plates of costume studies, battlefield scenes, insignia, etc. Errata slip tipped-in. Hardcover, original dark green cloth, upper cover decorated with gilt, spine gilt. In a very good condition. (Gutta-percha rubber cement perished, as with most 19th century books so bound, and text block has come loose; frontispiece neatly reinforced along inner margin on blank side; occasional foxing.) Very well-preserved plates.

In three parts: I. The Red Coat; II. The Green Jacket, Decorations, and Armament; III. The Colours. A handsome copy.
€ 255 --



92 MOLLO, John. Trois siècles d’uniformes militaires de la Guerre de Trente Ans à 1914. Fribourg, Office du Livre, 1972.

Quarto. Pp. 234. Profusely illustrated throughout. About 150 colour plates. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s light green cloth, spine gilt, pictorial endpapers, with dust-jacket (this very good). In fine condition. Excellent copy.

- - First edition.
€ 90 --



93 (MORITZ RUHL). DIE UNIFORMEN DER DEUTSCHEN ARMEE. ERSTE UND ZWEITE ABTG. ERSTE ABTEILUNG [ABTHEILUNG]: UEBERSICHTLICHE FARBENDARSTELLUNGEN DER UNIFORMEN. MIT AUSFÜHRLICHER LISTE DES SÄMTLICHEN TRUPPENTEILE UND LANDWEHR-BATAILLONE, nebst Angabe der Standquartiere und genauen Erläuterungen der Farbendarstellungen. Zweite Abteilung [Abtheilung]: Die Abzeichen der militairischen Grade und die sonstigen Auszeichnungen an den Uniformen der Deutschen Armee, nebst Abbildungen der Lanzenflaggen, Fahnen, Standarten u.s.w. Mit Erläuterungen zu den Abbildungen. Leipzig, Moritz Ruhl, n.d.

Two volumes. Crown 8vo. Unpaginated. Volume I: Contains 34 plates in leporello, 32 of which are chromolithographs, one monochromatic, and one textual. With a 24-page index list and publisher’s catalogue. Volume II: Contains 23 chromolithographic plates in leporello. With a publisher’s list at end. Original uniformly decorated card wrappers. Good. (Old ownership stamp; wraps neatly strengthened, lower wrap of vol. II frayed; some splits to folds of leporello. One list loose and frail, this of vol. II gone.) Plates are very nicely preserved.

Erste Abteilung Zweiunddreisigste Auflage; Zweite Abteilung Neunte Auflage. Exceedingly rare as a set.
€ 95 --



94 NASH, David. The Prussian Army, 1808-1815. London, Almark, 1972.

8vo. Pp. 104. With eight colour plates. Illustrated throughout. Appendices, glossary. Printed on thick paper. Hardcover, original light blue cloth with pictorial dust-jacket. In a very good condition.

First edition. Regiments, uniforms, weapons, equipment, organizations and tactics of a major participants in the Napoleonic Wars. With excellent appendices.
€ 68 --



95 NIEMEYER, Joachim, and Georg Ortenburg (Editors). Die Chur-braunschweig-lüneburgische Armee im Siebenjährigen Kriege: Das “Gmundener Prachtwerk”. Beckum, Vogel, 1976.

4to. Pp. 86. With 47 full-colour plates and numerous monochrome illustrations. Notes, appendix, bibliography. Hardcover, original decorated lemon cloth, with pictorial dust-jacket (rubbed at top with tear near spine panel.) Book is in excellent condition. Fine copy.

Quality production of excellent resource of reference and a revival of charming early work.
€ 65 --



96 (ORIENTALISCHE CIGARETTEN COMPAGNIE YOSMA, Alva Bilder). Fahnen- und Standarten-träger [Standartenträger] Sammlung. Alva Bilder. Bremen, Yosma, n.d.

Oblong Royal 8vo. Pp. (iv), 32. Complete with a total of 192 colour card plates mounted onto 32 pages, six to a page. With a caption to each, explanatory notes, detailed index. Original illustrated card wrappers. In a very good condition; internally in fine condition. (Wraps bit rubbed, thumbed, with thin stripe of remnant paper to verso of each; a bit dog-eared.) Complete in all respects with excellent set of plates.

First edition. A lovely array of guidons, colours, standards, and flags bearers through the ages. Beautifully printed.
€ 105 --



97 ORTENBURG, Georg, Edmund Rabe, Ludwig Burger. Die brandenburg-preussische [presußische] Armee in historischer Darstellung. Ihre Uniformierung und Bewaffnung von Großsen Kurfürsten bis auf Kaiser Wilhelm I. Beckum, Deutschen Gesellschaft für Heerskunde, 1977.

Oblong 8vo. Pp. 48. Plus 20 full-page colour uniform plates tipped-in onto corresponding leaves, depicting a total of 200 uniformed men. With many fine illustrations to the text. Bibliography. Original pictorial cloth-covered card wrappers. In fine condition. Excellent copy.

€ 35 --



98 PAYNE, A. A. A Handbook of British and Foreign Orders, War Medals and Decorations Awarded to the Army and Navy. Suffolk, Hayward, 1981.

Crown 4to. Pp. lxx, 812. Portrait frontispiece. With nearly 60 halftone illustrations. Hardcover, original blue artificial calf, lettered and decorated in gilt, with original glassine dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent, handsome copy, practically unused.

A facsimile reprint of the 1911 limited edition.
€ 75 --



99 PERICOLI, Ugo, Michael Glover, and Elizabeth Longford. 1815: The Armies at Waterloo. London, Sphere, 1973.

Crown 4to. Pp. 174. Plus 145 colour uniform illustrations on large number of plates, printed on different paper, bound in. With many text illustrations. Footnotes, notes on the plates, glossary. Original pictorial wrappers. In a very good condition.

Translated from the Italian.
€ 25 --



100 POHLMAN, Oberst a. D. H.; Friedrich Schirmer, Peter Wacker. Feldgrau. Mitteilungen einer Arbeitsgemeinschaft. Die Kaiserliche Schutztruppe für Deutsch-Südwestafrika. [3. Jahrgang, Sonderheft 5]. Celle, Schweiger & Pick Verlag, 1955.

Octavo. Pp. 16. Plus a set of 6 single-sheet plates of uniform studies loosely inserted. In fine condition.

- - 3. Jahrgang, Sonderheft 5.
€ 20 --



101 PRUCHE. ALBUM DE LA GARDE IMPÉRIALE. PARIS, Alphonse Désesserts, n.d.

Small octavo. Contains 29 hand-coloured plates, lithographed by the lithographers firm of Destouches, Paris. In the original stiff wrappers, beautifully preserved. Hand-coloured Imperial Eagle on upper wrap. Loose in a full cloth binding. Occasionally finger soiled, surface of some plates blemished in places, but a beautiful, desirable copy with all plates now protected with leaves of pH-balanced, acid-free Renaissance archival paper.

- - First edition. These exquisite, late 19th-Century plates of military uniforms, are coloured by contemporary hand with rich, dense dyes, more opaque than transparent, and are delicately heightened with fine touches of egg-white, adding richness and elegance to the darker tones. Cracked with age, this natural varnish gives the plates the depth and charm of an old Renaissance painting. Very rare. Not a single copy located on KVK or OCLC worldwide. Not in French Union Catalog nor in National Library of France.
€ 800 --



102 PUTNIKOV, Georgi. Orders and Medals of the USSR. Moscow, Novosti, 1990.

Royal octavo. Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated in colour. Original pictorial stiff wrappers. A fine copy.

- - First edition.
€ 18 --



103 RICHARD, Capitaine [Auguste-Jean-Charles]; Charles Morel. La Garde (1854-1870). Ouvrage illustré de 380 gravures dont huit tirées en deux teintes, et huit en couleurs d’après les Aquarelles de Charles Morel. Paris, Ancienne Librairie Furne, Société d’Edition et de Librairie, 1898.

Thick royal quarto. Pp. xii, half-title, allegorical frontispiece, title printed in red and black, dedication to Édward Detaille, preface, 356, (1). Plus 21 plates, with facing tissue guards, including colour plates, often finished by hand, after the watercolours of Charles Morel, tinted plates, and monochromatic. With numerous illustrations to text. Hardcover, bound in contemporary three-quarter crimson calf and matching marbled boards, gilt-ruled sides, spine with raised bands and six compartments, gilt stamped, mend at head of joint, cloth inner hinges, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Original pictorial wrappers, printed in red and black, bound in. Handsome copy in overall fine condition.

- - First edition. Retains the rare original wrappers in excellent condition. Copy no. 47 from a limited edition of one thousand. Printed on Vélin glacé by the firm Chamerot et Renouard, of Paris. Additional plates printed by Draeger. Scarce. KVK locates 5 copies only, in Union Catalog Italy, British Library, IDS Bale/Berne, Union Catalog of Canada, and Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.
€ 650 --



104 RINGOIR, H. De Nederlandse Infanterie. Bussum, Dishoeck, 1968.

8vo. Pp. 120. Plus colour plates and extra suites of halftone photo plates, printed on different paper, bound in. Line-drawn illustrations. Index. Illustrated endpapers. Original pictorial limp boards. In fine condition. Excellent copy.

First edition. Related newspaper clippings loosely inserted.
€ 30 --



105 ROSIGNOLI, Guido. Air Force Badges and Insignia of World War 2. Poole, Blandford, 1976.

8vo. Pp. 200. With 80 fine full-page colour plates, printed on different paper, bound in. Index. Hardcover, original turquoise cloth, spine gilt, with dust-jacket. In a fine, as-new condition. Excellent copy indeed.

First edition of this standard work.
€ 22 --



106 ROSIGNOLI, Guido. Army Badges and Insignia of World War 2. Book 2. Poole, Blandford, 1975.

8vo. Pp. 198. With 80 fine colour full-page plates, printed on different paper, bound in. Index. Hardcover, original light aquamarine cloth, spine gilt, with dust-jacket. In a fine, as-new condition. Excellent copy indeed.

First edition of this standard work.
€ 22 --



107 ROSIGNOLI, Guido. Army Badges and Insignia Since 1945. Book One. Poole, Blandford, 1976.

8vo. Pp. 218. With 93 fine full-page colour plates, printed on different paper, bound in. Index. Hardcover, original beige cloth, spine gilt, with dust-jacket. In a fine, as-new condition. Excellent copy indeed.

Second edition of this standard work.
€ 22 --



108 ROUSSELOT, L. L’Armee Française. Ses uniformes, son armement, son équipment. Marins de la Garde, 1803-1815. / The French Army: The Marines of the Guard, 1803-1815. Parts I-II. Planches / Plates 31 & 32. N.p., Camus Villejuif, 1978.

Quarto. Two double-page colour plates printed on card, title-page to each, illustration on back. Plus two 8-page booklets with instructional text and description of the figures, one in French and one in English. Placed in a plain paper folder. In fine condition. Excellent copy, practically unused.

- - First printed in 1943. Text both in French and in English. Colour plates by Clémenceau Villejuif. From the private library of noted militaria collector F. J. Smits.
€ 60 --



109 SASSMANN (SASSMANN), Anton. Das Norwegische Heer. Organisation, Bewaffnung, Ausrüstung, Bekleidung und Uniformen-Beschreibung. 18 farbige Tafeln. / Den Norske Haer. Organisasjon, bevaebning, og uniformsbeskrivelse. Med 18 farvelagte. [MORITZ RUHL]. Leipzig, Moritz Ruhl, 1932.

Crown octavo. Pp. 23, (1) illustrated advertisement. Plus a leporello of 18 fine chromolithographic plates, some heightened with gold or silver, printed by the lithographers firm Carl Starke, of Leipzig. Original card wrappers, chromolithographic plate to cover. Endpaper advertisement removed. In fine condition. Excellent copy.

- - First edition. One of Ruhl’s most beautiful productions. Includes a large section on insignia, head-wear, colours, flags, and guidons. Rare.
€ 220 --



110 SCHIRMER, Friedrich. Die Heere der kriegführenden Staaten, 1756-1763. [Die Zinnfigur]. No Imprint.

Three parts in one volume. Crown octavo. Pp. 96; 20, (5) plates, 12, 36, (5) plates, 8 plates, 32; 8, 17, (4) plates, plus 5 folding typed appendices. Hardcover, crimson cloth, spine gilt. In fine condition. Save for some chips to title-page of first part, an excellent copy.

- - Published manuscript. Certain parts are offprint from “Die Zinnfigur.” Impressive and most valuable source of information. A standard work.
€ 175 --



111 SCHIRMER, Friedrich, Peter Wacker. Feldgrau. Mitteilungen einer Arbeitsgemeinschaft. Die preußischen Garde-Infanterie-Regimenter 1912-18. [2. Jahrgang, Sonderheft 1]. Celle, Schweiger & Pick Verlag, 1954.

Octavo. Pp. 24. Plus a folding chart bound at end. Plus a set of 12 single-sheet plates of uniform studies loosely inserted. Errata leaf loosely inserted. Bibliography. In fine condition.

- - 2. Jahrgang, Sonderheft 1.
€ 20 --



112 SCHULZ, Gerd M. Deutschland-Katalog: Helme & Mützen der Armee, 1871-1945. München, Jörg Nimmergut, 1978.

Small octavo. Pp. 304. Illustrated throughout. In the original stiff wrappers, small scratch to back cover, else a fine copy in excellent condition.

- - First edition.
€ 50 --



113 SCHULZ, Helmut Gerhard. Heeres- und Uniformkunde: Helmut Gerhard Schulz Antiquariats-Kataloge 60-78, 1957-1976. Hamburg, Helmut Gerhard Schulz, 1957-76.

Lot of 16 antiquarian book catalogues on military uniforms. Octavo. Pp. 32 (855 numbers); 78 (1812 numbers); 88 (1836 numbers); 68 (1400 numbers); 72 (1600 numbers); 84 (1700 numbers); 50 (1111 numbers); 49 (978 numbers); 48 (1000 numbers); 92 (1700 numbers); 64 (1000 numbers); 40 (700 numbers); 72 (1000 numbers); 88 (1250 numbers); 80 (1120 numbers); 48 (500 numbers). Some catalogues with illustrations. Illustrated advertisements. Indices. Promotional material loosely inserted. Original illustrated wrappers. In fine condition.

- - A very well preserved set, covering two decades of antiquarian book cataloguing, specializing in military dress and accouterment (two issues dedicated to history). Contains the following issues: Catalogue number 60, February 1957; number 61, June 1958; number 62, November 1959; number 63, September 1960; number 64, June 1961; number 65, September 1962; number 66, September 1963; number 67, March 1964; number 68, November 1965; number 69, November 1966; number 70, October 1967; number 72, October 1969; number 74, October 1971; number 76, November 1973; number 77, June 1975; number 78, February 1976. With a total of about 20,000 books listed by this great authority on military uniforms studies, this collection is an outstanding source of reference on the subject and an antiquarian treasure in itself.
€ 600 --



114 SCHWARZE, Wolfgang. Die Uniformen der Preußischen [Preussischen] Garden, von ihrer Entstehung, 1704 bis 1836. Wuppertal, Schwarze, 1975.

Royal 4to. Pp. (12), plus 48 splendid colour facsimile plates. Hardcover, original pictorial boards. In fine condition. Bright copy, practically unused. Excellent.

First edition. Reprint of the Berlin 1840 edition.
€ 45 --



115 SCHWARZE, Wolfgang. Die Uniformen der Preußischen [Preussischen] Garden, von ihrer Entstehung, 1704 bis 1836. Wuppertal, Schwarze, 1975.

Royal 4to. Pp. (12), plus 48 splendid colour facsimile plates. Hardcover, original pictorial boards. In fine condition. Bright copy, practically unused. Excellent.

First edition. Reprint of the Berlin 1840 edition. Newspaper clips and related ephemera loosely inserted.
€ 40 --



116 SEEGER, Karl von. Marschallstab und Kesselpauke: Tradition und Brauchtum in der deutschen und österreichisch-ungarischen Armee. Stuttgart, Franckh’sche Verlagshandlung, 1941.

Royal 8vo. Pp. 208. With over 100 halftone and line illustrations, many of which full-page. Set in Gothic type. Errata slip laid-in. Hardcover, original half cloth lettered in red, without dust-jacket. Fine condition. (Light marginal yellowing and a stain or two to boards.) Nice copy.

Revised edition. Nice collection of illustrations depicting military uniforms, insignia, flags, standards, batons, parades, some weapons, musical notes and instruments, etc., of the German and Austro-Hungarian Armies.
€ 60 --



117 STANTON, Shelby. U.S. Army Uniforms of the Korean War. Harrisburg, Stackpole, 1992.

Crown 4to. Pp. viii, 243. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous halftone illustrations. maps, tables. Appendices, index. Hardcover, original blue cloth, spine lettered in silver, with pictorial dust-jacket (fine). Book is in a fine, fresh-new condition. Excellent copy.

First edition. Major General F. J. van Lier’s copy, with his entry and signature to front flyleaf.
€ 33 --



118 STEVENS, Fred, Ian Hogg, John Batchelor. Weapons and Uniforms of the U.S.S.R. (Purnell’s History of the World Wars Special). London, Purnell, 1975.

Quarto. Pp. 64. Profusely illustrated throughout. Original pictorial wrappers. Fine.

- - First edition. Well illustrated comprehensive survey of the Soviet Army. ADDED: A set of 8 single-sheet prints of Soviet decorations and insignia. Published in Moscow in 1996, with text both in English and Russian, including the original printed paper band.
€ 19 --



119 STRACHAN, Hew. British Military Uniforms, 1768-96: The Dress of the British Army from Official Sources. London, Purnell, n.d.

Royal 8vo. Pp. 384. With a suite of 72 plates, bound on different paper, bound in. Index. Hardcover, original black cloth, spine gilt, with pictorial dust-jacket (this very good). In fine condition.

First Book Club edition.
€ 25 --



120 STUBBS, Thomas N. G. Imperial German Military Officers’ Helmets and Head Dress [Headdress], 1871-1918. Atglen, Schiffer, 2004.

BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 4to. Pp. 543. Colour plate frontispiece. Photographic album with hundreds of fine colour plates. Appendices, bibliography. Printed on fine paper. Hardcover, cloth with pictorial dust-jacket.

First edition. ISBN:#0764318756
€ 75 --



121 THARAU, Friedrich-Karl. Die geistige Kultur des preußischen [preussischen] Offiziers. Mainz, v. Hase & Koehler, 1968.

Royal 8vo. Pp. 187. Notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, original crimson cloth, spine gilt, with dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent copy.

First edition.
€ 20 --



122 THIRIAR, James. Les uniformes de notre Armée, 1830-1930. Bruxelles, Psyché, 1930.

Royal octavo. Pp. 70. With colour plates and numerous line-drawn illustrations by Thiriar. Illustrated commercial advertisements. Lacks first 3 leaves (ads). Original pictorial card wrappers, bit worn, upper wrapper by Thiriar, coloured, lower wrap with commercial advertisement. Withal a very good copy.

- - First edition. James Thiriar (1889-1965) was a prolific artist who painted and drew extensively military scenes, particularly uniform studies. In 1938 he was commissioned by the Belgian King to design the new uniforms of the Royal Guard. His design, inspired by the uniforms of the gendarmerie before 1914, was a great success, much admired by the King and people of Belgium.
€ 120 --



123 THIRIAR, James. Verzameling Belgische Uniformen. Collection Uniformes Belges, I-III. [THREE VOLUMES]. Brussel, Historia, n.d.

Three volumes. Octavo. Pp. 101, (3); 97, (3); 87, (4). With a total of 150 colour plates (50 to each volume) printed on thick paper, tipped-in. Each plate with text on verso; caption at bottom of leaf. Hardcover, uniformly bound in the original publisher’s full ochre cloth, red lettering to covers and spines. In a very fine condition. A wonderful set in a superb state of preservation, crisp throughout, practically as new.

- - First edition. Not dated, but apparently published from late 50’s to early 60’s. The plates, printed as postcards, were issued as part of a promotional campaign run by several firms in the food industry. Each card was collected individually; very few survived. The 150 cards were divided into 30 groups, each comprising of 5 cards. They display most handsomely the uniforms of the men and officers of 15 regiments of the Belgian army. The text on the back of the cards is both in Dutch and French. The historical essays, by several writers from the military, are in Dutch. James Thiriar (1889-1965) was a prolific artist who painted and drew extensively military scenes, particularly uniform studies. In 1938 he was commissioned by the Belgian King to design the new uniforms of the Royal Guard. His design, inspired by the uniforms of the gendarmerie before 1914, was a great success, much admired by the King and people of Belgium. Very rare. OCLC 67373610 locates just a single copy worldwide, that in the Legermuseum, Delft.
€ 600 --



124 TIRON, l’Abbé [René]. Compiled by Auguste Wahlen. Histoire et Costumes des Ordres Religieux, Civils et Militaires. Deuxième édition, considérablement augmentée. Dédiée a Son Eminence Le Cardinal Lambruschini. [THREE BOOKS IN TWO VOLUMES]. Bruxelles, Librairie Historique-Artistique, 1845.

Three books in two volumes. Royal octavo. Pp. iv, 299, (4) list of plates, errata; 220 inc. list of plates; 68, (4) list of plates, errata. Plus 118 finely hand-coloured costume plates (only 117 are called-for), protected with tissue guards; dampmark on tissue guards slightly offset onto few plates. With a finely engraved frontispiece portrait of Pope Gregory XVI, set within decorative border, drawn and engraved by Paul Chenay, printed on fine China paper, laid-down. Auguste Wahlen’s imprimatur. Illustrated title-pages; half-titles; divisional titles; occasionally foxed or blemished in places. Hardcover, Volume I bound in contemporary half calf and marbled boards (spine very worn); Volume II bound in quarter cloth and marbled boards. In overall very good condition (old institutional stamps and markings). Desirable set with all plates presently protected with sheets of acid-free, pH-balanced Renaissance archival paper.

- - New, considerably enlarged edition, published in the same year as the first. Compiled by Auguste Wahlen, who has signed his authorship with “Publié par Auguste Wahlen” in the imprimatur. Wahlen is the author of the famous work “Moeurs, usages et Costumes de tous les peuples du monde”, published also by the Bruxelles’ Librairie historique-artistique (1843). His real name was Jean François Nicolas Loumyer. Not only a prolific author, he was also an active publisher in Brussels and published several, varied titles. His exact role in publishing “Histoire et Costumes” is only to be guessed. However, “date in luce”, i.e. “compiled by”, “edited by”, is probably the most correct. The set of 118 exquisite plates in this book is remarkable. The plates here are coloured by contemporary hand with rich, dense dyes, more opaque than transparent, and are delicately heightened with fine touches of egg-white, adding richness and elegance to the darker tones. Cracked with age, this natural varnish gives many plates the depth and charm of an old Renaissance painting. Colas (2882), Lipperheide (1881). KVK loctaes copies in Union Catalogues Italy, Britain (2), Canada, France, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Southwest Germany only. OCLC 5318902 adds 5 copies worldwide.
€ 1100 --



125 TOECHE-MITTLER, Joachim. Armeemärsche. Volumes I-III. Neckargemünd, Vowinckel, 1971-75.

Three volumes. Royal 8vo. Pp. 213; 160; 274. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous halftone and line-drawn plates and illustrations, some of which are full-page. Musical notes. Indices. Tail-pieces. Hardcover, original illustrated white cloth, dye stamped, with pictorial dust-jackets (very good; bit yellowing, plastic foil bit peeling). All three volumes are in a fresh-new condition. These are excellent copies, bright and crisp, practically unused.

Second, improved edition. Scarce.
€ 175 --



126 TOMAN, Karel. A Book of Military Uniforms and Weapons: An illustrated survey of military dress, arms and practice through the ages. London, Hamlyn and Wingate, 1964.

Royal 4to. Pp. 166. Frontispiece. With 227 pen-and-pencil and watercolour illustrations. Hardcover, original decorated white cloth, spine gilt, with dust-jacket (this bit worn, tears mended). In a fine, fresh-new condition, practically unused.

First English edition.
€ 38 --



127 TRANSFELDT, Walter, Karl Hermann Frhr. von Brand, and Otto Quenstedt. Wort und Brauch im deutschen Heer: Geschichtliche und sprachkundliche Betrachtungen über Gebräuche, Begriffe und Bezeichnungen des detschen Heeres in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. Hamburg, Schulz, 1967.

8vo. Pp. xvi, 301. Illustrated throughout. Notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, original pale grey cloth, spine lettered in black, with pictorial dust-jacket (this very good, with small sticker to spine panel). In fine condition. Excellent copy.

Sixth, revised and enlarged edition. Nicely illustrated with old engravings, woodcuts, and line drawings.
€ 65 --



128 TRANSFELDT, Walter, Karl Hermann Frhr. von Brand, and Otto Quenstedt. Wort und Brauch im deutschen Heer: Geschichtliche und sprachkundliche Betrachtungen über Gebräuche, Begriffe und Bezeichnungen des detschen Heeres in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. Hamburg, Schulz, 1967.

8vo. Pp. xvi, 301. Illustrated throughout. Notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, original pale grey cloth, spine lettered in black, with pictorial dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent copy.

- - Sixth, revised and enlarged edition. Nicely illustrated with old engravings, woodcuts, and line drawings. Loosely inserted: original Publisher’s 4-page illustrated publicity material to this edition, incorporating dust-jacket’s artwork. AND: original Publisher’s 4-page illustrated publicity material to the 5th edition, dated 1959.
€ 69 --



129 ULLRICH, Hans-Joachim. Die preußische [preussische] Armee, 1808-1839. [Soldaten im bunten Rock, 4]. Stuttgart, Franckh’sche Verlagshandlung, 1972.

4to. Pp. 15, (1) illustrations. Plus 24 colour facsimile plates, printed on thick card, loosely inserted in rear pocket. Original pictorial card case. Excellent copy, with plates in fine condition.

Quality production. Excellent resource of reference, and a charming visual artifact most suitable for decoration.
€ 25 --



130 (WALDORF-ASTORIA). ORDEN. EINE SAMMLUNG DER BEKANNTESTEN DEUTSCHEN ORDEN UND AUSZEICHNUNGEN. [WALDORF-ASTORIA]. MÜNCHEN, Waldorf-Astoria, (ca. 1925).

Royal quarto. Unpaginated. Complete with a total of 287 colour card plates, each within gilt frame, mounted onto 24 leaves (25 pages). With a caption to each, explanatory text on the preceding verso. With four full-page fine allegorical or historical illustrations. Decorated title-page printed in gilt and blue, decorated verso. Large armorial head-pieces. Detailed index. Each page within decorated border. Set in Gothic type. Original decorated yellow card wrappers, both panels printed in gilt and blue, spine gilt. In fine condition. A very handsome copy, complete in all respects, remarkably well-preserved. Excellent.

First edition. A most charming collection.
€ 150 --



131 [WILDE, Frans Gerard de]. Tenues des officiers. [Tenue de campagne; de travail; de sortie et de travail, de cérémonie; avec imperméable; avec capote en drap mousse; de soirée pour Territoires d’Outre-Mer; de soirée ave cape; etc.]. No imprint.

Small octavo (180 x 120mm). Collection of 12 actual photographs with typed index. Hardcover, privately bound in full cloth. Fine.

- - This album contains 12 actual photographs of artist’s designs of the various “tenue militaire” of French officers. The album and index were compiled and used by the unifomolog Frans Gerard de Wilde (1903-1999), the supreme expert on Dutch military uniforms. A pharmacist by profession, a Captain in the Dutch Artillery, a recipient of the Bronze Cross for bravery in battle de Wilde was a distinguished collector and a noted artist. In his youth he was befriended with Hoynck van Papendrecht, the great Dutch painter of military scenes and uniforms. He later became acquainted with the major experts on military uniforms in Europe, in particular with Commandant E.-L. Bucquoy. He was a major force behind the initiation of the Legermuseum in Delft, and a member of its Board until his death. Rare.

€ 80 --



132 WILSON, Frank and Arthur Kipling. Uniforms of the peninsular War. London, Knight, 1972.

8vo. Pp. 47. Profusely illustrated throughout with line-drawn and colour plates; text illustrations. Hardcover, original pictorial boards. In fine condition. Excellent copy.

First edition.
€ 18 --



133 WINDROW MARTIN, and Gerry Embleton. Military Dress of the Peninsular War, 1808-1814. London, Ian Allan, 1974.

Square crown qaurto. Pp. 200. Set in three columns. Frontispiece. With a large section of colour plates, depiction 100 uniformed soldiers of all armies involved. With 100 halftone illustrations and line-drawn battle-maps, many of which are full- or double page. Bibliography, appendices. Hardcover, original dark tan cloth, spine gilt, with pictorial dust-jacket (this near fine). Book is in a fine, fresh-new condition. Excellent copy, bright and crisp.

First edition.
€ 30 --



134 WINDROW, Martin. Illustrated by Michael Chappell. Uniforms of the French Foreign Legion, 1831-1981. Poole, Blandford, 1981.

Octavo. Pp. 159. Profusely illustrated throughout. Numerous colour plates. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s black cloth, spine gilt, with pictorial dust-jacket. In fine condition.

- - First edition.
€ 20 --



135 WOINOWICH, Emil von, Kurt von Schmedes, and Anton Sussmann. Der österreich.-ungarische Soldat mit Waffe und Werkzeug. Armee-Bilderbuch. Straubing, Attenkofer, ca. 1878.

Oblong royal 8vo. Unpaginated. Illustrations to verso of title-page. With 16 fine, large-format chromolithograph plates. One pen-and-ink full-page plate. Illustrations to the text. Illustrated endpapers. Hardcover, original richly illustrated boards, spine cloth. In a very good condition. (Some thumbing to margins, a stain or two, extremities bit rubbed.) Nice copy.

First edition. A most charming collection of fine plates in rich, dense colours with excellent gloss. An authoritative manual on chromolithography in 1885 (Colour and Colour Printing, by W. D. Richmond) asserts the need for at least nine separate stones to achieve this level of realistic effect, but in fact the number of stones used was sometimes more than twenty.
€ 475 --



136 YPEREN, R. van. De Nederlandse Militaire Muziek. Bussum, Dishoeck, 1966.

8vo. Pp. 142. Plus colour plates and extra suites of halftone photo plates, printed on different paper, bound in. Line-drawn illustrations. Tables, index. Original pictorial limp boards. In fine condition. Excellent copy.

First edition. Related newspaper clippings loosely inserted.
€ 19 --

 

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