Naraghi, Dara:Persia Blues, Volume 2 Love and War
- signiertes Exemplar 2015, ISBN: 9781561639779
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London England: Pan Books, 2006. War Atlas Armed Conflict - Armed Peace.Very Good condition. Colour illustrations. unpaginated A radically new concept in military atlases - 44 full-colour… Mehr…
London England: Pan Books, 2006. War Atlas Armed Conflict - Armed Peace.Very Good condition. Colour illustrations. unpaginated A radically new concept in military atlases - 44 full-colour maps and cartograms presenting a graphic picture of contemporary conflict.This Shows At A Glance Who Gains, Who Loses And Who Opposes.Is A Radically New Concept In Military Atlases.. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback., Pan Books, 2006, 3, Great Britain: Leo Cooper, 2000. Paperback. Asiago. Italy. This is the first guide of the Battleground Europe series to examine the First World War Italian Front.This long-neglected campaign saw ferocious fighting between the Italian and the Austro-Hungarian armies in some of the most rugged terrain in Europe, where the weather and the mountains were as much a danger as the enemy.The Battleground series is designed for both the battlefield visitor and the reader at home. For the former, these books are invaluable guides and each site is described in detail. For everyone there are graphic descriptions of actions, often through first-hand accounts, supported by illustrations, diagrams and maps. Illustrated. 176 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . 1st Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo. Paperback., Leo Cooper, 2000, 3, Naval Institute Press, 1997. Softcover. VG+ (Very Good plus). Wolfpack is the first major colour-illustrated book to capture life on board a U-boat. The text, drawing on letters, diaries, journals, memoirs, prose, poetry and proverb, relates the mundane and the routine, the dramatic and the heroic, fear and resilience as experienced by every man from Kapitanleutnant to Mechaniker.Bringing these words brilliantly to life are 130 black and white and 115 colour photographs, elegant paintings, drawings and line art, including: several colour photographs of the U-995, the only surviving example of the commonly deployed VIIC U-boat; portraits of the ace U-boat commanders; crew members at work, at ease, on shore leave and, in some very powerful photographs, as prisoners of the US Coast Guard; U-boat pens at Bordeaux, La Pallice, Saint Nazaire, Lorient and Brest; Allied airmen and aerial bombardments and Allied convoys under attack; Donitz himself, his uniform, his headquarters and the ornate blue and gold baton taken from him upon his surrender in May 1945; U-boat weapons; propaganda art from both world wars; memorabilia and ephemera, including a German advertisement in the New York Times warning passengers against travelling on the Lusitania and the medals of Commander Gunther Prien, who sank the British battleship Royal Oak in October 1939; and a graphic map of the Atlantic region showing the devastating losses in ships and men, wrought by and on the U-boats in one short period of the war.Wolfpack is a vivid and brutally realistic portrait of the lives of the men who fought and died. pp. 238 illusts (name on prelim) #0120 Submarine Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA., Naval Institute Press, 1997, 3, London England: Penguin Classics. Very Good. 2001. 1st Penguin Classic Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 0141390875 Paperback Paperback. Naval Battles of The First World War. Slight foxing to edge. The author's classic history of the Great War at sea combines graphic and stirring accounts of all the principal naval engagements - battles overseas, in home waters and, for the first time, under the sea - with analysis of the strategy and tactics of both sides. He brings these sea battles dramatically to life, and confirms the Allied navies' vital contribution to victory.Illustrated with maps, plans and contemporary photographs, this detailed, imacculately researched account is the authoratitive history on an often overlooked but hugely important aspect of the First World War. Illustrated. 310 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.) ., Penguin Classics, 2001, 3, New York.: Pantheon Books., 1986. Later printing.. Trade paperback. Very good. Near fine. Light cover edge wear scuffing.. 1 160 p. Includes illustrations. Graphic arts memoir in Black & White sequential cartoon style art. Fold-out end flaps are part of cover design. Classic graphic arts Spiegelman memoir based on true experiences of the author-artist's father, Vladek Spiegelman. He was a Nazi prisoner captive with his wife in a Polish Concentration Camp during World War II and the Holocaust. Art: Nazis are depicted as cats; the Jews as mice. Author is co-founder / editor of "Raw", the magazine graphic arts avant garde publication. Chapters 1 through 6 first appeared in Raw between 1980 and 1985., Pantheon Books., 1986, 4, UK,8vo p/back,author SIGNED p/back.VG+.Colour pictorial,Michael Foreman illustrated wraps; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present - though light dog-ear creasing to three of the four corners! Top+fore-edges lightly toned/aged - as usual/normal - contents bright,tight and clean.UK,8vo p/b,SIGNED, 1st edn thus,7-115pp [paginated],12pp [unpaginated] author's notes/ glossary to rear,includes author's blue ink SIGNED+dedicated half-title page:'For Richard love Michael Morpurgo',b/w illustrated title page and profuse b/w illustrations by Michael Foreman throughout the text. Billy was a champion soccer star,playing for Chelsea in the 1930s.But that was before war broke out.This tale is told through the voice of an 80 year-old man,who looks back on his life as Chelsea's champion striker until the outbreak of war in 1939 and on through his subsequent life. Michael Foreman,born Pakefield,Suffolk,1938.Studied at Lowestoft School of Art and at the Royal College of Art.Lecturer at St Martin's School of Art (1963-65),the London College of Printing (1967-8),the Royal College of Art (1968-70) and the Central School of Arts and Crafts (1972).Art Director of Playboy magazine,Chicago (1965) and the King Magazine,London (1966).Painter,etcher,illustrator and writer of children's books.His illustrative work is distinctive: he often works in colour or halftone,creating luminous effects with veils of thinly diluted pigment over delicate pencil outlines; in his etched illustrations,he uses soft ground techniques to achieve subtle tonal graduations.His imagery,ostensibly decorative,humorous or with a sometimes child-like appearance,often has menacing or bizarre overtones. He was winner of first prize in the Francis Williams Book Illustrations Award (1972+ 1977) and the Silver Eagle Prize at the Festival International du Livre, Nice,France (1972),the Graphics Prize at Bologna (1982) and the Kurt Maschler Award (1982), winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal,his recent book War Boy (1989) had just won him the Kate Greenaway Medal for a second time. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.COLLINS,2002., 3, New York: NBM Comicslit. New. 2015. First Edition. First Printing; Paperback. 156163977X . B&W Illustrations; 8.4 X 5.9 X 0.7 inches; 108 pages; NEW. Soft cover has white spine with black and red lettering. Pages are clean and tight. Volume 2 in the series. This graphic novel tells a fascinating tale of time travel/past lives in vibrant b/w cells. 'In the fantastical world of ancient Persia, the shock Minoo receives at discovering her royal heritage is overshadowed by the imminent invasion of Ahriman's armies. Only by finding the empire's champion, Rostam, can Minoo hope to turn back the tide of evil. Meanwhile, in the modern world, in Minoo's life in Iran and America--where she has recently begun her graduate studies--she deals with her stern father, dying mother, lost brother, and new American boyfriend'. ., NBM Comicslit, 2015, 6<