2017, ISBN: 9780714836348

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Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers, 1993. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 247 pages. Includes 1 figure and 8 tables. Also includes Illustrations, Ackno… Mehr…

Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers, 1993. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 247 pages. Includes 1 figure and 8 tables. Also includes Illustrations, Acknowledgments, A Note on Terms and Abbreviations, Table of Comparative Ranks (World War II); Introduction, Prologue, Seventeen numbered chapters, Conclusion, Appendix 1--The Place of Henke in the U-Boat War, Appendix 2--Sinkings by U-515, Selected Bibliography, and Index. 12 black and white photographs follow page 125. Timothy P. Mulligan was an archivist at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., specializing in captured German and World War II era U.S. military and naval records. He received his Ph.D. in diplomatic history from the University of Maryland in 1985. During his 34-year tenure as an archivist with the National Archives and Records Administration, he also compiled the two-volume finding aid World War II: Guide to Records Relating to U.S. Military Participation. This guide describes approximately 200,000 cubic feet of records in National Archives custody, and received the Society of American Archivists' C.F.W. Coker award in 2009. This book presents the story of World War II U-Boat ace Werner Henke, whose U-15 sank more ships (24 merchant vessels and 2 warships) than any other German submarine commander after September 1942. A fiercely independent individual, Henke was nearly cashiered from the service before he became one of its greatest heroes. Two weeks after Hitler awarded him one of Germany's highest decorations, he battled the Gestapo to protect his friends. How and why he met his end on the barbed wire fence of a POW camp outside Washington, D.C.--the only U-Boat commander shot while attempting to escape in the United States--forms the core of this book. Derived from a Kirkus review: The riveting, resonant tale of an outsider who achieved success as a U-boat skipper in WW II Germany's Kriegsmarine-and met a unique fate on dry land far from home. Drawing on contemporary documents and interviews with his subject's surviving shipmates, naval archivist Mulligan offers a vividly detailed account of a renegade whose career belied the stereotypically barbaric image of unterseeboote commanders. Born in 1909, Werner Henke moved west in 1920 to a suburb of Hamburg when the Versailles Treaty ceded Poland a corridor to the Baltic, expropriating his family's property. Having joined the merchant marine in 1925, he switched to the regular navy ten years later in the wake of Hitler's decision to rearm the Third Reich. Though frequently at loggerheads with superiors and Gestapo officials, Henke was named master of U-515 early in 1942-and proved a happy choice for the Nazi war machine. On six patrols, his sub sank two dozen Allied vessels, ranking Henke 14th on the list of U-boat aces and top among those who operated after Allied hunter-killer teams began to turn the tide in the Battle of the Atlantic. With an assist from Ultra intelligence intercepts, a US task force sent U- 515 to the bottom offshore Spain on Easter Sunday 1944, taking its captain and most of the crew prisoner. Under interrogation, Henke was led to believe that he would be returned to England for trial on trumped-up atrocity charges. Apparently determined to stay out of British hands, he made a suicidal escape attempt and was gunned down on the wire at Fort Hunt, a secret POW center near Washington, D.C. In recounting the twisty path taken by one casualty of a global conflict, Mulligan sheds considerable light on the tactics and technology employed by a loathsome regime's silent service. Military history of a high order., Praeger Publishers, 1993, 3, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/NFINE. No owner inscrptn but author's neat,handwritten,warm conversational inscrptn thus: 'For Jo - Happy Xmas '96! So glad to hear you enjoy old Morse - & crosswords! Colin Dexter - ' to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright, crisp,clean,matt,colour photograph of Oxford's Radcliffe Camera (houses the Sciene Library) to front of dw/dj,with capitalised,embossed gilt-lettered author's name, capitalised,embossed white-lettered title and capitalised,flat printed,white-lettered THE NEW INSPECTOR MORSE NOVEL credit to lower edge; appears a non-sunned/faded grey spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered,embossed title andauthor name with also thumbnail colour photograph repeated from front and publisher's capitalised,white lettered and red illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with a slate grey background and white-lettered prose extract to same. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - rear panel with a pair of small,vertical faint wrinkles.Front internal flap of dw/dj with an accidental,top corner diagonal crease. Top+fore-edges minimally if hardly toned,still bright,crisp, clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, unblemished,sharp-cornered original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering,a b/w striped headband with a sewn-in grey silk bookmark ribbon and immaculate plain pale beige endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,1-349pp [paginated] includes a Prolegomenon (a discursive introduction),Pts 1-7 comprising 6, 3, 29 ,4, 12, 5, 8, and 3 chapters respectively with also an Envoi in last Pt; plus [unpaginated] half-title with publisher's list of author's other titles to its reverse,an author SIGNED+ dedicated title page,a dedication,Acknowledgements,an epigram ((Aristophanes),a title separator page,individual Pts separator pages,and to the rear,6pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable, and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 25+ year-old age. It is only the minimal faults that prevents a slightly higher grading for the dw/dj.Despite them,it really is still an exceptional, exemplary example for its cleanliness, brightness and lack of other detracting faults and the cachet of it being warmly dedicated and inscribed by a popular and collectable author. Dexter, now deceased (21st March, 2017), had won several Gold Dagger Awards from the Crime Writers Association for the best crime novel of the year. Inspector Morse,the slightly cantankerous Oxford detective returns in Colin Dexter's intellectual thriller Death is Now My Neighbor. When the Master of Lonsdale College retires,two senior dons are left competing for the single spot that will be the penultimate position of their academic careers. Summoned to 17 Bloxham Drive,Chief Inspector Morse discovers the body of Rachel James. She was shot at point-blank range. Unfortunately,few of the residents can be helpful about what they saw or heard on that fateful morning.The discovery of a cryptic 'seventeenth century' love poem and a photograph of Rachel with a mystery grey-haired man is enough to send Morse on the trail. But then Morse faces a far more personal crisis. . . A seemingly unrelated murder takes Morse and his partner Lewis from the strip clubs of Soho on a case that leads unexpectedly back to the manicured grounds of the Oxford college. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **, LONDON.MACMILLAN PUBLISHERS LTD.,1996., 4.5, London, England: Phaidon Press, 1997. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. London, England: Phaidon Press, 1997. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 500 pages. Massive retrospective collection of photographs, with accompanying text. One of the best introductory volumes on the practice and art of photography. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a regular first print run as a hardcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Phaidon Press: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial hard boards with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. The book weighs 10 pounds. Photographs by various contributors. They represent THE Who's Who of photographic history. Text by various contributors. Glossary of Technical Terms. Photographic History And Movements. Directory of Museums And Galleries. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Italy to the highest standards. Given the daunting scope of the undertaking, the reproduction quality in terms of clarity, tonal range, and warmth is exemplary. In glossy pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents "The Photo Book". Two words. Comprehensive, meticulous, and dazzling: 500 images, beautifully reproduced, representing some of the world's greatest photographers, and encompassing every photographic genre. "Images of famous events such as the Royal Wedding and the Moon Landing are here next to shots by Masters of photography such as Bill Brandt, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Cecil Beaton, and Robert Doisneau. There is fashion, sports, natural history, reportage, and society portraiture as well as social documentary and art. The photographers featured range from William Henry Fox Talbot and Julia Margaret Cameron to Larry Clark and Herb Ritts, from Robert Capa and Josef Koudelka to Nan Goldin and Pierre et Gilles. Arranged alphabetically by photographer, each full-page image is accompanied by an illuminating text which gives a useful insight into the work and its creator as well as extensive cross-references to others working in the same field or style" (Publisher's blurb) . "The scope of this visual encyclopedia is truly epic" (Library Journal) . Considering how vast and constantly-expanding the subject is, this is an impressive start indeed: Great photographs accompanied by (extremely) insightful commentary. Published almost as an afterthought to Phaidon Press' immensely successful Series that now includes "The Art Book", "The 20th-Century Art Book", and "The Movie Book", the "inclusion of iconic images and their juxtapositions raise questions central to the history of the medium, and make 'The Photo Book' perhaps the most successful of the Series" (Eric Bryant) . An absolute "must-have" title for photography book collectors. This title is an indispensable photography book-reference. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing ("First Published 1997" with NO further indications) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online are subsequent printings or have serious flaws. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. 500 plates. Some of the greatest photographs and photographers of all time. A fine copy. . ISBN 0714836346., Phaidon Press, 1997, 5<

1999, ISBN: 9780714836348

Taschenbuch, Gebundene Ausgabe

New York City, NY: PowerHouse Books, 1999. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. New York City, NY: PowerHouse Books, 1999. Softcover. Fine/None, A… Mehr…

New York City, NY: PowerHouse Books, 1999. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. New York City, NY: PowerHouse Books, 1999. Softcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 158 pages. Retrospective collection of the artist/photographer's films. The single most important book on the cinematic art and achievement of William Klein. The first appearance of the title in the United States. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. The First American Edition is now also rare. A brilliant production by William Klein: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs and film stills selected and sequenced by William Klein. Essay by Claire Clouzot. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by EBS in Verona, Italy to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents William Klein's "Films". The complete cinematic oeuvre of the visual artist who is much better-known as a ground-breaking photographer. By 1964, Willam Klein had completed his now-legendary series of books on cities ("New York", "Moscow", "Rome", and "Tokyo") , and felt he had said everything he wanted to say through photography. He turned his restless and inexhaustible creative energies to film-making, and spent an extended period that lasted for more than two decades (from 1965 to the 1980's) , making quirkily brilliant films that now enjoy a global cult following. It takes a truly courageous and uncompromising artist to abandon one medium, after leaving his indelible mark on it, and move on to another. Just as he permanently and radically changed the way people take photographs, William Klein's films expanded and enriched the cinematic vocabulary with such pioneering films as "Broadway By Light", "Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?" , "Mr. Freedom", "Muhammad Ali The Greatest", "The Little Richard Story", and "The Messiah". One of the greatest film directors of all time praised "Broadway By Light", on Manhattan's magnificent neon-lit signs: "It is truly the very first film that needed to be made in color" (Orson Welles) . Since then, many well-known photographers have branched out into film-making. Some of the more recent sensations like Larry Clark, Bruce Weber, David LaChapelle, and Anton Corbijn have either turned to making films in addition to their photographic work or abandoned photography altogether. All of them credit William Klein's pioneering example as their primary inspiration. William Klein eventually returned to photography, and is now firmly established as one of the greatest visual artists of our time. Supplemented with an insightful essay by Claire Clouzot, this is the definitive book on William Klein's film work, whose recognition is long overdue. An absolute "must-have" title for William Klein collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in metallic-silver pen-marker on the title page by William Klein. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great film book. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Edition/First Printing (American) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A rare signed copy thus. William Klein's "Life Is Good And Good For You In New York" was selected as one of the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". One of the greatest artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER WILLIAM KLEIN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1576870383., PowerHouse Books, 1999, 5, London, England: Phaidon Press, 1997. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. London, England: Phaidon Press, 1997. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 500 pages. Massive retrospective collection of photographs, with accompanying text. One of the best introductory volumes on the practice and art of photography. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a regular first print run as a hardcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Phaidon Press: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial hard boards with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. The book weighs 10 pounds. Photographs by various contributors. They represent THE Who's Who of photographic history. Text by various contributors. Glossary of Technical Terms. Photographic History And Movements. Directory of Museums And Galleries. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Italy to the highest standards. Given the daunting scope of the undertaking, the reproduction quality in terms of clarity, tonal range, and warmth is exemplary. In glossy pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents "The Photo Book". Two words. Comprehensive, meticulous, and dazzling: 500 images, beautifully reproduced, representing some of the world's greatest photographers, and encompassing every photographic genre. "Images of famous events such as the Royal Wedding and the Moon Landing are here next to shots by Masters of photography such as Bill Brandt, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Cecil Beaton, and Robert Doisneau. There is fashion, sports, natural history, reportage, and society portraiture as well as social documentary and art. The photographers featured range from William Henry Fox Talbot and Julia Margaret Cameron to Larry Clark and Herb Ritts, from Robert Capa and Josef Koudelka to Nan Goldin and Pierre et Gilles. Arranged alphabetically by photographer, each full-page image is accompanied by an illuminating text which gives a useful insight into the work and its creator as well as extensive cross-references to others working in the same field or style" (Publisher's blurb) . "The scope of this visual encyclopedia is truly epic" (Library Journal) . Considering how vast and constantly-expanding the subject is, this is an impressive start indeed: Great photographs accompanied by (extremely) insightful commentary. Published almost as an afterthought to Phaidon Press' immensely successful Series that now includes "The Art Book", "The 20th-Century Art Book", and "The Movie Book", the "inclusion of iconic images and their juxtapositions raise questions central to the history of the medium, and make 'The Photo Book' perhaps the most successful of the Series" (Eric Bryant) . An absolute "must-have" title for photography book collectors. This title is an indispensable photography book-reference. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing ("First Published 1997" with NO further indications) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online are subsequent printings or have serious flaws. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. 500 plates. Some of the greatest photographs and photographers of all time. A fine copy. . ISBN 0714836346., Phaidon Press, 1997, 5<

1997, ISBN: 9780714836348

London, England: Phaidon Press, 1997. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. London, England: Phaidon Press, 1997. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First … Mehr…

London, England: Phaidon Press, 1997. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. London, England: Phaidon Press, 1997. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 500 pages. Massive retrospective collection of photographs, with accompanying text. One of the best introductory volumes on the practice and art of photography. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a regular first print run as a hardcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Phaidon Press: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial hard boards with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. The book weighs 10 pounds. Photographs by various contributors. They represent THE Who's Who of photographic history. Text by various contributors. Glossary of Technical Terms. Photographic History And Movements. Directory of Museums And Galleries. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Italy to the highest standards. Given the daunting scope of the undertaking, the reproduction quality in terms of clarity, tonal range, and warmth is exemplary. In glossy pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents "The Photo Book". Two words. Comprehensive, meticulous, and dazzling: 500 images, beautifully reproduced, representing some of the world's greatest photographers, and encompassing every photographic genre. "Images of famous events such as the Royal Wedding and the Moon Landing are here next to shots by Masters of photography such as Bill Brandt, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Cecil Beaton, and Robert Doisneau. There is fashion, sports, natural history, reportage, and society portraiture as well as social documentary and art. The photographers featured range from William Henry Fox Talbot and Julia Margaret Cameron to Larry Clark and Herb Ritts, from Robert Capa and Josef Koudelka to Nan Goldin and Pierre et Gilles. Arranged alphabetically by photographer, each full-page image is accompanied by an illuminating text which gives a useful insight into the work and its creator as well as extensive cross-references to others working in the same field or style" (Publisher's blurb) . "The scope of this visual encyclopedia is truly epic" (Library Journal) . Considering how vast and constantly-expanding the subject is, this is an impressive start indeed: Great photographs accompanied by (extremely) insightful commentary. Published almost as an afterthought to Phaidon Press' immensely successful Series that now includes "The Art Book", "The 20th-Century Art Book", and "The Movie Book", the "inclusion of iconic images and their juxtapositions raise questions central to the history of the medium, and make 'The Photo Book' perhaps the most successful of the Series" (Eric Bryant) . An absolute "must-have" title for photography book collectors. This title is an indispensable photography book-reference. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing ("First Published 1997" with NO further indications) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online are subsequent printings or have serious flaws. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. 500 plates. Some of the greatest photographs and photographers of all time. A fine copy. . ISBN 0714836346., Phaidon Press, 1997, 5<

1997, ISBN: 0714836346

[EAN: 9780714836348], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 7.03], [PU: Phaidon Press Ltd, United Kingdom, London], IAN JEFFREY THE PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK, 500 superb images represent the world's best… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780714836348], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 7.03], [PU: Phaidon Press Ltd, United Kingdom, London], IAN JEFFREY THE PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK, 500 superb images represent the world's best photographers and encompass every sort of photography in this eye-catching and engrossing book. Pictures of famous events such as the Royal Wedding and the first landing on the moon are here, next to familiar shots by masters of photography such as Bill Brandt, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Cecil Beaton and Robert Doisneau. There is fashion, sport, natural history, reportage and society portraiture, as well as social documentary and art. The 500 photographers featured range from William Henry Fox Talbot and Julia Margaret Cameron to Larry Clarke and Herb Rittz, from Robert Capa and Josef Koudelka to Nan Goldin and Pierre et Gilles. Arranged alphabetically by photographer, each full-page image is accompanied by an illuminating text which gives a useful insight into the work and its creator, as well as extensive cross-references to others working in the same field or the same style. Glossaries of technical terms and movements and a directory of museums and galleries are included to provide a fully comprehensive and self-contained volume. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine., Books<

1997, ISBN: 9780714836348

Phaidon Press, 1997-02-10. Hardcover. Very Good/Missing. 11x10x2. 1997; London; black paper covered boards with silver titles; light rubbing and edge wear; bump on bottom front edge; no… Mehr…

Phaidon Press, 1997-02-10. Hardcover. Very Good/Missing. 11x10x2. 1997; London; black paper covered boards with silver titles; light rubbing and edge wear; bump on bottom front edge; no dust jacket; interior clean and unmarked; 4to - over 9 3/4" to 12" tall; 512 pages; Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of book., Phaidon Press, 1997-02-10, 3<