Die Englische Armee in ihrer gegenwartigen Uniformierung. 17 Tafeln in lithographischem Farbendruck mit 190 Abbildungen von Offizieren und Soldaten aller Truppengattungen, genauen Farbtafeln etc. Nebst Erlauterungen zu denselben und Mittheilung über Eintheilung, Organisation etc. der engl. Armee, sowie mit einer Liste der sammtlichen regularen Regimenter.
Leipzig: Moritz Ruhl, n/d. Softcover. Ex-libris Robert Florey: Robert Florey (1900-1979) was a French screenwriter, director of short films, and actor who moved to Hollywood in 1921. Florey worked as assistant director to Josef von Sternberg, Frank Borzage, and Victor Fleming before making his feature directing debut in 1926. He turned out more than 50 movies over the next 23 years, from the first Marx Brothers movie "The Cocoanuts" (1929), to horror movies such as "Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1932) starring Bela Lugosi, to skillful low-budget crime programmers like "The Crooked Way" (1949).
16mo. 17 unpaginated plates, followed by 42pp. of text. Wrappers with color paste-on to front wrapper. Magnificently illustrated work on the English Army, with 17 full-page color chromolithographs. Ex-libris Robert Florey (see above) and Hugo Thiele, with a stamp of the latter to front wrapper and first plate. Paste-on over name of publisher on title page. Scuffing, rubbing, creasing to board, browning to text pages. Text in German. In good condition. g. Item #16067
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