Die Armee der Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-Amerika. Mit Abbildungen von Offizieren und Soldaten aller Truppengattungen, sowie von Uniforms- und Rangabzeichen, Ausrustungsgegenstanden etc. Nebst genauer Beschreibung der Uniformirung und Mittheilungen über Organisation, Starke, Eintheilung und Dislocation der Nordamerikanischen Armee, sowie der Milizen.
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.38pp., followed by 19 plates. Wrappers with color paste-on to front wrapper. Magnificently illustrated work on the U.S. Army, with 19 full-page color chromolithographs. Binding is repaired, with part of title page taped over. Ex-libris Robert Florey (see above) and Hugo Thiele, with a stamp of the latter to front wrapper and title page. Scuffing, rubbing, creasing, staining to wrappers. Text in German. In good condition. g. Item #16078
Price: $275.00