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Buffalo fighting with bear, Auastin Prod. Inc., Canada, bronzed mass, some flaking of paint, h-18cm l-28cm

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Buffalo fighting with bear, Auastin Prod. Inc., Canada, bronzed mass, some flaking of paint, h-18cm l-28cm

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Reunion of 5 historical works from the LES ARMEES FRANÇAISES D'OUTRE-MER collection. Collection published for the 1931 Paris International Colonial Exhibition, with a print run of 1,000 copies, 22 by 28 cm: 1. Le Service vétérinaire et le service de la remonte aux colonies. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1931. One volume. (4)-XIII-(1)-106-(3) pages + 18 plates h.t. Paperback, printed cover. Spine unstained. First edition. The first part outlines the role (not limited to their art) of military veterinarians, for each group of colonies (monitoring the diet of colonists and natives, laboratory research work, etc.); the second deals with the aims pursued by the remonte service: "to improve breeding conditions by improving hygiene and animal feed; to improve native breeds through judicious cross-breeding and the creation of equestrian establishments; to encourage breeding by various means, purchases, bounty competitions, races, etc." 2. [ASTOUIN (Colonel Louis) and PÉRIER (Captain Roger): Le train des équipages aux colonies. Paris, Villain et Bar, 1931. One volume. (2)-XVII-(1)-158-(1) pages + 7 h.t. maps. (6 of which folded) + 1 portrait + 11 plates. Paperback, printed cover. Spine unstained. First edition. Work divided into four parts, devoted to North Africa, West Africa (especially Madagascar), the organization of convoys in China, Cochinchina and Tonkin, and the Levant (Cilicia, Lebanon, Jebel Druze). 3. [PAUL (Lieutenant-Colonel Georges-Eugène) and BASSET (Captain)]: Artillery in the colonies. Paris, Villain et Bar, 1931. One volume. XVI-403-(2) pp. + 20 plates + 9 maps. (of which 5 folded) Paperback, printed cover. Spine unstained. First edition. Written in collaboration with Lieutenant-Colonel Charbonneau, this work relates "the history of the use of metropolitan artillery overseas, [...] the role of naval or colonial artillery as a combat weapon [... and] as a service [for] military [and economic] equipment in the colonies." 4. [GAUCHER (Intendant Général) and RIVIÈRE (Intendant): Le service de l'intendance aux colonies. Paris, Villain et Bar, 1931. One volume. (8)-290-(1) pages. Paperback, printed cover. Spine unstained. First edition. "Part One is devoted to "Intendants and Colonial Commissioners in the past", i.e. up to the second half of the 19th century. Part Two studies the role of the Commissariat and the Intendance, both metropolitan and colonial, in modern colonial expansion. Paperback, printed cover. Spine unstained. 5. Les Grands soldats coloniaux. Paris, Henri Jonquières, 1931, One volume. (4)-442-(1) pages + 33 h.t. portraits + 3 h.t. folding maps + 1 f. foreword paginated [15]-16 between pp. 4 and 5. Contemporary navy blue half-basin with corners, spine with 4 nerves, upper cover preserved. Minor spotting, otherwise very good condition. Paperback, printed cover. Spine unstained. 39 biographies of pioneers, explorers and military figures, including Samuel Champlain, Montcalm, Dupleix, Marshal Clauzel, Marshal Bugeaud, Duc d'Aumale, Marchand, Marshal Lyautey, etc.

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