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Leeuwarden, Netherlands: Karst Tjallings, 1702. Paperback. Very Good -. 7, [1] p.: 19 cm. Signatures: A4 (4to). Woodcut title vignette. Not in Knuttell or Worldcat. A response to "Aanmerkingen op de Memorie van den Fransche Resident Barre, Aan de . . . Staaten Generaal . . . den 31. Maart 1702" (Gravenhage: Meyndert Uitwerf, 1702), Knuttel, 14755. Contents: Extract Uit het Register der Resolution van de . . . Staaten Generâl der Vereenig de Nederlanden. Sabbathi den 8 April 1702 -- Extract Uit de Aanspraak van de Heer Mourlag, Ambassadeur van de Koning van Vrankrijk Hendrik de IV . . . 26. Augustus 1593 -- Als meede een Extract uit de Memorien van den heer de Sully. An extremely scarce pamphlet relating to the War of the Spanish Succession. In Very Good- Condition: title page stained; lightly creased and soiled; stitching is gone, with slight tears at the stitching holes; otherwise a solid copy of a very scarce item.
Dry Leaves from Young Egypt by an ex-political by EASTWICK William Joseph - 1851
by EASTWICK William Joseph
Dry Leaves from Young Egypt by an ex-political
by EASTWICK William Joseph
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London: James Madden, 1851 third edition. xx and 378 pages. Frontispiece portrait in colour, double page map of Sindh, plan of the battle of Meanee, 12 sepia lithographs including 6 views, 2 folding tables. A near fine copy in contemporary half calf gilt. Eastwick believed that the Amirs of Sindh had been betrayed by the British. As a director of the EIC, he was one of Sir Charles Napier's most bitter opponents. (For other books about the military history of the British in India please search my stock using the keyword india.)
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Antwoord van Haar Hog: Mog: de Heeren Staaten Generaal, op de Memorie van de Heer Barré, Resident van de Koning van Frankrijk in s' Gravenhage den 8. April 1702
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De Continueerende Zegenpralingen der Geallieerde Wapenen in de Nederlanden, Behaalt op die van Waar by komt het medetreden in de Groote Alliantie van de Koningen van Portugaal en Pruyssen, mitsgaders den Hertog van Savoyen
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Utrecht: Willem van Poolsum, 1703. Paperback. Very Good +. 56 p.; 19 cm. Signatures: A-G4 (4to). Disbound, but solid. Woodcut title vignette of a vase with flowers and initial letter. Knuttel, 14961. A report on victories of the Allied nations in the Netherlands against France and Spain in 1703. An extremely scarce pamphlet from the War of the Spanish Succession. Disbound; otherwise in Very Good+ Condition: slightly soiled and creased.
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Remarques op de Memorie Gepresenteert door den Heer van Obdam, aan de Heeren Commissarissen van haar Hoog Mogende de Staaten Generaal, en den Raad van State, den 19. July 1703
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Gravenhage, Netherlands: Meynder Uytwerf, 1703. Paperback. Very Good -. 15, [1] p.; 21 cm. Signatures: A-B4 (4to). Woodcut title vignette. Knuttel, 14956. Translation of Remarques sur le Memoire presenté par Mr. d'Opdam a Nos Seigneurs les Estats de Hollande. The actions of General Jakob B. van Wassenaer (Heer van Obdam) during the Battle of Ekeren in 1703 led to his disgrace and resignation from active service in the Dutch military. This is the official response to his report to the States General. An extremely scarce pamphlet from the War of the Spanish Succession. In Very Good- Condition: stitching is gone; slightly soiled and lightly foxed.
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Geist Des Neuern Kriegssystems Hergeleitet Aus Dem Grundsatze Einer Basis Der Operationen, Auch Für Laien in Der Kriegskunst Fasslich Vorgetragen Von Einem Ehemaligen Preussischen Officier
by Heinrich Dietrich von Bülow
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First thus : Hamburg: Hofmann, 1805, 1805. Second edition expanded and improved. Very good.365 pages, 58 line drawings in the text. Moderately browned. Very good condition.
Book is more than 200 years old and text block in outstanding condition. Previous owner's signature on title page is that of Louis Tronchin, colonel in the Swiss Federal Army.
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Organization Outline of the Division of Military Aeronautics
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Dayton, Ohio: US Government, 1918. Approximatly 130pp plus 10 pp index. U.S. War Department publication 9688 organizational manual describing the mission, structure, personnel and responsibilites of the Division of Military Aeronautics. Names Maj. Gen. Wm. L. Kenly as Director and Col. H. H. Arnold as Assistant Director. Stiff cardboard cover with brass rivit binding. Heavy chipping to edges of cover. Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Privately Printed.
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Ridgway's Paratroopers: The American Airborne in World War II: Inscribed by General Ridgway
by Blair, Clay
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First Edition Association Copy Inscribed by General Ridgway, not the Author. Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good condition. Inscribed, With cordial best wishes to Rosie Kirk, Matt Ridgway General U.S. Army Retired 23(can't make out)85. Ships With Delivery Confirmation.
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Napoleon's Military Career: An Account of the Remarkable Campaigns of the "Man of Destiny"
by Gibbs, Montgomery
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Chicago: Werner, 1895. First edition. Edition de Luxe, limited to 1000 copies. Published Chicago: Werner, 1895, first printing. Folio, 11 1/4" x 14", xiii+343pp., lavishly illustrated with numerous black and white and 19 color plates. Green cloth with elaborate gilt, black and silver designs, gilt titles. A fine, lovely copy. . 1st. Hard. Fine. Folio.
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A course of Military Surveying; including instructions for sketching in the field, plan drawing, levelling, military reconnaissance, etc., and embracing a variety of information on other subjects, equally useful to the traveller and to the soldier: also a particular description of the suverying instruments, commonly employed by military men in the field, with explanations of the methods of using them, and instructions for their adjustment; with plates and diagrams. By Major Basil Jackson, H. P. Royal Staff Corps, and Professor of Military Surveying at the Honorable East India Company’s Military College.
by Jackson, Major Basil
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First edition. Printed by John Nichols. Sold by Wm. H. Allen et al. London. 1838. Crown octavo. xvi, 310, (1). (1)pp. 18 engraved plates, of which 3 are folding. Original cloth, gilt to spine, with original price in gilt, embossed blind decoration to boards. Bookseller's plate to fep. Rubbed to extremities. Light sporadic foxing. Water stain to plates 1 and 2. Stamp of Thomas Fletcher to fep and ffeps. A contemporary dated signature of historic interest to fep., edge slightly adhered to ffep at gutter. Includes Mundium to Wallajahpet folding map; Malaga to Granada folding map; Prices of the principal instruments as manufactured by Mssrs Toughton and Simms, Fleet Street.Rare: 7 copies held worldwide. 4 copies in UK libraries.
JACKSON, BASIL (1795-1889) Netherlands, Waterloo, St. Helena with Napoleon Bonaparte (he spoke fluent French), Canada - Rideau canal construction. Professor at East India Company's college at Addiscombe, where this was the textbook. The Times noted in 1889 he was "one of the four… Read More
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Kostbare Waffen Aus Der Dresdner Rustkammer ( mit 82 lichtdrucktafeln , davon 2 farbig )
by Haenel, Erich
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Leipzig: Verlag Karl H. Hiersemann, 1923. Precious Weapons from the Dresden Armory, with 82 illuminated plates, 2 of them colored. Text in German. Bound in original quarter vellum and green leather boards, spine gilt ruled and decorated, and with two gilt morocco labels, boards gilt ruled, upper front cover lettered in gilt, With full page black and white photographic illustrations, text verso. Very Good Plus, small repaired tear to vellum at head of spine, light rubbing to leather boards at the tips. Contents are clean, tight, and unmarked. This over-sized and heavy book will require extra postage from international buyers. . First Edition. Leather. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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Manuel pour le Corps de l'Infanterie. Extrait des principales Ordonnances relatives à l'Infanterie Françoise, & le plus journellement en usage, avec un détail historique sur son origine. Par un Officier des Dragons
by [Thirox de Mondesir] (Alexandre-Louis)
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Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale , 1780. v, 252, xxvi pp. with three fold-out charts, collated complete,with no gap in paging 23-66 as in later 1781 edition.. Second Edition, 1780, the first edition published 1779. RARE in this edition, last copy at auction 1947 (RBH), OCLC locates 2 copies worldwide, the Morgan Library and Bibliotheque Nationale de France. Bound in contemporary crushed morocco, ornate gilt back, marbled end papers, all adges gilt. Very Good, light wear at joints and corners, the 2nd fold-out chart with small edge tears and creases, the3rd with added crease and faint toning. . Second Edition. Crushed Morocco. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Quartering
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Trumansburg, NY: Out of Step Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 2016. Numbered Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. The author's non-linear poem about the billeting of soldiers in civilian homes in wartime. Copy 89 of a limited edition of 250. Folded into the form of a letter, the work was letterpress printed in wraps of handmade "combat paper" made from military uniforms. The author says: "Some time ago-maybe a year, maybe two? I had a conversation with some of my Combat Paper brothers (well, the kids call them their combat paper uncles, so it follows
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Kentucky's Civil War Battlefields: A Guide to Their History and Preservation
by Bishop, Randy
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Pelican, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Bishop, Randy : Kentucky's Civil War Battlefields: A Guide to Their History and Preservation. Gretna (LA) : Pelican Publishing, 2012. Size is royal octavo (8vo), 9.25"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's pale green cloth, silver lettering imprinted to spine. Glossy color dj features John Paul Strain's 'Raid on the L&N'. 368 numbered pp; maps, photos, illustrations. Notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: light wear to dj, no tears or chips; binding square and tight, no notes or highlighting. A fine copy to carry with you on your Kentucky excursions. We personally inspect every book we offer.
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NUCLEAR AMERICA: Military and Civilian Nuclear Power in the United States 1940 - 1980
by Clarfield, Gerard H. and William M. Wiecek
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NY: Harper & Row, 1984. Signed by one of the authors on fep: To Jack, Best Wishes, William M. Wiecek. Price clipped dj in new mylar, overall minimal edge wear, bottom spine edge w/two small chips. Pages clean, unmarked, binding tight and square, page edges w/just a hint of dust soiling. Navy blue boards, silver lettering on spine, blind stamped publisher logo on cover. The authors cover the development of the atom bomb, what Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin and their advisers thought about its use, Truman's attitude of it being "just another piece of artillery"; the formation of the Atomic Energy Commission and the escalation of the arms race. Other chapters cover "atoms for peace", the policies of Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter, the arms limitations agreements and the history of arms negotiations. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All…
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Rotunda 2009 (Yearbook of the National War College Class of 2009)
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Fort McNair, Washington, DC: National War College, 2009. Yearbook of the National War College Class of 2009. Very Good. Spine is square and tight. Interior is pristine. Mild foxing to top closed edge. Not from a library. 4to. 200 pages.
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DANSKE UNIFORMER FRA HAER OG FLAADE TEGNEDE AF RS. CHRISTIANSEN UDGIVET MED TILLADELSE AF KRIGSMINISTEREIT OG MARINEMINISTERIET
by Anonymous
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Kobenhavn: Christian F. Romer's Forlag Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 16 continuous-fold pages of col. illustrations of Danish uniforms and badges, ca. 1900. The covers have separated, but both they and the contents are in excellent condition. Bookplate of a former owner on the (blank) front endpaper, otherwise an excellent copy of a very scarce publication. Captions in Danish..
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BATTLE FOR THE BUNDU
by Miller, Charles
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New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1974. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book is in VG condition with owner's bookplates to inner front board and FFE, light rubbing to edges, light bumping to spine ends else a bright and solid copy. Dust jacket is in VG conditon with light rubbing to edges else bright, intact and whole.
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Seeing the Elephant": Raw Recruits at the Battle of Shiloh (Contributions in Military Studies)
by Frank, Joseph Allan; Reaves, George A
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Greenwood Pub Group, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Frank, Joseph Allan; Reaves, George A. : "Seeing the Elephant": Raw Recruits at the Battle of Shiloh (Contributions in Military Studies). New York : Greenwood Press, 1989. First edition. Size is royal octavo (8vo), 9.25"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's navy blue cloth, white lettering to spine. Matte gray dj. Plain white endpapers. Bibliography, index. X pp prelim material, 215 numbered pp, 12 pp unnumbered illustrations to center, three pp unnumbered following (one blank, one author info, one blank). Condition notes: a clean copy, marred by six pages having red underlining (about two lines each). Slight rippling to dj, which also has a price sticker to front and is covered in mylar. We personally inspect every book we offer.
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The Iron Brigade
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Macmillan, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Nolan, Alan T. : The Iron Brigade: A Military History. New York : Macmillan, 1961. First edition. Size is demy octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's navy blue cloth, gilt lettering imprinted on spine, gilt insignia of the Iron Brigade and its constituent regiments on front board. Semi-glossy dj, white background with black/gold/blue photo of the brigade's brimmed "slouch" hat. Front endpaper features map of where members of the brigade came from (Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin); rear endpaper shows map of where the brigade fought. Xviii pp prelim material, 412 numbered pp, 16 glossy b&w unnumbered pp throughout text, plus two blank unnumbered at end. Maps (by Wilson K. Hoyt III), photos, appendices (counties from which brigade members originated, commanders and officers, biographical note, uniform of the brigade, source materials for battle of Brawner Farm); notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: quite a nice unmarked first edition; corners…
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The Defence of Ladysmith and Mafeking: Accounts of Two Sieges, 1899 to 1900, Being the South African War Experiences of William Thwaites, Steuart Binny, Alfred Down, and Samuel Cawood
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Brenthurst Press, 1983 Hardcover Limited Edition of 850 copies in red cloth boards, EX-LIBRARY with very minimal lib markings (no pockets, barcodes or call letters - only a few small neatly blacked-out 'discard' stamps), no text markings, no dj, minor shelf wear & soil to boards, touch of foxing to page block, else clean tight very nice copy; ob 4to; 275pp indexed & illus, some color. Extra shipping charge REQUIRED for shipment of this heavy oversize book (additional charge WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL for overseas shipment). First Edition / Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE STURMGESCHUTZ-ABTEILUNG 202
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PeKo Publishing Kft., 2016. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 396pp, including 116p of b/w & col. maps, documents and photographs. An n excellent copy. (Due to the size/weight of this book, an extra shipping charge may apply.).
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