The South Wales Borderers 1689-1937 by ATKINSON C T - 1937

Cambridge: Printed for the Regimental History Committe at the University Press Cambridge , 1937. Book measures 25.5x19.cm. Collation, xvii, [6], 601pp, 51 full page plates, 4 folding maps, text illustrations, maps as endpapers. Bound in original publishers green cloth, gilt crest and lettering. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, pages and plates clean. A very nice clean copy. . Cloth. Very Good Plus. Quarto.

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1937. 1st edition.. Hardback. Good. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Green cloth, gilt titles. 52 plates of which 23 are colour. Folding maps. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and page margins.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1937. First edition. Cloth. Fine. 10" by 7.5". Not Stated. A lovely first edition copy of The South Wales Borderers 24th Foot 1689-1937, with colour plates and folding maps. A lovely first edition copy of the record of The South Wales Borderers 24th Foot 1689-1937 by C. T. Atkinson. This volume attempted to expand and to bring up to date the Regimental History published in 1892, in that time the Regiment has gone through the War of 1914-1918. With fifty one plates and a frontispiece and four folding maps to the rear.Collated, complete. Plate facing page four is a little torn. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Plate facing page four is a little torn. Fine

Cambridge: Regimental History Committee at the University Press, Cambridge, 1937. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Cambridge: Regimental History Committee at the University Press, 1937. thick 4to., 8" x 10", xvii+601pp., illus. frontis, color and b/w plates, maps (some folding), numerous illustions with the text, map endpapers. Presentation copy from the South Wales Borderers: "Presented to The Junior United Service Club by The South Wales Borderers, August 1950." Green cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Scrape on edge of rear cover, 2 small edge nicks, light dust spotting on top edge of page block, else fine, clean, crisp, bright. Internally very fine. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to.

Regimental History Committee, n.p., 1937 (printed by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge). 601 pp + 4 fold-out maps at rear, small 4to (10" H), hard cover (dark green cloth with gold lettering/decoration on spine/front board) - no dust jacket. Map on front endpapers, tissue-covered frontispiece, b&w and colour plates (including colour un iform studies by Simkin), b&w illustrations, maps throughout text + 4 fold-out maps at rear - collated. Contents: Foreword; Preface; List of Colonels; The Raising of the Regiment - Ireland; Service at Sea - Camaret Bay and Catalonia; Marl b o r o u g h ' s Wars - The Earlier Campaigns and Blenheim; Marlborough's Wars - Ramillies: Oudenarde: Lille; Marlborough's Wars: Malplaquet and after; Ireland - Vigo - A Long Peace; Cartagena; Home Service - Minorca; The Second Battalion - Coasta l Ex pe di ti on s; T he Seven Years War - Westphalia; Gibraltar - Ireland - The American Rebellion - Saratoga; Reconstruction - Home Service - Canada… Read More

University Press: Cambridge Printed for the Regimental History Committee, 1937. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. SYMONS WP. R.C.. South Wales Borderers early history First edition, 4to, in the de Luxe binding, full green morocco, rounded edges, 3 gilt illustrations to upper cover, corners rubbed. Spine, faded, gilt titles & tooling, edges bumped, edges worn. Internally, map & chart endpapers, half title & tissue guarded portrait frontis, [7], (viii-xvii), [5], [1], 2-601 pp, [1], 4 folding maps, 52 plates, 56 illustrations, t.e.g, faint browning to some edges. Printed by W Lewis at the University Press, Cambridge. (250*187 mm). (White: A Bibliography of Regimental Histories of the British Army p77. Raugh: Anglo-Zulu War, 1879: A Selected Bibliography 3238). Deals with service in the Marlborough Wars, Seven Years War, Rorke's Drift, WW1 amongst many others. There was also a History of the SWB 1914-1918, by the same author published by the Medici Society in 1931. Small 4to. Read More

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…) that led to me writing the poem "Quartering." Which was informed by them, of course, and by all the rooms I'm in, and by imagining what is really required of all the caregivers I love. It's a thought experiment: if we tore down the barracks at military hospitals and offered incentives for Americans in the surrounding neighborhoods to quarter injured service members, what would the honest instructions… Read More

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.

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… Read More

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.

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.

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..

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.

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… Read More

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.

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.).