War in the Peninsula. Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6. by Major General Sir W F P Napier - 1860

Frederick Warne & Co . 6 VOLUME SET. Octavo, red/maroon, heavy card boards, scallop blind stamp pattern on front board and spine, gilt tooling to spine and boards, gilt decoration to board, deckled page edges - some pages occasionally uncut, black eps, 1 xxviii + 521pp + 2pp adverts, 2 xv + 500pp, 3 xiii + 427pp + 4pp adverts, 4 xvi + 477pp, 5 xii + 444pp + 4pp adverts, 6 vii + 463pp, VG- (light bruising to spine extrems, heavy foxing to page edges),

Frederick Warne, 1886. Hardback. Very Good. 6 volume set bound in red cloth. generally a VG set. foxing to closed page ends Bindings sound. A little light spine fade to each. pp. xxiv + 522, xvi + 500, xii + 427, xviii + 479, xii + 444, viii + 463; frontis. portrait in Volume One; fifty-five maps and plans in all; Cavendish Edition

London: Carey & Hart, 1835. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. no date circa 1835, original cloth hardcover containing lithograph plates numbered 1- 55, covers stained, plates have a light mark to lower corner otherwise clean. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf B116.

New York: Redfield, 1856. Undetermined. very good. 1st. 550;525;558;521;506pp. + 4pp. (publisher's ads)pp. Five volumes small octavo (approximately 19.2cm tall) in quarter leather with gilt spines, marbled boards with matching endpapers and marbled edges with 5 engraved portrait frontispieces, and numerous plans of battles. A clean copy in an attractive binding with only minor shelf wear. A very good to fine copy. A nice early edition in a very attractive binding of this early classic. 1856

London: Thomas and William Boone, 1853. Complete 1853 set. vol 1; xxiv, 522pp, 10 plates: vol 11; xiii, 500pp, 12 plates: vol 111; xi, 427pp; 9 plates: vol 1V; xiv, 478pp, 11 plates: vol V; x, 444pp, 11 plates: vol V1; vii, 463pp, 2 plates. William Napier’s eyewitness account of the Napoleonic conflict in Spain and the South of France, complete with the original battlefield maps and diagrams. Original blind stamped brown cloth with gilt spine titles. Corners bumped. Previous owner card inside front covers. All volumes tight and clean. Gift inscription dated 1856 inside cover of Vol 1. Vol 1 and 4 have clear tape across spines.. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Thomas and William Boone. Very Good. 1856. New & Revised Edition. Cloth. vol 1; xxiv, 522pp, 10 plates: vol 11; xiii, 500pp, 12 plates: vol 111; xi, 427pp; 9 plates: vol 1V; xiv, 478pp, 11 plates: vol V; x, 444pp, 11 plates: vol V1; vii, 463pp, 2 plates. All volumes have uncut page edges all round, therefore the top edges are folded. Original burgendy cloth with decorative gilt spines (lightly faded), front & back boards blind stamped, very minor chipping on top & bottom of spines. DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS ON REQUEST.; 200 x 130mm .

London: Thomas & William Boone, 1835. In six volumes. Volume I: To which is affixed A reply to Lord Strangford's observations; Also, A reply to various opponents; Together with observations illustrating Sir J. Moore's campaigns. The third edition, 1835; Volume II: The third edition. 1838; Volume III: To which is prefixed His justification of the third volume forming a sequel to his reply to various opponents. The third edition, 1840; Volume IV: First edition. 1834; Volume V: To which are prefixed Answers to some attacks in Robinson's Libre of Picton, and in The Quarterly Review, with counter-remarks to Mr. Dudley Montagu Perceval's remarks upon some passages in Colonel Napier's fourth volume . . . First edition, 1836. Volume VI: Prefixed to which are several justificatory pieces in reply to Colonel Gurwood, Mr. Alison, Sir Walter Scott, Lord Beresford, and The Quarterly Review. First edition, 1840. Totalling more than 3,700 pages, with 55 plates (some foxing and staining and with a small chip and a 2… Read More

London: Published for the proprietor by Barthes & Lowell, 1876. In six volumes. With 55 engraved plates. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red and green morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges, 'Ex munificentia alumnorum oratorii' in gilt to upper boards. Some rubbing to spines, cracking to joints, a little chipping to head and feet of spines.. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Prize plate to FEP of Vol. I, with inked inscription: 'George Pereira / Second Prize for English / John H. Card. Newman / July 1879'. A handsomely bound copy of the revised edition of British Army officer Sir William Francis Patrick Napier's (1785-1860) authoritative, and monumental, history of the Peninsular War, first published between 1828 and 1840, presented as a school prize and inscribed by Cardinal John Henry Newman. George Edward Pereira (1865-1923), British Army officer and explorer of China and Tibet, educated at the Oratory School, Edgbaston (1876-83) under… Read More

London: Barthes & Lowell, 1876. New Edition, Revised by the Author, with fifty-five maps and plans. In six volumes, totalling approximately 3,000 pages, with 55 plates, appendices, justificatory notes, replies and counter remarks in Volume VI; nineteenth century full calf, the spines decorated in gilt compartments between raised bands, with gilt lettered and decorated contrasting red & black title and volume labels, boards with double gilt rule borders and gilt edges, a couple of corners faintly bruised, all professionally rebacked, retaining the calf spines; t.e.g., others uncut and partly unopened; marbled endpapers; bookplate and bookseller's sticker on upper pastedowns, plus remains of binder's ticket on upper pastedown Volume I, the plates faintly browned, a couple of tiny edge chips, occasional slight creasing and soiling, a little light foxing; Barthes & Lowell, London, 1876. *Napier's eyewitness account of the Napoleonic conflict in Spain and the South of France was originally published… 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

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.. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. 0025849301 . 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.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

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..

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.).

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xi, 384pp, 21 illustrations. Bound in red cloth/boards with gilt titles. Name of a previous owner discretely to the half-title page, otherwise a very nice copy..

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2015. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "in nine essays by leading scholars, (this book) provides an authoritative, continent-wide analysis of the organization and constitution of these armies, the challenges they faced, and the impact they had on the French Revolutionary Wars and on European military practices." 280pp. An excellent copy..

Octavo (8 1/2 X 10 1/2 inches) New York: United States Naval Air Force, 1918. First Edition. oblong format, 144 pages illustrated with black and white halftone photographs, and a map, original gray cloth, hardcover, good condition (lower right corner of front cover slightly bumped, minor shelf wear to lower spine, not affecting contents which are clean and complete).

This is a unit history, with many photos of the Eastleigh U. S. Navy repair base in England during World War I; its officers and men. There are many photos of early military aircraft, and an essay on "Liberty Twelves" and "DeHavilands."