Military - British: General from Capricorn Books

Ramsbury: Crowood Press, 2009. 96 pp, 11 7/8" H. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, drawings, colour reproductions of insignia. Chapter headings: Introduction; Cuff Stripes; Officers' Cuff Slashes and Buttons; Cocked Hats from 1827; Cap Badges; Cap Peaks and Hat Bands; Epaulettes and Scales; Royal Naval Officers', Reserve Officers' and Pre-1970 Warrant Officers' Shoulder Straps, 1891-; Royal Naval Officers' Shoulder… Read more about this item

London/ Stoney Creek: Arms & Armour / Fortress, 1973. 129, iii pp, 8 3/4" H. Facsimile reprint of the Royal Artillery Institution, Woolwich, 1870 edition. B&w photographs, drawings, diagrams. "Here is the full story of the adoption in 1867 by the British Army of the famous Snider breech-loading rifle, and the subsequent search for a weapon of greater efficiency.… Read more about this item

Simla: Government Monotype Press, 1910. 126 pp + folded map (34 1/2" H x 33 3/4" W) in pocket at rear, 10 1/4" H, red cloth with black lettering on front board, two paper labels on spine. 10 b&w fold-out maps/plans, including map at rear - all present. Chapter headings: India in 1817; The Opposing Forces; The Theatre of… Read more about this item

Two volume set, rebound in dark green buckram with paper labels on front boards and spines, 9 5/8" H. B&w illustrations. A facsimile reprint of the 1699 edition printed in London for Henry Bonwicke. Ex-college library with the following markings: stamps on bottom edges of text blocks, faint residue on spines from removal of labels, rear free endpapers show… Read more about this item

Edinburgh / London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1874. Two volume set - [xii], 428 pp + [vii], 367 pp, 9" H, faded red cloth boards with gilt lettering/decoration on spines, gilt lettering and gilt/black decoration on front boards, blindstamped decoration on rear boards. All maps/illustrations are present, although the list states that two maps are in a pocket at… Read more about this item

Ottawa, Ontario: Museum Restoration Service, 1965. XII, xl, 214 pp + [2] pp publisher's book list, 10 1/4" H, brown imitation leather, red title block with gilt lettering, gilt banding to spine. A limited edition of 850 copies, this copy without number but noted as being "for review" - with the signature of D.B. (Donald Blake) Webster on front free… Read more about this item

London: Printed for A. Churchill, T. Goodwin, J. Knapton, R. Smith, et al., 1720. 480 pp, 585 pp, 12 3/4" H. The first collected edition. Contemporary leather binding with five raised bands on spines, blind stamped decoration on front/rear boards. Original spine labels have been replaced with newer black leather labels with gilt lettering/banding. **Lacks frontispiece portrait.** The first section… Read more about this item

London: Society for Army Historical Research, 1966. 62 pp, 9 3/4" H. One colour plate, 4 pages sepiatone illustrations, 1 b&w map. Contents include: Captain Henry Hanmer, Royal Horse Guards (The Blues), c.1826; The Career of Robert Craufurd in the 75th Foot; Some Medals of the First (King's) Dragoon Guards; Henry Boswell Bennett: A Victim of the Last… Read more about this item

London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1932. 267 pp, 6 1/2 " H, simulated brown leather wallet with title in black on front cover, pocket inside at front containing folded stapled pamphlet: "Organization of Units - For Use at Examinations Only", 9 pp. Profusely illustrated in b&w with organization charts, figures, tables, and 38 plates (some fold out) - all present.… Read more about this item

Edinburgh / London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1881. [xviii], 457 pp, [xi], 489 pp, 8vo (8 7/8" H) - 2 volume set, rebound in red buckram with gilt lettering on spines, new endpapers. Tissue-covered frontispiece portrait, 16 maps/battle plans including: 8 fold-outs (General Map of India at rear of volume I), 6 full page and 2 small maps in text… Read more about this item

U.K.: Texaco Approx. 14" H x 11 3/8" D, heavy card covers with similarly sized stapled pamphlet glued to inside of front cover (contains forward by Lieut.-Gen. Sir Brian Horrocks, short history of each regiment and caption for each badge). The facing side of the folder contains the 30 facsimile Regimental badges, inset in thick card with the Regiments' names… Read more about this item

New York: W.W. Norton, 2011. 549 pp, 9 1/2" H. "With conflict between the monarchy and Parliament threatening to explode, a group of courtiers and army officers known as the Cavaliers emerged to defend the king. They were jeeringly labeled 'Cavaliers' - then a term for a gallant or a rogue - by their opponents on the streets of… Read more about this item

London: PRO, 1994. 64 pp, 4to (11 5/8" H). Colour frontispiece. "From the reign of Charles II, Britain's 'Sea Soldiers' have played an important dual role: soldiers and sailors, ready for duty on ship or on land, part of the Navy but organized along Army lines. The records that they have left provide a comprehensive account of their role worldwide.… Read more about this item

London: Peter Davies, 1940. 2 volume set, 10" H. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering on spines. Colour frontispieces, b&w drawings throughout. Volume I. - 213 pp, 1940 first edition - Contents: Foreword; Author's Notes and Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Introductory; Infantry; Marine Regiments; The Scottish Army; Independent Highland Companies; Scots Regiments in Foreign Service; Appendix: Notes on… Read more about this item

Toronto: HarperCollins / Phyllis Bruce, 2005. 384 pp, 9 1/4" H. "The lives of two dazzling aristocratic sisters, Lucy and Dorothy Percy, present a perfect window into the world of political unrest and social intrigue of seventeenth-century English society. Their breeding, beauty, and cunning made them among the most influential women of their time. Born during the reign of… Read more about this item

Portsmouth: Royal Marines Museum Eight colour cards (5 3/4" H x 8 1/2" W) by Charles Stadden, depicting the uniforms of the Royal Marines from 1664 to 1973, in dark blue folder with crest, banding and lettering in red & white. The rear of each card gives a short note and numbered list, with captions, of the uniforms illustrated. The… Read more about this item

Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1945. 77 pp, 108 pp, 103 pp, 119 pp, - 4 volume set + four page stapled promotional brochure, 7 1/4" H. Colour plates, b&w photographs in V.I, b&w drawings/diagrams throughout. Part I. Initial Training - Contents: Brief History of the Royal Marines; The United States Marine Corps; The Regimental March of H.M. Royal… Read more about this item

London: The GURKHA WELFARE TRUSTS Unpaginated (20 pp), undated (c1978), 10" H. Signed on title page: "R B Limbu V.C. 12 Aug 78" then, in other hands: "Pipe Major 10 GR J. B. Rai / Pipe Major Yom Bahadur Gurung (QGE)". (GR = Gurkha Rifles / QGE = Queen's Gurkha Engineers.) B&w photographs. A short biography… Read more about this item

Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints, 1971. 500 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). B&w maps, tables, plates. "(G)ives details of army battle honours from Tangiers, 1662, to the years of the Boer War. It recalls the glories of regiments which are now long gone, of famous battles like Blenheim, Mysore, Corunna, Sevastopol and Khartoum. Each section… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1933. 322 pp, 8 3/4" H. Dark brown cloth with gilt lettering/banding on spine, gilt insignia on front board. Colour frontispiece and 16 b&w plates (collated). Countess Airlie uses the letters of her great-uncle, Colonel Strange Jocelyn, to tell a highly personal history of the Crimean War. Some old glue residue and… Read more about this item