Military - General from Capricorn Books

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

London: Brockhampton Press, 1999. 224 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w plates, map. "In this hugely entertaining and informative study, John Wilcox selects just six military classes which he proposes as elite performers, superstars amongst generations of warriors of all races, creeds and colours. He selects: The Longbowmen of England; The Vikings of the North; The Riflemen of Saratoga; The… Read more about this item

Mt. Vernon, N.Y.: James E. Hicks, 1938. 287 pp, 9 1/4" H, red cloth with black lettering on front board, black lettering/banding on spine. Profusely illustrated with b&w drawings. Errata slip tipped in facing title page. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "To / Oscar T Barck, Esq / in appreciation of your / help / James S Hicks / Feb… Read more about this item

West Chester, Pennsylvania: Schiffer, 1990. 245 pp, 11 1/4" H. B&w photographs, technical drawings, reproductions. "This book portrays in words and pictures the development of modern German weapons and their ammunition, including the scarcely known experimental types, such as the six (!) predecessors of the 98 carbine and the first machine pistols in the world with short cartridges of… 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

Toronto: Warwick Bro's and Rutter, 1938. 352 pp, 8 7/8" H, red cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Addresses include: Farming in England, by Arthur G. Street; "The Rome Berlin Axis", by Dr. Hans Simons; The British Motion Picture Industry, by Mr. Herbert Wilcox and Miss Anna Neagle; The Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition, by Edward… Read more about this item

London: Edward Arnold, 1892. 245 pp, 7 11/16" H. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering/banding of spine, silver decoration on front board. Small b&w maps in text, fold-out map before index, 9 b&w plates by Adolf Menzel (collated). Contents: Introductory; Mollwitz; Chotusitz; Hohenfriedberg; Sohr; Lobositz; Prag; Kolin; Rossbach; Leuthen; Zorndorf; Hochkirch; Kunersdorf; Liegnitz; Torgau; Conclusion. Two small… Read more about this item

New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1995. 445 pp, 8 3/16" H. "The apparent vulnerability of the Habsburg Empire at the time of Maria Theresa's accession destabilized the whole of Europe and, with Frederick the Great's invasion of Silesia, a cycle of violence was initiated that lasted for eight years and ravaged much of the continent. The vast conflict, which… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape Han Suyin (1916-2012), daughter of a Chinese father and Belgium mother, was born Rosalie Matilda Kuanghu Chow and is perhaps best known for her novel "A Many-Splendoured Thing", basis for the movie, "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing". These are the first three volumes of her autobiography, tracing her family history from 1885, then her own story… Read more about this item

London: Brassey's (UK), 1992. 235 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). "While the 'traditional' threat of East-West military confrontation appears much reduced, events in Yugoslavia have removed any complacency about the stability of the new Europe unfolding around us. New threats - territorial quarrels, nationalism, and the demise of the Soviet Union as a unitary state - require… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson 286 pp, 8 3/4" H. Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. No date (c1935). 10 b&w plates, including frontispiece (all present). "This book is not fiction. It is not even fiction with a basis in fact. It recounts only actual incidents in which I took part as an agent of L'Espionage… Read more about this item

London: Magpie, 2006. 320 pp, 7 3/4" H. B&w and colour photographs. Contents: Introduction; The Break-Up of the Old World Order; Civil Strife; A World at War; The Age of Superpowers; Wind of Change; The Middle East and the Modern World. "A collection of striking images of conflict from the world's most talented and courageous war photographers.… Read more about this item

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974. 582 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H). Map endpapers, B&w photographs, reproductions, maps. "From the time of Clive to the violent days of Partition in 1947, British power in India was dependent upon the Indian Army. Only once was the link between the British officers and the Indian soldiers broken… Read more about this item

Kew, Richmond: National Archives, 2004. 191 pp, small 4to (10 1/2" H). Profusely illustrated in colour and b&w with maps, battle plans, photographs, reproductions. "Here we present 25 glorious examples (of maps), reproduced large-scale with magnified details. This thought-provoking collection features maps that record major and minor events; maps that have influenced and inspired; even maps that… Read more about this item

London: I.B. Tauris, 1996. 354 pp, large 8vo (9 3/8" H). B&w maps. "Given the location of the state of Jammu and Kashmir on the borders of China and Central Asia, the isurgency in the valley threatens the stability of a region of great strategic importance, challenging the integrity of the Indian union and creating potentially disastrous tensions… Read more about this item

New York: Detwiler Press, 1918. 285 pp, 6 1/8" H - red cloth with black lettering/banding and illustration on front board. A pocket reference prepared for American soldiers overseas in the First World War. Contents: French Section; Italian Section; German Section; English Money, Measures, Weights and Mileage; French ditto; Italian ditto; German ditto; Map of United States; Map of Western… Read more about this item

Toronto: Vintage, 1996. 348 pp, 7 3/4" H. B&w photographs, reproductions, maps. "Military history and geography explain each other in North America as nowhere else in the world. Award-winning historian John Keegan explores their relationship and examines the battles fought over three centuries between Frenchman and Indian, Royalist and colonist, Union and Confederacy." Interior - minor browning… Read more about this item

New York: Avon, 1995. 320 pp, 7 7/8" H. B&w photographs, maps. "Undaunted by Hannibal's elephants, Scipio Africanus ordered his outnumbered cavlary to charge directly toward the massive beasts - and, by doing so, saved Rome. Stonewall Jackson struck like lightning throughout the Shenandoah Valley, with occasional feints toward Washington - and so frustrated a numerically superior Union Army.… Read more about this item

London: Constable & Robinson, 2009. 332 pp, 7 3/4" H. B&w illustrations. "Out of the ashes of the Cold War, a new superpower has emerged. From the collapse of the Soviet Union to the rise of the oligarchs, the presidency of Vladimir Putin, and the shifting balance of power between the world's superpowers, the Britannica Guide offers a comprehensive… Read more about this item

France: Hachette, 1970. 333 pp, 8vo (8 7/8" H) - dark red coth with white lettering on spine, pictorial pastedown on front board - in clear plastic dust jacket. Integral red ribbon bookmark. Maps. *French Text* Table des matieres: Bismarck et son roi; Napoleon III et ses illusions; La depeche d'Ems et le sabre de Bourbaki; Des generaux surclasses; Gravelotte,… Read more about this item