Proud Fortress; The Fighting Story of Gibraltar.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; (corners of last few pages creased, otherwise vg). London: Evans Brothers, (1958). More
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The Military Mentor. Being a Series of Letters recently written by a General Officer to his Son, on his Entering the Army: Comprising a Course of Elegant Instruction, calculated to unite the Characters and Accomplishments of the Gentleman and the Soldier.
London: Richard Phillips, 1804. 2 volumes, 12mo. x, 336; iv, 286 pages + 40pp index. 3/4 contemporary green calf, marbled boards, heraldic bookplates. London: Printed for Richard Phillips., 1804. Second Edition. Scarce. Very good(+). More
Instruction sur les moyens d'entretenir la salubrite, et de purifier l'air des salles dans les hopitaux militaires de la Republique.; Redigee par le Conseil de Sante du Departament de la Guerre.
One engraved plate at end. 33 pages. Slim 8vo, modern wrappers. Paris: Guillaume, n.d. (circa 1820's). An enlightened treatise on the proper ventilation of hospitals. The writer had some advanced ideas regarding air-born germs certain to be present in the stagnant air of closed clinics, etc. More
A Narrative of the Proceedings of the British Fleet, Commanded by Admiral Sir John Jervis in the Late Action with the Spanish Fleet, on the fourteenth of February, 1797, off Ca;pe St. Vincent's
London: Cornmarket Press, 1971. 8 folding plans. Short thin 4to, blue cloth, London: Cornmarklet Press, 1971. Facsimile reprint. Covers slightly scuffed and dust-soiled, still near fine. More
An Accurate and Impartial Narrative of the War, by An Officer of the Guards.
London: Privately Printed. Containing the Second Edition of A Poetical Sketch of the Campaign of 1793, revised and considerably enlarged...also a Similar Sketch of the Campaign of 1794; to which is added A Narrative of the Retreat of 1795... 2 volumes bound in one. Hand-colored frontispieces and 4 full-page black and white engravings. 8vo, marbled boards recently rebacked in period style with title in gilt on spine. London: printed for the author.--Published by Cadell, et al, no date, ca. 1795..... More
An Accurate and Impartial Narrative of the War, by An Officer of the Guards. Containing the Second Edition of a Poetical Sketch of the Campaign of 1793..... also a Similar Sketch of the Campaign of 1794; to which is added, a Narrative of the Retreat of 1795.
London: Cadell and Davies. 2 volumes in 1. Two hand-colored aquatint frontispieces and four black & white etched plates. Short slim 8vo; x, 117, (2), ii, 114 pages. Handsomely bound in 3/4 polished brown calf, marbled boards, ornately gilt spine. Large tear to title page, now mended. London: Cadell and Davies N.d. [1795]. Very good(+). More
The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans, in the Years 1814-1815.
London: Murray, 1827. 385 pages, 12mo, 3/4 brown calf, marbled boards, red leather spine label. Heraldic bookplate, previous owners small neat signature on title page. Page "B", first page of text, has been repaired with no loss of text. London: John Murray. Third Edition. Corrected and Revised. Very good(+). More
Copies of The Original Letters And Despatches Of The Generals, Ministers, Grand Officers Of State, &c. At Paris, To The Emperor Napoleon, At Dresden; Intercepted By The Advanced Troops Of The Allies in The North Of Germany.
London: John Murray, 1814. 354 pages, slim small 8vo, bound in old 3/4 maroon calf, neatly rebacked in sympathetic style, spine evenly faded to beige, marbled boards, sides rubbed. London: Printed For John Murray, 1814. First Edition. A very nice clean copy. More
The Field of Mars: Being An Alphabetical Digestion Of The Principal Naval And Military Engagements In Europe, Asia, Africa, And America. Particularly Of Great Britain And Her Allies, From The Ninth Century To The Present Period.
London: MacGowan, 1781. 2 Volumes. 33 engraved maps & plans (3 folding) & 28 engraved plates. Thick 4to, unpaginated, text in double columns. Full contemporary calf. Heraldic bookplate in each volume. London: MacGowan, 1781. Scarce. Well-worn and joints cracked but attractive and overall very good. The work contains numerous entries for North American battles of the Seven Years' War, American Revolutionary War, &c., including Annapolis Royal, Beauséjour, Brandy-Wine, Lake Champlain, Charlestown, Fort Frontenac, Louisbourg, Fort Necessity, Fort Niagara, Penobscot, Fort..... More
THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS - AUGUST 12TH 1914 TO OCTOBER 27TH 1915
London: Published by Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd, London, 1914. 5 volumes. Black & white plates and maps, thick oblong 4to, green cloth. London: Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd, 1914 - 1915. Very good (+). Volume 1: August 12 - November 4, 1914. Volume 2: November 11- February 3, 1915. Volume 3: May 5, 1915. Volume 4: May 12 - August 4, 1915. Volume 5: August 11 - October 27. 1915. More
Instruction Concernant le Service de l'Infanterie Legere en Campagne
London: A. Dulau & L. Nardini, 1801. Text in French. 2 fold-out maps tipped in at final page. 203 pages. 16mo, recent 3/4 leather, pink marbled boards; recased, light toning and foxing throughout. London: A. Dulau et L. Nardini, 1801. A very good(+) copy. More
A Journal Kept in the British Army, from the Landing of the Troops Under the Command of Earl Moira, at Ostend, in June 1794, to Their Return to England.
Liverpool: Privately Printed, 1796. 191 pages, slim 8vo, brown cloth-backed marbled boards. Liverpool: Privately Printed, 1796. First Edition. Very good (+). More
Memorials of Captain Hedley Vicars, Ninety-Seventh Regiment.
London: Nisbet, 1857. 315 pages, 12mo, full pebbled green morocco, ornately gilt spine and covers, all edges gilt. London: Nisbet, 1857. Ninetieth thousand. A very good(+) copy. More
Memorials of Captain Hedley Vicars, Ninety-Seventh Regiment.
London: Nisbet, 1856. 314 pages, 12mo, burgundy cloth; rubbed, spine faded and top chipped corner. London: Nisbet, 1856. A good copy, internally clean. More
The Militiaman at Home and Abroad; Being the HIstory of a Militia Regiment, From its First Training to its Disembodiment; with Sketches of the Ionian Islands, Malta, and Gilbraltar.lta,
London: Smith Elder, 1857. Illustrations by John Leech. 299 pages, 16 pages of advertisements, 8vo, blind and gilt-decorated red cloth, spine faded and worn at ends. London: Smith, Elder, 1857. Scarce. First Edition. Very good. More
Rules and Regulations for the Formations, Field-exercise and Movements, of His Majesty's Forces.
London: Egerton, 1813. 16 folding plates at the rear. Some light browning and offsetting. 399 pages, xxii, directions to the binder. 12mo, 3/4 brown calf, marbled boards, slightly worn, but sound. War Office, Printed and Sold by T. Egerton, 1913. Very good. More
Tales of the R.I.C.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1921. 314 pages. Thick 12mo, green cloth; covers show light wear, previous owner's name and embossed stamp on flyleaf. Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1921. A very good copy. More
The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome, with an account of his Campaign onthe Peninsula and in Pall Mall
London: Patrick Martin, 1815. 15 color plates by Rowlandson. Thin 8vo, full red crushed morocco decoratively stamped in gilt,all edges gilt, by Morrell. London: Patrick Martin, 1815. First Edition. Elegant copy. Tooley 417. More
The Profit and Loss of Great Britain in the Present War with Spain. From July 1739, to July 1741. In a Letter to a Friend.
London: J. Roberts, 1741. 40 pages. 12mo, disbound but still firmly sewn; pages lightly toned. London: J. Roberts, 1741. A very good copy. More
United States Army in the Korean War; South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu, (June-November 1950)
Washington: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1986. Illus. 813pp. 4to, black cloth, corners bumped, cloth lightly soiled. Washington: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1986. More
La Agonia de Madrid.
Zaragosa: Libreria General, 1938. 212pp. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. Zaragoza: Libreria General, 1938. First Edition. Very Good (+). More
It All Started with Stones and Clubs; Being a Short History of War and Weaponry from Earliest Times to the Present.
12mo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, (1967). vg. More
Crisis on the Danube: Napoleon's Austrian Campaign of 1809
New York: Paragon, 1990. Illus. xiii + 286pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Paragon House, (1990). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Presidents Under Fire; Commanders in Chief in Victory and Defeat
New York: Orion Books, 1994. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w. New York: Orion Books, (1994). Very good Studies of George Washington, James Polk, Jefferson Davis, and Lyndon Johnson. More
The Century of Total War
Garden City: Doubleday, 1954. 379 pages, 8vo, black cloth. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, (1954). Very good. More