The British Cavalry on the Peninsula
Sunderland: Mark Thompson Publishing. 127 pages. 8vo, blue cloth, white printed dust wrapper. Sunderland: Mark Thomson Publishing, (1996). Limited edition, number 73 of 100. Fine. More
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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
The Mexican War 1846-1848
Norwalk: Easton, 1990. Illustrated (b/w). 454 pages. 8vo., gilt-stamped brown leather. Collector's edition. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, (1990). Fine. More
United States Army Manual of Physical Drill
New York: Appleton, 1912. Illustrated with b/w photos throughout. 175 pages. Slim 8vo, olive cloth. New York: Appleton, 1912. Reprint. A very good copy--minor spotting and fading to the cloth. More
A Frontier Army Surgeon: Life in Colorado in the Eighties
New York: Exposition, 1962. Frontispiece. 179 pages. Slim 8vo, red cloth, d.w. New York: Exposition, (1962). Second edition, revised and enlarged. A very good(+) copy--slight foxing to endpapers--in a very good(-) wrapper, edgeworn with sunned spine. More
Autograph Letter Signed
Appleton, WI: 1863. Fine content A.L.S. 4to., 2 pages, Appleton, WI, January 27, 1863, providing news of troop movements and the firing and replacement of several Generals, in part: "...I suppose Rosecrans Army is at Murfreesboro yet. You see they cashiered and dismissed Porter. They ought to do the same with Buell or shoot him. When such traitors are out of the Army, we shall do better. I believe Rosecrans to be a true good officer. I understand he has..... More
Letters Upon the Establishment of the Volunteer Corps and Domestic Military Arrangements of Great Britain.
Edinburgh: D. Willison, 1806. 118 pages. 12mo missing original covers and recased in blue paper wrappers; light foxing throughout. Edinburgh: D. Willison, 1806. A very good copy. More
Peninsular Preparation: The Reform of the British Army 1795-1809
Cambridge: University Press, 1963. viii + 315 pages, 8vo, blue cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper chipped, torn along spine fold. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1963. Foot bumped, still a very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
A Manual of Military Surgery; or Hints on the Emergencies of Field, Camp and Hospital Practice
San Francisco: Norman, 1988. Frontis. 186 pages. 12mo, blue cloth. San Francisco: Norman, 1988. Reprint. A very good copy--foxed outer edges. More
Hazardous Duty: America's Most Decorated Living Soldier Reports from the Front and Tells It the Way It Is
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1996. 350 pages. 8vo, black boards, d.w. New York: William Morrow & Company, (1996). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Map of the Valley of Mexico
Philadelphia: P.S. Duval, 1847. Map. Hand colored engraving. Image measures 12 x 16.5". This map of Mexico depicts the area of highlands in the central region of the country. Published circa 1847, it dates to the period of the Mexican-American War, and in particular the Invasion of Vera Cruz, in which Edmund Lafayette Hardcastle, the mapmaker, participated. Hardcastle then prepared the map for the U.S. War Department, Corps of Engineers in the wake of the fall of Mexico City in..... More
French Napoleonic Lancer Regiments
London: Almark, 1971. Illustrated in both color and black-and-white. 72pp., short, slim 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. London: Almark Publishing, (1971). A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Life of Gen. Francis Marion, A Celebrated Partisan Officer in the Revolutionary War, Against the British and Tories in South Carolina and Georgia
Philadelphia: Joseph Allen, 1845. Illustrated with woodcut plates. 252 pages. 12mo, contemporary calf; covers worn at edges, leather rubbed and worn at spine, contemporary ownership signature in ink inside front cover, ex-library with bookplate on flyleaf and embossed stamp on title page, back end page repaired, some foxing and toning throughout. Philadelphia: Joseph Allen, 1845. A very good copy. More
A System of Camp Discipline, Military Honours, Garrison-Duty, and other Regulations for the Land Forces.
London: Milan, 1757. Collected by a Gentleman of the Army. In which are included, Kane's Discipline for a Battalion in Action...and General Kane's Campaigns of King William and the Duke of Marlborough...Hand-tinted folding map of the Seat of War, Lines and Plans of Battles (some hand-tinted), and above Sixty Military Schemes, finely engraved from the originals of Generals... charts, (some folding). 146pp. + 21pp. charts and plans + 55pp. + 10pp., 8vo, original mottled calf covers, rebacked in calf with..... More
A Matter of Honor: General William C. Westmoreland Versus CBS
New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1984. 317 pages. 8vo, black cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Macmillan Publishing, (1984). First edition. Dust wrapper has some scratches and a small tear at foot of spine, embossed library stamp on the title page and on the top edge. Still a very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
The Paintings of Joan Mitchell
University of California Press, 2002. 240pp, profusely illustrated in color and in black & white. Designed by Katy Homans, with an exhibition checklist, exhibition history, and bibliography. University of California Press, California, 2002. A fine copy, as new in the original shrinkwrap. More
Signed Card
Signed card, 3.5" x 2.75", "M.I. Ludington - Quartermaster General - U.S. Army", evenly toned and in very good condition. From an intact collection of Spanish-American War officers. A forty-year career soldier who achieved the rank of Brigadier General during the Civil War and closed out his career as Quartermaster General. More
Signature
Holly Springs, MS. Over-size signature as a newly elected Congressman: "Van H. Manning - Holly Springs - Miss", executed on a 5.5" x 3.5" piece of paper. Fine condition. American politician from the state of Mississippi who served as a Colonel of the 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment, serving from 1862 until being severely wounded and captured by U.S. forces in 1864. The 3rd Arkansas was assigned to General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, after which it took part..... More
The Pentagon; Politics, Profits and Plunder.
New York: Putnam, 1967. 450pp. 8vo, blue cloth, dust wrapper shows chip at back top. N.Y.: Putnam, (1967). A very good(+) in a very good wrapper. Inscribed by the author on flyleaf. More
United States Army Air Service Wing Badges -- Uniforms and Insignia, 1913-1918
Pennsylvania: Scott A. Duff, 1996. Illustrated in black and white. 128 pages. Slim 4to, blue boards with gilt lettering and decoration. Pennsylvania: Scott A. Duff, (1996). Signed by the author at title page. Lightly edgeworn. Near fine. More
Autograph Letter Signed
Cheslin: 1840. Fine content A.L.S. 8vo. 3 pages, Cheslin, September 21st 1840, written just as his last volume of The History of the Peninsula War was released to the public, giving his recollections of two fellow officers who were killed in the Battle of Nivelle, written in a very difficult to read hand, in part: "...I thank you for the kind information as to the satisfaction of Colonel Lloyd... I was deeply affected by his death... for we had been..... More
Uz Slovenskovstatava - Puta Si Strhava
New York: Czechoslovak Recruiting Office, 1918. Poster. Color lithograph. Page measures 35 3/4 x 25 inches. World War I recruiting poster by Czech artist Vojtech Preissig. Several horizontal creases, and tears, unmounted. This poster is number 10 in a series of 16 designed and printed at the the School of Printing and Graphic Arts of Wentworth Institute where Preissig was director. Poster states, issued by the Czech Recruiting Office, Tribune Building, New York. Repairs to margins. More
Za Nasisamostatnost! Hrr Na Vraha! Za Demokracii! Ceskoslovenska Armada
New York: Czechoslovak Recruiting Office, 1918. Poster. Color lithograph. Page measures 35 3/4 x 25 inches. World War I recruiting poster by Czech artist Vojtech Preissig. Several horizontal tears, creases, unmounted. This poster is number 7 in a series of 16 designed and printed at the the School of Printing and Graphic Arts of Wentworth Institute where Preissig was director. Poster states, issued by the Czech Recruiting Office, Tribune Building, New York. Repairs to margins. More
Nancy Dale: Army Nurse
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., 1944. Some black & white illustrations. 248 pages. 8vo, blue cloth with red lettering, vibrant pictorial d.w. (edgeworn, lightly toned) protected with mylar. Racine: Whitman Publishing Co., (1944). Previous owner's name inked on front endpaper, pages toned. A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. Illustrated by Henry E. Vallely. More
Summary of the Art of War: Written Expressly for and Dedicated to The U.S. Volunteer Army
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1863. Many text illustrations, full page plates and maps, some folding. viii + 182 pages, small 8vo, original blind-stamped brown stamped cloth; text heavily foxed; significant dampstain to covers and first 50 or so pages; some signatures starting, but still sound. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1863. Second edition. More