Books - "military"
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Napoleon
raconte par les temoins de sa vie
rebound in quarter-vellum 459pp [text in french] VG (rebound in dec.paper boards w.vellum spine,sl.rubbed and soiled w.vellum browned,v.small corner tabs of vellum,new eps,original contents browned w edges sl.soiled,original col.paper wrapper bound in at rear,tight)
PUBLISHER: correa buchet/chastel paris [1954]
KEYWORDS: history napoleon military biography france jean savant
The Retreat From Moscow
first edition 256pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (black cloth,dealer's stamp and owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1967
KEYWORDS: history military moscow r.f.delderfield modern first edition
1815 Waterloo
first edition 455pp [3x fold-out maps at rear] VG (red cloth w.gilt portrait stamps to top board,rubbed and stained w.browned spine,chipping to extrems.w.sl.surface losses to head/foot of spine,insect holes to hinges,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and cocked,insect nibbles and holes to rear prelims.but maps are clean)
PUBLISHER: adam & charles black london 1900
KEYWORDS: history military waterloo arthur emile mann
A Text Book of Naval Architecture
for the use of officers of the royal navy
167pp ills.[b/w fold-out diagrams] VG (blue embossed cloth,soiled and stained and mod.rubbed,wear to extrems.w.some surface losses,yellow eps,prelims.and edges mod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: hmso london 1891
KEYWORDS: military history nautical arts naval architecture j.j.welch
German Army,Navy Uniforms and Insignia 1871-1918
195pp ills (col.) VG+ (paper brd,sl.soiled and sunned,sl.foxed prelims,sl.bumped extrems) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems,price clipped)
PUBLISHER: we old greenwich [1968]
KEYWORDS: the german army e,j hoffschmidt & w,h tantum uniforms insignia military
A DIARY OF THE CRIMEA
ex ib, min markings, 148pps, illus., VG+ (v sl bruised corners, v sl bumped spine foot & lower board edges, v sl sunned) d/w VG (v sl wear & tears to extrems, sl sunned spine & v sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Gerald Duckworth & C0., Ltd, London 1954
KEYWORDS: history crimea military
BORN TO FLY
Exploits of the War's Great Fighter Aces
ex lib, min markings, 208pps, illus., VG (v sl bumped spine head & foot with v sl tear to head, v sl bruised corners, boards sl rubbed & soiled, v sl internal separation at rear hinge)
PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press, London 1956
KEYWORDS: history military aviation ww2 blond
War Sketches in Colour
first edition 274pp ills.[col.plates] VG+ (blue cloth w.red/orange dec.borders,mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,mod.bumps and sl.wear to extrems.,new eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,contents and plates clean w.tissue guards present,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: adam & charles black london 1903
KEYWORDS: history military geography arts s.e.st.leger
Cavalry in the Waterloo Campaign
second edition 203pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out maps] VG (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.browned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: sampson low london 1895
KEYWORDS: history military waterloo cavalry evelyn wood
Service in the Post-Marian Roman Army
reprint 76pp octavo blue cloth boards, VG+ (light wear to edges, prev owners name in ink to fep, v sl foxing) in d/w VG (heavy tanning to lower half of front cover, tape stains to flaps, covered in tatty plastic wrapper which is removeable)
PUBLISHER: manchester univ.press manchester 1961
KEYWORDS: history roman army military r.e.smith
Playing the Game
what mr asquith in his book 'the genesis of the war 'does not tell us'
first editon, 274pp, VG- (blue cloth boards, minor bumps and wear, dealers stamp to front paste down, ffep missing, moderate foxing to prelims,eps, some contents and foredges.)
PUBLISHER: john long, london, 1924
KEYWORDS: e g jellicoe military history
ROADS TO POWER IN LATIN AMERICA
TRANSLATED BY ROBERT POWLAND
ex lib, minimal markings, 208pp, VG+ (v sl gum stains to eps & boards) d/w in plastic, VG+ (v sl stains to extrems)
PUBLISHER: Pall Mall Press, London, 1969
KEYWORDS: latin america military students oligarchy social change
BORDEAUX AND THE GIRONDE
ex lib, minimal markings, 279pp, VG (v sl bruised & scuffed corners, sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl rubbed, v sl edgewear ep's v sl browned)
PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press, New York, 1947
KEYWORDS: france bordeaux gironde girondins french revolution military terror
VICTORY AT MIDWAY
ex lib, minimal markings, 178pp, illus, VG- (v sl bumped & rubbed spine head and foot, v sl bruised corners, v sl rubbed sunned & soiled, v sl internal separation at front hinge)
PUBLISHER: Farrar & Rinehart, New York, 1944
KEYWORDS: history world aviation military
Fletcher-Class Destroyers
second printing 158pp ills.[b/w] NF (green cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.w.boards sl.bowed) in NF d/w (sl.bumps to extrems.,v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: naval institute press annapolis 1989
KEYWORDS: nautical military transport alan raven fletcher-cl
Jane's Fighting Ships 1943-4
[corrected to july,1944]
first edition thus 582pp ills.[b/w] G+(rebacked w.original spine laid down,blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,new eps w.original ads.still on pastedowns,missing ads.pp2-5,repairs to fore-edge of some prelims.,some minor soiling to contents w.sl.wear to edges,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: sampson low london [1944]
KEYWORDS: nautical military transport jane's fighting ships
The Mechanism of Men-Of-War
being a description of the machinery to be found i
first edition 286pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth w.blind stamps,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,paste action to eps,content edges sl.soiled,spine cracked and sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: george bell london 1896
KEYWORDS: history nautical military men-of-war transport reg
Foo a Japanese-American Prisoner of the Rising Sun
the secret prison prison diary of frank 'foo' fuji
first edition, ills (b/w), 371pp G+ (beige cloth, minor bumps to extrems, minor water damage to lower front board, spine sl faded, small owners adhesive to front paste down, authors signature to tp, rear ffep has letter from fellow pow pasted in, rear paste down has list of fellow roomates in camp pasted in.) in VG+ d/w (minor bumps and creases to extrems, small tape repairs to internal spine.)
PUBLISHER: university of north texas, texas, 1993
KEYWORDS: frank foo fujita japan history military biography
TIMES OF STRESS
first edition, blue cloth with gilt title to spine & dec to front, whitcombe & tombs book club label to ffep & stamps to prelims, vi 320pp illus, VG-( v sl cocked, sl bruised corners, sl edgewear, v sl soiled front board, sl foxing throughout, ep's v sl soiled, edges browned & foxed, sl internal seperation at rear hinge) d/w VG-(sl wear to extrems with tears to spine head & foot, sunned spine, price clipped, foxing with v sl soiling & sunning, corners sl scuffed)
PUBLISHER: John Murray London 1929
KEYWORDS: history military liau-yang russia red revolution p
I Sank the Royal Oak
196pp, ills (b/w) VG (black cloth, minor bumps to extrems, owners inscription to ffep, paste action to prelims, sl foxing to foredges and eps,ink date to rear paste down, sl cocked.) in G+ d/w (minor tears and losses to some extrems, sl creasing, moderate soils, hole punch at front flap.)
PUBLISHER: the grays inn press, london, 1954
KEYWORDS: gunther prien wwii military history