Books - "military"
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The Opium Wars in China
proof copy 291pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in paper wrappers,mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: putnam london 1964
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copies military history opium china
Exploits of Asaf Khan
first edition 312pp+ads. VG (beige cloth w.black stamps,mod.rubbed and soiled w.spine browned,mod.bumps and sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,prelims.and edges sl.foxed/browned,spine cracked and cocked)
PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london 1922
KEYWORDS: modern first edition afghan india biography geography military
England's Pride
the story of the golden relief expedition
first edition 299pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (teal cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's stamp to front pastedown,eps and edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,sl.internal foxing,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first edition julian symons military history travel golden relief
No Surrender !
the seige of londonderry 1689
first edition,218pp, ills (b/w) NF (mustard cloth minor bumps to spine extrems, v sl soil to half title amd half title verso, otherwise clean.) in VG+ d/w (minor bumps top extrems, sl discolouration to flaps.)
PUBLISHER: macdonald and janes, london, 1975
KEYWORDS: tony gray ireland history military
Military Customs
octavo hardcover VG- (red cloth bumps to extrems, paste action to ffep & rep, sl oils to upper extrems of prelims & eps, sl soiling to foredges, binding cocked.) in G+ d/w (tape marks to all extrems, repaired tears, discolouring and creasing, price clipped.)
PUBLISHER: gale & polden, great britain, 1954
KEYWORDS: major j edwards military
The World Bibliography of Armed Land Conflict from Waterloo to World War 1
2 vols.
first edition 2 vols.282/293pp NF (red cloth,sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: george prior london [1979]
KEYWORDS: military history bibliography dale e.floyd literature
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
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