Description:
London: HMSO, 1884. 874 pages. Folio. A soundly bound copy in somewhat worn contemporary half black calf and marbled boards. Exhaustive enquiry into the conduct of the Tel el Kebir campaign. (For more books about the military history of the British in Africa please search my stock using the keyword africa.)
Hints for Non-Commissioned Officers on Actual Service. Compiled and translated by Colonel Sontag by SONTAG John - 1804
by SONTAG John
Hints for Non-Commissioned Officers on Actual Service. Compiled and translated by Colonel Sontag
by SONTAG John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
London: Egerton, 1804. 85 pages. Small 8vo. Rebound in buckram with leather labels. Questions and answers on tactics by an officer who went on to have a distinguished career in the Peninsula. At Fuentes d'Onoro he commanded the 1st Brigade of the 7th Division withstanding the attack of the French cavalry under Bessieres. He briefly commanded the 7th Division. (For other books about the Napoleonic Wars please search my stock using the codeword napoleonic.)
- Bookseller Victor Sutcliffe (GB)
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available 1
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Egerton
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1804
- Keywords military history napoleonic wars british army tactics manual peninsular war
Commissariat and Transport Services (Egyptian Campaign) - Report from the Select Committee...together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence and appendix. 18 July 1884. (Paper 285). (&) Index...(Paper 285-I)
by STANLEY COMMITTEE
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Torpoint, Cornwall, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
£225.00
Show Details
Item Price
£225.00
The Crimean Commission and the Chelsea Board being a review of the proceedings and report of the Board, by Colonel Tulloch later commissioner in the Crimea
by TULLOCH Sir Alexander
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Torpoint, Cornwall, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
£180.00
Show Details
Description:
London: Harrison, 1857. xv and 189 pages including folding letterpress tables. Later black cloth. Colonel Tulloch and Sir John McNeill were sent out to the Crimea in February 1855 to look into the state of the supplies of the army in the east. Their report which revealed glaring deficiencies was laid before Parliament early in 1856. (For other books about the Crimean War please search my stock using the keyword crimean.)
Item Price
£180.00
Sebastopol Trenches and five months in them. By Colonel Reynell Pack, 7th Fusiliers
by PACK Colonel R
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Torpoint, Cornwall, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
£200.00
Show Details
Description:
London: Kerby and Endean, 1878. xii and 212 pages. Doublepage colour plate of Pack's orders and honours, 2 folding panoramic sketches. Publisher's red cloth pictorially stamped in black and titled in gold; there is slight wear to the spine and one corner is bumped. (For other books about the Crimean War please search my stock using the keyword crimean.)
Item Price
£200.00
An Enquiry into the Present State of the Military Force of the British Empire, with a view to its reorganisation. Addressed to the Right Hon William Pitt
by WILSON Lieutenant Colonel R T
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Torpoint, Cornwall, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
£180.00
Show Details
Description:
London: T Egerton, 1804. 166 pages. Recent half calf and marbled boards. (For other books about the Napoleonic Wars please search my stock using the codeword napoleonic.)
Item Price
£180.00
Historical Records of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
by EWART Major General J S and others
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Torpoint, Cornwall, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
£180.00
Show Details
Description:
Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1909. 2 volumes. xxiv and 382 pages; iv and 391 pages. 50 plates including 9 in colour by J C Leask and Major R A Wymer, folding genealogical table, 6 maps. 4to. Publisher's green cloth with regimental crest in gold on the front boards; the second volume is very slightly rubbed and has one bumped corner. (For other British army regimental histories please search my stock using the keyword regimental.)
Item Price
£180.00
Colonel Sir John Eamer's Defence on the court martial held on charges preferred against him by Captain William Ayres etc' etc'. To which are added, the charges at length; together with the sentence, and His Majesty's decision thereon
by EAMER Colonel Sir John
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Torpoint, Cornwall, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
£180.00
Show Details
Description:
London: printed by Nichols and Sons, 1805. 84 pages. Publisher's boards with marbled paper spine. Record of an important test case. Eamer was appointed Colonel of the East London Militia in 1803 and endeavoured to raise the regiment to the same standard of efficiency as the rest of the army. Many of his officers objected strongly to the changes he introduced and accused him of oppressive behaviour. (For other books about the Napoleonic Wars please search my stock using the codeword napoleonic.)
Item Price
£180.00
Reports from the Select Committee on Army and Navy Estimates. (Chairman: Lord Randolph Churchill). Complete set. 10 reports presented to Parliament in the course of two parliamentary sessions
by CHURCHILL Lord Randolph
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Torpoint, Cornwall, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
£180.00
Show Details
Description:
London: HMSO, 1887-1888. About 1750 pages in all published in parts between 1887 and 1888. Folio. Complete set of 10 reports including all indexes and papers. C216, 216-I, 223, 223-I, 232, 232-I, 239, 259, 259-I from the 1887 session; C120, 212, 225, 269, 269-I, 269-II, 285, 285-I from the 1888 session. First session reports in blue paper as issued; second session reports bound together but without a hard cover (see picture). Churchill had resigned as Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1886 after failing to enforce spending cuts on the army and navy.
Item Price
£180.00
Report of the British Naval and Military Operations in Egypt 1882. Office of Naval Intelligence 1883
by GOODRICH Caspar F
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Torpoint, Cornwall, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
£160.00
Show Details
Description:
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1883. 2 parts (text and plates) bound together. 340 pages. 79 plates, many folding, including diagrams and photographic views, numerous text illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth; the front cover is slightly damp marked but there is no carrythrough to the contents. Number 3 in the Office of Naval Intelligence's Information from Abroad - War series. (For more books about the military history of the British in Africa please search my stock using the keyword africa.)
Item Price
£160.00
The Life of a Regiment - the history of the Gordon Highlanders from its formation in 1794 to 1816 & The Life of a Regiment - the history of the Gordon Highlanders from 1816 to 1898 including an account of the 75th Regiment from 1787 to 1882
by GARDYNE Lt Colonel C Greenhill
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Torpoint, Cornwall, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
£200.00
Show Details
Description:
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1901 and 1903. 2 volumes. xxi and 525 pages. Frontispiece colour plate of uniform and vignette of bonnets, 27 plates (5 in colour), 11 maps and plans. & xxvii and 415 pages. xxvii and 415 pages. Frontispiece colour plate, 21 plates (1 in colour), various sporrans illustrated in the text, 9 maps and plans. Publisher's green cloth. NB This is a first edition set not the Medici Society reprint. (For other British army regimental histories please search my stock using the keyword regimental.)
Item Price
£200.00
More Photos
Organisation, Distinctions of Rank and Uniform, and distinguishing flags and lanterns of the Belgian, French and German armies
by General Staff, War Office
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Torpoint, Cornwall, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
£180.00
Show Details
Description:
London: War Office, 1911. 32 pages. 32 pages of text. 3 concertinas of colour plates - 8 French, 21 German and 8 Belgian. A very good copy in the publisher's cloth backed boards.
Item Price
£180.00
More Photos
Quartering
by Reza, Seema
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Used - Fine with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Numbered Edition; First Printing
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Williamsville, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
£14.63
Show Details
Description:
Trumansburg, NY: Out of Step Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 2016. Numbered Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. The author's non-linear poem about the billeting of soldiers in civilian homes in wartime. Copy 89 of a limited edition of 250. Folded into the form of a letter, the work was letterpress printed in wraps of handmade "combat paper" made from military uniforms. The author says: "Some time ago-maybe a year, maybe two? I had a conversation with some of my Combat Paper brothers (well, the kids call them their combat paper uncles, so it follows
) that led to me writing the poem "Quartering." Which was informed by them, of course, and by all the rooms I'm in, and by imagining what is really required of all the caregivers I love. It's a thought experiment: if we tore down the barracks at military hospitals and offered incentives for Americans in the surrounding neighborhoods to quarter injured service members, what would the honest instructions…
Read More Item Price
£14.63
Kentucky's Civil War Battlefields: A Guide to Their History and Preservation
by Bishop, Randy
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9781455616077
- ISBN 10
- 1455616079
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
- Item Price
-
£16.26
Show Details
Description:
Pelican, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Bishop, Randy : Kentucky's Civil War Battlefields: A Guide to Their History and Preservation. Gretna (LA) : Pelican Publishing, 2012. Size is royal octavo (8vo), 9.25"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's pale green cloth, silver lettering imprinted to spine. Glossy color dj features John Paul Strain's 'Raid on the L&N'. 368 numbered pp; maps, photos, illustrations. Notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: light wear to dj, no tears or chips; binding square and tight, no notes or highlighting. A fine copy to carry with you on your Kentucky excursions. We personally inspect every book we offer.
Item Price
£16.26
BATTLE FOR THE BUNDU
by Miller, Charles
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780025849303
- ISBN 10
- 0025849301
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Buffalo, Wyoming, United States
- Item Price
-
£24.39£20.73Save £4.50!
Show Details
Description:
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1974. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book is in VG condition with owner's bookplates to inner front board and FFE, light rubbing to edges, light bumping to spine ends else a bright and solid copy. Dust jacket is in VG conditon with light rubbing to edges else bright, intact and whole.
Item Price
£24.39£20.73
Save £4.50
!
NUCLEAR AMERICA: Military and Civilian Nuclear Power in the United States 1940 - 1980
by Clarfield, Gerard H. and William M. Wiecek
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780060153366
- ISBN 10
- 0060153369
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Piggott, Arkansas, United States
- Item Price
-
£17.88
Show Details
Description:
NY: Harper & Row, 1984. Signed by one of the authors on fep: To Jack, Best Wishes, William M. Wiecek. Price clipped dj in new mylar, overall minimal edge wear, bottom spine edge w/two small chips. Pages clean, unmarked, binding tight and square, page edges w/just a hint of dust soiling. Navy blue boards, silver lettering on spine, blind stamped publisher logo on cover. The authors cover the development of the atom bomb, what Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin and their advisers thought about its use, Truman's attitude of it being "just another piece of artillery"; the formation of the Atomic Energy Commission and the escalation of the arms race. Other chapters cover "atoms for peace", the policies of Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter, the arms limitations agreements and the history of arms negotiations. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All…
Read More Item Price
£17.88
Rotunda 2009 (Yearbook of the National War College Class of 2009)
by National War College Class of 2009
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 2009
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Arlington, Virginia, United States
- Item Price
-
£38.98£23.39Save £19.18!
Show Details
Description:
Fort McNair, Washington, DC: National War College, 2009. Yearbook of the National War College Class of 2009. Very Good. Spine is square and tight. Interior is pristine. Mild foxing to top closed edge. Not from a library. 4to. 200 pages.
Item Price
£38.98£23.39
Save £19.18
!
More Photos
DANSKE UNIFORMER FRA HAER OG FLAADE TEGNEDE AF RS. CHRISTIANSEN UDGIVET MED TILLADELSE AF KRIGSMINISTEREIT OG MARINEMINISTERIET
by Anonymous
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Item Price
-
£19.10
Show Details
Description:
Kobenhavn: Christian F. Romer's Forlag Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 16 continuous-fold pages of col. illustrations of Danish uniforms and badges, ca. 1900. The covers have separated, but both they and the contents are in excellent condition. Bookplate of a former owner on the (blank) front endpaper, otherwise an excellent copy of a very scarce publication. Captions in Danish..
Item Price
£19.10
Seeing the Elephant": Raw Recruits at the Battle of Shiloh (Contributions in Military Studies)
by Frank, Joseph Allan; Reaves, George A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780313266928
- ISBN 10
- 0313266921
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
- Item Price
-
£24.39
Show Details
Description:
Greenwood Pub Group, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Frank, Joseph Allan; Reaves, George A. : "Seeing the Elephant": Raw Recruits at the Battle of Shiloh (Contributions in Military Studies). New York : Greenwood Press, 1989. First edition. Size is royal octavo (8vo), 9.25"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's navy blue cloth, white lettering to spine. Matte gray dj. Plain white endpapers. Bibliography, index. X pp prelim material, 215 numbered pp, 12 pp unnumbered illustrations to center, three pp unnumbered following (one blank, one author info, one blank). Condition notes: a clean copy, marred by six pages having red underlining (about two lines each). Slight rippling to dj, which also has a price sticker to front and is covered in mylar. We personally inspect every book we offer.
Item Price
£24.39
The Iron Brigade
by Nolan, Alan T
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
- Item Price
-
£24.39
Show Details
Description:
Macmillan, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Nolan, Alan T. : The Iron Brigade: A Military History. New York : Macmillan, 1961. First edition. Size is demy octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's navy blue cloth, gilt lettering imprinted on spine, gilt insignia of the Iron Brigade and its constituent regiments on front board. Semi-glossy dj, white background with black/gold/blue photo of the brigade's brimmed "slouch" hat. Front endpaper features map of where members of the brigade came from (Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin); rear endpaper shows map of where the brigade fought. Xviii pp prelim material, 412 numbered pp, 16 glossy b&w unnumbered pp throughout text, plus two blank unnumbered at end. Maps (by Wilson K. Hoyt III), photos, appendices (counties from which brigade members originated, commanders and officers, biographical note, uniform of the brigade, source materials for battle of Brawner Farm); notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: quite a nice unmarked first edition; corners…
Read More Item Price
£24.39
The Defence of Ladysmith and Mafeking: Accounts of Two Sieges, 1899 to 1900, Being the South African War Experiences of William Thwaites, Steuart Binny, Alfred Down, and Samuel Cawood
by Davey, Arthur
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition / Limited
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780909079215
- ISBN 10
- 0909079218
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
South Pasadena, California, United States
- Item Price
-
£24.39
Show Details
Description:
Brenthurst Press, 1983 Hardcover Limited Edition of 850 copies in red cloth boards, EX-LIBRARY with very minimal lib markings (no pockets, barcodes or call letters - only a few small neatly blacked-out 'discard' stamps), no text markings, no dj, minor shelf wear & soil to boards, touch of foxing to page block, else clean tight very nice copy; ob 4to; 275pp indexed & illus, some color. Extra shipping charge REQUIRED for shipment of this heavy oversize book (additional charge WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL for overseas shipment). First Edition / Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good.
Item Price
£24.39
More Photos
ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE STURMGESCHUTZ-ABTEILUNG 202
by Szamveber, Norbert
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9786158007269
- ISBN 10
- 6158007269
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Item Price
-
£24.39
Show Details
Description:
PeKo Publishing Kft., 2016. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 396pp, including 116p of b/w & col. maps, documents and photographs. An n excellent copy. (Due to the size/weight of this book, an extra shipping charge may apply.).
Item Price
£24.39