The Royal Marine Artillery 1804- (1859) - 1923. 2 volume set. by FRASER Edward and CARR-LAUGHTON L G - 1930

1893 Spanish-American War Soldier Handbook Air Defense Artillery Hershler Army

'The Soldier's Handbook' was compiled by Nathaniel Hershler under the guidance of the adjutant General of the Army, R. C. Drum. The handbook was ordered to be given to every new recruit and every person serving more than one year to have on their person. It includes:
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Rights as citizens forfeited by desertion
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Unauthorized absence
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Extracts from army regulations
o Military discipline
o Deserters
o Medals of Honor
o Arms, clothing, and equipment
o Salutes
o Care of public animals
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Extracts from articles of war
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Telegraph and signal code
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Management of the rifle
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Classification of marksmanship
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And more
This 1893 edition includes provenance of US soldier, Marcus A. Johnson who served in Company E of the 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment during the Spanish-American War of 1898.
Item number: #10526
Price: $550
HERSHLER, Nathaniel
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1851 Napoleon Peninsular War Napier MAPS French Revolution SPAIN 6v An early-19th-century account of the history of the Napoleonic conflicts against Spain, Portugal, and Great Britain. In 1807, Napoleon invaded Portugal with Spain; however, a year later, France turned on Spain and a large guerrilla warfare emerged. Now known as 'The Peninsular War', this conflict was profusely written about over the next century; however, the Napier account is one of the earliest! This 1851 leather-bound edition includes 55 illustrated maps throughout. An impressive and rare set!Item number: #13762Price: $795NAPIER, William Francis PatrickHistory of the war in the peninsula and in the south of France : from the year 1807 to the year 1814London : Thomas & Boone ..., 1851.Details: • Collation: Complete with all pages; 6 volumeso 55 full-page, map engravings• Language: English• Binding: Leather; tight & secure• Size: ~7.75in X 5in (19.5cm x 13cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping… Read More

1856 1ed Sebastopol Russian War CRIMEA Color MAP RUSSIA Battle Military Russell
A rare, 1st edition of William Howard Russell's account of the Crimean War. Russell was an Irish reporter for the London Times, known to be one of the first 19th-century war correspondents who made his name known for covering the Siege of Sevastopol.

This 1856 printing of 'Complete History of the Russian War' features impressive, folding color maps including the famous 'Siege Operations of Sebastopol', which is often known to be extracted from this work. It also includes double-page engravings of battle scenes.

Item number: #14148
Price: $750
RUSSELL, William Howard
Complete History of the Russian War, from its commencement to its close, giving a graphic picture [o]f the great drama of war, embracing a superb map of the seat of war and a magnificent engraving of the bombardment and fall of Sebastopol, showing the attack and capture of the Malakoff, assault on the Redan, and fall of Sebastopol,
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1809 1ed Portugal & Spain Letters Military WARS Castles MAPS Battle of Vimiera
Adam Neale's "Letters from Portugal and Spain" is a collection of letters regarding the military operations in Span and Portugal with descriptions of each country. Neale seemingly leaves nothing untouched, spending a lot of time on character of the native peoples and groups. Still, the focus on military and war is the prime focus – note the illustrations of
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the Battle of Vimiera
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the castle at Torres Vedras
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view of Mafra
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Castle of Punhete
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Bridges over the Nissa River, Coa River, Roman Bridge at Salamanca, and at Constantine
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Battle of Corunna
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City view of Lugo
Item number: #18489
Price: $599
NEALE, Adam
Letters from Portugal and Spain comprising an account of the operations of the armies
London : Phillips, 1809. First edition.

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Collation Complete with all pages
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xvi, 348, 116
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13 plates
· Language: English
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1695 Dutch NAVY Naval Admiral Cornelius Tromp Anglo-Dutch WARS Sea Battles 2v

Cornelius Tromp was a 17th-century Dutch naval admiral who served in the Anglo-Dutch Wars in battles such as the Battle of Leghorn and the Battle of Texel. He has long been considered a Dutch naval hero, which, following his death in 1691 a fascinating account of his life and military career was written by an unknown hand. This work, which some attribute to Tromp himself, is perhaps the best and most accurate account of Tromp's life.
Item number: #20485
Price: $550
La Vie de Corneille Tromp, lieutenant-amiral-géneral de Hollande & de West-Frise
A La Haye: Etienne Foulque, 1695.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
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Vol. 1 – [8], 256
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Vol. 2 – [2], 259-556
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Bookplate – G. W. F. Gregor
Motto: LOYAL AU MORT
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Handwritten – James Kempe
· Language: French
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~6.25in X 3.75in (16cm x 9.5cm)
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Berlin [and] Paris: G. Reimer [and] J. Correard, 1847. First edition and first French edition. Three quarter calf over marbled boards, red morocco label, all edges marbled. A very good copy with the bookplate of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the State of Illinois on front pastedown, shelf sticker on foot of backstrip, boards rubbed with some loss at one corner, short contemporary notation on rear pastedown.. 75 pp.; 68 pp. Illus. with 16 b/w drawings on 2 folding plates. 8vo. Wittich's original work on fortification and defense with Duparcq's French translation. Each version contains a copy of the single plate [51x45 cm (1840) and 60x48 cm (1847)]. Wittich was a Prussian Artillery Major. Deparcq was Chef de Bataillon of Engineers in the French Army, Professor of the Military Art in the Imperial School of St. Cyr, and considered one of the best military writers of his day. Either version is quite scarce. OCLC and European databases show only six locations… Read More

Naples, Italy: Domenico-Antonio Parrino, 1709. Paperback. Near Fine. Title page continued: "Colla Copia della Lettera, che scrive il Sereniss. Principe Eugenio di Savoja, In data de' 10. del caduto Decembre, Iu cui da raguaglio, che la Cittadella di Lilla con nuovo, e rarissimo esempio, prima di cominciare à batterla; senza lo sparo ne meno di un Cannone, abbia chiesto di Capitolare, e siasi resa agli 8. del medesimo Decembre à patti di buona Guerra. Capitata detta copia di lettera a' S. Emin. il Cardinal Grimani . . . In Napoli per Dom. Ant. Parrino, e Camillo Cavallo." [8] p.; 22 cm. Signatures: A4 (4to). Caption title. Woodcut initial. Original, or early, marbled stiffened wrappers. Endpapers are laid paper with partial watermark: "D. Giovanni Di G. M." Pages are untrimmed. Dura, Catalogo di Libri Antichi e Rari Vendibili in Napoli (1861), 14645. This rare pamphlet contains a report of military success in Flanders with a letter written by hero of the War… Read More

London: Printed For James Ridgway, 1819., 1819. 8vo. pp. xviii, 215, [1]ads. with half-title. later half chagrin, t.e.g. (scattered foxing). Second Edition. Partly written in response to an anonymous pamphlet entitled Facts Illustrative Of The Treatment Of Napoleon Bonaparte which had attempted to vindicate the actions of Governor Lowe in relation to allegations against him made by OMeara. OMeara had refused to pass information to Lowe regarding Napoleon, whom he attended as physician at St. Helena. Lowe insisted that OMeara be dismissed from his post, and this was effected when independent evidence of OMearas intrigues reached Lord Bathurst. When OMeara sent a letter to the Admiralty instinuating that Napoleons life was not safe in Lowes hands, his name was stricken from the list of naval surgeons..

Paris: Chez Magimel, Levrault, Schoell, Strasbourg , F. G. Levrault. Very Good+. 1805. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarter leather over clean marble boards. Gilt decorated spine title and panels. Yellow endpaper. (ii) -(xvi) 321pp (ii) + 16 clean fold out plates with 164 illustrations. Includes Errata, (Table of Contents). First two pages very lightly foxed. Bottom front corners lightly rubbed. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Military, Strategies of attack & defense, underground fortification, early dissertation on mines and explosives ; Engraved plates; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 321 pages .

London: Printed By Ellerton and Henderson, 1821. Small Octavo. iv, 42 pages. This rare pamphlet gives an account in detail of the sexual practices on vessels both in port and in foreign countries. There were hundreds of prostitutes along with sailors wives (and children) were also inside the closed quarters with each bunk or hammock measuring 24" sexual activity began to take place. The Lords describe the various encounters in the narrow hammocks, the stench, the drunkeness, and the crude blasphemies and mockeries of the Lord's Prayer and Apostle's Creed. Of course, the problem of venereal disease was overwhelming and many of the ship's surgeons resigned if they had any other opportunity to avoid service on these ships. The outroar came when George Charles Smith whose ministry was on behalf of sailors and their families (see DNB) who wrote a series of pamphlets for the laymen in the seaports of England. Harvard University Library has many of his bound pamphlets under the title Prose and Poetry (not… Read More