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Recollections of Thirty Nine Years in the Army by GORDON Sir Charles Alexander - 1898
by GORDON Sir Charles Alexander
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Recollections of Thirty Nine Years in the Army
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London: Swan Sonnenschein, 1898. viii and 320 pages. Frontispiece portrait. A good copy in the publisher's red cloth, the spine is slihtly soiled. Sorsky 439. Gordon went to India as assistant surgeon of the Buffs and served with them in the Gwalior campaign. He was surgeon of the 10th in the Mutiny. In 1860 he was promoted Deputy Surgeon General and accompanied the expedition to China. (For other books about the military history of the British in India please search my stock using the keyword india.)
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300th Anniversary of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company - June 6th, 1938
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Order of Battle: U.S. Army, World War II
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Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1984. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1984, first printing. Folio, 9 1/2" x12 1/4." xiv+621pp., illustrated with hundreds of reproductions. Very good in frayed, good dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/Good. Folio.
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Special Operations and Elite Units, 1939-1988: A Research Guide
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New York in the Spanish-American War 1898: Part of the Report of the Adjutant-General of the State for 1900 (In Three Volumes)
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Albany, NY: State of New York. Good with no dust jacket; First several pages of volume one loose, front . hinge is cracked, boards heavily worn. Volumes two and three much tighter . and with only mild wear to spines.. 1900. Hardcover. A three volume set comprising a detailed record of New York State's official involvement in the Spanish-American War. Peach-colored cloth bindings with blind-stamping and black-stamped lettering on spines. Frontispiece photograph of New York Governor Frank T. Black in first volume. Volume One contains information about all official State documents issued concerning the conflict, long lists of ordnance, quartermaster supplies and medical supplies issued, and detailed lists of soldiers who died during the War. Volume one also lists short biographical information about soldiers enlisted in Troop A, Troop C, 4th Battery, 5th Battery, 7th Battery, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 8th Regiments. Volume two provides registers of soldiers enlisted in the 9th, 12th, 13th, 14th,…
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The Damned Engineers: How one battalion of Combat Engineers stalled Hitler's offensive in the Battle of the Bulge
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Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970, hardcover, xxi-409 pp, First Edition, First Printing stated, Very Good+ in Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end touches, previous owner's embossing to title page. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, small spine-end and corner nicks, wear to folds, short closed edge tears, some discreet tape repairs, in new Brodart sleeve. The definitive account of the participation of the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion at the Battle of the Bulge compiled by the famous Kentucky author from accounts given by her husband, fellow author Henry Giles, and other members of the Battalion who took part. Illustrated with 22 pages of black-&-white plates and 11 maps. Mapped endpapers show the Kampfgruppe Peiper advance route. ISBN 9780395077443
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300th Anniversary of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company - June 6th, 1938
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The First Basic Class TBS 1945-1946: A Memoir
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J. E. Dolan (self-published). Very Good. [1991]. Hardcover. Red faux leather cover over padded boards with gilt lettering and USMC emblem on front, gilt lettering on spine. Cover is clean and unworn. Binding sound. Front free endpaper has a photograph of the previous owner, a graduate of the first class and another photo along with a gift inscription to his wife. There is some highlighting in yellow marking references to the previous owner. Includes a history of the class and biographies of the members up 1990. ; Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 226 pages .
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Special Operations and Elite Units, 1939-1988: A Research Guide
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Westport, CT: Greenwood Pub Group, 1988. First edition. Hard cover. Published Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1988, first printing. 8vo., xv+243pp. Fine. . 1st. Hard. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo..
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AN INFANTRYMAN IN STALINGRAD From 24 September 1942 to 2 February 1943
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Leaping Horseman Books, Australia, 2005 The author was a 23 year old infantry Leutnant when he rejoined his unit in Stalingrad after recovering from wounds he suffered in April 1942. This book records his experiences as a junior infantry commander in 94 Infanterie-Division during the Stalingrad battle. It is sombre, factual, without pathos as written by a front line soldier. The text is supplemented with excerpts from official war diaries, 25 photos, 24 maps, 19 aerial photos and 40 supporting documents.. 1st English. Illustratred Hard Cover. As New. Illus. by Translated By Jason D. Mark and Neil Page. 22cm. Heavy Book Over 500gms.
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THE CAUCASUS AND THE OIL The German-Soviet War in the Caucasus 1942/43
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J.J. Fedorowicz, Canada, 1995 Very well researched and presented text and including many b/w photographs, line drawings and maps.. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. As New. 24 Cm. Heavy Book Over 500gms.
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Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army: Gawa Lior and the Battle of Maharajpore, 1843, the Gold Coast of Africa, 1847-48, the Indian Mutiny, 1857-58, the Expedition to China, 1860-61, the Siege of Paris, 1870-71, Etc.
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Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army: Gawa Lior and the Battle of Maharajpore, 1843, the Gold Coast of Africa, 1847-48, the Indian Mutiny, 1857-58, the Expedition to China, 1860-61, the Siege of Paris, 1870-71, Etc.
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Swan Sonnenscheid & Co, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 320 Pages. The boards are shelf rubbed, worn, and very marked. Internally, there are previous owners inscriptions on the early pages. Overall clean and complete. Tightly bound. r*14/03/2022. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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Quartering
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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
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Kentucky's Civil War Battlefields: A Guide to Their History and Preservation
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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.
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NUCLEAR AMERICA: Military and Civilian Nuclear Power in the United States 1940 - 1980
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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…
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Rotunda 2009 (Yearbook of the National War College Class of 2009)
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DANSKE UNIFORMER FRA HAER OG FLAADE TEGNEDE AF RS. CHRISTIANSEN UDGIVET MED TILLADELSE AF KRIGSMINISTEREIT OG MARINEMINISTERIET
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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..
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BATTLE FOR THE BUNDU
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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.
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Seeing the Elephant": Raw Recruits at the Battle of Shiloh (Contributions in Military Studies)
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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.
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The Iron Brigade
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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…
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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
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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.
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ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE STURMGESCHUTZ-ABTEILUNG 202
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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.).
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